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Erica Hill is Running New York City Marathon for Her Dad
The weekend TODAY show anchor is running for Fred's Team.
By Hannah McGoldrick
Courtesy of Erica Hill
It's been more than 10 years since her last marathon, but weekend Today show anchor Erica Hill is ready to lace up her Brooks to run this Sunday's New York City Marathon.
This will be Hill's third marathon, but her first since 2003, when she ran the San Diego Marathon. Despite more than a decade away, she feels her maturity in life and experience with her training have her positioned to run even better than when she was younger.
"So much of this is mental," Hill, 38, told Runner's World Newswire. "I know I wasn't nearly as focused [in my last marathons]."
Before deciding to run the New York City Marathon, her training consisted of 5- to 6-mile runs three or four times a week. Incorporating long weekend outings was impossible in the world of weekend morning show anchoring, so long runs had to be moved to Mondays. And because of her always-busy schedule and constant traveling, most of her workouts happened early in the morning on her own.
"I get up at 4 a.m. and start running at 4:45 a.m. so I'm home to take [my two sons Weston and Sawyer] to school," she said.
Hill is running with and raising money for Fred's Team, a charity named in honor of the cofounder of the New York City Marathon, Fred Lebow. The organization supports cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City; working with the group means even more to Hill after she lost her father, Steven Hill, to cancer four and a half years ago.
"I really believe in the work that they do," she said. "Cancer has such a profound impact on caregivers and families, [and] if I can in any way help to offer someone a little bit more hope, that's a great reason to run."
Hill pledged to raise $3,500 for Fred's Team; at the time of publication, had raised more than $5,000.
"A part of me feels like I have my dad cheering me on for this race," she said.
While she's not focusing on a specific time, her overall goal is to finish strong and then celebrate the achievement with her family.
"My dad loved Heineken," she said. "A lot of family and friends are coming into New York, so we're going to go to a bar and toast my dad."
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Hannah McGoldrick Hannah is the Senior Social Media Editor for Runner's World.
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It's the colour of Spring, and probably the colour of Summer, too. Often identified with happiness, yellow is undeniably an optimistic hue.
*Roses, bought by Andrew to cheer me up.
*A beautiful Fair Trade bouquet sent by my sister and her boyfriend, including, of course, sunflowers.
*Mango sorbet – is there anything as refreshing?
*Lemons, the perfect accompaniment to my Saturday pancakes.
*Gorse – my own personal emblem of Devon.
*My car, an aptly cheerful looking vehicle for my commute to work through country lanes alive with Spring growth.
*Daisies – because what better way is there to spend an afternoon than sitting on grass making daisy chains?
*Goldfinches, the quirkiest bird of the hedgerow.
What colour is cropping up in your life?


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Summary: Equity markets were quick to find support yesterday and maintained a strong tone overnight after a sizable sell-off the prior day. The 200-day moving average in the S&P500 survived after an intraday test yesterday. The FX market is mired in a very tight range with as traders seem unable to generate any conviction on new developments.
What is our trading focus?
US500.I (S&P 500 Index) and USNAS100.I (NASDAQ 100 Index) – the sell-off from the recent new record highs in the Nasdaq 100 hardly lasted more than a session. Resistance to this latest comeback rally is perhaps 10,140, the 61.8% Fibo-retracement of the sell-off from the top to the 9,885 lows yesterday. For the S&P 500, the 3,150 area resistance area is prominent to the upside, while yesterday's lows just below 3,000 suggest the market is focusing on that psychological level and the 200-day moving average just above near 3,015.
XAUUSD (Spot Gold) - has yet to challenge key levels of support after the initial failure to attract renewed momentum on the break above $1765/oz earlier in the week. A break below $1745/oz may trigger profit taking from recently established longs waiting for another opportunity while a weekly close above $1765/oz would support a potential attack on $1800/oz next week.
NKE:xnys (Nike) - shares were down 4% in extended trading as the sports athletic company reported FY20 Q4 results showing gross margin declined to 37.3% vs est. 43.5% and EPS came out at a loss of -$0.51 compared to a profit of $0.62 the year before. Q4 revenue was $6.31bn vs est. $7.38bn and management chose once again to not provide any guidance for the current FY expect expecting flat to slightly higher revenue. Nike is also suspending share buybacks in order to maximize liquidity. As we stated a couple of weeks ago Nike has also had trouble bouncing back in China whereas its competitor Adidas is already back to revenue levels from before COVID-19.
JPM:xnys (JPMorgan Chase) and WFC:xnys (Wells Fargo) - the two largest US banks will be in focus today on the backdrop of the Fed's annual stress test results yesterday and the restrictions set on dividends and buybacks lasting until at least the end of Q3.
OILUSAUG20 (WTI) and OILUKAUG20 (Brent) - managed to recover from the steep losses seen earlier in the week. Close to unchanged on the week and trading within the tightest weekly range in four months, both contracts have settled into a nervous wait-and-see mode. A renewed surge in infections in many parts of the world has raised concerns about the prospect for a further recovery in demand. Against this OPEC+, led by Russia and Saudi Arabia have maintained a tight discipline in keeping barrels away from the market. We maintain the view that Brent is likely to settle into a mid-30's to mid-40's range over the coming weeks.
NATGASUSJUL20 (Natural Gas) - has slumped to a 25-year low after data showed the largest stockpile gain for June since 2003. This increasing concerns that underground storage facilities may reach capacity before the end of the injection season this October. This as the virus threat industrial demand while the weather has so far not been hot enough to trigger strong demand for cooling. With LNG export cancellations continuing to help swell of U.S. stockpiles we see the risk of even lower prices before forced production shut-ins start to emerge over the coming months. A prolonged heatwave or China making good on its promise to purchase LNG can mitigate that current risk
EURUSD – the dollar outlook remains uncertainty, with little momentum in any USD pair and the general impression that FX traders are unwilling to commit to trades as the currency trades passively in negative correlation to general risk sentiment. EURUSD implied volatility (the price for options) is fairly low, meanwhile, while positioning, at least in the US currency futures market is heavily long of EURUSD. With the recent uptrend getting stale, the longs may not take a descent below the recent 1.1170 area lows well.
US weekly initial jobless claims remain stubbornly high, with yesterday's latest tally from the US at 1.48M, more than the 1.32M expected, while continuing claims dropped about 700k to 19.5M, the largest drop in five weeks.
The Fed announced yesterday that US banks cannot increase dividends or resume buybacks until at least the end of Q3 to preserve capital in the banking system as uncertainty persists on the economic impact from the global COVID-19 pandemic. The annual stress test of banks showed the industry was generally resilient to a severe slowdown, but unknowns related to COVID-19 could increase risks further. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley performed the worst in the stress test. The new rules for dividends, which cannot exceed the average EPS in the last four quarters, put Wells Fargo at risk of cutting its dividends.
The COVID-19 case count in the US continues to mount, with a new record in total cases and the second most populous state Texas now at the center of the latest outbreak, with the Texas governor halting additional phases of reopening and Houston, Texas authorities announcing that hospital intensive care units are at maximum capacity.
US telecom giant Verizon has pulled its ad spending from the Facebook platform, the largest company to do so in response to accusations that the company is doing too little to censure hate speech on its platform and particular posts from US president Trump. Facebook recently held a private conference call with almost 200 advertisers on the issue.
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End of quarter shenanigans? It is difficult to find evidence that end-of-quarter rebalancing drives significant volatility, but the latest quarter has brought an enormous move in equity markets relative to bond markets, so if there is any such phenomenon, it could drive flows over the next three trading days through the end of the month next Tuesday.
Q2 earnings – as noted above, the quarter ends next Tuesday and company earnings reports will start dribbling in the week after next, as we watch company performance and guidance with enormous interest amidst the backdrop of near record valuations for companies and clear signs of speculative froth for companies with no earnings and even in at least one case (Nikola), no revenue.
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Arizona Public Service Company, Pinnacle Peak to Ocotillo 230 kV Project, Assessment of Cultural Resources (1984)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Effland. Margerie Green.
Arizona Public Service Company (APS) proposes to rebuild an existing 230 kV transmission line which connects the Pinnacle Peak and Ocotillo substations. The portion of the line which currently lies within the Salt River channel north of Mesa and south of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) needs to be relocated due to the extensive damage caused by severe flooding over the past ten years. APS proposes to move the ...
A Cultural Inventory of the Salt River Indian Reservation, Arizona (1972)
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Research Design for Data Recovery for the Salt River Project and Arizona Public Service Transmission Line Facilities Along the Beeline Highway (1985)
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Salt River Project (SRP) and Arizona Public Service Company (APS) propose to construct three transmission lines along a portion of the Beeline Highway on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC). SRP proposes to build a new line which will connect the Pinnacle Peak, Brandow, and Papago Butte substations. APS proposes to realign two existing transmission lines and move them out of the Salt River channel and onto the north terrace above the river. Archaeological Consulting Services...
Salt River Project Pinnacle Peak to Papago Buttes Project, Assessment of Cultural Resources (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Effland.
Salt River Project (SRP) proposes to construct a 230 kV transmission line to connect the Pinnacle Peak, Brandow, and Papago Buttes substations. Archaeological Consulting Services (ACS) was contracted to perform an assessment of impacts to cultural resources that would be caused by the project. ACS is responsible for assessing potential impacts to historical and archaeological sites as well as architectural resources in the vicinity of...
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TORONTO, March 10, 2016 – NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (the "REIT") (TSX: NWH.UN), Canada's leading global diversified healthcare real estate investment trust, today announced its results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2015.
REIT's international assets and outperformance in Australia and New Zealand.
in the REIT's core Berlin, Germany market.
For 2016, the REIT will continue executing on committed, low-risk development and expansion projects as well as making select accretive acquisitions. The REIT will also seek further capital-recycling opportunities to improve its portfolio quality, reduce debt, and fund its growth initiatives. Finally, the REIT will explore new institutional partnerships in each of its international markets as a means to leverage its platform in the on-going consolidation of the healthcare real estate globally.
In support of the REITs strategy, global healthcare trends remain buoyant. We participate in the world's largest and fastest growing industry that is about to experience its peak demand over the next 30 years as populations grow and age, while at the same time and demanding better and differentiated health services. To address this, we see consistent responses from policy makers, hospital operators and insurers alike - namely increasing consolidation among participants to achieve scale, efficiency and best practices as well as a shift to focusing on outcomes versus traditional fee for service reimbursement.
Together these trends translate into significant opportunity for the REIT as our tenants or potential tenants are getting bigger, more efficient and requiring improved or differentiated facilities. To achieve this, they are also requiring capital to fund growth or are increasingly likely to sell surplus assets, such as their real estate, to become more efficient. In both cases, this creates opportunities for our REIT as a real estate capital partner to provide them long-term, cost-effective solutions that grow our portfolio. The features of these investments are particularly compelling with 20+ year inflation-indexed, triple-net leases providing stable growing cash flows.
In fact, these opportunities are already coming from within the REITs existing portfolio and tenant base, as many of our tenants, including Rede D'Or in Brazil, Healthecare and Ramsay in Australia, and Mercy Ascot in New Zealand, are industry leaders at the forefront of this growth and consolidation wave. In 2015, each of these tenants enjoyed strong growth and record earnings, and are looking aggressively to further intensification and expansion opportunities within their markets.
With supportive healthcare trends and exposure to growing international markets, management believes the REIT is uniquely positioned to offer unitholders stable, growing returns through an improved, high quality portfolio of defensive international healthcare real estate. This was the rationale for its merger with NWI REIT which has delivered above expectations. Our team looks forward to executing on this differentiated strategy as it seeks to build a leading global healthcare real estate company.
(2) Distributions per unit for the year ended December 31, 2015 reflect the annual distribution policy of the REIT which differs from the reported annual distribution per unit rate of $0.69, based on NWI REIT being deemed the accounting acquirer.
Some financial measures used in this press release, such as FFO, AFFO, and Normalized AFFO are used by the real estate industry to measure and compare the operating performance of real estate companies, but they do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS. As such, they are unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other real estate companies. These non- IFRS measures are more fully defined and discussed in the REIT's Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2015, which is available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Also on SEDAR are the annual audited consolidated financial statements of the REIT for the year ended December 31, 2015.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements with respect to the REIT, its operations, strategy, financial performance and condition. These statements generally can be identified by use of forward-looking words such as "may", "will", "expect", "estimate", "anticipate", "intends", "believe", "normalized", "run rate", "contracted", "stabilized" or "continue" or the negative thereof or similar variations. The REIT's actual results and performance discussed herein could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such statements are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations, including that the transactions contemplated herein are completed. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, among other things, general economic and market factors, competition, changes in government regulations and the factors described under "Risks and Uncertainties" in the REIT's Annual Information Form and the risks and uncertainties set out in the MD&A which are available on www.sedar.com. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributable to the REIT and persons acting on its behalf. Unless otherwise stated, all forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and, except as expressly required by applicable law, the REIT assumes no obligation to update such statements.
The REIT invites you to participate in its conference call with senior management to discuss our fourth quarter 2015 results on Friday, March 10, 2016 at 10:00 AM (Eastern).
Audio replay will be available until March 18, 2016 by dialing 416-849-0833 or 1-855-859-2056. The passcode is 414 706 20.
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NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: NWH.UN) is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established under the laws of the Province of Ontario. The REIT provides investors with access to a portfolio of high quality international healthcare real estate infrastructure comprised of interests in a diversified portfolio of 120 income-producing properties and 7.7 million square feet of gross leasable area located throughout major markets in Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. The REIT's portfolio of medical office buildings, clinics, and hospitals is characterized by long term indexed leases and stable occupancies. With a fully integrated and aligned senior management team, the REIT leverages over 180 professionals across 9 offices in 5 countries to serve as a long term real estate partner to leading healthcare operators.
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Comparison between the shortened British DVD (BBFC 15) released by First Independent and the uncut German DVD (FSK 16) released by Warner Home Video.
The movie's first DVD release in the UK offered several cuts. Besides the "usual" UK-cuts (e.g. the usage of nunchakus), they also cut out 2 "harmless" scenes. In 2003, they re-released the DVD (also with a BBFC 15 rating) that in cluded a completely uncut version of the movie.
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When Johnny faces the guys on the movie set, a sequence (shot in bird's-eye perspective) was cut out because the man in the middle uses a nunchaku.
Subsequently, there's a missing close up shot of the guy with the nunchaku. Then follows a shot of the other two men followed by a cut to Johnny.
A short sequence of the guy attacking with the nunchaku.
During Johnny's fight against Scorpion in the forest, there's a missing sequence of a snake growing out of Scorpion's that then dashes towards Johnny. Then there's a missing shot of Scorpion. After that you see the snake trying to snap at Johnny. Also, there's a missing shot of Johnny, followed by a cut to the snake ripping the bark off a tree.
During Art Lean's fight against Goro there's a missing shot of him lying on the floor - he anxiously looks up to Goro. He gets up and starts running. Goro looks at him. Then, Art dashes at Goro and kicks him. Sonya, Liu and Johnny cheer for him.


Bitar is now a prominent leader of the democratic opposition.
2008The central themes discussed at the fourth Workshop: "Vision 2020 for the Country Development" were: making efficient use of renewable energies, transforming Chile into a food power and taking care of water resources.
Bitar is now a visiting fellow at the Institute for International Development, where he is doing research on the political economy of his native country.
Bitar is a leader of the Christian Left Party, which was formed by members of Chile's Christian Democratic Party who supported the Popular Unity Coalition government of Salvador Allende.
Bitar was appointed Minister of Mines by Allende on March 27, 1973, during a period of intense internal political and economic upheaval and growing international pressure on Chile orchestrated by the United States and a number of major multinational corporations.
Almost from the day he took office, Bitar was confronted by a strike in the copper industry which completely disrupted the Chilean economy and played a key role in setting the stage for the military coup against the Allende government.
Despite the fat that Bitar was able to reach a settlement agreement with unskilled mineworkers at the huge El Teniente mine, the strike dragged on because of opposition to the agreement by managerial personnel and skilled workers.
At the time of the coup on September 11, Bitar had returned to a university teaching position in Santiago.
While in New York on February 5, Bitar was interviewed by freelancer Khatami for the Multinational Monitor.
Sergio Bitar is now is now a prominent leader of the democratic government coalition in Chile.
Pascua (above) and Baker project still pendingPhoto by Benjamin WitteSergio Bitar Says HidroAysn And Water Authority Could Still Strike A DealPublic Works Minister Sergio Bitar on Thursday downplayed a recent decision by the National Water Directorate (DGA) to deny energy company HidroAysns request for additional water rights in the Region XIs Baker and Pascua Rivers.
Sergio Bitar says the tunnel proposed by an Argentine-Brazilian consortium would cost about $2.
in the power of democratic ideas, institutions, and processes.
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and Finance Committees until 2002.
Meanwhile, MOPs Bitar had positive words for the North American, saying I have always appreciated what Tompkins has done in terms of taking care of the environment, which is a great treasure for the future.
Prior to taking office following a cabinet shakeup last November, Bitar had frequently spoken out in favor of nuclear energy.


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Drag Queen Shows in Las Vegas is an art form that has and had exploded largely thanks to the Las Vegas Nightlife scene and also to the career of RuPaul Andre Charles — arguably and Lady Bunny, some of the most famous drag queens in the world today. The reality TV show RuPaul's Drag Race which has changed the history of drag has also helped Las Vegas Drag Queen Shows become Bachelorette Parties Heaven but, women and men alone everywhere are seeing the amazing drag queen show in Las Vegas for other celebrations such as Las Vegas couples night out, Las Vegas birthday parties, Las Vegas divorce parties and just a good old fashion night out in Las Vegas!
The competition drag queen reality shows that inspired Las Vegas drag queen clubs to produce their own inspired drag queen show first aired on the Logo TV network in 2009. Now nearly 10 years later, the drag race show has a massive viewership that spans beyond the LGBTQ+ community has men and women gay or straight alike going to drag queen shows in Las Vegas.
With the mainstream success of these drag popular, more and more drag queen shows have become a great form of entertainment for bachelorette parties in Las Vegas. Not as popular as not but, drag queen shows date back to Shakespeare's days, and drag queen celebrity impersonation in Las Vegas now seems to be one art that is tied to the theater as well., It's almost like history repeating itself from Shakespeare's times that the stages in theaters were a place where drag queens performed for crowds of every and anyone for entertainment!
Many people may believe that the art of drag and drag queens is a new phenomenon that is just now gaining traction, however, this is not the case and RuPaul Charles may even be persuaded to say that 'Honey, it goes back centuries. The art of drag can be traced back to the late 16th and 17th centuries when the Shakespearean theater was a huge form of entertainment. The art form itself was technically formed out of necessity because during this time the church had strong ties to the theater which came with the rules that only men were allowed to act in shows. Due to these rules men in the cast were called to dress as members of the opposite sex so that the story would not suffer. Nevertheless, the word 'drag' has been believed to have theatrical origins as well, as the dresses that the men wore while playing female characters would drag along the floor as they acted. Undoubtedly men playing female parts because females weren't allowed to act during this time is not in the spirit of what we call drag today. However, it is where the art form of drag got its start.
The art of drag in the modern day has become a huge way for men, often gay men (although many heterosexual men partake in drag as well) to have the opportunity to express a different side of themselves. Such as being allowed to exaggerate feminine style, looks, and body language, to create their unique drag persona. The art form of drag also challenges gender norms and stereotypes through comedy, which can be seen in drag queen shows, drag queen bingo, and the drag queen runway. Drag queen shows are also an immense deal of fun, and many women especially are flocking to Illusions, the drag queen show, which is currently the number one drag queen entertainment company in the business.
In the past couple of years, women from all areas have been flocking to Las Vegas for Illusions the drag queen show, the Illusions drag show in Las Vegas is the very best in celebrity drag queen entertainment in Las Vegas; it gives them drag with a whole lot of celebrity! You may be asking yourself why are so many women going out of their way to see Illusions the drag queen show, and I will tell you why, because it is a damn good amazing time. Illusions the show is a combination of spectacular burlesque style and comedy performances with the best celebrity impersonators in the game, but also an upbeat atmosphere and sing-a-longs that can brighten up moods, celebrate life events, and help you escape reality. The event is perfect for Las Vegas bachelorette parties, birthday parties, divorce parties, girls' trips to Las Vegas, and even a family night out. Illusions also house the largest scope of celebrity impersonators, with the likes of Madonna, Cher, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Pink, Nicki Minaj, Rhianna, Cardi B, Brittany Spears, Amy Winehouse, Adele, and so many more and those drag queen can be hired for private parties, drag bingo, corporate events, you name it. Truthfully for anyone planning a trip of any kind, especially to Las Vegas, Illusions the drag queen show should be number one on your list if you want to have an unforgettable trip with your girls and a one-of-a-kind experience that you will not get anywhere else. Illusions have both Las Vegas drag queen dinner shows and drag bring shows in Las Vegas, so whatever your drag show pleasure, Illusions has you covered.
I was celebrating my divorce party in Las Vegas and decided that we were going to do so at a Las Vegas drag queen show. I'm glad I celebrated my new lease on life at Illusions the drag queen show because it was a celebrity impersonation show and everyone was singing along to some of our favorite songs of all time. The drag queens who were impersonating the celebrities were dead on truly making for an amazing unforgettable show. Truthfully this was the first time that I have had fun since my divorce and the first time in general that I have had fun in a while. I went in worried that I wasn't going to have fun due to the hard time I am going through. However, Illusions made it impossible for my friends and me not to have a blast which is something that I needed more than anything at the party. I am very happy that I celebrated my divorce party at Illusions and that I got to witness this extraordinary show with some of my closest friends in the world.
Two days ago on my 21st birthday, my ten girlfriends and I booked tickets to see Illusions the drag show in Las Vegas. I had been hearing great things about the show and my friends and I all love RuPaul's Drag Race and wanted to see a real drag show in person. And let me just say, Illusions did not disappoint. We all had an extraordinary time, it puts a smile on my face just thinking about it. The drag queens were all spot on with their performances and got everyone in the audience included in the show. I would 100% go see Illusions again and I recommend for anyone going on a trip to Las Vegas book tickets as soon as possible because we got ours a couple of months in advance and they are filling fast.
This past weekend I had my bachelorette party in Las Vegas with five of my best girlfriends and had an amazing time! My maid of honor decided to get all of us tickets on our last night to see Illusions, the drag show, primarily because she knows my obsession with RuPaul's Drag Race, however, I know she is not very keen on drag shows. But let me just say, I have never seen drag queen impersonators more talented and gifted than the ones we saw last weekend at Illusions. My maid of honor who was weary going into the show had an extraordinary time and even asked me the other day when we could go back to Las Vegas and see Illusions again. I didn't give her a straight answer since I am going to surprise her with tickets to see Illusions again for her bachelorette party which is later this year. Overall, my friends and I all had an amazing time and having the honor of seeing this show made for an unforgettable last night with my best friends in the world before I start the next chapter of my life. I recommend Illusions to anyone going on any kind of trip to Las Vegas, bachelorette party or not, I promise you that you will not be upset that you did.
My college friends and I just got back from a girls' trip in Las Vegas where we had the pleasure of attending Illusions the drag show. At first, I was a little skeptical because my boyfriend was with my five girlfriends and me. But let me tell you he is now one of the biggest fans of Illusions and drag queens and general after seeing that show. I have been to multiple drag shows throughout my life and I have never seen drag queens as spot-on with their performances as I did at Illusions. Their looks, their impersonations, their dance moves, everything was spot on, and they got everyone in the audience involved, truly making for an unforgettable trip and an unforgettable show. I highly recommend Illusions the drag show over any other drag show that I have ever seen in my life. If you are taking a trip to Las Vegas do yourself a favor and book tickets to see the show, I promise that you will not be disappointed that you did.
For my best friend's bachelorette party I booked a trip to Las Vegas with her and her four other bridesmaids. On our last night, I booked everyone tickets to see Illusions the drag show, since I am the maid of honor and I know how much she loves RuPaul's drag race, and drag shows in general. I had never been to a drag show before and truthfully I was not sure what to expect. To start I would like to say that all of the performers were amazing and spot on with their performances, my friends and I sang and danced along to our favorite songs the entire show. We all had an extraordinary time and I know for a fact that my soon-to-be-married best friend was in awe with what she saw and had the time of her life. I highly recommend Illusions the drag show, and I am very happy that I chose to bring my best friends to the show, it was truly an unforgettable amazing experience.
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The naturally fractured Kreyenhagen shale has historically produced from work overs of vertical wells at both Kettleman North and Middle Dome fields.
· Hess Corporation, a prominent international and domestic USA oil and gas company entered the San Joaquin Basin in 2012 and has been active in the North Central section of the basin. Hess drilled an exploration well in Q3 2012 to the SE of Zodiac's acreage. Although the well information is confidential, it is surmised from its location that the well was a Kreyenhagen shale test located along the basin margin extent of the play. Hess has permitted at least one additional well along the Kreyenhagen trend.
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4 Times K-Pop Idols Crushed Misconceptions About Themselves
Number 4 was just strange.
K-Pop idols always have rumors surrounding them, with a lot of them usually being false. These false rumors have led to some misconceptions about K-Pop idols, and sometimes idols decide to speak on these misconceptions. Here are 4 times when K-Pop idols crushed misconceptions about themselves.
1. AOA's Seolhyun revealing the truth about her diet
AOA's Seolhyun is known for her incredible figure, and due to this, many have assumed that she has an extremely restrictive diet. In fact, there was even a viral trend called the "Seolhyun diet", which consisted of a diet of chicken breast, eggs, and sweet potato.
However, during an episode of Knowing Brothers, Seolhyun shared that the "Seolhyun diet" isn't like her real diet at all. She revealed that her actual diet isn't that restrictive.
2. GOT7's Jackson crushing the misconception that he grew up in a wealthy family
GOT7 Jackson's father is a former member of China's national fencing team. Due to this, many have assumed that Jackson grew up in a wealthy family, but this isn't the case. Jackson revealed that his parents didn't have much money during his childhood.
Jackson's parents were able to eventually buy a better house, but this was due to them saving almost everything they earned.
Jackson also remembers multiple moments when his mother would just lie on the floor due to exhaustion. After resting like this for an hour, she would help Jackson and his brother on schoolwork, then wash up and head to work.
Not only that, but Jackson also revealed that his mother would usually only eat a couple of slices of bread during her job, but come home with lots of side dishes for Jackson and his brother. However, Jackson's mother wouldn't eat these side dishes, as she wanted her children to have all of it.
3. Former U-KISS member Alexander revealing why he "left" the group
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Alexander debuted as a member of U-KISS in 2008 and "left" the group in 2011, which U-KISS's company said was due to him wanting to go back to school.
However, Alexander recently revealed that he actually got kicked out of the group by the company.
We were doing a lot of overseas events, and I was helping with that. I even taught them how to use Twitter and with promoting our stuff. But then they came to me and said, 'We're thinking of swapping out some members. How about you join the overseas team instead?' I knew they were just trying to kick me out.
An employee at the company even tried to give him a reason why he should leave the group.
An employee told me, 'Think about it, Alexander. Where do you think you rank in terms of popularity in Korea? You're not popular.' I was young at the time, so I just agreed.
Alexander did end up leaving U-KISS and the company, but it was on good terms.
My aunt went to the CEO and honestly asked him to let me leave if he really believed I wouldn't help the group. Normally it's hard to terminate a contract before the term is over or leave an agency, but we managed to end it on okay terms.
4. MAMAMOO's Solar shutting down the misconception that she's from North Korea
When MAMAMOO debuted, there were no photos of Solar before her debut, which caused some netizens to get suspicious about her past. Some fans then joked that Solar didn't have any past pictures since she was from North Korea.
When MAMAMOO started to gain popularity, netizens saw the jokes made by fans and believed them. It eventually got to the point where Solar and her friends had to release some childhood photos to clear this rumor.
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Women! Tangled Up in the Blues
The Euridite Blues philosopher Albert Murray observes in his seminal text "Stomping the Blues" that blues as music is the antidote to the blues as such. Hence far from being a sad lament of resignation in the face of life's trials and tribulations, the Blues is a music that celebrates life. It's sensibility is "the opposite of sack cloth and ashes. Indeed Blues musicians chase the blues away, "they stomp the blues!"
The essential lesson of the blues Professor Murray argues, is although "life may be a low down dirty shame we got to keep on swinging anyway." Just keep on keepin own as the old colored folks used to say down home. Certainly this was true of the pioneering women in the blues tradition.
Although few in the audience may have known the troubles she had seen, when these ladies of the Blues took the stage they were powerful, often risque, triumphant Divas who were large and in charge on the bandstand; the opposite of a downtrodden helpless female. The themes of the songs they sang were varied and covered a wide rage of emotions and experience that capture the essence of the human condition in the modern world.
For instance, W. C. Handy's iconic blues ballad "St. Louis Blues" is such an accurate mirror of the urban milieu in which he was living at the turn of the 20th century, that the distinguished Afro-American sociologist E. Franklin Fraizer refers to it in his analysis of the character of black life, culture and chances in their transition from rural southern to northern urban communities.
When Handy begins the St. Louis Blues with the lines "I hate to see that evening sun go down," it was literally true, because he was homeless and sleeping in a park at the time! The claim that popular song is the "literature of the masses" is as valid for the blues as for the ballads of the great Trinidadian song poets of the Calypso tradition. Among it's themes are magical conjurations, natural disasters and personal tragedies; most often expressed in their ordeals with men.
There are also comedic songs, the most clever of which is the double entendre songs which are often risque – such as "Handy Man" and "I'm Sellin my Porkchops but giving my gravy away," marvelously performed by Alberta Hunter and Memphis Minnie linked to the bottom of this essay. They were wild women whose calling was to drive the blues away with their sassy songs which – as the Afro-American novelist, essayists and blues musician Ralph Ellison argues -confronted the unpleasant vicissitudes of life with "a tragi/comic sensibility."
Female Blues singers were pioneers in the record industry as they were among the first Black singers and Blues artists who were recorded. They were also instrumental in popularizing the 12-bar Blues throughout the U.S. When they sang, they usually were accompanied either by pianists or small Jazz ensembles, which were generally males who worked for them. As employers of men, this made Blues Women pioneers pioneers in another important respect, for there were very few women who publicly bossed men around publicly as the head of an economic organization. Blues bands were not just artistic ensembles, they were also a business. Hence, blues women had to also be good businesswomen.
This required an independence of spirit, vision, self-confidence, and strenght of personality that was essential to success for any entreprenuer, but doubly so for a woman boss in a man's world, and triple so as black women in a racist white mans world. As has been said of Ginger Rodgers, Fred Astaire's dance partner: "She did every complicated step Fred did, but she did it dancing backward wearing high heels."
For black women in the racist apartheid America of the early 20th century, it was like dancing backward, in high heels on one leg! This is why the Blues woman emerged as a heroes of the feminist movement; they were the kind of strong willed independent women successfully competing in a male dominated arena that has emerged as the feminist ideal.
This special is dedicated to these artistic Amazons who were the pioneers in the illustrious tradition of Black Blues Women, women who were willing to hang out all night in dives jammin with "The Cats" in order to master their art. In Victorian America, where the Blues was born, "respectable" women didn't hang out in such places alone in the early evening; let alone the early morning. It was this rebel spirit that inspired the song "Wild Women Don't Get The Blues."
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (born in 1886, died in 1939), is known as "Mother of the Blues," and is credited as the first to perform the Blues on stage as popular entertainment when she began incorporating the new music into her act of show songs and comedy around 1902.
Ma Rainey and Her Band
In her recording of "See See Rider," a tale about a cheatin two timing man, we see the combination of vulnerability and strength that would define the Blues Woman's dramatis persone:
"I'm goin' away, baby, I won't be back til fall Lord, Lord, Lord
Goin away, baby, I won't be back till fall
If I find me a good man, won't be back at all.
I'm gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I am tall
I'm gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I am tall, Lord, Lord, Lord
Shoot my man, catch a cannonball
If he won't have me, he won't have no gal at all."
Ma Rainey's music would inspire African American poets such as Langston Hughes and Sterling Brown. More recently, Alice Walker looked to Ma Rainey's music as a cultural model of African American womanhood when she wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple.
Mamie Smith (born in 1891, died in 1946),was the first Black female vocalist to record the Blues. Titled "Crazy Blues," the song was recorded in 1920 and sold over 75,000 copies. Smith became known as "America's First Lady of the Blues". In 1920, the vaudeville singer, Lucille Hegamin, who was born in 1894 and died in 1970, became the second black woman to record the Blues when she recorded, "The Jazz Me Blues".
But the most popular of the classic Blues singers was Tennessee-born Bessie Smith (no relation to Mamie Smith), who was born in 1894 and died in 1937. She first recorded in 1923 and became known as the "Empress of the Blues". She signed with Columbia Records and became the highest-paid Black artist of the 1920s, a fertile period for Afro-American musical innovation, recording over 160 songs.
Alberta Hunter (born in 1895, died in 1984), attained recognition in 1923 when her original song "Downhearted Blues" was recorded by Bessie Smith. In 1926, she replaced Smith in the leading role of How Come? on Broadway. Hunter toured extensively for the USO during World War II and again during the Korean War. After World War II, she performed in England, toured Canada, and played long residences in Chicago. She retired from active performing in 1954. Amazingly, she worked for 20 years as a nurse then came back to recording and performing in her eighties.
Ida Cox (born in 1896, died in 1967), was a vaudeville performer and a pioneering Blues singer who, along with Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and Bessie Smith, founded the Female Blues genre which was an early form of Blues music popular in the 1920s. An amalgam of traditional Folk Blues and urban theater music, the style is also known as Vaudeville blues. A savvy businesswoman, Cox served as her own manager and producer, and enjoyed a lucrative career. Marion Harris (born in 1896, died in 1944), became one of the first white female singers to record the Blues. She also appeared in a few movies.
Ethel Waters (born in 1896 or 1900, died in 1977) was a singer and an actress. At the age of 17, billing herself as "Sweet Mama Stringbean," Waters was singing professionally in Baltimore, Maryland. It was there that she became the first woman to sing the W.C. Handy classic "St. Louis Blues" – a composition which introduced the Blue Note into western musical literature – on the stage. After roles in Broadway revues and musicals, in 1933, Waters appeared in Irving Berlin's musical, As Thousands Cheer, her first departure from shows with all-black casts. Her rendition of "Heat Wave" in that show linked the song permanently to her. Considered one of the great Blues singers, Waters also performed and recorded with such Jazz greats as Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. Two of her other signature songs are "Dinah" and "Stormy Weather ".
Alberta Hunter
Ida Cox
Memphis Minnie was born in 1897 and died in 1973. Female Blues singers seldom recorded as guitar players and female guitar players (such as Rosetta Tharpe and Sister O.M. Terrell) were seldom recorded playing Blues. Excluding contemporary artists, the most notable exception to this pattern was Memphis Minnie. She was the most popular and prolific blueswoman outside the vaudeville tradition who earned the respect of critics, the support of record-buying fans, and the unqualified praise of the Blues artists she worked with throughout her long career. She recorded for Columbia, Vocalion, Bluebird, OKeh, Regal, Checker, and JOB. Her best work consisted of deep Blues like "Moaning The Blues".
Sippie Wallace (born in 1898, died in 1986), carried on the tradition of Texas-styled Blues that emphasized risqué lyrics and rough-cut, rural vocal phrasing rather than the sophisticated accents of the era's more cosmopolitan Blues singers. Wallace's first recorded songs, "Shorty George" and "Up The Country Blues," sold well enough to make Wallace a Blues star in the early 1920s.
Koko Taylor (born in 1928, died 2009) became known as the "Queen of the Blues." She was known primarily for her rough and powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings. In the late 1950s, she began singing in Chicago Blues clubs and was spotted by the great Blues composer Willie Dixon in 1962, leading to larger venues and her first recording contract. In 1965, Taylor was signed by Chicagos' Chess Records, the premiere lable for Blues music, for which her single, Wang Dang Doodle (written by Dixon, and a hit for Howlin' Wolf five years earlier) became a major hit, reaching number four on the R&B chart in 1966 and selling a million copies. After her recovery from a near-fatal car crash in 1989, the 1990s found Taylor in movies such as Blues Brothers 2000.
She Was Also an Accomplished Gituarist
Sippi Wallace
Koko Taylor
It must be noted that Katie Crippen, Edith Wilson, and Esther Bigeou, among others, made their first recordings before the end of 1921. These Blues recordings were typically labeled as "race records" to distinguish them from records sold to white audiences. Nonetheless, the recordings of some of the classic female Blues singers were purchased by white buyers as well. As has been the case with all genres of Afro-American music from Ragtime to Hip Hop, for black music has been the sound track for the American saga. "America as she is swung" as the brilliant blues philospher Albert Murray put it.
Other classic Blues singers, such as Clara Smith, and Sara Martin, who recorded extensively until the end of the 1920s These early Blues singers were an influence on later singers such as Mahalia Jackson and Janis Joplin. These Blues women's contributions to the genre included "increased improvisation on melodic lines, unusual phrasing which altered the emphasis and impact of the lyrics, and vocal dramatics using shouts, groans, moans, and wails. The Blues women thus effected changes in other types of popular singing that had spin-offs in Jazz, Broadway musicals, torch songs of the 1930s and 1940s, Gospel, Rhythm and Blues, and eventually Rock and Roll."
Listen to the Broadcast
https://www.wbai.org/archive/program/episode/?id=5904
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Midnight Ravers
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New York, 9/20/2019
Listen to the Blues Diva's Wail
The St. Louis Blues
Ethel Waters
My Man is Such a Handy Man
A Risque Double Entendre Song
I'm Sellin my Pork Chops but Giving my Gravy Away
Hoodoo Lady
Here Minnie's Superb Gituar Style Can be Heard
Lawdy Lawdy Blues
Sippi Wallac
Women Be Wise…Keep Yo Mouth Shut!
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Matthew Rothman is currently a managing director at Goldman Sachs as well as a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Matthew has held a variety of positions both in academia and industry. Prior to joining Goldman, Matthew was the global head of Quantitative Equity Research at Credit Suisse. Immediately prior to that position, Matthew was the director of Global Quantitative Macro research at Acadian Asset Management in Boston, a purely quantitative asset management firm with approximately $87 billion in assets under management. He was also the global head of quantitative research at Lehman Brothers and then Barclays Capital, post the Lehman bankruptcy. He has also held senior research positions at Sanford C. Bernstein and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Matthew has served on the faculty in the Economics Department at Brown University, and in the Finance Department at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
Matthew earned a BA in philosophy from Brown University, an MA in statistics from Columbia University, and a PhD in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.


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Hydrolysis definition: Hydrolysis is a type of decomposition reaction where one reactant is water. Typically, water is used to break chemical bonds in the other reactant. The term comes from the Greek prefix hydro- (meaning water) with lysis (meaning to break apart).
Hydrolysis may be considered the reverse of a condensation reaction, in which two molecules combine with each other, producing water as one of the products.
The hyphen on the left side denotes the covalent bond that is broken during the reaction.
The first commercial application of hydrolysis was in the making of soap. The saponification reaction occurs when a triglyceride (fat) is hydrolyzed with water and a base (usually sodium hydroxide, NaOH, or potassium hydroxide, KOH). The reaction produces glycerol. Fatty acids react with the base to produce salts, which are used as soap.
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Acid-base catalyzed hydrolysis is another type of hydrolysis reaction. An example is the hydrolysis of amides.
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Q: Ping Request Timeout when AP connected to the network Currently I have

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*Rv320 router connected to the internet

*e900 cisco Wi-fi router as Access Point conected with DD-WRT to the Rv320

*Hp 1920 switch connected to the Rv320

The problem is that I'm experiencing intermittence eventualy when I ping some other machine or the switch.
Looks like this occours only when the Access Point is connected to the Network.

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*router rv320 192.168.1.2/24

*router AP e900 192.169.1.1/24

*switch 192.168.1.4/24

every machine uses Gateway 192.168.1.2
and I have a Dnsmasq DNS on 192.168.1.20
Firstly I was getting a big sequence of timeout and after reseting and reconfiguring the Access Point I was able to get justo some eventual ping timeouts.
How can I disgnose and solve it?

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Quote: You finally directed your dream project. What now ?
"I don't know if I want to resurrect old projects. Perhaps Defective Detective, which was supposed to be a film, could become a TV series for Netflix. I really don't know what I will do. And I don't mind at all. I want to "play", leave all the doors open, go on holiday with my wife. And continue to be surprised. From anything, except from the death of my dear ones : it's my worst nightmare. I want to be the first to leave. I don't want to suffer. Because I'm a chicken and a coward. "
Interesting that he mentioned Netflix. I wonder that because Amazon bailed out on Quixote and their potential deal with Gilliam, that Netflix have decided to jump in. Has he got a deal with Netflix or is this speculative on Gilliam's part?
I don't have more information than what's in the interview. It's the first time I see him talk about netflix (or more accurately, the first time he talks about them in a good -or neutral- way) so I guess something new happened there. Netflix would be a good home for Gilliam anyway, they showed the whole monty python oeuvre as well as parnassus and they're banking on the new charlie kaufman film so clearly they're in demand. But maybe Netflix would think he's too much of a PR problem right now, I don't know.
I'd really prefer if Terry would stay with Amazon. I've had Amazon for a long time, and coming from an age of linear TV, I find it kind of perverse having to individually pay for every single TV channel. All you used to pay for "in the olden days" was the television and you were, well, set. Okay, TV license here in Europe, but you only paid that once for the entire multitude of channels, not one license for every single channel.
In the Fourth Wall podcast I posted in the 'Making of Quixote' thread, Gilliam mentions that he's meeting with Richard LaGravenese (while Gilliam was in NYC to promote Quixote) about reviving The Defective Detective as a miniseries.
Quote: CS: Right. The script you and Richard wrote for "Defective Detective" is magnificent. Is there any hope of that ever coming to fruition?


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Sumerian Writing and Cuneiform
What is cuneiform?
Cuneiform is the world's oldest system of writing. It was developed by the Sumerian people of Mesopotamia around 3000 BC. Historians consider the invention of cuneiform to be the most significant cultural development brought about by the Sumerian civilization, as it radically changed the way Mesopotamia communicated with the outside world.
Cuneiform is a pictorial system of language – this means that, instead of using modern letters, cuneiform was written using an alphabet based on pictures or symbols. Although this is similar to the hieroglyphic system of Ancient Egypt, historians believe that cuneiform came first.
Sumerian scribes would carve these cuneiform symbols onto clay tablets. They would do this using a reed stylus (pen) which made wedge-shaped marks in the clay. This is where the name cuneiform comes from; the word itself means "wedge-shaped."
What are some important artifacts that contain cuneiform?
The Code of Hammurabi and The Epic of Gilgamesh are two particularly important cuneiform artifacts.
How did cuneiform develop over the years?
Cuneiform's growth was slow in Mesopotamia. At first, it was only used for official documents, and was only known by the upper class – but over time, the public began to learn how to decipher it. The cuneiform system of writing was used for centuries in Mesopotamia and the Middle East, and quickly found a place as a universal system of writing.
However, the system of cuneiform died as other systems of writing gained popularity in the region. In particular, the growth of the Phoenician alphabet spelled the end of cuneiform, and by the time the Greeks came to power, they weren't even aware that cuneiform had existed. It was only in the 1800s that researchers began to wonder what the cuneiform symbols carved around the Middle East meant.
What was cuneiform used for?
Cuneiform was used to produce some great works of literature in Mesopotamia, including the famous Epic of Gilgamesh. Other literary works written in cuneiform include Atrahasis, The Descent of Inanna, and The Myth of Etana.
Cuneiform may also have been used for trade and commerce, to keep track of what items were sold to who. Cuneiform was used to record laws, like the Code of Hammurabi, which is important to historians because it gives us insight into how the people of Mesopotamia lived their lives.
Cuneiform would also have been used for recording maps, documenting religious stories/beliefs, and for personal letters/business documents by the general public. Unlike other ancient civilizations, where being able to read and write was a skill reserved for the upper class, cuneiform was taught to average citizens as well. Mesopotamia was, because of this, a literate society.
How is cuneiform translated?
For many years, it was completely impossible for archaeologists to translate cuneiform. Because there were over 700 symbols in the cuneiform system, and their meaning could change depending on the context of how they were written, it was very difficult to establish what any symbol meant.
However, with the translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh in 1872, scholar George Smith transformed our understanding of cuneiform and enabled archaeologists to translate other pieces of text from the era. However, this system of translation was not foolproof.
Cuneiform symbols could both refer to real-world objects and certain sounds, which makes it nearly impossible for it to be translated even nowadays.
Facts about Sumerian Writing and Cuneiform:
Cuneiform is the world's oldest system of writing.
Cuneiform was developed around 3000 BC.
People wrote in cuneiform using a clay tablet and stylus made of reeds.
The original system of cuneiform had over 1000 symbols. Over time, this number shrank to 600.
Cuneiform is a pictorial system of language.
Cuneiform was used to produce great works of literature in Mesopotamia, including The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Aside from literature, cuneiform was used for trade, personal letters, business documents, and the writing of laws.
– World's oldest system of writing.
When was cuneiform developed?
– Around 3000 BC.
How many symbols were in the first cuneiform system?
– Over 1000.
Name one great work of literature produced in cuneiform.
– The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Name three uses of cuneiform in Mesopotamia.
– Writing of laws/literature/personal letters/record of trade.


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Black Panther Sets New High #movie_review
One of the most highly anticipated movies of 2018, the Black Panther delivers at the box office and on the big screen.
Wakanda, believed to be a poor third world country, hides a large secret. One people are willing to kill to obtain. When the King of Wakanda is killed at the United Nations, his son, T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) assumes the mantle of leadership, but a secret from the past sets out to destroy the peace Wakanda had worked so hard to keep.
Filled with beautiful landscapes, a diverse country, and out of this world technology, the Black Panther movie draws the viewer in and keeps you on the edge of your seat, from the opening scene to the extra credit sneak peeks (and there are two).
Probably more than Wonder Woman, Black Panther features strong female characters who are leaders, generals and scientists. The women don't take back seat. They are in all the action and make the decisions, hold to their morals and risk it all for what is right. They are some of my favorite characters and I can't wait to see what they do during Black Panther 2. (Because with the high box office figures, you know there will be another!)
I also loved seeing Andy Serkis without the full body costume. He's an amazing actor who has missed out awards due to the fact that he's so immersed in the characters in costume that people forget he's really a man.
The message of the movie resonates with audiences as it touches on borders, immigration, family and morality. Leaving the movie, you will feel upbeat and hopeful about our own future, after all… if Wakanda can do it, we can here, too.
The movie reminded me of how I felt at the end of the first Ironman movie. Excited about what was coming up. Black Panther will be a favorite of many people, no matter their race or gender. It's one I'm looking forward to adding to my video collection to see again and again.
Fifty Shades Freed Wraps Up The Love Story #movie_review
Wrapping up the Fifty Shades trilogy, Fifty Shades Freed gives viewers the happily ever after they were hoping for. Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) and Christian (Jamie Dornan) get married and head off on a country-hopping honeymoon, enjoying idyllic days in Paris and on a Mediterranean beach. Glamor galore as they spend almost as much time in bed as they do exploring the cities. All is happy in their world until sabotage at Grey Enterprises interrupts their honeymoon.
Ana's former boss, Jack has returned and is determined to get what he believes is his. With bodyguards in tow, life has changed for Ana as she finds herself juggling being wealthy and a new wife. Jealousy and insecurity among her co-workers create a strained workplace. As well, Ana chafes at the new "rules" of being wealthy and in the limelight.
Christian continues his domineering ways, creating rules and expecting Ana to follow them. He hides information from his wife in order to "protect" her but she feels left out and trapped, which creates a wedge between them that they must fix.
Fifty Shades Freed plays like a movie on Cinemax After Dark with plenty of nudity and sex to make many viewers blush. The sex feels thrown in and not necessary. Everyone knows couples have sex, it's not needed to see this aspect of their relationship in order to understand their love. However, in this movie we get as much eye candy of Jamie Dornan as of Dakota Johnson. The BDSM elements are fluff. They aren't the reality of the BDSM lifestyle so be warned before joining any munches.
Filled with many moments of relationship angst, this was my favorite of the three movies because we finally get to see the characters on equal footing. Ana has come into her own and stands up to her husband, rather than doing everything he wants. Christian still acts like a spoiled child, setting rules and keeping secrets. When things don't go his way, he "punishes" Ana. At times, I wonder if he wasn't good looking and rich, if she'd stay with him.
I'm glad that the movie gives us a happily ever after with a mid-credits scene. It goes to show hope for the couple and their future. Unless you are a fan of the books and movies, this is one better to watch at home.
It's all about the movies...
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Finally: Killers of Malatya Martyrs Sentenced to Life in Turkish Prison
But Turkish Christians are still 'infuriated.' Here's why.
Morning Star News| September 28, 2016 06:51 PM
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Susanne Geske, widow of martyr Tilmann Geske, after a memorial ceremony for another martyr, Uğur Yüksel, in 2014.
After a nine-year legal saga, a Turkish criminal court today sentenced five men to life in prison for the torture and murder of three Christians in southeast Turkey in 2007.
The Malatya First Heavy Penal Court found Salih Gurler, Cuma Ozdemir, Abuzer Yildirim, Hamit Ceker, and Emre Gunaydin guilty on three counts each of premeditated murder, and sentenced them all to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Despite the conviction and sentencing, however, all five walked out of court free men while their case awaits higher legal review, infuriating Turkish Christians.
Gokhan Talas, close friend of the three slain Christians and witness at the murder scene, said he was "okay" with the decision, but was angry that the convicted men walked away free while the sentence is reviewed by higher courts.
"They need to be in jail right now," Talas said. "This process is unjust. There's no justice for Christians in this country. This is the proof of that. They are just hiding behind the laws. These people are killers."
In a press release issued by the Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey, chairman and pastor Ihsan Ozbek echoed Talas's dismay that the perpetrators were free despite being handed life sentences.
"Of course the legal process will continue as the case passes to the Regional Administrative Court, and then will go to the Supreme Court. This process can take years, and the killers of our brothers brutally murdered can move around freely for years to come," Ozbek said. "The continuous postponement of the punishment they deserve severely wounds confidence in justice."
On April 18, 2007, in the office of the Zirve Publishing House in Malatya in southeastern Turkey, Gurler, Ozdemir, Yildirim, Ceker, and Gunaydin killed Ugur Yüksel, 32, and Necati Aydin, 36, both Turkish converts from Islam, as well as Tilmann Geske, 45, a German national. The five Muslim, Turkish nationalists bound the three men, interrogated them about their Christian activities, mutilated them, and then slit their throats, according to court evidence and testimony.
Police arrested the five men almost immediately after the crime was reported. Gunaydin attempted to escape police by jumping out of an upstairs window of the office and suffered serious injuries. Several others were later arrested in connection with the crime, including Turna Işıklı, Gunaydin's girlfriend.
According to several Christians close to those killed, one or more of those arrested cultivated relationships with the victims. Several Christians said Gunaydin went so far as to pose as being interested in the Christian faith or even becoming a Christian to get as close as possible to the three men.
When they were arrested, at least one of the suspects had a note claiming they committed the slaying for their country.
"They are trying to take our country away, take our religion away," the note read in part.
Gunaydin today showed no remorse. According to Ozbek, Gunaydin told the court regarding the killing, "I am thankful that I did not shame my country or cause any embarrassment."
Today's hearing was the 115th hearing in the trial. The number of hearings, and the fact that the case took so long to prosecute, was the source of a great deal of anguish for Turkey's Christians.
In 2008, the court held its first hearing in the case, but the proceedings were problematic and difficult from the start. The judges and prosecutors were changed more than once, causing significant delays, and subpoenaed witnesses simply refused to show up in court to testify without legitimate reason and without being punished later for contempt of court.
Most significant in delays was the attempt to explore links between the killings and a larger alleged attempt by the Turkish military to subvert the Justice and Development Party-led government. There was much speculation that arrests of lawyers and judges in the wake of a coup attempt in July would further delay proceedings.
From the beginning of the trial, Gunaydin was portrayed as the leader of the attack, with links to nationalist groups and to nationalist writer Varol Bulent Aral. According to testimony by Gunaydin, Aral urged the killing of the Christians and said he would have support of the state, meaning hardcore nationalists within the military.
In 2009, the murder case was linked to the Ergenekon file, concerning a suspected cabal plotting against the government. As a result of this, a host of new witnesses were called into court, including a colonel in the gendarmerie and three army officers.
Ozbek referred to the efforts to investigate those connections in his press statement.
"Today the judge explained the verdict saying that the murders could not have taken place without connections to a [criminal] organization, but it was important for the court to admit that they had not exposed this connection," he said, adding that the court ruled, in its own words, "Yes, there is an organization, but [the court] did not find the link."
Especially galling to families of the victims was that the five suspects on March 10, 2014, were released on bail under a new reform law that reduced the allowable period of pretrial detention from 10 years to 5 years. Under public pressure, authorities required them to wear electronic monitoring devices, a practice that continues after the conviction. But the release has caused extreme distress among the families and friends of the victims.
The suspects had in the past threatened family members of the victims. At one point after the release in March, Talas's wife suffered a nervous breakdown due to stress and was hospitalized, Talas told Morning Star News. He said the continued freedom of the now convicted killers leaves him "very concerned."
Anadolu Agency, the official state-sponsored Turkish news agency, said the court acquitted 16 suspects that had been arrested in the case. One army officer, retired Col. Mehmet Ulger, was sentenced to 13 years and nine months in jail for "violation of confidentiality of communication and forgery of official documents." Ulger were detained in March 2011 as a result of the murder case being joined with the investigation of the Ergenekon coup plot trial.
Editor's note: CT ran an editorial on the Malatya martyrs in 2007, and profiled Turkey's Christian population in a 2008 cover story. CT has previously reported on how Aydin's family is rebuilding its life, and reviewed a 2010 documentary remembering the martyrs' lives. CT also investigated claims that Turkish Mission sent a financial appeal with false information about the martyrs.
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