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Gone Girl (2014)
October 13, 2014 by joecarro	in Crime (Movies), Drama (Movies), Movie Reviews, Mystery (Movies), Thriller (Movies) and tagged 2010's, 2014, Adaptation, Amazing Amy, Amy Dunne, Andi Hardy, Author, Average JOE, Baby, Ben Affleck, Blood, Boobs, Book, Breasts, Butt, Carrie Coon, Court, Crime, Criminal, David Fincher, Desi Collings, Detective, Detective Rhonda Boney, Divorce, Drama, Emily Ratajkowski, Evil, Forced Sex, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Greta, Guilty, Innocent, Intense, Jail, Joseph Carro, Kill, Kim Dickens, Lawyer, Lies, Lisa Banes, Lola Kirke, Margo Dunne, Marriage, Marybeth Elliott, Media Circus, Missing Wife, Money, Murder, mystery, Neil Patrick Harris, News, News Anchor, Nick Dunne, Novel, Nude, Officer Jim Gilpin, Panties, Patrick Fugit, Police, Police Report, Rape, Rich Man, Rosamund Pike, Sela Ward, Sex, Sexy, Sharon Schieber, Subtext, TAJRB, Tanner Bolt, Thriller, Trauma, Twisted, Tyler Perry, Wife, Writing	| Leave a comment
Original Theatrical Release Date: October 3, 2014
Director: David Fincher
Author Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) arrives home on the eve of his 5th wedding anniversary to find his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) is missing under mysterious circumstances. After calling the police, Nick finds himself in the middle of an intense media circus as the search for Amy goes underway. Soon, the clues begin to pile up and fingers begin to point Nick's way.
I went to see this film with a couple of friends last night as I'd been hearing good things about it. I've never read the novel it's based on by Gillian Flynn (who also penned the screenplay) but according to online sources, the movie differs only slightly in some ways from the book version. Movies always differ from their book counterparts, though, so this shouldn't really be a surprise to anyone.
It's rare for me to want to watch a hyper-realistic crime movie – they aren't my thing. Still, all the good things I heard about the various performances given by the actors made me want to check it out, so that's what I did. Every single one of the actors in this movie, even Ben Affleck, really turned it up a notch. Affleck kept his cool just enough during the film to make me waffle on whether or not he had anything to do with Amy's disappearance. Rosamund Pike, however, carried this movie with her role (in my opinion). She is not only accessible and sexy – but also terrifying. Another surprise was Neil Patrick Harris in his short role which added a lot of subtext to the film, regardless of how small a part his character played in the overall story.
The direction was great – Fincher hardly ever fails at that (except maybe with Mulholland Drive). The music was low-key enough to not interfere but still added just enough mood for a thriller. The length was a bit too long, however, clocking in at a whopping 149 minutes. The only real reason I'm giving this film four stars instead of five is the ending – which I felt was maybe a little rushed. I dunno if it was due to time, or due to something else – but the entire movie built up the characters to be solid and absolutely believable within the context of the story, except for the last half hour or so, which was unbelievable and completely took me out of the movie. I'd love to see a director's cut in the future to see if maybe the motivations of the characters were a little more clear before some of the film hit the cutting room floor.
All in all this is one worth watching at least a couple times so you can catch all the little "easter eggs" (like the Scott Peterson novel one of the characters are reading at one point) and nuances in background scenes and in the subtleties of the characters and their actions. Good job again, Fincher – you do great work.
Movie Trailer For Gone Girl
October 12, 2014 by joecarro	in Drama (Movies), Movie Reviews, Mystery (Movies) and tagged 2000's, 2005, Assistant V.P. Trueman, Athlete, Average JOE, Baby, Biff, Birds, Blog, Brad Bramish, Brendan, Brian White, Brick, Cover-Up, Crime Ring, Dark, Dark Comedy, Dead Girl, Death, Detective, Dode, Drama, Drug Dealer, Drugs, Emilie De Ravin, Ex-Girlfriend, Film Movie, Friends, Fun, Funny, Girlfriend, Henchman, High School, JGL, Jonathan Cauff, Joseph Carro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kara, Laura, Lies, Life, Loner, Lukas Haas, Matt O'Leary, Meagan Good, Murder, mystery, Nerd, Noah Fleiss, Noah Segan, Noir, Nora Zehetner, Parents, Principal, Quirky, Review, Rian Johnson, Richard Roundtree, Satire, Sexy, Shoes, Teenager, Teens, The Brain, The Pin, Trouble, Tugger, Tunnel, Underworld	| Leave a comment
Original Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 2005
A teenage loner, Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), seeks the whereabouts of his girlfriend, Emily (Emilie De Ravin). When it turns out that she was a victim of apparent foul play, Brendan finds himself in the seedy underbelly of a high school crime syndicate run by the notorious and mysterious Pin (Lukas Haas). Brendan must sort through his own morals and reserves of courage if he is to get any answers for Emily's disappearance.
Brick is one of those films that was always sort of on my radar but never a film I purposely sought out. To understand why, you must understand that as a rule – I hardly ever watch gritty, ultra-realistic crime films. I see enough of that stuff on the news, so I don't feel much particular need to seek it out in films I enjoy watching. I use films as an escapist sort of entertainment. The image on the movie jacket did little to inspire any ideas I had about the film being anything other than a movie where a girl is murdered.
With that said, I recently watched this at a friend's house in Vermont. He and his wife suggested a few of us all watch it for a "movie night" of sorts, and I'm glad he did. First off – this is not ultra-realistic at all. This is a blend of Noir and a sort of high-school/teen drama film. You wouldn't think such a combination would be satisfying or poignant, but you'd be just as wrong as I was. The ultra-stylistic dialogue and the snappy cinematography and the quirky characters had me intently watching the screen for the duration of the film.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt turns in a great performance as Brendan. Lukas Haas is very hilarious and on point as The Pin while Noah Fleiss' portrayal of a henchman named Tugger had me laughing at several points. This is a dark comedy, for sure – as it still deals with drug trafficking and death – but it's all set against the backdrop of High School, something most of us can relate to. The noir world that the characters inhabit is very believable within its own context and pretty much everything about the film is enjoyable. If you haven't seen this film yet, give it a shot. It's really worth taking the time to watch. (Especially if you like films such as Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
Movie Trailer For Brick
X-Men #1 (July 2013)
June 9, 2013 by joecarro	in Book Reviews, Comic Book Reviews and tagged 2010's, 2013, all-female, Attractive, Baby, Brian Wood, Comic Books, Comics, Experiment, Girl Power, Handsome Villain, Infant, John Sublime, Jubilee, July, Kitty, Kitty Pryde, Ladies, Lady, Martin, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Now!, Marvel Superheroes, Marvel Universe, Morales, Mutant, Mutie, Olivier Coipel, Protect, Rachel Summers, Rogue, Sexy, Storm, Superpowers, Train, Trope, Variant Covers, Women, X-Men	| Leave a comment
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Creative Team: Brian Wood, Olivier Coipel,
Jubilee is headed to the Jean Grey School For Higher Learning with a special baby in tow, hoping to give the infant the same chance at life she had when she first arrived at the (then) Charles Xavier School for the Gifted. However, she is being tailed by John Sublime, for reasons unknown. Storm, Rogue, and Kitty Pryde move to help her but they don't realize what's at stake, for them and for the Earth.
First off, I really dig Brian Wood's (TMZ, Northlanders) writing. I am currently reading his Northlanders (links to my reviews HERE and HERE) series and so I wanted to give this X-Title a try. I haven't really gotten into a lot of the newer X-Books, aside from All-New X-Men, but the novelty of an all-female team intrigued me enough to check it out.
Olivier Coipel's (Legion Of Super Heroes, Thor) artwork is great and it works in concert with Wood's writing very well. The issue reads somewhat at the same pace as if you were watching an action flick, despite being a little vague and confusing at times, which brings me to…
There were a couple things I didn't like about it, but they were mostly minor. I think that having an all-female team is interesting, but I can't help but think about the double-standard being held when almost every other book has to have strong female characters and not just have all male characters on teams. Also, the villain chosen for the X-Men to face in this instance is sort of underwhelming and seems set up (with him being an "attractive" male character, but also being evil) to deliver a sort of girl-power message in the end, after they face him with his slicked-back hair and unbuttoned shirts and all. Sure, this has been done before with the genders reversed (attractive, evil female) but this seems sort of forced, like it's just because it's an all-female team that the villain has to be a good-looking dude.
Still, with that said, if they can stay away from the same types of tropes that plague man-centric comic titles, this one should be pretty decent. New takes on team rosters and new group dynamics are always fun to explore within the Marvel Universe. In any case, I hope to give this a chance with a few more issues. So far, I am intrigued and can't wait to see where the current story arc goes.
This title is an experiment and I think most people will like it well enough if they give it a shot.
Here's A Sample Page From X-Men #1
February 21, 2013 by joecarro	in Adventure (Movies), Family (Movies), Fantasy (Movies), Kids (Movies), Movie Reviews and tagged 1980's, 1986, 80's, Average JOE, Babe With The Power, Baby, Blog, Bog of Eternal Stench, Brian Henson, Castle, Chalk, Challenge, Charms, Child, Childhood, Children, Cosplay, Creation, Dark, Dave Goelz, David Bowie, Dennis Lee, Fairy, Fairy Tale, father, Film, Firey, Goblin, Goblin King, Guard, Heads, Helmet, Helping Hands, Hoggle, Innocence, Jareth, Jareth The Goblin King, Jennifer Connelly, Jim Henson, Joseph Carro, Junk Lady, Labyrinth, Lies, Lipstick, Ludo, Michael Jackson, Movie, Muppets, Music, Plastic, Pop, Puppet, Puppetry, Quest, Review, Rocks, Sarah, Sir Diddymus, Step-Mother, Toby, Toby Froud, Trap, Tricks, Worm	| 1 Comment
Original Theatrical Release: June 27, 1986
Director: Jim Henson
Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is a fifteen-year old girl who lives her life in a fantasy world after her mother dies. She is unhappy with her current stepmother (like in any good fairytale) and resents being left home to watch her baby brother Toby while her father wines and dines the would-be-replacement mother. In a fit of rage, she wishes for the Goblin King, Jareth (David Bowie) to take him away. When he does, she realizes the mistake she's made and must traverse Jareth's labyrinth and make her way to his castle in only thirteen hours or Toby will be gone forever.
When this movie first came out, I was five years old. Back then, Jim Henson was a god (and still is, I guess), at the height of his popularity. Sesame Street and The Muppets were king…along with Fraggle Rock and all those other Jim Henson vehicles.
This was a movie we watched every year, and I still do. Jennifer Connelly was as beautiful and talented as ever back then and David Bowie's role in this movie is untouchable, even though at one point they were considering having Michael Jackson as Jareth. (That would be so weird!)
Some of the special effects, by today's CGI standards, are outdated but still hold a certain charm not available to CGI characters. The sets are beautiful and Jim Henson's creations really shine and come to life.
The characters are all amazing and even though the story is simple and sort of familiar, drawing on many fairy tale and fantasy tropes, everything else combined makes it stand out from a lot of other films and media with the same types of themes.
The music is where it's really at, though. The mood. The relationship between Jareth and Sarah. It's all very well-conceived and I think even if you didn't grow up with the film you could still watch it today with your kids and let them enjoy it before they are indoctrinated with all the CGI effect-laden films and cartoons we have today.
This is one of my favorite films of all time. Can you tell? This is me, cosplaying as Jareth himself.
Movie Trailer For Labyrinth


I run the Noble Middle School Surf and Skate Club here in Wilmington, NC. I help out with quite a few other schools in New Hanover County as well! Everything from surf instruction, marine science festivals, field days, ocean safety and etiquette, donating to charitable events and running school clubs. I went to Elementary, Middle, High School and University here in Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington area so any way possible, I love to give back to the community.
Tomorrow, Feb. the 2nd, 2017: the Noble Surf Club will be meeting up at 3:30pm to discover the radness of the skateboard! I hope to see all of you lil grommets there! I took this photo of one of my best Noble Middle School skate buddies in the 8th grade in Lions Gate neighborhood.


When was Chester County, TN Created?
Chester County was founded on March 1, 1879 from Hardman County, Madison County, Henderson County and McNairy County.
What is the County Seat of Chester County, TN?
The County Seat of government is located in Henderson also, the county government website is www.chestercountychamber.com/ .
What counties are adjacent to Chester County, TN?
Bordering counties are Henderson County, Hardin County, McNairy County, Hardeman County and Madison County .
The following information and facts indicates whatever birth, death, marriage, land, wills, and courtroom records will be in Chester County or in the Tennessee State Library & Archives. The dates indicated below could be the first widely known documents for this county.
Chester County vital records can be found at the Tennessee Department of Health (VDH) Office of Vital Records which has copies for copies of birth certificates, marriage licenses and divorce decrees. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Tennessee for current fees and application process.
You can search online for Chester County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Tennessee Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificates to mail.
What Chester County, TN census records are available?
Federal Population Schedules for Chester County can be found for 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Chester Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1880. Chester Co. Industry and Agriculture can be obtained for 1880. Chester Co. Union Veterans Schedules is available for 1890. One can find free online and printable census forms to help you with your research.
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Chester County, TN?
Where can I connect with other Chester County, TN Researchers through message boards and forums?
Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Chester County (tn.gov) The purpose of these fact sheets is to help determine what sources are available for genealogical research about the people and places in Chester County. Although this is by no means an exhaustive list of all the possible places one might search, it does cover the major publications and microfilms available at TSLA on the Chester County.
What other genealogical resources are available in Chester County, TN?
The following are links to Family history and genealogy, Records and Resources relevant to Chester County. A majority of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business oriented Sites, Personal Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some call for a payment. This is merely a collection which has been collected or submitted. I do not endorse or promote one genealogy site over another. Feel free to suggest your own most popular Chester County genealogy or family history affiliated sites.
Tennessee Military Records (Fold3.com) delivers access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of the Tennessee both women and men that served. Great for Chester County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.


Bishops is a famous fish and chips take away and restaurant. Bishops has a joint retaurant and take-away/sit in away. Bishops also provides a delivery service from 5-10pm.
Have you got Google Earth on your computer? If so, then download the Google Earth Map of Bishops Bradbury Place.
Is this the wrong position for Bishops Bradbury Place? If you think so, then modify its position.
Great food, great service and most of all great prices!!! You can get fish and chips,tea bread etc for 4.95! bargain!


These flowers are so amazing and they can be seen for free in Como Park. They will be around for a few more weeks but you should go soon and see them just in case.
This entry was posted in Flowers and tagged blue on 08/15/2018 by Teresa Boardman.
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These are hard to miss because everything around them is still brown. I found these on the sunny south side on an alley on a strip of dirt along a retaining wall. They are small but hard to miss.
This entry was posted in Flowers, Saint Paul, Seasons and tagged blue on 03/28/2017 by Teresa Boardman.
This entry was posted in Flowers, Seasons and tagged blue, summer on 07/07/2016 by Teresa Boardman.
This dwelling was a victim of the crash of the housing market and the great recession, but now the recession is over for some and reconstruction has begun.
This entry was posted in Saint Paul, Urban and tagged blue, house on 03/03/2015 by Teresa Boardman.


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2016 Scholarship Application download or print from Teamster.org website.?
Second sentence of document has a link to download or print application. Click on the word "here"
We also have application at the Union Hall or you can email me at Local1129@att.net requesting an application and I can send it as an attachment.


If you are snow lover, then you will surely love the hill station in Jammu & Kashmir - Gulmarg. It is another great place along with Auli for skiing in India. This white paradise was founded as a ski resort by the British. Gulmarg can be accessed from Sri Nagar and is the most visited ski destinations in South East Asia.
Gulmarg also offers panoramic views of the highest mountain peak in India, Mount Kanchenjunga. The exceptional beauty of Gulmarg attracts thousands of tourists every year. December to early March is ideal months for relishing skiing or simply enjoy the snow fall.
Tawang is one of the lesser-known destinations for snowfall enthusiasts and requires a flexible itinerary when traveling. The remote town is one the places to receive snowfall all year and is highest during December. Best time to visit Tawang to enjoy the snowfall is from last week of January to February when the entire town and the nearby peaks are covered in snow and offers views of amazing landscapes of the region. If you want to see a white sheet of nature all around, you can head to Sela Pass.
Auli is a popular hill station, located in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. It is a prominent ski destination in India having numerous fascinating ski resorts. The place is also famous for the longest cable car starting from Joshimath. The high skiing slopes of Auli give a tough competition to various international ski places. It is surrounded by snowy peaks of the Himalayas. At the time of snowfall, Auli looks just like a dreamland. January to February is the snowfall time in Auli.
Narkanda is located at 80 km from Shimla that is situated at a height of about 8884 feet above sea level. This place has slowly started to become a tourist hotspot especially between months of December to mid-February. Narkanda is the best choice for people who are looking forward to a holiday far from a crowded tourist hotspot and ski in the white mountains.
Mainstream travelers will suggest you visit Gangtok in winters that attract a lot of tourists during January and February but those who are looking for a more secluded destination in Sikkim can visit Lachung. This small town has enchanting views filled with waterfalls, lakes, and mountain peaks that mesmerize its visitors.
Dhanaulti is a picturesque village located near Mussoorie. The village is covered with Pine and Rhododendron trees and has an amazing weather and views from months of December to February. The best part is the amazing weather here that only ranges between 7 to -1 degrees.
Mcleodganj is located near Dharamshala and is the center of Tibetan culture. It receives heavy snowfall in January and February. This place attracts tourists and travelers from all corners of the world who are looking for a budget destination and want to stay for a long time. Mcleodganj has some amazing cafes and home stays that makes this place worth visiting.
Encompassed by the virtue of the Himalayas, Manali modernity meets the chills of snow in the winters leaving the place covered in the white pearls of the snowflakes. The mall road, surrounded by the snow-capped peaks looks absolutely stunning in the winters. Moreover, the nearby destinations of Manali where you can witness the magnificence of white beauty make Manali a perfect winter getaway. You can visit the Solang Valley, witness the Beas river and a ton of adventure sports to begin your winter with a bang.
The basecamp to begin your journey to Tungnath, the third highest Shiva shrine in India. Chopta is a small hamlet of Uttarakhand which will leave you spellbound with its beauty and serenity. The temperature takes a dip in the winters but adds to the charm to the place. Located at an elevation of 13,000 ft, Chopta offers the panoramic view of the Trishul, Nanda Devi and Chaukhamba from the top.
The romantic escaped in winters, the beauty of the Himalayas, Khajjiar is one paradise in India to enjoy the snowfall season. The scenic hill town of Himachal is better known as the mini Switzerland of India owing to its sceneries similar to that of the European beauty. It is surrounded by the magnificent hills and deep woods where you can witness the wildlife apart from the snowfall.


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From AI to VR, the biggest announcements from Google IO
- Joe Clark Reporter
Google IO showed the company's commitment to AI and how intelligent machines will shape the future of electronics.
Google's annual developer conference, Google IO, has showcased some of the company's latest breakthroughs and given an insight into what we can expect from the tech giant in future.
The conference, held near its Mountain View HQ, showcased the capabilities of Google in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), and image recognition.
Whilst there were no major hardware announcements made, Google gave those who watched a status update on the announcements made last year.
Geoff Blaber, VP, Americas at CCS Insight. said: "Google I/O 2017 saw Google taking clear measures to respond to competitor moves in artificial intelligence, the home, IoT and VR. Google's scale puts it in a strong position but whilst the mobile OS battle is over, we're only at the dawn of a broader war in artificial intelligence and the home".
"Consistent with Microsoft's developer keynote last week, artificial intelligence was pervasive and positioned as helping humans rather than substituting them. It's central to an abundance of Google services but its broader role is deeply dependent on developers. 2017 is seeing a steep ramp in tools and incentives for those that will ultimately take AI mainstream"
The key takeaways from Google IO mostly centred around AI. Google was very keen to show some form of machine intelligence in almost every presentation including the newly announced Google Lens, an image recognition technology that will enable phones to identify what they're taking a picture of.
One of the more interesting demos shown at Google IO showed a picture of a WiFi code that the phone could then recognise, use, and connect to the WiFi in question. The company did not offer a release date for Google Lens but said that the technology would be available as part of its photos app.
In addition to this, Google photos will be receiving a host of new features including another kind of image recognition software that will not only be able to identify if there are people to tag in the image, but which person specifically is in the image.
The company will also be starting Google.ai which is a new initiative designed to encourage AI development throughout the entire tech community, with research papers and new tools being shared amongst each other.
Google.ai says that its mission will be to make the world's information available to all through the use of AI technologies whilst simultaneously creating new solutions and solving old problems.
Google assistant is being given a boost to its conversational skills, making it more human like. The service will also be available on iOS for the first time ever and will feature in the new upgraded version of Google Home.
This new version of Google Home will allow users to make phone calls from the device which, using improved voice recognition, will allow specific users to make calls from their own mobile devices. Google will also be released a software development kit for the device allowing users to create their own apps just like competitor Amazon's Alexa does.
Blaber said: "Google Assistant is becoming the glue that seamlessly connects search, devices and a host of Google and third party services. It's not only central to the future of search but the long term relevance of Google as a gateway to others apps and services. Assistant is beginning to emerge as the real platform for developers."
The tech giant gave an update to the dedicated Daydream helmet for VR, that will be developed in collaboration with HTC, the developers of the acclaimed Vive headset. Currently there is no release date for the headset but it will be available in several varieties one which will require a smartphone, and will be compatible with Samsung phones, and another two which will be dedicated VR platforms.
Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, also revealed that there are currently 2 billion people using android devices across the world. Similarly there are 800 million using Google Drive users currently uploading 1.2 billion photos every day.
The company's new OS, Android O, is also available in beta. The new OS promises vast optimisations in memory and security over previous versions and Google Autofill support.
Whilst there wasn't anything huge announced at this year's Google IO it did show that Google is taking tremendous steps towards improving its existing technologies, particularly with regards to AI.
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Prince Edward Theatre (Teatr Księcia Edwarda) – teatr londyńskiego West Endu zlokalizowany na Old Compton Street, na północ od Leicester Square w gminie City of Westminster. Teatr został nazwany na cześć Księcia Edwarda VIII.

Wybór wystawianych sztuk
 Evita (21 stycznia 1978 – 8 lutego 1986) – Andrew Lloyd Webber oraz Tim Rice, w rolach głównych Elaine Paige oraz David Essex
 Chess (14 maja 1986 – 8 kwietnia 1989) – Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus oraz Benny Andersson, w rolach głównych Elaine Paige Tommy Koreberg oraz Murray Head
 Anything Goes (4 lipca 1989 – 25 sierpnia 1990) – Cole Porter, w rolach głównych Elaine Paige, John Barrowman oraz Louise Gold.
 Children of Eden (8 stycznia 1991 – 6 kwietnia 1991) – Stephen Schwartz oraz John Caird
 The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (14 maja 1991 – 25 maja 1991), w roli głównej Sarah Brightman
 The Hunting of the Snark (24 października 1991 – 14 grudnia 1991) – Mike Batt
 Some Like It Hot (19 marca 1992 – 20 czerwca 1992) – Jule Styne Bob Merrill, w roli głównej Tommy Steele
 Crazy for You (3 marca 1993 – 24 lutego 1996) – George i Ira Gershwin oraz Ken Ludwig, w rolach głównych Ruthie Henshall oraz Kirby Ward
 Martin Guerre (10 lipca 1996 – 28 lutego 1998) – Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil oraz Stephen Clarke
 Statek komediantów (28 kwietnia 1998 – 19 września 1998) – Jerome Kern oraz Oscar Hammerstein II
 West Side Story (6 października 1998 – 9 stycznia 1999) – Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein oraz Arthur Laurents
 Mamma Mia! (6 kwietnia 1999 – 27 maja 2004) – Catherine Johnson, Björn Ulvaeus oraz Benny Andersson, w rolach głównych Siobhán McCarthy, Louise Plowright oraz Jenny Galloway
 Mary Poppins (15 grudnia 2004 – 12 stycznia 2008) – Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman oraz Julian Fellows w rolach głównych Laura Michelle Kelly, Scarlett Strallen, Gavin Lee oraz Gavin Creel
 Jersey Boys (18 marca 2008 – 9 marca 2014) – Bob Gaudio na podstawie muzyki Frankie Valli oraz The Four Seasons
 Miss Saigon  (maj 2014 -) – Alain Boublil oraz Claude-Michel Schönberg.

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After Moses Dailey (the manager of Mr. Boom Boom Bang) recently attended the Digital Meet & Greet hosted by the Blacktopia DJs, the Blacktopia DJ Coalition has been strongly getting behind Mr. Boom Boom Bang's most recent single the 2017 party record "Gotta Get Right"!
Tina Wright of the Blacktopia DJ Coalition has been spinning the record on her popular blogtalk radio show PERSON TO PERSON and recently had Mr. Boom Boom Bang on as a guest.
DJ BME of the Blacktopia DJ Coalition has recently been showing his support of the Mr. Boom Boom Bang single "Gotta Get Right" by adding it to his most recent mixtape series.
Although, Latosha McKnight isn't a DJ, the Blacktopia DJ Coalition and Record pool is open to event promoters (such as herself) as they have access to many DJs that can support the record as well. Latosha is currently speaking with Mr. Boom Boom Bang's manager Moses Dailey about possibly bringing Mr. Boom Boom Bang to Hot Springs, Arkansas to perform and she has been spreading the single "Gotta Get Right" to the respectable and prominent DJs out in her area as well!
LISTEN TO THE SONG FOR YOURSELF at the direct link below!


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Dollar Rises, U.S. Jobs Data Not Expected To Derail Fed
September 2, 2017 3:35 AM UTC in News
U.S. employers add 156,000 jobs in August
December Fed rate increase still seen as possible
Dollar index set for small weekly gain
The U.S. dollar edged higher against a basket of major rivals on Friday after U.S. jobs data was seen as decent enough to support the possibility of another interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve this year.
Traders initially sold the dollar in a knee-jerk reaction to Labor Department data showing nonfarm payrolls increased by 156,000 last month, below expectations of economists polled by Reuters for a gain of 180,000.
A one-tenth of a percentage point uptick in the unemployment rate to 4.4 percent and tepid wage growth also briefly sent the dollar lower.
The dollar reversed its losses and pushed higher, however, with the euro last down 0.4 percent at $1.1866 after briefly hitting a session high of $1.1979. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was last up 0.1 percent at 92.801 after initially plunging 0.5 percent.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was last up 0.1 percent at 92.801 after initially plunging 0.5 percent.
"If the markets are discounting a December (Fed rate hike) just on the back of this, it's probably premature," said Thierry Albert Wizman, global interest rates and currencies strategist at Macquarie Ltd in New York.
The dollar also recovered since it was oversold heading into the employment report, said Alfonso Esparza, senior currency analyst at Oanda in Toronto.
The dollar index is coming off its sixth consecutive monthly decline, although August's drop of 0.2 percent was the smallest since the streak began in March. Through August, the index had declined 9.3 percent, the worst first eight months to a year since 1986.
Through August, the index had declined 9.3 percent, the worst first eight months to a year since 1986.
The euro hit a more than 2-1/2-year high on Tuesday of $1.2069 after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi made no mention of the euro's strength at a gathering of central bankers last Friday.
The dollar index was set to gain just 0.1 percent for the week after posting its biggest percentage decline in more than a month, of 0.7 percent, last week.
"The (Fed) rate hike is still sort of a question mark, but (Friday's jobs data) wasn't that big a miss to take it totally off the table for the rest of the year," said Oanda's Esparza.
The dollar was last up 0.2 percent against the yen at 110.21 yen after slumping to a session low of 109.57 yen just after the jobs data. The dollar was set to post its biggest weekly gain against the yen since early July, of about 0.8 percent.
The dollar was set to post its biggest weekly gain against the yen since early July, of about 0.8 percent.
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On stage, Evita moment at Mr Jeppe.
I've been on many school stages in my lifetime, usually in non-dramatic roles. I've led assemblies, shared news - both wonderful and tragic - and I've watched on with pride as hundreds of my students have graduated. But, as far as I can recall, I have only once been up on stage in a dress and high heels.
1985 Jeppe 1st XV
It was 1985 and, as I stood behind the curtains, smoothing out my dress, rehearsing the lines I'd been memorising for weeks, I knew that this was it, this was my big moment. From the idea, to the organisation and the execution, the whole event was my doing. Now, as I steadied my balance onto the pads of feet far more accustomed to size 10 rugby boots - in the high heels they were crammed into, I was determined to nail the role. I'd spent weeks practising her turns of phrase, rehearsing her hand movements, her stance, the way she raised an eyebrow, the way she tittered to herself, the way she held court. I was ready.
I have been many things in my life. A son and a brother, a prefect, a head boy, a sports star, powerlifter, rugby player, water polo coach, photographer, DJ, soldier, history teacher, deputy principal and principal, boyfriend and husband, uncle and father figure. But, for a brief moment in time, I became Evita Bezuidenhout.
There's a certain hum a big crowd makes when it's trying its best to keep quiet. All sounds, from the whispers, to the fidgeting and the creaking of seats, blend together into an almost sub-audible vibration of energy, excitement and anticipation. Louder than silence, you feel it more than you hear it backstage.
With everyone in their seats and the contestants lined up, the prompter gave me a nod.
I cleared my throat as the curtains opened and with a theatrical flourish stepped forward, into the light.
"Good evening, my darlings! How splendid to see you all here tonight!"
Jeppe - Forti Nihil Difficilius


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WATCH: Keiynan Lonsdale As Bayard Rustin, Samira Wiley as Lorraine Hansberry in HBO Max's 'Equal'
Actor Keiynan Lonsdale as gay civil rights icon Bayard Rustin in a scene from HBO Max's "Equal." (Screenshot)
If you've watched films documenting the LGBTQ+ rights movement in America pre-Stonewall, you probably walked away from those films questioning if Black LGBTQ+ people contributed to the movement or existed at all. We did and we do. "Equal," a new four-part documentary currently streaming on HBO Max is hoping to shed light on the trailblazing Black LGBTQ+ icons who played a critical role in shaping the modern gay rights movement.
Narrated by Emmy and Tony Award-winner Billy Porter, "Equal" also features Emmy Award winner Samira Wiley (The Handmaid's Tale, Orange Is The New Black) as queer playwright Lorraine Hansberry and Keiynan Lonsdale (Love, Simon) as gay civil rights icon Bayard Rustin.
From HuffPost Gay Voices:
Lonsdale, best known for his role in the 2018 gay teen comedy "Love, Simon," plays Bayard Rustin in the show's third episode, which emphasizes the Black community's contributions to LGBTQ rights.
Rustin was a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. and a key organizer of the famed 1963 March on Washington. A decade before that historic moment, Rustin was arrested and sentenced to 60 days in jail after being caught having sex with two men in a parked car in Los Angeles. That sentence remained on the activist's record until his death in 1987. Earlier this year, however, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) granted Rustin a posthumous pardon.
Actress Samira Wiley as playwright Lorraine Hansberry in HBO Max's "Equal." (Photo: HBO Max)
Lonsdale's performance is just one of many starry moments in "Equal," which features narration by Emmy-winning "Pose" actor Billy Porter. Wiley, similarly, makes for an impressive Lorraine Hansberry, who wrote "A Raisin in the Sun."
"It was really interesting for me as somebody who knows a lot about LGBTQ history ... there's a lot of stuff in the four-part series I had not heard about before," said Porter. "I think there's a lot of information at the fingertips post-Stonewall, [but] there's not a whole lot of talk about what came before Stonewall. ... It's about people taking charge of their lives and rising up and making sure that we live up to what our Constitution boasts, which is that all men are created equal."
Watch Lonsdale in a teaser for the series below. You can also watch Porter and Wiley talk in-depth about the series here.


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Фёлькерзам:

 Фёлькерзам — род остзейского дворянства.

 Адриан фон Фёлькерзам (1914—1945) — германский разведчик-диверсант, штурмбаннфюрер СС (1945 посмертно).
 Арминий Евгеньевич фон Фёлькерзам (1861—1917) — генеалог, искусствовед, коллекционер, хранитель отдела драгоценностей Эрмитажа, художник.
 Фёлькерзам, Вилим Вилимович фон (1710—1770-е) — генерал-аншеф артиллерии, участник Семилетней войны.
 Фёлькерзам, Гамилькар фон (1811—1856) — председатель законодательного собрания (ландтага) Лифляндской губернии.
 Фелькерзам, Гамилькар Евгеньевич (1854—1929) — общественный и политический деятель, член III и IV Государственных дум от Курляндской губернии.
 Фёлькерзам, Густав Ефимович фон (1799—1849) — генерал-майор, член инженерного отделения Военно-учёного комитета.
 Фёлькерзам, Дмитрий Густавович фон (1846—1905) — русский морской офицер, контр-адмирал.
 Георг Фридрих (Егор Фёдорович) фон Фёлькерзам (1766—1848) — российский государственный деятель, тайный советник, гражданский губернатор Лифляндской губернии.
 Фёлькерзам, Ефим Павлович (? — 1810) — генерал-майор (c 1804), директор Тульского оружейного завода (1802—1805), кавалер ордена Святого Георгия (1807).
 Карл фон Фёлькерзам (1716—?) — генерал-майор.
 Фёлькерзам, Отто Фридрих фон (1641—1705) — военный и государственный деятель Речи Посполитой. Воевода черниговский (1685—1696) и инфлянтский (1696—1705), сенатор.


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I Still Dream
By (author) James Smythe
Paperback US$12.38
"A strikingly intelligent book about intelligence itself" - Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent
17-year-old Laura Bow has invented a rudimentary artificial intelligence, and named it Organon. At first it's intended to be a sounding-board for her teenage frustrations, a surrogate best friend; but as she grows older, Organon grows with her.
As the world becomes a very different place, technology changes the way we live, love and die; massive corporations develop rival intelligences to Laura's, ones without safety barriers or morals; and Laura is forced to decide whether to share her creation with the world. If it falls into the wrong hands, she knows, its power could be abused. But what if Organon is the only thing that can stop humanity from hurting itself irreparably?
I STILL DREAM is a powerful tale of love, loss and hope; a frightening, heartbreakingly human look at who we are now - and who we can be, if we only allow ourselves.
Publication date 19 Mar 2018
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint The Borough Press
'Smythe's most accomplished work... Utterly engrossing' Observer
'Superbly evocative... a book about varieties of intelligence (human, artificial, moral and emotional) which showcases the novelistic one of its very smart and very talented creator' Sunday Times
'The best fictional treatment of the possibilities and horrors of artificial intelligence that I've read' Alex Preston, Guardian
'I Still Dream is amazing!' Beth Lewis, author of Wolf Road
'Sad, beguiling...a beautiful mixtape about what it is to be human, and alive, and to love another more than oneself' Irish Times
'A haunting meditation on the implications of AI, on intelligence itself, and on what it means to live and die in the age of technology. I Still Dream is a must-read for fans of David Mitchell, for anyone who's ever used a smartphone, and for anyone who appreciates riveting plots and beautiful prose.' Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven
'A humane, thought-provoking and powerful book ... superbly orchestrated ... beautiful, involving, emotionally compelling' Adam Roberts
'One of the most affecting and brilliant books I've read this year ... a huge achievement: toweringly ambitious, and yet beautifully controlled and crafted' Sam Byers, author of Idiopathy
'This is a visionary novel about what it is to be human. It is a startling look at intelligence, empathy and grief in the face of technology. Smythe has written his masterpiece'
Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant and author of Meatspace
'I STILL DREAM begins with melancholy nostalgia, before growing urgently contemporary and finally chillingly prescient. It is a strikingly intelligent book about intelligence itself: artificial intelligence, emotional intelligence, and all the ways we watch each other. Having read it, you may wish to turn off your phone' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent
About James Smythe
James Smythe is the winner of the Wales Fiction Book of the Year 2013 and shortlisted nominee for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014. He is the author of the Anomaly Quartet which includes The Explorer and The Echo. James currently lives in London and teaches creative writing. Twitter @jpsmythe


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Job vacancies in Australia jump to record high
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Australia. Image credits - Dan Freeman @danfreemanphoto / Unsplash
Jan 12 (Bloomberg) – Australia was already facing a record shortfall of workers before spiraling omicron infections triggered the widespread absenteeism that is causing the country more acute pain from the variant than its global peers.
Official data Wednesday showed job vacancies climbed to a record, up 18.5% to almost 400,000 in the three months through November. With the virus now raging, a key industry body is warning that firms in food and logistics are reporting 10%-50% of their workers are sick or in isolation, leaving supermarket shelves empty.
The result is a double-blow to already-groaning supply chains Down Under and is forcing supermarkets to impose purchase limits on products including meat, painkillers and toilet paper. While the staff crunch is set to slow a recovery in the $1.5 trillion economy, it could prove a boon to workers as it provides them with additional leverage to seek pay increases.
Australia's central bank has been trying to spur pay gains in order to rekindle inflation as a prelude to tightening policy. Interest rates are currently at a record low and the bank holds its first meeting for the year on Feb. 1, when it's due to decide on the future of a bond-buying program.
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"For the Reserve Bank, job creation of this nature would normally be a sign that rates should rise," said Callam Pickering, an economist at global jobs website Indeed Inc. "However, given the uncertainty around omicron, and future variants, a more cautious approach will surely be applied."
Crisis Talks
So dire is the labor situation that the government held crisis talks with industry groups overnight and will discuss relaxing isolation requirements for workers at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, local media reported.
The Cabinet meeting "must agree to workable, consistent rules on Covid testing, isolation and return to work that are cognizant of widespread shortages, the huge stresses on our supply chains and the growing number of critical workers out of action," Innes Willox, head of national employer association Ai Group, said Wednesday.
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Australia reported 98,538 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday compared with less than 2,000 daily infections in early December.
KFC says it is cutting items on its menus across Australia due to Covid-19 driven staff shortages at its suppliers. Inghams Group Ltd too flagged lower chicken production due to a lack of workers while there are also shortages of beer and wooden pallets to transport stock.
The country's biggest supermarket operator, Woolworths Group, said last week that more than 20% of employees at its distribution centers are off work because of Covid-19. In the stores, the virus has put at least 10% of staff out of action, Woolworths said.
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Australia isn't alone in confronting this issue. With the omicron wave rapidly spreading across the U.S., the economic recovery there is also facing a threat from people calling in sick.
"It is probably getting more attention in Australia because we haven't had these types of numbers of infections, where many other places have, and the whole supply chain thing that has been a feature for much of the last couple of years is more evident now in Australia," said Su-Lin Ong at Royal Bank of Canada.
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Silje Vige (Jørpeland, 24 de mayo de 1976) es una cantante noruega, conocida por su participación en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 1993.

Vige ganó el Melodi Grand Prix (preselección noruega para elegir el representante en el Festival de Eurovisión) con una balada étnica escrita por su padre. La victoria le permitió competir representando a Noruega en el Festival de Eurovisión de 1993. Su participación en el certamen con su canción "Alle mine tankar" ("Todos mis pensamientos") se saldó con una quinta posición de un total de 25 participantes.

Discografía
 Alle mine tankar (Sencillo, 1993)
 Alle mine tankar (Álbum, 1994)

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Cantantes femeninas de Noruega
Cantantes en noruego
Representantes de Noruega en Eurovisión
Participantes en Eurovisión 1993
Participantes en el Melodi Grand Prix 1993
Artistas ganadores del Melodi Grand Prix


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Zexit? Make me …
Posted bynicborain April 14, 2016 August 15, 2020 Posted in2016, African National Congress, Corruption, Gupta, Jacob Zuma, Nhlanhla Nene, Nkandla, patronage networks, Pravin Gordhan, Succession
The last two weeks have been given over to overoptimistic outpourings of happiness. Here is the grumpy note I put out on April Fool's Day as the aforementioned came out skipping into the park, hope reliably triumphing over experience:
Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do you?
The Constitutional Court ruling against Jacob Zuma yesterday is another significant blow to his credibility and will reflect negatively on the ANC. However he (Zuma) remains in control of his party (even if slightly weakened) and with a significant degree of electoral popularity, especially in rural areas and KwaZulu-Natal. For now I maintain the position that he is most likely not to be recalled before his terms of office ends in 2017 (as ANC President) and 2019 (as country President) – although a recall remains a reasonable possibility. I outline the arguments for and against this view.
Does Jacob Zuma face a recall?
A flurry of speculation about a possible recall of Jacob Zuma has followed the ruling against him and the National Assembly by the Constitutional Court yesterday.
The Financial Times yesterday pointed out in an article sub-headed "Real and Ibovespa[1] shine as president's prospects darken" that "Brazil's left-leaning president, Dilma Rousseff, probably will not miss when she leaves office … the tendency of markets to loudly applaud her every misfortune" – FT online on March 31 2016 at 08h35.
A similar dynamic is emerging around the apparent fortunes of Jacob Zuma – at least since his unexpected and unexplained firing of widely respected Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene on 09/12/2015.
So will Zuma be recalled before his terms of office expire?
As an 'uncertain future event' question, I am obliged not to give a 'yes or no' answer – after all, how can I know?
In the normal course of events Jacob Zuma would be replaced at the ANC's National Conference in 2017 (probably in December of that year), and as country President after national elections in 2019.
However the damaging scandals that are accumulating around him – the Nkandla scandal and now the humiliating ConCourt ruling, his raid on the National Treasury that underlay his firing of Nene, the widespread criticism of his apparently crony relationship with the Gupta family businesses, the serious deterioration of the State Owned Enterprises and other areas of the state, partly as a result of corruption that directly implicates his (Zuma's) patronage networks – must in turn be damaging his ANC party.
AGAINST RECALL
The ANC's political history will favour an instinctive taking of a protective stance towards its leader and attempting to present a united external front.
The ANC is facing a major electoral challenge in national municipal elections in (probably) August this year. It would be extremely difficult for the party to deal with the recall of a still popular and powerful (however bizarre that might seem) president and fight an election at the same time.
The ANC was badly damaged and riven after the recall of Thabo Mbeki by the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) in September 2008 and is likely to be cautious about undergoing a similar process against Zuma.
Zuma remains powerful within the ANC, having bound the majority of members of the NEC and many powerful provincial leaders into loyalty networks based primarily on patronage and the threat of the loss thereof. His power is slipping but my guestimate is that support is still comfortably above the 50% mark.
Zuma remains popular in large sections of the electorate, particularly in the majority province of KwaZulu-Natal and in most rural areas. He has lost significant support in urban areas and amongst the emerging black middle-classes, but this 'loss' is still a minority of the ANC's electorate.
The ConCourt ruling essentially affirmed something Zuma's counsel had already admitted to in the original hearing on Tuesday 9th of February and was surprising primarily for its clarity and depth, its additional criticism of the National Assembly for not holding Zuma to account and its clear list of corrective measures to be taken. This is to say it shouldn't have come as a surprise to the markets or the public.
If Jacob Zuma loses control of the ANC and of the succession process the chances of him becoming swamped by serious corruption allegations after his term of offices ends increases significantly. His and his cronies' backs are to the wall and they will fight vigorously – and with proven skill – to prevent a loss of control of the ANC.
FOR RECALL
Jacob Zuma has brought much scandal to the Presidency that we believe has damaged the party's support – although not yet to a degree that puts the ANC in danger of getting below 50% in a national election. (Again a thumbsuck – Ed.)
The growing scandals have finally led to the emergence of an internal opposition (internal to the ruling ANC) that showed itself with Jacob Zuma being forced into an almost immediate recall of Des van Rooyen as the replacement finance minister after the Nene firing and the appointment of a previous finance minister, Pravin Gordhan. Since then significant cracks have begun appearing in Zuma's previously impervious hold on the party, particularly around his apparently corrupt relationship with the Gupta family, whereby he may have handed his exclusive obligation to appoint cabinet ministers to the Gupta brothers. Again, these are setbacks, but have not yet left Zuma isolated. (A lot has happened since I wrote that … amazing that it was only 14 days ago).
If the ANC does particularly badly in the coming municipal elections it is likely that pressure for some kind of recall will increase in the party.
As Zuma moves closer to the end of his term – and the end of his ability to dispense patronage – it is likely that more distasteful aspects of his support will begin to dissipate, leaving him more vulnerable to an early recall.
On balance …
I think it is most likely that Jacob Zuma serves out his full term of office in both the ANC and the country. Additionally I think it is most likely that as we move closer to the end of his terms of office he will agree to take a step back and play more of a ceremonial role – probably in exchange for some form of promise of immunity. (We are not confident that such a "promise" has any value, but will examine this in later posts – Ed).
A recall is not impossible – or a resignation due to ill health, for example – but I consider this a lower probability than the alternative. It is important to point out I am not 'married' to this view and we will change it if and when circumstances and the facts change.
Lame duck – or at least limping slightly
What is clear, and should be considered good news, is that Zuma and his allies are fully taken up with fighting a defensive action. This significantly will lower their confidence and ability to engage in untoward activity with regard to state expenditure, also in the expenditure of State Owned Enterprises, or in undertaking any major cabinet reshuffles to achieve these ends. This may also apply to the proposed nuclear programme.
For example any form of follow-through on the December 2015 raid on the National Treasury or attempts to undermine Pravin Gordhan in his role as National Treasurer are likely to retreat (or at least be deprioritised) in the agenda of the Zuma clan and its business allies.
Thus the impunity with which Zuma and his allies have acted in ransacking aspects of the state is collapsing through hubris and overreach. His support is, as I have argued previously, brittle: hard, unyielding but likely to shatter when it breaks.
[1] Ibovespa is the benchmark stock index of the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias & Futuros de São Paulo).
Does the Gordhan correction undo the damage wrought by Nene's axing?
As I was saying …
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Ian Liebenberg says:
Nic,
Ian Liebenberg
Good Ian … great to hear from you … for more direct contact and to tell me how you are: nic.borain@gmail.com
Slow decline or an unexpected event. Is this a real silver lining for those who believe a weaker ANC less able to play the moral card will be good for democracy ?
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Total Wine & More, America's largest independent retailer of fine wine, spirits and beer, opened the doors to its newest location on Thursday in the Long Beach Towne Center, replacing Staples. This will be the company's 116th store and first time setting up shop in the city.
Members of the community, Aquarium of the Pacific staff and city dignitaries attended the ribbon-cutting on Wednesday for a first look at the more than 8,000 wines and 2,500 beers, including hard-to-find labels and locally-produced products now available in this one, giant location.
The family-owned superstore is not your typical run-of-the-mill big business chain, but seems to truly pride itself on how much it can give back to the community. Total Wine & More has partnered with the Aquarium of the Pacific and will offer patrons the chance to give back during this grand opening weekend, with 10 percent of all beer and wine sales to be donated to the local marine institution.
Fifth District councilwoman Stacy Mungo thanked the business for creating 35 new jobs and up to 20 million in gross receipts (three times the revenue of the previous businesses occupying the 7575 Carson Blvd. space).
"Please tell at least five friends, because the more people that shop here, the more roads I can repair and the more sidewalks I can fix, so spend your money in Long Beach, thank you for opening up this business and go beach!" said Mungo during the ribbon-cutting.
"It's a different class of wine store," said Douglas, a local fan of the business, who attended the grand opening on Wednesday. Douglas and his partner, Cindy, who used to frequent the Tustin location are especially excited that Long Beach will finally have a locale.
"You know you're going to be able to find what you're looking for here," said Cindy.
The company is a four-time national retailer of the year award winner for its vast selection, low everyday prices and unique shopping experience. Total Wine & More was also recognized by Beverage Dynamics in 2008, MarketWatch in 2006 and Wine Enthusiast in 2004 and 2014.
Total Wine & More has nearby stores at the South Bay Marketplace in Redondo Beach and one in Huntington Beach.
For a full list of grand opening events and tasting hours, click here.
Asia Morris is a Long Beach native covering arts and culture for the Long Beach Post. You can reach her @hugelandmass on Twitter and Instagram and at [email protected].


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Police are closing in on suspects they think stole over 300 cemetery vases in southeastern Wisconsin
Progress is being made in the case of the theft of over 300 cemetery vases that were stolen this fall at three area cemeteries.
Wauwatosa Police are looking into two individuals who have tried on at least three occasions to scrap copper, bronze and brass cemetery vases in the Milwaukee area.
On one occasion, a man turned in 345 pounds of copper and bronze to Alter Trading in Milwaukee, according to a Milwaukee County Circuit Court search warrant affidavit.
Police were granted a warrant to search the man's car, which is currently in a Milwaukee tow lot after that vehicle was involved in a crash. This, after a Wauwatosa Police Detective found a $729 receipt from another scrap yard for selling 561 pounds of yellow brass on the front passenger seat of the car.
The three thefts occurred earlier this fall in Wauwatosa, West Bend and Menomonee Falls cemeteries.
In Wauwatosa, 232 vases, valued at $104,400, were stolen from Pinelawn Memorial Park in Wauwatosa from Nov. 1-5.
Washington County Sheriff's deputies are investigating the thefts of about 50 vases from Washington County Memorial Park in West Bend from Sep. 28 to Oct. 16. Each vase is valued at $300 to $500.
Menomonee Falls Police also confirmed that at least 27 vases were stolen from the St. Anthony's Cemetery in Menomonee Falls shortly before Nov. 1.
Although the search warrant affidavit identifies the suspect, he will not be named because he hasn't formally been accused of committing a crime.
According to the affidavit:
Washington County Sheriff's deputies went to Alter Trading after they were notified about the sale by a scale operator. They viewed 47 cemetery vases at the scrap yard.
The same man — who was identified by security and his license plate — and another man, were turned away from another scrap yard after that scale operator saw news reports about the thefts. The second man was also identified by police.
Menomonee Falls police said Friday, Dec. 20, they were aware of the affidavit and they are working with investigators.
Evan Casey can be reached at 414-403-4391 or evan.casey@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter @ecaseymedia.


Last week I gave a workshop at the Coded Cultures Festival in Vienna. We tried to make a radio from almost only natural materials. We were weaving a carpet from old tree branches we collected in the park (we asked the gardeners ;)) and constructed a coil that can receive radio signals through an amplifyer.


Since taking the helm of Jay Peak in northern Vermont in 1985, Bill Stenger has overseen the construction of more than $12 million in residential housing; $10 million in expansions on the mountain; a $7.6 million central sewage infrastructure and a golf course now under construction.
Question: What do you get when you mix water and highly compressed air on a cold Vermont night? Answer: One of the key ingredients of Vermont's tourism industry. "It isn't fake snow or artificial snow, like some people refer to it," says Bill Stenger, president and general manager of Jay Peak Ski and Summer Resort. "It's water."
Stenger describes the snowmaking process with some pride. It's a surprisingly sophisticated and high-tech endeavor involving advanced computer programs, miles of piping, millions of gallons of water and highly compressed air. "Machine-made snow tends to be more dense than natural snow," he says. "The natural snow that falls in the area, of course, blends with it and makes for a very special surface."
Whether it's machine-made or the natural kind that falls from the sky, Bill Stenger knows snow. The 54-year-old Newport resident has worked in the ski industry for 30 years, and running the Northern Vermont ski resort means he sees more of the chilly white powder than most of the rest of us. Due to the particular geography and location of the resort, Jay Peak is dumped on quite a lot. "We get more snow here than anyone else in the state," he says, "and frankly, anyone else in New England."
Surprisingly, the sophisticated snowmaking operation is not what Stenger would say is the most important technology being employed at Jay Peak. "The Internet is the number one tool we have here," he says, noting that the advent of on-line marketing has leveled the playing field among the ski resorts. "We can compete with Aspen and Vale and Killington on an equal playing field because of the technology of the World Wide Web," he says. "We couldn't live without it."
Stenger was barely out of college when he went into the ski resort business. In the fall of 1971, a few months after graduating from Syracuse University, the Cornell, N.Y., native married a nursing student from Boston he had met at Cape Cod the year before.
Stenger and Mary Jane found a home in Boston, and he went to work for Northwestern Mutual. On a whim, in 1973, he responded to a want ad in the Boston Globe and was hired by the Eastern Ski Association in Brattleboro, a division of the U.S. Ski Association. It was a job that, along with introducing him to ski clubs and resorts up and down the East Coast, also moved him to Vermont for the first time. Living in Brattleboro, Stenger ran competitions and ski races for the association. It was on this job that he met Wes Smith, the man who would change his life forever.
"I met a fellow from Pennsylvania who ran a couple of resorts down there," says Stenger. "He was looking for an assistant somebody to help him." Stenger's U.S. Ski Association job had him traveling constantly, and he was looking for a chance to settle down with his young family. He accepted the job, and moved his family to Pennsylvania, where he went to work for Smith at Jack Frost Mountain and Big Boulder in the Poconos.
One year into Stenger's new position, Smith accepted a position at another resort. The owners of Jack Frost Mountain approached Stenger with an offer. "They said, 'We'll give you a year to prove you can do this job,'" says Stenger. That's how, at the tender age of 26, Stenger became the general manager of a respectably large ski facility. "I was very fortunate to have that kind of responsibility at that age," he says. "I stayed there for an additional 10 years and eventually became president of the company," he says.
In the mid '80s, Stenger met a man named Jacques Hebert at an industry convention. Hebert was the principal shareholder in Mont Saint Sauveur International, the company that has owned Jay Peak since 1978. "He was looking for someone to run and develop Jay," says Stenger. Stenger was ready for a change. "Those (Pennsylvania) resort properties had grown and were almost 100 percent built-out," he says, "so I was looking for another challenge and another opportunity."
Stenger was also ready to jump at the chance to move back to Vermont. "I loved Vermont," he says, "so my family my wife and three kids moved to Newport in the summer of 1985 and we've been here ever since."
Developed by a local group of skiers and business people, Jay Peak opened in 1957. In 1966, the lumber giant Weyerhaeuser bought it and subsequently expanded it significantly with a base lodge, a 60-passenger aerial tramway, several new trails and a 48-room slopeside hotel, before selling to Mont Saint Sauveur International.
Stenger soon found that he would have his hands full at Jay. The ski resort operates from the middle of November through the end of April, and when it's in full swing, Stenger's workday is packed. He spends most of his day outside with customers and staff, overseeing the highly complicated snowmaking procedures, keeping tabs on the hotel, keeping in touch with security, watching the weather and planning with his marketing team. "This is a big operation," he says, "but not so big that I can't retain involvement with all of the departments."
Stenger likes to be face-to-face with his customers and 400 staff members every day. "We're trying to share a sport with people that we really believe in, that we believe changes their lives and enhances their outlook and their family experiences," he says. "Making sure that attitude gets conveyed to our customers is a big part of my job."
Stenger isn't afraid to get his hands dirty in the process. He helps out the operation in any way he can, whether it's busing tables or helping with the lift line. "I might be shoveling snow if need be," he says. "That's just the nature of a hands-on general manager, and that's what I am."
"He's everywhere," according to area resident Allan Kalsmith, who used to own the Black Lantern Inn in nearby Montgomery. "He's cleaning the cafeteria, talking with customers; he's absolutely everywhere."
Stenger's dedication has not gone unnoticed by the community. According to Kalsmith, many of the surrounding businesses are highly dependent on Jay Peak's presence as a major tourism draw, and among local residents, Stenger is highly regarded. "He's very well respected around here among the whole gamut of the community, from the people who work for him to his customers and all of the people who live around the area."
Jay Peak's goal is to raise the number of annual skier-visits to 7 million. Chris Veillon, director of marketing, and Zoetrope Holt, marketing coordinator, are part of the team to make that happen.
The hands-on work may be tough, but that's not where the real challenges lie in Stenger's job. Jay's locale and clientele present some unusual obstacles for him to overcome. Half of Jay Peak's guests are American, the other half are Canadian. Along with the obvious difficulties of dealing with two currencies, this international combination makes for some odd cultural mixtures. "We have this convergence of native Vermonters and East Coast folks and Quebeckers and Ontario residents," says Stenger. "When you look at the complexity of the political world in Canada, the French/English thing and the culture there, the cultural differences here between Vermont residents and the rest of the world, and the two currencies and two countries, it makes for a very interesting market mix."
Culture isn't the only difference between Jay's Canadian and U.S. markets. Stenger has to work to overcome two distinct and very difficult economic realities.
U.S. customers see Jay as being the farthest north ski resort, and the most remote from the population centers. "We've got to get our U.S. customers to drive by Stratton and to drive by Killington and to drive by Stowe to get to Jay Peak," says Stenger. "We work really hard to prove that the product is distinctively different and worth the trip."
Canadian customers have a weaker dollar to contend with and potential difficulties crossing the border. Since Sept. 11, 2001, security is much tighter at the border, and the ease with which Canadian customers can go back and forth has diminished. These obstacles make it more challenging for Stenger to woo potential Canadian guests. "I worry as much about how the border authorities will perform on a weekend as I do about whether our lifts will perform well," he says, "because I've got to make sure that these guests from Canada can get back and forth easily."
Once the guests are here, he says, the hard part is done, because Vermont's bucolic beauty goes a long way to helping sell Jay Peak and the Vermont ski industry as a whole. On the subject of selling Vermont and Vermont's economic landscape, Stenger has much to say. Along with running the Jay Peak resort, Stenger wears a couple of other related hats. He serves as chairman of the Vermont Ski Areas Association and chairman of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce. "Travel and tourism and skiing are part of a bigger puzzle," he says. "It's not by coincidence that travel is a 'T' and education is 'E' and agriculture is 'A' and manufacturing is 'M.' It's the economic "team" of the state, and we're part of that."
Stenger says each part of the team relies on the other parts. Tourists come to here to vacation in large part because of Vermont's bucolic brand identity, which is heavily dependent on the state's farming and agriculture industries. Once vacationers see how lovely it is here, they might decide to send their children to college in Vermont or to move their businesses here. Stenger is quick to point out that it was because of Vermont skiing that Tom Watson Jr. decided to bring IBM to Vermont in the 1950s. He adds that hundreds of IBM employees and their families vacation at Jay Peak regularly. "Whether you're a nurse or a teacher or in manufacturing or a farmer or a ski area operator," says Stenger, "we all have to recognize we're all in this together."
In doing his part for Vermont's economy, Stenger has to contend with some old demons. Even though he believes that skiing "rewards and challenges the human spirit like few other sports," there are decades of negative perceptions of the sport that he must overcome in order to make his business grow. "Many people who don't ski very much or don't ski at all, think that it's too expensive," he says, "or that it's too dangerous; it's embarrassing if they try it; or that it's too cold." Stenger points out that these are the same perceived negatives that he had to deal with 30 years ago when he was teaching skiing in college. The only difference now is that the equipment is better. "If we take somebody and introduce them to the sport today," he says, "they have a much better chance of enjoying it early and longer and in a better way, but the perceived negatives are still there."
Unlike 30 years ago, however, skiing is no longer the only activity to enjoy on the mountain. There are snowshoe tours, cross-country skiing and snowboarding. "It's more of a complete winter experience going on and not just alpine skiing," says Stenger. "It's a much broader experience than it used to be."
Jake Webster (left), vice president of operations and development, goes over details with electricians from J&S Electric in Newport, Shawn Britch and James Leithead.
There are warm-weather activities available, as well, which is an aspect of the resort that Stenger is trying to build upon. This summer, construction has begun on a new golf course that should be ready to tee off in the spring of 2005. "We have hiking and biking and fishing and tennis and other things here in the summertime," says Stenger, "but we will be adding this golf facility and that will help us become a more four-season facility."
Still, skiing is the bread and butter of the resort, and Stenger would like to see the sport grow. Vermont gets about 4.4 million skier-visits per year, and Stenger says his goal is to get that number up to 6 or 7 million. The thrust of his growth initiative will be centered on the middle of the week. "Our weekend business at the moment is sufficient to keep us quite busy," he says, "but Monday through Friday our goal as an industry is to bring more people into the state to either learn the sport or just continue to enjoy the sport, and think of Vermont as a vacation destination." With a little snow-making now and then.
EDITOR'S NOTE: In our August 2003 story on Bill Stenger and Jay Peak, we wrote the Jay Peak gets 4.4 million skier-visits per year and that Stenger's goal is to get the number up to 6 or 7 million. That was an error. In the quote, Stenger was speaking as chairman of the Vermont Ski Areas Association and was referring to the number of skier visits in the state of Vermont, which do number 4.4 million, and his hopes for their increase to 6 or 7 million. We apologize for any confusion.


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In this guide we investigate, score and rank the ethical and environmental record of 43 fruit juice brands.
We also look at its environmental impact, sugar content, organic and Fairtrade brands, packaging, shine a spotlight on the ethics of Princes and give our recommended buys.
By Jane Turner Last updated: Tuesday 8th of December 2020
What to look for when buying fruit juice:
Is it Fairtrade? Precarious employment, extreme low wages, excessive working hours, poor health and safety, discrimination, and anti-unionism are all common for workers on fruit farms, particularly Brazil's orange groves. Look for Fairtrade juice to make it more likely that the workers growing the fruit are treated fairly.
Is it organic? Apples frequently make it into the Pesticide Action Network's 'dirty dozen' list of most pesticide-contaminated produce, along with grapefruit, strawberries, pears and grapes. Look for organic fruit juice to avoid ingredients contaminated with these chemicals and to protect farmers and the environment.
Is it homemade? Squeezing juice at home means that you can put it straight into the glass, or reusable glass bottles, thereby cutting down on packaging. Buying local, organic fruit will also minimise food miles and the environmental impact from agrochemicals.
What to avoid when buying fruit juice:
Is it in a plastic bottle? The plastic in our oceans could circle the planet 400 times and is threatening marine ecosystems. Look for glass bottles to cut down on waste and resources used, or make your own juice at home.
Is it refrigerated or concentrated? Cut down on energy by only buying long-life juice that does not need refrigerating. The nutritional value is the same as chilled or freshly squeezed, although it might not taste as good. Juice that is 'from concentrate' or sold as a concentrate also cuts down on transportation costs because it weighs less.
Is the fruit grown locally? You will reduce your carbon impact if you buy juice or fruit made from locally grown and seasonal fruit.
This guide only covers 100% pure juice. Many of the companies in this guide also make vegetable juice and smoothies but we focus on the ethics of fruit juice here.
Juice drinks have sugars, sweeteners, preservatives, flavourings or colourings added to fruit juice. They are covered in the Soft Drinks guide. The market is dominated by the two big US soft drinks megaliths – PepsiCo and Coca-Cola – neither of which make a Fairtrade or organic variety.
Happily, there are some smaller, more ethical alternatives, although Fairtrade brands are thin on the ground.
What is fruit juice?
Fruit juice is usually described as:
From concentrate – Juice is extracted from the fruit and the water content is reduced in the country of origin. The concentrated juice is usually frozen and shipped to the country of use for packing. Fruit juice packers then reconstitute the juice by adding back the water.
Not from concentrate – Juice is extracted from the fruit in the country of origin and then lightly pasteurised and frozen or chilled and transported to the country where it will be packed.
Freshly squeezed – Juice is extracted from the fruit and used immediately.'Not from concentrate' is often thought of being a better-quality juice than 'from concentrate' but there is no difference in them nutritionally, and they have both been pasteurised.
Chilled and freshly squeezed juices are more expensive, but although they may have the edge on flavour, nutritionally they are the same as long-life juices.
Fairtrade and organic fruit juice
Brazil is the world's top exporter of orange juice, growing 60% of the world's juice oranges. And orange juice is the bestselling juice in the UK (followed by apple, pineapple and grapefruit).
Oxfam published an investigation into conditions on tropical fruit farms in North East Brazil in October 2019. It found widespread and systemic poverty among seasonal workers, particularly women, on sites which supply supermarkets in Europe. Plus, the report also uncovered farms with poor working conditions and inadequate protection against exposure to pesticides.
These sorts of conditions are likely to be widespread in other countries growing tropical fruits like pineapples.
There aren't many Fairtrade fruit juices
Unfortunately, there are very few widely available Fairtrade certified juices – only Calypso (orange juice and apple juice) and Co-op (orange juice) are in this guide.
The company behind Fruit Hit, top of the table and the only Fairtrade Best Buy in our last guide in 2017, is unfortunately no longer in business. The company also owned the alternative Fairtrade cola brand Ubuntu too.
One option to safeguard workers' rights may therefore be to avoid tropical juices but then again, as economist Joan Robinson argued:
"the only thing worse than being exploited by global capital is not being exploited by global capital"
Choosing organic is another option which protects the environment, the growers who have to apply the pesticides and the consumer who may consume them.
There are more of these in the shops – Luscombe (all juice is organic), Biona (all juice is organic), Pip Organic (all juice is organic), James White, Suma, Rocks, Waitrose Duchy Organic, Sainsbury's SO Organic, and Tesco.
If you can't always buy organic, a recent survey by Pesticides Action Network of the pesticide residues on fruit and veg sold in the UK helps you prioritise. Here are the stats for fruits commonly used in juices:
To avoid these, make sure you buy organic versions of juices with these fruits in. All the companies listed above make organic apple juice.
Additionally, Biona makes organic grape juice and blueberry juice, James White does organic pear, Pip Organic does apple & strawberry and Luscombe does organic apple & pear. If your favourite is grapefruit, you're out of luck.
The environmental impact of fruit juice
A study into the environmental impact of the entire lifecycle of different fruits, which included how much energy, land and water was needed to grow them, found that, of the fruits most often used to make juices, mangoes had by far the biggest impact, followed by grapes.
Grapefruits, apples, oranges and pears had the least impact, a third of the impact of mangoes.
Mike Berners-Lee has looked specifically at the carbon footprint of things. He concluded the following CO2e emissions for apples and oranges and a couple of other fruits for comparison:
Apple from garden 0g
Local and seasonal apple 32g
Imported and seasonal apple 80g
Orange 150g
250g of local, seasonal strawberries 490g
1kg of local and seasonal tomatoes 1,300g
But he did state that in early summer, when local apples have been in cold storage for months, imported seasonal apples may be the lower carbon option.
Basically, in terms of carbon, apples and oranges aren't too bad.
But, making fruit into juice and then packaging it only adds to the impact of your fruit juice. The processes involved include washing, extracting, refining and pasteurisation, and refrigeration.
Then there's transportation, which uses more energy especially if the juice is 'not from concentrate' and therefore still contains all its water, making it heavier. Once in the shops and at home, there is a further impact of refrigeration if the juice is from the chiller cabinet or freshly squeezed.
What is a greener juice?
Eating whole fruit, which cuts out some of these impacts, especially UK-grown fruit which cuts down on transportation or food miles.
If you do buy juice, go for long-life which doesn't need refrigerating. Tesco reported that their freshly squeezed orange juice had about twice the carbon footprint of its long-life variety.
Juices labelled as 'from concentrate' cut down on transportation impacts. Those sold as concentrates rather than having their water added back in are even better – Suma and Rocks both make organic versions.
Choose juice made from UK-grown fruit like apples or pears. They are unlikely to have been kept in cold storage before they have been made into juice.
You'll need to make sure it says English or British apple juice on it though. You can't assume that apple juice comes from UK-grown apples.
We import 80% of our apples. For example, China is the world's biggest grower of apples, followed by the USA. Calypso's Fairtrade apple juice comes from South Africa.
Organic British apple juice – Luscombe, Waitrose Duchy.
Non-organic British apple juice – James White, Waitrose. Alternatively, a local supplier may be best for UK-grown fruit juice. Check out farmers markets, local box schemes and small independent food retailers.
Alternatives to buying juice
Many of the issues in this guide can be addressed or avoided by taking a number of alternative courses:
Eat whole fruit and veg instead.
Make your own juice from locally grown, organic, whole fruit – still better than a fizzy soft drink because of all their other ingredients like sweeteners, artificial colouring and preservatives.
Plus, it's pretty simple and cuts out all the carbon and resource issues.
What companies are doing about their carbon emissions
Our new 'Carbon reporting and management' rating in the Climate Change column looks at what companies are saying and doing about reducing their carbon emissions.
All of the companies in this guide get a worst rating bar four – AG Barr and Sainsbury's, which get a middle rating and M&S and PepsiCo, which are top the pile with a best rating.This means that most companies failed to even talk about what they were doing to cut emissions.
AG Barr only missed the mark by not talking about scope 3 emissions (emissions from suppliers). Sainsbury's did talk about these, but as a petrol retailer it fell short of a best rating.
M&S and PepsiCo reported all their emissions and had targets to cut them by 2.5% or more per year, in line with international agreements.
We have compared the prices of our organic or Fairtrade Best Buy and Recommended brands to the bestselling brand of apple juice, PepsiCo's Copella which is neither Fairtrade or organic.
Brand and type of juice Price per ltr
Suma organic Concentrate £1.35 (approx. cost for making 1ltr juice)
Co-op Fairtrade orange £1.70
Calypso Fairtrade £3.50
Biona organic £3.49
James White organic £3.55
Pip Organic £5.32
Luscombe organic £6.25
Pepsico's Copella £2.20
Fruit juice and sugar
Pure fruit juices are exempt from paying the sugar tax as their sugar is not 'added' during production. However, they can contain equally high levels of sugar.
For example, a 150 ml glass of Tropicana orange juice (the bestselling brand in the UK) has 12.6g of sugar whilst 150 ml of Coca-Cola has 15.9g – not vastly different. Put another way, a glass of Tropicana has the same sugar as three and a half Hob Nob biscuits.
Diabetes UK says that "half a pint (or half a carton) of fruit juice contains more sugar then the WHO recommends having in a whole day (30 g sugar for 11years to adult, 24 g for 7 to 10-year olds). And this is easily the amount that someone might drink in a day.
How to manage sugar intake The sugar in fruit juice still contributes to obesity, Type 2 diabetes and tooth decay because it is a 'free sugar' in liquid form which is rapidly absorbed by the body.
Whole fruit, on the other hand, is considered to be much better for health because, although it contains just as much sugar, the fibre slows down its absorption. The skin and pulp of whole fruit also contains other nutrients not present in just the juice. And fruit juice is a more concentrated source of sugars than whole fruit – 12 g of sugar in a medium orange but 21g in a glass (250 ml) of orange juice.
If you do want to drink juice, it is recommended that you only have 150 ml a day which currently also counts as one of your 5-a-day. But juice can only ever count as one portion a day, no matter how much you drink. The British Dental Association has this advice:
Always drink juice with meals and never before bedtime.
Choose 100% fruit juices with no added sugar.
Pick apple or berry juice over citrus, which is worse for teeth and more likely to erode enamel than other juices.
Fruit juice softens tooth enamel, which protects teeth from decay, so wait one hour after drinking before brushing your teeth. This will give the enamel time to harden.
Avoid flavoured water, as it also contains lots of sugar.
Never drink juice from the bottle, or give juice to small children in bottles, as this bathes the teeth in juice and increases the chances of damage.
Drink fruit juice heavily diluted with water.
Vegetable juice often has less sugar than fruit juice – i.e. tomato juice is 3% sugar whereas orange juice typically has around 8%. But watch out for added salt.
Environmentally friendly packaging
For information on fruit juice packaging, look to our guide on environmentally friendly drinks packaging.
Whilst we have said that it is better for you and the environment to just eat fruit rather than drink fruit juice, fruit juice may still be a better option than a soft drink because of the latter's other unhealthy ingredients including sweeteners, artificial colourings and preservatives, etc.
Freshly squeezed juice made at home, preferably from locally grown organic fruit, will contain more nutrients and will eliminate packaging issues.
If you are doing without completely, a piece of fruit and a glass of tap water should have everything covered.
Princes is owned by Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp, which operates in virtually every industry – food, cars, energy, minerals (including coal and uranium) and crude oil.
Princes was one of the companies criticised in 2017 for its tomato growing in southern Italy, renowned for the labour abuses of migrant workers. Since then it has reviewed its supply chain.
Both Princes and its Napolina tomato brand now publish transparency data showing the origin, journey and impacts of its tomatoes, backed up by third-party verifications of the evidence and QR codes on cans.
Mitsubishi also part owns the Singapore-based rubber and palm oil company Olam International, which has been criticised for deforestation in Gabon.
Ethical Superstore sells Suma Organic Apple Juice.
Abel and Cole have a range of Biona juices in their online shop.
Product guide to bananas
Product guide to soft drinks
Product guide to tinned tomatoes


Hey guys I'm up again with another cover.This time with a very amazing,beautiful,sensual,lustful,naughty,rhythmic,wild and catchy song called "Flesh" by Simon Curtis.
By the way as it says in the title this is once again a redone cover! Because I have already covered this song once 1 year ago! But sadly without music so I decided to cover this song again with a proper instrumental.
Simon Curtis (born March 18, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Born in Michigan and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he first gained recognition for his role as Royce Du Lac in the 2009 film Spectacular! before venturing into pop music, during which he released his debut extended play Alter Boy in 2008, his debut full-length studio album, 8Bit Heart in 2010, and in 2011, he released his second studio album (and first commercial release) RA; the two later releases were released through his independent label, BoyRobot Records. RA debuted at number 20 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart.