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On March 27, a 51-year-old Florida man was arrested on suspicion of murder after undergoing a background and fingerprint check while applying for a job. The incident took place in Delray Beach.
According to NBC News, the defendant applied for a job at a fire and water cleanup company in December. As part of the application process, he was required to submit fingerprints and undergo a background check. However, in January, a national database flagged the fingerprints after they matched evidence from a murder that had been uploaded by detectives decades earlier. As a result of the match, agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement placed him under surveillance and managed to obtain some of his DNA for testing. It ended up matching DNA gathered from the crime scene.
The defendant is accused of killing a 68-year-old woman at her workplace in 1998. The victim had recently given her notice and was just days from leaving her job and renewing her wedding vows. Instead, she was found beaten and stabbed to death. Detectives were able to obtain blood and fingerprints from the crime scene, but they couldn't identify a suspect until now. The defendant was charged with first-degree murder and held at Hillsborough County Detention Center.
Murder defendants could face serious consequences, including life in prison or the death penalty, if convicted. However, with the aid of an Orlando, Florida, murder and violent charges attorney, it might be possible to successfully dispute the accusations and get the charges dismissed. If the case moves forward, the attorney may advise negotiating a plea deal that mitigates the most serious charges, which could lead to a reduced sentence.
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is a Japanese gravure idol, singer, and YouTuber originally from Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with Artist-house Pyramid Inc.

Biography
During her third year at Seki Shoko High School, Yoko Kumada applied for Weekly Shōnen Magazines Miss Magazine swimsuit contest. She became a finalist during the contest, but dropped out due to the opposition of her mother. Kumada attended nursing school, but could not give up her dream of being an entertainer, so she participated in Audition magazine's 2001 Special Audition, where she caught the attention of talent agency Artist-house Pyramid. From 2002 to 2003, she was a member of the group "P-Girl" with Sachie Koike, Erika Itō, and Noriko Sagara.

In 2006, Kumada released her first single  after years of vocal training. A year later, she was appointed as the tourism ambassador of Gifu Prefecture's Hida/Mino Jiman Project. In 2011, at the request of boxer Kōki Kameda, Kumada served as a ring girl during his match in Osaka. That year, she also appeared in the fashion magazine I Love Mama.

Personal life
	In April 2012, Kumada announced she had married and on December 3, she announced the birth of her first daughter (the exact birth date was not disclosed). On April 28, 2015, she announced her second pregnancy and revealed that she had a miscarriage in 2014. Kumada announced the birth of her second daughter on October 27. On January 11, 2018, she announced her third pregnancy and the birth of her third daughter was reported on June 26.

On May 18, 2021, Kumada's husband was arrested for domestic violence against her, but he was released on bail on May 20. On May 31, Kumada announced that she has divorced her husband, according to her agency from Thursday.

Appearances

Television

Variety
 London Hearts(TV Asahi network)
 S.B.S.T(TV Tokyo network)
 Akko ni Omakase!(Tokyo Broadcasting System network)
 Go on(Kyoto Broadcasting System only)
 Hebimetasan(TV Tokyo network)
 LIVE BANG!(TV Tokyo network)

Drama
 Ichibankurainohayoakemae(TV Tokyo only)
 Tanteibugi(Tokyo MX only)

Radio
 Yoko Kumada Yo~ko Okiki!(Gifu Broadcasting System etc.)
 Mitsubishi Fuso presents Yoko Kumada Kaze wo Atsumete(Tokyo FM etc.)

CM
 For-side.com
 ACOM

Works

DVDs
 à la mode(March 20, 2002, AQUA HOUSE)
 Indian summer(September 15, 2002, VEGA FACTORY)
 Legend(February 28, 2003, Edge)
 Hibiscus(June 26, 2003, )
 Kumada Yoko(August 20, 2003, h.m.p)
 Labilynth(January 27, 2004, Fuze-jp.com)
 Rainbow(February 25, 2004, For-side.com)
 Se-jo!A (March 25, 2004, GPMuseum)
 teleport(July 25, 2004, VEGA FACTORY)
 Rodeo Girl(October 25, 2004, For-side.com)
 Self Produce (October 25, 2004, GPMuseum)
 Beach Angels in Bali (November 24, 2004, VAP)
 Stronger(February 20, 2005, I-ONE)
 Everytime(February 20, 2005, I-ONE)
 Dawning Window(April 25, 2005, For-side.com)
 Friendly Ship (May 25, 2005)
 Day Off(June 25, 2005, For-side.com)
 Treasure (Juli 20, 2005, SonyMusic)
 Kumada Yoko Special DVD Box(December 15, 2005, I-ONE)
 Yoko, Sweetheart(February 15, 2006, MARE)
 Love-Me(April 25, 2006, For-side.com)
 Talk-Me (May 25, 2006, GOT)
 Heartful Days(May 25, 2006, For-side.com)
 ihohjin mohhitorinowatashi (June 30, 2006, Liverpool)
 With (September 20, 2006, I-ONE)
 Glare (December 15, 2006, For-side.com)
 Collaboration Box ~Because or You~ (February 28, 2007, Sakurado)
 Premiere DVD-BOX (March 25, 2007 GPMuseum)
 Rendez-Vous (May 31, 2007, Gomabooks)
 Gravinist Yoko (August 24, 2007, For-side.com)
 Favorite (October 24, 2007, Creave)
 4 Pieces BOX (November 20, 2007, I-ONE)
 Yoko Sweets (January 20, 2008, I-ONE)
 Wonder Land (April 25, 2008, E-NET FRONTIER)
 Tropical Blossom (July 18, 2008, For-side.com)
 Shinai (October 24, 2008, Takeshobo)
 Nama Yoko (January 30, 2009, AQUA HOUSE)
 Muteki (April 25, 2009, Shinyusha)
 Sexual Soulmate (October 25, 2020, Air Control)

Photobooks
 mimoza(March 20, 2002, AQUA HOUSE)
 ff(August 27, 2002, Bestsellers)
 Sun 3 Yoko(February 28, 2003, Edge)
 7×7 7Day's 7Color's(August 22, 2003, BUNKASHA)
 Trap!(December 18, 2003, Gakken)
 Doll Week(March 23, 2004, Takeshobo)
 Happening Blue(May 13, 2004, Kodansha)
 Private(June 30, 2004, Ascom)
 Beruang Manis(August 31, 2004, Takeshobo)
 Komorebi(November 22, 2004, SAIBUNKAN)
 Comfortable(March 25, 2005, Wanimagazine)
 Kuma You(July 27, 2005, Kodansha)
 Dreamy Days(October 28, 2005, AQUA HOUSE)
 Love Potion(April 8, 2006, Gakken)
 Sunlight (June 23, 2006 eastpress)
 Cover Girl (July 25, 2007, Ongakusenkasya)
 Zettaikyosya Perfect Master (March 30, 2008, Shinyusya)
 Shinai (October 24, 2008, Takeshobo)
 Nama Yoko (January 30, 2009, AQUA HOUSE)
 Muteki (April 25, 2009, Shinyusha)

Discography

Singles
 "Always"/"Watashi Dake no Basho"(April 19, 2006)

References

External links
  (Japanese)
 Official blog (Japanese)

Japanese gravure idols
Japanese television personalities
People from Gifu
1982 births
Living people
Musicians from Gifu Prefecture

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Trump, Pence to campaign in Georgia as Senate runoff turnout concerns grow among GOP
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(WASHINGTON) — The president and vice president are heading to Georgia to headline rallies for the state's two senators as a growing number of Republicans express direct and indirect concerns that rhetoric coming from President Donald Trump and some allies claiming the presidential election was "rigged" could suppress GOP turnout for the runoff election in January. The runoff will determine which party controls Congress' upper chamber.
"So many Republicans live and die by what Trump says, and so if he says that the system's not to be trusted, the machines aren't registering the votes properly, then that'll increase the number of people who will believe it. And the logical next step is, OK, so why bother to go vote?" said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia and an expert in Southern politics.
In the nearly four weeks since Joe Biden was projected to be the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Trump has refused to concede, peddling false claims and outright conspiracies of mass election fraud and voting switching, even as Republican elected officials who supported his reelection increasingly acknowledge that Trump lost, and that claims of widespread voter fraud that have been rejected in more than two dozen lawsuits in battleground states across the country are without merit.
But many of his allies in Georgia, including the state Republican Party's chairman and Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, have yet to come out against the president or knock down his false claims, even though both senators are facing another election on Jan. 5 that will be conducted under the same procedures and using the same equipment — an election that Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and others in his office have defended as fair and accurate and certified for Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Pence is headlining a rally for Loeffler, Perdue and Public Service Commission candidate Bubba McDonald, who is also competing in the runoff, that starts at 2:30 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, Trump will travel to Georgia for an airport hangar rally with Loeffler and Perdue, hosted by the Republican National Committee. Unlike the vice president, who has already campaigned in the Peach State for the senators, pushing a strong "get out the vote" message while praising the two senators and recycling his campaign stump speech, Trump is more of a wildcard.
"The president's visit could even be the decisive moment depending on which direction he goes. I'm sure the candidates themselves and other Republican leaders are saying, 'When you go down there, talk up Loeffler, talk up Perdue, tell those guys, you gotta be sure and go out and vote for them' … but we know that the president often doesn't listen to these handlers — indeed maybe usually doesn't listen to them," Bullock told ABC News.
The president continued peddling election misinformation in a 46-minute speech that was posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday. In the speech he said "may be the most important speech (he's) ever made," Trump falsely claimed that votes cast on Dominion Voting Systems machines, which are used in many states across the county, including in Georgia for all in-person voting, switched votes cast for Trump to votes cast for Biden. The conspiracy has been shot down by the company, a coalition of state and local election officials, and specifically in Georgia by the state conducting an audit of the presidential contest, which consisted of election officials counting — by hand — every single ballot cast in the race and found a variation of the original machine-counted results and the hand counted results was just 0.1053%. A typical variance is between 1% and 1.5%.
Trump's remarks came not long after two Trump-supporting attorneys, Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, who was once on the president's campaign legal team, held what they called a "Stop the Steal" rally north of Atlanta where they told the crowd to not vote in the runoff. Wood also said the two senators "have not earned your vote" and voters shouldn't turn out again to cast ballots for them.
"Why would you go back and vote in another rigged election?" Wood said, donning a red MAGA hat.
Powell, adding fuel to the fire, said, "There should not be a runoff — at least on Dominion machines."
"Stop the Steal" is a pro-Trump group that quickly emerged following the 2020 election fueled by baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. It's led by popular pro-Trump social media activists and has been organizing rallies across the country calling for the results to be overturned.
"Lin Wood and Sidney Powell are totally destructive. Every Georgia conservative who cares about America MUST vote in the runoff. Their dont (sic) vote strategy will cripple America," tweeted former Speaker of the House and Georgian Newt Gingrich on Thursday.
Gingrich, one of the most prominent Republican politicians from Georgia, may have come to Twitter to urge GOP voter participation, but it was just over two weeks ago when he penned an op-ed for Fox News claiming this election was "focusing a spotlight on election law cheating on a scale which threatens the survival of our freedoms," and repeating the same false conspiracy theory about vote switching in battleground states, including Georgia. It also included other false claims about the state's process, such as that the rejection rate for absentee ballots for this election was suspiciously lower than previous elections. In actuality, Republicans have conflated rejection rates, comparing this year's rejection rate because of signatures only to previous total rejection rates, which include the biggest category of rejected ballots: the ones that arrive late.
On Wednesday, a group of 18 former elected officials and "longtime party activists," including Kemp and Loeffler's predecessors — former Gov. Nathan Deal and former Sen. Johnny Isakson, respectively — penned an open letter to their fellow Georgia Republicans urging them to stay focused on the runoffs and writing that they've "watched with increasing concern" as some Republicans weigh whether voting in the runoff election matters at all.
"We say today, without equivocation, that without every vote cast for President Trump and all our Republican candidates on November 3 also being cast in the U.S. Senate runoffs, the trajectory of our State and Nation will be irreparably altered on January 5th," they wrote.
While the signatories did not do so explicitly, the letter implies they're worried that continuing to harp on the last election — and continuing to claim it was unfair — will not be a winning tactic come January. They wrote that while they "must always act to ensure the integrity of the elections process," that effort can't "detract from a mission that only Georgia Republicans can accomplish: maintaining control of the U.S. Senate."
Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a top Republican state official in Georgia, has been direct, saying in multiple television interviews that he worries the misinformation will not just negatively impact GOP turnout in the Senate runoff, but also the Republican Party down the road, urging Trump and others in the party "to refine their approach to how we handle this post-election process."
"There's two parts that really are concerning to me. One is the short term and the Senate election, and making sure we don't alienate any voters that we need to show up for Sen. Loeffler and Sen. Perdue," Duncan said in a CNN interview Monday night. "And I think, secondly, we run the risk of alienating voters longer term."
Gabriel Sterling, the voting system implementation manager in Raffensperger's office, told ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis Wednesday night that he wishes Loeffler and Perdue — who both called for his boss' resignation "at Trump's urging," according to Sterling — would come out and dispute the president's false claims, saying he thinks that "if they showed some leadership, they would get more votes, rather than less."
Sterling has been patiently answering reporters' questions — often the same question multiple times — in near-daily press conferences as the state conducted three counts of the votes in the presidential race. But on Tuesday afternoon, he unleashed at the podium in the Georgia State Capitol, his anger palpable as he made direct pleas to the president and both senators to condemn violent threats against election workers.
He said these threats have been born out of the troves of unsubstantiated claims about the election, which he directly accused Trump, the holder of the loudest megaphone spewing this narrative, of inspiring.
Even so, he said on ABC News Live Prime that he still plans to support Loeffler and Perdue in the runoff because, as a Republican, he wants to see his party maintain control in the Senate. But he believes the president has put Loeffler and Perdue in an untenable situation by refusing to admit that he lost.
"They don't want to lose the Trump supporters, but by acting this way they're going to lose another chunk of supporters, and so it's a box they can't get out of and the president — it was unfair of him to put them in the situation. It's unfair of him to continue to question the outcome of this election, not just in Georgia, but in Arizona and Michigan and Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. There is no proof of any vast conspiracy. It's just not there," Sterling told Davis.
The Democratic candidates facing Loeffler and Perdue — Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, respectively — haven't weighed in on the conundrum impacting the GOP, which UGA professor Bullock said is "so counterproductive."
"If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a Democratic plot," he said.
Around the same time as Pence's rally in the state Friday, the Democratic Party, riding high off their presidential candidate winning Georgia's electoral votes for the first time since 1992, will whip out their not-so-secret weapon once more.
Former President Barack Obama, who headlined a drive-in rally for the Democrats in Atlanta the day before the general election, will participate in a virtual rally with both Senate candidates, 2018 gubernatorial candidate and Fair Fight founder Stacey Abrams and Democratic Party of Georgia Chairwoman Nikema Williams, who is also the congresswoman-elect for the state's 5th Congressional District.
While the pandemic-conscious event won't physically bring Georgians out, it will showcase Democrats' unified front, which is important because Democrats need to win both seats in order to control the Senate with Harris as the tie-breaking vote.
Historically, Democrats have done poorly in runoffs in Georgia, even losing when they were the leading candidate in the general. But Bullock said that the "potential abyss within the Republican Party" caused by Trump's election misinformation could help rewrite that history.
"The Democratic side, it looks like it is united … even progressives who might prefer someone further left than either the Democratic candidates, nonetheless are sending in money, or if they're here in state, (are) ready to go out and work on behalf of the two Democrats, so there's no hesitancy on the part of the Democrats, no concerns about problems in trying to secure their election," Bullock said.
There is at least one super PAC, called Really American, that is trying to capitalize on the president's false election claims and calls from his allies to essentially boycott the runoff. The PAC, which is supporting the Democratic Senate candidates, launched a billboard campaign in Georgia that was met with swift rebuke from the Georgia GOP.
"Perdue/Loeffler Didn't Deliver For Trump, DON'T Deliver For Them," one billboard reads.
On Twitter Thursday, the group unveiled its next billboard, which features a quote from Wood, one of the lawyers at the "Stop the Steal" rally.
"Where's Loeffler? Where's Perdue? They have not earned your vote — Lin Wood, pro-Trump Lawyer," the billboard reads.
According to the PAC's page on small-dollar Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue, 12 billboards are already up, another seven are currently being built and eight more have been purchased.
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namespace content {

static const int kBitsPerChannel = 16;
static const int kSampleRate = 48000;
static const int kBufferSize = 8192;
static const media::ChannelLayout kChannelLayout = media::CHANNEL_LAYOUT_STEREO;

static const int kRenderViewId = 123;
static const int kAnotherRenderViewId = 456;

using media::AudioParameters;

class AudioRendererMixerManagerTest : public testing::Test {
 public:
  AudioRendererMixerManagerTest()
      : fake_config_(AudioParameters(), AudioParameters()) {
    AudioParameters output_params(
        media::AudioParameters::AUDIO_PCM_LOW_LATENCY,
        media::CHANNEL_LAYOUT_STEREO,
        kSampleRate,
        16,
        kBufferSize);
    fake_config_.UpdateOutputConfig(output_params);

    manager_.reset(new AudioRendererMixerManager(&fake_config_));

    // We don't want to deal with instantiating a real AudioOutputDevice since
    // it's not important to our testing, so we inject a mock.
    mock_sink_ = new media::MockAudioRendererSink();
    manager_->SetAudioRendererSinkForTesting(mock_sink_);
  }

  media::AudioRendererMixer* GetMixer(int source_render_view_id,
                                      const media::AudioParameters& params) {
    return manager_->GetMixer(source_render_view_id, params);
  }

  void RemoveMixer(int source_render_view_id,
                   const media::AudioParameters& params) {
    return manager_->RemoveMixer(source_render_view_id, params);
  }

  // Number of instantiated mixers.
  int mixer_count() {
    return manager_->mixers_.size();
  }

 protected:
  media::AudioHardwareConfig fake_config_;
  scoped_ptr<AudioRendererMixerManager> manager_;
  scoped_refptr<media::MockAudioRendererSink> mock_sink_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AudioRendererMixerManagerTest);
};

// Verify GetMixer() and RemoveMixer() both work as expected; particularly with
// respect to the explicit ref counting done.
TEST_F(AudioRendererMixerManagerTest, GetRemoveMixer) {
  // Since we're testing two different sets of parameters, we expect
  // AudioRendererMixerManager to call Start and Stop on our mock twice.
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_sink_, Start()).Times(2);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_sink_, Stop()).Times(2);

  // There should be no mixers outstanding to start with.
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 0);

  media::AudioParameters params1(
      media::AudioParameters::AUDIO_PCM_LINEAR, kChannelLayout, kSampleRate,
      kBitsPerChannel, kBufferSize);

  media::AudioRendererMixer* mixer1 = GetMixer(kRenderViewId, params1);
  ASSERT_TRUE(mixer1);
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 1);

  // The same parameters should return the same mixer1.
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer1, GetMixer(kRenderViewId, params1));
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 1);

  // Remove the extra mixer we just acquired.
  RemoveMixer(kRenderViewId, params1);
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 1);

  media::AudioParameters params2(
      media::AudioParameters::AUDIO_PCM_LINEAR, kChannelLayout, kSampleRate * 2,
      kBitsPerChannel, kBufferSize * 2);
  media::AudioRendererMixer* mixer2 = GetMixer(kRenderViewId, params2);
  ASSERT_TRUE(mixer2);
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 2);

  // Different parameters should result in a different mixer1.
  EXPECT_NE(mixer1, mixer2);

  // Remove both outstanding mixers.
  RemoveMixer(kRenderViewId, params1);
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 1);
  RemoveMixer(kRenderViewId, params2);
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 0);
}

// Verify CreateInput() provides AudioRendererMixerInput with the appropriate
// callbacks and they are working as expected.  Also, verify that separate
// mixers are created for separate render views, even though the AudioParameters
// are the same.
TEST_F(AudioRendererMixerManagerTest, CreateInput) {
  // Expect AudioRendererMixerManager to call Start and Stop on our mock twice
  // each.  Note: Under normal conditions, each mixer would get its own sink!
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_sink_, Start()).Times(2);
  EXPECT_CALL(*mock_sink_, Stop()).Times(2);

  media::AudioParameters params(
      media::AudioParameters::AUDIO_PCM_LINEAR, kChannelLayout, kSampleRate,
      kBitsPerChannel, kBufferSize);

  // Create two mixer inputs and ensure this doesn't instantiate any mixers yet.
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 0);
  scoped_refptr<media::AudioRendererMixerInput> input(
      manager_->CreateInput(kRenderViewId));
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 0);
  scoped_refptr<media::AudioRendererMixerInput> another_input(
      manager_->CreateInput(kAnotherRenderViewId));
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 0);

  // Implicitly test that AudioRendererMixerInput was provided with the expected
  // callbacks needed to acquire an AudioRendererMixer and remove it.
  media::FakeAudioRenderCallback callback(0);
  input->Initialize(params, &callback);
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 1);
  media::FakeAudioRenderCallback another_callback(1);
  another_input->Initialize(params, &another_callback);
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 2);

  // Destroying the inputs should destroy the mixers.
  input = NULL;
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 1);
  another_input = NULL;
  EXPECT_EQ(mixer_count(), 0);
}

}  // namespace content

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Whoever Speaks the Truth Must Die
Posted in FILM, Mythology, Politics with tags Charlotte Rampling, Closed Circuit, David Watkin, Ennio Morricone, Gian Maria Volonte, Giordano Bruno, Giuliano Montaldo, Ken Russell, Renato Scarpa, Sight & Sound, The Devils, Vittorio Storaro on January 16, 2015 by dcairns
GIORDANO BRUNO (1973) is by Giuliano Montaldo, whose CLOSED CIRCUIT I enjoyed, and wrote about for Sight & Sound (possibly the only article in that organ's history to be written in the form of a police interrogation). I then ran GRAND SLAM, his 1967 Rio heist flick, which totally lacked the elaborate, hypnotic choreography of cast and camera which entranced me in the TV movie (about a spaghetti western that kills audience members!). Most of the filmmakers effort seemed to have gone on unconvincing special effects to convince us that ailing star Edward G. Robinson was on location.
But GB sees the return of the elaborate camera blocking, and a fantastic set of collaborators in DoP Vittorio Storaro, composer Ennio Morricone, and star Gian Maria Volonte as the lapsed priest persecuted by the Inquisition for preaching "heresy" (such as stating that the earth orbits the sun and that there are other worlds which may be inhabited.
I get the strong impression that Montaldo and Storaro had seen THE DEVILS and been impressed, though their approach is less hysterical than Ken Russell's, leaving out the camp and staying pretty sombre even during the hero's debauches. Just as with Ollie Reed, though, Volonte undergoes a sharp transition from unsympathetic hedonist to Christ-like martyr at the hands of politicians and the church. Storaro even borrows lighting cameraman David Watkin's trick of using out of focus and over exposed backgrounds where the light actually eats into characters' profiles, an eye-catching effect indeed, turning people into frayed cut-outs.
All through the story, Volonte in his cell is associated with light (Storaro does love his symbolic effects), blasting in from narrow windows and given a sculptural shape by subtle application of smoke, whereas his papal persecutors inhabit realms of wealth and opulence and formal symmetry. Venice street scenes get a handheld, loose treatment to contract with the elegance of the wealthy.
Morricone seems capable of far more nuanced work when the film is in Italian, and his score here is, of course, beautiful, but also cunning. Divine music accompanies the pontiff's crisis on conscience as he ponders whether the man he's having stretched on the rack may have more in common with the apostles than with common criminals. He seems a sincere, thoughtful and worried man, anxious to hold onto the reins of power but with the intention of using them to do good. But the church is, in fact, a power structure, and self-preservation is its only priority, and this essentially weak man must either ride this juggernaut the way it wants to go or be crushed by it. And so the apparently decent, cautious pope becomes quite easily the film's biggest villain, and Morricone's sacred accompaniment is revealed as an elaborate bluff and a black joke.
Volonte is a fascinating choice here as he's rarely a very sympathetic actor, often cast as heavies by Leone, Petri, Lizzani, and the late Francesco Rosi. His vaguely disagreeable features and unsentimental scripting help stop Bruno becoming a plaster saint, so that by the end, when all vanity has fallen away and he has, in best Howard Beale fashion, "run out of bullshit," he can attain a kind of secular sainthood by standing up to a vast power which can destroy him without the slightest trouble. An affecting portrait of intellectual heroism, particularly pertinent in the light of recent events (ALL this week's posts seem pertinent in the light of recent events).
Oh, and we also get a little role for my favourite floundering detective, Renato Scarpa, the sickly chubster from DON'T LOOK NOW… And a couple of sequences of Charlotte Rampling, including one weird one where she becomes sexually aroused by GB's philosophy. Is there a perversion, known or unknown to human practice, that Rampling hasn't yet ably embodied? I'm not sure this one even has a name.
Piss and Vinegar
Posted in FILM, literature, Politics, Television with tags A Fistful of Dollars, Akira Kurosawa, Alastair Sim, Claude Chabrol, Clouzot, Columbo, Dominique Roulet, For a Few Dollars More, Gian Maria Volonte, Green for Danger, Inspecteur Lavardin, Jean Poiret, Launder & Gilliat, Les Dossiers Secret de l'Inspecteur Lavardin, Poulet au Vinaigre, Quai Des Orfevres, Sanjuro, Stephan Audran, Stephane Audran, Tetsuya Nakadai, Yojimbo on January 13, 2015 by dcairns
For some reason, even for a confused liberal like me, it's often extremely satisfying to see a policeman protagonist smacking suspects around and GETTING ANSWERS. It's something that seems to just work in drama, and it can even be amusing, which speaks to something dark and stupid in human nature. Also, maybe it's pleasing because it acknowledges something we believe goes on, but which isn't always admitted in reassuring fictions. Still, after the recent massacre in Paris, there was something satisfying about watching both of Claude Chabrol's Inspector Lavardin films (POULET AU VINAIGRE and INSPECTEUR LAVARDIN), in which glinty, flinty Jean Poiret plays Dominique Roulet's quirky copper (likes his eggs just so), beating up witnesses, letting killers off on a whim, stitching up those who may not be precisely guilty as charged.
"Life is absurd," is Lavardin's philosophy, and the films are charming and entertaining because of not despite their ethical shock factor — it's liberating to see a character who cares nothing for the accepted rules of his profession and operates entirely according to his own sensibility. The disturbing undercurrent is the certainty that these methods ARE used, and are not so whimsically funny in real life.
Lavardin is like Kurosawa's Sanjuro character from YOJIMBO and SANJURO, upsetting the accepted codes of his genre and being so popular doing it that an immediate sequel becomes necessary. While Kurosawa boldly cast the same actor, Tetsuya Nakadai, as Toshiro Mifune's opponents in both films, killing him off each time, and Sergio Leone repeated this trope with Gian Maria Volonte in A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS and FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (even though FAFDM has nothing in common with SANJURO except that it's a sequel to a version of YOJIMBO), Chabrol was not quite so shameless: he waited until Lavardin got his own TV show (Les Dossiers Secret de l'Inspecteur Lavardin) to recast ex-wife Stephane Audran.
The first film enjoys a slow, convoluted set-up, one of those things where one worries that the various dastardly characters, their dysfunctional relationships and covert schemes will never fully become clear, or that one won't be clever or French enough to understand them. Lavardin enters quite late in the action, because the deaths don't start until midway. It's a familiar structure from movies like GREEN FOR DANGER or FARGO or the TV show Columbo or its antecedent, QUAI DES ORFEVRES. Whereas FARGO and Columbo show the elaborate set-up to a crime, concealing nothing, and QUAI DES ORFEVRES pretends to but keeps something up its sleeve, Lavardin's first case echoes Inspector Cockrill's (Launder & Gilliat wanted to star Alastair Sim in a whole series of Cockrill adventures after GREEN FOR DANGER, based on Christianna Brand's delightful whodunnits, but the star refused to repeat himself) — we see and hear plenty, but not enough to fully understand the key elements. Then Lavardin comes along and not only catches up with us in record time despite everyone lying their heads off, he supercedes our understanding and cracks the case (and a few heads).
Enjoyable as this is (with a surprising number of plot elements from PSYCHO — crazy mother in cellar, car winched from ravine), the sequel is even better, starting as it does with a corpse on a beach (the word "PORC" etched on his chubby back). This means Lavardin is on the scene in an instant, and we discover the intricacies of the case through his beady, skeptical, humorous but reptilian eyes.
I've heard it suggested that Chabrol came to despise mankind or at least his characters, but this does not quite seem to me to be true. There's a bit of Clouzot's wry affection (seeing mankind at its worst but rather liking it anyway) and there's also the Coen defense, that these are genre exercises and the people AREN'T REAL. The filmmakers want their rats to not only run a maze, but an obstacle course. It's all in fun, except when it's not.
I've not quite decided if Chabrol's latter-day authorial cynicism amounts to full-scale misanthropy. He seems too jocular for that. But if you want to see traditional detective stories reinvigorated by a change of attitude in the central character, Lavardin's your man.
To get both films you have to buy two box sets, it seems. But hey, that means more Chabrol.
The Claude Chabrol Collection – Vol. 2 [DVD]
In desperation, the pun "Poulet au Vinaigre" which means Chicken with Vinegar but also "vinegary policeman" has been substituted with the title COP AU VIN, which is easier for Brits to understand except it doesn't really mean anything.
The Essential Claude Chabrol Vol. 1 (3 disc box set) [DVD]
Posted in FILM, literature with tags Aldo Lado, Carlos Fuentes, Damiano Damiani, Gian Maria Volonte, La Strega in Amore, Richard Johnson, Rosanna Schiaffino, Sarah Ferreti on November 13, 2014 by dcairns
Rosanna Schiaffino and Sarah Ferrati.
Damiano Damiani has an inspiring, musical name — beaten only by Aldo Lado, whose name does a backflip and anagrams itself even as it trips off your tongue. But I hadn't given much thought to DD — his array of spaghetti westerns, poliziotteschi plus AMITYVILLE II suggested an aimless journeyman — only now that I've seen LA STREGA IN AMORE (1966) have I become really curious, because if nothing else Damiano/i was clearly a considerable visual stylist. Adapting a story by Carlos Fuentes he plants loverboy librarian Richard Johnson (extremely good, even dubbed) in the palazzio of a mysterious older woman and her sexy young "daughter" where he endeavours to get his oats but gets more than he bargained for.
The story doesn't add up to much — although it's refreshing to see supernatural elements handled in a low-key manner, far less shrill than Argento, God love him. Only gradually does it emerge that the relationship between the two women is not what it seems — for some time, the previous librarian, Gian Maria Volonte (NEVER hire than man to file your books, he is a stranger to Dewy-Decimal but a close friend to MADNESS) seems the main source of tension, since he is rather fervent in his opposition to being replaced by the suave Johnson.
I didn't really like where this ended up — it seemed to amount to little, apart from a brimstone whiff of witch-burning misogyny. But as an exercise du style it's compelling, full of outrageously long, teasing scenes, simmering sexual tension, elegant blocking and sinuous camera movement, the stripped-down mansion serving as an atmospheric, unnerving psychosexual battleground.
Also: Rosanna Schiaffino and Johnson trying to undress each other with their teeth. To music.
Fiona: "This is actually quite sexy. But if we tried it, it would just be hilarious."
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By Jessica Orwig
Amazon's latest Kindle is on sale for Cyber Monday,
Amazon's brand-new Kindle is its lightest, smallest e-reader yet, and you can get it on sale now for $85 during Cyber Monday. At $15 off, the 2022 Kindle is the most affordable model you can buy right now.
Whether you're shopping for yourself, a friend, or a family member, this new Kindle is a great introductory e-reader option. If you're interested in other Kindle deals, you can also get three months of Kindle Unlimited for $1 and the Kindle Paperwhite for an all-time low price of $95.
The all-new Kindle 2022 has a 6-inch screen and weighs 5.56 oz. It also comes with storage starting at 16GB — doubling the Kindle Paperwhite's — and has a glare-free screen with 300 PPI resolution.
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Amazon's 11th-generation Kindle has several key improvements over the 2019 model, including a sharper screen, more storage space, and USB-C charging. It's a great buy for users who just want a simple, no-fuss e-reader.
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However, the all-new Kindle 2022 is missing some of the features you'd get with the more expensive Paperwhite, including a waterproof screen, wireless charging, and adjustable warm light.
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Verkilambi è una suddivisione dell'India, classificata come town panchayat, di 17.982 abitanti, situata nel distretto di Kanyakumari, nello stato federato del Tamil Nadu. In base al numero di abitanti la città rientra nella classe IV (da 10.000 a 19.999 persone).

Geografia fisica
La città è situata a 08° 15' 55 N e 77° 19' 01 E.

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Evoluzione demografica
Al censimento del 2001 la popolazione di Verkilambi assommava a 17.982 persone, delle quali 8.784 maschi e 9.198 femmine. I bambini di età inferiore o uguale ai sei anni assommavano a 1.953, dei quali 1.002 maschi e 951 femmine. Infine, coloro che erano in grado di saper almeno leggere e scrivere erano 13.448, dei quali 6.681 maschi e 6.767 femmine.

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Fullerton, CA Outdoor lighting
Using Cree LED lighting, California State University at Fullerton (CSUF) is working toward a goal to become an all-LED campus with the long term objective to be a net zero energy consumer, meaning it will use only as much energy as it generates.
California State University at Fullerton (CSUF) is working toward a goal to become an all-LED campus with the long term objective to be a net zero energy consumer, meaning it will use only as much energy as it generates. The process is taking shape with energy efficient lighting solutions that include Cree® LED exterior luminaires controlled with an integrated wireless outdoor dimming system.
The massive project began with a phase one installation that includes lighting for a new six-level eastside parking structure, adjoining roadway, and pedestrian walkway that leads from the structure to campus buildings. Through in-depth evaluations, Cree was selected as the lighting supplier of choice for the majority of the project.
Cree Edge™ parking structure luminaires had previously been through an evaluation and selection process at sister campus CSU at Long Beach, one of 23 CSU campus locations, making them a natural choice for the CSUF team to install in the new parking structure. The project included 151 parking structure luminaires with two-level operation providing a high level LED drive current at 350mA while achieving a lighting power density well below California Title 24 Energy Code requirements. An additional 50 percent power reduction was realized in low level operation with the LED drive current at 175mA while illumination performance is reduced by only an approximate 30 percent.
The new parking structure lighting system operates 24/7 to accommodate commuting students and campus housing residents. Cree Edge™ Series luminaires include integrated two-level occupancy sensors to provide the flexibility of reducing energy consumption when the lot is unoccupied during night time hours and raising the illumination levels when occupants are present. The two-level feature is used on all fixtures that are not on an emergency circuit.
Twenty-seven luminaires feature integrated two-level operation without a sensor, making them equipped to be used with external controls that can select from various drive currents for high and low operation. The structure includes an additional 236 LED parking luminaires and the rooftop is illuminated with 20 Cree LEDway® Series luminaires.
CSUF's manager of commissioning and energy, Doug Kind, compared actual metered energy savings on the structure to an identical facility on campus that is currently lit with fluorescent fixtures. The size, shape, number of elevators, and number of floors are all identical to the LED-illuminated structure. The results are 80 percent less energy use than the fluorescent-lit structure. "The Cree LEDway Series luminaire was selected as the overall best fixture and was awarded to the new campus standard LED fixture for all roadways," Kind said. It performed very solidly on most every category and in the end it won the day. It's strengths included efficacy of the LED, photometric performance, cost, ability to upgrade the LED light engines without having to change out the housing, automatically being able to increase the light output of the adjacent LEDs if another nearby LED goes out, etc."
Thirteen LEDway LED streetlight luminaires illuminate a portion of the roadway and pedestrian path surrounding the parking structure.
The $24 million parking structure was below California's Title 24 Energy Code Requirements by an astounding 80 percent resulting in nearly $120,000 in energy incentives from local utility company Southern California Edison®. The CSUF engineering team developed and submitted the lighting plan that uses only 20 percent of what is permitted for a normal parking structure of this size – an admirable achievement due in large part to the 414 energy-saving Cree LED luminaires.
According to CSUF's office of Design and Construction, the new environmentally-friendly structure includes several sustainable and state-of-the-art features. Solar panels will be added to the roof of the structure with electricity generated from the solar panels feeding into the campus' power grid. The landscaping around the structure consists of low water, drought resistant, local plants. The structure is also equipped with a bioswale, designed to direct excess water into plants for more efficient storm drainage, which will reduce the need for irrigation.
The university conducted extensive real-world research to select the best LED luminaires for roadway and pathway areas surrounding the parking structure. Narrowing the selection down to four manufacturers, the CSUF engineering team installed two fixtures from each company at a campus parking lot. A judging committee was formed with representatives from campus parking, safety, physical plant, and the chancellor's office to evaluate the products using a strict set of criteria and a weighted scoring procedure developed by Kind.
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Contest: Win Passes to See You People
This contest is a bit different, so please ready carefully. Click here to claim an admit-2 pass to see an advance preview of Netflix's You People on Wednesday, January 18th at Landmark E Street Cinema. The screening starts at 7:00 PM, and doors open at 6:30 PM; but we suggest arriving even earlier, as seats will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Good luck!
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Launches on Netflix on January 27th
Directed by Kenya Barris
Written by Jonah Hill and Kenya Barris
Produced by Kevin Misher, Jonah Hill, Kenya Barris
Executive Producers: David Hyman, Matt Dines, Hale Rothstein, Alison Goodwin, Mychelle Deschamps, Andy Berman, Charisse Hewitt-Webster
Synopsis: When a rideshare mix-up in LA brings Ezra Cohen (Jonah Hill) and Amira Mohammed (Lauren London) together, the two find themselves connecting over a shared love of streetwear and music. As they fall in love, their relationship is tested by their respective families: Ezra's progressive and semi-woke parents (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and David Duchovny) and Amira's unyielding yet concerned parents (Eddie Murphy and Nia Long) who inject themselves into their lives mercilessly. Kenya Barris' feature film directorial debut is a modern love story set amidst clashing cultures and interfaith relationships. Co-written by Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill and produced by the two alongside Kevin Misher, the comedy features an all-star ensemble cast including Sam Jay, Elliott Gould, Travis Bennett, Molly Gordon, Rhea Perlman, Deon Cole, Andrea Savage and Mike Epps.
Cast: Jonah Hill, Lauren London, David Duchovny, Nia Long, Sam Jay, Elliott Gould, Travis Bennett, Molly Gordon, Rhea Perlman, Deon Cole, Andrea Savage, Mike Epps, Emily Arlook, Alani La La Anthony, Bryan Greenberg with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Eddie Murphy
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Influencers Are Getting Sick After Swimming in a Toxic Lake for the 'Gram
By Robin Zlotnick
Anything for the 'gram, right? That's the #influencerlife. I've seen influencers peddling clearly disgusting health food products, wearing ridiculous, impractical athleisure clothing, and generally orchestrating their entire lives to look good on Instagram. It's an epidemic! And it's getting serious because some of these influencers don't just stop at collagen peptides and summer sandals. Some of these influencers actually risk their lives.
Monte Neme in Galicia, Spain is a new hotspot for Insta influencers to take photos. The bright blue lake probably looks extra insane with the Clarendon filter, am I right? The problem is that some of these influencers are diving into the lake to capture the best photo possible, and the lake is actually a toxic waste dump.
The lake is a tourist attraction, and it is famous for its turquoise water, but it got that way because it's a former open-pit mine, according to SFGate. Tungsten, tin, and quartz used to be extracted from the mine, which was abandoned in the 1980s. But the water is still super contaminated; the lake has been dubbed "Galician Chernobyl" by locals.
So of course several Instagrammers who've traveled to the spot have dived in, ignoring numerous warnings not to enter the water. Spanish news outlet Publico said several influencers were hospitalized directly because of their contact with the water in the lake.
Contact with the water can cause rashes and digestive issues. One influencer told Publico that after getting into the water to take a photo, they began vomiting and got a rash that lasted for two weeks. Another said there was "damage to the skin and digestive system." A third claimed that despite getting a horrible rash, "the picture was worth it."
I hope it was. Of course, the people swimming in toxic sludge for the 'gram aren't the first to endanger their lives in the name of social media. How far should you go for the perfect Instagram shot? It has become increasingly clear that some of these influencers are willing to push the limit.
Swimming in toxic water isn't the first instance of influencers performing death-defying stunts to snap a pic. Instagram couple Kelly and Kody were criticized for their dangerous photo showing Kelly dangling over the side of an infinity pool with only Kody saving her from certain death. The caption reads, "Our greatest strength in life, our most important principle, is discernment. Only you can know your body, feel the space around you and understand your capabilities. We would all do well to remember this, knowing that not every action, style or path we witness through others is or should be, replicated. At the end of the day, we are to hold ourselves accountable for the decisions that we make."
I personally think it's an incredibly dumb photo, but check it out yourself.
Some people found the photo touching and cool and indicative of their trust in each other or whatever, but most people genuinely thought it was a terrible idea. "Proper stupidity right here... Who cares if you know what your limits are, one wrong move and she's dead mate, dead forever," one commenter wrote. Sure, it has a lot of likes (more than 42,000), but what do likes even mean? And you certainly couldn't enjoy them if you were dead, so, do I believe this photo was worth it? Probably not.
That's just the thing about influencers. Their literal job is to, for lack of a better word, influence people whether it's to buy things, be things, or do things. And so when influencers do things like dive into toxic waste or hang over the side of a moving train (see below), they are maybe unwittingly putting other (also dumb) people in danger.
When Belgian influencer couple Camille and Jean started making out while hanging off the side of a moving train in Sri Lanka, they immediately garnered criticism for the impact that photo could have on other people. "Lots of people are going to try this and injure themselves or worse," one commenter wrote.
Camille and Jean defended the stunt, saying the train was moving at a walking speed and the edge wasn't that deep. They researched the train and the route and surprise, surprise, found that it's a very popular picture for Instagrammers to take. So they picked a moment where the view would be best and the train was moving at a snail's pace to take a photo that makes it look like they have a death wish.
The problem is, not everyone who strives to take this photo will do the research they did, and nowhere in their caption do they mention what went in to pulling off a photo like this in a safe, controlled manner.
Another Instagram couple, Vishnu and Meenakshi Moorthy, posted the following photo of Meenakshi sitting with her feet dangling over the edge of the Grand Canyon. "A lot of us including yours truly is a fan of daredevilry attempts of standing at the edge of cliffs and skyscrapers," they wrote, "but did you know that wind gusts can be FATAL??? Is our life just worth one photo?"
Just a few months after this photo was posted, Vishnu and Meenakshi died after falling 800 feet at Yosemite National Park, "an accident that occurred while they were on the edge of a cliff and probably taking pictures for Instagram," according to Fast Company.
Let me be the millionth person to say Instagram is not worth losing your life over. It's not worth ending up in the hospital for. It's not even worth being mildly inconvenienced for, in my opinion. There is no denying that social media is important in society today. But you know what more important than social media? Your life.
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Best Petting Zoos In Cherry Hinton
We've rounded up the best petting zoos in Cherry Hinton in our quest to discover brilliant family attractions and places to visit near you.
There are 11 Cherry Hinton petting zoos to pick from.
Find the perfect places to go with your kids and get out on your next adventure!
All the petting zoos we list are rated according to the ages they are suitable for, facilities and whether they are suitable for rainy days or best when the sun is shining.
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Meet more than 200 animals, including sheep, goats, ducks, chickens, and pigs at Daisy May's Farm. A rescue centre and a working farm, it's home to b...
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Five questions to... Zein Kamal & Noor Sweid
Aimee Greaves
Yoga has become an increasingly popular exercise as people not only look for a way to shed weight, but want to relax at the same time. A study by Yoga Journal reported that Americans spent $5.7 billion (Dh20.91bn) on it in 2008 – 87 per cent more than they did in 2004.
As such, Zen Yoga, owned by Zein Kamal and Noor Sweid, has grown from one to four studios across Dubai in just three years as demand quickly outstripped supply.
Here, the founders, who financed the company themselves, tell Emirates Business how the business grew from a personal need and why it is such a good discipline to take up.
How did Zen Yoga come about?
Sweid: When I moved back to Dubai [after studying in the United States] it was difficult to find qualified instructors. I practiced at home for a year then thought about opening a studio so I could do it there. Zein and another friend said they would love to join so we brought over instructors for the US and opened in Dubai Media City. Very quickly, we realised there was so much demand that it could not keep up, therefore we opened a second, third and fourth studio.
Are you turning a profit?
Kamal: Because of the locations of the studios, our expenses are quite high so we are yet to see a lot of profit but we did not start the business to make money; we did it to service the community and if you look at any start-up it takes three yeas to break even so we are treading the normal curve.
Has yoga has been more in demand since the credit crunch hit the UAE?
Kamal: There has been more people taking up yoga since the global recession. They are stressed and know it is good for them and they would rather spend money on something they think is good for them.
Since you started, a number of other companies have launched yoga classes – are you worried about this competition?
Kamal: There was room for yoga to grow in this region and because it is proven to help a lot of ailments, people are bound to be interested. We were the first to have a studio such as this three years ago but it is a natural progression for others to open. There is some competition in the market but we do not see big gyms as competition because the classes are completely different. They target the general public whereas we target people looking to work out in a cosy, friendly atmosphere. The growth has slowed down but there is still potential and more room for it to grow further.
Do you plan to go international?
Kamal: We started Zen Yoga to provide a service to the community. The yoga community is huge, but we did not realise how big until we started the business but at the moment we do not have any plans to open another centre. We want to imporove what we have and then we will go from there.


Dr. Hinkle is a 1990 graduate of Colorado State University. She has been practicing in Sonoma County for over 25 years, founding "The Animal Hospital of Cotati" in 1998. She says that the seed of being a veterinarian was planted early in life, and then reinforced with a position working in New Mexico during high school with a veterinarian specializing in wild animal rescue.
She comes from a science background, with her parents holding multiple degrees in computing and physics, which provided her with a wonderful background to approach veterinary medicine with an integrated approach, offering bioresonance. She lives in Petaluma with her husband Carlton, their family dog, Jaxx and their adventurous cat, Spencer.
Dr. Leavey is a 1993 graduate of the University of California at Davis. She has practiced in Northern California for over 21 years. Prior to becoming a veterinarian, Dr. Leavey worked for the National Parks Service. It was that stewardship of wildlife that sparked her interest in veterinary medicine. Mary Ellen is very happy to have found a home at Animal Hospital of Cotati 20 years ago.
If she had to pick her favorite aspect of being a veterinarian, it would be the personal relationships she develops with the owners and animals with whom she has the privilege to work. She lives in Petaluma with her two dogs, Farley and Macy, and her husband, Greg.
Dr. Adams is a 1995 graduate of the University of California at Davis. She has practiced in Northern California for over 20 years. She lives in Sebastopol with her dog, three cats, two horses and her husband, Ken.
Dr. Adams is a Certified Veterinarian and Acupuncturist. She loves to be able to provide clients with the option of integrated medical treatments. She collaborates actively with our "Western" medicine doctors while offering the "Alternative" therapeutic benefits of Acupuncture.
Dr. Jill Mercado is a 2005 graduate of the University of California at Davis and has been practicing for ten years. She lives in Glen Ellen with her two dogs, one cat, one turtle, one rabbit, and her husband, Daniel.
Jill found a home at Animal Hospital of Cotati over 9 years ago. The part of veterinary medicine that she loves the most is being able to truly help the animals she treats and seeing an improvement in quality of life for everyone.
Barbara comes to us from the "human" side of medicine. She graduated from Empire college with a degree and certification in Medical Assisting in 1997. She's been with us since 2009 and has loved working with animals.
Barbara has two cats, Steve and Little Man who sometimes drive her crazy, but also love her very much. Barbara's favorite pet is a gray short-hair husband named "Jeff". During her free time you might find her spending time with her grandsons Sebastian and Levi, or you just might find her making noise on the streets on her Harley as this lady is no typical grandma.
Tawny was born in San Rafael, and raised right here is Rohnert Park. She comes to us from a mostly large animal background, since she grew up on a dressage horse ranch and has had a love for horses (and other animals too!) since she could walk. She is currently enrolled at the Santa Rosa Junior College in hopes of receiving her certification in the Veterinary Technicians program.
Her favorite part about her job is applying what she learns in school to the work she does here in the hospital. In her free time, Tawny loves to read and spend time with her dog, Skypp and her horse, Simba.
Joelle joined the Animal Hospital of Cotati family in March of 2017. Prior to working with us, she worked as a certified medical assistant and as a receptionist at another veterinary hospital. Joelle is the mom to three children; Brody, Nick, and Lily, and their sweet cat Ivan.
Joelle's favorite part of working in the Veterinary field is seeing the bond between owners and their pets! She also enjoys having the privilege of working with and comforting owners through tough situations. We are so thankful to have Joelle as a part of our team!
Betty joined our team in October of 2018. She previously worked for Redwood Credit Union with Account Services. She is happy to be able to work at a desk where she can hand out treats to dogs all day! Her favorite part of work has been meeting and cuddling with all the puppies and watching them grow up! Betty has a cat named Merle a chihuahua terrier named Ukon, who also loves that Betty has become such a professional at handing out dog treats!
It is our pleasure to have the personality and skills of Cathy as part of the Animal Hospital of Cotati Family. Cathy has an extensive educational background including a BA in Biology as well as being a CLS (Clinical Lab Scientist). She applied those skills in the human medical industry for years. Cathy has been working with animals for the last nine years and has been with us for the past four years.
Cathy's love for animals and her desire to apply her education in their benefit brought her to our hospital. Cathy is married with two children, and enjoys spending time outside hiking and gardening.
Liz has worked in the veterinary industry since 2008. If she had to pick her favorite aspect of being a technician, it would be providing nursing care for hospitalized patients. Liz has a BA in Anthropology from UC Berkeley.
In the past five years Liz has participated in humanitarian efforts in Peru, Guatemala, and Paraguay. She is a member of the "World Vets International Aid for Animals," whose mission is to provide veterinary aid in developing countries and veterinary disaster relief worldwide. In her free time she enjoys hiking and spending time with her family.
Jennifer has worked in the veterinary industry since 2011. Her experience included three years working at the local animal shelter. Jen received her AA degree from Santa Rosa Junior college in 2014 and has Recently become a Registered Veterinary Technician!
In her free time, Jen is in a competitive bowling league. She also loves to snowboard and reading science fiction mystery novels. She lives in Santa Rosa with her corgi mix, Harley.
Karissa comes to us from a shelter medicine background. In addition to her AA in environmental studies, Karissa has recently become a Registered Veterinary Technician! Her favorite aspect of veterinary medicine is orthopedics and rehabilitation.
Karissa was born & raised in Rohnert Park but now resides in Santa Rosa with her boyfriend and their two kittens, Remus and Padfoot! When she is not caring for AHOC patients or her own she enjoys hiking, traveling, and volunteering time for her local shelter.
Camry comes to us from a background in 4H and has a lot of experience raising farm animals. She is currently studying for her Registered Veterinary Technician boards. Her favorite aspect of working in the veterinary field is practicing emergency medicine and running anesthesia for surgeries and procedures.
A fun fact about Camry is that she loves road trips, archery, and visiting with friends. She currently lives in Solano County with her fiancé and their two cats, Sasha and Gypsy.
Alex joined the Animal Hospital of Cotati in September 2017. She previously spent time volunteering with the Napa Animal Shelter and is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Biology. On her "free time" she likes photography, art projects, and hanging with her three pups! Alex has two American Staffordshire Terriers and a German Sheppard who keep her on her toes, especially when it comes to their heart conditions!
At work, Alex loves studying cytology and looking under the microscope. She also enjoys being able to work with some of our more behaviorally challenged cats and dogs we see.
Sarah was born and raised in San Jose and attended Santa Clara University where she earned degrees in Anthropology and Environmental Science. She worked for an archeology lab and later changed fields to work as a realtor. Sarah changed fields again fall of 2017 when she started taking RVT classes at SRJC and joined the AHOC team.
Sarah lives with her husband Tim and their cats Dojo, Gizmo, Gadget, and Daytona and their Beautiful Great Dane mix, Denali! Her favorite part of working at AHOC is snuggling all the dogs and of course, being able to make a difference in animal's lives.
Ashley joined our team in June 2018 and comes from a broad animal background. She has a degree in Animal Science and is working towards her RVT. Ashley also spends time working for the Rohnert Park Animal Shelter, where she recently adopted one of their "senior citizen" cats, Papi. She has another cat Lola, and a sweet pup, Baya who she enjoys taking on long walks!
Ashley enjoys all the cute dogs she gets to see everyday and the wonderful people she gets to work with!
Mari is Santa Rosa raised and attending SRJC working towards becoming an RVT. She joined our team in April 2018 and previously worked at the Sonoma Humane Society. She has two chihuahuas, Sophia and Wesley, and her newest addition, a rat terrier pup named Cali!
Mari loves being able to to make cats and dogs happy and enjoys procedures such as foxtail searches or rupturing cysts!
Samantha is a graduate of Sonoma State University and received a Bachelors Degree in Business Management. She recently graduated with an AA degree from Santa Rosa Junior college, as well.
Outside of work, Samantha enjoys cooking with her family and reading Science Fiction. She lives in Petaluma with her husband Walter, and her cat, Dazzle.
Carlton is a really great guy, but then he is also the one writing this.
Carlton is originally from Roswell New Mexico, and attended New Mexico State University where he received a BA in Marketing.
His most recent work experience outside the management of the hospital included 18 years working with a division of Ogilvy Advertising. He lives in Petaluma with his beautiful wife Kathy and their lovable dog, Jaxx, and their mischievous cat, Spencer.


I was born and raised in Antioch, Tennessee where my grandmother put me to work in our backyard garden. Covered in mosquito bites at the resilient age of five, I pulled dandelions and other weeds to make room for spinach, tomatoes, summer squash, and sugar snap peas. My family didn't live near a supermarket and with two working parents, there wasn't a lot of time to make it out to the closest one. Thanks to my grandma's garden, we had access to healthy food.
Watching plants grow is one of my greatest joys. Even as a kid, when I only had a little cactus to call my own, I loved it. I'm from Omaha, Nebraska, where I earned a degree in Agricultural Studies. I went on to work for an industrial food corporation but left because I wanted to pursue a job that aligned more with my values. I believe that gardens can bring neighbors together and foster a community's mental and physical health.
For a while, I worked as a PR consultant to emerging musicians and bands in Nashville. I wanted to transition into the nonprofit sector and be involved in the sustainable movement. Project Sprout is my first venture into the field, and I couldn't be happier. I still have a strong commitment to the music industry and sometimes combine both skill sets by planning and hosting fundraising shows at our larger gardens.


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When Does "Managed Perception" Become Reality?
The covert manipulation of the domestic economy has set up ideal conditions for massive domestic blowback against the responsible agencies such as the Federal Reserve. (Spring Special: 10% off Everlasting Seeds)
Broadly speaking, "blowback" is the unintended consequence to the civilian population of secret government operations. It is typically used to describe the consequences of overseas covert operations:
Blowback:
The term blowback first appeared in the the CIA internal history of the US's 1953 Iranian coup d'état. Examples of blowback include the CIA's financing and support for Afghan insurgents to fight an anti-Communist proxy guerilla war against the USSR in Afghanistan; some of the beneficiaries of this CIA support joined al-Qaeda's terrorist campaign against the United States.
But there is another kind of blowback brewing in the U.S.: the negative consequences of massive covert manipulation of the domestic economy by the Federal Reserve and agencies of the Federal government. A key feature of propaganda is the "documentation" presented to support a politically advantageous distortion.
In this case, the statistical support for the "recovery" rests on three numbers:
1. the stock market
2. the Federally issued jobs report
3. the GDP
In all cases, the numbers are doctored in a coordinated covert campaign to persuade the public that the economy is growing smartly. The stock market has doubled as a consequence of a declining dollar and other policies of the Federal Reserve designed to incentivize speculation in "risk trades" such as stocks and "carry trades" in currencies.
I have broken down the distortion many times, for example: The Stock Market As Propaganda (March 10, 2010).
The jobs report is heavily reliant on the "birth-death model" of small businesses, an opaque Federal guesstimate of the number of new small businesses being started and those being closed.
As reliably as clockwork, hundreds of thousands of "created out of thin air" jobs are logged as if they were real by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' "birth-death model." Yet in the real world, the number of small businesses has been in a three-year free-fall: Few Businesses Sprout, With Even Fewer Jobs (WSJ.com).
In the real world, small business income is down 5%. Small Business: Still Waiting for Recovery.
According to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Proprietors' income-- the profits of unincorporated businesses such as partnerships or individuals who work for themselves--is down nearly 5 percent from two years ago, while corporate profits have jumped 21 percent in that period.
About 19.9 million partnerships and sole proprietorships with no employees existed in 2008, the latest year for which U.S. Census Bureau data are available. That number fell almost 2 percent from the previous year.
In a private-sector workforce of about 106 million, that's about 19% of all people with a job. Recall that the BLS counts you as employed if you work one hour a week or if you're "self-employed," even if you aren't making a dime.
Only in the world of massaged statistics does nobody notice that self-employed people who are seeing revenues and profits fall do not need to hire someone: they're sinking all on their own.
Small business understands uncertainty is now permanent. That's why 26% of all new private-sector hires are temporary.
Buried deep in the "news" announcing 244,000 new hires last month is the reality that income rose by a paltry 1.9% and hours worked were flat. The broader measure of the unemployment rate, which includes people who stopped looking for work and those settling for part-time jobs, rose to 15.9% in April from 15.7% the previous month.
The GDP rises because the Federal government has borrowed roughly $5 trillion in the past three years and sent much of it out as "income" where it is of course added to the GDP. Never mind where the money came from or what it will cost our children--the only thing that matters to the manipulation operation is that GDP rises every quarter. If it doesn't, then the "recovery" lie collapses.
According to the Consumer Metrics Institute, their Daily Growth Index resumed its movement into record negative territory, setting a new all-time low representing a 6.39% year-over-year contraction on May 3, 2011.
Although our data about consumer spending is clearly weaker than that being provided by U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) or the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), there are a number of reasons to suspect that the consumers that we monitor really are less enthusiastic about the economy than Mr. Bernanke:
-- We have often commented that the metrics used to measure retail sales are seriously flawed, creating at least a "survivor bias" in the statistics and a sampling bias that over-represents the elite large cap retailers. We have expected that the numbers would eventually be quietly revised. Last week the Census Bureau did exactly that, lowering their baseline historical data substantially for some segments of the retail sales data. Specifically, they reported that 2010 "furniture and home furnishings stores" sales were 3.6% weaker than previously reported (turning a meager 0.8% year-over-year gain into a -2.4% contraction), the highly discretionary "sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores" group was down 3.9% from the 4.6% in prior reports, and the less easily sampled "miscellaneous store retailers" dropped some 6.7% from their earlier numbers (nearly wiping out completely the earlier 7.6% alleged gain).
On the flip side they also noted that gasoline stations had actually collected sales that were 4.6% greater than what the Census Bureau had told us before -- indicating that their sampling methodologies grossly under-reported the impact of rising pump prices.
Our problem has always been the reliability of the reports, since their version of history often undergoes dramatic rewrites long after the fact.In this particular case a 7.6% year-over-year gain becomes a 0.9% year-over-year gain, and a 0.8% year-over-year growth was admittedly actually a 2.4% contraction -- all done quietly and without media scrutiny. In short, retail sales were not as good as previously purported -- for all the reasons we have previously described -- and hardly anyone noticed.
-- We have always held Gallup's measures of the the U.S. consumer's psyche with high regard -- if for no other reason than that their very livelihood depends (unlike the BEA or DOC) on them evolving their polling techniques to stay in contact with even those "households" that connect with the outside world only through Facebook or Twitter. They have recently published three polls that show far greater consumer caution than is commonly suspected:
Last week Gallup issued their regular update on consumer confidence. In it they found that only 27% of U.S. consumers feel that economic conditions are "getting better," down from 41% who responded in the same manner one year ago.
In a separate poll they found that self-reported consumer spending was flat in April and essentially flat year-over-year. This means that there was actually a reduction in discretionary spending, since relative to a year ago consumers were also reporting that a substantially larger share of that spending is going for gasoline and groceries.
And in yet another consumer view of the economy, they reported that over half of U.S. consumers think that -- at least for them -- the 'Great Recession' has never ended. Although the polling numbers have improved since the very bottom of the recession, they have again deteriorated from last year.
-- And it isn't just U.S. consumers who are being cautious. Eurozone consumers have also become more frugal, with German consumers in the vanguard with a 2.1% monthly contraction in spending. The overall drop is 1.7% for the year, and it is now at the lowest level since November 2009. The German thrift is even more remarkable given that unemployment is far less of a concern there than anywhere else in Europe. And in some countries the downturn is clearly not a one-month fluke: the March 1.4% fall in retail sales in Spain extended the string of losses to twelve consecutive months.
In other words, the "recovery of consumer spending" is bogus. The pyramid of the American economy is instructive:
Memo to Mr. Bernanke: it's called blowback, baby, when the public finally sees through the covert ops propaganda. The institutions which are reporting the "proof the economy is recovering" will lose what remains of their credibility, as will a Mainstream Media which has unquestioningly "reported" the distortions as fact for years.
All this coordinated misinformation and distortion is setting up the delegitimization of the complicit institutions, which include the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, the White House, Congress, and all the agencies tasked with documenting the "recovery."
Today the stock market is rallying on the wondrous "news" of hundreds of thousands of new jobs created--the last of the three metrics which the Status Quo needs to complete its picture of "recovery." As the gap between the "good news" and reality widens, the forces of blowback and delegitimization only coil tighter.
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It's been pointed out that one of the few genres Doctor Who hasn't really turned its hand to in the past is the blokey flat-mate sitcom. So, in one respect, this episode was trying something genuinely new and, what is more, something which you would expect to play to Moffat's strengths - except, of course, that he didn't write it.
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Yazata es el concepto zoroastrista usado para designar a una divinidad, o como epíteto de una. En lenguaje avéstico significa literalmente 'digno de adoración o veneración', por lo que, en un sentido amplio, es usado para referirse a ciertas plantas medicinales, criaturas primordiales, los fravashis de la muerte, y a ciertas oraciones que son consideradas santas por sí mismas. Los yazatas en conjunto son «los bondadosos poderes bajo Ormuz», quien es considerado «el más grande de los yazatas».

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Yazatas
Zoroastrismo


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Mr. 61: James White Breaks Record at Ringgold
RINGGOLD, Ga. – James White of Acworth, Ga., posted a record-setting 9-under-par 61 during the American Junior Golf Association's Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic at WindStone Golf Club Tuesday. The previous AJGA 18-hole scoring record was 62, carded by Stewart Whitt (10-under-par) at the 2002 Burgett H. Mooney, Jr. Rome Classic and Colin Wilcox (9-under-par) at the 2004 Las Vegas Founders Junior Golf Championship.
White, who is ranked 104th in the Polo Golf Rankings, carded nine birdies on the 6,459-yard, par-70 layout. He birdied three times on the front nine (Nos. 4, 8, 9), making the turn in 32 strokes. He then birdied Nos. 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17 to shoot a staggering 29 on the back side.
"To be honest, I hit almost every fairway, every green and made just about every putt," White said. "You joke about it all the time, but today that's what I did."
White's 9-under par 61 was also the low score of his career, besting his 7-under-par 65 recorded at Brookstone Country Club, his home course in Acworth.
"I didn't really want to talk about it. I have to thank my playing partners for not mentioning my score and how low I was going," White said. "Usually if someone asks about it, you then go bogey, bogey, bogey."
White, a three-year AJGA member, finished tied for 12th at last year's Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic with a 70-69-77—216 tournament total. White's best finish in AJGA play was a tie for fifth in the 2006 Aldila Junior Classic.
"I had no goals today; sometimes you just have to pull the trigger and go for it. That's what I'm going to keep doing."
When play is complete Tuesday, click here for full results.