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Renova Chess Grand Prix Round 5: Topalov, Morozevich in Joint Lead
During the free day players charged their batteries to show the tough fights on all boards. Five decisive results at the fifth round as Topalov, Caruana, Karjakin, Morozevich and Kamsky defeated their opponents. The only draw happened in the game Leko-Ponomariov. After five rounds Topalov and Morozevich are leading with 3,5 points. Caruana, Ponomariov and Karjakin share third place half a point behind.
Sergey Karjakin - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-0 The Russian GM showed why he is amongst the world's top 10 as he cruised to a strong victory over the creative player from Azerbaijan, Shakriyar Mamedyarov. Karjakin blitzed out his opening moves including the positional sacrifice 16.Nxh6+! which was prepared by GM Alexander Motylev and other members of Karjakin's team. According to Peter Leko, he also prepared this move Nh6 with the Hungarian team three years ago, so he was distressed to see it today. After 24 moves Black was already one hour behind on the clock and blundered with 24…Qc7. Sergey recovered his piece with a winning position after 27.Qg3. At the press-conference Shakhriyar said he knew he would lose this game after c3 as it was obvious for him his opponent had prepared everything at home and it would be hard to find the exact defending moves over the board.
Anish Giri - Alexander Morozevich 0-1 Giri has been playing solid chess so far and today was no exception. He went for the exchange variation in the King's Indian g3 but as is to be expected, Morozevich decided to go for some early complications with 9…Nd4. The exchange on d4 left Giri with a worse position already out of the opening and after 11..Qa5 Morozevich got the type of position which normally he feels very well.
The key question was whether Black could convert his better position into the victory. Before the first time control the game became very sharp and White decided to change the queens which turned to be an unfortunate decision. According to Anish Giri, it was not really clear for him how to estimate the position before that exchange. He had feeling that White should have a good position. After f5 the advantage of Black became decisive and Russian player didn't give any chance for his opponent.
Peter Leko - Ruslan Ponomariov ½ - ½ Peter Leko decided to switch for 1.d4 after the rest day but Ruslan was ready for the changes as his opponent almost never chose 1.e4 against him. Ukrainian player opted for a Bogo Indian variation against Leko's 3.Nf3 and White devoted sometime early in the opening to choose which variation he would play. The line in the game has been played in Aronian-Carlsen recently and Ruslan Ponomariov decided that Black's position should be safe if number 1 in the chess world chooses it. Nevertheless, he preferred to play 9...dc, instead of Carlsen's 9...a6, and Peter Leko tried but could not create any problems for Black.
Fabiano Caruana - Rustam Kasimdzhanov 1-0
Caruana needed to win although in the Grand Prix it is definitely a very tough task to say which opponent one can try and win against. Despite Rustam having the lowest rating he has proved that he is still one of the top players in the world and whilst Fabiano chose a side variation of the Queen's Gambit Exchange, he found the way to equalize the position with Black and was keeping dynamic possibilities on the board. Just before the end of the first time control the former world champion decided to give a queen for rook and knight as Rustam was sure the position was drawish. His estimation was precise because Black had a few opportunities to save the game.
However, Black put his king on f5 and gave the playing options for White. The last chance to make a draw was on the 67th move as Black could have played 67...f5 instead of Rb7 in order to build a fortress. During the press-conference Fabiano Caruana was surprised to see a draw after f5, as he was sure the position was winning for White.
Gata Kamsky – Teimour Radjabov 1-0
The black series continues for Teimur Rajabov after the candidates' tournament. Both players have met each other on the board quite a few times and whilst Radjabov has a good score overall against Kamsky, he has never managed to beat him with black. In today's game, Kamsky chose a delayed exchange in the Rossolimo variation. Teimour surprised his opponent after a reasonably long think with 6…bxc6 but as GM Fontaine pointed out this is a well-studied line and Radjabov presumably preferred to go into lines he has analysed before. According to Kamsky, he was not familiar with the position after the opening and was not sure if his plan with c3-d4 was good. Black managed to equalize after the opening and it looked like the game would finish in a draw quite soon but Teimur didn't play accurately and Gata Kamsky got an extra pawn in the rook ending.
Veselin Topalov - Hikaru Nakamura 1-0
Both Topalov and Nakamura are well known for fighting play and Topalov surprised his American opponent with 1.e4 and then choosing a Closed Ruy Lopez. Hikaru then went for a line frequently played by GM Michael Adams but then selected the interesting 10…b5 whereas Black normally goes 10...h6 to try and exchange black squared bishops.
"I was satisfied to get the position where I had bishop and knight against two knights. Eventually a4 is a good move and here I think I have slightly better position," pointed out Veselin Topalov. Later on, White managed to increase their advantage in the endgame playing on the Queen's side. It was hard for Black to defend the weakness on c5 and create some counter play on the King's side at the same time. In the rook endgame White queened his pawn one tempo faster and got decisive mating attack.
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The Engineer Squad Vehicle (ESV) provides maneuverable support capabilities, which include obstacle clearing, in-stride breaching of surface mines, proofing of subsurface mines and smoke generation for local protection.
The ESV provides the Engineer Squad with a highly mobile, protected transport to decisive locations on the battlefield to provide the required mobility and limited counter mobility support to the SBCT. Integrated into the ESV are current obstacle neutralization and lane marking systems and mine detection devices.
Engineers provide organic mobility, force protection and topographic support to the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT).
Their organizational design is optimized for mobility operations that enhance mounted maneuverability and dismounted assault in all categories of terrain, which includes the urban environment.
The kit comes packaged in a 41 x 26 x 8cm sturdy box with nice box art. The kit contains 744 light grey plastic parts on 16 sprues (2 transparent ones), one PE sheet is also included as well as 8 vinyl tires. Bonus parts are the mask for painting the driver's windshield, pre-cut straps and finally some MRE, soda and water boxes.
The instruction set is typical from Trumpeter, exploded view style with clear B&W drawings comprising 30 steps to complete the Stryker itself, and 7 steps for the engineer devices. Many options are available for the build, and they are summarized at the end of the build which will ease the building process. The painting and marking guide is printed in color, as is typical with Trumpeter, and no problems were found here.
This kit is based on the new tooled M1126 kit from Trumpeter (kit number # 00375). The lower hull, sprue A, sprue B, sprue C, sprue D, sprue E and sprue Q are from the M1126 kit. The remaining sprues are new which include sprues WG, WJ, WI, WP, WH, and WK as well as the upper hull.
You have 2 options regarding the front device: the SOB and the mine roller LWMP. This is a nice touch from Trumpeter, but no option is included in this kit for the Surface Mine Plow as seen on the blast model and also on the forthcoming AFV Club offering.
This is large tub with indentions for the suspension components and includes details on the hull sides. These are cleanly rendered via the use of multi-part moulds, with the lower front hull plate a separate part, as is the rear hull plate. All the suspension components are independent with the four gearbox differentials and the short drive shafts. The gear boxes are made of 4 pieces and you need to follow the building order carefully since part A8 can't be glued later.
The wheel mounts, axles and steering arms are nicely depicted, but you cannot angle the front four wheels as they are fixed. It would take a bit of work to alter the angle of the front wheels if you wanted to depict them turning, but you can find enough references on the internet to address this issue. On the 4 rear wheels are the large shock absorber assemblies with outer covers and you can decide to use solid plastic ones or the perforated PE parts. The large rear side boxes are also separate, made up of four parts each to render better definition.
The front hull assembly is different from the M1126 since the attachment parts for the engineer devices are located on the front panel with the hydraulic lines molded on. The assembly is quite simple since the construction of the engineer devices are summarized at the end of the build, only few attachment parts are glued in place. Detail on the rear panel is quite well done with most features included, as well as separate door latches with inside details on the ramp and door. Unfortunately, there are also some pin marks on the inner surfaces which will be difficult to remove as they are in the middle of raised detail, but since there are no interior details, you will most likely have the rear door closed.
On each side are the large can racks, which are provided in plastic or photo-etched parts. Photo-etched straps are also included for the fuel and water cans, but there are no attachment points on the rear panel to attach them. One of the most striking omissions is the fact that the fuel cans have only two handles. Separate taillights and towing shackles are present, although the taillight detail is a little basic since the lower part should be rectangular; it is round in the kit part.
The tires are vinyl with the tread pattern pretty well done without a prominent seam line. The sidewall details consist of raised section ribs with the Michelin X logo and dimension charts embossed onto it. The wheel hubs are two plastic parts with separate hub rings, and as mentioned in the instructions, you can decide to attach these rings or not.
The outer ring of bolts are too big and positioned too far inboard while the central hub is too small and is not raised, finally the outer "star" ribs is too big. The separate ring is far too thick and the inner oval cut outs too small for what are very basic representations of the Stryker wheels. Moreover no drum brakes are present on the inner part of the hub.
Assembly is straightforward with the wheel rims fitting perfectly into the vinyl tires.
This is a newly tooled part with good, clean, crisp surface details included. Most additional items, such as all hatches and equipment, are provided as separate parts for better definition. The two rear upper panels are also separate, again allowing the details to be better represented. No anti-slip coating is represented.
There are many sub-assemblies built separately and then added to the hull, such as the hatches and the RWS. All of the hatches show inside details like closing handles but they all have huge ejector pin marks, some filling and sanding will be required if you want to pose them in the open position. The hinges are not attached to the bottom of the hatches and need to be glued afterwards making the work tedious. Moreover, why has Trumpeter decided to use non transparent plastic parts for the periscopes of both driver and TC hatches?
A great addition is the winch, completely detailed with capstan and drum for cable, but all these nice details are covered at the end of build which is a pity. As an engineer vehicle a rectangular storage box is provided to be glued on the roof just in the middle panel, details are crisp and hinges and lock are nicely depicted.
The head light clusters have all the parts, although the base plate is a complicated molding. You have two options for mounting the light, typical Stryker or ESV style. You may also want to add the wiring to the back of the light clusters for a better appearance, and to help you with this process Trumpeter has provided the L connector for the cable (Pieces WH4).
The two large wire cutters for in front of the Driver's hatch and on the hull top are provided in plastic or PE parts with the thicker photo-etch making these look very good. On the upper middle panel there are the three antenna mounts in correct positions, although one should be on a raised cylinder.
Along either side are the large storage racks which have an inner mounting plate and outer rack with the large holes. The tie downs are obviously in plastic and cannot compete with PE ones. On the left rear is the pioneer tool rack with the tools nicely done and include the clips and brackets molded with the tools. The winch parts are nicely represented but it is missing the cable.
The driver hatch can be fitted with an armor glass windshield, and in order to help the builder during the painting process you can use the mask provided. As seen on the Canadian LAV –III a rear bustle rack is provided, with huge ejector pins beneath the base, so extra work will be required to remove them. An exhaust pipe cover is provided in PE and the diamond shaped mesh is very close to the real deal (great addition here).
The RWS is totally new and is very similar to the AFV Club offering. There are two weapons options; an M2 and the Mk 19, you won't need an AM barrel since the quality is outstanding. The smoke grenade launchers are very basic and the rear wiring and mounting fairings are molded square but should have rounded edges, this should be easy enough to fix. The smoke grenades themselves are very basic in appearance since they look like simple rods, and they don't display any details on the top cover lid that can differentiate them.
The straight obstacle blade (SOB) comprises numerous parts (more than 50) in order to depict perfectly the blade that can be displayed in travel or operation positions (moveable). The blade and the bucket are themselves a nice model and can be display separately. The blade has a different attachment than the mine roller, and the blade can be raised. The details are outstanding, but the use of very small plastic parts can be tricky to remove from the sprue without damage, special care is required.
The LWMR including Magnetic Signature Duplicators (MSDs) is really well represented thanks to the number of parts (more than 60). The mine roller can totally move, and very small details are included. The small wheels and connector arms are similar to the Pearson one. It is missing the cabling connector for the MSD, but it is well depicted and the details are there.
The Lane Marking System Dispenser Units are attached to the upper hull with arms, no tubing or wiring is provided, but connector pins are easily located. The details are good and all the poles are nicely represented. One drawback is the fact that these devices cannot be moved and they are represented in travel mode (folded). You will need to work on small pieces in order to show them in operation.
The Stryker has been improved by Trumpeter and the RWS is nicely done. The wheels hubs are still the same. The ESV characteristics are present on the donor kit. Some improvements can be easily made, especially on the lane marking system.
The blade and mine roller are really outstanding. They have great details, and it will be difficult to choose between one of these.
Highs: Outstanding detail on the Pearson mine roller. The most important details have been improved by Trumpeter on the Stryker base kit.
Lows: Still huge mistakes like jerrycans, grenade launcher and wheel hubs.
Verdict: A must have Engineers modern vehicle, options are a plus.
Very detailed review, Seb. The PE looks very nice - I look forward to follow your build in the engineering campaign.
Great review! Lots of really helpful info!
NIce review of another great Trumpeter Stryker. They are coming out with the other mine plow, look at the latest listings from Trumpeter. I agree on the comment about the Trumpeter water cans...they leave much to be desired. An easy fix is the Stryker Stowage by Legends of Korea, plenty of watercans. But nice detailed review, and not only accurate but also truthful. I predict Trumpeter reads this stuff, and uses it to improve their kits.


You may recognize that phrase from the 91st Psalm. It's not just a nice saying – it's a law of God. And one that we must gain a deeper understanding of, in order to effectively stop, and even reverse, the Ebola outbreak in Africa. A recent newspaper update addresses the rising concerns there, as well as the need for calm.
The promise of the 91st Psalm is that the recognition of and reliance on God – or "the Lord, which is my refuge" – will guarantee that "no evil shall befall thee." Guarantee is a strong word, but the author of that ancient poem was convinced that anyone who hid himself "under the shadow of the Almighty" would find comfort and safety there.
Although scholars are not sure who actually authored this historic verse – David, Moses, or some other early composer – the writer surely had a clear sense of the willingness and ability of God to actively care for his children. And even though it's in a book of Hebrew poetry, its lesson is available to all regardless of faith – or no faith.
As a model for healing and protecting prayer, the 91st Psalm directs us to start with the all-power of the divine, placing ourselves – and those we pray for – in the shelter of God's mighty presence. Then, defining Him as our protector and foundation, we can realize all the ways in which His care sustains and maintains us. The promise is that "he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." That watchfulness is so complete that we can't even stub a toe, let alone catch a disease.
Applying the message of this powerful Psalm to the events in Africa is an effective means of confronting the argument that Ebola is out of the control of man and God. Yet for centuries, people have turned to the promises in the Bible, including the omnipotence of God, to heal all kinds of disease, contagious or otherwise. Jesus' many healings are especially inspiring and particularly instructional in their correlation between turning to our heavenly Father and being well.
What can you do? The first step, and one which the 91st Psalm strongly promotes, is to put down fear. It says, "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday." And 1 John concurs by stating that "perfect love casteth out fear." (4:18) Turning to God who is perfect Love, restores a sense of peace and normalcy, enabling you to overcome any anxious sense for your own health, or that of others.
If you're wondering whether your own small prayer wherever you are located, can be of benefit for those who are suffering someplace else, be assured that "to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good." (Science and Health, p. 494) It's not your own power that heals, it's God's. Prayer acknowledges the infinitude and ever presence of divinity, and humbly expects good results.
As a member of the community of earth, those in other parts of the world are your neighbors. Your prayerful outreach on their behalf blesses all mankind. And we surely need that blessing now.
Here's a great podcast about healing contagion. You might find some useful ideas to supplement your prayers.
You see that "announcement" frequently on news and social media sites. It's about the latest in gossip and current events. Although the intent is to track what's happening in the world, it's more about what's happening in people's conversations about what's happening in the world.
It's called preoccupation and comes from the Latin meaning "to take possession beforehand." It was originally what you might call a real-estate term from the middle ages literally meaning to occupy something before it belonged to you – and there's still an element of that in its current usage, though of a mental nature. Now it is used to describe that quality of thought that is self-absorbed or obsessed with a particular viewpoint, accurate or not.
We don't always notice it in ourselves, but we do notice it in others. And in so doing, we recognize that it is neither useful nor productive. At least when the conditions of our preoccupation are negative.
Because we also notice when someone is always joyful regardless of circumstances. Or when someone is always healthy, even when those around him or her are struggling with contagion. Or when someone always reaches out to help even when their own circumstances may be tenuous.
Mary Baker Eddy expected that kind of preoccupation when she wrote, "Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts." (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, page 261) She understood the nature of the human mind, especially its tendency to focus on what is frightening or missing. This simple instruction helps to move the thinker to a higher, broader more spiritual position where solutions can be found and enacted.
Learning to shift thought this way simply comes from doing it. From catching yourself feeling down or agitated and deliberately choosing a more positive outlook. And if that outlook is based on a God-like view, it's not just positive thinking, it's prayer. This is how Jesus thought, prayed, healed. And the Apostle Paul told us to "let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." (Phil 2:5) We can do that!
What's trending in your thought?
When asked to teach them how to pray, Jesus gave to his followers this first step: "enter into thy closet, and…shut thy door." He pointed out that there was no need for "much speaking…for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." Jesus seemed to indicate that an attitude of humble listening, communing with God one on one, was most useful. For "thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." (Matt 6:6-8) Nowhere does the Master suggest that giving God a list of to-dos or complaints is prayer.
The Psalmist says, "Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving. " Ps 94:2 Gratitude is an especially wonderful prayer because it opens our hearts and minds to all the good that God is already pouring forth. In fact, we often see that those things we thought were missing, are even now being provided. In this case, a list of those things we're grateful for is most appropriate!
In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy there's a whole chapter devoted to Prayer. And the author mentions several kinds of useful communion. She says, "consistent prayer is the desire to do right." (p. 9) Or that "the habitual desire to be always good is unceasing prayer." (p. 4) Or "self-forgetfulness, purity, and affection are constant prayers." (p. 15) These qualities of good and right, of purity and affection are important when we're in the holy space with our heavenly Father. And they supersede any list we might take with us of things we feel we're lacking.
Instead, live in sincerity with your prayer, live as if you mean what you said in the quietness of your closet. Then, Jesus promises that "all these things shall be added unto you;" (Matt 6:33) everything you need will be made plain before you.
Leave your list outside the closet, take your meekness in. Then, watch God work!
I'm right and I know it. And you should know it too.
There's a story in the 7th chapter of Luke in the Bible, in which Jesus is invited to dine at the house of Simon the Pharisee. At the same time, an uninvited woman joins them, and begins to wash Jesus' feet with her tears, and dry them with her long hair. Simon the Pharisee is incensed and thinks to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner." (vs. 39) Simon had identified the woman as a sinner, and assumed that, since Jesus was not responding the way he would have, that Jesus was no prophet. Simon was right about the whole situation, and he knew it. And he was troubled that Jesus didn't know it too.
How often do we do that to ourselves and each other? How often are we so convinced about what we know and why we know it, that we can't believe that others don't agree with us? Judging from my own experience, a lot! Simon saw the woman through his pharisaical viewpoint, one which had very clear cut legal and moral regulations. Then he took what appeared to be the next obvious step to assume that because Jesus missed this egregious violation, he must not be nearly as smart as everyone said he was.
Jesus caused Simon to see his own self-righteousness, with a poignant parable about the power of love. And then he rebuked him for neglecting the common courtesy of water to wash his feet, showing the difference between Simon's actions which were nothing more than legal rightness, and the woman's ministrations which came from a deep and sincere affection.
Instead of seeing only the human picture – the physical circumstances – Jesus saw both Simon and the woman from a spiritual perspective. And loving them both, he delivered very different cures which their respective situations required. To Simon, he pointed out both his faulty reasoning and flawed conclusion. But to the woman, Jesus simply told her that her sins were forgiven. Undoubtedly, both of them learned something from the encounter: the woman left in peace, perhaps ready for a fresh start. We hope that Simon also gained a more generous outlook.
Of course there are things that we really want to be right about, but our opinions should not fall into that category. Like our dear Master, we should view ourselves and others through the eyes of love, not law. In fact, as much love as possible, since none of us can expect to be mistake-free. A gracious and affectionate nature will bring about a more ready and willing forgiveness, should there ever be a need. And it will enable us to extend that same level of compassion to others whose trespasses may confront us.
If we're going to be right about our views of others, then let's be sure those views are shaped by God who sees only His own dear image and likeness. That's the model Jesus accepted, and the example he set for us.
And isn't that as right as it gets?
What is it that is holding you captive? Fear? Ill health? Bad habits? Lack?
People are praying for you too, and God is constantly sending His angels to deliver you from whatever seems to have bound you. Do you believe this?
Right now, declare your independence from doubt and fear. Declare that you are not outside of God's care, but actually being cared for even now. Declare that your health, and safety, and happiness, and progress are all in the hands of His angelic deliverers, now.
And know that those mighty angels are willing to smite you too (gently, of course!) to remind you of your blessings and harmony. Their touch is just to wake you up to the fact that you are already in the presence and under the power of God.
Let God and His angels show you the way of salvation. People are praying and you're included!


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Meghan Markle's final episode of 'Suits' features her in a wedding dress
As Rachel, Meghan Markle was a subtly influential force on a pulpy legal drama that quietly had one of the most diverse casts on television
Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 11:35
In a strange twist of art and life imitating each other, the final episode of Suits features Meghan Markle walking down the aisle in a wedding dress.
In a strange twist of art and life imitating each other, the final episode of Suits features Meghan Markle walking down the aisle in a wedding dress. Awaiting her is not a British prince, but rather the lawyer Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), the romantic interest of Rachel Zane, a character that Markle imbued with a mix of charm, conscientiousness and grace over the show's seven-year run on USA.
The appearance doubled as the capstone on Markle's career. She has said she has given up acting to be a full-time royal, which will become official with her marriage to Prince Harry on May 19th.
At first glance it seems like a scant acting legacy. But, as Rachel, she was a subtly influential force on a pulpy legal drama that quietly had one of the most diverse casts on television. Debuting in the role of the ingénue, Markle actively repositioned Rachel out of the eye-candy slot, and by the end, her character had become the show's moral conscience.
With the departure of Rachel and Mike, gone to start a do-gooder firm in Seattle, Suits not only loses a fan favorite (Markle) and one of its leads (Adams, who is also leaving the show), it also risks sacrificing the nuanced themes of class, race and corporate outsiders that their characters came to represent.
Keeping in line with USA's original "blue skies" motto, Suits never billed itself as a political show. Rather, it built itself around a surreal plot: Mike is a brilliant, scrappy, upstart lawyer at one of New York's most elite firms who pretends to have graduated at the top of his class at Harvard Law School. Despite this implausible premise, the show's lasting appeal for me was something equally unbelievable: Suits rarely called attention to the prominent roles that its African-American actresses played on the show.
Debuting in 2011 — a full year before Scandal — Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres), decked out in exquisitely tailored, textured dress suits, appeared as the managing partner at Pearson Hardman, and the African-American mentor of Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht).
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Over time, she would eventually shepherd Rachel, the firm's hardworking paralegal, into becoming a lawyer, making them part of a small group of women of color operating in the high echelons of corporate law on TV.
And while The Good Wife (another legal drama I watched until the very end), would eventually address the absence of African-Americans in both its fictional Chicago law firm and its real cast in its final two seasons, Suits began with Torres and Markle as two of its three female leads. (USA is currently developing a Suits spinoff for Torres.)
Rachel's biography was less integral to the main narrative than Mike's, but as the biracial daughter of Robert Zane (Wendell Pierce), she had one of the show's more compelling backstories. Her father is one of the few African-American attorneys to be a named partner in a New York law firm. But it is through his relationship with Rachel that we witness something even rarer on television: a black father nurturing his daughter's professional ambitions and her desire to crack both racial and gender glass ceilings.
Perhaps no episode exemplified the intensity of their bond more than 'Donna,' from this season, which featured Robert and Rachel working on a sexual harassment suit in the present.
Robert is plagued with doubt and guilt because he refused to help his sister sue the same white male bank executive over 25 years earlier. It is up to Rachel to persuade him to move forward with this case in honor of her aunt, who died alienated from her brother, and to protect future women from experiencing similar abuse.
Speaking at a conference on the gender pay gap in 2014, Markle shared her own story of having to fight for women in the workplace, in this case her own character, Rachel.
According to ET, Markle told the audience, "This season every script seemed to begin with 'Rachel enters wearing a towel,' and I said, 'Nope, not doing it anymore. Not doing it.' And I called the creator, I was like, 'It's just gratuitous. We get it, we've already seen it once.'"
Similarly, while most of the attention regarding her wedding has surrounded what she wears and looks like — specifically what it means for a biracial woman to marry into the British royal family — it is Markle's penchant for activism that is likely to have the more lasting effect.
In February, when she was asked at a Royal Foundation charity event if she would continue as an activist for women in her new life, she responded, "Right now with so many campaigns like #MeToo and Time's Up there's no better time to continue to shine a light on women feeling empowered and people supporting them."
It's another trait she shares with her character. As the newly married Rachel and Mike leave New York to join a firm focusing on class-action suits against Fortune 500 companies, it brings a fitting end to the push and pull their characters have experienced working at the Eastside Legal Clinic (Mike) or the Innocence Project (Rachel).
And while it would be fun to see them in some future stunt episode, squaring off against their old firm (now called Zane, Specter and Pitt), we'll probably have to settle for Markle's advocacy taking place on the global stage instead. – New York Times
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If you are going through the divorce process in California, you may be uncertain of how your split will affect your insurance needs, eligibility and availability. We will give a brief overview of how the different forms of insurance are affected by divorce.
Health insurance: It is important to notify your insurer of your divorce as soon as it becomes finalized. Continuing to cover your ex-spouse after divorce is technically insurance fraud and, as such, could cause you to be dropped from your insurance plan. The uninsured spouse can continue to be insured through COBRA, but will be required to pay the full cost of the insurance policy.
Home insurance: If your spouse moves out of the family home and takes high-value furniture and other goods when he or she goes, you should be able to reduce your insurance payments. Alternately, if you move out of the home and into an apartment, you should look into renter's insurance to cover those furnishings and other items you took from the home.
Auto insurance: When you and your spouse begin living separately, you will each need individual car insurance plans. Fortunately, this will probably cause your insurance rates and payments to drop.
Life insurance: If you were previously covered under your ex-spouse's life insurance policy, he or she will have to release you from that policy before you can take out your own. After this happens, you should think about whether you want to increase or otherwise change your life insurance coverage, and decide which person to designate as your beneficiary. You should also remove your former spouse from any healthcare directives.


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Can we say a Big Thank You to all who attended our 300th service.
To Cllr Fergal Denehey, Deputy Lord Mayor, thank you for your gracious and heartfelt words. To Archdeacon Adrian Wilkinson, Archdeacon of the Church of Ireland diocese of Cork and Ross and to The Rev Stella Jones, Rector of the Kinneigh Union of parishes.
To Brian and Valerie for reading and Paul for music. And a big thanks to Kay and Anne on refreshments.
Our Biggest Thank You goes to the Choral Con Fusion Choir, under the baton of Joanne Murphy. You guys rocked, you were simply amazing, the life, energy and vitality were just wonderful. It was a joy to have you with us and can you come next Sunday??!!
Thank you to one and all and here's to the next 300!!


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Greg Moses : Deporting Texas Student Was Big Mistake
Posted on August 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer
Saad Nabeel. Photo by Shehab Uddin / Der Spiegel.
What the Times forgot to mention:
Story of deported Texas student
Awaits President in Dallas
By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2010
While the New York Times Monday morning proclaims that the Obama administration is not deporting college students whose parents brought them to America at a young age, the President is headed toward a fundraiser in Dallas Monday night where one such case is well known.
Dallas real estate developer and immigrant rights advocate Ralph Isenberg bought tickets to the fundraiser with President Barack Obama so that he can plead for the speedy return of a young deportee from Texas. Isenberg has been working for several months to secure the return of 19-year-old who was deported to Bangladesh with his parents in early 2010.
If the New York Times is correct about what the Obama administration is trying to do, then the deportation of Saad Nabeel was a big mistake. He had lived in the USA since age three, completing grades six through twelve in Texas. When he was deported at age 18, Nabeel was studying electrical engineering on full scholarship at the University of Texas at Arlington
"I plan to tell the President that if he is looking for a poster child for someone who has been unfairly treated and who we need to do right by, then Saad Nabeel is perfect," said Isenberg Saturday in a telephone interview with the Texas Civil Rights Review.
"There are multiple legal issues that we can pursue to try to get Saad back in the country," said Isenberg. "But the quickest solution by far would be to pass a DREAM Act that includes an amendment for young persons who have been recently deported. Other legal issues would require lengthy legal actions — and the wait would do no good to Saad."
If adopted by Congress and signed by the President, the DREAM Act would offer citizenship options to youth who were brought to the USA by migrant parents. When Isenberg approaches the President in Nabeel's behalf, he will also be representing the opinions of Saad's young friends who are this week preparing their returns to college life.
"I feel like everything that has happened in the past year was unnecessary," explains Chris Anderson, one of Nabeel's high school friends contacted by the Texas Civil Rights Review.
Saad was brought to America by his family when he was a young child. He lived like every other American by going to school, getting a job, and spending time with his friends and family. Everything that he knew and loved was in the United States, and one day he was just uprooted from college, thrown in jail for over a month, and shipped to a foreign third world country that he has no memory of.
Nabeel's case has attracted media attention in Dallas and the German magazine Der Spiegel. Other international media have shown interest in the case. Isenberg agrees with Der Spiegel that Nabeel's campaign to return to the USA has been helped by the young man's fluency with computer skills.
Keeping tabs on news via computer in Bangladesh, Nabeel saw Monday's New York Times report as soon as it hit his inbox as the morning's top story. When asked via email what he would like to say to the President during Monday's visit to Texas, Nabeel replied within two minutes:
I love America and would die for my country in a heartbeat. It is the only home that I know.
"Saad's case is really rather compelling," said Isenberg over the weekend. "Given the discretion that is available to immigration authorities, this thing could have so easily gone the other way. My hope is that the most powerful man in the world will at least take a brief interest."
[Rag Blog contributor Greg Moses is editor of the Texas Civil Rights Review and author of Revolution of Conscience: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Philosophy of Nonviolence. He can be reached at gmosesx@gmail.com .]
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Brother Jonah says:
My brother-in-law, Seli, is of a similar case. His family moved to Hawaii when he was 2 years old, from Tonga. He's living in Euless, between Dallas and Arlington, right now. He had a job at the airport loading food onto planes.As soon as the planes started flying again after 9/11, he was right back to work. Got a racist comment or two from passengers, one demanded that Seli not be allowed to load the food carts on the plane and demanded to be let off the plane, thus causing a flight delay, because they had allowed a quote "sand-nigger raghead" to work on the flight. Seli was polite, but firm, told the guy that he was an American, had lived all his life in America.
One of my OTHER sisters, not the one married to Seli, was born in London.
Because dad was in the Air Force. Born at home because it was a quick labor
Born an American Citizen by every rule on the books, save that mom wasn't on the air force base when the time came.
She, and Seli, still get a fat load of Racist-inspired Immigration law horseshit every time they have to get their Drivers licenses renewed. When we came back to the States in 1965,Audrey was a year old. And, with her Embassy Birth Certificate, she was automatically an American Citizen.When she married a GI she traveled with him to Europe,more than once. She's got a Military passport to go with the Citizenship. Should be No Problem.
Somebody stole some of her belongings including the lock-box where she had her Original Birth Certificate, something the Anti-Immigrant crowd scream about President Obama not having.
Hell, I was born in KANSAS, very near the center of the Contiguous U.S. I still get harassed both by Local Yokel Cops (the Ft Worth Police said I looked like Saddam Hussein) and the Border Patrol because I "look Mex". So the hell what? My Cherokee ancestry gives me my dashing good looks. I guess they're envious or something.
But something else, important to the comment, I don't have MY original Birth Certificate either. The same pricks who want to impeach Obama and have him deported for not proving to THEIR unreasonable level of satisfaction his citizenship and birthplace, would do the same for Me, or Seli or my sister.
Nothing would satisfy them, not even total submission. So what's needed is Total Rebellion against their Conformist Regime. We're required to Look White in order to not be harassed and threatened and even assaulted.
Ska-rew that noise.


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Media Literacy: What's Payola Journalism?
Media literacy is perhaps one of the most important issues facing us today.
Just last week, Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, donated a whack of money to the News Literacy Project, an educational resource that teaches students to think critically about the news they consume every day. U.S. schools have also started teaching media literacy programs in an effort to fight false content online.
At Arke, we're optimistic about the role digital media can play in our society. It has the power to bring us closer together; provide us with useful, relevant content; and it can connect us to life-changing opportunities.
But we're also realists. And we recognize that there are some bad actors out there using digital media for evil instead of good. Ad fraudsters, proliferators of fake news, and hackers. The people gaming the system to benefit themselves or the shadowy organizations they represent. They're hard to pin down if you don't know what to look for.
Which is why we're big on media literacy. We feel that education is the key to shedding light on this problem and becoming part of the solution.
What's Payola Journalism?
Payola Journalism epitomizes the sleazy side of online marketing. It's when a marketer approaches a news publisher, typically an editor or journalist that works there, and offers payola for positive coverage, undermining the five core principles of journalism: accuracy, independence, impartiality, humanity, and accountability.
You might be shocked to learn that payola journalism is pretty common. Actually, I'm willing to bet that you actively read content from a publisher that's engaged in the practice. You might even have their site open in another tab.
The Outline has done plenty of digging on this. In December, they did an investigative piece with a follow-up over a week ago. They implicated publishers like Mashable, Inc, Business Insider, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Forbes, and Fast Company
There's no indication that these organizations actively engage in payola journalism. In fact, most of them have standards and ethics to provide their editorial teams with oversight. It's only a few journalists and editors who take part.
How to Kill the Shill
So, how do we fight payola journalism?
By being aware that this kind of stuff happens, for one. It's also important to think about why a piece of content exists. What's its objective? Just as an example, this article wants to be informative. That's its objective.
So, transparency matters. From the very first sentence, a credible article will define its communication objectives and the rest of the piece will be consistent with that. If it's not, then be cautious. Another thing to look out for—editorial standards.
Does a news publisher hold itself accountable to a defined set of guidelines?
Even if it does, that's not to say that individual writers don't. Remember: there are bad actors everywhere. But those that do, at the very least, are holding themselves responsible for providing objective, unbiased news. If they don't, feel free to contact them, or use social media to directly mention individual journalists or editors. We get exactly what we ask for. Which is why it's so important to demand better.
Also, look at the byline. Has a certain journalist consistently written positive advertorial? If so, you should really wonder why.
Finally, look at how a publisher handles their marketing editorial. Do they blur the lines between promotional content and news? Or do they demarcate certain content types, for example sponsored content? The clear separation of church and state is critical, so definitely look out for it.
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I have seen the spring and summer autumn leaves and winter snow.
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There is also tea rice to match!
Stir fry with onion ginger and garlic.
Pour the tea soup into the pot.
Cook with simmer for about 30 minutes.
Put the Pu'er tea into the pot and fry it.
The ribs are served as a decoration after the pan.
Tea enters the world and travels well.
It can also be a gesture of eating.


I got a chance this morning to talk briefly with Samsara director Ron Fricke and his primary collaborator, producer/co-author Mark Magidson. With little time set aside for me, we agreed to stick to the technical, format aspects Samsara's production and presentation.
Some background: Samsara is the first film since 1996 to be shot in the 70mm format, which, strictly speaking, actually uses 65mm in the camera. Traditionally, these films would be shown in 70mm prints, as well as conventional 35mm. However, Fricke and Magidson have decided against making 70mm prints, and are recommending 4K DCP (Digital Cinema Package) as the best way to see the film. For more on the technology, see When You Least Expect It: The Return of 70mm. For more on Samsara, see my review.
I started by asking them how the decision to shoot in 65mm effected the complex production. They told me that it made shooting the film in so many countries "a lot more difficult…Getting film in and out [of various countries] has never been so difficult."
You can well imagine. Airport security is much more intense now than it was when they completed their last film, Baraka, and cans of undeveloped film cannot be opened under regular light nor passed through an X-ray machine.
Could they have shot it digitally. "We started shooting in 2007. [Digital camera technology], which was 2K, really wasn't ready then."
I asked if it would be possible now. "In another year or so, there could be [cameras with] 8K or 10k sensors. It's not there yet, but it's getting close."
They made the controversial decision to skip the expected 70mm prints "after seeing it projected in 4K. All the fidelity of the 65mm negative was there. It's rock steady, and never gets scratched. There's a dimension to it that's unique."
By the way, another film shot in the 70mm format, The Master, opens later this month. This time, 70mm prints have been struck, and the Grand Lake will get one. I assume that this film will also be available in 4K DCP. I would love it if a Bay Area theater capable of showing both of these grand formats could do an open-to-the-public side-by-side comparison.


the mid-1980s, scholars styling themselves New Western Historians challenged his ideas. Burgeoning Pacific trade required opening diplomatic relations with heretofore isolationist Japan and created American trade in places that before had always been European commercial preserves. The cause of that ceaseless wanderlust varied from region to region, but the behaviour became a tradition within one generation. Expansionists eager to acquire Spanish Florida were part of the drive for the War of 1812, and many historians argue that American desires to annex Canada were also an important part of the equation. American address was starting to appearance signs of advancing of age and a big allotment of this ability and aplomb was fueled by the acceptance that the American anatomy of government was aloft to the enslaving august aphorism of Europe and its colonies, appropriately. They rejected the view that Americans were agents of change, let alone purveyors of progress.
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Manifest Destiny : Manifest Destiny, the supposed inevitability of continued westward expansion of the boundaries of the United States during the 19th century.
Rather than being coined, the phrase was buried halfway through the third paragraph of a long essay in the JulyAugust issue of The United.
Manifest Destiny is a term used to describe the reason behind the US expansion into the West.
What are the social, political and economical effects of this idea on the people living in the United States colonies and the.
To start with, this term essay or persuasive essay was first used by John OSullivan in 1845 in the article that is called Annexation with a hint of what that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Manifest afterlife was interpreted absolutely literally. Whatever the validity of those conflicting views, in the simplest interpretation Manifest Destiny expressed the American version of an age-old yearning for improvement, change, and growth. Thomas Jefferson s Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the country with the stroke of a pen. Absolutely such astonishing bounded engineering had to be maneuvered by Him and Him alone. OSullivan was protesting European meddling in American affairs, especially. The New Manifest Destiny After the Civil War, reconstructing the Union and promoting the industrial surge that made the United States a premier economic power preoccupied the country. Although it became a rallying cry as well as a rationale for the foreign policy that reached its culmination in 184546, the attitude behind Manifest Destiny had long been a part of the American experience.


This week Randstad announced the results of its annual Global Employer Awards. We're delighted to report that we were the highest-ranking consumer electronics company, and first runner up!
The scoring is based upon employee satisfaction, work-life balance and career opportunities, among other things. So congrats to everyone on the Sony team!
Last week we mentioned the 185-terabyte cartridges that the clever folk in our team created. Well it turns out they broke the storage record set in 2010 – five times over! That's the equivalent of 3,700 Blu-Ray disks.
From smart storage to SmartWatches– this week we launched our dedicated Instagram app for SmartWatch 2 users. A couple of weeks' ago we brought you our latest update which included new themes, watches faces and wallpapers, well now you can check your Instagram activity from your wrist. Download the app from the Google Play Store today.
I know what you're thinking; "the wet dogs? Where are the wet dogs?!" Well, check out these hilarious pictures from our Sony WPO Awards. I think you'll agree these are some pretty brilliant pups.
Oh, and as always don't forget to check out the lovely Katherine Ryan on this week's Take Out. It features the new X-Men film, a slightly strange obsession with a kitchen appliance and the latest from our games and apps teams.


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Q: bootstrap datatable custom dropdown filters I'm using bootstrap datatables in codeigniter project in footer i included this datatables js and initialized like
$('.datatable').dataTable({
            "sDom": "<'row-fluid'<'span6'l><'span6'f>r>t<'row-fluid'<'span12'i><'span12 center'p>>",
            "sPaginationType": "bootstrap",
            "oLanguage": {
            "sLengthMenu": "_MENU_ records per page"
            }
        } );

Now i want custom filters in required list page on required column
 i tried as
<select id="s" name="s">
<option value="1">Hyd</option>
<option value="2">Warangal</option>
</select>

and js as
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $('#s').change( function() {
        //alert($(this).val());
oTable.fnFilter( $(this).val(), 2 );
} );
});
</script>

I want to filter using drop downlist for city.

A: Hope this is what you looking for, fiddle
$(document).ready(function() {
    var table =  $('#example').DataTable();

    $('#dropdown1').on('change', function () {
        table.columns(1).search( this.value ).draw();
    } );
    $('#dropdown2').on('change', function () {
        table.columns(2).search( this.value ).draw();
    } );
});

Peace!

A: You can do this in this way :
       $('.datatable').dataTable({
       "sDom": "<'row-fluid'<'span6'l><'span6'f>r>t<'row-fluid'<'span12'i><'span12 center'p>>",
       "sPaginationType": "bootstrap",
       "oLanguage": {
           "sLengthMenu": "_MENU_ records per page"
       },
       initComplete: function() {
           this.api().columns().every(function() {
               $('#s').change(function() {

                   var val = $.fn.dataTable.util.escapeRegex(
                       $(this).val()
                   );

                   column.search(val ? '^' + val + '$' : '', true, false).draw();
               });
           });
       }

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So, what happens when you rip a kid from her home, friends and family and raise her in a third world country? In spite of our best efforts to screw up our daughter, it looks like our Madison is turning out to be a wonderful person. Here is a little update on our girl.
Maddy, who turns sixteen in two months, is in 10th grade at her Honduran bilingual school. She is one of only three gringos in her entire high school. Last semester she had the highest GPA in 10th grade, despite half of her classes being taught in Spanish.
This year Maddy has been very active in extracurricular activities. She participates on the Knowledge Bowl team (an academic competition) and she is involved in the Model United Nations where she represents Russia. She is also the founder and leader of a student run club called P.U.R.I.T.Y. (Prevent Underage Relations In Teenage Youth).
Her passion rests in art and computer graphics. She draws, creates animation, produces videos, etc. She maintains a blog where she posts some of her work. Art is her passion and her focus for the future.
Already she is thinking about college. She is very interested in studying Graphic Design at Azusa Pacific University; a small Christian college in Southern California. To that end she is scheduled to make her first attempts at the ACT this April and the SAT in May…both are administered here in La Cieba.
Last summer she spent the month of July serving in New York City as a cross-cultural missionary. This summer she will again take a mission trip, this time in Belize for several weeks.
She is a great young lady and has a strong heart for Christ and serving others. Please be in prayer for her in the months to come.


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Several Seminal Salomés and the History of the Dance of the Seven Veils
Salomé, by Pierre Bonnaud, 1900
Today is St. John's Day, the traditional birthday for John the Baptist. Note the timing: just as Christmas is pinned close to the winter solstice, St. John's Day falls right after the summer solstice. No accident! In America the only folks who still give it much attention are the voodoo practitioners of New Orleans; as a culture we've transferred the impulse for a summer holiday to the Fourth of July.
At any rate, we take the occasion to talk about a St. John related fad that swept through American pop culture, especially vaudeville, in the early 20th century: the Salomé craze. If you know your New Testament or your Josephus, you know the tale: how Herod's wicked step-daughter Salomé did a naughty dance (The Dance of the Seven Veils) for daddy, then demanded and received the head of John the Baptist on a platter. The story was tailor made to be a kink in the Victorian moral armor, Biblical in origin yet titillating. It became a frequent subject for painters in the 19th century.
Beardsley illustration for Wilde's "Salomé"
It finally made its way to the stage (almost) in 1892 with a play by Oscar Wilde. Wilde's Salomé began rehearsals that year with Sarah Bernhardt as star but was banned by British censors. Something was in the air. The following year Little Egypt made her debut in the Streets of Cairo exhibition in the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. One used a Biblical justification, the other an anthropological one, but the bottom line was clear: whatever the rationale, people wanted to look at sexy dances. At any rate, Wilde's Salomé was first published in France in 1893, then in England in 1894, both editions with provocative illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. The first (private) British production was in 1905, but the ban for public productions was in place until 1931.
Alice Guszalewicz in the Strauss opera
But ya know how it is; if you want to create a market for something, forbid it. So, first buzz was created on the continent. In 1902, Max Reinhardt directed a version in Berlin in 1902. Richard Strauss saw this version, and was inspired to adapt it into an opera, which premiered in in 1905. But the crucial leap to the popular stage came the following year.
Maud Allan
In 1906 Canadian-born modern dancer Maud Allen premiered her production Visions of Salomé in Vienna. It and she became a sensation. Billed as "The Salomé Dancer" she toured British music halls in 1908, playing 250 stands that year, and published her autobiography. This set off the craze.
Gertrude Hoffman
Gertrude Hoffman was the first to bring the Salomé dance to the American vaudeville stage in 1908, launching the local mania. Read my short squib on her here, and a much more robust post about the Brooklyn Public Library's Gertrude Hoffman Collection by scholar/ librarian Ivy Marvel here.
Mademoiselle Dazie
Mademoiselle Dazie was one of the first to imitate Hoffman's Salomé act and present it on the vaudeville stage though we don't have a picture of her in costume. Learn more about her here.
La Sylphe
A dancer called "La Sylphe" (Edith Lambelle Lagerfeld) also cashed in on the craze. And she had every right to. She was performing her own Salome dance on American stages nearly a decade before the fad took off. More on that pioneering dancer here.
Lotta Faust
Broadway star Lotta Faust was another who got in on the ground floor, touring vaudeville with a Salomé dance as early as 1908.
Vera Olcott
Vera Olcott was just a girl of 15 when she garnered press for performing her Salome Dance at Huber's Museum in 1908. To the general amusement, her knowledge of the actual Salome seems to have been gleaned entirely from other dancers, having no knowledge whatever of the lore or literature the tale was drawn from.
Julian Eltinge
Female impersonator Julian Eltinge also include a Salomé number among his many drag specialties starting in 1908. Another female impersonator who did the Dance of the Seven Veils was British music hall performer Malcolm Scott.
Mary Garden
Oscar Hammerstein booked the great star of the Opéra-Comique to perform in the Strauss opera in 1909. She later performed highlights of her performance in vaudeville.
Eva Tanguay
Eva Tanguay's 1909 Salomé was said to have taken the whole thing up a notch, simulating orgasm, and further increasing her notoriety.
In 1910, the original Funny Girl poked fun at the craze with the song "Sadie Salome, Go Home", penned by Irving Berlin and Edgar Leslie. Along similar lines, Gus Edwards had cowritten a song called "Sunburnt Salome", and Ed Wynn had cowritten one called "I'm Going to get Myself a Black Salome", both in 1908.
Aida Overton Walker
African American vaudevillian Aida Overton Walker toured with her Salomé act in 1911.
The Salomé fad had wound down on stages by this point. But in later years, there were some notable films that kept the story out there:
The 1918 film starring the notorious screen vamp Theda Bara is sadly lost — a tragedy for hot-blooded humans everywhere!
The great Russian actress Alla Nazimova's 1923 screen version was at once too retrograde (it was a long dead fad by the Jazz Age) and too modern (full of art deco design and contemporary dance — who wants a reinterpretation of this quintessential staple?) So it bombed at the box office, although it makes an interesting, if anomalous, artifact.
Kathryn Stanley
Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty Kathryn Stanley posed for this publicity still in 1926, although it doesn't seem to be in support of a Sennett movie (seems to have been a local stage production). Too bad! A Mack Sennett spoof of the subgenre could have been a major hoot, although I'm sure it would have been deemed too blasphemous by religious groups. That John head needs to grow a beard though.
Salomé, Where She Danced (1945)
The 1945 film Salomé, Where She Danced, put Yvonne de Carlo on the map. And what a map! Va va voom!
Salomé (1953)
We sometimes forget that Rita Hayworth started out as a dancer. She reminds us and then some when she does the Dance of the Seven Veils in the 1953 Hollywood film.
Salomé's Last Dance (1988)
Typically cray-cray Ken Russell version, complete with an Oscar Wilde framing device.
I was lucky enough to see Al Pacino play Herod in Circle in the Square's 1992 production of Wilde's Salomé, with Twin Peaks' Sheryl Lee as the title character. Pacino chewed up the scenery in the play, perhaps the first time the title character had been bumped from the center of her own vehicle. In 2013, he directed his own movie version and — same thing. Jessica Chastain is Salomé , but I had to hunt around for a bit for a photo where Pacino isn't hogging the limelight! But you can watch the whole thing for real on BroadwayHD. Its well worth subscribing to that worthy service for access to this and scores of other shows! View the 2013 Salomé here.
My version! How could I not include it? In my 2008 revue No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Show That Made Vaudeville Famous at Theater for the New City I cast Leela Corman (best known as an illustrator and graphic novelist, but who is also an accomplished belly dancer) as Salomé, and Art Wallace as the cat-calling head of John the Baptist. And on that sacrilegious note, we end our post.
For more on the history of vaudeville, including fads and phenomena like the Salomé craze, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever titillating books are sold.
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harpyheart says:
Great post, thank you!
travsd says:
Thanks! and thanks for the tip on the Tanguay picture.


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UN Secretary-General statement on the Bacha Khan University attack
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The Secretary-General condemns the terrorist attack by armed militants at Bacha Khan University in the city of Charsadda, Pakistan, today, which killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens more. He is appalled by such acts of violence and calls for the perpetrators to be swiftly brought to justice.
The Secretary-General recalls that just over a year ago Pakistan experienced one of the deadliest school attacks in its history near the city of Peshawar, where more than 150 people died, mostly children.
He reaffirms that attacks against students, teachers or schools can never be justified. The right to education for all must be firmly protected. Schools and educational facilities must be respected as safe and secure spaces.
The Secretary-General calls for proportionate and necessary measures to be taken to ensure that schools in areas of insecurity and conflict are adequately protected.
The Secretary-General extends his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government and people of Pakistan.
New York, 20 January 2016
UN Statement on the one-year anniversary of the attack at the APS Peshawar
Goals for whom? – Thoughts from UN Resident Coordinator in Pakistan, Neil Neil Buhne


Personal War Sketches of the members of Ward Post No. 191, of Ellenville; Grand Army of the Republic.
Title Personal War Sketches of the members of Ward Post No. 191, of Ellenville; Grand Army of the Republic.
Description Commemorative ledger containing personal records, recollections, and cemetery records of local soldiers who served in the Ward Post 191 during the Civil War.
Notes Grand Army of the Republic Ward Post No. 191 Personal War Sketches, was presented to Ward Post 191 in 1897 by Mrs. John R. Norbury in memory of her father, Mr. Phineas Stoddard. The "Ward" Post was so named in honor of Captain Pelatiah Ward, Co. E20th, NY State Militia. When the Civil War began, Ward was Pastor at the Methodist Church, Canal Street, Ellenville, NY. He was wounded at the battle of Manassas, VA on August 30th, 1862, and died two days later at the age of 43. This ledger contains the personal records of local soldiers who enlisted under his command. The volume was donated to Ellenville Public Library & Museum by the Deyo Johnson estate in 1976. A microfilm version (Microfilm # 0191) is also available for public viewing. The original volume is available by special permission only. The GAR Personal War Sketches volume was carefully transcribed by Honor Students from Ellenville Central School, local residents, and EPL&M staff in 2011 in honor of the Civil War Sesquicentennial.
Format.Orginal Bound volume, ink on paper, written records. 17.25W x 12.15L x 2.25D.
Digital Collection Grand Army of the Republic Ward Post 191 Personal War Sketches Volume.
Contact Information 40 Center St.
Rights and Reuse No Copyright - United States. Please credit Ellenville Public Library & Museum.


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In 1948, before Rabwah was leased by the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, and while Muhammad Ali Jinnah was still alive. Mahmud Ahmad (the caliph) was living in Lahore. Most of his office staff had also moved to Lahore. Under these conditions, India and Pakistan had a squabble over Kashmir. Kashmir should have ceded to Pakistan since it was a majority Muslim nation. Historical events prove that India was the agressor. It may be noted that India was fearful that once Kashmir was gone, the East Punjab would subsequently be lost to Pakistan.
Under these circumstances, the Pakistani govt. somehow approached Mirza Basheerudin Mahmud Ahmad and asked him for a battallion of fighters who would be 100% Ahmadi. The Khalifa agreed and sent a force to Kashmir (see Simon Ross and the biography of Bashir Ahmad Rafiq, Chapter 7, http://www.bashirrafiq.com/page79/page14/index.html).
Mirza Nasir Ahmad was named the commander of the Furqan Force (see Bashir Ahmad Rafiq). Bashir Ahmad Rafiq who was like 18 or 19 volunteered and was sent to Jhelum for reporting. Later on, he becomes a famous Imam of the London Mosque, there is a website dedicated to him as well. Bashir Ahmad Rafiq secured the permission from his father and was ready to leave. His Ahmadi parents gave him away too easily, they thought he was going for Jihad. Many Ahmadi women offered up their young males for Jihad. His father took him to the train station and gave him this advice:
"You have volunteered on your own and you were certainly not under any pressure. It is quite likely that you may have to face death. In such an event, lay down your life bravely. He who comes into this world has to depart from it one day. The real objective of life on Earth is to gain the pleasure of Allah. If in your early youth you are fortunate enough to gain martyrdom, what else can you possibly ask for?"
Bashir Ahmad Rafiq writes that he travelled to Azad Kashmir from Jhelum and then walked on foot to the front lines. He spent a great deal of time in the trenches and was even thought to be dead after a mass-firing by the Indian Army on the area where he was entrenched. Some tactical error kicked-off this event. All the men in his trench survived. He was later dismissed because of declining health. He then returned to Lahore and then to newly formed Rabwah. Which is connected with the Furqan Force in a strange sequence of coincidences in 1948.
Alislam.org reports that there were in-fact Ahmadi-shaheeds during the war, see the final paragraph here: http://www.alislam.org/books/truth/jehad.html. (Retrieved 12-30-11).
Mirza Tahir Ahmad admits that this was Jihad by the Ahmadiyya (See, White paper, part 7, "The independence of Kashmir and Palestine", page 17 onwards). http://www.alislam.org/library/books/AhmadiyyaMuslim-and-PalestineKashmir.pdf
Mira Tahir Ahmad says that it was the Ahmadiyya Movement that offered a battallion at its own expense (see page 18-19). It seems that Rabwah may have been a bi-product of this volunteering.
Mirza Tahir Ahmad also says that the Khalifa did not allow young men to come home in case of illness, which contradicts the life and times of Bashir Ahmad Rafiq. Maybe the elitist got special considerations?
Mirza Tahir Ahmad (page 22) alleges that a General in the Pakistani Army gave the following in the form of a certificate:
Your Bn was composed entirely of volunteers who came from all walks of life [as I stated before all the volunteers were performing the military services at their own, nobody was on a payroll], young peasants, students, teachers, men in business; they were all embued with the spirit of service for Pakistan; you accepted no remuneration, and no publicity for the self sacrifice for which you all volunteered. In Kashmir you were allotted an important sector, and very soon you justified the reliance placed on you and you nobly acquitted yourself in battle against Medals enemy ground and air attacks, without losing a single inch of ground....
(Certificate from General Commander in Chief,Pakistan Army, June 17, 1950)
Mirza Tahir also alleges that a local newspaper praised the Ahmadis:
Hakim Ahmad Din, President Jama'at-ul-Masha 'ikh Sialkot wrote in his magazine Qa'id-e-A'zam ---January 1949:
"Currently out of all the Muslim organisations, the Q adiani sect of Ahmadi Jama'at is number one. They have been organised from the beginning, are punctual in prayers and fasting etc. Their missionaries are successful not only here but outside in foreign countries as well. They played a major role in the success of Muslim League for the creation of Pakistan. In Jihad-e-Kashmir the kind of sincere and wholehearted participation shown by Ahmadi Jama'at along the side of Kashmir's Mujahidin and the sacrifices shown by this Jama'at cannot be observed, in our opinion, in any other Muslim Jama'at that has shown such kind of courage and steadfastness. We are thankful to the Ahmadi elders in all of these matters and pray that God Almighty may bless them with greater capacity to help their country, nation and religion."


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2020 SUMMER MUSIC CAMP
CAMP #1 - June 15: YOUNG ROCKER Band Camp (ages 7 and over)
CAMP #2 - June 22: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG; THE ROCK OPERA (ages 12 and over)
CAMP #3 - July 6: BEATLES Camp (all ages)
CAMP #4 - July 13: POP Camp (ages 10 and over)
CAMP #5 - July 20: ROCK BAND Camp (ages 12 and over)
**TO SIGN UP, EMAIL KAREN AT A2MUSICCENTER@GMAIL.COM**
Prerequisites: We teach students of all levels at camp, but we ask that absolute beginners sign up for lessons several weeks prior to the start of camp.
See below for details on all camps:
HOURS FOR ALL CAMPS -
*NEW THIS YEAR! All of our camp performances will be at our new performance space that is right in the middle of our new music center. This is an amazing opportunity to maximize our practice time and performance space. No more schlepping equipment down the street or cramming into tight spaces. Woohoo! We are so excited!!
**All Camps include lunch with a drink and a snack every day. We think it's
important to support our community while indulging in the delicacies that Saline has to offer. While we haven't locked down the menu yet, we promise it will not disappoint! Of course, Alex Johnson will whip up his special 3 cheese grilled cheese sandwiches with secret sauce - it's a camp favorite! Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, and allergy free options are available all days. We also have a super fun field trip to the local Dairy Queen for Ice Cream!
Camp #1 - YOUNG ROCKER BAND CAMP (ages 7 and up):
INSTRUMENTS: GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS, KEYBOARD, SAX, VOICE, VIOLIN.
This week long camp provides a fun, yet diverse educational curriculum to offer a unique summer music experience. Every morning the campers will rotate through various hands-on classroom environments with specific tasks and goals. The campers will learn about rock history by playing some of the most influential rock songs from the 50s to present. Campers will learn how to sing scales and how to integrate their scale knowledge with famous rock melodies. Additionally, the campers will learn the fundamentals of rhythm through music games. The campers will also learn how to troubleshoot their gear so they will feel right at home on stage during their epic rock performances.
During the afternoon, students will learn the fundamentals of songwriting by learning one quintessential rock song in its entirety and ten emulating said song with an original composition under the direction of the band leader, a knowledgeable member of A2MC staff. They will also completely write a song from start to finish, as a band, then practice both songs to perform at the end of the week. Music campers will learn how to rehearse with a group and how to develop good group practice skills while having fun.
Performance Friday @ 2:30 PM
*See above for lunch details
CAMP #2 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: THE ROCK OPERA
Last year, we created a rock opera based on the Nintendo classic "Super Mario Brothers." This year, we will explore the Sega classic and recently released Paramount movie "Sonic The Hedgehog." Campers will arrive on Monday and familiarize themselves with Sonic and write a plot based upon the video games. They will then be paired off into groups that will decide how best to make props and write musical numbers for the performance. Our Friday performance will be a non-stop musical that is sure to delight, surprise, and regale our audience. We are looking for experienced musicians and enthusiastic actors, singers, and dancers who will never be the same after this week of creative overload! Do this, you'll love it!
PERFORMANCE: FRIDAY @ 2:30
CAMP #3: BEATLES CAMP (all ages):
INSTRUMENTS: GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS, VIOLIN, KEYBOARD, VOICE, CELLO, WOODWIND, BRASS
Fifty years ago, this year, the most monumental punctuation mark of the Beatles career, "Let It Be" was recorded. To celebrate this epic album, we will focus this year's Beatles camp solely on the album that changed music history. We encourage non-traditional rock instrumentalists: violinists, cellists, woodwinds, and brass players to enroll. Young rockers will be assembled with other campers into a band and they will perform songs from the Let It Be record. Throughout the week, campers will participate in Beatles trivia, watch Beatles performances, and learn about the Beatles' creative process. But the real gem of the week will be the performance of most of "Let It Be" and making memories by celebrating one of our most consequential albums of the twentieth century. Parents, bring your tissues for this one.
CAMP #4 POP CAMP (10 and over)
INSTRUMENTS: GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS, VIOLIN, KEYBOARD, VOICE, SAX
In this spectacular pop music camp, our campers will learn what it takes to put on a variety show. Throughout the week, campers will be exposed to group music activities, analyze performances by the most notable musicians from the 20th century, and learn special techniques they used to create their most memorable compositions. On Friday, you will see a show that is an entertaining, non-stop, 30 minute long, POP TUNE EXTRAVAGANZA that is filled with the catchiest pop hits from the 70s to the present day. If you like pop music, WE WANT YOU!
PERFORMANCE FRIDAY @ 2:30
CAMP #5 TEEN ROCK CAMP (AGES 12 AND OVER)
At this rock band camp, we will learn the essentials of musicianship and teamwork in order to put on an EPIC rock show on Friday! For the duration of the week, campers will be paired with other young musicians who will learn how to emulate rock greats by learning a cover song with a knowledgeable instructor. Later in the week, each band will be given a ridiculous prompt from which they will write an original song. Throughout the week, the campers will work on a large ensemble number for the finale: a rock sing-a-long that is sure to have you singing and dancing along! You do NOT want to miss this one!
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