Thanhouser Career Synopsis: Charlotte Walker joined Thanhouser in the autumn of 1916 and was seen in a Thanhouser film in 1917.
Biographical Notes: Charlotte Walker was born in Galveston, Texas on December 29, 1878, the only daughter of Edwin A. Walker and the former Charlisa Ganahl. Her father was a well-to-do cotton broker, and her mother came from a wealthy family of ranchers. Her father was killed in an accident when she was 11, after which she went with her two brothers and mother to live on the Ganahl ranch. Around the year 1890, when Richard Mansfield brought his Beau Brummel company to San Antonio, she traveled with her brothers and mother 80 miles to see him. Soon thereafter, Charlotte was sent to New York State to attend the Fort Edwards Collegiate Institute, where she studied drama. In 1895 she made her debut on stage, and two years later in New York City she landed a job as an extra in Richard Mansfield's touring company. In 1896, to recover from an illness, she went to England with her mother. In London, while staying in a boarding house in Bloomsbury, she applied for a job as an actress and soon thereafter was on stage with Sir Charles Hawtrey in The Mummy, which, fortuitously, had a role calling for an American girl.
Two months before her 18th birthday, Charlotte Walker married Dr. John Haden and retired from the stage. In 1899 the couple had a daughter, Sarah. In 1900 her family lost everything in the Galveston flood, and she went back before the footlights to earn a living. By that time she had two daughters. In 1902, realizing that her marriage had failed, she sought a divorce. By 1910, she had married playwright Eugene Walter and had appeared in one of his plays, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. In 1930 this union also was to end in divorce. During her years on stage the actress appeared with Marie Dressler, James A. Herne, James K. Hackett, Kyrle Bellew, E.H. Sothern, Cecil B. DeMille, Mary Pickford (in The Warrens of Virginia), and others.
Her screen career included Lasky (Out of the Darkness, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, etc.) and McClure (Sloth - the sixth episode in the Seven Deadly Sins serial, etc.). She was with McClure until October 1916, at which time her mail address was 1451 Broadway, New York City. An advertisement in The Motion Picture News, Section 2 (directory), October 21, 1916, noted that Ouida Bergere, associated with the Players Engagement Department of the American Play Company, Inc. (33 West 42nd Street, New York City), had placed Charlotte Walker with Thanhouser "during the past week." She appeared in the 1917 Thanhouser release of Mary Lawson's Secret. Her husband, Eugene Walter, had a supporting role in the film. It was expected that Miss Walker should appear in several Thanhouser pictures, but the others never materialized. Around the same time, she was working with Mutual in Pardners, based on a story by Rex Beach, released January 29, 1917.
In its issue of April 1, 1919 The New York Dramatic Mirror stated that while Charlotte Walker had scored successes in road shows, including the current Tea for Three, "whenever she appears in New York, the play is unsuccessful." In the 1920s and 1930s she was on stage in various productions, of which the last was The Sleeping Clergyman (1934). In the meantime she also had numerous supporting roles in such films as Classmates, The Lone Wolf, The Sixth Commandment, The Clown, Paris Bound, Three Faces East, Salvation Nell, and Hotel Variety, with her last screen appearance being in the 1941 release of Scattergood Meets Broadway. Charlotte Walker died in Kerrville, Texas on March 23, 1958 and was survived by her two daughters, Sarah Haden (1899-1981), who became a stage and screen actress and who altered the spelling of her first name to Sara), and Mrs. Bernard Savage.
Note: The Thanhouser actress is not to be confused with Charlotte Walker DeKomlosy, wife of portrait painter Edward Komlosy, who died on August 1, 1919, in Hillside, New Jersey. Under her maiden name of Charlotte Walker, Mrs. DeKomlosy was prominent on the American musical stage from the late 19th century until about 1904, when she went to Europe, remaining there until 1916.


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In the text-book we looked at franchising as a mechanism for expanding a retailer's operations both in a national and international context.
One of the most challenging aspects of retail strategy revolves around the issue of how to achieve a critical mass in terms of the scale of operations. How quickly can you grow the business in terms of the number of outlets?
We are all probably aware of the potential benefits. The larger the scale of operations then the more likely it is that a retailer can benefit from getting better discounts and deals from suppliers. A retailer can also spread the cost of doing business across the outlets and benefit from synergies and so on.
Franchising is seen as a quick and relatively low-cost way of achieving such a position.
The traditional franchise model is based on two key features: an initial "up-front" payment by the franchisee (the individual who wishes to become a partner / member of the franchise arrangement) and an annual percentage of sales that is paid to the franchiser (the company / individual who has established the original business idea and developed it into a successful investment proposition). The success of the concept is based on the belief that the franchisee benefits from the established brand proposition and the expertise of the franchiser in terms of help and support provided by the latter. It also works on the principle that it gives the franchisee the opportunity to own his / her business and a clear incentive to work hard to make it work. The franchisor benefits from gaining access to a wider geographic region and thus begin to benefit from a larger scale of operation.
I was brought back to this topic recently when reading an article about Majestic Wine: the largest specialist wine retailer in the UK. Originally established in 1980, it has expanded to over 200 stores in the UK and two in France. In 2015 it acquired Naked Wines to enable it to expand its operations.
Let me stress that it does not currently operate a full franchise model: none of its stores are franchised out.
However it has begun to introduce what its CEO Rowan Gormley refers to as a "franchise – light concept. Gormley was previously the CEO of Naked Wines and when this was acquired by Majestic Wine he subsequently became its overall CEO.
In his new role he embraced the philosophy of putting the customer and his staff first. In response to the customer he developed a multi-channel strategy with "click and collect" and online sales, simplify the pricing strategy and improve the design of the store to make it more "customer-friendly". In response to the staff he felt that it was necessary to create a climate which could better incentivise his store managers.
Motivating store managers was seen as a particular challenge. In 2015 around twenty-three per cent of them left: mainly due to the restrictive nature of bonuses (they could only earn up to a maximum of £1000 and were earning a salary of £28,000.
This raises a more general question of the challenges of retaining staff in a sector which is pressurised to manage costs and salaries in order to remain competitive, particularly in the face of the ever-present threat of discounters.
The traditional "command and control" model is predicated on the practice of everything remaining in the hands of top management: where decisions on strategy are passed on to middle and junior management for implementation with little or no consultation.
Gormley challenged this approach by introducing what he termed the "Majestic Partners Programme" in 2016. This is based on the principle of allowing store managers to take responsibility for more control over the management and day-to-day operations of the business.
This is reflected in the store managers making decisions on issues such as staffing levels, opening hours, which product line to carry, discount levels and tasting products for use within the store.
Such a strategy can potentially allow them to earn around £50,000 based on performance. This is a significant improvement on the average earnings of £30,000 for the typical store manager.
This "franchise light" approach buys into some of the underlying features of a traditional franchise model. For instance it passes over some of the operational decision-making to individual store owner. By taking responsibility for areas identified earlier the manager is in a position to directly influence his / her income from the business.
While not having any responsibility for overall strategic decisions, never the less it can be argued that such responsibility can act as a major incentive and provide a strong indication that the store manager has an influence on the future of the individual store and by implication the overall business model.
It also provides a major incentive to stay with Majestic Wine and grow the business.
More importantly (for the store manager) it means that no up-front fee is required in order to participate in the business model. Thus one key element of the traditional business model is ignored.
One of the criticisms of the traditional franchise model is that there is conflict between what the franchiser wants and what the franchisee gets.
The franchiser does not want an entrepreneurial individual who typically likes to take some risks and above all resents being told what to do. In short they want someone who will diligently follow and embrace the underlying value proposition that has been embedded in the business.
However people who might invest in such a business (particularly if they have some independence and flair) find it difficult to operate in a situation where there is no "wiggle-room" for introducing new ideas or behaving in an innovative way.
The "half-way house" approach introduced by Gormley at Majestic Wines possibly overcomes this dilemma. It enables store managers to increase their income levels while at the same time broadening their range of management and customer service skills. In the longer term this arguably makes the overall business of Majestic Wine more profitable and sustainable.
As against that it can be argued that some of the successful store managers will most likely move onwards and upwards or even establish a rival business proposition.
On balance I like the approach adopted by Majestic Wine as it avoids some of the pitfalls of the typical franchise arrangement. It should certainly improve the qualities of the store manager.
Gormley expects to have around fifty to sixty per cent of the store portfolio operating the "franchise-light" model over the next year to eighteen months.
He recognises that not all store managers would be keen to participate in such a framework and be burdened with the responsibility for such decisions.
Successful managers who improve the business are likely to seek further reward by gaining promotion. If such a procedure or opportunity is not available then they will move to another company.
Gormley's overall philosophy revolves around the "test and learn" model. Let's keep an eye on this business over the coming years.
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Device makers take big writedowns on renal denervation
May 13, 2014 By Brad Perriello
Three of the 4 major players in the renal denervation market took big write-downs on their RDN assets after the surprise failure of Medtronic's (NYSE:MDT) Symplicity-3 clinical trial.
Symplicity-3 was widely expected to be a slam dunk, vaulting Medtronic into 1st place in the U.S. renal denervation space. But the trial, more rigorously designed than previous trials with a sham control arm, failed to meet its primary efficacy endpoint.
The news ultimately prompted Medtronic to suspend further trials of the RDN technique, which uses an ablation catheter to interrupt the sympathetic nervous response that plays a role in high blood pressure. Medtronic also halted enrollment in several other trials of the Symplicity device, which the company acquired for $800 million when it bought Ardian in 2010.
In its most recent quarterly filing with the SEC, Medtronic said it took a $236 million writedown on the Ardian acquisition, including a $192 million charge for in-process R&D and another $44 million writedown of other Ardian assets.
"The Ardian impairment resulted from the company's January 2014 announcement that the U.S. pivotal trial in renal denervation for treatment-resistant hypertension, Symplicity HTN-3, failed to meet its primary efficacy endpoint. Based on the results of the trial, we have suspended enrollment of our renal denervation hypertension trials that are being conducted in the U.S., Japan, and India," Medtronic said.
The Symplicity-3 failure pushed Covidien (NYSE:COV), which acquired Maya Medical's OneShot RDN platform in 2012 in a deal worth up to $230 million, to abandon its OneShot program entirely. That resulted in total charges of $35 million, partially offset by the reversal of $26 million in milestones due on the Maya acquisition (Covidien paid $60 million up-front in cash and with another $170 million on the line in milestones). Covidien said the net charge for scuttling the OneShot program was $22 million during the 1st 6 months of its fiscal 2014 year.
For Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX), which paid $130 million for Vessix and its RDN system in 2012, the decision to delay its RDN program indefinitely resulted in a pre-tax impairment charge of $55 million during the 1st quarter this year. The Vessix deal also carried milestone provisions, in this case worth another $300 million.
The 4th major player in the RDN stakes, St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ), developed its EnligHTN platform internally and hasn't announced any writedown of those assets. But St. Jude did say that it expects lower sales for EnligHTN this year "driven by expected overall market declines in the treatment of drug-resistant, uncontrolled hypertension," according to its own most recent quarterly filing. St. Jude halted its Enlightn IV trial of the next generation of its renal denervation technology in December 2013, just a few months after it began.
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(N) means this particular variety is new to me and (TN) means this type of plant is totally new to my garden.
Can you tell I have a thing for kale? I love it raw in salads, and it makes really nutritious chicken food, so I can't wait to try the Proteor forage variety, which I'd never heard of.
I also tried to order some yarrow, great burdock, and Verde de taglio Swiss chard seeds, but they were already sold out—a reminder that I really should try to place my seed orders in early January.
If you're looking for some general gardening how to and help, I highly recommend The Vegetable Gardener's Bible, which has been my favorite gardening book for the past 13 years. I always turn to it first, and every time I pick it up I learn something new.
If you'd like some garden design inspiration, The Complete Kitchen Garden: An Inspired Collection of Garden Designs & 100 Seasonal Recipes by Ellen Ecker Ogden (founder of The Cook's Garden) is a really neat book offering instructions on how to create several different themed gardens in various shapes and sizes, plus recipes using the bounty from each. Think salad lover's garden, children's garden, culinary herb garden, etc. Both of these books would also make great gifts for new gardeners.
Have you ordered your seeds yet? Have you started any seeds yet? Are you growing anything I ordered? Do tell!
© FarmgirlFare.com, where everything eventually gets purchased and planted, but it may take quite a while—and one of these days I'll put up better fencing and finally have a cat- and dog-free garden. It's fun to have them hang out with you while you work, but not quite worth all the damage they do when you're not looking.
I have four types of lettuce seeds and some onion seeds under grow lights in my basement. I still have to plant my garlic -- ugh! I am really looking forward to direct seeding my peas on St. Patrick's Day.
Yesterday morning, I discovered that at least one overwintering little field mouse has been nibbling the tops of the lettuce sprouts so I had to reseed some of them.
Last week, for the first time ever, I made my own bread using your Farmhouse White recipe. I can't believe it worked so well! Thanks for all the guidance.
Congratulations on baking your own bread! I'm so glad you had success with the Farmhouse White recipe. Thanks for the feedback.
This is too funny. I just got my catalogue today from Baker Creek. I am so in love with it!
First of all, wishing you and the farmily a good year in every way---health,weather,prosperity,ideas,love,just everything---last year was tough!
Be careful where you plant that nettles! You don't want it somewhere that you often work because the sting is annoying and persistent; in addition it can be invasive but your raised beds should help contain it unless you let it naturalize somewhere on the farm? Are you sure it doen't grow wild there? We have it everywhere and may add it to some lamb sausage in the Spring when it is young and tender.
I ordered from a new seed company that I think you would like: Wild Garden Seed. Great philosophy, all organic, and lots of temptations! The kale selection is particularly good---they breed and select for plants that are suitable for growers like us. Their seed is found in other catalogues I order from but I didn't realize until this year that you could order directly from them.
Lastly, and I mean it, if you don't get that garlic planted, I am more than happy to send you a "care package" full for eating and planting! You know where to find me :).
Tomorrow and Tuesday we shear the sheep! Just made some raspberry almond bars and lemon coconut bread for the crew (thanks to you!).
I think I'm going to just come and live with you.
Thanks, too, for all the great advice. That's a good idea about the nettles. I think I will put them in their own spot by themselves somewhere. I know they grow wild around here, but I haven't been able to find any and figured it might be good to have my own cultivated patch. I've stayed away from nettles for years despite their being so nutritious and healing because knowing my clumsy self, I figured I would end up getting stung on half my body, lol, but it seems like everywhere I turn lately there's some mention of them, so I'm taking it as a sign.
The same with purslane (well, not the stinging part, thank goodness). I know it's a weed for most people, and my Amish neighbors have it growing wild in much of their garden (and gave me as much as I wanted last year), but I've never seen it growing anywhere on the farm, so I figured I would try starting some from seed.
Oh wow - Wild Garden Seed sounds great. I love what they are all about. And you're right - lots of temptations. I will definitely be ordering some of their seeds. Thanks so much.
Ha - I just made some Raspberry Almond Bars last week as part of a care package for a starving shepherd friend who LOVES them. I may not have given her quite the whole batch though. ;) And I've been meaning to make a loaf of the Lemon Coconut Quick Bread for ages. I love that stuff, especially toasted. Thanks for the reminder!
Am looking forward to your assessment of the various kales next fall. I am sticking to my favourite Red Russian and Tuscan black strap this year, but am always willing to add another....preferably one that freezes well. Now I have to get my seed orders in....late!
All right, I just have to ask. I notice you are ordering a boat load of kale. For the Missouri summer--really? I am from St. Louis and my sister and brother-in-law had a small farm near Van Buren, MO, so I know those hot, muggy Ozark (and St. Louis) summers. Are you really implying that kale will live through that heat?
I am now living in South Texas (San Antonio)--dry, hot, and with an awful drought. Could kale survive in this climate? Our soil is alkaline and clay-like (most people around here don't really have soil--they've got about an inch of "soil" and then sheer rock, but I'm lucky--I've got a few inches, and I'm making raised beds). I always thought kale was a winter vegetable. Am I mistaken? I just recently learned that chard can tolerate heat--now when people mention "heat," do they really mean South Texas heat, or are they referring to the high 80's? At any rate, I'd love more detail on heat hardiness and kale.
P.S. You can read all about how to grow your own Swiss chard from seed (and find links to some of my favorite chard recipes) here.
I so enjoy your blog! We live in NW Arkansas, maybe not so far from you? I wonder if you have some advice on how to keep rabbits from eating all my young plants? Last year I planted several rows of beans that we were going to let dry and use for storing. The rabbits destroyed them. We tried spraying with homemade yucky stuff, A scarecrow with a light on at night (which worked for awhile). I am dreading the loss of precious plants this year and the replanting. Do you think covering with row covers would help until the plants got bigger? Help!
Ah, rabbits. They can be such a pain. Cute, but voracious. :) The only 100% guaranteed way to keep them away from your plants is to surround your garden - or garden beds - with rabbit proof fencing, which of course isn't always possible.
I think floating row covers should help, though you may have to pin them down to the ground to keep the rabbits from ducking under them. Row covers can be tricky because some plants need access from pollinators so you can't keep them covered once they start to bloom.
And remember that they also hold in the heat. I was reminded of this the hard way last spring when it started getting really hot and I wanted to protect my lettuce. Instead of making shade with an old sheet and bamboo stakes like I usually do, I laid the row cover directly over the plants - and turned the entire 4x8 bed of gorgeous lettuce to disgusting mush.
I hope this comment will not be too forward or too late of me: if we could all plant a little more than what we ourselves will use this year and donate the excess to our local food banks or food pantries when harvest comes? This is my request and my challenge to all of us gardeners – plan for extras around our virtual tables and help the local poor taste locavore at its finest! Thanks to all of you!
It's been a very frustrating March for us. After a mild winter, it turned cold and wet in March and we've been able to plant almost nothing. I finally did get the carrots, radishes and spinach planted, but I worry the soil will crust. We're behind on everything else.
Thanks for the book recommendations. I recently bought the new book by Pam Dawling Sustainable Market Farming and I'm really enjoying it. Lots of great information in it.


..but I'll take it just the same.
Two buffs with dates and a nice merc.
Most of my buffs I have found this year have had dates so on a streak.
Two Buffs and a Merc!! Really good finds there!
Take a look at the back of that 1937 nickel. If it has a "D" mint mark, then take a look at the buffalo. If it has only three legs (the right front leg is missing, due to a mint error) ... then you have a rare and valuable one.
It is a D mint but it has 4 legs.
Man! Those nickels look great! Mine always come out looking brown, and nothing I've tried changes them! Congrats, like those kind of spills!
Oh, these didn't start out that way, trust me.
Once I determined this was not a 3 legged 37d and looked up to make sure neither one was worth much I took a brillo pad and a lot of elbow grease to them.
These were dark, encrusted and almost unidentifiable before that.
I know coin guys say never clean coins like this but they are mine, they are never going to be sold and to me look much better in my collection of I can recognize what they are.
I have found older Jefferson's, buffs and a few V nickels and none ever come out of the ground looking good.
Silver war nickels yes, coins and jewelry made out of mostly nickel not so much.
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When I was a kid those 2 Buffs and the dime would have meant a double feature western,a coke, and a box of popcorn. Those were the days!!!!
Two Buffs and a Merc!! Congratulations!
Congrats on some nice finds!
Great job cleaning those buffalos,they look awesome.
Yeah, I agree with you! If they are not valuable, I clean mine also. For 99% of the people that I show them to, they say WOW, I like showing my collection! Crusty ones don't raise an eyebrow! I've never had anyone yet say, those are too clean! LOL. Indian Head Cents are a little different, clean them too good and they look worse than crusty. I'm trying now to clean 4 Indians, using distilled water in and ice cube tray and freezing and thawing them. Supposed to knock the crud off without damaging the patina, so far it's working. Patience? What is that?


a. Hertz is used to measure frequency.
b. Kelvin is used to measure temperature.
c. Bel is used to measure atmospheric pressure.
d. ohm is used to measure electrical resistance.
3. Which of the following is used in semi-conductors?
8. Protein is not available in which of the following?
9. Lever functions on which of the following principles?
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Manchester United have released injury-plagued midfielder Owen Hargreaves after deciding not to extend his contract beyond this summer.
The £17m signing from Bayern Munich has made only 39 appearances for United since he joined them in July 2007.
"This has been a difficult decision knowing how hard the lad has worked to win back his fitness," United boss Sir Alex Ferguson told the Mail on Sunday.
"But we've made it hoping he'll be able to resurrect his career elsewhere."
Hargreaves, 30, helped United win the Premier League title in his debut season and played in the Champions League final victory against Chelsea in May 2008 in Moscow.
The combative midfielder scored in the penalty shoot-out against the Blues but since then he has hardly figured for the Old Trafford club.
He has suffered from tendinitis in both knees and his recovery from surgery to cure the problem saw him mainly restricted to the sidelines.
Last season Hargreaves appeared only once in the first-team, as a 93rd-minute substitute at Sunderland in May 2010.
In the current campaign, he started against Wolves in November but went off after only 10 minutes with a hamstring injury.


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The game of rugby is very interesting. Characterized by a series of sweat and effort in plays as well as brotherhood and sisterhood the game becomes even more interesting and for this reason, so many people are attached to it. Rugby betting has also become a big deal in the world of sports. However, it is also very important to have an understanding of the positions in rugby and how they operate.
Basically, the role of forwards is to gain possession of the ball and to retain it. The players are normally the strongest and the most built so that they would take part in the scrum for the ball as well as the line- out. Normally the forwards are always referred to as the packs especially in the part where scrum is involved.
Here is where the two props up are located and also one hooker which makes a total of three players. The props are present to offer support for the hooker when the scrums take place and also they are the strength and power of the jumpers in the line-outs. The hooker as the strongest should be key in attacking and strumming of the ball and they are responsible for the throw-in line ups.
This is where the locks are located. They are usually the tallest and their specialty is jumping at the line-out. They are supposed to be the standing jumpers with support of other forwards and they should always collect the thrown ball and ensure it comes down to their side. They should also provide forward drive in the scrum.
Their work is to purposely to create scoring opportunities. There are normally small in size and their speed is tremendous as they move to the forward. They usually have excellent kicking and ball-handling skills and this applies to the fly-half, scrum-half, and the full-backs.
Half-backs
The half-backs are basically the scrum half's and the fly-half who is the fastest in the team. The fly-half is normally the one to orchestrate the team's game plan and therefor his performance is very crucial. Being the first to receive the ball from the scrum-half after the scrum or line-out, their speed is essential.
Three quarters
Here is where we find the inside, outside the center, and the left and right wings. Their task is basically defense. They attack the opponents and in that case, they should employ tremendous speed and strength as they tackle the attacking players. The winds are always positioned on the outside of the backline at the pitch. The wings are to finish the moves of the team as well as the score tries. They are quite fast and the best runners in the team and they execute tremendous speeds to avoid tackles.
They are generally several meters behind the backline. Their work is to field the kicks from the opposition and they are usually the last line of defense in case an opponent succeeds in breaking through the backline.
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1. Quiet! Our world is way too noisy right now. Every day, we have to listen to political leaders, the media and pundits run on ad on about their ideas and do their very best to be the loudest voice in the room. In the new book Quiet, the authors explore how introverts very often make the best leaders. Hmmm…interesting? The book is not out now, but my hunch tells me that introverts are probably the best leaders, because they are often more quiet…listening and weighing the information. Introverts also love to mull over information, giving thoughtful time before they speak or jump the gun.
2. Create spaces where your creative energy can thrive. As a Feng Shui consultant, I work with people who are all unique. Each person needs to pay closely to their environments and the ones in which they thrive best. At the same time, you will want to bring some sense of order to our environments. Too much of a good thing can lead to a loss of balance and chaos. So, when the environments become cluttered, it is time to back up and make space for creativity. Your world is a reflection of what is going on. If you are feeling chaotic as a leader, it is critical to pause, to listen and to observe before speaking. Clear spaces will help build this environment that will cultivate calm.
3. Clear out all of your digital media. It is easy to lose sight of what we are storing electronically, which can cause clutter and force our lives to slow down and also be chaotic. Be sure to create space in your both your paper and electronic files.
4. Look closely at trends. Find out what other leaders are doing and the unique things they have done. By being a trend setter, you will be noticed as an unconventional leader, which is needed in this era. We all need to be looking at the history of the last year and then plan for the future. It is important to look at trends and ask "What was it that made this trend stickable" or "What was it that made this trend die on the vine"? By answering these questions, as a leader, you can begin to see repeating patterns in the marketplace and in their industries.
5. You must be willing to know who you are as a leader in order to realize your best and highest contribution. If people really knew their skills and strengths, they would not have to force themselves into a job or a role that they really cannot take on. I always wonder how the planet would improve if we were all in the best roles and jobs we were suited for. We tend to morph things and ourselves to do things that we just don't want to do. This takes a lot of time and energy and creates employee complaints. Many people stay frustrated doing a job that needs to be outsources. With more recognition in the workplace of the different skills available in each person, employee satisfaction, improvement and productivity would go through the roof.


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Jacques Gillet, Félix Roulin and René Greisch: The Cocoon of Love
Jacques Charlier: Photographies de Vernissages, 1974 - 75
Jef Cornelis: Brussels, Pieces of Happiness
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Catherine Vertige & Kosten Koper: Sad in Country
Virginie Devillez: D'hier à aujourd'hui, les nouveaux modèles de galerie
Ann Veronica Janssens & Michel François: Vaporetto
Virginie Devillez: Toutes ces dames au Salon!
Valerie Verhack: 1968 – 1969 : Poëtische revolutie tussen Brussel en Antwerpen
JEF CORNELIS
BRUSSELS, PIECES OF HAPPINESS
By Koen Brams
First broadcast: VRT 2, 09/05/1995, 22:45
Colour, 57' 16"
Programme: Signs
Script: Rudi Laermans and Pieter 't Jonck
Texts: Louis-Paul Boon and Arlette Farge
Voice: Frank Vercruysse
Film clips (editing): Jozef De Bock and Danny Segers
Camera: Paul Snauwaert
Sound recording: Robert Van Humbeeck
Other collaborators: Adelin Peeters and Walter De Four
Music: George De Decker and Ward Weis
Musicians: André Goudbeek, Jos Steen and Rik Verstrepen
Sound mixing: Walter De Niel
Graphic design: Helga Boeye
Editing: Eddy Bergiers
Telecine: Raf Moreels
Assistant director: Eva Binnemans
Director: Jef Cornelis
Production: Rik Sauwen
Brussels, Pieces of Happiness is a complex film that broaches multiple subjects. On the one hand, it deals with the Brussels-Capital Region, while on the other hand it focuses explicitly on Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, one of the poorest of the nineteen municipalities that form the Brussels-Capital Region. The film thematizes both the flight of the native Belgians from the Brussels-Capital Region and the ghettoisation and impoverishment of Molenbeek. The film also sheds light on the customs and morals of the elderly native Belgians and the young foreigners. In addition to disconcerting images of contemporary life in Brussels and Molenbeek, a lot of old footage is shown of the demolition of the Brussels-North railway station (1956), the World's Fair in Brussels (1958), the demolition of Brussels' Northern Quarter (starting in 1967) and… the violent riots in Molenbeek (1991).
The film doesn't just consist of images, but also of texts, borrowed from Louis-Paul Boon — who wrote The City of Brussels, a Jungle in 1946 — and the French historian Arlette Farge. Especially by recording fragments of Farge's texts, Brussels, Pieces of Happiness also reflects on itself and more particularly on the handling of archive material: "It can be tempting to allow the archive documents to speak for themselves. The documents are often so surprising, both due to their beauty and the profundity of their meaning, that one would want to present them to the reader unedited, as they appear. […] Nevertheless, the belief that the naked presentation of the text guarantees truth or would not distort its meaning is an illusion. History cannot be reduced to simply digging up old texts and documents. Inevitably, history is a reflexive discourse. Each successive generation thinks about the past and expresses it in the light of new facts and themes".
The critical views on man and urbanism articulated by Cornelis since 1966 in films such as Man and Conurbation (1966), Things that aren't mentioned (1968), Building in Belgium (1971), The Street (1972), M'Zab, City Life in the Desert (1974) and Highway N°1 (1978), are further elaborated in a disturbing way in Brussels, Pieces of Happiness. The combination of the nonchalance with which contractor Charly De Pauw sealed the fate of the thousands of inhabitants of the Noordwijk neighbourhood (which was completely demolished in the late sixties), the hopelessness of the living conditions in the ghetto of Molenbeek in 1995 and the Belgians who have turned their back on their capital is absolutely bewildering.


"…Since the release of the report of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, UNDP — in collaboration with governments, civil society, [and] other U.N. partners has supported 88 countries to remove human rights and legal barriers to HIV services and increase rights-based programming. UNDP is committed to expanding this work to include a human rights and gender-based approach to TB. With support from the Global Fund, UNDP is working with leading African human rights civil society organizations … to address human rights barriers faced by vulnerable communities in Africa, and increase access to lifesaving HIV and TB services in 10 African countries. … If we want to end TB by 2030, investing in human rights and gender-based approaches to TB that put people living with and affected by TB at the center of the response is critical" (3/23).
"…[H]umans aren't winning the war against TB, which last year killed 1.8 million people, regaining its old title as the world's leading infectious killer of adults. Happy World TB Day. … Only rigorous clinical trials will permit us to conclude that we humans have a better shot of winning the war against tuberculosis in all its varied forms. Such a trial was just announced by Médecins Sans Frontières and Partners In Health. … Although the humans have gained territory with new diagnostics that speed up the glacial pace of identifying mutant strains so that patients might benefit from the new drugs, these rapid tests are based on decades-old discoveries. As with the new drugs, their commercial development was delayed since the potential beneficiaries were too poor to treat. UNITAID supports this new trial as well as the necessary steps to bring its fruits to those previously disregarded. … The last front in the Partners In Health and Médecins Sans Frontières project is a joint operation with another NGO, Interactive Research and Development, ensuring that we remain on the frontlines against the wily bacterium. By finally countering TB's cunning battle plan with a bold, multipronged approach that embeds science and care delivery and keeps the poorest people in mind, some year soon, World TB Day may be a day for celebration" (3/24).
"For the first time since tuberculosis (TB) surfaced centuries ago, we can see the possibility of living in a TB-free world. Unlike other global health diseases, TB is curable. What TB lacks is the political will to provide resources to prevent and treat TB and support for research to find even more effective diagnostic tools. Living in a TB-free world would change the global health landscape. … Doctors and nurses would not have to put their own health on the line every time they treated a patient with TB. Hospitals could provide better care for their patients if they weren't overwhelmed with managing patients with TB. Health systems could save millions of dollars and countless hours currently invested in screening health care workers. And once TB is contained, human, laboratory, procurement, and distribution resources would be available to treat people with non-communicable diseases. … With an infusion of resources, we can get on a path to create a TB-free world. … On this World TB Day, let's imagine a world free from TB. Then, let's make it so" (3/24).
"…Today, the TB epidemic is particularly prevalent in Africa. But, beyond the huge challenges it poses to health and economic development on the continent, the hot spots found in Africa form pockets of resistance and hotbeds that could jeopardize the global control of tuberculosis and undermine global health. … The World TB Day commemoration on March 24 presents African governments with an opportunity to take stock of actions being taken and galvanize efforts towards ending TB by 2030. … [The U.N. high level meeting on TB in 2018] will allow the international community to define a global strategy that will also be the topic of a WHO global ministerial conference on the fight against TB to be convened in November 2017 in Moscow. … As the main victim of the disease, Africa certainly deserves international support, but it should also aim at proving it can lead the struggle for a world freed from TB" (3/24).


Start with The Stranger events page: https://www.thestranger.com/events/ which you can dig down into for music, movies, film festivals & events, theater & dance, comedy, art, readings, sports, clubs, etc.
Then there is this nifty site: https://www.events12.com/seattle/ which thoughtfully breaks down events into little bite-size descriptions with dates, distance, and brief descriptions. Also, it has tiny icons to designate holiday-specific events.
Use this list for if you have a specific theater or neighborhood in mind.


I recently bought a new Linksys wireless router and after setting it up with basic WEP security, I tried to logon from my laptop and was successful! Not very exciting, eh?
Fabulous! What certificate! I checked my settings on the wireless router to make sure I didn't accidentally setup certificate security, but found no such thing. Also, since I was able to connect from my laptop with no problem, it led me to believe it was something wrong with my desktop.
After about 30 minutes of fiddling around with various settings, I was able to figure out what the problem was. Here's how to connect to your wireless router if you are getting this message.
Now click on the Wireless Networks tab and select the network in the list at the bottom. Click on Properties once you select the wireless network that is having problems.
Click on the Authentication tab and now uncheck the Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network box. If the box was checked, then that was why you were getting the "unable to find a certificate to log you on to the network" message because Windows is looking for one, but your wireless router is not setup for certificate security.
And that's it! Once I unchecked that box and tried to reconnect to the wireless network, everything worked fine! Enjoy!


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From The Iron Giant to Tomorrowland: The awesome Brad Bird
We look back at the career of Tomorrowland director Brad Bird
By Robert Ives	 05-10-15 4,209
As a writer, producer, screenwriter and actor, Brad Bird has many strings to his bow. He began his career as an animator and was mentored by Milt Kahl, one of Disney's legendary Nine Old Men, and was part of one of the earliest graduating classes of the infamous California Institute of the Arts alongside the likes of Tim Burton and John Lasseter. With a strong animation background, he served as creative consultant on The Simpsons during its first eight seasons and is credited for helping to develop the show's notorious animation style.
To celebrate the release of Tomorrowland: A World Beyond (available on Disney Blu-ray TM & DVD 5th October), we take a look at the directing career of two time Academy Award winner Brad Bird.
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond (2015)
Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank (George Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey (Britt Robertson) a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space known only as "Tomorrowland." What they must do there changes the world—and them—forever. Tomorrowland: A World Beyond promises to take audiences on a thrill ride of nonstop adventures through new dimensions that have only been dreamed of.
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
Considered one of the most popular action franchises of all time, Bird was bought on board to direct the fourth instalment of the Mission: Impossible series. Tom Cruise returns as protagonist Ethan Hunt, with a new team by his side for a cat and mouse chase to track down terrorist Hendricks. Hendricks has gained access to Russian nuclear codes and is planning a deadly strike on the US. An attempt by Hunt and his team to put a stop to Hendricks ends in disaster and forces them from Dubai to Mumbai with a series of spectacular action sequences along the way as they aim to destroy the terrorist once and for all. The movie was Bird's first live action film and became the highest- grossing Mission: Impossible.
Winner of Best Animated Feature Film of the Year at the 2008 Academy Awards, Pixar's Ratatouille, is a firm family favourite. It follows the story of Remy a street rat who dreams of becoming a great French chef. Remy doesn't have luck on his side, his family don't believe he can make it as a chef, and there's the obvious problem of being a rat in a distinctly rodent-phobic profession. But Remy's luck looks like it's about to change when he finds himself situated in the Parisian sewers beneath the restaurant of his hero, Chef Auguste Gusteau. Cue lots of laugher as Remy sets about a hilarious rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.
Another Pixar classic, The Incredibles picked up two Academy Awards at the 2005 ceremony including a gong for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year. Featuring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson and Holly Hunter, the film follows husband and wife duo, Bob and Helen. Under their code names of Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, they were the world's greatest crime-fighting superheroes, always saving lives and battling evil. Fast forward fifteen years and the Parr's have been forced to live regular lives in the suburbs alongside their three children. Itching to revert back to their superhero days, Bob receives a mysterious message summoning him and his family to a remote island for one last assignment.
The Iron Giant (1999)
Featuring the voices of Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr and Jennifer Aniston, animated film The Iron Giant was Bird's first feature film post The Simpsons. The film follows nine-year old Hogarth Hughes who makes friends with a giant alien robot from outer space, voiced by Vin Diesel. When paranoid U.S Government agent Kent Mansley gets wind of his existence he becomes hell bent on destroying the giant at all costs. It's down to Hogarth to protect his new friend as he enlists the help of Dean McCoppin who must keep the giant safe in his junkyard.
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond is available on Disney Blu-ray TM & DVD 5th October. Keep up with the latest genre news with the new issue of SciFiNow.
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Review: "Breakheart Pass" Not Entirely Broken
By : Mark Fraser
Tag: breakheart pass, charless bronson
A Hollywood Western released at the end of 1975 failed to meaningfully connect with American audiences despite the fact it had a few good things going for it – including an enjoyable performance by its leading man. Putting aside its initial mediocre box office run, part time revisionist Mark Fraser examines some of the reasons why this film deserved a better hearing.
By the mid-1970s Charles Bronson was one of the highest paid stars in the US, demanding at least $1 million per movie*.
While this sum may seem low by today's standards, in those days it was big money, with the actor's salary being on par with the likes of Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Steve McQueen.
One of the odd things about this, though, is that none of the films he made around this time were exactly big cash spinners – particularly for the domestic market.
Although Newman and McQueen used their star power to pull in crowds for John Guillermin's multi-million dollar The Towering Inferno (1974) – which made $139.7 million** at the box office – and Redford was drawing on his good looks to give titles such as Sydney Pollack's 3 Days of the Condor (1975) and Alan J Pakula's All the President's Men (1976) some series returns (they made $41 million and $70.6 million respectively), Bronson appeared in a number of more low key efforts, including Tom Gries' 1975 Western Breakheart Pass.
Putting this in context, one of the key reasons Bronson's asking fee had climbed to such giddy heights was the fact his 1974 movie Death Wish (which was directed by Michael Winner) hit the big time amongst American cinemagoers, raking in an impressive $22 million against a $3 million budget upon its release.
The other was that while he still hadn't truly conquered the US market when the early 1970s had set in – a period which saw him making action films like 1972's The Mechanic and The Stone Killer the following year (both were also directed by Winner) – he had been a huge screen name in Europe since the late 1960s. Furthermore, he was enjoying considerable box office success in Asia and the Middle East.
Indeed, according to some sources, Bronson was, on a global scale, one of the world's biggest stars. Under these circumstances, if anyone deserved a pay rise it was "Le Sacre Monstre" (or sacred monster, as the French nicknamed him).
Yet once his bill reached the $1 million threshold, things post Death Wish didn't really change for the star box office-wise – at least not on the home front.
For instance, his 1975 films – the Gries-directed Breakout, Walter Hill's Hard Times and Breakheart Pass – only returned $16 million, $4 million and a more paltry $2.13 million*** domestically, arguably proving that US audiences were still not willing to fully embrace this leading man or the roles he chose to play.
Sadly, it eventually took a string of financially hit-and-miss (and mostly awful) Reagan-era vigilante movies made during the 1980s – starting with the despicable Death Wish sequel in 1982 (again directed by Winner) – to cement Bronson's star in the American market, pushing some of his more interesting titles of the 1970s into a cinematic backlot where only true fans of the man or the curious now bother to venture.
Breakheart Pass, while neither the best nor the worst of this collection, is one such work.
Deceptive game
Handsomely shot by veteran western cinematographer Lucien Ballard (who also filmed The Wild Bunch for Sam Peckinpah back in 1969 and, coincidently, photographed three other 1970s Bronson vehicles – Breakout, Frank Gilroy's From Noon Till Three and J Lee Thompson's St Ives [both 1976]) using what appear to be authentic sets and backdrops, the movie is essentially a detective story where a good deal of the drama takes place on a military train that is slowly shunting its way through some gloriously mountainous and predominantly snowy terrains towards an ambush (at the titular pass) involving a bunch of murderous gun thieves and opportunistic Indians.
Bronson plays John Deakin, who is introduced at the beginning of the story as a wanted arsonist and murderer, but is later revealed to be a federal secret service agent on the trail of a stolen cache of armaments. Posing as an outlaw, he is arrested by US Marshal Pearce (Ben Johnson) at the small rail outpost of Myrtle after being caught cheating in a card game. As it just so happens, a train transporting two carriages of replacement troops and some medical supplies – along with the dapper Nevada Governor Richard Fairchild (Richard Crenna) and his fiancée Marcia (Jill Ireland) – is passing through on its way to the isolated army post of Fort Humboldt, where a diphtheria epidemic has reportedly broken out.
The lawman manages to talk his way on board, bringing his enigmatic prisoner with him. Things begin to go askew, however, when people start disappearing or getting murdered. It's at this point the astute viewer will realise that some of the passengers – including businessman O'Brien (Charles Durning), Major Claremont (Ed Lauter) and the Reverend Peabody (Bill McKinney, whose screen freight from John Boorman's 1972 movie Deliverance makes this one weird piece of casting, even if he does turn out to be a decoy) – may not be who they seem, making the unravelling of this low rent mystery just that little bit more tantalising.
In relation to this, one of the problems with the script – which was adapted by the late Alistair MacLean from his own short novel – is the fact it's pretty easy to figure out who the baddies are fairly quickly, meaning the only real payback for the audience (aside from watching an early million dollar Bronson performance) is the big battle scene at the end, a conflict so tidy that it not only literally has the cavalry save the day, but concludes with the feeblest of Mexican stand offs as the good guys consolidate their inevitable win.
Having said that, the movie does boast a couple of truly exciting moments, the first being when the troop cars and caboose are disconnected from the rest of the train and hurtle back down the mountain, sending all of the occupants (whose bodies are conspicuously absent at the point of impact) to a spectacular death as the rolling stock derails and soars out into a ravine.
Meanwhile the second, which occurs later in the narrative, sees Deakin fighting Carlos the cook (Archie Moore) on top of the moving (and snow covered) train as it travels across one of the many enormous timber bridges scattered along the route. Choreographed by legendary Hollywood second unit director and stunt co-ordinator Yakima Canutt, it is a genuinely hairy ordeal as the two men, at one point, find themselves dangling from the side of a carriage as the ground beneath them vanishes into a steep gorge.
As usual Bronson is as cool as a cucumber; in fact nothing seems to bother the well-dressed Deakin – especially during the climactic battle as he scurries around in the snow wearing his black suit and riding boots planting sticks of dynamite, dodging bullets and, in a moment of foolhardy resolve, making a heroic horseback dash through the thick of battle to blow up a rail car.
Similarities apparent
Looking back, it's difficult to ascertain why Breakheart Pass didn't have the same audience appeal as Breakout (and, to a lesser extent, Hard Times), particularly as – in some ways – they are kind of similar works despite being in different genres.
In all three films Bronson fundamentally plays a good guy – tough as nails, but resourceful and principled – who finds himself in some very challenging (not to mention life-threatening) situations. As a result, he is genuinely fun to watch.
They also star Ireland, his real-life wife who, in the pair of Gries films at least, is reunited with a loved one thanks to the heroic efforts of this stoic protagonist. While kind of corny, it does give the movies a touch of romance – even if it never moves beyond a minor dose of unrequited love.
Additionally, they each have interesting supporting casts. This is particularly true of Breakheart Pass, where the calibre of people like Johnson, Lauter, Durning and Crenna make it feel like a legitimate ensemble Western.
Finally, as mentioned above, it is a truly attractive piece of work – from Ballard's lush images to the set design (by Darrell Silvera), costumes (Thomas Dawson with Paula Lynn Kaatz) and art direction (Johannes Larson). If anything, this one impressive-looking period piece.
So, with all this going for it, one has to ask: Why did Breakheart Pass fail to impress American film goers back in early 1976?
Although it's difficult to say with any degree of certainty, perhaps one reason was the domestic market really didn't want to see Bronson appearing in Westerns; rather, it preferred to watch him in contemporary violent actioners. Momentarily ignoring From Noon Till Three, which came out later that year and was quite successful (even the critics at this point had to acknowledge his talents), the actor only donned a cowboy suit one more time – in Thompson's The White Buffalo in 1977 (plus he played a rugged 1930s Yukon mountain man in Peter Hunt's 1981 frontier saga Death Hunt) – before finding his niche in the urban angst of Reagan's America.
Besides, at the time US audiences had Clint Eastwood to feed their Western diets. In this regard, it would seem despite playing a key role in one of the greatest Westerns ever made (Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West in 1968), "Harmonica" was ultimately no match for the "Man with No Name".
Or, to put it another way, the genre simply wasn't big enough for the both of them.
*All of the figures provided in this review are in US dollars.
**The box office numbers were sourced from Wikipedia.
***This was against a $6 million budget. Interestingly, the website UMR (Ultimate Movie Rankings) points out that $2.3 million in 1975 equates to $28.2 million today, which admittedly sounds a little more respectable.
Breakheart Pass was released on Blu-ray by Eureka on May 21 in the UK.
Words by Mark Fraser
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Duino ( Devin,  Tybein) je přímořské letovisko v Itálii, ležící 12 km severozápadně od Terstu. Od roku 1928 je součástí obce (comuna sparso) Duino-Aurisina, která má přes osm tisíc obyvatel, z toho v samotném Duinu žije asi jeden a půl tisíce.

Historie
Duino má dva hrady: starý z 11. století, který patřil pánům z Duina, vazalům aquilejských patriarchů, a je v rozvalinách, a nový, postavený roku 1389 rodinou Wallsee. Později ho obývali Thurn-Taxisové, kněžna Marie von Thurn und Taxis byla obdivovatelkou a mecenáškou básníka Rainera Marii Rilkeho, jehož inspiroval pobyt v Duinu k vytvoření sbírky Elegie z Duina. Zámek byl za první světové války poškozen ostřelováním, po opravě je přístupný veřejnosti jako muzeum, Rilkeho připomíná pamětní stezka.

V Duinu pobýval také Alasia da Sommaripa, autor prvního italsko-slovinského slovníku, hudební skladatel Hrabroslav Volarič, spisovatel Charles Nodier nebo fyzik Ludwig Boltzmann, který zde během dovolené v září 1906 spáchal sebevraždu.

Duino nabízí návštěvníkům secesní vily, pláže ke koupání, pitoreskní vápencový útes zvaný Dama Bianca (Bílá dáma), parkově upravené terasy s výhledem na moře, přírodní rezervaci Falesie di Duino a jeskyni, kde se ve starověku konaly obřady mithraistů. Natáčel se zde český film Účastníci zájezdu.

Oblast okolo Duina patřila k hrabství Gorice a Gradiška a byla nazývána Rakouská Riviéra. Většinu obyvatel tvořili Slovinci (podle sčítání z roku 1910 jich bylo 63,5 %), národnostní složení změnil odchod Němců po první světové válce a příliv italských uprchlíků z Istrie po druhé světové válce; v roce 1984 uvedlo slovinskou národnost přes čtyřicet procent občanů Duina. Po druhé světové válce patřilo Duino Svobodnému území Terst, od roku 1954 je součástí Itálie.

Od roku 1982 sídlí v Duinu pobočka mezinárodní školy United World Colleges.

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Externí odkazy

 Zámek Duino
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Gun Shop Owner Announces 'Extreme Changes' in Wake of Chattanooga, Declares Store 'Muslim-Free Zone
"I will not arm and train those who wish to do harm to my fellow patriots."
A Florida gun shop owner announced on Facebook Saturday that he will no longer sell or serve to the Muslim community.
Florida Gun Supply owner Andy Hallinan said in a video uploaded to the social media platform that the "extreme changes" were made because of his "moral" duty to his country.
"Now, I have a moral and legal responsibility to ensure the safety of all patriots in my community," Hallinan said in front of a Confederate flag. "And so effective immediately I'm declaring Florida Gun Supply a Muslim-free zone. I will not arm and train those who wish to do harm to my fellow patriots."
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"The jihadists said they would do it and they have. They said they would live among us, and they do," he added, telling viewers not to believe those who say Islam "is not evil."
Other changes to policy at the Inverness gun store include offering free concealed carry classes and opening the range up to the public at no charge.
"We want the public to be able to go out and practice in case we are ever called upon to defend our lives and or the community," Hallinan said.
Since the new policy was announced, the Council on American-Islamic Relations says it has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the shop is violating the civil rights of Muslims, WTSP-TV reported. The group contends the business may be violating law by refusing to serve individuals based upon their religion.
On Facebook, the shop insisted, however, that it "can deny service to anyone for any reason." When asked if employees would be asking each potential customer whether or not they are Muslim, the business replied "correct."
Since the video was posted by Hallinan, it has been viewed more than 34,000 times.
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I received my Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Saint Mary. As part of my practicum I worked for a neuropsychologist and spent extensive time administering a wide battery of neurological and psychological assessments. My additional practicum experience was in a private practice setting where I focused on psychotherapy and psychological assessments. I am interested in psychological, neuropsychological, educational, and career assessments. I am interested in working with those suffering from depression, anxiety disorders, ADHD, personality disorders, issues surrounding teenage girls, and have also had experience in working with victims of domestic violence.


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Adam Yarinsky is a founding partner at the Architecture Research Office in New York City. Yarinsky received his bachelor of architecture from the University of Virginia and his master of architecture from Princeton University. He served as the Sanders Teaching Fellow at the University of Michigan and has also taught at University of Virginia's School of Architecture, Yale University, Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and Princeton University.
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Tag: neighbours from hell
Imagine finding your perfect home with the love of your life and being certain that all your life is coming together just as it should. Jamie and Kirsty are delighted to find the home of their dreams at a knock down price; the neighbours appear friendly; the neighbourhood is quiet and orderly. What could possibly go wrong?
The first chapter gives us a bit of a clue, as the incumbent tenants are vacating what we assume is the same flat, displaying significant psychological and emotional trauma relating directly to their tenancy.
In 'The Magpies', Mark Edwards embellishes his own real-life experiences to craft a terrifying tale about the neighbours from hell. I think maybe I didn't really believe this sort of thing happened, but then I was talking about the plot to a friend, and she said that a similar thing had happened to her and her husband in the early days of their relationship, when they too lived in a flat in London. I wonder if it was the same flat……
Little by little, strange things start to happen. It starts with small, minor inconveniences and builds to a state of slight paranoia, then a normal-life restricting major irritation, then worse and worse from there.
This is a creepy and intense psychological thriller. Although, there are early signs that we might be jumping to the wrong conclusion, the story is made all the more real and frightening because we are not led through major plot twists and turns. We just start to wonder why? What motivates people to behave this way?
I've seen some criticism levelled at the realism of the characters of Jamie and Kirsty, but this ignores that fact that not all people are the same. I don't think I am like Jamie and Kirsty. My relationship with my husband is totally different from theirs. We don't have the types of conversation they have. This does not make this unrealistic. It just describes the sort of relationship that many people have. I can well imagine friends of ours being like them. But you know what? This could happen to anyone; we see it on TV as well. It doesn't matter what type of person you are, or what your relationship with your partner is like, or if you are on your own or with your family. What would you do? How far would you go to protect yourselves? How much could you take?
Mark Edwards is thorough in his exploration of this experience. There is also a lot of sexual content, but it serves fair purpose to show the inhibition they suffer during their horrifying experience.
Really enjoyed this and was impressively creeped out.
To bag yourself a copy, click here: The Magpies
Mark Edwards writes psychological thrillers, and counts among his influences writers such as Stephen King, Ira Levin, Ruth Rendell, Ian McEwan, Val McDermid and Donna Tartt, and movies like Rosemary's Baby, Single White Female, Fatal Attraction and anything in which scary things happen to ordinary people.
His first solo novel, The Magpies (2013), reached the No.1 spot on Amazon UK and has sold 550,000 copies to date. This was followed by What You Wish For (2014), Because She Loves Me (2014), Follow You Home (2015), The Devil's Work (2016), The Lucky Ones (2017), The Retreat (2018) and In Her Shadow (2018). These can be read in any order. He also published A Murder of Magpies, a short sequel to The Magpies, in 2018.
He also co-writes with Louise Voss. Their novels are: Killing Cupid (2011); Catch Your Death (2011); All Fall Down (2012); Forward Slash and a series featuring Detective Inspector Patrick Lennon, starting with From the Cradle (2014) and The Blissfully Dead (2015).
He grew up on the south coast of England and starting writing in his twenties. He lived in Tokyo for a year before returning to the UK and starting a career in marketing. He now writes full-time and lives in the West Midlands, England, with his wife, their three children, two cats and a golden retriever.
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Bad Guys est une série télévisée sud-coréenne, diffusée pour la première fois en 2014.

Une adaptation cinématographique, The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos, sort en 2019.

Synopsis

Fiche technique
 Titre : Bad Guys
 Pays d'origine : Corée du Sud
 Date de première diffusion : 2014

Distribution
 Kim Sang-Jung : Oh Gu Tak
 Ma Dong-seok : Park Woong-cheol
 Park Hae-Jin : Lee Jung-moon
 Kang Ye-won : Yu Mi-young
 Jo Dong-hyuk : Jeong Tae-soo
 Kang Shin-il : Nam Goo-hyun
 Park Hyo-jun : Yoon Chul-joo
 Kim Hye-yoon : Oh Ji Yeon
 Kim Tae-hoon : Oh Jae-won

Lien externe

Série télévisée d'OCN
Série télévisée sud-coréenne des années 2010
Série télévisée policière sud-coréenne


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Reed Books: The Secret History
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt is a murder mystery told backwards. Set in a small liberal arts college in Vermont, the novel follows a group of Classics students through the eyes of a newcomer, Richard, who watches and eventually partakes in their descent into murder. Now viewed as the founding text of the "dark academia" aesthetic, popularized by apps like Tumblr and TikTok, Tartt's 1992 novel is regaining fame with a younger audience.
Throughout the book, each of the main characters are shown in three distinct lights: idolization, stress, and recovery. When Richard first moves to Vermont, he watches the group from afar, and romanticizes their lives, especially when he realizes just how wealthy they all are. He is particularly taken with Henry, the de facto leader of the group, a tall, broad student who is incredibly smart and stoic. He develops feelings for Camilla, the one woman, and deep friendships with Charles, her twin, and Francis, a more practical character. He even tolerates Bunny, the jokester, after he forces Richard to pay for an expensive dinner. However, once he joins the group in their Greek class, he discovers the tense relationships between them. While conspiring to kill Bunny, and covering up his murder after the deed is done, Richard witnesses how cold-hearted these students can be. Henry doesn't bat an eye at killing his once best friend; Charles and Camilla grow cold and silent, and Francis relies heavily on alcohol and drug use. During the group's recovery, including attending Bunny's funeral, Richard watches Henry and Francis grow increasingly manic, and, most disturbingly, Charles become an alcoholic, consistently raping his twin sister Camilla. The novel ends when Henry is killed by the police to keep the group's secret, and Charles goes off the grid, leaving Francis, Camilla, and Richard the sole members to keep in touch. Francis attempts suicide, but finds comfort in reconnecting with his friends during his recovery in the hospital.
So why is this macabre tale so romanticized, especially among such a young demographic? Two words: dark academia. Characterized by dark earthy colors, heavy black and brown clothing, college architecture, and anything that fits into the idea of "suffering artist", this aesthetic has gained lots of popularity among Generation Z, with edits, fashion inspiration, and music pieces being shared across all kinds of social media. The Secret History fits this aesthetic perfectly, with its setting on a small liberal arts college campus and its romantically tragic plot. Still, the book and the subculture are not without flaws; both have been accused of being elitist, eurocentric, and white dominated. Tartt includes no characters of color in the book, nor ever addresses the lack of diversity. The dark academia subculture also mainly focuses on European philosophy, literature, and art, instead of including substance from all cultures.
Overall, The Secret History by Donna Tartt is a fascinating read. While occasionally pretentious, its inaccessibility is covered well by the dynamic writing and plot.
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From Devon to Mars: award-winning local filmmaker reaches a global audience with debut film
Braunton filmmaker, Nicholas Agnew's debut feature film Seat 25 is released today [that's Tuesday, November 6], following a string of awards at international film festivals and screenings at the world's largest Mars conventions in the US.
Seat 25 tells the story of a woman who wins a one-way ticket on the first crewed mission to Mars and includes various locations from the beautiful North Devon coastline
Gathering garlands
Shot on a micro-budget, Seat 25 stood out against stiff competition at prestigious film festivals in the UK and US and to date has been awarded 5 Best Feature awards, 2 awards for Best Actor and an award for Outstanding Cinematography.
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In addition, Seat 25 has been embraced by the science community and has been presented to representatives from NASA, the European Space Agency, Space X and Boeing at the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington DC and the Mars Society Convention.
Nicholas Agnew co-wrote, directed and produced Seat 25, setting up his own Devon-based production company, Lagom Pictures, in order to get the film made. A year later, Seat 25 is being released internationally on Amazon and iTunes and on DVD and Blu Ray.
Unexpected reception
'We've been on an amazing journey,' Nicholas told D&CFilm.
'We never expected the reception we've had. I'm incredibly proud of the team and I'm thrilled that Seat 25 is going to be able to reach so many people!'
Nicholas is already working on his next film, Remembering the Future, which is scheduled to shoot throughout April next year.
'We'll be staying in Devon to film Remembering the Future,' he said.
Devon has so much to offer
'I'm passionate about making films in Devon and bringing cultural attention to the county. Devon has so much to offer in terms of locations and an incredible pool of local talent.'
Seat 25 is available to rent and buy on Amazon and iTunes and on DVD and Blu Ray from Tuesday, November 6. More information can be found via the website www.seat25.com and on their Facebook and Twitter pages.


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We'll be discussing topics that are informative and relevant to everyone who has an interest in furthering themselves academically and believes, like we do, that entire communities can be empowered and uplifted by education. And we think that these things should interest all South Africans!
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Happiness and joy is causing anger?
What was showing up the next day when I talk about the self-healing retreats and he had answered me with his comment about happiness an joy. Then I remembered that the day before he expressed his anger, I had spoken about an info form somebody had send who had answered to all the question in the form that 'happiness and joy' would be the most important. I mentioned in my talk that I had written back and had said that being happy and enjoying life is good, but to come to FalconBlanco it needs more and this includes hard work on all levels. So after travelling for more than ten years and enjoying life he probably will be disappointed when he comes to live at FalconBlanco, I guess this is exactly what he needs, but I told him that at the moment I'm tired to deal with the reactions showing up then, coming from his need to defend his self image, etc.


Traffic lights are installed at the Airport Road and Highway 395 intersection on Monday.
Traffic lights are installed at the intersection of Airport Road and Highway 395 on Monday.
After a dozen years of talking about it, a northbound traffic signal at Highway 395 and Airport Road could be activated in time for Monday's commute.
Workers are scheduled to install the mast arm for the signal over the northbound lanes on Sunday night, according to state Transportation Spokesman Meg Ragonese.
"Drivers should anticipate intermittent lane closures on Highway 395 at Airport Road throughout the overnight hours of July 1 and early morning hours of July 2 as installation takes place, including a closure and detour for left-hand turns between southbound Highway 395 and Airport Road," said Ragonese.
Installing the light will require two 20-minute stops for northbound traffic after 7 p.m. Sunday.
Ragonese said that once they are installed, the light will be similar to those at Johnson Lane and Stephanie Way.
"Beginning Monday morning, drivers should be attentive to the advance warning flashers and prepared to stop at the new signal," Ragonese said. "Once activated, maintenance and operation of the signal will be under the purview of Douglas County.
The state still plans to do some final stripe painting and other touches; the work marks the end of the $1.8 million project that included longer merge lanes at Johnson and Stephanie.
Monday will also mark the completion of work on Highway 395 north of Ironwood Drive in Minden.
All four traffic lanes on the highway will be open as the state completes the $3.3 million replacement of the culvert over Martin Slough by contractor Q & D Construction.
Crews will start shifting the highway back to its original configuration on Friday night, with single-lane closures during the weekend to replace the concrete medians removed during construction.
There may be some additional single lane closures after the Fourth of July for final paving and striping.
"We want everyone to drive safely through the work zone, and we ask motorists to be attentive and watch for shifting traffic patterns and single lane closures as construction is completed," Ragonese said.
As many as 30,000 drivers a day use Highway 395 between Minden and Indian Hills.


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SoThin Software Leverages Thin Client Technology to Lock Down the Desktop and Ensure Security
Binary Research International Gains Worldwide Distribution Rights to SoThin Solutions, Designed to Ease the Transition to Server-Based Computing to Save IT Administration Time and Reduce Security Threats.
Milwaukee, WI, October 28, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Binary Research International Inc. (BRI), the authority on workstation cloning and migration since 1997 and part of the company that created the industry-leading cloning solution now known as Symantec Ghost, announced today it will be the exclusive distributor (outside the UK) of SoThin software solutions, a suite of software products focusing on the conversion of desktops to work as enablers for server-based computing technologies.
SoThin solutions have been developed to work with thin clients, virtual and cloud-based systems and standard thick networks. While many applications are designed to make the transition from the desktop to the server, a number of organizations still use older applications not supported on the server side. SoThin addresses this by allowing local applications to continue to be utilized in addition to the server. A centralized computing model is a more cost-effective and "greener" way to extend the useful life of an organization's XP infrastructure.
"With companies looking for ways to cut costs in light of the recession and in the pursuit of more efficient ways to work within their budgets, many are reevaluating their IT policies," said Annette Dow, CEO, Binary Research International. "One way to do this is to repurpose and recycle aging devices. SoThin solutions can cut the cost of owning a Microsoft network by reducing the time IT administrators spend supporting Users by as much as 70 percent, as well as reducing security threats. SoThin puts IT administrators back in control, giving them the ability to lock down the desktop and ensure that it is absolutely secure."
SoThin solutions include:
SoThin Thin Client converts PCs to intelligent thin clients for any network, putting the control in the hands of the systems administrator. It allows connections to local or remotely hosted Terminal, Citrix, Virtual and other servers as well as cloud-based applications, local applications and local drives. SoThin Thin Client extends the useable lifecycle of devices and lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO). The solution also allows an organization to centrally manage and update devices from a management console and to lock down devices to use only specified connections and applications.
SoThin Secure Desktop is a shell replacement tool which converts Windows-based PCs into locked-down devices which will only allow access to white-listed applications and drives. SoThin Secure Desktop has the added benefit of allowing a company to extend the useable lifecycle of its devices. The solution allows grouping of users and connections, making it simple to switch back and forth between groups.
SoThin Remote Control enables remote support and training from anywhere to any destination or PC. The solution allows the user to share the screen of one device with multiple other devices, making it possible to demonstrate applications by putting what's on the trainer's PC on the attendees' PCs. It also allows monitoring of up to 20 desktops at one time so multiple screens can be viewed.
SoThin ThinPackage makes working remotely simple and affordable by creating a firewall to ensure a safe and secure connection from anywhere while allowing for quick and easy setup with no installation required. ThinPackage helps to protect a company's data and negates the risk of viruses. The solution offers flexibility and convenience for home workers, allowing the user to have a true experience of working remotely. The ThinPackage solution is also beneficial in the event of business continuity or disaster recovery situations, allowing workers to get up and running quickly and easily from a remote location.
SoThin XyZ secures devices for a single purpose, allowing no other applications to run. The solution is a shell replacement tool which converts Windows-based PCs and laptops into locked-down devices which will only allow access to a single application. Ideal for Point of Sale (POS) and information kiosks, SoThin XyZ gives the option of automatically reopening the application if closed by the user. This allows the set up of unattended terminals requiring little support.
Licensing and Pricing
Licensing for SoThin is per device. Products may be purchased individually or as a bundle. For pricing, please visit www.binaryresearch.net/SoThin or contact BRI at 888.446.7898. Discounts may be available for qualifying government, education and non-profit organizations. For more information or a free trial download, visit http://www.binaryresearch.net/products/sothin.
About Binary Research International Inc.
Founded in 1997, Binary Research International (BRI) is a provider of cutting-edge software solutions, training and services. With headquarters in Glendale, Wisconsin, BRI also has a branch located in Canterbury, England. BRI was a subsidiary of Binary Research Ltd., the original developer of Ghost, now known as Symantec Ghost. While BRI continues to sell, train and consult in the use of Ghost, its Software Distribution Division has introduced several new software products to the U.S. market, including SoThin solutions, FastTrack Scripting Host, UIU, RemotelyAnywhere and Net IQ's Marshal products. For more information, visit www.binaryresearch.net.
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