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There was no shortage of snuggles and people in Spider-Man costumes this year.
Everyone knows that seeing people cosplaying as your favorite characters is the BEST part of any comic book convention. I went down to L.A. Comic Con to see all of mine, only this time, I made it into a fun game. Check out my attempt at playing Video Game Bingo with random cosplayers.
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Pero sans Cimon, Kinematic sculpture, 2019
Our investigation begins with the mechanization of the woman body in the contemporary context: the woman body as artificial intelligence, as a sexual machine, as assistant robots, essentially as a mean of production. Looking at technological and cultural examples, the future of personal assistant seems to be female. Amazon's Alexa, Hanson Robotics' Sophia, Project Aiko, Ex Machina's Ava, Apple's Siri, are all famous AI/robots that have been created and identified as female. Progress doesn't seem to step away from binary culture, heteronormativity and gender stereotypes. In each of these cases, the female bot is a servant or an assistant to the human being. The companies who develop and developed these products have in mind to create the most woman like robots and tries to close the gap between the real and the artificial. How will these advances structure the idea of women in our society?
The idea of the woman body as a machine goes back at least as far as the first century before Christ. One of the first occurrences is told through the story of Roman Charity. In this tale, Pero, the daughter of Cimon who has been condemned to die from starvation, dedicates herself to visit and clandestinely breastfeed the man every day. This story is told as an example of filial piety, but could also be perceived as a way to enchain women to patriarchy and to the commodification of their body. Pero sans Cimon explores, therefore, the idea of the woman body used as a milk production machine.
Pero Sans Cimon is an autonomous machine made out of soft materials: silicone, fabric, and wires. Silicone is used to create a sculptural mass full of air cavities that inflates and deflates by the agency of an air system then producing unconventional forms. A tubing system is going in and out of the sculpture in which milk will circulate and leak into a carafe. The carafe never fills, therefore, the machine must keep producing. This piece aims to bring forward the forces at stake within our current capitalistic context.
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Canada RRSP Contributions – Have You Over-Contributed?
If you filed a T1-OVP-S return for 2016, enter the amount from line 6 under December in the chart of that return (if this amount is negative, enter "0"). If�you�filed a T1-OVP return for 2016, enter the amount from line 6 under December in Part A of that return... 12/01/2010�� After my last pay period of this year which will be this week, I will have contrbuted ~11,000.00 through my employers work RRSP program. HOWEVER, they do the 50% matching DPSP, in which they have contributed ~$5,500.00 to the DPSP.
If you did not file a T1-OVP return for 2016, complete the chart in Note 1 on page 4 of this return, and enter the amount from column D for 2016. Otherwise, go to Part A of the chart on page 2 of�this�return.... You will have to complete Form T1-OVP. In some cases, you may be able to request a penalty waiver from CRA and would be required to complete Form T3012A . Excess RRSP contributions cannot be used to claim a tax deduction.
CRA provides Form T1-OVP Individual Tax Return for RRSP Excess Contributions to calculate the tax owing. This form must be filed within 90 days of the year-end. Failure to file may result in penalties.
You may have to complete Form T1-OVP, Individual Tax Return for RRSP Excess Contributions. Your financial institution will normally withhold tax on the amount withdrawn. Ensure you pay any associated taxes within 3 months of the end of the taxation year in which you over-contributed to avoid having to pay additional penalties and interest.
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We will work with you to minimize the taxes you pay and will guide you through the process. We can determine if in fact you have made an over contribution to our RRSP. If you have made an over contribution to your RRSP we can prepare the T1 OVP return to calculate the penalties.
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Melbourne indie rockers The Avenue are serving up a fresh slice of uplifting pop rock on their third EP release in BODIES, and we've got your first taste.
Premiering on Music Feeds today, the six track EP takes sonic cues from pop rock troubadours like The Cure and 1975, with an Australian twist, blending catchy, anthemic melodies, soaring percussion and heartfelt lyricism. The EP follows 2018 release NAMES, and was written and recorded at Sam Thomas' Melbourne home studio.
BODIES will be released this Friday, February 15th after which the band will be taking it to the stage on an east coast tour.
Catch dates and details below, after giving BODIES its first spin, right here!


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29th International Book Fair opens in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is playing host to the 29th edition of Abu Dhabi International Book Fair that kicked off on Wednesday with more than 500,000 titles on display.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the UAE Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan inaugurated the event, according to the state-run WAM news agency.
He emphasized the importance of the fair in supporting the UAE's status in the publishing industry, being one of the most important book fairs in the region that attracts Arab and international publishers.
Organised by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi, the fair features more than 1,000 exhibitors from 50 countries.
Running until April 30, the fair also includes several daily events for visitors such as seminars, workshops, author signings and entertainment activities.
With India as the event's guest of honour, at least 30 Indian publishing companies are taking part.
This year's book fair also sees the introduction of three new interactive zones: the E-Zone, Comic Corner and the Entertainment Zone.
Each of the three zones features unique experiences for learning, innovation and entertainment.
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Swiss-Belhotel brings special offers to Arabian Travel Market
Swiss-Belhotel International has created exciting packages for wholesalers and tour operators that will be launched at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) taking place in Dubai from April 28 to May 1, 2019. Targeted at Middle East travelers, the group has put together a fabulous range of offers that will be available across its spectacular properties in New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
Laurent A. Voivenel, Senior Vice President, Operations and Development for the Middle East, Africa and India, Swiss-Belhotel International, said: "We are delighted to announce the launch of these exclusive packages that have been designed to provide unique experiences along with greater benefits and value to our Middle East partners as well as customers. We have superb properties located in some of the most sought-after destinations that attract large number of travelers from our region. With the summer holiday season around the corner, ATM presents us the ideal opportunity to launch these. Moreover, this year we are very excited about the ATM Holiday Shopper that we believe is a great addition to the show."
The Special Packages offer a diverse choice of experiences at unbeatable rates: These include the following:
Special Golf Packages in Indonesia at various destinations – Jakarta, Batam, Bandung, Bali, Tarakan, Belitung, Surabaya, Jayapura, and in Vietnam in Da Lat.
Discounted wholesale rates for hotels in New Zealand and for hotels in Australia.
Early Bird discounts in the busiest destination in Australia, the hotel in Sydney offers 15% discounts for booking within April with stays valid till August and 10% for bookings until August with stays valid all throughout the year.
In Philippines, book at Makati and get a free room upgrade; and when you book at Manila get to enjoy the amazing introductory offer including breakfast for two.
Visitors to ATM can find Swiss-Belhotel International on stand HC0825 located in Sheikh Saeed Arena in Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
eTN is a media partner for ATM.
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Lufthansa makes dedicated staff look bad: The eTN Hero is Patricia Dzai of Swissport Johannesburg
"My personal hero today is Ms. Patricia Dzai. Patricia works for Swissport in Johannesburg, South Africa," said eTN Publisher Juergen Steinmetz. Swissport is one of the largest aviation ground-handling agencies operating in countries around the world.
Major airlines hire Swissport to manage customer relations and logistics when it comes to baggage handling, including lost or misplaced items.
Lufthansa German Airlines' ground handler in Johannesburg is Swissport. I recently traveled from Nice to Cape Town via Frankfurt and Johannesburg on Lufthansa German Airlines. I am a United Airlines Star Alliance Gold member and traveled on Lufthansa in Business class. Lufthansa is a member of Star Alliance.
When I arrived in Johannesburg, I heard my name called by Lufthansa's lost baggage office handled by Swissport.
I was told my tube was still in Frankfurt, and they would put it on the next flight to Johannesburg. I explained it was of utmost importance to have the tube for an important trade show event, the World Travel Market in Cape Town, in the morning.
Patricia Dzai, the Swissport agent in Johannesburg, wanted to make sure this would be possible and sent an urgent message to Lufthansa in Frankfurt. The message said:
I was pleased to know my tube would go on LH 576 directly to Cape Town almost in time for the start of World Travel Market.
I went on to fly to Cape Town and received a text message in the evening saying my tube would be on the Lufthansa flight to Johannesburg, which was different from what Patricia had requested. Since it was late and the Swissport office in Johannesburg was closed, I was able to find a non-published phone number for Lufthansa baggage service in Frankfurt. Lufthansa, like most airlines, is hiding phone numbers to encourage passengers to communicate only by email.
I was told by Lufthansa Baggage Service in Frankfurt no such message to forward my tube to Cape Town was ever received by Swissport Johannesburg. The agent went on to say that passengers are often not told the truth by Swissport agents.
The Lufthansa agent in Frankfurt explained that his job was not to help me, since this was only handled in Johannesburg. I argued my tube is in Frankfurt and not Johannesburg, and the handling agent for Swissport in Johannesburg was closed.
The agent then said he was now doing a one-time exception for me and would reroute my tube on LH576 directly to Cape Town. He said there were 5 hours to get this done, still plenty of time according to him.
The next day I received another message telling me again the tube was on its way to Johannesburg instead of Cape Town.
I called Swissport in Johannesburg, and the news not could have been worse. They told me, apologizing, that my tube was still in Frankfurt for a second day, and they did not know why.
I again called the baggage-handling office in Frankfurt and was again told it's all Swissport's mistake for not telling them where to send it.
This time I was angry and called Swissport Johannesburg again. I asked Patricia why she was lying about this. I told her she never sent this request to Frankfurt, according to Lufthansa.
Ten minutes later, I received an email with a time-stamped screenshot from Patricia Dzai showing me exactly what was requested by her in the first place.
Patricia actually had gone out of her way originally to make sure I would be united with my tube on time and in Cape Town. I felt bad thinking she didn't care and didn't do anything, when in fact she did.
It shows that big companies like Lufthansa have a serious customer service issue. They hide behind a huge system and are trained to say it's not their job and simply blame others for company shortcomings.
There was no way I could talk to anyone at Lufthansa about this, and my urgent email to them on the day I was trying to get the tube re-routed was just responded to 2 weeks after I was already back home in Hawaii. Lufthansa offered a 200 euro compensation.
No explanation was given and no apology for accusing Patricia Dzai and Swissport for not doing their job.
I finally received my tube on the last day after the trade show and took it back to the US unopened. When I changed planes in Frankfurt, I asked the agent working in the Senator Lounge to speak to a supervisor in baggage handling about this case and compensation. She told me I have to send an email, which I had already done days ago.
She gave me some chocolate and said they get customers' complaints all the time and do their best to help and respond, but the back-up system by the airline is not there.
It's all about a giant non-caring anonymous machine.
I extend my apologies to Patricia Dzai from Swissport, as I now understand she was also a victim of shortcomings created by Lufthansa German Airlines.
Patricia Dzai is the eTN Hero for today.
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TSA: New airport security scanner poses "privacy risks" to passengers
US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is demanding modifications of a new airport security system because it poses "privacy risks" to passengers by showing too much of them on display, a newly published document has revealed.
Following a demonstration, the Transportation Security Administration has requested changes to the contract because the scanner they received "has privacy risks associated with the Graphical User Interface," says the document dated March 26 and made public by Quartz on Monday.
While the document provides no further details on the exact nature of the privacy risks, the TSA required the scanner's manufacturer to add additional security features before it would consider using the device in a "live environment."
Using another government database, Quartz identified the contractor – whose name is redacted in the document – as Virginia security firm ThruVision. The document refers to ThruVision's TAC scanner, which the company describes as a "proven people-screening camera that sees any type of item."
The device is supposed to be part of TSA's "Future Lane Experience" (FLEx), an effort to speed up security checks that have become a major headache for passengers in many airports.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority partnered with the TSA last year to deploy ThruVision's portable TS4 scanner, which the TSA claims to have vetted "extensively" prior to using it on LA commuters. It is unclear whether the TSA had similar concerns about the TS4 before the device was used in the field.
Revelations about the TSA concerns over the new scanner come after last week's report by ProPublica that accused the agency's current hardware of "discriminating" against African-Americans by misreading their hair, requiring a disproportionate number of pat-downs.
The ACLU slammed the TSA in 2009 for using scanning technology to conduct "virtual strip searches" that provided TSA employees with photos of passengers' genitals, breasts and buttocks. More was revealed in 2010, when the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) published TSA documents which further detail the scanners' invasiveness.
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SITA: Tracking airline passenger bags drives 66% improvement in baggage delivery
Airlines that are adding tracking at more points of the baggage journey are enjoying a huge improvement in bag delivery globally. The SITA 2019 Baggage IT Insights – officially launched at an event in Abu Dhabi International Airport today – shows that where tracking is done at check-in and loading onto the aircraft, the rate of improvement is as high as 66%.
These results come as the record drop in the baggage mishandling rate achieved globally over the past decade plateaus, with the rate steady at around 5.7 bags per thousand passengers over the past three years. In 2018, the rate was 5.69 per thousand passengers.
Over the past year, an increasing number of airlines and airports have started to introduce tracking at key points in the journey – check-in, loading onto the aircraft, transfers and arrival – to improve baggage management and further reduce the chances of a bag being mishandled. SITA's research provides the first glimpse of the success of this tracking. It reveals that where bags were being tracked when loaded onto the aircraft, the rate of improvement ranged between 38% and 66% depending on the level of tracking introduced.
Peter Drummond, Director of Baggage at SITA, said: "While the mishandling rate has started to plateau over the past few years, this comes against a continued growth in passenger numbers and their bags. In 2018, 4.36 billion travelers checked in more than 4.27 billion bags. More bags makes things more challenging. Everyone across the industry needs to look beyond the process and technology improvements made in the past decade and adopt the latest technology such as tracking to make the next big cut in the rate of mishandled bags."
Ahmed Juma Al Shamsi, Acting Chief Operations Officer at Abu Dhabi Airports, said: "For our passengers the timely delivery of baggage is key to ensuring a seamless passenger experience and therefore an area in which we continue to make further improvements. Looking forward, baggage tracking is fundamental to driving more accurate bag delivery not only at Abu Dhabi International Airport but across the entire passenger journey. We have led the way with the introduction of tracking on arrival and we have already seen significant improvements."
Transferring baggage from one aircraft, or airline, to another remains a pinch point in the journey and in 2018 it was again the main reason for bags being mishandled. Transfer bags accounted for 46% of all mishandled bags.
Drummond added: "Transfer is by far the most difficult stage to track a bag as there are multiple airlines and airports involved. However, data from this year's report shows that tracking at key points in the journey, such as transfers, will go a long way to eliminating mishandling and will allow airlines and their passengers to keep tabs on where their bags are at every step of the way."
Over the past decade, total number of mishandled bags per annum has plummeted 47% from 46.9 million in 2007 to 24.8 million in 2018, while the annual bill footed by the industry has shrunk 43% to $2.4 billion, down from $4.22 billion in 2007.
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African Tourism Board Safety and Travel Security Expert Statement on TOPP
African Tourism Board Safety and Security expert Dr. Peter Tarlow reminded all ATB members, security incidents around the world once again underline the need for African nations to promote and provide the best tourism security possible.
African Tourism Board President Alain St. Ange mentioned that after recent security challenges in Kenya, it remains the duty of Africa to stand with Kenya's Minister Najib Balala, the CS for Tourism and with the Government of Kenya after the recent kidnapping of Doctors and Bomb Threats.
"Tourism is a success story in Kenya and they need, more than ever, their fellow friends and neighbors to spread this successes story," the ATB president added.
Dr. Tarlow explained: "The best way for the African tourism industry to aid countries not only Sudan and Kenya as they face new tourism security challenge is by helping each nation in Africa to create a well funded and organized tourism security unit.
Each tourism security unit of TOPPs (tourism-oriented policing and protection services) will be experts not only in security but also safety and seek to protect a nation's visitors along with its reputation and economies.
These units, be they composed of public or private security agents or private-private partnership, will help to assure tourists from around the world that travel to Africa is safe and secure.
They will be major players in promoting African tourism and when security mishaps occur they will aid their local tourism industry in a demonstration to the world that these are the exceptions and not the norm.
It is important to remember where that security is an essential element in tourism. It is our moral duty and good business to work with both local governments and international organizations to assure travelers that Africa will receive them with open arms and a loving heart.
"Today, the African Tourism Board confirms that they stand with Africa ans specially now with Minister Balala the Kenyan Government and People of Kenya and will work with them as and when called upon", concluded St.Ange.
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MSC Cruises partners with Martha Stewart
MSC Cruises – the Swiss-based world's largest privately-owned cruise line – is partnering with internationally acclaimed home and lifestyle expert Martha Stewart on new, exclusive culinary and discovery experiences on board and ashore to make MSC Cruises' guests vacation moments even more special and memorable. The partnership — themed Celebrate, Discover, Experience — includes specially curated shore excursions, celebration surprise gift packages, and onboard special holiday dinner menus and recipes.
"MSC Cruises is committed to developing enriching guest experiences and as such we partner with world-class experts in their field to create together something truly unique," said Gianni Onorato, CEO, MSC Cruises. "Martha Stewart's philosophy and passion for discovery is a perfect match for MSC Cruises and we are excited to bring her innovation, style and expertise to life in this special partnership designed to help our guests create memorable vacation moments with friends and family."
"I've always enjoyed introducing people to new experiences, and I'm thrilled to be working with MSC Cruises on a partnership that embodies the true celebratory nature of travel, exploration and discovery," said Martha Stewart. "The excursions showcase some of my favorite activities and help MSC Cruises' guests discover some of the authentic and hidden treasures of destinations throughout the Caribbean. The holiday dinner menus and surprise gift packages encompass what I believe celebrations should include: good food, good company and commemorating great adventures and inspiration wherever we are."
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Senior tourist dies at Grand Canyon after fall
A 70-year-old tourist fell to her death yesterday, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at the Grand Canyon in the US state of Arizona. She is the second person to die at this popular tourist destination this year. The Grand Canyon national park sees 6 million visitors every year.
A call went out to park rangers that someone needed help at the South Rim of the canyon, but by the time responders arrived, the person had fallen 200 feet below the rim. Her body was recovered using a helicopter. It is not known how the woman fell.
The Grand Canyon has designated trails and walkways as well as railings and fences at overlooks that will keep visitors at a safe distance from the rim's edge. Anyone who chooses to venture beyond that is literally taking their lives into their own hands.
In 2015, 8 men were hopping from one rock to another or posing for pictures, including a 38-year-old father from Texas who was pretending to fall to scare his daughter, but then really did fall 400 feet to his death.
On March 14, 2017, 30-year-old Gom Dang, of Ankeny, Iowa, fell to his death off the rim west of Mather Point as he was posing for a photo when he lost his balance and fell backward to his death. His body was recovered approximately 280 feet below the rim.
In this day and age of the selfie, many people have lost their lives trying to get the perfect picture. A tourist from Hong Kong died falling into the canyon on the Hualapai reservation, just outside the park's boundaries, on March 28, 2017. He was taking a photo at the time.
In that same year, 20 people fell to their death at the Grand Canyon. A 67-year-old man fell 400 feet from the South Rim and died on April 3. There were 290 search-and-rescues and 1,135 emergency medical service incidents.
Dying from heat or dehydration is more common than falling off the edge in the Grand Canyon, but it is still a major concern. On average, 2 to 3 deaths per year are from falls over the rim.
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New culinary experiences launched in Victoria Falls
Earlier this year Pure Africa Destination Management announced its latest restaurant management partnership with Afro-Chic destination venue Zambezi House Restaurant, which was voted as one of the 'Most Beautiful Restaurants in the World' by Condé Nast Traveller.
The team at Pure Africa have since then been busy with the reimagination of designing culinary journeys in Victoria Falls for the menu relaunch of Zambezi House, which has taken much of its inspiration from the meandering journey of the venue's key feature, the Zambezi River.
Pure Africa recently appointed head chef Mike van Rooyen for the development of the latest tasting menu at Zambezi House, forming part of the greater Pure Africa culinary art initiatives aiming to raise the benchmark for food tourism in Victoria Falls.
Our passion is rooted in travel, innovation, design, culinary art and impact, which form our company's philosophy in looking to awaken this new African spirit together with local talent, international culinary techniques served with the key ingredient, which is warm Zimbabwean hospitality.
"Seasonal ingredients and traditional dishes reimagined, prepared with local knowledge, global culinary techniques and eventually served with the key ingredient, which is warm Zimbabwean hospitality."
Pure Africa has coincided the latest Zambezi House menu offering, launching in early May 2019 with full day culinary packages for those travellers looking to experience the local food scene in Victoria Falls;
Pure Africa Culinary Journeys in Victoria Falls:
Historic Tram & Bridge Tour + Zambezi House Dinne
A guided tram tour of Victoria Falls Bridge paired up with freshly baked gourmet sandwiches to start, followed by a craft gin pop-up bar and gourmet snack table overlooking the spray of the Falls from the Zambian border and ending off with a three-course dinner tasting menu to be enjoyed later that evening at Zambezi House Restaurant.
Culinary Features:
Artisanal Sandwiches, Pimm's Train Station Bar, Craft Gin & Tonic Pop Up Bar, Gourmet Scenic Snacks and a three-course Zambezi House dinner experience.
Luxury Deck Sunset River Cruise + Zambezi House Dinner
A sunset river cruise down the Zambezi paired up with a relaxing three-course dinner experience perched on the edge of the river.
Gourmet sunset tasting boards, craft selection of premium beverages onboard the sunset river cruise followed by a three-course Zambezi House tasting menu prepared by head chef Mike Viljoen.
For more information about Pure Africa Destination Management and their latest culinary journeys please email or visit the Pure Africa Destination Management website.
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Adrienne Adams becomes New York City Council's first Black Speaker
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NYC Council overwhelmingly elected on January 5, 2022, by a vote of 49 in the affirmative and two in the negative, its first Black Speaker, Adrienne Adams, for a term ending December 31, 2023.
Council Members Charles Barron and Kristin Richardson Jordan, representing New York City's 42nd and 9th City Council districts, voted no.
"Support the people over your personal ambitions," said Council Members Charles Barron while Richardson Jordan stated: "We need more than symbolic representation."
"We are excited to begin anew with Speaker Adams the work of lifting up our city's more than five million New Yorkers of color, who face the steepest climb in its fledgling recovery, and work to promote equity, opportunity, and safety with dignity for our entire city," said the New York City Council Black, Latino and Asian Caucus in a statement. "Congratulations, Madame Speaker!"
NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams will lead the historic Council's first women majority.
Speaker Adams represents Council District 28 in Queens, which covers the neighborhoods of Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Richmond Hill, and South Ozone Park. During the last legislative session, Speaker Adams served as Chair of the Committee on Public Safety, which has oversight over the New York Police Department. Before being appointed to chair the Committee on Public Safety, Speaker Adams was Chair of the Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions. She also served as Co-Chair of the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus (BLAC).
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The Club offers numerous fee options to accommodate individuals and groups such as private individual and family golf memberships, a 8-play pass, corporate pass, special spring rates, group, twilight and NCGA member rates too.
Located less than an hour from both Reno and Truckee, along Highway 70, Grizzly Ranch is just minutes from Portola and Graeagle along with the Lake Davis Recreation Area and the scenic Feather River Canyon.
Grizzly Ranch Golf Course Superintendent, Mike Baty talks about his experience at the course since 2004.


Ampang Line is a light rail transit system managed by RapidKL.
It is formerly known as STAR Line or STAR LRT.
When Ampang Line was first operational, it used ADTranz EMU. Now, the EMU is being replaced by a new type of EMU, RapidKL AMY trainset, manufactured by CSR Zhuzhou.


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Setting up The Story of Late Night: my Q&A with Steve Allen
By Bill Brioux April 27, 2021
On Sunday, CNN premieres The Story of Late Night, a six-part docuseries examining the nearly 70-year history of television's post-primetime talk shows.
The series was produced by Toronto-based Cream Productions. To set it all up, listen to my conversation with Bill Carter (above), the long-time New York Times columnist and bestselling "Late Shift" author who is executive producer of this new series. Bill re-interviewed a Who's Who of late night for the doc and we get right into all the feuds — Leno vs. Letterman; Carson vs. Rivers; Leno vs. Conan – on the podcast.
Going back to the beginning, the first host and co=creator of NBC's Tonight Show was Steve Allen, who started out doing his New York-based talk show locally in 1953 before taking it national in September of 1954. His first words on air were: "This is Tonight, and I can't think of too much to tell you about it except I want to give you the bad news first: this program is going to go on forever."
Way back when I worked at TV Guide Canada, I had the good fortune to interview Allen. This was on the phone, in 1992. At the time, the TV pioneer was being called upon to weigh in on the whole Leno/Letterman late night controversy. Leno had already been named Johnny Carson's successor as host of The Tonight Show and Letterman – passed over for the cherished Tonight gig – was about to jump NBC for CBS.
Allen, who passed away aged 78 in 2000, was as articulate as ever when we spoke in 1992. Read right to the end for his blunt advice to David Letterman at the time. Here is an excerpt:
You originated The Tonight Show and hosted the first five years. Did you leave because you felt you had simply had enough?
Steve Allen. Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
Steve Allen: No that had nothing to do with it. Doing talk show duty is very close to the easiest job that humans have ever devised. There are many jobs which are difficult. Being a journalist requires its own rigor and hard work, as you know, and driving a truck, working in a coal mine, working in an emergency ward–we could all list hundreds and hundreds of jobs which are terribly stressful, sometimes low paying and rough duty. But my God, all talk shows hosts ought to get up out of bed in the morning, look up in the sky and say, "Thank you, oh universe, for letting me sneak on by one more day." They're all stealing money.
The talk show host, to television, is analogous to the disc jockey in radio. I mean it as a very precise analogy. I can't think of anything that makes more sense, in the field of analogy anyway. In other words, it's not strained or far fetched it's very neat once you perceive it.
Some talk show hosts have talent and have had talent. Johnny Carson for example is a professional comedian. Jay Leno is a very witty, professional comedian. That would be just two instances. I'm not going to run down the whole list of all 36 talk show people, but you can do that at your leisure. If you do look at the whole long list, you'll realize that very few of them have talent–I would say we're talking about five or six people. The others, the other 30 or so, are terrific at hosting talk shows, but my point is that assignment does not require talent.
To get back to your original question, why did I leave the show, I left it for a much better deal and a much more important assignment, because The Tonight Show was, almost right from the start, became an institution, partly because in those days it had no real competition. And because, as I say, all I had to do was 90 minutes work a night. Most folks have to work eight hours. Wouldn't you love to have to put in an hour and a half every day and then go home? So what are talk show hosts complaining about? I honestly haven't heard many of them complain.
BB: What did you do next?
SA: Because [Tonight] was a success, the network, NBC, asked me to do a much more important, prime time comedy/variety series at 8-oclock Sunday nights. They asked me to do that because they had never been able to make a dent against The Ed Sullivan Show which was on CBS. So I accepted that offer and did a show for the next four years which won all sorts of awards and every six or seven weeks beat Sullivan in the ratings, which was enough to keep NBC happy. Although most of the time obviously Ed had higher ratings.
BB: Wasn't there an overlap where you tried to do both shows?
Part of a Tonight Show display inside Rockerfeller Plaza in New York
SA: I thought I could do both of those shows which, and for a while I did, because, as I said, doing The Tonight Show, you could do that in my sleep. The other show turned out to be a lot of work. We were actually doing the equivalent of putting together a Broadway level of quality musical comedy revue in five or six days. There have been some actual Broadway revues which took two years to put together and still closed on opening night. But we by god were doing it week after week. And I'm not using the editorial we but I mean our marvelous gang on that show. So after a few weeks I realized something was going to have to give so of course it had to be The Tonight Show, because all late night shows have a very small audience.
Sometimes you couldn't tell that, especially if you came from another planet and looked at the media coverage and the magazine covers. But America basically goes to bed by about 10:30 or 11, and just a few million people are left up and see these shows and love them.
BB: Probably ten times as many people, for example, watch a hit prime time show like Roseanne…
SA: Yeah exactly, at 8 o'clock Sunday night I had 35 million people watching me and at night I probably had three-and-a-half million. Because of that one factor, the money was enormous on Sunday night compared to what I was getting on The Tonight Show, so since I had to give one up, that's why I gave up The Tonight Show.
BB: There's been a lot of speculation lately that David Letterman is at a cross roads and might jump to another network. If he were to come to you for advice, what would you tell him?
SA: I would say, "David, show up to work every day, keep a smile on your face and thank God you got the job." Of course, if advice were that simple psycho analysis would take one afternoon.
But I really think it would be really sound advice. What else is he going to do? He's not going to do a prime time comedy show. He's just going to hope to get another talk show someplace. I can understand his disappointment in not being chosen to host The Tonight Show. But he's still has one of the easiest jobs in the world he's being paid wheel barrows full of money and he should thank his lucky stars.
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Musicians hit right note -- food for all
As the World Food Summit in Rome approaches, leading international musicians played on Sunday to tens of thousands of people packed at the foot of the Coliseum joining voices in solidarity with the plight of the hungry in the world.
Organized by FAO as part of World Food Day celebrations, Italian singer Claudio Baglioni led a concert line-up of more than 100 musical and dance artists, including world music stars Khaled from Algeria and Youssou N'Dour from Senegal.
Spotlight on world food problems
Over five hours of continuous music were broadcast live by Italian television to 22 countries, reminding the international audience that there are still over 800 million people worldwide chronically undernourished.
"It is a great honour to be able to come to this historic site and contribute to the fight against world hunger," said Youssou N'Dour.
The run up to the concert was preceded by five days of workshops on music, dance and graphic arts conducted by international artists in the Koine Global Village set up next to the Coliseum.
Various other acitivities took place in countries around the world. In Nicaragua students held mini-food summits to discuss the key issues, while people in the Maldives, an island archipelago in the Indian Ocean, planted mango and avocado seedlings.
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