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FLASH BACKFILL: "THE DEMOCRATS AND THE REV. KHADER EL YATEEM" EDITION
IS PALESTINIAN-CHRISTIAN CLERIC, KHADER EL YATEEM, EVEN RUNNING FOR ANYTHING --- AND IF SO --- DOES HE HAVE ANY POLITICAL SUPPORT ANYWHERE FROM ANYBODY ? ? ?
ALTHOUGH BRIEFLY AND CASUALLY MENTIONED AS A >>> POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE <<< MORE THAN A MONTH AGO --- SO FAR, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE PALESTINIAN-BORN CLERIC HAS MADE ANY ABOVE-GROUND MOVES TOWARD RUNNING FOR THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL
THE PAULA KATINAS COVERAGE IN THE EAGLE
According to the most descriptive of local media report on the subject so far, which is now a month old, "An intriguing new name has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the City Council seat representing Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. The Rev. Khader El-Yateem, a Palestinian who is the pastor of the Salam Arabic Lutheran Church, is rumored to be considering running for the seat currently held by term-limited Democrat Vincent Gentile… The Rev. Khader El-Yateem is a respected religious and civic leader in the Arab-American community in Bay Ridge…. King County Politics was the first to report that Pastor El-Yateem was a potential candidate for the council…. Pastor El-Yateem is a well-known name in Arab-American and civic circles in Bay Ridge. He is a member of Community Board 10 and is one of the founders of the Bay Ridge Unity Task Force, a group of religious and civic leaders who work to bring people of various nationalities together to fight prejudice….( See "Rev. Khader El-Yateem is Community Board 10 member" by Paula Katinas, 1/5/17, [Brooklyn Daily Eagle [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/1/5/arab-american-leader-said-be-eyeing-city-council-run]).
The Paula Katinas piece in the Eagle also goes on to state "King County Politics was the first to report that Pastor El-Yateem was a potential candidate for the council…."
And that --- "… Pastor El-Yateem is a well-known name in Arab-American and civic circles in Bay Ridge. He is a member of Community Board 10 and is one of the founders of the Bay Ridge Unity Task Force, a group of religious and civic leaders who work to bring people of various nationalities together to fight prejudice…. Pastor El-Yateem stands a great chance of garnering widespread support within Bay Ridge's large and vibrant Arab-American community, according to political observers…. Khader El-Yateem was born in the West Bank in 1968. He studied at the Bethlehem Bible College. He went on to study at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo. He worked for a year at the Bethlehem Bible College and was the youth minister at the Reformation Lutheran Church in the Middle East…. Within a few years, he was invited by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to come to the U.S. and work with the Arab and Middle Eastern communities. He studied at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and later founded the Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge.
WHAT KINGS COUNTY POLITICS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE REVEREND'S "UNCONFIRMED RUN"
"Reverend Khader El-Yateem, a Palestinian Christian clergyman, originally from Jesus' birthplace of Bethlehem in the West Bank of what now is Israel is fast becoming the consensus choice of candidate among Bay Ridge's large Arab community to run for next years vacant city council seat representing the neighborhood, according to a source very familiar with local politics…. El-Yateem is the pastor of the popular and politically connected Salam Arabic Lutheran Church, 414 80th Street. A person answering calls at the church would not confirm or deny that El-Yateem is running ….Although not a Muslim, there is a sizable portion of Bay Ridge's Arab-American population from Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East that is Christian and from which El-Yateem will likely get support…. Additionally, El-Yateem, according to several posts on his Facebook page, is a supporter of the recent resolution condemning Israel's continued building of settlements on the contested West Bank and the Obama Administration's support of the resolution through its' abstention vote. This view will assuredly win him strong support in the large Palestinian and Arab-Muslim communities of Bay Ridge…." (See "Jockeying For The Inside Track For Gentile's Bay Ridge Seat" by Stephen Witt, 12.27/16, Kings County Politics [http://www.kingscountypolitics.com/jockeying-inside-track-gentiles-bay-ridge-seat/]).
Stephen Witt's article went on to note that --- "Promanent [sic] Bay Ridge Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour did not return calls at post time to comment on El-Yateem running. Murad Awawdeh, who founded the Muslim Democratic Club of New York with Sarsour, said he is not aware that El-Yateem is considering a run for the seat. 'The club will interview all the candidates and decide which one they will back,' he said…. "
Perhaps the most important observation in the "Kings County Politics" is this phrase: "... The unconfirmed news of El-Yateem running…"
Congratulations Gale.
You finally found a candidate that Quag can defeat.
Capano is talking about a tax on a Nickel bag? My dealer says nobody has sold Nickel Bags in decades. So out of touch.
El Yateem leans on Sarsour for political advice, otherwise there are no similarities between the two. He is a good man, whereas we all know what Sarsour is but don't need to mention in polite company.
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So i guess you are alao attacking Marty Golden for leading on this issue also??
Back atcha 12:05 PM, lighten up, stay groovy. These are the jokes, Man!
Did the commenter above previously write for the Mod Squad?
MORE, FURTHER DEEPER BACKFILL: THE "MORE ABOUT REV. KHADER EL-YATEEM" EDITION
According to a group called C.U.R.E. [Community Understanding for Racial Equality], in which Rev. Khader El-Yateem is listed as a "Community Leader" --- Rev. Khader El-Yateem was born in the West Bank town of Beit Jala in 1968. After graduating from High School he studied at the Bethlehem Bible College and graduated with a diploma in theology. From there he studied at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt and got his Bachelor's degree. He worked for a year at the Bethlehem Bible College and the youth minister at the Reformation Lutheran Church in Beit Jala. After that he was invited by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to come to America and work as a Mission Developer among the Arab and Middle Eastern community. He studied at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and graduated with the M. Div degree. Pastor El-Yateem was called by the Division for Outreach to start Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in Brooklyn , New York which became the First official Arabic Lutheran Church in North America…. Rev. El-Yateem serves on many Boards in the America and aboard. Lately he has been elected to serve on the board of the Arab Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC)…. Pastor El-Yateem was featured in a documentary done by PBS called Caught in the Cross Fire. Arab Americans in War Time. Reverend El-Yateem is married with 4 children." (See C.U.R.E. Webpage/ Directors and Leaders [http://www.curenyc.com/directors/kelyateem.htm]).
There also was a little more information in an even older post on the "Brooklyn Reporter" blog, as follows: "Khader El-Yateem, Pastor at Salam Arabic Lutheran Church, Chairperson of the Board for the multicultural unit of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in America, board member of Community Board 10,board member of the Arab-American Association of New York, community liaison for the Arabic community at Maimonides Medical Center…. PERSONAL: El-Yateem moved to the U.S. from Bethlehem in 1992, to attend Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. He admits that becoming accustomed to American culture was a struggle. I was 22, and it was challenging to learn the culture and the system, El-Yateem said. Thank God I had great mentors and friends who tookthe time to help me become the person I am today. After graduating from seminary in 1995, he was appointed to his current role as pastor at Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge. El-Yateem is married with four children, three girls and a boy. His wife Grace is the school nurse at P.S. 204. He says his family is very supportive when it comes to his job. They see me in the church, El-Yateem explained. They know my work is very demanding and I need to be out in the community to serve their needs…." (See "STAR OF BROOKLYN: Khader El-Yateem" by Jesse Lent, 7/25/11, Brooklyn Reporter [http://brooklynreporter.com/story/star-of-brooklyn-khader-el-yateem/]).
Can you beat this? John Quaglione is going to be the first recipient ever of the Larry Morrish Community Service Award. Now, if that doesn't show that candidate JQ has a tin ear, then nothing does.
What next, the Willie Sutton Community Banking Award or the Robert Moses Catholic Neighborhoods Preservation Award?
Plus, if the presentation isn't by Chuck Otey, with a presentation dinner whose unaudited proceeds will be going to whatever, it's not the real thing.
another astute post, Gale. I don't know why scribes keep on mentioning Sarsour in their articles. Those 'in the know' all say Sarsour is *not* running because she knows her Halal Sharpton act is too divisive for the 43rd District. Besides, Linda is well on her way to becoming the Muslim Oprah complete with her own TV talk-show. Mark my words...... But now since Sansour has decided against running herself, she has deviously propped up this man of the cloth as her Manchurian Candidate. This man goes by Rev. FKhader El-Nyateem and I would ask that you all ((BEWARE)) because before he makes any decisions, he consults Sarsour. He will be her puppet
I'm curious about something. When the Brooklyn Conservatives sell out to the highest bidder each election, do they have a silent auction, or is it the real thing where the interested parties gather and have that auctioneer guy start the bidding?
It sounds like the Brooklyn Republican Party is becoming more and more like the Staten Island Democratic Party. We are throwing in the towel before the fight even starts for a handful of patronage jobs in the courts. What a frickin shame !!!
There is no Republican Party in Brooklyn. Ted Ghorra is Marty Golden's puppet who is owned lock stock and barrel by the Conservatives.
Ghorra has returned? I thought that got wiped out along with syphylis.
Councilwoman Nancy Tong.
RESPONSE: THE "AT LEAST ONE DEMOCRAT THAT I KNOW IS TROLLING THIS BLOG" EDITION
YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.....
Your Nancy Tong stuff is pure nonsense.
Everybody knows that Oriental office seekers really only succeed in runs for local public office when the Oriental population in the district is over 90%.
The only shot of a Republican-Conservative candidate winning a City Council spot in Brooklyn is if Nancy Tong is the Democrats' nominee in the 43d Council District.
Justin won't even make it out of the Primary against Nancy Tong. He is a legend in his own mind.
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Students lean into distance learning at Portola High
By Lauren Westmoreland
Students at Portola Junior/Senior High School are following their new virtual schedules from their homes as of Tuesday, March 24, after a flurry of activity and innovation from educators brings the school online to comply with current quarantine orders and school closures in California related to Covid-19. Chart courtesy of Portola Junior/Senior High School
Schools around the state have risen to the challenge of educating students long-distance due to school closures in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Portola Junior/Senior High School has rallied to meet the moment.
"The teachers are working remotely," said Principal Sara Sheridan. "The teachers have all been so positive, with really upbeat energy despite the nearly daily changes."
Sheridan explained that teachers were working to create a variety of learning options for students to utilize from their homes during this time when all in the state are being asked to shelter in place.
"We are working to keep the kids engaged, and stay connected, with the use of Zoom video conferencing for meetings and other platforms online, such as Google Classrooms," Sheridan said.
For students that don't have home internet access, Sheridan added that there are print materials available by request.
The school started the new style of learning Tuesday, March 24, with many PJSHS students working from home learning stations on laptop computers. All students were asked to behave as they would in the classroom while engaged in online Zoom meetings, choosing locations wisely, dressing appropriately, and keeping conversations, including those in the chat feature, on topic.
Students were given a virtual class schedule to follow, to keep things as organized as possible, with each student following their regular class schedule on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning with first period.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are designated days for students to work on assignments and for teachers to prepare lessons and hold office hours. During those designated office hours, teachers will be available to provide additional support to those students that request it.
"The new way of conducting school is going to be a challenge for all of us, but I know that we can make it work," Sheridan said. "There are going to be many questions as we get our new system off the ground, so please don't hesitate to reach out to your teachers as needed."
Students have had a variety of responses to the change, according to parents, and it has been a learning curve for the many families learning to use the new system. "We know that social distancing is difficult for our teens, but it is crucial that they follow the guidelines and stay home to slow the spread of this virus. The sacrifices that we are making now are critical to save the lives of many, including those closest to us," Sheridan emphasized.
"I am very impressed and appreciative of the school administration and teachers for getting this new way of learning together so fast," said one parent of two PJSHS students, Kim Wilmer.
"It's definitely going to be an adjustment, and there are some kinks that will need to be worked out, but we will get there!"
For more information, call 832-4284 or email Sheridan at [email protected]
Hard copy packets are available upon request by calling PJSHS Secretary Laury Riggins in the front office at 832-4284 ext. 4001.

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Silencerco just released details of their Maxim 50 – a 50 state legal, suppressed muzzleloader that can be purchased online with no paperwork. That ripping sound you hear as you read this is the sound of thousands of hunters in suppressor legal states tearing their wallets out of their pockets simultaneously.
For the first time since the National Firearms Act (NFA) was created in 1934, civilians can enjoy suppressed shooting in all 50 states with SilencerCo's latest innovation: the integrally suppressed Maxim 50 muzzleloader. In addition, this product can be purchased right now on the web with no regulation (no 4473, no $200 tax stamp, no photographs, and no fingerprints) and be shipped immediately to the customer with few exceptions.
In addition to producing hearing safe sound results, the Maxim 50 also offers shooters greatly reduced recoil and a 2/3 reduction of smoke emissions when compared to non-moderated muzzleloaders. No matter where you are in the country, you can now enjoy shooting suppressed.
The only thing better than an affordable NFA Trust is a free NFA Trust. We told you about SilencerCo's affordable NFA EasyTrust in past weeks. Now they are giving one away. Head over to the SilencerCo's website to enter.
I am automatically skeptical of most of the NFA trusts that are sold online. A trust is a legal document/entity that, while not rocket surgery to build, is going to be the legal means of holding some of your most highly regulated and expensive possessions. I want to know its going to be right. Thankfully, Silencerco has stepping into the fray with their NFA EasyTrust offering.
The EasyTrust is 50-state legal and costs $129.99 which is more than some DIY trust options but less expensive than going to a lawyer who knows something about firearm specific trusts. It is quite affordable and very easy.
Silencerco just introduced a line of threaded Glock barrels with a very impressive spec sheet and reasonable prices. The barrels are cut from 416R stainless steel and feature a black nitride finish. These barrels are available initially for the Glock 17 and Glock 21 with other models coming soon (G19, G34, G17, Springfield XD, Sig 226, and S&W M&P).
This video series has potential! SilencerCo is dropping some suppressor knowledge in a fun, short, and easy to consume video format in their new Silencer Science series. The first video was released today and it is chocked full of good information.


How to get massive triceps?. Most of the people focus on only biceps and not paying attention on the triceps. The triceps is also important to look your arms massive and well build. Try the following workout to get massive triceps.
Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press - 3 sets with 12 10 8 Reps respectively.
EZ-Bar Skullcrusher - 3 sets with 12 10 8 Reps respectively.
Both Hand Standing Dumbbell Triceps Extension - 3 sets with 12 10 8 Reps respectively.
Cable Tricep Extension - 3 sets with 12 10 8 Reps respectively.
Tricep Dumbbell Kickback - 3 sets with 12 10 8 Reps respectively.


You all know we want your bras. Most of you know that these bras are sent overseas to help women rescued from trafficking reintegrate into their communities through economic empowerment. And many of you know about our massive packing parties and amazing overseas shipping partners at LRI.
But we guess that a large number of our supporters don't realize all the steps that it takes to send those bras on their global journey — from a box of bras sent to us in the mail, to the moment a woman in our program sells that box. Let's fix that!
We invite you to come alongside a box of bras and join our Export Freedom campaign! We are gearing up to ship 120 boxes of bras to El Salvador at the end of July – that's 24,000 bras!
How much is it to join Export Freedom?
$50! There are a lot of costs associated with shipping boxes of bras – from packing supplies to the cost of putting the pallets on a cargo ship to fumigation and import taxes. $50 will help connect you with each of these stages.
When you join the campaign, you will be sponsoring a specific box and following it from our warehouse in Chicago all the way to when that box is placed into the hands of a survivor.
Click here! Donate $50 to sponsor one box or $100 to sponsor two! You'll be emailed shortly after joining to begin tracking your box!
El Salvador is our closest shipping location at around 3 weeks. But it could be several months until your box is actually in the possession of a survivor.
How do I know you're really following my box?
Our amazing staff and volunteers at the latest packing party meticulously labeled all 120 boxes and marked them for El Salvador. We will be coordinating with our partners all along the way (including our staff member in El Salvador!) to ensure honest and accurate communication about your specific box.
Why join Export To Freedom? Aren't my bras enough?
We love all your support! This is an opportunity for those who choose to go deeper into Free The Girls to get a better understanding of what happens behind the scenes — and to connect with the women in our program in a unique and brand-new way. You will actually know which woman has your box and she, in turn, will know your name!


Loblaw Food Council - a group of experts ranging from professional and home chefs and registered dietitians, to academics and a futurist has worked together to launch 2017 Canadian Food Trends, #TasteTheNewNext, challenging Canadians to try something unexpected in 2017.
Snacking on packaged treats can be difficult especially for those who face food allergies; packaged treats mean an in-depth label scan at the grocery store, and snacks prepared by others require a list of ingredients. If you're in a time crunch, at work, or at school, the vending machine is a bit risky and the availability of safe snacks can be a real dilemma.
During the recent Metro Ontario's Metro Master Class at Taste of Toronto, I enjoyed making the delicious Msabbaha a vegetarian/vegan dish. The event was held during June 23rd to 26th at Garrison Common Grounds Fort York. Toronto chef, Anthony Rose (Bar Begonia, Fat Pasha, Schmaltz Appetizing, Rose and Songs and Big Crow) walked us step-by-step on how to make the Msabbaha.
Danesco Inc. a Montreal based company has been distributing and marketing high end kitchenware accessories for more than 50 years. Savoir Faire collection of serving accessories that juxtaposes slate, wood, porcelain, and glass is exclusive to Danesco. Each piece is adorned with an eclectic vintage look to create inspiring at-home entertaining experiences.
I love the beautiful sleek and stylish Breville® appliances that we can use everyday. Breville's Hemisphere Twist Blender adds a twist to our daily routine with a splash of flavour. I really like the innovative design of the Breville Hemisphere Twist that livens up our recipes and add greater depth to our drinks. The standard lid is interchangeable with the unique citrus cone lid that allows us to bring an instant infusion of citrus into any delectable creation, from smoothies and cocktails to dips, spreads, soups, and more.
New York Times best-selling author, Emmy nominated TV personality and board-certified emergency medicine physician, Dr. Travis Stork, is partnering with Kellogg's® to educate families about the importance of breakfast and the positive nutrition they can get from a simple bowl of Kellogg's cereal and milk. Kellogg's® will work to help families cut through the nutrition clutter and educate them on the importance of protein and grains that can be found in a serving of Kellogg's cereal and one cup of skim milk to help them fuel each morning.
Food Network's long-running competition series Food Network Star is back for a tenth season. The season premiere will be on Sunday, June 1st at 9pm ET/PT. Culinary icons Alton Brown, Giada De Laurentiis and Bobby Flay are back as mentors/judges leading the charge to discover the next promising face in food television.
We love eating papadum, but don't make it often enough because of the hassle of frying it. Recently, I got to know about the wonderful papadum stacking utility that we can place in the microwave and make several papadums in a minute. Using the Papadum Express allows us to make papadums fast in the microwave without the need for oil.
Back-to-school lunch ideas that is mom-approved, as many of us are trying to find fun new ways to give our kids a lunch that is trade-proof. Newly reformulated Yoplait® Go-GURT® yogurt tube is a great choice to add to lunches for a number of reasons.


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Dry Creek Vineyard's Clarksburg Chenin Blanc 2007
Wine Club featured in Premier Series - 1 Red 1 White Premier Series - 2 Whites Masters Series - 1 Red 1 White
Scents of apricot and dried pineapple dominate the tantalizing nose of the 2007 Dry Creek Vineyards Chenin Blanc, and these are just for starters. Dry Creek's Chenin Blanc is both beguiling in the nose and fresh and supple on the palate. It offers ample but nicely restrained Chenin Blanc fruit, excellent minerality, and an exuberant freshness that defies the wine's California upbringing. In fact, this Chenin Blanc combines the best of California fruit with the classic distinction of the finest dry Vouvray from the Loire Valley of France. Is there any wonder, then, that Dry Creek's Chenin Blanc is the benchmark by which all other California Chenin Blancs are now measured? Dry Creek's 2007 Chenin Blanc is textbook perfect. We suggest serving the exuberant Dry Creek Chenin Blanc well chilled, at least initially. Afterwards, allow this sassy, hedonistic wine to unfold in the glass. Most of all, enjoy its expansive flavors and embracing vitality!
The 2007 Dry Creek Vineyard Chenin Blanc is a no-muss, no-fuss white wine. It is happy in a glass all by itself and is a joy to bring to table, even to a picnic table. We have especially enjoyed this wine as an aperitif in the company of an ice-cold bucket of boiled shrimp, complete with a heady horseradish-laden cocktail sauce. Clams, mussels, prawns, oysters, scallops, and most anything else with a shell on it is a sure bet with the 2007 Dry Creek Vineyard Chenin Blanc as well. Smoked salmon served with cream cheese, onion, and capers works well, too. In addition, cheese pies, pastas, poultry, and quiches provide great companionship and offer excellent alternatives to seafood. Furthermore, one of our favorite choices with Dry Creek's Chenin Blanc is possibly the simplest – an assortment of gourmet cheeses, specifically Brie, Camembert, and other crusted cheeses. Traditional Loire Valley varietals such as Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc are, perhaps, the wine world's finest accompaniments to full-flavored crusted cheeses. They also pair well with creamy cow and sheep's milk cheeses. In the company of such cheeses, both the cheese and the Dry Creek Chenin Blanc shine. Enjoy!
When David Stare opened the doors of Dry Creek Vineyard in 1972, his foresight signaled a dramatic change for Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley. Dry Creek Vineyards was the first new winery to open in Dry Creek Valley since Prohibition. Guided by a new vision for a long-neglected grape-growing region, Stare's initiative launched a new era in American viticulture. Furthermore, Stare's action and vision helped transform Sonoma County and much of the way we think about American wine. In 1972 David Stare began his illustrious affair with wine in Dry Creek Valley when he purchased a single parcel of land on Dry Creek Road, which was then nothing more than a run-down prune orchard. There, he planted his first forty acres of grapes, mostly Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, and Chardonnay. The locals ridiculed him, and even the "farm experts" laughed at his folly. Today, Fumé Blanc (dry Sauvignon Blanc) is Dry Creek Vineyard's flagship white wine and its original claim to fame. Moreover, Dry Creek Valley's Chenin Blanc is the benchmark by which all other California Chenin Blancs are now measured. We wonder who is laughing now . . . well, so much for the naysayers and so-called experts. It takes courage, persistence, and vision to be a pioneer. Dry Creek Vineyard's leadership has inspired many important changes for Sonoma County. Not only was Sonoma County's first Fumé Blanc created at Dry Creek Vineyard, but new standards of quality in California have resulted from Dry Creek's advocacy of Bordeaux style blending for red wines. David Stare proposed meritage offerings, as opposed to strict varietal bottling of a single grape variety, long before almost anyone else. Yet, Stare and Dry Creek's greatest contribution to American viticulture is, perhaps, their success in securing appellation status for the entire Dry Creek Valley, due almost entirely to Stare's own accomplishments and the success of Dry Creek Vineyard. These are no mean feats for a young MIT graduate from Boston, who decided in 1971 to give up his secure but unfulfilling career in civil engineering to become a true California pioneer and a Dry Creek Valley legend. Aside from his many personal accomplishments at Dry Creek Vineyard, David Stare has been an advocate far and wide for Sonoma County wines. He has left his pioneering spirit and entrepreneurial mark on quite a few important Sonoma County organizations. It is as if the securing of BATF approval for the creation of the Dry Creek Valley in 1983 as a distinct appellation or American Viticultural Area were just Stare's first step in promoting Dry Creek Valley, as he went on to found an important regional organization of growers called Wine Growers of Dry Creek Valley. David Stare is also a founding member and past president of the California Wineries Association. In addition, he was an early supporter of The Meritage Society in California and a founding father of the Society of Blancs (SOB's), an organization that extols and promotes the virtues of the noble Sauvignon Blanc varietal. Many thanks to the dedicated team at Dry Creek Vineyards that is now headed by winemaker Bill Knuttel for more than thirty-seven years of pioneering excellence!


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Sadism/masochism
Langdridge, Darren (2013). Sadism/masochism. In: Teo, Thomas ed. Encyclopedia of critical psychology. New York: Springer, pp. 1687–1690.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5583-7_272
There has been a paucity of literature on sadism and masochism from a critical perspective until relatively recently. These sexual practices/identities continue to be misunderstood and the subject of considerable vilification with a history that is replete with medical, psychological, and legal opprobrium, alongside considerable confusion concerning their definition, role in sexual life, and aetiology. However, thankfully in recent years there has been a critical challenge to extant psychological and psychiatric understandings and the growth of a new and exciting critical stance, which seeks to understand rather than pathologize this intriguing example of human sexual behavior (Kleinplatz & Moser, 2006; Langdridge & Barker, 2013; Moser & Madeson, 1998; Taylor, 1997).
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sadomasochism; SM; BDSM; sexual subculture; transgressive sex
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Massage therapy has proven to be very beneficial for hospice patients and can lessen the need for pharmaceutical intervention. Massage therapy can provide immediate relief of pain, discomfort and anxiety caused by symptoms such as contractions, stiffness, shortness of breath, nausea, cramping and muscle spasms while simultaneously increasing feelings of peace and comfort. The simple act of human touch is one of the most ancient and effective ways to relieve discomfort in the body. Providing massage to the dying reinforces the wholeness of the individual regardless of what is happening to their body.
As a massage therapist for hospice patients, I went to see a woman with cancer. She was a published poet, very creative and very insightful, and the more I got to know her the more remarkable I felt she was.
She would lie in her bed to receive massage as she could not get up onto my table very easily. During this one particular session I felt very connected to her on a spiritual level as we listened to some beautiful music playing in the background. At the end of the session she had tears in her eyes as she told me she too felt this very spiritual connection to me.
She said that during the massage she would silently thank the parts of her body I was working on, for all the things they provided for her throughout her years ― the hard work she was able to do because of her once strong legs, the ability to hold her loved ones in her arms, and to have the use of her hands to hold her pen to write or to cook a meal. She said she had never before looked at her body in this way, and that it was a gift to do so as her body was now giving out on her.
This session not only impacted her but it impacted me as well. The spiritual connection was as if we were "one" and not two separate people in that space and time together. It was very powerful for both of us as she felt that same connection. This woman's attitude about being thankful for all her body had done for her throughout her life made me realize to a greater degree how we can all look to find the good even in the bad.
As sad as hospice work can be, and often is, we still have the choice in how we look at it. Sometimes now, when I massage my patients I imagine the various parts of their bodies not only working hard for them but also providing love to their family and friends. Compassion wells up in me as I sense the innocence and pureness of that love. We are all individuals with different outlooks on life, even in death, and I have learned through this experience that I for one want to be the one that looks for the good in all of it.
This is such an inspiring beautiful story!


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Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, Commander, North Atlantic Fleet, to Secretary of the Navy John D. Long
C O N F I D E N T I A L M E M O R A N D U M N o. 1 5.
U. S.Flagship, New York,
At Sea, enroute to Porto Rico, May 7, 1898.
S I R:--
The following information received from the Spanish American Iron Company,1 through the Bureau of Naval Intelligence, dated April 26th, is sent herewith for your information:
To the Secretary of the Navy,
S I R :--
We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of April 22nd advising us that the information and maps referring to the vicinity of the City of Santiago de Cuba furnished by our Company to your Department have been duly forwarded to the respective commanders of the North Atlantic and Flying Squadrons.2
Mr. Robert H. Lyman, cashier of the Spanish American Company arrived from Santiago de Cuba on April 22nd, and brings the most recent news of the situation in that neighborhood, which we hasten to place at your disposal.
He advises us that on the 12th of April six or seven hundred additional troops arrived from Santiago at the property of the Spanish-American Iron Company. This increases the total force on the property to eight or nine hundred. The Colonel and Staff are quartered at the mines two-and-one-half miles inland; 600 men are at the harbor of Daiquiri in the various houses of the company and the remaining men are in twelve or fifteen small forts already described in our correspondence with your Department. It is generally understood that this movement is in anticipation of the possible landing of the American forces at that point(Daiquiri)3
The Spanish garrison on the property of the Juragua Iron Company was also similarly reinforced. We are unable to state the number of troops at this point, but it is probably equal to or greater than the force on the Spanish-American Iron Company's property.
Mr. Lyman further advises us that the unarmored cruiser "Reina-Mercedes"4 is in the harbor of Santiago. Her boilers are in bad condition, only four being serviceable, and the commander of this vessel has stated in our informant's presence that his ship is not in condition to go to sea. She is anchored and moored just inside the entrance to the harbor on the left on entering. She lies between the main-land and the Cayo Smith and in such a position that her broadside commands the entrance to the harbor. The cruiser is not visible until the entrance is reached.
At the entrance of the harbor he saw three or four rows of buoys marking the positions of torpedoes or mines; say, six buoys in each row, about thirty feet apart, the rows being fifty or more feet apart. Further in the harbor are several other buoys irregularly placed. The general arrangment of these buoys and the position of the "Reina Mercedes" are shown in the rough sketch enclosed. (Note by O.N.I.--No sketch found.)
It has been variously stated that these buoys marked the positions in which it is intended to place torpedoes, and also that the torpedoes are now in place. As an expert in these matters has been in Santiago for some time it seems probable the latter statement is correct.5
There is at this time in the harbor of Santiago some four or five thousand tons of coal. Of this amount probably one-half is the property of the Spanish Government, and the other half is the property of the two American Companies, the Juraugua Iron Co. and the railroad of Santiago de Cuba. At Daiquiri Bay this ######## Company has some 400 tons.
We believe this information to be of value to your Department and we take pleasure in communicating the same.
Very truly yours, C.F.RAND.6 President.
W. T. SAMPSON, Rear Admiral, U.S.Navy,
Commander in Chief,U.S.Naval Force, N.A.Station.
Source Note: TD, DLC-MSS, Papers of William H. Emory, Jr. Addressed below close: "The Commanding Officer,/U.S.S."
Footnote 1: The Spanish-American Iron Co., a subsidiary of Pennsylvania Steel Co., mined the rich "brown" iron ore located at Daiquiri and its environs. Christopher Ecclestone, "Coal Mining," accessed February 23, 2015, http://goarticles.com/article/Cuba-Mining/2637998/.
Footnote 2: RAdm. William T. Sampson and Commo. Winfield S. Schley respectively.
Footnote 3: This suggest that almost two months before the American forces landed at Daiquiri private citizens and Spanish officials were aware of the possibility for this impending event.
Footnote 4: The unprotected cruiser Reina Mercedes arrived at Santiago de Cuba before the outbreak of hostilities and remained in the harbor until scuttled on 7 July. It was later refloated by the U.S. Navy. See, Report of the Bureau of Navigation, 1898, 557-58.
Footnote 5: In the wake of the battle of Santiago de Cuba, American naval authorities thought that the harbor mines were placed by men of RAdm. Pascual Cervera y Topete's fleet after 19 May. See, Lt. Edward E. Capehart, "The Mine Defense of Santiago Harbor," The Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute XXIV, 4 (Dec. 1898): 601.
Footnote 6: Charles F. Rand was a noted engineer and successful entrepreneur.


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Q: How to reset validation after submitting a form in AngularJS? I have one input field:
<input type="text" name="title" ng-model="genreData.title" class="form-control"
        ng-class="{'error': addGenreForm.title.$invalid && !addGenreForm.title.$pristine}"
       placeholder="Genre name" ng-minlength="minlength" required autofocus>

When I succesfully submit form this input is got class="error" after this:
$scope.genreData = {};

How can I fix it?

A: You've got to inject the form in the ng-submit function and then call the form's controller built in function $setPristine().
e.g.
View:
<form name="myForm" ng-submit="submitForm(myForm)">
   <!--Input Fields-->
</form>

Controller:
$scope.submitForm = function(form) {
   //Do what ever I have to do
   //Then reset form
   form.$setPristine();
}

A: I think setting
$scope.addGenreForm.$setPristine() and $scope.addGenreForm.$setUntouched
can work after submitting your form
Please share some plunker so I can help more if you still have any issues

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Vatican, Feb. 29, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The Vatican has unveiled the 2008 edition of the Church's statistical yearbook, showing a 1.4% rise in the world's Catholic population.
Cardinal Tarciscio Bertone presented a copy of the new Annuario Pontificio to Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) on February 29. The yearbook shows that the world's total Catholic population rose from 1.115 billioin to 1.131 billion between 2005 and 2006, the last year for which accurate figures are available.
The statistics also show modest increases in the number of priests (0.21%) and seminarians (an overall rise of 0.9%). There were 407,242 Catholic priests in the world at the close of 2006, and 115,480 seminarians.
The Annuario shows that during 2007 there were 8 new episcopal sees created, along with one apostolic prefecture, two metropolitan sees, and one apostolic vicariate. The year saw the appointment of 169 bishops.


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The Birmingham Back to Backs
Kaushik Patowary Jul 28, 2017 0 comments
In the late Georgian era, Britain's urban population began to grow rapidly as the country's economy shifted from agricultural to industrial. Many people left their country homes to pursue life in one of the newly developing industrial towns. To house these industrial workers near their workshops and manufactories, a new type of low-cost, high-density housing was developed—called the back-to-backs.
These houses in Birmingham are the city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses. Photo credit: Tony Hisgett/Flickr
Back to back houses were only one room deep and two or three storeys tall with a single entrance either from the street or from an inner yard. The ground floor performed the function of a living room, kitchen, dining room and bathroom, while the upper floors contained the bedrooms. As their name suggest, the houses shared the rear wall with another house facing in the opposite direction. One row of houses faced the street and the back row faced into a common inner courtyard. The courtyard contained the water tap, the washing line, the wash house, the toilets and the garbage bins. Narrow alleyways between the houses provided residents of the front row houses access to the courtyard, and residents of the back row houses access to the street. The houses facing the street were considered to be superior to those facing behind, and rent for the property reflected that.
Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, back-to-backs were the most common form of urban housing for the working class in growing industrial towns. Factory owners in cities like Birmingham, Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Salford, and Nottingham built them in hundreds of thousands to cram the maximum number of workers into the minimum space, at the lowest possible cost.
Image credit: www.thoresby.org.uk
Back-to-back houses were notoriously unhealthy. They were overcrowded, lacked light and ventilation, had poor drainage and bad sanitation. In 1875, the Public Health Act prohibited building of any more back-to-back houses. Despite this, they continued to be built in Leeds and Bradford until the 1909 Housing and Town Planning Act got rid of them altogether, declaring such accommodation unfit for human habitation. But Leeds still defied all opposition and continued to build them until the 1930s.
After the First World War, many towns demolished back-to-backs as part of post-war redevelopment program. This process continued until the 1970s. By then, most towns and cities had few or no back-to-back houses remaining, except Leeds and Bradford, which have a significant number of back-to-back houses that are occupied till this date.
In Birmingham, the last back-to-back courtyard at 50–54 Inge Street and 55–63 Hurst Street was saved from demolition and turned into a museum. They are the city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses, and one of the few in the country which visitors can explore inside out.
Three boys play with guns along cobbled streets between rows of back-to-back terraced houses in Leeds, West Yorkshire, in July 1970. Many of these images, including the one above, were captured by photographer Nick Hedges who spent three years to documenting the lives of families living in slum and squalor throughout the UK in the 1960s and 1970s.
Back to back housing in Alleyway, Leeds, 1970. Photo credit: Nick Hedges
Child skipping in a street of back to back houses, Leeds 1970. Photo credit: Nick Hedges
Crossing wasteland from back to back housing towards railway line, Leeds 1970. Photo credit: Nick Hedges
Washing hanging out to dry across back to back housing street, Leeds 1970. Photo credit: Nick Hedges
Living room and kitchen Leeds back to back housing 1970. Photo credit: Nick Hedges
A woman and a child outside their back-to-back in Birmingham in the 1920s. Photo credit: Birmingham Mail
Photo credit: Birmingham Mail
Children playing outside back-to-back houses in Birmingham in 1956. Photo credit: Birmingham Mail
Brummies in a yard of back-to-backs in the 1920s in the Summer Lane neighbourhood, Birmingham. Photo credit: Birmingham Mail
Back-to-back houses in Summer Lane, Birmingham. Photo credit: Birmingham Mail
Back to back houses in Birmingham today. Photo credit: Tony Hisgett/Flickr
Back to back houses in Birmingham today. Photo credit: Nathan Reading/Flickr
Back-to-to houses in Beeston, a suburb of Leeds. Photo credit: Jon Peender/Flickr
Back-to-to houses in Beeston, a suburb of Leeds. Photo credit: Chris Jones/Flickr
Back to back houses, Holbeck Top Moorside, Leeds
Sources: Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Period House / www.bradfordhistorical.org.uk / www.booksie.com
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Dying Laughing
Dying Laughing (2017)
Amy Schumer as Herself
Kevin Hart as Himself
Sarah Silverman as Herself
Jamie Foxx as Himself
Chris Rock as Himself
Faizon Love as Himself
Billy Connolly as Himself
Jerry Seinfeld as Himself
Steve Coogan as Himself
Jerry Lewis as Himself
Eddie Izzard as Himself
Mike Epps as Himself
Gilbert Gottfried as Himself
Sandra Bernhard as Herself
Keenen Ivory Wayans as Himself
Cedric The Entertainer as Himself
Rick Overton as Himself
Garry Shandling as Himself
Jim Jefferies as Himself
Bobby Lee as Himself
Tommy Davidson as Himself
Dave Attell as Himself
Allan Havey as Himself
Omid Djalili as Himself
Russell Peters as Himself
Tiffany Haddish as Herself
D. L. Hughley as Himself
Kevin Christy as Himself
Kirk Fox as Himself
Cocoa Brown as Herself
Paul Provenza as Himself
Neal Brennan as Himself
Stephen Kramer Glickman as Himself
Lee Mack as Himself
Stephen K. Amos as Himself
Frankie Boyle as Himself
Lloyd Stanton
Paul Toogood
Rated NR
| Glenn Kenny
Pretty much everyone knows the old joke about Pagliacci, although I suppose these days more people know it via its recycling in "Watchmen" than any other source. Anyway, the joke, if you don't know it, has a fellow going to see a doctor about his seemingly intractable sadness and melancholy. The doctor tells the patient he has good news: a great clown or comedian is in town. The patient should go see Pagliacci and, as the doctor advises in one version of the joke, "laugh yourself well." At this advice the patient grows even more despondent. "But doctor," he confesses, "I AM Pagliacci."
"Dying Laughing," a British-produced documentary directed by Lloyd Stanton and Paul Toogood, is a 90-minute variation of that old joke. It begins with Chris Rock declaiming that the only group of people in the world who say exactly what they want to say are stand-up comedians. And the rest of the movie is about the misery they have to endure in order to do that. An early appearance by Jerry Seinfeld will take the inside-baseball-inclined back to "Comedian," the 2002 documentary in which the spectacularly successful performer goes back to his comedy-basement roots and experiences the exact same anxieties as he did when he was a nobody honing his craft. At this point, one fears a reprise of that film. Then Jerry Lewis appears, and one worries that the old fellow may lash out at his interviewers. The footage of the comics, shot in black-and-white, alternates with color footage of empty nightclubs and backstage areas of theaters; one has the notion that an alternate narrative is developing in parallel with the comedians' observations. Yes and no.
Once the movie hits its true stride it's really fascinating. At least it is if you have an interest in its subject, which I think maybe you should, since the compulsion to stand on a stage and seek approval by telling jokes is one of the most potentially masochistic in the entire human condition. What keeps the movie percolating is the fact that for as many horror and war stories as the comedians tell, there aren't any lapses into tedious self-pity. These are comedians, after all. They want to milk laughs from skeevy motel rooms and the loneliness therein. They've learned that honesty is the best policy and get off on nothing more than telling on themselves. Even when they're bitching about an injustice of the profession they can't resist a good line. "You never see a heckler at a TED Talk," one comic grouses, and I thought, "yeah that's true—GOOD OBSERVATIONAL HUMOR," and also, "Damn, somebody SHOULD heckle a TED Talk."
Another thing the movie has going for it is a huge number of comics. It's almost unbelievable how many are in here. I was counting at the end credits, in which the comics are thanked in alphabetical order, and there were more than two dozen before the list got to the "E"s. Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Sarah Silverman, and the late Garry Shandling are among the Esses. And there are comedians acknowledged who don't even make it into the movie—this is likely to be a good DVD in the extras department. And unlike a lot of other prior pictures about comedy and comedians, this is not a movie about a white boys club. Royale Watkins, Tiffany Haddish, Omid Djalili, and many more female comics and comics of color contribute. Watkins has one of the most overtly emotional stories to tell, of bombing while a group of his idols looked on from the sidelines of the stage. (Bombing, the comic George Wallace declares later, "hurts more than going to your mother's funeral.") It might not be accurate to say this movie features every significant living comedian with the exceptions of Louis C.K. and Eddie Murphy, but it sure feels that way.
Near the end of the movie, Shandling reappears to say that his advice to young comics is to "make sure it's a calling. It's too painful and too difficult if it's not a calling." British comedian Sean Lock observes, "This is the danger of talking about it, you sound like a wanker." Early into the movie some skeptics might consider hauling out the world's tiniest violin for these characters, some of whom have become very successful (Jamie Foxx admits that he can shrug off, to a certain extent, the rejections of the past because "I got money"). By the end, nobody has come off like a wanker.


The FDIC has reported the failure of 77 banks so far this year. It is the highest rate of bank failures since the height of the Savings and Loan crisis in 1992. The cause of the failure for many of these banks are mounting loan loses on commercial loans made to commercial real estate developers and small and mid-sized businesses (SME). This is dramatically different from the banking crisis that unfolded in the later part of 2008. Bank solvency was threatened due to high default rates in sub-prime mortgage loans and the erosion of value in residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) held by larger banking intuitions. This led to the TARP program that was created to purchase distressed assets and inject much needed capital into struggling banks.
Most of the bank failures are the result of the macroeconomic factors spawned by the recession. High unemployment and tightening credit availability has stressed many consumer oriented businesses. It has led to alarming bankruptcy rates of SMEs. This has hurt community banks who have a significant portion of their commercial lending portfolios exposed to commercial real estate dependent on a vibrant SME segment. Bank failures remove liquidity from the credit markets. As more banks fail funding sources and loan capital are withdrawn from the system. This is yet another dangerous headwind c0nfronting SMEs as they struggle with a very difficult business cycle.
The FDIC is growing increasingly alarmed about the solvency of its insurance fund and its ability to cover depositors of failed banks. This years largest bank failure, Colonial Bank Group is expected to cost the FDIC insurance fund$2.8 billion. Its a large amount for the stressed fund to cover in light this years high number of bank failures and an expectation that failures will continue to rise.
According to Forbes online, the FDIC has indicated concern that the Guaranty Financial Group Inc., a Texas-based company with $15 billion in assets that racked up losses on loans to home builders and borrowers in California, and Corus Bankshares Inc., a $7 billion Chicago lender to condominium, office and hotel projects are also at risk of failing. Each failure will place a added strain on the FDIC insurance fund. The costliest failure was the July 2008 seizure of big California lender IndyMac Bank, on which the fund is estimated to have lost $10.7 billion.
The FDIC expects bank failures will cost the fund around $70 billion through 2013. The fund stood at $13 billion – its lowest level since 1993 – at the end of March. It has slipped to 0.27 percent of total insured deposits, below the minimum mandated by Congress of 1.15 percent.
The FDIC has a huge challenge on its hands. It needs to maintain the orderly working of the banking system to alleviate the waning confidence of consumers and shareholders. Recently it was announced that restrictions on private equity firms purchasing banking companies will be relaxed to assure that the industry remains sufficiently capitalized. Regulators will need to increase oversight of community banks risk management controls. The added transparency may be resented by bank management but it may help to stem the tide of accelerating bank failures as the difficult conditions in the commercial real estate market persists. In any case bankers should expect to see an increase in FDIC insurgence premiums to recapitalize the depleted fund. Unfortunately bank customers will be burdened with rising fees banks charge for services as they seek ways to cover the rising expense of default insurance.
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Author(s): Martin Ruppert, Xueyan Ma, Joachim Stockigt. Johannes Gutenberg-UniversityMainz, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology,Staudinger Weg 5, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
All the major reactions taking part in the biosynthesis of ajmaline in cell suspension cultures of the Indian medicinal plant Rauvolfia have now been established at the enzyme level. Of the well investigated 10 steps six of the involved enzymes have been functionally cloned. These are strictosidine synthase (STR), strictosidine glucosidase (SG), polyneuridine aldehyde esterase (PNAE), vinorine synthase (VS), cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) and acetylajmalan acetylesterase (AAE). Because the cDNAs of these enzymes are now known their detailed molecular analysis became attainable for the first time. Some of these enzymes such as STR, SG or VS could be produced in E. coli at a preparative scale resulting in mg amounts of pure enzymes. They also have been crystallized and their preliminary X-ray analyses were published recently. It is only a matter of time that their molecular structure and the mechanisms of the catalyzed reactions will be elucidated. Of the soluble enzymes vomilenine reductase and 1.2-dihydrovomilenine reductase remain to be heterologously expressed. Appropriate cDNA clones have recently been isolated. What membrane bound enzymes of this pathway is concerned cloning could not be achieved up to now. Our future strategy is to purify these enzymes first and to use the "reverse genetic" approach as we did for the soluble enzymes. The sarpagine bridge enzyme (SBE), vinorine hydroxylase (VH) and norajmaline N-methyltransferase (NAMT) are the only enzymes which remain as the major candidates for expression studies in order to express heterologously the complete ajmaline biosynthetic pathway.
Affiliation:Johannes Gutenberg-UniversityMainz, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology,Staudinger Weg 5, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
Abstract: All the major reactions taking part in the biosynthesis of ajmaline in cell suspension cultures of the Indian medicinal plant Rauvolfia have now been established at the enzyme level. Of the well investigated 10 steps six of the involved enzymes have been functionally cloned. These are strictosidine synthase (STR), strictosidine glucosidase (SG), polyneuridine aldehyde esterase (PNAE), vinorine synthase (VS), cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) and acetylajmalan acetylesterase (AAE). Because the cDNAs of these enzymes are now known their detailed molecular analysis became attainable for the first time. Some of these enzymes such as STR, SG or VS could be produced in E. coli at a preparative scale resulting in mg amounts of pure enzymes. They also have been crystallized and their preliminary X-ray analyses were published recently. It is only a matter of time that their molecular structure and the mechanisms of the catalyzed reactions will be elucidated. Of the soluble enzymes vomilenine reductase and 1.2-dihydrovomilenine reductase remain to be heterologously expressed. Appropriate cDNA clones have recently been isolated. What membrane bound enzymes of this pathway is concerned cloning could not be achieved up to now. Our future strategy is to purify these enzymes first and to use the "reverse genetic" approach as we did for the soluble enzymes. The sarpagine bridge enzyme (SBE), vinorine hydroxylase (VH) and norajmaline N-methyltransferase (NAMT) are the only enzymes which remain as the major candidates for expression studies in order to express heterologously the complete ajmaline biosynthetic pathway.


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Promising Young Woman Amazes and Angers
Promising Young Woman Is Not A Revenge Film
Promising Young Woman is a feast overall, but one that leaves you questioning what part you ate that didn't agree with you because something is off. There is a lot that works for the film—it's visually arresting, directorially stunning, the soundtrack is beautiful and the acting, particularly by Carey Mulligan, is phenomenal. Unfortunately it falls short, especially at the end and incites feelings of pain, anger and questions as to the overall message of the film.
The film follows Cassie, a woman who dropped out of med school seven years ago after something happened to her childhood friend, Nina, at the same med school. Cassie now lives with her parents while working at a coffee shop and, at night, goes to bars pretending to be blackout drunk to see who will try and take advantage of her. When she encounters a former classmate at her job, Ryan, who is also a love interest, tells her that the individual who raped her friend has returned from overseas to get married, she has a choice to make.
Carey Mulligan (front) stars as "Cassie" and Bo Burnham (back) stars as "Ryan" in director Emerald Fennell's PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, a Focus Features release. Credit : Merie Weismiller Wallace / Focus Features
Direction and Acting With Purpose
Let me get the positives out of the way. The directing by Emerald Fennell is strong and I appreciate a film that doesn't repeatedly pummel their audience with trauma (but that ending!). We know Cassie's friend, Nina, was raped but the film understands there is no need to show us what happened. Information is pieced together based on info provided by the characters throughout the film. The bright, cotton candy colors in the film are gorgeous and purposely jar with the more uncomfortable scenes but it's consciously done. The soundtrack is also lovely, filled with women artists from various genres as well as different decades and fits the myriad scenes well whether it's complementing or contrasting with what we see on screen.
Carey Mulligan is amazing in the role of Cassie. Given the colors, including her outfits starkly contrasting with subject matter and plot, her acting could've easily gone overboard. Yet Carey Mulligan delivers a strong performance that shows the anger, guilt and pain Cassie embodies. Even when she is sarcastic and darkly joking with these rapists it never seems exaggerated. Her delivery is often deadpan, which they mistake for humor.
Not A Revenge Film So Much As A Warning
This is not a revenge film to me. Revenge, as depicted in films, often implies over the top elaborative schemes that harm innocent people in its wake. Revenge is seeking payback. That's not what happens here. Because each situation presents these men, and women who shielded them, with a choice. Cassie educates them rather than seeking revenge or justice throughout the majority of the film.
The men in the bars and clubs approach Cassie because she appears vulnerable. She does not pursue or approach them. Nor does she kill them as far as we know or she would've been jailed early on given that long list. Cassie is showing them who they are, without their "good guy" persona because this is often the case. Men will appear caring, understanding and even "woke" but still adhere to societal beliefs that women and girls are their property to use as they want. The act of revenge even against the man who raped her friend and those who took part, isn't revenge but justice.
Carey Mulligan stars as "Cassandra" in director Emerald Fennell's PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features
Won't Fit In A Box
Their choices brought them to justice, and even the word "justice" feels wrong. What justice is there, after all, in a woman sacrificing herself so that the men will be seen for who and what they are and, hopefully, be punished? Also, as previously stated, she doesn't harm the men who would've raped her if she were actually drunk. She is putting herself through harm to teach a lesson. This is also common among groups who are not white and/or male. We are expected to make ourselves vulnerable to harm in the hopes of "educating" them about our experiences and teaching them to see our value. Which leads to my biggest issue with the film—the ending.
This ending can be interpreted as justice can only come with self-sacrifice, or it's her punishment for not being able to move past what happened. The color-coded notebook she uses to track her encounters in bars with men is also worrying. Since we don't see her actually react violently to these men, what is the result of the men marked and written in her book in red? Do they realize she is sober and proceed to attack her regardless? As women are the focal point the theme that women's value is specifically tied up in their identity and their use of it in a sacrificial manner to create change cannot be ignored. It is not our job to educate any more than it's a man's job to "bring home the bacon".
Does this perhaps fit Cassie's character? Considering the risks she is taking it's evident she's also punishing herself for not going with Nina to that party that horrific night. That's why her life is a life devoid of deep connections and relationships. She feels she's undeserving of her life. In the end, they took a woman who was trying to bring justice for her friend and herself and made her a tragedy. That wink face emoji didn't feel triumphant, it just felt sad.
Feature image courtesy of Focus Features
By: darkskyladyTags: carey mulligandramaemerald fennellfilmsviolence
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5 Replies to "Promising Young Woman Amazes and Angers"
Laurine says:
Good review and explanations on the tragedy that happened with the ending. Thank you again for another excellent movie review.
Rabia says:
Very good review per usual! I gave it a half star more but I, too found the sacrificial ending sad.
darkskylady says:
Thanks. It was upsetting to see that ending. I don't feel the message conveyed is good here. But still there's a lot about it that works.
Heidi Schutz says:
Thank u for ur review. I, too, felt the same at the end. Then I realized Cassie is not a real character—she's a prop. We're the character. Anyone who hasn't been raped or loved someone who killed themselves as a result of rape & cover up (like Nina)—we're the main character of this movie. Cassie is unlike any other character & like every other character super-hero. We don't expect what happens to her. We don't expect to be traumatized by watching her be murdered even as her murderer is lying (to himself & us) by implying he'll stop, if she stops moving. She stops moving bc she's at least unconscious & he does a movement w/his whole body on his knees on her that would crush her neck. She's dead & her promise is ended & we're feeling violated, betrayed by the set-up of the comedy & the romance. Just like college kids at a party, participating in drinking rituals who don't expect to get violated. I agreed to go on a ride w/Cassie bc the movie promised justice & retribution, & I didn't know I was agreeing to "losing her."
Yeah I understand why it was so divisive because I'm still torn about the film. Some loved it, some hated and others like me are in the middle.


How can we become a flow through vessel of God's love? In this episode of Living Life Unedited, listen to Nancy's interview with online mentor Marnie Swedberg share insights from her book "Flow Through Vessel."
Marnie Swedberg helps women worldwide achieve their God-given goals through her books, online training programs and boot camps, radio talk show, and live speaking engagements. She also hosts the largest online directory of Christian women speakers in the world, and personally oversees two businesses in the retail and restaurant industries. She consistently shares practical, doable success strategies to shorten your learning curve, increase your productivity, and skyrocket your delight in life. Marnie is a speaker, author of 13 books, and is the online radio show host of "Marnie's Friends."
-We are all leading someone. You can made a difference in someone else with words of hope, help, and healing.
-When exhausted or overwhelmed, adopt the name of Jesus as your 9-1-1 call, saying the name of Jesus. He is near.
-Habits can keep us from deepening our relationship with God. Learn the 4Rs to get unstuck and go forward in faith.
-When God puts a mission in your heart, it doesn't mean everything's going to be easy. It means you're supposed to go for it, pressing through the obstacles.
"Jesus died for me personally. Any other gift of mercy is extra."
Today's episode of My Journey of Faith features an interview with author and speaker, Joan Gallagher, who has a passion for women mentoring women.
Cynthia talks with Jill Beran about self worth and mentoring. Jill shares what a spiritual mother and daughter relationship looks like and how we are instructed to live out Titus 2:4.
As always you can find us at www.myjourneyoffaith.com and on Facebook at My Journey of Faith Radio.


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Storhamar first in Norwegian hockey
Published May 2, 2018 · Updated May 2, 2018
The powerhouse beats neighbor Lillehammer in five games to take the championships
Photo: Fredrick Olastuen / smugmug.com
Oskar Östlund, Storhamar goalie, makes a save on Nick Dineen of Lillehammer in the Ice Hockey championships.
Jo Christian Weldingh
Storhamar Ice Hockey Club are Norwegian ice hockey champions for the first time since 2008, after beating rivals Lillehammer 4-2 in the fifth and final game of the best-of-seven series in CC Amfi in Hamar.
There was a lot of excitement and expectation entering the game, with Storhamar holding the upper hand three games to one over its rivals Lillehammer. After 60 minutes of intense hockey, plenty of penalties, and an amazing atmosphere, Storhamar became Norwegian champions for the seventh time.
Lillehammer got off to a great start in CC Amfi when Martin Andre Ellingsen scored the first goal of the game only nine minutes into the first period. Storhamar only needed eight minutes to equalize, however. Viktor Svensson scored Storhamar's first goal after 17 minutes of play.
The two teams were evenly matched in the first period, but after the first break Storhamar dominated the game completely. In the second period Storhamar outplayed their rivals to the north on several occasions. Josh Nicholls and Jacob Berglund scored a goal each, increasing the lead heading into the third period to 3-1.
The game got some of its excitement back in the third period when Sondre Bjerke scored to narrow Lillehammer's deficit to 3-2. This was followed by several missed Lillehammer chances. But Storhamar was able to ride out the storm. Five seconds before the end of the third period Nicholls scored his second goal in an empty net and made Storhamar Norwegian champions for the first time in 10 years.
As expected, the Storhamar players were euphoric after securing the victory.
"It's pure joy! It's fantastic! I need a few days to understand what this actually means," goal scorer Berglund said after the game. He continued to describe the game as a roller coaster. "We were nervous in the beginning, but then we got increasingly better," he said. "We might have been a bit passive towards the end of the game, but we were able to ride out the storm."
Storhamar's coach, Fredrik Söderström, welled up during his post-match interview. "I'm so incredibly proud of what we have been able to do as a team and even as a city," he said. "I'm both relieved and euphoric!"
Mikael Kvarnström, Lillehammer's head coach, praised his own players when he was interviewed after the game.
"We have been amazing in the playoffs," he said. "My guys have really impressed me. We've beaten Vålerenga and Sparta, both very good teams, and we could just as easily have won the last three final games. Our team is very young and we're up against more experienced players. We are the future, I truly believe that."
Lillehammer hasn't won the title since 1994 when they beat Storhamar in the final. Since then the club has struggled financially and almost went bankrupt on several occasions. It's only in the last couple of seasons the club has been able to stabilize itself in the top half of the league table and consistently qualify for the playoffs. This year's final is their first since the classic 1994 victory.
Jo Christian Weldingh grew up in Lillehammer, Norway, and lives in Oslo. He has a bachelor's degree in archaeology from the University of Oslo and a bachelor's degree in business administration from BI Norwegian Business School.
This article originally appeared in the May 4, 2018, issue of The Norwegian American. To subscribe, visit SUBSCRIBE or call us at (206) 784-4617.
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation began distributing more than $147.4 million in "state street aid" to 508 municipalities across the Tar Heel state on Sept. 26 – monies generated from North Carolina's gas tax and other highway user fees via the Powell Bill fund – with another multi-million dollar allocation set to be sent out on Dec. 31.
The fund is named for Junius K. Powell, a former state senator and mayor of Whiteville, N.C. who was a primary sponsor of the 1951 bill to help the state's cities with urban road problems. The overall total of aid has reached just over $4.5 billion, NCDOT noted in a statement.
Per the Powell Bill requirements, NCDOT said this funding is to be used primarily for the resurfacing of streets within the corporate limits of a municipality, but it can also fund repairing, constructing, reconstructing or widening of any street or public thoroughfare – including bridges, drainage, curbs and gutters – as well as pay for planning, construction and maintenance of bikeways, greenways or sidewalks.
Municipal officials are responsible for the proper management of these funds, the agency added.
The agency noted that the funding each municipality receives is based on a formula set by the N.C. General Assembly, with 75 percent of the funds based on population and 25 percent based on the number of locally maintained street miles. This year, that broke down to $110.5 million for population and $36.8 million based on street miles, it said.
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The agency also noted that its Hurricane Florence recovery efforts are continuing, involving more than 2,600 NCDOT employees and 160 contractors who are aiding with cleanup and recovery. North Carolina now has less than 300 closed sections of roadway, the agency added, down from more than 1,600 during the peak of the storm.
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El Centro de pruebas de invierno Fiat Arjeplog es una complejo de pruebas dinámicas de propiedad de Fiat S.p.A. Se encuentra situado a unos 100 km al sur del círculo polar ártico, en el municipio Arjeplog, región de Laponia, Suecia, en una zona de clima extremo y temperaturas bajo cero. Ocupa más de 1100 hectáreas y en el existen diferentes pistas de pruebas y circuitos, con diferentes recorridos, para en condiciones climatológicas adversas contrastar los resultados dinámicos de los prototipos y productos de Fiat Group Automobiles, Chrysler Group LLC, Maserati y Ferrari.

El centro
El recinto del centro ocupa un superficie de 500 hectáreas. Además, tiene a su disposición para llevar a cabo sus pruebas una superficie adicional de más de 600 hectáreas entre superficie sobre tierra y el área del lago. En total son 17 las pistas de pruebas y 1.100 hectáreas situadas tanto sobre tierra, como sobre el lago que en invierno permanece helado. Para que el trazado de las pistas se mantenga lo más aproximado posible cada invierno, su recorrido se traza cada año mediante coordenadas GPS.

Debido al clima extremo y las temperaturas bajo cero del lugar, que tienen un efecto adverso sobre el rendimiento y estado de los componentes de un vehículo, las pruebas de invierno son algunas de las pruebas más duras que se pueden realizar a un automóvil. El centro de Arjeplog comprueba el rendimiento de los vehículos y prototipos, los sistemas de frenos (ABS, ESP, ASR, TC), los sistemas de tracción a las cuatro ruedas, la motricidad de los automóviles, el sistema de climatización, las prestacones dinámicas y el confort de marcha en terrenos baja adherencia. Adicionalmente también se comprueba como se comporta el bastidor y los interiores en esas condiciones. Cada vehículo se somete a un ciclo de pruebas rigurosas, y los datos obtenidos son interpretados con el fin afinar el rendimiento del vehículo.

Pistas
Las pistas para las pruebas se dividen en dos zonas, que son las pistas sobre tierra y las pistas sobre el lago helado.

Tierra
 Pruebas de capacidad de ascenso con pendientes del 10%, 15% y 20%.
 Prueba de conducción a través del bosque.
 Ensayos de los frenos sobre hielo pulido.
 Pista de asfalto caliente.

Lago
 Pista circular de pruebas para el sistema ESP con un diámetro de 200 metros. Para obtener una superficie lo más plana posible se pule tres veces el hielo con maquinaría especial diseñada para ese fin.
 Pista circular de pruebas para el control de tracción, realizadas sobre un gran cirulo de 450 metros de diámetro.
 Prueba de conducción sobre hielo. Este circuito tiene una longitud de aproximadamente 3 kilómetros.

Véase también
 Anexo:Centros de pruebas de Fiat S.p.A.

Referencias

FIAT: Extreme Examination!, Zigwheels

Enlaces externos

 Video del Alfa Romeo Giulietta en la pista de Arjeplog

 Video del Alfa Romeo MiTo en la pista de Arjeplog

Centros de pruebas de Fiat S.p.A.

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