Enjoying the wilderness in a recreational vehicle is a very enjoyable experience. What makes the adventure even more fun are the appliances and facilities in there. But after spending the better part of the day outdoors, the only way you can revitalize the already tired body is to take a shower in your RV's bathroom.
Most RVs come with shower heads that cannot meet your standards. You, therefore, have to look for the best shower head to save you from having to share showers with others. And remember that you will be able to enjoy utmost comfort with the shower head.
The shower head is also very easy to use. All you have to do is getting the reserve tank filled, then have the RV tankless water heater turned on for at least one hour for a hot-water shower. But how do you get to acquire the ideal RV shower head? Worry not because this ultimate guide that has everything you need to know about RV shower heads.
Getting suitable replacements for the less effective shower heads that the RV is bought with isn't simple. We have, however, selected the best 4 products that can be of great use to you during your next trip. Our selection is based on customer satisfaction from the reviews and feedbacks after the use of the products.
This is the best shower head for RVs. It improves your showering experience by offering the most excellent performance you will ever come across. It is a handled type of RV shower head that operates under high pressure.
The other good thing about this shower head is that it conserves water. This is a very crucial property when you are camping in the woodlands with no water points. Its 2XP Turbo charging which has been upgraded is the principle behind the water conservation.
The shower head can be used for different functions apart from showering in the RV. It also has some PAUSH setting that allows for reliable spray shooting. You can, therefore, increase its pressure instantly whenever you deem fit.
The product itself is light yellow in color and its purchase includes other items like the manual instruction, shower bracket, and a 59-inch flexible hose. All these accessories are aimed at providing you with the best showering experience.
It doesn't require any batteries to function. Additionally, it weighs just 1 pound making it an easy to transport RV equipment. And it lasts a long time which won't make you spend extra cash buying similar types every other time.
Another great pick is the Dura Faucet RV shower head. It is relatively cheaper and stronger which makes it a better alternative. It has been made of heavy-duty material that will ensure you have years and years of use without interruptions.
Dura Faucet itself is a well-known manufacturing company when it comes to the production of faucets to the recreational vehicles. It is designed with a single functional head which makes it relatively easier to use.
Actually, the RV shower head should be easy to operate, an area that this product meets so well. It is designed with a control switch that controls the flow of water. It is this switch that acts as a safety trickle valve due to the absence of an off and on the switch.
The product is easy to install besides being certified by UPC and CUPC. It is also very versatile which makes it easier to use in any standard shower hose. It has a flow rate of 2.2 gallons per minute (GPM) which is very much efficient for an RV setup. Some of its other specifications are 60 PSI and 414 kPa.
This RV shower head is available in different finishes like white, Chrome; oil rubbed bronze, Venetian bronze, bisque parchment or brushed satin Nickel. It has a metallic finish and weighs approximately 0.64 ounces making it lightweight and easy to carry along for the road trips.
This is a great pocket-friendly RV shower head that you can consider as well; especially if you are financially strained. It is ergonomically designed with an on and off switch that helps you pause the rate of water flow whenever necessary. This helps in conserving the water as well.
The switch is easy to use making the handheld shower head outstanding besides its low price. By being able to control the flow rate of the water, you will have saved a significant amount of water. In addition, this shower head has 5 spray patterns from which you can choose from.
It is, therefore, very possible for you to choose what kind of shower you want to take; be it a forceful spray or a just a gentle massage. Its installation process is an easy one making it an ideal product for use in other applications like boats and other motorhomes as well.
This shower head has a total length of 9 inches plus a diameter of 4 inches. Proper hygiene is very important for your RV and this product is easy to clean up due to its rubber-made spray tips hence making it easy to maintain proper hygienic standards.
Adjusting it from one setting to the next is so easy as well. You only need to slide the lever it has to change the distribution and water pressure slowly. Its coverage is so wide that your entire body will end up well covered during showering. What's more, the shower head weighs 9 ounces and is backed by a warranty of 1 year.
The ETL 26781 is the most expensive RV shower head on our list, but the price can only be attributed to its remarkable features. And it is designed in a way that it can fit in all showers in RVs. It will fit no matter the kind of RV you have. This makes it really stand out.
Another feature that it is best known for is its ability to transform even the weakest water pressure into a very strong spray. It does this through the patented technology that also increases the oxygen content of the water beside the water pressure.
Its water consumption is very low as well. Your water tanks will, therefore, last a long time with water. This is not usually the case with the traditional showers.
It comes with a 60'' hose making it so comfortable to use. Its control feature is another area that you will find so comfortable to use. It actually makes the process of adjusting water pressure from low to high very easy.
With this RV, you won't even need to know how to unclog an RV toilet holding tank as clogging is guaranteed. Its design is the handheld type which is very attractive and easy to operate. Some of the other accessories that it comes with are wand, comfort regulator, Teflon tape, washers, wand holder, installation instructions and the already mentioned 60-inch hose.
This product has a limited lifetime warranty and has a flow rate of 2 GPM. It weighs 1.4 pounds as well.
You have had a look at our list of the selected best shower heads and you are now wondering how we arrived at that, right? Well, in this section we are going to look at how we arrived at the above four products to be the best for your recreational vehicle.
The most important question you need to ask yourself first when it comes to the design is whether the shower head is handheld or not. RV shower areas are generally very small, and it is for this reason that most of the RV shower heads are small as well; simply to fit into such small areas.
Handheld RV shower heads are flexible and can be moved around to ensure that the entire body, including your back, gets sufficient amount of water while taking a shower. Why should you be standing and hanging under the stream of water all through the entire bathing time to get clean?
Such designs are the best fit for RVs. Besides, they are very useful when you have a dog that needs to be cleaned as well. Prioritize the handheld RV shower heads ahead of any other designs, and you will be contented with the results.
The design can also feature a well-built handle that makes the whole product convenient and easy to use. Besides, the shower head should be comfortable in your hands and also stylish.
Water consumption is a great concern when you are dry camping or when the motorhome is not hooked to any water source in a campground. In such cases, there is need to conserve the little water available. You, therefore, need to go for an RV shower head that has a low flow rate. The flow rate is always specified in terms of gallons per minute (GPM).
Even if you're always in campsites with plenty of water, conserving water is still very important. Water is indeed a precious commodity that shouldn't be wasted at any particular moment. Shower heads that are rated for flow rates of 2 GPM or less are the best when it comes to water conservation.
Low flow rate should not mean poor performance. A good shower head should also be able to provide sufficient water for rinsing the entire body. A good-performing shower head can even change its operating pressure based on the showering preferences.
An RV shower head should be something simple and easy to use. The high-end types have been tested and confirmed to be comfortable and easy to use compared to the ordinary heads. One area that will let you know whether the product is easy to use is the handle.
The handle should be well designed to make sure that even with soapy and wet hands, it can be easily used. After all, during the process of taking a bath, your hands will be soapy and wet.
You also need to check on the installation process of the shower head. Is it likely to cause you some trouble and consume a significant chunk of your time? If so, then that is not the right product for you.
The best RV shower head should be easy to install as well. In just some minutes, you should have finished the installation and the shower head ready for use.
For you to have high water pressure in the RV shower head, there is a need for an external water source. But remember to have an RV water pressure regulator installed outside to prevent your interior pipes from getting damaged as a result of high water pressure.
But some RV shower heads can compensate for weak water pressure by boosting it while still increasing the amount of air in the stream. Such is very useful whenever there is no external water source to hook your RV with.
There are also some shower heads that have built-in regulators to help minimize the pressure whenever it is too high. You can consider such products depending on the places you will be visiting the most with the recreational vehicle and the presence of external water source in those areas.
You also need to check on how long a shower head can last before buying it. Is it made from high-quality materials? What are other customers saying about it? Research on other users' experiences and reviews and make your own judgment.
Who wants to be in the market now and then looking for an RV shower head simply because the last one you bought didn't last long enough? Choose performance and durability but not how stylish it is.
Some RV shower heads have shut-off valves to help conserve water whenever you are not rinsing. The valves do not completely shut off the water flow; they simply stop the water flow to a level that almost nothing will trickle.
You will, therefore, not have to shut both the cold and hot valves off and then turn them on again and in the process waste some water trying to have the water get to a favorable temperature again.
Efficiency: Having an ideal shower head, that has a flow rate of 2 GPM or lower, ensures that you conserve more water. Besides the water conservation, you will be in a position to comfortably take a shower as well.
Convenience: With the best shower heads like the ones herein, you will not experience the misty, sharp needle and anemic feeling on your skin as is always the case with the ordinary shower heads. The best products will, however, smooth the body with some gentle sizzle or massage the muscles as well.
Keeping your body fresh after a day enjoying outdoor activities is very necessary. Being able to take a shower from inside your recreational vehicle is so convenient as well. This article is, therefore, very important for any RV camper.
The best RV shower head is, therefore, the PIH Handheld RV Shower Head. It is easy to use and at the same time allows for water conservation. Additionally, its shower spray is powerful and hence an excellent performance.
It is also easy to install and reasonably priced as well. These are just some of the reasons that make it stand out from the rest. We would, therefore, like to recommend it to you. Have you ever used it? What was your experience? Are you planning to purchase it? Do you have any questions still? You can share your thoughts with us.
Hello There, Thanks for sharing this post about RV shower head. can you help to select RV shower head for my new Apartment between YOO-MEE Pressure Handheld Multi-Function Accessories & PIH High-Pressure RV Shower Head Unit with Powerful Shower Spray? Thanks in Advance.


LAHORE: Police baton charged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers as they clashed on Thursday during party president Shehbaz Sharif's appearance before an accountability court.
The PML-N president and leader of opposition in the National Assembly, who has been in National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) custody since October 5 in connection to the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme case, was presented before an accountability court in Lahore as his physical remand ended today.
A large number of PML-N workers had gathered outside the court premises and tried to remove the barriers. At this, the police stopped them which resulted in a clash and police resorted to baton charge.
A PML-N worker was also injured during the baton charge and some involved in creating chaos were also taken into custody.
"Police hit peaceful workers and even baton charged Lahore deputy mayor," he added.
Meanwhile, speaking to Geo Pakistan, Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan had said, "PML-N workers came in the mood for aggression. They tried to fight with the police and the personnel responded."
Stating that no one can be allowed to take the law in their own hands, he said, "The police acted calmly and the situation was hyped up."
"This violence was pre-planned," he added.


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There are many Sports bars in Pattaya ranging from small bars who call themselves a sports bar to a few huge bars who are sports specialists. The largest (genuine) Sports bars are probably Retox Game on in Soi Honey, Retox in Soi Chaiyapoon and the Lion Pub.
Retox sports bar and guesthouse is located in Soi Lengkee, Pattaya.
Unique Blue Sports bar Pattaya is located on Soi Buakhao in Pattaya, Thailand.


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List of Corruptions Done by King Trump
List of Corruptions Done by King Trump, sorry its so long!
Given how widespread Trumpian corruption has become, we thought it was time to make a list. It's meant to be a definitive list of self-dealing by the president, his family, his staff or his friends — since he began running for president. To qualify, an incident needs to seem highly credible, even if it remains unresolved, and needs to involve making money or self political advance.
Foreigners are paying the Trumps.
The list of governments includes Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Turkey, China, India, Afghanistan and Qatar to stay at
Trump International Hotel in DC.
Bailing out his son in law's bad real estate deals
The Kushner company also successfully lobbied the Qatari government to invest in 666 Fifth Avenue, a financially troubled luxury building. The company's dealings with Middle Eastern countries because Jared Kushner is one of the administration's top policymakers for the region and has played a central role in policy toward Qatar.
Billing the US Government for Trump Visits to his own establishments
Trump has visited or stayed at one of his properties almost one out of every three days that he has been president, according to both The Wall Street Journal and NBC News. Like previous presidents, Trump travels with a large group of staff and security personnel, and American taxpayers typically foot at least part of the bill for the trips. Unlike previous presidents, Trump is directing money to his own business on his trips.
Choosing Lobbiest for Federal positions
DeVos is the most blatant example of administration officials protecting companies where they once worked, but there are many others. More than 164 former lobbyists work in the administration, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, including several who regulate the industries that once paid their salaries.
Cabinet officials make unethical stock trades.
Several Trump officials — current and former — have traded stocks while serving in top government positions. In some cases, they appear to have made policy decisions benefiting the companies in which they owned a stake.
Allowing Cabinet members & Senators to use inside info on investments
Wilbur Ross, Trump's commerce secretary, has mixed government business and his own business in multiple ways. He held on to investments — and then appears to have lied to government ethics officials about those investments. He shorted the stock of a company about which he appeared to have advance notice of bad news.
Cabinet officials take junkets.
Trump officials have made a habit of billing American taxpayers for their personal travel. Ryan Zinke, Trump's secretary of the interior, chartered a $12,000 flight to fly out of Las Vegas, where he had given a 12-minute speech to a hockey team owned by a businessman who donated to his congressional campaign.
Trump's team enjoys interior decorating.
The pettiest kind of Trumpian corruption takes the form of interior decorating.
Zinke, the interior secretary, spent $139,000 in taxpayer money on new doors for his office. Carson, the secretary of health and human services, picked out a dining set for his office that cost $31,000 — and then gave Congress contradictory explanations for the purchase and blamed it on his wife. Pruitt ordered a $43,000 soundproof phone booth installed in his office and appears to have violated federal law by failing to inform Congress about it.
He lost a needless government shutdown fight.
In 2018, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved $1.6 billion for 65 miles of border fencing by an overwhelming bipartisan vote. Instead of taking the deal, Trump shut down the government and demanded $5.7 billion. He ended up with less — $1.38 billion — than he would have if he had just gone along with the bipartisan deal.
He asked the president of Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden.
His phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky was not "perfect" as Trump claimed. After special counsel Robert S. Mueller III found that Trump did not conspire with Russia in 2016, Trump decided to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by giving Democrats the pretext they had been looking for to impeach him.
He invited the Taliban to Camp David.
The terrorist group's leaders would have sat at the very table where U.S. officials planned the overthrow of their regime, to accept the terms of America's surrender on the eve of the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks they facilitated. The disaster was only averted because the Taliban chose to rub defeat in Trump's face by killing an American soldier. The invitation was possibly the most shameful moment of the Trump presidency
He gave Turkey a green light to invade Syria and attack our Kurdish allies.
The Kurds suffered 11,000 casualties in the fight against the Islamic State since 2014 and gave us the critical intelligence that led us to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's doorstep. After watching Trump abandon the Kurds to be slaughtered, why would anyone step forward to help the United States in the fight against Islamist radicalism?
Published August 5, 2020 By Dan Kozan
King Trump Thinks He Is Above The Law
" You Can't Fix Stupid "

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Applications available at 1029 N. Howe Street or by clicking here. Application review will begin January 2, 2019.
Police Officer – Deadline for application: Opened until filled.
Police Officer for the City of Southport provides law enforcement including: community policing, traffic, investigation and patrol duties (foot patrol & bicycle patrol). Department: Police: Minimum Requirements; Must hold a BLET Certificate from a BLET Training course accredited by the N.C. Criminal Justice Training and Standards Division or must be enrolled in a BLET program at the time of application. Applicants will need to provide a copy of their certificate or if currently enrolled a letter from the BLET director or coordinator. In lieu of a BLET certificate out-of-state applicants must hold full-time sworn status and be able to transfer certification as approved by the N.C. Criminal Justice Training and Standards Division. Applicants must have a High school diploma or successful completion of a certified GED program. Applicants must also possess a valid NC driver license. Out-of-state applicants must have a valid driver's license from the state of residence and have the ability to obtain a valid NC driver license by hire date. Hiring Range: $36,320 – $38,136.
How to Apply: Complete Application of Employment (State of North Carolina PD-107) and North Carolina Criminal Justice Standards Division Form F-3 (LE). Forms must be received in the Human Resources Office by the posted deadline. Resumes may be submitted in addition to but not in lieu of a completed Application of Employment (PD 107). Applications may be mailed or hand-delivered to: City of Southport, Human Resources Dept. Attention: Teresa Parker-Mosley, 1029 N. Howe St. Southport, NC 28461 or email to: HR@southportnc.org.
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The official swearing in of Southport Police Chief Todd Coring will be held Friday, November 16th, 4:00 p.m. at the Southport Baptist Church, 200 N. Howe Street, Southport.
Board of Aldermen are now accepting applications.
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Applications are available at City Hall and on the website.
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I'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell do I read?: Gay Poetry! Our GLBTQ Celebration of National Poetry Month Continues... with Steven Reigns and his heartachingly beautiful poem "100%"
Gay Poetry! Our GLBTQ Celebration of National Poetry Month Continues... with Steven Reigns and his heartachingly beautiful poem "100%"
Steven Reigns is a friend and one HECK of a poet. Here, to help us celebrate the GAY in National Poetry Month, is his poem, "100%"
baits me for a compliment.
because I like that he has shared this with me.
he is the only man who can take me there.
I fear my other relationships with men could end what we have together.
and dancing on the ballroom floor.
his humor was not lost on his 20-year-old gay grandson.
I've never not said it.
Is that why he told it?
his valued possession a photo of the green-eyed blond beauty with thin lips.
He had told me of when he was 13 and understood why women were to be respected.
He saw a mare giving birth.
and my grandfather was never the same.
this is something we do not have in common.
but thought of different ones.
isn't ashamed that other men do the same.
WOW. I love poetry. I love gay poetry that speaks to me and speaks to who I was and who I am... I love this poem.
"Some of the most powerful poems are mined from personal experience."
and I think he's proved that with "100%"
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It's sure to be amazing!
Thanks, Steven, and thanks, Lee. I like it, and it hits home. I remember when my beloved great-grandmother died, when I was a teen, one of my thoughts was, "Well, at least I'll never have to come out to her." The generation gap is so hard sometimes.
That was lovely - thanks for sharing!
Oh this is lovely. Thank you Steven and thank you Lee for sharing it.
A bond like that is rare for all of us.
This is a lovely, lovely poem. It makes me feel that much closer to the artist.
This poem is lovely, but by the end, a real punch in the gut. I can't imagine having to hid who you are from the ones you love. Thanks so much for sharing this.


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2019 Charity Golf Day
Your invitation to the Annual Rotary North Harbour Charity Golf Day
Rotary North Harbour would love to have you and your team take part in this year's charity event, to be held on Friday 8 November, at Helensville Golf Club.
Partners Life, a generous supporter of Rotary activities, is again our principal sponsor, and we appreciate the additional sponsorship provided by Babich Wines and You Travel Mairangi Bay
This year I AM HOPE, the charity formed by Mike King, will be the primary recipient of funds raised.
I AM HOPE is the counselling funding branch of the Key to Life Charitable Trust, and through your participation in this event we will assist them to provide free and timely counselling for kids throughout New Zealand – enabling young Kiwis to access professional help as and when they need it. So far I AM HOPE has helped over 1,600 Kiwi kids access help from 450 practitioners.
For more information, visit https://www.iamhope.org.nz
The format is Ambrose. If you don't have a Golf NZ handicap, no worries, we'll give you one. There'll be prizes for a hole in one, longest and straightest drive and nearest the pin.
We'll provide a pre-match snack, and buffet dinner after. We'll also run a couple of auctions, some quick fire raffles and have some spot prizes. You are guaranteed a fun day.
So, please complete the attached entry form and return to leverne@xtra.co.nz and we will book your slot and confirm your participation with further details.
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Over 350,000 men and women have left our shores to do their duty. Many did not return. Those who did return went back to their former lives, yet their service and contribution should not be forgotten.
Our goal is that every service grave in New Zealand is restored to the same as their comrades overseas, maintained to the same standards or better as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Ours is a simple mission. We recognise the contributions that those who have gone before us have made.
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Greg is the founding Director of Financial Planning NZ Ltd, now known as OnePlan, and he
was responsible for the company's creation.
After graduating as an Accountant in 1975, Greg was employed in a number of accountancy-related roles
before joining the NZ Police in 1980. Whilst there, he studied law at Auckland University. He left the Police in
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Greg taught accounting at the University of Auckland and Unitec from 1984 to 2012. He is a member of
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He has always been, and continues to be, actively involved with a myriad of charity and community
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was a Director of Radio Lollipop for 10 years. He is currently on the Heart of the City Board of Trustees.
Greg is still active in Rotary and was selected to lead the Rotary District 9920 GSE Team to Chile in 2009. He
was an Assistant Governor of D9920 between 2012-2014 and has been Chair of the Mt Albert Grammar School
Board of Trustees since 2006.
He retired as a Major in the 3rd Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's own) and Northland Battalion of the NZ Army.
During his 37 years' service he has been awarded the Efficiency Decoration (ED) bar and clasp; and has
deployed to the Solomon Islands (2005) and East Timor (2006), as well as an attachment with the British Army
Greg a founding Trustee and past Chair of the NZ Memorial Museum Trust - Le Quesnoy and, as a current
Trustee, is actively involved in the establishment of the Museum and Visitor Centre in the French town of Le
Quesnoy, the scene of the last battle of WW1 involving the NZ Division.
He was an Auckland City Councillor, representing the inner-city Western Bays Ward, and was Chairman of
the Auckland City Arts, Culture and Recreation Committee prior to the amalgamation of the Auckland City
Council. He is also a former member of and was Finance spokesperson for the Waitemata Local Board
between 2010 and 2016.
After many years in the financial planning industry, Greg still enjoys helping people to help themselves and is
a firm believer in New Zealander's need to plan to ensure their future financial wellbeing. Greg believes he
can provide this security to his clients by assisting them to adopt a sane, sound, sensible approach to the
creation and protection of wealth.
Bowls evening at Mairangi Bay Bowling Club.
11-13 Ramsgate terrace Mairangi Bay.
This is always a fun night out. Bowls on loan, coaching available, cash bar, delicious dinner.
Lock it in now.
An evening with the animals at Auckland Zoo.
Details to follow ....
Kim Glanfield
Bric-a-brac sale at Browns Bay market.
From very early until sold out. Collect your
saleable goods now. Remember that whilst we can't sell big stuff, Red Cross Refuge centre would
welcome these larger household goods. Start that Swedish Death cleaning NOW! Remember BIG stuff
and bedding can be offered to Red Cross to help them get migrants established in their homes.
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Justia Dockets & Filings D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit John Doe v. Republic of Ethiopia Filing 1207910757
John Doe v. Republic of Ethiopia
OPINION [1665840] filed (Pages: 10) for the Court by Judge Henderson. [16-7081]
USCA Case #16-7081 Document #1665840 Filed: 03/14/2017 United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued February 2, 2017 Decided March 14, 2017 No. 16-7081 JOHN DOE, ALSO KNOWN AS KIDANE, APPELLANT v. THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA, APPELLEE Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:14-cv-00372) Richard M. Martinez argued the cause for the appellant. Samuel L. Walling, Nathan Cardozo, and Cindy Cohn were with him on brief. Scott A. Gilmore entered an appearance. David Kaye was on brief for the amici curiae United Nations Human Rights Experts in support of the plaintiffappellant. Thomas R. Snider argued the cause for the appellee. Robert P. Charrow and Laura Metcoff Klaus were with him on brief. Before: HENDERSON and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judge. Page 1 of 10 USCA Case #16-7081 Document #1665840 Filed: 03/14/2017 2 Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON. KAREN LECRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff John Doe—proceeding pseudonymously as "Kidane"—claims he was tricked into downloading a computer program. The program allegedly enabled the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) to spy on him from abroad. He wants to sue the Republic of Ethiopia. But foreign states are immune from suit unless an exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) applies. Kidane invokes the FSIA's exception for noncommercial torts. We conclude his reliance is misplaced. The noncommercial-tort exception abrogates sovereign immunity for a tort occurring entirely in the United States. Kidane, by contrast, alleges a transnational tort. We therefore affirm the district court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. I. BACKGROUND Now an American citizen, Kidane was born in Ethiopia.1 He obtained asylum in the United States in the early 1990s and has at all relevant times lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. There, he has remained active in the Ethiopian community and has maintained contacts who work to increase awareness of corruption and human rights issues in Ethiopia. As alleged in the complaint, in late 2012 or early 2013, Kidane opened an attachment to an e-mail he received from an acquaintance. The e-mail had been forwarded and was 1 Because, at this stage, Ethiopia has not disputed the factual basis for our jurisdiction but "challenges only the legal sufficiency of [Kidane's] jurisdictional allegations," we "take [his] factual allegations as true and determine whether they bring the case within" the FSIA's noncommercial-tort exception. Phoenix Consulting Inc. v. Republic of Angola, 216 F.3d 36, 40 (D.C. Cir. 2000). Page 2 of 10 USCA Case #16-7081 Document #1665840 Filed: 03/14/2017 3 allegedly sent originally by or on behalf of Ethiopia. Kidane's complaint is silent as to whether the individual who sent Kidane the e-mail was located in the United States but the e-mail's text suggests that individual was located in London. See Am. Compl. Ex. C ("You took your family to London . . . ."). Once opened, the attachment allegedly infected Kidane's computer with a "clandestine . . . program[] known as FinSpy." Am. Compl. ¶ 4. FinSpy is "a system for monitoring and gathering information from electronic devices, including computers and mobile phones, without the knowledge of the device's user." Id. ¶ 6. It is "sold exclusively to government agencies." Id. After installation on Kidane's computer, FinSpy "began . . . recording some, if not all, of the activities undertaken by users of the computer," whether Kidane or his family members. Id. ¶ 5. It then allegedly communicated with a server in Ethiopia. Kidane filed suit against Ethiopia, pressing two claims. First, Kidane sought relief under the Wiretap Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510 et seq., which prohibits "any person [from] intentionally intercept[ing] . . . any wire, oral, or electronic communication[,]" id. § 2511(1). Second, Kidane alleged Ethiopia committed the Maryland common law tort of intrusion upon seclusion. The district court dismissed Kidane's lawsuit in its entirety. Doe v. Fed. Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 189 F. Supp. 3d 6, 28 (D.D.C. 2016). It first concluded that the relevant Wiretap Act provision could not be enforced via private lawsuit against a foreign government.2 Id. at 12–15. 2 The district court reached this issue before addressing subject matter jurisdiction under the FSIA. Although recognizing that ordinarily it must address subject matter jurisdiction first, Doe, 189 F. Supp. 3d at 11, it forestalled the jurisdictional inquiry based on Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States ex rel. Page 3 of 10 USCA Case #16-7081 Document #1665840 Filed: 03/14/2017 4 It next dismissed Kidane's state-law claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Id. at 15–28. The district court observed that the FSIA grants all foreign states immunity from suit in American courts, subject to limited enumerated exceptions. Id. at 16. Kidane invoked only one—the noncommercial-tort exception. Id. The district court found that exception inapplicable because the "entire tort" did not occur in the United States, as required.3 Id. at 18–25. II. ANALYSIS On appeal, Kidane challenges both grounds the district court used for dismissal. Each challenge triggers de novo review. Simon v. Republic of Hungary, 812 F.3d 127, 135 (D.C. Cir. 2016); El Paso Nat. Gas Co. v. United States, 750 F.3d 863, 874 (D.C. Cir. 2014). Unlike the district court, we do not reach the question whether the Wiretap Act authorizes a cause of action against Ethiopia for intercepting Kidane's communications. We instead conclude that the FSIA withdraws jurisdiction in toto. The FSIA is "the 'sole basis for obtaining jurisdiction over a foreign state in our courts.'" Weinstein v. Islamic Stevens, 529 U.S. 765 (2000). There, the High Court concluded that the statutory question was "logically antecedent" to Vermont's Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit and there existed "no realistic possibility" that answering the statutory question first "expand[ed] the Court's power beyond the limits that the jurisdictional restriction has imposed." Id. at 779 (internal quotation marks omitted). 3 Ethiopia made several other arguments against the noncommercial-tort exception's applicability but the district court rejected each. Doe, 189 F. Supp. 3d at 17–18, 25–28. We need not address those arguments. Page 4 of 10 USCA Case #16-7081 Document #1665840 Filed: 03/14/2017 5 Republic of Iran, 831 F.3d 470, 478 (D.C. Cir. 2016) (quoting Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp., 488 U.S. 428, 434 (1989)). Unless an exception applies, "a foreign state shall be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States." 28 U.S.C. § 1604. One of those exceptions is the noncommercial-tort exception. It abrogates immunity from an action involving "personal injury or death, or damage to or loss of property, occurring in the United States and caused by the tortious act or omission of [a] foreign state or of any official or employee of that foreign state while acting within the scope of his office or employment[.]" Id. § 1605(a)(5).4 The phrase "occurring in the United States" is no mere surplusage. "'[T]he entire tort'—including not only the injury but also the act precipitating that injury—must occur in the United States." Jerez v. Republic of Cuba, 775 F.3d 419, 424 (D.C. Cir. 2014) (quoting Asociacion de Reclamantes v. United Mexican States, 735 F.2d 1517, 1525 (D.C. Cir. 1984)). In Jerez, the plaintiff (Jerez) alleged he was intentionally injected with hepatitis C while imprisoned in Cuba. See id. at 421. He sued Cuba, relying on the noncommercial-tort exception. Id. at 424.5 We found the exception inapplicable. 4 Even in such circumstances, the FSIA restores sovereign immunity from suits "based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function regardless of whether the discretion [has been] abused" and from suits "arising out of malicious prosecution, abuse of process, libel, slander, misrepresentation, deceit, or interference with contract rights[.]" 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(5)(A)–(B). 5 Jerez initially sued Cuba in Florida state court, where he obtained a default judgment. Jerez, 775 F.3d at 421. His case came to us through his efforts to execute the judgment on certain intellectual property. Id. Page 5 of 10 USCA Case #16-7081 Document #1665840 Filed: 03/14/2017 6 As we explained, the alleged injection of hepatitis C occurred abroad and we rejected Jerez's argument that a separate tort occurred each time the virus replicated in his body. Id. Replication showed only that Jerez suffered an "ongoing injury," not that the tort's precipitating act also occurred in the United States. Id. (emphasis omitted). To support his replication theory, Jerez "analogiz[ed] the defendants' actions to a foreign agent's delivery into the United States of an anthrax package or a bomb." Id. That analogy was flawed, we explained, because "the defendants' infliction of injury . . . occurred entirely in Cuba, whereas the infliction of injury by the hypothetical anthrax package or bomb would occur entirely in the United States." Id. Kidane argues that Ethiopia's tort is akin to the anthrax hypothetical. But the hypothetical was dictum and, of course, "[b]inding circuit law comes only from the holdings of a prior panel, not from its dicta." Gersman v. Grp. Health Ass'n, 975 F.2d 886, 897 (D.C. Cir. 1992). And Jerez's holding hardly helps Kidane. Jerez squarely held that "the entire tort . . . must occur in the United States" for the noncommercial-tort exception to apply. 775 F.3d at 424 (emphasis added) (internal quotation marks omitted). Here, at least a portion of Ethiopia's alleged tort occurred abroad. Maryland's intrusion-upon-seclusion tort shows why that is so. The tort covers "[o]ne who intentionally intrudes, physically or otherwise, upon the solitude or seclusion of another or his private affairs or concerns, [making the intruder] subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if the intrusion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person." Bailer v. Erie Ins. Exch., 687 A.2d 1375, 1380–81 (Md. 1997) (emphasis and internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS § 652B (1977)). There is thus no tort without intentional intrusion. But whether in London, Ethiopia or elsewhere, the tortious Page 6 of 10 USCA Case #16-7081 Document #1665840 Filed: 03/14/2017 7 intent aimed at Kidane plainly lay abroad and the tortious acts of computer programming likewise occurred abroad. Moreover, Ethiopia's placement of the FinSpy virus on Kidane's computer, although completed in the United States when Kidane opened the infected e-mail attachment, began outside the United States. It thus cannot be said that the entire tort occurred in the United States. The two cases on which Kidane relies—Liu v. Republic of China, 892 F.2d 1419 (9th Cir. 1989), and Letelier v. Republic of Chile, 488 F. Supp. 665 (D.D.C. 1980)—are easily distinguished. In Liu, two gunmen allegedly acting at a Taiwanese admiral's direction assassinated a man in California, 892 F.2d at 1421; in Letelier, Chilean government agents allegedly constructed, planted and detonated a car bomb in Washington, D.C., 488 F. Supp. at 665. In both, the courts determined they had jurisdiction under the FSIA's noncommercial-tort exception to hear the victims' survivors' claims against the respective foreign sovereigns. Liu, 892 F.2d at 1425–26, 1431; Letelier, 488 F. Supp. at 673–74. Both involved actions "occurring in the United States" that were—without reference to any action undertaken abroad— tortious. Ethiopia's digital espionage is of a different character. Without the software's initial dispatch or an intent to spy— integral aspects of the final tort which lay solely abroad— Ethiopia could not have intruded upon Kidane's seclusion under Maryland law. Kidane's Wiretap Act claim is similarly deficient. The Wiretap Act in pertinent part proscribes "intentional[] intercept[ions]" of "wire, oral, or electronic communication[s]." 18 U.S.C. § 2511(1)(a). But, again, the "intent[]," id., and FinSpy's initial deployment occurred outside the United States. The tort Kidane alleges thus did not occur "entire[ly]" in the United States, Jerez, 775 F.3d at Page 7 of 10 USCA Case #16-7081 Document #1665840 Filed: 03/14/2017 8 424 (internal quotation marks omitted); it is a transnational tort over which we lack subject matter jurisdiction. Kidane regards this conclusion as inconsistent with the noncommercial-tort exception's purpose and legislative history. He argues that, when the Congress codified the exception, it considered—but rejected—the approach of the European Convention on State Immunity. The European Convention abrogated sovereign immunity for certain torts if the facts underlying the torts occurred in the forum nation and if "the author of the injury or damage was present in that territory at the time." European Convention on State Immunity art. 11, reprinted in Hearings on H.R. 11,315 Before the Subcomm. on Admin. Law & Governmental Relations of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 94th Cong. 39 (1976) (1976 Hearings). Kidane notes the absence of similar language in section 1605(a)(5). We think Kidane reads too much into the Congress's silence.6 As the Supreme Court has explained, the "Congress' primary purpose in enacting § 1605(a)(5) was to eliminate a foreign state's immunity for traffic accidents and other torts committed in the United States, for which liability is imposed under domestic tort law." Amerada Hess Shipping Corp., 488 U.S. at 439–40. It is thus unsurprising that transnational cyberespionage should lie beyond section 1605(a)(5)'s reach. Kidane also directs us to the FSIA's commercial activity exception to illuminate section 1605(a)(5)'s boundaries. The 6 As the district court acknowledged, Doe, 189 F. Supp. 3d at 24, and as Ethiopia observes, when the State Department Legal Adviser was asked whether there was any inconsistency between the European Convention and the FSIA, he responded that—subject to one discrepancy not relevant here—there generally was not. 1976 Hearings, at 37. Page 8 of 10 USCA Case #16-7081 Document #1665840 Filed: 03/14/2017 9 commercial activity exception authorizes claims "based upon a commercial activity carried on in the United States by [a] foreign state[.]" 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(2). He observes that the Supreme Court, interpreting this provision, found instructive the "point of contact" between the tort and its victim in determining where the tort occurred. OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs, 577 U.S. ____, 136 S. Ct. 390, 397 (2015) (internal quotation marks omitted). But Sachs underscores why the commercial activity exception is of limited usefulness here. There, the American plaintiff purchased a European rail travel pass from a Massachusetts travel agent. Id. at 393. When she used the pass to board the defendant Austrian state-owned railway's train in Innsbruck, Austria, she fell onto the tracks, where the moving train crushed her legs. Id. She sued, invoking the FSIA's commercial activity exception. Id. at 394. The Supreme Court concluded, however, that her lawsuit was not "based upon" the domestic sale of the rail pass. Id. at 393. It noted that "an action is based upon the particular conduct that constitutes the gravamen of the suit." Id. at 396 (internal quotation marks omitted). It explained that "the conduct constituting the gravamen of [her] suit plainly occurred abroad." Id.7 But Sachs interpreted the commercial activity exception. And unlike the commercial activity exception, the noncommercialtort exception does not ask where the "gravamen" occurred, 7 In so concluding, the Court quoted a letter written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes to then-Professor Felix Frankfurter opining that "the 'essentials' of a personal injury narrative will be found at the 'point of contact'—'the place where the boy got his fingers pinched.'" Sachs, 136 S. Ct. at 397. Kidane reads Sachs— particularly its reliance on the "point of contact" language—as confirming that "a tort occurs at the place where the injury was inflicted upon the plaintiff." Appellant's Br. 14. We disagree with his reading. Page 9 of 10 USCA Case #16-7081 Document #1665840 Filed: 03/14/2017 10 id.; instead, it asks where the "entire tort" occurred, Asociacion de Reclamantes, 735 F.2d at 1525 (emphasis added). For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the district court's dismissal of Kidane's intrusion-upon-seclusion claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Because the same reasoning applies with equal force to Kidane's Wiretap Act claim, we affirm the dismissal of that claim as well.8 So ordered. 8 We do not reach the applicability of the FSIA provisions governing discretionary functions or torts based upon misrepresentation or deceit. See 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(5)(A)–(B); see also supra n.4. Page 10 of 10


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HBO and Universal just renewed a distribution deal. For the next 10 years.
If you are in any ways connected to the TV industry, be it for the past, present, or future of it, this is quite significant. Why?
Part of the reason TV as an industry is fairly impervious to disruption is the unbelievably tangled knot of deals and relationships. In TV/Movie-land, deals are (1) worth Billions, and (2) made for the long-term.
But with all the kerfuffle about TV changing, TV dying, TV this and that,we should take note that two of the biggest players in the industry just renewed a deal that is (1) worth Billions and (2) made for the long term.
The significance is, in a nutshell, that in TV-land, business as usual is still going on.


Assonance is the use of words that have the same or very similar vowel sounds near one another in a single phrase or sentences.
Assonance is a literary device used where the vowel sounds are repeated to create an internal rhyming within sentences or phrases. It is mainly used in verse to create a certain atmosphere or for effect. Assonance is the repetitive use of vowel sounds. It is related to alliteration which uses repetition of vowel and consonant sound. It is the opposite of consonance which is the repetitive use only of consonants or consonant sounds.
Newly cut the yew stuck, quivering, in the morning dew.
Assonance is very effectively used in poetry, and lot in rap music lyrics, along with alliteration and consonance. When a sound is repeated, it creates a pattern and hence the pleasure of recognition. In rhyme, the final sounds of words are repeated in successive sections. Assonance can be more subtle, creating patterns more surreptitiously and hence sneaking up on the conscious mind and perhaps adding the excitement of surprise.


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Terri Coles
Fair Trade Jewellery in Toronto
For some people, an engagement ring is the ultimate symbol of committed love. But what if that symbol comes with attachments to environmental destruction and unfair working practices? Toronto jewellers like the Fair Trade Jewellery Co. are increasingly providing options for people who want their rocks and metal to be as ethically clean as possible.
The 2006 film Blood Diamond helped push the issue of ethical concerns about the diamond trade into the mainstream, but there are a myriad of reasons why a customer might want to investigate the background of the jewellery they plan to purchase. 130 million carats of diamonds are mined every year -- $9 billion U.S. dollars worth -- and nearly half of diamonds are mined in central and southern Africa.
Some of these areas have a history of conflict and the use of child labour, which led to the Kimberley Process, an industry and government initiative that works to keep war-financing "conflict diamonds" out of the global supply. Gold and platinum mining can be dangerous, dirty work for miners, particularly when they are working below ground and using mercury to separate the precious metals from others that may be mixed in.
Though he opened his Cabbagetown storefront and workshop just last year, Ryan Taylor of Fair Trade Jewellery Co. has been working on a plan for ethically-sourced fine jewellery since 2006, while studying at George Brown College. "I started questioning why I was doing what I was doing," Taylor said.
He decided that instead of pursuing certifications in providing fair-trade jewellery -- a time-consuming and expensive process -- he'd do the legwork to build his own supply chain. "The whole idea of doing this was to do it outside of formal certification by working with established partnerships."
FTJCo works with the Fundacion Amigos Del Choco (AmiChoco), which sponsors sustainable mining factories in peasant communities doing small-scale mining in the Choco rainforest in Columbia. The "Oro Verde" gold the Choco residents produce with the help of AmiChoco can be traced right down to the specific person who mined it, and is extracted by surface mining, without the use of heavy machinery or mercury. The profits from AmiChoco gold are reinvested in the people and communities that mined it.
The diamonds used in Taylor's custom-made engagement and wedding rings are all certified as Canadian. Part of the motivation for that is the wish to support Canadian industries, Taylor explained, but it also means that the stones were mined in Canada's Arctic, under the country's environmental regulations and free of child labour or conflict. FTJCo also offers recycled metals certified by Scientific Certification Systems as a lower-cost alternative, and will also work with stones and metals from existing rings, such as a family piece.
Other Toronto jewellery retailers also offer alternatives for customers with environmental and ethical concerns. Sarah Wan of The Devil's Workshop recommends that her clients buy antique diamonds, both for their unique cuts and good value and the fact that they don't need to be newly mined and processed. Some customers have also used lab-grown diamonds in her designs. She buys metals from Imperial Smelting and Refining in Markham, where the gold is over 50% recycled content, and has also recycled gold from existing jewellery to use in new designs.
Wan thinks the interest in alternatives to the standard options for metals and stones will increase as people's awareness grows. "They want their piece of jewellery that they're going to wear forever to come from a good place," she said, "not to have bad feelings."
Made You Look gets questions from some customers about the environmental footprint of its merchandise, and the store stocks jewellery by Shoshana Farber, who works with lab-grown stones and silver and gold made by recycling reclaimed metals, said owner Sarah Hamel. Their other designers operate under guidelines like the Kimberly Process, a requirement for the dealers Made You Look works with. "You can't get away with doing things under the bar," Hamel said.
And all the jewellery Taylor produces in his Parliament Street atelier is made-to-order, and therefore customized to the buyer's specifications. "It's still fine jewellery," he explained, "but because we're buying at a higher price, we have to build in value somewhere."
Sourcing materials like gold and diamonds so transparently can come at a higher financial cost for the customer, though. Wan estimates that half the customers who come into The Devil's Workshop interested in Canadian diamonds or other alternatives end up going with a conventional stone, because of the lower cost.
But for all his commitment to the fair trade cause, Taylor is less than thrilled with his company's moniker -- he wishes that it weren't necessary to point out that his jewellery is fair-trade in order to distinguish it from so many other options that are not. "It's wrong that this is a competitive advantage," he said. "It shouldn't be the exception, it should be the rule."
Taylor hopes that the work FTJCo has done in searching out ways to make jewellery with precious stones and metals that come from sources he's comfortable with can help other jewellers, and will grow to include a wider network of international partners. He and director Michael Penney recently released a documentary, After The Gold Rush, filmed during a visit Taylor made to Choco mining communities in Columbia, which he hopes will help with education about their work. He's not interested in acheiving a standard of "kumbaya certification," he explained, but rather a reinvestment of what he's learned to others in the industry and in the communities he gets gold and platinum from. Tiffany and Co. and Cartier are two major jewellers who are working with NGOs to make positive changes in their industry, Taylor said, and he considers them models for what he wants to do on a smaller scale with FTJCo. "Anybody can do this, so why not?"
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"An exceptionally persuasive solo performance... It was not difficult to discern the perpetual- motion ostinatos of Prokofiev's Seventh Piano Sonata in Molinaro's dynamic, radical transformation of 'Back Home in Indiana,' nor the driving energy of Prokofiev's Toccata in Molinaro's similarly propulsive '19/8.' But in every solo piece Molinaro played, from his Keith Jarrett-influenced rewriting of 'Summertime' to his ferociously syncopated stride-piano sendup 'Sketchy' (composed with Howard Levy), Molinaro acquitted himself as an original, often iconoclastic thinker equipped with a leonine technique." – Chicago Tribune
"Molinaro's playing exploded one's long held notion of the relationship between competitions and mediocrity... brilliant music making...a highly charged performance that will not soon be forgotten or surpassed." – Newark Star-Ledger
"A lovely singing line in the right hand, a strong left hand that can sing just as beautifully, an even control of rapid configuration, ease and clarity in the distinction of contrapuntal voices, immediate concentration. He is already a fine melodist, and the importance of the slow sections, done with persuasive rubato, seemed to mount continuously. When the 'Aria' (Goldberg Variations) came back at the end, it had its history not just behind but within it, for what had been merely beguiling at the start of the work was now being more deeply explored."
– New York Times
"About the most lively interpretation (Rhapsody in Blue) one could imagine. He put the jazz and blues back into a piece inspired by the same." – Chicago Sun-Times
"A freshness that I have found in no other performance (Goldberg Variations)... you have to physically respond to its infectious energy. Molinaro's performances of the two Bach Concertos are as breathtaking as Gould's."
– Listener magazine
"Anthony Molinaro dazzled the crowd in the Gershwin Concerto (Syracuse Symphony) with crisp fingerwork and a genuine flair for the Gershwin style. More than just glitz, however, Molinaro brought a sensuous touch to the work. His cadenza to the second movement was dreamy and mesmerizing, placing a spin on this work that is often lacking by more aggressive soloists. The tremendous standing ovation at the conclusion of the work was well-earned." – The Syracuse Post Standard
"He provided an Elysian performance (Beethoven Concerto #4)... strong, spacious and thoughtful, with welcome touches of poetry and finesse. From start to finish, this was a reading that reflected up-to-the-minute searching by a deeply thoughtful musician. Spontaneity took a deep breath in every bar and the delicacy of fingerwork and shading of tone was remarkable. I must say this young American pianist combines magnetism with imagination. His crisp, clean articulation and preference for transparent textures reminded this listener of renowned pianist and Beethoven interpreter Wilhelm Kempff." – The Napa Valley Register
"Anthony Molinaro's eighty-eight keys have been slammed, twisted, and transformed from the traditional concert pianist's repertoire to that of modern jazz. Stereotypes need not apply. It was no surprise when Anthony, who was the winner of the 1997 Naumburg International Piano Competition, turned to the church of hard-core jazz. For years he had been improvising cadenzas on major orchestral works and symphonic stages. Ingenious compositions and arrangements have been featured with esteemed groups such as the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, and his record label, Nineteen-Eight, is producing some of the hottest jazz talents in our country. Anthony's highly accomplished and auspicious beginning has pushed him into the wealth of young artists that bring light to our cultural future." – The New Face of Jazz
"Anthony Molinaro performed Bach's Piano Concerto in D Minor with such aristocratic grace that he reached the heart of this glorious baroque work without distraction or detour. With the collaboration of the orchestra (Naples Philharmonic), Molinaro conveyed the grandeur, the delicate tracery and poetic momentum of Bach's masterpiece while also underlining its timelessness." – Naples Tribune
"Played with laudable verve and intelligence by Anthony Molinaro, his insightful readings of two Bach keyboard concertos convinced from the very first notes. Molinaro made an important statement of who he is as a musician and carried the music forward in accounts that were finely articulated and artfully embellished." – Louisville Courier-Journal
"Edge-of-the-seat brilliance...absolutely first rate performances." – Salt Lake City Deseret News
"Judging by this performance (Rachmaninoff Concerto #3), his name will soon be on every music lover's lips. Not only did he display the technical skills necessary to bring off this most difficult of Rachmaninoff's four concertos, he also gave a singularly convincing interpretation that artists twice his age would be lucky to achieve."
– The Flint Journal
"Molinaro's free-wheeling and un-conventional rendition of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue will not soon be forgotten...with his fresh manner, razor sharp precision, and unanticipated improvisations so true to the spirit, if not the letter, of Gershwin." – The Southampton Press
"One of the hottest young pianists in the world... A gorgeous example of a sublimely talented and
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One thing that hasn't been mentioned is, do you like language? Do you read for pleasure, for example? Enthusiasm for language and being able to communicate that is initially more important than an intimate knowledge of the IPA. Have you considered doing an 'A' level English course at an evening class? Perhaps start reading some more popular and general works on English: how it works, how it developed and so forth. If you are set on using teaching as a way to Asia none of this will be wasted time or effort.
yes i love to read! admittedly i mostly read comic books just because i love to read them but i will read almost anything. i was pretty good at english in school and recieved an A at GCSE level for my efforts. i also have a C in Welsh and German. i had actually tried to learn japanese but find it very difficult to do on my own from a book/audio cd but what i was able to learn was very helpful during my trip to japan last may.
if i cant pursue this TEFL thing this year im going to enrole in an access to higher education course at the college in business, law and computing.
If you want to earn decent money, then any of those three options would be a better option than TEFL in the private sector. You just have to look at the job ads to see what the average hourly rate is - multiply that by 25 (If you get a full week's work), deduct tax and national insurance and you'll see that what's left isn't going to stretch very far.
Unless you can teach in FE (which will be hard to get into without a degree) then you should seriously consider business, law or computing.
A good honours degree in a relevant subject, although those with other qualifications may be considered. Plus, applicants should have experience equivalent to three years� full-time in language teaching or a related post.
Just out of interest what were the other qualifications?
An MA is a postgraduate course, surely you need to have done some form of undergraduate study!!
I looked at many MA courses, all of them needed a first degree.
By the time this person started a Masters at King's they alrerady had the CELTA and DELTA and several years EFL teaching experience at a FE college, which I suppose counts as the other relevant experience mentioned in the quote from the King's website.
Most MAs ask for a good first degree or relevant experience, for example someone with a lot of busineess experience will be allowed to do an MBA even if they never went to university.
I can tell you from first hand experiance that a first degree isn't always needed to have a degree in TEFL, but it helps!
I've done Trinity TESOL Certificate and Diploma and in October I'm starting an MA in TESOL, again with Trinity.
This, does take time though, I've had my Certificate since 1997. So experiance is essential.
As for what school to go to, IH May be an international organisation, but they are all franchises and vary, some are awful.
There are respected British uni MA courses that take candidates without a completed undergraduate course. But with a decent amount of relevant experience (5 years perhaps) and a diploma.
One can leapfrog onto an MA, work hard and get a uni position.
And what exactly is FE short for?
I'm going to be really vague here, but I read on this site somewhere that you can get the CELTA for free if it is for furthering your career? Some kind of government scheme???
If Mr. Postman is still interested in this teaching business, perhaps he should look into this a bit further too - even if it just proves that I am delusional.
Zorro, you may be delusional but not on this .. I posted previously about getting the CELTA paid as I was on benefit at the time. You have to be in receipt of certain benefits (can't remember exactly which as I wasn't actually on the right one, but shush!) and the course has to be regarded as vocational. As ever, do your own research.


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IRS Adds New Domestic Filing Exception for Partnership Schedules K-2 and K-3
Dec 28, 2022 | Taxes
Beginning with their 2021 tax years, partnerships with "items of international tax relevance" must file Schedule K-2, Partners' Distributive Share Items—International, and Schedule K-3, Partner's Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc.—International.
Draft partnership instructions for the 2022 Schedules K-2 and K-3 (Form 1065) and partner's instructions for the 2022 Schedule K-3 were released October 25. The instructions add a "domestic filing exception" for a partnership that meets all four of the following requirements for its 2022 tax year:
The partnership has:
no foreign activity, defined as foreign income taxes paid or accrued, foreign source income or loss, or an ownership interest in a foreign partnership, corporation, foreign branch, or foreign disregarded entity, or
foreign activity that is limited to passive category foreign income generating no more than $300 of taxes subject to the foreign tax credit (and shown on a payee statement);
All of the partners are U.S. citizens or resident aliens, domestic decedent's estates with only U.S.-citizen or resident-alien beneficiaries, domestic grantor trusts with only U.S.-citizen or resident-alien grantors and beneficiaries, or domestic non-grantor trusts with only U.S.-citizen resident-alien beneficiaries;
The partners receive a notification from the partnership electronically or by mail, dated no later than two months before the due date of the partnership's return, that the partners will not receive Schedules K-3 unless they request them; and
The partnership does not receive a request from any partner for Schedule K-3 at least one month before the due date of the return (that is, a calendar-year partnership does not receive any requests by February 15, 2023).
A partnership that receives a timely request from a partner for a Schedule K-3 does not qualify for the domestic filing exception and must file Schedules K-2 and K-3 with the IRS and provide Schedule K-3 to the requesting partner. However, the partnership only needs to complete the parts of Schedules K-2 and K-3 that are relevant to that partner.
If a partnership receives a request from a partner for a Schedule K-3 after the one-month date but no requests by that due date, the partnership only needs to provide Schedule K-3 to the requesting partner by the date on which the partnership files its return or one month after it receives the request, whichever is later.
The draft instructions note that if a partnership fails the domestic filing exception test, it may still qualify for an exception to the filing requirement if all of its partners are eligible for the exemption from filing Form 1116.
A regularly updated IRS FAQ sheet on Schedules K-2 and K-3 states that "comments on the draft instructions can be provided to [email protected] on or before November 8, 2022."
The draft instructions also add guidance on when a domestic partnership with only domestic activity needs to file Schedules K-2 and K-3, on reporting capital gains and losses and foreign tax redeterminations, and on reporting income inclusions required by 2022 regulations that apply aggregate treatment to domestic partnerships in some situations.
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Here's something a little different: clever classrooms, according to which physical characteristics of classrooms cause greater learning. And the effects are large! Moving from the worst to the best design implies a gain of 67% of one year's worth of learning!
Aside from the dubiously large effect size, it looks like the study is observational yet cause-and-effect are assumed, and there are many degrees of freedom.
It's a full color (or, I guess I should say, full colour) report, so why not use those colours in the graphs, instead of the confusing symbols. Also it's not clear what happened to the urban and rural schools in the top graph, or why there are so many divisions on the x and y-axes or why they have all those distracting gray lines.
Plotting by school ID makes no sense, the symbols contain zero information, the graph is overwhelmed by all these horizontal gray lines, and, most importantly, I have no idea what's being plotted! The title says they're plotting the "impacts of classrooms" and the vertical axis says they're plotting "input." Inputs and impacts, those are much different!
I'm not trying to be a graphics scold here. Do whatever graphs you want! My point is that graphics—and statistical analysis more generally—are an opportunity, a chance to learn. Making a graph that's pretty but conveys no useful information—that's a waste of an opportunity.
I think there's a big problem, which is that graphs are considered as a sort of ornament to the "real analysis" which is the regression. But that's not right. The graphs are part of the real analysis.
In particular, nowhere are there graphs of the raw data, or of classroom-level averages. Too bad; that would help a lot.
"Colour" is not a number so how can it have a numerical correlation with overall progress. And what exactly is "overall progress"? And why are correlations drawn as bars: they can be negative, no? Indeed, it's suspicious that all of the correlations are between 0 and 0.18 and not one of them is negative.
Stepping back, here's what we see. These researchers care about schools and they know a lot about schools. I'm inclined to trust their general judgment about what's good for schools, whether or not they do a quantitative study. They have done a quantitative study and they've used it to inform their judgment. They don't know a lot of statistics, but that's fine: statistics is not their job, they're doing their best here.
I would be really skeptical about how they quantify learning. I briefly skimmed the report and they mention sub-levels but I don't have the faintest clue what that actually means. Apparently, the physical environment accounts for 1.3 sub-levels improvement of the 2 sub-levels an average student is expected to complete/progress. I'd imagine the only sensible way to define an expected increase in "learning" would be to have a standardized test and somehow set an expectation about how kids should perform at the end versus the start of the school year; or use the average difference as a benchmark. But then suggesting classroom differences account for a 67% level of change relative to the benchmark would require one very complex model with a bunch of assumptions about a nearly infinite number of confounders; many of which would plainly be expected to dwarf a classroom effect.
They mention a model and holding factors constant, which I guess is okay (but very likely means over interpreting regression coefficients in the usual way), but if I'm getting a 1.3-unit marginal contribution of an expected 2 units entirely from a single factor…which, apriori I'd expected to be limited…I'd check the model…Or the data. Probably both.
Also their quick discussion of air quality really makes me not trust anything in this report. How can you talk about air quality and recommendations for designers when you don't even mention the relevant ASHRAE standards (or whatever equivalent they use) and compare the relevant rates, by I don't know, testing something? I'm sure they have engineers with access to ASHRAE Standard 62.1 across the pond….
They also say "As far as we are aware, this is the first time that clear evidence of the effect on users of the overall design of the physical learning space has been isolated in real life situations." I am not an expert in this area, but there is an entire field dedicated to Environmental Psychology. I would be shocked if someone had not done an observational study and done some sort of regression on design characteristics; even if there was no such study on schools specifically, it would not be a hard go to relate research on the psychological effects of building design in general to schools. At the very least, some comparison to the relevant literature should have been made and the direction/magnitude of impacts discussed on this basis. The book Environmental Psychology for Design by Dak Kopec might have been a good start for these researchers….
I am far less charitable towards these researchers then Andrew. For some reason they didn't think it would be important to discuss any relevant design standards before issuing recommendations on design. Add that to the obvious statistical issues….To borrow how Andrew thinks about their graphs….I think the author's missed an opportunity to put funds to good use with this report/study.
On second reading that was far too harsh a comment. I was simply rather struck on my limited reading that they were offering advice on design without mentioning relevant design standards or discussions with HVAC engineers.
They do provide some relevant literature on the individual factors they looked at. Which is a positive.
This study probably tells us something. It just doesn't tell us what they claim it does.
Lighting could be a huge effect. It's hard to read in a pitch black room. And air quality could be huge, really hard to learn if plumes of smoke are wafting through the room… But how many classrooms are pitch black smoke filled rooms?
Another opportunity lost to do a good job of measurement and scaling. If they just got the measurement and scaling right it would've been a big step forward.
When you're looking for externalities that can leverage internal processes, you rarely find a large effect. I was talking about this with my kid who has worked in cancer/smoking research: that's the rare occasion when you find a 'holy cow that's really bad for you / they're selling death'. Drunk driving is another. Even toxic conditions like poison in the ground water tend to cause a few extra cases – and then we argue about the natural versus unnatural occurence of clusters – so causation is often questionable and estimated. I mention cancer because we look for externalities that cause internalities. We actually have better luck in general finding large effects from specific internalities, notably genetic mutations that have rates of illness and/or fatality.
I was also discussing classrooms with my wife, who is a teacher. She has a friend whose classroom has no windows because the school is so over-crowded (and we aren't well run enough to find a way to build more space). A basement classroom. Except this is one of the best school districts in the US, so one could look at the kids who go through that school, compare them to kids in better lit classrooms in Boston, and conclude they should board up the windows. In other words, the externality has little relation to the internality when it comes to education because the pressure to learn comes from family and peers. A famous example of this is Feynman's story about going to Princeton where they had a lovely accelerator from MIT, where the accelerator was wonky and had to be fixed all the time, and his concluding that MIT produced better results because they had to tinker with the machines so much. Another vote for worse is better! And in my experience in private and Ivy: in my day the classrooms at Yale were freezing in the winter and much of the campus was run down, but the education was excellent because it was really bright kids who were motivated to learn even in WLH when the heat would come on full blast so those near the windows would pass out while the ones on the other side of the room were still shivering in their coats.
People have this weird idea that 'controlling' for a variable means they actually isolate the effects of larger context, meaning all the potentially affecting externalities, and the relationship of those externalities to the internal contexts of the people studied.
I read something the other day about many children learning in classrooms where the lighting flickers thousands of time per minute, and that this poorly designed lighting can have serious effects on concentration and even cause headaches. So, it is possible that lighting could have a large effect.
The thing that really bothers me about this report is that they don't appear to connect any of their measurements of building design features to the relevant building design standards.
There are local standards that govern lighting. It is typically specified as number of lumens per a given area. Depending on their jurisdiction there is also likely a specification about consistency.
There are standards that govern air quality. ASHRAE Standard 62.1 specifies an indoor air quality procedure in terms of number of contaminants. The last I checked there were 10 contaminants for which there are limits. From my brief review of the report they seemed to only record CO2 levels in "unventilated" rooms. Which is an utterly ridiculous assertion. There is no such thing as a room with no ventilation. Every building envelope in the world leaks. Even if there is no supplied air there are air interchanges. Are the doors hermetically sealed? No. There's air exchange between the hallway and the classroom. Question is in what direction, which will depend on the pressures in the room relative to the hallway and outside. These are existing schools and unlikely to have been built to passive building standards, so they probably leak like a sieve across the building envelope. Not all buildings leak at the same rate….we can test for these things. It's important to know when discussing air quality.
The same is true of all other building design elements. There are local codes that govern what is deemed acceptable.
The question shouldn't be if there is light how much better do students perform…because without light, there is clearly going to be poor performance. I don't need a study to tell me that. The same of indoor air quality. The same with sound transmission. Hard to concentrate with a band playing next to you all day.
What they needed to do was look at the local building design standards. See how the classrooms perform relative to those standards by testing the relevant criteria. If there is an effect of different designs once they meet the minimum standards then maybe we can talk about something important. Until then the estimates are nearly useless.
Or it maybe the existing design standards are over specified for a learning environment. That's cool too. But we need to actually relate the building designs that were captured by the study to the relevant design standards to actually learn something. They didn't appear to do that.
Not sure why you say colors are better than symbols? I got curious… I dont find symbols confusing, but I have a really hard time seeing colors. Maps are usually an uninterpretable mess for me. So I try to incentive people to use more symbols, patterns and shades of gray.


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Dallas Jenkins' "The Chosen" Makes Entertainment History
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It's official: "The Chosen," the first ever multi-season show about the life of Christ, has made entertainment history. As of this writing, it has blown away the world record and is now the #1 crowdfunded film & television project of all time.
"The Chosen" is being funded by an ongoing historic crowd-funding campaign, and they set the record in December 2018 as SCENES media predicted it would. Currently, "The Chosen" has raised over $7.1 million dollars.
Mystery Science Theater 3000, which raised $5,764,229 on Kickstarter in 2016 previously held the world record, having narrowly beat out the Veronica Mars film, based on the iconic television show, which was credited with having changed the film industry in 2013 when it raised $5,702,153 with the power of its loyal fanbase.
"The Chosen" has given SCENES and its future audiences a New Years gift with the exclusive performance of the famous classic hymn, "Tell Me the Story of Jesus." This hymn, written by a blind woman named Fanny Crosby, was one of the inspirations that moved Dallas Jenkins to write and direct "The Chosen." Jenkins performs the hymn with one of the film's Co-Composers , Eddie Hoagland.
"The Chosen" just wrapped its first season of production and is set to stream on VidAngel in 2019. Congratulations on making media history to "The Chosen."
And a very Happy New Year from all of us at SCENES Media.
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