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Chapter 44 Cuan Ju*
* people planning something together
Liu Zhongming felt that he might have been fooled.
"Did you hurt yourself to gain my trust?" He asked the person directly.
"Sorry," The other party admitted his mistake quickly. Thinking that he knew that he would come to know of it sooner or later, he didn't plan to hide it: "In the future, there will be more walks outside and I might have to rely on them to do some things. If they are too resistant to me, it will always be an inconvenience."
Being soft hearted and being treated like chopped liver, Liu Zhongming gritted his teeth with hatred: "You know I hate being plotted against the most."
"I had no choice, and I hope Shizi can forgive me." Qu Chenzhou's apology seemed to have no sincerity.
Since he couldn't take back what he said, and thinking Qu Chenzhou could not find anything else to mess around on his site, he was about to end this annoying conversation when he suddenly remembered what happened before.
"You…" He couldn't believe it: "When you didn't ask me for the antidote to Shuoye, had you already calculated that I would let you go out for this reason?!"
Seeing him bring out an old account, Qu Chenzhou could only apologetically smile: "I had to…"
"How easy it is to say "I had to"!I hate being tricked the most." Liu Zhongming spread his hands with a sullen face: "Return your waist token. From today onwards, you are not allowed to take half a step outside!"
Qu Chenzhou bit his lower lip and handed over his waist token, and said with great regret: "As your strategist, I can't always just stay holed up, staying at home and concentrating on scheming on just Shizi."
Liu Zhongming was speechless. If it was someone else, they might not have the courage to do it, but Qu Chenzhou can definitely follow through on what he said. Why should he have Qu Chenzhou staring at him, when he can release him outside to cause wreckage?!
He was a dignified Anding Marquis Shizi, naturally… he was capable of retreating at the right time. He could only push the waist token back, secretly telling everyone to pay more attention.
"How is it? What did you find out after being with him for so long?"
Bai Shiyan didn't know his troubles, but he could think of his goal. With more freedom of movement, the easier it is for there to be a gap in one's cover. Since Zhongming's intention was to discover the other party's true identity, giving the person freedom to move around would be best.
Liu Zhongming held his forehead in pain, not knowing what to say.
When Qu Chenzhou asked him for money for the first time, he felt flattered, unexpectedly. He thought that the other party must have been rich in the past, to make a generous request of 3,000 taels.
As a result, he found out that after a few days of letting this man go outside, he had under his name a blacksmith shop and a wine shop, which made him wonder whether to laugh or cry.
Of the four deals Qu Chenzhou made for him, none of them were reliable. They were all money-losing goods. He had to halt the crappy businessman's financial supply and have Steward Lin supervise him a bit more and report to him every day.
Effectively, Qu Chenzhou indeed became more honest. He went to this other extreme of being more cautious. At most, he would only spend a dozen coins a day when he went out, which made him feel a little stuffy.
No matter what he did, Zhongming couldn't have peace of mind.
Seeing that he didn't say a word for a long time, Bai Shiyan asked, "Is there any trouble on your side? Do you want me to take him to my side? Did he give you a fortune-telling recently? How was it?"
"Forget it, there's no need." Liu Zhongming refused.
The Bai family held sensitive military power, and they were all straightforward people. Not speaking about anything else, just Qu Chenzhou's pitiful, forbearing and cute appearance from time to time would have his Aunt and Shi Lei definitely taken care of by Qu Chenzhou. At that time, when they were pulled into the trap, they wouldn't even be able to react.
He shuddered suddenly. What did he just think about just now? Why did he think he was "cute"?
Qu Chenzhou's every move was extremely abhorrent, and the resident doctor had even said that he was too angry recently, even giving Zhongming a prescription for being overheated.
"Fortune-telling… yes. It was okay."
In fact, Liu Zhongming himself did not want to listen to Qu Shenzhou's fortune-telling. Once he was influenced by this, it would be difficult to get rid of. It would be just like a drug addiction, just like the emperor. In the future, if there was no one giving out divinations, it would be difficult for him to sleep and eat, even taking one extra step outside will have him fear an accident.
It just so happened that the other party wasn't keen on it either, so he didn't ask and Qu Chenzhou didn't say anything.
Seeing that his answer was vague, Bai Shiyan couldn't help worrying: "Zhongming, are you okay?"
"I'm okay. Shiyan, to tell you the truth, this is the first time I have met such a person. I don't know what he wants to do."
"Would you like me to test it out for you? Where is he now… eh?" Bai Shiyan suddenly gestured to him to look outside: "Is this a coincidence?"
The carriage gradually stopped and Liu Zhongming used the fan to raise the curtain, and at the opposite side was the cosmetic shop under his name. A familiar figure was standing in front of, facing him, and the trays in front of him were lined up with all kinds of creams.
Qu Chenzhou was attentively smelling them one by one, and the enthusiastic lady boss on the side would try the colours for him from time to time.
When the lady boss's fingertips brushed past the pale pink lips, Liu Zhongming suddenly turned his face away and stopped looking, his chest thumping a little faster.
Bai Shiyan watched for a while for unknown reasons. He used his eyes to ask Liu Zhongming, finally knowing what his friend meant by, "I don't know what he wants to do at all".
"What is he doing here? Is he trying to please you?"
Liu Zhongming understood his friend at a glance – with this kind of brain, he wanted to help him understand Qu Chenzhou?
"Look at these things slowly, don't worry about his real identity for the time being," he flipped his hand and took an invitation from his sleeve: "Just listen to what he has to say. You see, at least what he says will be fulfilled."
"Jiang Xingzhi?"
"Zhongming, Zhongming, come here!"
As soon as Liu Zhongming entered the room, he heard someone call his name before he could glance at them.
When he looked up, someone fanned a gold-gilded fan so fast that his bands were flying. He was casually shoved to one side, then he waved to him again and again: "Zhongming! Come here!"
People pulled people over without any interest, Liu Zhongming went straight to the center position, smiled and replied: "Wang Ye."
"I really didn't expect to meet you here. It seems that they said that you have been enlightened, and it seems like they were right."
Ning Wang, Mu Jingzhao, took a sip of herbal tea handed by the attendant beside him, and heaved a sigh of relief. He complained, "How come it's so hot this year? It's only May, so how will I spend the rest of summer?"
Liu Zhongming sat down beside him and tugged at the front of his shirt. "This year is a leap year, the length of time in heat will be longer."
"How will I last?" Mu Jingzhao murmured again, looked up and down, and praised, "You're well dressed."
He glanced over at at the slender young man behind Liu Zhongming, who lowered his head slightly, allowing him to see the red rope hanging around his neck. After, the slender young man obediently knelt beside Liu Zhongming. His eyes lit up: "Huh? Zhongming brought someone here?"
Liu Zhongming closed the fan in the palm of his hand, and used the end of the fan to lift the boy's chin: "I brought him out several times, the lord hasn't seen him yet?"
Mu Jingzhao originally looked at it excitedly, but lost interest again when he saw the face clearly: "This one? I know this one, isn't it from your Huanyi Building's, what is it called…"
"Zhiwei."
"That's right. I thought it was the one you have hidden in your house. Why didn't you bring it out to see? Why hide it so tightly. "
"Not yet. I haven't taught it thoroughly otherwise why else would I be here today?"
Liu Zhongming drank his tea casually and looked at the gathering place that was ten feet away. The venue was still empty, with four nameplates hanging, that is to say there will be four people today.
"You're quite patient. What's there to teach, can't you just send it to the control department? How hard can his bones be?"
"It's not that the bones are hard… it just hasn't been sculpted into that flavour yet."
Liu Zhongming answered without hesitation, then suddenly remembered one thing – he said that he was going to put the person in his house, but he forgot to heal Qu Chenzhou's scar on his face. After looking at it for a long time, he actually got used to it.
As for Qu Chenzhou, he hoped this person can take care of himself, in the next life.
"My Lord didn't hear anyone talking about his face? It's not easy to treat."
"What about the Yulin ointment in your shop? The good thing sent to the palace? It doesn't work?" Mu Jingzhao stared at him.
"Yulin ointment…"
Liu Zhongming pursed his lips and smiled. Someone next to him realized the meaning behind it and hurriedly interjected with a smile: "How much is a cheap slave and how much is a Yulin ointment, how could the Shizi be willing to do so?"
Mu Jingzhao suddenly realized something, then knocked on the table and laughed until he could not stand upright: "Zhongming, you really…"
The man who interrupted was naturally familiar with Liu Zhongming, and said to Mu Jingzhao, "If the Shizi is so patient, he must be good. Look at the Shizi. Teaching that kid, I've seen it in Huanyi Building before, but he is not as spirited as this one now."
He spoke while lifting Zhiwei's jaw, but a fan swatted his hand away.
"Huh?" Liu Zhongming raised his voice at the end without raising his eyelids. He stopped his fan in front of Zhiwei: "Don't touch it."
Mu Jingzhao turned to him and said to the man, "Disrespectful, you dare to make a move on Zhongming's things?"
The man hurriedly apologized and the two of them ignored him. Mu Jingzhao stared at Zhiwei and asked, "Zhongming, if you care about this child, why do you still place him in Huanyi Building and not allow others to touch it? Isn't this going to just make others envious?"
"Yeah, it's so that people can see it but can't eat it. I find it interesting."
Mu Jingzhao pretended to be annoyed and patted the table: "Your b*stard temper."
The two laughed for a while, then he picked up his previous complaints and sighed: "It's a leap year, how can I pass it? Chen Sitian said, beware of leap years, don't make any big mistakes."
Liu Zhongming pondered it a bit. After a while, he remembered that last year's Zheng Sitian lost his head a year ago, and who knew when the next one had taken his position.
"Don't panic, since Chen Sitian said so, there should be a way to avoid disaster."
"Who knows." Mu Jingzhao made a soft sound and gestured behind him with his eyes. Liu Zhongming turned around and saw someone walking around the next table and walking towards him.
"Your Highness, Shizi."
Liu Zhongming recognized this person, it was the minister of household affairs who had offended Liao Guangming before. He also got up and cupped his hands: "Cao Shilang, what a coincidence to meet you here."
"How is it a coincidence," Mu Jingzhao smiled next to him: "You are the rare guest."
Cao Shilang came here on purpose, of course, to thank him for his help last time. After a few polite words, the two went back to their seats and sat down. Mu Jingzhao listened to it all and asked, "Liao Guangming seems to be stirring things again?"
His voice was not too loud, but Liu Zhongming's fan touched the back of his hand, preventing him from continuing to say more. This Wang Ye often used his status to say all kinds of taboo, who knows how many people he has offended. He didn't want to be implicated.
"My friend have a drink." Liu Zhongming smiled and pointed with his chin: "Jiang Changshi is here."
There were a few people behind Jiang Xingzhi, holding signs. They first delivered it to their table, then continued sending it to the rest. Jiang Xingzhi sat down next to Liu Zhongming and said with a smile, "Your Highness is a rare guest."
"Since you know that I am a rare guest, you should give more benefits," Liu Zhongming touched the nameplate with two fingers: "Why only give one?"
Mu Jingzhao laughed: "What's the matter, you plan to accept them all, so that everyone else can't get anything? Don't be too greedy, can you even handle it? Look at me, even I follow the rules and only take one."
"Shizi misunderstands me, this is just for everyone's entertainment. I sent out the invitations but the place is still owned by everyone," Jiang Xingzhi took a nameplate himself, then towards Liu Zhongming, he helplessly said : "I also only have one."
Liu Zhongming just said it casually and he didn't care anymore, and was dragged away by Mu Jingzhao to chatter.
"Zhongming, we have a good relationship. I'll explain it to you first, so that you won't feel unhappy that I didn't inform you in advance." Mu Jingzhao allowed him to look at the four plates on the stage: "This place doesn't have a last call. Whichever one everyone wants to go first will be the one that goes first."
"There's no last call? Then how do we observe?"
Jiang Xingzhi explained on the side: "For the sake of harmony and because everyone has no shortage of money, if they all wait for the last one, we won't be able to play."
"Yes, yes," Mu Jingzhao said. He took a sip of tea and took the headless sleeved arrow tied with red silk from the drawer under the table: "I would like to admit defeat."
Liu Zhongming was thinking about the sleeved arrow, while looking at the people on the stage coming and going. They all quickly retreated, leaving only four wooden boxes of an arms length and width with their tops open. Their names were written on them and someone on the side of the stage began to beat drums.
The sound of the drums went from slow to urgent, and the atmosphere gradually became heated. Ning Wang shot the first arrow, which landed on the box with "Yi Qing" written on it, and the other talents followed suit.
There was laughter for a while and all the boxes had some arrows and Liu Zhongming also threw out his, on a box with "Dan Lang" written on it.
The sound of the drums fell slowly. Someone quickly came up to the stage and counted the numbers. The one with Ning Wang's arrow, Yi Qing, had the most number of arrows. The drums rang three times again, and a few people carried a boy down on the stage.
That young man was only fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features and red lips. He had been educated a long time ago. He was shy and easy-mannered, exactly the type that was most attractive. He walked a few steps on the stage and turned around. After two laps, he stood still.
"See if my eyes are poisonous or not," Mu Jingzhao smugly turned his fan: "Just looking at the name, I can tell it would be a stunner, with affectionate ecstasy eyes. I love this the most."
Liu Zhongming was staring at the person, listening to him say this, then he asked, "What is ecstasy eyes?"
Mu Jingzhao smiled proudly, the tip of his fan turned, then the boy on the stage also turned around obediently.
The clothes on the boy's upper body were extremely short. His ribs can be clearly seen, and the ribbons on the waist were loosely tied and fell to the crotch, revealing a thin and slender waist in the middle that also looked softer.
On both sides of the deeply sunken back bone, two dimples were clearly visible.
Liu Zhongming only felt that the tip of his tongue was dry. He lowered his head to take a sip of water when he heard Mu Jingzhao ask, "Are you interested, Zhongming? This is your first time here. I'll give you a hand."
"No," he weighed his arrow: "What, I touch them every day, it's not new, I'll wait for the next one."
"Touch it every day." Mu Jingzhao clicked his tongue. It was unclear whether he was envious or unbelieving, but he returned his attention to the stage.
If Ning Wang took a fancy to it, the others just joined in for the fun and raised the price. The young man was then led to stand beside him.
Mu Jingzhao smiled and pulled that person to sit on his lap, took a sip of wine, and another round had already started.
This time it was a girl. Liu Zhongming watched, while also observing that since Ning Wang had someone, he no longer bothered about what was being sung on the stage. He only whispered and talked to the person, which made the boy blush and purse his lips laughing.
The wine was poured, one cup after another, and the already thin clothes were thoroughly wet. The clothes attached to the body showed the light color of his skin, which was more deadly than the unobstructed part of his waist.
"What? Are you interested?" Mu Jingzhao looked up at him, and was about to push the person over: "I'll let you play for a while. He'll be drunk after two cups and will be soft."
"No," Liu Zhongming poured out the residual tea, then patted his clothes: "I've had too much tea, I'll go out."
After a long time in the room, the noise was causing a headache. He took this opportunity to calm down, but after a short walk outside, his lower abdomen started to swell. He looked for privy, but when he unbuttoned his belt, he froze for a moment.
Qu Chenzhou, this b*stard!
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Indians compete in Nissan Playstation GT Academy
By: Motown India Bureau
Six Indian youngsters, who have the best set of skills playing on PlayStation GT6 racing simulators in the country, will see their driving skills further tested and honed on the Formula One Silverstone motor racing circuit in Nismo-tuned Nissan 370Zs and GT-Rs. From virtual driving to real driving, several Indian youngsters are currently going through the programme laid down at the Nissan Playstation GT Academy. Eventually after several rounds, six would be shortlisted to go to the UK.
At the GT Academy's Silverstone Race Camp, all will be eliminated, save one who will then move on to the Driver Development Programme and learn all the skills necessary to compete in an international 'graduation race'.
Ordinary people across the world, with an aspiration to pursue a career in motor racing have found the opportunity of their lifetime in the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy driver discovery and development programme.
The international award-winning Nissan PlayStation GT Academy is in its sixth year and has been hugely popular and successful in Europe, Russia, the USA, the Middle East and South Africa. India too is now part of this international league.
According to a Nissan India press release, in the hunt for motor racing talent in India, Nissan PlayStation GT Academy has witnessed promising racing aspirants in both Delhi and Mumbai, with the latter topping the leaderboard thus far. The award-winning and internationally acclaimed driver discovery programme will complete qualifying rounds in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai by June 2014 before finalising the quickest 14 lap times that emerge out of all five cities in contention for the first Indian edition of GT Academy, said a Nissan India report.
Launched in India in February 2014, Nissan PlayStation GT Academy attracted a large number of entries in less than two months. Over 2000 aspiring racers participated in GT Academy's qualifying rounds conducted at the 2014 Delhi Auto Expo, and in shopping malls in Delhi (NCR) and Mumbai.
The most recent qualifying round was held in Mumbai in March. The Hyderabad round completes on April 20, 2014. Kenichiro Yomura, President Nissan India operations, said, "We are delighted to have launched GT Academy in India. The programme is reinforcing the commitment of growing the Nissan brand in India. GT Academy really proves that Nissan stands for innovation and excitement for everyone."
Atindriya Bose, Country Head, PlayStation India added, "The partnership with Nissan allows us to offer a combination of the virtual and real life experience of racing one's dream car on one of the world's most coveted circuits. The programme will test the racing acumen of enthusiasts on PlayStation GT6 racing simulators that focus on a high-end simulated driving experience. At Delhi and Mumbai, we have already witnessed a furore of excitement amongst gamers and racers and I'm sure in Hyderabad, it's going to go to the next level. We expect this to be a tough challenge."
GT Academy is an innovative platform that offers aspiring racers and gaming enthusiasts to register, compete and potentially win a place in the coveted driver discovery and development programme.
Entered by racing on the Gran Turismo6 video game, exclusive to PlayStation3, GT Academy is a 'virtual to reality' programme that will test the racing acumen of enthusiasts through a time-trial competition on PlayStation GT6 racing simulators. The time-trials should be considered as qualifying rounds and will be hosted as 'Live Events' at shopping malls in New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai.
Already popular in other countries as the gateway to motorsports, Nissan PlayStation GT Academy extends exactly the same platform to motor racing aspirants in India. Entrants will have to first race on simulators and if they prove to be quick enough, can go through to the National Final.
Fourteen (14) quickest lap times from Live Events and another fourteen (14) from Online Qualification rounds – 28 in total - will be eligible to enter the National Final - the first gateway to GT Academy's coveted International Race Camp.
At a later stage, an online qualifying round will be hosted on the Sony Entertainment Network Account (SEN) earlier popular as PlayStation Network (PSN).
The 28 contestants who enter the National Final will need to go through a two-day intensive physical and mental training examination programme which will filter out only six contestants who will be eligible for the International Race Camp at Silverstone in the United Kingdom.
Popular among international contestants as the best one week of their lives, the Silverstone Race Camp will include the six shortlisted Indian contestants and pit them against 18 qualified contestants (six each) from other nations that are also new to the programme. Under the supervision of experts from the world of motorsports all international contestants will undergo and endure exhaustive training for mental and physical strength.
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New guidelines to help teachers talk 'confidently' on relationships and consent
The Scottish Government has published new guidlines for talking to teenagers about relationships (Ben Birchall/PA)
New guidelines have been published to help teachers talk "confidently and sensitively" to young people about relationships.
The Scottish Government has produced the first ever national guidance covering issues such as consent, while stressing the importance of respect throughout.
It has been drawn up to help teachers, youth workers and other professionals who might have to speak to children aged 11 and upwards about relationships.
The Government said the guidelines are "are applicable to all romantic relationships – from those that are about holding hands to those where young people are sexually active, regardless of whether they are in same sex or mixed sex relationships".
We've published the first ever national guidance for professionals giving advice and support to young people on healthy relationships and consent.
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Deputy First Minister John Swinney said: "Everyone is entitled to a healthy, happy relationship built on respect and this guidance will ensure all of our young people are given consistent advice to make informed choices.
"Getting it right for every child means being able to have open and candid conversations about the issues affecting young people's lives and that must include a safe space to learn about consensual and healthy relationships."
Groups working with young people welcomed the move, with Cara Spence, the chief executive, LGBT Youth Scotland, saying: "We are delighted that these key messages have been developed to support a range of practitioners to take a positive approach to exploring issues of consent and healthy relationships with young people."
She added: "LGBT young people are rarely provided the opportunity to explore how these issues relate to their lives, so it's great to see that the messages are inclusive of all sexual orientations and gender identities."
Deputy First Minister John Swinney said the guidelines offer 'consistent advice to make informed choices' (David Cheskin/PA)
Lisa Kirkbride, a senior inspector with the Care Inspectorate, said: "Young people often look for advice about friendships and relationships from the adults they know and trust.
"We need to be able to provide accurate information about healthy relationships and consent so that they can better understand their rights and make safer and healthier choices and decisions for themselves.
"This resource offers key information and messages to enable professionals to talk confidently and sensitively with young people about relationships and consent to sexual activity. This will promote greater access to information that is important in developing healthy relationships and to understanding consent during their remaining childhood and into early adult life."
Kathryn Dawson, sexual violence prevention Coordinator at Rape Crisis Scotland said: "We're really pleased these key messages have been developed to support professionals around the country working with young people on these vitally important issues.
"Young people are ready to talk and it's so important to provide safe spaces for them to learn about consensual and healthy relationships – both in terms of their right to be safe, and their responsibility to respect others in intimate and sexual relationships."
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Planners and Managers Provide Update on the Status of Development at Freightway Site
What is the status of an initiative to build a transit-oriented development on the west side of the Metro North tracks in Scarsdale Village? In order to keep the public informed about the process, the Scarsdale Board of Trustees scheduled a public forum on Wednesday May 15 with Village Managers and recently-hired planning consultants AKRF, to review what's been done to date – and what's in store for the next few years.
The site under consideration is 2.5 acres of Village owned property at Freightway, plus another 1.33 acres and the air rights over the railroad tracks. The deteriorating indoor lot, outdoor spaces and open lots accommodates 720 commuter cars, and one of the biggest concerns about the development project is where all these commuters will park during the construction project.
Over the past several years the Village has already done outreach to residents to identify priorities for the new development, assigned a steering committee to establish goals and objectives, held public workshops, fielded an online survey and done a visioning study.
Last year the Village received responses from seven firms to an RFI, and has rough concepts from these seven developers to consider. The plans included residences, retail locations and parking as well as public spaces including A rendering from the response to the RFI from East End Capitalparks, walkways, parks and open air plazas.
Since that time, the Village has retained McCullough, Goldberger and Staudt LLP as legal counsel and AKRF as planning consultants to help the Village evaluate the proposals.
Assistant Village Manager Ingrid Richards explained that the Village is "almost halfway through the process of developing an RFP that reflects the values of this community."
Some of the key goals to improve the Village Center include:
-Aesthetics
-Place-making
-Connectivity
-Sustainability
Residents want a vibrant village center with green energy and green infrastructure.
Their next step is to finalize the RFP and circulate it to selected developers. It has not yet been decided whether it will go only to the seven applicants who submitted an RFI or to other bidders as well.
The proposals will be evaluated on the basis of:
-Extent to which the proposal meet Village criteria and aligns with vision and principles
-Prioritizes connectivity, open space, placemaking, sustainability, fiscal benefit and contextual design.
-Developer has demonstrated experience and competency
-Proposal offers best value in terms of finances and community benefit
-Developer experience with creating long lasting projects.
Once the SEQRA or environmental study is reviewed, there will be a public hearing on the zoning change. The developer will then file a site plan for approval.
Mayor Marc Samwick emphasized, "There is a long process in front of us – we are at the top of the second inning. We have an enormous opportunity to evaluate what is to be done"…. He added, "The Christie Place project was almost a parking garage paid for by us. Instead we have residences, retail, parking and real estate tax revenue of more than $1 million a year. (Referring to Freightway he said,) "Do we want to just get parking – or get the parking plus more additional benefits? That's why we are here today."
During the public comments portion of the meeting, residents expressed concerns about the project and hopes about what might be included.
Bob Berg said, "My big fear is that we give a developer free rein to do what is most profitable for them – and they make many multi family houses. Coops and rentals get a big tax break. Condominiums would not be a problem if we pass the Homestead Act." He asked, "Are you going to restrict the housing in the RFP to condominiums to avoid this problem?"
Ed Morgan, President of the Scarsdale Arts Council asked the Board to "bring back a modern movie theater with a performance space in it. Freightway is one of the sites that should be looked at for a facility like the Jacob Burns Film Center
Bob Harrison suggested that the Board consider an indoor aquatic facility aka an indoor pool for the community. He said, "Can this be worked in?"
Andrew Sereysky said, "One of the proposals mentioned a dog run – this has been a pet peeve of mine. Scarsdale needs a dog park! Include a dog park during the process."
Carol Silverman said, "What about a senior center or a community center?"
Zoltan Szilagyi of Chesterfield Road said, "I appreciate the transparency. Consider the importance of school enrollment –-- it is such an overriding concern. Have realistic enrollment projections in advance for informed decision making."
Berg then returned to the mic to discuss the Homestead Act. He said, "At Christie Place, the units were sold on the premise that their property taxes would be very reasonable. That's the same scam you want to pull off here."
Trustee Justin Arest responded saying,
Commenting on the Homestead Act, Trustee Justin Arest said he believed it was "premature to have this discussion," first because Homestead can only be considered following a municipal wide revaluation, and Scarsdale is not currently planning another reval. Second, "the probability for a Westchester municipality adopting it is relatively small."
Furthermore, he said, "Whether it be in the form of public amenities and/or a potential up front payment, it behooves us as a community to balance our aesthetic and density concerns with maximizing revenue- in other words, making the pie and our piece of the pie larger. If homestead was implemented today, it would lead to an increase in the tax liabilities faced by any proposed condo units and therefore cause significant reductions in their value."
Therefore he concluded, "Just the conversation of automatically opting for Homestead and giving the false impression that there is wide community support for it could lead developers to amend their base case that they will use to underwrite the project and materially change the proposals we receive."
Addressing Berg he said, "I don't appreciate your statement that we are trying to pull off a scam or cheat anyone. Bait and switch is not our intent."
Mayor Marc Samwick explained, "There is a certain amount of value to the land the village owns. That value can be achieved in parking fees or real estate taxes. We are not going to get both – how are we going to maximize the value? We are putting the cart before the horse with a discussion of Homestead. We have to look at this in a responsible fashion based on the tax structure we have today. Let's stay focused on what we know, quantify it and evaluate it and move forward. All options will be compared to a "no build" option so it will be clear how much the development is costing the Village."
Tama Seife of Circle Road said, "What about the dislocation for people who park there? Is that part of the impact study?"
She was assured that, "Yes that is part of the environmental review – and mitigations need to be designed to minimize those impacts. How can we make this better? What are the tradeoffs?"
Tom Giordano of Montgomery Road asked if civic groups can provide input for the RFP.
David Buchen of Circle Road asked, "Are any of the private owners interested in contributing? What will the Village own at the end of the process? What is the capacity of the train station? We are the second most frequented train station on the Harlem Line after White Plains. How much more traffic can be brought to that station?"
Anne Zink of Beechwood Lane said, "Newer residents may not have the opportunity to supply feedback. When does the window close for the public to submit their wish list?
She was told, "The window does not necessarily close on identifying impacts. The Village hasn't set forth a specific program – i.e. a dog park or a pool – instead we are asking the development community of their ideas of a good use of this land."
See the full presentation on the Village website here.
Bring The Family To See Bye Bye Birdie This Weekend At SHS
Written by Jamie Robelen
L to R: Danielle Lemisch as Deborah Sue, Becca Skar as Kim, Amanda Ruzumna as Margie, Julia McMurray as Helen, Amanda Glik as Suzie, Emily Lattman as Alice, Talia Schulhof as Nancy, Ben Schwartz as ConradThe SHS senior class musical is a tradition that Scarsdale kids look forward to every year. It's a chance for students who aren't involved in drama at the high school to have their moment onstage to shine, and it's also a chance for kids who are involved with the drama club to step into production and leadership roles. This year, the show picked was the 1960 classic musical Bye Bye Birdie. The show will open on Friday, May 17th, at 7:30pm. There will also be performances on Saturday, May 18th at 7:30pm and Sunday, May 19th at 2:00pm. The production is directed by senior Katie Nova in her directorial debut, with technical supervision and mentorship throughout the process from Mr. Steve Bogardus.
Christina Coco as Mae Peterson, Noam Cherki as Albert PetersonThe plot of the show follows Albert Peterson, a songwriter for the pop star Conrad Birdie, his girlfriend and secretary Rosie Alvarez, and Conrad himself, as they put together one last publicity stunt before Conrad goes to war. Their big idea is for Conrad to have one last "goodbye kiss" with a fan, Kim MacAfee, which stirs things up with Kim's family and newly-steady boyfriend, Hugo. The production stars Noam Cherki as Albert, Lindsay Gelles as Rosie, and Ben Schwartz as Conrad, featuring Becca Sklar as Kim and Joey Lane as Hugo, with Simon Krohn and Izzy Riback as Kim's parents and Zach Reyman as Kim's brother. While some members of the cast have outside theatre experience, for many it's their first show.
The senior class has been working hard to put this all together. The whole family will enjoy it! To see the show, buy tickets here or at the door on May 17th, 18th, or 19th.
Volunteers Plant Native Trees and Shrubs in Scarsdale
Written by Todd Wolleman
Rick Reuter, Todd Wolleman and Kay Eisenman on Planting DayThe Friends of Scarsdale Parks held their fifth annual planting day at Scarsdale High School on Saturday April 27. The Friends have been reclaiming a waste site adjacent to Dean Field and the Scarsdale Library, clearing it of knotweed and replacing invasive plants with native trees and shrubs. It is now a beautiful meadow. This year, with the help of the Village naturalist, they planted native Sycamores, Northern Arrowwood (viburnum), Cranberries, red twig dogwoods and plum rose bushes along the watercourse. Scarsdale's first couple, Mayor Marc Samwick and his wife Cynthia stopped by to see the progress of this communal effort. Over the course of the day, 50 people lent a hand and a shovel to the planting effort. Village Naturalist Sam Weinstock and Dan Girardi
Protecting the Victims of Hate Crimes: LWVS Luncheon on Friday May 10
The League of Woman Voters of Scarsdale cordially invites you to its Annual Meeting and Luncheon on Friday, May 10, 2019, 11:45 AM - 2:00 PM at Scarsdale Golf Club in Hartsdale.
FEATURED SPEAKER: Cynthia Deitle, Speaking about Protecting the Victims of Hate Crimes: A Career in Seeking Justice
Cynthia M. Deitle supervises the national hate crime programs and outreach as the Programs and Operations Director for the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Prior to joining the Matthew Shepard Foundation in 2017, for 22 years Cynthia was a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where she specialized in civil rights enforcement, community outreach, and victims' assistance.
At the FBI, Cynthia served as the lead investigative agent for many high-profile police brutality investigations and investigated hate crimes cases. In 2007, she assumed a Supervisory Special Agent position in the Civil Rights Unit in FBI Headquarters.
In 2008 Deitle was promoted to Civil Rights Unit Chief, where she managed the FBI's national cases and investigation of Hate Crimes, Color of Law, Human Trafficking and Abortion Extremism Programs. As Civil Rights Unit Chief, she also worked the FBI's Cold Case Initiative which seeks to reexamine unsolved racially-motivated homicides from the Civil Rights Era.
Following passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act of 2009, Deitle collaborated with Dennis and Judy Shepard, The Department of Justice, the Anti-Defamation League, NAACP and other non-governmental agency stakeholders, to train state, local, and federal law enforcement officials to enforce this law. In 2011, Deitle transferred to the Boston Division to supervise the Public Corruption and Civil Rights investigations in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.
Deitle received her Bachelor of Arts degree from The Ohio State University and her Juris Doctor degree from New England Law Boston. She earned a Master of Laws degree in Criminal Law from New York University School of Law and a Master of Laws degree in Constitutional Law from the George Washington University National Law Center.
Deitle has published several law review articles on the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment and the use of excessive force by police in the context of the civil rights laws.
Tickets are $40.00 per person; $45 after May 7; Student Price $20.00. Click here to register online or download the form and mail it in with a check.
LWVS Supports Proposed '19-'20 Village Budget and Comments on Board Process, Communication and Conflicts of Interest
Below find the consensus statement on the proposed '19-'20 Village budget from the League of Women Voters of Scarsdale, submitted by League Budget Chair Dara Gruenberg and League Co-Presidents Linda Doucette-Ashman and Janice Starr:
The League of Women Voters of Scarsdale ("the League") held a membership meeting on Monday, April 8th, 2019 to evaluate the FY 2019-2020 Tentative Village Budget. We thank Village Manager Steve Pappalardo, Village Treasurer Mary Lou McClure, Mayor Marc Samwick, and Trustee Justin Arest for attending the meeting and addressing our questions related to the proposed budget, Board process, code amendments, as well as other issues going forward.
The League supports the proposed FY 2019-2020 budget and commends Village staff, former Mayor Dan Hochvert, and the Board of Trustees (the "Board") for conducting a well-managed and thoughtful process and proposing a budget that evidences careful planning and balancing shrewd fiscal management with resident expectations of a high level of services provided (see financial overview pg. 6-7).
During his presentation, the Village Manager addressed the issue of the changes in tax laws regarding the cap on SALT deductions. He stated that the Board and Village administration's approach to the budget has been one of caution since the market collapse in 2008-2009 and that this has continued to be the attitude of the Village for the past decade. The Village allowed homeowners to prepay their taxes in December 2017 and created a charitable gift reserve fund where allowed by law. The impact of this tax law change on the housing market is still unknown. Mr. Pappalardo also mentioned the significant loss in "Aid and Incentives for Municipalities" (AIM) funding to local municipalities for the last two decades and that the Village has sought ways to make up for this loss of funding.
Regarding debt service, as per Treasurer McClure, the FY 2018-2019 budget benefitted from a reduction in debt service of $484,000 with the final payment on a Bank Anticipation Note (BAN) ($330,000) and the scheduled retirement of the 2002 bonds ($148,000). The Library Bond resolution was amended in February 2018 to permit pledges to be included in the Library Capital Campaign Committee's commitment to raise $7.5 million towards the cost of the Library addition and improvements. Based on this, the construction contracts for the Library were awarded in June of 2018. The May 31, 2018 Financial Statements were presented to the Board in September. Based on those events and the amendment to the bond resolution in February 2018, the Village borrowed $9.9 million for the project in the bond market in October 2018. The budget for 2019-2020 includes the initial payments of principal and interest on the Library bond issue partially offset by the receipt of a premium in excess of $447,000 on the issue. The net impact in 2019-2020 was an increase in the debt service of $452,000. The 2019-2020 budget also includes the final payment on the Popham Road Bridge BAN, which will further soften the impact of the Library Debt issue in 2020-2021.
The main topics of discussion during the League's consensus meeting were as follows:
• Deferral of Capital Maintenance Projects
• Investments in Technology
• Water Rates and Infrastructure
• Evaluation of the Food Scrap Program
• Increase in Staffing: Part-Time Code Enforcer
• Board Process and Communication
• Board of Trustees' Conflicts of Interest
Deferral of Capital Maintenance Projects
We thank the Village for its capital planning to maintain debt service as level as possible and appreciate how Village administration has prioritized projects to ensure that critical Village services come first, such as water infrastructure, sewers, and emergency services. The League encourages the Board of Trustees and Village administration to begin a community conversation about long-range planning for capital projects to address the Village's aging infrastructure and future needs. As an example, electrical, HVAC, and security maintenance and upgrades to Village Hall have been deferred continually over the years and are not being addressed in this budget either. As suggested by Village Manager Pappalardo during the League's information session, the scope of work required at Village Hall is significant enough to consider the possibility of building a new Village Hall in the existing parking lot while keeping the old building open during construction; this would avoid the expense of relocating Village staff and government services, which occurred during the Popham firehouse renovation. The League recommends the Board and Village administration begin to engage in a thoughtful and comprehensive public dialogue about this work and other capital infrastructure needs, as well as to discuss the plan for financing such improvements and to publicize these long range plans.
Investments in Technology
The League supports the installation of new water meters with remote reads and the steps taken to move towards a paperless billing system. With regard to the decision to change from a quarterly to a monthly billing cycle, the League appreciates the benefits of real-time reads and the fact that more frequent billing will alert residents earlier to unusually high water usage and potential leaks, thereby helping residents to save money and conserve water. Because of the environmental and monetary expenses associated with printing and mailing water bills, the League recommends that the Village wait to implement the monthly billing program until it is able to employ online billing. The League encourages the Village administration to utilize multiple avenues to ensure effective communication of these plans to all Village residents.
The League understands that the Village will be purchasing another License Plate Reader (LPR) to police merchants feeding the meters and parking in consumer spots in order to encourage merchants to park their cars in the allocated parking areas. The League recommends that proper policies and procedures be established to ensure that any personal information gathered with these devices will be used responsibly for the purpose for which it is collected, will be stored securely, and will be handled in a manner that safeguards individual privacy rights.
For over a decade, Village staff has been trying to locate suitable replacements for the now obsolete Cushmans, the small vehicles that enable the sanitation department to provide side and rear property waste pick-up service. After scavenging for parts to maintain the existing Cushman fleet and supplementing with less efficient small pick-up trucks, the Department of Public Works (DPW) believes it has found a suitable replacement model similar to the Cushmans, made in Canada, and has budgeted for purchasing two more this coming year. The League commends staff members on their tenacity and persistence in identifying a means to preserve this level of sanitation service for Village residents.
Water Rates and Infrastructure
The League appreciates the Village's explanation and communication regarding the rise in water rates due to a long history of underfunding Scarsdale's water infrastructure. Now, the Village's rates are more in line with other nearby communities. Additionally, the League recognizes that in order to generate sufficient revenue to maintain infrastructure, water rates also need to increase to compensate for conservation efforts that have succeeded in reducing water consumption, particularly among users who are billed at the higher excess rate. The League commends our Village Manager and staff for continuing to advocate and negotiate with New York City on our fee structure, recognizing that suburban water usage differs significantly from urban usage.
Evaluation of the Food Scrap Program
The League looks forward to the assessment of the food scrap initiative started this past year and the presentation to the public of all relevant data collected by Village staff and all additional metrics by which the community may understand both the environmental and financial impact of this program.
Increase in Staffing: Part-Time Code Enforcer
The League appreciates the increase in staff dedicated to code enforcement and looks forward to updates on the efficacy of the newly added part-time code enforcement position, which will include Saturday hours.
Board Process and Communication
Village Board Working Sessions and Informal Opportunities for Public Input:
The League commends the Board of Trustees for its plan, as Mayor Samwick explained at the information session, to move to a new structure that employs working sessions of the full Board with published agendas and minutes or notes in place of the former committee structure that limits participation and voting rights to only the two or three trustees assigned to each committee. The League also commends the Mayor for his plan to provide more opportunities for informal input from the community, such as holding coffees with the Mayor and Board members, recognizing that speaking at public meetings can be intimidating for many residents. Furthermore, the League commends the Board for moving the opportunity for public comment to earlier in the Village Board meeting agenda, prior to liaison reports, as to emphasize that the key purpose of the trustees, as Mayor Samwick stated, "is to listen to the public."
The League values voter education and recommends that all meetings of the Village Board, including the new working sessions structure, be recorded and, whenever feasible, live-streamed for greater resident participation and accessibility to Board discussions. To improve communication and transparency, the League also suggests that the public agendas contain more detail and be written in a more user-friendly and clear format.
Code Amendment Process, Public Hearings, and Hot Button Issues
The League recommends the Board strive to be more consistent and transparent in how it approaches changes to the Village code and gathers community feedback, particularly on issues known to be of import to residents. The League encourages the Board to codify a process that would:
1. educate the public;
2. give residents and relevant boards, councils, and advisory committees sufficient opportunities and avenues for providing feedback on said changes;
3. allot time for the Village Board to process and reflect on community input and discuss the matter in an open session;
4. schedule voting on substantive changes for a subsequent meeting after all previously-discussed code changes have been incorporated into a properly noticed public hearing.
The League acknowledges that certain pro forma matters, such as taxi license renewals, do not require extensive outreach. However, the League observed that the process by which modifications were adopted to the tree code and to the law regarding solar panels did not provide sufficient informed and active participation by the public. Additionally, there was insufficient time allowed to understand and evaluate the newly suggested changes and their potential impact prior to their inclusion into the proposed code language before it was voted on at the same meeting in which the changes were suggested. The League agrees with the sentiment expressed by Mayor Samwick at the information session to the effect that "incrementalism is a very valid approach" to governance. Additionally, the League urges the Board and staff to focus on more proactive and creative outreach to the public by utilizing local media and other platforms, such as social media.
In regard to ongoing and persistent "hot button" issues, such as parking in the Village center, the League encourages better communication and allowing for public input when changes are being considered, even though such decisions ordinarily fall under the purview of administrative operations of Village staff. Because of the nature of balancing parking needs between merchants, commuters and shoppers, the League recommends that the Village employ a more methodical, thoughtful and open process that includes benchmarking, reviewing what has or has not worked in Scarsdale in the past, and looking at other communities' practices when setting permit fees and re-allocating spots among the different users.
Board of Trustees' Conflicts of Interest
The League encourages local volunteerism and appreciates the fact that trustees often have a history of active involvement in community-based organizations before they are elected to office. In keeping with the spirit of fostering the community engagement of all residents, and in accord with Trustee Arest's comments at the information session that "the trustees are elected to represent the entire community," the League commends the Board for self-regulating and adhering to the practice of discretionary recusal in the face of potential, real, or perceived conflicts of interest stemming from the activities of Board members' spouses and immediate family members who engage in local advocacy and have volunteer roles in local organizations, boards, and councils.
The League likewise encourages members of the Board of Trustees to be more cognizant of the Board members' own current activities and affiliations, volunteer and otherwise, with regard to Board action and Board liaison assignments. The change from the Board's committee structure to full Board working groups may diffuse the impact of any single member's potential conflict of interest, real or perceived; however, just as the Board has addressed spousal or family issues by means of discretionary recusal, the League urges the trustees to consider whether their own current activities present a potential, real, or perceived conflict that should trigger recusal from particular issues that come before the Board.
We thank you for your invaluable assistance and cooperation that was extended to the League in our study of the proposed budget and Board of Trustees process. We commend the Board and Village management on the timeliness, quality of data, analysis, and transparency with which the Village
Manager, Village Treasurer, Mayor and Trustees developed the 2019-2020 Village Budget. We applaud you for your professionalism and dedication to our Village. Thank you for taking our comments into consideration.
Dara Gruenberg, LWVS Village Budget Chair
Linda Doucette-Ashman and Janice Starr, LWVS Co-Presidents
Varsity Baseball Team Off to a Strong Start
Shelly Eisenman Passes Away at 86
Land Use Committee Weighs Landmark Preservation Law
Scarsdale Historical Society Agrees To Sell Property to Local Developer: Cudner-Hyatt House To Be Protected


Internal challenges are among the hardest to overcome when trying to improve your email marketing. You can know everything about improving results, but if your leaders are unwilling to commit the resources, or have a fundamental misunderstanding about email, then you have some convincing to do.
One of the most common misunderstandings I have heard at our Email Marketing Workshops is that some companies "do not believe in" suppressing parts of their list. The leaders essentially force the marketers to batch and blast, thinking it is always better to have more eyeballs on a message than fewer.
This, however, is a huge misconception. Email marketing is not advertising. If you send a message that is irrelevant to a large portion of your list, then you are encouraging recipients to click "spam" and ignore you in the future. Practiced consistently, this can be toxic to your database.
During a recent interview, Arthur Hughes, Founder of the Database Marketing Institute, explained how this misunderstanding likely came from the world of direct mail. Senior-level marketers, he said, often have a wealth of experience in direct mail and commonly suppress parts of their lists in the channel to save money.
"The whole point of segmenting in direct mail is to avoid paying postage for people who are not going to respond, and saving yourself $0.40 or $0.50 a piece to put stuff in the mail," he says.
But email is so cheap, Hughes notes, that segmentation seems like a waste of time to some marketers. Why bother excluding a few thousand people to save the company less than $5? Why not email these people and hope a few will respond?
"Because when you segment, the email is more interesting and relevant," Hughes says. And as MarketingSherpa's readers should know, increasing email relevance has been proven to increase results and help protect your response and delivery rates.


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3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night est un jeu vidéo de flipper développé par Dynamix et publié par Sierra On-Line en 1996 sur PC et Macintosh. Le jeu fait suite à 3-D Ultra Pinball: Outpost, publié en 1995. Il peut se jouer seul ou à plusieurs (jusqu'à quatre joueurs) et propose trois flippers différents : le château, le laboratoire de Frankenstein et le donjon. Chacun d'eux est divisé en trois niveaux : un central et un sur chaque côté. Le jeu propose un scénario qui donne au joueur pour objectif d'empêcher le roi des gobelins de semer le chaos en réussissant 15 challenges, répartis dans les trois flippers proposés, puis en affrontant le roi des gobelins sur un flipper bonus.

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Ebong Kiriti is a Bengali thriller drama film directed by Anirban Paria and produced by Babulal Sahoo. This film is based on a Kiriti Roy's story Ratibilaap by Bengali novelist Nihar Ranjan Gupta. It was released on 31 March 2017 in the banner of Dream Light Movie.

Plot
The plot revolves with a murder happens during a night party. Detective Kiriti Roy is present during at the party. He starts investigation in his own way. He realises that everyone is hiding some thing or not confesses properly. Finally he track down the real culprit.

Cast
 Priyanshu Chatterjee as Kiriti Roy
 Barun Chanda
 Koushik Kar as Ranjan Bose
 Saugata Bandyopadhyay as Subrata
 Moumita Gupta
 Biswajit Chakraborty
 Anirban Bhattacharya
 Ratan Kumar Panda as Reporter
 Arunava Chakraborty
 Sourav Chakraborty
 Ankitaa

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Mercier/Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, a quiet area, close to the action.
The Hochelaga municipality came to be between 1870 and 1883 thanks to the establishment of numerous industries that required an abundant workforce: Cotton spinning, tar paper, tobacco factories, tramway and wood product workshops. In 1883, the Maisonneuve municipality was created by developers in order to make their land to the east of Hochelaga profitable. After World War II and years of rationing and unemployment, the neighborhood modernized: It witnessed the beginning of popular banks and the rise in popularity of the automobile and community-based organization, set against the backdrop of poverty caused by the deindustrialization of the neighborhood in a time of economic crisis. However, for the past several years, the borough has seen the emergence of numerous development projects that are rejuvenating the neighborhood and bringing in new families.
The borough is bordered to the north by Sherbrooke Street and the borders of the Saint-Léonard and Anjou boroughs, to the south by the St. Lawrence River, to the east by the city of Montréal-East, and to the west by the Canadian Pacific railroad tracks.
According to sociodemographic data published in July 2014, this borough is the fourth most populated borough in the City of Montréal. It has nearly 131,500 inhabitants, i.e. 8.0% of the city's total population, over an area of 25.4 km2. A little more than half of its 32,110 families have children living at home. In total, there are 29,325 children at home, more than half of which are 14 years of age or younger. The borough has nearly 65,700 households, the most common of which are made up of people living alone (46%). The average household size is 1.9 people.
There are many businesses there, particularly on Ontario East and Sainte-Catherine East Streets, as well as the intersection of Hochelaga and Des Ormeaux Streets, not counting the Maisonneuve Market, the Place Versailles, and Loblaws. The Olympic Stadium, the Botanical Gardens, the Insectarium, and the Biodôme are an attractive draw. The borough is served by several metro stations on the green line, from Préfontaine to Honoré-Beaugrand.


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Report: Idris Elba Is Playing a Character Other Than Deadshot in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad
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Yes, Idris Elba is in The Suicide Squad. No, he's not replacing Will Smith.
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If you woke up today hoping for a lot of news on James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, you hit the jackpot.
The biggest news comes from Variety. The trade reports that, despite the previously-held belief that Idris Elba would be taking over the role of Deadshot from Will Smith in the film, that is not actually the case. Elba will be playing a new character, and Deadshot will not be appearing in Gunn's movie.
The choice was reportedly made to leave even a tiny possibility open for Smith to bring the character back at some point in the future, since his decision not to be in the movie was due to scheduling, not a creative conflict. We reached out to Warner Bros. for comment and will update if we hear back.
But wait, that's just one of today's updates on The Suicide Squad. The Wrap reports Oscar-winner Viola Davis will reprise her role as Amanda Waller in the film. Waller, as you'll recall, is the badass who puts the original Suicide Squad together. And finally, Discussing Film says Joel Kinnaman will also return as Rick Flagg, though we'd consider that more of a rumor for now.
io9 was among the first outlets to tell you that Gunn was making the jump to DC after being let go from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. He was first attached to write and, eventually, direct the film, which is described as a reimagining rather than a sequel to the first film. However, the fact that there are returning characters (Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn is also a possibility, along with Jai Courtney's Captain Boomerang) means it'll be hard for the new film to not have at least some connection to the original.
Gunn will follow The Suicide Squad up with his newly appointed return to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The Suicide Squad 2 hits theaters August 6, 2021.
For more, make sure you're following us on our new Instagram @io9dotcom.
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Holy Rocket Raccoon! James Gunn Is Back on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 [Updated]
Idris Elba Is Replacing Will Smith as Deadshot in Suicide Squad 2
Will Smith Will Apparently Not Return for The Suicide Squad
Report: Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn Might Return for Suicide Squad 2 After All
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President Trump faces additional pressure not to reset relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as a growing number of Senate Republicans are asking him not to lift sanctions on Putin's government.
That letter asks Trump to maintain the sanctions imposed on Russia over the annexation of Crimea and attack on eastern Ukraine. "Furthermore, we ask you to expedite the provision of defensive lethal weapons to Ukraine, and we were encouraged that Secretary of State Tillerson supported this position during his confirmation hearing," they wrote.
It was sent one day after a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation that would deprive Trump of the unilateral authority to reverse sanctions on Russia. Of the seven signatories, only Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., cosponsored the bill to review any attempt to left Russia sanctions. That means nine Republicans in two days have taken steps to pressure Trump not to cut a deal that would overlook Russian aggression in Ukraine. An attempt to pass legislation restricting Trump's options over his objections would need 19 Republicans and every Democrat to vote to override a presidential veto.
"President Putin must know that the United States remains a beacon of hope and democracy around the world, and will stand up for what is right," the senators — Gardner and Graham, along with Maine's Susan Collins, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Rob Portman of Ohio, South Dakota's Mike Rounds, and Todd Young of Indiana — wrote to Trump.
The seven Republicans who wrote Trump appear eager to avoid a direct clash, preferring instead to influence his decision in advance. "Mr. President, we look forward to your reply and maintaining an open, ongoing, and respectful dialogue with you regarding U.S.-Russia relations," they wrote.
Sen. Blumenthal might be seeing threats that aren't there.


SunTrust will try to hush Super Bowl parties across America for 30 seconds with a message about financial stress.
It's not quite as dreary as it sounds however; the 30-second spot, entitled "Hold your breath," does compare money problems to drowning, but it also tries to strike a positive note with a reminder that you shouldn't let them consume you.
"It's like you're drowning," the narrator says. "Meanwhile, the moments that matter slip away."
The commercial is advertising SunTrust's push to "restore financial confidence" called "Onward and Upward." According to a survey by the bank, 40% of Americans and 60% of millennials do not have even $2,000 saved for an emergency.
In a year where most advertisers are going for humor or celebrity name drops, SunTrust is one of the few who will attempt to impart a weightier message on the over 114 million people expected to watch the Super Bowl.


She was sad to drink her coffee.
old friends, burning love, good food.
So, I'm wandering around in an Akihabara shopping mall. On the top floor, I stumble upon this wall covered with portraits of pretty young girls. And I see a lot of people standing in line, most of whom are young men. There is no english information of course, so I decide the wisest course of action is to leave. I do notice the sequence AKB48, though. I googled it later. You should too. Also check youtube. Aitakatta, aitakatta, aitakatta YES!!!
repeat after me ... "this picture is not upside down"
我哭了/ it's a very touching movie !


Picture the scene: You've spent thousands on your gaming rig, you've got your three-monitor setup just right, you've warmed up your mouse hand and there are plenty of Doritos by your side to get you through the long night of fragging ahead. But something's bugging you. It's those damn bezels that break up the action between each screen. Fortunately, Asus's Republic of Gaming has come up with a solution. Attach its Bezel-Free Kit (£tba, due 2018) between each monitor and it uses lenses to make them appear as one curved whole, rather than three separate entities. Let the fragging commence.


Hardly a day passes that my dear husband doesn't ask me what he can pick up for me at the grocery store. He likes shopping. I hate shopping. In fact, I hate everything to do with food, even the eating of it. But that's beside the point. One must still eat to stay alive, though I'm currently working on technology that…oops, that's kind of a trade secret. Back to the shopping. My husband asks me what I need at the store. My automatic response is generally a new brain. I figure, since he has a gentle touch, that he could be the one to perform the transplant. Sadly, every time, I'm disappointed by the lack of good brains sold at the local Supermart. Dear Husband tends to come home with dog food, butter, potatoes, wine, and other amenities to keep my existing brain in a serotonin-stimulation state. No, I don't eat dog food, but I suddenly feel very happy when my puppy is happy. This is what's known as the Happy Puppy Effect for maintaining brain stasis while awaiting the necessary transplant.
Now, science has offered up a new plan: The Entire Head Transplant. For this to be possible, the surgeon must simply make a clean cut of the head. According to the scientist Canavero, "It is this 'clean cut' [sic] the key to spinal cord fusion, in that it allows proximally severed axons to be 'fused' with their distal counterparts." After the clean cut, a doctor simply needs some polyethylene glycol in order to re-fuse the spinal cord, and the new person is in business. The heart can be restarted, its blood pumped to the new head.
This, my friends, is my dream come true. In a few years, I can have a new head to replace my old head. This means I should begin searching for the head I'd like; it might be best if I found a partner who wanted to swap his or her old head for mine–maybe somebody who's just crazy enough not to dwell on my head's flaws. Of course, attached to somebody else, my head might not suffer from the same lunacy because another body's blood would be feeding it. Still, though, the potential head swapper would have to look at it as a purchase more permanent than an old car. My head's not so damaged, but it isn't young either. Being a ditzy female has some advantages in the world, with or without youth; the basic bone structure surrounding the brain is quite elegantly small, forming good cheekbones, and leaving only a rather longish nose to contend with.
I can't imagine going through this procedure without agreeing to make a head swap deal with an honest individual. How else would I honestly come by a head for my hapless body? Organ donations are one thing. I know many people who have donated their brains to science, and there are many more walking around whom I suspect have done the same, if their vacuous smiles are any indication. But donating entire bodies and heads is another matter altogether. Would there be a body or head donating station? If so, how would it be determined whether a person was donating a body or head? It has occurred to me that if I swapped heads with another person, I would essentially be donating my body at that point, while my old head would be attached to somebody else's, and I would be stuck forever in my own eternal sunshine.
Right now, what I know is this: I can't comprehend this science. I can't comprehend it with this head. And if I had somebody else's, I would be somebody else and wouldn't be conscious of understanding it, either. This thought process could be an endless cycle. I wish somebody would make it stop. Husband? Dear one? If you're going to the store, would you please pick me up a new brain? I don't think I can cope with a head swap until I have somebody else's brain.
Perhaps you can get free shipping with Amazon Prime. I'm looking into it.
I've been blaming my brain fog on post pregnancy (or new baby) syndrome for five years. But a brain transplant might be the answer.
I would offer to swap but you wouldn't be much better off with mine.


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Taking an international trip is exciting for anyone, especially kids. Visiting another country gives them an opportunity to try new foods, learn a language, experience a culture and partake in activities not happening at home. Picture yourself – and your children – in these 17 countries to visit with kids.
Zip lining in Jaco, Costa Rica with Vista Los Suenos. Photo credit: Vista Los Suenos
Best Countries to Visit with Kids
My husband and I started traveling with our son when he was 6 months old and my sister when she was a teenager. After getting the hang of family travel, we invited our nieces and nephew to join us. Now the boys are 6 years old and the girls are 5, and we have traveled to about 29 countries so far.
When choosing a country to visit with kids, we consider many things. One of the most important: age appropriate activities for the kids. Be sure those are enjoyable for the whole family.
Certainly, there are amazing places to visit in America, from the beaches of Hawaii to the urban excitement of New York City, from the Alaska wilderness to the Florida theme parks.
Here, we suggest some international family travel destinations beyond those more familiar places. We've been there and really love each one.
Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
Vietnam is such a great country to visit with kids who love beaches, history and nature. If your children are as adventurous and love history as much as mine do, then they'll enjoy visiting the Mekong Delta where they can take a canoe ride in a small Vietnamese village, learn about the Vietnam war and, most of all, play at the beach.
In Vietnam, we visited Ho Chi Minh and made a stop at Cu Chi Tunnels. My 6-year-old was excited to crawl in the tunnels like soldiers did in the Vietnam war. He went through once and asked to go again; I almost got stuck and was scared to go a second time.
TravelingMom Tip: Vietnam is not stroller friendly. If you plan to travel with very young kids, consider bringing for a baby or toddler carrier instead.
Photo taken at Trocadero which is the best spot to take a photo with the Eiffel Tower. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
France is well known for cultural attractions and museums. While there are certainly more attractions that appeal to adults, France is also well known for the Eiffel Tower – a huge hit for my kids, especially when it lights up at night
We took the kids to Paris on a surprise trip, and seeing the Eiffel Tower light up at night was magical for them.
We also stopped at Disneyland Paris, which we all enjoyed. Disneyland Paris is smaller than the Disneyland theme park in California and Walt Disney World in Florida, but we still experienced the magic.
The teenager with us this trip loved the Louvre Museum. She said it felt like she was in history class, but actually seeing it all in person. Her favorite piece of art was the Mona Lisa. She couldn't wait to get back and share her experience with her entire class.
One of the kids' favorite museums is Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie. It is geared for young children and offers plenty of interactive activities to keep them busy.
If your kids love art, history and science, then they'll love visiting the museums in France as much as ours did.
Zip lining in Jaco, Costa Rica with Vista Los Suenos. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
Costa Rica is one of the most visited countries in Central America. Its national parks, beaches and adventurous activities are the reason why I chose to visit Costa Rica with my son when he was 3 years old.
We explored our itinerary ahead of travel, and he was excited about horseback riding, hiking and ziplining. Yes, ziplining. At 3! Young kids are paired with a ziplining guide for safety. My son, at age 3, begged to do a few lines on his own. He was very brave, and I owe that to travel,which has exposed him to so many things.
We also rode horses in Costa Rica, which was a beautiful experience, spent time at the beach, and fed monkeys.
Tower Bridge, London. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
The United Kingdom is home to the Beatles, Harry Potter, and theatrical history. We found pop culture attractions and royal landmarks all over the country, not just at Buckingham Palace.
Stonehenge, an easy day trip from London, is also a popular historical landmark that attracts families to the United Kingdom.
We visit the United Kingdom at least once a year and still have a long list of things we want to see and do.
If your kids grew up singing "London Bridge is falling down …" like mine did, then make sure to take them to see it in person. This was one of the fun things that we did in London that my kids really enjoyed.
London also has lots of great food and the best Saturday market that we've ever been to in Europe, with foods from all parts of the world.
Downtown Toronto. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
Canada is best known for its hockey teams, natural landscapes and cold weather activities. Each province in Canada has its own unique sightseeing experience to offer, making a vacation to one of the Canadian provinces perfect for a family holiday.
Our favorite place to visit in Canada is Toronto, and every time we visit we head to Niagara Falls as well. My son loved riding the Maid of the Mist under the gigantic waterfalls during the day. We booked a hotel with a view of the falls so he could watch the falls light up in different colors after dark.
We also chose to visit two of Canada's most popular ski resorts, Lake Louise Ski Resort and Sunshine Village at Banff National Park. The landscapes at Banff National Park are absolutely breathtaking.
Enjoying pool side tacos at the Hyatt Ziva in Los Cabos, Mexico. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
Mexico is top tourist destination with cultural festivals and beautiful beaches. While some travelers worry the country is unsafe, we feel the absolute opposite. Our travels to Mexico several times a year convince us it's a top country to visit with kids. My kids love Mexico so much that they've even attended school there for a week.
Mexico has plenty of all-inclusive resorts which we like with younger and older kids alike. If your kids are a mix of ages, make sure to find all-inclusive resorts with organized activities for teenagers and a kids' club for younger kids. I always book a resort with a kids' club so I can get some alone time and rest while the kids have fun.
Gaudi Park, Barcelona. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
Spain's year-round mild climate makes it a fine beach destination. A winter visit isn't as cold as the rest of Europe.
There are plenty of science museums for kids to play in and beautiful sand beaches as well.
Spain is also one of my kids' favorite European countries to visit because they love the weather and the food, and everyone is so nice to them.
Spain is well known for its European football teams, like Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. Soccer-loving kids will want to catch a game live. We didn't have enough time to secure tickets for a game, but we did tour Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona. The tour was just as fun because we walked the hallway the players use to enter the stadium and even got to stand where they stand for media interviews.
Gaudi's art is displayed all over, and one of the best places to see it all is Gaudi Park in Barcelona. We spent a whole day there exploring and enjoying the landscape and artwork at the park.
Spain is a chocolate lover's delight. You'll want to eat chocolate at all of the chocolate museums throughout Spain. We did.
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
Families frequently travel to Italy to see art, and landmarks such as the Colosseum in Rome, magnificent mountains, beach attractions and even hot springs.
This Western European country is a hit with kids because of pizza and pasta. My kids ask to go back to Italy all the time just for the food (and the kid friendly attractions too, of course).
On our last trip to Italy we stayed in a farmhouse in Tuscany and enjoyed a slower placed family vacation. The kids rode horses, took cooking classes, swam and relaxed in the countryside.
Arte al Sole offers kid-friendly workshops throughout Italy. A few examples of the workshops are art, cooking and chocolate making activities. I let the kids get involved with planning by choosing the workshop they wanted.
One of Havana's beautiful beaches. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
This Caribbean country was once off-limits to American tourists, but isn't any more, although a lot of Americans don't know that.
You can fly to Cuba; however, you can't cruise to Cuba, which is OK because you need several days to really experience Cuba.
We planned a trip to Cuba with our kids in less than four days with no issues at all. Beautiful beaches, amazing food and friendly people make Cuba a very family friendly country to visit.
We went ziplining, horseback riding, honey tasting and visited the caves while on a day trip to Viñales. Each of these activities was very kid friendly.
One of our favorite things about visiting Cuba was going to the beach. The beach was absolutely beautiful and the water was warm and perfect for swimming.
Door of Return, Elmina Castle, Ghana. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
Ghana is a beautiful country with waterfalls, castles and beaches to explore. If you're looking for an African country to visit for the first time, Ghana should be at the top of your list.
While some people visit this child-friendly West African country to get in touch with nature, others visit to get in touch with their culture.
Our family chose both to get in touch with nature and our African culture.
At the Centre For National Culture, my son really enjoyed shopping in Accra and picking out his own authentic Ghanaian souvenirs.
We also made sure to visit Kakum National Park and walk across the suspension bridge. My 4-year-old was braver than I was and wanted to walk all the way through. I was ready to stop halfway.
A visit to Ghana isn't complete without visiting Elmina Castle, where slaves were kept before they were shipped off to the Americas. It is important to teach my kids about the history of slavery and how it all began. They are not too young to learn the truth. My son was 4 when we visited and I explained everything to him.
Japan is at the top of our list when talking of favorite countries in the world. From the culture to the food, we found something for every family member to enjoy.
We flew into Nagoya and spend a few days there before heading to Tokyo.
In Nagoya, the kids loved visiting LEGOLAND and trying different types of noodles at each restaurant we visited. Their goal is to visit every LEGOLAND in the world and it's my goal to help them achieve that.
In Tokyo, the kids enjoyed visiting Shinjunku and Shibuya Crossing which is one of the busiest road crossings in the world. We also visited Tokyo Disneyland, which we all loved as a family. Tokyo Disneyland has several snacks, like Mickey burgers, which were really yummy.
I haven't visited Germany, but TravelingMoms Silvana Clark says it's her favorite. Here's what she had to say about it:
"Having seen sights around the world including 49 pf the United States of America, Kenya, Peru, El Salvador, Guatemala, France, Spain, and many others, my all-time favorite destination is….Germany! Yes, the land of lederhosen and giant dumplings satisfies my desire to experience a different culture with varying experiences. Sobering tours of Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camp (appropriate for older kids who understand the history here) create a life-changing attitude about the dignity of human beliefs, in contrast to major festival events such as Oktoberfest.
"The posters you see of Germany are not PhotoShopped. Chalets with geranium-filled flower boxes are everywhere, along with cafes with gingham tablecloths. I enjoy the orderliness of seeing woodpiles stacked according to the size of the wood, and recycling bins that differentiate between different colors of bottles.
"Large cities such as Munich and Hamburg offer first class museums and restaurants, while areas such as the Baden-Wurttemberg area offer cycling, hiking, castles and UNESCO World Heritage sites. Germans emphasize outdoor activities ranging from skiing to simply walking to school rather than taking a bus. And let's not forget the apple strudel!"
Photo Credits: (top) Sasint from Pixabay, (bottom) Tatyana_Tomsickovc from Getty Images Pro.
Anuja De Silva visited with her toddler and had this to say:
"With its relatively small size and diverse experiences, Switzerland is one of my top choices for a family vacation. If you're looking for a city escape, Zurich, Basel, Bern and Geneva are easy to navigate. You can also make trips to the lake (Lucerne, Interlaken) region or explore the Swiss Alps within a few hours from each of the cities.
"Spending time in any region of Switzerland will be a good mix of slowing down and enjoying nature while experiencing luxuries such as chocolates, cheese and high-end designer shopping. Traveling by train is the best way to experience the pristine beauty with sweeping views of pastoral villages.
"Visit the idyllic village of Zermatt at the base of Matterhorn. With its cobbled streets and horse drawn carriages, this mountain resort where no automobiles are allowed, takes you back in time and connects you with locals through your shared appreciation of nature.
"Depending on whether you're in regions closer to Germany or France, you will experience both languages and cultural similarities to each of those countries. Landlocked and surrounded by five countries, a visit to Switzerland can easily include a day trip to another country."
What's best, according to TravelingDad Paul Eisenberg:
"From a hotel balcony, as well as from the ground, there's a strip of Australia's Gold Coast that looks exactly like coastal Fort Lauderdale at its prettiest. That's neither a compliment nor a dig, just a fact that made me wonder why I needed to fly from New York to the Southern Hemisphere to see something Florida-like. So I already had it in my head that my experiences snorkeling in Florida would serve as a frame of reference for the Great Barrier Reef.
"When you see the mysterious waters of the Reef from the deck of a boat, such as the Calypso, you begin to suspect something unusual is down there. But it's not until you smack your mask-clad face in the water that you know for sure that you've been blessed with a peek into another world, you're not in Florida anymore."
TravelingMom Tami Mittan loved her time in Portugal. The country offers relatively low prices, lots of English speakers, friendly people, a mild year-round climate, the freshest seafood and miles of amazing coastline scenery.
Don't miss a chance to climb the winding path up to see Portugal's Pena Palace in Sintra. Explore the bright yellow, red, and grayish blue tiled exterior of the palace for free. While the castle's interior is similar to other castles around Europe, the exterior is unique. And the views from this vantage point on top of the Sintra Mountains is phenomenal.
You'll also find gorgeous tiled buildings in Lisbon.
Trondheim, Norway. Photo credit: Jean Michel Lagarde from Pixabay
This is, hands down, TravelingMom Terri Marshall's favorite country to visit with kids. Here's what she says about Norway:
"Consistently ranked as one of the happiest places on earth, Norway is my Number 1 destination. Renowned for its majestic mountains, fabulous fjords and rugged beauty, Norway has attracted adventure lovers for years. While the country's landscape is truly a treasure, the cities of Norway are equally intriguing. It's hard to pick a favorite place in Norway, but here are a few highlights.
"Trondheim is the cultural center of the Trøndelag region. This picturesque city with its timber built fisherman warehouses of red, gold, brown and green flanking the sides of the Nidelva River is a fascinating contrast of old and new. Here I climbed the medieval steps to the top of the majestic Nidaros Cathedral. I even became a rock star for a day at Rockheim.
"After a devastating fire in 1906, Ålesund was rebuilt in the Art Nouveau style that was prevalent at the time. Strolling through the charming yellow, salmon, blue and rose buildings ornamented with a myriad of turrets, spires, medieval ornaments and dragons, it's easy to see why Ålesund was recently voted the most beautiful town in Norway.
"And then there is Røros where I attended the ancient festival, Rørosmartnan. For over 150 years traders from all over Norway have harnessed their horses to sleighs and traveled across frozen lakes and rivers through snow blanketed forests to arrive for opening day – and I was there for that day. Pure magic."
Excursion to Phi Phi Island from Phuket, Thailand. Photo credit: Karen Akpan
What's best, according to Diana Rowe:
"Thailand has my heart. From beginning to end. My Thai adventure began in the bustling city of Bangkok where I experienced my first intense Thai massage and ended with two massages in the island of Ko Samui with its incredible white sand beaches. In between, I found myself in Chiang Mai, exploring the massive temples and historic places, then venturing to Patera Elephant Farm where an elephant won my heart.
"Onwards to Lisu, where the locals were from ancient tribes, and their friendly smiles and welcoming souls crept into my heart. After that, an 8-mile bicycle ride in the searing heat and humidity passing rice paddies where the farmers stop and wave, smiling their often toothless grins, brought a song to my lips — and I can't sing!
"When you travel to Thailand, the rich experiences of history, religion, and cultures mingle with the spicy food and busy streets, deserted beaches, and a long list of other experiences. All who travel to Thailand say they come back a different person, more open to experiences and cultures. It's certainly true for me."
More Countries to Visit with Kids
Travelling internationally with kids is a truly rewarding experience. My family and I have traveled extensively and enjoyed every bit of it. Travel brings us closer, growing as a family and individually.
There are plenty other kid friendly destinations still on our to-do list, including South Africa, Sweden, New Zealand, Singapore, Denmark, and Iceland. We're looking forward to exploring these destinations with our kids in the near future.
Karen Akpan is a wife, mom to a 6 year old, and aunt to 6, 5 and 4 year olds with whom she has traveled to 28 countries. She is a writer and content creator at The MOM Trotter, where she shares how parents can travel the world with their children as well as the importance of family travel. She is also the founder of Black Kids Do Travel, an organization created to bring about diversity in travel by sharing black travel stories. On her blog, she writes about her mission to raise global citizens who are open and accepting of other cultures. You can follow along on Instagram and Facebook.
Category: Destinations InternationalTag: Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, London, Mexico, Norway, Paris, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland
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