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RELIGION CALENDAR
B'nai Israel Congregation. 3116 Kecoughtan Road. Today: 8 p.m. Shabbat service followed by Kiddush and Oneg Shabbat. Saturday: Torah reading: Genesis 28:10-32:3; 9 a.m. service followed by Kiddush, Torah study and discussion. Sunday: 9 a.m. service followed by breakfast sponsored by Rose and Morris Sandler and Ida Vogel Gehman in memory of Rose F. Sandler; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School for young adults and adults, led by Phil Saville. Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Rabbi Golner conducts adult-education class.
Christian Soldiers Revival Center. 1905 N. Armistead Ave. Sunday: 10 a.m. Bible study classes; 11 a.m. Family worship service. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Prayer and praise service.
Christian Teaching Ministry of Jesus Christ. 339 E. Mercury Blvd. Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Sunday School; 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Worship service. Wednesday: 7-8 p.m. Bible study.
First United Church of Christ. 1017 Todds Lane. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Church School; 11 a.m. Worship service.
Hampton Church of the Nazarene. 32 Tide Mill Lane. Saturday 7 p.m., Sunday 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday-Wednesday 7 p.m.: Revival fellowship with evangelist Gary Haines. Nursery will be provided for all services.
Ivy Memorial Baptist Church. 2200 Coliseum Drive. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Bible study for all ages; 10:45 a.m. morning worship and Communion. Children's worship and preschool available; 6 p.m. Discipleship training; 7 p.m. Evening worship. Wednesday: 5 p.m. Dinner; 6:15 p.m. Prayer service.
Liberty Baptist Church. 1228 Todds Lane. Sunday: 5 p.m. Bereavement support group for widowed men and women of all ages and faiths. Information: 838-5765. Nov. 18-19: Women's Conference 7-9 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m.-noon Saturday with Precept Ministries speaker Dorie Van Stone and soloist Phyllis Massey. Testimony of finding God's power and faithfulness to heal the hurts of rejection and physical, verbal, and sexual abuse in dysfunctional family. Call 826-2110 for reservations. Cost is $15 per person. Registration deadline is Nov. 14. Call 826-2110.
Morning Star Baptist Church. 2717 N. Armistead Ave. Sunday: 4 p.m. Inspirational Choir and Senior Ushers Anniversary celebration. Guest speaker, the Rev. James Gray, of Providence Baptist Church, will be accompanied by his choir and congregation. Dec. 2: Shopping trip to Lancaster and Reading, Pa. Bus leaves at 5 a.m.; returns Dec. 3. Cost is $75. Sponsored by the Gleaners Auxiliary.
Mount Hebron Baptist Church. Service at the Family Life Center, First Baptist Church, 649-30th St., Newport News. Saturday: 5 p.m. Charter members banquet, featuring music and drama by Shedrick Kahn Interdenominational Choir. Tickets $15 for adults; $7.50 for children 12 and under.
New Mount Olive Baptist Church. 66 Big Bethel Road. Monday-Friday: 7 p.m. Fall Revival services. Guest speaker will be the Rev. A. Michael Charles Durant, pastor of Tenth Street Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.
Rodef Sholom Temple. 318 Whealton Road. Today: 8 p.m. Shabbat service followed by Oneg Shabbat. Saturday: 10 a.m. Shabbat service followed by Kiddush. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school; Hanukkah Book Fair 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday: 7:45 a.m. Morning Minyan, followed by breakfast. Tuesday: 4:15 p.m. Bar/Bat Mitzvah class. Thursday: 7:45 a.m. Morning Minyan, followed by breakfast.
St. Francis of Assisi Anglican Church. Services at Hampton YMCA, LaSalle Avenue at I-64. Sunday: 11 a.m. Holy Communion. Services are based on the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Sunday School class will be held at the same time. Call 599-5470 for information.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church. 1835 Todds Lane. Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist; 8:45 a.m. Instructed Family Eucharist for families with young children. Tuesdays: 12:10 and 7 p.m. Holy Eucharist and Healing; 11:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. Bible study. If transportation is needed, call the church office at 826-3515.
United Church of God. 647 Teach St. Sunday: 4 p.m. Youth Sunday. ''Young People Against Violence'' will perform skits.
Our Saviour's Evangelical Lutheran Church. 7479 Richmond Road, Norge. Sunday: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Worship service; 9:45 a.m. Sunday School. Nursery available.
StoneHouse Community Church. 8824 Richmond Road, Toano. Saturday: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Witness Outreach Training. Cost: $10 includes lunch and study materials. Call 566-8590.
MIDDLE PENINSULA
Lighthouse Worship Center. 4299 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes. Sunday: 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. World Mission Conference services with guest speaker Terry Law, of Tulsa, Okla.
Living Word Baptist Church. Route 641, Tidemill Road, Hayes. Today: 7 p.m. ''What a Fellowship Service'' with the Rev. Alexander J. Harris, associate pastor of Full Gospel Deliverance Tabernacle, Hampton.
Rising Valley Baptist Church. 10172 John Clayton Memorial Highway, James Store. Sunday: 3:30 p.m. Harvest Home and Fall Rally. Guest speaker will be the Rev. John L. Amos, pastor of First Morning Star Baptist Church, Bena.
Abyssinia Baptist Church. 3001 Wickham Ave. Sunday: 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Men's Day celebration. Guest speaker will be Marion K. Smith, deacon at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Theme: Christian Men United for a Greater Ministry. At the 5 p.m. service, the men will honor the women of the church.
Asbury United Methodist Church. 15616 Warwick Blvd. Saturday: 6:30 p.m. Annual Christmas auction. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship service.
Calvary Community Church. 3400 Roanoke Ave. Saturday: 7 p.m. Prayer Band Crusade with Jeffrey Garner, associate minister of Friendship Baptist Church.
Christ's Church of the Peninsula. Kiln Creek Elementary School, 1501 Kiln Creek Parkway. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Praise and worship.
Colossian Baptist Church. 856 Fort Eustis Blvd. Sunday: 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Worship services. Guest speaker: the Rev. Anthony Briscoe, of Richmond. Music will be provided at 8 a.m. by the Second Senior Choir and at 11:30 a.m. by Senior Choir; 4 p.m. Ordination service for deacons-elect, Larry Parson and Sammie Taylor Sr.
Congregation Adath Jeshurun. 12646 Nettles Drive. Today: 4:41 p.m. Candle lighting with services at 4:30 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. Shabbos morning service, followed by Kiddush. Torah portion: Genesis: 28:10-32:3; Haftorah: Hosea 12:13-14:10; 4 p.m. Chumas class; 4:30 p.m. Services. Shabbos ends at 5:41 p.m. Call 930-0820.
Denbigh Christian Fellowship. Service held at Reformation Lutheran Church, 13100 Warwick Blvd. Sunday: 4-7 p.m. Worship service. Thursday: 7:30-10 p.m. Worship service.
Emmanuel Baptist Church. 521 North Ave. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday School; 11 a.m. Worship service with the Rev. Delmar Harris.
First Baptist Church East End. 649 30th St. Nov. 20: 4 p.m. First Senior Choir presents gospel fruitcake.
First United Baptist Church. 5400 Jefferson Ave. Saturday: 10 a.m. Crime Prevention and Disease Control presented by staff members of the Juvenile Detention Home. Sunday: 3 p.m. Ushers and Hospitality Club's anniversary. Guest speaker will be the Rev. James Jones, pastor of Galilee Baptist Church, Newport News.
Gethsemane Baptist Church. 3509 Chestnut Ave. Sunday: Men's and Women's Day celebration. 7:45 a.m. Worship service with the Rev. Sheila Griffith; 10:45 a.m. Worship service with the Rev. Marjorie Ruffin, of Lincoln Park Baptist Church, Hampton; 4 p.m. Worship service with the Rev. Milton Blunt, of New Olivet Baptist Church, Portsmouth.
God's Fellowship Temple. No. 1. 2113 Jefferson Ave. Today: 8 p.m. Building Fund service with Missionary Delores Pettaway, Park Place Baptist Church, Hampton.
Little Rock Baptist Church. 4215 Roanoke Ave. Sunday: 3 p.m. Fifth anniversary Sunday School celebration with the Rev. Annie Mae Taylor, of United Full Gospel Church, North Carolina.
Miracle Temple Baptist Church. 617 32nd St. Saturday: 5 p.m. Deacons' and Deaconess' pre-anniversary service and presentation of ''100 Women in Red and/or White.'' Music provided by the church's Mass Choir. Sunday: 4 p.m. Deacons' and Deaconess' Anniversary Service with the Rev. Ivan Harris, pastor of First Baptist Church, Denbigh. He will be accompanied by his choir and congregation.
Morrison United Methodist Church. 236 Harpersville Road. Sunday: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Worship service; 9:45 a.m. Church school for adults and children.
Mount Rona Baptist Church. 1134 25th St. Sunday: 4 p.m. Deacons', Deaconess' and Trustees' Day celebration with the Rev. Burlas Batten, pastor of God's Church of Righteousness, Newport News. He will be accompanied by his choir and ushers.
New Birth Baptist Church. 7330 Warwick Blvd. Sunday: 4 p.m. Fellowship service with the Rev. Timothy Delk, pastor of Word Church of God in Christ and his congregation. Wednesday: 7-9 p.m. Bible study each week.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. 100 Harpersville Road. Saturday: 5 p.m. Mass signing for the hearing-impaired. Sunday: 7:30 a.m. weekend celebration of the Mass (Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist). Adult choir at 9 a.m. Liturgy, children's choir at 11:30 Mass. Children's Liturgy of the Word is presented at 11:30 a.m.
Reformation Lutheran Church. 13100 Warwick Blvd. Sunday: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Worship service; 9:45 a.m. Sunday School. Nursery will be provided at both services.
Salvation and Deliverance Church of Newport News. 9705 Warwick Blvd. Friday: 7 p.m. Bible study. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; noon Worship service. Tuesday: 7 p.m. Prayer.
Shalom Baptist Church. 1111 24th St. Saturday: 9 a.m. Prayer breakfast with the Rev. Jeanita Richardson, associate minister of Wesley Grove United Church of Christ. Sunday: 11 a.m. Women's Day service with the Rev. Elaine Gray, of Gray's Missionary Baptist Church, Hampton; 4 p.m. Women's Day celebration with music, drama, dance.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. 45 Main St. Saturday: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Holiday House bazaar. Wreaths, homemade goodies, toys, ''grapefruit cakes'' and Afghan raffle. Sunday: 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist; 10 a.m. Congregational meeting; 11 a.m. Morning prayer. Wednesday: 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist and healing service. Child care provided.
Stevens Memorial Baptist Church. 224 Richneck Road. Sunday: 7 p.m. An evening of Gospel music. Special selections presented by the choir, men's quartet, the ladies' chorus and an octet.
St. Matthew's Anglican Church. 215 Main St. Nov. 30: 6:30 p.m. Holy Communion; 7 p.m. Advent Study Group. The Rev. Frank Blair will conduct the study and celebrate Holy Communion.
Tabernacle Baptist Church. 1113 25th St. Sunday: 4 p.m. Deacons', Deaconess' and Trustees' anniversary celebration with the Rev. Rufus Hill, West End Baptist Church, Hampton, and his congregation; 7 p.m. Free showing of the film, ''Come The Morning,'' a drama about a father who leaves his family.
Temple Sinai. 11620 Warwick Blvd. Saturday: 10 a.m. Torah study; 10:30 a.m. Shabbat service; 11 a.m. Pre-school Shabbat service. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Religious school; 10 a.m. Hanukkah gift shop/confirmation class.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. 6807 Huntington Ave. Sunday: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Worship service; 9:40 a.m. Sunday School. Nursery provided at both services and Sunday School.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Peninsula. 415 Young's Mill Lane. Sunday: 10 a.m. Topic: ''Newport News: The Early Years,'' with Will Molineux, editorial page editor, Daily Press.
Unity on the Peninsula. 8 San Jose Drive No. 3B. Sunday: 11 a.m. The Rev. Alicia-Leslie will speak on ''Who Gets the Gift?'' How to discover and use your spiritual gifts.
Warwick Memorial United Methodist Church. 38 Hoopes Road. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Service and Junior Church; Sunday School for children and adults at 9:45 a.m.; Junior Church worship service at 11 a.m. Nursery available.
Church of the Epiphany. 1530 Lafayette Blvd. Tour to Washington, D.C.'s Hillwood, the former home of Marjorie Merriweather Post and to a McGuire Sisters concert. The tours, with pickup points along the Peninsula, will include a dinner in Murfreesboro. The Hillwood tour is Nov. 15. Concert tour (which includes a White House visit) is Dec. 7-8. The tours are open to all. Call Charlotte at 423-8470 for information.
Dormition of the Holy Virgin Mary Orthodox Church. 1051 E. Bayview Blvd. Saturday: 7 p.m. Evening worship service. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Morning service.
First Baptist Church of Norfolk. 312 Kempsville Road. Nov. 18: "Nite Lite" party for single adult Christians from 7-10 p.m. every first and third Friday. Cost is $2. Call 461-3226 for more information.
First Presbyterian Church . 820 Colonial Ave. Sunday: 7 p.m. First concert of the music series ''Brassy Fireworks: Flourishes, Fanfares and Festivities'' performed by Apollo Brass and Organ Ensemble. Tickets are $25 for series subscriptions and $10 for single tickets. Call Debra Burrell at 625-1697 for reservations.
Universal Church of Light. 1610 Meadowlake Drive. Sunday: 12:30-2 p.m. Workshop: ''Ten Commandments and Universal Laws.'' Call 853-5897 for information. Donations accepted.
SOUTH OF THE JAMES
Family Baptist Church. 14170 Carrollton Blvd., Carrollton. Nov. 20: 4 p.m. Founder's Day Program. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Alberta Shannon, pastor of True Word of God Mission Holiness Church, Newport News. Month-long celebration.
Cypress Baptist Church. Elberon. Saturday: 10 a.m.-noon The missionary department will present a workshop on ''How to be better Missionaries.'' Speaker will be Barbara T. Crump, director of Missions, Baptist General Convention of Richmond. Sunday: 2 p.m. Ushers' Day celebration. Special guest will be the Rev. Douglas Charity and Ferguson Grove Baptist Church. Call Cleopatra Savedge for more information.
First Baptist Church. 727 Scotland St. Sunday: 5:30 p.m. Mass Male Chorus in concert. Sponsored by the Men's Fellowship.
Little Zion Baptist Church. 8625 Pocahontas Trail. Sunday: 4 p.m. 104th Church anniversary celebration with the Rev. James B. Tabb Sr., pastor of Mount Ararat Baptist Church and Rising Sun Baptist Church.
Mount Ararat Baptist Church. 401 Franklin St. Monday: 6:30 p.m. Election of officers. Delegates to the state conference will make reports. Delegates are: Phillip Cook, Alexander Lee, Estherine Mogler, Vera Wright, Bobby Alexander, Rose Marie Lee, Beulah Wallace, and Inez M. Dennis.
Mount Gilead Baptist Church. 8660 Pocahontas Trail. Sunday: 11:30 a.m. Women's Day service with the Rev. Medina M. Marble, Antioch Baptist Church, Coke. The combined choirs will perform.
St. John Baptist Church. 1397 Penniman Road. Sunday: 4 p.m. Pastor's Aid Club celebrates 36th anniversary. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Samuel Cutler, pastor of Lincoln Park Baptist Church, Hampton. Music will be provided by the Lincoln Park Baptist Church Choir.
Walnut Hills Baptist Church. 1014 Jamestown Road. Sunday: 7 p.m. Performance of the drama ''God's Trombones.'' Adaptation of James Weldon Johnson's book about the sermons of black preachers in his childhood. Admission is free.
Williamsburg Unitarian Universalist. Meets at Clara Byrd Baker School, 3131 Ironbound Road. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Second forum of the year. Bruce McConachie will speak on ''Polish Theater in Foundation.'' He is a professor of Theater and Speech at the College of William and Mary; 11 a.m. Daniel Pentlarge and Jacqui James, of Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston, will lead the program on ''Beyond Categorical Thinking.'' Call 220-6830 for information.
Our Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church. 2017 Victory Blvd., Tabb. Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Worship service.
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The Price You Pay: 40 Years of the River
Released on Columbia on October 17, 1980, The River is the fifth album by Bruce Springsteen. In the four decades since its release, the double album has sold over five million copies in the United States. The album shot to the top of the Billboard albums chart, the first Springsteen album to do so. Several songs were released as singles including "Cadillac Ranch", "I wanna Marry You", "Sherry Darling", and "the River", but only three broke the top forty. "Hungry Heart" (#5), "Fade Away" (#20), and "Ramrod" (#30). "Hungry Heart" was Springsteen's highest charting single up to this point, its predecessor being "Born to Run" (#23) in 1975.
At this point in his career Bruce Springsteen was more of a critical darling than a commercial juggernaut. The rock press loved his authentic American working-class aesthetic and relatable songs, but the public was trying to figure out who this interloper from Jersey was. The album and single Born to Run had some commercial success in the mid-70s, but Springsteen was more interested in following his artistic instincts instead of chasing fame and glory. Speaking to Rolling Stone during the rehearsals for his 2016 tour of the River, Springsteen said: "I wanted it to have scope, to appeal to the different parts of what we did. I wanted it to be fun. I wanted it to be crushing." The River is nothing less than a seminal achievement. It's challenging enough to create a cohesive work that endures the test of time, but Springsteen melded his happy-go-lucky pop side with his introspective singer songwriter side to create something truly unique that did not stray from his signature down-to-earth thematic sensibilities.
The sessions for The River took place from April 1979 to May 1980 at Power Station Studios in New York City. In the same Rolling Stone article, producer and guitarist Steven Van Zandt said of the writing process: "He was getting 10, 12 songs very quickly, and I'd be like, 'OK, let's put that out. You want to do 12 more? That's the next album." Of a reported fifty songs written during The River sessions, only twenty ended up on the album. This does not include songs that were left over from his previous album Darkness on the Edge of Town, which found a home on the River instead.
The River has the distinction of being Springsteen's first double album, but it was initially conceived as a single record. In a 2016 Backstreets interview, Springsteen had this to say about the album's original form: "We ended up taking it back. When I listened to it, I've often used the word, it wasn't big enough. It wasn't sprawling enough. It didn't include enough. I'd gotten to the point where I wanted to include everything that I did, from the party material to my character studies, and I didn't think I could do that successfully on one album at that time. I didn't take it back with the intention of making two.... I just took it back with the intention of making it better."
This alternate version of the album, entitled The Tides That Bind, would have been a sidestep from Darkness on the Edge of Town instead of a leap forward. By allowing him to retool the album, Columbia gave Springsteen the opportunity to fulfill his vision, encouraging his instincts as a songwriter.
Today Springsteen is an institution, an elder statesman of rock who has proven himself time and again with top selling critically acclaimed albums and sold out stadiums around the world. His next album, Nebraska, would be an acoustic affair with his darkest lyrics yet, but he bounced back with the broadly appealing Born in the USA, a smash success in 1984. The legacy of The River is of Springsteen showing what he could do with a broad canvas of characters and tones. It soars with the jubilance of newfound love and sinks into the depths of loneliness and depression from death and heartbreak. The River was a true turning point, an ambitious risk. Instead of trying to wash out the darkness with light, Springsteen painted with textures of shadow.
Written by Garrett Kearns
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HAMID NII NORTEY
CROSS HATCHING AFFLUENCE, 6 MAY – 16 JUNE 2021
Nortey invites his viewers to step into the lush narratives of Ghana's glamorous and successful; adding his voice to the new age of artists who are working tirelessly to change how people of the Black race are depicted through art.
On view from May 6 – June 16, 2021, Hamid Nii Nortey's new series of glamorous urban scenes bear witness to Africa's transforming urban landscape and to its burgeoning middle classes, thereby reclaiming ownership over prevailing narratives of poverty and war.
An emerging artist based in Accra, Hamid Nii Nortey has stood witness to the city's considerable transformation in recent decades – one that has materialized in its expansion and architectural development and in the social dynamics that have emanated from it. Looking to the inhabitants of the city as reflections of these changes, Cross Hatching Affluence is a visual snapshot onto the growing middle- and upper-class elite that has come to represent an increasing share of Accra, as well as Ghana and the broader African continent's population. A testament to the extensive socioeconomic and industrial development of post-Independence Ghana, the paintings move away from prevailing tropes of war, poverty and disease as they often relate to the continent. Shifting from the less fortunate to the flourishing middle class, Nortey reclaims ownership over this visual narrative, thereby leading the way for new voices and narratives from the continent to emerge.
At once mimicking and interpreting the rich fabric of Accra's cityscape, Nortey's paintings depict sweeping urban scenes of expansive buildings and interior scenes. Fascinated by the spatial structures, Nortey indulges viewers into experiencing physical space on a flat surface – rendering exterior and interior architecture as a pivotal structural element to his work. Adopting an architectural lens, he investigates the peculiar language of composition through lines. With a complex interplay of linear contrast and harmony, and with parallel lines converging in a vanishing point, Nortey builds on perspective as a crucial element in bringing the works to life and emulating the city's bustling urban life.
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EMMA PREMPEH – IN AND OUT OF TIME
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Nelson is a desperately conservative town so his studious thumbing is greeted with studious shunning and most the time the best he gets is kids feeding the horse for the thrill of feeding a horse in a CBD that only welcomes "normal" things .
Few greet Hone but they do talk to the horse, of course.
In this little Britain a horse is esteemed while his master is barely tolerated.
Here is a typical traffic fine aquired by our intrepid Equestrian. The day I saw him Hone acquired $500 worth and this was lighter than the usual $700 a day.
Notice the wording – The wording stipulates motorised transport as causing the infringement. Could anyone argue that Hone and horse are motorised?
They think not and the legal system can't defeat their logic. There has been an open forum through the courts thats costing a bomb in legal fees. It makes even the 120k in traffic fines seem trivial.
He keeps account of every ticket – the tickets add up to a mere $ 124,303.67.
Hone's opponents say its not a matter of "if" he goes to jail its a matter of when.
It's The Bleak House of the moment with a real Dickensian character confounding a legal system that thought he was gone forever.


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Riverside City College student government creates stimulus fund
May 19, 2020 October 15, 2022
By Erik Galicia
Student leaders have created a pandemic stimulus fund available to all Riverside City College students after federal guidance on the distribution excluded all students who are ineligible for FAFSA.
These restrictions left Nathalie Ntwali, a first semester RCC international student, feeling uncertain about her academic future.
"If I'm not able to pay for school in the fall, I might have to go back to Rwanda," Ntwali said.
The Undocumented Advocates Collective of RCC estimates the college is home to around 1,000 undocumented students, all of which are also ineligible for federal relief.
In response to these unaddressed needs, student leaders released applications for the Associated Students of Riverside City College Stimulus Award on May 13, intending to provide grants of up to $300 to any applicants who have paid their student fees. The deadline to apply is May 27.
"It's for all students," ASRCC President Angel Contreras said about the award. "We're not going based on FAFSA. We're not looking into residency status. The only thing that we ask is that you have your student fees paid for the academic year of 2019-2020."
According to Contreras, ASRCC had an untouched surplus in its spring 2020 budget due to the campus closure, allowing student leaders to make the case for the aid package. The student senate approved $55,000 for the fund, which was pulled from a pool generated by payments of student fees.
The federal government's exclusion of international and undocumented students from the coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act prompted the California Community Colleges system to file a lawsuit May 11 against Betsy DeVos, the U.S. Secretary of Education, due to t.
"It is our hope that we stop the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing what we feel are arbitrary eligibility restrictions on relief funds that Congress approved to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19," Eloy Ortiz Oakley, California Community Colleges Chancellor, said during a teleconference with student reporters May 12. "We will continue to stand firm behind our (undocumented) students. Our campuses will continue to be a place of safety and stability for them."
According to Oakley, the California Community College system worked with Congress on the language of the CARES Act that was signed into law and felt the intent was to allow individual colleges the flexibility to determine who should get emergency aid.
"We were operating on that basis until the Department of Education issued an F.A.Q. about the use of CARES Act funds," Oakley said. "In that F.A.Q. we saw language that was contrary to Congress's intent."
The lawsuit seeks an injunction that allows for local level flexibility in determining which students should receive aid from the federal bill. Because a decision will require time, Oakley recommended Community Colleges slow their distribution of federal money in case an authorization to allow relief for excluded students is made.
ASRCC intends to distribute its aid as soon as possible.
"It shouldn't be that long," Contreras said. "We're reviewing all the applications as they come in. By the end of the first week of June, students should start getting their stimulus checks."
Applications can be found at RCC's website under COVID-19 online resources and should be emailed to StudentActivities@rcc.edu.
The Undocumented Advocates Collective also announced an application for the Student Equity Emergency Grant which can be accessed from the financial aid tab in MyPortal. The deadline for this grant is May 22.
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With Fashion Week just around the corning, we want to start recognizing some unique MelaninASS brands to be on the look out for.
House of Aama is an NYC-based clothing brand created by the mother-daughter design duo, Akua Shabaka and Rebecca Henry.
We are elated to share this photo series encapsulating House of Aama's "BLOODROOT" Collection.
We are elated to attend House of Aama's 1st New York Fashion Week Presentation showcasing their AW'17/18 collection "Bloodroot" taking place on Monday, February 12th at Cafe Erzulie Juke Joint Session.


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Final Premier league Golden Boot Table After Cristiano Ronaldo and Romelu Lukaku Scored A Brace
Dominic NwodoSeptember 12, 2021
We just watched several teams play in the English Premier league on match day 4. The likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea all played and won their games.
Manchester United played against Newcastle United at Old Trafford and won the game with ease. Their latest Signing Cristiano Ronaldo made his official debut today against Newcastle, and scored two brilliant goals.
Into the first half of the game, the home team mounted pressure and finally got on the score sheet when the away team goalkeeper punched the ball just in front of Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese forward didn't fail to utilise the chance as he puts his side ahead just few minutes before the first half ended.
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The red devils found the back of the net again, through their 36-year-old forward who was assisted by Luke shaw to put his side two goals up. Later into the match, goals from Bruno Fernandes who was assisted by Paul Pogba and Lingard was enough to secure the three complete points for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side.
We also watched Chelsea play against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge and won the game 3-0.
As soon as the match begun, Thomas Tuchel's men mounted pressure on the away team and finally registered a goal on net through their top striker Romelu Lukaku, who was assisted by Mateo Kovacic to put his side ahead just few minutes into the game.
The second goal of the match came through Chelsea star midfielder Mateo Kovacic, who scored a brilliant goal to put his side two goals up just few minutes into the second half of the game. Chelsea top striker Romelu Lukaku later scored the third goal of the game, and secured the three complete points for Thomas Tuchel's side.
However, amid all this matches and goals scored today let's take a look at how the Premier league golden boot table looks like, after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lukaku scored a brace.
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Flint organizations are asking people to consider repurposing downtown parking spaces
by Kate Stockrahm September 16, 2022 September 16, 2022
A car drives past the parking lot of Blueline Donuts. The parking lot is playing host to a PARK(ing) Day event on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Flint, MI—A group of local organizations and businesses will be using downtown Flint's parking spaces for anything but cars this weekend, and they're asking everyone to join them.
What's Up Downtown, Communities First, Inc., and the Crim Foundation are just some of the names bringing PARK(ing) Day—a worldwide event that asks people to reimagine and repurpose curbside parking for mini-parks and social spaces—to downtown Flint on Friday, Sept. 16 and Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022.
While the event began in 2005 as a way to showcase the need for green space and what its San Francisco organizers deemed "more useful ways of occupying" their city's car infrastructure, Flint organizers are making a distinction as to why they see the event as important for the city.
"PARK(ing) Day matters in a place like Flint because Flint has this problem where there's tremendous amounts of parking but not enough things to actually park at," said Travis Gilbert, a Local Initiatives Support Corporation AmeriCorps service member working with Communities First.
Communities First is hosting the weekend's kick-off event in collaboration with Blueline Donuts, Carriage Town Ministries, and the Crim Foundation on Sept. 16.
From 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Blueline's parking lot at 604 Garland Street, folks are invited to grab a donut, play lawn games, or just hang out and talk about what they see as other uses for Flint's hundreds of downtown parking spaces.
"Under the new zoning code, [Blueline Donuts] wouldn't have to have as big a parking lot as they built out," Gilbert said of why Communities First partnered up on the opening event. "So we thought that it would be interesting to show people what half of that parking lot could be instead of what it is."
Travis Gilbert a city planner and LISC AmeriCorps member with Communities First, poses for the camera during Flint's PARK(ing) Day 2022 opening event at Blueline Donuts on Sept. 16, 2022. (Photo courtesy Communities First)
A chalked question at PARK(ing) Day 2022's kick-off event at Blueline Donuts in Flint, Mich on Sept. 16, 2022. (Photo courtesy Communities First)
Cade Surface, a city planner with the Crim Foundation and creator of a bike tour entitled "Flint's Glorious Legacy of [Foolish] Parking Lots," noted that Flint's abundance of downtown parking hasn't always been there, even during the height of the city's car production.
"We just, over the years, decided that instead of buildings, or theaters, or homes, or offices, or restaurants or schools, that it was more important that we can store our cars," Surface said of Flint's downtown landscape from the 1950s to today.
The reason for participating in PARK(ing) Day, then, explained Surface, is to encourage Flint residents to reconsider how they've been using—and could otherwise use—downtown's parking spaces even beyond the curb.
A map of downtown Flint's parking areas in 1958 created by Cade Surface and Travis Gilbert. The dark red represents surface lots and the orange represents parking structures. The highways on the right hand side of the image did not exist at the time. (Courtesy Cade Surface and Travis Gilbert)
A map of downtown Flint's parking and surrounding areas in 2022, which Surface and Gilbert are continuing to develop. The dark red represents surface lots, the orange represents parking structures, and the lighter orange represents the addition of highways since the 1958 map. Note: the area depicted here is larger than the area depicted in the 1958 map. (Courtesy Cade Surface and Travis Gilbert)
To that end, What's Up Downtown Flint, the city's placemaking organization, is working with many other local organizations to turn downtown's parking spaces into event sites, grassy lounge areas, stages and more this Saturday.
"We're going to have yoga, open mics, live music," said Jerin Sage, What's Up Downtown's newly appointed Director of Placemaking.
Sage clarified that he will be at PARK(ing) Day to support, not manage, the repurposing of downtown's parking spots because he hopes that other residents and businesses will join the event organically.
"If I can see more than just What's Up Downtown participating, I would call that a success," Sage said. "Because the whole idea is to get the community to engage with their public spaces downtown, and to show the powers-that-be and the rest of the community that we are willing to come out, to have fun and to utilize the spaces that we do have."
Sage added that he felt the day was important for Flint because he'd learned that what seems like public space downtown actually isn't, noting that downtown's Brush Park and "even the area around the statues" near the Flat Lot are privately owned.
"It's about access," Sage said. "[It's about] highlighting the fact that we need public spaces that people can actually use and have access to."
For more information, including safety instructions, on how to participate in PARK(ing) Day, visit What's Up Downtown's event calendar or PARK(ing) Day's official website.
"Oh, and so no one has to come out and measure like I did," Sage said with a laugh. "All of downtown's parking spots are 23 feet long by seven feet wide."
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Baritone Paul Armin Edelmann, son of the celebrated bass-baritone Otto Edelmann, presents his personal selection of Schubert songs on this, his fourth album for Capriccio: "The title we had in mind was On Fierce Roads. Many things can be fierce, from storms to life battering you. It's a broad field. But they are all agitated pieces, and not very melancholic." The international success he enjoys as a Lied interpreter can be appreciated once more with this new CD.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit Hawaii District Court State of Hawaii v. Trump Filing 294 Attachment 6
State of Hawaii v. Trump
Declaration of Neal K. Katyal in Support of #293 Plaintiff's Emergency MOTION to Clarify Scope of Preliminary Injunction re #291 Preliminary Injunction, . (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Ex. A, #2 Exhibit Ex. B, #3 Exhibit Ex. C, #4 Exhibit Ex. D, #5 Exhibit Ex. E, #6 Certificate of Service)(Katyal, Neal) Modified on 6/30/2017 (emt, ).
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAI'I STATE OF HAWAI'I, and ISMAIL ELSHIKH, Plaintiffs, v. Civil No. 17-00050-DKW-KSC DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; JOHN F. KELLY, in his official capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE; REX TILLERSON, in his official capacity as Secretary of State; and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendants. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that, on the dates and by the methods of service noted below, a true and correct copy of the Declaration of Neal K. Katyal in Support of Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion to Clarify Scope of Preliminary Injunction was served on the following at their last known addresses: Served Electronically through CM/ECF on June 29, 2017, on counsel for all amicus parties of record and the following: 1 Elliott Enoki, Esq. elliot.enoki@usdoj.gov Edric Ming-Kai Ching, Esq. edric.ching@usdoj.gov Jeffrey B. Wall, Esq. jeffrey.b.wall@usdoj.gov Chad A. Readler, Esq. chad.a.readler@usdoj.gov Michelle R. Bennett, Esq. michelle.bennett@usdoj.gov Brad P. Rosenberg, Esq. brad.rosenberg@usdoj.gov Daniel Schwei, Esq. daniel.s.schwei@usdoj.gov DATED: Washington, D.C., June 29, 2017. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Neal K. Katyal DOUGLAS S. CHIN (Bar No. 6465) Attorney General of the State of Hawai'i CLYDE J. WADSWORTH (Bar No. 8495) Solicitor General of the State of Hawai'i DEIRDRE MARIE-IHA (Bar No. 7923) DONNA H. KALAMA (Bar No. 6051) KIMBERLY T. GUIDRY (Bar No. 7813) ROBERT T. NAKATSUJI (Bar No. 6743) Deputy Attorneys General DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF HAWAI'I Attorneys for Plaintiff, State of Hawai'i 2 NEAL K. KATYAL* COLLEEN ROH SINZDAK* MITCHELL P. REICH* ELIZABETH HAGERTY* THOMAS P. SCHMIDT* SARA SOLOW* ALEXANDER B. BOWERMAN* HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP *Admitted Pro Hac Vice Attorneys for Plaintiffs, State of Hawai'i and Ismail Elshikh
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Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant
by David Weill, MD
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes pulmonologist, organ transplant specialist, and patient advocate DAVID WEILL for a discussion of his book Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant. He will be joined in conversation by acclaimed physician and author DANIELLE OFRI, founder and editor-in-chief of Bellevue Literary Review.
A young father with a rare form of lung cancer who has been turned down for a transplant by several hospitals. A kid who was considered not "smart enough" to be worthy of a transplant. A young mother dying on the waiting list in front of her two small children. A father losing his oldest daughter after a transplant goes awry. The nights waiting for donor lungs to become available, understanding that someone needed to die so that another patient could live.
These are some of the stories in Exhale, a memoir about Dr. Weill's ten years spent directing the lung transplant program at Stanford. Through these stories, he shows not only the miracle of transplantation, but also how it is a very human endeavor performed by people with strengths and weaknesses, powerful attributes, and profound flaws.
Exhale is an inside look at the world of high-stakes medicine, complete with the decisions that are confronted, the mistakes that are made, and the story of a transplant doctor's slow recognition that he needed to step away from the front lines. This book is an exploration of holding on too tight, of losing one's way, and of the power of another kind of decision—to leave behind everything for a fresh start.
David Weill is the former Director of the Center for Advanced Lung Disease and the Lung Transplant Program at Stanford. He is currently the Principal of Weill Consulting Group, which focuses on improving the delivery of transplant care. Dr. Weill's writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Salon, Newsweek, the Chicago Tribune, STAT, and the Washington Post. He also has been interviewed on CNN and by the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Wall Street Journal.
Danielle Ofri is one of the foremost voices in the medical world today, speaking passionately about the doctor-patient relationship and bringing humanity back to health care. She has been a practicing physician at Bellevue Hospital for more than two decades and is a clinical professor of medicine at NYU. She is a founder and editor-in-chief of Bellevue Literary Review. Her writing appears in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Slate Magazine, The Lancet, NEJM, as well as in Best American Essays and Best American Science Writing. She has performed stories for the Moth and her TED talks include 'Deconstructing Perfection' and 'Fear: A Necessary Emotion'. Ofri is the author of six books about life in medicine. Her newest book is When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error.


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Fight to Finish
Sharing with you the many sides of combat sports
King of the Cage World Championships — Saturday Night!
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On Saturday, October 19th the "World Amateur Championships" for King of the Cage will be held at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. A total of 40 selected fighters will be competing for the top five positions. The top five fighters will receive professional fighting contracts with KOTC, totaling $250,000. The finalists will be announced at the end of the night. For details go to http://www.kingofthecage.com/.
One fighter I've had the pleasure of meeting and shooting is Frank Schuman of Wisconsin. Schuman has a 6-2 record and trains with Sixel's Fight Club of Eagle River. Having met and worked with the coaches and fighters of Team Sixel, I know we'll be seeing a lot of heart and skill going into the cage with Schuman. Everyone here at Fight to Finish wants to wish Frank the best on his fight, and encourage everyone to go online to vote vote vote to help Frank secure a contract!
From King of the Cage: "The event will be Broadcast Live on MavTV Channel 214 on DirecTV and 248 on Dish Network. Check with your local provider for the cable channel in your area."
"Online poll opens at 6pm Pacific on Saturday. Online votes represent a portion of total score."


At Crowland Primary School we teach our children in a creative way but with a clear focus on, 'basic skills' i.e English and maths. Our Early Years team plan an exciting curriculum linked to children's interests – topics include, 'Fairy Tales' and 'Super Heroes'. From Year 1 the children study topics linked to our 'International Primary Curriculum.


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In December Alone, WFP Assists More Than One Million People In Northeast Nigeria
In barely a month since the beginning of December, WFP has delivered food or cash to more than a million Nigerians in conflict-affected zones in the Northeast. This means that over half of those in need of urgent humanitarian assistance have now been reached. The milestone came as WFP ramped up its response in Borno and Yobe States, where as many as four million people are food insecure. The region has been devastated by years of violence linked to the Boko Haram insurgency: in some areas, more than half of all children under five suffer from acute malnutrition. "The needs are of course tremendous, and more has to be done. Even so, this is a dramatic expansion from the 160,000 people we were able to assist as recently as October. It is only thanks to the joint efforts of all humanitarian partners, including the Government of Nigeria, that we have achieved such high numbers," said Sory Ouane, WFP's Nigeria Country Director and Emergency Coordinator. In areas with functioning markets, more than 170,000 people were assisted with cash. Nearly 800,000 people – most of them internally displaced, in camps or in host communities – benefited from food distributions; and almost 180,000 children under five were given specialized nutritious food. Under its new Rapid Response Mechanism, which includes extensive use of helicopters and the pooling of logistics and telecommunications resources across the humanitarian community, WFP has managed to reach areas that were previously inaccessible. "While it has been challenging to scale up and provide timely, life-saving food assistance, we are now looking at ways to assist even more people in need – as many as 2.5 million by April 2017," Ouane added. WFP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions and needs a total of US$208 million for its humanitarian response in Northeast Nigeria over the next six months, of which US$143 million has yet to be found. "We have achieved a lot in the past months, and plan to do more, said Abdou Dieng, WFP's Regional Director for West and Central Africa. "But an operation of this scope and complexity requires sustained funding to maintain momentum."Distributed by APO on behalf of World Food Programme (WFP).Media filesDownload logo
In barely a month since the beginning of December, WFP has delivered food or cash to more than a million Nigerians in conflict-affected zones in the Northeast. This means that over half of those in need of urgent humanitarian assistance have now been reached.
The milestone came as WFP ramped up its response in Borno and Yobe States, where as many as four million people are food insecure. The region has been devastated by years of violence linked to the Boko Haram insurgency: in some areas, more than half of all children under five suffer from acute malnutrition.
"The needs are of course tremendous, and more has to be done. Even so, this is a dramatic expansion from the 160,000 people we were able to assist as recently as October. It is only thanks to the joint efforts of all humanitarian partners, including the Government of Nigeria, that we have achieved such high numbers," said Sory Ouane, WFP's Nigeria Country Director and Emergency Coordinator.
In areas with functioning markets, more than 170,000 people were assisted with cash. Nearly 800,000 people – most of them internally displaced, in camps or in host communities – benefited from food distributions; and almost 180,000 children under five were given specialized nutritious food.
Under its new Rapid Response Mechanism, which includes extensive use of helicopters and the pooling of logistics and telecommunications resources across the humanitarian community, WFP has managed to reach areas that were previously inaccessible.
"While it has been challenging to scale up and provide timely, life-saving food assistance, we are now looking at ways to assist even more people in need – as many as 2.5 million by April 2017," Ouane added.
WFP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions and needs a total of US$208 million for its humanitarian response in Northeast Nigeria over the next six months, of which US$143 million has yet to be found.
"We have achieved a lot in the past months, and plan to do more, said Abdou Dieng, WFP's Regional Director for West and Central Africa. "But an operation of this scope and complexity requires sustained funding to maintain momentum."
Distributed by APO on behalf of World Food Programme (WFP).
After the West's response to Covid, Africa cannot expect support on climate change
Western nations have not acted in good faith when it comes to the supply of vaccines. Why should African nations think they will act differently when it comes to climate negotiations?
By Gyude Moore
New Year Message for Year 2017 by President Jacob Zuma
New Year Message for Year 2017 by President Jacob Zuma: Economic Transformation and Nation Building Key in 2017 We have come to the conclusion of a fruitful and productive year. We moved a step further this year in fighting poverty, inequality and unemployment, as we continued working hard tog…
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Digital banking in Africa – a roadmap for success
The Digital Banking Survey, a collaboration between African Banker magazine and Backbase in July 2020, has resulted in an essential insight into the future of this fast-moving sector.
Mauritius Commercial Bank launches Backbase-built SME banking platform and mobile app
Using the Backbase platform, Mauritius Commercial Bank has completely remodelled its SME user journeys and has put a foundation in place to advance digital innovation across all lines of business


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Home Movie Reviews 'The Batman' – Review
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'The Batman' – Review
March 2, 2022 Samuel Hames
In a bold new vision, a legendary vigilante strikes from behind the shadows and brings audiences into a gripping, pulse-pounding noir-thriller in Matt Reeves' The Batman and this work of cinema is a visceral masterpiece on every single level.
During his second year of fighting crime, Batman pursues the Riddler, a serial killer who targets elite Gotham City citizens. He uncovers corruption that connects to his own family during the investigation and is forced to make new allies to catch the Riddler and bring the corrupt to justice.
When it comes to iconic pop-culture heroes there is one who stands above all the rest. A dark crusader of the night's skies who strikes fear into the souls of the criminals that prowl the streets beneath him, Batman is one of the most beloved, cherished and impactful superheroes ever to be created and his story and fight for justice continues to resonate with audiences. Created in 1939 by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, Batman's unique character, story, Rogues Gallery, gadgets and straight-up badassery continues to make an impact on audiences the world over and every time he returns to the big screen it's a time for much excitement and intrigue. For any filmmaker, the promise of finding a new way into the Batman mythos can be a daunting challenge but rest assured because the visually gifted Matt Reeves is here to bring you a Batman that you have longed dreamed of seeing on screen and The Batman is an utter masterwork to behold.
As a filmmaker, Reeves finds a new way into the Batman mythos by taking a radically different approach to the narrative and worldbuilding of The Batman, and this is a Batman film unlike any you've seen before. By-passing the standard origin tale, Reeves' The Batman is a 'Year Two' story and this is its point-of-difference. Neither a beginning crime fighter, nor an established veteran, this Batman is a bold and brutal nighttime vigilante who has had an effect on the scum of Gotham City, but who is still continuing to find his feet as he confronts the Gotham underworld. This 'Year Two' narrative is blended with the lived-in, hyper-realism style that Reeves fosters not only in the character and actions of Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne/Batman but also in the landscape and existence of Gotham City and its inhabitants. Shot through the lens of film noir, Reeves's The Batman presents a murky, grungey, crowded, rain-soaked and corrupt Gotham City that is on its last legs, where citizens live in constant fear and which is in dire need of a saviour and protector. This is where Reeves sets his story and he certainly works his magic.
Reeves's approach to The Batman leads him into the realm of film noir and detective fiction and the resulting picture speaks for itself on-screen. With cinematographer Greig Fraser, production designer James Chinlund, art director Grant Armstrong, costumers Jacqueline Durran, Dave Crossman and Glyn Dillon and hair and make-up artist Mike Marino, Reeves crafts The Batman into an incredibly unique vision. Looking to influences such as The Godfather, Chinatown and Se7en, Reeves builds out a dark, brooding detective-noir narrative and his attention to detail will have you wide-eyed with excitement. He also finds the right balance between the practical and the fantastical and his portrait of Batman and Gotham City is the stuff that long time fans could only dream of. Greig Fraser's dark-shadowed, almost sepia-like imagery also adds to the effect and impact of the story and the result is a murky, dark portrait that moves between scintillating glamour and nightmarish horror at the same time.
Donning the cape and cowl is Bristish thespian Robert Pattinson and this young actor makes for an incredibly impressive Batman. Seeking a new angle, Pattinson's Bruce Wayne/Batman is not the glamourous playboy and stalwart avenger of Gotham City, but instead, a haunted insomniac and wrathful creature of the night possessed by an obsession that borders on the sheer edge of madness as he wages his one-man war on crime from the shadows and takes back the city of Gotham one block at a time. Part of what makes Pattinson's portrayal of Bruce Wayne/Batman so intriguing is that Reeves takes us into the character's internal monologue, and for the first time we get to hear his inner thoughts as he narrates the actions and consequences of his quest for vengeance. This is a massive point of difference in the portrayal of the Batman character from what we've seen before and Pattinson digs deep and transforms himself into this obsessive loner whose fight for the city of Gotham, and need for vengeance is becoming all-consuming.
Pattinson, under Reeves's direction, also keenly plays up Batman's role as the 'world's greatest detective' and much of the story follows his investigation into the actions of the brutal serial killer called The Riddler. We see Pattinson's Batman working the case, and employing his unique mind, technology and inquisitive detective skills to piece together a growing and dangerous conspiracy. And it's fascinating to watch. Of interest for audiences in this portrayal is that Pattinson throws himself into the form of Batman over that of Bruce Wayne and this has a seriously dramatic effect on the narrative. What this shows is a character who lives in his shadow persona, forsaking the person who lives in the light and it's a point-of-difference from other portrayals. Themes of identity and history factor into Pattinson's performance and long time fans will be very happy with how Pattinson's interpretation of Bruce Wayne/Batman plays into the grand mythos of the character and the connections to the Wayne family, Arkham Asylum and other core tenants of the Batman story.
Pattinson's Batman isn't just a mere detective either and we get to see him let his physical side out as Batman, and when he's encased in his armour and takes to the night's skies looking for a fight, he transforms into an utter monster. Favouring a bone-breaking, smash-bash, street fighting style that focuses more on effective brutality than flamboyant style, Pattinson's Batman goes to work on the streets of Gotham and he's a particularly dangerous creature to cross. There's nothing pretty about the combat here. It's brutal, nasty, violent, and directly to the point. In short, it's real. Pattinson's Batman isn't flashy or showy, he's not fighting to impress, he's fighting to win and to cause as much terror to his combatants as possible. The film's fight scenes are bone-snapping in their presentation and Pattinson proves that he has a real talent for action cinema as he jumps headfirst into the fray. Special note is also made to Pattinson's Batman being very much a human figure. He's not immune to pain or getting smashed up and he certainly takes a few punches. But he sure does throw them back a hell of a lot harder.
While Pattinson's Bruce Wayne/Batman may serve as the film's primary protagonist, Reeves also introduces audiences to a fresh-faced and edgy young woman named Selina Kyle, played with extraordinary grace and red-hot sex appeal by Zoë Kravitz, and she's a femme fatale in the making. As a young woman who is entrenched in Gotham City's criminal underworld, and who possesses her own unique skills and is nursing a need for vengeance, Kravitz brings a fire and energy to a Catwoman for a new generation and she's a great partner for Pattinson's Batman on screen. Where Pattinson's Bruce Wayne/Batman carries a real masculine edge, Kravitz's Selina Kyle brings her own feminine power to bear and there's is a great ying/yang confrontation throughout The Batman's narrative. Kravitz has incredible sex appeal as Kyle and holds the attention of the screen, and this girl can seriously throw a kick and her presence takes the action and intrigue of The Batman to a new level.
Batman's mythology is filled with a list of dangerous members of the Rogues Gallery and Matt Reeves reinvents many of them in this, his new telling of the Batman story. The film's central villain is The Riddler, played by an unhinged and skittishly psychopathic Paul Dano, who is re-introduced to audiences as a calculating and vicious serial killer who is willing to burn Gotham City to the ground. The Riddler engages Batman in a chilling game of cat and mouse and Dano commits fully to this terrifying character, and his presence and actions are sure to unnerve audiences as he attacks Gotham's elite with a twisted zeal in his quest for 'justice'. This new portrait of The Riddler marks out The Batman from any other Batman film and Reeves creativity and quest to push the envelope shows through in this character and his appearance is sure to send a chill down your spine.
While The Riddler serves as the film's primary antagonist, Reeves also builds out the Rogues Gallery, and the underworld of Gotham City, with several other key villains including money-minded gangster Oswald 'Oz' Cobblepot (Colin Farrell) and mafia don Carmine Falcone (John Turturro). Both Farrell and Turturro make dramatic changes as they morph into their respective characters, and they bring a grand gangster presence that is key to The Batman's success. Like Pattinson's Batman, we are only in the early stages of seeing these characters come to life and this is clear when it comes to Farrell's Cobblepot. Not yet a crime-lord of Gotham, but rather an ambitious mob lieutenant with expensive tastes, Farrell's Cobblepot is a scarred and disfigured thug who is mockingly referred to as 'The Penguin' by those around him, and who is only beginning to make his mark on Gotham. But the mark will be made.
As a cinematic experience, The Batman is a film that gripped me from beginning to end and I found myself completely enamoured by the narrative that Matt Reeves brought to the big screen. Of particular enjoyment was watching Reeves and Pattinson exploring the internal side to Batman and seeing Batman's internal monologue brought before us in the film's gripping opening scenes. This introduction to the character and the establishment of a new Gotham City was one of the most exciting and electrifying parts of the entire film that I witnessed and I felt in these moments like this was the Batman film I had been longing for my entire life. Set against the moody music and vocals of Nirvana's 'Something in the Way', this opening scene and narration set the atmosphere for the noir-laced epic that we were to witness and it was a hell of a new introduction for such a legendary character.
Alongside this exploration of the internal workings of Bruce Wayne/Batman's mind and interior monologue another of my favourite parts of The Batman was the presence of an all-new Batmobile. And this is one grunty metal beast. Seeking something new, Reeves and his team turned to the classic American muscle car stylings of a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda to mould their Dark Knight's chariot from and it's a pure demonic presence on screen. This Batmobile screams power, ferocity, speed and intimidation and watching Pattinson let loose in it made for one hell of a rush! Reeves again pushes for reality with his film's signature car chase and there's nothing pretty about it as Pattinson's Batman charges after Farrell's Cobblepot. With its brutalism design aesthetic and sheer engine ferocity, this Batmobile is built to do one and thing, and one thing only: run the bad guys off the road. And that's exactly what it does. Throw in Michael Giacchino's adrenaline charging score and you've got a seriously badass car chase.
The success of The Batman as a cinematic experience goes back to its director's desire to stay true to the source material and to present a film-noir detective tale that is rich in detail and epic in scale. Reeves truly builds a living breathing Gotham City and there's so much to take in with The Batman. It's a film that is contemporary and practical, but also stylistic and fantastical. It tells a complete story from beginning to end and resurrects a beloved hero and his frightening rogues, along with teasing the appearance of the mania and chaos that could soon sweep the streets of Gotham City and which awaits laughing in the shadows. The Batman is a film that is truly made for the fans and audiences who are seeking a definitive Batman story will be very pleased with what Matt Reeves brings to the big screen with this dark and brooding narrative.
Characters don't get more heroic or inspiring than Batman and that's exactly what Matt Reeves has given us in The Batman. Richly detailed, exciting to watch and getting to the very soul of the Dark Knight, The Batman is an utter masterwork to behold and audiences will be clenching their seats from an outpouring of adrenaline as they witness this piece of cinema unfold before their eyes. Movies simply don't get any better than this.
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Q: why are fixed points of period-1 orbits also fixed points of period-2 orbits?(in the logistic equation) $$x_{n+1}=x_{n}\mu \left( 1-x_{n}\right)$$
this has a 'STABLE' period 1 orbit with 2 fixed points upto a certain parameter value,its a fact.
$$x_{n+2}=x_{n+1}\mu \left( 1-x_{n+1}\right)$$
For the next iteration,it would have a 'STABLE' period 2 orbit with 4 fixed points for a certain range of parameter values
Calculation of fixed points for period 2 orbit equation yields:
$$x_{n+2}  = \mu^2 x_n(1-x_n)(1-\mu x_n(1-x_n))$$
So,to gather the fixed points,we set:
$$x_{n+2} =x_n$$
implies
$$x_n^*  = \mu^2 x_n^*(1-x_n^*)(1-\mu x_n^*(1-x_n^*))$$,where $$x_n^*$$ are the fixed points
In order to solve the above expression, my book assumes that 2 of the roots are 'already known' i.e they are the fixed points of the period 1 orbit and hence continues to find the other 2 roots,thereby obtaining all 4 roots of the period 2.
Why would fixed points of the period 1 orbit be the same as the fixed points of the period 2 orbit?I'm trying to visualize this in terms of Poincare' maps but it doesn't make sense why the above assumption is true.
(Just for reference,I add that the fixed points of the period 1 orbit are 0 ,(1-1/mu))

A: If $x_{n+1}$ is a function of $x_n$ and $x_{n+1}=x_n$ then $x_{n+2}=x_{n+1}=x_n$ so it is an order $2$ fixed point.

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Here one can see that as parameter changes, then points of period 2 repelling orbit come closer each other and in one point coincide.
In that point 3 points are the same : 2 points of period 2 orbit and 1 point of period 1 orbit.
It is geometric explanation.
HTH


The Cardinals went 95-67 during the season and finished first in the National League East Division for the third and last time before moving to the NL Central in 1994. They went on to win the NLCS in seven games over the San Francisco Giants. In the World Series against the Minnesota Twins, after having fallen behind 2-0 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, they won their next three games at home. However, back at the Metrodome, they lost the last two and fell one game short of a World Series title. It would be the Cardinals' last World Series appearance until 2004.
September highlights included a Terry Pendleton home run on a September 11 game against the contending Mets as well as a Tom Herr walk-off grand slam against the Mets on Seat Cushion Night. As St. Louis proceeded into the post-season, they found themselves without clean-up hitter Jack Clark, the team's number-one offensive threat. He damaged his ankle when he caught a cleat in the artificial turf at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Nonetheless, the Redbirds won 95 games to capture the NL East title.
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NITES seeks Labour Ministry's intervention in Wipro freshers' layoff
The 452 freshers were laid off for their low scores in the internal assessments that Wipro conducted post their training
The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES)has taken up the cause of the 452 freshers laid off by Wipro. These freshers were told by Wipro that they would have to leave because they had performed poorly in the test conducted inhouse by the organisation, despite the training they had received.
Writing to the Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Harpreet Singh Saluja, president, NITES, has sought the Government's intervention in safeguarding the rights of the employees.
These freshers received offer letters early last year wherein they were informed that they would either have to pay at least Rs 30,000 for the training or opt to undergo unpaid internship and a three-month training programme. They were promised that if they completed the programme by scoring at least 60 per cent marks, their salary would be increased to about 6.5 lakhs per annum.
Although the unpaid internship ended in July last year, the onboarding of these employees was delayed for months. And now these trainees/freshers have been terminated in what NITES calls an illegal manner.
The Senate had condemned these terminations and called it unethical because many of these freshers had rejected other offers to be able to join Wipro.
Meanwhile, Wipro maintains that the sacked freshers were let go because they were unable to clear the test, which comprises assessments that evaluate whether the individual will be able to align with the goals of the business.
The email to the impacted employees reminded them that the offer letter they had received mentioned that the employment could be terminated by the Company or the employee after providing a notice of 30 days to the other party. The IT major told them that they were being let go without having to pay the training cost.
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Today, under the leadership of Sheriff Carlos Bolanos, the SAL program continues to thrive and is serving over 11,000 youth per year in programs, presentations and special events throughout San Mateo County. In light of events in 2015, President Obama called for law enforcements agencies to engage in community policing to build relationships with their communities. The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, thanks to our leadership, has been engaged in community policing practices for over 20 years and continues to be a progression organization that adapts to the needs of our communities.
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Blade Runner: How well did the film predict 2019's tech?
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Image caption Blade Runner was set in November 2019. Harrison Ford plays the main character Rick Deckard
It's November 2019 and Los Angeles is in a state of urban decay. The population has dwindled, and humans face a new threat from manufactured biological robots gone rogue…
Back in 1982, this is how Blade Runner director Ridley Scott imagined the world would be.
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Thirty-seven years after the film was released, how accurate were its predictions about how technology would play a bigger role in our lives?
Here are some of the things the film got right, and others where it was way off the mark.
1. Robots are much smarter
Set in November 2019, the original film follows Rick Deckard, whose job as a police "blade runner" is to hunt and kill bio-engineered androids known as replicants.
So-called Nexus 6 replicants are described as "virtually identical to a human" and "at least equal in intelligence to the genetic engineers who created them".
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Image caption Zhora Salome is a human-like replicant in Blade Runner.
When a group arrives on Earth to try to extend their four-year lifespan, Deckard is summoned to eliminate them.
Today's mechanical robots do not look as lifelike as Zhora, Pris, Roy and Leon.
Even when they take human form – like Hanson Robotics' Sophia – you are more likely to experience pre-scripted jokes and a clunky conversation, rather than the self-aware reflections on mortality and talk of "tears in the rain" found in the movie.
Media captionSophia is one of the world's most famous robots
But AI is getting smarter.
Just this week, Google's sister-company DeepMind said it had created the first "agents" that had reached the top league of Starcraft 2, one of the most popular esport video games.
Image caption Daryl Hannah as replicant Pris in Blade runner
And "basic pleasure models" like Pris have been foreshadowed by a nascent sex-bot industry. The real-world robotic sex dolls may lack an inner-life, but they are becoming more interactive, and there are even sex doll brothels in Europe.
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2. Video calling is mainstream
Image caption Deckard talks to Rachael on a video phone in Blade Runner
Deckard's video call to replicant Rachael is an example of where today's tech has overtaken that shown in the film.
Video calling actually started as early as the 1920s, when the boss of telecoms giant AT&T spoke to former US president Herbert Hoover using a TV signal and phone line.
But it was not until Skype launched in 2003 that it started to become commonplace.
Today, video calls are made in a variety of ways, including Apple's FaceTime, Google's Duo and Facebook's WhatsApp – all of which are capable of delivering a higher-resolution image to smartphones than the bulky booth could display in the film.
And unlike Blade Runner, it does not cost $1.25 ($4.30 in today's money) to make a short call.
3. Homes are also getting smarter
Virtual assistants feature prominently in the film.
As Deckard returns home, he's asked for his "voice print identification" as he steps into the lift.
"Deckard 97" he replies while punching the same numbers into a keypad. "Thank you", a female voice responds.
Image caption Deckard enters a lift in his home
In the real world, Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant can identify us by our voice patterns and tailor their behaviour accordingly.
Eldon Tyrell, founder of the Tyrell Corporation which makes replicants, also uses a virtual assistant.
Image caption Eldon Tyrell pictured at home with his virtual assistant
But his preference for candlelight rather than internet-connected bulbs at home would make it impossible to enjoy the kind of automated lighting routines offered by today's smart home systems.
Switching to security, Deckard uses a smart key to open his front door.
Norwegian Tor Sørnes invented the first recordable keycard door lock in the 1970s.
Image caption Deckard uses a key card to enter his home
Today, these cards are used by hotels around the world. But the latest wave of smart locks are more likely to require a wireless signal from your mobile or a biometric reading to control entry.
4. Lie detectors are still used
Image caption The Voight-Kampff lie detector machine in Blade Runner
Central to the film's plot is the Voight-Kampff machine, which is used by blade runners to separate humans from robots, using questions designed to provoke an emotional response.
It's an elaborate machine which measures bodily functions, such as contractions of the eye's iris.
While it looks very different to the first polygraph machine of 1921, UK police forces still use them, particularly to investigate sex offences.
However, their reliability has been disputed. A lie detector test is not admissible in the UK as evidence.
US company Converus uses similar iris technology to detect lies.
5. The planet is changing
Image caption Los Angeles in November 2019 as imagined in Blade Runner
Dim lights and dark skies portray Los Angeles in 2019 as a city that has been damaged by industrial pollution, forcing many to flee.
"There's no housing shortage around here," genetic designer JF Sebastian tells replicant Pris as she visits his home. "Plenty of room for everyone."
In reality, Los Angeles gets ever more crowded by the year.
But fears about climate change have prompted California to try to lead the way in cutting carbon emissions.
6. Blade Runner ignores the Instagram generation
Photographs play a central role in the film, both as evidence and as a way for Rachael to convince herself she is human.
Deckard analyses several physical Polaroid pictures for clues on how to find other replicants.
Image caption Deckard flicks through a set of Polaroid photographs
In reality, Polaroid cameras still exist, but they are now more of a novelty than the smartphones we regularly use to take snaps.
It is more likely we would see today's Deckard trawling through the replicants' Instagram or Facebook accounts for clues.
Image caption A photo that replicant Rachael believes is a younger version of herself with her mother
And Rachael's sole photograph with her mother might be replaced by several selfies.
Today computational photography is becoming the norm, helping our phones take incredible low-light pictures, and automatically blur the background of our portrait shots.
But the Esper machine, which Deckard uses to find clues by zooming in on different things within photos, remains ahead of its time.
Image caption The Esper machine in Blade Runner
It enables him to see objects and people from different angles, and items which were not previously visible.
AI researchers are working on software that can create interactive 3D views from a single 2D source image, but it's likely to be many more years to come before Photoshop gets the feature.
Atari is another big brand in the film. The video game pioneer was huge in arcades and homes in the 1970s and 1980s.
Image caption Atari was a huge brand in the 1980s
And while it has since ceded ground to PlayStations, Xboxes and Switches, there are plans to breathe fresh life into the brand.
A new Atari VCS throwback console attracted more than $2m (£1.54m) in pre-orders last year – but doubts have been raised as to whether it will ship by early 2020 as planned.
7. Flying cars aren't mainstream… yet
Many films have depicted flying cars in the future. And while lots of progress has been made on the concept of flying cars , both in Japan and the United States, there are none on the roads (or in the sky) yet.
Image caption Flying cars in Blade Runner
The inside of Blade Runner's flying cars are full of gadgets, and look similar to the cockpit of a plane.
But it's notable that those inside are not strapped in – the film was made before California introduced mandatory seat belt laws.
Image caption Rick Deckard (left) sits with officer Gaff in a flying car
8. Most hairdryers still look like hairdryers
In one scene, replicant Zhora dries her hair in what looks like an upside-down goldfish bowl: it dries in seconds.
Image caption Zhora dries her hair in seconds in the film
While ionic technology and ceramic heating elements help today's hairdryers to do a faster job, even a £300 Dyson model takes minutes rather than seconds to finish.
BBC Radio 3 explores Blade Runner's legacy and impact in a new series. Listen online from Monday 4 November.
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Southwestern Michigan College Controller Michelle Kite of Elkhart received her five-year service pin June 19 from Chairman Thomas F. Jerdon at the Board of Trustees meeting on the Dowagiac campus.
The Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees June 19 opened construction bids for the new Nursing and Health Education Building opening fall 2018. The 12,047-square-foot 1970 facility south of the David C. Briegel Building on the Dowagiac campus will be rebuilt to 29,086 square feet with a glass atrium across the front facing residential halls.
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Leaves' Eyes: Sign of the Dragonhead (AFM)
German symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes has a lot to prove with their latest full-length album Sign of the Dragonhead. It's their first full album since the departure of original vocalist Liv Kristine, so the band needs to win over those fans who considered Kristine's vocals the main attraction. Fortunately their new vocalist – Elina Siirala (also in Angel Nation) – has a similar style, and arguably a stronger voice. It helps that the band has turned in their most epic work to date in Sign of the Dragonhead, a conceptual work once again focusing on Viking themes.
To be honest, I've never been a Leaves' Eyes fan. I've tried multiple albums and just found them a bit too light and airy and (and I know this is cliché) "not metal enough." I caught them live with Elina singing recently though and was surprised at how much I enjoyed them, so I gave Sign of the Dragonhead a fair shot. It's still a little on the light side at times, but I never really doubted whether to call it a metal album. Underneath the symphonic elements and the folk trappings (which are used to great effect), this packs a punch. It helps that Alexander Krull (also of Atrocity) lends a well-placed growl here and there. Everything just comes together nicely on this album. The songs satisfy individually while strengthening the themes of the larger album, the melodies are infectious, the folk instruments add depth as well as authenticity to the Viking themes, and Siirala's vocals work perfectly for the kind of metal Leaves' Eyes is making.
Consider me won over by the new Leaves' Eyes. Sign of the Dragonhead is a fantastic epic folk metal album, and ought to more than satisfy current Leaves' Eyes fans. It should also win over fans of Elvenking, Falconer and especially the newer, more folk-driven Nightwish material.
Format Notes: The limited edition CD version of Sign of the Dragonhead comes in a sturdy digibook and includes a pair of bonus tracks as well as a second disc with instrumental versions of all the regular album tracks. It's a nice upgrade, and worth the few extra bucks if you're a serious Leaves' Eyes fan.
Leaves' Eyes: Sign of the Dragonhead (AFM) Justin G.
Summary: OK, maybe I can be a Leaves' Eyes fan after all.
Tags: 2018 Reviews, AFM, folk metal, Leaves' Eyes, symphonic metal
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Watermelon is a summer favorite here on the homestead. Such sweet and delicious goodness, and so refreshing on those hot, summer days. Watermelon is one of those fruits (like so many) that tastes significantly different when fresh and in season. For this reason, we enjoy it as much as we can over the summer and then preserve extras for that sweet goodness throughout the year. The fruit is carefully freeze-dried or dehydrated.
We don't want to waste that good rind, however. The rind is loaded with nutritional benefits and tastes amazing when pickled. Often overlooked, watermelon rinds contain potassium, vitamins A and C and 1 percent of the vitamin B-6 you need daily. Additionally, the rind contains a compound known as citrulline which is powerful antioxidant that converts to arginine, an amino acid vital to the immune system, heart, and circulatory system.
Pickled Watermelon Rinds were a special favorite of my Grandpa Olaf. Grandma would lovingly make them for him each summer and he would pull them out on special occasions. The recipe is very simple, yet takes a couple days so the rinds can be soaked, brined, then preserved. For best flavor, allow your watermelon pickles to sit for a couple weeks after canning to fully develop the flavors.
Day 1: Cover watermelon rind with salt and 1 gallon of water, stirring to dissolve salt. Let stand 12 hours or overnight.
Day 2: Drain and rinse rinds. Transfer to a large stockpot and cover with about a gallon of fresh water. Bring to a boil and cook until tender. Drain and set aside.
Tie spices in a spice bag and combine in a large stockpot with remaining ingredients. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Add rind, simmer an additional 45-60 minutes until rinds are transparent. Remove the spice bag.
Pack hot rind into hot jars, leaving ¼ inch headspace. Remove air bubbles, wipe rim, and secure lids. Process 10 minutes in a waterbath canner.


The only reason I would never come back. Never again traffic!
Hahaha tell me about 😅😅!
@sam.mordi I was just going to say the same thing!
Honestly, traffic in SD is not that bad for SO CAL. LA and OC are soooo much worse.
My favorite town to live in!
That is the exact reason why I dont want to live there. I visit my friend who lives in San Diego n its beautiful but that traffic...no thanks!
A good reason to support enhanced public transit options. So excited for the Blue Line extension underway!
Why is this being reposted?? If people can't handle a little car time in the best city in the US please don't let the door hit ya where the good man split ya!! SD for lyfe!!!!
@childlikejohanna great minds think alike!
I don't think is worse than LA. Considering is a big city and have public transport. Not too bad. Have you tried London?


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New Archdeacon of Norwich excited by role's variety
Rev Canon Karen Hutchinson is looking forward to the variety of her new role as Archdeacon of Norwich and Warden of Readers, which will officially begin this Sunday afternoon at a special service in Norwich Cathedral.
On Sunday, November 13 Rev Canon Karen Hutchinson will be collated and installed as Archdeacon of Norwich. The open service at Norwich Cathedral will take place at 3.30pm, with refreshments provided afterwards.
Rev Canon Karen Hutchinson is moving to Norwich having been Vicar of The Bourne and Tilford United Benefice in Farnham, Surrey.
Speaking about her new role as Archdeacon of Norwich, Karen said: "I'm looking forward to working with a variety of people. And this is a job that has a lot of variety in it. There is the Archdeacon's role of working with parishes and people. And the Warden of Readers role gives me a chance to work with lay people in their ministry and that is something I've been passionate about where I am."
Speaking about the move to Norfolk, Karen said: "Norwich is a really beautiful city. We are looking forward to exploring the churches and the old buildings. It feels like a really alive city to be in and we look forward to that."
Asked about what she would appreciate prayer for as she embarks on the role, the Archdeacon Designate said: "I'd really like you to pray for me to continue listening to God because it doesn't really matter what we do, if we don't do it in God's strength it's a complete waste of time and so to pray that I will stay really rooted in God and excited about serving God as I serve the people of the Norwich Diocese."
You can watch this interview with Rev Canon Karen Hutchinson below.
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