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Road Trip to Madhya Pradesh
The below travelogue is an itinerary of Road Trip to Madhya Pradesh from Pune. It covers Pune – Maheshwar – Mandu – Indore – Ujjain – Bhopal – Bhedaghat – Jabalpur – Panchmarhi – Amravati – Lonar Lake – Pune. . The trip was done during December 2015 and we covered 2400 km in the span of 10 days.
The state of Madhya Pradesh (MP) is considered to be the "dil" (heart) of India due to its geographical location. MP tourism has done an incredible job in popularizing its tourist destinations via various media sources. Their award winning short film campaign, frequently played on television and cinema halls, gives viewers an experience of the various tourist destinations of MP and calls out to come and watch the heart of India ("Hindustan ka dil dekho"). We planned a road trip to Madhya Pradesh during 2015 to explore the major attractions of the state.
MP has got multiple tourist destinations, but since we were travelling from Maharashtra which is a southern state, we decided to cover the cities in the West & Southern region of MP. The cities identified for the itinerary were – Mandu, Indore, Ujjain, Bhopal, Jabalpur & Panchmarhi. National parks – Satpura, Kanha & Pench were ruled out as all of them look similar and one has to be really lucky to get animal sightings. We would have loved to visit Gwalior, Jhansi & Khajuraho but the cities are in the northern region of MP. This would have required additional travel and time, which was not possible due to various reasons.
While booking hotels, we could not find budget hotels to stay in Mandu, so we identified close by city -Maheshwar for night stay and visit the famous – Ahilya Fort there. We also wanted to include Sanchi (famous for Sanchi Stupa) and Bhimbetka (Stone age rock shelters) in our itinerary but later dropped them as these locations had only one PoI (point of interest) and was extending the 10-day itinerary by a day. But if you have time, both of these locations can be covered in a single day trip from Bhopal.
Road Trip Prerequisites:
We planned 10-day trip covering all of the above destinations. There are certain things to keep in mind before planning for a road trip in India. Please refer to my page for some tips. https://travel-memoirs.com/travel-tips/
Note: While planning for trips, I take inputs for road conditions from Team BHP and most of my online hotel bookings are done via makemytrip and yatra
Road Trip Plan:
1. Point of Interests (POIs): We zeroed down to the below POIs for this trip.
Maheshwar: Ahilya fort
Mandu: Rani Rupmati's Pavilion, Baz Bahadur's Palace, Asharfi Mahal, Jami Maszid & Jahaz Mahal
Indore: Lal Bagh palace, Rajwada palace, Kaanch Mandir, Sarrafa bazaar,
Ujjain: Mahakaleshwar temple
Bhopal: Taj-ul Masjid, Badi Jheel
Jabalpur: Bhedaghat, Duadhar falls
Panchmarhi: Bee falls, Pandava caves, Bison Lodge, Handi Khoh
2. Itinerary:
The plan was to travel North from Pune and enter MP from West, starting from Maheshwar and then move East to cover the rest of the cities in the following order – Mandu >> Indore >> Ujjain >> Bhopal >> Jabalpur >> Panchmarhi. Panchmarhi was the last city in the itinerary, from there we were to travel back to Pune. Panchmarhi to Pune is 870 km, so we identified in route city – Amravati for night halt. Next day, on the way from Amravati to Pune, we included Lonar Lake in the itinerary.
The final itinerary was chalked-out as below:
Pune >> Maheshwar >> Mandu >> Indore >> Ujjain >> Bhopal >> Bhedaghat >> Jabalpur >> Panchmarhi >> Amravati >> Lonar Lake >> Pune
2. Book Hotels: The below hotels were booked based on the criteria mentioned in the Prerequisites.
Maheshwar: Kanchan Recreation
Indore: Hotel Galaxy (FabExpress Galaxy)
Bhopal: Kamal Regency Hotel
Jabalpur: Hotel Kartik
Panchmarhi: Hotel Natraj
Amravati: Excel Executive Hotel
Our ride was petrol variant sedan – Maruti Swift Dezire with 1197 cc engine. My fellow passengers were my wife and 2 kids. Me and my wife were to take turns to drive.
Our ride was petrol variant sedan – Maruti Swift Dezire with 1197 cc engine. My fellow passengers were wife and 2 kids – 4 & 9 years old. The driving was jointly to be done by me and my wife.
Day 1: Drive from Pune to Maheshwar (525 km, 11:30 Hrs)
The first day of the drive from Pune to Maheshwar was 525 Km, which was expected to take an entire day. We left Pune early at 7 am to leave behind the city traffic.
There are a couple of routes which can be taken to reach Maheshwar from Pune. We opted the Ahmednagar >> Shirdi >> Manmad >> Malegaon >> Dhule route. Since, this route is frequented by pilgrims visiting the popular – Shirdi Temple, it is well maintained. From Dhule we joined NH52 and passed through Shirpur and Sendhwa. We took a right turn from Foodie Rameshwar Mandir to A B Road which joins the Dhanmod Maheshwar road. We reached our hotel – "Kanchan Recreation" at 7 pm. We had driven for almost 12 hours so after having dinner at the in-house restaurant we crashed to our beds.
Day 2: Explore Maheshwar and Mandu and Drive to Indore (Mandu to Indore – 90 km, 3 Hrs)
The day started with visit to nearby Ahilya Fort which is around 250 years old and is located at the banks of Narmada River. Unique fact of Narmada is that it is the only river in Central India which flows East to West and joins the Arabian sea, else all the rest of the rivers flow towards East and merge into Bay of Bengal. Ahilya fort was once the residence of Ahilya Bai Holkar, one of the most celebrated women rulers of India during the 18th century. It has now been converted into a heritage hotel.
Ahilya Fort – Maheshwar
Maheshwar-Mandu
After spending an hour at the fort and banks of Narmada, we left for Mandu. Our MapMyIndia GPS suggested us route via NH52 and Masidpura (highlighted in amber color in the map). This route does not show in Google Maps, but we decided to give it a try as it was showing to be of shortest distance. Unfortunately, this route proved to be disaster. The road was badly potholed and broken. Lesson learned from driving through this route was not to trust GPS blindly. We should have checked the route options with locals in Maheshwar. Probably a little bit more research was required at the time of planning the trip. We later learnt that better route to reach Mandu is via Dhanmod >> Semalda >> Kakarda. The journey which was supposed to take 1.5 hours took us 3 hours and by the time we reached Mandu, it was noon.
We explored Mandu from the south in the below order…
Baj Bahadur Palace & Roopmati Pavellion: Built by Baz Bahadur, this 16th-century structure is famous for its large courtyards, large halls and high terraces. Close by is the Roopmati's Pavilion. As per the lengends, Baz Bahadur and Roopmati fell in love with each other and were married. Adham Khan was prompted to conquer Mandu partly due to Roopmati's beauty. When Adham Khan marched on the fort Baz Bahadur met him with his small force and was defeated. Before Roopmati could have been captivated, she poisoned herself.
Baj Bahadur Palace
Ashrafi Mahal : Built with the idea of promoting education, this structure was a school before its builder Mahmud Shah Khilji decided to extend it and make it his very own palace. Due to incompetent architectural designs, this building could not withstand for long and soon collapsed. Since then and it stands amidst ruins.
Ashrafi Mahal
Jami Maszid: Close to Asharfi Mahal, is Jami Maszid. The mosque is built in Moghul style and been believed to have been built during the reign of Hoshang Shah and completed during the reign of Mahmud Khilji in 1454
Jami Maszid
Jahaz Mahal : Also known as the Ship Mahal, it was built by Sultan Ghiyas-ud-din Khilji which is built on a narrow strip of land with a small upper storey making the palace look like a ship's bridge. Surrounded by water, it given an impression as a floating structure on water due to which it has been named as Jahaz Mahal
Jahaz Mahal
Drive to Indore: By the time we finished exploring Jahaz Mahal it was evening and we had to travel to Indore which was 90 km. We drove through Ambapura and Bharudpura to reach NH52 and then passed through Manpur and Pithampur to reach Indore. We checked in to our hotel – FabExpress Galaxy by 9:30 PM.
Day 3: Explore Indore
Day 3 was scheduled for exploring Indore. The plan was to start with Lal Bagh Palace followed by Kanch Mandir and Rajwada Palace. Since Kanch Mandir and Rajwada Palace are located in old and congested part of City, we took an auto-rickshaw to visit all of the locations.
LalBagh Palace: Built by various Holkar kings, this three storied structure is used for hosting royal receptions now. The interiors of this palace are made of Italian marble columns, huge chandeliers, Persian carpets, Italian wall paintings, stuffed animals etc. The palace also has a small planetarium which has old royal projector on which they show you position of the stars of that night. It is a short 10 minute show and runs every 45 minutes. Ticket Price (Palace): 250 INR Time Required: 02:00 Hrs . Timing: 10:00 am – 06:00 pm . Monday closed
LalBagh Palace
Kanch Mandir: It is a Jain temple made up of glass and mirrors, built by Sir Hukamchand Seth in the early 20th century. The temple is entirely made of glass including the walls, ceiling, floor, pillars and doors. The temple also showcases beautifully crafted glass lamps and chandeliers. One can see the 50 murals in the temple, each of which depicts one of the Jain stories. Timings – Opening & Closing 6.00 AM – 8.00 PM Time Required: 01:00 Hrs
Kanch Mandir
Rajwada Palace was built by Holkar Dynasty around two centuries ago. It has a spectacular wooden entrance. The entrance leads to the courtyard, which is surrounded by galleried rooms. Out of the seven floors of this palace, lower three floors are built of stone while the rest four are made of wood. The Palace is influenced by Mughal, French and Maratha styles in the architecture. Ticket Price: 10 INR, Time Required: 01:00 Hrs .Timing: 10:00 am – 05:00 pm, Monday Closed
Rajwada Palace
By the time we completed visiting the Rajwada Palace, it was evening. Having nothing else on cards for the rest of the evening, we watched the evening show of Amir Khan's latest movie release – "Dhangal" at nearby – INOX Sapna Sangeeta which was 5 minutes of walking distance from our hotel.
Day 4: Take a round trip to Ujjain from Indore (100 km, 3 Hrs) and visit the Sarafa Market
Close by city from Indore – Ujjian is famous for Mahakaleshwar Temple which is dedicated to Lord Shiva and it is one of the twelve Jyotirlingams in India. The temple is situated on the side of the Rudra Sagar lake.It is 100 km from Indore and takes 1.5 hours to reach. We left early in the morning and reached the Temple parking by 11 PM. There are scores of vendors outside the temple who keep on pestering you to buy "prasad" from them. There was a long queue of worshipers and it took us almost an hour and half for "darshan". We spent some time in the temple premises and then drove back to Indore. We were back in our hotel by 3 pm. We took some rest and at dusk, took an auto rickshaw to visit the famous Sarafa bazar.
Sarafa Bazar – Vijay Chat House
Khopra Patties Sabudana Khichri
Sarafa Bazar – It is jewelry market which turns into a street-food paradise during night. Visit to Indore is incomplete without a visit to this market. Some must try items in this market are:
Poha Jalebi: This signature breakfast dish of MP is prepared over steam which is different from how it is prepared in rest of the country. Poha with Jalebi is a unique combination you can find selling across MP.
Sabudana Khichdi: The outlet – Saawariyan has his own style of making this yummy dish made out of Sabu grains.
Bhutte ki Kees: It is a seasonal specialty made from corn, shredded and cooked with milk, coconut and spices.
Khopra Patties: These famous patties, potato balls with a core of stuffed coconut, are fried right in front of customers and served with tangy tamarind chutney. Try these at Vijay Chat House.
Joshi Dahi Vada: The owner Mr Joshi has featured in several food shows on TV. He is famous for preparing bowl of Dahi vada by spinning it in air and collecting it back without spilling it. Soft Dahi Vadas, sprinkled with lime, coriander and amchur are definitely not to be missed.
We left the Sarafa Bazar after trying the different food options and took an auto back to our hotel.
Day 5: Drive from Indore to Bhopal and explore Bhopal (195 km, 4.5 Hrs)
Indore-Bhopal
Day 5 was scheduled for driving to the Lake City – Bhopal. We left Indore at 8 am and took the Indore-Bhopal road passing via Dewas and Sehore. The roads were good and we reached Bhopal at 2 PM. On way to our hotel was the famous Taj-ul maszid, which we stopped by to pay a visit. Taj-ul-Masjid, means the 'Crown of Mosques' and is one of the largest mosques in Asia. Its a pink structure with white-dome minarets and looks magnificent.
Taj-ul-Masjid
After spending some time at the mosque, we left for our hotel – Kamal Regency which is close to the railway station. After having some rest we took an auto to visit the most famous attraction of Bhopal – The "Badi Jheel" (bigger lake) which is considered to be the oldest man-made lake in India. It is one of the biggest lakes among the ones in Bhopal and is a source of water for the city in addition from being a major tourist attraction. The lake offers a beautiful, panoramic view of the city and is a good place for boating and sight-seeing.
Badi Jheel
Journey to Bhopal is incomplete without a visit to Chatori Gali, which is the most famous food street in Ibrahimpura, close to the lake. The narrow lanes of this place are lined with stalls selling kebabs, biryanis and more. This is the paradise for meat lovers.
Day 6: Drive from Bhopal to Jabalpur via Bhedaghat (284 km, 7 Hrs)
Bhopal-Bhedaghat
We left Bhopal on Day 6 to Drive to Jabalpur and visit Bhedaghat. Our GPS suggested NH45 via Obaidullahganj >> Bari >> Udaipura as the fastest route, but taking this route again proved to be a bad decision. The entire stretch along NH45 was in shambles and severely pot holed. We could not drive beyond 35 km/hour in the entire journey. The better option (though bit longer) could have been via Sagar passing though Vidisha >> Rahatgarh >> Sagar >> Rehli and Tendukhera.
By the time we reached Bhedaghat, it was 3 pm. Bhedaghat is often referred as "Great Canyon of India" and was formed as a result of river Narmada cutting through rocks. It is famous for its marble rock cliffs located on either sides of the river Narmada and looks beautiful when sunlight falls on these marble white rocks and reflects shadows on the river water below.
Bhedaghat
The Narmada River flows gently through these lofty marble rocks and a little distance away, the water forms a mighty waterfall famous as Dhuandhar ("Dhuan" means smoke and "dhar" means flow of water). By the time we reached the waterfall, the sun had set but the waterfall looked mesmerizing in halogen lights as well.
Dhuandhar Falls
After spending sometime at the Dhuadhar waterfall, we drove to Jabalpur to check-in at our temporary adobe for the night – Hotel Kartik.
Day 7: Drive from Jabalpur to Panchmarhi (326 km, 6 Hrs)
Jabalpur to Panchmarhi
On day 7, we left Jabalpur to drive to the only hill station of MP – Panchmarhi, which is 250 km from Jabalpur and takes approx. 6 hours to reach. We took the route via Narsinghpur – Gadarwara and Piparia. It was time of the year when sugarcane harvesting is on in most parts of India. On the way we came across many jaggery manufacturing units and stopped by to taste freshly made jaggery.
Jaggery Making Unit
By the time we reached Panchmarhi, it was late in the evening. We spent the evening strolling the market area and after dinner at one of the restaurants called it a day.
Day 8: Explore Panchmarhi
Panchmani – It is situated at approx. 1000 meters above sea and is popularly known as 'Satpura ki Rani' (Queen of Satpura range). This is the only and the most popular hill station of MP and is under administration of Cantonment board serving the Indian Army. In order to visit the various attractions, it is advised to hire a 4-wheel drive gypsy, as some of the attractions like – Bee falls and Handi Khoh are at steep gradient and can only be reached via 4X4 vehicles. We bargained with one of the gypsy drivers to drive us through the various attractions in ₹2500 for all family members on sharing basis. We visited the below attractions in the same order:
Bison Lodge
Bison Lodge: Its a well-maintained museum and is the starting point where you pay a fee for local sightseeing excursions and permits. While the inside of the lodge houses models, graphs, maps, and pictures of Pachmarhi rich flora, fauna, history and places of interest, the outside is adorned with a huge garden where you can sit and enjoy the serenity of this hill station.
Pandava Caves: These caves are believed to provide shelter to the Pandavas during their exile period.
Handi Khoh: One of the most beautiful ravines in Panchmarhi, Handi Khoh has a 300 feet high cliff in the middle of a dense forest. One has to trek 2-3 km through the jungles to reach this point.
Bee Falls
Bee Falls: It is called bee fall because humming sound made by water fall resembles sound made by bees. The cascading falls can be reached through a short trek and is a famous picnic spot.
Rajendragiri Garden: It is named after Dr. Rajendra Prasad, formal Prime Minister of India who visited this garden in 1953 and planted tree here. It is a well maintained garden and offers beautiful spot to see sunsets and sunrises. The below picture is the last sunset of 2015 (shot on 31st December)
Rajendragiri garden was the last point of the trip, from there we returned back to our hotel.
Day 9: Drive from Panchmarhi to Amravati (355 km, 8 Hrs)
Panchmarhi to Amravati
Panchmarhi was the last destination of our trip, from where we had to return back to Pune. To break the journey, we had booked hotel in Amravati which was 355 km on the route from Panchmarhi. There are a couple of routes which can be taken to reach Amravati. We opted for the shortest route passing via Chhindwara – Warud & Morshi. Most of the road condition was good during this leg of the journey. We reached Amravati by 5 PM and checked in to – Hotel Excel Executive. The evening was spent strolling at the nearby market.
Day 10: Drive from Amravati to Pune via Lonar (568 km, 12 Hrs)
On the final day of the trip, we were to travel approx. 570 km to reach Pune via Karanja- Jalna – Aurangabad – Ahmednagar route. Before Aurangabad, we planned to pay a visit to the famous Lonar Lake. To reach the lake one has to take a left turn from Mehkar while coming from Amravati. The lake is approx. 20 km from there.
Amravati to Pune
Lonar Lake is located at Lonar in Buldhana district. It was created by a meteor impact approx. 35,000 – 50,000 years ago. The water in the lake is both saline and alkaline. Standing at the lake one can only imagine the turn of events which would have happened when the meteor would have hit this region years ago. There is an old temple at the periphery of the lake and can be accessed by climbing down stairs.
Lonar Lake
After spending an hour at the lake, we drove back to the Aurangabad highway. We stopped at Aurangabad for lunch and continued our journey to reach Pune by 9 pm.
The street food of Indore and Non-veg dishes from Bhopla's chatori gali leaves taste on your palates forever.
Boating in river Narmada through the marble rocks of Bhedaghar was a unique experience and probably the one and the only kinds in India.
Lonar Lake: Its one of the 4 salt lakes in the world formed due to meteorite impact. It is the only one in India
Lowlights:
Driving from Maheshwar to Mandu. The road hardy existed with no vehicular movement. Travelling on such road with family makes you anxious and you wish that some more inquiry and research was done before venturing out.
Driving from Bhopal to Bhedaghat. The road was badly potholed. This delayed reaching Bhedaghat and we missed watching "Dhuadhar" falls in the day light.
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Liger, Asuka, Memphis, Gresham, Young, Mania 36, WWE Videos, Ciampa, Gargano, Mania 35, New Japan Cup - Thursday #2 (5 ET)
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Here Becky Lynch talks about dealing with depression in 2006: "It felt like death to me. I was Rebecca, the wrestler. And then I wasn't the wrestler, so who the hell was Rebecca? It was my whole goal that I wanted to change the landscape of women, to just go out there and just wrestle and make people care. Then, all of a sudden, I was just lost with no goals, no ambition. I felt like I let everybody down. And I was so ashamed. I just remember pure shame, of not being able to know what I was going to do with myself, not being able to own up to the fact that I wasn't doing it, or that I was confused about it. I just thought that the door closed for me for life. This fear of success, but fear of failure. Fear of ... I don't know ... of the future, really. And I went into a depression. But I would always write in my journal that I felt like I had unfinished business. That I should be in WWE, but I didn't know how to get back there. I felt like I burned these bridges, but this is what I'm meant to do and how am I going to do it? It was a horrible, harrowing feeling, to not know how to get back there. Luckily, some twist of fate or divine intervention - I don't know what you want to call it - just brought me back to what I feel is my calling, my destiny, if you believe in those kinds of things. And here we are."
WWE has filed a trademark for WWE Chronicle. (PWI)
According to Miesha Tate's latest broadcast, Ronda Rousey REALLY IS that mad at Becky Lynch: "Ronda's saying to Becky, 'Hey! Your armbar looks like the d--- you wish you had!' I mean that's literally what she says to her. And then Becky hilariously takes Travis Browne's face and pastes it onto the fist of the armbar. Becky's like, 'Huh. Now that you mention it, it does look like a d---.' I know for a fact that burnt Ronda's cookies. It really - it got under her skin 'cause I know about this. You don't talk about her family, you don't talk about this, even if you're just joking. She does not have a sense of humor, and therefore s--- got real. When Ronda called her out by her real name, Rebecca Quin, Ronda is pissed. Ronda is not joking. She's not playing games. She's not used t having to play by rules. She never had to before. Why is she gonna now? She's already broken the rule with the F-word, saying some things are 'fake.' She's not a company woman. She never has been."
A new NWA Ten Pounds of Gold video is below.
Last but not least facebook.com/kurt.beyer.129/posts/10216697876813790 Dick Beyer's son confirmed the passing of his legendary father Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer at 88 years old today. Our condolences to him and his entire family as well as all his family and friends.

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Bad Economic Justifications for Minimum Wage Hikes
What is the economic case for increasing the federal minimum wage? To even posit that question sounds odd. Proponents of a higher minimum wage claim that the policy change could alleviate all sorts of economic and social ills. But it's worth assessing, from first principles, the economic arguments advanced for how the minimum wage level should be set. In a new brief, Cato scholar Ryan Bourne argues that the metrics that $15 minimum wage advocates use to make the case for substantial minimum wage hikes are not, on their own, economically sensible benchmarks by which to set minimum wage rates.
Principles for the 2020 Surface Transportation Reauthorization
America's surface transportation infrastructure needs significant improvements and rehabilitation, yet Congress is uncertain about how to do this. Some want to significantly increase federal spending on infrastructure. Others want to end deficit financing of transportation and end federal restrictions that reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of the funds that are spent. In a new paper, Cato scholar Randal O'Toolepresents three principles that Congress should apply to a new surface transportation funding bill. These principles are pay-as-you-go, user fees, and subsidiarity.
Making Sense of the Minimum Wage: A Roadmap for Navigating Recent Research
For decades, debates over the minimum wage have been tense among advocates, policymakers, and professional researchers alike. While professional economists were once broadly skeptical of the benefits of a minimum wage, that consensus has eroded. Following decades of moderate minimum wage changes, select cities and states have recently passed substantial increases. In a new paper, economics professor Jeffrey Clemens discusses four ways in which the case for large minimum wage increases is either mistaken or overstated.
Thomas A. Firey
Walter Olson
Randal O'Toole
Alan Reynolds
Peter Van Doren
FDA and Drug Regulation
International Regulation
Internet Governance and Regulation
Labor Law and Regulation
State and Local Regulations
The Nanny State
Urban Growth and Transportation
Whichever Way You Slice It, Courts Have Made a Mess in Applying the ADA to Websites
Ilya Shapiro and Sam Spiegelman
This is what happens when Congress declines to legislate clear rules for the business world.
Housing Affordability and Zoning Reform
To address affordable housing shortages, state and local governments can create a framework for developers to pay incumbent homeowners for the right to upzone neighborhoods.
Boris Johnson Must Stop the Hamster Wheel of Doom - Starting with Electric Scooters
Ryan Bourne in UK Telegraph
The change of prime minister should be the catalyst for a new strategy. What better way to show that Brexit Britain will embrace free-market dynamism than throwing off the current precautionary straitjacket, and taking a flexible, pro-freedom approach to electric scooter regulation?
Reforming Passenger Rail
Passenger rail competes against automobiles and airlines. Congress should unleash rail's potential by selling off Amtrak and giving it the flexibility it needs to cut costs and innovate.
Congress Needs to Settle the Looming Cannabis-Regulation Fight
Ilya Shapiro and Randal John Meyer in National Review (Online)
The Supreme Court just ruled that states can't enact protectionist alcohol laws. Congress should ensure that the same is true of cannabis in states where the drug is legal.
One Year Later, The Harms of Europe's Data-Privacy Law
A survey of the damage done one year after the European Union adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a sweeping data-privacy law.
Jeffrey A. Singer discusses the opioid epidemic on The Bob Zadek Show
Cato Institute's Freedom in the 50 States is cited on WJR's The Guy Gordon Show
David B. Kopel discusses the Peña Boulevard expansion on CPTV's Colorado Inside Out
Michael D. Tanner discusses raising the federal minimum wage on Nexstar Media
Financial Inclusion: The Cato Summit on Financial Regulation
The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet
Why the Government Should Not Regulate Content Moderation of Social Media
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
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The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility
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By Diego Zuluaga. Policy Analysis No. 875. July 10, 2019.
Collective Bargaining and Police Misconduct: Evidence from Florida
By Dhammika Dharmapala, Richard H. McAdams, and John Rappaport. Research Briefs in Economic Policy No. 171. July 10, 2019.
Do Lower Minimum Wages for Young Workers Raise Their Employment? Evidence from a Danish Discontinuity
By Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Daniel Reck, and Peer Ebbesen Skov. Research Briefs in Economic Policy No. 169. June 26, 2019.
Is This Time Different? Schumpeter, the Tech Giants, and Monopoly Fatalism
By Ryan Bourne. Policy Analysis No. 872. June 17, 2019.
Of Special Note
The Inclusive Economy: How to Bring Wealth to America's Poor
The Inclusive Economy: How to Bring Wealth to America's Poor energetically challenges the conventional wisdom of both the right and the left that underlies much of the contemporary debate over poverty and welfare policy. Author and national public policy expert Michael Tanner takes to task conservative critiques of a "culture of poverty" for their failure to account for the structural circumstances in which the poor live. In addition, he criticizes liberal calls for fighting poverty primarily through greater redistribution of wealth and new government programs.
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To encourage people everywhere to better understand and appreciate the principles of government that are set forth in America's founding documents, the Cato Institute published this pocket-size edition.
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The Cato Institute offers a wealth of online educational audio and video resources, from self-paced guides on the ideas of liberty and the principles of economics, to exclusive, archived lectures by thinkers such as Milton Friedman and F. A. Hayek. Browse through some highlights of our collections, for personal study or for use in the classroom.
Sphere Summit: Teaching Civic Culture Together
For more than four decades, the Cato Institute has introduced people, including millions of young people, to the ideas of freedom. Many Cato books are already taught in high school curricula across the country. To advance the ideas of liberal democracy and the rule of law, Cato has developed the Sphere Summit for educators. The opening Summit seminar, "Teaching Civic Culture Together," will be held at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC, on July 14–18, 2019.


The journey that has been 3 years in the making is about to commence. Six months in country, academic classes, refereeing in northern Virginia to build up the funds, interning in the District of Columbia, and extensive trip planning has all been in preparation for this: the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
The next two months will be spent fulfilling my Southern Africa bucket list and enjoying the most one of a kind event humanity has created in it's few millennia of existence. For one month the attention of mankind is focused on one country and 90 minute competitions between 22 men with a ball.
Both of us feel like this has been such an easy pack. Even though I've moved across the Atlantic six different times, and packed a bag for trips spanning the globe, there's always been some level of trepidation about finishing it all in time. This time, it seemed to go so smooth, and with no last minute packing (or repacking by my mother). So Alisa and I are concerned by the lack the worry, though it might be a signal of us reaching that age where future planning and foresight have come together with a trip that requires minimum items. We both know the territory we're going to cover (save Mozambique, which will be an adventure like none other), so we know the clothes and supplies we need, as well as the fact that we can obtain anything our heart desires in South Africa (save Jelly Bellys :). Perhaps when comparing this pack to the one we did before our 6 month stay in Durban is what is throwing us. There we had to bring a substantial number of 'extras' in terms of clothes, supplies, and academic accessories. This time, its just us, our clothes, our medicines, our cameras, my iPad, Alisa's Macbook Pro, and some Trident gum. We will be more mobile over these two months, and it will be interesting if picking up to move on a moments notice will be what we expect.
We fly to JFK in the morning and then straight into Joburg, arriving the next day. We get two full days in the city before hopping on a bus and heading to Maputo in Mozambique. Hopefully it will not be during this time that it hits us that the critical thing we're forgetting comes to the forefront of our brains. It's weird to think that by the end of the week we'll be sitting on a white sand beach in Mozambique sipping Mojitos or Amarula with our feet in dangling in the Indian Ocean. After the past 7 months of both of us giving the majority of our time to Apple/Human Rights Watch/Search for Common Ground/Soccer officiating, it's strange to think that we'll be able to….. relax?
Even to me, going to Mozambique in order to relax and recuperate before heading to the 'mission' of following around my nation in the World Cup seems just too good to be true.
It's exciting to be getting out of the cage that has been Northern Virginia. I returned here just over two years ago with a degree from one of the best universities in the world and found that no one wanted to pay me for my services. A journey through multiple NGOs, hundreds of soccer games, and 7 incredible months working for the world's most envied company has created a future that was not at all envision in August of 2008, and has caused me to follow paths I did not expect to take. However, my goal all along that time was to make it back to South Africa in the summer of 2010. Now, that has been achieved.
To all that have been apart of my journey up to this point, I owe you a great thanks for helping reach this point and hope that you'll continue with me as I travel routes new and old!
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Amarula or mojito in Mozambique! That sounds phenomenal. I'm so excited for you both: relaxing, hitting the bucket list, seeing the matches. Enjoy every moment… though I'm sorry you're iPhone-less.
My blog is better than your blog.
I am so happy to know you both arrived safely and have a friend to stay with in Joburg. I hope by now you have your bag, Alex, and if not, knowing it's in JFK is better than somewhere in Europe or another African country.


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Prominent Uyghur journalist said to be serving 15 years for 'political crimes'
A prominent Uyghur journalist who went missing in November 2017 is serving 15 years in prison in northwestern China's Xinjiang region for "political crimes," his son and authorities in the region told RFA.
Qurban Mamut, the former editor-in-chief of the popular Uyghur journal Xinjiang Civilization, disappeared several months after he and his wife returned home after visiting their son, Bahram Sintash, at his home in Virginia in 2017, RFA previously reported.
Chinese authorities had kept Mamut's imprisonment and sentence a secret since they arrested him, said his son, a police officer and a Chinese court official in Xinjiang.
Mamut's arrest coincided with a Chinese government crackdown on Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. In some case, authorities have not disclosed sentencing terms from the families of the jailed Uyghurs.
Mamut, who is now 71, retired in 2011 after working for decades as the journal's editor-in-chief, Sintash said.
His son tried to obtain information about his father's disappearance by discussing his case with reporters across the globe and providing testimony to U.S. lawmakers, but he was unable to learn what exactly had happened to him.
"None of these efforts helped me to get any information on my father," Sintash told RFA in February when he learned from his older sister that Mamut was alive but serving 15 years in prison.
When RFA contacted Chinese officials at the Cultural Affairs Bureau in Urumqi (in Chinese, Wulumuqi), Xinjiang's capital, where Mamut had worked as an editor, they declined to provide information on his situation.
A police officer in Urumqi told RFA that he was aware that Mamut had been sentenced but said he could confirm the length of prison term only after he received approval.
"I can tell you about his situation after I get approval from my bureau chiefs," he said.
Previous RFA reports on jailed Uyghur intellectuals, businessmen and other socially prominent people have indicated that since 2017 Chinese authorities have returned Uyghurs to their ancestral towns in Xinjiang and detained them there in internment camps or sentenced them to prison in those jurisdictions.
RFA contacted police in Kuchar (Kuche) county, Aksu (Akesu) prefecture, where Mamut is from and where his nephews now reside. One officer in the county's seventh district confirmed that the editor was in prison.
"Qurban Mamut was sentenced to 15 years in prison for political crimes," the police in Kucha told RFA in a phone call. "We received the [official] document on his sentence almost two years ago."
A Chinese court official in Urumqi also confirmed that Mamut was serving a 15-year term but said he didn't know in which detention center.
"I heard it was for 15 years," he said. "I don't know what prison he is in since I took this position recently."
Sintash expressed deep concern about his father's health now that he is confined to a "hospital prison" where detainees receive medical treatment while they are handcuffed to their beds and under increased supervision.
"I don't know what hospital prison is or what kind of place it is … but after hearing the news I am more concerned about my father," he said. "When his 15-year prison term ends, he will be in his 80s if he comes out from the Chinese prison live."
Translated by RFA's Uyghur Service. Written in English by Roseanne Gerin.
China: No plans to build military base in Solomon Islands
Tibetan exile leader set to visit Washington in April


Well, it's been a while since I've blogged, but I've been super busy and exhausted. Carter started Pre-K last week and it's been so much better than I expected. He actually wakes up in the morning in a good mood, brushes his teeth, gets dressed, eats his breakfast and watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse without any issues or resistance (except today).
When we get to school in the morning he pretty much runs over to meet his class. I just can't believe how well he's adjusted. He participates in class and doesn't have any problems (except yesterday). Okay, so he has had a couple of issues with his 'tude once or twice, but he's doing far better than I imagined. Its not that I didn't have faith or confidence in him, it's just that I know how he can be and how he can react to different people, environments and situations. I prepared myself for the bad and the ugly, but I got the good, and I'm very excited about that. He's proving me wrong and for once, I don't mind being wrong.
I just can't wait to see how much Carter grows and progresses. I'm even thinking about putting him on a school bus. Testing the waters. We'll see how that goes.
But, when you see them at school, they are a whole new person because its so structured.
Kids love to dump the tough stuff on the parents cuz that's where they are comfortable. We as parents don't have the energy that a whole group does to keep them occupied. We have households to run.
This reminded me to make sure I go visit the school more this year to see my kid in action.
My daughter is 16 and our sights are on the future of not having school forever. Its nice to get a glance of her carving out her place in the world.
I agree. I love that he has structure at school. He gets to see the other kids following directions and participating and it rubs off on him. I love peeking into his class and watching him enjoy school and doing things he normally doesn't do at home.


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Home News Licensing Tests and (Edited) Dancing for FUNimation
Tests and (Edited) Dancing for FUNimation
FUNimation has picked up Baka to Test to Shokanju and Dance in the Vampire Bund for "North American distribution". Baka to Test to Shokanju (which they're releasing under the English title of Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts) is a fighting / comedy series set at Fumizuki Academy, where the students can summon Avatars, pint-sized versions of themselves that battle using special powers. The students are grouped by skill level, and those in Class A are the brightest & those able to summon the strongest Avatars. Then there's Akihisa Yoshii's group – lowly Class F. They're the worst on campus, and they're about to take on the school's best. So goes the official description, anyway, but if the Twitterverse is anything to go by, the show's main draw seems to be character-of-dubious-sexuality Hideyoshi, who has been driving the fanboys crazy.
Dance in the Vampire Bund predictably focusses on a vampire, in this case Mina Tepes, queen of the vampires (in the body of a 10-year-old, by the looks of it) who has travelled to Japan to establish a colony for her blood-sucking brethren. There, Akira Kaburagi's world is about to be turned upside down - as a boy, Akira vowed to serve the ruler of the night, and now he must fulfill his destiny by protecting Mina from those who would dethrone her. Internet vibe for this one isn't quite as good as Baka & Test's, but it still has a loyal following. Or perhaps that's just for Mina.
UPDATE: However, there's a downside to this. While FUNi make a big deal of their policy of releasing shows uncut, and have been very vocal about the uncut releases of Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne and Strike Witches (both shows that were prime candidates for the snip, albeit for different reasons), Dance in the Vampire Bund won't be so lucky. Over to FUNi for the explanation:
FUNimation Entertainment is known for releasing the titles we license in their original, uncut form, as their creators intended. However, after viewing the unedited as well as the Japanese broadcast edit of the series Dance in the Vampire Bund, we have determined the series contains controversial elements which, when taken out of context, could be objectionable to some audiences.
With this in mind and with approval of the licensor, we will edit select scenes from the series in streaming and home entertainment release. These are scenes which are inappropriate for U.S. viewing and are not essential to the storyline.
Dance in the Vampire Bund is a complex and dark drama cited by press and fans as one of the best anime series out of Japan this season. Its strong story is what brought the series to our attention and why we are bringing it to the U.S.
My emphasis. Editing for online streaming is controversial but accepted (Strike Witches suffers from this), but editing the DVD/BD release is new - and to many, completely unacceptable. Be aware of this before you splash the cash.
For those in the US, both shows will being simulcast immediately on FUNi's video portal (already-aired episodes should be on the site from 10am CST today), while episodes will be available on download-to-own for US$1.99 an episode. No word yet on future DVD releases (the official press release refers only to online rights), or on the chances of those of us outside the US getting a look-in.


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Fascist Identity Politics
Germany: A Nation in Its Time, by Helmut Walser Smith
Nationalism has been the most influential politics in Europe since the dawn of the 19th century (to say nothing for the moment about the wider world).(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 27 May 2020
Berlin and Everything
Einstürzende Neubauten's Alles in Allem
A whirring mechanical device that hasn't settled into a rhythm; a keening tone that wobbles slightly over the top; a thump that falls precisely where a beat wouldn't: Alles in Allem, the new album by Einstürzende Neubauten, opens with a reminder of their origins as musicians who call the very idea of music into question.(...)


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"[C]ommon interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy." - Federalist Paper No. 35
Has it been six months or longer since you last checked your sump pump?
This month's Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft wasn't particularly huge -- only two real updates, one of them critical. Make sure you get the update.
A fellow named Ian Pearson has one of the coolest jobs in the universe: He's the in-house futurist for British Telecom. That means it's his full-time job to think about what's happening now and how it's going to affect the future. Lately, he's predicted that computers will win Nobel Prizes by 2020. That's probably a little over-optimistic, but even if so, the prediction itself is likely to come true at some time or another. And we're doing an atrocious job of preparing for a future in which computers could end up being smarter than we are...and reach a state of self-awareness.
Don't click on links you receive via e-mail unless you actually know and trust the person or organization sending them to you. Crooks are manipulating harmless-looking Google search links and sending them to you via spam, and if you fall for their trick, you could end up with a hijacked computer.
Keywords in this show: computers • futurism • Microsoft • Nobel Prize • Pearson, Ian • spam • Windows


Loveland announces massive Full Line Up with Tale Of Us, Cirez D, Marco Carola, Dixon and more - Track? !D.
Loveland Festival reveals massive line up which will take place on August 11th and 12th for its 14th edition, and for the first time ever will be a two day event.
At Day One artists such us Black Coffee, Radio Slave, Recondite, Apollonia, Adriatique, and many more will perform across six stages.
Day two will feature Marco Carola, Tale Of Us, Eric Prydz's aka Cirez D, Jeff Mills, Sam Paganini, Dixon, DJ Tennis, Len Faki and many more.
Here is Loveland Festival's announcement: "Always a dream of the creators but now reality, we're bringing you the addition of a Sunday that is built around intimacy and love for music. Day 2 is bound to be different than any other weekend event's second day in the scene. Sunday access is only for those that also attend the first day: The perfect formula for an intimate event with true Loveland fans that want the full Loveland Festival experience".
Event will take place at Sloterpark, in Amsterdam.
For more information and tickets visit Loveland website.
Check line up and poster below.


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Q: ¿Cómo capturar un Shift + Tab en un Input en Angular4? Tengo varios input, estoy intentando capturar dentro de los mismos cuando se produce un Tab inverso (salto al input anterior) que se hace presionando Shift + Tab.
El siguiente código que captura cuando se presiona Tab funciona
<input type="text" (keydown.Tab)="_handleTab($event)">

Pero los siguientes no capturan el Shift+Tab
(keydown.Shift.Tab)="_handleTab($event)"
(keydown.shift.tab)="_handleTab($event)"

Segun un articulo que encontre Angular Quick Tip: Binding Specific Keys to the Keyup and Keydown Events se supone que funcionaria esto ultimo pero no es asi.

A: La solución que funciona de momento es
<input type="text" (keydown)="_handleTab($event)">

y en la funcion _handleTab:
_handleTab(event: KeyboardEvent) {
    if (event.code === 'Tab') { // se pulso tab
         if (event.shiftKey) { // tambien se pulso conjuntamente shift
             // hacer algo
         }
    }
}

Aclaro probé las alternativas de leer (keydown.Tab)="..." pero solo reconocia cuando presionaba únicamente Tab sin que se produzca el evento si se presionaba conjuntamente Shift + Tab, lo mismo ocurrió pero a la inversa cuando hice (keydown.shift)="..."

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If there are any silver linings in the wake of natural disasters like the tornadoes that devastated Moore, Okla., this week, they often come in the form of community and organizational responses. Time and again, people and companies demonstrate support and empathy for the victims of disastrous events by opening their hearts - and their wallets - to help others rebuild.
CBS Monday pulled its season finale of the sitcom "Mike & Molly" because the plot involved a tornado strike set in the couple's home of Chicago. Recognizing the inappropriateness of the episode in the context of the afternoon's tragic events, acting quickly to reschedule its programming was a smart and thoughtful move by CBS.
Lovell client Walmart pledged $1 million for the Oklahoma recover in donations of cash and materials, including truckloads of food, water and other basic items. The company also sent associates from surrounding states to work in its stores in the affected area so Oklahoma associates could be with their families.
Verizon set up a mobile command center in Moore offering emergency phones and charging stations, while the Home Depot in Moore became a shelter for homeless pets, CNN reported.
And Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, speaking to the members of the press Tuesday about the state's disaster response, announced that state employees who had lost homes or loved ones would receive 15 days of administrative leave to take care of personal needs and begin to get back on their feet. In a litany of expressions of gratitude and appreciation, Fallin also included a gracious thank you to the media for their assistance in providing information about weather, disaster resources, and search and rescue efforts.
In the last two months, we've seen two immense tragedies in the Boston bombings and Moore tornados, but we've also witnessed remarkable responses on both personal and organizational levels. What silver linings gave you hope this month?


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Now you can read only half of the Washington Post's awful opinion columnists at one time
The world's worst opinion section now comes in two distinct, equally predictable flavors
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2011/03/16/post_opinion_page/
March 17, 2011 12:30AM (UTC)
The Washington Post's website got a fancy new redesign. Now all the headlines are in serious-looking black text instead of frivolous blue and Ezra Klein's RSS is broken, I think. But the biggest news is that their opinion section -- the worst opinion section in America -- is now divided into two tabs organized by ideology. The columnists are now split into "left-leaning" warmongering Beltway-lifer hacks and "right-leaning" warmongering Beltway-lifer hacks.
Dana Milbank -- who voted for John McCain for president in 2000, Chuck Hagel for president in 2004, and Michael Bloomberg for president in 2008 -- is "left-leaning," because he dislikes Glenn Beck. So is Richard Cohen, who hates Wikileaks and democracy for Muslims and loves sexual harassment. The right-wingers are mainly morally depraved torture-defending former Bush speechwriters and the sad ghost of George Will, still haunting our nation's newspaper opinion sections and jewel box baseball parks. Had they not fired Dave Weigel I assume he'd be left-leaning, maybe? Or maybe they fired him not for his JournList comments but because they weren't sure where to put him after the redesign. Hamilton Nolan already made the joke I wish I'd made: "It's a good thing they waited until David Broder passed away, or they would have had to give him his very own tab."
It is actually weird that there is no "centrist" or "third way" tab, because those idiots are the Post's favorite sorts of political people! I think they all now qualify as "left-leaning," depressingly enough. The Post categories are more accurately described as "moderate liberal-to-center-right-leaning" and "totalitarian," basically. Your acceptable range of elite opinion, ladies and gentlemen!
This whole thing is presumably Editorial Page Director Fred Haitt's way of proving that his awful section is totally fair -- they have this many liberals and this many conservatives -- while also demonstrating that he seriously does not even understand the substance of the myriad criticisms lobbed against his management of what passes for important media real estate in this miserable era. (Also the libertarians are left out and they'll get cranky if you call them "left-" or "right-leaning.")
Media Criticism War Room Washington Post
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Greatest president ever (at lying)


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Awards Season, Film Festivals, Film Review
The Present Director Farah Nabulsi, "Apartheid is alive and kicking"
Quanda Graves talks with the talented director Farah Nabulsi, about her award winning film The Present.
Farah Nabulsi's The Present is heartwarmingly stirring: It's about a family who must pass through a segregated and alarming checkpoint just to buy their weekly groceries. It is charging and captivatingly sad. The Present shows us that while we can just take a drive or walk to our stores without a scratch for so much as a snack, that is a mere luxury compared to others who may have that same simple task, but for them, unfortunately, it is or can be dauntingly outrageous.
The Present not only sparks you to have compassion and understanding but leaves you to be feeling grateful about how good you have it or how blessed you really are. This film is a must see.
Wow! The Present. Such an original story, how did you come up with the concept of this movie?
At its essence, the movie is about freedom of movement. It's one of the most basic human rights, that most people take for granted, but in Palestine there's over 130 Israeli military checkpoints, another 100 or so 'flying' check points (that means they can appear anytime, anywhere), curfews, separate roads, a convoluted permit and ID system, the separation wall and of course the inhumane blockade of Gaza. These control mechanisms are all an assault on this basic human right of freedom of movement.
At its essence, the movie is about freedom of movement.
So, I wrote the story based on my own experiences at these checkpoints, witnessing other Palestinians at checkpoints and discussing with those who have to deal with this whole complex everyday, including one particular young man I've gotten to know over the years in Hebron. He lives on a road with a checkpoint on it that he literally has to pass through anytime he wants to see anyone, go anywhere or get anything.
What part of this story motivated and inspired you the most to want to tell it?
I think the absurdity of it all and how it's based on reality. This idea that a simple shopping trip can turn into something so absurd and even life threatening. The absurdity that in this day and age, in the 21st century, Apartheid is alive and kicking. That based on someone's ethnicity they are relegated to separate roads and treatment. It's a fiction film, but it's based on a cruel reality that does exist on the ground today in Palestine – and that certainly motivated me to want to tell the story.
The actors that brought your story to life, how did you know they were right for their parts?
Maryam Kanj, who plays the role of young Yasmine, is this strong, bright and beautiful girl who is not a trained actress and hardly had any experience, but who I fell in love with the minute I met. Her smile, her big expressive eyes, her confident personality around adults as well as strangers, but most of all it was her high emotional intelligence that really struck me and was needed for this role. I also wanted a child who would also facially resemble something of her father in the film (Saleh Bakri), which she really does! Even though I auditioned a number of young child actresses after I met Maryam, my instincts told me I was just going through the motions. I knew she was the one within 5 minutes of meeting her.
In terms of the main actor, Saleh Bakri, who plays Yusef, he's a brilliant and seasoned actor who has starred in a number of successful independent feature films. When I wrote the story, he was the actor that kept coming into my mind who I felt would be perfect for the role. I didn't know him personally, but the world conspired. When I started to co-write the actual script a bit later with Hind Shoufani, she asked me who I envisaged in my mind for the role. I told her 'Saleh Bakri' and it turned out she knew him, so the introduction was made.
Saleh Bakri, who plays Yusef, he's a brilliant and seasoned actor who has starred in a number of successful independent feature films
Saleh is a sensitive soul who immediately understood the character, could relate as a Palestinian, and appreciated the simplicity of the story.
(Two Parted Question) -Congratulations are in order for this being your first directed film in which you co-wrote. Congratulations!!! Now, receiving so much positive feedback and collecting so many awards and being OSCAR worthy. How has this been for you? Is it surprising or is it too early to sort out your feelings as you're still taking it all in?
Thank you! It's great of course – wonderful! More than I could have imagined, but of course a bit surreal and a touch bitter-sweet, as most of it has taken place from my living room couch, due to Covid19, but in the bigger scheme of things, I really can't complain. As a filmmaker, I'm so grateful for the reception the film has been receiving from both audiences and juries. I'm also so glad that a story that has a deeper meaning and message is resonating with people.
As a filmmaker, I'm so grateful for the reception the film has been receiving from both audiences and juries.
Can you tell me what's next for you?
Sure! I have written a feature length fiction film screenplay. It's a character-driven, drama-thriller that every bone in my body wants and hopes to direct. So, I'm basically in development and working on trying to make that happen.
What is your favorite quote or mantra that has helped you get to where you are now?
Mantra-wise, it would be "Feel the fear and do it anyway!" (It's the title of a book I read a long time ago and it stuck!)
In terms of a quote, it would probably be: Charles Bukowski, "If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it's your duty to be reduced to ashes by it!"
Where can people see and learn more about the film?
The Present is currently screening at various film festivals around the world. It will also have its UK and South America premieres in November. These are the festivals it will be screening at during November that I can mention for now. If anyone wants to stay posted on the film and future screenings, myself and The Present have accounts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK
34th Leeds International Film Festival, UK (Nov 3 -19)
HollyShorts in LA, USA (Nov 9-15)
38th Sulmona International Film Festival, Italy (Nov 4-7)
33rd Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival, USA (Nov 13-21)
29th Sequence International Short Film Festival, France (Nov 18-22)
Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar (Nov 11-23)
Kanaan Film Festival, Vienna, Austria (Nov 30-Dec 3)
UK Film Festival (Nov 22-29)
Crossing the Screen Film Festival, UK (Nov 26-29)
Edinburgh Short Film Festival, UK (Nov 7-15)
London Palestine Film Festival, UK (Nov 13-26)
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By Tyler Gallagher
CARSON, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 22: Quarterback Philip Rivers #17 of the Los Angeles Chargers is tackled by defensive end J.J. Watt #99 of the Houston Texans at Dignity Health Sports Park on September 22, 2019 in Carson, California. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) /
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Chargers solution No. 2: Get better players
A pretty simple solution, right?
While many penalties are unintentional and random (such as Desmond King's questionable face mask against the Texans), some penalties occur because a player got beat. The majority of these penalties are either holding (offensive and defensive) or pass interference, where it makes sense to commit the penalty rather than allowing your quarterback to get creamed or allowing a long touchdown pass.
In the Chargers' last drive against the Texans, there were holding penalties against both Trent Scott and Dan Feeney that negated large plays. Both of these penalties occurred because the player was simply bested by the Texans' defensive line.
Sure, learning from mistakes is the best way to improve. But, when your team clearly has a closing Super Bowl window, you cannot allow those mistakes to cost your team a title.
That has not happened yet at 1-2, but it could certainly happen in a few more weeks. Now is the time to make some moves.
Should fans be expecting a massive move such as a trade for Jalen Ramsey? No, the Chargers conservative approach that has served them well for the past several years is understandable when so much of the future is on the line.
But should fans be expecting Tom Telesco to be scouring the free-agent market and the rosters of dumpster-dwelling teams for any trade that could improve the team? Absolutely.
Chargers: Defensive Mount Rushmore. Next
There are veteran offensive linemen out there (such as Ryan Schraeder and Jeremy Parnell) that could help this team immediately at the minor cost of potentially stunting the growth of Trent Scott or Sam Tevi. While cornerback help is harder to find, why not give veterans such as Sam Shields and Captain Munnerlyn a tryout?


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NFL playoff picks: Rounding up the experts' predictions for Eagles-Giants
On paper, the Eagles are the better team, but do writers and analysts think it will play out that way?
By Nick Tricome
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Daniel Jones and the Giants will face the Eagles once again, looking to keep an unexpected playoff run alive.
With a week off, home-field advantage, and a healthy (enough) Jalen Hurts and Lane Johnson, the Eagles are finally set to begin a playoff run that fans have been anticipating since the middle of the season.
Just one more day until Super Bowl aspirations are put to the test against the upstart and NFC East rival New York Giants in primetime.
For our own Kyle Neubeck, the Eagles are the better team. It's best not to overthink this one:
After hearing the Eagles cut off "Dreams and Nightmares" to play Eminem in the year 2023, I nearly changed my pick…
However, I'm going to stick with the theme of not overthinking picks that I've stuck with all year. The Eagles were the better team all season, and have a better quarterback (albeit, maybe a banged-up QB) with great weaponry. They've been better against the run after a stretch of getting killed on the ground, so I'm not as fearful of Barkley as I would be otherwise. I also don't buy the "It's hard to beat a team three times!" thing because the 2-0 team has historically won the third game more often than not.
The Giants have a shot, for sure, but I'm still rolling with the better team playing in front of a hostile home crowd. [PhillyVoice]
How's everyone else feeling?
• The Inquirer: Is there room for a Giants upset? Sure. But all three Inquirer scribes see an Eagles victory. Wrote Josh Tolentino:
New York's best chances at upsetting the Eagles might rely on the running back Barkley. Both New Orleans and Washington rallied for upset victories over the Eagles by trimming possessions, forcing turnovers, and dominating time of possession. The Giants might attempt repeating that formula in order to keep Hurts and Co. off the field.
The Eagles possess ample offensive weapons (Brown, Goedert, Smith, Miles Sanders), defensive playmakers (Haason Reddick, T.J. Edwards, Gardner-Johnson), and a handful of key veterans (Kelce, Brandon Graham) to navigate the nerves that are attached with the playoffs. In the end, Hurts' success will determine exactly how far this season goes.
Prediction: Eagles 24, Giants 17 [Inquirer/$]
MORE: Eagles-Giants predictions, betting odds, and more
• Gregg Rosenthal, NFL.com: The Eagles know how to win in any type of situation and have more depth in the trenches. That will get them through, 29-22.
What matters more: The body of work from the whole season or the last month?
The Giants are peaking at the right time, able to blitz less on defense because of a healthier defensive line. They are also willing to trust Daniel Jones to do more. The receiver group is established and underrated. The coaching staff is on a roll. Like the Eagles, their running quarterback makes them dangerous in short-yardage and red-zone situations. They deserve to be here.
Meanwhile, the Eagles stumbled to the finish line and now face injury questions to some of their best players. Lane Johnson and Jalen Hurts are back, but will they be the same?
That said, the Eagles' ability to win every type of game should serve them well here. They won't need Hurts to handle the blitz in passing situations if they are rarely in them. Perhaps the most critical team-building strategy of Philadelphia's analytical front office is the belief in paying for quality and quantity up front. The Eagles are tougher and deeper than the Giants on both lines. They can run the ball better and rush the passer way better, harassing Jones and letting their superior overall talent take over. [NFL.com]
• Pete Prisco, CBS Sports: The Eagles aren't the Vikings.
The Giants impressed on offense in beating the Vikings last week, but this is a much tougher challenge for Daniel Jones and Co. The Eagles led the NFL in sacks and have five guys who had 10 or more. That's pressure. The Giants have been leaky at times on their line, which has to be a concern. But offensive coordinator Mike Kafka does a nice job of scheming things up for Jones. The Eagles didn't look great on offense in the regular-season finale against the Giants, who rested players that day. Jalen Hurts was back for that game after missing two, but he didn't look great. The extra time will help in terms of his health. Look for the Eagles to attack through the air here, but the Giants have come alive on the defensive front. Without Lane Johnson, that could be a problem for the Eagles. Even so, look for Philadelphia to pull it out and advance to the NFC Championship Game.
Pick: Eagles 30, Giants 28. [CBS Sports]
MORE: Jimmy Kempski's divisional round picks
• ProFootballTalk: An expected blowout vs. an upset over at PFT.
MDS's take: Brian Daboll has done an incredible job getting Daniel Jones to the point where he can have a playoff game like he had last week against the Vikings. This week against a much better Eagles defense, I find it hard to believe Jones can do it again. Jalen Hurts will put plenty of points on the board for Philadelphia, and Jones and the Giants won't be able to keep up.
MDS's pick: Eagles 31, Giants 17.
Florio's take: It happened in 2008, when the Eagles beat the top-seeded Giants. It happened in 2007, when the Giants beat the top-seeded Cowboys. And it could happen again, with the Giants getting their revenge, 15 years later. The Giants are gaining momentum, improving at the right time. The Eagles have been wobbly for the past few weeks. Daniel Jones and Dexter Lawrence have become superstars before our eyes. Saquon Barkley is running as hard as ever. Isaiah Hodgins is the guy opposing defenses refuse to take seriously. Brian Daboll outcoached Kevin O'Connell last week, and could be ready to outcoach Nick Sirianni. It won't be easy, but nothing has been easy for the Giants this year. Expect a Saturday night classic, one that the Giants could indeed win.
Florio's pick: Giants 24, Eagles 23. [PFT/NBC Sports]
• Bill Bender, The Sporting News: Jalen Hurts and his health are the X factor.
The Eagles are making their second playoff appearance under Nick Sirianni, and they are catching a confident New York team that beat Minnesota 31-24 in the wild card round.
Philadelphia swept New York in the regular season. The Week 18 matchup was close at 22-16. The Week 14 matchup was not in a 48-22 blowout. The Eagles had seven sacks in that matchup, and that will be the key against Daniel Jones, who has thrown just two interceptions in his last seven starts and threw for 334 yards against the Vikings. If New York can stay committed to Saquon Barkley – who had just 28 yards in that first meeting – then this could get interesting.
This game comes down to Jalen Hurts, whose season was thrown off with a shoulder injury against Chicago. He had 294 total yards and three TDs in the first meeting. How much did the extra week of rest help? If the Eagles can get the running game going around Miles Sanders and build an early lead, then it won't matter. If they give defensive coordinator Wink Martindale time to settle in with a solid pass rush led by Kayvon Thibodeaux, then an upset is possible. Philadelphia escapes, but the Giants push them to the limit.
Pick: Eagles 33, Giants 28. [The Sporting News]
• Vinnie Iyer, The Sporting News: More talent and the Philly crowd will leave the Giants only able to keep up for so long.
Daniel Jones and Jalen Hurts both have emerged as dynamic dual threat quarterbacks this season. Both are supported well by traditional running games, led by former Penn State stars Saquon Barkley and Miles Sanders.
Jones has been on point passing with better protection, despite with limited receivers. But the Eagles' pass defense is tough with their pressure and coverage, while the Giants will need to deal with A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and Dallas Goedert.
Jones and Barkley will be game to keep their team in the game, but the Eagles have a strong home-field advantage coming off a bye and will pull away in the second half.
Pick: Eagles win 34-24 and cover the spread.[The Sporting News]
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2022: The Hits And Misses
Following the 2022 edition of WWE Elimination Chamber, let's discuss the hits and misses from the latest Saudi Arabia show!
Published on Feb 20, 2022 at 5:00 AM
by John Deegan
With the latest premium live event wrapped up, it's time for us to talk about WWE Elimination Chamber, 2022 edition. And for that, we take a look at the hits and misses.
Every show, even those wonderfully controversial Saudi Arabian shows, have hits and misses.
Heading into Elimination Chamber, I had a feeling the 2022 variant was shaping up to be the best out of the WWE-KSA arrangement thus far.
At least, that is what it looked like on paper…so let's see how that worked out.
That means it is time for…
Today, let's start by talking about the misses first. Not everything goes well, it's just the nature of the beast.
No, not that Beast.
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So…let's get started.
The Misses
In no particular order…
The actual show.
Yes, I know I said only a few lines up, that on paper the card looked good.
It did. Execution matters, however.
I mean, anyone can go to an uninspiring indy card and be blown away.
On paper this one had promise. In reality, this under-performed.
Neither Chamber match was all that memorable, outside of perhaps a couple spots.
Having The Usos/Viking Raiders match never even happen? Just weird, especially because it's on a PPV that required a lot of time and money to get there.
The tag title match that wasn't.
Yes I know I just mentioned it, but it bothers me and I am writing…so it's getting called out again.
On any PPV, having that booked like that would have earned my ire.
To do so on a PPV where I had to fly for like, a day and a half EACH WAY? If I am one of those four, I might not care how much I was potentially getting paid.
That's just a weird way to book a match.
Honestly I didn't expect any.
I know some were probably on Cody-watch, but in fairness, if he is signing, it makes zero sense to debut him overseas, on a PPV airing at mid-day in the states.
Should he show up, it's either at WrestleMania or on the RAW/SmackDown after, would be my guess.
Otherwise, it was another paint by number card. No swerves, nothing shocking.
Outside of the use of the Chamber, and the grandiose set…and Lesnar and Goldberg and Lita wrestling…it felt like any RAW or SmackDown.
Squashed Superstars
As he did in the Rumble, Lesnar plowed through everyone he needed to do in order to secure his champion versus champion goal.
But, for a company struggling to have true top Superstars who rival Brock Lesnar…it's hard to elevate the talent they have after they are summarily squashed by the new WWE Champion.
It can't all be bad, right? Nope, not all bad.
The Hits!
Just a couple worth calling out.
The presence of the women.
This is more than just the card, but it is also the card.
More female Superstars were involved with this show than prior Saudi shows.
That's progress.
Female Superstars were shown on billboards hyping this show. More progress.
WWE took a lot of flak-much of it deserved-when they entered into this arrangement.
However, I and others hoped that, over time, we'd see them become an instrument for change.
I think they are doing that. The first show had no female Superstars…
Now, we had multiple matches with women, female Superstars on ads telling the fans about the show, and so much more.
Change is not always immediate…but I'd say this is good progress.
Part of the men's Chamber match
While I might be critical of Brock's path of destruction (fun as it might have been), some good was there.
The F5 spot off the top of the pod? Even if Theory did land mostly on his legs, that is not a good bump to take on the less-forgiving area of the structure.
And, Austin Theory. While he did take the loss, he actually got the best run with Brock in the Chamber.
Not saying it means something, but him being last with Lesnar, and him not being an instant kill like say, Rollins and Riddle were?
That means something.
Yes, it's called "Chamber hits and misses"…but…allow me to have a tangent.
A new wrinkle. I don't know how I feel about the Lesnar win, and what it all means.
For the moment, we indeed have the champion versus champion match for WrestleMania.
Vince wants a big match, not much bigger than that, in theory.
However…it's title versus title. Does that mean WWE is considering unifying them?
Or will we have a lot more swerving between now and Dallas?
I expect the swerves.
For one…Lashley didn't lose. I feel like, in a normal match, if such an injury happened for real, it would just be a no contest.
I know, rules in pro wrestling don't often matter…but it's something worth thinking about.
Now, do we see Lashley challege Brock, either on an upcoming RAW, or perhaps somehow on night one of the show?
We've seen champions defend twice in the same night before. It also would not be the first time we've seen wrestlers work two matches.
So, it's possible that Lesnar works a big match on both nights.
Or maybe, Lashley interferes and makes it a triple threat?
It would make for a terrible 'Mania match if it was champ versus champ and it ended in a DQ, so let's hope that isn't on the table.
I call it "I don't know" because a lot depends on how things play out. If they have a plan, and if it's a good plan (two huge if's) then it won't matter.
However, if things go bad…it could be really bad.
That's a wrap for WWE's Elimination Chamber 2022 edition…the hits and the misses…and even one "I don't know"!
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'Grey's Anatomy' Fans Are Over False Crossovers With 'Station 19'
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by Tia Kitchens Posted on February 29, 2020 at 2:45 pm
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What's more annoying? A show that promises crossovers and never has them, or a show that promises crossovers and does too many of them?
Well, the answer is actually the latter of that question. A show that promises too many crossovers to the point it annoys the fans. There is such thing as too much of a good thing after all. 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Station 19' are guilty now of using too many crossovers. It is almost weekly now and it seems that is causing more upset than not.
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What does 'Station 19' have to do with 'Grey's Anatomy' anyway? Well, it is a spin-off for starters. However, this takes place in a fire station away from the hospital. Yes, fire stations and hospitals do interact quite a lot but the show's premise should be able to stand alone.
The show takes Ben Warren, as the start of 'Station 19' and should show the life of the men and women in the station. That would be an interesting show. Take the show 'Chicago 9-1-1' for example. Same premise and a great show.
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So why are fans so upset? Well, for starters the co-producer stated that the writing team is trying hard to make sure each episode can stand alone. So viewers don't have to watch both shows if they don't want to.
Which is where we come into the crossover problem. There should be no reason the shows have to depend on one another to survive. However, it seems that 'Station 19' is doing just that. While the writers may be trying it isn't working to keep the shows apart.
A fan took to Reddit saying, "You would miss nothing if you didn't watch it, they basically stayed at the firehouse the whole episode. They had that face time with Carina, but do people even care for her; she is not a series regular."
This means that the show's crossovers are too small and don't really matter too much. When they tune into the show they aren't seeing their favorite characters from 'Grey's Anatomy' or if they do they aren't missing anything.
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Viewers have every right to be upset. 'Station 19' isn't providing that much for Grey's at all. Where if viewers tune in to 'Station 19' just for their 'Grey's Anatomy' characters that show thrives. It has become annoying to say the least. And fans are really not happy about it.
They are feeling forced to watch two shows when most don't want to watch two shows. If there were going to be real promos then it would be a different story. But it seems every time it just falls flat.
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The Water of the West - California

Reservoirs

Percent Full for Month Ending , or Most Recently Available Month

Capacity

Reservoir: Shasta Dam

21st Century Average Volume:  acre feet

Zoom and pan the map to move around in it. Click a point to view the water levels for a particular reservoir. Hover over
            the line graphs to see the levels for a particular month.

One acre foot is the amount of water it takes to cover one acre in one foot of water, or about 325,851 gallons.

Much of the American West is in a prolonged drought. Notice that for many reservoirs, particularly those in California, the seeming inexorable decline in stored water levels
            over the past several years. Then notice as many California reservoirs tick up after the heavy rains in December 2014. A number of
            reservoirs also exhibit wild oscillations in water level, presumably due to scheduled releases.