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Is the judge in the "International Association" case deliberately postponing the hearings due to the content in Boki's phone?
There was supposed to be a hearing in the "International Association" case today, but the defendant Bojan Jovanovski was not brought to court.
Under the pretext of the court that no witness was found who was supposed to testify at today's hearing, the hearing was postponed to December 9.
Jovanovski was not brought to court, although according to the law, the court is obliged to ensure the presence of the defendant, especially since he is in a prison institution.
The alibi of Judge Sofce Gavrilova Efremova, who is handling this case, is outside the law. Today's situation casts doubt on the deliberate obstruction of the court procedure because Jovanovski started publishing his evidence before the court, which comes from his phone.
The evidence published by Jovanovski is not in favor of the government of Zoran Zaev, so it is more than obvious the tendentious action of the court and preventing Boki 13 from speaking before the court.
This is organized censorship and the prevention of proving the truth with facts and arguments that are of a high public interest. As a reminder, at the last hearing, Jovanovski demanded the removal of Judge Sofce Gavrilova Efremova, the President of the Criminal Court Ivan Dzolev and the Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska.
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The 2008 review revue, part four
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII | Square Enix | PSP | Action
I gave it: B+ | In retrospect, this was: On the mark.
I was certain, before playing it, that I would hate Crisis Core. It looked like everything I hate about video games: all flash, no substance, with a confusing game mechanic substituting for actual depth. Worse yet, it's basically a Final Fantasy VII fanfiction, and that's one RPG whose welcome has long since worn itself out. Nothing good seems to come from FFVII: the game itself has aged horribly, the annoying characters are a merchandising empire unto themselves, Advent Children was an abomination, Dirge of Cerberus was nearly unplayable…yeah. There was no reason to expect anything short of pure suffering from the game, and in fact I volunteered to do a second-opinion EGM review on the game just to say I'd put in my dues and suffered through something terrible in order to justify getting my name on the list for more quality material.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I ended up really enjoying the game.
Crisis Core is no masterpiece, but it's a good, solid portable title. Kind of action-y, kind of role-playing-ish. Story-driven and fairly lengthy, but with plenty of opportunities to take on side projects to kill time, which of course is the ultimate raison d'être for handheld games. It's a lightweight pop culture snack that eats like a meal, basically…and while I wouldn't want my entire gaming diet to consist of this sort of thing, a guilty pleasure every now and then is a nice break.
Perhaps most surprising to me was the fact that the FFVII connections actually made me like the game more. There are a lot of things I hate about FFVII, but Crisis Core didn't really focus on them. Instead, it centered on the good: the interesting world, the elements of corporate empire and conspiracy (something new an unusual for RPGs back in 1997). And it turned many of FFVII's annoying elements into assets. For instance, the bland Materia system, which was so terrible for its tendency to transform a party of three into identical killing machines, was far better suited to a single character — especially when you factor in Crisis Core's customization and combination options. I found unraveling the intricacies of the fusion system engrossing, and combining my magical rocks to become even more magical was satisfying and empowering.
Mercifully, Crisis Core downplayed annoying icons like Cloud and Sephiroth; when they did appear, they were far more interesting and fully-realized as characters than they had been in FFVII. But really, Crisis Core focuses on Zack Fairs, who in FFVII only appeared in an optional flashback, despite numerous veiled references to him throughout the story. Zack is basically the antidote to Square's typical Final Fantasy heroes: he's good-natured rather than surly, and unlike optimistic characters like Tidus and Vaan doesn't come off as being dumber than a sack of hammers. He's a bit naïve toward the beginning of the game, but as the adventure unfolds he actually grows and develops as a character — shocking but true! And the ridiculous superheroic actions that made Advent Children so difficult to watch are lampshaded here: the only time you see genuinely over-the-top action (like Sephiroth slicing apart the towering Junon Cannon installation with his sword) is within the confines of a virtual reality simulator.
Like the game itself, the battle mechanics are a lot better than they appear at first glance. Crisis Core looks like a mindless mashfest on the surface, but that's really not the case. Its combat system is a sort of inversion of the standard Final Fantasy style; where Active-Time Battles could be considered adding an element of action to a turn-based system, Crisis Core adds turn-based elements to what seems like standard melee action. Every action taken by either Zack or his foes has a certain degree of latency, meaning that simply jamming on the attack button is worthless, especially against powerful foes. Every attack (save for the bosses' flashy Limit Break-type skills) can be parried or dodged with the proper timing, and executing your own actions correctly will interrupt enemy attacks. The reverse holds true, though. Timing and rhythm are of the essence in Crisis Core, and effective play gives you the ability to go up against foes far beyond your level and still come out on top. And Materia is cleverly integrated into the mechanics as well, allowing you to customize not only Zack's skills but also his attributes — you can create custom Materia that offer healthy stat bonuses on top of their basic functions. There are even a handful of Materia that change up your basic commands, like turning the rolling dodge into a dash, or letting you leap like a Dragon Knight.
It's not all perfect, though. Crisis Core suffers from annoying, dated RPG conventions that feel horribly out of place, most notably random battles. Its side missions are incredibly repetitive, and the main missions are painfully linear until you reach the very final dungeon. And then there's the DMW, the Digital Mind Wave, a series of slot machine reels that spin in the background of every battle for no good reason, dispensing random power-ups. Or stat bonuses. Or even level-ups. Yes, that's right: Zack's stat growth is decided (semi-) randomly. It's possible to manipulate the DMW to a certain degree, and sometimes it will be affected by the story, but it's still nonsensical and intrusive and is frankly a lousy excuse for a gameplay system.
Crisis Core's story doesn't hold many surprises, since it's a fairly faithful retelling of events presented in the course of FFVII. You know that Cloud will show up, that Aerith has a part to play, that Sephiroth's going to wig out in Nibelheim, and that in the end Zack is gonna kick the bucket. What makes the game work despite the transparent arc of its plotline is how well the details play out; scenario writer Kazushige Nojima has a reputation for writing touching stories, but this is the first time I've really felt the praise was warranted. Zack is a likable character, and — spoiler alert — the climax of his story is one of the most powerful moments I've seen in a game, deftly combining narrative and gameplay mechanics to compel the player to keep struggling to grasp some impossible victory despite the obvious futility of it all. As Zack fights to survive and the DMW breaks down while spinning so tantalizingly close to a combination that could save the day, you almost forget how annoying those reels were for the past 30 hours. And that's a victory in and of itself, really.
That ending is a big part of Crisis Core's success. So many games start strong but end poorly; seeing a game begin decently but end so powerfully leaves quite an impression. Of course, the coda leaves many gamers clamoring for a Final Fantasy VII remake, but let's not spoil our happy feelings, OK?
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20 thoughts on "The 2008 review revue, part four"
Hey Jeremy, just wondering, when FF7 is remade would you rather it be for PS3 or PSP?
parish says:
Ideally it will be for DS or iPhone. Because it would be hilarious.
Crisis Core is awful.
Merus says:
I always wondered how those slot-machines were tied into the ending – that's clever.
Traumadore says:
Thanks for your well thought out rebuttle, Tim.
I second that it was a pleasant suprise. I've never been really satisfied with game remakes. They always tend to lose as much as they gained, so why not just make something new? (Answer: Your money.)
Graeme says:
I played the story until just about the very end and then spent hours and hours doing missions. After the missions grew stale and I figured I had enough loot — as I was doing 99999 damage to everything — I put the game away and didn't touch it for a couple of months. After picking up where I left off in the final dungeon, I had almost completely forgotten what had transpired throughout the game. Did cartwheels through the rest of the game and was pretty unimpressed with the end.
The combination of my disconnect from the story due to a time lapse and lofty expectations for the ending because of FF7 fanboys "OMG best ending ever" most definitely turned what could have been an awesome experience into a game I had forgotten about until you brought it up here.
Also, what was with all that Genesis quoting Loveless shit? Did anybody enjoy that?
No. 1000 times no. Gackt– I mean Genesis was atrocious. So was Angeal. So was everybody. And everything. The game was a Kingdom Hearts clone from the mind numbing button mashing to the embarrassing story. Vagrant Story it's not.
I got a "well thought out rebuttle" at my site but Adam Sessler says it best in 2 minutes: http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/1749/Crisis_Core_Final_Fantasy_VII.html
pdubb2k says:
You know I was one of the fanboys who got caught up in the Aerith death way back in the day. I have since cooled down a bit (protip: never name modern rpg girls after you girlfriend). However, the one part of FF7 that sticks with me more than anyone else is when they dropped the part of the city on the slums. I mean that was during the "good" part of FF7 and I still can't believe that Square was willing to kill off that many people on the wave of a hand. I mean seriously, did people just forget about this part or am I just an idiot?
peterh says:
I whole-heartedly agree about the ending. I didn't think I was going to enjoy CC, even though I'm one of those guys who still thinks FFVII is the greatest game of all time ever. It had enough to keep me going though, and I enjoyed the combat and, more importantly, I enjoyed Zack. The real high point of this game was definitely the ending, though. I fought like hell at the end. It made me think of MGS4, when Snake is trying to make it through the hallway filled with microwaves and you are compelled to mash the triangle button for what feels like forever, even though you don't actually have to. I knew Zack was going to die, but I desperately did not want him to go out like a punk.
CC has it's flaws. Many of them, in fact. All told, though, I very much enjoyed this game. B+ indeed.
tavir says:
is it just me, or is that Obama in the background?
R. Kasahara says:
tavir: It's Tseng.
And faithful to FFVII my ass. It's retconned to hell and back, going so far as to contradict the original game at certain points (there's one moment in particular that my friends and I refer to as THAT RETCON since it's so big and contentious). Plus, "Fair" is a silly surname.
Well, at least it wasn't Dirge of Cerberus…
Oh, and parish, I'm one of the half-dozen people who would love FFVII on the DS, a straight port complete with Lego-block chibis (but hopefully with a better translation), and I'm a huge fan of the original. Putting it on the PS3 would potentially mean horrible things for the more offbeat elements of the game; besides, stylus control for certain minigames would rock.
Shellshock says:
Wait. Wasn't FFVII a Lego title?
CloudANDTidus says:
A PS3 version of Cloud dressing up as a woman would be horrible, FYI. DS remake FTW.
Heffenfeffer says:
I wasn't too interested in this game, but you say that the last battle is a futile life and death struggle against the DMV? Sweet! Finally, I can vicariously cleave that lady in twain when she sends me to Window C for a Form 64-B53 because I don't have a change of address card for JUST GIVE ME MY DAMN DRIVER'S LISCENSE ALREADY *ka-slash*
turkish101 says:
Parish, besides Shiren, are there are any other games you reviewed which you feel significantly different about?
Dookster says:
I'm actually replaying FFVII for the first time in about 8 years and I find that it hasn't aged considerably at all. The blocky meat tenderizer-armed map models are dated, yeah, but the game's still very atmospheric and the battle graphics are still really impressive and are only surpassed by Square's later titles on the PS1 and a handful of other PS1 games. I got chills when I went to the City of the Ancients this time, with the eerie BGM and eldritch beauty of the pre-rendered backgrounds. That's not a sign of a game that's aged horribly. But then again, hating FFVII is still in vogue.
SonicPanda says:
FF7 is still very much a fun game for me, it's just a baaaad series.
CC bugs me the same way the Star Wars prequels do. There's no real need to flesh out the backstory in question, and padding it out with extra action, silly retcons and terrible love scenes only dilutes, rather than enhances, the overall plot. That said, it's easy enough to ignore.
Ah, you got me. I only criticize FFVII because I'm trying to be cool, not because I have genuine issues with it.
Nobbyworks says:
I have a feeling that a lot of reviewers who totally skewer the story haven't played CC to its completion. Around the halfway point, when the narrative had mostly focus on Angeal, Sephiroth, and Genesis, and when Zack was showing much more, um, gusto, in his personality, I almost gave up on it. I just couldn't stomach the cringeworthy dialogue (especially from Genesis, who admittedly is a blight on the game for its entirety) and the plot didn't seem to be going anywhere.
But Jeremy, mainly based on your praise of the game, I stuck with it and as the more personal story came into focus I did wind up enjoying things more. Thanks for the protip there.
Crisis Core's story reminds me of MGS4 in that there were two tales being told: an over-the-top struggle for the world's safety and an individual's inevitable journey towards his end. In both games the latter works incredibly well and the former falls flat on its face. Why are developers so afraid to focus on a smaller, more intimate story?
In a recent 1up interview David Cage at Quantic Dream admitted that Indigo Prophecy's story floundered into nonsense because he felt like it wasn't a videogame without some struggle for the world's safety. When we can get past that mindset- that's the point when I feel like the medium will be maturing.


We start reviewing resolutions before anyone arrives for the conference. Each resolution submitted as a regular resolution gets uploaded to a secure platform embedded in our website (emra.org). There, after logging in, members are able to read the resolutions and provide comments and feedback. This allows every member of the organization to see what resolutions are being voted on – and to post their opinions, objections, and amendments. This makes every member a more integral part of the meetings, and allows each voice to be heard, even if you are unable to attend our in-person reference committee.
It wasn't enough to bring our resolutions into everyone's home and office. We wanted to bring the whole meeting there, too. We adapted our "EMRA Hangout" model and created a webinar to broadcast the meeting. Each podium and in-room microphone was equipped with a camera and computer microphone, so the entire meeting could be streamed anywhere in the world. From the slides that guide the meeting to the reports and debates, we made sure you could see and hear it all. But what if you wanted to comment as well? The webinar allows you to submit a written comment to be read aloud during debate, or to "raise your hand" and be projected on the screens in the meeting room to make your point. But that still leaves one more connection conundrum unsolved.
Even if you can't comment on a resolution before a meeting, or speak on the resolution during the meeting, there is no reason every program representative shouldn't be allowed to vote on the resolution at a meeting (in accordance with our bylaws and procedures of course). We upgraded our "clicker" system and are now using CloudVote, a completely online voting platform so that every motion and every board election can be voted on from anywhere in the United States. Every program representative gets a unique identifier before each meeting, which is used to log in to the voting software. This creates a secure two-part identification process allowing for fast, seamless, and secure credentialing for our meetings.
Once credentialed, EMRA program reps can watch the webinar of the meeting, and when it comes time to vote, pull up the voting tab on their computer or phone and vote. This adds an additional level of security to our voting system while allowing representatives anywhere in the country to support their colleagues running for office, or to vote on a resolution they know will change our organization for the better.
This three-part system debuted at SAEM17, and we learned a lot from that experience.
But none of this happens without all of you.
Please take the time to let me know what you liked and what you didn't like.


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Chris Coleman's advice to Gareth Bale over possible Premier League return
The Wales and Real Madrid star has been linked with a move to Manchester United FC
Anthony Jepson
It's common knowledge that Jose Mourinho wants to sign Gareth Bale for Manchester United.
And the Wales and Real Madrid star has been told to return to the Premier League by his international manager Chris Coleman if it thinks it's the best thing for him report the MEN.
Real Madrid 'could be about to sell' Manchester United FC target Gareth Bale
The former Tottenham winger is injured again after damaging his thigh in training last week with the Spanish and European champions and has missed 40 of the last 60 matches for his club.
It has led to speculation the La Liga champions are ready to cash in on the 28-year-old in January with United at the head of the queue to sign him.
Manchester United's Nemanja Matic and Real Madrid's Gareth Bale during the UEFA Super Cup final
Asked about trying to buy Bale in August ahead of United's Super Cup clash with the Spanish giants, Mourinho said: "If he is not in the club's plans, that with the arrival of another player would mean he was on his way out, I will try to be waiting for him on the other side and fight with other coaches that would want him."
Real paid Spurs £85m for him in 2013 and there has been speculation about his return to England and how happy he is in Spain almost ever since.
Antoine Griezmann denies direct contact with Manchester United boss
Wales manager Coleman said: "I would like to see Gareth wherever he is going to be happy, that is what I would like.
"Wherever he is happy because wherever he is happy he plays great football.
"Wherever he is not happy then he shouldn't be there.
"If he is happy in Madrid then fine, if he is not then he needs to go and play somewhere where he is happy."
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President Trump Unloads On January 6, Arizona Audit & Big Tech Lawsuit During Epic Interview (VIDEO)
(Patriot Insider) – Now that President Trump has returned to the public stage he's not holding anything back. America needs Trump more now than ever and he seems to be keenly aware of this.
We all know the 2020 election was a sham and that the Biden regime was fraudulently installed. President Trump won the election and while states are slowly but surely performing the necessary audits and investigations to prove this, Trump is still fighting for Americans.
During an interview on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" with host Maria Bartiromo, Trump unloaded on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the Arizona audit and his recently announced class action lawsuit filed against the Big Tech cabal.
According to Trump, the Arizona audit is about to wrap up and the results are going to prove there was "horrendous" fraud in the state.
"Arizona has been incredible. The state senators have taken it to heart. I won this election in a landslide," Trump asserted. "They're doing an audit, a forensic audit like you haven't seen really in this country. They're going to be announcing the results. That's done by them. That's not done by me. Those are great patriots."
President Trump Joins @MariaBartiromo To Demand Answers About Who Shot Ashli Babbitt & The Release Of Footage From January 6th
President Trump Also Talks About The Horrible Treatment Of Trump Supporters Who Are Still Locked Up Since January 6th pic.twitter.com/wg96BTQzrI
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He went on to say when the results are announced, "I would imagine it would be horrendous. But, we'll see. Maybe it will be wonderful. We're going to see, it's a very big deal. This is being done by the senators of a state who looked and watched and said, 'Wow, we're being scammed!'"
Other state legislatures are also taking the necessary steps to ensure election integrity in their states, like Pennsylvania and Georgia. The truth will eventually be exposed and Democrats are terrified. Joe Biden is even traveling to Philadelphia on Tuesday to fight against the audit efforts in the Keystone State and to protect his fraudulent regime.
President Trump went on to discuss the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that Democrats are still using in their efforts to politically persecute him and his supporters.
Democrats have been blaming President Trump for the events that unfolded on Jan. 6 but Trump explained that what happened was a result of the "rigged" election.
"This was a rigged election and the people aren't standing for it…We had a corrupt election," Trump said. "We had a rigged election. We had a stolen election – and that's why you had over a million people march in Washington."
While there were over a million people who showed up in Washington DC that day to support Trump, what happened at the Capitol was likely the result of the Deep State and radical leftist organizations like Antifa orchestrating a "riot" for the sole purpose of going after Trump and freedom-loving Americans.
Trump further went on to talk about his class action lawsuit against Google, Facebook and Twitter over their unfair ban of him and other conservatives on their platforms.
He said that the Big Tech cabal is "immune" from so many different things but "they're not immune from the lawsuit."
"What they have done is such a violation of the Constitution, a violation like we've never seen before. They take me down, they take all conservative voices down or most of them. They find them and they take them down. It's a disgrace."
He also pointed out how Big Tech works with Democrats and gets involved in the government and said their involvement with the Democrats should be considered "a campaign contribution, the largest ever made."
President Trump is the peoples' President and he is still fighting for us and the American way of life.
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Mary July 13, 2021 At 2:47 am
Yes President Trump. I believe what you say as I have felt it myself all along the way. Four and a half years of radical accusations against you from Pelosi is incredulous. We Americans have had enough.
LMFAO July 13, 2021 At 3:26 am
You Despicable C unt, you should be ashamed of yourself. Scumbag donny t. who you admire said: " hitler did many good things". Go Burn in Hell with him you Deplorable!
Christina Creasy July 13, 2021 At 4:51 am
I am so proud of you you President Trump. I do not understand how you can put up with these monstrous Democrats . They have done so many corrupt things to you. I would have brought them down to their ugly knees. I pray for you and your great family.I am behind you 1000%. You are and always have been my President no matter what . Voting for you come Election Day you will always have my vote. God Bless you and your family. Please come back and make everything safe and Great once more. God Bless America and our true President Trump. Biden will never be a leader and neither will Harris. They are like a Hitler.


About a mile east of the Columbus Lighthouse monument, is sited one of the better aquariums in the Caribbean. The aquarium contains a variety of marine life, from angelfish to sharks, and is equipped with a clear glass sea-tunnel that makes viewing the enclosed sea life an awesome experience.
The open, airy National Aquarium is located just a short drive out of the city and offers visitors guided tours of a glimpse of the Caribbean's diverse, colourful sea life.


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Brazilian politician calls for footballer Robinho to be jailed 'immediately' for his role in a gang rape in Italy
By Israel Boafo Bansah	 Last updated Oct 20, 2020
A Brazilian politician has called for Brazilian footballer Robinho to be jailed 'immediately' for his involvement in the alleged gang rape case of a 22-year-old Albanian woman at a Milan nightclub in 2013.
The 36-year-old former Manchester City was convicted of rape in 2017, with a nine-year jail sentence handed to him by an Italian court, but his appeal process with the Italian courts has been ongoing since then.
Despite denying the charges levelled against him, Robinho was suspended by his Brazilian side Santos just a week after signing for them as a result of the ongoing case.
According to the club, they want the Robinho to concentrate exclusively on his court defence in Italy fully.
But the Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights in Brazil, Damares Alves in a sharp rebuttal of the ongoing case has called for the arrest and jailing of the former Real Madrid poster boy.
She argued that the alleged crime 'deserves no consideration' despite Robinho appealing for conviction.
"Prison immediately, I have no more to say,' she told the media, as reported by Marca. 'There is still an appeal, but the leaking of the audios … What more do you want? Prison. No rapist can be applauded," she said.
Damares Alves further stated that Robinho's remarks about the woman caused her nausea and that he 'does not deserve any consideration'.
"The sensation of that caused me nausea, I wanted to vomit," she said. "It was fatal to read what I read from a player of his size."
"That is a crime that does not deserve any consideration for the abuser, the rapist. We do not have to make concessions with this type of crime. He has to serve the established penalty, or there or here, immediately."
In light of the ongoing case, the former AC Milan man has insisted that despite making 'contact' with his accuser, everything that happened at the Sio Cafe was consensual.
"A girl approached me; we started to have contact with her consent and mine too… then I went home," he told Brazilian outlet UOL.
He also indicated that after leaving the club, his friends stayed with the accuser and had consensual sex with her.
Israel Boafo Bansah
Bansah obtained a degree from the University of Ghana where he started a campus news network (LegonConnect) as a student.
He has been in the blogging and journalism space for over 7years now and well known among bloggers most of which he has mentored into creating a career through writing.
He's well known for his passion for education and his philanthropic gestures towards needy students.
eMail - israelbansah@gmail.com
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Kenda's Standard MTB Presta Valve Tube is an economical, standard thickness, butyl tube. This version fits 650b/27.5 Inch tires (584 ISO) and has 32mm Presta valves. Various widths.
Note: 650B x 53/60 Presta (53/60-584) box reads 27.5x2.1/2.35 Inch.
hey, it's a tube..it holds air and it's shape well enough. I don't get flats much except in August when the goatheads come out. I look forward to punctures. Kenda's do the job just fine. And, yeah, I'd recommend them and will probably buy more.
Great price for an important specification! I went into a bike shop to get a backup inner tube for my new bike which has 650B tires. The store representative sold me 26 1.75 inner tubes saying they were the best size for my bike tire. This was a very bad idea.
I discovered the mistake when I got a flat on a very rainy day. Through about 10 years of commuting I have found that most flats will occur in the rain. I think due to rubbish washing out into the road.
I popped out the old inner tube and installed the new one. Tried to pump it up and ... oops, it would not inflate. Found that the tube had been gouged when installing. Used a patch kit and fixed the hole after pushing my bike to a covered area. Installed the patched 26 tube and again tried to pump it up. Same issue.
Bought this inner tube size (the right one for a 650B tire) and installed with no issues. Bad store rep, bad store rep. No biscuit! Go lay down in your bed.
BTW, I really like 650B tires for bike commuting. I also have a 700c which has some advantages.
Use Kenda 650b tubes on my touring conversion bike. They are paired with lightweight 38c Panaracer Pacenti gravel tires. The last thing I want is a flat when I am touring. This tube is thick enough to to help ward off those tiny slivers of glass and wire that work their way through the tire casing without completely failing so the worst you get is a slow pin prick leak. The valve stems are short but work fine with Velocity Synergy rims. No splitting or pinch flats to date. Good value.
I'm currently using these tubes on a recent 650b conversion. They are in a pair of used National Tire Company, (same as Nifty Swifty) 33mm wide touring tires. For overkill I have slime tire liners. Been running them around town 50 to 70psi, no problems. Am looking forward to touring/camping this summer with this setup. Gave them 5 stars for my use. Maybe lighter ones for speed oriented applications.
Been using it for a few months now, approx twice a week. Mostly up and down single tracks. So far so good. Would recommend this product, especially when it's on sale.


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Fine art can be worth thousands.
As a result, I have never invested in art and don't pretend to know how to value a painting or a sculpture. I'm aware that some people have struck it rich with works they found in a corner of the attic (I watch Antiques Roadshow on occasion). But I'm not one of them.
In fact, I had never been to an art auction until very recently. I'd seen them portrayed in movies (North by Northwest, The First Wives Club, etc.) but never actually attended one.
That changed when I was invited to an auction of Canadian fine art at Waddington's in Toronto. The scene was almost exactly as I'd seen it on film – potential buyers equipped with numbered bidding paddles sipping on free coffee, a bank of desks where employees sat ready to accept phone bids from out-of-town buyers, and a nattily-dressed auctioneer who stood behind a lectern on a raised dais where he could view the entire room and spot any bids.
Several paintings by Group of Seven artists went in minutes for what I thought to be bargain prices of under $20,000. Others by artists I was not familiar sold at what seemed to be remarkably high levels.
I had never heard of Sheppard, who did most of his work in the 1920s and 1930s, when he was overshadowed by the Group of Seven. He died in 1965, never having achieved wide recognition in his lifetime. It was only in recent years that collectors discovered him, and his reputation was enhanced by a new book written by art historian Tom Smart titled Peter Clapham Sheppard: His Life and Work.
Both those paintings brought in more than the highest priced Group of Seven offering, an oil on panel work by Lawren Harris titled Watertower, Circa 1919. It went for $144,000, around the mid-point of its appraised value.
Do you have a masterpiece hiding in plain sight?
I spoke by phone with Stephen Ranger, Waddington's Vice-President Fine Arts. He said that most paintings don't have commercial value but about five per cent might be worth some money.
If you find something you think might fall into that group, look for a signature and, even better, a date. It's usually found in the lower right-hand corner or on the back. "In fact, the back may reveal a lot about the painting and its history," said Mr. Ranger. Besides a signature or date there may be gallery labels or other clues about previous owners and where it came from (its 'provenance').
And what if you want to start collecting art yourself, in hopes of some windfall profits in future years? Mr. Ranger says to do some extensive research, attend auctions to see which artists are in demand, and to buy the best works you can afford.


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CONSERVATIVE group leader Myles Hogg has called for further measures to help borough businesses and residents.
He was speaking at Thursday's full council meeting where he welcomed the move to scrap charges at the town's main car park.
Cllr Hogg says the borough council needs to be "innovative" over the coming weeks and show the public it cares before it makes way for the new Cheshire West and Chester authority in April.
"We need meaningful measures to help business people and residents who are in for a very bad year or two.
"We have got to be innovative. It's time for leadership, to show the community we do care.
Council leader Justin Madders said the decision to make the main town centre car park completely free showed the authority can be "flexible" and "pro-active".


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Sunshine Bridge
Not to be confused with Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
4 lanes of LA 70
unincorporated St. James Parish, Louisiana
LaDOTD
Cantilever bridge
8,236 feet (2,510 m)
4 lanes
Longest span
825 feet (251 m)
$40 million[1]
October 2018; expected to reopen in April 2019
The Sunshine Bridge is a cantilever bridge over the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Completed in 1963, it carries Louisiana Highway 70 (LA 70), which connects Donaldsonville on the west bank of Ascension Parish with Sorrento on the east bank of Ascension Parish as well as with Gonzales on the east bank of Ascension Parish. The approach roads on the east and west banks begin in Ascension Parish before crossing into St. James Parish.
The bridge is a convenient river crossing for residents of Baton Rouge, Hammond, and the Florida Parishes to travel to the Bayou cities of Houma and Thibodaux as well as vice versa. The bridge plays an important role in storm evacuation and in industrial development along the Mississippi.
From its opening in 1964 through August 15, 2001, a 50-cent toll was collected on traffic crossing to the west bank. The toll was discontinued by an act of the Louisiana Legislature, authored by Louisiana State Representative Roy Quezaire (D-Donaldsonville), whose district includes the bridge.
1 Bridges to Nowhere
2 2018 Barge collision and closure
3 Additional views
Bridges to Nowhere[edit]
The bridge gained national attention in 2008 when it became part of the Bridge to Nowhere controversy which arose during the US Presidential Election. Focused primarily on the Alaskan Governor/Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin's efforts to secure federal funding for the Gravina Island Bridge, the Sunshine Bridge was placed into the same category. While the only bridge across the Mississippi between New Orleans and Baton Rouge when it opened for traffic in 1964, its south end then emptied into a swamp, and for years it awaited funding to connect it to LA 70 and other roads. When this occurred, the economy in this area grew by leaps and bounds, largely due to the improved transportation.[2]
Much of the criticism involved residual resentment from the bridge being named to recognize Governor Jimmie Davis.[3] Built under his administration, Davis had twice picked and sung his way into the Governor's Mansion with hits like "You Are My Sunshine"[4] and whose horse, which he rode into the Governor's office at his second inaugural, was also named Sunshine.[5]
2018 Barge collision and closure[edit]
On the morning of October 12, 2018, a crane being transported on a barge operated by Marquette Transportation[6] collided[7] with The Sunshine Bridge. The crane was reportedly being transported while its boom was still in an upright position.[8] Due to extensive damage done to a main load carrying span,[9] the Sunshine Bridge was immediately closed to all vehicle traffic for emergency repairs. These repairs were expected to be completed in late January or early February 2019. The eastbound lanes are projected to reopen in April, and the bridge is planned to be fully reopened in August.[10] The loss of this Mississippi River crossing means that traffic must take a significant detour to either the Gramercy Bridge or the Horace Wilkinson Bridge, a detour that is at least 10 miles (16 km) in length. Extensive signage warning motorists of the bridge closure well in advance has been erected on each side, including detour signs at the interchange of Interstate 10 and LA 22, which connects to LA 70 some five miles (8.0 km) north of the bridge.
Additional views[edit]
Sunshine Bridge Sunset
Sunshine Bridge Side View
Sunshine Bridge in Fog
List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River
^ McCormick, Bret H. (March 13, 2013). "Lawmaker Pushes to Reimpose tolls on Sunshine Bridge". The Advocate. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
^ "Sunshine Bridge". John Weeks. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ "Donaldsonville Louisiana-Sunshine Bridge". Waymarketing. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
^ "Jimmie Davis-You are my Sunshine". Retrieved August 27, 2018 – via You Tube.
^ "Singing Governor is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ "Company running barge in Sunshine Bridge crash has history of boating wrecks in Louisiana". The Advocate. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
^ Krueger, Hanna (October 16, 2018). "Sunshine Bridge to remain closed for months following barge accident". nola.com. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
^ "Key question in Sunshine Bridge crash: How did it happen with height of bridge, crane known?". The Advocate. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
^ "Sunshine Bridge repairs could take 'months rather than days,' reopening ferry not an option". The Advocate. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
^ Landry, Annie Ourso (February 13, 2019). "Sunshine Bridge won't fully reopen until August". Business Report. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
Sunshine Bridge and the Acadian Thruway
Sunshine Bridge at Structurae
Crossings of the Mississippi River
Plaquemine Ferry
Gramercy Bridge
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sunshine_Bridge&oldid=887841926"
Bridges over the Mississippi River
Bridges completed in 1963
Buildings and structures in St. James Parish, Louisiana
Road bridges in Louisiana
Transportation in St. James Parish, Louisiana
Former toll bridges in Louisiana
Cantilever bridges in the United States
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When Nobody Can "Take Back Control"
With the emergence of the centrist Independent Group, British politics is in a state of near collapse — and the democratic deficiencies of the country's politics have been exposed.
Labour MP Chuka Umunna announces his resignation from the party at a press conference on February 18, 2019 in London. Leon Neal / Getty
The breakaway Independent Group has existed for close to a fortnight now, with little sign of the obsessive media coverage of their every move (including a trip to a chicken restaurant) abating. Initial discussions over whether members of the group would call by-elections in their respective constituencies have also fallen by the wayside, for a simple reason: there is nothing in electoral law that forces them to do so. Labour has begun the process of selecting candidates in the constituencies their members defected from, and been criticized for doing so, as well as for campaigning in ex-Tory Anna Soubry's seat of Broxtowe.
The criticism leveled at Labour, especially for the latter, is a baffling phenomenon, but a standard example of the British media's ambivalent relationship to logic. Broxtowe is typically a marginal seat and remains so. Soubry is not a Labour MP, and has publicly stated that both she and other Independent Group MPs will do nothing to bring down the present Conservative government. But the media preoccupation with the Independent Group, the sensible face of centrism, leads to ludicrous depictions of the decision to contest Broxtowe as a campaign of personal abuse targeting Soubry. First Labour is accused of not understanding how campaigning works, then when it campaigns to win marginal constituencies, thus increasing its seats in the House of Commons, it is accused of borderline misogynist abuse.
But the defecting MPs' refusal to move to a by-election highlights one of the biggest problems in UK politics: a complete lack of accountability outside of the ballot box. None of the eleven ex-Labour and Tory MPs has any idea whether their constituents would have voted for them knowing they'd abandoned the party they stood for, and from which they received funding and campaigners. Polling found only 6 percent of Labour voters cast their ballot because of their local candidate or MP: the party's manifesto was a far bigger draw. The hardcore Chuka Umunna fans simply weren't there. Yet when a successful office-seeker abandons the party, little can be done to shift them until the next election.
Nowhere was this clearer than in the North Antrim recall petition in mid-2018 against the Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) Ian Paisley Jr. After being suspended from parliament for accepting and failing to disclose paid-for holidays to Sri Lanka, then lobbying in parliament for the Sri Lankan government, the constituents of North Antrim moved to open a recall petition that could see a by-election forced against him.
The law allowing the recall of MPs only came into force in 2016, and stipulates that recall petitions can only be brought in if MPs are suspended by parliament for at least ten days, convicted and given a custodial sentence of under a year, or convicted for making false parliamentary expenses claims. Paisley kept his seat because fewer than 10 percent of his constituents signed the petition: an extremely high bar to hit, and one that acts as a helpful buffer to any MPs facing recall. Fiona Onasanya, the MP suspended by the Labour Party after being convicted and jailed for lying about a speeding charge, will face a recall petition if her appeal fails. Again, the fact that so many people must attend one of ten designated sites to sign the petition boosts her chances of remaining in post.
But perhaps the most egregious law bolstering political parties' power was brought in to protect the 2010 coalition government: the Fixed Term Parliament Act. The law made it far more difficult to move towards a general election, giving the party in power breathing space to cling to power for five years and securing the tenuous coalition's term between 2010 and 2015. As a result of the act, Theresa May was able to call a general election in 2017, misjudging the Conservatives' popularity and, instead of winning a greater parliamentary majority, ending up with a hung parliament and being forced to enlist the DUP to join a confidence-and-supply deal to keep May in Downing Street.
Under normal circumstances, May's thumping defeat in the vote on her Brexit deal would have led to the government's collapse and a general election. Any government unable to pass primary legislation, utterly frozen and beset by rebellion, would be unable to claim to be functioning. Yet, all the power to call an election lies with the government, and the opposition's power to force a no-confidence vote is limited, scuppered by the slim arithmetic that keeps the government in power.
The argument for severely limiting the ability to call by-elections and general elections holds that these protections allow MPs and parties to get on with governing and decision-making without the threat of recall. In practice, it instead winnows down the power of constituents to hold politicians to account to a tiny window of time centered almost exclusively on the ballot box. MPs leaving their party and voting against their constituents' interests, and governments failing to effectively govern do so without fear of reprisal. Constituents have little say over who their candidates are, even those within political parties, and once MPs are in office, deselecting them when the next election looms is difficult and their behavior in office is largely unchecked. Labour constituencies that have moved votes of no confidence in their MPs have often been demonized, while Conservative seats that have done similar have received little attention.
The result is further disengagement on the part of much of the electorate, with those who are engaged growing angry, feeling excluded from the political process, and finding themselves misrepresented by a media that is expected to hold politicians to account. Attacking Labour for campaigning in marginals against members of the Independent Group, and constituency Labour parties for registering discontent with their MPs, treats representative democracy as a sham in which voters are a mere sideshow, expected to vote and do nothing more. Between elections, constituents are expected to sit back and let politicians and the media get on with the actual work of government, observing but never participating.
More people than ever enjoy few rights in the workplace and live in fear of losing their jobs; those campaigning against workers' rights argue that fear keeps people on their toes, working harder and performing well. The politicians who have instituted anti-union laws face none of these fears: MPs aren't faced with the prospect of being sacked on a whim, but nor do they face the most basic commitments to accountability for their voting patterns and public behavior. Public anger and dissatisfaction with the political class have never been higher. Building in more accountability and greater opportunity for engagement in the political process is the only way to increase voter turnout, and confidence in a deeply flawed political process.
Dawn Foster is a Jacobin staff writer, a columnist for the Guardian , and the author of Lean Out .
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A woman combing Jane Asher's hair while on the set of her film, "The Buttercup Chain." Jane Asher (born 5 April 1946) is an English actress, author and entrepreneur, who achieved early fame as a child actress, and has worked extensively in film and TV throughout her career. She has appeared in TV shows and films such as The Masque of the Red Death, Alfie, Deep End, The Mistress, Crossroads, Death at a Funeral and The Old Guys. She is also known for supplying specialist cakes and kitchenware, as well as publishing three best-selling novels. She was a key figure of 1960s show business society. On 18 April 1963, the 17-year-old Jane Asher interviewed the Beatles at Royal Albert Hall in London, England and began a five-year relationship with Paul McCartney. In December 1963, McCartney took up residence at Asher's family Wimpole Street town house and stayed there until the couple moved into McCartney's own home located in St John's Wood in 1966. McCartney wrote several Beatles songs inspired by her, including "And I Love Her", "I'm Looking Through You", and "Here, There and Everywhere". McCartney and Asher announced on Christmas Day 1967 that they were engaged to marry, and in February and March 1968 Asher accompanied the Beatles and their respective partners to Rishikesh to attend an advanced Transcendental Meditation training session with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. In mid-1968, she returned to London from an acting assignment in Bristol earlier than expected and caught McCartney in bed with Francie Schwartz. On 20 July 1968, she announced publicly to the BBC that her engagement to McCartney had been called off, an announcement that shocked many people, including McCartney himself. She married in 1981 and they had two more children, sons Alexander (born 1982) and Rory (born 1984).
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Let Kids Play With Fire (To Keep Them Safe)
Having a child play with matches isn't such an awful thing. Particularly with adult guidance and an eye towards using fire as a tool.
By Patrick A. Coleman
Mar 02 2018, 5:55 PM
Seeing a child playing with matches doesn't instill confidence in American parents. But things are different in Germany. Where American parents are trained to see fire as a threat, German parents accept that fire is a tool that children need to be familiar with and ready to use. It's a hard idea to get one's head around if one has breathed in a lifetime worth of smokey fear, but, as it turns out, there really is a responsible way to play with fire.
"Kids need that level of experience with those seemingly dangerous tools, in order to be responsible as teenagers or adults with those tools," explains Tony Deis, co-founder of Oregon's Trackers Earth, a "forest school" that helps kids learn about their world through hands-on experiences. "My experience has been, when you teach a child how to use tools, they respect the boundaries and responsibilities associated with them. It's something innate. It gives them an incredible survival tool."
The pragmatic uses of fire are bountiful. Not only can it teach a child lessons about thermodynamics, it has a wide range of practical applications. In what he calls "wilderness living situations," Deis notes that fire can be essential for comfort and warmth, but is also helpful for cooking and boiling water to make it safe. Fire can also be used to make other tools. "It's often easier to burn something out than carve it out," he says. "The more you add the practical applications the more kids get excited about it."
So when can a kid start getting acquainted with fire? "Observation itself is still experience," Deis notes. He suggests that as early as one year of age children can observe parents modeling how to properly build fires, whether indoors or out. And as a parent works, they can tell a story about building the fire to help it stick.
Eventually, kids will be able to assist, gathering materials for the fire, or helping to build the wooden fire structure before ignition. In fact, a child who has experienced fires being built responsibly by an adult for much of their life is mostly only limited by their dexterity. And as soon as a kid has the physical ability to light a match, Deis notes that there's nothing wrong with handing the kid a book of matches and letting them try to strike them.
"It can be an activity," Deis says. "Kids just take turns lighting a match." In fact, he often challenges kids to see how long they can keep a match burning — all under supervision, of course. "I would say by the time a child is four or five you can have them doing most of the 'doing' because they have the dexterity to do it."
Once a kid can light a match, the should be taught how to build a fire. For outdoor fires, Deis often gives children an activity wherein they are given a single match and five minutes to collect materials to start a fire. The activity begins, however, with a child understanding how to create a fire break — not only around the fire ring on the ground but also avoiding dry branches above and flammable roots below. And, importantly, the fire activity only occurs in places where local and forestry officials have deemed it safe to burn.
For parents who want to introduce their children to fire as a tool, Deis notes that they will want to have the appropriate materials: tinder (highly flammable material like a newspaper or fine twigs), kindling (small pieces of wood) medium-sized sticks and larger halved logs.
The fire should be built in a fireplace or appropriate outdoor space. The build the fire structure to burn, Deis recommends starting with a large base log that the tinder is placed up against. Kindling is then leaned on top of the base log like a grill. More tinder can be placed on top of this grill followed by a medium sized piece of wood, another kindling grate and finally a larger log on top. With enough airflow when the bottom tinder is lit, the structure should burn well.
Deis notes that such fires are easy enough for a kid to burn, but he also encourages parents to give children the freedom to explore
'I allow them to burn all kinds of things, as long as it's safe to burn and it's not unsafe for the environment," Deis says. "When it comes time to do it on their own, I give them access to the tools and the freedom with those tools."
With good modeling and the right experience, playing with matches can easily move from menace to lifesaver. And that's a good thing. Because a kid lost in the woods who has access to a book of matches and knows how to use them will likely come out okay. The kid scolded for playing with fire? Not so much.
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Background and aim: Twitter use among paramedics and other prehospital care clinicians is on the rise and is increasingly being used as a platform for continuing education and international collaboration. In 2014, the hashtag #FOAMems was registered. It is used for the sharing of emergency medical services, paramedicine, and prehospital care-related content. It is a component of the 'free open-access meducation' (FOAM) movement. The aim of this study was to characterize and evaluate the content of #FOAMems tweets since registration.
Materials and methods: An analytical report for #FOAMems was generated on symplur.com from February 4, 2014, to April 30, 2017. A transcript of all #FOAMems tweets for a randomly selected 1 month period (October 2015) was generated, and quantitative content analysis was performed by two reviewers. Tweets were categorized according to source (original tweet/retweet) and whether referenced. The top 92 tweeters were analyzed for professional identity.
Results: During the study period, there were over 99,000 tweets containing #FOAMems, by over 9,200 participants. These resulted in almost 144 million impressions. Of the top 92 tweeters, 50 were paramedics (54%). Tweets were mainly related to cardiac (23%), leadership (19%), and trauma (14%). The 1-month period resulted in 649 original tweets, with 2110 retweets, 1070 of these were referenced.
Conclusion: Paramedics are engaging with both clinical and nonclinical content on Twitter using #FOAMems. Social media resources are widely shared, which is in line with the FOAM movement's philosophy. However, opportunities exist for paramedics to share further diverse resources supported by referenced material.
Mason, Paige and Batt, Alan M., "#FOAMems: Engaging paramedics with free, online open-access education" (2018). Faculty & Staff Publications - Public Safety. 34.


Edinburg posted a 7.8 percent unemployment rate in July 2009, a higher level than in June, which was then the worst showing for the three-time All-America City in more than four and a half years, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
The July 2009 unemployment rate represents a third straight monthly increase.
A reported 2,455 Edinburg residents who were willing and able to work in July 2009 had no luck finding a job, according to the state agency.
In June 2009, the unemployment rate in Edinburg was 7.4 percent.
In May 2009, the unemployment rate in Edinburg was six percent.
The July 2009 statistic is also worse than the same month the previous year.
In July 2008, the city�s unemployment rate stood at 5.5 percent, when there were 1,647 residents jobless but looking for work.
The higher figures come less than two years after Edinburg has its best showing in the city�s history.
In November 2007, only 3.7 percent of Edinburg�s civilian labor force was unable to find work, according to the Edinburg Economic Development Corporation, which is the jobs-creation arm of the Edinburg City Council.
� To be considered unemployed, a person has to be not working but willing and able to work and actively seeking work.
All major cities in the Valley suffered increases in their unemployment rates for July 2009, with McAllen reporting the lowest figure � 7.5 percent � while four cities suffering with unemployment rates in double-digits.
The unemployment rate for all urban and rural areas in Hidalgo County reached 11.6 percent in July 2009, up from 11.1 percent in June 2009.
Cameron County had a better countywide average than Hidalgo County, but it was still in the double-digit realm, with all urban and rural areas in Cameron County averaging a 10.7 percent unemployment rate for July 2009.
Brownsville, the largest city in the Rio Grande Valley, in July 2009 posted a 10.9 percent unemployment rate.
The figures for Edinburg and all other cities only go back to 2005, according to the Texas Workforce Commission, because of substantial methodology changes between 2004 and 2005 in estimating city unemployment statistics, Texas city data is not available prior to 2005.
Because of substantial methodology changes in geographic areas below the state level, data from 2005 and 2004 or earlier is not considered comparable, the state agency notes.
Texas� seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent in July, compared with the national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent.
The Texas unemployment rate was 7.5 percent in June.


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Since its formation, Lamb of God has released six studio albums, one live album, one compilation album and three DVDs. The band's cumulative sales equal almost two million in the United States. In 2007 the band received a Grammy nomination for their 2006 album Sacrament. Lamb of God has toured with the Ozzfest twice and appeared on Slayer's The Unholy Alliance Tour in 2006. They have also played at many other major festivals around the world including Download Festival andSonisphere Festival in the UK, Soundwave Festival, and Gigantour (headlined by Megadeth). Recently, (2008–2010) they have toured with Metallica (World Magnetic Tour). Lamb of God also played on the main stage on Mayhem Festival 2010. The band has recently finished their new album, which is tentatively due on January 24, 2012.
Willie is a primary songwriter in Lamb of God. His songs include "Black Label," "11th Hour," "Blood Junkie," "Hourglass," "Blood of the Scribe," "Beating on Death's Door," "Ashes of the Wake," "Ruin" and "Again We Rise." Adler also co writes songs with Mark Morton, like "Walk With me in Hell", and all of "In Your Words".
Born in 1976, in Richmond, Virginia, Willie Adler is best known as the rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for metal titans, Lamb Of God. At the age of just eleven, Willie was already banging is head to the beat of legendary metal bands like Metallica, and it wasn't before long that he was thrashing away on his first guitar. As the years progressed, he developed a very distinctive and undeniably, killer style. His use of odd and discordant chords, combined with his unique sense of timing, rhythm, and super-human stretch, has made Willie one of the most popular metal guitarists on the planet, and one of the hardest to imitate.


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Trips more valuable than Disneyland
Written by LAWT News Service
By Julianne Malveaux
NNPA Columnist
When you leave the United States, you'll often find "cultural tourism," or the opportunity to enjoy a culture and also purchase trinkets or more substantial items in markets around the world. In Ghana, we look for kente cloth, statues, and masks. In other African countries, the offerings are often similar, but Zimbabwe is known for its marvelous and distinctive Shona sculpture. South African offers Ndebele dolls, among other items. And so it goes.
During my recent trip to Peru, I had the opportunity to buy genuine baby alpaca scarves, shawls, and even a coat. We also had an example of cultural tourism, perhaps at its worst, when we went to a village off the Amazon River and were allowed to go into a family's home to "see how they live." Was their poverty exaggerated? It's not clear that it was. But behind one closed door was a television set that contrasted sharply with the simple life our guards said people lived. Our visit to a classroom, too, was lovely and charming, except that the children had been clearly prepped for us. I suppose there is no harm in the show and tell, but in some ways it raised a myriad of questions, and offered few answers.
The cultural tourism in Peru got me to thinking about what we offer in the United States. With the building of the King Monument in Washington, D.C., along with the city's many other attractions, including the Frederick Douglass Museum, the Museum of African Art, the Native American Museum, Howard University, the new Howard Theatre, and so much more, Washington ought to be a prime location for African American cultural tourism. Never mind that chocolate city has turned neopolitan, it's not yet chocolate chip, and the presence of African American culture is strong
There are African American heritage and history museums all around the country, museums that did not exist half a century ago. They all are important and stunning enough to visit, including the Birmingham Museum of Civil Rights, the International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro, N.C., the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, the California African American Museum in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, the Underground Railroad Museum in Cincinnati, and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis at the Lorraine Hotel, where Dr. King was shot. There are other historic sites and points of interest, including the King Center in Atlanta, where both Dr. King and Coretta Scott King are encrypted. Apart from the museums, all of these cities offer rich opportunities to explore African American history, and to provide children with both context and education.
I was motivated to write this column when a friend shared that she plans to take her two grandchildren to Disney World in Florida this summer. I have no inherent objection to Disney World, or at least none that I will go into in this space. However, young people are often exposed to amusement parks and far less frequently exposed to our history. And with the cultural wars raging, too few public schools (and even colleges) are offering adequate information about AfricanAmerican history, culture, and heritage. Thus, a young White boy felt okay about a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King that included wearing blackface. What was he thinking? What were his parents thinking? Their actions were a result of cultural ignorance, and a lack of knowledge about history.
Similarly, young African Americans show a singular lack of knowledge when they bandy the "n" word about. Sure, some say they do it to remove the historical stigma of a word that has been used to denigrate our people. However, from my perspective, it offers ignorant Whites, who relish use of the racial slur anyway, to question why African American people can use the word while White people can't.
Cultural tourism in the United States can't erase all of the ignorance out there, but knowledge is power and our young people, if not all Americans, can certainly benefit from cultural sites in the United States. In any case, from my perspective, you'd learn a lot more than you would from a trip to Disneyland.
Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.


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