An industrious Middle Earth fan has edited Peter Jackson's epic 'The Hobbit' trilogy from three films into one, cutting the overall run time in half.
The new edit titled 'The Hobbit: The Tolkien Cut' was created by a mysterious tinkerer named 'TolkienEditor' in order to "re-centre the story on Bilbo" and it trims down the three films' near 8-hour running time to a more manageable 4 hours and 21 minutes.
Jackson's 'Hobbit' adaptation saw the project swell from one film based on JRR Tolkien's 'Lord Of The Ring' prequel, into two films, then finally three, with the final film hitting cinemas at Christmas.
Through a series of cuts ("major and minor") the fan edit loses many of the trilogy's big set pieces including the investigation of Dol Guldur from 'An Unexpected Journey', the Tauriel-Legolas-Kili love triangle from 'Desolation Of Smaug' and 'The Battle of the Five Armies', and the first film's prelude featuring Elijah Wood and Ian Holm.
It also tightens up a number of acton sequences too, taking out many of the skirmishes with the pale orcs, and Orlando Bloom's acrobatic presence as Legolas has been reduced to a fleeting cameo during the Mirkwood arrest. Evangeline Lilly's she-elf Tauriel, who was created by Peter Jackson for the film in order to address the film's gender imbalance, has been completely excised.
'The Hobbit' isn't the first trilogy to be decimated in fan edits. The 'Star Wars' prequels have had many fan revisions in the past, with actor Topher Grace famously re-editing George Lucas' three films into one 85-minute film known as 'Star Wars: Episode III.5: The Editor Strikes Back'.
Expect this 'Hobbit' fan edit to be the first of many.


David M. Livingston, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has won a major award for discoveries in cancer research from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
Livingston, a cancer biologist, will receive the Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award and deliver a lecture at the AACR Annual Meeting on April 2, 2017 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The award was established in 2007 to recognize a scientist who has made major scientific discoveries in basic cancer research, or who has made significant contributions to translational cancer research; who continues to be active in cancer research, and has a record of recent and noteworthy publications; and whose ongoing work holds promise for substantive contributions to progress in the field of cancer.
Livingston is the Emil Frei Professor of Genetics & Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and is the deputy director of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.
He is a renowned expert on the molecular origins of breast and ovarian cancer, focusing on genes that regulate cell growth, including the tumor suppressor genes Rb, p300/CBP, BRCA1 and BRCA2. His work has been the cornerstone of many studies of cancer susceptibility linked to BRCA function and mutations. By understanding the tumor suppressive properties of BRCA1 and BRCA2, Livingston has paved the way for studying novel approaches to breast and ovarian cancer prevention.


Here's the second of my 3 reviews of a selection of nail polishes from Vivien Kondor, a UK based cosmetic brand. All 3 polishes I'm reviewing are from the Bon Bon Collection, a set of scented glitter nail polishes. May I introduce you to 'Strawberry' a vibrant bright orangey red packed with delicate glitter which gives the polish the wow wee factor. I applied 3 coats and you can still smell the fruity fragrance after applying top coat.
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Choosing a major right away isn't always the only path to a specific career, and it's perfectly acceptable to change majors along the way. Undergraduates often think that to become a marketer, they must major in marketing. In reality, there's no single straight path to a career. Many firms, including Morgan Stanley, are agnostic when it comes to a candidate's major; instead, we look for the right skills and qualifications, and whether the candidate is excited about cultivating a new skill set.
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As an undergrad, you learn the basics: How to solve problems creatively, how to research and think critically, how to work and socialize with peers, and how to interact with your professors, advisors, and administrators. Employers consider all of these factors when evaluating what a candidate can bring to a workplace environment and culture—not just the technical skills needed for a specific job.
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Estelle's music fuses an eclectic mix of musical genres and the singer boasts a number of chart-topping collaborations including Kanye West on the single "American Boy," David Guetta in "One Love" and other notable recording artists. Since 2013, Estelle has voiced the fictional character Garnet in the animated TV series "Steven Universe" in which she provides the vocals for the character in numerous songs. In this episode, Estelle shares her journey of growing up in the UK, making her way to the U.S. as a singer/songwriter, and starting ventures in fashion and acting. Estelle also reveals her philanthropic side with discussions about her foundation "All of Me," which provides grants, college scholarships, and opportunities abroad.
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Youth | Thoughts of a Calabarboy. Youth – Thoughts of a Calabarboy.
My name is Reginald Bassey and I welcome you to my little corner in cyberspace. Here's hoping you are inspired and blessed by what you read here.
But for a moment… Nigerian Youth and Politics.
Since the events of the Arab Spring and its subsequent outcomes, there have been intense conversations around the participation of young people in politics. This is not the typical "register to vote" advocacy, it is the more deliberate and active engagement of youths in the process of seeking political power. Nigeria has also had its fair share of activation leading up to some major movements that have remained a thorn in the flesh of political power holders.
If one looks closely, you will agree that young people were the more potent variable in the formula that led to a shift in Nigeria's political order. Truth be told, this shift was already silently frothing from the season surrounding the demise of President Umar Musa Yar'Adua. What happened in 2015 cannot be clearly understood unless you look through the goggles of youth activation. Many will erroneously attribute that shift to the political wizardry of certain strongholds, the convenient alliances, or simply the response of a fed up public. Those in themselves are potent factors, but clearly not the major determinant of this shift.
The Father dropped something in my heart this morning and I want to briefly share some parts that may apply to you. I'll share it in five paragraphs.
I have found that knowledge has greatly increased with the proliferation of information and the tools to access this. For this reason people in this generation know a lot more at their age compared to people in previous generations. Our kids today are already interacting and functioning in a context of information overload, as I even heard my 3 year old niece once reacted to her dad's intense play by saying: "daddy stop terrorising me". Knowledge and concepts, peddled by written or spoken words are daily communicated over portable mobile media, which perform multiple functions, and our generation is already saturated.
Here is the problem. The Bible records in 1 Cor. 8:1 that "knowledge puffs up". A very close observation will reveal the link between the rise in knowledge and rebellion in the heart of men. Rebellion has taken hold of many because they are bloated with "knowledge". They think they know much now and can question everything. While the ability to question is a positive quality that can bring progress, however without understanding, it leads to rebellion. This is where many today have pitched their tents – a rebellious heart is present with them.
Have you met some folks who seem to have no drive to do anything? I knew a guy like that. He used to live across my grandma's house in Lagos. Every morning, he stood bare-bodied on the exit corridor of the multi-room compound and stared at people going to work and traders jostling the streets. At this time I was home taking care of my grandma and working at my dad's Law Chambers, which was also in the same building where grandma lived. In the evenings, this 30-something year old guy would dress up and go hang out with friends at adjoining streets, doing nothing but having loud conversations.
Lagos Island was littered with such young men, guys coming from somewhere but seemingly not going anywhere. From Campbell street to parallel streets like Igbosere, Bamgbose, Tokunbo, to sides streets like Ricca, Odunlami, Joseph, etc with a fearsome population, these were the boys of the area (I use that because the term Area Boys have become quite derogatory. These boys however were not all illiterate and dangerous). I spoke with a lot of them, and we interacted on the make-shift football pitches all around the corners of the Brazilian Campos Square.
These were disillusioned young men with raging hormones, freelance street politics and sports commentators, football/table-tennis/snooker playing, Ewa Agoyin and Agege Bread eating, boys tired or bored with school work. They constantly searched for the slightest and easiest opportunity to make money, then run to Mandilas corner off Broad street to buy the latest Italian baffs and prey on gullible feminines of their kind. Some of them ended up popsie-ing five kids from five different women.


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Square Enix E3 2018 Showcase
Author Becky Cunningham
Creation date Jun 12, 2018
Square Enix kicked off their E3 showcase presentation last night with an introduction from Yosuke Matsuda, their President and CEO, after which it was down to business. We've got a round up of the highlights, plus other teaser trailers and release dates below. Overall the presentation has been met with a little disappointment, as there was very little we didn't already know about.
If you want to skip through the presentation and watch the clips referenced below, check out the full presentation and timings here:
07:25 - Start of presentation
08:42 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider
15:37 - Final Fantasy XIV Online: Stormblood, Under the Moonlight, Monster Hunter World
18:02 - The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (Life is Strange)
20:20 - Dragonquest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
23:45 - Babylon's Fall
25:45 - Nier: Automata - Become as Gods Edition
26:31 - Octopath Traveller
27:21 - Just Cause 4
31:00 - The Quiet Man
32:39 - Kingdom Hearts III
The first clip shows Lara Croft trying to control an aircraft as it crashes towards a dark jungle and, according to Senior Game Director Daniel Chayer-Bisson, this clip shows the beginning of the game. The story aims to show how Lara Croft became the tomb raider as she races to stop an Mayan apocalypse.
"Lara will have to confront a brutal jungle environment in order to survive. And even though she's more confident and more capable, she will still be out gunned and outnumbered by Trinity. She will have to use everything she learned from the jungle and use it in order to survive. We call this becoming one with the jungle."
The second clip shown in the presentation showed gameplay, as Lara stalks and kills her targets by stealth. There will be new traversal techniques in the game, such a grappling and wall running, plus 360 degree underwater swimming allowing for full water exploration and survival.
The clips in the presentation are different from the trailer above, so if you want to check them out then skip to 8 minutes 42 seconds of the presentation (top of the page).
Shadow of the Tomb Raider release date: 14th September 2018
The existence of Just Cause 4 had already been leaked via a rogue advert on the Steam Store, but that only really served to heighten the anticipation.
Just Cause 4 shows the return of Rico Rodriguez, "a rogue agent on a mission that will challenge everything and everyone he knows." According to the voice over, "Rico has arrived in the fictional South American country of Solís, the largest and most breathtaking world we've ever created. Every journey into Solís will uncover history, secrets, and danger. Never before has a Just Cause game offered a greater variety, rich in all forms of life. At first glance Solís is a beautiful location, but scratch the surface and you will uncover oppression, fear, and violence, all enforced by Gabriella, the leader of the private militia organisation The Black Hand."
"Just Cause 4 takes destruction and physics simulation to whole new level, with the introduction of extreme weather. Experience towering tornados that can tear trees from the ground and level bridges to sticks. Awesome forked lightning, unpredictable and deadly sand storms, roaring blizzards. Witness the spectacular destruction as they offer both a challenge to Rico as well as creating fun opportunities for creative sandbox gameplay."
The game will also feature new vehicles, from bulldozers to jets, cranes to wrecking balls. Rico also has a fully customisable grapple, with the ability to deploy booster rockets and all new airlifters (balloons that lift the target into the air). The game features an all new story, with better-than-ever combat and enemies who are more of a threat. Just Cause 4 is powered by the open world Apex engine.
Just Cause 4 release date: 4th December 2018
Last but not least, Kingdom Hearts III, which was first teased at E3 five years ago. The game features a number of returning characters, and also features new characters from titles such as Frozen, Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Tangled, Ratatouille, and Wreck It Ralph.
Today they also released a new trailer showing the characters from Pirates of the Caribbean:
Kingdom Hearts III release date: 29th January 2019
Other new trailers and release dates
Babylon's Fall: Release date 2019
The Quiet Man: Release date unknown, but more to come in August 2018.
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Q: accessing SessionState in Global.Application_Error In the Application_Error method in Global.asax I am trying to retrieve a value from session state.
I am able to access session state as long as I throw the exception. EG:
thow new Exception("Test exception");

However if it is an unhandled exception, i get the following error when trying to access session state: "Session state is not available in this context.".
Why the differences in behavior, is there a work around?
Thanks.

A: I hate ASP.NET sometimes...
So generating an error using:
Response.Redirect("thispagedoesnotexist.aspx", false);

The above line will redirect to Application_Error with session state not available
However
throw new Exception("test");

The above line will redirect to Application_Error with session state AVAILABLE
So instead of doing this all in Application_Error, in one spot, I will have to use try/catches through out my code to catch errors. Then gather data from session, log and email error details, then finally redirect to friendly error page. Lots of extra code..
Conclusion: Application_Error is worthless.

A: I think you are trying to access the session through HttpContext.Current.Session. I believe the difference in behavior is that in the unhanded exception handler, the request has gone into "Failsafe" mode and the page lifecycle (including loading and disposing the session) has finished.
Check out this page on the lifecycle for more info

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Comedy Legend Martin Short Recalls His Start in Showbiz
Nudged by his college chum Eugene Levy, Martin Short, at 21, gave himself a year to make it as an actor. In an adaptation from his memoir, the comedy legend recalls the heady times that followed: getting hired for the 1972 Toronto production of Godspell, falling in love with fellow cast member Gilda Radner, and hanging out with such aspiring talents as Paul Shaffer, Victor Garber, and Dan Aykroyd.
By Martin Short
My Humble Beginnings
Courtesy of Martin Short.
Short made up as his close pals Larry David, left, and Tom Hanks (as Forrest Gump).
In February of 1972, I made a little contract with myself. I was three months from graduating from McMaster University, in my hometown of Hamilton, Ontario. Originally, I'd been a pre-med student, but by junior year I'd switched to majoring in social work, in large part because it freed me up to be in plays with two friends I'd made at McMaster: Dave Thomas, who was my year, and Eugene Levy, who was a little older.
Nevertheless, as graduation loomed, I regarded the concept of making it in show business as far-fetched, as unrealistic as buying a summer home on Neptune. But Eugene, who was already living in Toronto and doing the struggling-actor thing, kept nudging me, telling me that I had real talent and would be a fool not to give the performing life a stab. "Try it for a year," he said. "If it doesn't work out, you'll still be able to look in the mirror at 50 with no regrets."
Ergo, my contract: I would give myself one year after graduation to try to get work as an actor. If, by May of '73, things were going reasonably well, I would renew my showbiz contract for another year; if they weren't, I would go to the registrar's office at McMaster and beg them to hold a place for me in grad school that fall. I sincerely thought in those days that I might end up in public policy or even electoral politics. (I'd have been every bit as entertaining a Canadian politician as Rob Ford, but without the "bad-tooth smell" we all know is there.)
Counting on nothing much, I headed into Toronto to hit every talent agency in the phone book. Most of them were uninterested, but one agency liked my "atypical" (often a kinder word for "homely") looks and sent me off on my first casting call, for a credit-card commercial—which, to my shock, I actually got. On March 17, 1972, I worked my first day as a paid actor, playing a talking credit card. A woman opened her purse, and there I was, miniaturized, in this placard-like costume, sitting on top of an oversize compact mirror and explaining my virtues as a Chargex card, the Canadian version of Visa.
My second audition was for the musical Godspell: essentially, the Gospel according to Matthew as told by clowns—as sung, really, by hippie Jesus and his hippie apostles in a wildly original, rock-opera musical idiom.
Talk about a cattle call: every young person with show-business aspirations in Toronto turned out for it, and for good reason. The show was a massive Off Broadway hit in New York, and its composer, Stephen Schwartz, just 24 years old at the time, was on hand to personally select the cast for the Toronto production.
So off to the Godspell auditions Eugene and I went. Eugene was quite something to look at back in those days, with a horizontal-skewing frizz of Abbie Hoffman hair that he futilely tried to keep tucked into a little gray knit cap—or tuque, as we Canadians call it—plus a bristly handlebar mustache, uncommonly hirsute arms, and thick, Groucho-like eyebrows that, he would later claim, "have their own agent."
Eugene and I made it through the initial round of auditions and got a callback for March 25, at the Masonic Temple in Toronto. That day was like an entire season of American Idol compressed into one 12-hour slog. You'd go up in groups of 16, each sing a song, wait an hour, and then 8 of you would get called back. Then your group of eight would be called upon to improvise a parable. And then maybe four of those eight would get called back. And then two of the four. And then one of the two. It was 1972, and not a soul in the room was over 28. I had never seen so much patchwork denim and rampant braless-ness in my life.
Skinny, Daffy Girl##
There was one girl for whom I immediately felt a pang of pity. She was wearing loose-fitting bib overalls and had her wavy hair tied off in two goofy ponytails that stuck out from either side of her head. She launched into the Disney song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," which she sang like a demented child at the peak of a sugar rush. Oh, that poor thing, I thought, she's so desperate. But to my amazement, when she finished, Schwartz and the show's director, Howie Sponseller, jumped out of their seats and broke into spirited applause for this skinny, daffy girl—as did pretty much everyone else in the hall.
This was my first sighting of Gilda Radner. Gilda later explained to me that she had actually seen the Off Broadway production of Godspell in New York, and, therefore, she knew exactly what Schwartz was looking for: a certain looseness, an emphatic lack of Broadway polish. But, believe me, advance knowledge alone did not account for the way this talented girl took control of that room.
Earlier in the day, two girls had performed their audition pieces not with the house accompanist but with a piano player who had tagged along with them: a bopping Elton John-type guy with oversize, goggle-like eyeglasses and a ferocious, rockin' approach to his instrument. This was the young Paul Shaffer—though, truth be told, Paul never seemed young, just as he doesn't now seem "old."
Paul was not auditioning for the show. He was there to accompany his girlfriend, Ginny, and another of his friends, Avril. As I'd soon learn, Paul was, like me, on a one-year contract to make it in show business. Unlike me, however, his contract was with an outside entity: his father, an eminent attorney named Bernie Shaffer. If the music thing didn't work out soon, Bernie was going to insist that Paul follow in his footsteps and go to law school. At the time of the Godspell auditions, Paul was playing a Hammond B3 organ in the house band of a Toronto strip club and had only a few weeks left on his contract with Shaffer Sr.
After Paul's two female companions had finished their auditions, Schwartz summoned him to the edge of the stage. Schwartz expressed to Paul how frustrated he was with the regular accompanist's dainty, traditional piano playing and how much he admired Paul's pounding, rockier style. Would Paul, Schwartz wondered, be willing to take over for the rest of the auditions? Though he didn't know how to read music, Paul said yes. He has the entire catalogue of popular music in that brilliant head of his, and he proved himself able to play anything asked of him that day, including Gilda's request of "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah."
My fashion concession to the times was a jive-turkey newsboy cap—on John Lennon or Sly Stone it would have been called a pimp cap—that I wore slightly askew over my now shaggy hair. But my audition piece was pure throwback: a variation of Frank Sinatra's version of "My Funny Valentine" that I put over with just enough in-on-the-joke self-awareness to connect with the counterculturists who surrounded me.
Nearly everyone else auditioned with a song from the rock or folk idioms, and one, a tall guy with the golden ringlets of Art Garfunkel and the face of Michelangelo's David, did an actual Godspell song, "Save the People," which left the rest of us envious of both his cunning and his talent. This was Victor Garber. I would later learn that, though he was my age, Victor had already had a 60s career as part of a Mamas and Papas-like folk-pop group called the Sugar Shoppe, which had made a couple of appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. His quavery voice was gentle yet strong, like the fluttering flap of butterfly wings. Victor delivered his song beautifully, to the palpable awe of everyone in the hall. Jesus had come to the Masonic Temple.
When it was all over that day, Schwartz picked 10 people to form the original Toronto cast of Godspell. Victor was a shoo-in as Jesus. Gilda, despite my initial misunderstanding of her approach, was also an obvious "yes." Eugene and I made it, too. We couldn't believe it—close friends, getting our first big break, together. He was 25, and I would turn 22 the next day. Avril Chown, one of the two girls who had pressed Paul into service as an accompanist, was picked for the cast as well. As for Paul himself, Schwartz gave him the break of his life by offering him a job as *Godspell'*s bandleader and musical director. The Canadian bar's loss was showbiz's gain.
Before rehearsals began, Howie Sponseller, the director, threw a cast party so that we apostles of Christ could better get to know one another. It was just a gathering of callow theater geeks drinking jug wine, but, to me, it was the most amazing party I had ever been to. Why? Because I was in a room where everyone was making a living by being in show business. That fact floored me. I didn't want the evening to end. The life of the party was Gilda, who jovially worked the room, making conversation with everyone. She did this, however, while very conspicuously holding the tip of her right index finger to her forehead, even as she was walking around and maneuvering between people. When I asked Gilda why she was doing this, she lifted her finger for a moment to reveal a pimple that she didn't want anyone else to see. I found this hilarious and charming. Gilda was a rare event, hard to explain if not experienced in person. I had never met a woman so comfortable in her strangeness.
Up in the Rafters##
Godspell opened at the Royal Alexandra Theatre on June 1, 1972, mere days after my graduation from McMaster. Our good feelings about what we had were ratified by the audience, whose members, dressed in black-tie for opening night, bought in from the moment the curtain went up, laughing and applauding beyond our wildest expectations. My big song was "We Beseech Thee"—what is known in the theater, I would learn, as the 11-o'clock number, a showstopper that occurs late in the second act. This one was a vamping, up-tempo gospel-style song that, in our version, built and built and built to a rousing finish.
It unfolded so perfectly, with my voice gliding so effortlessly along, that I momentarily levitated outside of myself—I was up in the rafters, watching me singing down there, enjoying the show. The reviews in the papers the next day were ecstatic. Most of the writers' attention focused on Victor, but I was delighted that my hometown paper, the Hamilton Spectator, singled me out. The reviewer noted, perceptively, that at the conclusion of "We Beseech Thee" my face had "the look film directors try to capture in movies about young stars breaking into the theatre." He also wrote that Eugene looked "like a well-fed Frank Zappa." Again, very perceptive.
In late June, a few weeks after we opened, there was a birthday party for Gilda at Global Village, a little avant-garde theater where we'd rehearsed Godspell and where Gilda had held a part-time job selling tickets. There was this bizarre couple there, the same age as the rest of us, who spent the entire evening in character as Gilda's Jewish parents from Detroit. At no point in the night did they ever break character. I eventually found out that they were not, in fact, a couple, but friends of Gilda's and a working comedy team to boot. Their names were Dan Aykroyd and Valri Bromfield.
In the weeks to come, I started hanging out with them, and with Gilda, as much as possible. I would drive Gilda's white Volvo around town with her in the front passenger seat and Danny and Valri in the back—purposefully getting lost en route to wherever we were going because I didn't want my time with these inspired freak-geniuses to end. We would be paused at a stop sign, and, while an elderly couple slowly, deliberately crossed the street, Danny and Valri would become the couple, bantering back and forth.
VALRI: I'm telling you, I'm lactating! I'm moist where I shouldn't be, and it's not from drooling.
DAN: Dearest, you're 87. It seems so unlikely.
VALRI: You're calling me a fucking liar?
DAN: Sweet, not so much as calling you 87.
VALRI: Oh, piss up a rope.
I was also becoming close with Andrea Martin, a petite Armenian-American force of nature (and Godspell cast member—she played Robin, who sings "Day by Day," the one song from the show that every human being recognizes). I've known a lot of funny people in my life, but no one matches Andrea for sheer in-person, on-contact funniness. Her ritual of initiation for new friends was to whip out her breasts in a public place and say, "You've seen these, haven't you?"
But Gilda was the one I fell for. She wasn't a conventional beauty, with her skinny build and untamed brown hair, but her charisma made her irresistibly sexy. Above all, she was funny. To me, there is nothing more seductive than a funny woman. Her every eccentricity turned me on. The zany, ray-of-light loopiness of her smile. The giant bows she put in her hair. That guileless, children's-theater-lady speaking voice. The way she walked into a room and filled it, with both her big personality and the bags she encumbered herself with. Gilda typically carried two bags, ones that she'd knitted herself. The bigger one contained her knitting materials and personal effects. The smaller one, more like a little pouch, contained her bingo chips and cards. Gilda loved her bingo and indulged in it with the zeal of a retiree, bundling off to bingo halls whenever she could to get her fix, sitting among all the old folks and smoking her Virginia Slims cigarettes. Her great pride was that she could keep 18 bingo cards going at once, her mind agile enough to maintain her grids no matter how fast the caller barked out the numbers. It's like she had a retro-hipster pastime before retro or hipsters existed.
When we started on Godspell in June, I still had a Hamilton girlfriend, and Gilda was dating a guy named Marcus O'Hara. But by September, Gilda and I were more or less living together full-time at her place, at 77 Pears Avenue, and I was madly in love. First time living outside of Hamilton, first job, first love—"heady" is a clichéd word, but it accurately describes the whirlwind of *Godspell'*s early months.
Gilda and I were a couple, on and off, for almost two years. The first few months were bliss, but, overall, we had a tempestuous relationship, with multiple breakups and rapprochements. Basically, our happiness kept running aground upon the same argument, which we had over and over again. Gilda, for all her exuberance, had lots of dark moods and neuroses. I'm not being indiscreet here, because she acknowledged these issues in her own memoir, It's Always Something, including her struggle with eating disorders. I could never fathom, in our time together, how a woman of her talent and advantages could get so down on herself. It hadn't been that long since I'd buried my mother, who died before her time (of breast cancer) and was desperate to stay happy and keep living—who clung to the slightest bit of positive medical news as a cause for celebration.
I was 22 years old to Gilda's 26 when we started dating—a significant difference in age at that point in life. I was unworldly and immature, simply too unsophisticated psychologically to understand that a person could have all the blessings that Gilda had—her burgeoning career, her well-to-do upbringing, and her natural gift for making every guy have a crush on her and every girl want to be her best friend—and still be burdened with unhappiness and an enormous need for people to demonstrate their love for her, all the time. I had a joke on this subject that amused even Gilda: that, one time, I'd walked into her kitchen and found her on the phone, saying, "O.K. . . . So all right . . . Love you! . . . See ya! . . . Bye! . . . Love you! . . . Call me!" After she'd hung up, I asked her, "Who was that?," and Gilda said, "Wrong number."
Toronto in the 70s##
Godspell was a springboard, giving us all new work opportunities even as the show's run continued. Victor was plucked from the cast almost immediately, summoned by Columbia Pictures to star as Jesus in the movie version of the show. He was replaced by a young actor named Don Scardino, who was almost as angelic-looking and, years later, would distinguish himself as a film and TV director and one of the producers of 30 Rock. After Don's departure, it was finally Eugene's turn to play Jesus, though Eugene's hairiness almost derailed that plan. In our production, Jesus made his entrance wearing only boxer shorts. The producers were concerned that Eugene's woolly, Ashkenazic-Jewish chest pelt might frighten the small children who came to matinees, so he was asked to shave or submit to a waxing. Eugene refused. Career disaster was averted when Eugene and the producers agreed to a compromise: Christ would appear before his apostles wearing a tank top. And, lo, it came to pass.
When word got out that Chicago's Second City improv theater was starting up a sister company in Toronto—in June 1973, just as Godspell was winding down—the better part of my social circle banged down the door to enlist. I elected not to audition—at the time, I had a phobia of being "funny on demand," and considered myself more of a traditional song-and-dance man—but Gilda, Eugene, Jayne Eastwood, and Gerry Salsberg from our show did, as did Danny Aykroyd and Valri Bromfield. And they all got in! Second City Toronto's first cast was supplemented by two veterans of the Chicago operation, Joe Flaherty and Brian Doyle-Murray. Meanwhile, my Toronto friend John Candy moved to Chicago to take a slot in Second City's cast there, alongside Brian's brother Bill Murray. John came back to Second City Toronto the following year, by which time Catherine O'Hara (kid sister of Marcus O'Hara, Gilda's ex) was also a full-fledged member, soon to be joined by Andrea Martin and Dave Thomas.
Does it seem like I'm blatantly name-dropping? Yes, it does—and with good reason. Toronto at that time had a Paris-in-the-20s thing going on. Not in the sense that anyone was self-consciously declaring, "Take a good look around, my friends, for someday, all of us shall be prominent players in the captivating business of show!" No, it was simply that we were all young and like-mindedly creative, in the same place at the same time. None of us had any idea that we were anything more than very fortunate, very happy young performers. We were in Toronto, you see, so we still thought of ourselves as minor-league compared with the real actors who plied their trade in New York and Hollywood.
Paul Shaffer was the first of our circle to leave Toronto more or less for good, moving to New York City in 1974 when Stephen Schwartz beckoned him to be the piano player for a musical that Schwartz had opening on Broadway, The Magic Show (whose star was yet another McMaster alum, the magician Doug Henning). Gilda and I were thrilled for Paul, and, one day, sitting in the kitchen at her place, we were excited to receive a phone call from him. "Paul," Gilda asked in wonderment, as if he had bounded over the rainbow and into the land of Oz, "what are New York actors like?" As we cradled the receiver together, Paul, in his kindly Paul voice, said, "Well, maybe it's just 'cause you're my friends, but I think you guys are just as talented."
Gilda turned to me and said, "Aw, isn't that so sweet?" And then, jokingly, to Paul: "Liar!" Because we found it daunting, the very idea: New York actors. In a year and a half, Gilda would be a household name, starring on Saturday Night Live. But on that day, we couldn't fathom that New York would ever want anything to do with us.
Jungle Drums##
The professional turnover at Godspell extended into the understudy ranks. One day, all of us—all of us guys, anyway—were struck by the new girl who'd been brought in to cover Gilda and Avril Chown. Her name was Nancy Dolman. She was forbiddingly attractive, with Joni Mitchell cheekbones and long, long, straight blond hair that fell halfway down her back and swooshed in a sexy way behind her as she walked. As Ed Grimley would put it, "She made your heart beat like a little distant jungle drum." And though this is an odd thing to say about the person who eventually became my wife, she was—in my thinking back then, anyway—way out of my league.
One day, though, Paul invited me to join him and his then girlfriend, Mary Ann McDonald, from the Godspell cast, for a night out at a jazz club. Mary Ann and Nancy were friends, so Nancy was coming, too. Gilda and I had just been through one of our "Well, then fuck you, idiot!" fights earlier in the day, and, as I had nothing better to do, I agreed to go along. That's all I thought of it as: me, going to the jazz club with Paul and Mary Ann, who happened to be bringing her friend Nancy.
But at our table for four, it became a different situation: my unconsidered "Jesus, she's beautiful" take on Nancy evolved into genuine feelings for her. It was that thing where you finally talk to the pretty girl and discover that she's not only pretty but also funny, smart, and simpatico. The chemistry is right and the hang is great.
Still, the night ended innocently. I went home to my place, and Nancy had a boyfriend at the time named Paul Ryan (not the congressman from Wisconsin and 2012 Republican vice-presidential candidate). I was barely in my apartment two minutes when the phone rang. It was Gilda: somehow all-seeing and all-knowing.
"You've been with someone!," she said.
"I've been with no one!," I protested.
"Tell me the truth, Marty!"
"I'll tell you exactly what happened: Paul and Mary Ann went to the jazz club with Nancy Dolman, and I happened to go along. That's all that happened. I swear to you."
That turned into a huge headline in Godspell-land. Gilda, pissed off and vengeful, the next day arranged for all the women in the cast to cut Nancy dead when she walked in. For a few days, Nancy was a pariah. Then, as if it had been nothing, the hard feelings evaporated and everything was O.K. again. Gilda and I resumed being a couple. A while later, I heard, through the high-school-style grapevine endemic to all theater companies, that Nancy had admitted to someone that she had a crush on me. An ego boost, to be sure. But, still, I was with Gilda, and Nancy was with non-congressman Paul Ryan.
On Demand##
Gilda and I split for good in July of 1974, 11 months after Godspell closed. We didn't do so with the foreordained finality that the words above suggest; it's just how things panned out. A few days after what, at the time, seemed like simply our latest breakup, I was drinking at my usual haunt, the Pilot bar, when Nancy happened to walk in. All I could think at that moment was: Yes, this girl can wear a top. We began talking. I mentioned to her that I was looking for a new place to live. She told me that there were some nice apartments available in the Beaches, her neighborhood, in east-central Toronto. Also, she had just broken up with her boyfriend.
We arranged to spend the next day, a Sunday, looking for apartments together, followed by a round of tennis, since we both played. Before Nancy left the Pilot that night, I said to her lasciviously, and I don't know what possessed me, "Have you ever tried a comedian before?" Which was either very sexy or very creepy, depending on your opinion of me. She just stared at me, betraying no emotion, and said, "I hope you have a racket. I'm pretty good."
Our tennis date was such fun that I invited Nancy to come see me that night in the show I was doing, What's a Nice Country Like You Doing in a State Like This? "I'm Haldeman / I'm Ehrlichman / I'm Klein / Ze three sour Krauts from ze Rhine!" You know, speaking from experience, I can tell you that there's no aphrodisiac more potent than Watergate-themed cabaret music. Well, in my case, anyway. By night's end, Nancy and I were making out while pressed against my Volkswagen convertible in the theater's parking lot. Boy, were we both easy.
Since I am a decent sort of chap, I wasted no time in asking Nancy out again, and brought her to a cast party the very next night. At the party, we were holding hands. Andrea Martin, who was in the show with me, cornered me for a moment and asked, with typical Andrea forthrightness, "When did you start having sex with Nancy Dolman?" I told her that I had not, in fact, started having sex with Nancy Dolman. But Andrea was adamant. "You two have the intimacy of a couple," she said. "I can see it! You're having sex!" We truly weren't, but I thought, Hey, it's not the worst idea.
That very night, after the party ended, I took Nancy to the Hyatt hotel in Toronto. Bear in mind that it was summer. I was wearing cutoff shorts and a T-shirt. Nancy was wearing very short shorts and a halter top. She was 22 years old and I was 24—though I looked about 14. We had no luggage. I walked up to the clerk at the front desk and announced, "My wife and I would like a room, please!" He looked us up and down, burst into laughter, and then very kindly gave us a key.
We opened the door to our room, pulses racing, pheromones pumping. Nancy teasingly told me, "I'll be right back," and went into the bathroom to powder her nose. Now, this was the first time I had ever been in a hotel room that featured movies on demand. As I waited for Nancy, sitting on the bed, I turned on the TV and saw that Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles was available for viewing. I couldn't believe it. How could such things exist? So I ordered the movie and started watching.
Nancy emerged from the bathroom, astonishingly, beauteously naked. She saw the movie playing and her face momentarily fell. "This is a joke, right?" she said. "Are you serious?"
"I'm gonna turn it off! I can't tell you how quickly I'm gonna turn this off!" I said, desperately waving my hands in the international "I mean no harm" gesture.
"Oh, yes, Marty," she said. "I think you're going to turn the movie off."
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- Volume 74, Issue 3, 1993
Replication-defective recombinant adenovirus expressing the Epstein—Barr virus (EBV) envelope glycoprotein gp340/220 induces protective immunity against EBV-induced lymphomas in the cottontop tamarin
T. Ragot, S. Finerty, P. E. Watkins, M. Perricaudet and A. J. Morgan
https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-74-3-501
A replication-defective recombinant adenovirus (Ad) expressing the full length Epstein—Barr virus (EBV) major envelope glycoprotein gp340/220 was tested for its ability to protect against EBV-induced lymphoma in the cottontop tamarin. Antibody responses against Ad capsid proteins and EBV gp340/220 were observed but these antibodies did not neutralize EBV in vitro. However, all immunized animals were protected against challenge following three intramuscular doses of the recombinant Ad. These data indicate that the recombinant Ad is potentially a useful vector for vaccination.
Analysis of Epstein—Barr virus gene transcription in lymphoma induced by the virus in the cottontop tamarin by construction of a cDNA library with RNA extracted from a tumour biopsy
Chang X. Zhang, Pauline Lowrey, Susan Finerty and Andrew J. Morgan
Inoculation of the cottontop tamarin with Epstein—Barr virus (EBV) gives rise to the development of mono- and/or oligoclonal large cell malignant lymphoma. A cDNA library was generated with the RNA extracted from an EBV-induced tamarin lymphoma biopsy in order to study the transcripts expressed in the tumour tissue. Fifteen EBV-specific cDNA clones were localized in the corresponding viral genomic fragments. Among them, two correspond to the EBNA-2 gene, and two others to the latent membrane protein gene. The majority of the cDNA clones were localized in the BamHI A fragment which has not been associated with latent expression. Furthermore, cDNAs were also found from the BamHI D and I fragments. Sequence analysis of the cDNAs localized in BamHI A showed that they correspond to a rightward transcript in the BALF-3 region, with the one clone that was sequenced containing four exons and three introns. The above results were confirmed by testing three different biopsies with the rapid amplification of cDNA ends-PCR method.
Susceptibility of human cells to Puumala virus infection
Mari Temonen, Olli Vapalahti, Harry Holthöfer, Markus Brummer-Korvenkontio, Antti Vaheri and Hilkka Lankinen
Nephropathia epidemica involves several organs including kidney, lung, liver and brain. To investigate the susceptibility of putative target cells to the agent responsible, Puumala virus, we screened established human cell lines of lung (WI-38, A-427, CCD-11Lu), kidney (A-704), liver (Hep G2), pharynx (Detroit 562), submaxillary gland (A-253) and neural (SK-N-MC, SH-SY5Y) origin as well as primary human kidney glomerular cells, endothelial cells and peripheral blood monocytes/macrophages. Propagation of the Sotkamo strain of Puumala virus was also tested in the primary kidney, spleen and lung cells of bank voles (the natural host of the virus). All of the primary cells and most of the established cell lines expressed viral protein, synthesized viral RNA and secreted infectious virus, except the neural SK-N-MC and SH-SY5Y cells. None of the tested cell types except the primary bank vole kidney cells could propagate the virus as efficiently as the Vero E6 cells. The observed host cell range is wide and consistent with a multiorgan involvement of Puumala virus. No cytopathic effects were seen in any of the infected cell cultures.
Molecular evidence that epizootic Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) I-AB viruses are not evolutionary derivatives of enzootic VEE subtype I-E or II viruses
Judith M. Sneider, Richard M. Kinney, Kiyotaka R. Tsuchiya and Dennis W. Trent
Enzootic strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus occur in the United States (Florida), Mexico, Central America and South America. Epizootic VEE first occurred in North and Central America in a widespread outbreak between 1969 and 1972. To investigate the likelihood that this epizootic VEE virus, identified as VEE antigenic subtype I-AB, evolved from enzootic viruses extant in the region, we cloned and sequenced the 26S mRNA region of the genomes of the Florida VEE subtype II virus, strain Everglades Fe3-7c, and the Middle American subtype I-E virus, strain Mena II. This region of the genome encodes the viral structural proteins. The sequences of the 26S mRNA regions of the Everglades and Mena virus genomes differed from that of the reference epizootic VEE subtype I-AB virus, Trinidad donkey strain, by 453 and 887 nucleotides and by 66 and 131 amino acids, respectively. These data confirm previous reports demonstrating significant antigenic and genetic distance between VEE I-AB virus and viruses of subtypes I-E and II. It is unlikely that the epizootic VEE I-AB virus responsible for the 1969 outbreak originated from mutation of enzootic VEE viruses in North or Middle America.
Characterization of virus inclusion bodies in bluetongue virus-infected cells
Sharon M. Brookes, Alex D. Hyatt and Bryan T. Eaton
A combined qualitative and quantitative approach has been used to examine the role of virus inclusion bodies (VIBs) in the morphogenesis of bluetongue virus (BTV). VIBs were detected as early as 4 h post-infection (p.i.), and their number and profile areas increased significantly between 12 and 16 h, and 20 and 28 h p.i. respectively. Core- and virus-like particles were found within and at the periphery of the VIB matrix, respectively, and their numerical density (number per area of VIB matrix) decreased during the course of infection whereas the numerical density of virus particles in the cytoplasm increased. Virus-like particles had a diameter of 57 ± 8 nm and core-like particles appeared to fall into two size ranges, 32 ± 3 nm and 38 ± 3 nm in diameter. Both pre- and post-embedding immunoelectron microscopy procedures were used to localize BTV structural and non-structural proteins within the VIBs. The VIB matrix was labelled with antibodies to structural proteins VP5 and VP7 and non-structural proteins NS1 and NS2. Cores within VIBs contained proteins VP5, VP7 and NS1 but not VP2. Virus-like particles at the periphery of VIBs contained VP2, VP5, VP7 and NS1. The results suggest that BTV particles are synthesized, assembled and released from the perimeter of VIBs and not from within the matrix. Cores embedded in the VIBs are likely to have been trapped there during expansion of the matrix during replication.
Expression of hepatitis A virus poly(U) polymerase in the periplasmic space of Escherichia coli
Adrian J. Wolstenholme, J. Paul Coates and Wendy Douglass
A cDNA containing almost all of the hepatitis A virus (HAV) P3 sequences was expressed as a fusion protein with Protein A. A novel poly(U) polymerase activity was detected in the periplasmic space of Escherichia coli cells transformed with this plasmid, and this activity showed many of the expected properties of a picornavirus 3Dpol. A number of HAV-specific polypeptides were detected in these cells, and it is unclear which of these was responsible for the polymerase activity.
Influenza virus naked RNA can be expressed upon transfection into cells co-expressing the three subunits of the polymerase and the nucleoprotein from simian virus 40 recombinant viruses
Susana de la Luna, Javier Martín, Augstín Portela and Juan Ortín
The functionality of the influenza virus polymerase subunits and the nucleoprotein expressed from simian virus 40 (SV40) recombinants has been tested by their ability to direct the in vivo expression of influenza virus-like RNAs. These RNAs, which contained either the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) or haemagglutinin (HA) genes, were synthesized and reconstituted in vitro into viral ribonucleoproteins with a polymerase/nucleoprotein mixture purified from influenza virus-infected cells. Only the coinfection with SV40 recombinant viruses expressing the three polymerase subunits and the nucleoprotein allowed the expression of the transfecting CAT or HA RNAs, confirming that this set of viral genes is the minimal requirement for viral gene expression. Unexpectedly, transfection of the corresponding naked RNAs into SV40 recombinant-infected cells was as effective in directing the synthesis of CAT or HA proteins as the standard reconstituted ribonucleoprotein transfection. These results may be important for the genetic analysis of trans-acting factors involved in influenza virus transcription and replication and may open the way to rescuing influenza viruses in the absence of a helper virus.
Nucleotide sequence of one component of the banana bunchy top virus genome contains a putative replicase gene
Robert M. Harding, Thomas M. Burns, Gregory Hafner, Ralf G. Dietzgen and James L. Dale
One DNA component of the banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) genome was cloned and sequenced. This component is present as a circular, ssDNA in the virions and consists of 1111 nucleotides. It contains one large open reading frame (ORF) of 858 nucleotides in the virion sense; this ORF encodes a putative replicase based on the presence of a dNTP-binding motif (GGEGKT). Two smaller ORFs (249 and 366 nucleotides), in the complementary orientation, could not be assigned any obvious function. Neither of these ORFs had significant sequence homology with any known DNA plant virus gene or gene product. Computer analysis of this component predicted a strong stem-loop structure in the virion sense putative untranslated region; a nonanucleotide sequence in the loop was nearly identical to the nonanucleotide invariant loop sequence of geminiviruses and coconut foliar decay virus. There is strong evidence that the genome of BBTV consists of more than one component because no ORF was found that would encode a protein the size of the BBTV coat protein. BBTV has some characteristics in common with geminiviruses but cannot be classified as one. Rather, BBTV probably belongs to an undescribed plant virus group which could also include subterranean clover stunt virus and coconut foliar decay virus.
3′-Terminal sequence of the plum pox virus PS and ŏ6 isolates: evidence for RNA recombination within the potyvirus group
MarÍa Teresa Cervera, José Luis Riechmann, María Teresa Martín and Juan Antonio García
The sequence of the 3′-terminal 1768 nucleotides of the PS and ŏo6 isolates of plum pox virus (PPV) has been determined and compared with that of the equivalent regions of other PPV isolates sequenced previously. The sequenced region is part of the PPV open reading frame encoding the last 186 amino acids of the NIb protein and the coat protein (CP, 330 amino acids), followed by a non-coding region of 220 nucleotides and a poly(A) tail. PPV-PS and PPV-ŏo6, just like PPV-El Amar, show rather high levels of nucleotide diversity in the sequence encoding the C-terminal region of the NIb protein (19.4 to 31%) and the N terminus of CP (22.8 to 41.1%) when compared with PPV-Rankovic, PPV-D and PPV-NAT, whereas the level of diversity in the rest of the CP sequence and the 3′ non-coding region is low (8 to 10.8% and 5.5 to 7.7%, respectively). However, the first 429 sequenced nucleotides of PPV-ŏo6 are very similar to those of the PPV-Rankovic, PPV-D and PPV-NAT isolates, whereas the rest of the sequence clearly resembles PPV-PS. Thus, PPV-ŏo6 seems to be the result of a natural recombination event between two wild strains of PPV. To our knowledge this is the first evidence of homologous RNA recombination (a process which could play an important role in the evolution of RNA viruses) within the potyvirus group.
Evidence that cowpea aphid-borne mosaic and blackeye cowpea mosaic viruses are two different potyviruses
C. Huguenot, M. T. Furneaux, G. Thottappilly, H. W. Rossel and R. I. Hamilton
The immunoreactivity of a panel of polyclonal anti-bodies and monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against African isolates of potyviruses from cowpea and African yam bean was examined in ELISAs. A serological study including reference isolates followed by further characterization in differential hosts resulted in separation of the potyviruses into two distinct serogroups, one containing blackeye cowpea mosaic virus (BlCMV) and the other containing cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CAMV). Using biotin-labelled MAbs, the BlCMV isolates were further subdivided into two serotypes and the CAMV isolates into five serotypes. Because both BlCMV and CAMV induce a very similar mosaic disease in cowpea, different ELISA procedures using mixed MAbs were evaluated and a single protocol was developed which allowed reliable diagnosis of both viruses.
Multiplication of tomato spotted wilt virus in its insect vector, Frankliniella occidentalis
Ineke Wijkamp, Jan van Lent, Richard Kormelink, Rob Goldbach and Dick Peters
The accumulation of two proteins, the nucleocapsid (N) protein and a non-structural (NSs) protein both encoded by the S RNA of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), was followed in larvae during development and in adults of Frankliniella occidentalis after ingesting the virus for short periods on infected plants. The amounts of both proteins increased, as shown by ELISA and Western blot analysis, within 2 days above the levels ingested, indicating multiplication of TSWV in these insects. Accumulation of these proteins and of virus particles was further confirmed by in situ immunolabelling of the salivary glands and other tissues of adult thrips. The accumulation of large amounts of N and NSs protein, the occurrence of several vesicles with virus particles in the salivary glands and the massive numbers of virus particles in the salivary gland ducts demonstrate that the salivary glands are a major site of TSWV replication. The occurrence of virus particles in the salivary vesicles is indicative of the involvement of the Golgi apparatus in the maturation of the virus particles and its transport to the salivary ducts.
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We use interactive learning techniques which have proved very successful in getting our pupils to visualise what is required of them with every manoeuvre.
We provide helpful instruction towards the theory test, which can be the most daunting part of learning to drive for some people. For the practical part of the driving test process, our mock tests are really popular and help to calm the nerves on the big day.
We also want to make sure that you continue to drive safely after you've got your license. For this, we offer Advanced Driving courses, Pass Plus courses, motorway training and refresher lessons.
Steve is a brilliant instructor. He is a really calm and encouraging and picks up on any manoeuvres you dread and coaches you through them. I remember stalling using clutch control at an uphill junction and got myself really stressed, so we kept going back around the same junction until I nailed it the same lesson. He makes sure you keep up with the pace of traffic so you're never one of those learners causing problems for other drivers and you feel more confident being around busy traffic. I always recommend Steve to everyone and I used him for my Pass Plus course as well.
The best instructor out there. Honestly never would've had a chance of passing if it wasn't for Steve. Thank you. Highly recommended.
Steve was a very patient, calm and confident teacher. He was very clear with his explanations and he made driving very easy. I was able to pass first time with no minors as a result of his excellent teaching style.
I had my driving lessons with Steve just before I was about to finish college so I would be ready to drive at university. I had 30 lessons with Steve, starting incredibly nervous like most first time drivers. However, with Steve's calm and relaxed teaching style, those nerves soon went away. Despite some erratic driving on my part, Steve kept calm and helped me learn from my early mistakes.
From then on, Steve's goal is to help you reach your driving peak for the day of your test; which is why his first time pass rate is so high as he makes you really confident for the test.
Steve got me and my husband through our driving test. He is very professional and very patient. We both highly recommend him.
Steve is amazing! Got me to pass when I thought I'd never learn to drive. He's calm and patient and goes at your pace. Probably the best driving instructor Bolton has!
Steve is a very calm, patient and reassuring driving instructor. He makes you feel comfortable and relaxed during each lesson. He also helps to build your confidence. I would recommend him to everyone.
We offer driving lessons throughout Bolton and the surrounding areas.


PALM SPRINGS, CA – August 17, 2015: Destination PSP, an upscale retailer that highlights partnerships with non-profit organizations, national brand partners, signature events, and the merchandise created for them, announces an exciting new initiative to benefit more than ten local charities. 'Just Cause Week' will take place at Destination PSP's flagship store in Palm Springs' historic Town & Country Center September 17 through 22, 2015.
Destination PSP not only supports area non-profits by producing and selling merchandise that generates revenue, it also – and perhaps more importantly – generates awareness by providing each organization an ongoing public presence in its stores.
Featuring original designs inspired by the "new modern" Palm Springs, Destination PSP specializes in unique Coachella Valley branded and inspired products. The majority of the company's merchandise is manufactured regionally with sustainably produced packaging, and all items are designed in-house. The design strategy for their "products for the Palm Springs lifestyle" is directed by well-known graphic designer Tom Dolle, an instructor in the Graduate Communications Design department at Pratt Institute in New York.
Destination PSP has operated a satellite shop at the Renaissance Palm Springs hotel since December 2014, and their merchandise is also sold at The Saguaro. The company's flagship store is located at 170 N. Palm Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs, and hours of operation through the month of September are 9 AM - 10 PM Thursday, 9 AM - 8 PM Friday & Saturday, 9 AM to 6 PM Sunday through Wednesday.
For the latest Destination PSP news and product information, visit DestinationPSP.com and follow them on Facebook.
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There is a vast city, lost to time. On the surface, it is a city not unlike any other metropolis – Every city has secrets hidden in the shadows. Something or someone has been manipulating both time and the lives of the city's residents. Could a mysterious criminal figure with the supernatural ability to grant 'favors' be behind the time-shifts?
"Nighthawks: A Book of the Broken" is the first book in the saga of a city beset by supernatural occurrences, criminal intrigue and mysterious encounters…all just a normal day for the denizens of the city.


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Art With Mr. E: SO OVER THE SNOW DAYS!!!!
We have now missed 7 days in a row of school. I'm not a person that enjoys missing school...FOR ANY REASON. One or two snow days....I can deal with it....but....THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS! I have an all school art show in little over a month...and being out so many days makes me very nervous about actually finishing the projects. I always start on the projects for the art show as soon as we get back from Christmas break...but a couple of them backfired & I had to come up with new ideas. I'm sure everything will come together...even if we're working on them the week before the show....but I really don't like feeling rushed or behind.
I get what Lumiere said...."Life is so unnerving for a servant who's not serving!"
I know what you mean- you've got lots to make/create and missing days is a challenge. My Art Club classes are all working on paper mache, but a couple of the holidays and kids absent with colds, etc., means I don't have everyone at the same place on the project and no way for kids to make up the time. Oh well, we just do the best we can!
I haven't seen any of my Monday classes for the entire month of February. This weather is getting insane. I am so sick of the snow!
Seven days off from school is just crazy! I live up in Saskatchewan and have only one snow day in my recollection, and that is 13 years of public education and 4 years of university. Even while I was interning at a smaller town school, snow just meant that only the town kids showed up (and farm kids who had parents who work in town). I simply cannot imagine it!


Money market activities closed, weekend, with a record N1.2 trillion over subscription to the Nigerian Treasury Bills, NTB, indicating that financial institutions are cashing-in heavily on the recent jerk-up of the Monetary Policy Rates, MPR, by the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
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Bryce Gibbs 30 years 125 days
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2 SCG W 62-88 69% $710,000 136 0.82 15 8 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 79
3 Adelaide Oval L 75-99 73% $691,000 118 0.97 19 8 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 102
5 Adelaide Oval W 119-46 89% $677,000 111 0.79 16 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 96
6 Etihad Stadium W 68-97 OUT: Illness
7 Adelaide Oval W 51-34 85% $642,000 128 0.76 8 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 53
8 Adelaide Oval W 68-88
9 Gabba L 93-92 78% $632,000 105 0.68 14 8 7 0 5 1 1 2 1 110
10 Adelaide Oval L 73-85
11 TIO Stadium W 88-90 72% $615,000 113 0.69 11 2 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 70
12 Adelaide Oval W 82-61
13 Adelaide Oval W 101-68
15 Simonds Stadium L 96-69 68% $582,000 126 0.69 8 5 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 50
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17 Metricon Stadium W 56-151
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[prMac.com] Raleigh, North Carolina - Pariahware, Inc., today is pleased to announce the launch of Storemarks v1.1, its crowd-sourced visual bookmarking iOS application. Storemarks v1.1, which runs on iOS 5.0 or newer, is faster and more efficient than the previous versions, and is also now localized for English, Spanish, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and French language users.
Storemarks is a different type of location-based crowd sourced app which allows people to help each other and themselves find products that are difficult to locate when out shopping. With the introduction of Storemarks, members can search for and create locations, typically stores, and then visual "bookmarks" (Storemarks), for themselves and others to use later by taking pictures of the aisle & shelf. Since Storemarks are public other members will be able to find products already entered, and if a Storemark is inaccurate, flag it for removal.
"We have put a lot of effort to improve the user experience for Storemarks. The speed improvements we've made lessens the demand on members' data plans. With the addition of six new languages, more members will be able to create storemarks in the language of their choice," said Christian Miller, Pariahware President. "Unlike other location based apps, members are our customers; they are not the product. The days of wandering around a store aimlessly will soon be a thing of the past."
Storemarks 1.1 is currently introductory priced at $0.99 USD, and it normally priced at $2.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store. Non-Members can visit Storemarks online for more information.
Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Pariahware, Inc. was founded in 2001. The company specializes in the creation of iOS and OS X apps. Copyright 2001-2012 Pariahware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.


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Danish Shipping Conglomerate Maersk Teams Up With Israel-Based Accelerator TheDOCK
The four-month acceleration program offers participating startups a seed investment of up to $100K, office space, mentoring and networking opportunities
Tofi Stoler | 15:36 12.03.2018
Danish shipping conglomerate A.P. Moller–Maersk Group is teaming up with Israel-based maritime startup accelerator The Dock Innovation Hub (theDOCK), the two announced Monday. TheDOCK's four-month-long acceleration program offers participating startups a seed investment of up to $100K, office space, mentoring and network opportunities with partner companies and investors.
Founded in 2016 in the northern port city of Haifa, theDOCK is a technology hub and accelerator focused solely on maritime and port-related startups. Application is now open for the first cohort, scheduled to begin in April.
Port of Haifa (illustration). Photo: Elad Gershgoren
Headquartered in Copenhagen and founded in 1904, Nasdaq Copenhagen-traded transport and logistics company Maersk operates in 130 countries and has around 88,000 employees worldwide, according to company statements.
While the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, Maersk will play a key role in the program and in mentoring startups in the domain of logistic technologies, theDOCK's head of community and marketing Noa Schuman said in an email sent to Calcalist.
Maersk intends to use technologies developed within the program to solve issues related to its complex supply chain, Maersk chief digital officer Ibrahim Gocken said in a statement.
Dutch Port Technologies Accelerator Announces 2018 Startup Selection
City of Haifa Launches Digital Health Complex Set Up by Venture Capitalist Erel Margalit
Microsoft Brings Home Its Startup Outreach Program
Maersk is interested in startups focusing on logistics, supply chains, food waste reduction, and trade, Thomas Hougaard, a venture partner at Maersk, said in a statement. "We are looking for opportunities to co-create the next Unicorn," he said, adding that the company is scouting for startups that are interested in Maersk as a partner and not just as a customer.
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We have a discovery based inventions related to superior greener shipping by adding the technologic capability to existing ships, as well as boats, and by employing our superior hulls design for the most advanced hull yet to be developed for the industry. What we are searching for is the commercial partners for protecting the vast commercial value of our innovations. Amnon, owner of Superior Hulls Inc. BC. Canada/Israel
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Cal Net Technology group took over the position as the pace-setter this past year on the San Fernando Valley Business Journal list of Information Technology companies.
Cal Net claimed the #1 spot as the largest IT services provider in the San Fernando Valley, further cementing its position as the leading provider of infrastructure support, cloud, unified communications, and security services for small and mid-market businesses in the Los Angeles and Orange County area.
The company has grown rapidly as they have seen tremendous demand for their on-premise and cloud based technology solutions coupled with their award winning best-in-class support services. Over the last 5 years the company has seen its revenues grow 268%, fueling its expanded operations, and bringing its employee headcount to 120.
Cal Net Technology Group was also recognized by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal as one of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Private companies in the valley, has been named Microsoft's Southwest Partner of the Year 3 years in a row (2013-2015), has been recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal's CIO Awards as IT Service Partner of the Year, has been named one of the top 50 Managed Services Provider in North America by the MSPMentor 501 List and was awarded partner of the year by Dell Security in 2015.
Cal Net plans to capitalize on this position to accelerate additional growth of the business and enhancement of services by continuing to recruit additional sales and engineering staff, introduce new product and service offerings, and increase its depth and expertise in its end-markets of focus in current and new territories.
Cal Net Technology Group is the premier provider of outsourced IT, cloud, security services and unified communications in the Southern California market, servicing organizations with 10-2000 employees. Through its implementation and support services, Cal Net excels in tackling the complexities of partially and fully outsourced IT and voice systems implementation and support services with both onsite and remote delivery models.
Cal Net has been recognized as a Dell Security Partner of the Year for 2015, Southwest Region Partner of the Year by Microsoft three years in a row, and IT Service Partner of the Year by the Los Angeles Business Journal. In addition, Cal Net has been named one of the top 50 Managed Services Provider in North America by the MSPMentor 501 List, is a CRN MSP Elite 150 list member, and is a seven-time Inc. 5000 honoree.
Businesses interested in IT support or services can contact Cal Net Technology Group at (866) 999-2638, info(at)calnettech(dot)com or visit http://www.CalNetTech.com.
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Greens/EFA priorities - plenary session 16-19 December 2019
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The same day the Commission came forward with the "European Green Deal", Member States have not passed the Taxonomy deal agreed last Thursday. Member States will have another opportunity to revisit the deal on Monday.
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Greens/EFA request public access
Andrej Babiš audit report
In a letter to EU-Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Mikuláš Peksa, Greens/EFA Member of the Czech Pirates, on behalf of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament calls to publish the European Commission´s audit report immediately regarding the investigation against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on conflict of interest.
European Parliament to send mission to Malta after the revelations around the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
Quote from Sven Giegold MEP
The priority of the Parliament mission must be to investigate all potential links to the Prime Minister who has protected and defended three ministers for so long. Malta must adhere to the rule of law and European values so that there can be justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia and her family.
Greens/EFA priorities - plenary session 25-29 November 2019
Plenary week, 21-24 October 2019
Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the votes on the EU budget 2020, the search and sea rescue in the Mediterranean, the Turkish military operation in Northeast Syria, the public country-by-country reporting, pesticides and bees, the opening of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania,...
EU Member States must stop blocking action on tax transparency
Members of the European Parliament voted on a resolution calling on Member States to make progress on measures designed to improve tax transparency for multinationals. In the five years since the LuxLeaks scandal, which showed the extent of multinational tax avoidance, EU Member States have blocked a European Commission proposal on public country-by-country reporting (CbCR) from April 2016. The German government, together with a handful of EU tax havens, have blocked action.
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EIB must become climate bank & stop support for fossil fuels
Today, the European Parliament will debate 'Greening the European Investment Bank' (EIB) at the plenary session in Brussels. The Greens/EFA group support calls for turning the EIB into a climate bank and are calling for the EIB to stop financial support for any fossil fuel projects by 2020, ...
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Greens/EFA group proposes upper limit for supplementary income of MEPs
Following Sylvie Goulard hearings
MEPs from the conservative EPP and the socialist S&D parliamentary groups were unusually vocal in their criticism of extra income earned by MEPs during the Hearing with the French Commissioner candidate Sylvie Goulard.
Fiat and Starbucks rulings show urgent need for better EU laws on tax avoidance
The rulings by the General Court shows that we need much better EU-wide rules to end tax avoidance by multinationals. The court rulings prove the strengths and weaknesses of using the EU's State Aid rules to fight tax dumping, and show the urgent need to review and improve the State Aid framework.


Did the NYPD Twitter screw up have any real effect on the department?
The New York Police Department yesterday started a textbook social media campaign, inviting people to share photos of themselves with NYPD officers.
And then things seemingly went awry. Some turned the #myNYPD hashtag into a way to share images of police brutality and offer other negative commentary about law enforcement and the NYPD's controversial record relating to its stop-and-frisk policy. There were, of course, some notable examples of hashtag abuse.
This being 2014, these tweets quickly got mainstream media attention. Vanity Fair, Vice, USA Today and Complex all covered this hashtag hijacking. But here's the thing: The negative tweets were a tiny portion of the #myNYPD tweets. According to data from Brandwatch, there have been 43,000 mentions of the #myNYPD hashtag so far — and looking at the overall sentiment of these tweets, only 15 precent of these mentions are negative, 5 percent are positive and the rest are classified as neutral. These aren't inspiring numbers for a successful campaign, but they're hardly evidence of a social media train wreck many are claiming. The NYPD appears to be taking it all in stride.
To be sure, all of the negative media coverage is a PR headache for the NYPD, but looking at the social data reveals that online sentiment isn't even close to being overwhelmingly negative. That of course won't stop #myNYPD from becoming a handy case study on social media fails used by social media consultants far and wide. This is just how things work these days.