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Boise Longpig Hunting Club
Written by Nick Kolakowski — Idaho bounty hunter Jake Halligan's relationship with the Boise police force is difficult enough without any extra complications. The police take a dim view of bounty hunters as it is – trigger happy cowboys without the guts or discipline to carry a badge – but when your sister Frankie is an illegal arms dealer, and who knows what else, then you really become unpopular.
So coming home to find your gun safe has been broken into and two rifles stolen is a real bummer for Jake, but still it's nothing he can't fix. The culprit turns out to be a local meth dealer, Zombie Bill, and with Frankie's help the problem is quickly solved.
The second time it happens, however, it's a much bigger problem. Jake and his wife, Janine, go for dinner with their new neighbours, rich out-of-towners who have a mansion in the Boise countryside as a holiday home. They return to find a corpse in the safe. A young girl, a stranger to Jake and Janine, has crawled into the safe only to die from a gunshot to her chest.
Through Frankie's contacts, Jake is able to identify the young girl as Ruth Jenner, a 20-year-old girl living in Happy Trails Trailer Park. Jake visits Ruth's address and is met by a neo-Nazi thug in the process of cleaning up another double murder. Jake is lucky to escape with his life, but is now up to his ears in cops.
All of this happens within the first half of the book. It's actually a rather slight novel, the paperback is listed as having only 206 pages, and I got through the book in just two sittings. That's partly because of its brevity, but also because the novel is not overburdened with either character or plot. The author provides a few flourishes to flesh out character and setting, for instance Jake and Janine are on their second marriage together, but for the most part is interested in action. This certainly helps the book zip along, but if you are looking for other things from your reading like thematic exploration, then you are likely to be disappointed.
The second half of the novel is almost completely action-based. Its cover gives the game away, and the author must surely have been influenced by Stephen King's The Running Man, and Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game. Jake, Janine, and Frankie find themselves lured into a trap. The rich businessmen and powerful, including their new neighbour, are finding victims who won't be missed and then hunting them for sport. The trio are set free at night in the countryside, and given a short head start. If they can make it back to town, they can go free, but first they have to survive the night being hunted by armed men.
The author is on stronger ground here. It's a good set-up, and he doesn't disappoint. There are several good set pieces, including a shoot-out in an abandoned family hotel, and a couple of encounters with angry rattlesnakes. Kolakowski makes some attempts to draw some thematic parallels with his protagonists' situation and the exploitation of the working classes by today's business elites, but it is no more than window dressing for his pulp-infused thriller. He is sensible enough to make sure it doesn't slow down proceedings.
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Haïti's Invisible Noose
"Build Back Better!" "Build Back Better!" "Build Back Better!" This rather infectious chant became the unofficial campaign slogan for former American president Bill Clinton following the devastating earthquake of 2010. It was created by his Foundation in order to help galvanise the support required to get Haïti back on its feet. According to Clinton, the country where he had spent his honeymoon would not be forsaken and he would do everything in his power to aid the helpless island.
Five years on it would seem that the Foundation's mantra worked at facilitating progress and evidence of Haïti's resurrection have become abundantly apparent. A gleaming new airport adorned with brightly coloured flags emblazoned with the phrase, "Experience it [Haïti]" beckons visitors to stay. While the rhythmic sounds of steel drums resonate throughout the terminal further enticing weary travellers to put a smile on their faces, relax and enjoy Haïti.
Other remarkably noticeable improvements include the reconstruction of the capital's bustling marketplace, Le Marché de Fer. It was rebuilt within one year after its demise and once again audible Creole voices can be heard mustering sales and haggling for bargains throughout the streets of the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. And now, with the help of Digicel, the Caribbean's largest mobile telecommunications operator, a new Marriott hotel has just opened its doors offering restful nights; much-needed local employment; and an added boost to the beleaguering tourism industry.
But are these renovations and erections the true way forward for this shattered country? Hasn't Haïti been here before over 200+ years ago, when she first gained her independence? Back then she was forced to overcome a feat far greater than the rumblings of the ground in 2010. In the late 18th century, it took her years of bloodshed to finally be liberated from the vice of French colonists through the only successful slave revolt the world has ever known.
Once victory was declared, rebuilding began. In order to keep the country safe from any future infiltrations, one of Haïti's key leaders at the time, Henri Christophe, built the stunning Citadel fortress just south of the city of Cap Haïtien. It took the labour of thousands of Haitians to build the imposing castle, which still stands today and remains the largest of its kind in the Americas. Its construction is a great testament to what can be accomplished through mutual exertion.
But for all the sweat, toil and mutual collaboration, the grand structure couldn't keep its creator from harm's way; Christophe was assassinated just years after its completion and a succession of leaders followed proving that no matter how austere a structure, great leadership has to be even stronger.
Although still reeling from the tragedy, Haïti was in need of a head-of-state and went ahead and elected former singer, Michel Martelly, as president even though there was no where to house him; the presidential palace laid in ruins and has yet to be rebuilt. The lack of this residence glaringly symbolises Haïti's need for purposeful direction and acts as a stark reminder of how far Haïti has still to go in its renewal.
So what now? We know that Haïti is able to build itself back better because it already did so with the construction of places like the Citadel. However, we've also seen that the erections of such striking and imposing fortresses have done nothing to protect Haiti from the enemy within.
Throughout its history, Haïti has been the victim of political upheavals, in-fighting and has fallen prey to other natural disasters. Following every consequent calamity, Haiti has depended upon the outside world for help. History dictates that if you add up all of the external aid, any enduring transformation has yet to transpire! In order for there to be lasting change, there must be a revolution internally as well as externally, beginning with the Haitians themselves.
Haïti is a relatively young country with 65% of its population under the age of 25. In order to successfully guide these young men and women, a key feature in building Haïti back better, has to originate from the diaspora. Haïti is akin to a young girl who, having eradicated herself from brutal abusers, now needs to learn how to live on her own without the disturbing and haunting memories of the past, which prevent her from moving forward. She is in serious need of leadership from people she can trust: Haitians who love their country and who stand united in their resolve to restore Haïti once and for all.
Haïti's Invisible Noose series will take a look at what demons continue to plague Haïti keeping her ensnared, unable to truly experience the freedom for which she fought so hard. Issues such as class, race-relations, education, and politics (to name but a few) will be scrutinized. A look at how some Haitians are "Building [Haïti] Back Better" will also be examined.
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Parents should be banned from smacking children, according to the Children's Commissioner for England. Maggie Atkinson told The Independent it was her view that the law gives pets and adults more rights to be protected from violence than children.
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The American Man
By Sean Patrick Hughes on October 7, 2017 • ( 6 Comments )
The frontier is conquered. The mines are empty. The factories are gone. And the fighting is voluntary.
The fields are corporate, empty and harvested by machines. The cattle aren't driven. They're processed. And the ships crew themselves.
What labor is left is service; a surrendering of time and effort to a task someone else could do for themselves, if they felt like it. But they don't. So we earn our keep doing for others what they won't do for themselves.
The value we provide is the choice-less surrendering of our effort to another. There's nothing made. Nothing harvested. Nothing raised and brought to slaughter.
The American man has no purpose.
We've lost our way.
Our labor isn't needed the way it used to be. So, we're paid less for it. For fifty years our value has decreased. The value of a man used to be in what he could produce. And now it's in what he knows. And what he understands. And how he can communicate. Builders, craftsmen, the intentional purposes of a man are fading.
We can't behave the way we used to in the workplace, though many women will tell you it's not for lack of us trying. There's women to compete with. Their incomes have gone up substantially in my lifetime, though still not at parity with ours. But ours have dropped. Modern work provides men less privilege than it used to.
If you ask us at least.
It's likely our wives can earn as much as we can. And they're more educated than we are. In the home, we're not heads of households any more. We're partners. We handle babies and change diapers. And if we are the lone bread winner, at the end of the day when we walk in the door, it's mom who gets a break. Because dad "gets to go to work."
All of this is in service to a more equitable and just society. Though we've still got a ways to go.
The American man, in a relative sense, isn't worth what he used to be though. Our privilege is revoked. Our standing is diminished. And now they want to take away our guns.
Here are the most honest things that I can say about the gun control debate in America right now:
The Second Amendment, as written and intended, is enormously different than the reality of our modern gun debate.
Personal fire arms are a poor defense against modern tyranny.
Governments have no monopoly on tyranny.
The presence of guns makes a society more violent. The data is unambiguous.
Gun rights advocates are right. Proposed gun control won't work. Effective gun control, that actually decreases or eliminates violence in America is a fifty-year problem that involves a national elimination of gun ownership.
Bad people will always do bad things. Bad things that kill people are harder to do without guns.
The people who suffer the most from gun violence are poor people and women.
The gap between no effective gun laws and a law prohibiting gun laws is substantial.
These are undeniable, objective realities. But they matter less than the next three sentences:
I would like to believe that I would be willing to give up my right to bear arms if I were certain it would eliminate gun violence. But the idea that I'm not allowed to arm myself makes me feel like less of a man. I can't reconcile that rationally. But that feeling is there.
Those last two sentences are linked to the first three hundred words of this essay. And so is the American gun debate. And I don't know how to reconcile it.
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Peggy Medoff says:
I think it all comes back to purpose, confidence, and liking yourself. Each of those can be shaken at times but if you truly believe in yourself and have a purpose in life that moves the world forward in a positive way, then Things, like guns, are not needed.
enelnelson says:
Also consider that half of "gun violence" deaths are suicides. Primarily male.
carole71 says:
Wow, this is powerful. I'm also not sure where we go from here. Partnership, together, men & women is my hope. Evolving the current culture's definition of what it means to be a man and a woman, each inspiring and empowering the other.
Moira Shaughnessy says:
I can't stop thinking about this post. It makes so much sense. Purpose is a basic need as is connection. Take those away and there's not only despair but a vague sense of threat in the air. With threat we reexamine our relationship and understanding of power. Here's the thing… You, whose blog I faithfully follow and whose ideas I respect, say you feel like less of a man without a gun. I understand there are so many more who feel like you do. This takes my breath away. Just the sheer number of men who equate power with destruction; not creation – destruction. I'm trying to digest this. It's hard.
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Julie Stauch says:
Thank you for this piece. It resonated with some other observations I've been mulling over. Below is my response. Keep thinking and writing – you're sharing some meaningful work. Julie
"Musings on the American Man"
NOTE: The comments in this essay have been circulating in my brain for the last six months, but it took the reading of a blog post by Sean Patrick Hughes at Chartwell West to help me realize what I was trying to define. My point of view is different from his, but there are common threads. And that's a very good thing!
In 2014 an Iowa state senator made it known that he carries a gun at all times because he doesn't feel safe. The senator is a tall man, closer to six foot five, and while not overweight, he is a fit and muscular person. And he doesn't feel safe.
I was astonished. I'm a five foot five variable weight female and there aren't many places in Iowa where I'm afraid. How is it that a large, muscular man is afraid? Several friends have commented that he carries a gun as a show of power, not out of fear, but I'm inclined to take him at his word on this. He used the word afraid.
The question is important, timely and relevant across our society. Why are men afraid? Sean Patrick Hughes suggests in his piece, The American Man, that the ways a man traditionally defined himself are disappearing, and that the American man has lost his sense of purpose. I think that's a significant part of the equation, but there's more.
Thomas Friedman has a great new book out, Thank You for Being Late, where he has a nifty chart that shows the rate of technological advancement against the ability for humans to adapt. We're at the point, that we can't adapt fast enough to keep up with the technological changes. Perhaps the challenge is simply we're all struggling to adapt. Men most of all.
And I agree that men are struggling more. By all means women can and do deserve better, and certainly there are racial and cultural groups where there are long standing societal behaviors that continue to depress opportunity, but we're seeing the fear and frustration more from men.
Women have always had to push forward and gain opportunity through adaptation. Yes, in some ways it is harder now, but the formula approach to adapting is culturally acceptable for women. For black Americans whose roots are in slavery, adaptation was a survival requirement for generations. Advanced education can help you learn how to think about a variety of different knowledge sets, but when more women are completing college degrees than are men, it becomes another advantage for women.
Just recently a high school classmate and friend reviewed the book, Hillbilly Elegy. I have not read the book, but have heard from many of my progressive friends that it speaks to a reality in our society, so I was eager to read her review. Her take on the author, "waa, waa, waa, stop whining." And, in case you think she's a north east liberal insensitive to the plight of Appalachian America, we graduated from a rural high school in western North Carolina, where the county next door was the largest moonshine county in the country and the home of NASCAR champions. She still lives there.
I'm a big believer in the ability for each of us to reinvent ourselves as we go through life. The critical first step in reinvention is YOU MUST LET GO of some part of your life in order to let in the new parts. If you try to hold on to everything you will not be able reinvent. Second you have to ASK for help. And you have to be willing to BE A BEGINNER. As I look back at this list – letting go, asking for help, and the vulnerability of being a beginner – those are all hard things for men. But they don't have to be.
Sean Patrick Hughes also addressed his logical understanding of the need to control guns in our society, even to the point of getting rid of them. He then admits that while he understands this logically, the concept of doing it makes him feel less like a man. I appreciate his honesty.
There are two shot guns in our house, both belong to my husband. Last winter, after Trump was elected, I spent three months going back and forth on whether to buy a handgun. Why? Because I felt then that Trump would encourage violence. Just his presence in the White House has opened the door for white supremacist leaders to be proudly public and vocal about their supposed rights and advantages which should not be infringed upon. I felt very strongly that I need to be able to defend myself.
I made myself take three months to decide. I have always joked that the reason I support gun control is me. Because if you have the gun, why wouldn't you use it? In the end, I came back to that fundamental point…if I buy a handgun, I'm taking the first step to allow myself to use it. And I don't want to give myself that permission. Therefore, no handgun. You can all rest easier.
The thread that ties all of this is a question we need to answer. How can you recognize what will be fulfilling to you? I think we need to teach people how to know yourself, how to recognize what is fulfilling to you. Then or simultaneously we teach how to adapt. Because if you adapt and but only learn to do something new that you hate, you're not going to be happy. And you're going to find yourself pining for the good old days when you had a clear picture of your role, when you a clear sense of purpose. To me that's the difference between people who adapt and succeed and those who don't, regardless of gender.
All opinions are that of the author and in no way represent the opinions of any organization, corporation or government agency. All original content is the property of Chartwell West LLC.
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Back in 1973, two Des Moines Register columnists decided to make a six-day bicycle ride across Iowa. They invited a few friends along on the adventure, and the number swelled to 120 participants and RAGBRAI (The Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) was born. Soon the number of participants rose to over 2000 and in 1985 hit 10,000 cyclists.
Held the last week in July of each year, RAGBRAI is the oldest, longest, and largest recreational bicycle ride in the world. This year's ride began on July 22 in Onawa, IA and ended on the 28th in Davenport, with participants traveling through many small Iowa cities, and camping out each night in campgrounds along the way. Beginning at 6AM each morning and off the road by 6PM each night, riders pedaled 45-70 miles a day. This year's route totaled 428.1 miles and climbed 12,576 feet.
Who would want to do such a thing? Scramble out of a damp sleeping bag at the crack of dawn, wait in line for a porta potty, and ride a bike beneath the hot Iowa sun with 10,000 other people on bikes?
The answer is our very own, Rob McClain. Here at AMT, we're proud and excited when team members try new things, take risks, and live to tell the tale!
Rob and I sat down for a couple of beers to talk about his bike ride across Iowa. I wanted to know what would compel a person to pedal a bicycle for hours at a time, day after day, beneath the hot July sun!
"I've always biked," Rob explained.
When Rob was five, his dad, who weighed well over 300 lbs, experienced a health crisis when he was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes.
"He completely changed his life," Rob said. "He began bike riding at that point, lost 175 pounds, and got his diabetes under control. I don't really remember a time when we didn't ride bikes."
Bike riding was something Rob and his dad did together. And living in a small town, biking became a way for young Rob and his friends to get around. During the summer months, they pedaled all over town from morning 'til night.
So bikes were in his blood.
Rob's dad died in 2001, but Rob continued the McClain bike riding tradition. "I don't like to run," Rob said, "but I love to ride my bike." So much so that he often gets up at 4AM to tool around Olney before work.
Rob competing in the White Squirrel Triathlon, in Olney, Illinois.
And while Rob is no stranger to competition (he's participated in many long rides and races), there's a big difference between riding a bike to work and riding your bike across Iowa. So why RAGBRAI?
He'd always wanted to test his bike riding strength, Rob said. He wanted to push his limits, see what he could do. He'd planned other trips, but they'd just never worked out.
When he found out about RAGBRAI, he thought it would be a good fit.
RAGBRAI was more difficult than Rob imagined. "I didn't like it at the beginning," Rob admitted. "The camping was more challenging than I thought it would be. But by the third or fourth day, I realized I was enjoying it."
So did he learn anything?
"I didn't experience some sort of epiphany, if that's what you mean," Rob laughed. "I did learn to get up about 30 minutes before everyone else to avoid the super long porta potty lines, and that was a pretty big win."
Maybe in a long-distance bicycle ride, the small things matter most. Rob wasn't worried that he couldn't complete it; however, he was surprised how subtly his discomfort morphed into a sense of accomplishment.
"I felt so good at the end of each day," he said, "and to tell you the truth, I didn't want to get off the bike at the end of the race. It's cheesy, I know, but I cried when I crossed the finish line."
His favorite stop?
Rob and friends enjoying a cold beer after a long day of riding!
"I really enjoyed the Backpocket Brewing beer gardens spread out along the route. But I'd have to say that the most exciting moment came as we finished our first day of riding and pulled into Denison, Iowa. We were greeted by a huge sign proclaiming BACON, It's What We Smoke Here! Volunteers handed you handfuls of bacon as we rolled into town. It tasted so good, I circled around and got back in line."
So would he do it again?
Absolutely. There were so many cool people on the trip. From teenagers to guys in their 80s, the riders were a pretty diverse group. And the folks along the way, in the small towns giving away waters, selling food, were so excited to show off their small towns and their hospitality. "It was really humbling to meet so many wonderful people and to visit their small towns," Rob said.
"I'd really like to do this with my daughter, Nora, when she gets older," Rob said. "She's pretty tough. I know she could do it!"
Future RAGBRAI cyclist, Nora McClain, tooling around the Olney bike park!
Future RAGBRAI cyclist, Grant McClain, sporting his dad's bike helmet.
Looks like the McClain bike-riding tradition is in good hands!
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Founded during World War I, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) was the first Jewish organization in the United States to dispense large-scale funding for international relief. World War I left in its wake the seeds of many additional catastrophes—pogroms, epidemics, famine, revolution, and economic ruin—and JDC played a major role in rebuilding the devastated communities of Eastern Europe and Palestine.
JDC's relief activities, emigration aid, and rescue operations were critical following the Nazi rise to power and the outbreak of World War II. After the war, JDC mobilized to support and resettle survivors, help reconstruct the remnant communities of Europe, create a network of social welfare services in the fledgling State of Israel, set up an extensive assistance program for Jews in North Africa and the Muslim world, and provide discreet relief behind the Iron Curtain. With the fall of Communism, JDC established cultural and educational programs to foster a sense of Jewish identify in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and developed a broad welfare system for needy elderly and holocaust survivors.
Active today in more than 70 countries, JDC and its partners work to alleviate hunger and hardship, rescue Jews in danger, create lasting connections to Jewish life, and help Israel overcome the social challenges of its most vulnerable citizens, both Jewish and non-Jewish. JDC's reach extends beyond the global Jewish community by providing non-sectarian disaster relief and long-term development assistance worldwide.
The JDC Archives houses one of the most significant collections in the world for the study of modern Jewish history. Comprising the organizational records of JDC, the overseas rescue, relief, and rehabilitation arm of the American Jewish community, the archives includes over 3 miles of text documents, 100,000 photographs, a research library of more than 6,000 books, 1,100 audio recordings including oral histories, and a collection of 2,500 videos.
With records of activity in over 90 countries dating from 1914 to the present, the JDC Archives is an extraordinary and unique treasure in the archival world. The JDC Archives is located in two centers, one at JDC's NY headquarters and the second in Jerusalem, and is open to the public by appointment.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
American Jewish Joint Distribution case files of Romanian orphans
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Records of the Istanbul Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
JDC Istanbul Office Records, 1937-1949
Inclusive Dates: 1937-1949 (bulk dates 1942-1947)
The Istanbul Collection testifies to JDC's efforts from 1942-1949 (with a few earlier materials dating from 1937) to oversee the planning of rescue and relief operations from its office in Turkey, a neutral country strategically located at the crossroads of war-torn Europe and the nascent Jewish state in Palestine. These records highlight the Istanbul office's partnership with other relief organizations--such as the Jewish Agency, the U.S. War Refugee Board, and the International Red Cross--in rescue operations and in large-scale enterprises to identify and locate survivors during and after...
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The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Cyprus Operation, 1945-1949
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The Cyprus Collection of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC) offers a unique window into a pivotal period of 20th-century history by documenting the dramatic events in Cyprus against the backdrop of the birth of the State of Israel. Beginning in August 1946, the British government began deporting Jews who came to Palestine in violation of the White Paper of 1939 to the island of Cyprus. From August 1946 to February 1949, the deportees--primarily Holocaust survivors--lived behind barbed wire in 12 detention camps. During this period, approximately 53,000 Jews passed thro...
Records of the Dominican Republic Settlement Association (DORSA), 1939-1977
In 1938, President Roosevelt invited 32 governments to consult with U.S. representatives at Evian, France, on refugee problems, and the participants created an Intergovernmental Committee for Refugees (IGCR). For IGCR Reports on Refugees 1938 - 1940, and on Refugee Settlement in the Dominican Republic, see Files 45a - 45b. At the first IGCR meeting, Generalissimo Trujillo offered to admit into his country as settlers up to 100,000 refugees from Europe. Promptly, the Refugee Economic Corporation and the President's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees—under Executive Secretary George L. ...
Records of the Geneva office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
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The Geneva files of 1945-1954 constitute the documentary record of JDC's global overseas operations in the immediate post-World War II (WWII) period. These files testify to the complex and multi-faceted nature of JDC's global rescue and relief efforts, primarily focused on: resettling Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors around the world; facilitating the renewal of Jewish life in Europe; rebuilding Jewish communal institutions; and providing sustaining aid to the remnants of Jewish communities worldwide. The collection documents JDC's work in over 70 countries. These records provide num...
Records of the New York office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1933-1944.
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1141 files (ca. 33,6 l.m.).
Files nr. 117 and 118 (ca. 1944-1947) contain minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee of the JDC Advisory and Consultative Group and minutes of its Sub-committee on Reconstruction. This organ was established in early 1944, to deal with the needs of the devastated Jewish communities of Europe. Jewish leaders from twelve nations – including Belgium – were asked to organise national groups; collectively they formed the JDC group. The file "Belgium: Administration, General 1933-1940" (nr. 450) contains correspondence and various reports on the assistance to and status of Jewish refug...
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This fonds is of crucial importance for the history of the reconstruction of the Jewish community in Belgium after the Second World War. In Subcollection Countries & Regions, Record Group: Belgium we firstly note the files (containing correspondence, memos, reports etc.) on the financial administration of JDC aid, fundraising and the transfer of funds to Belgium; see the files nrs. 152, 153, 154, 155 and 160 for the period 1945-1954. Nr. 149 (years 1944-1954) contains general correspondence and reports on JDC aid to Belgium, the treatment and legal status of Jewish refugees in Belgium, ...
Records of the Stockholm office of the American Joint Distribution Committee, 1941-1967
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194 files, 17 linear feet
The Stockholm Collection contains the records of JDC's Stockholm office during the years 1941-1967. The majority of the materials focus on the Stockholm office's activities during World War II and in the postwar period from 1944-1949. In wartime, JDC's Stockholm office, strategically located in neutral Sweden, was well-placed to coordinate the delivery of supplies to survivors and refugees in Europe, collaborate in wartime rescue operations, and to establish contact with and coordinate searches for survivors after the war ended. These records also chronicle JDC's collaborations with other o...
Photo Collection.
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Over 100,000 photographs.
The Photo Collection of the JDC contains a couple of hundred of images relevant to the history of the Jewish communities of Belgium. Searching the Photographs database on keywords such as 'Belgium', 'Brussels' and 'Antwerp' nets over 370 results at the time of writing. These images especially depict scenes in the children's homes, supported by the JDC, including many portraits of children and home personnel, children's activities, etc. Apart from daily life in the homes (at the end of the 1940s), we also note some photos of refugees, of the MS St. Louis, of the refugee camp in Merksplas, …
Saly Mayer Archives.
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68 files.
This fonds contains archival material produced by Saly Mayer, who was the principal liaison between the JDC and the Jewish communities in Nazi-occupied Europe – including Belgium. Nr. 29 contains a file titled "Belgium, 1943-1945", in which we find correspondence and reports on the activities of the Comité National de Défense des Juifs en Belgique, financed by Saly Mayer and the JDC.
The American Joint Distribution Committee, Warsaw office, 1945-1949
The American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC, as it was known in Poland) was active in Poland from the time of its founding. Immediately after the end of World War I, in early 1919, AJDC sent representatives to Poland. The outbreak of war in 1939 did not stop the AJDC relief efforts in Poland. During the first years of Nazi occupation, the Joint was able to continue its activity, although much diminished compared to the prewar period. The branches of AJDC in the area of the General Government worked until December 1941. When the United States entered the war, AJDC's work continued underg...


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Hyatt Hotels Corp said a previously reported malware attack to steal payment card data occurred between August 13 and Dec 8, primarily at its restaurants.
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[LONDON] Hyatt Hotels Corp said a previously reported malware attack to steal payment card data occurred between August 13 and Dec 8, primarily at its restaurants.
The hotel operator listed affected locations worldwide and the period when they were at risk, on its website.
"We do not know the number of customers affected at this time," company spokeswoman Stephanie Sheppard said in an email.
The hotel operator said on Thursday it identified unauthorized access to data on cards used at certain Hyatt-managed locations, primarily its restaurants.
The company also said the "at-risk window" for a limited number of locations began on or shortly after July 30.
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The malware was designed to collect data such as cardholder name, card number, expiration date and internal verification code, the company said.
Hyatt said it has notified the appropriate country and state regulators and is working with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Shares of Hyatt closed down 3 per cent at US$38.67. Up to Wednesday's close, they had lost about a fifth of their value since the data breach was announced.
Hyatt said it has arranged an identity protection and fraud detection firm to provide one year of free services to affected customers. The company disclosed in December that its payment processing system was infected with malware but did not mention how long its network was infected.
Hyatt, controlled by the billionaire Pritzker family, is the fourth major hotel operator to warn of a breach since October.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc disclosed attacks on payment processing systems in November.
Donald Trump's luxury hotel chain, Trump Hotel Collection, also confirmed the possibility of a data security incident.


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Devesh Agarwal April 29, 2008	Uncategorized 0
The Civil Aviation ministry today has requested BIAL the promoters of the new Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) to delay the launch of the airport to end May. Most likely it will be May 29, 2008. I offer my sincerest sympathies to the entire team at BIAL and its concessionaires. They have put in hard work to bring the project to …
Rotarians close JFK runway for good cause
This is the first story I have been able to publish on two major interests of mine, Aviation and Philanthropy. Please read the full story on the Rotary International website. If you would like to know more about Rotary in Bangalore, visit Rotary Club of Bangalore website.
Sniperz Blog: Bangalore Airport – Daylight Dacoity
This is an on-site assessment of the terminal and other passenger facilities at the new Bengaluru International Airport (BIA). It is quite well written, despite the title, which I do not fully agree with. Sniperz Blog: Bangalore Airport – Daylight Dacoity
The case for keeping HAL open in parallel with BIA
Some readers of my blog have commented that my stand for keeping HAL airport in addition to Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) is not clearly articulated. So here goes. Thanks to the economic boom in India, the liberalisation of the aviation industry, and the efforts of the low cost carriers, who incidentally lead the global surge in aviation growth, Bangalore air …
I am not against BIA or BIAL
Due to the contrarian views I put forth, readers of my blog may get the impression that I am Anti-BIAL. Nothing can be further from the truth. I am NOT against Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) at all. BIA is a required addition to Bangalore, and I have always admired the efforts put in by the whole team at the BIAL …
BIAL to deliver Bangalore air cargo relief
Bangalore's commerce is finally going to get some relief, on the air cargo front. In the last few years, India, and Bangalore in particular, have arrived on the world stage. Air cargo has become an integral part of our daily lives. From cell Phones to car parts to computers, from garments to gold, from food to flowers, a wide variety …
Flying at a time of BIA's convenience, not yours
Bengaluru International Airport (BIA), which will commence operations on May 11, 2008, is supposed to deliver us poor suffering Bangaloreans from the grind and capacity constraints we face at HAL airport. Given the growth of air traffic in Bangalore over the last few years, however, it will be WE, who will have to learn to fly at times suitable to …
Beware …. Pedestrians
Devesh Agarwal April 18, 2008	Bangalore-Kempegowda International 0
The new Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) will be opened on May 11, 2008. The Election Commission may not have permitted any festivities and gala celebrations, but then, we Bangaloreans, are more interested in the long overdue additional capacity of the new airport. Various government agencies are busy upgrading or creating roads, to improve access to the airport for the expected …
BIAL contract re-negotiation – a time for sincerity
Yesterday, a division bench of the Karnataka High Court directed the Union and State governments, and the Airports Authority of India to "explore the possibility of minimising, if not completely removing, the inconveniences and difficulties of the people", and to immediately consider renegotiating the closure of the HAL Airport and levy of User Development Fee (UDF) on passengers, with the …
The Court directs GoI and AAI to re-negotiate the BIAL contract
The persons who filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court of Karnataka, have won a victory today. It may not be all what they wanted, but it is a victory. A bench of the High Court headed by the Honourable Chief Justice, today directed the Union of India and the Airports Authority of India to re-negotiate the …
Is LRDE test facility a casualty of Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL)
"Akash rescues Indian air defence after delays hit Israeli Spyder missile purchase….", screams a news headline from December 2007.The Akash surface to air missile was tested at test facilities of the Indian defence forces in Kolar, most likely, the full fledged test facility of the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE). The Kolar test facility is identified in the airspace …
BAILing out of BIAL?
SHUTTING DOWN HAL AIRPORT BAILing out of BIAL? URL for this article http://citizenmatters.in/articles/view/88-BAILing-out-of-BIAL? Pressure on the government to keep Bangalore's HAL airport running is beginning to gain ground. While much of the angst is over traffic snarls, the arguments are substantive and deserve attention. Even as the launch date of Bengaluru International Airport is nearing, a storm has risen over …
Are Private Airports in India Ready to Take Off?
Are Private Airports in India Ready to Take Off? Published: April 03, 2008 in India Knowledge@Wharton http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm;jsessionid=a830e6c0e14039162818?articleid=4274&CFID=8109838&CFTOKEN=33128394&jsessionid=a830e6c0e14039162818# http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=3808# On March 14, Sonia Gandhi, chairman of India's ruling United Progressive Alliance government at the Center, inaugurated the new private sector airport at Hyderabad in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. It was a false start, though: Several airlines, citing the need …
BIAL to open on May 11 ?
Hopefully, May 10th will be an event filled for Bangalore. During the day, we will have polls, and I pray that citizens of Karnataka will choose to replace the stagnation of coalitions, with one party, to lead the way forward. The night will bring to fruition a long running plan of having a new international airport. News reports indicate that …
Planning in the air
Planning in the air— Sunita Narain http://www.downtoearth.org.in/editor.asp?foldername=20080415&filename=Editor&sec_id=2&sid=1 http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=BO&autono=317853 India has added two more swanky symbols to bolster its first-world ambitions: the Rajiv Gandhi international airport in Hyderabad and the gleaming Bengaluru international airport in our software capital. But look beneath this glitzy façade and you will find another instance of development on the cheap. We refuse to admit that our …
Bengaluru International Airport cannot be an island
Devesh Agarwal April 7, 2008	Uncategorized 0
At the turn of the century, back in 2001, the Managing Committee of the Greater Mysore Chamber of Industry, was host to a highly respected IAS officer. This officer had a background in transportation having served as the Managing Director of K.S.R.T.C. On deputation as a special officer, in the newly formed BIAL consortium, the IAS officer pitched the committee …
Perils of pioneering – Bangalore's loss of freedoms
Bangalore has the distinction of being the first city in India to conceive and sign-up a private consortium for building an airport. It is another matter that Hyderabad gained from our and the BIAL consortium's efforts and path breaking experiences, and pipped us to the "airport opening" finish line.However, our inexperience with Public Private Partnerships (PPP) is now coming home …
Is The Times of India promoting one-sided views ?
In The Times of India, Bangalore, on Tuesday, March 25, 2007, page 22 featured an article by Mr. Albert Brunner, CEO of BIAL. The editors of the paper issued a challenge at the end of the article to counter the arguments of Mr. Brunner. Accepting the challenge, I put forth my arguments to debunk certain myths created by BIAL and …
The BIAL capacity conundrum
Depending on which stake holder of the the Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) consortium you listen to, the capacity of the new BIA airport is 9 million passengers (as per Airports Authority of India) to 12 million passengers (Mr. Albert Brunner). However, no one has claimed a capacity of over 12 million passengers. At best, we are informed, that the …
Bangalore airport delay: Carriers' expansion plans hit air pocket
Bangalore airport delay: Carriers' expansion plans hit air pocketAnirban Chowdhury / New Delhi March 31, 2008 http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=3&subLeft=1&chklogin=N&autono=318466&tab=r The one-month delay in the opening of the new greenfield airport in Bangalore may affect the expansion plans of over a dozen-odd international as well as domestic and cargo carriers who were planning to introduce additional flights from the city. While the opening …


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Shia People Are Not Muslims; Are Liable To Get Killed: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
In the Quetta bomb-blast, where the poor Shia Hazara community were again targetted by terror group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has not led Islamabad to take concrete action against so-called good-terrorists. An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted in a gunny sack filled with potatoes went off in the crowded market, killing 22 people.
Pakistan Delivers a Big Blow To Referendum 2020 For Separate Sikh Land
As expected, there were lip-service condemnations of the attack, orders for reports and assurances of this never happening again. But as the Hazara community has learned over the years – if you are a religious minority in Pakistan, nobody really cares about you.
Since we all wrote praises of New-Zealand PM Jacinda just a few weeks ago, it definitely begs the question: where the hell were these same people when the Hazaras were killed once again in their homes?
Where is our support and solidarity for the people we live with? We can write praises for a leader working tirelessly to keep her community safe, but where was the so-called dynamic PM Imran Khan when the Hazaras resorted to the only way they know how to make everyone listen – a peaceful sit-in protest.
The protest ended last evening after four days where the Hazara community's men, women and children were sitting through the harsh Quetta weather lamenting the lack of security provided to them, despite open threats from various religious extremists.
Ramzan Mengal, the leader of the local chapter of a proscribed organisation, was released a few days before the Quetta bombing took place. For people who aren't shocked as yet, please Google him.
He even contested the elections last year, openly spewing hate speech against a significant Muslim minority living in Pakistan, the Shia community. I cannot comprehend how long Pakistan going to live with the pseudo-strategic assets narrative.
An old video, but a disturbing speech by Ramzan Mengal and people must decide if this is the Pakistan they want to live in?
Shias are liable to be killed, an open declaration by Ramzan Mengal of banned militant out fit the Lashkare Jhangvi. The state of Pakistan is supporting him and media failing to cover #ShiaHazaraGenocide #HazaraLivesMatter #HazaraKilling pic.twitter.com/lHf4SC0BLZ
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Stanisław Suchowolec (ur. 13 maja 1958 w Białymstoku, zm. 30 stycznia 1989 tamże) – polski duchowny katolicki, kapelan białostockiej "Solidarności".

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Kapłaństwo i działalność opozycyjna
Po ukończeniu III Liceum Ogólnokształcącego w Białymstoku w 1977 roku wstąpił do seminarium. 11 czerwca 1983 roku otrzymał święcenia kapłańskie. Został wikariuszem w parafii pod wezwaniem Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła w Suchowoli, rodzinnej wsi księdza Jerzego Popiełuszki. Ksiądz Jerzy po raz ostatni żegnając się z rodziną wypowiedział słowa: Mamo, nie martw się, bo gdyby, nie daj Boże, coś mi się stało, to przecież Staszek mnie zastąpi.

Ksiądz Stanisław Suchowolec założył izbę pamięci zamordowanego ks. Jerzego Popiełuszki, a na cmentarzu wybudował jego symboliczny grób. Był opiekunem duchowym jego rodziców. Z jego inicjatywy przed kościołem w Suchowoli stanął drewniany krzyż, na którym znalazła się informacja, że ks. Popiełuszkę zabili pracownicy SB.

Od listopada 1984 roku odprawiał Mszę Świętą za Ojczyznę oraz opiekował się rodziną księdza Jerzego Popiełuszki. Od tego czasu był obiektem działań, prowadzonych przez funkcjonariuszy Służby Bezpieczeństwa w ramach Sprawy Operacyjnej opatrzonej kryptonimem "Suchowola". Dostawał anonimy, w których grożono mu, że umrze jak ks. Jerzy Popiełuszko.

W lipcu 1986 roku został wikarym w parafii pod wezwaniem Niepokalanego Serca Maryi w Białymstoku na osiedlu Dojlidy. Tam także odprawiał Msze Święte za Ojczyznę. Został kapelanem Konfederacji Polski Niepodległej w Białymstoku oraz podziemnej Solidarności, a także duszpasterzem Komisji Interwencji i Praworządności.

Kilkakrotnie funkcjonariusze Służby Bezpieczeństwa dokonywali zamachów na księdza. W marcu 1985 roku rozregulowano układ kierowniczy Fiata 126p, którym Suchowolec jechał do Lublina, a w grudniu 1987 roku nieznani sprawcy poluzowali cztery śruby w tylnym kole volkswagena passata, którym jeździł Suchowolec). 4 sierpnia 1988 roku na ulicy Armii Radzieckiej (dziś Szosie Baranowickiej) w Białymstoku niezidentyfikowana osoba rzuciła w kierunku Suchowolca kamień. Ponadto Suchowolec odbierał telefony i listy z pogróżkami.

We wrześniu 1988 roku przyjaciele księdza Suchowolca wystosowali list do Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich Ewy Łętowskiej opisując sprzeczne z prawem działania funkcjonariuszy Służby Bezpieczeństwa wobec księdza i prosząc Rzecznika o interwencję. Łętowska zlekceważyła list. Niedługo później dziesięć osób (działaczy "Solidarności" i KPN-u) postanowiło na zmianę pilnować księdza i dyżurować w jego mieszkaniu.

Okoliczności śmierci

30 stycznia 1989 roku ciało zamordowanego wikarego odnaleziono w jego mieszkaniu na plebanii. Sekcja zwłok wykazała, że zgon nastąpił pomiędzy godziną 2 a 4 w nocy, na skutek zatrucia tlenkiem węgla, spowodowanego pożarem niesprawnego grzejnika Farel. Prokuratura uznała, że pies należący do księdza również zatruł się czadem. Dochodzenie zakończyło się po kilku miesiącach umorzeniem z powodu braku znamion wskazujących na udział osób trzecich w zainicjowaniu pożaru. Po śmierci rozpoczęto śledztwo w sprawie śmierci księdza, które 16 czerwca 1989 roku umorzono.

3 lutego odbył się pogrzeb księdza Stanisława Suchowolca, który był wielką manifestacją patriotyczną. Na pogrzebie zjawiło się 2 biskupów, 160 księży katolickich (wśród nich ks. Sylwester Zych) oraz Marianna Popiełuszko.

We wrześniu 1991 roku opublikowano raport, który wskazał m.in. zaniedbania w śledztwie dotyczącym księdza Suchowolca.

22 października 1991 roku rozpoczęto w tej sprawie nowe śledztwo, które miało na celu wykrycie sprawców morderstwa, zamachów na jego życie oraz autorów gróźb. Powołano zespół biegłych z Centrum Naukowo-Badawczego Ochrony Przeciwpożarowej w Józefowie, który szybko podważył wyniki śledztwa z 1989 roku. Według nowych ustaleń pożaru nie zainicjował grzejnik Farel tylko doszło do umyślnego podpalenia łatwopalnej cieczy. Podczas drugiego śledztwa gosposia ks. Suchowolca – Marianna Kuc – zeznała, że krótko przed morderstwem widziała dwóch mężczyzn i kobietę. Śledztwo umorzono 23 sierpnia 1993 roku z powodu niewykrycia sprawców.

30 stycznia 2006 roku prokuratorzy z Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, oddziału w Lublinie, oświadczyli, że ich zdaniem ponad wszelką wątpliwość ksiądz Stanisław Suchowolec został zamordowany wskutek działania funkcjonariuszy Służby Bezpieczeństwa. Kolejne śledztwo w sprawie śmierci księdza rozpoczęło się krótko po powstaniu Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej.

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Przy kościele w Suchowoli znajduje się jego symboliczny grób. Odznaczony pośmiertnie przez prezydenta Lecha Kaczyńskiego Krzyżem Komandorskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (2008).

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Politycy Konfederacji Polski Niepodległej
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Міллпорт — місто, штат Алабама
 Міллпорт — селище, штат Нью-Йорк


I named her Shirin. Our daughter. A name from my father's home country. A country where I have never been.
Motherhood created a new layer to everything around me. Slowly – like the way a tree grows a new branch – something became more and more visible to me. I was longing to know my own family roots. What was me and where I belonged. The past became important for grasping what is now and what is to come.
One day, in a box, I found a picture of my father's mother from when she was young. It startled me and something changed.
I found something in her eyes that I had been looking for.
This project is an ongoing, personal project. It is published in Norwegian Journal of Photography #3.


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Q: Python Pandas: TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'datetime.time' and 'Timedelta' I am attempting to add two series in a dataframe in pandas with the first series being a 24-hr time value (e.g. 17:30) exported from an excel file and the second series being a series of the same length in Timedelta format converted from floats with the 'pd.Timedelta' command.
The desired resulting third column would be a 24-hr time regardless of day change (e.g. 22:00 + 4 hours = 02:00).
I created the Delta series like this:
delta = pd.Series(0 for x in range(0, len(df.Time_In_Hours)))

for j in range(0, len(df.Time_In_Hours)):
    delta[j] = pd.Timedelta(df.Time_In_Hours[j], 'h')
df = df.assign(Delta = delta)
print ("Delta dtype = %s" % (df.Delta.dtype))
print ("Start_Time dtype = %s" % (df.Start_Time.dtype))

#Output
Delta dtype = object
Start_Time dtype = object

My goal is:
df["end_Time"] = df["Start_Time"] + df["Delta"]

The error I am receiving is:
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'datetime.time' and 'Timedelta'
It seems this datetime.time format is immutable.  Am I missing something?

A: The cause
The error is pretty clear. If you check the types of the elements, you will find out that at some point you are tying to add datetime.time object and pandas.Timedelta.
There are 2 kinds of dates, times and timedeltas:

*

*python's builtin from datetime module i.e. datetime.time, datetime.date, datetime.timedelta, ...

*pandas / numpy i.e pandas.Timestamp, pandas.Timedelta
these two stacks are incompatible for basic operations as addition or comparison.
Solution 1
Convert everything to pandas type and extract the times in the end
You should make sure, that dtypes of your columns are something like datetime64[ns] and timedelta64[ns]. For that, try converting them explicitly using pd.to_datetime and pd.to_timedelta.
Solution 2
Another approach would be just converting the Delta column to datetime.timedelta you could try
df["end_Time"] = df["Start_Time"] + df["Delta"].map(pd.Timedelta.to_pytimedelta)

But you may run into some more errors depending on what is in your df["Delta"] and df["Start_Time"]

A: Try this:
import datetime as dt

df["end_Time"] = df["Start_Time"] + df["Delta"].map(dt.timedelta)

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The Mischief Theatre Company returned to Cardiff with a brand new show, Mischief Movie Night, which delivered calamity, insane capers, and much hilarity on an epic scale. What is different you may say to the company previous productions such as The Play That Goes Wrong that showed at the theatre in May – the audience is in the driving seat!
The cast is at the mercy of the audience and who must use their quick wit, creativity and sheer talent to create a performance based on the scenario you created for them in that moment. This is no small feat but The Mischief Theatre Company as demonstrated in the previous productions (Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robber) certainly pulled it off. The seasoned original cast members we know so well and have come to adore for their laugh out loud shows packed full with British humour and organised chaos, exceeded all my expectations with their new production.
Their objective is to create a feature-length film based on the genre, location and title provided to them by their audience completely on the spot, and getting you to laugh while they're at it. A whole host of genres, mythical creatures and wishful fantasies where thrown at them, ranging from erotica to anima, fire breathing dragons and Wales winning the Six Nations. Oh boy did they deliver!
The Cardiffian Tales were born which saw Wales a divided land full of mythical beasts and creatures unite and defeat the evil ice king with a tree elf leading the charge and as a symbol of their new unity saw Wales rise up and win the Six Nations. One aspect of the show that I particularly liked was the live rewinds, plenty of pauses and even a fast-forward or two, utilised by the narrative using a figurative remote to cut out dead ends or repeat audience-hit jokes. The continuous slapstick and stupidity for a whole 75 minutes brought tears of laughter to the audience eyes and put smiles on their faces from start to finish.
Mischief Movie Night is improv theatre at its best! A masterpiece was created that night, which was brilliant, funny, interactive and truly a crying-with-laughter experience you will not forget.
The hugely popular Monster Jam live show arrived back at Cardiff's Principality Stadium; the home of Welsh sport was transformed into a methanol-fuelled bonanza of gravity defying stunts.
Before the main event, there was a ticketed Pit Party that gives die-hard fans dressed in all the gear the chances to meet their heroes. The queues were huge but this was to be expected given that the 12 monster tracks and their drivers are worldwide celebrities and this the only UK date on their current worldwide tour. Nevertheless, to be able to get somewhat close up to these monstrous beasts of machinery was truly something special. As the trucks stand 4m tall and 4m wide, with tyres 1.7m tall, weigh up to 4,500 kilograms, reach speeds of up to 110km per hour and jump as far as 130ft.
A spectacular light display opened the show, which is then split into four sections for the next 2 hrs: the racing championship, the stunt motorbikes, paired wheelie competitions and a free-wheeling session for the drivers to really show off their stunts and tricks. It's incredible stuff; cars doing wheelies, jumping off platforms and flying through the air, balancing on two wheels, and even the odd back flip.
The show also provides many heart in your mouth moments as trucks lost parts, toppled over and one even had flames coming out of it. But an emergency team of forklift trucks were on hand to rescue the fallen vehicles and there were cheers all around when the drivers emerged unscathed.
Monster Jam is fast, exciting, jaw-dropping entertainment. I found myself in complete awe as to what these amazing trucks and their drivers can do both on the track and in the air. It's not to be missed – Monster Jam Live is set to return to the Principality Stadium, Spring 2019.
Returning to the New Theatre, Cardiff where the original tour begin in 2014, The Play That Goes Wrong, is a side splitting, belly aching, highly physical, extremely ambitious slapstick comedy that has taken both the West End and Broadway by storm.
The play introduces The 'Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society' who are attempting to put on a 1920's murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does. In fact, it all starts falling apart even before the actors take to the stage in the equivalent of a pre-titles sequence. As a member of the cast runs around the theatre looking for a dog called Winston and a Duran Duran CD, whilst stage hands recruit an unsuspecting member of the audience to help finish the stage construction with hilarious albeit disastrous results.
The show sits in a fine tradition of British slapstick, and of plays about theatrical blunders: from doors not opening to the same doors not closing, pictures and props falling off the walls and parts of the set collapsed with cast members on them and parts of the script repeated on a loop as members forgot their lines. There was barely time to breath in-between each joke, for the first time in my life I truly experienced what it means to laugh till it hurts.
It is difficult to single out a cast member as they each showed excellent knowledge of comedy timing and demonstrate the physical prowess to perform their role while having to think about so many different things happening on stage.
The Play That Goes Wrong delivers laughs that come thick and fast, Mondays' Opening night audience at the New Theatre, Cardiff absolutely roared with laughter and where buzzing as they left. If you have recently found yourself in need of cheering up make sure you catch the show as it tours the UK in 2018. It's the perfect remedy to making all your worries and cares disappear for 2 1/2 hrs that is!
OMG Legally Blonde is back in town! Anthony Williams UK revival of the musical adaptation of the hit 2001 film, which starred Reese Witherspoon in the iconic role of Elle Woods, is back in a dazzling pink-hue production of frothy songs, fabulous sets and catchy dance routines. With more sparkle than one will find on Strictly Come Dancing, Legally Blonde The Musical, will brighten up the coldest and darkest of winter nights.
Based on the hit film it follows the perils of Elle Woods played by home-grown talent Lucie Jones, a cheer-leading sorority girl who ditches her air-head image to train as a lawyer at the prestigious Harvard School of Law in the hopes of winning back her preppy boyfriend, Warner Huntingdon III, played by Liam Doyle. Packing up her trusty pooch, Bruiser, and with the support of a new bunch of friends she quickly learns that one can be an intellect, have a heart, superior fashion sense all whilst battling against envy, pettiness and a sordid professor.
Lucie Jones is a perfect fit for the role, her beautiful voice and her ability to do the bend and snap to perfection brings the perky Elle Woods to life in all her pink glory. Whereas Liam Doyle who plays Warner Huntingdon III exceptionally well especially when singing Serious, where Elle is expecting to him to propose but ends up breaking up with her. However, Rita Simmonds (most well-know for playing Roxy Mitchell in EastEnders) is a true revelation with her beautiful singing and great characterisation of salon owner Paulette Bonafonté. Her ode to her character homeland with the song Ireland saw Simmonds balance comedy with genuine emotion perfectly all whilst doing a fabulous river dance. As for Bill Ward's interpretation of the disgustingly slick Professor Callahan, he commends the stage with his presence and gets all the Panto boos, the highest accolade for any antagonist. It's safe to say that the biggest cheers of the night and who drew the biggest smiles from the audience was the four legged cast comprising of Bruiser played by Bruisey Williams-Dood and Rufus played by a local star canine.
Legally Blonde The Musical is fun and fluffy, lifting the darkest of spirits and bringing them into Elle Woods's fabulous bubble-gum pink world. It is light-hearted and delivers its fair share of touching moments all set against a backdrop of glitz, glamour and girl power.
Tour dates and ticket information can be found on Legally Blonde The Musical website.
Hairspray is back and bigger than Tracy Turnblad's hair. It's louder than the Corny Collins show at full volume. It's a big bouffant of a musical!
Set in 1962 Baltimore, Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even a bigger heart, is on a mission to follow her dreams and dance her way onto national TV with The Nicest Kids In Town. Tracys audition not only makes her a local celebrity, she sends sales of Ultra Clutch Hairspray through the roof and bags local heartthrob Link Larkin. However, when Tracy uses her newfound fame to fight for equality, it puts her at loggerheads with Velma Von Tussle the producer of the show but also mother of the show's "star" teenager, Amber Von Tussle, jeopardising her place on the show and her freedom.
From the opening vamp of "Good Morning Baltimore," to the final chorus of the finale, "You Can't Stop the Beat," the shows score a mixture of bubble-gum pop to rhythm and blues is irresistibly catchy. Rebecca Mendoza shines in her professional debut as Tracy whereas Edward Chitticks plays Link Larkin with the right amount of cool that manages to capture your attention and make your heart flutter every time he is on stage. As for Layton Williams who is best known as Stephen Carmichael in the hit BBC Three show Bad Education, he presents a dazzling array of dance skills all whilst crafting a touching relationship with Liard-Bailey's Penn. However, it is the coupling of Mat Rixon and Norman Pace as Edna and Wilburn Turnblad that gives the show a fantastic comic spark. Their duet of "Your Timeless To Me" was delivered to perfection and Pace body language had the audience in stitches, which makes it shame that the audience saw so little of the two together during Kerryson's production.
The show features an impressive variety of costumes by Takis from the fabulous '60s fashions Tracy and Edna get from "Mr. Pinky's Hefty Hideaway", to Corny's comical red sequinned suit, and, of course, the giant hairdos sprayed with the titular product. However, Takis' reliance on a projected backdrop to capture the Civil Rights protests meant at times the stage felt slightly bare but nevertheless did an excellent way of demonstrating the two sides to American society at the time.
Hairspray is full of colour, soul and free spirit that defined the 60s. It is the ultimate feel good show and judging by the amount of smiles in the foyer as people left the venue they didn't want the beat to end.
Burning Lantern Fayre was the heritage attraction's first large scale music event. Over 8,000 people descended on the country fayre styled event set in the picturesque grounds of St Fagan's National Museum of History, Cardiff one of Europe's leading open air-museum on a sunny albeit chilly evening.
With big names live on the main stage from the moment the gates opened, street food (Cavavan, The Grazing Shed, Taste of Spice and Dusty Knuckle), a crafts and activities tent, storytelling, a children's entertainer, circus skills, pony rides and a vintage funfair. It is safe to say that no one was bored or hungry at the inaugural Burning Lantern Fayre!
Performances came from headliner Brit and Ivor Novell award winner Tom Odell, who gave an electrifying and charismatic performance, which featured a mesmerising light show. His unique show featured a number of hits but it was the songs 'Still Getting Used To Being On My Own', 'Concrete', 'Hold Me' that captivated the audience and really demonstrated why Odell is being touted as one of the country's finest singer songwriter.
Whilst the UK first country music act to chart in the Top 10 Album Charts, The Shires, livened up the billing. Their 45-minute stellar set included a string of their biggest hits including: 'Daddy's Little Girl', 'Nashville Grey Skies' and 'Friday Night', thoroughly entertained the 8,000 strong crowd and signed off their set with a promise to return to Cardiff soon.
Whereas top Motown act, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, despite not being everyone cup tea where given a true warm Welsh welcome. However, it was hot act of the moment Jack Savoretti that brought the biggest cheers of the evening and his set went down a storm. His live set included performances of his many hits including; 'When We Were Lovers', 'I'm Yours' and 'Tie Me Down', certainly got the crowd in the festival mood as the sun set on the stunning location.
The first even Burning Lantern Fayre was a huge success with the 8,000 strong-crowd enjoying a variety of music, entertainment and food under the sunset skies. Here hoping that the buzz of Wales' newest music event hopefully ensures it was the first of many Burning Lantern Fayres to come!
The T-Birds and the Pink Ladies are in the building; Grease has arrived at the Millennium Centre! Featuring everyone's favourite characters – Sandy, Danny, the sassy Pink Ladies and the groovy T-Birds, the whole gang is back together at Rydell High along with all the unforgettable songs of 1978 hit movie. The original high school musical is back and better than ever!
A talented cast comprising of Tom Parker, from the UK's top boy band The Wanted as tough boy Danny Zuko, Over The Rainbow winner Danielle Hope as Sandy, Strictly Come Dancing's Louisa Lytton as Rizzo and Jimmy Osmond as Teen Angel. Gave it their all as they transported us back to 1950s high-school America for a tale of true love going off the rails before finally getting back on track.
Director David Gilmore production of this well loved film is truly electrifying; neon signs, fireworks, numerous costume changes, and the car that magically transforms into a glittermobile kept the narrative flowing at a good pace. Whereas from the opening overture, the band that were clearly visible up and behind the stage were on fire, encouraging audience participation as it played through some of the shows big hits. While former Strictly Come Dancing judge, Arlene Philips, toe-tapping choreographer made you want to get out off your seat and hand jive the night away whilst shouting, 'A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a-wop-bam-boom'!
Tom Parker impresses as he makes his musical theatre debut playing Danny and Danielle Hope plays Sandy beautifully. Louisa Lytton made a suitably fierce Rizzo, whereas the arrival of charismatic Jimmy Osmond as Teen Angel in the second half took the show into another stratosphere as it neared its Grease mega mix finale.
Gilmore production of this well loved classic leaves your face aching from smiling and your hands from clapping. Grease is still very much the word!
You have until Saturday 29 July to see the show. Tickets are available online and over the phone by calling 029 2063 6464.
Sheridan Smith makes a joyous return to theatre in the role of Fanny Brice, for the first leg of the UK tour, after a celebrated run in the West End, bringing her own brand of exuberant mischief and spiritual warmth to the role.
Funny Girl is a bio-musical albeit more fiction that fact about the popular American singer-actress and comedian who was long associated with the Ziegfeld Follies. One of the biggest stars of the early 20th century, Brice lit up both Broadway and Hollywood with her comedic style and powerful voice. A hundred years later (1968), Barbra Streisand won an Academy Award for her portal one of America's greatest clowns and a true icon of both stage and screen.
Smith was more than capable of overcoming the towering memory of Streisand in the central role, which is no mean feat, with her belting vocals, electable comic timing, assured dancing, earned her an unquestioned standing ovation. It is safe to say where audiences admired Streisand they adore Smith. In her hands, the lively Brooklyn joker is an intricate tangle of competing emotions, all covered up with a big, bright, Broadway smile.
The songs, in particular, Smith makes entirely her own, even though her voice isn't exactly beautiful, it aches with conviction. Her tremendous rendition of People is steeped in yearning but also cut through with defiance. Whereas Don't Rain on My Parade, Smith avoids brassy rhetoric to suggest a lonely woman exulting in her newfound happiness. All of which helped to strip the layers of armour-plated implacability to make Fanny a more likeable human being.
As for Darius Campbell, despite looking good in a ruffle shirt and singing each note pitch perfect he was unable to find much colour and variety in the one-dimensional character Nick Arnstein, a part made famous on screen by Omar Sharif. The best support for Fanny comes from Rachel Izen as Mrs Brice her aspirational mother and Joshua Lay as her lovingly loyal dance teacher, Eddie Ryan. Whereas the ensemble tap and ballet numbers from the talented cast were a joy to watch, but were ultimately there to simply support a superstar, Smith. Who has the presence and talent to wilt the hardest hearts, and deserves a packed out auditorium for the rest of the run.
The hit West End comedy with its unforgettable characters from the landmark novel and Oscar-winning film are brought to life on the stage of Cardiff's, New Theatre.
Based on the novel by Charles Webb and the 1968 film, it concerns Mrs Robinson's played by Catherine McCormack, seduction of young middle class rebel without a cause character Benjamin Braddock, played by Jack Monaghan. Who is struggling to come to terms with his future, worrying that his family expect too much from him, and feels thoroughly disillusioned. However, when seduced by long-term family friend the sensational Mrs Robinson his boredom takes a new direction. And when he has a date with Mrs Robinson's daughter Elaine, he finally finds some meaning to his life, a meaning that Mrs Robinson opposes!
There is no denying that since it was first written and later immortalised on the big screen the world has drastically changed, which is reflected both in Terry Jonson's adaptation and Lucy Bailey's direction of the story for the stage. In no way does it shy away from the prejudices of that time, and in doing so gives the audience a sense of progress that we as a society have made in regards to sexism. Yet at the same time it gives you pause for thought in relation to how little progress we've made in some areas too – especially our ability to communicate with those around us. This theme in the play gives a great sense of amusement and laughter for the audience, especially when touching on the idea of a 'generation gap' in scenes between Ben and his Dad. As well as a much-needed sense of relevance, as we now live in a world where such dalliances have become the norm albeit not always outwardly accepted by those around us. Yet the idea that young people see a different future to their parents, but struggle to communicate that future, is still very much relevant albeit not as new as it was in the 60s.
However, to pull off Charles Webb's original novel, which is a thing of beauty, takes a cast of supreme talent to pull it off. Unfortunately on this occasion, Bailey has failed to assemble such a cast; there was a lack of chemistry between the two leads and the attempt to bring emotional ballast to the piece in the second half by bulking up the role of Mrs Robinson's daughter, Elaine, played by Emma Curtis. Turned The Graduate from being a dark, funny and beautiful satire of suburbia into a thin story about a kid who feels unsatisfied with his life, chucks his chances away and emerges relatively unscathed at the end.


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Now Is the Time To Invest in Savings: The One Benefit of Higher Interest Rates
Selena Fragassi
September 26, 2022, 2:46 PM ·2 min read
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Last week, news broke that the Federal Reserve had raised interest rates again. While the increase affects everything from non-fixed mortgage payments to credit card debt, there is one silver lining — savings accounts can really benefit.
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While the economy remains turbulent, there's one good thing you can do now to take advantage of current circumstances: Invest in a savings account. As NBC noted, "A side effect of those increased interest rates is that banks can increase the amount of money they pay to consumers who put some of their dollars in savings accounts."
In fact, interest rates on savings accounts have never been better — the best they've been in about 40 years, per NBC. The average currently is around 0.17% annually, which amounts to about an extra 17 cents for every hundred dollars you invest. That may not sound like a lot, but it can add up if you already have a lot of funds invested, or have the means to add more into the account now.
Another option is a high-yield savings account such as a CD, or Certificate of Deposit. Unlike a savings account, in which you can remove funds at will without penalty, a CD has a fixed term for which the money stays untouched and, in return, the bank offers a higher return on interest accumulation, per Investor.gov. These accounts are protected by the FDIC up to $250,000 too, so it's a very safe way to invest.
Currently the annual interest rate for these types of accounts is sitting at around 2%, per Motley Fool, a stark increase from the 1% return earlier this year. Further, as the Fed is projected to continue to raise rates into 2023, the interest on CDs could rise to 2.5%, 3% or more. Doing the math, that means if you invest $1,000 into a CD right now, that's at least $20 you're earning every year you keep it invested, and it could go up to $25 or $30 if projections are right.
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Every bank is different in the annual interest rates they offer on savings accounts and high-yield accounts. As such, experts say to shop around. In particular, noted NBC, financial institutions which are mostly online (and don't have physical locations) can offer more because they have fewer operating costs. NBC contributor Rob Wile quoted finance expert Chanelle Bessette on the matter: "Some of these banks offer more than 1% or 2% — and in some rare cases more than 3% on [high-yield] savings accounts."
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Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find an outdoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Relax with a refreshing drink at one of the 2 bars/lounges. Breakfast is available for a fee.
Eldorado Hotel & Spa is an ideal Santa Fe lodging choice for your trip to New Mexico. With numerous amenities for guests such as 24 hour front desk, fitness center, gift shop, you will wake up at Eldorado Hotel & Spa feeling excited every day for your time in Santa Fe. Don't let this amazing reservation opportunity pass you by, book your stay at Eldorado Hotel & Spa today to make the most of your time in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


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