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Domestic demand has helped drive New Zealand's manufacturing sector, which expanded in January for the 16th consecutive month.
The Bank of New Zealand-Business New Zealand's seasonally adjusted performance of manufacturing index dipped to 56.2 points last month, from 56.4 in December.
However, a reading above 50 indicates an expansion in activity.
BNZ economist Doug Steel says there's strong domestic demand on the back of economic growth.
He says it's broad based and there's been a strong swing in domestic investment as construction activity picks up in Christchurch and Auckland.
Mr Steel says there has been strong agricultural income on the back of a 40 year high in the terms of trade and net immigration is also strongly positive.
He says it's expected that manufacturing growth will be maintained in 2014 as the domestic factors remain positive, and perhaps even the global situation will improve.
"While the Kiwi against the Australian dollar is high we think a lot of the positive news for New Zealand is priced into that exchange rate, so we actually see the Kiwi against the Aussie falling, more into 2015, but at least not pushing any higher in 2014."


Wishing you all a Happy Valentine's Day peeps!
We don't go too crazy around here for Valentine's but if you want to know what we do to make Valentine's special around our casa, you can read it here.
One thing that I love about Valentine's is all the red that you see everywhere. Red is one of my absolutely favourite colours! I love to wear RED and add pops of it in my home. Such a fiery colour, don't you think?
I even have a juicy red pair of boots from here.
And a gorgeous red leather purse.
Here are some inspirational RED photos, ones that I just drool over.
Nothing like a red front door.
A red stove -YES please!
Nothing like a shot of red in your home!
Hope you are having a wonderful and lovely day.
I am off to finish baking cookies.
I love those boots!! I love bits of red here and there as well. Have a wonderful day!!
Love all the red in those pictures! Happy Valentine's Day, Barbara!
Love these hits of red without overpowering the space. Happy Valentine's Day!
Love your boots! Happy Valentine's Day!
Love all these!! A red stove would be fun!
Well... you KNOW I love your boots!
All completely gorgeous, but those boots.....wow! I love them.
Ps. I'm crushin' on those cute boots of yours!
Red, white and black has definitely become your signature colours. I hope you never stop liking them!!
Weird, I just got this post this morning so I'm late on wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day. I just love those boots Barb!! Hits of red are always welcome in my world. Hey are your cookies heart shaped? I wish I could take you along to France it would be so much fun. Carol wants to come too, what a hoot to do a DLBW trip. Can you imagine???
I am loving the red as well! It's not "TOO" red and has just the right amount of orange in it. Love Grace's headboard and the red door at Suzanne's foyer! And how can you say no to the talented Tommy Smythe? Love him!
Thanks again Barb for visiting and sharing with us all your delicious cookie and pizza ideas!!
I love red as an accent!
Love the red purse. I just bought one (my first red purse ever!) from White House/Black Market-do you have that store in Canada?


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Depending upon your network setup, you may require extra configuration. Check out the Guide to Configuring Maven if necessary.
If you are using Windows, you should look at Windows Prerequisites to ensure that you are prepared to use Maven on Windows.
If you have just installed Maven, it may take a while on the first run. This is because Maven is downloading the most recent artifacts (plugin jars and other files) into your local repository. You may also need to execute the command a couple of times before it succeeds. This is because the remote server may time out before your downloads are complete. Don't worry, there are ways to fix that.
Under this directory you will notice the following standard project structure.
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You executed the Maven goal archetype:generate, and passed in various parameters to that goal. The prefix archetype is the plugin that provides the goal. If you are familiar with Ant, you may conceive of this as similar to a task. This archetype:generate goal created a simple project based upon a maven-archetype-quickstart archetype. Suffice it to say for now that a plugin is a collection of goals with a general common purpose. For example the jboss-maven-plugin, whose purpose is "deal with various jboss items".
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Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns, CH, nizozemski politik in diplomat, * 28. avgust 1911, Rotterdam, † 17. julij 2002, Bruselj.

Po študiju prava na Univerzi v Amsterdamu je vstopil v diplomatsko službo. Tako je bil ataše v Švici (1940-41), ataše na Portugalskem (1941-43), ataše v Združenem kraljestvu (1943-1949) in  namestnik stalnega predstavnika Nizozemske pri OZN (1949-1952). Ko je nizozemska Katoliška ljudska stranka vstopila v vlado leta 1952, je postal minister za zunanje zadeve, kar je bil vse do leta 1971; to predstavlja tudi najdaljši mandat nizozemskega zunanjega ministra. 1. oktobra 1971 je postal generalni sekretar Nata, katerega položaj je zasedal vse do 25. junija 1984.

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A young law student blindly enters into a pact with a man who offers to kill his stepfather, whom he feels is responsible for the accident that sent his mother into a coma.
This is the second film where Bel Powley co-stars with a cast member from HBO's "True Blood". In 'Diary of a Teenage Girl' she worked with Alexander Skarsgård, and in 'Detour' she works with Stephen Moyer.
The front end of Ford Mustang alternates between 1972 and 1973 model years.
Johnny Ray: Don't regret the things you do. Just the things you don't.
Christopher Smith's self-consciously stylish genre homage finally feels like a baby film noir, playacting without the requisite bone-deep dread.
The effect of the film becomes not unlike watching a puzzle solve itself without demanding either the audience's emotional or intellectual investment.


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Q: Calling another build tool from setup.py I have a medium-sized C++/Python project that requires external dependencies and tools to get compiled. Namely, to interact with Qt's MOC compiler among other stuff.
This project produces a library, header files and a python extension. I'd like to leverage from python setuptools to distribute and build this project. The issue is the build bits from distutils aren't satifactory for our project needs. We need things like parallel-builds and external dependence detection.
Question: What is the best way to do this? Would it be possible, for example, to write a setup.py that delegates the build to waf? A working example (even if summarized) is a plus!

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Geneon to Merge with Universal Pictures Japan
posted on 2008-11-12 04:38 EST by Egan Loo
Dentsu to transfer Geneon to Universal Pictures International Entertainment
The advertising and marketing company Dentsu has announced on Wednesday that it will transfer the majority ownership in its Geneon Entertainment home video subsidiary to NBC Universal 's Universal Pictures International Entertainmnent (UPIE). UPIE has agreed to merge Geneon Entertainment with its own Universal Pictures Japan (UPJ), which handles operations in the country. The transfer agreement was signed on November 7, and the actual transfer is scheduled to take place at the end of the month. The merger of UPJ and Geneon will take place in February of next year, and the resulting company will assume a new name. UPIE will own 80.1% of the new company, while Dentsu will retain 19.9%.
Currently, Geneon Entertainment has 3.6 billion yen (about US$37 million) in capital, which is 100% owned by Dentsu . Geneon Entertainment President and CEO Sumio Kiga oversaw 178 employees as of the end of October. Pioneer had originally established the company in March 1981 to produce videos in the Laserdisc format. Dentsu acquired the majority of the outstanding shares in Pioneer Entertainment and renamed the company as Geneon Entertainment in 2003. Geneon has already been distributing Universal Pictures ' DVDs in Japan since March of this year.
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We are The Salvation Army in Central Ohio and we need a local Graphic Designer to help us create a professional Annual Report. We are putting out these specifications below and need a response by Tuesday, January 22 (including the cost of your work).
The Salvation Army in Central Ohio is inviting proposals for graphic design services in the creation of its annual report for calendar year 2018. The reports need to be completed and printed no later than May 1.
•	The annual report produced under this contract will be comparable in quality to those from prior years (please email Erika Shemberg your mailing address if you'd like prior versions to be sent to you via US mail).
•	Design and create theme consistent with branding standards for The Salvation Army including: cover and inside page design, artwork and other design elements based on feedback/direction from Salvation Army staff.
•	If awarded project, present no less than three (3) design concepts for the annual report to Salvation Army staff at initial meeting.
•	Participate in at least two in person meetings to discuss expectations, content, theme and other feedback.
•	Keep dimensions of annual report same as previous years so it may fit into a #10 envelope. Keep in mind printing costs—no special fold-outs or other cost prohibitive features.
•	Work with the printer to ensure all design elements translate into proper requirements for printing.
•	Submit properly formatted files to printer.
•	Return all original artwork to The Salvation Army as appropriate.
•	Provide a pdf file of the finished project to be used digitally on web site and other digital applications.
•	Outline in detail all budget elements including exactly how revisions will be charged to The Salvation Army. Be very specific about the process and payment structure for revisions (e.g. are charges incurred by number of revisions, billable hours to make changes etc..).
•	Develop a timeline for project including deadlines for content, revisions, photographs, approvals etc… keeping in mind an in-hand date of May 1.
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•	Please submit proposals to Kristin Hampton-Harmon by January 22 by email [login to view URL]@[login to view URL] or mail at The Salvation Army, 966 E. Main Street, Columbus, Ohio 43205.
Thank you for your interest in helping The Salvation Army.
Hello, I am Amelia, I have reviewed your job description and I assure that I can design an annual report 2018 for the Salvation Army according to requirements.


If submitting photographs for consideration please send 8-10 images. Include your name, and a title for the series. We are looking for images that tell a story, and we prefer a brief statement to go along with the images. Photographs must be at least 300dpi (resolution 2400 x 3000).
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We are a non-profit venture, and at this point are unfortunately unable to pay for contributors. We offer a free downloadable version of the magazine, and a tangible version can be purchased through MagCloud at a price based on page count.


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Category: Home > Reviews > Comedy > Drama > City > Driving > Crime > Warehouse > Germany > Romance > Oil Industry > Period Piece > Civil > Chicago Cab (1997/MVD/Liberation Hall DVD)/In The Aisles (2019/Music Box DVD)/Iron Orchard (2019/Santa Rita DVD)/Jezebel (1938/Warner Archive Blu-ray)/Lou Andreas-Salome (2016/Cinema Libre DVD)/A Scor
Chicago Cab (1997/MVD/Liberation Hall DVD)/In The Aisles (2019/Music Box DVD)/Iron Orchard (2019/Santa Rita DVD)/Jezebel (1938/Warner Archive Blu-ray)/Lou Andreas-Salome (2016/Cinema Libre DVD)/A Score To Settle (2019/RLJ Blu-ray)/The Sun Is Also A Star (2019/Warner DVD)
Picture: C/C/C/B/C+/B-/C+ Sound: C/C+/C+/B-/C+/B-/C+ Extras: D/C+/C+/B/C/C/C- Films: C+/C+/C/B-/C+/C+/C+
PLEASE NOTE: The Jezebel Blu-ray is now only available from Warner Bros. through their Warner Archive series and can be ordered from the link below.
This group of films mix comedy and drama in different ways and degrees....
Mary Cybulski and John Tintory's Chicago Cab (1997, based on the play Hellcab) gives us a day and night in the life of a cabbie (Paul Dillon, who is really good here) and the many personalities and goofs he have to ride around to make a buck. This could have been very bad and slap happy stupid, too self-amused and consumed with itself to work, but instead, it is a raw indie film that has some poor moments, but even more interesting ones and features a cast that should have made this a much larger curio by now.
Among the amazing cast members are John Cusack as a mysterious, slightly paranoid guy we only see for a few minutes, Gillian Anderson as an Italian 'chick' annoyed by her boyfriend (looking like she's ready for a revival of Grease), Michael Ironside, Tracy Letts, Laurie
Metcalf, John C. Reilly as a guy with money who secretly sees his lady friend as nothing but good for sex (among his other issues) with her not knowing how he talks about her a very young and almost unrecognizable Michael Shannon as a coked-out goof up to no good and Julianne Moore as a customer who has just been sexually assaulted.
None of the lives really intersect and that stops it from becoming pretentious and fall into the trap of just mixing up everything in the story as if everyone always knows everyone else versus how it is in real life when they do not, especially in a big city like Chicago. Although there is no snow and it does not look too cold, it is winter and Christmas in the film, though I was not totally convinced. Still, the performances and directing works, even when some of the script does not and you have to see how good some of these actors are here for the screen time they get.
Expect a few shocking and politically incorrect moments, but they didd not bother me much. This runs 96 minutes and the editing is a plus.
These are sadly no extras.
Thomas Stuber's In The Aisles (2019) is a quietly comical tale of people working in a warehouse outlet grocery store in Germany and we follow a new employee (up and coming Frank Rogowski from Transit, also reviewed on this site) arrives to learn how to work the night shift, quirkiness and quirky people abound, keeping up shelving for the huge demand such stores must meet for their customers on a daily basis. Not so quirky is Marion (Sandra Huller) whom he befriends and then it becomes possibly something more serious.
The film runs over two hours and maybe would have worked better shorter because some parts work very well, but a few moments just fall flat, though that should not stop you from checking out once to see what works and see Rogowski, who may be on the way to becoming a major international star. The camera likes him and he can really act in ways we do not see often enough. He carries the film well and does this with surprisingly limited dialogue.
Extras includes footage from the Berlin film premiere, interview with lead Rogowski and featurette: Frank Rogowski: Shooting Star.
Ty Roberts' The Iron Orchard (2019) is set in 1939 and involves a man named Jim (Lane Garrison) who is about to enter the rough-but-profitable world of oil drilling in West Texas, but there are bad personalities, jealousy, competition and cut-throats standing in his way. His wife (Ali Corbin) helps, but The Great Depression is still droning on (with WWII around the corner without them knowing it) and they have to fight and hope they have some luck to survive or even thrive.
This is an ambitious production with some money in it, but I had a few problems with it including badly directed actors, actors speaking in an odd tone throughout that did not work and a storyline that was nothing new, special or distinct. There have been a few films to touch on this subject, but they worked better than this, even if they got muddled. Some of the period touches are not bad, but they do not go far enough, which is extremely obvious when we see actual archive footage of the people and places portrayed here in the end credits.
With some simple research and more ambition, this could have been a pleasant surprise, but it just falls flat to the ending that cannot find closure or logical continuance. For the curious only.
Extras (not listed on the case) include a trailer and feature-length audio commentary track.
William Wyler's Jezebel (1938) is back and finally on Blu-ray in a new upgraded edition after a long wait for Bette Davis fans. We previously covered the film in the second volume of her films issued by Warner on DVD and at the time I said...
''Jezebel has always been referred to as Davis' concession film for not getting Gone With The Wind, but William Wyler's film (shot in black and white) did not have the NAACP protesting it to curtail the racism and negative portrayal of African Americans in a film with heavy doses of slavery. Ironically, that dates this film much more than Wind and helped make Wind more of a classic than the NAACP would have wished. If they had known, they might have changed their protest strategy. Davis is the title character, who keeps driving her fiancee (Henry Fonda) crazy to control, manipulate and keep him, but it drives him away instead, which drives her over the top. Needless to say, she won the Best Actress Oscar.''
The film still has its racist stereotypes (even when those characters talk back to the white overlords) and there is always the thought, what if this was in color, but the new upgraded transfer by Warner Bros. for this solid Warner Archive Blu-ray release is so good, it will give you another reason to love black and white. Davis' work here holds up as well as ever and it is a must-see for all serious film fans.
Extras are slightly different here than on the Jezebel DVD and include a feature length audio commentary track by the great film scholar Jeanine Basinger, who also appears in the Jezebel: Legend Of The South featurette, Original Theatrical Trailer, promo Ramblin 'Round The Hollywood Studio with Candid Cameraman at Warner with Davis, musical short Melody Masters: Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra, and in HD and Technicolor, the animated Daffy Duck In Hollywood.
Cordula Kablitz-Post's Lou Andreas-Salome (2016) is a biopic of the woman who became a philosophical writer with friends like Friedrich Nietzsche (pre-fascism) and later Sigmund Freud, insisted on education when it was something women were discouraged from and faced some bad results from those who were jealous and/or thought they could do what they wanted to do to her and get away with it. The period is evoked well enough and the cast is decent.
Katharina Lorenz does a good job playing the real-life, too-little-known author who led a more extraordinary life than you would think. The script is uneven and the film could have spent its 113 minutes a little better, so parts of this drag and I was even disappointed a few times, plus some parts are too drawn out and are handled too obviously. However, ti is a story that needed to be told and this version has its moments. See it if you are curious and want to know more.
Extras include a trailer, photo gallery and on-camera interview with Director Kablitz-Post.
Shawn Ku's A Score To Settle (2019) sounds like the same formula crime film where a man is released from prison, has revenge and bad business with his former partners in crime and violence breaks out, sometimes with other family members involved. It is getting tired and this film does little to change it, save the freed man's son is older and they spend more time on them getting to know each other again. The script here is no better, but the film has one think going for it that saves it from being completely formulaic: Nicolas Cage.
Cage plays the man as older and ever slightly burned out and the film slugs on with and without him for the first half, then his performance really starts to kick in and he overrides the flaws with the film and its passable directing by showing why he remains one of the best actors of his generation. Still being kept out of big screen film production (over long-over money troubles I veer got the whole story of), his talent is undimmed and if you really like him, that is the reason to see this film. Otherwise, if you know the story, you've seen it already.
Benjamin Bratt also starts.
Extras include behind the scenes clips Story & Character, On The Set and Sins Of The Father.
Lastly, we have Ry Russo-Young's The Sun Is Also A Star (2019) about a young college-bound guy (Charles Melton) and beautiful young gal (Yara Shahidi) who meet by chance, then it seems that would be it. Then they both start thinking about each other and get more interested, though she is about to leave town and are not sure if the other is thinking that much about them.
The leads look good and have some chemistry, but the script is too pedestrian and flat to really capitalize on their personalities and is too tame like a bad set of TV movies (or a few bad TV movie channels that are mind-destroying, but shall remain nameless) so see this for the actors, but don't expect much else. Hope we see both of them again in better projects.
The only extra is the Love Is A Universe featurette.
The 1080p 1.33 X 1 black & white digital High Definition image transfer on Jezebel can show the age of the materials used, but this is far superior a transfer to all previous releases of the film and a nice improvement over the previously reviewed DVD which itself was an upgrade so many years ago. I was pleasantly surprised it looked so good so often and it is the best looking film on this list despite being the oldest.
The 1080p 2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image transfer on the HD-shot Settle has motion blur and flaws throughout, but still manages to be the second-best looking release here due to format and what does work in the transfer. Shaky camera work at times does not help, but a few shots are not bad.
The letterboxed 1.85 X 1 image on Cab us a rare non-anamorphic release and though the film is well-shot on color film, they did not give it that treatment, which is a shame because this is a decently shot film and has some nice visuals at times when they are not in the interior of the cab. Hope is gets a Blu-ray.
The anamorphically enhanced 1.66 X 1 image on Aisles and anamorphically enhanced 2.35 X 1 image on Iron should look a little more consistently clearer, but both have motion blur more than they should throughout.
The anamorphically enhanced 2.35 X 1 image on Lou and the anamorphically enhanced 1.85 X 1 image on Star also have some softness and blur, but not as badly, so they tie behind the Blu-rays as best playback performers on the list.
As for sound, the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 2.0 Mono lossless mix on Jezebel is a welcome upgrade from the older, lossy Dolby Digital on the DVD and is about as fine as the film will ever sound, while the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix on Settle may not be as well recorded as it could be or have the most consistent soundfield, so it only ties for the best sound here, so only expect so much.
Lou, Aisles and Sun all offer lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, while Cab and Iron only offer lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (Cab apparently was issued in Dolby Digital 5.1 in theaters, but it was not recorded with that fully in mind) Cab is the weakest here and tells us the video master is second-generation, thus worthy of an upgrade. That leaves the rest of the DVDs tying for second place on this list, dialogue-based with sufficient music at times.
To order the Jezebel Warner Archive Blu-ray, go to this link for them and many more great web-exclusive releases at:
- Nicholas Sheffo
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Tag: missile warning satellites
Posted on January 22, 2017 January 23, 2017 by Ken Kremer
Vital Air Force Missile Reconnaissance Satellite SBIRS GEO 3 Launched – Photo/Video Gallery
United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying SBIRS GEO Flight 3 early missile warning satellite for USAF lifts off at 7:42 p.m. ET on Jan. 20, 2017 from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – A vital missile reconnaissance satellite for the U.S. Force soared to space atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral at dinnertime Friday night, Jan. 20, 2017.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the $1.2 Billion Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 3 infrared imaging satellite lifted off at 7:42 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Check out this expanding gallery of eyepopping photos and videos from several space journalist colleagues and friends and myself – for views you won't see elsewhere.
Click back as the gallery grows !
Nighttime blastoff of ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile defense satellite to orbit on Jan. 20, 2017 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: Julian Leek
"GEO Flight 3 delivery and launch marks a significant milestone in fulfilling our commitment to the missile-warning community, missile defense and the intelligence community. It's an important asset for the warfighter and will be employed for years to come," says Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, SMC commander and Air Force program executive officer for space, in a statement.
The Space Based Infrared System is designed to provide global, persistent, infrared surveillance capabilities to meet 21st century demands in four national security mission areas: missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness.
"The hard work and dedication of the launch team has absolutely paid off," Col. Dennis Bythewood, director of the Remote Sensing Directorate said in a statement.
"Today's launch of GEO Flight 3 culminates years of preparation by a broad team of government and industry professionals."
ULA Atlas V launch of USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile defense satellite on Jan. 20, 2017 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: Joe Sekora
The SBIRS GEO Flight 3 missile defense observatory built for the USAF will detect and track the infrared signatures of incoming enemy missiles twice as fast as the prior generation of satellites and is vital to America's national security.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying SBIRS GEO Flight 3 missile detection satellite for USAF lifts off at 7:42 p.m. ET on Jan. 20, 2017 from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
SBIRS GEO Flight 3 was launched to geosynchronous transfer orbit to an altitude approx 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above Earth.
The Atlas V was launched southeast at an inclination of 23.29 degrees. SBIRS GEO Flight 3 separated from the 2nd stage as planned 43 minutes after liftoff.
Following separation, the spacecraft began a series of orbital maneuvers to propel it to a geosynchronous earth orbit. Once in its final orbit, engineers will deploy the satellite's solar arrays and antennas. The engineers will then complete checkout and tests in preparation for operational use, USAF officials explained.
Watch these eyepopping launch videos as the Atlas V rocket thunders to space – showing different perspectives of the blastoff from remote cameras ringing the pad and from the media's launch viewing site on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Video Caption: ULA Atlas 5 launch of the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite from Pad 41 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on January 20, 2017. Credit: Jeff Seibert
Video Caption: Launch of SBIRS GEO Flight 3 early missile warning satellite for USAF on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from SLC-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fl., at 7:42 p.m. ET on Jan. 20, 2017 – as seen in this remote video taken at the pad. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor, with Northrop Grumman as the payload integrator.
The SBIRS team is led by the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Air Force Space Command operates the SBIRS system.
ULA Atlas V rocket carrying SBIRS GEO Flight 3 missile tracking observatory lifts off at 7:42 p.m. ET on Jan. 20, 2017 from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news.
ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile warning satellite awaits blastoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Jan. 20 , 2017. Credit: Dawn Taylor
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite lifts off at 7:42 p.m. ET on Jan. 20, 2017 from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile warning satellite awaits blastoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Jan. 20 , 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile defense satellite streaks to orbit on Jan. 20, 2017 after nighttime blastoff at 7:42 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: Julian Leek
Banner announcing imminent launch of ULA Atlas V and USAF SBIRS GEO 3 from CCAFS on Jan. 20, 2017. Credit: Dawn Taylor
Launch of Atlas V and USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile defense satellite from CCAFS on Jan. 20, 2017 as seen from Titusville, Fl neighborhood. Credit: Melissa Bayles
ULA Atlas V rocket stands erect alongside newly built crew access tower at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex-41 ahead of Jan. 19, 2017 blastoff. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
Pad 41 gets hosed down about 1 hour post launch of ULA Atlas V rocket delivering USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile defense satellite to orbit on Jan. 20, 2017 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: Julian Leek
Atlas V/SBIRS GEO 3 awaits liftoff from pad 41 on Jan. 20, 2017 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: Lane Hermann
USAF Missile Defense SBIRS Observatory Streaks to Orbit during Spectacular Evening Blastoff
ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile defense satellite streaks to orbit on Jan. 20, 2017 after nighttime blastoff at 7:42 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile defense satellite streaks to orbit on Jan. 20, 2017 after nighttime blastoff at 7:42 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – A U.S. Air Force missile defense reconnaissance observatory that will track the telltale infrared signatures of incoming enemy missiles and is vital to America's national security blasted off in spectacular fashion this evening, Jan. 20, 2017, as it streaked to orbit from the Florida Space Coast.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the $1.2 Billion Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 3 infrared imaging satellite lifted off at 7:42 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. – marking the first US east coast launch of 2017.
The SBIRS GEO Flight 3 was launched to geosynchronous transfer orbit to an altitude approx 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above Earth.
It is also the first of at least eleven launches of Atlas and Delta rockets by the aerospace firm this year.
The on time launch took place at the opening of the 40 minute launch window and after a 24 hour delay – when the launch was scrubbed yesterday (Jan. 19) after an aircraft flew into the Cape's restricted airspace and could not be diverted in time before the launch window closed.
ULA also had to address sensor issues with the Atlas rockets RD-180 main engine during Thursday's countdown.
Due to the scrub, the Atlas liftoff counts as the first launch of the Trump Administration rather the last of the Obama Administration.
With the unpredictable North Korean dictator Kim John Un threatening to launch an upgraded long range intercontinental ballistic missile this year that could potentially strike the United States west coast, SBIRS GEO 3 is more important than ever for our national defense.
The SBIRS GEO Flight 3 is considered to be one of the highest priority military space programs in defense of the homeland.
SBIRS will supplement and replace the legacy Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites currently in orbit and features vastly increased early missile detection and warning capabilities.
"ULA is proud to deliver this critical satellite which will improve surveillance capabilities for our national decision makers," said Laura Maginnis, ULA vice president of Government Satellite Launch, in a statement.
"I can't think of a better way to kick off the new year."
ULA is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin with 116 successful launches under its belt after today's liftoff.
The 194-foot-tall commercial Atlas V booster launched in the 401 rocket configuration with approximately 860,000 pounds of sea level first stage thrust powered by the dual nozzle Russian-built RD AMROSS RD-180 engine. There are no thrust augmenting solids attached to the first stage.
The satellite is housed inside a 4-meter diameter large payload fairing (LPF). The Centaur upper stage is powered by the Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C engine.
Watch this video showing the detailed mission profile:
Video Caption: An Atlas V 401 configuration rocket will deliver the Air Force's third Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite to orbit. SBIRS, considered one of the nation's highest priority space programs, is designed to provide global, persistent, infrared surveillance capabilities to meet 21st century demands. Credit: ULA
This mission marks the 34th Atlas V mission in the 401 configuration.
"The Atlas V 401 configuration has become the workhorse of the Atlas V fleet, delivering half of all Atlas V missions to date" said Maginnis.
"ULA understands that even with the most reliable launch vehicles, our sustained mission success is only made possible with seamless integration between our customer and our world class ULA team."
The two prior SBIRS GEO missions also launched on the ULA Atlas V 401 rocket.
The SBIRS team is led by the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor, with Northrop Grumman as the payload integrator. Air Force Space Command operates the SBIRS system, according to a ULA description.
ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile warning satellite is poised for blastoff from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Jan. 20, 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
Artwork for ULA Atlas V launch of SBIRS GEO Flight 3 mission on Jan. 19, 2017 from Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: ULA
Air Force Missile Warning SBIRS GEO 3 Satellite Set for Spectacular Night Liftoff Jan. 19; 1st 2017 Cape Launch-Watch Live
ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile warning satellite is poised for blastoff from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Jan. 19 , 2017. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – A U.S. Air Force satellite that will provide vital early warnings on incoming enemy missiles that are critical to the defense of our homeland is set for a spectacular nighttime blastoff on Thursday Jan. 19 from the Florida Space Coast. Update: Launch reset to Jan 20 at 7:42 pm EST
The Atlas V rocket carrying the $1.2 Billion SBIRS GEO Flight 3 infrared imaging satellite counts as the first launch of 2017 by rocket builder United Launch Alliance (ULA) as well as the years first liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
The ULA Atlas V rocket is set for liftoff on Thursday, Jan. 19 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite will be launched to geosynchronous transfer orbit.
It is the third satellite in this series of infrared surveillance satellites that will provide rapid and accurate warning of attacking enemy strategic missiles via infrared signatures – as well as critical targeting data to US missile defense systems to enable swiftly responding launches that will hopefully destroy the attackers in the battle space arena before impacting US cities, infrastructure and military installations.
USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile warning satellite under construction by prime contractor Lockheed Martin. Credit: Lockheed Martin
The 20 story tall rocket and payload were rolled out vertically this morning some 1800 feet (600 m) from the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) processing hangar to pad 41.
The launch window opens at 7:46 p.m. EST (0046 GMT).
The launch window extends for 40 minutes from 7:46-8:26 p.m. EST.
Spectators are flocking into Space Coast area hotels for the super convenient dinnertime blastoff. And they will have a blast ! – if all goes well.
You can watch the Atlas launch live via a ULA webcast. The live launch broadcast will begin about 20 minutes before the planned liftoff at 7:26 p.m. EST here:
http://www.ulalaunch.com/webcast.aspx
www.youtube.com/unitedlaunchalliance and www.ulalaunch.com
The current launch weather forecast for Thursday, Jan. 18, calls for an 80 percent chance of acceptable weather conditions at launch time. The primary concern is for cumulus clouds.
The backup launch opportunity is on Friday.
In case of a scrub for any reason, technical or weather, the chances for a favorable launch drop slightly to 70% GO.
ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the USAF SBIRS GEO 3 missile warning satellite is poised for blastoff from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Jan. 19 , 2017. Credit: Julian Leek
"SBIRS, considered one of the nation's highest priority space programs, is designed to provide global, persistent, infrared surveillance capabilities to meet 21st century demands in four national security mission areas including: missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness."
The first SBIRS satellite was launched in 2011.
SBIRS GEO 3 will launch southeast at an inclination of 23.29 degrees. It separate from the 2nd stage 43 minutes after liftoff.
ULA has enjoyed a 100% success rate for this 69th Atlas V launch stretching back to the company's founding back in 2006.
ULA is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin with 116 successful launches under its belt.
Up close look at the payload fairing housing SBIRS GEO 3atop ULA Atlas V rocket set for launch from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fl. Credit: Lane Hermann
Mission patch for SBIRS GEO Flight 3. Credit: USAF
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Atlas Rocket Poised for Blast Off with Advanced Missile Early Warning Spy Satellite
The Atlas V rocket was rolled to the launch pad in support of the Atlas V Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) GEO-1 launch set for Friday at 2:14 p.m. EDT. Credit: Ken Kremer
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CAPE CANAVERAL – An Atlas V rocket is poised to blast off today, May 6 , with the inaugural version of a new and highly advanced series of US spy satellites which will provide early warning of missile launches to US military forces. The Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) GEO-1 satellite is set to liftoff Friday afternoon at 2:14 p.m. The launch window extends until 2:54 p.m. EDT.
The new satellite for the US Air Force is considered to be one of the highest priority military space programs. Covert intelligence satellites played a key role in hunting down Al Qaida terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden in the recent military strike by US forces inside Pakistan.
This Atlas V rocket will carry the Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) GEO-1 secret spy satellite to orbit for the US Air Force on May 6, 2011. Credit: Ken Kremer
The Atlas V rocket with a Centaur upper stage was rolled out to the launch pad at Complex 41 on Wednesday morning and arrived at 11 a.m.
Twin track mobiles pushed the rocket and satellite combination about 1800 feet from the launch gantry – known as the Vertical Integration Facility – to the pad. Reporters and photojournalists including myself toured the pad for a photoshoot Wednesday afternoon.
The countdown has begun and clocks are ticking backwards for today's planned liftoff.
Super-cold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen fuel begins to flow into the rocket shortly after noon.
The launch will be webcast by United Launch Alliance at this link:
Weather is the only concern and has deteriorated over the past few days. As of this morning the chances of acceptable weather has dropped to just 30% favorable due to the increasing threat of isolated clouds and rain showers. Weather conditions are currently overcast here in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral and are deteriorating with a good chance of thunderstorms. .
The SBIRS GEO-1 satellite will provide global , persistent, infrared surveillance capability to meet 21st century US military demands in four key areas including missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence and battle space awareness.
Later this year, Atlas V rockets will launch two high profile NASA Planetary missions to space; the solar powered JUNO Jupiter Orbiter in August and the Mars Curiosity Rover in November.
Beautiful clouds over Launch Complex 41 ahead of SBIRS GEO-1 spy satellite launch. Credit: Ken Kremer


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Maria Borges (born 28 October 1992) is an Angolan model. She was named Forbes Africa Magazine's top model of 2013. She is a Jackson Bryant favorite and calls him her "godfather".

Early life
Maria Borges was born in Luanda, Angola and raised by her siblings during the Angolan Civil War.

She was discovered in 2010 when she placed second at the Angolan edition of the contest Elite Model Look.

Career

In 2012, she signed with Supreme Agency. One month later, she debuted her first fashion week where she walked 17 runways. For her second season, she was a Givenchy exclusive.
Borges has appeared in editorials for French, Italian, British, Spanish, German, and Portuguese Vogue, German and Australian Harper's Bazaar, Brazilian Marie Claire, French Numèro, V, W, i-D, and Interview.

In 2017, Maria Borges was the first African woman to feature on the cover of the American version of ELLE, 20 years after Sudanese model Alek Wek in 1997.

She has walked the runways for Anna Sui, Badgley Mischka, Balmain, Banana Republic, Blumarine, Carolina Herrera, Costello Tagliapietra, Custo Barcelona, Daks, Diane von Fürstenberg, Dior, Dsquared2, Elie Saab, Emanuel Ungaro, Emporio Armani, Erdem, Ermanno Scervino, Gianfranco Ferre, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Jason Wu, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jeremy Scott, Jonathan Saunders, Kenzo, Loewe, Marc Jacobs, Marchesa, Margaret Howell, Matthew Williamson, Max Mara, Maxime Simoens, Missoni, Monique L'huillier, Moschino, Naeem Khan, Narciso Rodriguez, Oscar de la Renta, Philipp Plein, Posche Design, Ports 1961, Prabal Gurung, Ralph Lauren, Ralph Rucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Temperley, Tom Ford, Trussardi, Versace, Victoria's Secret, Vionnet, Wes Gordon and Zac Posen, among others.

Borges has appeared in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show from 2013 to 2017.

She has appeared in campaigns for Givenchy, Tommy Hilfiger, H&M, Bobbi Brown, C&A, L'Oréal, Mac Cosmetics, and Forever 21.

Personal life
In 2021 she gave birth to a daughter.

References

External links

Maria Borges Official Website

1992 births
Living people
Angolan female models
People from Luanda
IMG Models models


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Carl Hermann August Theodor Schmöle (* 8. August 1865; † 1919) war ein deutscher Verwaltungsbeamter.

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August Theodor Schmöle stammte aus einer Iserlohner Fabrikantenfamilie. Sein Vater war der Kommerzienrat und Ehrenbürger der Stadt Iserlohn Emil Ludwig August Schmöle.  Nachdem er sein Abitur am Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium (Köln) im Jahre 1885 absolviert hatte, studierte er an der Universität Bonn Rechtswissenschaften. 1886 wurde er Mitglied des Corps Palatia Bonn.

Nach Abschluss des Studiums trat Schmöle in den preußischen Staatsdienst ein. Von 1904 bis 1907 war er Landrat des Landkreises Kosten in der Provinz Posen. Nach seinem Abschied aus dem Staatsdienst lebte er in seiner Heimatstadt Iserlohn.

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Corpsstudent (19. Jahrhundert)
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Big man, small screen
Seeking to rest my weary mind, I brought a short stack of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mystery novels with me to Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania, where Mrs. T and I retreated last week from the encroaching world. One of them is a tattered mass-market paperback edition of Murder by the Book, originally published in 1951. I bought it for thirty-nine cents at the Book Bug, the long-defunct used bookstore in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where I spent much of my allowance back in the days when my parents gave me an allowance. I know all this because the inside of my copy of Murder by the Book is rubber-stamped to that effect, and further inspection reveals that this particular edition was published in October of 1970. It's quite possible, then, that I've owned it longer than any other book in my personal library.
Needless to say, Rex Stout and I go back a long way. In 2009 I posted at length about my long-term love affair with his Nero Wolfe novels, though that wasn't the first time I wrote about them. Seven years earlier I'd reviewed A&E's A Nero Wolfe Mystery, a TV series based on the books that had a two-season run on A&E. I put a lot of work into that forgotten essay, which originally appeared in National Review and has never been reprinted, and so I was delighted to find it on line the other day. I post it here for your amusement and edification.
Some cable networks are destinations, others way stations. Arts & Entertainment has long been one of the latter, a vaguely defined middlebrow enterprise across which one occasionally stumbles while channel-surfing. I've seen Biography, its best-known series, a couple of dozen times, but never deliberately—only in passing, usually when I'm killing time in a hotel room and can't find anything better to watch. Hence it is with no small amount of surprise that I now find myself tuning in A&E every Sunday night to keep up with the doings of a monstrously fat private detective who swills beer by the case, fusses over his thrice-daily gourmet meals, dresses in sunflower-yellow shirts, and grows orchids in a greenhouse on the roof of his Manhattan brownstone, whose threshold he crosses only when compelled by the threat of impending arrest.
Older readers will need no further introduction to Nero Wolfe, the larger-than-life hero of seventy-three novels and novellas written by Rex Stout between 1934 and his death in 1975. For most of his long life, Stout was acclaimed as one of America's best mystery writers—even Edmund Wilson, who despised the genre, grudgingly admitted that he "rather enjoyed" Wolfe—and though his star has faded a bit in recent years, paperback editions of his books are still kept in print on a rotating basis by Bantam.
A half-dozen prior attempts have been made to bring Wolfe to TV, radio, and the movies, and all have failed dismally. Not so A&E's Nero Wolfe. It isn't perfect, but it comes close, in part for the simplest of reasons: Timothy Hutton and Michael Jaffe, the executive producers, have chosen to stick as closely as possible to the source. Each episode is based on a Stout story (the novels are done as two-parters, the novellas in single hour-long episodes). The plots are left intact, and large chunks of dialogue are lifted straight off the page. If you've read Death of a Doxy, Too Many Clients, or The Mother Hunt, you won't find anything surprising about the A&E versions.
To be sure, faithfulness to the original is no guarantee of success when translating a familiar novel to the screen. More often than not, literal adaptations are redundant at best (why bother?), maladroit at worst. Novels aren't meant to be played out in real time, and even when the action is scrupulously compressed, you still have to find actors and actresses capable of fitting the preconceptions of viewers who've already read the book. As a general rule, the better bet is to treat the source material as a point of departure—the way Amy Heckerling did when she turned Jane Austen's Emma into Clueless—rather than following it slavishly, but that approach is impossible when the novel in question is a cult classic. Rex Stout fans want to know exactly what the brownstone on West 35th Street "really" looks like, though they expect it to bear a close resemblance to the one in their heads, just as they have the strongest possible opinions about what Nero Wolfe looks and sounds like, not to mention Archie Goodwin, his wisecracking assistant, and all the other inhabitants of Stout's elaborate imaginary world. That's an awful lot of experts to please.
That Nero Wolfe should be so pleasing has at least as much to do with the casting as the scripts. In addition to co-producing the series and directing several episodes, Timothy Hutton plays Archie Goodwin, and I can't see how anyone could do a better job. Not only does he catch Archie's snap-brim Thirties tone with sharp-eared precision, but he also bears an uncanny physical resemblance to the dapper detective-narrator I've been envisioning all these years. No sooner did Hutton make his first entrance in The Golden Spiders than he melded completely with the Archie of my mind's eye. I can no longer read a Stout novel without seeing him, or hearing his voice.
Still, Archie could have wandered out of any number of screwball comedies. Nero Wolfe is a far more complicated proposition. Weighing in at a seventh of a ton, he is a tireless talker endowed with a touch of Johnsonian genius. (It is no small tribute to Stout's own brainpower that he was capable of making that characterization plausible.) At the same time, he is chronically lazy and neurotic to the highest degree, so much so that he refuses to leave his home on business, preferring to sit at his desk or tend his orchids. Like Sherlock Holmes, the predecessor on whom he was obviously modeled, Wolfe is a misogynist who will have nothing to do with women socially—food, not sex, is his sensual outlet—though every once in a while he gives off a faint but perceptible flicker of interest in one of the pretty ladies who pass through his office.
Maury Chaykin has doubtless immersed himself in the Wolfe novels, for he brings to his interpretation of the part both a detailed knowledge of what Stout wrote and an unexpectedly personal touch of insight. He plays Wolfe as a fearful genius, an aesthete turned hermit who has withdrawn from the world (and from the opposite sex) in order to shield himself—against what? Stout never answers that question, giving Chaykin plenty of room to maneuver, which he uses with enviable skill. His Nero Wolfe is gluttonous, blustery, petulant, even a bit dandyish—but he peers out at his clients through the haunted eyes of a man whwho knows too much.
Chaykin and Hutton are as good in tandem as they are separately, for they understand that the Wolfe books are less mystery stories than domestic comedies, the continuing saga of two iron-willed codependents engaged in an endless game of one-upmanship. Archie may be Wolfe's hired hand, but he is also an undefinable combination of servant, goad, court jester, and trusted confidant. His relationship with Wolfe is by definition uneasy, intimate but never affectionate—it's plain to see that he loves Wolfe like a father, but inconceivable that he would ever admit such a thing—and so the intimacy is transformed into a daily contest for dominance. At least half the fun of the Wolfe books comes from the way in which Stout plays this struggle for laughs, and Chaykin and Hutton make the most of it, sniping at each other with naughty glee.
The other continuing characters have been cast almost as deftly, especially Bill Smitrovich as the long-suffering Inspector Cramer, who spends most of his on-screen time yelling vainly at Wolfe, and Colin Fox as Fritz, Wolfe's live-in chef, who tolerates the great man's tantrums without stooping to subservience. Most of the secondary characters are drawn from a stock company of little-known performers who do an excellent job of changing hats from week to week. (Guest stars are rare, though George Plimpton pops up now and then, usually as a WASP lawyer.) Best of all is Kari Matchett, a jolie laide with a sharp nose and a long neck who specializes in femmes fatales of various kinds, as well as playing Lily Rowan, Archie's on-again-off-again ladyfriend. Be she victim or villain, she is at all times funny, sexy, and a wicked scene-stealer.
Like so many other TV series and movies purporting to be set in New York, Nero Wolfe is in fact shot in Toronto on a very low budget, most of which appears to have been spent on period costumes and a painstakingly detailed, near-impeccable reproduction of Wolfe's office, in which roughly a third of each episode takes place. The other sets are built on the cheap, and the exteriors don't even attempt to look authentic—a major failing of the series, since Stout's novels are as redolent of Manhattan as Raymond Chandler's are of Los Angeles—while anyone closely familiar with the original novels will have no trtrouble spotting occasional solecisms. (Wolfe would never listen to classical music at mealtime, if ever!)
Needless to say, none of this matters in the slightest. Like all good detective stories, the Nero Wolfe novels are not primarily about their settings, or even their plots. They are conversation pieces, witty studies in human character, and for all its flaws of execution, A&E's Nero Wolfe never fails to bring its principal characters to life. I can't say whether it will appeal to those who aren't already members of the Wolfe pack, but speaking as a hopeless addict who bought his first Rex Stout paperback at the age of thirteen, I'm already looking forward to the third season.
"The Golden Spiders," the pilot for A Nero Wolfe Mystery:
Just because: Christopher Isherwood in 1969
"A Born Foreigner," a BBC profile of Christopher Isherwood originally telecast in 1969 as an episode of Omnibus:
Almanac: Yeats on the result of revolution
Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot!
A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot.
Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again!
The beggars have changed places, but the lash goes on.
W.B. Yeats, "The Great Day"


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JVC Honors GIA's Susan Jacques
Lab's CEO picks up Stanley Schechter Award.
Jan 20, 2020 6:00 AM By Rapaport News
RAPAPORT... The Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC) has presented Gemological Institute of America (GIA) CEO Susan Jacques with the Stanley Schechter Award.
The accolade, which was established in 2002, recognizes industry leaders who have raised the jewelry community's reputation through their dedication, ethics and integrity, JVC said last week.
"Susan is a true industry treasure who deeply embodies Stanley's core values of integrity, hard work, commitment and industry involvement," said Joel Schechter, retired CEO of Honora, the jewelry company founded by his father Stanley, for whom the award was named. "Her constant striving for excellence has not only been a gift for GIA, but for the industry, and we are blessed to have her at the helm of what is arguably our most important entity."
Jacques became head of the GIA in 2014, before which she was CEO of Borsheims for 20 years. She previously served on the GIA's board of governors, and was its chair from 2008 to 2013. Jacques was inducted into National Jeweler's Retailer Hall of Fame in 1997, and received the Women's Jewelry Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
Image, from left to right: Joel Schechter; Susan Jacques; Tiffany Stephens, CEO of JVC; and Charles Stanley, president of Forevermark US and 2020 chairman of the JVC board. (Gemological Institute of America)
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007) + "Hotel Chevalier" (2007)
Rated R, primarily for language and drug use. Okay, the guys take a bunch of Indian medications without prescription. But they do state at one point that they are going to make a campfire and get high. I'll count that as drug use. While there is no nudity in Darjeeling, there is a pretty graphic sex scene. There is nudity in "Hotel Chevalier" that is also accompanied by a sex scene. R.
DIRECTOR: Wes Anderson
I told you! I am doing a paper on the visual travel narrative. There is going to be a lot of talk about the road film and we should all just get comfortable. (Note to self: Add National Lampoon's Vacation to the list.) I have all kinds of notes for my paper and I'm excited that I'm getting work done. Do you understand the satisfaction that comes with being both productive and then writing what you want to write about? Anyway, I know that The Darjeeling Limited isn't one of Wes Anderson's best according to most. But I don't really get that. I don't. Maybe there's something that I'm missing. When I rewatched The Life Aquatic, I kind of got where people were coming from with their dislike for the movie. I genuinely love The Darjeeling Limited / "Hotel Chevalier". Like, it's on the top end of the movies he's made. But I also know why I like it. So I'm going to force myself to try to see what other people have a problem with.
We watched a YouTube commentary on Wes Anderson in my film class the other day. One of the major points was that adults act like children and that children act like adults. I think this might be the most telling in The Darjeeling Limited. There's a byproduct that spins out of that. When Anderson keeps using a lot of the same actors like Owen Wilson and Jason Scwartzman, these guys are playing variations of the same characters they were playing in other movies. It's actually completely bizarre that Adrian Brody wasn't part of the Wes Anderson troupe before this point. He fits in so well. I kind of love that like whoa. (I'm a fanboy now. Sorry, it happens.) The thing that I might have that is slightly unfair in terms of loving this movie is that I like those characters. I tend to come down when a filmmaker becomes repetitive. I know me. It's the first thing I'll toss at a director when I see the same thing that happened before. I know it makes it a bit of a lesser film. I mean, it's the comment that everyone has about The Force Awakens. It's a pastiche and, in the case of Darjeeling Limited, it's a rip off of his own work. But I don't really like pigeonholing this movie like that. Part of that is that I think that The Darjeeling Limited is his next attempt at the road film. I love Bottle Rocket. A lot of that comes from the fact that I'm a huge snob and love saying that I adore Bottle Rocket. But Bottle Rocket definitely is Anderson working with constraints. The road movie hasn't been perfected yet. (Do I have to do Bottle Rocket for my paper if I think that Darjeeling Limited perfected the idea he attempted in the first one?) There's something inherently cool about the road movie. I also think I have a love / hate relationship with India. I talk about this with my review of the Apu Trilogy. India is one of the few places on Earth where there is simultaneous beauty and filth in the same place. Somehow, and this is my privilege talking, the poverty of the country is absolutely gorgeous. This is probably the worst way that I can say this. Perhaps it is the aesthetic of simplicity that we don't really have in America.
The American road trip is something special. We hit a lot of the same beats. But India is something on a scale I can't wrap my mind around. The country is so darned big (Oh, I talked about this a lot with Lion! ) that the personality isn't one thing. But there might be something about the embracing of a completely intense color palate that we don't really allow in America. We're kind of a country of pastels, at least in our artificial creations. India, and especially with Anderson's love of intense color, is one of stark contrasts. The world of The Darjeeling Limited, both on and off the train, stress the strong choice in color palates. Everything in this movie is a choice. Anderson loves paying attention to the details of a set, but The Darjeeling Limited offers the same intense attention to art but in almost an organic sense. There are moments, sure, where Anderson is just being Anderson. The suitcases are straight out of Anderson's collective conscious (I know what I wrote!). But Anderson's aesthetic is straight out of India. I was watching a scene with Schwartzman on the titular train. The scene is great and compelling, but I couldn't stop staring at the wallpaper pattern. It is this deep blue with a light blue checker pattern. Above that are these elephants. These are handpainted elephants. Unlike something like Royal Tenenbaums, these elephants look like they belong. I know. This is western mentality and thin description commenting on a whole different world. But it doesn't seem like it is trying as hard. I'm trying to come to a conclusion on this, because it is fundamental to my love affair with this movie that I haven't seen that many times. People comment that The Darjeeling Limited is Anderson trying way too hard to be himself. I actually think it is the movie that he is trying the least, but has the greatest success being aesthetically glorious.
Yes, the story is about the boys. I think that the main narrative works. But the setting is carrying a lot of weight. If you don't find the story about the boys and their problems fascinating (I do), the movie is just then a gorgeous road movie through India. But I do want to talk about the story and defend it. I hate defending movies. I think that a lot of people probably have a point, but I can't necessarily agree with this. I think I am just more emotionally invested in the story. These are three guys who are kind of terrible people. I know that I watch a lot of movies with terrible people doing terrible people doing terrible things. Francis is a control freak to the point of almost being a bully. Peter abandoned his pregnant wife to have time out for himself and to avoid responsibility. Jack is sexually selfish and indulges every slight that comes his way. Yeah, these guys suck in real life. But they are also compelling because there are moments where they are all amazingly good guys. I know that Anderson gave us one of these come-to-Jesus moments when the guys run into the kids crossing the river. But he doesn't make them supernaturally heroic. What he does is actually humble them in an extremely organic way. There's isn't a magical transition. They are still fundamentally the same guys, but with a sense of humility. I love that the river rescue doesn't go perfectly. I'm really downplaying this for the sake of avoiding spoilers, but that choice is so powerful to the slight-yet-important character change that happens with the three guys. I don't want them to come out of this situation as different people. That would be far too fairy tale for this movie. They are the same characters, only with a greater understanding of priorities. That character shift is one of the greater changes that I've seen in Anderson's work. Anderson kind of seems to be the king of the subtle change. Normally, it is the million cuts leading to a breakdown. The million cuts are still there. The brothers treat each other terribly and they still have the breakdown. But instead of that moment being the fix, it is the moment of altruism that gives them their shift. It's pretty enriching. The movie doesn't mind being unfunny for a while. The odd thing is that the movie never really loses its momentum, despite the tonal shift. When the jokes come back, they are still funny. There's no warm up. We're just back.
To contrast all of this is the "Hotel Chevalier" stuff. It's really cool, but I have a love/hate relationship with it. It is remarkably sexual and slightly exploitative. I see why it is separated from the main movie. Tonally, it is a different movie. I guess a lot of this is the juxtaposition between France and India. It is awesome in terms of character stuff. I love Jack as the nonfiction writer, but it also explains the person he is fleeing. Natalie Portman is aggressive and I suppose that's fine. But part of me thinks that the entirety of "Hotel Chevalier" is supposed to be shocking. It is a microcosm of Wes Anderson and I don't know if it is accurate to what he does in his other works. A lot of Anderson's characters are selfish jerks and Chevalier does a lot to support that idea. Jack is mean in that scene. He's a bitter jerk and Natalie Portman doesn't offer a lot that is redeeming in that sequence. But the entire scene is kind of essential, despite what I just said. There's one line towards the end of Darjeeling Limited where Peter comments that he likes how mean Jack is. It's almost like Peter is allowed to watch the Wes Anderson movie that we all got to see. I guess there is another moment that acts like "Hotel Chevalier" and it is almost more effective. It parallels "Chevalier" because it is another sequence from Jack's writing. The flashback to the Luftwaffe Garage is just this moment that encapsulates what I think about Wes Anderson. It's pretty great and the smash cut / match cut to that sequence is absolutely gorgeous. It's pretty fun.
I'm sorry, but I can't hate on The Darjeeling Limited. It might be one of my favorite Wes Anderson movies. I know. I'm alone on this one. But between the complex characters and the amazing use of setting, I adore this film. Wait, why am I apologizing for saying I like something? It's harder to defend than it is to attack. I'm good with loving this movie. It's pretty great.


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A talk and panel discussion organised and introduced by Carolyne Hill at Pop Brixton as part of BDT:18 Youth Events.
In the creative world sometimes you can be fooled into thinking only certain types of people or certain types of jobs exist… and they may not be you or something you could consider.
For many young people, becoming an architect, designer, film maker, artist, creative may seem unachievable. Not because of a lack of ability or aspiration, but because they may not have the encouragement, backing or access opportunities as some.
Renaissance is a vibrant, creative studio in the heart of Brixton, London. Co-founded by Tamara Barton-Campbell (a creative producer) and Julian Knox (a multi-disciplinary artist), their work specialises in emotive and immersive experiences.
Donya is a senior designer at Freuds, a London PR agency with high end clients and varied briefs from branding to digital design. Alongside her creative career Donya has launched her own bespoke greeting card company, born out of her love for calligraphy and strongly influenced by her Jamaican roots. She has also recently launched her creative platform - #ForTheCulture. A community that champions it's love for the Arts. Books. Theatre. Art. Work that speaks of narratives where culture has a safe space to exist, to breathe, to be.
The Fandangoe Kid's work is about creating platforms for open conversations about difficult and complex subject matters. Her work took this direction following the loss of almost all of her family in 2011, changing her perspective on everything she had known to date. In 2015, she made a documentary with filmmaker and photographer, Tara Darby, about her experience, looking more broadly at death and trauma and how we approach it in western society, and why we often are unable to talk about such a vital subject matter, one that affects all of us. Since then, Annie has made a number of narrative driven installations ranging from stories about mental health, the importance of removing traditional and restrictive gender constructs, many tales of love and loss and thoughts on what it is to be a human being in our complex world.
Willkay is an artist, graphic designer and art director with a bright outlook on multiple subject matters, which has made him popular with the new generation of art buyers. He studied at Central Saint Martins followed by London College of Communication.
A creative whose work is lighthearted, intricate, brightly lit and playful with a sassy palette of colours. Having worked with a number of leading brands such as BBC, Adidas, Converse, and G-Star, he combines a number of mediums including photography, illustration, and graphic design.
His natural flair for creativity is illustrated in several of his pieces, which comprises of contemporary modern-day art reflecting his life, environment and character. He lives and works in London.
Rachita and Rebecca, both designers and social entrepreneurs are co-founders of Sisterhood - they deliver hands on, practical, creative programmes that give girls the tools to gain confidence, courage and charisma to make a positive change. Sisterhood provides a platform for girls to turn words into action through creative workshops. By encouraging girls to re-imagine, collaborate and provide creative solutions to gender specific and societal issues.
London born Jessica Phillips is a television producer and director with credits across all major UK broadcasters including the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV. She studied Modern History and the History of Art before embarking on a career as a journalist, writing for business journals, and then music/lifestyle magazines. Ten years ago she made the switch from print to television and has worked steadily growing a successful career as a Producer and Director ever since.
BREIS (pronounced breeze) is a dynamic rap artist. A remarkable live performer who has performed worldwide with his fusion of hip hop, jazz and African rhythms. He is the founder of Hip Hop inspired arts education company, Student of Life. He has visited 1000s of schools across the UK, Washington DC, Malaysia to deliver keynote talks and facilitate rap and poetry workshops. BREIS is also the author of, 'Brilliant Rappers Educate Intelligent Students' – a collection of his rap lyrics and the inspiration behind them. Follow his social media (@mrbreis) to check out his latest projects.


PUTRAJAYA, Aug 24 — The government will not repay the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) beyond its principal sum of RM555 million for the acquisition of two firms operating the Automated Enforcement System (AES), the transport minister said today.
Responding to the immediate former chairman of the board who yesterday demanded that the sum be repaid with an annual interest of 12 per cent, Loke said his ministry was open to engagement but will not alter its position on the repayment.
"As far as the government is concerned, our position is to pay RM555 million, nothing more and nothing less," he said today.
Loke said the government had no intention to review the repayment figures as "it was a bad decision by LTAT to take over the concessionaires in the first place" and was not bounded to the agreement made by the previous Barisan Nasional government.
"Of course LTAT would think it was profitable and is currently justifying its investment decision but it is up to the LTAT members to evaluate themselves," he said.
Former LTAT chairman Admiral (Rtd) Tan Sri Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor insisted it was unfair to the board if was not compensated on the use of its money to buy up ATES Sdn Bhd and Beta Tegap Sdn Bhd as well as associated costs.
Mohd Anwar said due diligence was conducted before the project was found to be commercially viable with a strong double-digit return on investment for LTAT while at the same time created employment opportunities for army veterans and reducing road accidents.
In 2014, LTAT was invited to take over the AES project from the two companies that were awarded the project initially and in 2017 the government through the Finance Ministry decided to take over the project from LTAT by paying back all of its investment cost plus 12 per cent return per annum.


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"Throw the Poor Dog A Bone" part two- Catholic Sentinel Scam
Dear Advocates for Life,
During the year, diverse letters to the editor are printed. That's the bone. But the Catholic Sentinel shows it's hand during the elections. In the letters to the editor, candidates are promoted that support abortion and active homosexuality. I say promoted because there is no editorial comment or disclaimer on what it means to vote as a Catholic.
Voter's guides from Oregon Family Council and Oregon Right to Life are not "allowed" in most of our churches: we feel like there's a war with the Archdpdx. We are indeed the "poor dog".
The Catholic Sentinel has such a low subscription rate that it is being funded by the Archbishop's Annual Appeal to keep it afloat. The El Sentinel, the Spanish language Archdiocesan paper is given out free of charge and has been for a long time. There is a liberal bent to this paper too and there is definitely an agenda. It also advertises for Susan B. Komen Foundation who gives money to Planned Parenthood that focuses on minority abortions.
For one woman's great explanation go to Why I can't give to Susan B. Komen
So these "Catholic" newspapers are given to our churches "free", passing on their progressive bent to unsuspecting Catholics with our own money. For some reason we subsidize a dying newspaper and their employees. Low subscription rates were probably the catalyst for this action. It seems the illusion of having a great newspaper is needed. Below is information to educate.
Catholic Sentinel, Robert Pfohman is editor - bpfohman@archdpdx.org
5536 NE Hassalo St.
Email sentinel@catholicsentinel.org
El Centinela editor Rocío Rios Niño was born in Colombia, South America. She worked six years at the El Espectador newspaper in Bogotá, Colombia's major daily newspaper. It is the oldest newspaper in Colombia. Since its first issue to the present its motto has been "El Espectador will work for the good of the country with liberal criteria and for the good of the liberal principles with patriotic criteria". It was initially published twice a week, 500 issues each. It defined itself as a "political, literary, news and industrial newspaper"She worked three a half years doing television reporting on Colombia's top television station, Caracol news. She came to the United States in 1998 to learn English and became editor of El Centinela, the Catholic Sentinel's Spanish-language sister newspaper in 1999.
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Good News. Catholics nationwide are getting behind pro-life, pro-family candidates more than two years ago, voting for the lesser of two evils, if needed. Mentor, Father Frank Pavone, director of Priests for Life, is incremental in his approach to changing hearts and minds. The Faithful Citizenship USCCB booklet isn't cutting it for thinkers. Now it's time to pray, possibly holding our nose to save at least one baby for sure.
Here are links to a voters' guide if needed. Oregon Right to Life Voter's Guide Oregon Family Council (can't find download for OFC) Gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley has said he will support parental notification, ending state funding for abortions and partial birth abortion. The ORTL guide doesn't reflect all subsequent conversations of people you would trust. Dudley has a pro-life reputation to the pro-aborts. He has his foot in the door to the Culture of Life. His fate is sealed if he wavers. John Kitzhaber is pro-abortion and supported by NARAL.
Remember the Vatican trumps the USCCB, the Archbishop and priests on everything in the Church. A non-perfect pro-life candidate can be chosen over a more pro-abortion one. Not to vote is voting for evil. Go to the Vatican website for the Catechism if needed for backup.
Rome's Cardinal Burke on voting for Catholics.
Who Is That Guy......Saturday, at six, in Salem
"Discover and Re-discover GK Chesterton. Common sense for the world's uncommon nonsense." St. Joseph Catholic Church of Salem is honoring the "Apostle of Common Sense". He should be a must read for everyone who can read.
GK Chesterton lived a remarkable overflowing life. Men especially would like to know that he loved a good port and a cigar..so in his honor they'll have about four different wines. You'll be waited upon with food and drink seemingly never ending. Dale will answer any questions and there is a "special guest". Quite a wonderful evening.
Some of GK's quotes from the American Chesterton society, to never let him be forgotten. American Chesterton Society
"Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions." - ILN, 4/19/30
"Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance." - The Speaker, 12/15/00
"An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered." - On Running After Ones Hat, All Things Considered, 1908
"What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but an absence of self-criticism." - Sidelights on New London and Newer New York
"He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head." - Tremendous Trifles, 1909
"Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable." GK Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer of prolific and diverse output included philosophy, philosophy, poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing and debating, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction. (Thanks Wikipedia.)
Here's the info in St. Joseph of Salem's own words.
Its time again for the much anticipated
Third Annual G.K. Chesterton Steak and Wine Dinner!
This year's event will be held on Saturday October 23rd
at 6:00pm in the parish center. Once again we have invited back Dale Ahlquist, President of the American Chesterton Society and EWTN host and a special guest.
Reservations are now being accepted by calling Rolando Moreno at the parish office (503) 581-1623.
721 Chemeketa St. NE
Salem, Oregon 97301
See you there.
"Throw the Poor Dog a Bone" - part one
The Office of Justice and Peace under Chancellor Mary Jo Tully and Matt Cato threw the poor dog (Oregon Catholics) a bone (not granting $5,000 to Street Roots). Sorry, but that's nothing. It's long overdue and insulting considering the years and amount of our money that's been squandered to build up the culture of death. Let's not sing the Hallelujah chorus just yet.
N.B. We have a "pro-life" budget of a little more than $1,000 a year. This is for sending the USCCB Respect Life Packets to the Oregon Churches.
Newspaper (Street Roots) Livid Over Losing CCHD Funding Planned Parenthood
(more history in Throw the Poor Dog a Bone - part 2)
"So you have the power of money, which corporations have, and you have the power of people, which is what community organizing is," Cato added. "The power of people which needs to balance the power of money, and that's what community organizing is about, and a lot of people are uncomfortable with the poor having the voice." Matt Cato, Director of Office of Justice and Peace ways in on "redistribution of wealth" and the attitude of Catholics to the poor.
Western States Center Ties most of our CCHD "ACORN" type grantee organizations together. We have given hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars to support these types of causes over twenty to thirty years with the blessing of Mary Jo Tully and Matt Cato and all the Office of Peace and Justice leaders. Add it up.
2010 Grantees From CCHD from Oregon Catholics
Catholic Sentinel - CCHD Fall Grants of $75,000 Spring Grants $40,000
VOZ $40,000 grant List of Grantors - We are the largest. - AFFILIATED WITH WESTERN STATES CENTER
Francisco Lopez past employee of Catholic Charities has been in leadership of VOZ, CAUSA both of which are past/present recipients of CCHD funds over many years. They morph - Voz Hispana Causa Chavista and support others. The grantee changes names but leaders are the same? Seems like their other supporters also support "reproductive services".
VOCAL - Saul Alinsky and Francisco Lopez?
Adelante Mujeures - $35,000 grant
VOCAL - 2004 post shows how long they've been grantees
Under Supporters on their site..no money from CCHD is listed. No mention of the $100,000's we've given them in grants since at least 2004 are they afraid that donors will run if a Catholics are mentioned. Why? Oregon Community Foundation that supports them and also abortion.
New Planned Parenthood PDX Building Given $75,000 Oregon Community Foundation too.
Adelante Mujeures Given $300,000 grant from us in Federal Tax Money in 2010.
One of 100 Best Green Businesses to work for in 2010.
Oregon Catholics Paid $40,000 for Spring Campaign 2010
OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon - $5,000 - AFFILIATED WITH WESTERN STATES CENTER
Project: East Portland Bus Riders Unite!
Location: Portland
Oregon New Sanctuary Movement - $5,000 - AFFILIATED WITH WESTERN STATES CENTER
Project: Love Has No Borders Campaign
Casa Latinos Unidos - $5,000 - RECEIVES GRANTS FROM ABORTION PROVIDER WHO ALSO GIVES LARGE GRANTS TO VOZ AND WESTERN STATES CENTER. ABORTION PROVIDER GRANTEE LIST
Project: Latino Immigrant Equality Parent Organizing Project
Location: Corvallis
Community Alliance of Tenants $5,000 - Abortion Provider, Western States Center, Social Justice NW links us together.
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USCCB Website Regarding CCHD Funding Policies
CCHD Funding Policies
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development fully upholds the Church's teaching on the sanctity of human life from conception through natural death. Organizations that receive CCHD funds must not participate in or promote activities that contradict the moral and social teachings of the Catholic Church. For example, organizations that support or promote same-sex marriage, discrimination, racism, capital punishment, abortion, or euthanasia are not eligible for CCHD funding.To ensure CCHD funds are used in keeping with Catholic moral and social teaching, all applicants must go through a multi-step review process CCHD funds are allocated only to organizations that are incorporated and have an Internal Revenue Service 501(c)(3) tax exempt designation. If the applicant organization is not incorporated and federally tax exempt, CCHD may allow use of a fiscal sponsor to receive the grant funds and distribute them to the funded group. To qualify, the fiscal sponsor must be incorporated and must have a current 501(c)(3) designation. A fiscal sponsor does not direct a funded effort. Their primary purpose is to transmit the CCHD funds and oversee their proper use.
"Six-year" Policy
All organizations who have received funding for any period of six or more years since 1997 will be ineligible to apply to CCHD for a three-year period. This policy applies whether the organization received funding for six years on a continuous or intermittent basis. After the three-year interval, these organizations will be eligible for funding requests for up to another six years before the same interval cycle will be repeated. You should contact your area grant specialist to determine your eligibility for the current grant cycle. (vocal asks - WHO IS OUR GRANT SPECIALIST?)
OREGON policy : The Catholic Campaign for Human Development grants are awarded on the basis of need and not on religious affiliation
Abandon the CCHD. It is not a mandatory collection.
The Archdiocese can make a list of organizations they feel are worthy of being funded.
Simply post this on their website for Catholics to choose from or not.
Saves administrative costs. Saves advertising costs.
Eliminates type of other past grantee organizations that were given money in the past that could be just friends of friends. History of Oregon's CCHD grantees were saved for at least twenty years.
Eliminate conflicts of interest that seem to have happened for decades.
There seems to be little or no regard to Jesus Christ's Roman Catholic church and her mission to save souls with Catholic funds entrusted to do His work. The Word has been silenced.
"..but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful." Mark 4:19
"Throw the Poor Dog A Bone" part two- Catholic Sen...


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Legend of Saint Romain - St. Godard
By walwyn on 14 Nov 2010
Saint Romain (or Romanus) is the patron Saint of Rouen, he was the Bishop of Rouen from 631-640. His parents were infertile and the father was visited by an angel one night announcing that the wife Felicity was pregnant, after which Romain was born.
Romain's early life was spent being educated in the court of king Clotaire II and when the Bishop of Rouen, Hidulphus, died he was elected to the position by the canons.
This stained glass window, dated 1540, was presented to the church of St Godard Rouen France, by Richard Caron. It retells the legend of Saint Romain life as Bishop of Rouen. The artist that created this work not recorded.
After being elected Bishop of Rouen, the local inhabitants asked him to remove the Temple of Venus near the amphitheatre in the north of the city. On arriving there they found that behind the pagan altar was an entry into hell from which flames and foul odours emanated. Having destroyed the dedication to Venus the temple collapsed.
Just before consecrating the font in the Cathedral, Romain discovered that he did not have the holy chrism (consecrated oil), and a deacon was sent to fetch it. On bringing it back the deacon slipped and broke the vessel spilling all the oil. After Romain picked up the pieces and the vessel and its contents were found to be undamaged.
During the middle ages a further legend was added to the 'history' of St Romain, that he was able to avert the floods that often inundated the city of Rouen.
In the fourteenth century the canons of Rouen Cathedral invented a legend to justify their privilege of being able to free a condemned man once a year. The legend is that a dragon (Gargoyle) was living in the swamps on the left bank of the city. Romain set out with two condemned prisoners to capture the beast that was devouring the people and animals of the area. The legend tells how one of the prisoners made off, but the other one managed to capture the dragon by tying Romain's scarve around its neck. The dragon was then brought back into the city where it was burned in front of the Cathedral.
Shortly before his death, whilst saying Mass, Saint Romain enters into an ecstasy where he floats above the ground as God reveals the date he will die.
‹ Rouen France up Tree of Jesse - St Godard, Rouen ›
Pre-C19
Beauvais - France
Bourges Cathedral Stained Glass
C14 stained glass fragments - Old Arley, Warwickshire
Chancel Windows - Tewkesbury Abbey
East window Twycross Leicestershire
Evreux - France
Gloucester Cathedral - East Window
Great Malvern Priory
Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon - Coughton, Warwickshire
Medieval Stained glass at Stanford on Avon
Rouen France
Tree of Jesse - St Godard, Rouen
Sibylla - Coughton, Warwickshire
Tours Cathedral


Seven lots brought over $100,000 each in Mastro Auctions Premier sale including a near perfect 1938 Goudey set that sold for over $286,000.
A 1938 high grade Goudey Heads Up set brought a stunning $238,587 in the latest sale of rare vintage sports cards and memorabilia conducted by Mastro Auctions.
The 48-card graded set was offered either individually or as a group and the set bid won out. With the company's 20% buyer's premium added, the final price was $286,304. The set was part of the famed Lionel Carter collection and had been put together by the long-time collector during and shortly after its issue in 1938. It included several mint and near mint graded examples of Hall of Famers including Joe DiMaggio, Jimmie Foxx and a SGC 98 (gem mint) Hank Greenberg.
Also surpassing the $200,00 mark was a T3 Turkey Red set of 100 (plus one variation). One of the most popular pre-War sets, the 1911 issue included a high bid of $176,068, while the premium pushed the price to $211,282.
The portion of Carter's phenomenal baseball card collection brought $1.6 million but Carter told the Chicago Sun-Times he would rather not have felt forced to the cards.
Prices above include the 20% premium. For complete results, click here.
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