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Form:Media and Ekistics Plan & Design Become Fathom Studio
When Rob Leblanc started two companies 24 years ago, they were so different it only made sense to have separate names. At the time, the internet was brand new and Form:Media was focused on bridging graphic design with electronic media and Ekistics Plan & Design specialized in landscape architecture and planning; there was very little overlap in services and clients.
Over the years, the companies have grown closer and closer with significantly more overlap in design services, strategic planning and interpretive themes in each project. Leblanc explains, "We have become known as a 'collective' with a wide range of design and engineering services. A collective brings the best of all disciplines to bear on traditional problem solving. Different design perspectives bringing new approaches and different ways of solving problems."
The collective is celebrating the birth of a new firm: On June 26, 2019, Form:Media and Ekistics Plan & Design will merge into one company, Fathom Studio.
The new name is uniquely maritime and reflects the depth of services and knowledge the Fathom team brings to every project. The name also reflects the commitment to understand a difficult problem after much collective discussion and thought, which is the hallmark of the team's approach.
Company ownership and values remain unchanged as Fathom Studio welcomes a new generation of architects and designers. Leblanc says it best: "Fathom Studio is wholly committed to making our region and country a better place to live and grow. And we are excited to work with like-minded organizations that share our optimism for the future."
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Producers promise Oscar night filled with magic and song
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LOS ANGELES – Lady Gaga. Jennifer Hudson. Common and John Legend. Adam Levine. Rita Ora. Tegan & Sara. Tim McGraw.
This isn't the lineup for an upcoming pop concert, but rather for tonight's Academy Awards.
"We want to entertain," said Neil Meron, producing his third consecutive Oscar ceremony with Craig Zadan. "And there's no better entertainment than to do it with music."
Host Neil Patrick Harris will perform an original song by the Oscar-winning writers behind "Let It Go," the producers said.
"It really is celebratory about movies and yet it's kind of cheeky in a way," Meron said. "But yet it has a beautiful musical motif which… we integrate throughout the show as kind of a call-back theme."
The two produced the "The Sound of Music" and "Peter Pan" live TV specials, as well as the movie musicals "Hairspray" and "Chicago," which won the best picture Oscar in 2003.
The producers said they started booking musical acts even before they learned the year's nominees. But they were delighted with the nominated original songs.
"We were smiled upon in that respect," Meron said.
A spate of stars will bring those songs to life on the Oscar stage.
Common and Legend are set to perform their song, "Glory," from "Selma." Levine will sing "Lost Stars" from "Begin Again." Ora will take on Diane Warren's song from "Beyond the Lights," "Grateful." Tegan & Sara will join with The Lonely Island for "The Lego Movie" song, "Everything is Awesome." McGraw will perform Glen Campbell's song "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," from the documentary about his struggle with Alzheimer's, "Glen Campbell… I'll Be Me."
The producers wouldn't say what Hudson, Gaga and other entertainers, including Jack Black and Anna Kendrick, will sing.
Suspense about their performances will have to stand in for the lack of suspense for most of the acting categories. Patricia Arquette of "Boyhood" and J.K. Simmons of "Whiplash" have locked up supporting-actor awards all season, and Julianne Moore is shoo-in for the best-actress Oscar for "Still Alice."
The lead actor competition has some excitement, with Michael Keaton of "Birdman" and Eddie Redmayne of "The Theory of Everything" splitting many of the early honors.
"Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" lead all nominees with nine bids apiece. Also up for best picture are "American Sniper," "Boyhood," "The Imitation Game," "The Theory of Everything," "Selma" and "Whiplash."
Among the highlights of last year's top-rated ceremony was host Ellen DeGeneres' surprise pizza delivery and superstar-selfie moment. Meron and Zadan wouldn't say what antics are planned this year — if they're planned at all.
But they do promise real magic on Oscar night.
After all, host Harris is a magician.


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Dennis R. Hock of Draai Laag Brewing Company
Going Pro by Paul McMorrow | Aug 2016 | Issue #115
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Dennis R. Hock eschews traditional styles in favor of singularity. He embraces rustic flavors, and sets his beers down for long periods of aging in barrels spiked with wild yeasts and bacteria. In a brewhouse just outside Pittsburgh, Hock embraces the wild critters floating through the air to create beers that could only come from Pittsburgh. "I look at beer as liquid art," Hock says. "There are so many organisms out there that we've yet to find. We're foraging for new organisms, and manipulating them to make new flavors we never knew existed. And when you find them, you say, 'Wow! I discovered that!'"
1. Study up
Hock was brewing wild beers long before he could drink them. Fascinated by the science and art of fermentation, the teenager made a deal with his mother: He could experiment with all the beer he wanted, as long as he didn't drink it. So he brewed, gave the beer away to his neighbors, and catalogued their feedback. He devoured books on brewing, biochemistry, and microbiology. He sharpened his technique, honed his recipe formulation skills, and learned how to layer flavors. And then, once he actually started drinking, the world opened up.
2. Find inspiration
While Hock's brewing chops came from years of experimentation at home, his deep respect for brewing culture has European origins. Touring the continent in between military deployments, he favored small village pubs over the clubs his buddies frequented. He marveled at the variations on styles he would find, and the flavors that were only commercially available one place on earth. And he became convinced that there was no reason American brewers couldn't follow that example.
3. Import the basics
Two revelations from Europe defined the way Hock built Draai Laag Brewing. First, if Belgian brewers could pull beer-friendly microorganisms out of the air, it should be scientifically possible for Hock to do the same thing in Pittsburgh. Second, marrying wild organisms with wort shouldn't cost millions of dollars. Hock recalls a trip to Wales, where he tasted exemplary ales that came from a wood-fired mash tun. "The brewer told me, 'You don't need new equipment to make great beer, you just need to know how to make great beer,'" Hock says. "Boom—that was like an explosion in my brain."
4. Break the rules
Hock founded Draai Laag in 2009 with a brewing system he built from $800 in spare parts. To this day, he and part-owner and head brewer Tony Zamperini brew on a hand-built brewhouse, and ferment in converted dairy tanks. There's a straight line running from Belgian brewers' historic disregard for German brewing strictures, and Hock's desire to carve out a wild beer niche in a city dominated by hop-forward ales. "I love this wild world because there are no rules," Hock says. "You use whatever you want to, and create something different."
5. Build momentum, wherever it comes from
Hock figured Draai Laag, like other startup breweries, would begin small and local and grow from there. "We were the first ones in town to concentrate on wild Belgian- and French-inspired beers, but I thought, as long as the quality is good, people will buy it." He adds, "I was very, very wrong." Draai Laag struggled selling a niche product to a market that wasn't fully ready for it. Hooking up with Shangy's, a distributor that expanded its reach to Philadelphia, and, more recently, a broad footprint through the Shelton Brothers importers, created momentum that has, in turn, fed growth locally.
6. Keep a deep Rolodex
Hock is committed to using simple raw ingredients, and then driving layers of complexity through funky microorganisms. Recenty, Draai Laag fermented ice cream in a beer called Black Dinosaur and made another with peaches and Penicillium roqueforti, the mold used to make blue cheese. "We rely on the organisms to do the work," Hock says. "We know them intimately. We've categorized these strains through tons of notebooks, so we know what organism does what in which situation, and we can Rolodex it."
7. Hunt with science
Draai Laag embraces airborne biodiversity, systematically hunting out new wild microorganisms, mapping local agriculture, topography, and wind patterns to identify prime spots to intercept wild critters. "Swabbing fruit is great, but you're not going to get a lot of diversity," Hock argues. By going full geek, and applying a fluid dynamics analysis to wind patterns and local agricultural geography and topography, Hock sets himself up to capture a broad range of wild yeast and bacteria that give his beers a uniquely funky, and uniquely local, bent.
8. Stay wild
Hock isolated and cultured Wild Angels yeast from a spontaneous fermentation experiment. Wild Angels is finicky: It doesn't like fermenting on fruit, and it resists mixed fermentations. On its own, though, the wild yeast is an unlikely star that presents itself in vastly different ways for three vastly different beers. In CRU, a wild Old Ale, the yeast leaves layers of sourness on top of a roasted base. In Geestelijke, a funky farmhouse built on Pilsner malt, it lays back, drawing an aromatic lemon nose from the malt. And in R2 Koelschip, a spontaneous farmhouse ale, it comes forward with a restrained tartness. The indigenous yeast strain means these beers don't, and couldn't, exist anywhere else in the world.
9. Go antiquing
By chance, Hock ended up with an antique cabinet from a 17th-century French monastery. And, because his brain is wired the way it is, Hock worked with Zamperini to crack into that cabinet in search of historic French yeast cells. "We extracted something, and we fermented a beer out of it, and you've never tasted a beer like it in your life," Hock says of the resulting recipe, dubbed Relic. A base of red wheat and Pilsner malt, virtually unhopped, gives the Relic yeast room to run and jump, from citrus tones in the nose, to tart sandalwood notes on the tongue, to a tart, lactic finish. It's a testament to Draai Laag's mission. "That thing would've been dead and gone," he says, "if we didn't have the mentality of using our terroir to create something different." ■
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Latent processes of design and urban form are always of interest to me. In a country like India where cities are layered with history; typifying Indian city is always a challenge. My research interest lies in typifying Asian cities which are conventionally seen as assemblage of chaotic environment. I dealt with this stereotype in my doctoral thesis on Tokyo city wherein I identified critical urban elements, which constitutes the morphology of the city. These elements help us to build better urban systems. I am continuing this research further by qualitatively looking at other Asian cities including those ones in India and construct the analytical models for better understanding of urban design in Asian cities. By systematizing urban elements and understanding the complex roles of urban actors in the city; we will be able to answer the larger questions of growth, diversity and future urban form of Asian cities.


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PH, US, Japan naval troops start military drills at Subic Bay
By: Allan Macatuno - Correspondent / @amacatunoINQ
Inquirer Central Luzon / 02:15 PM October 01, 2018
Brigadier General Chris McPhillips, Commanding General of the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Major General Nathaniel Casem, Inspector General of the Philippine Navy, and Brigadier General Melquiades Ordiales, Deputy Commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps, open exercise KAMANDAG 2 during a ceremony at Subic Bay International Airport.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A joint military exercise being conducted by the United States, Japan, and the Philippines kicked off on Monday at the Subic Bay International Airport.
About 1,000 naval and marine troops from the three countries are set to participate in the military drill dubbed "Kaagapay ng mga Mandirigma ng Dagat" (KAMANDAG).
Capt. Jerber Anthony Belonio, director of the Marine Corps Public Affairs Office of the Philippine Marines, said KAMANDAG 2018 will be held from October 1 to 10 in various locations in Luzon.
Belonio said the training sites include Crow Valley in Tarlac province; Camp Gregorio Lim at Ternate town in Cavite province; and the Naval Education Training Command at San Antonio town in Zambales province.
Last week, amphibious landing crafts of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force started arriving in this former US naval base for repair.
KAMANDAG is an acronym for the Filipino phrase "Kaagapay Ng Mga Mandirigma Ng Dagat," or "Cooperation of Warriors of the Sea."
The name emphasizes the close partnership between the Philippine and United States militaries, said an advisory from the US Embassy in Manila.
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KAMANDAG aims to increase the overall U.S. and Philippine military readiness, improve bilateral responsiveness, and strengthen the working relationships between the participating countries.
The naval drills will focus on enhancing counter-terrorism capabilities, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief capabilities; as well as conducting humanitarian and civic assistance projects.
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SHANGHAI is planning three "town circles" on the outskirts of the city and neighboring provinces for integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region.
The town circles will carry out cross-provincial general urban planning and manage local traffic, environment protection and public facilities, the Shanghai Planning, Land and Resources Administration said yesterday.
A blueprint for one town circle is ready, and will incorporate Dongping Town in Shanghai's Chongming District with Haiyong and Qilong towns in Jiangsu Province. The blueprint has been submitted to Chongming district government and Nantong city government for approval.
Authorities are drafting plans for the other two circles, according to the planning administration.
One will connect Anting Town in Jiading District and Baihe Town in Qingpu District — both in Shanghai — with Huaqiao Town in Jiangsu.
A third one will see Jinshan District's Fengjing Town and Songjiang District's Xinbang Town in Shanghai linked with Jiashan County and Pinghu City in Zhejiang Province.
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It also plans to issue directives on the promotion of the Yangtze River Economic Belt that is just 20 percent of the national area but contributes nearly half of China's economic output.
The economic belt, which stretches from Sichuan Province in southwest China to Shanghai, covers Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanchang and Nanjing cities.
"The Yangtze River Delta is an important junction on the Belt and Road Initiative and one of the most dynamic, open and innovative regions of China," said Ma Chunlei, director of the Shanghai Development and Reform Commission.
Ma said Shanghai along with Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces are working on a three-year action plan to promote the integration of the Yangtze Delta Region. A regional cooperation office has been established in Shanghai, with 17 officials from the city and provinces who will draft development strategies.
The three-year plan will mainly focus on traffic connectivity, energy sharing, industrial cooperation, high-speed Internet, environmental protection and public services.
"Over 30 cooperative events have been planned to build a credit system and create industrial clusters jointly," said Ma.
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Top Takeaways from Iowa
Lopsided Losses Add Up, But So Do Illinois Freshmen Starters
By Ian Gold Oct 9, 2017, 2:05pm CDT
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I don't know if people in general are smart enough to absorb content in 140 characters. It tends to bring out the most partisan emotions, and I'm not even talking politics, simply sports. Illini fans are trending toward one of two polar opposites -- 1) the football youth are making tremendous progress and a bright future is inevitable, or 2) the continuous blowouts are signs that this is never going to work out. After a 45-16 loss to Iowa, I'm burning the candle on both ends. The amount of freshmen playing huge roles (and playing well) bodes well for 2018 and 2019, while the coaching miscues and lopsided final scores deserve criticism and should be corrected one way or another.
1. I'm a casual college football historian, but not a database, so I can't tell you for sure that four freshmen offensive linemen have never started a Big Ten game before, but what's currently developing on the Illinois offensive front is ridiculous. Larry Boyd, Vederian Lowe and Alex Palczewski are all true freshmen, all less than six months since being billed 3-star prospects across the board, and all starting. Doug Kramer, a walk-on, is starting at center. And here's the kicker: they were Illinois's strongest group this past weekend. Together with Nick Allegretti, the group allowed one sack and powered a running game that pushed around Iowa to 200+ yards on the ground. With a couple off-seasons in the weight room and mental reps on the field, this group
should be special, and is reason enough to keep watching despite the scarcity of likely wins left on the schedule.
2. Jeff George Jr. is a measurably better option at quarterback for Illinois, but is still going to struggle putting points on the board if his decision making doesn't speed up and improve. In comparison to Chayce Crouch, and despite a strange hitch in his release, he's a better pure thrower and allows for Garrick McGee to spread the ball around to playmakers at receiver and tight end. Additionally, the threat to pass takes defenders out of the box and gives the young offensive line a chance to gain a numbers advantage and move people out of the way. So, he's cemented his depth-chart advantage on Crouch. Obviously turning the ball over four times puts Illinois in a precarious position to win, but, the game was competitive into the third quarter because JGJ opened up the offense enough to score. Now, something else to consider as Lovie goes with his youth at mostly every other position is George Jr. keeping the position warm until Cam Thomas has absorbed enough of the playbook to take over and complete the freshmen-ification of the 2017 Illini.
3. Lovie Smith coached in the NFL, right? The same place that OCD geniuses like Bill Belichick make an art of clock management and special teams advantages? Well, he needs help. Smith might well be picking this program up by the bootstraps and upgrading talent at every position, but, his weekly coaching bumbles are going to put a strict ceiling on where this football team could end up in two years (the payoff year). Even when the 18- and 19-year old offensive linemen I touted earlier become full-grown monsters, calling timeouts to preserve an opponent's drive before half is going to lose games. Not being able to look at the clock, the down-and-distance, and make an educated guess about the opponent's next move is going to hurt. And don't even put the special teams under a microscope, which is where the game was lost in the Iowa film room. At some point Kirk Ferentz and his staff had a good laugh watching Bob Ligashesky's alignment on returns.
Beyond finding a new special teams or tight end coach in the offseason, Lovie should take some of that big football budget and find an Assistant to the Head Coach who does nothing but pour over data during the week and spit back correctly processed data during the game. I don't think selecting when to call a timeout or when to go for it on 4th and 3 is that tough (so maybe I'm the correct hire), but, there are too many incorrect decisions to ignore that it's a problem in Champaign.
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PCI-DSS, ISO, HIPAA; you have probably heard many acronyms like these in reference to IT security. There are so many laws and organizations these days, it can be difficult for a person to know where to begin looking. This blog post will help introduce you to the topic so you can consider what might apply to you.
There are three different categories of acronym you will typically see: Legal requirements, organizations, and specific standards.
HIPAA is an example of a legal requirement. HIPAA is short for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA is a law applying to certain kinds of healthcare companies. Rather than detailing specific requirements, HIPAA lists broad security objectives and leaves companies to decide how to implement them. This allows the law to scale for company size and with changing technology. Some other examples of legal requirements are: HITECH (Short for "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health," an amendment to HIPAA), GLBA (Short for "Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act" which governs financial companies), and FISMA (Short for "Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002" which regulates federal agencies and their contractors).
ISO is an example of an organization. ISO is an abbreviation for the International Organization for Standardization. ISO is an international effort to come up with standardized terms and measurements for everything from timber sizes to laboratory glassware to fingerprint image data. One set of standards is ISO 27001, which details specific IT security requirements. TechGen is ISO 27001 certified, which means we have demonstrated that we meet those security standards. Other examples of organizations that publish their own standards are: The SANS Institute ("SysAdmin, Audit, Network and Security Institute" which is a private company that offers security training), ISACA (Formally the "Information Systems Audit and Control Association" which is a professional association), and HITRUST (The "Health Information Trust Alliance" a joint creation of several healthcare companies).
If you are interested in increasing your level of IT security, you should research what organizations specialize in creating standards for your industry. Unlike some kinds of certifications, there is no "one size fits all" standard for technology, and there are multiple different ways to address a security problem. One sure-fire way to increase security is to utilize vendors that have their own IT certifications, that way you can trust a third party has evaluated their security.
Hopefully, this guide has given you a good start for where to begin your investigations into IT certifications. Thank you for reading, and have a secure day.
Another large Ransomware attack this month forced an Indiana hospital to pay four Bitcoins, or $55,000. This is unfortunately an increasingly common story, but this one has a twist – they had backups of their data but still chose to pay. Why? Restoring their backups could have taken weeks, and it would have been too expensive to be closed for so long.
This hospital learned two lessons the hard way. They learned not only that employee training is vital to preventing Ransomware and other hacks, but also how critical it is to test your disaster recovery plans. Backups are extremely important, but like any medicine, you want to prevent the illness before you have to use it; and like any treatment, they are of limited value if there is no plan to implement them in a reasonable amount of time.
Business Continuity plans for dealing with common hiccups, and Disaster Recovery plans for major outages are two sides of the same data safety coin, collectively known as "BC/DR." When a hacker attacks, or the power goes out your employees should know how to respond to minimize negative impact. Backups are one piece of that puzzle, but the written plans are essential to implementation.
We here at TechGen want to help keep your data safe and your business running StressFree. That's why we do regular testing of your backups. We ensure your backup works, so when the worst happens, your technology will be ready. Because backups are just one piece, we're helping our clients implement a BC/DR plan or improve their existing one. Please, let us know if you are interested in discussing ways to improve your security. We also encourage you to read through some of the other posts on this blog that offer useful tips to prevent hackers from getting on your network in the first place.
Once again high profile hacking is in the news.
Accounting firm, and security advisor Deloitte was illegally accessed by unnamed hackers last month who had managed to compromise an administrator account and used it to access one of Deloitte's Microsoft Azure accounts. So far, at least six of their clients have been informed that data including usernames, passwords, IP addresses, architectural diagrams and health information was accessed by the hacker. Deloitte is still reviewing the breach and contacting affected parties.
Two-factor authentication is a tool used for added security when it comes to important accounts. The name comes from using two factors to log into an account – your usual password and a separate factor such as a cell phone message, remote FOB, or biometic data like a fingerprint. In general, using multiple steps to log is referred to as "Multi-Factor Authentication" or MFA. With MFA enabled, even when a hacker manages to discover your password, they still can't access your account without also having your other factor, like your phone. Deloitte didn't use it on one administrator accounts, and as a result the hacker merely needed to get one password in order to gain the keys to the kingdom.
Increasingly, two-factor authentication is being considered a basic security step, and we here at TechGen highly recommend all of our clients look into MFA solutions.
Microsoft has step-by-step instructions for setting up MFA for Office 365. You can read those here.
Another good password solution, LastPass, also supports MFA. Specific instructions are here.
We would be happy to help you set up MFA for your important accounts; if you are interested, please let us know.
Its clear that the Equifax breach is a big deal due to the type of information exposed. We're sharing some simple tips to protect your personal information, and protect your business at the same time. Still relevant a year later!
Everyone should use a password manager like LastPass, 1Password or Roboform to ensure they're using separate, complicated passwords on each website visited. This article will specifically show some quick tips/videos about using LastPass.
You'll primarily use the app through Chrome/IE extension. The video below will show you how to use it.
Creating secure passwords is easy. You'll need to do this for NEW sites that you go to, as well as sign in to existing websites, then go through each site's process for changing your password. Here's a quick video on how to create passwords.
The Vault is the place where all of your passwords are stored – protected by your master password. You can organize your passwords by folder here, and share them with others. This video shows you how to access the vault.
Visit the app store on your mobile phone to download the LastPass app there.
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Modern Privacy & Surveillance Law
This is a rapidly developing area, and this treatise will help practitioners, legislators, administrators, scholars, journalists, businesspersons, students, and others to understand the structure, implications, strengths, weaknesses, and uses of American surveillance law.
by Steve C. Posner (Author)
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This book has been re-titled Modern Privacy & Surveillance Law. Formerly titled Privacy and the USA PATRIOT Act, the law analyzed by this treatise has evolved beyond any one statute. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, aspects of constitutional, international, national security, military, criminal, immigration, civil rights, privacy, customs, commodities, securities, financial, transportation, business, employment, contracts, health, education, agriculture, administrative, procedural, property, tort, and other areas of law have blended into a new, challenging, ever-changing, and bleak American jurisprudence: The law of surveillance.
Steve C. Posner
Steve C. Posner is the author of the legal treatise Privacy Law and The USA PATRIOT Act (LexisNexisMatthew Bender Publishing, April 2006), the first major treatise on the Act, emphasizing the practical implications, burdens and options for organizations and individuals cooperating with and subject to government evolving reporting requirements, information requests and surveillance. He is a frequent speaker and consultant on the USA PATRIOT Act and issues and matters relating to it.
After earning his MBA from New York University, Mr. Posner attended St. John's University School of Law, where he won writing awards in intellectual property law, developed a graphic computer system for modeling constitutional law issues and litigated contract compliance cases for the New York City Department of Law under a special practice order. Upon graduation, Mr. Posner clerked for the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court and then became an adjunct professor at The Jacob Fuchsberg Law Center, Touro College. Mr. Posner relocated to Denver, Colorado, to help litigate an international intellectual property action involving, among other things, software and trade secret licensing and theft, copyright infringement, and patent infringement. He then worked with the Colorado Attorney General's Office in the landmark multi-state anti-tobacco case. When that case settled, he defended criminal appeals for the Attorney General before returning to private practice, where he developed a profound interest in the law of privacy and created a Practice Commentary on the USA PATRIOT Act for the Lexis-Nexis legal research website. Mr. Posner is a former editor of the Technology Law and Policy Review column for The Colorado Lawyer magazine, and former co-chair of the Colorado Bar Association's Law and Technology Committee. Mr. Posner is admitted before the bars of Colorado, New York and California (inactive).
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Chapter 9 Sharing Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information Among Government Agencies
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Edinburgh brothel boss 'Madam Moneybags' still owes £780k
Margaret Paterson was hit by a confiscation order two years ago but has yet to hand over assets
Diane King
SCOTLAND'S richest criminals have yet to pay more than £6.5 million seized from them under "dirty money" laws.
They include Edinburgh brothel boss Margaret Paterson, 64, who was dubbed "Madam Moneybags" after making a fortune from prostitution.
Figures obtained for the Edinburgh Evening News reveal she still owes £780,440 of a £1m confiscation order handed out to her in May, 2015.
In 2013, she was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted for brothel-keeping, money laundering and living on the earnings of prostitution.
Attempts are also still being made to try and get hold of assets from drug dealer Alexander Cameron, 67, from Kirknewton in West Lothian.
He was ordered to pay £525,000 in April, 2014, but he was murdered in January, 2015, before he made any payments. An administrator has been appointed in an attempt to recover the money from his estate.
Prosecutors have boasted that they are taking millions every year under the Proceeds of Crime Act and diverting the money into community projects.
However, many of the crooks, including fraudsters, drug dealers and money launderers, still owe cash years after confiscation orders were imposed on them by courts.
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) figures released under freedom of information laws show that there is £6,578,568 outstanding in confiscation orders compared to £5,943,839 last year. Almost £4m is owed by just ten people.
As of last month, benefits fraudster Anthony Kearney, of Glasgow, had the largest amount outstanding at £898,441.
Kearney, 52, and his girlfriend Donna McCafferty were tracked down in Spain in 2008. A £930,362 confiscation order was imposed in October, 2011, but he has stumped up just over £30,000 and is currently appealing the order.
Scottish Conservatives justice spokesman Liam Kerr MSP said: "The thinking behind the Proceeds of Crime Act is sound – forcing criminals to pay up for the misery they've caused communities.
"However, it's clear they've been allowed to treat it with contempt.
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"This legislation will remain utterly toothless while serious criminals – many of whom have made themselves extremely wealthy through crime – aren't forced to cough up.
"The SNP's failure to make this legislation work lets criminals off the hook and deprives communities of the compensation they deserve."
Scottish Labour MSP Claire Baker MSP said: "We need to be clear that crime does not pay."
An SCTS spokesman said: "By its nature a confiscation order is a financial penalty which may take some time to recover in full. The period within which financial penalties should be paid is a matter for the judiciary."


Local Government Week is a good time to celebrate the quality services we deliver to our community, day in day out.
For example, our Customer Contact Centre receives more than 80,000 calls and processes more than 50,000 transactions each year.
We manage, renew and maintain over $1.1 billion worth of built assets.
We provide local jobs, advocate for the City, deliver recreation facilities, protect our environment, manage waste, support bush fire mitigation, improve local roads & public access, plan for land use and development, check safety and compliance and provide community services like libraries, major cultural facilities and halls.
Rosemary Dillon has been appointed to the permanent role of General Manager of Blue Mountains City Council - the first female GM of Council.
"I am honoured to be given this opportunity to lead Council and to continue working with our committed staff, our elected Council, and with the community over the next 4 years to deliver an extensive range of best value services to the community," Ms Dillon said.
The Blue Mountains Waterways Snapshot 2018 has been released.
Each year, we test the health of over 40 local waterways, using waterbugs as indicators of creek health.
The 2018 results show 52% of our waterways are in good to excellent health.
This year we also include recreational water quality results.
We're working with up to 500 dedicated local volunteers and 600 local school students, to protect and restore waterways across the City.
We welcomed 37 new Australian citizens at an official ceremony on 28 July.
More than 50 family and friends supported their loved ones taking the final step in the journey to become Australian citizens. Those taking the citizenship pledge were born in more than 20 different countries and now call the Blue Mountains their home. We run four to five citizenship ceremonies per year, welcoming about 150 new Australian citizens annually.
(Pictured top) Olive, Charlotte and Poppy with Adam Vance, who received citizenship. (Left) Mary, Nila, Liya and Nevah celebrate with Jyothish Joy and (right) Carol Teodori accepts her certificate from Mayor Cr Mark Greenhill and native plant from Cr Romola Hollywood at the ceremony.
We have six new Youth Councillors on board.
Gabriel Frechtling, Thomas Lenthen, Benjamin Mallin, Ruby Parsons Burns, Eleanor Shortis and Sinead Winn have joined 12 existing members on the Blue Mountains Youth Council.
Established in 2003, the program allows young people living within the City of Blue Mountains to share their opinions, ideas and views with Council.
Youth Councillors are aged 12 to 20 years.
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Home and Living loves it when inventors, founders and columnists stop by and we often invite them to do "guest articles" for you, because they offer a unique take on, what else? home, living and celebrations.
Today's guest is Teri Gault, the CEO and Founder of TheGroceryGame.com Her mission is to help you to shop efficiently, keep you abreast of new developments for kitchen tools and provide ideas on how to entertain and celebrate holidays so they are fun for everyone included (and that means you too)!
With all the spring colors, you don't have to spend a lot of money or time to make beautiful decorations for Easter!
Choose a spring bouquet in your supermarket's floral department for about ten dollars. If you're bouquet comes wrapped in a square of colorful plastic paper with a hole in the middle, just slip it off of the bouquet and save it. It might be a perfect background when placed on the table under your centerpiece, plus your finished centerpiece will cover the hole in the middle! The bouquets are already arranged, so keep that arrangement intact. To trim the stems, grasp the entire bouquet, keeping the arrangement secure, and using kitchen shears trim to equal lengths. Think about keeping the flowers short enough so that people sitting at the table can see over the arrangement.
Baby bok choy's green leaves are reminiscent of spring, and add a fun and whimsical border around the flowers. The only trouble is that they are too short for the flowers! Don't worry, we can grow them taller! Take five baby bok choys and give them "stilts" to come up to the right level for your arrangement. Insert a wooden skewer into the bottom of each little baby bok choy. Trim the skewers with kitchen shears to match the length of your cut floral bouquet. Place all five baby bok choys on "stilts" along the inside rim of your centerpiece bowl. Then simply deposit the pre-arranged floral bouquet right into the open hole in the middle of the baby bok choy.
Home and Living has an Easter tip as well.
First, visit a design supply house like Michaels, Hobby Lobby, or even the Dollar Store (Family Dollar or Dollar Tree). For a few dollars purchase a thin grapevine wreath foundation. From the florist department, pick up either a few sprigs of faux forsythia or dogwood blossoms. Add in some colorful plastic, hollow Easter eggs. At home on your craft table, play with the arrangement of florals, glue-gunning them onto the grapevine wreath until it looks colorful and full. Follow by tucking in a few of the eggs in bright colors and glue gun them to the best spots. Voilà a seasonal wreath for the table or door.


Emotions is a project curated by RMM at Agnès B's Librairie Galerie, Hong Kong. Besides RMM, seven artists are invited individually to participate the project. Each artist is invited to submit his/her artworks based on an emotion. For instance, Rosemarie Fiore's "explosive", Chao Liang's "lethe", and "Optimism" by Truthtag. Works submitted by each artist are collected in an art book, handmade by RMM. The color of each art book is specially chosen to fit the artist's emotion. Five handmade silk handkerchiefs are also included in the box set, printed with some of the artworks from the booklets.
A hemp string is wreathed on top of the box set. This idea of adding this hemp string is to invite readers' participation in this project on emotions. The way of how the string is wreathed and placed shows the emotions of the reader. This is a physical yet natural means that mirrors your emotions after the reading.


Hailed at its premiere as "a breakthrough in China's symphonic music," HE Zhanhao and CHEN Gang's "Butterfly Lovers" Violin Concerto was later reviled during the Cultural Revolution for its Western influence and feudal Chinese inspiration. Though universally recognized among the Chinese people, the piece remains largely unknown in the West. A work of undeniable emotional appeal, it also carries with it a history that some of its biggest supporters are still struggling to digest. Borne of an uneasy union of revolutionary nationalist sentiment and Chinese urban cosmopolitanism, the musical progeny manages to be faithful to both its parents.
SHEN Ye, teaching Composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music is one of the most fascinating representatives of contemporary Music in China setting accessible Chinese culture to his own musical language. His works are performed all over in Asia, the U.S. and Europe. all over the world and this is the world premiere recording of his 1stViolin Concerto "The Psalms of Taciturnity".


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Are Credit Card Rewards Programs Worth It?
This post is part of a pro/con series with other bloggers. Make sure to check out their contrasting opinions on this topic which I've linked to at the end of this post.
Credit cards seriously scare some people and rightfully so.
If you aren't on top of your credit cards, you can easily pay double digit interest rates on balances you don't pay off in full.
However, if you're a responsible credit card user that pays their bill off in full every month without fail like my wife and I do, credit cards offer some amazing rewards programs you need to be taking advantage of.
Before we get into the awesome rewards programs and why you should absolutely use them, let's cover the ground rules for using credit rewards programs that you absolute must follow.
In order to participate in credit card rewards programs, you must follow the rules of the game. If you can't adhere to these rules, don't bother signing up for rewards credit cards. They'll cost you more money than the rewards you'll earn.
You must pay all of your credit card bills off in full every statement period during the grace period.
This means you won't ever pay a late fee or a penny of interest on the charges you put on your credit card. Usually, having at least a small emergency fund is required to make this work.
Related: What is an emergency fund and why do you need one?
You must have a system in place to track when your monthly statements are issued and when your payments are due.
You must use this system without fail to ensure you pay every credit card bill off in full and on time every month to avoid late fees.
Personally, I use a bill paying spreadsheet and check it once a week or twice a month to make sure I don't miss any bills.
Check out my bill payment spreadsheet methodology.
You must have a system for keeping track of rewards and actually use them. Many people sadly earn credit card rewards but never redeem them before they expire.
Don't let that happen to you. Know the rules of your rewards programs to make sure you use your rewards before they expire. This can also be done easily on a spreadsheet.
Now that we have the rules out of the way, it's time to realize the awesome power of credit card rewards programs.
Basically, credit card rewards programs are awesome because they give you money for spending money you'd spend anyway. All you have to do is put your purchases on a credit card instead of a debit card or other payment method.
If you're willing to spend a bit of time mastering the rewards programs, you could take vacations for free like my family does. We've taken multiple free cruises thanks to our credit card rewards. More on that later.
Credit card rewards programs can be as simple or as complex as you'd like. On the simple end, you can easily earn 2% cash back on all of your purchases using a card like the Citi Double Cash credit card which doesn't even have an annual fee.
Let's pause and think about that for a minute. Let's say you normally spend $15,000 per year on purchases you could put on a credit card.
By simply using the Citi Double Cash credit card, you could get $300 back to spend on anything you desire.
If that's not sweet enough, it gets even better if you're willing to use multiple credit cards to earn maximum cash back based on the categories you spend in most.
Here's an example of how much cash back you could earn in a year if you wanted to optimize your cash back by using multiple credit cards.
Using the above combination of cards could earn an additional $335 in cash back per year. However, the Blue Cash Preferred card has a $95 annual fee, so the real additional cash back you'd earn after fees would be $240.
Credit card companies want you to try out their credit card rewards programs, so they often offer astounding bonuses to entice you to sign up for their cards.
These offers usually require you to spend a certain amount on the card in a few months after opening the card.
For instance, a credit card may offer $500 you can use to offset travel costs you charge to your card if you spend $3,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of opening the card.
If you meet the spending requirement in the time period, you'll earn a $500 travel statement credit. Additionally, you'll still earn the normal points you'd earn on the $3,000 you spent.
While some of the cards with these sign up bonuses have no annual fee, other cards may waive the annual fee for the first year or charge you an annual fee if one exists.
Most cards have no annual fee or an annual fee of under $100, but some cards have annual fees of $450 or more.
What's even better are there are plenty of cards that allow you to earn sign up bonuses, not just a handful. If you have a significant other, both you and your spouse can sign up for your own card, letting you earn the bonus twice.
My wife and I use sign up bonuses to earn thousands of dollars in credit card rewards each year, but we have systems in place to make sure we're still keeping everything under control.
Check out my list of the best credit card sign up bonuses available this month which I updated every single month with the best deals.
If you decide to earn credit card sign up bonuses, it is super important to keep tight controls on your spending. Never spend more than you usually would to meet a sign up bonus. If you do, it defeats the purpose and the credit card companies win.
Also, make sure you keep track of what cards you have open and when annual fees are due.
If you tried a card that had an introductory year with no annual fee and you find you don't use the card on a regular basis like you thought you would, cancel the card before the annual fee comes due.
As I mentioned before, my wife and I use our credit card rewards to travel. We have earned plenty of free hotel nights as well as enough cash back and travel statement credits to earn multiple free cruises for our family.
Here's how my family took a free 5 day Carnival cruise using credit card rewards.
We also took a free 7 day Carnival cruise using credit card rewards, too.
If you're disciplined with your finances and credit cards like we are, you can do this, too. Just remember, shut it down if things get out of hand. If you have to start paying interest you're not going to win at the credit card rewards game.
Are Credit Card Rewards Worth It?
Are credit card rewards worth it? Heck yea! But only if you follow the rules. Otherwise, you could dig yourself into a financial nightmare for just a few hundred dollars in rewards.
If you play the game smart like my wife and I do, you could earn thousands of dollars in credit card rewards every year. You can use the rewards for anything you desire, including free travel like we do.
While we think credit card rewards are a no brainer if you can follow the rules, there are others that don't agree with me. Elizabeth Rehbehn at the MoneyNav blog and Josh Patoka at PeerLoanOnline both disagree.
Check out their thoughts, then let me know which side of the debate you fall on in the comments below.


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13-year-old tells EPA to protect Bristol Bay
August 16, 2017	by	Dawnell Smith
Emily Charles organized a protest outside the Anchorage office of the Environmental Protection Agency in early August. The middle school activist invited people to join her in opposing the Pebble mine. A handful of protesters stood beside her as drivers honked in support and passersby thanked her for speaking out. Here's what Emily said about why she organized the protest, and what happens when a 13-year-old tells EPA to protect Bristol Bay.
Emily and her aunt Mary Charles outside the EPA offices in Anchorage where the 13-year-old tells EPA to protect Bristol Bay.
Alaska families rely on Bristol Bay
I decided to organize the protest because I wanted to stand up against the proposed Pebble Mine, and the dealings between the EPA and the mine. I felt I should voice my opinion.
I'm Yupik Eskimo on my mom's side of the family. My mom and Uppa are from Bethel, my grandma from Hooper Bay, and my Great Uppa is from Nelson Island. My family and culture rely on subsistence in Bristol Bay. Salmon fishing is a major part of that. I want a healthy Bristol Bay so that old and new generations can enjoy and live there.
Mine pollution harms many victims
If Pebble were to build even the smallest mine, it would create enough waste to fill a professional football field 880 times. Its largest mine would fill it 39,000 times. Even if all that waste could be somehow contained in ponds for a while, some of it would eventually escape.
Many of Emily's relatives rely on salmon. Photo By Carol Ann Woody.
Bristol Bay and its salmon are sensitive to pollutants. If the salmon are poisoned, the people and animals that eat them will be poisoned, too. Pollutants that go out to sea would affect sea life. Ocean currents carry pollutants long distances, so the waste would affect other ecosystems.
Salmon would not be the only victim.
Bristol Bay should have final word
The majority of Alaskans oppose Pebble Mine, and they have good reason.
I wanted to host this protest so that more people will see that the Pebble Mine is still a threat—especially with Trump and Pruitt in office—even though the mine was stopped in 2014.
Pruitt made deals with the mining company and is trying take away the protections proposed by the EPA. As people who live in Bristol Bay, we rely on salmon and share a common culture.
Emily's grandma holds a sign with another protester during a protest at the EPA.
Decisions made by a few people who probably have no experience with the region could hurt a lot of people and wildlife. That's why I believe Alaskans and Bristol Bay residents should have the final word on the proposed Pebble mine. Our interests should be put before the profits of a foreign company.
Activism runs in the family
I think my Uppa (grandpa) Frank Charles inspired me to make my voice heard. He was an activist. He worked for Calista Corporation. He worked on many projects, including the Donlin Gold mine. He worked hard to make sure that the mine was environmentally safe because he had a passion for protecting nature, especially salmon.
My Uppa consulted with elders and was not afraid to oppose government officials and company managers. If he felt their actions were harmful, he spoke up.
A family that protests together: Emily stands between her dad Michael Gallegos and her aunt Mary Charles.
I, too, feel passionate about nature and wildlife. I, too, want to protect it.
Honks and words of encouragement
The protest against the Pebble mine went well. About 10 people came and stood on the corner. Many people showed support by honking.
My aunt Mary and I were directed into the Anchorage Federal Building and the EPA offices to speak with Dianne Soderlund, the director, and Tami Fordham, deputy director. They were friendly and welcoming.
When I asked them how they personally felt about the mine, they told me that the EPA and its staff couldn't say if they're for the mine or against it. They said the EPA does lots of analysis on the Bristol Bay area and how the mine can affect it. They mostly wanted to encourage me to keep voicing my opinion.
Take action now: Alaskans can speak out now to protect Bristol Bay
I told them I feel strongly about protecting the environment and wildlife. I told them that my Yu'pik culture needs healthy salmon. My aunt Mary Charles spoke to them, too. I felt very nervous and anxious while talking, but I pushed it down and tried my best to speak clearly.
Protesting is important because anyone can voice their thoughts and we don't have to settle for rules, either political, social, or environmental rules that we feel are unfair. I want to become a biologist, artist, and environmental activist.
This world needs a lot of change, so I will be organizing more events in the future and encouraging others to be a part of the movement.
About the author: Emily Charles has gone to school in Alaska and Colorado. She will finish middle school in Hawaii and return to Alaska next year. She plans to attend West High School in Anchorage. Many of her relatives rely on subsistence hunting and fishing in Bristol Bay. Salmon is a major part of Emily's and her family's Yu'pik culture. Emily and her grandmother do a lot of salmon fishing in Ship Creek and the Kenai Peninsula. Emily plans to keep doing activist work. Organizing rallies and events can get stressful, she said, but she signs petitions and stays up on current events. News on the environment can get depressing, she said, so she tries to focus on positive news and positive thinking.
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[headline h="2″] SFC David Nunez[sub_title]Died on May 29, 2008 – Operation Enduring Freedom[/sub_title] [/headline]
Sergeant First Class David Nunez, 27, of Los Angeles was killed in action on May 29, 2008, of wounds sustained when he encountered small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in south-west Farah Province, Afghanistan, while serving with ODA 7326 of Company B, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (A).
He had deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in May 2008 as a member of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force- Afghanistan. This was his third deployment in support of the Global War on Terror and his second deployment to Afghanistan.
Nunez, a native of Mexico, volunteered for military service and entered the Army in February 1999 as an Airborne Infantryman. He was initially assigned as an assistant team leader with 3rd Bn, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, N.C., then as a team leader with Company D, 519th Military Intelligience Company's Long Range Surveillance Detachment. In 2005 he earned the coveted "Green Beret" and was assigned to 3rd Bn., 7th SFG(A) at Fort Bragg, N.C., in August 2005.
[headline h="4″]Nunez's military education includes:[/headline] Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer Course,
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Course,
Basic Airborne Course,
Jumpmaster Course,
Ranger Course,
Warrior Leaders Course,
Basic Non-Commissioned Officers Course,
Long Range Reconnaissance Course,
Special Forces Qualification Course.
[headline h="4″]His awards and decorations include:[/headline] Bronze Star Medal,
Army Commendation Medal (x3),
Army Achievement Medal (x3),
Army Good Conduct Medal (x3),
National Defense Service Medal,
Kosovo Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star,
Afghanistan Campaign Medal,
Iraq Campaign Medal,
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal,
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal,
Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (x2),
Army Service Ribbon,
NATO Medal,
Combat Infantryman Badge,
Expert Infantryman Badge,
Parachutist Badge,
Ranger Tab,
Special Forces Tab.
SFC. Nunez is survived by his sons, David Jr., and Julian, of Raeford, N.C.: father, Julian Nunez, of Raeford, N.C.: and mother, Silvia Nunez, of Los Angeles, California.
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When a Film Shows Gay Romance in Georgia, Going to See It Is a Risk
An internationally acclaimed movie is missing from the lineup of the Tbilisi Film Festival, after protests at screenings turned violent.
Riot police officers guard the Amirani Cinema in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Nov. 8, during a protest against the movie "And Then We Danced," a gay love story.Credit...Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA, via Shutterstock
By Carmen Gray
TBILISI, Georgia — Ana Subeliani arrived at the film premiere for "And Then We Danced" by foot, but left in an ambulance, blood running down her face.
A protester had thrown a cellphone, she said, which struck her on the head, despite a cordon of police officers in riot gear holding demonstrators back. The injury required seven stitches.
Subeliani, 30, a civil rights activist, came to the screening on Nov. 8 to escort audience members through the crowd of protesters outside the Amirani Cinema. "They were really frightened," she said. "But they wanted to enjoy their rights."
The movie that occasioned such furious protest, "And Then We Danced," is a love story about two male members of the Georgian National Ensemble, a traditional dance troupe. As auditions to replace a disgraced member of the group approach, the dancers are torn between adhering to the institution's strict, macho codes and their desires for each other.
It had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, and will be Sweden's contender for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. (The director, Levan Akin, is of Georgian heritage, but grew up in Stockholm.) Yet "And Then We Danced" is noticeably absent from the Tbilisi International Film Festival, which began on Dec. 1 and runs through Sunday. The most prominent Georgian films of the year are usually screened in the festival's Georgian Panorama section.
"With the situation as it is now, I don't think it would be good to show it in any festivals in Georgia — it would go crazy again," Akin said. "At least we were able to screen it for three days, but no more than that, unfortunately."
Before screenings in November, far-right protesters and members of the Georgian Orthodox Church, some holding religious icons aloft, tried to stop moviegoers entering theaters in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital, and Batumi, a coastal resort on the Black Sea.
Nino Tsatsiashvili, Georgia's deputy interior minister, said in an email that the police in Tbilisi and Batumi had intervened to make sure the movie could be screened, including detaining 27 demonstrators.
One of the protest organizers, Levan Vasadze, said in an interview that Akin's film was "a moral threat to the fabric of our society."
"Georgian national dance is the pinnacle of the beauty of our tradition of manhood, warrior spirit and purity," Vasadze said. "To pick that very sanctuary and create something as heartbreaking and offensive to our culture as this is 10 times more hurtful than if it was just an anti-traditional movie."
This week, For a United and Moral Georgia, an anti-gay group, staged sparsely attended protests outside screenings of "Comets," a Georgian movie in the film festival in which two women reminisce about a lesbian romance. In an interview on Wednesday, Guram Palavandishvili, a spokesman for the group, condemned "Comets," which had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September, as "homosexual propaganda."
The demonstrations against gay and lesbian movies are the latest flash point in a fierce culture war between citizens who want to safeguard the traditional values of Georgia, which was part of the Soviet Union until 1991, and those with more liberal attitudes associated with the European Union, which many Georgian politicians wish the country to join.
Subeliani said the protesters at the "And Then We Danced" premiere became incensed when they recognized her as the woman who had danced on top of the Heroes Memorial in front of Georgia's Parliament in May 2018, an image that circulated around the world. She was part of a protest rave after police officers with machine guns stormed Tbilisi's famous nightclub, Bassiani, in a drug raid.
Tbilisi has a thriving electronic music scene, but its association with drugs and L.G.B.T. visibility has led conservatives to think of venues like Bassiani, which appears in a scene in "And Then We Danced," as "Sodom and Gomorrah," Akin said.
The inaugural Tbilisi Pride event in June, which included a theater performance, talks and debates, went ahead despite threats to its organizers. A scheduled parade was scaled back to a smaller, impromptu march after the planned time and location were leaked online.
But in a country edging toward greater acceptance of L.G.B.T. rights, curiosity about "And Then We Danced" has rippled through mainstream society.
In Batumi, Gvantsa Basilia, 29, a hotel employee, braved a screening at the Apollo Cinema with her mother, Lilly, an elementary schoolteacher, despite shouting protesters throwing eggs.
"For the new generation, the film is a good step forward," said Basilia. Her hotel co-workers asked about the movie with open minds, she said, but her mother had faced criticism from teachers and parents for attending. "They thought it was very progressive for her to be there," she added.
"And Then We Danced" is not the first L.G.B.T.-themed movie made in Georgia to attract international attention. "Prisoner of Society," a 2018 short film, documents the family life of a trans woman, Adelina, who does not leave her house for fear of persecution. It was nominated for best short film at the European Film Awards, but, at the request of the family it depicts, was not screened in Georgia.
Gaga Chkheidze, the Tbilisi International Film Festival's artistic director, said he regularly programmed movies with L.G.B.T. story lines by foreign directors, such as Pedro Almodóvar and Xavier Dolan, without incident. It was the conflation of homosexuality and Georgian tradition in "And Then We Danced" that had so angered conservative groups, he said.
As well as flouting traditional gender roles in dance, the film "has a sex scene in front of a big wine jug, a symbol of Georgian culture. For these groups, this was also very insulting," said Chkheidze.
Priests from Georgia's Orthodox Church have marched annually with far-right groups on May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, in a "Family Purity Day" counter-demonstration that has turned violent several times. In 2013, a mob led by Orthodox clergy chased and attacked L.G.B.T. activists.
It was seeing footage of this on YouTube that prompted Akin to make "And Then We Danced," he said. "When I saw the level of hostility I was really surprised, and I felt ashamed, because the Georgia that I knew was much more tolerant and open than that," he said.
Tamar Shavgulidze, the director of "Comets," said before a screening on Wednesday that being tolerant also meant listening to unpleasant views. "Everyone has a right to express themselves — even the protesters," she said.
"I want to live in a country where everybody can say what they think," said Shavgulidze. "But that doesn't mean harming others."


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How Radiant R&B Songstress Joyce Wrice Found Her Voice
By Kat Thompson
Joyce Wrice is stepping out. You may recognize her name from features with Dom Kennedy, Polyester the Saint, Jay Prince, and Blu, but the 24-year-old songstress refuses to be remembered for just "doing hooks for rappers and covering songs." Joyce shouldn't have to worry about that though—her solo career is taking off, with a premiere of a music video a couple weeks ago, the release of her latest EP Stay Around, and a show at Highland Park's Hi-Hat venue that she hosted and curated herself. Luckily, I was able to catch the show and witness her radiance and contagious energy as she danced and sang to an enthused crowd that reciprocated her excitement. But it hasn't been an easy hill to climb for someone who's self-proclaimed shyness and lack of identity as an artist has, in the past, gotten in the way of her feeling like herself.
"I didn't know what I wanted or what works for my voice and who I represent and the things I talk about," Joyce remarked thoughtfully when I interviewed her just the other week. I was sitting at the foot of her bed, taking in her shrine to R&B. She was playing with her hair and gazing up at the ceiling. A record spun softly in the background, a Bell Hooks book sat besides her. Joyce recentered her focus on me and offered a light shrug—an acknowledgment of the growth she's been through.
Joyce isn't dwelling on the challenges. She's all smiles—the same energy I witnessed at the Hi-Hat several nights before—but more contained. Joyce has so much spirit—a truth that surprised me a bit after listening to her smooth, mellow, and soulful EP Stay Around. But she knows how to channel her vigor into different areas: songwriting, recording, performing, and even walking dogs and teaching English to Japanese American kids. "I've really learned to just be the music, be in it, and be vulnerable in it," she smiles. It's a feel-good moment.
Read the interview below to find out how Tamia changed the course of Joyce's life, the role fantasy plays in her songwriting, and how a Justin Bieber track led her to producer and friend, SiR.
KAT THOMPSON: How did you get into doing music?
JOYCE WRICE: When I was little, my dad played a lot of R&B and Jazz music. When we were in the car, I vividly remember him playing a Tamia CD and I just gravitated towards it and really loved the emotions behind her voice, the tonality of her voice, the runs. It just made me fall in love. That's what, I guess, got me to start singing. I just wanted to sing as good as her, or even better, and try and emulate her. That's what planted the seed of everything.
What motivates you when you're creating music or writing music?
Personal experience, things that my friends or anything that I see. But I also like to just make shit up. So like, fantasy. It all depends on how the beat [sounds] or if there's live instrumentation—it depends on how it makes me feel. From that, I just come up with an idea.
Does your background or your mixed-race experience influence your music at all?
I don't know. Maybe a little bit. I mean, a lot of black artists have influenced me and just the soul behind their music and the voice—and that all comes from the experiences and the things that they face. I guess definitely that part of the culture, my culture, have influenced me.
What was it like working on your EP, Stay Around, with Mndsgn and SiR and the rest of your fantastic team?
It was very fun! The funny thing is like, I moved to LA 3 years ago—it will be exactly 3 years next month. I came from Orange County and for a while I was working with Polyester [the Saint], Dom Kennedy. Through those experiences, I really wanted to work on my own project and kind of move away from doing hooks for rappers and covering songs. But that part of transition was really tough for me because I didn't really know who I was an artist; I didn't know what I wanted or what works for my voice and who I represent and the things I talk about. During that time, I really had a hard time figuring it out, so I just really [sought out] other people to work with.
I came across this Justin Bieber song called "All That Matters" and I really loved the writing and the production. So I looked up that song and I came across the artist who wrote it and people who produced it. And the songwriter who wrote it is this really big songwriter, so I knew it was kind of difficult for me to reach out to him. But the producer, on the other hand, wasn't as big so I reached out to him and he liked my voice. And I met up with him and SiR happened to be there. So I shared with SiR how I'm trying to figure out what complements my voice and how I really want to work on a project. At that time, SiR had the time and the desire to work with me and really help develop me and my music. He writes for Jill Scott and Melanie Fiona, so he's very experienced with working with artists. So at that moment we were like, "Okay, we'll work on an EP." It just happened very organically and it took us not long to record and write. I brought beats that I like, and that was when I just recently met Mndsgn too and he sent me a bunch of stuff. I just recorded ideas in my room or Garage Band, and shared it with SiR in the studio. He was like, "That sounds good," and, "No, not that," and we just kind of picked at it and recreated everything. It just happened with that.
"Do You Love Me?" produced by Mndsgn, made originally from a Knxwledge beat.
That's kind of what happened with your track "Do You Love Me," right? You just heard the beat and you immediately knew that you could make something with it.
Yeah, for sure! I like stuff like that, where it kind of has a hip-hop feel to it but it's still R&B and up-tempo. That was one of my favorite beats. That was originally produced by Knxwledge and Mndsgn did a remix of it, so it has history.
Speaking of "Do You Love Me," what was the inspiration behind the music video and how did you develop that with the director?
It was directed by Danny Williams—he also goes by Top Shelf Jr.—and for a while we've been talking back and forth about working on a video. And after picking different songs, we decided on "Do You Love Me." And I knew that for "Do You Love Me" I really wanted a very simple, minimal video of just me walking around. I didn't want a guy in it or anything; I just wanted it to be very simple and more of like a performance. The day of, he was like, "Just come and follow me to these places and we're just going to shoot here." He had already picked Venice and Chinatown, but I knew that I wanted to do an elevator shot in this spot in Little Tokyo. So we just randomly did it in those areas and he really directed me and told me, "Look down and this part," and, "Look up here—let's do that again." It was just very natural; it wasn't too planned out at all. It was very spontaneous. Afterwards he sent me a few edits, and maybe after two times of editing, that was it.
I went to your show last week and saw you did choreography to "Do You Love Me" and really perform it. Do you like performing live? What's that experience like for you?
This has been a really big challenge for me—like everything—because I'm really shy. I get very nervous; I care way too much about what other people think about me. I just have all these insecurities that are stuff you have to face, especially if you're going to be a performer. For a while, when I was in high school, I would mostly just do covers because it's easy. You just look at a laptop and you don't have to really engage with people. But after, time after time, I [realized] I really want to break out from that.
For me, performing has been very nerve-wracking, but with this [most recent show], it was a really huge breakthrough for me. I really got out of my comfort zone, and did choreography and singing at the same time which is not easy! But I've always loved dancing; I was a dancer in high school. I knew that I just really wanted to put on a great show. Just singing and being in front of people—like yeah, that's cool, but I really wanted to push boundaries a little bit. So I had my friends—one is a professional dancer, the other is film—dance with me. We rehearsed and planned it out and it was so exciting. I enjoy performing now! Before, I was really nervous, and when people would ask me I'd be like, "No, I'm okay. I just want to record and put music out." It's a lot, but I feel better. I'm more comfortable.
I just watch how my favorite performers perform and remind myself that I really just want to encourage people through my music and impact them the way artists have impacted me, and I can't do that hiding behind a computer.
That show was so great—everyone was vibing so hard. Did you curate the lineup? I feel like all of your openers really meshed together. There was definitely a progression.
I'm so glad! I didn't know how it was going to work, but I put it in that order for a reason. Arima did an acoustic set, Kari is a rapper and sings a bit, Clark is more gospel. I just wasn't sure if it would mesh very well, but I was like, "Forget that." These are artists that I really like. Clark has never performed in L.A. before, but I love his music and we're affiliated with the same people. Arima's one of my really great friends, and she's an amazing singer and a really great friend who I've really gotten very close to. And Kari is just an outstanding performer. I love her energy, I love her carefree nature. So I just knew that it would be a great variety of different sounds. And the venue—I came across that venue when I went to a Stones Throw event and I just loved it... It was very chill. Everyone was very respectful. I'm very happy about it all. And that was my first time putting something together.
What experience do you want your listeners to gain from your music?
I definitely just want them to feel something. I remember when I first moved to L.A., I had a hard time really conveying the message behind the lyrics. I would just moreso record and worry so much—like am I on the right note? Is the pitch okay? I was concerned about little things. But I've really learned to just be the music, be in it, and be vulnerable in it. I want people to just feel something. If they can relate to the lyrics, if it can help them in any way, I've completed my mission. It's great, because there are people who tell me, "Oh my god, your music has helped me write my essay," or, "I'm feeling this way, and your music has helped me feel better at that." So that's basically what I really want.
How long did it take you create Stay Around and what was that process like?
Honestly, I think it took 4-6 months to record all of Stay Around. SiR and I, when we started working together, I recorded a few demos with him. We really just had to get comfortable working with each other. After that, I was like, "These are some beats that I think will be really great for this." That's pretty much how it worked. I would work all day and then go to the valley and record at night. And that was like three times every week. It was pretty consistent. SiR is great because he's a really great writer, he's a great vocal producer, and he's a great producer as far as like... we had to chop up a little bit of some of the production and move things around. So he's really great at all of that. That's what made things go pretty quickly and very smoothly. I was very fortunate to work with him.
"I've really learned to just be the music, be in it, and be vulnerable in it."
And what is your own personal process when writing music? What are you thinking about, or reading, or listening to?
I just listen to the beat and I kind of just freestyle over it. But during Stay Around—well, I went through a breakup in college. And I still had a lot of those certain feelings about it. I was still holding on to it and I wanted to express that in a project. So that's implemented in Stay Around. Also, for "Aint No Need," I met this guy and he was telling me how he was jaded and stuff. So when I heard that particular Mndsgn beat, I was like, "Ooh, I want to talk about this person who I had a really great conversation with." I just kind of put it in there.
What do you do outside of music? What are other passions you have?
I like kids. I teach English to Japanese American kids three days out of the week. I love dogs—big dogs preferably. I'll walk dogs sometimes at Bark n' Bitches [on Fairfax], right next to The Hundreds. I love listening to music, reading, biking... I like eating sushi, a lot. I love Japanese food. I like going out and dancing. I haven't been able to take too many dance classes, but I like to go to dance studios. I practice Buddhism so I'm involved in a Buddhist organization. And I like wine.
What are the goals you have for the future? What's in store for Joyce Wrice?
Definitely a longer project. And more performing within the U.S. and outside. I'm half-Japanese and I really want to record Japanese music. Or make songs in Japanese. And there are certain songwriters and producers on my little wishlist that I want to work with.
And I just want to keep working hard and not give up on myself and be swayed by things that might happen that we can't help. I just want to get better and I really want to work with other artists—other female artists—too.
joycewrice.com. Follow Joyce on Soundcloud, Twitter @joycewrice, Instagram @joycewrice. Pick up Stay Around here.
Photos by Nathanael Turner. Creative by Tom Winslade.
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Farmington Voter Turnout:
7907 Registered Voters - 6229 votes cast in this election - 78.7% Voter Turnout
4479 (71.9%) of all votes cast were cast as Absent Voter Ballots.
Farmington had a 97.5% return rate on Absent Voter Ballots issued.
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June 2 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP code
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, depicts the coronavirus as viewed through a microscope. Courtesy of the CDC
Suburbs' portion
Since the outbreak began, there have been 62,930 cases in the suburbs, 51% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 2,807 deaths in the suburbs, which represents about half of all deaths in Illinois.
Cook County • As of Tuesday, suburban Cook County had 32,940 cases and 1,581 deaths, according to the state (visit bit.ly/dhIDPHcovid19). In Chicago: 46,733 cases and 2,145 fatalities.
• Top suburb counts from the Cook County Department of Public Health and medical examiner's office: 1,495 cases and 77 deaths in Des Plaines, 717 cases and 33 deaths in Wheeling, 592 cases and 15 deaths in Streamwood, 576 cases and 11 deaths in Palatine, 571 cases and 7 deaths in Mount Prospect, 474 cases and 37 deaths in Glenview, 471 cases and 12 deaths in Schaumburg, 447 cases and 26 deaths in Arlington Heights, 442 cases and 8 deaths in Hanover Park (Cook County portion), 407 cases and 7 deaths in Hoffman Estates, 300 cases and 11 deaths in Rolling Meadows, 298 cases and 23 deaths in Elk Grove Village, 234 cases and 3 deaths in Prospect Heights, and 103 cases and 12 deaths in Buffalo Grove (Cook County portion).
DuPage County• The county reported 7,838 cases and 379 deaths as of Tuesday.
• Top counts: 743 cases and 7 deaths in Addison, 713 cases and 9 deaths in West Chicago, 589 cases and 5 deaths in Glendale Heights, 472 cases and 10 deaths in Bensenville, 472 cases and 31 deaths in Naperville (DuPage County portion), 456 cases and 26 deaths in Carol Stream, 336 cases and 15 deaths in Lombard, 291 cases and 8 deaths in Aurora (DuPage portion), 236 cases and 28 deaths in Elmhurst, 230 cases and 2 deaths in Hanover Park (DuPage portion), 216 cases and 17 deaths in Wheaton, 211 cases and 3 deaths in Villa Park, 140 cases and 18 deaths in Willowbrook and 140 cases and 2 deaths in Glen Ellyn.
Lake County• The county listed 8,511 cases and 285 deaths on its website Tuesday.
• Top counts: 2,435 to 2,439 in Waukegan; 510 to 514 in Round Lake Beach; 335 to 339 in Mundelein; 260 to 264 in Gurnee; 145 to 149 in Vernon Hills; 125 to 129 in Buffalo Grove (Lake County portion); 115 to 119 in Wauconda; 95 to 99 in Lake Zurich; 80 to 84 in Libertyville; 75 to 79 in Grayslake; and 35 to 39 in Lake Villa.
Kane County• The county confirmed 6,514 cases with 188 deaths on its website Tuesday.
• Top counts: 2,980 cases in Aurora (Kane County portion), 1,531 in Elgin (Kane portion), 638 in Carpentersville, 241 in South Elgin, 228 in St. Charles, 157 in North Aurora, 144 in Geneva, 92 in Batavia, and 40 in Algonquin (Kane portion).
McHenry County• 1,636 cases and 74 deaths in McHenry County, according to the health department Tuesday.
Will County• There have been 5,649 cases and 280 deaths in Will County, according to the health department's website Tuesday.
• Cases per town include 325 in Naperville (Will County portion) and 58 in Aurora (Will County portion).
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Boeing Apache AH-64 attack helicopter (Original) (Signed)
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Artist: Keith Fretwell (biography)
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Size: 39" x 25" (1000mm x 630mm)
Signature: Signed by Artist lower middle under rocket launcher
This is the Signed original Mixed Media art by Keith Fretwell.
A very detailed and accurate painting of an Apache attack helicopter in full attack mode. The Boeing AH-64 Apache is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tail wheel landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew.
It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 Chain Gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hard points mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods.
The U.S. Army is the primary operator of the AH-64; it has also become the primary attack helicopter of multiple nations, including Greece, Japan, Israel, the Netherlands and Singapore; as well as being produced under license in the United Kingdom as the Agusta Westland Apache.
U.S. AH-64s have served in conflicts in Panama, the Persian Gulf, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Israel used the Apache in its military conflicts in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip; British and Dutch Apaches have seen deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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