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Women in the Arts & Media Coalition,
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#ScreenOppsMay17
Submission opportunities for women in film/video.
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Special Opportunity
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The contest is open to screenplays from all genres (comedy, fantasy, thrillers, horror, sci-fi, romance, westerns, etc). As long as it's a screenplay - short or feature-length - then it is eligible for the contest. We publish it, you market it - it's as simple as that!
Each writer is set up with their own publishing account and given full access to it on the screenplay publication date. the next publication date is July 5th. From your publishing account you can monitor sales, update your royalty payment information, order discounted paperback copies and make changes to your screenplay's listing on Amazon. The accounts are easy and intuitive to use and the contest entry fee covers entrants for step-by-step guidance on how to use them.
Each writer who enters receives ALL of the royalties for their sales directly from Amazon. Yes - ALL writers in the contest receive ALL of their royalties, not just the winners of the contest.
All you need to do is submit your screenplay for publication before the end of June and then spread the word that it will be published on July 5th. You might use social media, your local book stores, libraries, reading groups - whatever you decide!
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Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
Breaking Walls is the leading screenplay contest for writers in the thriller genre. We believe well-written thrillers are an excellent way for writers to show Hollywood pros a combination of commerciality, your unique voice, and a clear understanding of effective feature film narrative delivery techniques. Our goal is to reward undiscovered thriller writing talent on an ongoing basis. We're here to break down the walls between your talent and the industry pros looking for the next great thriller writer!
When/Where: July 29, 2017
Deadline: May 5 (Early Bird); May 19 (Regular); June 9 (Late); June 23 (Extended)
Submission Fee: $35-$60
Eligibility: International entries are allowed but the script must be written in English. The submitted script must be in PDF format and must be submitted electronically. A title page with contact information must be included with every submitted script. The script must be 80 to 130 pages in 12pt Courier (or Courier Final Draft) with standard screenplay margins and spacing, and pages must be numbered. The script must be unproduced at the time of submission and must be an original screenplay intended for the medium of feature film and the submitter must own 100% of the rights to the script when submitting. Adaptations are eligible as long as the writer can prove full ownership of the original property or life rights (or if the source material is public domain according to US Copyright law.) If the script is written by a writing team, it must be submitted by one of the writers with the consent of the other (any and all prizes will be sent to the writer who submitted the winning script, it is the responsibility of the writing team to share or divide the prizes.) All entries must be received on or before midnight (Pacific Time) on the date of the deadline and must be paid in full to be considered.
Categories: Screenplays in the thriller genre
Contact: coordinator@thrillerscreenplay.com
Impromptu: International Film and Gender Studies Festival
Imperfectu. International Film and Gender Studies Festival, creates reflections based on film, diverse artistic and academic proposals, individual and organizational experiences, and social movements, in order to generate an interdisciplinary analysis that impacts commonly widespread approaches to gender.
When/Where: November 16-18, 2017, Tijuana, Mexico
Deadline: May 1 (Regular); June 1 (Late)
Eligibility: There is no limit to the duration of the audiovisual work, nor with respect to the date or origin of the production. Submitted works must contain or make a reference to any topic that relates body-science or body-technology. If your work is in Spanish, you must send it with English subtitles. If your work is in English, you must send it with Spanish subtitles. If your work is in any other language, you must send it with both Spanish and English subtitles.
Categories: Imperfectu accepts works in any genre (fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, etc.) regardless of the original format (video, HD, 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, etc.)
Address: CECUT, Tijuana, Baja California 22010 Mexico
Contact: submissions@imperfectu.com
Cambodia Town Film Festival
CTFF is a four-day film forum that will introduce new studio and independent features, documentaries, foreign features, short films, animated shorts and re-released classics. The programs will include a variety of special events and panel discussions featuring directors, producers, writers and actors. CTFF will provide a creative forum for emerging filmmakers. CTFF offers the opportunity for student early-career filmmakers, and seasoned filmmakers to showcase their talent and gain exposure.
When/Where: September 14-17, 2017, Long Beach, CA
Deadline: March 10, 2017 (Earlybird), June 20 (Regular), July 5 (Late), July 17 (Extended)
Eligibility: Acceptable formats for preview are DVD (NTSC, Region 0 or 1 only) or secure online screener. No PAL DVDs will be previewed. Press kit are encouraged, but not required to be submitted with your entry, including: Still images (hard photos and/or high-resolution electronic images of at least 300dpi on a CD). Please provide captions for all images. Synopsis, Director's Biography, Director's Filmography, Cast and Crew Listing, If film is selected, the festival will request the following items to maximize exposure for your film: posters, director's photo, trailers, and clips and the press kit.
Categories: Feature Films, Documentary Films, Short Narrative Films, Short Documentary Films, Short Animation Films, Short Shorts
Address: 2025 E. 4th Street. Long Beach, CA 90814 United States
Contact: submissions@cambodiatownfilmfestival.com
Shorts That Are Not Pants
Established in 2012, Shorts That Are Not Pants is a quarterly screening series for short films that takes place in Toronto, Canada. Screenings take place in January, April, July, and October. We've screened more than 150 films from 26 countries so far, and we're looking for more undiscovered gems to show our shorts-savvy Toronto audiences. Members of our programming team have experience working for some of the biggest and best festivals in the world (TIFF, Sundance, Hot Docs) and travel to festivals around the world seeking out the best films and the brightest filmmakers to support.
When/Where: January 3, 2018, Toronto, CA
Deadline: Ongoing
Eligibility: We are currently accepting submissions of short films up to 20 minutes in length. We screen from digital files ONLY. Films not in English must contain English subtitles.
Categories: All genres are welcome, and we don't care about premiere status or whether the film is already available online.
Address: 20 Carlton Street Toronto, Ontario M5B 2H5 Canada
Contact: james@shortsnotpants.com
Fantastic Fest
Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world.
When/Where: September 21-28, 2017, Austin, TX
Deadline: February 22, 2017 (Earlybird), April 26 (Regular), May 31 (Late), June 21 (WAB Extended)
Eligibility: Running time for all feature films must be 70 minutes or more. Running time for all shorts must be less than 30 minutes. Selected films must be made available in a 35mm composite print, Bluray, or DCP. Film submissions in a foreign language must be subtitled in English.
Acceptable screening format is an online screener. We do not accept hardcopy screeners. If submitting more than one film, a separate completed entry is required for each title.
Categories: Short Films and Feature Films
Address: 916 N. Formosa Ave. c/o The Actors Company Los Angeles, CA 90046 United States
Contact: info@fantasticfest.com
Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival celebrates the best that cinema has to offer. Showcasing films from established masters and emerging storytellers, the Festival welcomes films from around the world. Offering an impressive selection of competitive and non-competitive programming, the Chicago International Film Festival brings films both domestic and international to silver screens in Chicago.
When/Where: October 12-26, 2017, Chicago, IL
Deadline: April 7 (Early); June 16 (Regular); July 17 (Late)
Submission Fee: $20-$200
Eligibility: 1. Films completed on or after September 1, 2016 are eligible. 2. Films previously submitted to the Chicago International Film Festival are NOT eligible. 3. US premieres are given priority, but films must be at least a Chicago premiere. Films that (a) have screened publicly in the Chicago area, (b) have had a theatrical run in the US prior to the Festival dates, (c) have aired on US television prior to the Festival dates, or (d) are available for purchase in North America are NOT eligible. 4. Feature-length films (narrative or documentary) that are available for public online viewing in their entirety are NOT eligible. Short films (under 40 min) may be available online. 5. Films shown at private screenings not open to the public (for crew, investors, etc.) are eligible. 6. All entries must be either in English or subtitled in English. Dialogue lists are not accepted. 7. Entrant confirms and warrants required legal authority to submit the entry into the Festival and to use all music, images, and content in the entry.
Categories: Documentary, Feature Film, Short Film
Address: 212 W. Van Buren St. Ste. 400 Chicago, IL 60607 United States
Contact: entries@chicagofilmfestival.com
Supper –Student Film
Casting "Supper," a short film about a dysfunctional group of siblings trying to figure out who's behind the murder of their father.
Roles: Aubrey (Caucasian; 22-32; Lead)
Audition: May 2017
Shoot Dates/Location: Shoots May 7th in Irvine
Union: Non-Union
Pay: Meals provided and travel costs will be compensated
Hole- Short Film
Casting "Hole," a short film about the story of one man's day to day struggle dealing with anxiety and depression. The film follows Oliver as he endures a typical day of an ongoing fracture of personal and professional relationships, and his fight to stay sane.
Roles: Melissa (African American; 24-35; Lead)
Shoot Dates/Location: Shoots May 13-14 & 27-28 in Dallas, TX.
Pay: Travel compensation, food, digital download of the film, and IMDb credit provided.
Sister Comma Frances –Student Film
Casting for 'Sister Comma Frances', short film - Frances arrives late to a campaign event for her presidential-candidate younger her sister, Senator Paula Sloan, putting a strain on an already strained relationship. In the process of trying to redeem herself, Frances encounters some suspicious activity and pursues it.
Roles: Frances Sloan (All Ethnicities; 35-60; Lead); Senator Paula Sloan (All Ethnicities; 30-50; Supporting)
Shoot Dates/Location: Production Dates - Mid June (3 non-consecutive days from June 12-June 22, specific dates TBD) Locations - NYC Columbia University area Rehearsal - Late May, early June TBD
Union: Union and Non-Union
Pay: Meals and travel provided. Copy of finished short guaranteed
For more OnScreen opportunities, visit Backstage.com; ActorsAccess.com; or Playbill.com.
Assistant Video Editor
Complex Networks is looking for a self-starter with some production and video editing experience to join their agency team. This tight-knit group is creating everything from social exclusive video to press clips to TV spots for Complex Networks and other Complex clients on a daily basis. The role directly supports the Post-Production Supervisor and requires top-notch organization skills, basic editing skills and an eye for things that work on social. Some of the work will be administrative in nature, organizing the team's workflow and ensuring that everyone has the assets they need. There is an opportunity to cut custom content for social and fill your portfolio with client work. Excellent bedside manner with clients and a willingness to learn is an absolute must.
Position Type: Full Time
Eligibility: A graduate with a Major in TV Production, Film, Communications or a related field. Interested in learning all facets of production – pre and post-production. Hard working and has excellent computer and communication skills (experience in Premiere Pro is a plus!) Detail oriented and is able to take direction. Proficient in Word and Excel, updating daily and weekly spreadsheets. Hyper-conscious of the finer details.
Senior Producer, Audio
Vox Media builds smart media brands people love, empowering trusted digital voices with proprietary technology to create and distribute stories to an audience of hundreds of millions of young adults worldwide. Vox Media is eight distinct brands: The Verge (Technology and Culture), Vox (General News), SB Nation (Sports), Eater (Food and Nightlife), Polygon (Gaming), Racked (Shopping), Eater (Food and Nightlife), Curbed (Real Estate and Home), and Recode (Technology and Business).
Eligibility: Experience as the editorial/creative lead for a successful podcast or broadcast program. Experience managing a production team tasked with meeting daily deadlines. A portfolio that demonstrates an ear for great tape and inventive approaches to audio storytelling. A track record of developing stories that draw on diverse perspectives/source lists. Strong collaborative skills, as well as the ability to delegate and prioritize effectively. A strong news background/journalism chops. Proficiency in audio mixing. Experience coaching and developing host talent.
Sesame Studios YouTube Channel
An All-New YouTube Destination for Kids, From the Makers of Sesame Street! Sesame Studios features the same educational goodness as Sesame Street, but completely different. We are looking for fresh creative talent to dazzle and delight preschoolers.
Position Type: Flexible
Eligibility: Must be 18 years or older and be submitting original content
Method Studios is currently in search of a Production Coordinator to join its Production team. The Production Coordinator is responsible for the assignment and tracking of tasks for assigned area of responsibility. They will facilitate the movement of shots between teams, coordinate daily reviews, and communicate status updates ensuring the delivery of shots on schedule.
Position Type: Full-time
Eligibility: BA or BS in film, art, communications, or related field strongly preferred. Minimum 3 years experience in visual effects production or feature animation
Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant
Through the generosity of Loreen Arbus, New York Women in Film and Television has established the Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant. The film completion grant for $7,500 will be awarded to a woman filmmaker for a film on physical or developmental disability issues. Directors and producers are eligible to apply.
Deadline: June 1, 2017
Application Fee: Free
Eligibility: Films may be of any length or genre. The Grant will be awarded to help complete a work-in-progress. Films must have completed principle photography to be eligible. Finished films are not eligible. Filmmakers must be US-based.
Contact: Victoria Vasquez at 212-679-0870, ext. 39, or vvasquez@nywift.org
**Digital Bolex Grant for Women Cinematographer**
The Digital Bolex Grant for Women Cinematographers offers approximately $10,000 worth of gear and accessories loaned on a rolling basis to any narrative short, music video, or feature film project to be shot by a female cinematographer. Recipients of the grant receive a loaned camera package for up to 21 production days.
Eligibility: Grant is open only to productions that engage a female director of photography. Grant is only open to films shooting in the Continental United States.
Address: Digital Bolex, 707 S Broadway Suite #1223, Los Angeles, CA, 90014
Contact: +1 213 628 3191
Winter Residence at RUD AIR
RUD AIR is an Artist-In-Residence program in the rural area of Laxarby. It is situated ten km east of the small town of Bengtsfors, in the province of Dalsland, South-West Sweden. Away from the energetic and often hectic art world of the cities, this residency provides a tranquil and intimate space for art and reflection.
Deadline: May 15, 2017
When: October 1, 2017-February 28, 2017
Eligibility: RUD AIR is first of all a retreat for artists and writers. It is not a space for promotion, exhibition, strategic networking, or facing a public audience. It is a space for reflection and rest in order to make space for something new.
Address: Sweden
Contact: rud5air@gmail.com
18th Street Arts Center
18th Street Arts Center values art making as an essential component of a vibrant, just, and healthy society. Its mission is "to provoke public dialogue through contemporary art making." Founded in 1988, 18th Street Arts Center has fostered and supported the work of many of Los Angeles' most engaging artists, and has built bridges to artist communities around the globe.
Application Fee: Yes
When: Ongoing
Eligibility: The Visiting Artist Residency Program accepts applications from working, professional artists who demonstrate a deep commitment to their practices. The program is open to artists of all generations, nationalities, and disciplines. Applicants are required to cover studio rental costs themselves. Although we primarily support visual artists, 18th Street Arts Center will consider applications from performing artists, writers, and filmmakers as well.
Address: 1639 18th Street Santa Monica CA 90404
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Why is the VistaSWAT Community of Practice so active?
1. Without certain functionality in the Next Generation product, these clients will not migrate to the next generation product (SIS real time integration; hierarchical permissions for multiple roles and distributed support, etc.).
2. Since these users can not migrate without the functionality their institutions are built around they will either stick with Bb Vista/CE products until the end of life, now scheduled for 2012, OR, they will move to another CMS/LMS/VLE.
3. Since they are 'stuck,' advocating for fixing the defects in the current product and enhancing the current product to make it what it should've been all along, keep this Community of Practice constantly moving and edgey.
That's why the VistaSWAT Community of Practice is so active.
I thought this was a multiple choice question at first, so I was going to complain about the lack of an "all of the above" option.
I think we are suppose to look at the NG LMS as being half full, not half empty. Just keep repeating 'don't worry – be happy' and 'Bb says it will all work out'.


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Skytyper pilot Ken Johansen doesn't mess around with ugly neck ties or corny Hallmark cards for Father's Day – he just goes flying with his dad. Of course it helps that his father is fellow Skytyper Bob Johansen and that they're both experts in flying the vintage WWII trainer plane known as the SNJ-2 or "pilot maker."
This Father's Day, the father-son Johansen duo will be demonstrating how that very plane helped the Allies win the war as they perform wingtip-to-wingtip at the Ocean City Air Show on Father's Day.
"Not many dads get the chance to perform low-altitude, close-formation maneuvers right alongside their son in front of hundreds of thousands of people," says Bob Johansen. He is the latest recipient of the FAA's highest civilian honor: the Wright Brother's Master Pilot award recognizing 50 years of safe flight.
Johansen senior flew Grumman S2 "Tracker" antisubmarine aircraft for the Navy before a commercial airline career at TWA. His son Ken flew P3's for the Navy before also becoming a commercial airline captain and he has two sons – just a little too young for pilot's licenses yet.
"I definitely got the bug from my father," says Ken Johansen. "I took my first flight with the Skytypers when I was eight years old out on Long Island, New York and I was hooked. To get to do this with my father is both fun and an honor. I'm hoping it'll become a 3-generation celebration one day."
The Johansen's performance at the Ocean City Air Show coincides with the 42nd anniversary of Father's Day. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.[14] Six years later, the day was made a permanent national holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972.
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Casa Palacio Cadiz is 9 minutes walk from the beach. Set in Cádiz's old town, La Casa Palacio Cádiz offers stylish studios and apartments set in a colourful 18th-century building. It has an ideal central setting, surrounded by tapas bars, cafés and shops.
Each spacious apartment and studio at La Casa Palacio Cádiz has chic décor with contemporary finishes. There is a seating area with a flat-screen TV and a sofa, and the kitchenette comes with a microwave, fridge and electric hob. There is also free Wi-Fi.
Cádiz Cathedral and Tavira Tower are within 10 minutes' walk of the Casa Palacio. The nearest beaches are just over 1 km from the property.
Public parking is available at Plaza San Antonio, located within 100 m. The city's port is just 500 m away, while Cádiz Railway Station is a 20-minute walk from Casa Palacio.


This new company wants to change the way you collect.
Conrad Jon Godly, SOL 23 (2013). Courtesy of Avant Arte.
Avant Arte is one of the biggest and most influential art publishers on Instagram. Founded by Curtis Penning and Christian Luiten in 2015, the platform has rapidly evolved into a key player for the younger generation of enthusiasts and collectors. Despite its initial success in the digital world, Avant Arte's true achievement lies in the combination of the physical and the virtual. Knowing that an image on Instagram can't replace the experience, Penning and Luiten have big plans.
This week, Avant Arte launched its new store with limited edition prints in collaboration with eight of today's masters.
Tell us about your background in art and what led you here?
None of us come from an arts background or have families who are invested in collecting. We grew up with hip hop music —that was our kind of art. When Jay-Z published "Picasso Baby" in 2013 and mentioned around ten world-famous artists from Basquiat to Da Vinci, we started thinking: "What is our generation of artists? Who are the Picassos of this generation?" We began compiling a list—a very long list—of works which we thought stood out from the masses. As we started uploading the images on Instagram, more than 100 people were following us every day.
Screenshot of Avant Arte's Instagram feed. Courtesy of Avant Arte.
Well, we recently passed the 500k mark of followers on our Instagram channel. We are very happy to reach so many people and who seem to share and enjoy our selection of art works.
But of course it is not all about numbers. We feel very humbled that there are a lot of art world professionals and collectors who follow us and use our Instagram to discover things they maybe haven't seen yet. The last months have been a great experience, we have had the privilege to work with fantastic artists for our website and show their work in a physical exhibition too.
Tell us about the exhibition. Was there a particular situation, good or bad, that was memorable for you?
Probably every single situation, our first show was crazy. We collaborated with Unit London for a group show in their gallery space in London. Most of the pieces were already sold before the show because people had seen them on Avant Arte's Instagram. The opening night surpassed all of our expectations, people were queuing up in drizzly weather to get a peek into the gallery. Can you imagine? A week after the show the New York Times published an article on the exhibition.
Katrin Fridriks, Waving miracle – Magic Mind (2017). Courtesy of Avant Arte.
Why do you think Instagram is important for the art world?
As a social media platform, Instagram is incredibly well-suited to the art world. It is predominantly visual and allows you to discover artists from all over the world at any time. There are no entry barriers, it is all at your fingertips, which makes it a great tool.
But at Avant Arte, we are very conscious that nothing can replace the physical experience of art in a space. It is important for us to curate and host offline exhibitions, we don't want to be associated with digital media only. Art is more than that.


The folks at Disney must be happy with director James Bobin's work on the upcoming The Muppets...Again!, because according to Variety, they're getting ready to hand him the keys to another sequel.
Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) met in high school, married young and are growing apart. Now thirty, Celeste is the driven owner of her own media consulting firm, Jesse is once again unemployed and in no particular rush to do anything with his life.
Celeste is convinced that divorcing Jesse is the right thing to do -- she is on her way up, he is on his way nowhere, and if they do it now instead of later, they can remain supportive friends.


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Ignorance should not be bliss for the commentariat
31 July 2011 politics and lifehappiness, john stuart mill, journalism, observer, rachel cookeJames Graham
John Stuart Mill: as happy as a pig in the proverbial
Thus far, I've been a little disappointed by the lack of open debate about how we might want to reform British journalism post "Hackgate". By that, I don't mean the discussion over what should replace the PCC (although I've seen precious little of that either, aside from journalists shrieking about the horrors of government regulation). What I mean is, a debate about whether we ought to revisit the ethics and standards which are taken for granted.
That opening paragraph was a rather hamfisted way of extrapolating my annoyance of Rachel Cooke's article in the Observer today on the government measuring happiness into something somehow grander. Perhaps I shouldn't, but I am concerned at how comment pieces in newspapers increasingly tend to make bloggers look good in terms of research and considered opinion.
The issue is not whether or not you think that the government ought to be doing this. What irritated me is the way the author paraded her ignorance around as though it were something to be proud of. What we get is not a refutation of the policy, but personal incredulity. And rather than use that scepticism as the launchpad for a discursive article looking at the pros and cons, we get a Google search. Not even a Google search in fact, because having just done one myself, I'm not terribly convinced that she got passed the first result, the wikipedia page on happiness.
Why do I say that? Because rather than bothering to look into the arguments of, say, Richard Layard or even David Cameron's latest speech on the subject, the two authorities she quotes are J. S. Mill and Carole Graham. Mill can be found referenced under the subtitle of "philosophical views". Carole Graham is footnoted in the first sentence of "economic views". In the case of Mill, rather than actually engage with his argument (and he did write Utilitarianism), she merely offers a couple of quotes and a biographical titbit. This doesn't suggest someone who has looked at the argument particularly deeply.
Twice in the article, she asks what "the people with clipboards" (clipboards? Pah!) mean by "happiness" and whether it means to be "content". If she'd cared to done just one more Google search, she'd have had her answer: the first question the ONS will be asking is "Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?" – so, essentially, yes. But of course, if she'd done that, the overarching argument of her article, that "policy wonks" are busy wasting their time asking about happiness when they should be asking about contentedness, would have been rendered entirely redundant.
This is sloppy. Worse than that, it is indicative of a growing trend within newspapers to let their columnists get away with appalling hack work. In light of the revelations about Johann Hari, it is time the broadsheets started questioning whether merely reflecting the worst aspects of the blogosphere on paper is really something they should be wasting their time over.
How about, as a matter of policy, if a columnist files a piece in which he or she boasts that "I really couldn't tell you" about what the article they are ostensibly writing about actually thinks, they don't get paid? After all, isn't the self-declared purpose of journalism to shine a light on the world? If it isn't doing that, then what's the point?
Why Clegg needs to kick the donor habit
19 April 2009 politics and lifeliberal-democrats, nick-clegg, observer, party-funding, scandalJames Graham
Despite the Observer's best efforts, it is hard to see what the Lib Dems have actually done wrong here. Indeed, given how high minded the "serious" press are being about smears at the moment, it is surprising to see an article so riddled with innuendo. So let's clear a few points up.
Firstly, there is no issue here of a donor buying policy; quite the opposite. There is an argument that the party should not accept further donations from Sudhir Choudhrie unless he is cleared of any wrong doing, but that is another matter.
Secondly £95,000 is not, in party funding terms, that much money. Rajeev Syal and Oliver Laughland implicitly acknowledge this by trying to attract your attention with the much bigger £475,000 figure donated by "relatives' companies" but we aren't talking about his wife here but companies his son and nephew run. The former, Alpha Healthcare, has been donating to the party far longer (and is the subject of some other news reports). There is no suggestion that this money has in any way come from Sudhir Choudhrie himself. And if you're going to bring nephews into it, where do you stop? Third cousins?
But there is a lesson here for Clegg that he would do well to heed. Politics and money are a toxic mix. Even when nobody can be said to have done anything wrong, too often it leads to the wrong sort of headlines. And one thing the Lib Dems can't afford to be seen as, as they creep up the polls (and I have to admit I'm relatively optimistic about how we might do in the next general election), is just another part of the shameless political class.
Clegg has done himself a lot of good in coming out for stringent reform of MPs' expenses (it happens that I disgree with him on some of the detail, but it is far reaching nonetheless). He has also made great play out of demanding a cap on donations of £25,000 (half the Tories half-hearted call for £50,000 which they failed to follow up with actual votes when the Political Parties and Elections Bill went through the Commons earlier this year). With the economic climate and public mood such as it is, I think now is the perfect time for him to go one step further. He should impose a cap on the party, regardless of what the law says, and call on the other parties to do the same.
At what point that cap should be should be considered. In an ideal world, he might consider self-imposing his own £25,000-per-year cap, but given the other parties are unlikely to play ball, at least in the short term, that might be going a little too far. But what about £25,000-per-quarter? It would be simpler to administer than an annual cap and would go some way to matching the rhetoric with action while not leaving the party at a massive competitive disadvantage.
And how would it affect the party in real terms? Well, for the most part, even our large donations are in the tens of thousands rather than the hundreds of thousands (and even millions). In 2008, only two companies donated more than £100,000 – the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd. and Marcus Evans Ltd. (a non-cash donation). So in reality we would lose very little.
What we would gain is some degree of immunisation from this sort of story – and complete immunisation from things like the Michael Brown scandal. We would also be seen to be practicing what we preach – something we aren't seen to be doing nearly often enough. In the longer term, I suspect that will be worth far more than a couple of hundred thousand pounds.
The people have spoken. The eejits.
16 June 2008 politics and lifedeclan ganley, eu, ireland, observer, referendums, will huttonJames Graham
Actually, contrary to what the above headline might imply (I couldn't resist), I'm actually quite sanguine about the Irish "no" vote on Thursday. I'm not at all convinced that Europe has been "saved" by the Irish or that the Lisbon Treaty was anything other than a moderate and sensible reform, but this latest chapter in EU reform has been farcical from beginning to end and I pray dearly that it will soon be over.
The fundamental problem is that, since the mid-eighties we have had one EU reforming treaty after another. As soon as one is out of the way, and often before, work on another has begun. It has been a case of not so much salami slice politics as cheese slab politics. It has alienated large numbers of pro-EU people and switched the vast majority of the European public off completely.
The result is a paradox whereby a minority of hardcore Euro-sceptics have been able to hold sway. They have no popular support – look at iwantareferendum's futile attempt to get even 46,000 supporters after spending millions of pounds over the past year. Yet when referendums are held in the most pro-EU countries – France, the Netherlands, Ireland – the "nos" hold sway. This isn't opposition; this is alienation.
The solution then is obvious: have a moratorium on further EU reform, at least on anything that would require a treaty change, for at least a decade. That isn't to say that a lot of the good things in the constitution couldn't still go ahead. We could still have Council meetings in public. We could still give the Parliament a more central role in selecting the President. We could still operate the "yellow card" system and ensure that national parliaments are sent legislation in a more timely manner. We could still operate the system of Citizen's Initiative. I struggle to believe that even the most swivel-eyed of Eurosceptic would oppose any of that (go on, surprise me…), and it would a lot to calm tensions.
Is there really anything this treaty would have achieved that a bit of self-restraint wouldn't replicate? One of the main reasons why I supported the Constitution was that it would end France's veto on the CAP, but the truth of the matter is there is nothing to stop France from voluntarily giving this up. Except, of course, the French. Frankly, if they were willing to give up the veto, they should be prepared to consider the fact that agribusiness subsidies no longer have a place in a planet which is currently suffering from mass starvation. Either way, if reforms are necessary then which ones will become apparent from attempting to implement the status quo rather than insisting that at all times EU governance must be perfect both in practice and in theory.
What we must oppose, strongly, is the appalling idea of a multi-speed Europe in which "Perfidious Ireland" is shut out of Club Class. Oddly, I find that my villain of the week is not Declan Ganley (back in Westminster to answer to his paymasters before the dust has even begun to settle in Dublin), but Will Hutton. What a vile piece of steaming crap he belched forth in the Observer this Sunday. Rather than make a single argument as to why the Constitution/Reform Treaty is so necessary, he actually called for Ireland to be given one last chance to get the "right" answer before being kicked out of the EU! If that is how Club Europe is to treat its members in future, send me my 51st State application form in the post tomorrow.
Let's not forget that Ireland has steered every other treaty through a referendum up until Nice with nary a problem. According to Hutton's logic, that is only explainable if you work on the basis that Amsterdam, Maastricht and the Single European Act were the sort of treaties that "Hitler and Mussolini" would approve of. Shouldn't we consider the fact that Ireland is having increasing problems getting such treaties past its public as a warning sign?
If a canary drops dead at the bottom of a mineshaft, you don't insist the miners should keep digging on the basis that it is only very little compared to the strapping lads working on the coal seam. You get them out of there as quickly as possible. The reflexive reaction of too many pro-Europeans to want to shoot the messengers just demonstrates why a cooling off period is so necessary. Instead of continuing to bash their collective heads into a brick wall, it is time the leaders of the EU got on with the job of governing.
Reflections on the fall of Chairman Campbell
16 October 2007 politics and lifeben-ramm, liberal-democrats, media, ming-campbell, observerJames Graham
In light of yesterday's events, I suppose people must think I look rather foolish for taking the Observer to task over its reporting of the plot against Ming.
Fair enough, but my point still holds. Both of those articles suggested that MPs were plotting a coup, yet neither of them included a direct quote from an MP saying as much or gave any details as to how the journalist came by that information. I still think that is pretty unacceptable.
We appear to have gone beyond the usual practice of anonymous briefings to the press now to a system whereby journalists and their sources communicate by a complicated system of winks, nods and facial tics. The rest of us are left out in the cold, not knowing to what extent the stories we read in our papers are actually true or simply the fevered imaginings of a hack with a deadline. Even the old conventions of "sources close to X" has now gone out of the window as journalists compete to make their claims sound more sensational. And this is in the broadsheets.
I don't ask for the identity of the knife wielders, merely more evidence that such knife wielders do indeed exist. In the case of this particular story all speculation on this is now of course moot, but it won't be the last time.
Anyway, so much for that. I see MPs are now lining up to say nice things about Ming on the record. My favourite quote is from Mike Hancock:
"I think he was shafted by a complete shower of shits."
What a charming mental picture, just don't try picturing it too hard.
The thing I will find the most depressing over the next few days is that we are now to be greeted with a hagiographic account of Ming's abilities and achievements which will be as ridiculous and overblown as the accounts immediately before which portrayed him as a dithering old dunderhead. The meeja doesn't do things by halves. And just as we were getting resignations over many of Ming's less than stellar performances over the months, expect another wave of them now. It just seems as if for so many people politics has become nothing more or less than a circus; they're just waiting to be entralled and appalled.
Actually, the most depressing thing over the next few days will be seeing, hearing and reading media interviews with Ben Ramm once again claiming to be the authentic voice of Lib Dem activism. He's going to be unbearable, isn't he? Just thinking about it makes me want to open a vein. I bet he's been rubbing his hands with glee all evening.
So, in an effort to pre-empt the influx of these stories, I have only this to say:
BEN RAMM ISN'T A PARTY ACTIVIST, AND VIRTUALLY NO-ONE IN THE PARTY READS THE LIBERAL, WHICH IS A LITERARY MAGAZINE ANYWAY, NOT A PARTY PUBLICATION!
Got that? No? Oh well, it was worth a try.
Oh, and true story: the guy who served me in McDonalds yesterday was called Ming. He got my order wrong. Ho hum.
Another letter to the Observer's Readers' Editor
14 October 2007 politics and lifeliberal-democrats, media, ming-campbell, observerJames Graham
Dear Mr Pritchard,
Last week I wrote to you to complain about an unsubstantiated claim made by Jo Revill in an article that MPs were plotting to replace Sir Menzies as leader of the Liberal Democrats. I did not receive a reply (original message below).
This week I am writing to you about the same issue. In Jo Revill's article this week (Bad polls raise heat on Menzies) she asserts that:
Now the prospect of a general election this autumn has disappeared, many grassroots supporters and MPs feel the time to replace him with one of the party's younger generation is approaching.
This is substantiated with two quotes from Lib Dem peers. One does not appear to be calling for Sir Menzies resignation at all:
'He's a good man but very stubborn. I can't see him falling on his sword. You have to ask why we are doing so very badly in the polls. We are simply not conveying to voters the simple messages about our policies.'
A very valid question but not a criticism. Even calling Sir Menzies "stubborn" is not neccesarily a criticism.
But fundamentally, neither of these quotes are from MPs. I do not question that some party members have openly called for Sir Menzies to go, but the claim that any MPs have been calling for his head is not substantiated.
I don't call for anonymous sources to be outed; all I'm asking for is that significant claims such as that be qualified and quantified. I don't understand why that is too much to ask for.
Perhaps you could do me the courtesy of replying this week?
A letter to the Observer's Readers' Editor
8 October 2007 politics and lifeliberal-democrats, media, ming-campbell, observerJames Graham
In Jo Revill's article (Labour critics blame Balls and Alexander), she makes the following statement:
But there are now also questions over the fate of the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ming Campbell, 66, who has failed to push up his party's fortunes in the opinion polls in recent months. He was chosen in 2006 to provide a safe pair of hands after Charles Kennedy had to resign – but he also has younger MPs who are keen to take the job.
As Brown has now hinted that there will not be an election until 2009, it raises the question of whether the party will want to give itself a fresher look by bringing in a younger leader such as home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg or environment spokesman Chris Huhne.
One Lib Dem MP said last night: 'This election decision is going to have big ramifications for us all. We will have to take a good hard look at our own party, now the prospect of an autumn poll has receded, to think about where we want to be in 18 months' time.'
This is spurious on several grounds. If there are younger MPs who are "keen" to take the job, they should be named, surely? Or is that merely speculation? It is also not clear how Brown not calling an election until 2009 "raises the question of whether the party will want to give itself a fresher look by bringing in a younger leader". How does it, any more than, for example, it raise the question of whether the Conservatives might not want a less posh leader, or that Labour might not want a less Scottish leader? Who is raising this question, apart from the journalist herself?
Finally, the quote – which is clearly being used to back up these statements – is a non-sequitor as it does not in fact call for Ming Campbell to be replaced.
I have no objection to commentators arguing for Ming Campbell to be replaced, but this article is presented as news. What it is, in fact, is opinion, and one in which the agenda is entirely unclear. If Ms Revill has anonymous briefers saying that the knives are out for Sir Menzies, she does not say so. It is one thing to protect the anonymity of briefers, quite another to present it as anything other than briefing.
Is it really too much to not expect journalists to editorialise in this way? I request a clarification over what exactly Ms Revill has been told and what the Observer's policy is regarding reporting news dispassionately.


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PAKISTAN HIGH COURT STRIKES DOWN TALIBAN LAWS - will Shias in Iraq get the message?
BBC: Pakistan's Supreme Court has said that various clauses of a bill introducing a Taleban-style moral code in North-West Frontier Province are unconstitutional. It said the provincial governor was not obliged to sign the bill into law. It has been passed by the NWFP assembly. The court said its opinion was advisory and it could not strike down the bill. President Musharraf says the bill is a breach of fundamental human rights. The NWFP government says it was mandated to pass the bill and will revise it.
Let's hope this ruling sticks - and that it also sends a clear message to the Iraqis who are writing their constitution, and debating the extent of Islam's influence/control over their government. If the Pakistan High Court ruling doesn't stick - (if the Muslim radicals flount it), then Musharraf must have the courage to enforce it. It will be another moment of truth for Musharraf.
BOTTOM-LINE: Muslims all over the world will soon determine for themselves if their religion is truly compatible with pluralism, democracy and the rule of law. I have my doubts. SURE: Indonesia and Turkey are democratic (and Egypt and Lebanon and Iraq ARE making progress) - but they are ALL also seemingly held hostage by their fanatical fringe. IOW: The moment of truth is approaching for all of Islam... I hope that Muslims choose well - and choose to move forward and join MOST of the rest of humanity. This could end the "Glo-WORM" sooner rather than later. If they do not, then WW4 will be a doozy - a long treacherous doozy.
NYCLU WANTS THE JIHADOTERRORISTS TO ATTACK NY SUBWAYS
YUP: the NYCLU is suing the NYPD to make them stop random searches. There can be The ONLY LOGICAL EXPLANATION is that this Leftist organization wants New Yorkers to suffer a subway attack just like the ones on London.
Why do I make this charge?!
Well, they oppose both PROFILING (so police can logically target searches), and they RANDOM SEARCHES. What option does that leave? Only one: NO SEARCHES. And therefore no deterrence. (UPDATE: this -- "no deterrence" -- actually overstates my case; there can be additional some deterrence without resorting searches: bomb-sniffing dogs (thanks to a commenter for pointing this out). CCTV will NOT deter anything; it just makes apprehending the perp' more likely. London proves this. Nevertheless, I stick by my charge: if the NYCLU were to succeed it would make us less safe. This makes them scum in my book.)
As the wise man once said - and as I have often repeated: "They're not anti-war; they are on the other side!"
UPDATE: A few Leftie commenters have suggested that either the NYPD should search everyone or no one. I think that they prove my point: rather than take a few measured and logical civil-defense measures in a time of war, when the threat is VERY serious, the Left would leave us defenseless but "constitutionally pure." For to search nobody is foolish, and to search everyone IMPOSSIBLE. So you see, it is exactly like I said it was: the NYCLU/ACLU/Left take deliberate actions which make us less safe than we might otherwise be. This aids and abets the enemy. Which is treasonous. Par for the course for the Left: they've been treasonous since the late 1960's. FDR, Truman and JFK - who would certainly be called neocons today - must be rolling in their graves!
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AL QAEDA THREATENS MORE LONDON ATTACKS, AND BLAMES BLAIR
The Egyptian jihadoterrorist Zawahiri has surfaced on a video tape aired by al Jazeera, threatening more attacks against London, and blaming the attacks on Blair and his involvement in the war in Iraq. (Just as self-described socialist and anti-Semite MP George Galloway did!)
This attack is like the wife-beater who blames the battered-wife for her beatings: "It' her fault; she doesn't effin' listen!"
Which should surprise NO ONE; after all, Islam condones wife-beating. Oh. Excuse me. That is NOT "true Islam." Yeah. Right.
[BTW: what do wacky Arab and Muslim and Leftist conspiracy theorists make of statements like this from al Qaeda? How do they maintain that the terrorist attacks are the work of Zionists/Likudniks/Bushies/and neocons when the jihadoterrorists take credit and promise more of the same? Do they think that al Qaeda is a Mossad/CIA/GOP front!? And if they do, HOW DO THEY SQUARE THIS WITH THEIR WACKY THEORY THAT BUSH IS CONTROLLED BY THE HOUSE OF SAUD AND HALLIBURTON!? And Rove. Sheesh. They are either nuts, or the enemy's Fifth Columnh - OR BOTH!]
NRO's IAIN MURRAY AGREES: having separate standards for Israel is anti-Semitic
Iain Murray (from today's NRO/Corner, describing George Galloway's most recent derisive use of the word "Israeli"):
There is a word for the belief that you should judge something more harshly when you discover that it is produced by Jewish people. It's simple anti-Semitism. I'm sure George will want to denounce it the next time he hears it."
This also goes for the Vatican and Pope Benedict 16 - whose recent statements on terrorism were as anti-Semitic as those uttered by George Galloway and Ken Livingstone (HERE and HERE and HERE).
The Vatican should recant and repent for its recent anti-Semitic statements. If the Pope and the Vatican fail to do so, Pope Benedict will neutralize his moral authority, authority he needs in the urgent battle against moral relativism and in the struggle to save the Church. If he fails to recant and repent, he condemns his Church certain to extinction - for a Pope with no moral clarity has no moral authority, and becomes merely a seat-warmer with no noble mission leading a Church with no transcendent purpose.
The Pope's currrent position would lead the Church in the anti-Semitic path of the Presbyterians and the Anglicans. Maybe this is what the Vatican wants. But the Pope's prior efforts at rapprochement with Judaism and his clear attacks on moral relativism would have argued against it. That's what is so puzzling about his recent statements. And why it is a moment of truth for the Church. I am praying for the best result.
EXPLAINING THE DEMOCRAT PARTY & THE LEFT-WING "DEATH SPIRAL"
A perfect little essay from Santiago at Red State (hat tip DISSECTING LEFTISM); EXCERPT:
The Democrats do not have philosophies, they have constituencies. And the Democrats and their constituencies are coming apart at the seams. ...
The Democratic "platform" has several odious components. Primarily, the Democrats are totally lacking on ideas on governance. They are unwilling or incapable of stating the simplest political position. Of the many important problems facing the nation, the Republicans are left to carry on alone: Social Security, foreign affairs, War for Democracy, reform of the UN. You name it, and try to find a coherent Democratic position on any of these matters. No such position can be found; no such position exists. In place of considered policies on governance, the Democrats have adopted an unrelieved negative position on all political questions. For example, Social Security is a known problem area, and has been for years; President Clinton was warning about the need to address SS problems a decade ago.
Today, Democrats largely deny that any problem exists, and if they are willing to talk about Social Security at all, they want to raise taxes (of course!) In addition to being extremely negative, Democrats are dishonest in talking about political positions. Some of the Democrat dishonesty is farcical; Bush is stupid, Bush is a liar.
Beyond that, the Democrats have adopted three dubious propositions, elevated them to iconic status, and repeat them endlessly, long after they have been utterly disproven.
RTWT! NOW! The essay depicts why -- unless centrist adults re-take the Democrat Party from the deluded anachronistic Left -- the Party will disappear.
DERSHOWITZ AGREES: VATICAN IS HYPOCRITICAL AND ANTI-SEMITIC
Last week - on Friday to be exact - I posted on the outrageous hypocrisy of the vatican's anti-recent terror statements. NO ONE LINKED TO ME. And writers and editors of NRO - each of who had either posted my previous cticisms of Pope Benedict, or correpsonded on them with me - made nary a mention -- AS IF TRYING TO IGNORE THE INDEFENSIBLE VATICAN STATEMENTS.
I felt all alone and out on a limb. I thought: was I too harsh!? Now my momentary doubts are vanquished. Because Alan Dershowitz has NOW made the same crticisms that I made. Check them out at FRONTPAGE. Here's an excerpt: "The truth is that the Vatican has always had a Jewish problem. Today that problem focuses more on the Jewish state than on the Jewish religion. But the Vatican's perverse refusal to condemn attacks against Jewish civilians in Israel raises even broader questions of discrimination."
GAZA: (1) the countdown to Judenrein; (2) a comparison to Pakistan and Afghanistan
Egypt and Israel have agreed to new post-Judenrein Egyptian troop deployments along Gaza's borders. BBC: ... Egypt has agreed to police the international border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after Israel withdraws from the territory. Some 750 Egyptian troops will patrol the border, allowing Israel to pull soldiers out of the area, scene of frequent clashes with militants. Areas along the Gaza-Israel border have been the focus of fierce fighting throughout almost five years of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. ... Palestinian Authority security forces are due to take responsibility for internal security in Gaza, but face challenges from militant groups such as Hamas. A recent independent assessment said the Palestinian forces were weak, divided and outgunned by militant groups. ... Israel will maintain control over Gaza's borders, coastline and airspace after the pullout, and could respond if Palestinian forces fail to stop attacks against nearby Israeli towns and villages.
I first blogged on the Judenrein aspect of the Gaza withdrawal plan HERE (on March 5th, 2005) and HERE (on March 23rd). I have always been skeptical of a TWO-STATE SOLUTION because it requires that a "STATE" exist in the disputed territories - something that is NOT LIKELY to ever occur - especially if jihadoterrorists (like HAMAS and Islamic Jihad and al Aksa) are permitted to stay armed.
That's why I predict that Gaza - and the West Bank - will become JUST LIKE THE TRIBAL REGIONS OF WESTERN PAKISTAN: lawless. And NO "STATE." And hardly a good neighbor. As the Taliban and al Qaeda find refuge in the "tribal/lawless regions' of western Pakistan - free to cause havoc in democratic Afghanistan - so to will a LAWLESS GAZA and LAWLESS WEST BANK continue to cause havoc to Israel. (Gazastan and Westbankistan!)
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND ISRAEL? At least the USA and NATO have troops on the ground HELPING TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY IN AFGHANISTAN and helping Afghanis kill the jihadoterrorists. Israel must fight the jihadoterrorisists - who are closer to Israel's population centers than the Taliban are to Afghanistan's population centers - ALL BY HERSELF - accompanied only by the constant harranguing of the hyypocrites and the anti-Semites of the world.
BIAS ALERT: MANY BUSH CRITICS CONVENIENTLY LEAVE OUT THE WORD "EMBRYONIC"
The MSM does it. Even FOXNEWS does it. Even Glenn does it - when he links to a cartoon critical of Frist.
It seems to me that the controversy is complicated enough without critics leaving out the KEY word: EMBRYONIC.
Bush has authorized more money for stem cell research than any other president EVER - (which was easy because he was ther FIRST to ever pledge a penny for it)!
So the criticism he gets for "being against stem cell research" is totally uncalled for!
The only form of stem cell research Bush put any limits on - LIMITS ON FEDERAL FINANCING ONLY (and he has not put ANY limits on ANY research which is NOT funded by the feds!) - was EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH - a subset of the larger field STEM CELL RESEARCH, which studies uses for stem cells from many sources.
I do not think that every Bush critic is DELIBERATELY obfuscating the issue, though many undoubtedly are. It's merely sloppy and lazy criticism which is- ultimiately - a disservice to Bush AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO THE DEBATE.
ASIDE: Why is it that sloppy and lazy journalism ALWAYS seems to go against Bush? COULD IT BE BIAS? Yup. Even Glenn is BIASED against Bush's position, so he uses (and links to) a cartoon which obfuscates the issue by using of the overly broad term (sans "embryonic") - when ONLY the narrower term is truthful. Shame on you, Glenn!
Stem cells from non-embryonic sources have just as much - or more - potential as the controversial embryonic stem cells. So the bias is uncalled for.
THE LEFTIST PHRASE I HATE MOST: "well, then the terrorists have already won"
I hate it when I hear Lefties say: "well, then the terrorists have already won." They usually say it when there is some sort of practical counter-measure we can take to increase our safety from the jihadoterrorists which requires a modicum of libertairian restraint, like: National ID Cards; or profiling; or actually enforcing our laws and guarding our borders. Today on WOLF BLITZER's LATE EDITION on CNN John MIller (LA's terrorism czar) said it with regard to National ID cards; he said (paraphrasing): "... the cop in my likes the idea, but the democrat in me doesn't because, well, then the terrorists have already won. "
I THINK: when the jihadoterrorists kill us -- when they succeed in committing genocide against us and scaring us, and forcing us to change our policies and to appease them and their aims -- that THEN AND ONLY THEN HAVE THEY WON. IOW: when they win, they've WON. Until then, we need to take every counter-measure necessary to make their lives harder and their mission more difficult UNTIL WE HAVE UTTERLY DEFEATED THEM!
Jeff at PROTEIN WISDOM has another critique which utilizes the Leftist rationalization, "well, then the terrorists have already won." It's a sarcastic defence of Jimmy Carter's latest outburst; here it is (hat tip INSTAPUNDIT):
As to whether or not Carter's comments provide rhetorical cover for the terrorists—of course not! Carter is simply voicing his dissent, and if a former US president can't openly criticize his government—publicly, overseas, during wartime, and on the basis of a narrative of events that an investigative panel has already concluded simply does not represent the facts on the ground—well, then the terrorists have already won.
Indeed. Heh.
BRITAIN ANNOUNCES IT WILL USE ETHNIC AND AGE PROFILING
BBC: People from certain ethnic groups are more likely to be stopped and searched on London transport after the bombings, British Transport Police (BTP) said. A force spokesman said communities were not being singled out, but police have to "target the people we think may be involved" in bomb attacks. The policy has been supported by Home Office minister Hazel Blears. ... Ms Blears said officers would be acting on descriptions from intelligence sources. ... "It is going to be disproportionate. It is going to be young men, not exclusively, but it may be disproportionate when it comes to ethnic groups," the British Transport spokesman said.
BRAVO! Better to be "politically non-correct" than to allow another attack. SURE: the islamofanatics will find some way to adapt - (by perhaps using Chechens or Bosnians or Filipinos or Thais), but forcing them to adapt (to scramble for new trainees and perp's) is part of how we can keep them off-balance and on the run and on the defensive.
Since 7/7 both Britain and France - led by Sarkozy - seem to be taking the necessary HARSH steps to counter-attack against the jihadoterrorists: using massive CCTV surveilance and adding deportation and racial profiling to their arsenal.
When will the USA get as tough?
You Can't Cancel Fried Chicken!
Confronting Trump Derangement Syndrome


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Q: Office 365 Offline installer package I have a license to install Office 365 (Home Premium) on multiple computers. Unfortunately, all I can download on the Office website is a 550KiB net-installer, i.e. one that downloads the complete package from the web and installs it right away without asking too many questions.
Now, doing this once is okay, although it's a huge annoyance because my internet connection at home is really slow. However when thinking about doing that again for the next machine, I kind of don't even want to upgrade at all… What's worse is that a failed update today apparently bricked my installation, so I spent the last few hours waiting for my computer to download it again to reinstall it.
So, is there some download-once offline installer for Office 365? Or can I just use a Office 2013 (Professional) ISO and install that instead and then just activate it using my Microsoft account?
Another thing that is somewhat related is that the net-installer asks no questions at all, so I always get the full package with whatever default options there are. For my notebook, given its limited SSD disk space, I would rather configure this a bit, for example exclude Access and Publisher (I use these very rarely). Is this somehow possible?

A: You can get Office 2013 32 or 64-bit from here.
As Brad said above after installing one of the above you can activate using your Microsoft Account.

A: it is also possible to download an image (.img) file for offline installation on office.com/myaccount.

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*Just open the link

*Click on Install

*Click on Language and install options

*Click on Additional install options

*With the link Download offline installer you will be able to download an image file for both x32 and x64 Microsoft Office

A: I installed Office 2013 Pro the other day from my MSDN subscription. It was a full ISO download. After it installed I started up Excel and the main prompt asked me for an email address to authenticate the product with. Below that was a link to use a traditional product key. Since I had a key from MSDN I used that option. My guess at the time was that if I had an Office 365 subscription I could authenticate with the associated email adresss.
If you have access to a full installer I would recommend giving that a try.

A: You can download an iso file from the official Microsoft 365 website.

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The women's soccer team currently sits in sixth place in the HCAC table following a 3-0 loss to conference leading Hanover on Saturday. In order to make the postseason tournament, the Ravens must climb into one of the top four spots in the conference. With just two games remaining on their schedule, their odds are slim, but with strong play, the women can sneak in.
Their 3-2-2 record in HCAC play has been good enough to give them a chance, but the Ravens do not control their own destiny at this point. Tonight, the team will match up against Rose-Hulman (5-2) who are in a tie for third place with Franklin. In order to avoid elimination from postseason consideration, the team will need to win each of their remaining two contests.
On Saturday, the Ravens will face Bluffton (0-7) at home. Even with wins in both of their remaining games, the team still could miss out on the postseason if Rose-Hulman and Franklin win one of their last two games.
The only scenario in which Anderson makes the postseason would be: a Ravens win over Rose-Hulman and Bluffton, a tie or Franklin win against Transylvania and a tie between Rose-Hulman and Transylvania. While this might seem like a lot, none of these outcomes would be major upsets based on each team's record.
Head coach Jennifer Myhre believes in her squad and thinks that they have what it takes to compete in the postseason if they make it there. She knows that in order to do that, her team must put up their first back-to-back wins of the season.
The team is well aware that these are must-win games in order to keep their season alive. Junior goal leader Emily Buchman says the team has endured an up and down season but thinks they are ready to make the jump.
Sophomore Katie Essick also spoke on the challenges that the team has had to endure throughout the duration of the season. And while these have been hard for the ladies, she believes it doesn't carry over to their off the field interactions.
Throughout the season, the Ravens have struggled to find consistency on the offensive end. They have been held scoreless twice in their last three games. That will need to change against Rose-Hulman. One way of doing that will be to get the ball to Buchman as much as possible. She leads the team with seven goals and has a shot on goal percentage north of 60 percent. In order to win, the team must rely on their most successful goal scorer.
The defense for the Ravens has been exceptional thus far in the season. Through 14 games, they have only allowed multiple goals on four occasions and have held six teams scoreless.
Even after losing the right to control their own fate for the HCAC tournament, the team is upbeat and optimistic that they can do their part by winning their last two games. The Ravens haven't lost back-to-back games all season. They are coming off of a loss to Hanover Saturday.


Gloria Govrin speaks with choreographer George Balanchine.
Govrin, currently the artistic director of Eastern Connecticut Ballet, stands at five feet, ten inches. Though choreographer George Balanchine initially discouraged her from trying to become a professional dancer, he changed direction, and hired her for the New York City Ballet.
She became a soloist, and upended the longstanding idea of what a female ballet dancer should look like.
"For him, his dancers were inspiration and he once told me that he never saw anybody my size move the way I moved, and he was intrigued," Govrin recently said on WNPR's Where We Live.
"I had a different kind of career. It wasn't the kind of career where you did the ballerina pas de deux kind of -- there weren't many tall boys in the company so it was difficult," she said. "So what he did, was he created solos for me."
Years later, she heard from young ballet students.
"I used to have girls come up to me who were tall who were so grateful, because I broke the mold," she said. "You know, it was, like, the glass ceiling of ballet. When you see dancers of today, there are lot of tall girls, and some of them taller than I am."
And as a teacher, Gavrin encourages students to find ways to make the choreography their own.
Eastern Connecticut Ballet performs at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, Connecticut on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7.
Gloria Govrin: Life, Dance, And Lessons From "Mr. B"
Five-foot, ten-inch dancer Gloria Govrin reached unprecedented heights when she joined the New York City Ballet nearly six decades ago. This hour, we take an in-depth look at her groundbreaking career -- including her work under choreographer George Balanchine ("Mr. B") -- and learn about the unique opportunity that brought her to Connecticut.
In the summer of 1877 there was a battle in the mountains of Montana. The Nez Perce people fought the U.S. Army over two days. Dozens of women and children were killed, along with U.S. and Nez Perce fighters.
New Haven's International Festival of Arts and Ideas comes to a close this weekend. One of the finales is the world premiere of a commissioned dance piece called Some of a Thousand Words. It's two nights only — Thursday and Friday. The work features two celebrated performers from vastly different dance backgrounds.


A few months before our trip Houston was hit by hurricane Ike. After Isabel caused such damage in Richmond and left us without water and power, were wondering about the comparisons. As part of our journey along the gulf coast, we were also mindful that other recent storms like Gustav and Katrina had caused additional damage as well.
Let's get the comparisons out the way now: the damage to the gulf coast is on a scale that the east coast hasn't seen since Hugo came ashore in South Carolina twenty years ago. The gulf coasts of Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are basically low-lying swamps. The water is relatively shallow in some cases as far as 30 miles from the coast. Houses are often just a few feet above the water level although some homes are built on mounds or stilts to protect from high water. It is beautiful country.
The devastation is deceiving: you see some damaged homes and the high water marks as much as twenty feet high (well into a second story building). At first it doesn't appear to be that big of a deal. Then you start to notice power meters sticking up from the dirt or concrete stairs to nowhere and then you realize that the homes and shops that used to be there are just gone. Not demolished – just completely gone. It some places a few pieces of concrete and tile flooring might be the reminder of the home in a particular spot. In many cases, even the concrete slabs were completely lifted, moved, and destroyed. We saw homes built on the man-made hills to protect them only to have the water wash away parts of the mound and literally crack the homes in two. Stilts kept some homes from being completely underwater, but the provided little protection with large trees or even entire houses floated into them.
Near Gulf Shores, AL, we stopped to let Lilianna out. Located maybe 150' from the shore, the area where we parked was a concrete slab that I later found out was for a hotel. Later I could see the outline of tiles where the registration desk had been. A short distance down the dead-end street was a new home that would have looked normal in any high end community of the Outer Banks or Myrtle Beach. Across from the lot were two trailers and lean-to. It was there that I met a lady named Boo.
She was living in the trailers with her family and explained that this area had been destroyed by Katrina. Except for the new house, most of their neighborhood was gone. A small convenience store had just opened nearby, but the Denny's next door and the hotel were probably gone forever. The hotel, or hotel lot, had been foreclosed on.
Following the destruction we had seen in New Orleans and I was wondering how it was cost-effective to do piecemeal reconstruction of neighborhoods. Boo's house would be only the second one rebuilt in the area and surrounded by abandoned, blighted lots. My initial thought was that, like New Orleans, as soon as you built the house you would be upside down because the surrounding areas would weigh down property values. That turns out to not be the case for many of these areas. The storms have wiped out most of older, smaller homes and developers viewed most of the gulf coast as an excellent opportunity to build high end beach homes. Regulatory issues in many cases, and insurance in others, delayed much of the rebuilding according to Boo, but several developers had bought surrounding lots and tried to buy theirs as well. She said that was common along much of the gulf coast and expected the area to be back better than before.


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The way we have been managing waste up until now, cheap landfilling and exporting our recycling, is no longer an option. The time has come for all of us, community and Council, to change how we manage waste.
The way we have been managing waste up until now, cheap landfilling and exporting our recycling, is no longer an option. The time has come for all of us, community and Council, to change how we manage waste. The City of Port Phillip is growing rapidly and so is volume of waste we generate. We all know that the amount of waste we produce as a society impacts both our immediate and broader environment. We are getting better at recycling, but large volumes of recyclable material still end up in landfill because it's placed in the wrong bin or can't be sorted effectively.
Council has declared a climate emergency and waste management is a huge part of this story, but the solutions don't sit with Council alone.
So, what can we all do?
As a community, we need to look at our consumption behaviours, how we use resources, and how we dispose of materials when we're done with them. Together, these challenges present us with a tremendous opportunity to take more responsibility for the waste we generate, and to be more accountable for where it goes.
Growing challenges
The rapid growth of our City, in both established and new neighbourhoods, means we're producing more waste. Meanwhile, as we all face significant challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, even the way we dispose of our waste has changed.
As we spend more time at home our household waste generation has increased and for some of us, our bins are filling up faster than usual. Across the City we've seen an increase in the level of contamination in the recycling bin.
And as we spend more time in our local area, there has been an increased demand for our street bins which are also filling up more quickly.
To guide us through this period of growth and change, Council has adopted the Don't Waste It! Waste Management Strategy 2018-28. This was developed in consultation with our community and sets out 25 actions to improve our waste services and the liveability of our City, and investing in new technology to better manage waste into the future.
It sets a target of diverting 85 per cent of waste from landfill by 2028. When the strategy was developed, our waste diversion was approximately 33 per cent, this fell to 25.71 per cent during the waste crisis, with the community losing faith in recycling services and the need to recycle correctly.
At the start of 2020, the rate was 31.85 per cent. To get back on track and achieve the targets our community have asked for we are going to need new and better services that provide simpler and easier ways to recycle our waste effectively.
Don't Waste It! Waste Management Strategy 2018-28 (DOCX 45KB)
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Recycling Victoria
In February, the Victorian Government pledged to transform the state's recycling sector into one Victorians can rely on. It will mean a cleaner, greener Victoria with better recycling, less pollution, more jobs and an even stronger economy.
Recycling Victoria is a circular economy policy – a 10-year action plan, during which the government will invest more than $300 million to fundamentally transform the state's recycling sector, reduce waste, create thousands of jobs and 'set Victoria up for a more sustainable future'.
Significantly, for households, Recycling Victoria sets a requirement for kerbside recycling reform that will mean by 2027 all households will be able to access a glass recycling service and a food and garden organics recovery service by 2030.
We know that our community lives in diverse households that will access these services differently. For some, these reforms may mean having two extra bins for source separation, but a four-bin service may not suit people living in apartment buildings or high-density areas.
Together we will trial new waste and recycling services to determine what service mix is needed and to pave the way for rolling out these services to the broader community.
How can I make a difference?
We all play a crucial part in helping to reduce the cost and impact of waste generation and management. As a community, we need to look at our consumption behaviours, how we use resources, and how we dispose of materials when we're done with them.
The waste and recycling challenges present us with a tremendous opportunity to take more responsibility for the waste we generate, and to be more accountable for where it goes.
Avoiding and reducing waste is a critical first step everyone can take. The less we purchase, consume and dispose of, the less impact we have. The old saying reduce, reuse, recycle is still as relevant now as it was several decades ago. This can be as simple as:
Avoiding single use plastics
Purchasing in bulk to avoid packaging
Asking yourself, 'do I really need this at all?'
Reusing items is the next best thing. Consider:
Purchasing items at op shops to avoid new and often heavily packaged products
Borrowing things from friends, neighbours or family members
Using the library instead of buying books
Donating things to others when you no longer want them.
Recycling can also make a difference. Consider:
Using your kerbside recycling correctly and sorting effectively is a huge help in ensuring that household materials get recycled right. We know that the list of recyclable items does occasionally change, which can be confusing and frustrating.
We ask you to commit to keeping yourself informed about what can go in your recycling bin and we'll update you of any changes on social media and the website.
What about a waste levy?
You may have heard that Council was considering the introduction of a waste and amenity levy, which is a payment separate to rates that covers some, or all, of the costs of delivering waste, recycling and cleansing services.
We know that our community is facing enormous challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic and as such, a waste and amenity levy has not been included in the 2020/21 Council Budget.
The next few years will continue to challenge the waste and resource recovery industry. Service costs are expected to rise in response to an increased landfill levy, shifting recycling markets and increased processing costs.
A waste and amenity levy will help Council meet these increased costs, and the requirements of the Victorian Government's Recycling Victoria circular economy policy, while providing a sustainable waste service and as such, it will be reconsidered in the future.


The general purpose of this study is to look at what four different Swedish newspapers reported about the Berlin walls fall. The newspapers chosen for the study are Ny Dag, Arbetet, Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Nyheter. The method used is a qualitative method while analyzing newspaper materials. This is accomplished by using four different questions. What was the reaction? What was the predicted future? How the magazines opinion is shown through their general ideological believes? Was the Berlin walls fall viewed as a threat? The general reaction was a euphoric feeling and a new time for Europe. The future talks centered on the uniting of the two Germanys and why this should or shouldn't happen. The political messages were different in every newspaper. Svenska Dagbladet went hard against communism while Ny Dag defended it. Arbetets reporting was milder and Dagens Nyheter tried to play both sides. The newspapers did report about a threat perspective and it was about the relationship between superpowers and the impending question about immigrants from DDR. The threat perspective was lowering while a peace perspective was rising.


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Yurika Hino
Yurika Hino (日野 由利加, Hino Yurika, January 16, 1963) is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Office PAC. After graduating from the Bunka Gakuin Literature Department Drama Course, she joined the Theater Company Subaru in 1987 after working at the Drama School, and left the group in December 2011. In recent years, in addition to acting activities, she has been focusing on teaching younger generations who aim to become voice actors. In the voice acting business, she mainly dubbs Western movies of various genres, including the dubbing of Famke Janssen, Winona Ryder, and Carrie-Anne Moss. In anime and game works, she often plays the role of an adult woman or mother. She is also active as a stage actor.
Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As: 日野由利加, ひの ゆりか
Movies List of Yurika Hino
New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City (2003)
New Fist of the North Star: The Forbidden Fist (2003)
New Fist of the North Star: When a Man Carries Sorrow (2004)
Kai Doh Maru (2001)
Biohazard 4D: Executer (2000)
Saint Seiya Heaven Chapter: Overture (2004)
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007)
Animal Crossing: The Movie (2006)


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While genetic mutations, changes in DNA sequence, are central to the development of Cancer, it is increasingly recognized that associated alterations in the chemical structure of the DNA packing material, known as chromatin, are linked to cancer causation. These distinct chromatin states and the molecules that regulate then form the basis of the field of epigenetics. While epigenetics is generally understood to be important in oncology, it is not yet clear how specific epigenetic changes are generated by different environmental conditions such as UV light exposure. Moreover, it is not understood what epigenetic changes are most impactful for the progression of malignancy and what therapeutic approaches can be used to successfully intervene to prevent or cure cancer. Our team will address how UV exposure in patients can induce particular epigenetic changes in skin lesions, whether existing epigenetic therapies can achieve desired effects of preventing epigenetic changes and progression to cancer, and design and develop new epigenetic therapies that could be useful for skin cancer and other malignancies. We hope to illuminate the factors that dictate patiets' skin cancer's responsiveness to epigenetic therapies which could ultimately lead to a new standard of care for treatment. We also plan to synthesize at least one new dual action epigenetic modulator compound that can serve as a clinical candidate for patient cancer trials.
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Celebrate fall with hayrides, face painting and live music at "Whispers Along the Wissahickon."The event, hosted by the Friends of the Wissahickon, will be held on Friday, Oct. 19, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Wissahickon Environmental Center, located at 300 Northwestern Avenue. Costumes are encouraged.
Tickets, which include food, beverages, beer and wine, are $30 for adults, $15 for children and $85 for two adults and two children.
Visit www.fow.org to purchase tickets.


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Ayo es un personaje femenino de los cómic publicados por Marvel Comics. Creada por Al Ewing y Kenneth Rocafort, apareció por primera vez en Ultimates Vol. 2 #1 de 2016. Ella es una guerrera de la Dora Milaje de Wakanda, mano derecha de Okoye y fiel guerra del Rey T'Challa.

Florence Kasumba interpreta a la personaje en las películas del Universo Cinematográfico de Marvel para Capitán América: Civil War (2016), Pantera Negra, Avengers: Infinity War (2018) y la serie de Disney+, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) y en Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).

Historial de publicaciones
El personaje, creado por Al Ewing y Kenneth Rocafort, apareció por primera vez en Ultimates Vol. 2 # 1 (enero de 2016).

Biografía
Cuando Ramonda, reina de Wakanda, sentenció a Aneka, a una compañera Dora Milaje y a su amante, a ser ejecutadas, Ayo se encargó de rescatarla. Robando la armadura del ángel de la medianoche, Ayo rompió a Aneka en libertad y las dos denunciaron sus papeles como guerreras de Dora Milaje. Llamados a sí mismas, Ángeles de Medianoche, pronto se convirtieron en vigilantes en su patria, rescataron a mujeres de un grupo de bandidos y lucharon contra las falsas mujeres Dora Milaje que realmente estaban trabajando con el Gorila Blanco. Ayo permaneció en las tierras Jabari. Ayo y sus Ángeles formaron una alianza con otro grupo de liberación llamado el Pueblo, a pesar de la inquietud del primero.

Ayo y sus Ángeles más tarde comenzaron a arrepentirse de su alianza con la Gente cuando comenzaron a usar la violencia como un medio para resolver sus problemas. Eventualmente, Shuri se enfrentó a Ayo y Aneka y las convenció de que la Dora Milaje ayudara al Rey T'Challa a derrotar la Gente. Aunque inicialmente se negaron, ya que pensaban que T'Challa no era un hombre de su pueblo, Shuri cambió de opinión al explicar que T'Challa era un hombre honorable que no se rebajaba a tácticas bajas como la Gente. Después de la derrota de la Gente, Ayo y Aneka hicieron las paces con T'Challa.

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Cine
 Ayo aparece en Capitán América: Civil War (2016), retratada por Florence Kasumba. Ella es la guardaespaldas de T'Challa en el extranjero. Cuando salen a buscar al ahora buscado Capitán América, Ayo tiene un encuentro minucioso con Black Widow al salir del edificio. Ella le dice "Muévete o te moverán", lo que divierte a T'Challa y él simplemente le indica que se vaya.
 Kasumba repite su papel en Pantera Negra (2018). Ella se muestra a trabajar junto a Okoye, quién es su comandante. Junto con la otra Dora Milaje, a regañadientes se pone del lado de Erik Stevens después de que él se convierte en Rey de Wakanda, pero lucha contra él cuando T'Challa regresa.
 Ayo aparece en Avengers: Infinity War (2018) donde una vez más lucha junto a sus compañeros Wakandans. Durante la Batalla de Wakanda, protege a Shuri, hasta que Corvus Glaive la deja inconsciente.

Televisión
 Kasumba repite su papel como Ayo en la serie de Disney+, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). Tras el Blip, sigue a Bucky Barnes hasta Letonia y se enfrenta a él, exigiendo que entregue a Helmut Zemo. En el siguiente episodio, después de que Barnes la convence de que él y Sam Wilson todavía tienen usos para él, Ayo le da 8 horas antes de irse.

Referencias

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The Cove April 11, 2016 Sydney FC News
Graham Arnold's shake of the head at the full time whistle told the story. Where had this performance been all season?
Resolute, blemish-free at the back.
In control of the midfield.
Clinical in front of goal.
Sydney FC's display against a strangely lethargic Perth Glory was among its best of the season, flying in the face of their tentative A-League displays in recent months but continuing their rich vein of form in the Asian Champions' League (ACL). True, the visitors missed the guile of talismanic Diego Castro and the pace of Chris Harold but even that pair would have made little difference, such was the gulf in class on the day.
With Sydney's A-League season dead and buried, one can only surmise that this was a performance with a view to Sydney's clash with Urawa Red Diamonds on April 20. If so, the Japanese, sitting second to Sydney FC on the ladder, are in for a tough encounter.
David Carney has lost some of his electric pace of a decade ago but rolled back the years, eliciting the "Super Dave" chant from the Cove with an opportunistic finish, after some good lead-up work from Filip Holosko and a pinball-like bobble off two Glory defenders.
Carney's decision-making plummeted in the last twenty minutes, as fatigue set in. With ten days to prepare for the Urawa match, Super Dave could be in for some tough training sessions as the coaching staff looks to build his fitness for the vital ACL games ahead.
If Holosko's chested control of Ali Abbas' through ball that led to Carney's opener was quality, the Slovak's goal five minutes later was sheer class. Often criticised for not creating enough on his own – as befitting a marquee attacker – the winger drifted inside. Receiving the ball, Holosko outpaced and then dribbled around the seemingly static defensive duo of Alex Grant and Shane Lowry, finishing low and hard under the diving Perth keeper Ante Covic.
In the season's wash-up, the displays of every Sky Blue player will come under the microscope, the foreign marquee's that much more so. At times, the Slovak international disappointed but has reached ten goals by the end of the season – not a bad return for a winger in a team that has performed poorly in the A-League.
It is no secret that Holosko declined an opportunity to represent his country a few weeks back to give Sydney FC his best endeavours. His kissing of the Sydney badge upon scoring his goal against Glory on Saturday night indicates that playing in the Sky Blue shirt has come to mean much to the Slovakian.
The second half saw the Sky Blues create chance after chance and, but for better decision making, could have scored another two or three goals. There was a brief but ultimately fruitless Glory revival but the Sky Blues, now with ten men, sat back and picked off the visitors with one counterattack after another. And in the 84th minute of play, Milos Ninkovic released Abbas in the Perth penalty area and the Iraqi comfortably beat Dino Djulbic, smashing a rasping drive past Covic for a 3-0 lead.
If rumours are correct that Abbas, off contract at the end of the season, is looking to engineer a move overseas, the Cove favourite has a keen sense of history, scoring on his return from long-term injury at ANZ Stadium in January and now, possibly in his final A-League match for the Sky Blues. Either way, this isn't a farewell – much is expected of Abbas in coming weeks.
In injury time, Brandon O'Neill released substitute Andrew Hoole, whose timing was perfect to receive the through ball at full pace and make a run at the Perth goal. The winger's cross to Ninkovic was well aimed and the popular Serb finished clinically to end the Sky Blues' A-League season on a high.
Once again, French cousins Jacques Faty and Mikael Tavares were conspicuous by their absence. Faty, now surplus to requirements, is no longer a Sydney FC player, while it appears that Tavares, who has another year to run on his contract, may not be overly keen on remaining with the club.
For ACL purposes, it would serve Sydney FC well to hold on to the midfielder until the end of the season, as the former Senegal international could still have an important role to play in the Asian competition. But one gets the feeling that Tavares' days are numbered.
In a game where just about every Sydney player shaded his Perth opponent, the O'Neill-Milos Dimitrijevic midfield combination worked a treat, George Blackwood tried hard but took some poor options and Matt Simon put in a powerful effort, though, as ever, was a loose cannon with his tackles.
Ten day until Sydney's ACL match against Urawa Red Diamonds. With a draw enough to get the Sky Blues through to the next round, a win will cement their spot at the top of the table. One hopes that more than 5,000 fans show up to support the club in the highest level of club football competition that Asia has to offer.
In the meantime, let's enjoy the 4-0 win. At least it gave the fans something to smile about.
And forced others to shake their heads at what have been.
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Why Don't You Get a Job? – piosenka amerykańskiej punkrockowej grupy The Offspring. Jest to jedenasta ścieżka z albumu Americana (1998) oraz drugi singel promujący go. Utwór został także zawarty na albumie kompilacyjnym Greatest Hits oraz DVD Complete Music Video Collection. Melodia jest inspirowana piosenką The Beatles – "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da".

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