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Domino's announces bonuses of up to $1,200 for hourly workers
(NEXSTAR) – Domino's Pizza has created a stimulus program of its own for its frontline workers, announcing in a news release Monday that it will give $9.6 million in special holiday bonuses this December.
More than 11,500 drivers and other hourly employees are eligible for the bonuses, with some earning up to $1,200.
December's round of bonuses follows another special bonus for frontline workers at stores and supply chain centers earlier this year, as well as the pizza purveyor's "Feed the Need" program to give 10 million slices to those in need.
Domino's to give away 10 million slices of pizza during COVID-19 pandemic
"We strive every day to uphold our values of doing the right thing and putting people first," said Domino's Chief Executive Officer Ritch Allison. "We have the honor and privilege of being open and operating throughout the U.S. during this crisis, and we recognize that we could not be doing it without the hard work and dedication of our team members."
Domino's previously announced that it is also looking to hire 30,000 people to meet the demand as pizza sales climbed during the pandemic.
The company's stock has jumped nearly 30 percent this year.
Domino's has more than 17,200 restaurants in 90 markets around the world.
by Alexa Mencia / Jan 19, 2021
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — President Donald Trump is expected to leave Washington, D.C., early Wednesday, just hours before President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office.
He announced earlier this month that he would not be attending Biden's inauguration, breaking with tradition. Instead, he's expected to begin his post-presidency at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
TELL CITY, Ind.(WEHT)- The perfect destination in the United States for remote workers is in the Tri-State That's according to home services comparison shopping site InMyArea.com
In My Area, an online platform, decided to look into which areas were best for those working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tell City Mayor Chris Cail told Eyewitness News that the city made it.


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How unaffordable is the Auckland house market on an international scale?
Amy Hamilton Chadwick Posted 17 August 2015
The unaffordability of Auckland houses is a hot topic. But are there other cities in the world that have it worse?
The best data we have comes from Demographia and it's often used to demonstrate that Auckland has one of "the world's least affordable" property markets. But it only ranks cities from nine countries. On a global scale*, Auckland's unaffordability is far less severe than places with:
Extremely low incomes, like the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the average income is in the hundreds of dollars annually.
Extremely wealthy inhabitants, like Monaco, where US$1 million buys only 17m2 of luxury property, described by Forbes as "the world's most overpriced real estate market".
Extreme inequality, like Namibia, where it is estimated that fewer than 10 percent of households can afford even the lowest-priced properties.
SEE ALSO: What's so different about Auckland?
However, when we think about Auckland's house prices, we don't usually want to compare them to Namibia or Monaco. We're more interested in countries similar to our own, like Britain and Australia. This is where Demographia is useful, and the 2015 rankings look like this:
Rank: Least Affordable
Metropolitan Market
Median Multiple
This survey recorded a median Auckland house price of $613,000, with a median household income of $75,100. Since that data was collected, the median house price in Auckland has risen to $755,000 and our median household income to $85,212, giving us a current multiple of 8.86, according to this table.
For Auckland to reach a median multiple of 17, equal to Hong Kong's, our median house price would need to increase to around $1.45 million. That's a fairly staggering number.
All the cities at the top of this list, and others, are grappling with affordability issues similar to Auckland's. There's a housing affordability crisis in Sydney and Melbourne; in New York and San Francisco; and in London, a city of 8.6 million residents where only 43 houses were affordable for first-time buyers earlier this year.
Of course, the fact that some other cities are much less affordable than Auckland doesn't make property in Auckland any cheaper. But it does point to some of the reasons why the city is expensive and some trends in the global housing marketplace:
1. Property is seen as a safe investment
In 2008 as the global financial crisis bit hard, prices dropped almost everywhere. But they quickly surged back, according to Kate Everett-Allen, a partner in residential research for Knight Frank, based in London.
"Nervous investors were trying to find a safety asset – a safe haven for their money," she says. These buyers want certain criteria when they buy, and Auckland fits many of these criteria.
2. Global investors want to buy in the premium cities
International buyers want to put their money into cities where prices will keep increasing, says Everett-Smith. They look for:
A firm and stable political situation.
A transparent property market where they can easily track sales and prices.
A good legal system.
Good universities and schools.
Accessibility: ideally no more than an hour to reach the airport, the beach and/or the ski field.
Cities with these assets are also appealing to locals and new immigrants and almost all the cities at the top of the Demographia table are ranked highly by quality of living surveys, especially Vancouver, Sydney and Melbourne.
Again, Auckland follows this trend, ranked strongly as one of the world's most liveable cities.
Vancouver is ranked highly by quality of living surveys
3. Key cities operate by different rules
"Particularly in the last few years, we've seen the phenomenon of key cities becoming detached from their wider housing market and operating by different rules," says Everett-Allen. She cites London, Sydney, Melbourne, and Manhattan Island in New York as prime examples.
Again, Auckland fits the bill; if these other international cities are any indicator, there's no pressing reason why Auckland prices will come into line with the rest of New Zealand.
4. Supply is not able to match demand
It's no coincidence that many of the world's most desirable, least affordable housing markets are located near the sea. These port cities, like Hong Kong, San Francisco and Sydney, are usually attractive to live in and well-connected by sea, rail and air.
The downside of those beautiful waterfronts? They restrict a city's physical growth – in Auckland's case, in two directions.
"The twin harbours mean Auckland is far more constrained in terms of its ability to grow out. Auckland effectively operates as if it has 1 million more people than it actually has," says Chris Parker, Chief Economist, Policy and Planning Division at the Auckland Council, citing work done by NZIER economist Kirdan Lees.
Transport and land 'bottlenecks' caused by Auckland's shape mean that the house prices and traffic congestion seen here are more typical of a city of 2.5 million residents.
In addition to geographic land restrictions, regulations on land usage limit supply and push up prices in many of these cities, including Sydney and Auckland. Parker says if you were to point to one prevailing factor as a cause for high Auckland house prices, the ability to use land "in the way people demand it" has perhaps the biggest impact.
"It is valid to criticise Council policy, but there are also other factors," he says. "There's a huge amount that can be done to reduce house prices. If we do a host of brave things, we can get it down considerably in the long run."
5. Policy makers are trying to cool down hot markets
Hong Kong, Singapore, and parts of mainland China have all introduced policies designed to restrict house price growth. New York's Mayor considering a pied-à-terre tax, the UK's Labour Party is proposing a mansion tax, and Australia is cracking down on foreign buyers.
Our own Government and Reserve Bank have taken measures aimed at cooling the Auckland market – Everett-Allen says cooling measures, in general, do deter foreign and speculative investment.
"On a global scale we see two contrasting trends," she says. "On the one hand increasing global wealth with an appetite to invest in property; on the other hand governments want to improve affordability for the domestic population. There's a tussle between the two; policy makers want some revenue from [rising house prices] too."
A good news story
Parker believes it's possible to take Auckland from its current median multiple of nearly 9 to a median multiple of around 5 over the next few years. That would require some serious shifts in our systems, particularly in reducing land use restrictions and reducing the cost of construction.
He doesn't want to see the price of each individual house drop, but rather increase the volume of houses at the affordable end of the market.
Greater housing density would yield more value from every piece of land in the city by building more apartments, attached townhouses and units.
Freeing up land alone won't be enough, he adds: "Hypothetically, if we gifted land free to a builder and had no resource, compliance costs, and building costs, the average house is still 200m2 square and costs about $400,000 – 5 multiples of household income. It won't be economically feasible to intensify and develop if we only loosen land restrictions."
Auckland's high house prices are a significant problem, says Parker, but they're also a symptom of its success.
"It's the agglomeration of lots of talented people in one place. Auckland is caught up in that globalisation story – imagine if we missed that boat, we'd be kicking ourselves. It's a good news story, even though it creates massive challenges."
*International surveys don't always rank Auckland so high on the list of least affordable cities; Numbeo compiles user-contributed data and finds that Auckland is around halfway down its list of 574 cities. Numbeo ranks Hamilton as more affordable than Dunedin; local data disagree. The least affordable city is Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, where a mortgage on a median-priced house will cost almost 900% of the median income. Hong Kong is 8th on this list.
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Bournemouth Finds MM8 replacement with Vitality expansion
Tom Daniels
AFC Bournemouth has revealed that Vitality, the club's stadium sponsor, will be the side's official shirt partner for the remainder of the 2019/20 season.
As part of the expanded deal, the health and lifestyle brand will be the Premier League side's new front of shirt sponsor, replacing online gambling firm M88 after the firm was being investigated by the UK Gambling Commission.
AFC Bournemouth commercial director, Rob Mitchell, stated: "Vitality has been a great supporter of the club over the past five years and I am delighted that we have been able to build upon this at such an important and exciting time of the season.
"Vitality is a brand which has a focus on health and wellbeing with a headquarters in the heart of our town.
"So, for a club which prides itself on community and healthy lifestyles, this is a perfect partnership and one that we love being a part of."
Vitality has also announced that the firm will use part of its commercial assets, which include LED advertising and interview backdrop space to pay tribute to NHS staff and key workers during the global health pandemic.
Neville Koopowitz, CEO at Vitality, added: "We are delighted to be able to extend our partnership in this way with AFC Bournemouth.
"As a local employer in the town, we are pleased to be able to support the club, town and community in this way, and are proud to not only have Vitality's name and brand on the shirts worn by the club's players, but to be able use our sponsorship assets to call out and celebrate the vital role the NHS has played in past months.
"Sport brings us all together in a way very little else does and there is undoubtedly a unique opportunity for football to do this for us all at the moment.
"I look forward to the rest of the season with AFC Bournemouth and hope every single match not only brings us together but inspires many more people to get active and playing more football."
Bournemouth's 2019/2020 kit with the club's new sponsor, which is available to purchase, will be first used next weekend against Crystal Palace as the two sides clash in the BBC's first-ever live Premier League broadcast.
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Virtua Tennis Challenge For PC (Windows & MAC)
November 3, 2018 By Hasan Abbas Leave a Comment
Virtua Tennis was a video game released by SEGA for arcade machines and its Dreamcast console. With several sequels behind it, the title became one of the benchmarks of the studio that we can now also enjoy on mobile devices.
Although at the level of graphics and control we are facing a clear descendant of the game of Virtual Tennis Challenge incorporates several differences such as the fact that we can control our player using tactile gestures, although we can also use the most grateful virtual controls superimposed on the screen.
Although the Android version does not include licenses for official players, we can create our own players, either to participate in single games both doubles and singles as we introduce in their career mode, where we will overcome tournaments and earning funds to be able to patricipar in other more important we improved our game statistics.
The title is part of the so-called 'SEGA Forever' line, a series of e video games officially launched by the company for mobile devices where you can play all of the content for free, but we can make an in-game payment to remove the advertising that appears while browsing your menus.
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Exim Bank of India's Lines of Credit (LOCs) are boosting India's international trade and project exports. LOCs provide a risk-free, non-recourse export financing option to the Indian exporting community, which helps Indian companies to penetrate new markets and enhance their export volumes in overseas markets. Through the LOC programme, Exim Bank plays an active role in supporting Indian project exporters to execute developmental projects in over 60 countries, which in turn provide immense opportunities to Indian companies to demonstrate their project execution capabilities. Associated supplies through sub-contractors contribute to increase in India's global trade, at the same time furthering the "Make in India" concept while generating additional employment in India.
Under the Government of India's Development and Economic Assistance Scheme, through the Development Partnership Administration Division, Government of India has been supporting development of partner countries through LOCs. "As on date, EXIM Bank has now in place 200 Lines of Credit, covering 63 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania and the CIS, with credit commitments of over USD 12.22 billion, available for financing exports from India," says Mr. Yaduvendra Mathur, Chairman and Managing Director, Exim Bank of India. Under the LOCs, on completion of specified milestones, payments are made to the Indian companies, by Exim Bank, based on the authorization of the borrower countries, thus guaranteeing payments to the Indian companies. Under the LOCs a minimum of 75% of goods and services needs to be of Indian origin and must be procured from India.
In April 2010, the first tractor assembly unit in Mali, valued USD 12 million, commenced operation with construction assistance under the LOC.The fuel-efficient tractors and machines supplied from India, transformed the way African farmers used to do farming. Now with a single machine they could cultivate, plough, harrow, haul and do many other things at a low running cost. The Government of Mali has now converted the facility to a regular factory.Agricultural production and productivity has gone up by 30%. Mechanization has led to increase in areas under cultivation and output.Timesaving efficient practices in terms of tilling schedules have been adopted especially for cultivation of cotton, rice and sorghum. This has provided the farmers with increased revenues and relative food security to Mali. Some farmers are also earning additional income by renting out the tractors to other smaller farmers.
The rural electrification project of USD 15 million under the LOC, has provided employment to many. People are hired for running, maintenance and servicing purposes. The project was timely as it provided electricity during acute deficit. The project has led to increased social and economic development by way of positive externalities such as increase in industrial production in areas around Bamako due to stable electricity supply, growth of new industries, employment creation, income generation, improvements in living conditions, reduction in poverty, improvement in health facilities due to stable power supply and increase in school enrollment rates.
The project envisaged modernization and upgradation of workshop, supply of railway rolling stock in Angola where coaches are operating between Namibe and Matala (434 km) carrying, both passenger and freight traffic. This provided cheaper and faster mode of transportation as compared to road. It has facilitated exploration of Kassinga Mines deposit bed (iron ore) in the municipality of Jamba Huila Province. Farmers are using railways to transport their agricultural products to interior regions of Angola, at a reasonable price.
Various types of agricultural plants and equipments have been supplied by Indian SMEs to Malawi under One Village One Product Programme (OVOP) and Small Holder's Irrigation Programme. The supply of equipment for agro processing, such as flour mills, sugarcane crushers, fruit pulp and bottling equipment, along with associated training, have empowered farmers and especially women entrepreneurs in rural areas of Malawi to increase their income and generate sustainable livelihood.
Two LOCs aggregating USD 80 million were extended to the Government of Rwanda for financing the 28 MW Nyaborongo Hydro-power project in Rwanda. The project is Rwanda's biggest hydroelectric power plant and would be a boost to Rwanda's national power grid. The project is catering to 25% of total electricity demand of Rwanda.
Under the LOC, 2394 diesel engine pumpsets were supplied from India and installed in rice producing zones of Senegal.Coverage area under irrigation has increased more than two fold. Rice production in the region has also gone up by 180%. Now, around 40% of the rice demand of Northern Senegal is being met by local production, as compared to the earlier 19% of local demand. The project has contributed to reduction in the import bill of food products as also generated employment for field workers (particularly women farmers) and servicing staff of equipment.
Promoting ICT training and Biotechnology.
Strengthening of the competitiveness of local businesses.
Re-construction of Railway Lines by IRCON International Ltd. in Northern Province of Sri Lanka has been achieved through the LOCs, which has enhanced the accessibility, safety and speed of train travel in Sri Lanka.
The Omanthai to Pallai Railway line project was completed during September 2013 and the Madhu Road to Talai Mannar Railway line project was inaugurated by our Hon'ble Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi in March 2015.
Under the LOC, 290 double decker buses, 50 articulated buses and 88 single decker buses have been supplied to Bangladesh from India. They are plying on the roads of Dhaka and other major cities of Bangladesh. The buses have improved the urban and inter-city transportation and have facilitated travel for the people of Bangladesh.
Under the LOC, India-Mongolia Joint Information Technology Education & Outsourcing Center (IMJIT) Project is being set up. This will result in increased computerisation and enhancing IT skills among the Mongolian youth as well as income generation opportunities through setting up of outsourcing centers.
Thus, the LOC programme has enabled Indian companies to demonstrate project execution capabilities in the emerging markets, which create, in the recipient countries, a greater visibility for Indian expertise and project execution capabilities, with downstream linkages for export of goods and services thereby furthering the "Make in India" initiative, while creating additional jobs at the same time in India. The projects financed under the LOCs cover a variety of sectors like Agriculture, Transportation, Manufacturing (cement, sugar), Energy (generation, transmission and rural electrification) and Infrastructure. A number of infrastructure/industrial projects have since been financed under the LOCs, such as power generation, transmission and distribution projects in Sudan, Suriname, Ghana, Belarus, Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia and Mali, urban transportation projects in Bangladesh and Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire and D.R. Congo, railway projects in Sri Lanka, Senegal, Mali, Myanmar and Angola, telecommunication project in Myanmar, refinery rehabilitation project in Myanmar, sugar industry rehabilitation project in Fiji and Ethiopia, cement project in D.R. Congo and Djibouti.
Export-Import Bank of India is the premier export finance institution in India fully owned by the Government of India. Since its inception, Exim Bank of India has been both a catalyst and a key player in the promotion of cross border trade and investment. Commencing operations as a purveyor of export credit, like other Export Credit Agencies in the world, Exim Bank of India has, over the period, evolved into an institution that plays a major role in partnering Indian industries in their globalization efforts, through a wide range of products and services offered at all stages of the business cycle, starting from import of technology and export product development to export production, export marketing, pre-shipment and post-shipment and overseas investment.
Exim Bank of India's Lines of Credit (LOCs) are boosting India's international trade and project exports.


A number Primary Care Trusts in our region are not doing enough for people who may have memory-related conditions, such as Dementia, according to a report out today.
Primary Care Trusts in East Riding of Yorkshire and Richmond have failed to meet the Government's targets for providing services for memory-related conditions. A national strategy set up in April 2011 said all PCTs in England must set up memory assessment services. 7% of trusts have so far failed.


McComb is a city located in Pike County, Mississippi. It is 80 miles south of Jackson and just two hours from New Orleans. Many topnotch eateries populate the landscape including The Caboose, Dinner Bell Restaurant, and Mr. Whiskers Fish & Grill. Beyond the impressive selection of dining, the city's most popular attractions include the Bogue Chitto Water Park, located on a 230-acre wildlife refuge, Percy Quin State Park, and the McComb Railroad Museum. Whether you love to shop or just need to pick up a few essentials, Edgewood Mall, anchored by JCPenney, Belk, and Goody's, houses more than 40 interior shops, in addition to a Walmart Supercenter, which is located next door. With its peaceful surroundings and small-town charm, McComb is the perfect place for anyone looking to transition into a more relaxed lifestyle with an array of conveniences and recreational opportunities at their fingertips.


Since the first Saturday on the month was Burlington's Town Day, we made this our monthly event. In spite of intermittent rain, we had a steady stream of coloring kids and parents visiting our booth. Fun was had by all.


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Thomas Golsenne Carlo Crivelli et le matérialisme mystique du Quattrocento Collection Art & Société. Rennes, France: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2017. 275 pp. Cloth € 35.00 (9782753552531)
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Giorgio Vasari's 1550 magnum opus, the Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, created a very specific and biased account of the development of art in the early modern period. Artists such as Carlo Crivelli were decidedly absent. It has been the work of twentieth- and twenty-first-century historians to recuperate and reframe artists like Crivelli.
Developed over the course of fifteen years, Thomas Golsenne's erudite treatment of Crivelli's oeuvre makes use of historical anthropology to investigate the artist with methods and approaches borrowed from social science, sociology, and philosophy. Golsenne, for example, borrows the term "material mysticism" from the French sociologist Michel Maffesoli. In The Contemplation of the World: Figures of Community Style, Maffesoli defined material mysticism as "a paradoxical expression . . . made up of hedonism, of bodies, of objects, of images, of space—with all that these partake of the concrete—but it is then transmuted into mysticism, that is to say, is shared, and thus favors a mysterious union, or nearer to its etymology, a communion" (Maffesoli, 1996, 32). Golsenne uses this notion to move away from the classic Panofskyan lens of iconography or iconology, which he justly criticizes, and to attempt a new understanding of the quattrocento and the artist. His methodological sources are numerous, and the result is intriguing and thought provoking, though not without problems of methodological historicity, which the author readily acknowledges.
The volume is divided into five sections, each of which is subdivided into three chapters except for the first which is subdivided into five.
The first section, titled Le Peinture Ultra-Mondaine, begins by outlining the poverty dictates of the Franciscans and Dominicans, who were among the most assiduous of Crivelli's clients, in order to contextualize the artist in the courtly society of the Marche and its taste for luxury. The aesthetic of the artist's works is seen in juxtaposition to the friars' strong rejection of that culture of luxury, splendor, and magnificence that Giovanni Pontano had outlined in his writings. The appearance of contradiction is resolved via Jean-Claude Schmitt and the writings of such mystics as Hildegard von Bingen, Camilla Battista Varano, Angela da Foligno, and Chiara de Montefalco. The Marchigian social order is thus seen as sacralized and the painted figures of saints as divine spouses of God rather than as courtesan-like, so their magnificence becomes acceptable. Sensual mysticism becomes, passing through Gilles Deleuze, an intensified experience of the present, an ornamental present. For Golsenne, Crivelli's works become not the vision of an otherworldly celestial realm, but the reflection of the otherworldly celestial realm seen through the mystical eye. Religious mysticism and materialism join to shape an aesthetic of "pathos décoratif."
In the second section, titled Un Dieu Sang et Or, Golsenne shows that luxury could have a positive value when it lent its mantle to the visible portrayal of poverty and humility. In this religious vision of the Marche, Crivelli's work then looks to both the Byzantine and the Gothic, for he used the ornamental to express the divine, borrowing from both icons and reliquaries. In Byzantine art, ornament is associated with divine abstraction and in Gothic with luxurious ornament. Crivelli is presented as having achieved a synthesis of theological profundity irrespective of his ignorance of Jean Damascène or of Cardinal Bessarion, a problem that Golsenne himself recognizes. Thus, in the wake of Daniel Arasse, Hubert Damisch, Georges Didi-Huberman, and Louis Marin, and even though Golsenne concedes the problematic historicity of each scholar's methodological approach, Crivelli becomes a refined theological interpreter. Crivelli's relationship to the Gothic is articulated both on stylistic and aesthetic levels. Although certainly unaware of Suger, he made use of materiality in a very similar way. Through the ideas of Deleuze and Félix Guattari, Crivelli's ornament becomes a fractal object that defines the space it occupies while at the same time multiplying it and erasing the difference between foreground and background. By paying close attention to the contact between the saintly body and cloths of honor, the artist hence conceives of separation as a way to attract the spectator, à la Walter Benjamin. Crivelli's works become icons, relics, and reliquary all at once. Art and aesthetic sanctify. Golsenne sees the artist's ornamentation as his original contribution to the work and perhaps even as a gift to the spectator and to God.
Proceeding from the latter observation, in section three, Golsenne undertakes an anthropological analysis of gift giving, using Marcel Mauss and Maurice Godelier, to consider ex-votos and the inclusions of donors in Crivelli's images. It is thus argued that Crivelli's innovation is that of blurring the distinction between the offering of the painting and the offering to the painting. Most interestingly the author notes that in juxtaposition to the dead body of Christ, for example, the ornament is animated with life. Lit candles are shown in Pietà pictures but extinguished candles in a representation of the Madonna and Child. Pushing beyond the mere representation of nature offerings made to pictures (fruits, vegetables, and flowers were common in the Marche of that period) and making use of Bernard Aikema and Louis Marin, Golsenne argues that Crivelli's trompe l'oeil becomes a simulacrum capable of realizing the divine presence. Crivelli's ornamentation thus transforms paintings into cult images, à la Hans Belting or Benjamin, and his use of pastiglia a rilievo is recognized as a producer of potentially miraculous images. Furthermore, Golsenne suggests that Crivelli drives the creation of cult images to its extreme: to the creation of a cult of the painter himself via the inclusion of luxury elements such as ex-votos in trompe l'oeil. The latter notion is as intriguing as it is historically debatable; I am not aware of any fifteenth-century artist whose aim was the creation of a cult of his own artistic self.
In section four, Golsenne explores the idea of Crivelli's cucumbers as a signature device, one that was taken up by his epigones while they searched for their own possible identifying devices. This is the most fascinating and yet the most historically problematic chapter. Analyzing the Last Supper panel fragment now in Montreal, Golsenne advances the notion that the artist (if indeed the panel is by the master) put cucumbers in the hands of the apostles as a symbol of their sharing the painter's body. This is problematic. Crivelli is presented as painting incarnate, an incarnation that each follower tried to replicate as if he were the head of a religious sect. Through the lens of sociologist Maffesoli's tribal theory, Crivelli is conceived of as a living idol, who gave rise to the same veneration that his paintings produced. Crivelli's relationship to the informal corporation of Marchigian painters is compared to that of Christ and the Christian community or to that of a condottiere and his conquests. In this latter sense, Crivelli is seen as a hero in the guise of a condottiere who is able to transgress, conquer, and dominate specific territories. The transgression of borders is equated to the mystery or theory of the incarnation. The transgression of the borders of the incarnation is seen as a conceptual frame for Crivelli's works: it invests both the visible and the invisible, immanence and transcendence, and is centered around a living god. Thus, the interpretative framework appears to transform Crivelli himself into a living god interested in his own cult as well as the freedom of expressing his own virtuosity, or as argued in section five, he is highly conscious of intentionality. It is a seductive vision of a postmodern Crivelli but one that is rather hard to accept as historically factual.
In section five, Devenir Ornamental, Golsenne marries the theoretical framework of the incarnation to that of the ornament. In summarizing the previous sections, the author reiterates that the intensity and multiplication of ornamental motifs in Crivelli—from multiplied surfaces to fruit and vegetable festoons—may be explained through the logic of the fractal. The ornamental becomes a way to intensify forms and, through its excesses, to manifest a presence that may be understood to be either that of God or that of the painter. If the Florentine quattrocento proposed a theory of perspective, Crivelli in the Marche is seen as subscribing instead to a theory of the incarnation used as if it were the basis of a painting theory. Although completely unaware of Nicholas of Cusa and his theories on the representation of God, he might have been exposed to Bernardino of Siena and his followers, who thought of the incarnation as a moment when form became essence. Using Claude Lévi-Strauss, Crivelli is thus seen as a bricoleur, the ultimate consummate creator of Christological religious and aesthetic montages, as conceived of by Deleuze. The insertion of a fly becomes symbolic of a creative moment that results from the paradoxical wish of the artist to get rid of intention.
Beyond Deleuze, Didi-Huberman, Bataille, or any other theoretical framework invoked to examine Crivelli, perhaps this the truest assessment that emerges from Golsenne's work: Crivelli seen as an experimenter, a discoverer of the power, of the virtue of painting, and therefore of style; Crivelli seen as an artist who married the cult image to the power of a work of art.
Assistant Professor, Art and Architecture, Hobart and William Smith College


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The Museum of Byzantine Art owns a first-class collection of art works and utility objects from late Antiquity and the Byzantine period. It is the only one of its kind within Germany. The focus of the collection is on art of the Western Roman and Byzantine Empires dating from the third to the fifteenth century. Additionally, there are a large number of post-Byzantine icons and small art works.
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Out of this broad spectrum, the Berlin collection has shaped its distinctive profile, defined by four main aspects: Roman sarcophagi and sarcophagi fragments from Late Antiquity offer a panorama of Early Christian iconography in the capital of the Western Roman Empire. The rich holdings of figurative and ornamental sculpture from the Eastern Roman Empire allow insight into the stylistic diversity and developments within this genre; no collection other than the archaeological museum in Istanbul is on par with this part of the Berlin collection. Precious ivory carvings and mosaic icons document the high technical and artistic standard of Byzantine court art. Every-day objects and Christian religious items from Egypt give an idea of daily life and the equipment of liturgical procedures. Among these are excavated objects made of organic material such as wood or fabric which owe their preservation to Egypt's hot and dry desert climate.
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Bahrain's human rights situation continued to worsen in 2017. Authorities shut down the country's only independent newspaper and the leading secular-left opposition political society. The country's preeminent human rights defender remained in prison on speech charges. The government, ending a de facto moratorium on use of the death penalty, executed three people in January following unfair trials, despite their alleging that they had been tortured and their confessions coerced.
The government reversed two of the few substantive recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) that it had previously implemented. In January, authorities restored arrest and investigation powers to the National Security Agency, despite its record of torture and abuse, and in April, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa signed legislation authorizing trial of civilians before military courts.
Bahrain continued to deny access to special procedures of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, including the special rapporteur for torture. Authorities prevented dozens of rights advocates from traveling to Geneva ahead of Bahrain's third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in May and the regular UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in September.
On July 10, a court sentenced Nabeel Rajab, head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, to two years for "disseminating false news, statements and rumors … that would undermine [Bahrain's] prestige and status," in relation to media interviews he gave in 2015. He faced 15 years in prison in a separate case for "insulting public authorities [the Interior Ministry]," "insulting a foreign country [Saudi Arabia]," and "spreading false rumors in time of war," in connection with tweets criticizing alleged torture and Bahrain's participation in the Saudi Arabi-led military operations in Yemen.
On June 4, the Information Affairs Ministry ordered the suspension of Al Wasat, Bahrain's only independent newspaper, ostensibly for a column about unrest in the Hoceima region of Morocco. On June 24, the newspaper's board told employees that the suspension forced the termination of their contracts.
On May 31, the High Civil Court, acting on the request of the government, dissolved the secular-left National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad). The government charged Wa'ad with "incitement of acts of terrorism and promoting violent and forceful overthrow of the political regime," because the group condemned the January execution of three men on terrorism charges, calling them "martyrs," and for expressing solidarity with "a banned organization," referring to Al-Wefaq, the country's largest opposition society, which authorities had similarly dissolved in July 2016.
On June 6, Bahraini authorities declared that it would be a crime punishable by up to five years in prison to express "sympathy" with Qatar or criticize Bahrain's decision to break relations with that country and, together with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, impose economic and movement restrictions.
In late April and again in late September, authorities summoned more than 20 rights activists, lawyers, and political opposition figures for questioning on charges of taking part in illegal gatherings. This restriction effectively placed these individuals under a travel ban, ensured that they could not go to Geneva for meetings in connection with Bahrain's third UPR at the UNHRC, which started on May 1, and the regular session of the Human Rights Council in September.
According to the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), as of late October authorities had stripped 105 persons of Bahraini citizenship, bringing the total since 2012 to 455.
Sayed Alawi, an employee of the state telecommunications company Batelco, was subjected to enforced disappearance when authorities arrested him on October 24, 2016. For several weeks, family members went from one security office to another, following instructions from officials, but was never able to make contact with him except for three brief phone calls about six weeks apart between late November 2016 and late February 2017, and a fourth call of about one minute on July 27.
The family submitted numerous complaints to the Interior Ministry's Ombudsman Office and Special Investigations Unit, and the Office of the Pubic Prosecutor. On September 11, the Ombudsman Office responded to an inquiry about the state of its investigation, saying that Allawi "had been transferred to be under the responsibility of another authority which is out of the Ombudsman's remit." On October 22, the official news agency announced that Allawi along with three others was in military custody and would face trial before a military court on terrorism-related charges.
On January 15, Bahrain ended a de facto moratorium since 2010 on executions when authorities carried out death sentences against Sami Mushaima, 42, Ali al-Singace, 21, and Abbas al-Sameea, 27. The men alleged they had been tortured and that their lawyers did not have access to all their hearings and could not cross-examine prosecution witnesses.
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Authorities at Bahrain International Airport interrogated human rights activist Ebtisam al-Sayegh in March, after she returned from meetings in conjunction with the UNHRC in Geneva. In May, following another interrogation, she alleged that NSA officers had subjected her to physical, verbal, and sexual abuse. Shortly before midnight on July 3 armed and masked men in civilian cars raided her home and arrested her again. Authorities charged al-Sayegh on July 18 with supporting terrorist activities, under the country's anti-terrorism law. According to Dublin-based Front Line Defenders, inmates at the Isa Town Women's Prison reported seeing her there with evident injuries, including a neck brace. Al-Sayegh was provisionally released from detention on October 22 but authorities made no announcement about the status of the charges against her.
On October 30, a criminal court in Manama sentenced three relatives of human rights defender Sayed al-Wadaei to three years in prison on dubious terrorism-related charges, despite due process violations and allegations of ill-treatment and coerced confessions. Targeting family members to silence activists amounts to collective punishment.
Bahrain continued to participate in the Saudi Arabia-led coalition military operations in Yemen.
On July 10, the State Department criticized the sentencing of Nabeel Rajab and called for his release. The European Union, Germany, and Norway also criticized Rajab's sentencing; the United Kingdom failed to do so.


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I was born again in 1962 in a PRAYER Fellowship in Nazareth of Tamilnadu, India. The leaders of the Fellowship were mighty prayer warriors. The most important activity of the Fellowship was prayer. One grows fast and strong in an atmosphere of prayer. Over the years I have had the privilege of meeting with several men of God and learning from them and their writings a number of secrets of this heavenly exercise called prayer. The Lord through His Word has led me into many glorious aspects of prayer. I continue to be a student under Christ our Master in His School of Prayer. I have not yet graduated. I am sharing here some of the very simple and basic lessons I have learnt about prayer.
When we gather in the Name of Jesus, God is already there in our midst (Mt 18:20). We need not invite Him, but simply welcome Him! Strictly speaking, God does not come to us in prayer but we go to Him. "Let us come boldly to the throne of grace" (Heb 4:16). Sometimes we "feel" God's presence intensely but not always. We should not depend on our feelings. Whether we feel it or not, the fact is we are in the very presence of God. In the Tabernacle, there was sunlight in the outer court and candlelight in the inner court or the holy place, but no light in the innermost court or the holy of holies. One must walk there not by sight (or any sense) but by faith (2 Cor 5:7). The ground of prayer is the all-holy place. The pathway is sprinkled with the blood of Jesus. You have to just thank God for His presence and go on praying. We are the temple of God and the Holy Spirit indwells us. This is true every moment of our life. Acknowledging the everabiding presence of God with us is the first secret of unbroken fellowship with God in prayer.
Very sadly it has become a fashion today to begin the prayer as "Lord Jesus!" and end it saying, "We ask in Your Name!" Where in the Bible do people find such a teaching, I wonder. Jesus taught us to pray TO the Father. "When you pray... pray to your Father... pray: Our Father in heaven..." (Mt 6:6-9). Referring to the Church age after Pentecost, Jesus said, "And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you" (Jn 16:23). The practice of the early Christians was as taught by Jesus. Read their prayer in Acts 4:24-30 and see how they addressed the Father and referred to Jesus as "Your holy Servant Jesus." The teaching of the apostles in the Epistles is also clear. "For through Him (Christ) we both have access by one Spirit TO the Father" (Eph 2:18). Paul testifies, "I bow my knees TO the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Eph 3:14). Eventhough Jesus is the Baptizer with the Holy Spirit, we are commanded to ask the Father to give us the gift (Lk 11:13). Also praise and worship must be primarily addressed to the Father. Jesus taught the Samaritan woman to worship the Father, in spirit and in truth (Jn 4:23). Read the following references Eph 3:21; 5:20; Phil 2:11; Col 1:3,12; Heb 13:15. Can words be clearer? If there are prayers in the Bible after Pentecost addressed to Jesus, it is more an exception than a rule. Also what we read in the Book of Revelation cannot be a pattern for us today because the conditions today are different and we are not yet ushered in the literal presence of God where we will see Him face to face. It may be alright for a Sunday School child or a recent convert to Christianity to address his prayers directly to Jesus. "But when I became a man, I put away childish things" (1 Cor 13:11). Learning to pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit will keep us from many doctrinal errors and deceptions.
3. Adore the Lord God.
We make a distinction between prayer, thanksgiving and praise or worship. But the prayer taught by the Lord to His disciples, which we call the Lord's prayer, contains worship or adoration both at the beginning and the end. "Hallowed be Your name... For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever" (Mt 6:9-13). That means, prayer must be enveloped by or saturated with praise. Adoring means "giving" to the Lord whereas asking is to "receive" from Him. Did not Jesus say, "It is more blessed to give than to receive?" As I grow in my relationship with the Lord, during the seasons of my communion with Him, I find myself naturally adoring the Almighty more than making petitions to Him. Several men of God have shared the same experience. The reason why many believers don't find a release in their worship is that they don't take time to meditate on the attributes of God. The chief purpose of Bible Study is to "know Him!" Every page of the Bible reflects any one particular character of God. It is a good practice to keep the Bible open while adoring the Lord. Or you may keep a notebook exclusively to note down the attributes of God as and when you read the Bible. This notebook will become an excellent companion in your worship. See how David, an excellent worshipper in his time, combines "worship" and the "Word." "I will worship toward Your holy temple... for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; for You have magnified Your word above all things" (Psa 138:2).
"Forget not all His benefits"—is a Scripture verse we invariably say at the close of every prayer. But how easily and often we forget what He has done! When a person remembers or counts all the blessings he has received, one by one, it will surprise him and leave no room for murmuring. We can thank God all our life for just that one thing called salvation! I consciously remember to thank God everyday for the gift of salvation, gift of the Holy Spirit and the gift of the Scriptures. I thank Him for my justification, reconciliation with God, and sanctification by His Word and Spirit. This naturally leads me to thank Him in anticipation for the final glorification. Next I thank God for the loving wife and the lovely daughter. Everything we have is what we received from God. Our body, our clothes, our house, our food, and everything! Paul challenged the Corinthian Christians, "What do you have that you did not receive?" (1 Cor 4:7). We should never take anything for granted. If we don't appreciate God in prayer for His mighty acts and precious gifts, how shall we testify for Him before others? There is nothing more awful than a thankless heart.
5. Allow God to search you.
One should not always be speaking in his prayer time. The early saints used to call the devotional hour as the Quiet Time. Though this does not mean we do no speaking, it does imply the necessity to wait before God patiently and quietly to let His searchlight turn upon us, to bring out from our lives all that displeases God. Solomon spoke with wisdom, "Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools... Let our words be few" (Eccl 5:1,2). Apostle James also says the same thing: "Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak" (Js 1:19). David prayed, "Search me O God" (Psa 139:23,24). The hymn-writer sang, "Take time to be holy!" A hurried visit to the presence of God will not shape our lives. Spending a few minutes each day before we retire to bed to take a stock of how we walked during the daytime, is a healthy practice. Unless we are regular in this, we will unconsciously backslide to a condition of excusing ourselves of several pet sins in our life. The spiritual sensitivity and sharpness of conscience will be lost.
Apostle James gives in simple words this profound truth: "Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways" (Js 1:6-8). The remedy for anxiety is believing prayer. "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer... let your requests be made known to God" (Phil 4:6). Worry vanishes away when we trust God in prayer. "Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you" (l Pet 5:7). When you find it difficult to believe God in a particular crisis, don't lose heart but simply pray, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief" (Mk 9:24). That will melt the compassionate heart of God. There are times when we feel weak in faith. The only remedy is to meditate on the Word again and again. Because, "faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" (Rom 10:17). Seek the help of the fellow believers and faithful ministers when your faith shakes (Rom 14:1; 15:1). "God has given to each one a measure of faith" (Rom 12:3). We should help one another.
This is one of the clear lessons on prayer by our Lord. "When you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him" (Mt 6:7,8). "Pray without ceasing"—This does not mean repeating the words like chanting. Also we don't need to give a lecture to God to explain to Him why we need a particular thing or how we want Him to answer. What a difference it will make in our prayers if only we truly believe that God already knows what we need! Then why does God want us to ask Him? He delights in the conversational relationship of His children. Also by vain repetition one should not mean repeated prayer. Jesus prayed three times in Gasthsemane using the same words. Paul prayed thrice for the removal of thorn from his body. The pagan chanting is what is actually condemned— "not...as the heathen do." An example of vain repetition may be: "Give me Lord, Give me Lord, Give me Lord, Give me Lord, Give me Lord..."
The devil trembles to see the weakest saint on his knees. He will do all that is possible to distract a soul from prayer. All kinds of thoughts will hoard your mind the moment you begin this heavenly exercise. Arrest the thoughts right at the beginning. Once you start meditating on them, it becomes difficult to bring back your mind to concentrate in prayer. Praying aloud will also be helpful. Jesus suggested a room where we can shut ourselves away from the noisy and distracting world (Mt 6:6). We may claim the power of Christ's Blood against the disturbing and distracting forces. When I find the distracting thoughts too much to handle, I resort to praying in tongues. When I pray in tongues my mind or intellect is byepassed and my spirit is active (1 Cor 14:14). Some have also suggested a change of posture. Switching over to praise also helps. Or you can sit up to read the Scriptures to fill the mind with the Word and then start praying again. In any case don't give up and give the devil a win.
9. Assume a humble posture.
Both in the Old Testament and the New, kneeling has been practised by men and women of prayer. "Solomon... knelt down on his knees... and spread out his hands toward heaven" (2 Chron 6:13). "Daniel knelt down on his knees three times... and prayed" (Dan 6:10). "Jesus knelt down and prayed" (Lk 22:41). Stephen, even while being stoned, knelt down and prayed (Acts 9:40). "Paul... knelt down and prayed" (Acts 20:36). There is nothing wrong to occasionally sit and pray. But it has become fashionable in some churches never to kneel down. Some argue that what is important is the heart attitude and not the physical posture. This is simply incorrect. Both our soul and body belong to the Lord. The Bible says, "At the name of Jesus every knee should bow... and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father" (Phil 2:10, 11; Rom 14:11; Isa 45:23). Are we going to spiritualize this passage also? Then what will be the meaning of "every tongue shall confess...?"! Beloved, "Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker" (Psa 95:6). Let us preserve the Bible culture! How much we like the "praying hands!" Bent knees, bowed head and folded hands help us maintain a spirit of awe and reverence before the Almighty. In addition, the Bible exhorts women to cover their head while praying or prophesying (1 Cor 11:5-10).
"Ask God for anything and He will give it!"—This is not what the Bible teaches. "If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us" (1 Jn 5:14). Again Jesus said, "Whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you" (Jn 16:23). What does this mean? You cannot ask the Father what Jesus Himself would not approve. When you use His name you must have His approval and pleasure over that request. That's what we mean by God's will. God's mind is revealed in the Scriptures. God's Word is God's will. And we must pray being filled with the Holy Spirit. Because, "we do not know what we should pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us... according to the will of God" (Rom 8:26,27). Using the phrase, "If it is Your will" in prayer, is no indication of unbelief. A leper came to Jesus saying, "Lord, if You are willing You can make me clean." He was not rebuked but instantly healed by Jesus (Mt 8:2,3). Jesus Himself prayed to the Father in Gethsemane to remove the cup from Him if it was His will (Mt 26:39). A novel doctrine is becoming quite popular which repeatedly quotes the verse, "Concerning the work of My hands, you command Me!" (Isa 45:11). The exponents of this doctrine teach the people to command God for whatever they need! What a blasphemy! Read the entire chapter, especially verses 9 and 10, and understand the context. God in this passage as the Creator is challenging us His creatures, "Do you or can you command Me?" Beloved, beware of taking a text out of context. A text out of context is a pretext. No doctrine should be developed on any obscure passage in the Scripture. The "whole" counsel of God should be sought. Also sometimes when we pester God, He may grant our request but send leanness into our soul (Psa 106:15). We must be interested in God's perfect will, not the permissive will. Let's submit to God. He is Sovereign!
D. L. Moody said, "Those who have left the deepest impression on this sin-cur sed earth have been men and women of prayer!"


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Jennifer Saunders: Cancer is so common now
Caroline-Westbrook Sun, September 29 9:38am
Comedienne Jennifer Saunders has launched a controversial attack on cancer survivors whom she accuses of 'wearing the disease like a badge'.
The 55-year-old Ab Fab star was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 and given the all-clear in 2010 – keeping her illness and treatment a secret until she was seen at a party without her wig.
However speaking to the Times magazine she hit out at those who criticised her for saying she was 'free' of cancer following her treatment.
"People were writing 'how dare you say that! You're never free of cancer'," she said.
"And I thought, 'No, actually I am free of cancer now.'"
She also accused some people of wearing the disease 'for ever', saying: "Because it is the job you don't have to work for.
"You suddenly get so much attention, and if you're not used to that, I bet it can sway you a little bit.
"I'm used to it," she added. "My job gives me the attention I would otherwise crave.
"They must be so p****d off when their hair grows back. And you think, 'Oh, come on, cancer is so common now'."
Joanna Lumley reveals she didn't want to do Absolutely Fabulous
Jennifer Saunders dedicates award to her 'great friend' Victoria Wood
Absolutely Fabulous fans go wild for the new movie's first trailer! (VIDEO)
Jennifer, who underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy on several malignant lumps, also revealed that she had never worried about dying from cancer "because they told me I wasn't going to".
Her husband, comedian Ade Edmondson, has also spoken out about the difficulties cancer sufferers face – saying their fight should not be described as a "battle".
It's not a great three-part TV drama full of moments, it's a long grind, like a slow car crash that will last five years and then, hopefully, we'll get out,' he said.


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Big promotion in Bahamas Film Industry
Box-office entrepreneur WILLIAM BUTLER has been made the Director of Programming for STARS IN PARADISE (the all Bahamian movie channel) .
More on this story to come.
Jefford Curre' commands top spot as Bahamas film industry ''Man of the year''
The 7 most frequently asked questions about the book -
"JEFFORD CURRE'
CIVILIAN ENGAGEMENT"
Marinated in well placed, side splitting humor, as only Jefford Curre' can do. "JEFFORD CURRE' CIVILIAN ENGAGEMENT" is an adventurous story that will help you realize that dark moments don't last forever. It will hurt. It can even kill you if you don't change your perspective. More importantly is the fact that if it doesn't kill you, it will always lead you to a higher place and that includes work, play, business and relationships. This book episode is loaded with heroes just like you, who struggled and made impossible dreams come true.
Question 1. How did a monkish nerd like Jefford get to live in with forty super hot girls, during his training days in Los Angeles and what did he do?
Steamy, stylish, risky and compelling. "Jefford Curre' Civilian Engagement" has been praised for highlighting one of the most intriguing chapters in the making of modern cinema history. It's bold, and determine, with an out of the box approach that's not even trying to be like anything you've read before. Venture behind the scenes of a never before told story. Ride along with the Bahamas biggest and most popular action figure. From the nerve dangling pioneering missions of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, follow through to his ground breaking invention of the Bahamas Film Industry. Be apart of the action as he braves the rugged and treacherous frontiers of off-shore politics, sex, banking and religion. Find out how this box-office genius changed the game and financially engineered the rise of the Bahamian indigenous movie making movement.
Question 2. How do you make money in the Bahamas Film Industry and still go to heaven?
(This book does not give advice of any kind. Though the story is true, it's intended for entertainment purposes only, and should not be the basis of any decisions.)
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Question 3. Apart from his mother and father, who were the mystery mentors behind the rise of Jefford Curre', and why did they commit to his vision?
Before entering the movie business, the elusive Jefford Curre' lived a very dangerous life. He found himself managing multi-million dollar temptations, in the deadly intervention of major narcotics smuggling operations that traffic through the outer limits of the Bahamas. Like a "Bond style" bounty hunter, running real life intervention missions for the Bahamas government, he spent more than 5-1/2 years at the center of non-stop classified action. As a highly trusted direct entry specialist he has more than 37 off the record missions to his credit. Jefford Curre' was raised under monk style conditions by strict, but loving Christian parents on the 7 by 21 mile island of New Providence, Nassau Bahamas. At the age of eighteen he was discreetly recruited to the front lines of law endorsement', catapulted into a culture where the take down of murderous drug criminals, sophisticated money launderers, virtuous hot women and disgruntled weapons experts were the order of an average day.
At the age of four his box office journey began while out to the shopping center with his mother. It was the first time he had seen a moving picture. He was so intrigued by the fun the little people were having inside the T.V. set, he ran around the back of the big T.V. to see if he could get inside. After inquiring, his mother told him that they were movie stars and movie stars don't go to heaven. His family was a part of a strict religious order who in time had modernized their views toward cinema and became one of his greatest supporters.
Question 4. How did Jefford Curre' invent the Bahamas Film Industry?
It's ironic that Jefford Curre' would end up as the pioneer of the Bahamas Film Industry. Before his first trip to America as a young adult, pursuing film studies, he had not even set foot inside a movie theater. By 1990, the Bahamas was a nation trapped in the success of a volatile tourist trade. It was becoming more obvious that new innovation would be needed to secure future job market. The thought of indigenous people operating their own movie company was laughable. Jefford Curre' saw the vision of the future and a clear shot for his people to rise toward real economic prosperity. He requested his parents to grant him his share of the family's inheritance in advance.
In 1991 on a highly organized shoestring budget he set up Megavision Pictures, a movie industry research and development office in Guanahani Village, Nassau Bahamas. The huge sign board on the wall indicated that a new way of entrepreneurial thinking was brewing among the locals. By the summer of 1994, with the help of visionary resort operators, he incorporated Megavision Pictures Limited and moved his base onto Paradise Island, occupying two locations under closed studio conditions.
Question 5. How did Jefford Curre' crisis become his biggest opportunity?
Like all pioneers his obstacles were endless. The bank demanded to hold the family's $80,000 property in order to give a mere $15,000 loan, which was a far cry from the original request of $30,000. Then they surprisingly stretched the loan distribution over a very long period, in small increments. It was an advanced predatory maneuver beyond the experience of the young entrepreneur. It created a dilemma that left him minus the family's property and literally the clothes on his back. He was facing major embarrassment with a nervous wife in one arm and a crying baby in the other.
The Bahamas leading man of action was facing his darkest day in civilian life. It was a situation that should have destroyed him, but instead motivated his interest in the study of financial engineering. Employing savvy negotiation skills, it was not long before he was able to attract a network of innovative goal sharing partners to assist in the organization of the Megavision Kingdom Academy. An in-house home school that was designed especially to enable him to take the entire family on tours. Dirty diaper changes, production shoots, trail blazing mountain blizzards and often breakfast, lunch and dinner in completely different cities. These are the conditions that molded the office of Jefford Curre' into an unbeatable force in the new world of Box-office excitement. Later as the children grew beyond toddler stage, he redesigned the operation to equip entry level box-office entrepreneurs with the skills and perspective needed to avoid or overcome financial challenges and succeed at navigating full-time careers.
Jefford Curre' changed the economic outlook of an entire nation and raise the bar of hope for many. It did not take long before everyone realized that making movies was something they could succeed at, all they needed was a full time commitment through hell or high water. An army of locals now storm the indigenous cinema landscape. Jefford Curre' ingenious box-office innovations has been featured in a wide variety of major publications including the Wall Street Journal (on.wsj.com/9IskoF ), Stars in Paradise and USA Today.
Question 6. What did the Prime Minister of the Bahamas do that gave Jefford Curre' a leap frog start in the invention of the Bahamas Film Industry and why?
The phenomenal success of this youngster, who emerged from a skinny nerd, living on a dead end street, will change almost everything you thought you knew about how to succeed in the entertainment business. Most importantly, his tenacity inspired struggling filmmakers around the world to realize their untapped power. His unstoppable momentum against incredible odds enabled Bahamians to realize for the first time that there was something they could succeed at without limitations. Jefford Curre' became the one to watch and a vivid example of the fact that they did not need a wealthy family, religious prestige, tight government connections or an impressive social status, in order to be a full time success in the Bahamas new number one industry.
As a big advocate of honor, respect and allegiance, Jefford Curre' holds the Bahamas Film Industry's Distinguished Medal of Honor. He is the first inductee into the Bahamas Movie Hall Of Fame and leads by strategic influence, a new world of box-office excitement. More than just a leader he is an artist beyond compare and a powerful inspiration to anyone who struggles to make impossible dreams come true. He lives between homes in the Bahamas and Los Angeles, when not on tour at least 200 dates a year. He is often accompanied by his wife, Darlene and two daughters Danielle and RiQashan. They are all successful full time box-office entrepreneurs in the global scope of the fast growing spectacular cinema movement, now branded as the Bahamas Film Industry, (bahamasmovieindustry.com). Long before Bahamian film festivals, screen actors associations, film camps and cinema societies, there was Jefford Curre' forging the Bahamas indigenous movie landscape into being. From an original indigenous cinema point of view, the Curre' family reigns as the Bahamas First Family of Cinema. Jefford, Darlene, Danielle and RiQashan make up the core of a powerful indigenous international cinema group that's 7,000 strong and growing.
Question 7. Is the book on AMAZON? Answer: No.
It's exclusively on COMASUKI.COM, go to COMASUKI.COM,
an easy access special product placement and global sales platform. You don't need' an e-reader. "Jefford Curre' Civilian Engagement" is 186 pages and can be downloaded to any device as a PDF (1MB) file from COMASUKI.COM
You're history! You may be in Bahamas movie history an don't even know it.
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Whether you're an international money launderer posing as a banker, or a relative of pirates who went legit at the turn of the century, you already know about the buried treasure that still lies yet undiscovered in, the Bahamas.
Countless sad stories of weak filmmakers who regrettably sold their integrity and allowed themselves to be manipulated by people just to get some money.
Megavisionkingdom.com the in-house training division of Megavision Pictures runs a very interesting program that teaches filmmakers, not only how to make films, but more importantly, how to attract money without losing their own identity. If the filmmaker loses identity and integrity, he has nothing different to offer his starving audience. When this happens he is no longer unique and his days are numbered.
Filmmakers, practically, in the new emerging global Bahamas film market, might find it not a bad idea to establish their position before forming close working relationships with foreign entities. In other words you must establish a structure that identifies you and demonstrate internal accountability. This is important for some very good reasons.
Make no mistake about it, whoever you ask for money will proposition you with a list of conditions. The key is to find the company that echoes the sentiments that you stand for. For example, if your films or film festival is about spreading democracy, don't expect the grant organization that believes in dictatorship to fund you. You will have to change your mind about the governing process and demonstrate that change vividly before you can get the money.
Bahamas Film Industry global leadership challenge begins
Who will WIN?
Its the most coveted award in the world of box-office enturepenuring, but it dosen't come easy.
William Butler is nominee #5 for the JEFFORD CURRE' DISTINGUISHED MEDAL of HONOR.
and induction into the BAHAMAS MOVIE HALL OF FAME.
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Bahamas film industry ''Man of the year''
Jefford Curre'. At the core of the Bahamas Film Industry
Jefford Curre', on starsinparadise.com.
Hot chicks and tough guys are flocking the curse-free, drug free Bahamas movie set.
The Bahamas film industry has evolved as a royal culture of fun, frolic and discipline while making millions and attracting only the best from around the world.
Have you ever felt the urge to just drop everything and start living the life you know you were born to live? Well you are not alone and it may well be a clear sign that you may be forcing yourself to operate out of your element. It may simply not be your calling. Are you an entrepreneur, student, writer or career changing professional? Are you seriously looking for an opportunity to lighten up, reduce the mundane stress factor and have more fun while making a living? THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Keep it simple, fulfilling and profitable. If you are not in the mood for smoking, cursing, drinking, doing drugs and you don't mind training with some of the hottest chicks and the coolest guys on the planet, we invite you to send in your resume or an introductory letter. It doesn't matter who you are, where you are or what you are doing. If you are ready to make a change, we would love to hear from you. There is a catch, you must be open for training or flexible enough to be re-trained into our success proven way of box-office career development. - starsinparadise.com
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Keith County is a county located in the state of Nebraska. Based on the 2010 census, the population was 8,368. Its county seat is Ogallala.
Keith County was named in honor of M.C. Keith of North Platte, who owned one of the largest ranches at that time in Western Nebraska. He was also the grandfather of Keith Neville, governor of Nebraska from 1917 to 1919.
Keith County is probably best known today for being the home of Lake McConaughy and the Kingsley Dam. But in the early days, the area that would become Keith County was best known for cattle and cowboys.
The Oregon, Overland and Mormon Trails all played an important role in bringing early travelers through the area. Prior to that the area was seen only by trappers and the Pawnee and Sioux tribes. But with the trails and then the westward advancement of the Union Pacific Railroad, the area along the North and South Platte Rivers began to develop.
When organized on May 3, 1873, Keith County was named in honor of M.C. Keith of North Platte, who owned one of the largest ranches at that time in Western Nebraska. He was also the grandfather of Keith Neville, governor of Nebraska from 1917 to 1919. Ogallala was named as the county seat.
When the railroad passed through the area in the 1860s, the famous Texas-Ogallala Trail was forged to bring longhorn cattle to the shipping yards in Ogallala. From there they were transported to Midwestern markets or to Wyoming and Montana. With the cattle and cowboys came trouble. Ogallala's hotels and saloons served as sites for western cattlemen and Texas cattle kings to bargain over prices. History indicates that the gold flowed freely across the tables, the liquor across the bars, and occasionally blood across the floors. Ogallala became the site of the famous Boot Hill cemetery in 1875. For years it served as a burial place for settlers, transients and others who took part in the growth of Ogallala.
The Kingsley Dam on the North Platte River was constructed after the turn of the century to provide irrigation water for farmers in the central part of the state and hydro-electric power. For many years it was the world's second largest earthen dam. The lake that resulted, affectionately known as "Big Mac," is 25 miles long, has a shore line of about 100 miles, and provides a variety of recreational activities for tens of thousands of people each year.
As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,110 square miles (2,900 km2), of which 1,062 square miles (2,750 km2) is land and 48 square miles (120 km2) (4.3%) is water.


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Q: Only integer should be added from random in php I'm working out with php and now I'm facing a problem
My php code is:
<?php
    $random= rand (1,5)."Boys";
    $random2= rand (1,5)."Girls";
    $random3=$random.$random2;
    imagettftext($jpg_image, 25, 0, 10,20, $white, $font_path, $random);
    imagettftext($jpg_image, 25, 0, 100,200, $white, $font_path, $random2);
    imagettftext($jpg_image, 25, 0, 275, 50, $white, $font_path,$random3);
?>

I have not given the full coding but I'll explain you the concept that I'm getting random number and a fixed text with it like boys or girls now In $random3 I only want to show sum of the integer which is randomly given by the $random and $random2 so help me out.

A: some editing is needed in your php file.
<?php
$random= rand (1,5)."Boys";
$random2= rand (1,5)."Girls";
$random3=($random+$random2);
imagettftext($jpg_image, 25, 0, 10,20, $white, $font_path, $random);
imagettftext($jpg_image, 25, 0, 100,200, $white, $font_path, $random2);
imagettftext($jpg_image, 25, 0, 275, 50, $white, $font_path,$random3);
?>

Now it will work fine. I have corrected it.

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Despite growing awareness about the issue of false declines among eCommerce merchants, it is inherently an "invisible" problem. How can retailers measure or know how many of the orders they declined due to fear of fraud were actually valid and should have been approved? Only a small percent of customers' whose orders are declined will reach out to the merchant, and in many cases fraudsters will also file a complaint over having their order "wrongly" declined. In short, it's difficult to know which declined transactions should have been approved.
To better understand the true scale of the false declines problem, Riskified commissioned a white paper from strategy & research company Javelin. Javelin surveyed 3,200 consumers about their experiences with credit card declines in 2014. In this post, we share some key findings from this research into the impact false declines have on consumers in the US.


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Harvard Publishes "Catalog of the Leyzer Ran Collection in Harvard College Library"
Posted on 6 November 2017 by Defending History
BOOKS | LITVAK AFFAIRS | VILNIUS JEWISH LIFE
VILNIUS—As the first small shipment of Harvard Library's new book, Catalog of the Leyzer Ran Collection in the Harvard College Library arrived this week in the Lithuanian capital, there was widespread satisfaction that at least a tabulation of the contents of Leyzer Ran's extensive archive of Jewish Vilna is finally available. The collection was bequeathed to Harvard University where the Library maintains it as a distinct entity with its own name, space, and now, a handsome catalogue brought out by Harvard University. Leyzer Ran (1912-1995) is widely considered to be the primary postwar chronicler of the centuries-old unique Jewish civilization of the city known in Yiddish as Vílne, Yerusholáyim d'Líte — Vilna, Jerusalem of Lithuania. The newly appeared catalogue was compiled and edited by Dr. Charles Berlin, who is Head of Judaica at Harvard Library and Harvard University's Lee M. Friedman Bibliographer in Judaica.
Leyzer Ran (Vilna 1912 — New York 1995)
Often referred to as "Mr. Vilna," Leyzer Ran is best known for a widely acclaimed three-volume masterpiece Jerusalem of Lithuania. Illustrated and Documented (N.Y. 1974), comprising two large folio volumes with hundreds of historic images and text in four languages (English, Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish), and the third Index volume.
In addition to the catalogue per se, the new volume contains contributions (essays, papers, memoirs) by Charles Berlin, Justin Cammy, Dovid Katz, Davina Ran, Faye Ran, Ruth Wisse and Mordechai Zalkin, as well as a selection of images of some of the most exotic Vilna ephemera to be found in the archive.
In addition to its standing in East European Jewish studies, in the disciplines of history, cultural history, philology, and Yiddish and Hebrew literature and movements, Vilna Studies forms part of the slowly emerging field of Litvak Studies.
Leyzer Ran's Ashes from the Jerusalem of Lithuania, a haunting book describing every nook and cranny of what he found when he returned to his native Vilna right after the Holocaust, appeared in Yiddish in New York City in 1959. An English translation is due for completion by the end of this year and will hopefully appear in print before the end of 2018.
His 1986 Stencl Lecture, Vilna, Jerusalem of Lithuania, appeared in Oxford in 1987, and is now available online.
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