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michael rosales
MICHAEL ROSALES, born in Manila, Philippines, moved to San Francisco at the age of 9 where he trained and danced with several local groups within the San Francisco Bay Area. His training in Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop, Latin Jazz and Color Guard makes him one of the most sought after Choreographers in the country. He has danced for recording artists such as Ricky Martin, Deborah Cox, Luis Fonsi, Brooke Hogan, Wisin y Yandel, Ivy Queen ,Gloria Trevy, and Macy Gray. Michael was on a National and International Tour of the Tony and Emmy award winning show BLAST! as a lead and was a feature performer in a new show called CYBERJAM in London where he was also the Choreographer Assistant. Michael has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia and has appeared in the Blockbuster movie RENT, Latin Billboard Awards, Latin Grammy's Celebration and the Latin Teen Choice Awards. He has produced and choreographed shows for Busch Gardens in Tampa, Sea World in San Antonio, the FED EX Orange Bowl Halftime Show and was the Head coach of the University of Miami Hurricanettes Dance Line. In Miami, Michael is the co-founder of TAE Talent Agency which cast dancers for the recent blockbuster films Step Up 4 and Rock of Ages. He is also on Faculty with the MODAS Dance Workshop and Intensives and was the Choreographer for the new show BLAST! The Music of Disney which toured Japan in 2017.
Michael was a former member of the Concord Blue Devils, Fantasia of Riverside and San Jose Raiders. He has worked with The Carolina Crown, Bluecoats, Cadets Color Guard and the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum Corps and Colorguards. In the Winterguard season, Michael has been involved with Braddock Independent World, Paramount World and West Broward High School World among a handful of other programs. Michael is currently the Lead Choreographer for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum Corp and Choreographed the 2019 Production of BLAST! The Music of Disney which toured Japan.
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michael james
Michael James, born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, graduated from the University of South Florida where he received a BA for Modern Dance Performance. After college, he performed in the American Stage Company's "Shakespeare in the Park" Series for five seasons, as well as danced and choreographed for the Children's Theater Tour.
Michael was a scholarship student at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Beckett, Massachusetts, where he studied under Linda Kent and Carolyn Adams. He also danced with The Men Dancers of Jacob's Pillow International Touring Company, which allowed him to dance and teach in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was also a member of The Repertory Dance Theatre of Utah.
As a color guard designer and choreographer, Michael is currently designer and choreographer for Oviedo HS (SO), McNeil HS (SO), Sunlake HS (2018 Sch. A Silver Medalist), University of South Florida WG (2018 IA Finalist), Santa Clara Vanguard, Crossmen, Union HS, and Park Vista. He has worked with Timber Creek HS – FL, Cypress Creek HS – FL, Seminole HS – FL, Tarpon Springs HS – FL, The Company Winter Colour Guard, Kennesaw Mountain HS (GA), Miamisburg HS (OH), Pope HS (GA), Center Grove HS (IN), and Northmont HS (OH). He's also been on staff with The Cavaliers, Carolina Crown, The Cadets, and The Magic of Orlando.
Michael's choreography has also been viewed at Pleasure Island with the Pleasure Island Explosion Dancers, University of Central Florida's Starlet Knights Danceline, Oracle Performance Ensemble, University of South Florida's Herd of Thunder and winter guard, 1999's Orlando Fringe Festival, and numerous other high schools and colleges around the country.
lauren drislane
Lauren Drislane currently resides in Dayton, Ohio where she works within a special education setting teaching K-12 Health and Physical Education. Originally from New York state, she has been involved in the marching arts since 2001. As a performer, she was involved in numerous organizations including Shenendehowa HS Winterguard, Onyx Winterguard, and the Pride of Cincinnati Winterguard. In having a strong passion for dance, she has also performed with the SUNY Cortland Dance Company and the Pride of Cincinnati Dance Ensemble.
Along with her drive for performing, Lauren has also taught numerous scholastic and independent ensembles with a focus in movement. She is currently teaching the Miamisburg HS Winterguard, Pride of Cincinnati Dance Ensemble, and the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps.
"With movement being a fast growing element in the marching arts, this clinic is geared to build knowledge and tools for students and educators to take home. I am looking forward to sharing a day full of performance opportunities, education workshops, and expanding elements in marching visual programs!"
dr. elliot cleveland
Dr. Elliot Cleveland is a former World Class DCI and WGI Finalist turned Doctor of Physical Therapy. In 2017, he combined his passions of performance and health to found Marching Health, the nationwide leader in marching arts health and wellness education. Dr. Cleveland works with some of the most recognized ensembles in the country, including Bluecoats, Carolina Crown, and Wando High School. His goal is to help improve the safety of the marching arts while also optimizing the physical capabilities of the performers.
peter beckhart
Peter Beckhart has performed, instructed, and designed many competitive shows in the marching arts. His performing experience includes six years of DCI, aging out with the Concord Blue Devils. Peter also performed with the Riverside Community College winter drum line in 2011 and 2012.
As a visual designer for fall marching bands and spring productions, Peter has had the opportunity to work with many ensembles since 2009. He currently designs drill for Ayala High School (CA), Harrison High School (GA), James Martin High School (TX), and many other fall programs across the country. Peter is also a sought after choreographer for some of the most established marching bands and winter drumlines in the country including Leander High School (TX), Ayala H.S. (CA), RCC winter percussion, and Dark Sky Percussion.
In the drum corps world, Peter taught the Blue Devils 'B' in 2012 and has been on visual staff of the 19-time World Champion Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps since 2013. He is also the drill designer for the Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps from Sacramento, CA.
Peter is humbled to have opportunities to work with some of the best programs and students in the world and is always striving to be a better instructor and designer. He lives in Anaheim, CA.
Robert Jordan is an instructor and performer from Southern California that has traveled around the world spreading his passion for colorguard. Robert has marched with The Blue Devils, RCC Marching Tigers, Gold, and Fantasia Winterguard. He works with multiple World, Open, and A Class groups each season on top of doing clinics, giving private lessons, and teaching others in the community how to campaign effectively and market themselves properly on social media. He strives to not only make colorguard a household word, but to help the outside world understand the possibilities that are available within the modern day marching arts community.
irving lopez
Irving Lopez is a Los Angeles native with over 15 years of colorguard experience. He marched with prestigious groups such as Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, Fantasia and Diamante. Irving occasionally participates in clinics across the U.S. and has taught many High School & Independent groups in Southern California. In the marching arts community he is better known for his colorguard inspired videos on Instagram as "PunkRockIrving," with more than 65,000 followers to date.
angie mayhue
Angie Mayhue is 23 years old and has been doing colorguard for over ten years now. She marched five years of drum corps and four consecutive winters at the Pride of Cincinnati. She was incredibly excited to spend last year choreographing for the Boston Crusaders and their winterguard INspire. With about 17 thousand followers on Instagram, and teaching clinics all over the United States, the thing that inspires her the most is seeing the youth in the activity and how they push it to new heights.
kaysey leigh thompson
Kaysey Leigh Thompson is an active choreographer and color guard instructor hailing originally from from Boston, MA. Clients have included The Crossmen, The Madison Scouts, The Blue Knights, McNeil High School, Claudia Taylor Johnson High School, Origins Winterguard, Eklipse Winterguard, Paramount Winterguard, Westlake High School , and Cedar Ridge High School, among others.
Kaysey began her dance and color guard training at 5 years old, performing with a local winterguard directed by her parents. In the years since, she has performed with several WGI and DCI groups including St. Ann's World, SCV Winterguard, The Cadets and The Crossmen. Along with color guard, Kaysey has an extensive background in stage and film. Kaysey spent 15 years touring and performing with Blast!, Shockwave, and Blast: MIX, Blast: The Music of Disney and has appeared in projects with Walt Disney Studios, NBC, and Fox Television.
Kaysey currently resides in Austin, TX. Since transitioning from a stage performer role, she holds a position on the choreographic and instructional team for Blast: The Music of Disney, in addition to acting as the Visual Ensemble supervisor.
laura gasper
Laura Gasper began her color guard career at Carroll High School in 1998 and immediately fell in love with the activity. After Carroll, Laura marched Winter Guard at Crown Guard '01, and Pride Of Cincinnati '03,'04,'05. She started her drum corps career in 2000 at Carolina Crown and spent 6 years with the organization, serving as captain for the last two before aging out in 2005.
Once her time as a marching member had come to an end, Laura began working with a number of DCI and WGI ensembles. She has lent her skills to the guard staffs at Crossmen, Troopers, Madison Scouts, and Bluecoats before joining the Santa Clara team in 2014. Laura has worked with winter guards at many high schools, including Northview, Carmel, and currently West Broward High school. She has also served on the instructional staffs at Zydeco and Braddock Independent for many years.
Laura graduated with her degree in Studio Art-Ceramics from Herron School of Art and Design and is currently the Co-Owner of L.Mercado Studios in Florida. In her down time, when not working on color guard, Laura enjoys teaching ceramics classes, overseeing gallery shows, and drawing or sculpting her own work as well.
dr. edmer lazaro
Edmer found dance through colorguard. He was a marching member of the San Jose Raiders Independent World Guard from 1996-2001 and for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum Corp in 1998 and 1999. He was on staff with the San Jose Raiders, James Logan High School World and Open Guard, Santa Clara Vanguard Winter Guard, Bluecoats Indoor, and Bluecoats Drum Corp. He has served in different roles as technician, movement instructor, designer, choreographer, and physical therapist. Edmer's undergraduate education includes a BS in Kinesiology and BA in Theatre Arts and Dance. He went on to graduate school to receive his clinical doctorate in physical therapy and later an MS in Health Care Administration. Edmer is also a board-certified clinical specialist in orthopedic physical therapy. He owns a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been involved in color guard for over 20 years. He enjoys teaching injury prevention and physical training for dancers, especially in the color guard world, so that they can have a deeper understanding of their bodies in motion and add years to their participation in the activity.
michael brady tarr
Originally from Wyandotte, Michigan, Michael Brady Tarr is grateful to have enjoyed a successful career in the pageantry and performing arts that spans nearly three decades. Teaching and consulting with many drum corps and high school programs throughout the world, Michael's extensive and successful career includes working with The Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps (2018-Present), The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps (1994-1998, 2013-2017), The Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps (2007-2009),The Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps (2001-2004), and The Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps (2000).
Michael has been fortunate to work with many outstanding high school and International programs including the Texas A&M University – Commerce Band (Commerce, Texas),the Lassiter High School Marching Band (Marietta, GA) the Kennesaw Mountain High School Marching Band (Kennesaw, GA), the Flower Mound High School Marching Band (Flower Mound, TX), the Avon High School Marching Band (Avon, IN), the Carlton J. Kell High School (Marietta, GA), the Milford High School (Milford, MI), The Owasso High School Marching Band (Owasso, OK), The Aimachi Band and Color Guard (Nagoya,Japan), the Horwang High School (Bangkok, Thailand), and St. Joseph School (Bangkok, Thailand), as well as many other national caliber programs.
As an adjudicator/ clinician, Michael is in high demand judging throughout the world. Michael is an active adjudicator for Bands of America/ Music for All, WGI, the Colorado Bandmasters Association, the Indiana State School Music Association, and the Michigan Competing Band Association. Michael also had the honor to adjudicate the All Thailand Marching Championship and the All Japan Marching Championships.
Michael earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Interpersonal Communication (1997) and a Master of Arts Degree in Communication Arts (1999) from Eastern Michigan University. During his undergraduate studies, Michael's work on a presentation for the Undergraduate Research Symposium was later expanded and developed into a research article focusing on Adolescent Children and Deception, which was presented
at the National Communication Association Convention (1997). In addition, Michael served on the adjunct faculty at Eastern Michigan University and The University of Michigan-Dearborn and most recently served as the Assistant Director of Student Affairs for the Mercer University School of Medicine – Savannah, Georgia Campus. When not teaching, Michael is avid reader who enjoys traveling, staying active, and studying the works of Benjamin Hoff and W. Timothy Gallwey.
courtney allyson mills
Courtney Allyson Mills began her love for dance, theater, and the creative performing arts in Seminole, Florida where she performed in the prestigious Seminole High School Marching Band and Colour Guard. Her experiences in high school paved the way for performing with two-time WGI gold medalist, The Company Color Guard and DCI finalist Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps. Courtney has been a clinician, choreographer, and adjudicator for over 15 years. Currently, Courtney is a Visual Captionhead at Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps.
Ms. Mills holds a Bachelors of Arts in Dance from Texas Woman's University and a Master of Arts in Performance Psychology from National University. While in attendance at TWU, she was named Outstanding Undergraduate Student of the Year and was voted by her peers to be the Undergraduate Adjudicating Representative. Recently, Courtney received a Specialization in Social Emotional Learning from University of Colorado at Boulder.
Courtney is the founder and facilitator of ColorguardEDU, an online education platform specifically for instructors, directors, designers, and choreographers to attain information on how to better themselves as teachers. Her mission is to provide the color guard constituency with content that helps develop our activity from an education standpoint, while encouraging artistic growth through healthy teaching practices.
Ms. Mills resides in beautiful Colorado and loves hiking, her animals, and the mountains. She is the dance and yoga teacher at Smoky Hill High School. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Courtney is the director of Smoky Hill Dance Collective.
catie toal
Catie Toal is a dancer, choreographer, and educator. She has been dancing for over 15 years. Catie has danced all over the United States, and more recently has performed in Europe and South Korea. She has a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography, as well as a Pilates certification. Since graduating, she now dances and trains professionally in Los Angeles with personal mentors such as Galen Hooks and Makenzie Dustman.
When she's not dancing, she is teaching all over the world. Internationally, she's taught clinics in both Costa Rica and Indonesia. She's also taught and choreographed for A, Open, and World Class groups throughout the country. She currently teaches and choreographs predominantly at Palm Desert Charter Middle School and Etiwanda High School.
She specializes in choreography and technique for dance, colorguard, winterguard, wind ensembles, marching band, and winter percussion groups. She also assists Michael Rosales for clinics and masterclasses across the country.
Catie's love and appreciation for color guard largely started in 2012 where she began her first winterguard season. She did winter guard for 5 years before she fell in love with Drum Corps. She then went on to travel with the Cadets in 2015 and The Blue Devils in 2016 and 2017 where she had the honor of winning a DCI World Championship and being a featured soloist for The Blue Devils.
Through this activity Catie has traveled all over the US, danced and choreographed for the judges convention of WGI, and represented The Blue Devils on the Fuse TV show "Clash of the Corps." She is so honored to be where she is today with all of the help from her mentors and educators. She hopes she can give back to the community the way it has so generously given to her! ?
matt hartwell
Matt Hartwell is currently the Visual Caption Manager for Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps (SCV) and the drill writer for Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets (SCVC). He is also the Visual Caption Head for Pulse Percussion, an Independent world class WGI drumline. In 2010, he had the extreme honor of designinga production for His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said's Royal Guard of Oman Marching Band. He was hand-selected to design the program for His Majesty's 40th year in power celebration and a private dinner performance for His Majesty and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England. Between 2014-2017 Matt was one of the Show Directors for a Drum Corps style stage show called "Mix It Up" at Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, VA. Matt has also designed many successful programs for high schools, middle schools, and non-profits throughout the country. Creating a product that is exciting for both performers and audience members is something that drives Matt to design a memorable and effective production.
Matt Hartwell is a graduate of Salem High School in Salem, VA. While attending Morehead State University in Morehead, KY he was a member of the Marching Band and studied Euphonium under Dr. Stacey Baker. 2004 welcomed Matt's first summer of Drum Corps as a Baritone member of The Capital Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps from Columbus, OH. He then marched with The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle corps from Rosemont, IL, playing the Baritone in 2005 and 2006 (Winning a DCI World Championship), and performed on Tuba in 2007 and 2008. In 2007, Matt had the privilege to perform on the Tuba with The Aimachi Marching Band from Nagoya, Japan.
His holistic approach to the entire design process and great communication skills will ensure that the early stages of crafting your custom production will be smooth and efficient for all involved. Whether you're looking for overall program coordinating, or effective drill design, Matt is able to craft a design that is perfect for your programs specific needs. Matt has had the pleasure to learn from some of the best in the activity, and he is excited to pass along many valuable lessons learned to create effective, memorable, and easy to clean show designs.
heather graham
Originally from New Berlin, WI, Heather Graham currently resides in Miamisburg, Ohio. Heather has been involved in the marching arts since the age of three, beginning with a successful career in baton twirling and rhythmic gymnastics. Heather was recruited by her high school guard at the age of 12 and has since been performing in the color guard activity. While continuing to be a consistent member in the activity, she graduated from the University of Milwaukee with a degree in Communications and a minor in biology.
Heather is a proud alumni of the drum corps activity, performing in 2010 with Phantom Regiment, and in 2011 and 2012 with Carolina Crown. She marched five years with New Berlin Eisenhower, six seasons with Velocity Winter Guard, and five seasons with the Pride of Cincinnati 2013-2017.
Heather currently serves as the Colorguard Director for Miamisburg High School and the University of Cincinnati. She has instructed various marching programs across the Midwest, including Eisenhower HS, Whitnall HS, Franklin HS, Friendswood HS., Sycamore HS, Northmont HS, Westerville HS, Shadow DBC, Origins, Calgary Stampede, INspire, as well as the 2016 Carolina Crown.
Additionally, Heather is a designer and choreographer for the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps and has served in this capacity for the past three seasons.
tykeem rainey
Tykeem Rainey is the color guard director of Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio, TX.
Tykeem was a member of the color guard at the Madison Scouts from 2008-2011. Upon aging out, Tykeem served as an intern and staff member from 2012-2014. During the off-season, Tykeem had the opportunity to march with Impact Independent from Northern Virginia, Virginia from 2008-2012 and won the WGI Independent A Gold Medal.
In 2014, Tykeem had the opportunity to perform in the Tony and Emmy Award-Winning production, "BLAST!" that toured prefectures throughout Japan. From 2015 to 2018, Tykeem performed and choreographed "Mix it Up," a staged theme show located at Busch Gardens, in Williamsburg, Virginia. In the spring of 2017, Tykeem earned his Bachelor's Degree (With Honors) in History (Concentration in Caribbean Slavery) from Virginia Commonwealth University located in Richmond, Virginia.
Tykeem's most recent summers were spent with the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps in 2018 and the Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps in 2019.
Currently, Tykeem is the caption coordinator for the Madison Scouts Color Guard as well as, choreographer and technician to color guards and winter ensembles such as Union High School, Origins, George Mason World, ONYX World, and Santa Clara Vanguard.
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HBO's And Just Like That Might Not Come Back
February 17, 2022 | Shubham Banerjee
HBO's reboot for Sex and The City premiered in December of last year. The show instantly became popular within audiences. However, despite it's success the show has not been green-lit for another season.
The network's Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys told Deadline that AJIT season 2 might not happen without star Sarah Jessica Parker and executive producer Michael Patrick King on board. Bloys told the outlet, 'It's really Michael Patrick King and Sarah Jessica [Parker] talking to figure out if there's a story they're excited by,'
Bloys further said, 'I think there will be, but they're talking and making sure they want to jump in." The show's future looked bright as Bloys said, 'It's a big commitment, and they'll come to us and let us know what they're thinking but I'm feeling good about it.' Bloys also confirmed that Chris Noth would not return for a second season.
Meanwhile, in a recent interview with Variety, Parker said that she and King are eager for a second season. When she was questioned if she she wanted a renewal for the show, Parker responded, 'Definitely, yeah.' Fans are certainly excited for a new season to drop as HBO has yet to confirm a second season.
The series aired its season finale on February 3. The premise of the show followed the original SATC leading ladies Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York-Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis) as they navigate life in their 50s. The series generated massive buzz and its first episode became the most-watched series premiere of a new original for HBO Max.
What's your take on this story? Sound off in the comments.
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Discussion in 'Vegas Trip Reports' started by PPtraderal, Oct 1, 2006.
Back for our annual week in the greatest city on earth. Arrived at Golden Nugget on 09/22 for a 7 night stay. We do downtown every fall for the wife's birthday. We always have a good time so I'll stick to new opinons which may help others. Golden Nugget is about 80% through the restoration. No pool yet but the buffet is now on the second floor and it is excellent. The slots appear tight at the property as stated by others. The cleanliness is amazing. The Fitz seems to be the best place for slot and video poker players. We visited a couple evenings and saw a lot of jackpots hit. Main Street Station brought a new experience. I played a double red, white, and blue machine for a buck and caught the three double symbols for $1,000. First time I ever saw the three doubles come up. Cocktail service is good here as is the buffet and Triple Seven brew pub. The dollar machines seem to give more play. The Cal is still the Cal. The Redwood bar and Grille still does a great steak. The Fremont still requires drink tickets in the race and sports book. The quarter machines here seem to play better than anything else. I played a dollar machine and went one for forty (ouch). Drink service seems to have slipped a peg here. I think they were short servers one night. We still like the place though. The Plaza is in need of a redo. The Golden Gate and Las Vegas clubs are still decent places with good drink service. Most of the strip casinos have gone to drink tickets in the race and sports books. The renovations at the Lady Luck seem to have stopped, went by a few times on the duece and it seemed awful quiet. The bus trip from downtown to the South Terminal still takes 45 minutes to an hour. We went on a Sunday and took the 117 to the South Coast and the Silverton. These are both kind of neat places, with great buffets judging by the number of people in the lines.
South Coast had a lively crowd for NFL Sunday. The casino is laid out in an easy to naviagte manner. Only eleven months and three weeks till the next trip. The stuff dreams are made of. May the horse be with you.
In August, I used the south terminal for the first time. It's secluded, but comes in handy when transferring to McCarran.
Agree about the buffets at Silverton and South Coast.
Any particular reason why you guys opt for downtown instead of the Strip? I know there's a core group of downtown fans who avoid the Strip like a plague.
Any particular reason why you guys opt for downtown instead of the Strip?
It just seems like you get more for your $$$$ downtown. You don't have to play a high $ amount on the tables to be rated like on the strip.
What Jamie said - I gamble at a moderate level, and am treated very nicely by the downtown casinos. Getting full RFB at the strip is a 'chore' for me - and its never good to 'gamble' for comps - so DT is king. Besides - the downtown does have a more old Vegas 'feel' to it. Staff tend to be happier to see you, and appreciate your tips more, whereas on the strip I guess they expect everyone to be a george. Even the surly staff downtown tend to be more amusing than the strip folks. You meet colourful people downtown, the people watching is more 'gritty'... it just has a certain je ne sais quoi.
I enjoy the strip and don't avoid it. Indeed, I enjoy many of the strip poker rooms and the dining opporuntities. But for the amount of time I spend in my room and my gaming habits, DT makes the most sense for me.
My wife and I just feel more comfortable downtown. I generally feel like the comps are better and we really enjoy how close everything is. If we feel like we need to change casinos, we walk for 3 minutes instead of 20. Also, if the wife feels like plunking some machines it is never too difficult to find her when I get up from BJ or PaiGow. Plus, I agree about feeling a little more appreciated DT. I would say that we are middle-of-the-road players and always seem to get RFB.
When I first started going to Vegas 15 years ago my uncle stayed downtown and we always have too. We have never stayed on the Strip, but have stayed at the GN, Fitz, LVC, Plaza, Fremont, & Four Queens. It really doesn't matter where we stay as we are only in the rooms for about 4-5 hours/night.


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Home India News Elections Dharmendra Pradhan says, 'BJP to form govts in Haryana, Maharashtra'
Dharmendra Pradhan Says, 'BJP To Form Govts In Haryana, Maharashtra'
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said the BJP will retain power and form the governments in Haryana and Maharashtra
Written By Jay Pandya | Mumbai | Updated On: October 21, 2019 16:35 IST
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday, October 21 in New Delhi, said the BJP will retain power and form the governments in Haryana and Maharashtra. "BJP is going to form the governments in both Haryana and Maharashtra. We are confident that people will continue to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his philosophy and his policies," he told reporters on the sidelines of an event.
Khattar rides a cycle to cast his vote
Khattar had reached the polling booth in Karnal to cast his vote on a bicycle in order to promote an eco-friendly mode of transport. The incumbent Chief Minister is seeking a second term from Haryana's Karnal Assembly. Moreover, Khattar claimed that the Congress party and other Opposition parties are fighting a 'lost battle.' He also said that the Congress party has no stance on national issues. He further urged the people of Haryana to exercise their social, political and democratic rights of voting.
8,98,39,600 people eligible to vote
Polling is underway in Maharashtra and Haryana. In Maharashtra, the BJP-Shiv Sena Alliance are pitted against the Congress-NCP alliance. A total of 8,98,39,600 people, including 4,28,43,635 women are eligible to vote. The Polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm with tight security arrangements in both the States. The counting will be held on October 24 for both the states. In Maharastra, during the last assembly elections, the state saw a 64% voter turnout, while Haryana set a new state record with 76.54% voter turnout.
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Three lakh police personnel and Central forces have been deployed in Maharashtra while over 75,000 security personnel have been deployed in Haryana. Bypolls will also be held to 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies across 18 states.
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Bike-sharing systems are a popular mode of public transportation, increasing in number and size around the world. Public bike-sharing systems attend to the needs of a large number of commuters while synchronizing to the rhythm of big cities. To better understand the usage of such systems, we introduce an interactive visualization system to explore the dynamics of public bike-sharing systems by profiling its historical dataset. By coordinating a pixel-oriented timeline with a map, and introducing a scheme of partial reordering of time series, our design supports the identification of several patterns in temporal and spatial domains. We take New York City׳s bike-sharing program, Citi Bike, as a use case and implement a prototype to show changes in the system over a period of ten months, ranking stations by different properties, using any time interval in daily and monthly timelines. Different analyses are presented to validate the visualization system as a useful operational tool that can support the staff of bike-sharing programs of big cities in the exploration of such large datasets, in order to understand the commuting dynamics to overcome management problems and provide a better service to commuters.
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Pradoville 2 built to ensure safety of former President, Ministers – Robeson Benn
Former Government Minister Robeson Benn
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By Editor Last updated Sep 13, 2018
Former Government Minister Robeson Benn Wednesday said the controversial Pradoville2 Housing Project was established to ensure the security of former President Bharrat Jagdeo and other government ministers at a time when there was a hike in criminal activities.
Benn was at the time responding to questions posed by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) which is probing the sale and transfer of lands in the Sparendaam area known as Pradoville Two on the East Coast of Demerara.
All of the former Government Ministers who served in 2010 are being questioned before SOCU to answer questions in relation to the probe.
Speaking with the media after being questioned on Wednesday morning, Benn disclosed that he told investigators that the transfer of lands at the time was necessary since there was the recent murder of the Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh and the security of the senior members of the Government were of utmost importance.
"Whatever was done had to be done," he declared.
Sawh was assassinated in April 2006 along with his two siblings and a security guard at Earl's Court, La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara.
The former Government official said he was "shocked and speechless" by the allegations put to him that he "conspired" with the Cabinet to have lands transferred to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).
"I don't know what they're talking about.
"We were shown (Cabinet) documents which were unsigned, documents which you're not sure of their authentication, documents which were not routed to me as a Minister and therefore I can't authenticate or talk about it," he told the media.
Benn was represented by Attorney Priya Manickchand.
Manickchand, who served as Minister of Human Services and Social Security, was herself questioned on Tuesday in relation to the matter.
Former Gov't Minister Priya Manickchand
She deemed the investigation "a waste of time" noting that the questions asked were no different from what was answered before.
"This is all part of the plot of destabilize and interfere with the opposition…an effort to intimidate the political opposition.
"And we want to be very clear, it's now a joke, it has always been a joke and I think the nation understands that it's a joke.
"It is an attempt to distract from their poor governance," she told reporters on Wednesday morning.
According to Manickchand questions asked related to whether there was a valuation for the land, whether Cabinet decided on who should get the land and reasons for the property being vested in the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).
She believes that SOCU is being used to push a political agenda to go after Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo.
Jagdeo, then Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon and Ministers Priya Manickchand, Dr. Jennifer Westford, Robert Persaud and Clement Rohee, along with other persons own lots at the contentious area.
However, Manzoor Nadir who served as Labour Minister believes that the Government should leave what was done under the former administration behind.
Manzoor Nadir who served as Labour Minister
"Dr. Jagan said it right in 1992, let's put the past behind us and open a new slate," he said, explaining that it is going to be difficult for future Governments to desist from "going through this same exercise" and it will put Guyana "in a downward spiral of recrimination after recrimination, regime after regime."
Nadir who said he did not answer any questions since he exercised his right to remain silent, dubbed the process as "political harassment" as the questions being asked are based on speculations.
SOCU began investigation into the allocation of lands at 'Pradoville Two' to Cabinet members of the People's Progressive Party/ Civic Administration and their close associates in early 2017. Head of SOCU, Sydney James was quoted in the press last month as saying the investigation has been completed and sent for legal advice.
However, all of the former Government officials who served in 2010 were questioned on Tuesday and Wednesday in relation to the matter.
The investigation into the lands came after a special investigation of the Sparendaam Housing Project referred to as `Pradoville 2' was completed. The investigation was part of a larger probe of the financial operations of the CH&PA was conducted by a private accounting firm.
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David Karopkin, Esq. is a Brooklyn native and a dedicated community activist. Among other pursuits, David founded GooseWatch NYC in 2011 to advocate for humane wildlife management in New York City. After graduation from Brooklyn Law School in 2015, David served as a Councilmanic Aide for New York City Council Member Daniel Dromm, Legislative Director for New York State Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, and currently works as Assistant Law Clerk to the Hon. Justice Katherine A. Levine in the New York State Supreme Court.
Communications Director Abraham Silberstein
Abe Silberstein was born and raised in the Madison neighborhood of Brooklyn. With a fading Kerry-Edwards sticker in his room as evidence, Abe has been a proud Democrat since fourth grade. Upon graduating from Hunter College in 2015 with a B.A. in Political Science (with honors), Abe started submitting op-eds to newspapers and websites on various foreign policy issues. His work has since been published in the New York Times, The Forward, Ha'aretz, and The Jerusalem Post. After trying to pursue a life as a full-time writer in New York City, Abe began an internship at the World Jewish Congress and has remained in the political nonprofit world since. Abe is currently pursuing a Master's in Public Administration at New York University.
Women's Caucus Chair Malynda Rascoe
Malynda V. Rascoe is a well-respected Political Strategist and Influencer. She serves on local and national Democratic campaigns with the primary goal of electing skilled, competent, and qualified candidates. As an Activist, she uses her platform to provide social awareness, civic engagement, and solutions on issues that are most relevant to overlooked and misunderstood communities; particularly, People of Color, those affected by mass incarceration, homelessness, and the environment. Malynda's life story is similar to that of many Women. She was raised in foster care and the juvenile justice system; both, in addition to overcoming rape, domestic violence, low self-esteem, and homelessness. While these adversities were tough, Malynda has never wavered or made excuses for herself. Instead, she uses her life experiences as motivation to achieve her personal goals; while empowering other Women who share similar stories to run for public office and win. Malynda is uncompromising and relentless as it pertains to uplifting and promoting Women and People of Color. She serves as the newly appointed Chair of the Brooklyn Young Democrats (BYD) Women's Caucus, Vice Chair of the Justice Reform Committee, as well as an At-Large Member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Brooklyn Branch. Educationally, Malynda holds a Master's degree in Public Affairs and Administration, along with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She hopes to begin law school this fall to focus on Public Interest.
Jewish Caucus Chair Zachary Schaffer
Zachary Schaffer is an organizer, storyteller, and relationship-builder based in Brooklyn. As the founder and chair of The Brooklyn Young Democrats' Jewish Caucus, he is working to advance Jewish support for Democratic values in the Brooklyn community and to educate elected officials on issues of concern to the local Jewish community. The mission of the Jewish Caucus is to identify, network, and empower the next generation of Brooklyn-based Jewish Democrats. From a young age Zachary's parents kindled in him a commitment for justice and a concern for the most vulnerable among us. In his day job, he equips people to have more productive conversations about Israel rooted in inquiry, empathy, and humility. He also trains professionals in coalition-building and helps them to share advocacy narratives that instruct and inspire. He deeply cares about promoting civil dialogue across divides and reclaiming Zionism as a progressive cause. He is a Mid-Career Fellow at Gratz College pursuing his Master of Science in Nonprofit Management. In 2015 he was recognized as one of twenty emerging Jewish leaders in their twenties. He graduated with honors from the University of Pittsburgh with degrees in Rhetoric and Political Science, and a certificate in Corporate/Community Relations.
Finance Director Julian Spector
A born and raised New Yorker, Julian Fox Spector originally got involved in politics working for Brooklyn's first African American District Attorney, Ken Thompson. After Thompson's tragic passing midway through his first term, Julian worked to ensure that the DA's legacy of meaningful criminal justice reform would be continued. He became one of the first hires on the campaign of Eric Gonzalez, Thompson's chosen successor. Gonzalez would go on to win over 50% of the vote in a crowded primary, becoming the first elected Latino District Attorney in New York State history. Julian is now proud to serve as New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's 2018 reelection Campaign Coordinator, a role he has held since February, 2017. A graduate of Wheaton College, MA, Julian is most likely to be found in his free time either checking his fantasy baseball team or coming up with new excuses for why he has yet to finish the biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Don't worry, he's close
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How Love Island Paid Tribute to Caroline Flack
Watch the British reality show's emotional send-off to the late TV host, who died over the weekend.
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Monday night's episode of Love Island started on a somber note. The hour opened with an emotional tribute to late host Caroline Flack, who died by suicide on Saturday. Her death came as a shock to the Love Island community and the British public at large, raising questions about how producers would acknowledge her on the show. In the immediate aftermath, network ITV announced it would not broadcast Sunday night's episode. Then, ahead of Monday night's episode, the show began with a heart-wrenching message voiced by show narrator Iain Stirling.
"We are all absolutely devastated by the tragic news that Caroline, a much-loved member of our Love Island family, has passed away," he said, over b-roll footage of seaside mountains and crashing waves. "Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this dreadful time."
Stirling then got personal, noting that he and Flack had worked together on the show since its inception in 2015. "Her passion, warmth, and infectious enthusiasm were a crucial part of what made the show connect with millions of viewers," Stirling said. "Like many of you, right now we're all just trying to come to terms with what has happened."
"Caroline, I want to thank you for all the fun times we had making our favorite show," he continued. "You were a true friend to me. I'm gonna miss you, Cas."
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Flack was a huge part of Love Island, serving as host from the first season up through the fifth season and becoming a U.K. household name along the way. She left the series in 2019, after getting arrested for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton, with a lamp. Flack pleaded not guilty; at the time of her death, she was out on bail and awaiting trial in March.
Flack's arrest and departure from the show made her a tabloid fixture in the U.K., with her death stirring up a fierce debate across the pond over feverish coverage of her public downfall. After her death, the Sun—one of Britain's more notorious tabloids—deleted a mocking article about a Valentine's Day card that featured an illustration of Flack with the message, "I'll fucking lamp you."
Laura Whitmore, Flack's replacement as Love Island host, gave a tearful tribute to Flack on her BBC Radio 5 Live show on Sunday morning, lacerating media and social media trolls for attacking Flack in the weeks ahead of her death. "To the press, the newspapers who create clickbait, who demonize and tear down success, we've had enough," she said. "I've seen journalists on Twitter worry and talk of this tragedy, who they themselves twisted what the truth is…. To paparazzi and tabloids looking for a cheap sell, to trolls hiding behind a keyboard: enough."
Flack's death has also once again pointed a spotlight at the mental health issue surrounding Love Island, one of the most popular reality-competition shows in the U.K. Mike Thalassitis and Sophie Gradon also died by suicide—in 2019 and 2018, respectively—after appearing as contestants on the show. The deaths have caused many to wonder if producers provide enough mental health support to the contestants, who become instant celebrities thanks to the show's popularity and prolific output; episodes air every single day for nearly two months per season. The ITV series is a dating-competition show that follows single people as they live together in a villa in Mallorca.
The network is certainly aware of the criticism. During Monday night's episode, ITV and sponsor Just Eat broadcast ads pointing viewers toward the organization Samaritans, a 24/7 helpline. "In light of this weekend's tragic events, Just Eat and ITV have worked with Samaritans to replace the idents for this evening's episode of Love Island so that anyone affected by Caroline's death can access support," the network and company said in a joint statement.
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Category Archives: ARM
Wednesday, 25th March, 2009 - 3:27 am | ARM, Compilers, Optimisation
ARM processors have long supported the 16-bit Thumb instruction set, achieving smaller code size at the price of reduced performance. The Thumb-2 extension, introduced with the ARM1156T2-S processor, promises to regain most of this performance loss while retaining the small code size. This is accomplished by mixing 16-bit and 32-bit instructions.
Thumb-2 performance is claimed to reach 98% of the equivalent ARM code while being only 74% of the size. I decided to put this claim to the test with FFmpeg as the target and compiled the same source revision in ARM and Thumb-2 mode using the RVCT 4.0 compiler. For this test I disabled all hand-written assembler optimisations.
The Thumb-2 executable is 85% of the ARM one in size, which although being a substantial reduction falls somewhat short of the promised 74%. I tested the performance by measuring the time to decode a few sample media files on a Beagle board. Several of the samples actually decoded faster with the Thumb-2 build, with one H.264 video clip decoding 4% faster. Only one test, MP3 audio decoding, was significantly slower (15%) compared to ARM code. The speedup is likely due to reduced I-cache pressure. Thumb-2 and ARM instructions are executed identically after the initial decode stage, so no improvement can result from the change of instruction set alone.
In conclusion, the Thumb-2 performance is better than I had expected. Nevertheless, a 15% slowdown in even one case is reason enough to carefully benchmark the effects before deciding on a switch.
Shared library woes and the price of PIC
Friday, 2nd January, 2009 - 6:28 pm | ARM, Bugs, Compilers, Optimisation
It recently came to my attention that the GNU linker on ARM lacks support for several relocation types in shared libraries. Specifically, code using MOVW/MOVT instruction pairs to load the address of data symbols will not work in a shared library. The linker silently drops the necessary relocations, resulting in a runtime crash.
When I pointed out this shortcoming to Paul Brook of CodeSourcery, his response was that such relocations in shared libraries are not supported by the GNU tools, will never be, and that shared libraries should be built with position-independent code (PIC). This is an unfortunate attitude, and doubly so considering that the latest CodeSourcery GCC version will generate these instructions with default settings. In other words, the 2008q3 release of CodeSourcery GCC will, with default flags, build crashing shared libraries without so much as a warning.
The refusal to support non-PIC shared libraries is unfortunate also from a performance point of view. Position independent code is inherently slower than normal code.
In order to find out just how much slower PIC is on ARM, I made two builds of FFmpeg, one normal and one with PIC. The PIC build is about 1.7% slower in several tests, among them H.264 video decoding.
On typically resource-constrained ARM systems it would be nice to have the option of space-saving shared libraries without paying the PIC penalty in performance. Until now this option has been a reality. With CodeSourcery lazily refusing to support the relocations required by the latest version of their own compiler, this option may soon be a thing of the past, at least if the bugs that have haunted recent compiler releases are fixed in upcoming versions.
ARM-NEON memory hazards
Wednesday, 31st December, 2008 - 2:19 am | ARM, Optimisation
The NEON coprocessor found in the Cortex-A8 operates asynchronously from the ARM pipeline, receiving its instructions from the ARM execution unit through a 16-entry FIFO. Furthermore, the NEON unit has its own load/store unit. This suggests that some mechanism exists to resolve data hazards between the ARM and NEON units such that memory operations appear as if the instructions were executed entirely in order.
Although clearly important with a view to code optimisation, the Cortex-A8 Technical Reference Manual unfortunately does not mention any details about these hazards. In fact, it does not mention them at all.
To sched some light on the situation, I ran a simple benchmark to determine two important parameters of ARM-NEON memory hazard resolution: granularity and latency.
CodeSourcery fails again
Friday, 28th November, 2008 - 12:19 am | ARM, Bugs, Compilers
The bug I discovered in CodeSourcery's 2008q3 release of their GCC version was apparently deemed serious enough for the company to publish an updated release, tagged 2008q3-72, earlier this week. I took it for a test drive.
Since last time, I have updated the FFmpeg regression test scripts, enabling a cross-build to be easily tested on the target device. For the compiler test this means that much more code will be checked for correct operation compared to the rather limited tests I performed on previous versions. Having verified all tests passing when built with the 2007q3 release, I proceeded with the new 2008q3-72 compiler.
All but one of the FFmpeg regression tests passed. Converting a colour image to 1-bit monochrome format failed. A few minutes of detective work revealed the erroneous code, and a simple test case was easily extracted.
The test case looks strikingly familiar:
extern unsigned char dst[512] __attribute__((aligned(8)));
extern unsigned char src[512] __attribute__((aligned(8)));
void array_shift(void)
for (i = 0; i < 512; i++)
dst[i] = src[i] >> 7;
ARM wish-list
Sunday, 19th October, 2008 - 12:44 am | ARM
Some time ago, I was asked for a multimedia hacker's wish-list for a future ARM processor, in particular regarding the NEON vector and floating-point coprocessor. This is my list.
Saturating unsigned+signed add/subtract.
With the current instruction set, this operation requires six instructions (2x VMOVL, 2x VADDW, 2x VQMOVUN) and two extra registers (one if optimal scheduling is not required) for 128-bit vectors. Furthermore, this is a frequently occuring operation, for instance in the H.264 loop filter.
More registers.
Having another, say, 8 vector registers would be very handy. Encoding this in the existing instructions would of course be tricky, if at all possible. A special VMOV and/or VSWP instruction to access the high registers would be an acceptable compromise, and would certainly be better than using scratch memory. An alternative option could be to make the high half of the existing register file banked. This could perhaps even be done in some clever way allowing the OS to skip save/restore of these registers for processes that never use them.
256-bit operations.
8-element vectors are frequently used in video processing. One example is the ubiquitous 8×8 IDCT. In some instances, 32 bits per element are required in intermediate values to maintain adequate precision. The 8×8 IDCT is once again an example. In these cases, support for 8×32-bit vectors would clearly be an advantage.
Vector sum.
The sum of all elements in a vector is computed as a part of many algorithms, for instance anything involving a dot product and motion estimation in video encoding. Presently, the only option is to use a sequence of 3 or 4 VPADD instructions.
Transposed load/store.
When performing the same operation on each of a set of rows, one must load values row-wise into registers, and then transpose the registers before using the vector arithmetic instructions. When done computing, the values are again transposed before being stored row-wise. A set of load/store instructions transferring data between rows in memory and "columns" in the register file would save the cost of the transposing operations.
Improved NEON to ARM transfer.
On Cortex-A8, transferring a 32-bit value from NEON to an ARM register takes a minimum of 20 clock cycles, during which time any normal access to the ARM register file will stall. This delay makes some potential use cases for NEON practically worthless. I am told this has been addressed in the almost-ready Cortex-A9.


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A Queen's prayer from 1570 - pertinent for today?
Nearly a week of mostly sunny days have been a heaven-sent blessing. Local farmers sepecially have needed this dry spell as their fields have been totally waterlogged.
The River Teifi has finally fallen back to normal levels here at the old stone bridge in Cenarth, a few miles upstream from us. And we hope that a recovery from the wettest period in years is now underway.
We recently visited with friends in Devon who lent us A Book of Devotions, containing prayers written by Queen Elizabeth I. Her tiny handwritten book, only 3 inches high and 2 inches wide, was for her own personal use.
I have found the prayers to be both inspiring and heartbreaking. Here is the first prayer that will excercise your English, and hopefully your spirit as well.
O Most Glorious King, and Creator of the whole world, to whom all things be subject, both in heaven and earth, and all best Princes most gladly obey, Hear the most humble voice of thy handmaid, in this only happy, to be so accepted. How exceeding is thy goodness, and how great mine offences. Of nothing hast thou made me not a worm, but a Creature according to thine own image, heaping all the blessings upon me that men on earth hold most happy. Drawing my blood from kings and my bringing up in virtue; giving me that more is, even in my youth know ledge of thy truth : and in times of most danger, most gracious deliverance: pulling me from the prison to the palace: and placing me a Sovereign Princess over thy people of England. And above all this, making me (though a Weak woman) yet thy instrument, to set forth the glorious Gospel of thy dear Son Christ Jesus. Thus in these last and worst days of the world, when Wars and seditions with grievous persecutions have vexed almost all Kings and Countries, round about my reign hath been peaceable, and my realm a receptacle to thy afflicted church. The love of my people hath appeared firm, and the devices of mine enemies frustrate. Now for these and other thy benefits (O Lord of all goodness) what have I rendered to thee? Forgetfulness, unthankfulness, and great disobedience. I should have magnified thee, I have neglected thee. I should have prayed unto thee, I have for gotten thee. I should have served thee, I have sinned against thee. This is my case. Then where is my hope? If the Lord wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, who may abide it? But thou art gracious and merciful, long suffering and of great goodness, not delighting in the death of a Sinner.
Thou seest whereof I came, of corrupt seed: what I am, a most frail substance: where I live in the world full of wickedness: where delights be snares, where dangers be imminent, where sin reigneth, and death abideth. This is my state. Now where is my comfort? In the depth of my misery I know no help (O Lord) but the height of thy mercy, who hast sent thine only Son into the world to save sinners. This God of my life and life of my soul, the King of all comfort, is my only refuge. For his sake therefore, to whom thou hast given all power, and wilt deny no petition, hear my prayers. Turn thy face from my sins (0 Lord) and thine eyes to thy handiwork. Create a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me. Order my steps in thy word, that no wickedness have dominion over me, make me obedient to thy will, and delight in thy law. Grant me grace to live godly and to govern justly: that so living to please thee, and reigning to serve thee I may ever glorify thee, the Father of all goodness and mercy. To whom with thy dear Son, my only Saviour, and the Holy Ghost my Sanctifier, three persons and one God: be all praise, dominion and power, world without end. AMEN.
Apparently people have considered their times to be "the last and worst days of the world" for quite some time. Wouldn't it be awesome if our current national and international leaders were to have this kind of heart for God and the people they govern? That is a worthy goal for our prayers!
How about a little horsemeat?
I must confess I've had to laugh a little bit about the growing horsemeat scandal here in the UK and some European countries. We didn't hear of this until recently when BBC news reported that a French company was exporting frozen beef lasagna that had been found to actually contain 100% horsemeat.
According to one news report, "One of Britain's biggest supermarket chains has said that some of their frozen Everyday Value Bolognese and other beef products may contain more than 60% horsemeat." And even Burger King has found their reputation sullied after being involved in the horsemeat-in-burgers scandal.
Chances are that they weren't aware of the problem until it was discovered. But someone somewhere along the line surely knew, and was making a little extra profit. Misrepresentation on such a scale is no laughing matter. It is not acceptable practice on any scale.
Jesus was no stranger to this problem. He talked about it quite frequently. Mathew 23:1-3 says, "Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do. "
When we tell others that we are Christians, we are making a large statement. That means our goal is to become like Jesus, to reflect His character. We are His representatives to this world. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:17, "Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God." As such, could we perhaps be unaware of any misrepresentation on our part? Are we getting closer to Him day by day? How completely do we "walk the talk?"
Romans 12:1-2 sets a good standard. "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
I couldn't help thinking that this is good food for thought!
REDEEMED => Rees Howells' Bible College of Wales!
You will probably remember that nearly two years ago we asked you to pray with us for grounds of the Bible College of Wales. The property had been put up for sale on the open market.
People whose lives have been impacted ed by Rees Howells' life as an intercessor have offered up earnest prayers from across the nations. And in this photo you can see the tangible answer to those prayers of faith.
The keys to Derwen Fawr, the main property of the college, are being handed over to Mark Ritchie. He is the director of the "Reclaiming Our Inheritance" project at the BCW grounds. The property was acquired on December 21st 2012 as an initiative of the Cornerstone Community Church of Singapore.
As part of a prayer meeting there in March of 2011, groups of us walked and prayed around the land. Here is one of our friends oiling the hinges of the locked gates as a prophetic act and declaration. I wrote about that meeting in my update on that same day which you can read here. And just two days ago I had the enormous privilege of entering those gates which now wide open! That part of the land has been "redeemed" into a secure future in the body of Christ and God's plans.
Interestingly enough, it was that same email update that was forwarded on to the pastor of the Cornerstone church, and God started answering years of prayers, including yours. People from Cornerstone got in touch with us and then came to see the property in Swansea. Since then we have developed wonderful friendships with the senior pastor and his wife, as well as other pastors and members of the church. So this is all very exciting news indeed!
You can read the amazing story of how this all came about on Cornerstone's "Reclaiming Our Inheritance" webpage. You can also keep up with current happenings, hear the vision, and maybe even recognize a few friends on a Facebook page the BCW team in Swansea have just posted!
Gladys and I have been praying with a group called The Forge since April 2011 about the heritage of Rees Howells. This means far more than just these properties, purchased as the result of a tremendous gift of faith. The real heritage is learning how to live a life of intimacy with God and sacrificial obedience to the Lordship of Jesus, and to become His instruments, personally and corporately, for reaching out to a lost world with life-changing Gospel power and world-changing intercessory prayer.
Prayer is what made possible the acquisition of part called Derwen Fawr by our friends from Cornerstone Church. And more prayer will make possible the purchase of the remaining half across the road, Sketty Isaf, which is still up for sale. We believe this also is going to be redeemed, and that the fullness of God's purpose and vision for the whole will come to fruition in the near future.
Thank you for praying with us to this end!