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Home / Open for Business / Milwaukee EB-5 Visa Program
The Milwaukee Regional Center was established in 2007, when it was approved by the Department of Homeland Security to sponsor investment projects in southeast Wisconsin.
Created to stimulate investment in the U.S. economy and to create new jobs for U.S. workers, the federal EB-5 regional center program has grown rapidly in the last several years.
The program offers foreign investors and their families the opportunity to apply for green cards in exchange for qualified investment in qualified local projects. Investors must be approved by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") in order to obtain conditional green cards and permanent green cards. To qualify for a green card, a qualified foreign investor must invest a minimum of US $1 million (or US$500,000 in targeted employment areas) in qualified businesses that create at least ten full-time permanent jobs for U.S. workers. Provided that the investment is maintained and achieves the job requirements of the program, a foreign investor may apply for a permanent green card two years after he or she obtains a conditional green card.
The Milwaukee Regional Center includes the Wisconsin counties of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha. Targeted employment areas within the Regional Center area that qualify for the $500,000 investment level include designated areas of the City of Milwaukee, all of Walworth County and the City of Racine. In 2017, the Milwaukee Regional Center expanded beyond Wisconsin to include the Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will, as well as Indiana's Lake County.
Qualified investors and their families (spouse and any unmarried children under age 21) are eligible for green cards after approval of their applications
Although investment must occur within a regional center's territory, the investor and his/her family may live and work anywhere in the United States
No minimum requirements as to the investor's business training, experience or language skills
Ability to travel outside of the United States and return to the U.S. without a visa after an investor obtains a green card
Education benefits of permanent residents, including admission to state universities at resident costs for qualified residents
Eligible to become a U.S. citizen once a permanent resident for more than five years
For more information about the EB-5 Regional Center program, please visit the USCIS website, or contact Craig Kammholz, (414) 287-4163 regarding the Milwaukee Regional Center.
The Milwaukee Regional Center is administered by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Regional Center, LLC ("MMAC-LLC"). While MMAC-LLC and its affiliates (collectively, "MMACRC") generally welcome investment in the Milwaukee Regional Center area, MMACRC does not have sufficient information about the investment opportunities identified below to be able to recommend, nor does it endorse, any particular investment opportunity. MMACRC is not, by listing and providing basic information about each investment opportunity, promoting any of the investment opportunities listed.
Investment offerings are not open to U.S. investors; the descriptions of the investment opportunities are neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities.
Through the Milwaukee Regional Center, 17 projects from six investment teams have been funded by EB-5 investments. Past projects and funds that have utilized the Milwaukee Regional Center include:
Brewhouse Inn & Suites
Building on Milwaukee's proud beer brewing heritage, two historic buildings at the former Pabst brewery site in downtown Milwaukee have been converted to a 90-room extended-stay hotel, the Brewhouse Inn & Suites. The six-floor boutique hotel maintains many of the brewery's original features, including spiral stairwells, arched stone doorways in the lobby and the iconic brew kettles.
FirstPathway Citizenship Fund
This fund invests in properties that qualify for EB-5 status. Each property is reviewed for its ability to generate the necessary direct and indirect jobs. Once this requirement has been established, the Fund analyzes the potential return on investment (ROI) and security of the overall project.
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The following banks are generally available to provide banking services. Other major international banks may also be used.
Mr. Richard Bennett
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Mr. William Arechiga
Email: william.arechiga@wellsfargo.com


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News you need to know: Converge, Meralco win; All-Star update and more
by spin.ph staff
Meralco off to strong start
PHOTO: Jerome Ascano
KJ McDaniels came up with a huge opening game, scoring 27 points to lead all scorers as Meralco ripped Rain or Shine, 105-87, on Sunday in the PBA Governors' Cup at the Philsports Arena.
Chris Banchero added 17 points and Allein Maliksi had 16 for the Bolts, off to a strong start in the season-ending conference after missing the playoffs in the Commissioner's Cup.
Rey Nambatac had 21 points, while James Yap had a solid return to the PBA, delivering 13 points for the Elasto Painters. Yap last played for Rain or Shine in the 2021 Philippine Cup
Rain or Shine import Michael Qualls had 14 points, well below the 53-point output during a tune-up game between the two teams.
Converge wins by 30
MAVERICK Ahanmisi had 29 points as Converge overpowered NorthPort, 122-92, on Sunday in the PBA Governors' Cup.
Import Ethan Rusbatch had 17 points and was a rebound short of a double-double, for the FiberXers, who scored 40 in the second quarter.
Marcus Weathers came up with a fine game with 37 points and 12 rebounds but NorthPort still went on to absorb its third heaviest defeat in franchise history.
Arvin Tolentino had 12 points for the Batang Pier, who were without Robert Bolick and Arwind Santos in the first game under coach Bonnie Tan.
PBA All-Stars
PHOTO: Marlo Cueto
THE North vs South format of the PBA All-Star has been scrapped for this year's festivities.
The league is adapting a draft format, similar to the NBA All-Stars, with the top two vote getters being assigned as captains who will pick their teammates.
The game is set March 12 in Passi, Iloilo.
But while the All Star coaches in the NBA are determined by team standings, Commissioner Willie Marcial Marcial said the PBA All Star coaches will also be selected through fan voting. Fans can vote through the PBA website and in voting places to be set up in game venues from Jan. 25 until Feb. 15.
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Free spaces of trade, storage, and distribution are transformed into centres of detention and expulsion for labourers; whose bodies are not only controlled by the automated machinery and robots but are also dominated by the obscure desires of the others.
Logistics today is a biopolitical apparatus.
This biopolitical machine is founded on the division of life, into biological life and political life. The same means of division however, is precisely what permits one to construct the unity of life: a life that is not separated from its form. As the contemporary philosopher Giorgio Agamben puts it, such form of life is not defined by its relation to a work, but rather by a potential, and by 'inoperativity': that is, a mode in which it is maintained in relation to a pure potential in a work, where life and its form, private and public enter into a threshold of indifference; wherein the question is neither life nor work but happiness.
In 2009 the construction of Maasvlakte 2 and the excavation of the seabed brought to light a long-lost manuscript, a rather unique piece of work. Archaeologists associated it with the Dutch Ocean Liner, SS Tubantia, which sunk after being attacked by German submarine on March 16, 1916. The surviving components of the manuscript contain a series of notes that appear to be part of a story or prophecy. The fact that the synopses are unfinished, with no signature, is perhaps the main reason the author(s) has not yet been identified.
The curatorial project is an attempt to reconstruct the found story, reflecting on the modes of resistance to the ever-expanding nature of the logistical apparatus that govern us. Aiming to liberate the life from the work, the project contemplates the possibility of turning our activities to potentialities. Not only that, but also to clear away, to abstract in order to suggests a pause: a moment within which a new possibility of political organization can be imagined.


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Information Center > In The News > Why Michigan M-STEP results are cause for concern
Why Michigan M-STEP results are cause for concern
by Lori Higgins and Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press
Michigan students showed little improvement in language arts and math on the state's tough new standardized exam, but they saw increases in science and decreases in social studies.
The data, from results released today on the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP), are concerning because it shows — for a second year in a row — that scores of students are failing the tests that are part of the state exam.
Overall, 47.3% of students in grades 3-8 passed the English language arts portion of the M-STEP, compared to 47.8% in 2015. In math, 37.2% passed, a slight increase over last year's 36.9%.
Meanwhile, in science, 23.8% of students in grades 4, 7 and 11 passed the science exam, up from 21.4%. And 30.3% of students in grades 5, 8 and 11 passed in social studies, down from 31.7% last year.
The exam was given in the spring. The stakes are high now that the State School Reform Office has said it intends to use the scores to make decisions about whether to close chronically low-performing schools.
Also released today by the Michigan Department of Education: Student scores on the SAT, given for the first time as part of the M-STEP. The average total score in Michigan was 1001, out of a possible score of 1600, with students performing far better in reading and writing than they did in math.
The M-STEP results were dismal for students in the state's largest city, where so few students — in the Detroit Public Schools Community District and the Educational Achievement Authority — passed the exam in some grades and subjects that they fell below the 5% threshold the state uses for reporting scores.
The results continue to raise alarms about large gaps between the performance of white students and the performance of African American and Hispanic students.
For elementary and middle school grades, the biggest gap was in fourth-grade math. Just 15.07% of black students were proficient, while 52.31% of white students were proficient. For Hispanic students, the biggest gap was in fifth-grade math, with 19.19% of Hispanic students proficient and 40.99% of white students.
Even more sobering: the gaps are even larger when compared to Asian students. In fourth-grade math, 71.69% of Asian students were proficient, while 63.9% of Asian students were proficient in fifth-grade math.
Despite the lack of overall movement in the scores, MDE officials were pleased that in two-thirds of the grades and subjects tested, there were slight improvements.
Most significant was in science, Venessa Keesler, deputy superintendent, said during a media call this morning. The percentage of students proficient in the subject improved at each of the three grade levels tested.
But Keesler acknowledged that in most cases, more than half of the students were not proficient on the M-STEP, though she objected to describing those students as having flunked the test.
"We raised the bar on what Michigan students are able to do," Keesler said. "Fifty percent have work to do to meet the standards."
There remains uncertainty surrounding the future of the M-STEP. State Superintendent Brian Whiston has signaled that he'd like to see Michigan transition to an exam that can better measure growth and be given multiple times in a school year, while maintaining an M-STEP-like exam that would be given once in elementary school and once in middle school. The state will move in that direction this fall when, for the first time, students in grades K-2 take an exam that would be repeated in the spring so schools can see how much students learn over the course of the school year.
The kindergarten exam is optional. And while there will be a state-produced exam, schools are free to choose their own test.
Some say the state needs stability and should stick with the M-STEP.
"Students and teachers need stability and everyone, especially parents and policymakers, deserves honest and reliable data," Amber Arellano, executive director of the Education Trust-Midwest, said in a news release. "Changing tests again would put our schools into greater turmoil and prevent transparency for years."
The M-STEP exam is largely based on the ambitious Common Core State Standards. Those standards, adopted by Michigan and dozens of other states, spell out what students must learn to be prepared for college and careers.
The exam has also launched a new era in testing in Michigan: It was given online to about 95% of the students who took it. And while there are some multiple choice questions, there are far fewer of them than on previous exams. Instead, students often are required to type in answers to some questions, plot data on a graph, listen to a presentation and then answer questions, and draw shapes.
Last year, the test included a performance task in math and English-language arts, which required students to complete an in-depth project during the course of the exam that demonstrates their analytical and problem-solving skills.
But the state ditched the language-arts performance tasks this year in some grades to address widespread concerns that the exam was too long and taxing students and teachers.
Another significant change this year: The MDE vastly improved its ability to get the scores to schools and publicly released. Last year school-level data wasn't released until December.
Contact Lori Higgins: 313-222-6651, [email protected] or @LoriAHiggins
The Michigan Department of Education today released results of the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP), which includes exams for students in grades 3-8 as well as high school juniors. Note: the 2015 exam includes a performance task for grades in 3-8, but that was reduced to just grades 5 and 8 this year.
Percent passed 2016
Click here for the full article in The Detroit Free Press.
Statement by Amber Arellano on bipartisan education deal
August 18, 2020 by Jen Mrozowski
Statement by Amber Arellano, Executive Director, The Education Trust-Midwest"We applaud Governor Whitmer and Michigan's legislative leadership for their work…
M-STEP scores should prompt action and why Mich. schools are in session, without a budget
September 10, 2019 by Brian Gutman
Recently released data on student learning in Michigan highlights the need for prompt action to improve learning for all students, with…
2019 M-STEP Analysis
August 29, 2019 by Brian Gutman
Low performance and large gaps in student learning should prompt action at every level
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (Aug. 29, 2019) – The release of new data on student learning in Michigan highlights the…
Comment From The Education Trust-Midwest On Request For ESSA Waiver On Science Assessments
The Education Trust-Midwest (ETM) recognizes the importance of developing and field testing assessment tools that measure current state standards,…
Mich. Ed. Roundup – October 31
October 31, 2017 by edtrustmidwest
Take Action! Oppose Test ChangesThe Michigan Department of Education recently announced significant changes to the end-of-year assessment, the M-STEP,…
MDE Confirms Major M-STEP ChangesOn Thursday, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced major changes to end-of-year testing, coming…
Mich. Ed. Roundup – October 3
October 3, 2017 by edtrustmidwest
Equitable access to strong teachers critical for underserved studentsBlack, Latino and Native students, and students from low-income families, are…
Mich. Ed. Roundup – September 5
M-STEP Results Show Need to Build on Progress, Not Reset the ClockResults from the Michigan Student Test for Educational Progress…
M-STEP Results Show Need to Build on Progress, Not Reset the Clock
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (Aug. 29, 2017) – Today's release of the results from the Michigan Student Test of Educational…


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EMPEA Releases 2019 Global Limited Partners Survey
More than half of surveyed limited partners (LPs) plan to commit more capital to emerging market private equity (EM PE) in the next two years, the first time the rate has surpassed 50% since 2014.
This note of optimism highlights EMPEA's new Global Limited Partners Survey, which was released one week before the global EM PE community gathers in Washington, DC on 14-15 May for the IFC's 21st annual Global Private Equity Conference held in association with EMPEA. The 15th annual edition of the survey features the views of 104 LPs on the current conditions and outlook for EM PE.
"This year's findings point to a continued recovery in investor sentiment toward emerging markets," said Jeff Schlapinski, EMPEA's Senior Director of Research. "Southeast Asia, China, and India have consistently been attractive to investors, but we are also witnessing markets like Brazil and Central & Eastern Europe coming back into favor. We also note that limited partners are looking for more information before investing, including details on managers' internal operations; environment, social, and governance (ESG) practices; and diversity."
Key findings from the 2019 Global Limited Partners Survey include:
LPs Look to Emerging Markets: Over half of respondents anticipate committing more capital to EM PE funds over the next two years, the first time that more than 50% have indicated they plan to increase commitments since 2014. The proportion of investors who plan to increase the EM share of their overall PE portfolios also reached its highest level in the past five years.
Due Diligence Rising in Importance: Nearly 44% of respondents have increased the amount of information requested from prospective GPs over the last two years, with a strong focus on operational practices, fund manager financials, and ESG considerations. Most LPs (63%) use their own proprietary questionnaire when conducting due diligence, presenting challenges for GPs faced with growing demands for information from prospective investors.
Southeast Asia Remains Top Destination: For the second straight year, Southeast Asia ranked as the most attractive market for investment, and the markets of Emerging Asia continue to hold the top three slots in EMPEA's attractiveness ranking. Only Southeast Asia, China, and India recorded attractiveness scores of greater than 50 in the overall index, which tracks average LP sentiment toward emerging markets. Brazil was the biggest mover in the attractiveness ranking, climbing two spots to fourth above Africa (holding in fifth) and Latin America excluding Brazil (which fell to sixth). Among the least attractive markets—Russia/CIS, Turkey, and the Middle East—investors reported political risk to be the greatest deterrent to investing.
Past Performance Key: Unsurprisingly, 94% of respondents reported that the strength of a GPs' past performance was important or very important when evaluating an EM PE fund manager. However, LPs are considering a broader array of factors than in the past. Over one-third of respondents reported that active management and reporting on ESG criteria were 'very important' when evaluating a new manager, up from 26% in 2013.
Technology Attractive: Over half of respondents indicated they are actively seeking investment opportunities in technology, with only 7% indicating no current or expected future interest in this investment area. Broadly speaking, e-commerce was viewed as the most promising technology area across all emerging markets.
About the Survey
In February and March 2019, EMPEA surveyed 118 representatives from 104 different institutions to gather their views on private equity in emerging markets.
Institutions participating in the survey include pension funds, family offices, development finance institutions (DFIs), funds of funds, private markets advisors, banks, asset managers, insurers, government agencies, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds.
These LPs are based in 37 different countries and collectively represent global PE assets under management (AUM) of approximately USD981 billion and total AUM of USD6.9 trillion.
More than 98% of institutions surveyed are currently invested in at least one EM PE fund, and 82% have been investing in EM PE funds for more than five years.
EM investments constitute 21% of the current overall PE portfolio of the average surveyed institution (excluding development finance institutions, EM-focused funds of funds, and others legally mandated to invest in emerging markets).
EMPEA is the global industry association for private capital in emerging markets. An independent, non-profit organization, the association brings together 300+ firms—including institutional investors, fund managers, and industry advisors—who manage more than USD5 trillion in assets across 130 countries. EMPEA members share the organization's belief that private capital can deliver attractive long-term investment returns and promote the sustainable growth of companies and economies. EMPEA supports its members globally through authoritative research and intelligence, conferences, networking, education, and advocacy. To find out more, please visit EMPEA.org.


Shorter and earlier than other whites, this Astilbe will bloom in early summer. Foliage is a lustrous shiny green. Blooms early to midsummer. With pristine white plumes, A. Deutschland will stand out in the night garden as well. A staple for semi-shade and shade gardens.
Astilbe lend a refined grace to perennial borders. Perfect for the shade garden along with Hostas and Ferns. Lush deeply cut foliage is attractive for the entire season and is colored from green to bronze. Effective anywhere with rich moist soil and partial shade.
Low care. Needs moisture during dry spells. Dried heads can be left standing if desired or cut down at anytime. Can be divided every 3-5 years in early spring. Cut through woody crowns to separate eyes to form additional plants. Add fertilizer or compost if desired when planting or moving and in late fall to winter.


Welcome to Nagpur Metro Rail Reviewed by admin on May 17, 2014 .
A Unofficial Informational website of Nagpur Metro Rail to provide all information like – Route, Fare, Recruitment and many more.
Nagpurmetrorail.com, this is an Informational website to provide all information regarding Nagpur metro rail – route, fare, recruitment, parking charges, facilities, important contact number, emergency contact, stations details and many more.
Nagpur Metro Rail is a proposed rapid transit system for the city of Nagpur, India. Maharashtra Government gave approval for this project in February 2014. The main reason to start this project is only to reduce the traffic congestion in the urban parts of the city, and is expected to be completed by December 2016. The Nagpur metro rail set-up will be extending across a length of about 38.21 km. It will be serviceable on two corridors, namely the North-South Corridor and the East-West Corridor. The 19.65 km long North-South Corridor will be running from Automotive Square to MIHAN, while the East-West Corridor which is 18.55 km in length will be constructed from Prajapati Nagar to Lokmanya Nagar. Total number of stations on Corridor No. 1 (North-South corridor) and Corridor No. 2 (East-West corridor) would be 17 and 19, respectively.


Citizenship Study and teaching. Instructional and educational works. Multicultural education.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index. This ... book presents the development and current status of global education in an easy to read style appropriate for practicing teachers. It includes diverse examples from schools and organizations around the world and shows how schools can help students prepare for life in a "global village".


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Rights Groups Call for Public Inquiry Into Case of Edmonton Constable
Groups say Downing's recent return to active duty is concerning
(Ottawa – July 8, 2019) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and the undersigned organizations are calling for a public inquiry after an Edmonton police officer, Constable Nathan Downing, was put back on active duty. Constable Downing is accused of using excessive force and racist slurs during the arrest of Edmonton man Nasser El-Hallak. Downing was recently permitted to return to active duty despite a disciplinary hearing arising from these allegations, and also troublingly, from the allegation that Downing arrested a witness testifying in his own disciplinary hearing.
Upon learning of this arrest in late May, NCCM and other human rights groups called for Constable Downing to be reassigned to a non-patrol capacity while the investigation into the witness arrest remained ongoing. This request was successful, and Constable Downing was put on pre-approved leave. However, Constable Downing was returned to active duty last week.
"The fact that Constable Downing - who has a history of using excessive force during arrests, and who arrested a key witness just prior to his own disciplinary hearing - has been permitted to quietly return to active duty is incredibly concerning. It means that there is a fundamental issue with the investigative process here. That is why we are calling for a public inquiry into this matter," says Mustafa Farooq, NCCM Executive Director.
"At a time when police have come under strong scrutiny for how they have dealt with minority groups, it is incumbent upon all Police Services to be sensitive to the manner in which they handle minority community issues. The matter of Constable Downing was mismanaged and poorly considered. Given all the mistakes made during the course of this case an Inquiry would both bring answers and give needed direction for the future," says Bernie M. Farber, Chair of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network.
"Hate Free Yeg is committed to building safer, more welcoming, and more inclusive public spaces for all Edmontonians. Our city police service is entrusted with a substantial role in protecting public safety; we believe this safety mandate must include a commitment to addressing incidents of racism and other forms of hate that may involve EPS members and that this must include transparency and accountability to the public the force is committed to serve. We are disappointed with the decision to return Constable Downing to patrol duties while the investigation into these incidents is ongoing and believe this type of decision harms the sense of trust and safety for marginalized communities in our city," says Bridget Stirling of Hate Free Yeg.
"The allegations against Constable Downing are not only serious, but they undermine the public's trust in the Edmonton Police Service and its ability to investigate the conduct of its officers. Constable Downing should not have returned to active duty during the investigation and disciplinary hearing into his interaction with Mr. El-Hallak. It is deeply disturbing and frankly suspect that Constable Downing would stop and charge the main witness testifying against him at the hearing shortly before she's scheduled to testify. The public deserves to know why the EPS and Constable Downing made the decisions that it did, and why Constable Downing happened to stop and charge the witness right before his disciplinary hearing. This can only be accomplished through a public inquiry," says Avnish Nanda, Edmonton-based lawyer.
Bernie Farber, Canada Anti-Hate Network, berniefarber@gmail.com
Bridget Stirling, Hate Free YEG, bstirlin@ualberta.ca or 780-903-5056
Avnish Nanda, avnish@nandalaw.ca
[And there] they will be waited upon with trays and goblets of gold; and there will be found all that the souls might desire, and [all that] the eyes might delight in. And therein shall you abide, [O you who believe:]
Az-Zukhruf (The Gold Adornments) Verse 71
Allah's Apostle said, "Don't sell gold for gold unless equal in weight, nor silver for silver unless equal in weight, but you could sell gold for silver or silver for gold as you like."


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Why Rushed Engagement Is The Newest Celebrity Trend
It's been a weird summer. Trump keeps interrupting The Bachelorette, the heat wave broke everyone's spirits, and all our least fave baby celeb couples are getting engaged. And by "baby," I mean that both the celebs themselves and the actual relationships are very, very young. First we had Ariana Grande (25) and Pete Davidson (24), and now we have Justin Bieber (24), and Hailey Baldwin (21). Yes, TWENTY-ONE. I too spat out my coffee upon reading that. Doesn't that just seem awfully young to ruin your life in such a permanent way make such a long-term decision? While Justin and Hailey have had an on-off thing for years, neither couple was publicly together earlier than, say, May. All of which begs the question: why the rush? Is this a hot new celeb trend we'll all hate for a year and then emulate forever? WTF is really going on? Here are some theories.
They're Being Massive Trolls
This is one of my preferred theories, though probably unlikely. After decades of the media zooming in on left hands and perceived "bumps," it'd be really fun if these couples were just trolling the shit out of all of us. If nothing else, it would explain why they keep describing the news as "lit." I think it's fair to say that if there's even a small chance your wedding vows will contain that word, you're too young to get married. So, there's a small chance this is a wildly self-aware and meta interpretation of what the media expects of today's just-past-teen celeb. Then again, "Justin Bieber" and "self-aware" aren't used in the same sentence much. Which brings me to my next theory…
They Wanted To Change The Conversation
At this point, I feel we should address that in both couples there is a More Famous and Less Famous party. I bet you anything that Google searches for "who is Pete Davidson" and "who is Hailey Baldwin" have both skyrocketed this June. Not that either party is actually unknown, mind you—just less of a household name. Justin and Ariana, the slightly more famous, are both pop stars who the public has some trouble taking seriously. Ariana because she profited off a "sexy baby" aesthetic for some time, Justin for…darker reasons. I don't need to remind you. However, the public is also consistently obsessed with their music, so they have a ton of star power. It's possible that these engagements just came about as mutually beneficial arrangements. The Less Famous parties get a boost in name recognition, and the More Famous parties get an image boost by linking themselves to someone the public doesn't yet openly mock.
They're Working With An Apocalypse Mentality
You know how you feel when you open your email and we're on the verge of war with North Korea? Or Roe v. Wade is about to be overturned? Or children are being held in cages? You know, the gut-wrenching feeling you've been getting every day for months on end? Well, if celebs are indeed #justlikeus, maybe they aren't quite so immune to that, either. The general "the world could end at any moment so let's go all-out now" feeling. If I were a twentysomething celebrity, I'd be buying million-dollar diamonds and holding my loved ones close too. Seriously though, uncertain times do breed a lot of sudden-onset heavy relationships. Think back to your senior spring: how many couples you'd expected to last a week suddenly pledged their undying loyalty to each other? When the outside world is frightening, it helps to have a constant.
They're Really Just In Love
Yeah, this is totally possible. I'm not saying they AREN'T in love, I'm just saying that alone isn't quite enough to explain the hastiness of these decisions. Jupiter has also been in retrograde since March, which I'm low-key convinced played a major role. But you don't see me going around calling it the ONLY reason.
Justin Would Dump Hailey In A Second If Selena Called
Does this have anything to do with theories about too-soon engagements? Nope, it's just one of my more firmly held beliefs and I have nowhere else to put it. When it comes to Biebs, nothing will convince me he did this for any other reason than to post an IG story of Hailey's ring and obsessively check his phone to see if Selena watched it. Selena JUST released a song called "Back to You," guys. Somehow, somewhere, these two will run towards each other in the rain while this song plays.
So yeah, these celebrity couples aren't the first to get married after a short period of time. But they're too young, too insanely quick, and too close together not to note. Who knows, maybe Ariana just opened the floodgates and we'll be seeing a continuing wave of 24-year-olds tying this knot to people they met at the club last week. Honestly, I can think of worse things.
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It's 2016, and open source is everywhere you look. The norms, forms and faces of open source have changed so much, in fact, that they seem to signal the rise of a new generation of open source programmers. Here's why.
Lest I ruin anyone's day by appearing to spread falsehoods on the Internet , I will note that the idea of generations is a construct. ...That said, generations are a useful concept for measuring cultural change. If you look at the history of free and open source software from this perspective, I think you can identify three distinct generations.


ExOne has announced a new machine that they claim really moves the capabilities from prototyping to true additive manufacturing. This announcement actually is of some significance in that it puts a timetable on the companies transition. The machine will be formally introduced in June and beta test models are expected to ship over the next 3 quarters, with broader commercial availability next year.


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Q: Which distro has glibc 2.2.5 installed default? I want to know which 64 bit distro has glibc 2.2.5 installed default. I found that debian 3 woody has that version.But I cannot download it. Please suggest how to do and where can I download ISO.

A: Don't know what you are trying to do but you can create a docker, possibly an alpine docker and install it there.
http://lfs.sourceforge.net/view/cvs/chapter06/glibc.html

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My Station ID is EW4941. Is anybody else seeing this issue?
The problem seems to be on the Apache web service running on CentOS with any of the cgi scripts are not working. So back-end server services problem.
More troubling though is that the error message shows Apache version 2.2.15 and that is very very old! That was released in March 2010. Over 8 year old web server software. This is free open source software. There is no excuse for not having upgraded the web server software. The number of vulnerabilities and exploits known is incredible. Totally surprises me that it has been running for so long. Maybe that is part of the service issue uptime and reliability throughout the years. Crazy. This needs attention. CWOP is on life support if this doesn't get attention. Newest version of Apache 2.4.35 was released 4 days ago on Sept 22. Web server software gets regular updates because features are added and there is constant discovery of exploits to old and new features. So it needs to be kept up.
If you have your own website that you pay a hosting company to maintain for your personal weather website then it is the responsibility of the hosting company to maintain the back end software. A bad hosting company will neglect and then you can get hacked. Getting hacked can mean loosing data, loosing performance, experiencing down time, security breached, and other such maladies.
On a home network the idea that if it isn't broken don't fix it is somewhat passable (I wouldn't do it still though). A home network is somewhat of a controlled environment behind a firewall (not totally as other devices can bring stuff into the network). But when something like a web server is exposed 24/7 to the world of hackers and viruses it needs to be better maintained. As an IT professional I find this utterly irresponsible.
Gee I thought FindU.com was bad with their server upkeep. Looks like Gladstonefamily.net is even worse.


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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was poised to order Russia to ready its nuclear weapons to defend ethnic Russians in Ukraine, who he claims were at risk following the overthrow of the country's pro-Moscow government.
Speaking during an hour-long documentary to be broadcast on Russian TV tonight, Putin defends his decision to order the annexation of Crimea, and accuses the US of being behind the unrest that saw Viktor Yanukovich's pro-Moscow government overthrown and of arming rebel groups.
The documentary, Crimea – The Way Home, to be aired by Rossiya 1 news channel, comes after Putin stayed out of the public eye for more than a week, leading to rumours circulating about his health and a possible coup in the Kremlin.
During the film Putin confirms the Russian government considered reading its nuclear arsenal, in response to the Ukraine crisis: "We were ready to do this… (Crimea) is our historical territory. Russian people live there. They were in danger. We cannot abandon them."
He alleges that the US armed and trained rebel groups in the country, saying, "The trick of the situation was that outwardly the [Ukrainian] opposition was supported mostly by the Europeans. But we knew for sure that the real masterminds were our American friends.
"They helped training the nationalists, their armed groups, in Western Ukraine, in Poland and to some extent in Lithuania," he added. "They facilitated the armed coup."
He said the uprising had left the country "shattered".
"The law was thrown away and crashed. And the consequences were grave indeed. Part of the country agreed to it, while another part wouldn't accept it," Putin said.
He also claims that Yanukovich would have been killed, if Russian special forces (spetsnaz) would have been killed.
"I invited the heads of our special services, the Defense Ministry and ordered them to protect the life of the Ukrainian president. Otherwise he would have been killed," says Putin.
The president describes how Yanukovich narrowly escaped being ambushed, before being taken to Russia under armed protection.
Putin said that he only ordered troops into Crimea after a snap poll showed public backing for moving military forces into the peninsula, and insists Russia would have respected the Crimean independence referendum held in March 2014.
"Our goal was not to take Crimea by annexing it. Our final goal was to allow the people express their wishes on how they want to live," he said.
The West has disputed the legality of the referendum, which resulted in Crimea declaring allegiance to Russia, and claims Russia seized the territory by force.
The EU and US both accuse Russia of being behind the unrest in east Ukraine, where fighting between pro-Russian militias and Ukrainian forces has claimed more than 6,000 lives.


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from pprint import pprint
from netmiko import ConnectHandler

PASSWORD = getpass()

def main():
    conn = ConnectHandler(
        host="cisco1.lasthop.io",
        # "cisco_xe" device type will cause textfsm to not return structured data
        device_type="cisco_xe",
        username="username",
        password=PASSWORD,
    )
    # Setting both `use_textfsm` and `use_genie` to True will try textfsm first
    # if structured data is returned genie will be ignored. If textfsm does not
    # return structured data netmiko will try to parse with genie
    output = conn.send_command("show version", use_textfsm=True, use_genie=True)
    # genie structured data returned
    pprint(output)

if __name__ == "__main__":
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St. Petersburg is one of the largest transport hubs in Russia. The city is home to Pulkovo International Airport, five rail terminals, and a seaport. St. Petersburg is also linked to Russian and European cities via numerous highways.
All transport hubs are expected to see increased traffic during International Arctic Forum 2019, so please plan your travel route in advance.
A valid passport and a visa are required to enter the Russian Federation.
Visitors holding an invitation to the 'Arctic: Territory of Dialogue' 5th International Arctic Forum are eligible to apply for a short-term visa through a simplified procedure in Russian consulates abroad.
To apply for an entry visa to the Russian Federation, the invited person must contact in advance the appropriate consular office of the Russian Federation abroad (information on locations of the Russian Federation's consular offices can be found here).
It is not recommended to apply for an entry visa through intermediaries.
More information on a short-term visa to the Russian Federation.
Pulkovo Airport (LED) is the only airport in St. Petersburg that serves scheduled flights (more than 160 destinations and 75 Russian and international airlines).
If there is no direct flight between your point of departure and St. Petersburg, you can fly via Moscow. There are more than 40 flights each day between Moscow and St. Petersburg, departing from three Moscow airports – Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Sheremetyevo. The approximate flight time is 90 minutes.
Pulkovo Airport is located 17 kilometres from the historic centre of St. Petersburg and 7 km from the Forum venue. The journey time from the airport to the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre is approximately 15–20 minutes (depending on the traffic).
Commercial airline passengers are advised to familiarize themselves with any limits on luggage size and weight to avoid extra charges and inconvenience. For safety reasons, carrying dangerous materials, objects, and liquids in hand or checked luggage is prohibited.
For a full list of items requiring a written customs declaration and to find out how to fill in the declaration form, see the Customs section of the Pulkovo Airport website.
We also recommend that participants who are arriving on charter flights use Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Finland. Aircraft can be left in a hangar at one of the airport's terminals, and road or rail links will take you onward to St. Petersburg. To learn more about airport car rental, click here. More information on the facilities available at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport can be found here.
During International Arctic Forum, Pulkovo Airport will operate to a special schedule. Available parking for private planes will be limited. Participants are kindly requested to plan their flight in advance.
To learn about the procedure for obtaining Pulkovo Airport landing/departure clearance, please click here. The slot application form can be downloaded here.
Due to the large number of aircraft arriving at Pulkovo Airport during the International Arctic Forum, it is imperative that strictly coordinated slots for arrival at and departure from Pulkovo Airport are adhered to. In the event of a violation, the airport reserves the right not to receive the aircraft and to direct it to a backup airfield to await a possible arrival slot on a first-come, first-served basis.
St. Petersburg has five rail terminals: Moskovsky, Ladozhsky, Vitebsky, Finlyandsky, and Baltiysky. All St. Petersburg rail terminals offer convenient links to public transport and receive commuter, intercity, and international trains.
Up to 13 high-speed Sapsan trains travel daily from Leningradsky Rail Terminal in Moscow to Moskovsky Rail Terminal in St. Petersburg, taking between 3.5 and 4 hours. Click here for a detailed Sapsan train timetable.
Up to four high-speed Allegro trains travel daily from Helsinki Central Railway Station to Finlyandsky Rail Terminal in St. Petersburg, taking about 3.5 hours. Click here to learn more.
St. Petersburg lies at the crossroads between the Scandinavian peninsula, continental Europe, central Russia, and the Baltics.
To reach St. Petersburg from Finland, follow the E18 European route (A-181 Scandinavia highway in Russia) from Helsinki through Porvoo and Kotka. The distance between Helsinki and St. Petersburg is about 400 kilometres. Depending on traffic and weather conditions, the journey can take five to seven hours.
To reach St. Petersburg from Estonia, follow the E20 European route (A-120 Narva highway in Russia). The distance between Tallinn and St. Petersburg is about 370 kilometres. Allow about five or six hours for the journey.
From Belarus, take the E95 European route, which becomes Route R-23 Pskov after crossing the Belarus-Russian border. Minsk is located 840 kilometres from St. Petersburg. The approximate travel time between the cities is 11 hours.
The M10 Rossiya federal highway links Moscow to St. Petersburg. Depending on weather and traffic, the travel time via the 720-km highway ranges from 9 to 11 hours.
St. Petersburg has well-developed sea links with EU countries facing the Bay of Finland and the Baltic Sea. Comfortable ferries sail from St. Petersburg's seaports to Sweden, Finland, and Estonia almost daily.
The Seafront passenger port complex has seven berths which can accommodate oceangoing vessels, in addition to four terminals. The ship schedule can be found here.
The St. Petersburg Sea Terminal is the point of departure and arrival of Princess Anastasia ferry (St. Petersburg – Helsinki – Stockholm – Tallinn – St. Petersburg). The ferry schedule can be found here.


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Investing in Future Animators and Visual Effects Artists
By Anne | Press
Switch VFX & Animation Introduces Scholarship Awards
Toronto Ontario, February 2, 2017 – After careful consideration, five exceptional Canadian Colleges with stellar animation and visual effects programs have been chosen to grant the Switch VFX & Animation Scholarship Awards. These financial endowments will be administrated by each institution based on requirements developed in coordination with Switch and individually outlined for each program.
"We encourage each school to reward a current student with a passion for the work, a well-rounded overall talent, who demonstrates initiative with a collaborative attitude" says Pete Denomme, Sheridan Alumni and CEO/Executive Producer at Switch. "Cultivating this form of digital artistry is critical to growing our Canadian talent pool and keeping this expressive field alive and thriving. I encourage our colleagues to join us in supporting the future of our industry"
Qualifications for each award can be viewed on school websites or by contacting school program directors.
About Us: Switch VFX & Animation is an award-winning artist owned Canadian studio that provides exceptional digital visual effects and animated content from initial concept development all the way to final delivery for some of the best names in the industry including Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Disney, Nickelodeon, Teletoon, Dreamworks, and BBC kids. Visit the Switch website at www.switchent.com
Winter 2017 E-Newsletter
By Anne | E-Newsletter
Exciting Awards news to start the New Year
George of the Jungle Season 2, co-produced with August Media Holdings in partnership with Dreamworks Animation and Teletoon, a Corus Entertainment network was recognized as the Best in 2D Animation at the 21st Asian Television Awards.
In addition, TMT News, an online magazine and newsletter offering the latest information across the three key sectors of Technology, Media and Telecom awarded Switch VFX & Animation Most Innovative in Visual Effects Design.
Finally, we congratulate all our creative partners for work on Syfy's The Expanse; Salvage Episode for its nomination of Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode by the Visual Effects Society (VES), the industrys professional global honorary society.
In more exciting award news we are incredibly proud to announce five different Switch VFX & Animation Student Award Programs to help aspiring artists pursue their passion in animation and digital visual effects. Students can access the qualifications on their school websites for awards in Spring 2017.
Take a look at our reels to see our work. VFX & Animation
Syfy's The Expanse; Salvage Episode
By Anne | Media Bulletin
Recognized by Visual Effects Society with Award Nomination
Toronto Ontario, January 12, 2017 – Switch VFX & Animation congratulates all inventive artists on Syfy's The Expanse; Salvage Episode for its nomination of Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode by the Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry's professional global honorary society.
Winners will be celebrated February 7, 2017 at the 15th Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration which recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games as well as the VFX Supervisors, VFX Producers and hands on artists who bring this work to life.
Nominations list: https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/post/15th-annual-ves-awards-nominees
About Us: Switch VFX & Switch Animation is an award-winning artist owned studio that provides exceptional digital visual effects and animated content from initial concept developments all the way to the final deliveries for some of the best names in the industry including Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Disney, Nickelodeon, Teletoon, Dreamworks, and BBC kids. We foster creative excellence, technology innovation, and straightforward communication that reaches the sweet spot between artists and technical specialists. Visit the Switch website at www.switchent.com
Most Innovative in Visual Effects Design – Canada
Toronto, Ontario, December 15, 2016 – TMT News proudly announced today that Switch VFX & Animation has won the TMT News 2016 Entertainment Award for Most Innovative in Visual Effects Design.
TMT News (United Kingdom) is an online magazine and newsletter offering the latest information across the three key sectors of Technology, Media and Telecom.
In today's press release Jessie Wilson, Awards Co-ordinator was quoted as saying "Entertainment is important to everyone and we all have different tastes, meaning companies have to work hard to appeal to as many clients as possible. Through the awards programme we have turned the spotlight on the dedicated firms and those working behind the scenes within them who are providing quality, informative content."
Click HERE for the TMT News Press Release
About US: Switch VFX & Animation is an award-winning artist owned studio that provides exceptional digital visual effects and animated content from initial concept developments all the way to the final deliveries for some of the best names in the industry including Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Disney, Nickelodeon, Teletoon, DreamWorkds and BBC Kids. We foster creative excellence, technology innovation and straightforward communication that reaches the sweet spot between artists and technical specialists. Visit the Switch website at www.switchent.com
George Saves the Day!
Winning at 21st Annual Asian Television Awards
Toronto Ontario, December 1, 2016 – Switch VFX & Animation is proud to announce George of the Jungle Season 2 was recognized as the Best in 2D Animation at the 21st Asian Television Awards. The Asian TV Industry's most significant and celebrated event recognizing excellence in programming, productions and performance.
George of the Jungle Season 2 is co-produced by Switch VFX & Animation (Toronto) and August Media Holdings (Singapore) in partnership with DreamWorks Animation and Teletoon, a Corus Entertainment network which airs the series in Canada.
Link to award listing: https://www.asiantvawards.com/winners/2016-winners/
About Us: Switch VFX & Animation is an award-winning artist owned studio that provides exceptional digital visual effects and animated content from initial concept developments all the way to the final deliveries form some of the best names in the industry including Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Disney, Nickelodeon, Teletoon, DreamWorks and BBC Kids. We foster creative excellence, technology innovation and straightforward communication that reaches the sweet spot between artists and technical specialists.
Two nominations for George of the Jungle Season 2
21st Annual Asian Television Awards
Toronto Ontario, November 21, 2016 – The Asian TV industry's most significant and celebrated event recognizing excellence in programming, production and performance, the 21st Asian Television Awards has acknowledged animated favorite George of the Jungle Season 2 with nominations in two exciting categories. Best Children's Programme and Best 2D Animated Programme.
George of the Jungle Season 2 is co-produced by Switch VFX & Animation (Toronto) and August Media Holdings (Singapore), in partnership with Teletoon, a Corus Entertainment network, which airs the series in Canada.
Link to all nominees: https://www.asiantvawards.com/2016-nominees/
For Media Bulletin Inquiries contact: Anne Denomme, Marketing & Communication @ Switch VFX & Switch Animation 416-578-0017 OR [email protected]
Fall 2016 News from Switch VFX & Animation
The new Switch VFX & Animation tagline Two Talents, One Switch (VFX & Animation) revealed recently showcases the depth of our newly energized company. We have built a creative powerhouse, unlike any other in Canada that delivers breathtaking visual effects and quality animation to our clients, partners and viewers worldwide.
Watch for George of the Jungle on Teletoon in Canada. This exciting co-production with Singapore is just one of our many international relationships which have resulted in entertaining animated content for children around the world.
In addition, check out this incredible commercial for Plan Canada we were privileged to work on. Join Switch in rallying behind girls and cheering for gender equality.
Also, now available: The SWITCH Scholarship at Seneca College awarded to deserving third year students in the 2D or Digital Animation stream of the Animation program. Apply by the end of October!
Take a look at our reels to see our work. Animation and Visual Effects
Two Talents, One Switch
New tagline. Same creators.
The new Switch VFX & Animation tagline revealed today showcases the depth of the energized company. Two Talents, One Switch will be seen in the new Fall 2016 trade advertising campaign in both print and online.
Pete Denomme, Executive Producer of both entities is excited by the prospect of offering both talent and opportunity to the global production community from an 8000 square foot contemporary Canadian headquarters stating "We have built a creative powerhouse, unlike any other in Canada that delivers breathtaking visual effects and quality animation to our clients, partners and viewers around the world"
The campaign launches this month in advance of MIPCOM and MIP Junior.
Switch VFX & Switch Animation is an award-winning artist owned studio that provides exceptional digital visual effects and animated content from initial concept developments all the way to the final deliveries for some of the best names in the industry including Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Disney, Nickelodeon, Teletoon, Dreamworks, and BBC kids. We foster creative excellence, technology innovation, and straightforward communication that reaches the sweet spot between artists and technical specialists.
Yowza Exec Switches to New Firm
A former executive at the digital arm of Canadian studio Yowza Animation has relaunched the company under a new name via a partnership with Toronto-based Switch VFX.
Pete Denomme, who set up the Yowza Digital arm of Yowza Animation in 2003, has now joined forces with Switch VFX to create Switch VFX & Switch Animation. This follows Denomme parting company with Yowza Animation co-founder Claude Chiasson in the fall of last year, with Denomme retaining ownership of Yowza Digital, which focuses on 3D animation. Chiasson, meanwhile, retained Yowza Animation and has since sold the company to veteran Yowza Digital executive Heather Walker for an undisclosed fee.
"Expertise in dual disciplines allow us to offer two creative services to our client partners with the ease of only one phone call," said Denomme, who will be CEO of the new entity.
New work from Switch will launch early in September 2016 on Canadian broadcaster Teletoon, while projects are also lined up with major studios, according to the company.
This article was originally posted on C21 Media.
Denomme Launches Switch VFX & Switch Animation
Pete Denomme, formerly of Yowza! Animation, has announced the formation of a new company.
Switch VFX & Switch Animation is a new Toronto-based production studio focused on 2D-animation service work. The studio provides digital visual effects and animated content from initial concept development through to final delivery for Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Disney, Nickelodeon, Teletoon, Dreamworks and BBC kids. Denomme will serve as CEO.
Switch is also currently working on 52 x 11-minutes series George of the Jungle—in partnership with Corus Entertainment—which will launch in September on Teletoon. The studio plans to roll out an initial development slate at the 2017 edition of Kidscreen Summit.
Additionally, the company is currently in pre-production on a Mexican animated feature in partnership with Studio Upstairs, is finalizing an animated opening sequence for a video game and has completed two versions of a CGI-animated commercial for Stride Rite.
Recently, Heather Walker purchased traditional 2D-toon studio Yowza! Animation from founder Claude Chiasson.
This article was originally posted on Kidscreen.
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Die Fédération Française de Billard (FFB) ist der französische Nationalverband für Billardsport. Sie untersteht direkt der Confédération Européenne de Billard (CEB). Die FFB ist für die nationalen Belange und die Organisation von nationalen Meisterschaften in den Disziplinen Karambolage, Snooker, Poolbillard zuständig.

Geschichte

1903 bis 1913
Gegründet wurde die FFB 1903 von Frantz Reichel und Théodore Vienne. Einige Monate zuvor hatten sie schon die Fédération des Sociétés Françaises des Amateurs de Billard (FSFAB) gegründet, diese aber schon nach drei Tagen aufgrund von Streitigkeiten über das Regelwerk und die Definition des Amateurstatusses von Spielern verlassen. Eine Dekade lang existierte parallel beide Verbände die ihre eigenen Weltmeisterschaften ausrichteten und beide schlossen Spieler des jeweils anderen Verbandes von der Teilnahme bei "ihrer" WM aus.

1913 bis 1923
Nachdem man zu Gesprächen bereit war, konnten die Streitigkeiten beigelegt werden und man fusionierte zur neu gegründeten "Fédération Francaise des Amateurs de Billard" (FFAB). Laut den damals getroffenen Vereinbarungen wurden nur die Weltmeisterschaften der FFB als "offizielle Weltmeisterschaften" tituliert, obwohl die FSFAB die stärkeren Spieler auf sich vereinigte und bei ihr ab 1909 die meisten Nationen vertreten waren. Sie ging, im Gegensatz zur FFB, auch Kooperationen mit anderen Verbänden ein und war stets bemüht einen Weltverband aufzubauen. Als Grund dafür wurde die Eintragung des Namens "Championat du Monde" (Weltmeisterschaft) bei französischen Gerichten angeführt, die FFB besaß damit die Namensrechte. Allein de Drée war noch von der FSFAB im Vorstand des neuen Verbandes aktiv vertreten, Vienne war "nur inaktiver Ehrenpräsident", Reichel war gar nicht mehr vertreten.  Die FFAB strebte nach einer Internationalisierung, hin zum Weltverband, doch der Erste Weltkrieg machte diese Pläne zunichte. Erst 1923 ergab sich die Möglichkeit einen Weltverband, die Fédération Internationale des Amateurs de Billard (FIAB), zu gründen.

1923 bis 1956
Nach der Gründung der FIAB behielt man die FFAB als nationalen Verband bei und Alexandre Avé, stellvertretender Sekretär des neuen Vorstandes, war nach dem Ausscheiden von de Drée bemüht das Billard für Jedermann zugänglich zu machen. Die Bemühungen vorangegangener Präsidenten bildeten dabei den Grundstein für das FFAB-Grundgerüst, so übernahm man nationale und internationale Vorschriften und die Internationalisierung der Europa- und Weltmeisterschaften wurden festgelegt und vorangetrieben.

1956 bis dato
Am 22. September 1956 beriefen die Ligadelegierten eine Generalversammlung ein. Sie entschieden dort über eine erneute Namensänderung und so wurde aus der FFAB erneut die FFB. Zeitgleich gründete sich, wiederum wegen Streitigkeiten, diesmal mit der UIFAB, mit der Fédération Internationale de Billard (FIB) ein neuer europäischer Billardverband. Aus dieser wurde ein Jahr später dann die Confédération Européenne de Billard (CEB), zu deren 15 Gründungsmitgliedern die FFB gehört.

Die Liga "Ile de France" bringt die Zeitschrift "Sport Billard" nach mehr als zehnjähriger Pause erneut in den Druck.

Zeitlinie

Aufgaben
Die Hauptaufgabe des FFB ist die Organisation, Förderung und Weiterentwicklung des Billardsports mit seinen verschiedenen Disziplinen. Darüber hinaus hat es die Delegationshoheit vom französischen Staat erhalten, nationale Titel zu vergeben, die technischen Regeln zu veröffentlichen und die Auswahl der französischen Athleten zu treffen, die Frankreich bei internationalen Wettkämpfen vertreten. Die FFB hat einen Verhaltenskodex der erlassen, der, unter anderem, seit 1997 die Verwendung von Elfenbeinbällen zum Schutzes bedrohter Tierarten verbietet. Er erlässt auch Regeln für sportliches Verhalten und die Dopingkontrolle. Weiterhin organisiert die FFB diverse Wettbewerbe und die französischen Meisterschaften (in allen Disziplinen). Finden Welt-,  Europameisterschaften oder der Dreiband-Weltcup in Frankreich statt, so ist die FFB, neben der UMB bzw. CEB, Hauptorganisator und Mitveranstalter.

Präsidenten

 Frantz Reichel (1903–1913)
 Raymond (Comte) de Drée (1913–1919)
 Théodore Vienne (1919–1921)
 Charles Darantière (1924–1928)
 Charles Faroux (1928–1956)
 Louis-Émile Galey (1956–1960)
 Albert Trillat (1960–1961)
 Marcel Bogognano (1961–1966)
 Gaston Dumage (1966–1967)
 Marcel Bogognano (1967–1968)
 Henri Diamy (1968–1970)
 Marcel Bogognano (1970–1976)
 André Heurtebise (1977–1988)
 Christian Bonnefond (1988–1989)
 François Dreher (1989–1994)
 Michel Lambert (1994–1995)
 François Schunck (1995–1996)
 Jacques Deneufve (1996–2003)
 Claude Fath (2003–2011)
 Christophe Zeidel (2011–2012)
 Dominique Béton (2012)
 Jean-Paul Sinanian (seit 2012)

Angeschlossene Ligen 2016/17
 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
 Bourgognefranchecomté
 Bretagne
 Centreval de Loire
 Corse
 Grandest
 Hauts dé France
 Ile dé France
 Méditerranée
 Normandie
 Nouvelle Aquitaine
 Occitanie
 Pays de la Loire
 Réunion

Übergeordnete Verbandsstruktur

Weblinks

Siehe auch
 Französische Dreiband-Meisterschaft
 Französische Poolbillard-Meisterschaft
 Französische Snooker-Meisterschaft

Einzelnachweise

Nationaler Billardverband
Karambolageverband
Snookerverband
Poolbillardverband
Sportverband (Frankreich)
Gegründet 1903
Aufgelöst 1914
Gegründet 1956
Nationaler Sportverband (Frankreich)
Sport (Vichy)
Organisation (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
Billard (Frankreich)

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Wong (l) against Gilis in the 11/12 playoff. (image: World Juniors)
Wong and Stefanoni Place in World Juniors Top Sixteen; Junior Men's Team Seeded Sixth
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Team USA's Casey Wong and Marina Stefanoni both made runs to the last sixteen of the 2016 World Junior Individual Championships, placing twelfth and sixteenth respectively at Enjoy Squash in Bielso-Biala, Poland.
Playing in her third consecutive World Junior Individual Championship, Wong ended her world junior career with her best finish to date. The Baltimore-native entered the competition seeded 9/16, which she fulfilled until losing against 5/8 seed Amina Yousry in the round of sixteen. Competing in the 9-16 consolation bracket, Wong defeated Swiss 9/16 seed Celine Walser, and ended her tournament with a close loss against Belgian 9/16 seed Tinne Gilis.
Marina Stefanoni (image: World Juniors)
World Juniors debutante and U.S. junior champion, Stefanoni, was the only other American to reach the final sixteen. The youngest player in the draw at thirteen years old, the Darien, Connecticut-native fulfilled her seeding with two victories leading into the round of sixteen, including a five-game victory in the round of thirty-two. A difficult draw saw Stefanoni exit the main draw in three games against Egyptian 3/4 seed and eventual finalist, Rowan El Araby, in three games. Stefanoni played three more close matches in the 9-16 consolation bracket, falling in each of them to finish her first world juniors in sixteenth place.
First-round losses saw Mariam Kamal, Haley Scott and Grace Doyle move directly to the 33-64 consolation bracket. Scott defeated Germany's Alice Kramer and South Africa's Noel Lee in four games before facing her teammate, Doyle, in the consolation quarterfinals. Doyle won the all-U.S. match in three, and reached the consolation finals with another three-game semifinal victory. Kamal met Doyle in the consolation final after stringing together four victories in consolation play. Kamal won the close final 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9 to see Doyle finish the tournament in thirty-fourth, and Kamal in thirty-third.
"With the 2016 World Junior Champs in the books I want to congratulate the junior girls team for their efforts over the week long event, " said Junior Women's Head Coach Scott Devoy. "In trying conditions the U.S. girls gained a great amount of experience against some world class oppositio
"Casey and Marina made it through the first two rounds, Casey coming in twelfth in her final junior event, playing some outstanding squash. At only thirteen, Marina showed what a talent she could be with what most were saying as a future top three or four potential. A final finish of 1sixteenth included almost taking the first game against finalist Rowan Reda."
"Grace and Mariam played off in the plate final with both girls playing their best squash in a super competitive match. After a tough first round both girls bounced back quickly, getting stronger with each match, " Devoy continued. "With Grace still age eligible for next year, this experience was invaluable. Hayley followed up last year's experience with another strong performance. With a close 3-1 battle against the 9/12 seeded Tinne Gilles of Belgium in the first round, Hayley followed this up with a dominant match against her South African opponent on the glass court in the town square."
The U.S. junior women will compete in the individual and biennial team event at the 2017 World Junior Championships in New Zealand.
"Looking ahead to next year down in New Zealand, our junior women will be contenders again for a place amongst the world's best. Congrats to all the girls! US Squash continues to provide opportunities to keep our players at the top of the game, getting the most out of themselves."
The junior men's draw of 128 saw the four U.S. junior men's team members reach the round of thirty-two. Playing in his second world junior individuals, Spencer Lovejoy defeated teammate Harrison Gill in the second round before losing to Egyptian 9/12 seed Marwan Tarek Abdelhamid in four games. Sam Scherl, who was a 13/16 seed, was upset by unseeded Pakistani Abbas Shoukat in three games in the round of thirty-two.
Andrew Douglas (image: World Juniors)
After two four-game victories to reach the round of thirty-two, U.S. junior champion Andrew Douglas lost out to Egyptian 3/4 seed Youssef Ibrahim Abdallah 11-4, 12-10, 12-10. Gabriel Morgan enjoyed a first-round bye and reached the round of thirty-two with a three-game victory over Canada's Rahul Sehrawat. The Californian unfortunately was forced to retire due to injury against English 9/12 seed Charlie Lee. Morgan is fit to compete in the team competition.
After a first-round loss, developmental player Eric Kim picked up a consolation victory against Belgium's Cedric De Vos before ending his first world juniors in dramatic fashion, losing 14-12 in the fifth against Jordan's Hamza Alzubaidi.
Douglas, Lovejoy, Scherl and Morgan now prepare for the Junior Men's Team Championship where they are the six seeds, and highest seed in Pool F. Team USA are joined by seven seeds Malaysia, 16/18 seeds South Africa and 19/21 seeds Spain in Pool F. Pool play begins Friday, August 12.
"With the Individual World Championships now complete we are turning our attention towards the team event, " said Junior Men's Head Coach Adam Hamill. "The junior men performed well during the individual competition with the four team members getting through to the round of thirty-two, these results had a direct impact on our seeding for the team event of sixth. The feeling in the Team USA camp is one of opportunity and we are prepared to play our best."
For more images, visit the World Juniors Gallery. Follow @TeamUSASquash on twitter for updates throughout the tournament.
View draws and follow results here. For live streaming and full tournament coverage visit www.wsfworldjuniors.org.


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Patrick Henry Theatre
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East End Theater
Robinson Theater
Opened in December 1933, and closed in 1953. It was operated by Pitts Theaters Inc.
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Joe Vogel on April 12, 2012 at 2:57 pm
An article saying that the Patrick Henry Theatre would open to the public that night was published in The Free Lance-Star of December 6, 1933. Google News scan here.
The Patrick Henry Theatre was just down the block from the East End Theatre, built five years later, but it isn't there anymore. There is a parking lot on the site.


Home / Blog / Google Pixel night sight Camera. Truly a SUPERMAN camera!
We all know that Google Pixel 3's camera is right now the world's best smartphone camera. And after seeing the image at the top, we can assure you that, Google Pixel night sight camera has got better than the best!
Comparison of normal Night Mode (HDR+) and the Google Pixel Night Sight camera sample.
After releasing the Pixel 3 at October, Google hinted a performance boost of its nigh sight camera mode. And then on November 14, Google has extended its lead in the camera section by announcing a revolutionary new camera mode, the Night Sight. Google's Night Sight camera is nothing but a moment combining several moments but in a complex mode. At a normal look, it might look like a normal long-exposure mode image. But what Google made here is more versatile, more intelligent and more complex long-exposure shot. What we've done in the past was to use a tripod or hold our hand as steady as possible to take a nigh shot. We did that in order to have a clear image by letting the camera sensor catch more light for a longer period of time in the dark situation. Here Google did the same fundamental but in a higher dimension. Google Night Sight camera is doing the same thing by taking a burst of consecutive frames and then reassembling them into a single image using Google's algorithm magic. Such like an HDR+, but this time this mode is the boss of all HDR+.
Even before a shot is taken, after opening the camera app at night, the camera app has already done a ton of measurements and calculations! Using Google's so-called Motion metering, Google Pixel night sight camera considers its own movement, the movements of the subject on the frame and the amount of light the scene has. And doing all these measurements, Google Pixel camera calculates how many exposures it would need and for how much time it would take it. At the maximum level, night sight camera would need to take up to 6 seconds and 15 frames to capture and combine them into a single image. That means Google has updated its algorithm limiting the camera to take one second per exposure if the phone is standing still. And if the phone is handheld, then it would take one-third of a second. So the equation goes to, you can take 6 one second exposure if you place the phone on a tripod and 15 exposures if you are holding the phone. And all those exposures will result in a single photo.
Tinting an image affects the image's histogram only by a translation in log chrominance space. This observation enables our convolutional approach to color correction, in which our algorithm learns to localize a histogram in this 2D space.
The Google Pixel Night Sight camera is only limited and suitable for night time or low-light situation only. Google has released this camera update for Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 2 series. Even Google's 1st gen pixel is also having this camera boosting update. But the sad part for the older Pixel model owners is, this night sight camera update will not work as it should be because of the hardware issue. Not having an optical image stabilization is a big cause of that performance drop. But Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 2 owners will have full juice out of it. Now less talking and be amazed seeing the comparison images taken with Night Sight camera.


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Will Smith hosts Red Table Talk and discusses his intense screen time Emancipation. (Photo: WireImage)
Will Smith took over from Wednesday Red Table Talk and, spoiler alert, neither Chris Rock nor "the clap" are discussed. Instead, the actor sat down with his three children – Trey Smith, Jaden Smith and Willow Smith – to talk about the importance of his new movie. Emancipation.
"It was rough," Will said on the Facebook Watch show, usually hosted by his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, his mother-in-law, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, and Willow. "This is not a slave movie, this is a freedom movie."
"We had some calls while you were shooting and I was very concerned," Willow admitted.
"As the years went by, I got more and more locked into these characters for longer periods of time. It's just the weight of this story, the weight of these experiences, the quality of the actors. It was emotional, it was physical, it was mentally taxing," Will explained.
Willow admitted she had reservations about her famous father "making a slave movie."
"Well, you know, originally I considered doing it Django [Unchained]," Will recalled of Quentin Tarantino's 2012 movie. "We had a family gathering and we all talked about [it.]"
"Yes, yes, yes," Willow recalled.
"I wasn't quite there, but one of the main reasons I wasn't was the looks on your faces, because you knew what that would mean," Will said, explaining how his "characters seep back in" the Smith household. Will previously said he had passed away Django unleashed because he "couldn't relate to the fact that violence is the answer" in Tarantino's story. The role eventually went to Jamie Foxx.
Emancipation is not without its grueling scenes. Will said he was called the n-word "a hundred times a day by very good actors." The Apple Originals movie also stars Ben Foster and Charmaine Bingwa.
"It's rough, it twists your mind," he explained. In the film, Will plays Peter, the real-life slave who escapes from a Louisiana plantation to join the Union army. The film is based on the iconic 1863 photograph known as "Whipped Peter" which shows the soldier's scarred back. on RTTWill recalled an intense moment during pre-production when he got caught in a neck chain.
"So they put it on, I'm standing there and he's going to take it off and it doesn't work. So it's stuck and my heart skips a beat and I'm like 'Oh no, oh no, oh no,'" Wil said. "My heart is pounding and I'm like 'Will, don't freak.'"
Will thought to himself, "I'm Will Smith," explaining that there were "people running around" looking for the keys.
"I'm still scared. Imagine what it was like for Peter to have that stuff on, barefoot and nobody cared," Will continued, agreeing with Willow, who likened the situation to physical and emotional claustrophobia.
"Really inhumane," said Will. "I couldn't have put into words why, but I was embarrassed. I was embarrassed standing there and waiting. It was emasculating, inhuman, all of that."
Will went on to say that "the only other time in my career" that he "got lost and went too far" with a character took on the 1993 film. Six degrees of separation in which he played a con artist.
"I wouldn't say I went too far with Peter, I just lost track of how far I went," added Will. "I got a little confused there."
"You go into a state and if you go one click too far, Will Smith disappears and what happens is you move on psychologically and you enter Peter and you don't realize you're slipping away. And then it's over, and you go back , look for you and you're gone. It's hard to explain, isn't it?" Will told his kids. (Read into that how you will, but no, Will wasn't filming Emancipation when he stormed the stage at the Oscars and punched Rock.)
"So what happens is you play these characters, and if you play them long enough, it's like moving to a different country and speaking a different language. If you speak the other language long enough, you start learning your native language. lose," he added. .
Will told his kids that it's "critical" for their "generation to see this movie and understand the basics of this story and what it means in this country."
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These newborn babies have given their mum's the best Mother's Day present they will ever have.
As most of us showered our mums with flowers and treats, three newborns entered the world at Hull Women and Children's Hospital to mark a "very special" Mother's Day.
For two mum's it was their first child and described it as the "best feeling in the world" that their babies were born on a day that celebrates them.
The first to arrive, at 2.58am, was little knockout Jokubas, who is potentially a future boxing champion just like his dad, Evaldas "Lightning" Korsakas.
His mum, Raimondas Liniauskaite, of Beverley Road, said: "It is nice and so special to have happened on Mother's Day, so I feel special.
"We came in past nine and he was born at two minutes to three in the morning.
"I thought it would be worse and take longer but it was not that bad.
Raimondas and Evaldas arrived from Kaunas, Lithuania, nine years ago and can't wait for the rest of the family back home to meet the new addition.
"She [Lina, Jokubas' grandmother] was so excited yesterday she could not fall asleep. It is her first grandchild.
Next to arrive at 4am on the dot was baby Bethany, who is the third daughter of parents Jade Day, 26, and Ryan Barratt, 25, of Orchard Park.
Although it is their third, Jade says that she was just as excited as the first time.
She said: "It doesn't matter how many times you do it. It is still as exciting as though it is your first.
"We got here at about half 12 and she was here at about 4am. It was quicker and a lot faster and did not drag out as long.
Little Bethany will head home to meet her two older sisters, aged six and two, who are excited to see her.
At 6.26am, mum and dad Amie Hall, 22, and Bradley Greenall, 20, of Orchard Park, welcomed their first to the world, little baby Roscoe born at seven pounds and three ounces.
It was a long wait for his arrival but, nine days after his due date, Roscoe gave Amie the best Mother's Day gift she could possibly wish for.
"It is the best feeling in the world," said Amie. "We have been waiting for this day to come.
"He has been great. He is like our little doll. It is very special that he was born on Mother's Day.
Dad Bradley added: "It is the best feeling in the world, I'm so happy.
Amie picked the name Roscoe from the surname of a family in the soap opera Hollyoaks.
At the time of our visit to Hull's Women and Children's Hospital, five babies had been born on Mother's Day.
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The ckanext-lire (LInked RElationships) extension provide GUI interface for managing datasets relationships. Each dataset is represented via graphical element. It enables previewing existing relationships between datasets. Preview can be filtered by tag, group, organization or random number of datasets. If user escapes filtering, all datasets from portal and their relations will be loaded. With given datasets, user can: create, update and delete relationships between dataset and to select dataset for which he want to obtain semantic description. Semantic description of dataset in RDF is updated, and contains a part in which his relationships is appropriately shown.
LIRE: enables user interface for managing dataset relations.
After user access LIRE, a HTML form is available for users to choose parameter by which they want to filter the display of initial datasets for working on them. Supported parameters is by tag, by organization, by group and random number of datasets. If user do not choose parameter, all datasets from portal will be loaded.
For relating datasets, user first need to choose relationship type from menu above display, and to connect two datasets. After that, user can decide whether he wants to keep relationship type he previously choosed, or to use the new one, suggested by extension. Pending actions table will then be updated. That table is available for previewing via SHOW button. End step is committing changes by clicking on COMMIT button.


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Number of older mothers doubles in 2006
Twice as many women aged over 45 are giving birth than ten years ago, new figures reveal.
Experts say the numbers reflect the growing number of women putting off motherhood to pursue their career interests.
Big improvements in fertility treatments have also meant babies for women who previously had little hope of conceiving.
Some 1,091 women aged 45 or older gave birth in 2006, more than double the 540 in the same age group who gave birth in 1995, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics.
In contrast, the number of women in their twenties giving birth has dropped dramatically, although the majority of mothers are still fall into this age group.
Given life expectancy, I see no particular problem with women extending the time in which they have babies," said Dr Gillian Lockwood, medical director of Midland Fertility Services told the Independent.
"But I think it's vital that women recognise - even though, in their late thirties and forties, they look and feel so young - their ovaries may be past their sell-by date."
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Skepta to receive Outstanding Contribution To Music prize at AIM Awards 2015
NME News Desk Aug 17, 2015 10:20 pm BST
The London MC is recognised by the music industry for his huge contribution to the grime scene
Grime artist Skepta will receive the Outstanding Contribution To Music prize at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2015.
The rapper, producer, DJ and founder of the Boy Better Know collective will collect his prize at the AIM Independent music awards ceremony, which takes place in London on September 8.
The award aims to recognise an independent artist who continues to shape their sound and inspire new talent. Following in the footsteps of last year's recipient, techno pioneer Richie Hawtin, Tottenham MC Skepta has been praised by AIM's governing body for his relentless contribution to the independent music scene.
AIM Awards judge and BBC Radio 1 / 1Xtra presenter MistaJam commented:
"Since grime was born out of the ashes of UK garage, Skepta has been a pioneer of the sound, of the DIY business model and the culture. DJ, producer, writer, MC, record label boss and performer – there's no denying Skepta has put in the blood, sweat and tears for the last 10 whole years and now, as he stands on the cusp of true international acclaim, it feels right to award Skepta for his immense contribution so far to British music."
The AIM Awards are voted for by an expert panel of judges from across the media and music industry. This year, Ninja Tune will collect the Innovator Award, Earache Records founder Digby Pearson will receive the Pioneer Award, and a selection of artists including FKA Twigs, Alt-J and Courtney Barnett will battle it out for a series of awards announced on the night.
Last month (July 3), Drake brought out Skepta to perform his single 'Shutdown' during a hit-laden headline set at Wireless Festival.
Drake wore a Boy Better Know T-Shirt throughout the gig and brought out the crew's biggest name member to perform his single 'Shutdown'. "Man's never been in Finsbury when it's shutdown," said Drake as the song began, aping the beginning of the recorded version. Watch footage from the performance here.
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Fire in Paradise – Review
On the 8th of November 2018, a fire broke out in California near the town of Paradise. What seemed routine soon turned into a vicious wildfire that would claim 85 lives. Fire in Paradise is a short, sharp documentary combining real footage from camera phones and dash cams alongside talking head interviews. It crams so much into 40 minutes, you'll be swept along for the ride as it raises valid points around what happens when a disaster is over?
Beth received a lot of the calls coming in on the day.
The disasters faced
A fire out of control, a lot of traffic and a field of propane tanks… (!)
Fire in Paradise follows the day of disaster from the accounts of 13 people that funnel into several different stories depending on where they all end up. Beth works in the 911 call centre and takes the calls as they come in. What seems like a small fire soon veers out of control quickly due to high winds and extreme weather. It whips the fire into being able to jump roads and fields as the fire debris starts to rain down on other towns, arriving in Paradise very quickly.
Ray is a volunteer firefighter who is caught up in the evacuation and general assessment of the fire. Whilst he rescues and evacuates various residents, his wife Jennifer and children Madeline Noah are stuck in a car in traffic. The dashcam footage of them screaming in panic and fear as branches on fire rain down on their car bonnet are nightmare fuel. In a similar nightmare are teaches Mary and Abbie who are trying to evacuate their class on a school bus also stuck in traffic. They recount their ordeal of trying to keep the kids awake and alive as the smoke pours into the bus. Speaking of the smoke – the kids thought it was 10pm, not 10am – and the footage is like nighttime since the smoke is so dense. The elderly were largely part of the death toll. Joy recounts her escape through her footage with her son. Policeman Rob's dash footage as you see the fire coming at you down the street whilst he tries to drag unwilling evacuees away is tense as it is infuriating. It left Rob having to drive through flames to escape – no wonder he'd had enough by the end of the day.
Brief map inserts show the fire's quick spread and leap across valleys.
For me, Dacia's story is one of the most harrowing. Upon evacuating, she ends up trapped along with fireman Sean in a group of cars that are totally cut off from everyone else. The fire has them surrounded. Next to a gas station. Thankfully, a concrete parking lot is nearby and so the advice is to abandon the car, lay down on the concrete and wait for the fire to literally blow over them. Little did they know, the field behind them was a propane tank storage field so they start exploding like bombs.
Everyone in the film obviously survives but the mark of the fire on the community and them as individuals are given the final quarter of the short. I'm glad it was because it briefly touches on the trauma of survival. That could be on the children who don't know how to express themselves, a teacher and their school now decimated with no prospects of rebuilding, or a town in ruins waiting to be rebuilt. Would you return back to ruins or would you just move on and accept your new life? Would the new life pale in comparison?
Jennifer's dashcam shows just how absolutely apocalyptic the scenes were.
Why is it worth watching?
This is a to the point documentary. The 40 minutes are jam-packed with barely any introductions at all. You are straight in with each person's evacuation and how they coped. If you want a real footage documentary minus any extra fluff, this is one of those types of documentaries. On the flipside – I wanted more. There's a lot touched on, particularly on the post-disaster thoughts, that could have been explored a little more. Sean's discussion on climate change as the real catalyst is landed powerfully though and totally valid. There's a point where Sean says his wife stood him to stop saying every fire is unprecedented because each year, the bar of destruction gets higher. It conveys so much so well. Beth also asks the world not to forget them now they need help to rebuild. She knows the town is small and the world will move on and bigger events will overtake them but they still need help. Those were my two takeaways from a heart-racing montage of real footage.
Paradise was totally demolished.
The effects
A few transitional effects are used such as fire explosions and such but mostly this is found footage and it's all the more powerful for it. A fire tornado was not what I expected to be seen on a mobile phone clip.
Favourite Quote
I just don't want people to forget about us.
Beth closes the documentary out with this.
It's time to leave your vehicles and continue on foot.
Three memorable moments
Mary speaking of her prayers for the children to be taken by smoke inhilation rather than be burned.
Dacia's realisation that she's going to have to lay down in the fire and hope for the best.
Sean's post disaster scenes pointing the finger at climate change and the need to do better.
The obligatory weird moment
I wouldn't call it weird – it is an observation. Everyone seems to pray for help at some point. I can't speak for being involved in such a situation as to what I'd do but I'd like to think I'd not pray but be planning my next move.
The clean up operation for missing people was massive.
Fire in Paradise is a fascinating documentary. On the first count, it is a visceral retelling of a horrific event. Secondly, the all too brief look into how the affected people and town afterwards carry on gives you questions to ponder on. Memorable, if a little brief.
Rating: 4 / 5 – Excellent
If you enjoyed Fire in Paradise, you may also like…
Tsunami: Caught on Camera – Still one of the most distressing but captivating documentaries I've ever seen.
When A City Falls – A stunning look at how to rebuild community following Earthquake after Earthquake
Japan Tsunami: Caught on Camera – Another absolutely horrifying but captivating real footage / survivor documentary.
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Chapter 3 Have our fish had their chips?
Chapter 3 – Have our fish had their chips?
Readers interested in the background to the impacts arising from marine fishing will find excellent material in Roberts, C., (2007). The Unnatural History of the Sea: The Past and Future of Humanity and Fishing. Gaia Books.
67. I mention the incidence of human disease caused by seafood. You can find the source for the figures I cite in Adak, G. K. et al, (2005). Disease risks from foods, England and Wales, 1996-2000. Emerging infectious diseases 11:3 pp.365-372.
67. For employment statistics for the fishing industry see Cracknell, R., (2009). Sea Fisheries Statistics. House of Commons Library Standard Note: SN/SG/2788 16pp.
71. On the multiple benefits of marine protected areas see Rees, S. E., et al. (2012). Incorporating indirect ecosystem services into marine protected area planning and management, International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management8:3, pp. 273-285.
72-73. For sources relating to the relative economic value of different activities taking place in and around the Lyme Bay protected area these papers provide data and analysis.
Stevens, T., et al., (2007). Surveys for marine spatial planning in Lyme Bay. The Marine Institute, University of Plymouth.