The November 2016 election of Donald Trump has so incensed the liberal mainstream media and the Democratic establishment that they've become virtually unhinged emotionally in their zeal to delegitimize and torpedo his presidency. Far from "coming together as one country after a hard-fought election campaign," the Democrats and their liberal media collaborators have embarked on a non-stop, all-out crusade to destroy the Trump administration, thereby somehow reversing and overturning last November's election result. That is their objective, make no mistake: Disqualify, reverse and oust.
The Democrats' disqualification vehicle of choice is some vague, unspecified illegal connection that the Trump people had with Russian operatives before the election that enabled the Russians to manipulate the American voting process in a targeted manner to alter the vote, away from Hillary Clinton, and give it to Donald Trump.
Beyond these breathless, screeching headlines, there aren't any real specifics of any kind. When the question is asked to define "influence," or "hacked," or "colluded," the answers that come back are mostly along the lines of, "Well, you know! They did! Trump lied! Our democracy is at stake!" But exactly what was done, the actual methodology, where, the specific people involved, how many votes were altered, how many counties were illegally shifted from Clinton to Trump, how those counties added up to state wins for Trump instead of Clinton, none of that information is forthcoming. After seven months of non-stop Democratic investigation, none of those details are forthcoming.
Absent any tangible, verifiable proof of Trump-caused election manipulation, we've now entered the next, highly-predictable phase: The Get Someone phase. The Democrats already "got" Michael Flynn, since Trump fired him early on for not being forthcoming about some foreign contacts and financial arrangements. The President fired him. He was criticized for it by the liberal media and the Democratic establishment. If he hadn't fired him, he'd have been criticized for it by the liberal media and the Democratic establishment.
But Flynn wasn't high enough; he wasn't a big enough scalp to satisfy the anti-Trump fervor. Besides, President Trump fired him; he didn't defend him and try to keep him on. It'd be oh-so-much better if we could force the resignation of a truly high-level Administration official that the Administration is actively defending. The bigger the scalp an opposition party can claim, the more embarrassment and damage they can show the world they've inflicted on their enemies. When the embarrassment and damage reaches a critical tipping point, the media talk about it non-stop, night and day, and the issue manages to pierce through the fog of indifference that surrounds most casually-attentive, non-partisan-engaged swing voters.
Here, the Democrats have a huge advantage. The sources from which those aforementioned "casually-attentive, non-partisan-engaged swing voters" get their news and form their opinions are overwhelmingly liberally-biased. Whether late night like Colbert or Kimmel, Comedy Central's Daily Show, the network morning shows like GMA and Today that people watch while dressing or having a quick breakfast, and of course, CNN and the NY Times, these are all Democratic-sympathetic sources. The common default mode among them all is Positive Democrat, anti-Trump. Operating under the reasonable 40-20-40 rule that says 40% will always vote Dem no matter what and 40% will always vote Repub no matter what, the fact that the 20% swing segment gets their impressions and forms their opinions from overwhelmingly liberal sources means that there is a very high likelihood that the majority of the 20%-ers will swing Dem once the liberal media start harping on something "important" day after day after day.
The Democrats' goal with non-stop hearings, investigations, panels and Special Counsels is to break through from being unidentifiable background white noise to being something important and significant that will become the overriding issue on peoples' minds every day.
If the Democrats can get someone of high standing, anyone, and force that individual to resign or be fired in disgrace—casting a huge negative pall on Trump's presidency—then the Democrats will consider themselves successful. That's the end-game here.
Although Republicans may try to run some offense of their own in reverse (for instance, trying to subpoena former Obama administration officials over their role in supposed questionable activities or unethical behavior), history shows us that Republicans are astonishingly bad at playing hardball partisan games of this sort. When they do manage to get a witness before a Congressional panel, they never seem to have prepared the questioning strategy needed for unequivocal success. Instead they meander around with peripheral questions, grandstand for personal gain, or—incredibly—they fail to hold together as a party and some "flexible, high-minded" Republicans actually undercut their own party's efforts in order to try to seem "reasonable" to the general public. That never works, of course. The liberal media never give any Republicans credit for being "reasonable;" all that happens is that those misguided Republicans sabotage their own party's chances for success.
For the Democrats, the goal is get someone. Anyone. Call for endless panels, hearings and investigations. Hold press conferences. Show off for the cameras. Ignite the passions of the hosts at CNN and MSNBC. Provide humorous fodder for the Daily Show, Saturday Night Live and Stephen Colbert at the Republicans' expense. Try to make Trump and his administration look like buffoonish lying thieves and use the overwhelmingly liberal media to influence the 20%-undecideds.
Getting someone of significance—holding a scalp up high for all to see (metaphorically, of course)—accomplishes that goal.
Will the White House Have to Wait Mueller Out?
Over at thecipherbrief.com – the intel communityish newsletter with a heavyweight line up of expert contributors – John Sipher (no it's not his site), a former CIA analyst, gleefully sets up a Catch-22 that many in the intel community hope leads to some way to impeach Trump.
After outlining the difference between a counter-intelligence investigation, which is open-ended and does not rely on the same standards of evidence or legal proceedings that a criminal investigation does, and a criminal investigation where evidence to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt is usually necessary, he tells those who are asking 'where's the evidence?' to hush and sit patiently.
That's because the FBI, in its counter-intelligence investigation, will take its sweet time in thoroughly combing through the evidence as Mueller's prosecutors – among the best in the business apparently – set up endless interviews with whoever they feel will help move their investigation forward. Hopefully in their view means only one thing: towards a conviction. Even if it means one related to obstruction of justice and not collusion of any shape or form with Russian actors. But hey, that depends on what evidence they may theoretically turn up at some point during what may be a multi-year process. And until they do, it's only a counter-intelligence investigation, which does not go by the same rules. Ha ha. Ha ha. No wonder John Sipher has such a big grin in his impressive photograph at cipherbrief.com.
And that's a Kafkaesque open-ended process that could take years to complete, and is and will continue to undermine Trump's presidency, even if doesn't lead to an impeachment. Why? Because we have an FBI counter-intelligence investigation against a sitting president's associates, and perhaps even the president himself. An investigation that may have originally been set in motion by Christopher Steele's absurd dossier. There are several factors one can point to or blame: a D.C. bureaucracy and especially intel community wary of candidate Trump and openly hostile to President Trump; a churlish delight on the part of Trump himself to provoke and gloat; a self-righteous FBI Director, James Comey, who got burned by his decisions regarding Hillary's server and was perhaps eager to compensate by going the other way; a Democrat opposition that is being pushed by a base that is still hysterically furious that Trump actually won; and a media that is working hand in glove with any and all beltway leakers.
But how the Russia probe got started is unfortunately so much history now, and the question for the administration is how to get out of this mess? Fire Mueller and also fire Rosenstein, who seems to think only he can fire Mueller? Instruct Rosenstein to tighten up Mueller's mandate? Actually listen to your legal advice?
Or wait it out and meanwhile try to focus on your agenda? And hope the media finally tires of the Russia headlines they publish nearly every day? In the end that may be all that's left for Trump's White House. If they can balance the waiting with at least some major bills like tax cuts and healthcare reform of some kind. Unfortunately that will also mean being very careful when interviewed by Mueller's prosecutors. And that will be a herculean task. Are they up to it?
Process where is they sting? Everywhere if you're not careful. Ok, no that's not a quote from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. But it may just be that process – that idol worshipped in the halls of Congress and throughout the labyrinths of many a government department or intelligence agency – is in fact a jealous idol. One that consumes unexpected victims who suddenly and unexpectedly find themselves about to be sacrificed to this jealous and capricious and all-consuming idol.
First of all, we now have the question of Comey's leaking to the NYT through a friend. That would be Daniel Richman, Columbia Law School professor who played the role of intermediary in getting a portion of Comey's memo of his meeting with President Trump to the NYTimes in order to force the appointment of a special prosecutor. And it worked.
But was Comey's leak illegal?
It is a reasonable question to ask, especially seeing that the Russia investigation is now morphing into a possible obstruction of justice investigation, which in fact is really a focused search for any way to end President Trump's term in office as soon as is possible without resorting to literal assassination attempts.
In other words, if we're going to use process as a possible way to trap Trump or some of his current or former advisers or members of his cabinet into obstruction of justice charges, then isn't it reasonable to ask if Comey's leak is legal? That is, to ask if Comey was sufficiently respectful of the process idol? To assume you can appease the process idol with sacrifices of only one kind (GOP officials and/or Trump associates) is likely mistaken. Process once it gets going, can be a difficult idol to please.
Secondly, the closeness between Comey and Special Counsel Robert Mueller should also be concerning. They are friends and former colleagues who are now going to be on opposite sides of the witness stand, if you will. In an investigation that is supposed to be about objective, neutral, expert leadership of an inquiry involving the President's associates. And what may be the top witness is a veritable bro of the special counsel leading the investigation? A special counsel appointed in order to remove DOJ officials from directly leading the inquiry because of questions about partisanship?
So, what will process bring us next? Is the president considering firing Special Counsel Mueller, as Newsmax Media CEO Chris Ruddy recently said on PBS? And was Ruddy's leak meant to encourage or to discourage President Trump, with whom Ruddy has had a close friendship for some time?
And yes, the president himself has done more than his share in unwittingly sparking this process into life, with his tweets. He tweeted, Comey got even angrier and leaked (although evidence suggests Comey was going to leak anyway once he was fired and the president's tweets just gave him the perfect excuse). Acting AG Rosenstein pressed the panic button and appointed a special counsel who happened to be the ex-FBI director and good Comey friend, Robert Mueller. And now the president is apparently considering firing Mueller. And perhaps Rosenstein?
And as an aside, Senator Feinstein has now considered the possibility of a probe into former AG Lynch's suggesting to then Director Comey to call the Hillary email investigation a "matter" and not an "investigation." Yes, Feinstein is a member fo the same political party as Lynch, but that isn't stopping her from wanting in on the investigatory fun: an investigation to determine if the former AG acted inappropriately by suggesting an investigation not be called an investigation.
Process where is thy sting? Everywhere you look nowadays.
Leaks – or What Made Us Stop Watching Mulder and Scully?
First it was class warfare. The first wave of marxism was all about eliminating private property rights and ownership in order to control the means of production and liberate the working class. By the latter half of the 20th century, the concept of liberation struggle (usually violent) was extended to gender, then race, then even age, and finally an increasingly bewildering range of categories of being as witnessed by trans liberation. The last of which went from a fairly marginal cultural place seeing it involves an infinitesimal portion of any given population, straight into the courts and legislatures across the country with astonishing speed.
But wait a second! That's so old-school isn't it really? There is only one true war of liberation that matters to the true cutting-edge freedom fighters of 2017. Information, flow freely across the globe! You have only your encrypted chains to lose! And unlike the narrow group of trans activists who have bludgeoned those who disagree with screeching name and shame tactics, the info-anarchists can come from anywhere: an Australian hacker-activist-possible abuser living in an embassy in London. An NSA subcontractor or two. A criminal group in the Ukraine or Russia or China or anywhere who pillage personal identity data to resell on the deep web. A top-level State Department Official who decides she really really doesn't like President Trump's latest tweet. A three-star General who wants his policies listened to a heck of a lot more by the White House. A journalist who loves a good scoop and righteously refuses to reveal sources even when lives are at stake because the integrity of the media is sacred as we all know.
We're not all Keynesians now. We're all hackers now apparently. At least all of us who matter.
Information wants to be free. Michael Moore has launched Trumpileaks and will take gossip/leaks/dangerous security information/anything from anywhere and anyone because the more information we all have, the better. And because maybe the leaks can help the Democrats take back the House and even the Senate and impeach Trump who we all know was put in the White House by the Russians. How do we know this? The leaks, follow the leaks. Go to the leaks and learn the truth!
And now in what is akin to Trotsky getting a pick-axe plunged into his skull, Wikileaks Assange is blasting an unnamed journalist at The Intercept for bringing in the FBI to review a leak the online media site received in the mail. From who we now know to be the uniquely named Reality Winner. A young former Air Force veteran working as a … you guessed it, NSA subcontractor. How dare any journalist be concerned whether a law was broken!! Or whether lives may be put at risk!! We want to know!! All of us!
Hackers have been counter-culture heroes of a sort for a few decades now. Nothing new there. But the view of hacking and leaking as a legitimate political policy tool is rather new. Michael Moore has apparently called upon "Patriotic Americans in Government, law enforcement, and the private sector … to blow the whistle in the name of protecting the United States of America from tyranny." Or from the current democratically elected administration, in other words.
The X-files, after sitting in our subconscious minds for a couple of decades, has borne fruit. No, I don't mean the remake. I mean that Mulder (and Scully to a lesser extent) are our heroes nowadays. In a world filled with conspiracy theories – some of them maybe even possibly and partially true – only a hacker and leaker can save us.
But it's helpful to remember what event caused The X-files to tank in the ratings and be cancelled. And also helped us all to rid ourselves of all that fantasy conspiracy wanking? 9/11.
So as leakers see themselves as heroes and are feted by a press determined for the most part to see Trump as an illegitimate president, let us remember that what made us not want to watch Mulder and Scully for a long while is still very much around, in new and mutating forms that still threaten our way of life. What will it take to stop or at least slow down the current out of control leaking? I pray to God that it will not be another 9/11.
Donald Rumsfeld was right. Europe is old. Perhaps not as old a culture as China's, for example. But the continent is buried beneath its history, its wars, its dead. And that means all the ghosts that haunt Europe often cause European states individually and collectively to fight the last war. So the question is: is Europe's denial (not every country in Europe but a clear majority of Western European states) of the fact that they are at war with islamic terrorism a reflection of the fact that they're still haunted by the Cold War?
It may just be that is the earlier conflict that still defines European policy on all sorts of levels. Remember, while the Cold War divided Europe, it was largely fought by the Soviets and America. As well as China of course, with the Korean and Vietnam Wars and countless other so-called proxy wars following from that basic conflict. So the main axis of the conflict was Washington – Moscow. It was WW II, however, that was fought directly by the Europeans before America and the Soviets intervened or were pulled into the conflict by Nazi attacks.
The EU exists to ensure that Germany – or Italy – will never be fascist again. That was the root cause of it's founding. It's raison d'etre. Think about it. The end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany were near-simultaneous events – as measured by the pace of history. When the Berlin Wall fell the Soviet Union was essentially finished, about to crumble from the unsustainable cost of it's worldwide campaign to promote communism by any means necessary. And once Germany was reunited, a deep discomfort crept through the EU all the while optimism was officially pronounced. It's as if Germany doesn't even really trust itself, and needs hypocrisy and evasion to justify its progressive social policies on issues like immigration.
Until those policies help create a crisis that includes an increased threat of terrorism within its borders. Like in France. Like in Belgium. Like in much of the founding members of the EU.
And like in the UK.
So we have had a rather forced and slightly desperate policy of multicultural inclusion in a continent drenched in prejudice and tradition and history, and so we naturally get multiculturalism in Europe done with a detached and hypocritical outlook. Imposed by the elites and by a fairly large percent of the population who support these progressive polices. Until now. You couldn't, for example, talk about the challenges that large scale immigration produces or you were practically opening up the gates of Auschwitz. Until now, as Merkel's government actually starts to quietly take up some of the oh-so-reviled policies on immigration that the far-right parties called for in their impressive but losing electoral battles.
And in the UK, in the aftermath of the bombing of tweens, teens, and children at a pop concert in Manchester, we have the elites – the media, the politicians, the chattering class – instructing people on how to behave. Once again. To mourn, to light candles, to cry. But never to blame. Unless themselves and their culture. Never to anger. Never to rage.
If the massacre of parents and their children on a fun night out doesn't make you feel rage, nothing will. The terrorist has defeated you. You are dead already.
Let NATO heads of state smirk as President Trump reminds them who pays for much of their security. Let commentators blame the West and islamophobia for the crazed terrorist ideology that kills soft targets or flies planes into buildings. The West is at war with radical islamic terror. And war requires strong military action. Not another Iraq War. Not another endless Afghan campaign. But devastating tactical strikes, where possible. And it's ok to be really f__ing mad.


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Plymouth's Ricky Bellingham becomes Jiu-Jitsu World Champion
"Winning gold after training for so long is a big achievement."
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A Plymouth athlete is celebrating after doing the city proud by winning gold in the World pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship last week.
The championship, held in Abu Dhabi, saw people from across the world with blue, purple, brown and black belts compete.
Ricky Bellingham, who works as an Army elite sports personnel, and who has lived in Plymouth all of his life and has lived in West Park, Holly Park and is currently living in the area of St Budeaux.
He returned home with a gold belt in the Purple Master 2 85kg category and was told he was "one of the top scorers from any UK competitors" who had attended the championship on November 15.
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The 36-year-old has been training in Jui-Jitsu for over five years and said winning gold is his "biggest achievement to date" and told PlymouthLive that he has so much support his local gym club and British Army.
Not only does Bellingham enjoy the physicality of the Jui-Jitsu, he also believes the training has huge benefits to mental health and wants to share how the sport can be fun and impact for the mind.
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Ricky said: "It brings more awareness to the sport in Plymouth and it's really big at the moment because it helps with mental health and with a lot of people suffering and hopefully it will get more people training and having fun with the sport.
"It's not just me that trains, it's all my family, my coaches and all the army who support me as well, so winning gold is almost a payback for them."
Talking about his experience in Abu Dhabi for the world Jui-Jitsu championship, Bellingham said: "My favourite moment of the day was seeing the old school actor, Steven Seagal, so that was quite funny to see him there.
"And winning the final, It was also a confidence booster that i could get to the final and win- I dominated the opponent so that was pretty good.
The world champion is now joining forces with Plymouth legend Mark Ormord, with the hero recently awarded Freedom of the City.
The pair will be attempting a world record on December 9 to 10 where they are getting people from all across the world to join them in a around the clock Jiu Jitsu roll-a-thon to raise money and increase awareness for REORG.
If you wish to donate to the charity event, you can see her on the Just Giving page set up by Mark.
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What makes for a great marriage that endures the test of time? The Ezzos share their wisdom on how to keep a Christ-centered marriage going strong:
Every marriage relationship has that "moment in time' when you both realize 'this is the one!' You experience that depth of emotion that is called "love" and it's an overwhelming sensation. Ours was in November of 1967 and it's a moment we have chosen to remember throughout our now 50+ years of marriage. When we have those moments of temporary (okay maybe longer) frustration, we will remind one another of "November". That's all we have to say and it immediately brings back that intense emotional love we have for each other. That, in turn, settles our spirits and reminds us of our love and commitment to one another.
See more abilities in your spouse than your spouse sees in him or herself
Throughout our marriage, we have been willing to take a risk based on the other's assessment of ourselves. Gary saw something in Anne Marie: that she had wisdom that should be shared with young moms, even though Anne Marie's worst nightmare was to stand up and speak in front of a group. Anne Marie saw that Gary had a gift of taking complex thoughts and concepts and making them understandable and attainable to any level.
Love thinks the best!
Even in the most intense moments of fellowship, we came to realize that each one was better than what we saw in that moment. One, or even several, "off times" didn't define who we were as individuals. Learn to live out "love thinks the best".
Acknowledge your spouse's disappointment, without words
We learned to not over-spiritualize a moment of pain the other was experiencing, as that actually belittles the legitimacy of his/her emotional pain. Gary had spent at least 80 hours in preparing a message for a conference that was to have approximately 500 people in attendance. When he arrived at the church, he discovered that the secretary had double-booked that weekend and there was a marriage conference happening at the same time. The result was that there were only 25 parents in the audience. While it is true that "God knew", it would not have been an encouragement for Anne Marie to speak up that at that moment. Rather, it would have added salt to an open wound of disappointment and would have minimized all the time and effort that went into preparing for the event. In moments like these, it is better to acknowledge your spouse's disappointment, quietly pray, and be a good listener. Nothing more really needs to be said.
Empathize with the past
It is important to understand and accept aspects of each other's growing up years. When we accepted that there were things we could not fix from each other's childhood, we learned to avoid asking "What's wrong with you?" and instead would ask "What do you think happened in your life story that created this type of response?"
6. The "Joseph Factor"
We learned, and continue to learn, what we call the "Joseph Factor" (see Matt 1:19). Joseph chose not to shame Mary publically when she shared about her unplanned pregnancy. Practically speaking, that means no "put downs" or even correcting one another in public, especially in matters that really don't matter. In the Parenting From the Tree of Life series, we called this "7 Birds on a Fence". Click this link to get more information on this important courtesy: https://growingfamilies.life/parenting-from-the-tree-of-lifeblog/2018/6/1/lsv12-04s-seven-birds-on-a-fence
The non-compete clause
We are in a partnership, therefore there is no need to compete with one another. This goes back to recognizing one another's gifts and uniqueness and remembering that God brought us together to function as one. We do appreciate the fact that we do complete one another and together, by God's design, can serve others in a better way than we could do alone.
In Part 2 of this blog, Gary & Anne Marie Ezzo will share more wise principles to make your marriage great.


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Recall elections to be held in 3 Idaho school districts
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Recall elections in three Idaho school districts—Pocatello-Chubbuck, Idaho Falls, and Nampa—are scheduled for March 9, 2021. Five board members are facing recall across the three districts.
Three school board members—Zone 1 representative Jackie Cranor, Zone 2 representative Janie Gebhardt, and Zone 5 representative Dave Mattson—will be on the ballot in the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District. The recall effort began in September 2020 after the board unanimously voted to continue using a hybrid teaching model for middle school and high school students for the remainder of the first trimester of the 2020-2021 school year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recall supporters said the board was not fully representing the electorate on the issue of hybrid learning and other topics. The school district released a statement saying that the board weighs a number of factors when making decisions and that majority opinion does not always rule.
In the Idaho Falls School District, Zone 4 representative Elizabeth Cogliati is on the ballot. The recall effort began after the board of trustees voted 3-2 on September 30, 2020, to move high schools in the district from in-person instruction five days a week to a mix of in-person and online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cogliati voted in favor of the change in instruction along with two other board members who were also targeted for recall. Those other recall efforts did not make the March 9 ballot. Superintendent George Boland said the goal for the change in instruction was to reduce the number of coronavirus cases and related quarantines and absences at the high schools. Recall supporters said the district's online classes were low quality and putting students at a disadvantage.
In the Nampa School District, Zone 2 representative Mike Kipp is on the ballot. The recall effort started after Kipp cast the sole dissenting vote against allowing sports to resume during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recall supporters said that they were not being represented on the board and that their voices had not been heard at board meetings on multiple occasions. In response to the recall effort, Kipp said, "I have done my best to listen well to all input from teachers, students, patrons, our superintendent, other district leaders and all relevant experts. I then seek to utilize that information in determining my vote."
In order for the recall elections to be successful, two things must happen: 1) a majority of voters must vote in favor of the recall; and 2) the total number of votes cast in favor of recall must be equal or greater than the number of votes that first put the board member in office.
In 2020, Ballotpedia covered a total of 224 recall efforts against 269 elected officials. Of the 49 officials whose recalls made it to the ballot, 29 were recalled for a rate of 59%. That was higher than the 52% rate for 2019 recalls but lower than the 63% rate for 2018 recalls.
Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 recall, Idaho (2020-2021)
Idaho Falls School District 91 recall, Idaho (2020-2021)
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Los Angeles: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" continues to add feats to its list of box office records and now has the biggest Christmas Eve domestic gross with USD 27.5 million, defeating previous record holder "Avatar" which took in USD 11.2 million in 2009.
The seventh installment of the "Star Wars" saga also broke the opening week domestic box office record, earning USD 391.1 million after seven days in theatres, reported Ace Showbiz.
The film beat out previous record holder "Jurassic World", which took in USD 296.2 million during its first week at North America box office in May.
The "Star Wars" movie is now the 22nd highest domestic grosser of all time. It outpaced "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II" (USD 381 million), "Finding Nemo" (USD 380.8 million) and "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" (USD 380.3 million).
"The Force Awakens", which stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver and Harrison Ford, could earn USD 35 million-USD 47 million on Christmas Day, which would easily surpass the USD 24.6 million opening of "Sherlock Holmes" on December 25, 2009 to nab the biggest Christmas Day revenue of all time.
So far, the J.J. Abrams-directed movie has earned USD 422.4 million overseas and USD 391 million at domestic box office, pushing its worldwide total to USD 813.4 million.


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Spiced Pumpkin Coffee Cake | with Rum Butter Glaze – Just One Bite, Please?
As the cooler weather signals the arrival of fall, it also signals the arrival of seasonal baking. The time that cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and clove get to be guest stars in baking recipes greeting us with their aromas and reminding us of the warmth and comfort of home.
What better way to celebrate the changing of the seasons than with a Spiced Pumpkin Coffee Cake. Moist, buttery rich, dense, and oh so pumpkin packed. This coffee cake will have your friends and family begging for more as they savor the taste of fall in that first bite of spiced heaven. Why just serve it for breakfast or as a coffee treat. Try a thick slice of Spice Pumpkin Coffee Cake with a scoop of Butter Pecan Ice Cream and a drizzle of warm Homemade Caramel Rum Sauce. Anyway, you slice it. Fall never tasted so good!
Quick, Easy, and Kid Friendly! This recipe is very quick and easy to make since there is no need to bring any of the ingredients to room temperature beforehand. Just make sure you preheat your oven before you start to measure and mixing the ingredients. There is also no need to worry about over-mixing the batter. This is a great recipe to get the young ones in your home into the kitchen to help create new baking skills, memories, and holiday traditions to last a lifetime.
As with all baking recipes I recommend you weigh the ingredients for the Spiced Pumpkin Coffee Cake. Weighing ensures you have a consistent batter each and every time. As a baker, we are always striving to remove any variables from the process of baking.
Preheat the oven to 325°F (163°C) 20 minutes before baking the Spice Pumpkin Coffee Cake.
In a microwave proof bowl add the butter, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and clove. Place the bowl into a microwave and heat on high for 60 to 90 seconds to melt and heat the butter and to bloom the spices. Remove the bowl from the microwave and set the butter/spice mixture aside.
In the 8-quart mixing bowl combine the granulated sugar, muscovado sugar, sea salt, baking powder, baking soda, eggs, and sour cream and whisk until the mixture is well combined.
Add the melted butter/spice mixture to the sugar/egg mixture and whisk again until the mixture is well combined.
Add the pumpkin to the bowl and whisk until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
Finish mixing using a rubber spatula. Scrape the batter from the bottom and sides of the bowl.
Using a rubber spatula scrape the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
Place the filled bundt pan onto a parchment lined half-sheet pan and place into the preheated oven.
Bake the Pumpkin Spiced Coffee Cake at 325°F (163°C) on the middle rack for 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted in the center of the cake and it comes out clean.
Remove the bundt pan from the oven and place on a cooling rack. Let cool for 15 minutes before inverting on to a cake round or cake stand.
Invert the coffee cake onto a cake stand or cake round. Brush the warm coffee cake with the Rum Butter Glaze (Recipe below).
Cool Pumpkin Spiced Coffee Cake completely to room temperature before slicing and serving.
For an extra treat serve with a spoonful of lightly sweetened whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream drizzled with caramel sauce.
Combine the melted butter, powder sugar, and dark rum and whisk together until smooth.
Brush the glaze over the warm coffee cake.


What's the single common denominator that separates a successful farming operation from another that struggles? The answer is the ability to communicate effectively.
Phenomenal new technologies and vast amounts of information have created endless opportunities for success, yet less human interaction is required. The need to communicate this information clearly is more important than ever. What determines success is how we use information once we have it.
Align Stakeholders. I often work with producers who have a tremendous amount of information on file—about business structure, systems, productivity, employees, inventory, accounting and more. Having enough information is rarely the problem. Instead, the problem begins once all the information has been collected. The challenge for producers is to get their team, family members and other business associates working in the same direction.
Invariably, when the exact same information or data set is placed in front of several people, each person will have a different perspective about what it means.
Leaders must make clear decisions on how to move forward. Do we invest our time and resources building a comprehensive communication process? Or do we piecemeal information together as it comes in and apply it back to the operation?
The most successful operations make a clear effort to improve communication processes and continually educate themselves along with everyone in their operation. The essential factors are the analysis, discussion and time required to work through information.
Yield maps are a prime example. Dedicate the time and resources to make sure everyone who touches the process understands the results. Imagine the value of putting everyone around the table at the same time looking at the same data. You might include lenders, agronomists, fertilizer suppliers, seed suppliers, herbicide suppliers, employees and family. The result is a condensed, balanced and accurate review process generating real economic results.
Now imagine the value of holding a business improvement meeting at least two to three times per year to ensure everyone who affects farm financial performance is together at the same table.
That gathering might include your lender, tax accountant, key employees, appropriate family members, consultants and business partners. Getting everyone on the same page can add direct and immediate value to your operation.
Focus On People. Effective cash-rent negotiations can also pay immediate dividends. Many landowners tend to view producers as lacking transparency.
That's not to say communication is the only driver of rent rates, but the more time we spend with our landowners discussing specifics such as expenses, production zones, stewardship and value-added opportunities, the better chance we have to turn their focus toward the facts.
How do we know the fair cash-rent value of a particular piece of land? Landowners have their perspective and farmers have another perspective. The facts are somewhere in the middle.
If you communicate the facts with written documentation and examples, you'll have a much greater chance of effectively explaining your cause. It's important to talk about the weather and be a good friend, but consistent and disciplined communication of the facts will create a much greater result for everyone.
Add Immediate Value. You can have all the information in the world, but without effective communication skills within your organization, the information is of little value. I'll speak on the value of effective communication in business this month at Top Producer Seminar in Chicago. You can register for the conference at topproducerseminar.com.


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08/12/2021 - By Ivan Dikov Member State Monitor
Social Democrat Olaf Scholz Officially Sworn In as Germany's New Chancellor
The 16-year-long era of Angela Merkel ended on Wednesday as Social Democrat Olaf Scholz was officially sworn in as the new Chancellor of Germany.
Scholz has become the head of a new Cabinet made up of a so called "traffic light" coalition of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, and the liberal centrists Free Democratic Party (FDP).
The Bundestag, the lower chamber of the German parliament, officially elected Scholz as the new leader of the most populous EU member state, with 395 votes in favor out, 303 votes against, and 6 abstaining, DW reported.
The secret vote, which was held without debate, was called by Bundestag President Baerbel Bas, and was more of a formality than a real political challenge – even though 21 MPs from the three coalition parties didn't support the Scholz Cabinet as their combined total number of votes is 416.
Scholz's SPD came in first in the September general elections in Germany, with 25.7% and a small lead over the conservative CDU, whose leader Angela Merkel had already announced she is retiring.
After the vote in the Bundestag on Wednesday morning, Scholz was taken to Schloss Bellevue, the presidential palace in Berline, were the German head of state, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, gave him a document for his appointment.
The new Chancellor of Germany then returned to the parliamentary chamber for his official swearing in.
As that was completed, Scholz and the future members of his Cabinet traveled to the presidential palace in order to be inaugurated.
As per the coalition agreement, Germany's new Cabinet is going to have 16 ministries. Seven of those will be held by the SPD, five – by the Greens, and four – by the FDP.
During the day, the ministers from the outgoing Cabinet of Angela Merkel, her fourth, officially handed their responsibilities over to their replacements.
In his congratulatory message to the new German leader Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed desire for collaboration in the name of the better future of Europe.
"We will write the next chapter together. For the French, for the Germans, for the Europeans," Macron said in a tweet as he welcoming Scholz's election.
At the same time, the French leader thanked Angela Merkel for "never forgetting the lessons of history, for doing so much for us, with us, to move Europe forwards."
Despite her long-running chancellorship, Merkel remained the second-longest serving Chancellor of the Federal Republican of Germany since its formation in 1945.
Her four four-year terms combined to a total of 16 years and 16 days, ten days fewer than the 16 years and 26 days served by her predecessor and former mentor, Chancellor Helmut Kohl from 1982 and 1998.
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His background combines nearly two decades of experience as a senior federal government official and a senior attorney with a major global law firm, with additional experience as in-house counsel with a U.S. telecommunications carrier, and as an independent legal consultant. At the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), he played a leading role in implementing the Telecommunications Act of 1996, establishing rules, policy, and compliance requirements governing telecommunications and broadband services, intercarrier compensation, and market competition. He served as legal counsel to two Common Carrier Bureau Chiefs, and as Federal Staff Chair of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service. In the latter capacity, he developed the explicit universal service support mechanisms (high cost, low income, E-Rate, and rural health care) that continue to govern the industry today.
At the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, he developed policy, compliance and reporting requirements for the $4.7 billion Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), leading a team of attorneys that provided compliance advice to BTOP Federal Program Officers managing over 200 projects. Richard presented on compliance-related issues at various national BTOP conferences and workshops.
Previously, Richard was Of Counsel with the international law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP. As a member of the Communications Practice Group in the firm's Corporate Department, Richard advised satellite-based and terrestrial wireless, and wireline service providers and investors on a broad array of telecommunication regulatory, competition, privacy and security issues confronting US domestic and global communications providers.
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Q: How do I set an HTTP response header in a seam app? I need to set an HTTP response header for all pages in my site and I don't know if seam provides some hooks in a config file to do that, or? Anyone done this before?
thanks.

A: I could not find this documented anywhere but by playing with autocompletion in eclipse, editing pages.xml, I found that this works:
<page view-id="*">
    <header name="X-UA-Compatible" value="IE=8"/>

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Snorkeling is one of the tourist attractions in Nusa Penida. Various tour agents and even local residents provide a great service to tourists, to be able to feel the sensation of snorkeling. Here are some things that can be found when doing snorkeling, how to book the snorkeling Nusa Penida, and how much tourists have to pay for this activity.
Snorkeling gives tourists the opportunity to dive and see the beauty of the sea. Although the permitted depth is not as far as diving, snorkeling can satisfy the tourist's desire to enjoy the sea from different angles. Here are some things tourists can see while doing snorkeling Nusa Penida.
Manta is one of the amazing sea creatures. The size of the Manta is very large and can even reach 3 meters. These animals are found in the Nusa Penida region and can be found by tourists through snorkeling.
Sometimes if a tourist is lucky, manta can be seen from the surface of the water. But if a tourist does diving activities, they can interact closely with manta. Even sometimes people can swim together with these exotic animals.
Besides the large manta, there are many small fish that swim freely on the sea. The diverse colors of the fish make the scenery more beautiful. The combination of bright colors of fish and agile movements can make the hearts of tourists instantly feel happy.
In the Indonesian coast and sea area, there are still many unique and interesting sea creatures. Unfortunately, sometimes people don't want to keep the sea clean. Lots of garbage thrown to the sea can hurt the fish's body. This must be the focus of the government, the community, and tourists so they are always considered about garbage disposal in the beach area.
Indonesia has a biological wealth in the form of diverse types of coral reefs. Nusa Penida island is surrounded by high seas. There are many variations of coral reefs that can be found here. By doing snorkeling, tourists can enjoy this rare beauty easily. There is no need to dive too deep, because on the shallow seafloor there are many beautiful coral reefs.
Snorkeling can indeed be done on several beaches in the Nusa Penida area. But to be able to do so, some equipment and supervision are needed. Tourists need to search for tour agents who can provide this service.
Travel agents are now very easy to find through online or offline channels. Some websites of tour travel service providers give some tour packages. From the package, tourists can choose packages that included snorkeling activities.
After selecting make sure to confirm the price, type of service, and time of departure so that the holiday schedule is not chaotic or delayed. This is very important to do because Bali and Nusa Penida are almost always crowded with tourists.
Places that provide snorkeling services at Nusa Penida are Manta Bay, Wall Point, GT Point, Gamat Bay, and Crystal Bay. The rates charged to domestic tourists range from 500 to one million rupiahs. Depending on how many places you visit and the number of groups.
The more people who participate, the price can be cheaper. Then, for foreign tourists who are subject to additional fees. The price range for the Nusa Penida snorkeling package is 700,000 to millions of rupiah.
Although it is somewhat expensive for the size of one-holiday activity, snorkeling is very enjoyable. This is based on the beautiful natural conditions of Nusa Penida. So there is a sense of loss if after arriving there tourists do not enjoy the beauty of the underwater which is very charming.


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Q: Organizing layout of controls in ScatterViewItem I have a scatterview item which has following contents in order mentioned in vertical order.

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*TextBlock which will show 1-3 lines of text - TextBlock1

*Image - size will vary based on image resolution, but i will set a minimum height, width in property.

*TextBlock - this will show 1-10 lines of text - TextBlock2

*A surface toggle button
Now a user can scale this item, hence i had put this in viewbox. The XAML code is below:
<DockPanel LastChildFill="False">
    <TextBlock Name="ItemTitle" DockPanel.Dock="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="120"  Margin="10"  TextWrapping="Wrap"  Visibility="Visible" Padding="2" />
    <s:SurfaceToggleButton  DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" Checked="ItemInfo_Checked" Unchecked="ItemInfo_Unchecked" Margin="5,5,5,5" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">Display more info</s:SurfaceToggleButton>
    <Viewbox DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" Stretch="Uniform" MinHeight="100">
        <StackPanel>
            <Image Name="ItemImage" Margin="5,5,5,5"    Visibility="Visible" />
            <TextBlock DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" Name="ItemDesc" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="10"  TextWrapping="Wrap"  Visibility="Visible" Padding="2" />
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The problem in the resulting display is:

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*Since the TextBlock2 is showing text in small size and inside the stackpanel it is not aligned on the left side with the TextBlock1.
I used Viewbox so that when user scales the item, it will increase the size of text and the image.
Is there a better way to do this? Could using DataTemplates help resolve this issue or its for something else?

A: wrap the image and textblock elements with separate viewboxes


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The aerospace sector, one of the largest and most powerful industries in the United States, supplies five markets: military aircraft, missiles, space, commercial airliners, and general aviation. The U.S. aerospace sector is considered the largest in the world and is the main supplier of both military and civil aerospace hardware to the rest of the world.
This sector directly employs about 509,000 workers in scientific and technical jobs and supports more than 700,000 jobs in related fields. Because of the great emphasis on research and development (R&D), about 25% of those who work in aerospace are engineers, scientists, and technicians. Aviation is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States, and it has increased yearly at the rate of at least 14%.
The aerospace sector is one of the largest sectors in the United States, providing products and services to the military aircraft, missile, space, commercial airline, and general aviation markets.
The history of the aerospace sector in the United States dates back to 1903 when Wilbur and Orville Wright built and flew the first successful powered airplane.
The aerospace sector has many subsectors, including unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commercial space, airport infrastructure, and aviation security.
The Aerospace Industry
The aerospace industry's product line is broad because its primary products, flight vehicles, require up to millions of individual parts. In addition, many support systems are needed to operate and maintain the vehicles. In terms of sales, military aircraft have the largest market share, followed by space systems, civil aircraft, and missiles.
According to a study by the U.S. Department of Commerce, aerospace exports, directly and indirectly, support more jobs than the export of any other commodity. In 2018, the U.S. aerospace industry contributed $151 billion in export sales to the U.S. economy.
As of 2019, the world's largest aerospace companies ranked in terms of total revenue were Boeing, Airbus, United Technologies (which merged in April 2020 with Raytheon to become Raytheon Technologies Corporation), Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.
Aerospace Industry Subsectors
The aerospace industry includes many subsectors that contribute to the industry's growth. For example, companies in the commercial space subsector design, manufacture, and launch advanced rockets and spacecraft. These companies are expected to see revenue growth as interest and spending increases in everything from space tourism, space exploration, improved satellite communications, and laboratories in space. SpaceX, Boeing, and Virgin Galactic are a few of the companies competing in the commercial space subsector.
Another aerospace industry subsector is unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones. A UAS does not have a pilot on board but is instead piloted autonomously or remotely. While drones are primarily used for military, research, and recreational uses, the main growth segment for UAS might come from drone delivery systems implemented by retail giants such as Amazon and Walmart.
Airport infrastructure and aviation security is another aerospace subsector that continues to grow both in the United States and globally. Companies in this subsector focus on protecting the airline industry from terrorism threats, along with the identification and containment of cybersecurity threats.
Alternative aviation fuel is an aerospace industry subsector that researches and develops alternatives fuels. Companies in this subsector look to develop alternatives that are environmentally sustainable and protect the airline industry from the price volatility of traditional jet fuel.
History of the United States Aerospace Industry
The aerospace sector's origin in the United States dates back to Dec. 1903, when Wilbur and Orville Wright demonstrated an airplane capable of powered, sustained flight. In 1908, the Wrights secured a contract from the U.S. Army to make a single aircraft, and also licensed their patents to allow the Astra Company to manufacture aircraft in France. Glenn Curtiss of New York began selling his own aircraft in 1909, prompting many American aircraft hobbyists to turn entrepreneurial.
In 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and initiated the Mercury manned space program. In 1959, the U.S. Aircraft Industries Association, which was formed in 1919 to promote American civil aviation, changed its name to the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). U.S. aerospace industry interests are represented through the AIA, an aerospace-industry-funded organization that provides a forum for technical and policy issues, and whose membership consists of the major companies in the field.
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Q: blank response in sublime text when running below code Below is the code snippet that i am executing in sublime text
class Employee:
    def __init__(self, first, last):
        self.first = first
        self.last = last

        @property
        def email(self):
            return '{}.{}@email.com'.format(self.first, self.last)

            @property
            def fullname(self):
                return '{} {}'.format(self.first, self.last)

                emp1 = Employee('Aquib', 'Javed')

                emp1.email()
                emp1.fullname()
                print(emp1.fullname)

A: Your code is not properly indented.
class Employee:
 def __init__(self, first, last):
    self.first = first
    self.last = last

 @property
 def email(self):   #same level indentation as __init__() or it'll have scope under __init__() method only
    return '{}.{}@email.com'.format(self.first, self.last)

 @property
 def fullname(self):
    return '{} {}'.format(self.first, self.last)

emp1 = Employee('Aquib', 'Javed')

emp1.email # Since you've mentioned `email` as property and returning as string, you should just use its property's name
emp1.fullname # same goes here too
print(emp1.fullname)

A: Read about Short Description of the Scoping Rules?  (and here about classes: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html#a-first-look-at-classes)
Fix your code to:
# your class definition, all that belongs to it, is indented 1 more then "class .... :"
class Employee:
    # method of your class
    def __init__(self, first, last):
        self.first = first
        self.last = last

    # property of your class
    @property
    def email(self):
        return '{}.{}@email.com'.format(self.first, self.last)

    @property
    def fullname(self):
        return '{} {}'.format(self.first, self.last)

# not part of your class, you are creating an Instance of your class
emp1 = Employee('Aquib', 'Javed')

emp1.email      # this returns a string, but you do nothing with it - so it is discarded
emp1.fullname   # this returns a string, but you do nothing with it - so it is discarded
print(emp1.fullname) # this prints it


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Home » Sport » Michael Fennelly backs Henry Shefflin for Kilkenny management in future
Michael Fennelly backs Henry Shefflin for Kilkenny management in future
Michael Fennelly has backed Henry Shefflin to be a future Kilkenny manager after Ballyhale's Leinster final triumph.
Ballyhale Shamrocks won a record ninth Leinster title on Sunday afternoon as they had too much class for Dublin outfit Ballyboden St Enda's at Netwatch Cullen Park. The Kilkenny side are back on the hunt for an All-Ireland title, after three barren seasons without a county title.
Shefflin has been a hit in his first year at management, as the 11-time All-Star brought the success from his playing career to the sideline straight away.
"As a player, he brought leadership and he's brought leadership again [as manager]," said Ballyhale captain Fennelly of Shefflin. "He's passionate, he knows hurling and he knows it well. He's a driver, he pulls us all together I think, he speaks very well. He has a genetic leadership ability. He always had that and he's bringing that to management now."
"I've no doubt we'll see him (Shefflin) in a couple of years at inter-county level."
Michael Fennelly
Fennelly went on to opine that Shefflin will manage Kilkenny in the future.
"I've no doubt we'll see him in a couple of years at inter=county level.
"Without a doubt. I'd say he has his eyes on that, even in the back of his mind maybe. It's his first year and he has a Leinster final medal which is huge.
"Club is a big task, especially when he only retired last year. I don't know would I do it myself because players maybe know each other very, very well, but he took it on to be fair to him, he took a risk and here we are now, we're Leinster champions."
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While Fennelly was full of praise for Shefflin's managerial career, he knows 'The King' would rather still be at the heart of the action.
"I've no doubt he'd love to be playing out here," said the 2011 Hurler of the Year. "Even after the county final he looked a bit disappointed in terms of after the game, talking to a journalist. He would have loved to be playing. He's probably not too far off it, only for his knee really. But look, he's on the sideline for us and that's just as important. He's a huge asset to the club."
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Enviva Partners LP has announced the execution of a new take-or-pay off-take contract to supply wood pellets to Lynemouth Power Ltd., a subsidiary of Energeticky a prumyslovy holding (EPH). Deliveries are expected to start next year.
In mid-May, the owner of U.K.-based Lynemouth Power Ltd. issued a brief statement confirming plans to convert the power station to biomass are proceeding according to schedule. Doosan Babcock has been awarded a contract to convert the facility.
The U.K.-based Port of Tyne has announced plans to start building new facilities to handle, store and transport wood pellets for Lynemouth Power Ltd., which is making good progress with its plan to convert from coal to biomass.
On the court's own motion, the U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan oral arguments scheduled for June 2 have been pushed back to Sept. 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit announced on May 16.
On May 27, the USDA announced more than $8.8 million in awards through its Advanced Biofuel Payment Program, which makes payments to producers for advanced biofuels produced from renewable biomass other than corn kernel starch.
The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund, a $5 million, 10-year program designed to protect tens of thousands of acres of bottomland forests in northeast North Carolina and southeast Virginia, has announced the recipients of its 2016 grants.
Advanced Torrefaction Systems LLC has collaborated with the Idaho National Laboratory to test a catalytic oxidation technology designed by ATS to address problems that have hampered the development of large-scale torrefaction plants.
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Fintan Magee, Lonac in Process at No Limit/Borås: Dispatch 1
September 4, 2017 Artists
This week BSA is in Borås, a municipality in south-western Sweden for the 3rd edition of No Limit, a mural arts festival that brings Street Artists from around the world to create new works on walls of the city, in the process enlivening public space and creating new ways for this historic textile merchant town to engage passersby with their city.
"No Limit" 2017 is just getting underway here in Borås. Fintan Magee is the first out of the gate with a large wall overlooking the Viskan river which winds it's way through this southwestern town in Sweden. Artists have been arriving in Goteborg from around the world and getting a ride 40 minute ride to Boras by car with a friendly volunteer who offers to transport these honored international visitors.
Lonac. Work in progress. No Limit/Borås 2017. Borås, Sweden 09-2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
We immediately hit the clean streets with some serious jetlag and without luggage (it will follow later no doubt) to see the walls with artist and organizer Shai Dahan, who started the "No Limit" mural arts festival in 2014 to bring his friends in the Street Art world to this friendly and welcoming city known more for its textile industry than its graffiti scene.
First we headed to a demonstration of Afghani immigrants who were gathered in the main square here to give speeches and display handmade signs protesting a proposal to send these relatively new emigres back to Afghanistan because some in the government contend that the country is safe enough for them to return.
A couple of the guys standing in the assembly told us that most Afghani's would disagree with that assessment and felt that returning to their original country would be dangerous to them. We took some photos of the signs and made our way to see Fintan's work-in-progress wall of a local Swedish woman set atop winter branches, elevated into the sky. He had already stopped painting for the day so we set out to find Lonac.
The artist Lonac, from Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia that is more than 10 times the size of Borås, was just finishing up his work for the day on a huge portrait of a guy whom we didn't recognize, so we talked to him about it. A fine artist whose realism sometimes slides into surrealism, the sharp-witted aerosol musician tells us that his new painting is a tribute to the graffiti writers whose work gave birth to much of the modern Street Art scene, including this guy in this new painting.
Fintan Magee. Work in progress. No Limit/Borås 2017. Borås, Sweden 09-2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
"He is a graffiti writer from Zagreb. Sometimes we also paint together," Lonac says, "So for this wall I chose to paint him because mostly I paint people who I know. I like to use them for stories I want to tell, whether it is pictures or paintings or murals it makes sense for me to paint someone that I know. I started doing it about three years ago. It is a big challenge to paint somebody who is real, not from your head, because eventually that person will see it. So I work more and more to make the painting realistic, to create the personality of the person who I want to paint."
BSA: You are putting a lot of pressure on yourself by doing that – painting a contemporary.
Lonac: Yes, but no, no, I like it. This way I feel that the wall doesn't only have to do with me. It has to do with somebody else. That's what I'm trying to do.
BSA: So when you think of him, what do you think of?
Lonac: He is one of the main guys in the graffiti scene in Zagreb. When I started painting I wasn't so close to those guys and now since I have been painting more and more I am becoming more understanding of this other part of our culture. Until now I mostly only did paintings. So its mostly about honoring other people who are also doing some type of art and acknowledging that they are also painting, even though I am not close to that kind of painting.
BSA: What would you tell people here in Boras about graffiti that they do not know?
Lonac: I don't know if they know a lot about graffiti here because there is not much bombing or tags. I would say that there are a lot of people doing many types of graffiti and there are some who take from the history of graffiti and are making it into some type of art. So I would say before judging it they have to know something about it to understand it.
Afghanistan emigres protesting in Borås, Sweden, September 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Artist Unknown knows the way to someone's heart. Borås, Sweden 09-2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)


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Media Development Center Holds Writing Workshop in Lebanon
The Media Development Center at Birzeit University on August 23, 2015 organized a workshop on journalistic writing skills for media activists in Palestinians' refugee camps in Lebanon. The center partnered with the Majed Abu Sharar Media Foundation.
Media Consultant Saleh Masharqeh coached 20 young media activists working in youth-run news websites and other platforms related to civil society organizations that promote the wellbeing of Palestinians in refugee camps.
The workshop, which was held in Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp south of Beirut, was also attended by a number of Palestinian refugees who had migrated from Syria's refugee camps as a result of the mounting difficult living conditions there.
The five-day workshop aims to empower Palestinian activists and guide them to use journalistic skills to express Palestinian refugees' needs. The workshop was tailored to develop the media coverage of refugee news in mainstream and community media in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Via a video call, editor-in-chief of the Palestine News and Info Agency WAFA Kholoud Assaf, general manager of the Voice of Palestine Nidal Arar, and deputy editor of al-Hayat al-Jadida Bashar al-Barmawi addressed the participants in the workshop.
Media Development Center director Nibal Thawabteh said the workshop is the center's first step in connecting with the regions where Palestinians have sought refuge to provide other Arab institutions with media services through the center's consultants and experts.
She said that the workshop seeks to empower Palestinians everywhere and help them to connect with the world and depict their realities in a language the world understands. This will help ensure a greater impact on international public opinion, Thawabteh added.
Majed Abu Sharar Media Foundation head Sama Abu Sharar welcomed Birzeit University's effort to reach Palestinians in refugee camps and called on the center to maintain this cooperation with Palestinian young people, investing in their energy in order to spread the Palestinian narrative in Arab and international media outlets.
Meanwhile, Masharqeh called on civil society institutions in the occupied Palestinian territories to include Palestinian refugees in all future development projects. He said his decision to supervise this workshop in Lebanon stems from a deep-rooted faith in the importance of uniting all efforts to rebuild a unified Palestinian media and discourse, regardless of differences over political affiliation or editorial standards.
Masharqeh argued that his vision could be realized by hiring Palestinian activists to report from the refugee camps and provide comprehensive coverage of all Palestinian-related developments.


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Court fixes Dec. 6 for Sen. Kashamu's extradition suit
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, further adjourned until Dec. 6, hearing in a suit filed by Sen. Buruji Kashamu, seeking to stop his extradition to the U.S., to face drug charges.
Kashamu, in his suit FHC/L/CS/930/2018, joined the the Inspector-General of Police and Commissioner of Police Lagos.
Others are the Director-General Department of State Services, the National Drug law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF)
He prayed the court to restrain the respondents and their agents from arresting or detaining him, in any manner whatsoever, or interfering with his right to personal liberty and freedom of movement.
In a supporting affidavit, the applicant averred that by a newspaper publication, the Attorney General of the Federation was reported to have alleged that the U.S. government had been told to make fresh request for his extradition, after the former proceedings were dismissed.
He averred that, in a proceeding instituted in England by the U.S. authorities between 2002 and 2003, it was established that he was not the one implicated in the alleged narcotics offence committed in the U.S. in 1994.
He said that consequently, he was not the person sought after by the U.S. authorities.
Kashamu, is therefore, urging the court to restrain the respondents and their agents from arresting or detaining him, in any manner whatsoever, or interfering with his right to personal liberty and freedom of movement
Meanwhile in a preliminary objection, deposed to by one Kareem Olayinka, the NDLEA averred that authorities of the U.S. are currently seeking to extradite the applicant to their country, to answer charges relating to Heroin trafficking.
He said that the U.S. government then made a request to the Nigerian government, for the applicant to be extradited sometime in May 2015.
The agency said that since Kashamu got wind of the extradition request, he had filed multiple law suits relating to the issue.
He averred that in all these actions the central and basic relief sought by the applicant, was a restraining order against the NDLEA, from arresting and extraditing him to the U.S.
According to the NDLEA, the applicant's suit does not disclose any cause of action against the respondent, adding that the multiplicity of actions filed by the applicant is intended to divert NDLEA's attention from discharging its mandate to the nation.
He averred that the NDLEA needed the protection of the court to stop this trend, as the applicant is only engaged in shopping for a forum that will grant his desired reliefs.
The agency according to him, is therefore asking the court to dismiss the suit. (NAN)
Ajiri Daniels
Sun News Online Team
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