Canadian-Greek indie-pop artist Katerine Duska co-writes Greece's entry, 'Better Love' with Greek-British musician Leon of Athens and Scottish songwriter David Sneddon.
Greek broadcaster ERT confirmed earlier this year that Ms Duska would fly the Greek flag at the Tel Aviv Expo for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Israel.
Montreal-born singer-songwriter, Katerine, 29, has recorded the song in London with producer and friend Phil Cook.
'Better Love' features strong vocals and that trademark soulful rasp, with melodic hooks swirling beneath the orchestral drums. This is a very original choice in terms of a Greek Eurovision entry and it's a song that is uplifting and anthemic.
The well-constructed tune is a very strong competitor this year with a catchy chorus and hooks, which excitingly build-up as the three-minute song captivates.
The songstress has a unique and distinctive voice and she doesn't hold back in this year's Eurovision line-up. Katerine provides a strong vocal hook on top of an anthemic chorus to 'Better Love' and the vocally-impressive singer excels in her performance.
The mid-tempo track is current indie-pop and radio-friendly; one that has already entered the London Greek Radio, (LGR), playlist.
The 'Better Love' which the song refers to is the eternal quest for a higher love, one which is deep, unconditional and unapologetic. The lyrics about love and empowerment most people and no doubt the listener can relate to it on some level.
Her soaring high-notes combined with strong melodic hooks give the tune that feel of a "competitive" package and a possible game-changer, as Greece embarks on a comeback to the Eurovision final, after a shock exit at the semi-finals last year.
The music video relies on strong pop-art visuals with pink, light-colours. The creative woman behind this video is Efi Gousi and she manages the staging in Tel Aviv. Katerine Douska wears pink reinforcing the theme of purist romanticism and a "better love". The video is a females-only cast looking very disciplined and artistic.
Katerine said that the staging is planned to compliment the "pop-art" atmospheric concept and she will be joined on stage by backing-vocalists Erasma Markides and Eleni Ponzantzidou along with dancers Dimitra Vlachou and Fania Grigoriou.
Ms Duska was raised in a Greek home listening to esteemed composers Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hatzidakis and Mimis Plessas, spending countless hours as a young teen tuned into soul, pop and R&B. She has a background in classical music where she studied classical guitar and interpreting Arias and Lieder, venturing into 'experimental song-writing' influenced greatly by the indie-pop and Neo-soul genre.
Katerine studied law at the Kapodistrian University of Athens, only to realise that music was what she actually wanted to pursue professionally.
Katerine rose to indie stardom in 2014 with the hit, 'One in a Million' and her cover of the Arctic Monkeys, "Do I Wanna Know", which has reached over a million views on YouTube.
Her 2015 debut album 'Embodiment' won critics over with the lead track "Fire Away", featuring prominently in a Nescafe Canada advertising campaign.
Greece competes in the Eurovision first Semi-Final which airs on Tuesday 14th May at 8pm GMT.
She performs in the running order of 17 at slot number 16.
The Eurovision Song Contest Final is broadcast on Saturday 18th May at 8pm GMT.
For all of your Eurovision news on Greece, make sure you regularly check back to lgr.co.uk and tune into LGR to hear 'Better Love' this Eurovision season.
London Greek Radio wish Katerine and the Greek delegation the very best of luck in the competition.
Greek broadcaster ERT have confirmed that the Greek-Canadian singer/songwriter, born in Montreal and currently residing in Athens, will sing the song 'Better Love'. The self-penned tune is co-written with Leon of Athens and David Sneddon.
Katerine describes her music as alternative producing indie pop, indie folk, and neo-soul.
Greek ERT TV bosses set-up a working committee to choose the act for this year. The song was recorded in London with producer Phil Cook, who's credited with working with, Little Mix, Ellie Goulding, Olly Murs, Callum Scott and Dua Lipa.
The panellists felt that Katerine's "unique", impressive metallic vocal, coupled with the "modern" song choice were right for this year's entry.
The working committee comprised of chairman Dimitris Papadimitriou, Artistic Director of the Greek entrant in Tel Aviv, Adam Petros (Music Producer), Fotis Apergi (Journalist), Gianni Petridi (Music Producer), Maria Koufpoulou (Director of International Relations ERT) and Sofia Dranidou (Head of European & International Affairs – International Relations ERT).
Katerine studied law at the Kapodistrian University of Athens only to realise that music was what she actually wanted to pursue professionally.
Katerine studied classical guitar at the Music Academy, as well as singing under the guidance of eminent vocal coach Eleni Melissidi. A background in classical music with studying and interpreting Arias and Lieder by Verdi, Mozart and Schubert, to modern jazz, has a strong allegiance to music, whatever form it takes.
Katerine rose to indie star status in 2014 with the hit, 'One in a Million' and her cover of the Arctic Monkeys' "Do I Wanna Know", reaching over one million views on YouTube.
Her 2015 debut album 'Embodiment' won critics over with the lead track "Fire Away" featuring prominently in a Nescafe Canada advertising campaign.
Her "trademark soulful rasp" has earnt comparisons to the late Amy Winehouse and it's believed that she's probably the first-ever Greek soulful artist, to hit the Eurovision stage.
Greece competes in the Eurovision first semi-final which airs on Tuesday 14th May at 8 pm GMT.
Hopefully, we will see Katerine's progression to the grand final which is broadcast on Saturday 18th May.
For all of your Eurovision news on Greece, make sure you regularly check back to lgr.co.uk and tune in LGR to hear 'Better love' in the coming weeks.
LGR Events Presents A Night with Rempetika and Laika, on Friday 15th March 2019, at the Cypriot Community Centre. The line-up is George Gregoriou aka LGR's Kokis, Nikos Savvides, Giorgos Yerasimos, and Anna Sopiadou who is coming all the way from Greece will be entertaining us on the night.
Join us at the Cypriot Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green, London, N22 5HJ.
Admission £20, with souvlakia included.
For more information and tickets please call London Greek Radio on 0208 349 6950!
In 2019, our time has also been spent putting together events, such as this one, where all members of our community could come and celebrate our culture together.
This event is sponsored by Aspris & Son, wine, beer and spirits merchants; Hellenic Bakery and Hellenic Gourmet; Sarrani, experts in property insurance repairs; Varosi Lettings and Estates, with guaranteed rental scheme.
Christina Ellinas has wowed the judges with her performance to 'Lullaby' by Sigala ft Paloma Faith in her audition on The Voice UK.
The third instalment of the series last weekend saw Tom Jones heap praise for the singer.
Before auditioning, the 27-year-old former flight attendant told viewers she was "Greek Cypriot" and her beaming smile and bubbly personality clearly made a good impression on the studio audience.
Christina was born in Liverpool and lives in London. She has performed in several pubs in Camden, singing acoustic covers of big names in the industry, such as Whitney Housten, Rita Ora, Coldplay and Zayn Malik.
On last week's show, she only required one judge to "turn around" in order to make it through to the next stage of the competition, but Will.i.am, Tom Jones and Olly Murs all turned around!
Christina chose Will.i.am as her coach, who she once met on a flight she was working on.
Will.i.am recollected "The year 2012 or 13…" when he met Christina at the airport lounge. That for sure is a pretty happy coincidence.
Christina was supported by her grandmother in the 'holding area' with hostess Emma Willis.
Grandma appeared delighted at seeing Christina's progression to the next round.
Christina mentioned on the show that she enjoyed cooking Cypriot dishes with her grandma.
The singer plays the piano and has an Official Facebook and YouTube channel.
London Greek Radio wishes Christina the best of luck in the talent show.
Tamta Goduadze will represent Cyprus at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv in May.
The Cypriot broadcaster CyBC announced the female artist and song a few weeks ago, ending weeks of speculation.
Tamta will sing 'Replay', a pop-dance, up-tempo number. Her entry is penned by Greek-Swedish hitmaker Alex Papaconstantiou, aka 'Alex P', the man behind Eleni Fouriera's 'Fuego' – the impressive runners-up from last year, along with Sweden-based songwriters Teddy Skye, Viktor Svensson, Kristoffer "Bonn" Fogelmark and Albin Nedler.
Tamta, 38, was born and raised in Georgia, where she started singing at the age of five and moved to Greece at the age of 20. After singing on a TV reality talent contest, she was signed by a major record label in Greece and has a back catalog of several hits.
The sure-fire Eurovision track is believed to be exactly moulded for Tamta's signature pop-style credentials.
CyBC chiefs felt that Tamta was right for this year's contest as she is perceived earnestly to have the "complete package" that comprises of a strong 'live' singer and entertaining act.
The Cypriot tune will be officially released in February or March, further maximising Eurovision fans excitement.
Cyprus also returns with Eurovision artistic stage director Sacha Jean-Baptise, the woman behind 'Fuego'. She will be tasked with elevating Tamta's stage routine ensuring that it will translate into points on the scoreboard.
The Head of the Cypriot delegation, Evi Papamichael explained that a big named artist would be a necessary solution to answer the Eurovision's competitiveness, amidst so many countries, which numbers 42 this year. She said that Tamta was the broadcaster's preference this year.
Tamta has had a long-time quest to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest and almost came close to achieving it on previous occasions. In 2007 Tamta was pipped to the post by Cypriot singer Sarbel, in Greece's Eurovision heat stages, with the ballad 'With Love'. In 2016, she missed the deadline for the Greek selection process by a few hours with the subsequently-released track 'Unloved'.
Tamta felt it an incredible honour to be representing Cyprus, a nation which has always strongly supported her music endeavours and undertaking this bold task, was a way of her giving something back to her Cypriot fan-base.
Having released four studio albums (including a Best Of) and multiple hit singles, Tamta is frequently heard on the LGR airwaves.
For all of your Eurovision news on Cyprus, make sure you regularly check back to lgr.co.uk and tune in to hear "Replay" on LGR in the coming weeks.
London Greek Radio wish Tamta and the Cypriot delegation the very best of luck in the competition.
On Monday 31st December London Greek Radio are hosting our first NEW YEARS EVE at the Country Club Trent Park in Oakwood. 9 pm till 4 in the morning.
Join us for the party of the festive season, featuring DJ Magis on the decks and live musical entertainment by Cypriot Greek singer Mixalis Theodosiou.
Mixalis is expected to fire-up the atmosphere for what is said to be one of the biggest live Greek parties of the year.
DJ Magis will be mixing Greek & English hits, all night long. Fusing all the best Modern Laika, Greek Club, Greek Classics and Zeimbekika with all the biggest English hits of the decade.
Standard tickets are available for £25. For table packages please contact Vassoula at London Greek Radio on: 0208 349 6963.
Event tickets are available to purchase below. See the website link… Or to avoid paying the online booking fee, tickets can also be purchased over the phone by calling LGR on 0208 349 6963.
This event is strictly over-18s only.
Party London Anna presents a live and exclusive evening with the well-known songwriter/composer Vasilis Saleas and his team of fellow-musicians. Vasilis will duet with Titi Mousika on clarinet; Sarantis Saleas, Efi Panou and Aggeliki Polizou. At Crystal Hall, Gate W5, 1 Poppin Business Centre, South Way, Wembley, HA9 0HB; and on 1st January 2019 at Piccadilly Banqueting Suite, 372 Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4AB.
To book your place and for further info 07999 955 770 or 07366 428 130.
DJ Sooty with live performances by Elizabeth Chapman at The Decorium, 22 Western Road, Wood Green N22 6UH. 4 Course meal, fruit, tea/coffee & midnight vasilopita 8pm-2:30 am £80 adults/under 12's £50 inclusive with food, or entry only £25 with seating 10pm-2:30 am. Ticket sales & info 020 3356 7777.
The long-established Cypriot association are proud to announce, their massive party welcoming 2019 in Greek style! Good food and live music from Laiko-fused band, Prosfiges. Entry £35. Starts 7:30 pm. To book your tickets or for more info call 0740 440 3597 or 0794 041 9569. At the Greek Cypriot Women's Organisation, Denmark Road, N8 0DZ, corner of Wightman Road.
The much-loved and well-known duo, George Gregoriou and Nikos Savvides will be performing at The Cypriot Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green, N22 5HJ, for info 0208 881 2329.
1174 High Road, N20 0LH, for info 020 8446 6444.
Chris Theoharous is the DJ on the night till late, with a dinner and dance set-up, organised by The Penridge Suite. 020 8362 0880.
The band of Nikos Siakolas will be in live performance, barbeque, and meze courtesy of Sotiris Kampanelas, till the early hours.
To reserve your place 020 8445 7070, or 07956 257 606.
London Greek Radio (LGR) celebrates 29 years as a licensed radio station this month, just weeks after its 35th unofficial anniversary.
On 8th October 1983, LGR began transmitting to the Greek and Cypriot community, as a pirate radio station and officially joined the FM airwaves on 13th November 1989.
In the mid-1980s, tens of thousands of people signed a petition demonstrating the need for LGR to have a real presence within the community. The signatures were handed to the relevant authorities which subsequently contributed to the station being licensed by the radio authorities.
The book, 'London's Pirate Pioneers' by Stephen Hebditch tells the story of the capital's pirate radio stations and the people who helped change the British broadcasting system.
He writes about LGR's undeniable legacy in the eighties and the intense pressures it faced to shut the station down. However, London Greek Radio became Britain's first-ever licensed ethnic radio station upon being awarded its license.
Over the years, London Greek Radio has become steadfast to a wide range of listeners; from maturing-settlers-to-the-UK to the coming-of-age of British Greeks and Cypriots – connecting listeners to their roots through a carefully balanced programming of music, speech, entertainment and news.
Today, in addition to serving communities on 103.3FM, LGR has been taken into 21st-century broadcasting by joining the Digital Radio platform.
LGR can now be heard in four major cities on DAB+ (digital radio), namely London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, crossing into Scotland.
Furthermore, listeners extend worldwide at www.lgr.co.uk and the station has a free app for mobile devices which listeners can download from the App or Play stores embracing the 'on-the-move' audience.
LGR's newly appointed Managing Director, Tony Psillou, said, "More listeners are discovering the ever-growing London Greek Radio family every day, not only Greek-speaking listeners but English, Jewish, Albanian, Arab, Bulgarian, Turkish, Russian and many more that frequently tune in.
LGR's Chairman John Kyriakides, added, "With LGR's edgier playlists of the biggest Greek and Cypriot tunes, Modern Laika, Greek Pop, Entehna, Golden-Oldies, Alternative, Folk and Current Chart Hits, we continue to serve the listener.
On FM, Online, on your Mobile and On Digital Radio, This is LGR (London Greek Radio) 'THE HEARTBEAT OF THE GREEK COMMUNITY'.
The Management and Staff of London Greek Radio would like to invite you to their pre-Christmas Dinner & Dance, 2018. The festive season kicks-off with live music and food on Sunday 25 November at 6 pm. We are also excited to announce entertainment for this evening includes the renowned Cypriot singer Konstantina, for a 1-night exclusive performance. Not to mention live music by Elizabeth Chapman, George Gregoriou on bouzouki, Nikos Savvides on guitar and Giannakis on the keyboard.
Events like this offer the chance for our station to come together with the community and enjoy a fabulous evening. Moreover, through these events, we are able to renew and build a good relationship with both our listeners and the companies which work alongside us.
In 2018, our time has also been spent putting together events, such as this one, where all members of our community could come and celebrate our culture together.
Join us at The Penridge Suite, 470 Bowes Road, Arnos Grove, London N11 1NL. Doors open at 6pm, dinner will be served at 6:45pm.
Tickets are £35 & £40. For more information and Tickets please call London Greek Radio on 0208 349 6950!
LGR Events Presents a tribute to legendary singer Stelios Kazantzidis for one night only, on Friday, 19th October from 7 pm, at the Cypriot Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green, London N22 5HJ.
Entertaining on the night are Savvakis Skouridis (vocals), Kitsio (bouzouki), Niko (keyboard), Mario (drums).
SOLD-OUT. Thank you for your tremendous support.
Kebabs or souvlakia and drinks on sale at low prices.
Music, dancing, in a pleasant and friendly atmosphere!
The "British Cypriot" sitcom 'Stath Lets Flats' aired its first episode on Wednesday, 27th June on Channel 4.
The six-part quirky comedy is written by Jamie Demetriou and Robert Popper, centred on a Greek-Cypriot estate agent.
The subtle jokes, creative one-liners and a mild touch of slap-stick have earnt the series quite a following of fans. The unique-running gag is that Stath comes across as incompetent, impulsive and ambitious – in equal measure, and desperate to prove himself in the estate agent business to his Greek-Cypriot father.
It's a timely take on the "bewildering" minefield of the London property market; realistically dealt with, in LGR's 'Property Show', with Karl Knipe of The Kings Group, but you won't find Stath bickering with a smelly tenant there!
The lovely Demetriou siblings Jamie and Natasia took time aside to visit LGR, with their Cypriot father Sotiris, from Koma Tou Gialou. They joined Vasilis Panayi live on-air and incidentally, London Greek Radio's very own Vasilis excitingly-enough, shows up in the sixth episode of the TV series.
Star-of-the-show, "Stath", played by Jamie Demetriou, said, "London Greek Radio has been playing in my house since I was a foetus" commenting on the station's long-time serving of Greek-Cypriot culture and music.
Jamie's real-life sister plays his fictional sister 'Sophie' and as the show progresses, it's actually endearing to see their sibling relationship.
"Stath (Eftstathios), is a useless Greek-Cypriot letting agent. There's a lot of Greek letting agencies and we wanted to base it in Green Lanes, but it's set in Edgware, which also has a Greek community. It's about their office 'Michael & Eagle Estate Agency", Jamie told LGR's listeners.
Stath speaks with 'London-Cypriot accent', which complements his character and is an accent he once had as a young Cypriot.
"We are on London Greek Radio and I think that's so relevant because so many have made a life here, and they're Londoners so the character of Stath encapsulates it. He talks in a London accent with a bit of a 'Greek twang' to it, which a lot of people have, and I hope a lot of people can relate to that." Jamie emphasised.
The Greek actor Christos Stergioglou plays Stath's father Vaso; a witty, passionate patriarch who sprinkles a few Greek phrases in the script.
Natasia who plays Sophie explained to listeners that the series was the result of years of hard work and serious determination, creating, and writing it.
This programme hinges on its strong quirky-trait characters narrative; primarily being something of a platform for portraying, or perceiving the Greek-Cypriot community in London.
'Stath Lets Flats' continues on Wednesday 1st August at 10 pm on Channel 4.
The next 'Property Show' with Karl Knipe airs on Wednesday 5th September at 7.00pm on LGR.


Armelle Bonenfant, Denis Claraz, Marianne De Michiel, Pascal Sotin. Early WCET Prediction using Machine Learning (regular paper). Dans : Workshop on Worst-Case Execution Time Analysis, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 27/06/17, OASICs, Dagstuhl Publishing, (en ligne), juin 2017.
Jakob Zwirchmayr, Pascal Sotin, Armelle Bonenfant, Denis Claraz, Philippe Cuenot. Identifying Relevant Parameters to Improve WCET Analysis (regular paper). Dans : Workshop on Worst-Case Execution Time Analysis, Madrid, 08/07/14, OASICs, Dagstuhl Publishing, p. 91-100, juillet 2014.


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Take a break from the city and head to Breuil-Cervinia Ski Area and Parco Naturale del Monte San Giorgio. There's much more to do: steep yourself in history at Basilica di Superga, test your problem-solving skills at popular escape rooms, take in nature's colorful creations at Parco del Valentino, and take in the spiritual surroundings of Duomo di Torino e Cappella della Sacra Sindone.
For traveler tips, ratings, and tourist information, you can read our Turin trip builder .
If you are flying in from India, the closest major airports are Malpensa International Airport, Turin Airport and Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport. Expect a daytime high around 12°C in March, and nighttime lows around 5°C. Finish up your sightseeing early on the 26th (Mon) so you can travel back home.


4. Thou shall not blow leaves into bodies of water.
5. Thou shall not mow next to bodies of water; instead leave a 5 to 10-foot buffer strip to catch organic matter, pesticides and fertilizer runoff.
6. Thou shall not spread fertilizer pellets onto hard surfaces. Always sweep or blow back onto the turf.
7. Thou shall not let pet waste lay: pick up and dispose.
8. Thou shall not blow your leaves onto thy neighbor's property.
9. Thou shall not push leaves into storm drains.
10. Thou shall think how their actions affect the quality of our local lakes and streams which is our drinking water.
Here are the facts — if it is on the ground it is in our drinking water.
Organic debris, leaves and grass clippings break down, releasing nutrients such as nitrates and phosphorus that can harm fish and our water. Algae found growing during the summer on ponds and lakes is associated with excess fertilizers and pesticides that move into our water supply.
Water that flows from paved or hard surfaces into the storm drains is not treated. It flows directly into the nearby streams and eventually makes its way to the Kansas and Missouri rivers, our main source of drinking water.
Materials that are applied to the lawn are retained in the grass layer as the lawn acts as a sponge helping to soak up and keep the materials from reaching a water source. So as we go about our season-ending chores stop and think how our actions could impact a resource more precious than oil, and that is our water supply. Let's all do our part for clean water and take a few extra minutes and make wise choices.


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March 11, 2020 March 17, 2020 Fascinating Politics
Mike's Conservative Index, 2019
The time has come for an evaluation of last year in Congress.
The House under San Francisco liberal Nancy Pelosi pushed through a mess of Democratic wish list items that had zero chance of surviving Senate Majority Leader Mitch "The Grim Reaper" McConnell, and conservatives should hope it stays that way so long as the Democrats have a majority in the House. The left may call this "obstruction", but conservatives should take after the late President Coolidge in his view that it is better to stop bad bills than it is to pass good ones. Among the most notable of them are a $15 minimum wage, gun control legislation, net neutrality, an overly federal voting rights bill that aims to ban voter ID laws, and the Equality Act, which are all disastrous measures be they for employment rates and consumer prices, the strength of the Second Amendment, internet freedom, the integrity of federalism, and giving legal force to a purely subjective definition of gender. While it would not be a surprise if not all these measures would pass in their current forms under unified Democratic government, we'd best not take that risk. Some highlights of how extremely liberal the Democratic Party has become if their public statements have not made it clear enough:
Only six Democrats voted against the $15 minimum wage. Until very recently a government-mandated "living wage" was a fringe idea only enacted in urban Democratic strongholds and to deleterious effect on employment and small business.
No Democrats voted against the Equality Act, which legally protects the subjective definitions of male and female genders that LGBT activist organizations like GLAAD want.
No Democrats voted against the Voting Rights Advancement Act, which as written could potentially invalidate state voter ID laws. Indeed, this is the hope of its primary sponsor, Terri Sewell (D-Ala.).
Also, many of the votes I counted were NOT final passage votes, as many of these fell under strictly party lines and I wanted to highlight some differences within the Republican and Democratic parties that would be missed with counting final votes.
The Squad's scores, particularly Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, may come off as a little high, and by that I mean double digits. While the four women like to posture as the most left-wing people in the House, they have on a few occasions taken positions that align with conservative Republican stances. For instance, three of them voted against the Export-Import Bank reauthorization and AOC opposed the December budget deals as well as the Democratic state and local tax deductions bill.
Legislators are marked for if they voted for or against the impeachment of President Donald Trump. While what he did was not "perfect" or right, it is insufficient for impeachment, especially for a president who stands as a bulwark against corrosive cultural leftism and the threat of socialism. We must also consider that other presidents have engaged in behaviors their critics derided as an "abuse of power", yet stayed in office, including the previous one when he made recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board when the Senate was not in recess, as was ruled unanimously by the Supreme Court in NLRB v. Noel Canning (2014).
The Senate is a mixed picture under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). On one hand, he has performed yeoman work for conservative judicial nominations and this, more than anything else, will serve as the legacy of his leadership. Indeed, I count five critical judicial nomination votes for 2019 to acknowledge the Senate's efforts under his leadership. On the other hand, McConnell has accepted increases in government spending and managing to get enough Republicans behind him for this endeavor, which is most unfortunate. Thus, many Republican senators fell short on conservatism this year on questions of spending. This sort of spending is precisely what we conservatives stand against when Democratic presidents are in office, and I think it not a radical idea that we apply the same standards to Republican presidents. While some may say to wait after the election, this is unfortunately merely a nice spin on "kicking the can down the road".
"McConnell's Eight"
Among the senators, there are eight Republicans who voted the same way as Majority Leader McConnell: Martha McSally of Arizona, John Boozman of Arkansas, Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts of Kansas, Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven of North Dakota, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and John Thune of South Dakota. With the exception of Cramer, all scored a 74%, with Cramer getting a 73% for missing a vote. With the exception of a nomination vote, all dissents from the conservative position were on spending questions.
Standouts Among the Freshmen Senators: Braun and Hawley
Although the most talked about freshman among the Senate Republicans is Josh Hawley of Missouri for his antagonism to social media providers and their liberal bias, both he and Mike Braun of Indiana deserve special recognition for their conservatism. Hawley scores an admirable 91% for 2019 and Braun gets a 100%, one of only three senators to do so for 2019. Both senators opposed the major budget deals of the year on fiscal grounds and good on them for doing so!
Controversies Among Conservatives
Some of the inclusions among the votes will be controversial among conservatives, including counting a "nay" vote as the correct position on the defense increase portion of the December budget deal, but given the state of the deficit and national debt as well as the good health of the economy, it is more important to resist further spending than to increase military spending. Also controversial is certainly counting "nay" votes for the Bost "Buy American" Amendment and the Brindisi Amendment for buying American for stainless steel for the Department of Defense as conservative. Forcing "Buy American" provisions on the government, although popular for the image of "economic patriotism", increases costs to the government and thus costs to the taxpayer.
"The 100 Club": The Legislators Who Stuck With Conservatism Through Thick and Thin
Palmer (R-Ala.)
Gosar (R-Ariz.)
Biggs (R-Ariz.)
Schweikert (R-Ariz.)
McClintock (R-Calif.)
Buck (R-Colo.)
Hice (R-Ga.)
Emmer (R-Minn.)
Smith (R-Mo.)
Bishop (R-N.C.)
Meadows (R-N.C.)
Jordan (R-Ohio)
Davidson (R-Ohio)
Hern (R-Okla.)
Duncan (R-S.C.)
Burchett (R-Tenn.)
Gohmert (R-Tex.)
Taylor (R-Tex.)
Wright (R-Tex.)
Roy (R-Tex.)
Cloud (R-Tex.)
Cline (R-Va.)
Braun (R-Ind.)
Cruz (R-Tex.)
Lee (R-Utah)
House Votes for 2019
1. Federal Pay Raise
Passage of the Connolly (D-Va.) bill granting federal employees a 2.6% pay raise after the Trump Administration had halted a 2.1% cost-of-living adjustment.
Passed 259-161: D 230-0; R 29-161, 1/30/19.
Roll 64, Nay
2. Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019
Passage of the Clyburn (D-S.C.) bill expanding the period of background checks to ten days and under certain circumstances can be expanded ten more days.
Passed 228-198: D 225-7; R 3-191, 2/28/19.
Roll 103, Nay
3. "Shareholders United" Amendment
Adoption of the Raskin (D-Md.) "Shareholders United" Amendment, the meat of the For the People Act, which prevents the expenditure of corporate funds for campaign purposes unless the corporation had established a way of determining shareholder will.
Passed 219-215: D 219-17; R 0-198, 3/7/19.
4. Recommit Save the Internet Act
Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) motion to recommit the Save the Internet Act, which would restore net neutrality, inserting a Republican substitute in its place.
Defeated 204-216: D 13-216; R 191-0, 4/10/19.
Roll 166, Yea
5. Engel Amendment, Climate Change Now Act
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) amendment to the Climate Change Now Act, requiring the president's climate change plan to take into consideration regions, populations, industries, and constituencies effected by climate change.
Passed 259-166: D 230-0; R 29-166, 5/2/19.
6. Equality Act
Passage of the Cicilline (D-R.I.) bill, the principle impact being to add sexual orientation and gender identity to protected classes under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
7. Banks Amendment, 14% Cut
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) proposed an amendment cutting by 14% all non-defense and discretionary spending in appropriations bills, which would bring total spending below the Budget Control Act.
Defeated 132-302: D 1-236; R 131-66, 6/19/19.
8. Hice Amendment, 23.6% Cut
Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) proposed an amendment cutting by 23.6% across the board spending so as to match the President's budget request.
9. Bost Amendment, "Buy American" for Infrastructure Projects
Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.) amendment, strengthening President Trump's executive order for "Buy American" preferences in infrastructure projects.
Passed 373-51: D 227-2; R 146-49, 6/21/19.
10. Brindisi Amendment, Stainless Steel American Made for DoD
Rep. Anthony Brindisi (D-N.Y.) amendment, requiring that stainless steel flatware procured by the Department of Defense be made in the USA. This specifically benefits a constituent business, Sherrill Manufacturing, the only remaining stainless steel flatware manufacturer in the United States.
Passed 243-187: D 219-13; R 24-173; I 0-1, 7/11/19.
11. Torres Amendment, Munitions List Amendment
Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.) amendment, overturning a Trump Administration measure transferring oversight of firearms and ammunition exports from the State Department to the less strict Department of Commerce.
Passed 225-205: D 221-11; R 4-193; I 0-1, 7/11/19.
12. Amash Amendment, Eliminate Indefinite Detention Under AUMF Authority
Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) amendment, eliminating indefinite detention for any person detained under Authorization for the Use of Military Force authority.
Defeated 187-236: D 182-50; R 4-186; I 1-0, 7/12/19.
13. Raise the Wage Act
Passage of the Scott (D-Va.) bill raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hr by 2025.
Passed 231-199: D 228-6; R 3-192; I 0-1, 7/18/19.
14. Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019
Passage of the bill increasing discretionary spending limits on both defense and domestic categories and suspending the debt limit.
15. Corporate Transparency Act of 2019
Passage of the Maloney (Carolyn) (D-N.Y.) bill requiring new and small businesses and LLCs to disclose the identities of their owners to the federal government and creating a federal database of business owners. This would increase the regulatory burden for people trying to open a business.
Passed 249-173: D 224-5; R 25-167; I 0-1, 10/22/19.
16. Tie Ex-Im Bank Aid to Opioid Enforcement Cooperation
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) amendment to the United States Export Finance Agency Act, prohibiting Ex-Im Bank assistance to nations unless they certify cooperation with the U.S. on opioid trafficking prevention.
Defeated 210-214: D 16-213; R 194-0; I 0-1, 11/15/19.
17. United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019
Passage of the Waters (D-Calif.) bill reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank for ten years and increasing its lending authority from $135 billion to $175 billion. The Trump Administration opposed the bill.
18. Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019
Passage of the Sewell (D-Ala.) bill that would not only reverse the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder (2013) but would also expand enforcement to certain practices that are alleged to disproportionately impact minority voters, which would include voter ID laws, tighter voting registration requirements, and poll closures.
Passed 228-187: D 227-0; R 1-186; I 0-1, 12/6/19.
19. Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019
Passage of the Lofgren (D-Calif.) bill that provides amnesty to illegal immigrants who have worked at least part-time in agriculture over a minimum period of two years by granting them a new "Certified Agricultural Worker" visa that would require them to work four or eight additional years in agriculture depending on whether they had worked ten years illegally before they could get a green card.
20. December Spending Deal, Domestic Increase
Passage of the first part of the year end spending deal intended to avert a shutdown. This particular measure would increase domestic spending by $632 billion and includes many tacked on provisions, including a raise in the minimum age for tobacco purchases to 21 and the permanent repeal of three healthcare taxes that were part of Obamacare. $632 billion is a hefty price tag in a year in which the deficit rose by 26% and hit a seven-year high.
21. December Spending Deal, Defense Increase
Passage of the second part of the year end spending deal intended to avert a shutdown. This particular measure would increase defense spending by $738 billion, includes funds for the space force, and permits the president to shift funds for a border wall. Although the space force and the border wall shifting portions are fine, $738 billion is a hefty price tag in a year in which the deficit rose by 26% and hit a seven-year high.
Passed 280-138: D 150-75; R 130-62; I 0-1, 12/17/19.
22. Agree to Article I, Trump Impeachment
Adoption of Article I of the Trump impeachment resolution, the "abuse of power" article.
Adopted 230-197: D 229-2; R 0-195; I 1-0, 12/18/19.
23. Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act
Passage of the Suozzi (D-N.Y.) bill lifting the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions for two years, double the SALT deduction limit for married couples, and raising the top income tax rate from 37 to 39.6%.
Passed 218-206: D 212-16; R 6-189, I 0-1, 12/19/19.
Senate Votes for 2019
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion, End Debate
End debate on the Wicker (R-Miss.) bill approving a permanent ban on federal funding of abortion.
Defeated 48-47: R 46-2; D 2-43; I 0-2, 1/17/19.
Roll 7, Yea
End Debate on Democratic Govt. Funding Bill, No Border Wall
Motion to end debate on the House bill to continue funding the government without provisions for a border wall.
Defeated 52-44: R 6-44; D 44-0, I 2-0, 1/24/19.
Middle East Security Bill
Passage of the Rubio (R-Fla.) bill, a comprehensive measure that among other measures extends military aid to Israel and Jordan and permits state and local governments to divest assets from entities employing boycotts, divestments, or sanctions to influence Israel's policies.
Passed 77-23: R 52-1; D 24-21: I 1-1, 2/5/19.
Roll 16, Yea
End Debate on Abortion Survivors Protection Bill
Motion to end debate on the Sasse (R-Neb.) bill providing for penalties for failure to provide medical care to survivors of abortion.
Andrew Wheeler Nomination, Director of EPA
Confirmation of Andrew Wheeler as Director of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Confirmed 52-47: R 52-1; D 0-44; I 0-2, 2/28/19.
Neomi J. Rao Nomination, District of Columbia Circuit Court
Confirmation of Neomi J. Rao to the District of Columbia Circuit Court. Rao had attracted controversy for her college writings on race, sexual assault, and feminism and for academic articles on Lawrence v. Texas and United States v. Windsor.
Kimberly A. Reed Nomination, Director of Export-Import Bank
Confirmation of Kimberly A. Reed as Director of the Export-Import Bank.
Confirmed 79-17: R 36-16; D 42-0; I 1-1, 5/8/19.
Wendy Vitter Nomination, Judicial Eastern District of Louisiana
Confirmation of Wendy Vitter, who is pro-life, to the Judicial Eastern District of Louisiana.
Passed 52-45: R 52-1; D 0-42; I 0-2, 5/16/19.
Adopt Democratic Border Bill
Motion to adopt the House border legislation which failed to include DoD funding, failed to include costs for ICE, restored hundreds of millions in aid for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and included new health standards for individuals in custody.
Defeated 37-55: R 0-52; D 36-3; I 1-0, 6/26/19.
Lee Amendment, Cap 9/11 Victims Fund at CBO Estimate
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) amendment, capping 9/11 Victims Fund at the Congressional Budget Office estimate of $10.2 billion.
Rejected 32-66: R 32-19; D 0-45; I 0-2, 7/23/19.
Kelly Craft Nomination, Ambassador to UN
Confirmation of Ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft as Ambassador to the UN. Craft has pledged to be tough on the UN's bias against Israel.
Bipartisan Budget Act
Passed 67-28: R 29-23; D 37-5; I 1-0, 8/1/19.
Democratic Family Leave Package
Adopt the Schatz (D-Haw.) motion to instruct lawmakers to include the Federal Employees Paid Leave Act for federal workers in the defense spending bill, granting them 12 weeks of paid time off for infant care, ill family member, or an issue of health.
Adopt Republican Family Leave Package in Lieu of Democratic Measure
Adopt the Ernst (R-Iowa) motion to instruct lawmakers to "consider potential commonsense solutions regarding family and medical leave, including voluntary compensatory time programs and incentives through the tax code", including a measure permitting new parents to use their Social Security funds to pay for time off.
Eugene Scalia Nomination, Secretary of Labor
Confirmation of Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin J. Scalia, as Secretary of Labor.
Repeal Trump Rules on Clean Power
Passage of the Cardin (D-Md.) Resolution, disapproving of President Trump's Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, which repealed the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan (CPP). The Trump rule permits states to use "candidate technologies" to establish standards for carbon dioxide emissions and other gases released from coal power plants.
Defeated 41-53: R 1-50; D 39-3; I 1-0, 10/17/19.
2% Cut to Continuing Appropriations
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) proposed a 2% cut to continuing appropriations.
Defeated 24-67: R 24-25; D 0-41; I 0-1, 10/28/19.
Disapproving Presidential Rule on Obamacare Waivers
Passage of the Warner (D-Va.) Resolution, disapproving of the Trump Administration's rule permitting states to waive certain requirements of the Affordable Care Act, the effect being for the states that they could offer subsidies to low-cost plans.
Steven J. Menashi Nomination, Second Circuit Court
Confirmation of Steven J. Menashi to the Second Circuit Court. Menashi is a supporter of Trump's immigration policies and a member of the Federalist Society.
Confirmed 55-45: R 51-1; D 0-39; I 0-1, 11/14/19.
Robert J. Luck Nomination, Eleventh Circuit Court
Confirmation of Florida Supreme Court Justice Robert J. Luck to the Eleventh Circuit Court. Luck is a member of the Federalist Society.
Confirmed 64-31: R 53-0; D 11-30; I 0-1, 11/19/19.
Lawrence VanDyke Nomination, Ninth Circuit Court
Confirmation of Lawrence VanDyke to the Ninth Circuit Court. VanDyke was subjected to a full-blown political campaign against him that alleged bigotry against LGBT individuals and a rating of "not qualified" by the ABA for alleged personal character flaws and not his legal work.
December Spending Deal, Domestic Increase
Passed 71-23: R 31-21; D 39-2; I 1-0, 12/19/19.
December Spending Deal, Defense Increase
Passed 81-11: R 46-4; D 34-7; I 1-0, 12/19/19.
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For this incarnation of the song also features the rest of the cast Jaaved Jaaferi, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Ajay Devgn, Indra Kumar, Sanjay Mishra and Pitobash dancing to the classic beat.


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I just got done reading Joel Rosenberg's article highlighting a call to prayer and revival by the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Ronnie Floyd, senior pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, has written an E-book entitled "Pleading with Southern Baptists". It is a free download and is only 16 pages. I have not yet read the book, but wanted to pass on the information to anyone that would care to look into it.
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Thanks for the link, Drusilla.
You are welcome, Patti. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
The question is can anyone be saved from the penalty of sin without being baptized in water? What do the Scriptures say? What do some men say? What is correct, God's word as found in the Bible or certain opinions of some men?
Certain men say baptism is simply an act of obedience.
Some men say shall be saved means you are already saved before baptism.
Some would claim Jesus does not make the church holy and clean using water baptism.
Those who believe in salvation by "faith only" claim water baptism has no part in man's salvation.
Water baptism deniers claim that baptized for the remission of sins actually means baptized because your sins have already been forgiven.
Opponents of water baptism for salvation profess that, having been baptized will be saved, does not mean that salvation follows water baptism.
The anti-water baptism crowd says that washing of water does not mean water; therefore Jesus did not cleanse the church or make her holy using water baptism.
The faith only advocates say baptism is for a testimony of faith, however, it has no part in saving anyone.
Some men proclaim that, baptized so your sins may be forgiven, is false because men are forgiven the minute they believe.
THERE ARE NO SCRIPTURES THAT STATE: 1. Water baptism is not in order to the remission of sins. 2. That baptism is not essential for salvation. 3. That men are forgiven of sin before they are baptized in water.
You can trust what God says in His Bible or you can believe the opinions of men. I will put my trust in the Scriptures.


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alexlyras August 1, 2012 6
The Olympics have commenced, and highlights abound, as do the smaller scandals of minor doping, misconstrued tweets, badminton game throwing and an oddly ominous opening ceremony.
Hail to Danny Boyle's audacious if not equally lengthy tribute to global warming. Did anybody else get concerned for the athletes when giant brick chimney's spewing plumes of soot shot up from the ground like so many unmitigated, coal-burning phalli? Did we really need to experience the death of the agrarian working class at the hands of ruthless top hat, muttonchop-wearing industrialists? Karl Marx, who lived, and eventually died in London, was indubitably turning in his grave at Highgate Cemetery.
And so was Charles Dickens, considering the IOC refused to pay any of those thousand and half actors and musicians running about. They should do it for the pride of England, they were told. But you know damn well that the 120 million plus viewers who tuned in for it were hard statistics for sky high ad rates.
Like all proper corporate mega-events, the organizers will earn twenty times more than all of the athletes combined. To whom does all that revenue go to, one wonders? Hopefully some of it went to David Beckham in a speed boat; hands down, the opening ceremony's pinnacle WTF? moment.
Yes, we've strayed quite a bit from Pheidippides historic steroid-free run from Marathon to Sparta. Our present games are not nearly as pure as we'd like them to be. But unlike Wall Street, or say, Hollywood, where who you're in bed with is more important than what you think you have to offer (I won't dare say "talent"), the Olympics offers the crucial difference of judging people on a set of visible skills. Be it flipping through mid-air and re-landing on a four inch balance beam, heaving an 16 pound metal ball, or dolphin kicking in the 200 butterfly, you at least have to be able to do it to participate.
Such is not the case in finance or entertainment, unfortunately. We see, over and over again, a class of so-called elite professionals making exorbitantly high priced blunders and keeping their positions, or worse, rising in the ranks. Where are the judges for these vocations? Why not have deductions and disqualifications for them, as we do in our Olympiads? Is there no hope for even a fair evaluation, much less justice?
Or maybe we should just go the complete other direction already and make the Olympics more like our overtly corrupt, crony-capitalistic-odds-stacked-in-favor-of-the-big-guy system. Instead of trying to restrict performance enhancing drugs, let's encourage them out right. Even better, we should award gold, silver and bronze medals to the pharmaceutical companies creating the most effective pills. The only rule the IOC has to enforce is that you can't take drugs from a country not your own. Obviously this would screw the smaller nations like Togo and Djibouti, but it will also also force them to join the modern age and start fucking with human biology like the rest of us are.
The award ceremonies would be a lot more interesting. Instead of raising the flag of the victorious athlete's home nation, a company logo would proudly fly, with their corporate jingle resonating through the cool London air. It would certainly be a lot less sentimental.
It would also flow perfectly into multiple cross marketing and commercial campaigns. This athlete was brought you by Ultragan, America's most popular anabolic steroid.
We'd end up losing to China, of course, as that's where so many of these drugs are synthesized. Mexico and Canada might also see a boost, and at a cheaper price too. But it would put this entire multi-billion dollar Olympic debacle into the right context for once.
Our Team USA spokesman would be Charlie Sheen, and his pep talk about winning, on every level, would be supported in practice as well as in philosophy. If anyone knows about high stakes, it's Charlie. Imagine if he had to wait four years between rants?! It's an amazingly long time to prepare and feel the pressure. So why shouldn't our athletes be high as well. Why pretend that it's not the drugs that are making them winners? Tiger blood, baby!
Clearly the people who decide what events qualify as Olympic sports on are high. Solo sycronized swimming? What crack are you smoking to even enter that event? Isn't the entire point of synchronization to have more than one person to be in sync with? It was a sport in 1988 and then tossed out in 1992, but I think now, under this new format, it could be brought back, especially if there were a drug that allowed you to hold your breath longer underwater after a few injections. Wouldn't it be so much more compelling if the whole routine had to be done on one breath?
And why aren't we seeing more muscle-jacked Badminton players? You know the beet-eating Aussies would dominate if they could get themselves a little more edge over that feisty shuttlecock. Someone made this game an Olympic sport. So where's the fucking television coverage already? Who do we have to blow to get some live footage of the early rounds? It's totally outrageous! And could they possibly add some full-contact to the game?
Wouldn't it be cool if they added dynamite to the arrows in the archery contest? I also think the Shooting event should allow automatic weapons. Instead of launching two clay pigeons, launch all of them at once and see how many the Israeli team could take out with Uzis, for example. Of course we'd want most of the Arab nations competing in difference heats, but that's what all the pre-planning is for.
Then during the closing ceremonies, in addition to displaying the various countries medal counts, and the chemical compounds that got them there, we'd also list the various side effects and over doses the athletes had suffered in their long drives to achieve greatness. We'd see them standing tall, with their hands over their hearts, twitching and blinking and giggling out of context, as their proud pharma-anthems blare through the airwaves. I'd tune in for that, high as a kite on something synthetic, no doubt. Wouldn't it be so much fun?
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Tagged alex lyras, badminton, beckham, butterfly, criticism, disqualified, doping, gymnastics, high jump, judges, olympians, olympics, parody, rules, scandal, shooting, shot put, swimming, sychronized
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So rumor has it that Ancient Greece is the topic of your next solo show? Do include me when you're back in NYC to do it. The last one was killer. Keep writing. You got a knack for words, kiddo!
BBrody
Waiting for you to write another entry now that the Brazil is about to kick off. Today they lit the giant Olympic (Cintronella) torch!
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Isn't it great we all have different taste in men. Gosh why waste your time end if he is not gorgeous to you. I think he is very good looking, but I also think we have a lot of good looking men in the music industry. I'm sure not going to waste my life on negative things.
I think Kelly Osbourne is the S*** and she is honest and true to her comments and statements. At just 17 she is more mature than some adults. So Ozzy and Sharon they did a good job raising her.


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Hugh Jackman's mysterious monster hunter is pittefd against nearly the entire pantheon of Universal's classic monsters, including Dracula and and the Wolf-Man.
"...Directed by: Stephen Sommers. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David..."
May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
"...Directed by: Stephen Sommers. Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold..."
The Mummy Returns
"...Directed by: Stephen Sommers. Starring: Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald, Kevin..."
Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Adventures of Huck Finn
"...Directed by: Stephen Sommers. Starring: Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Robbie Coltrane,..."
April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Hasbro brings their boy toys to life with this story about an elite fighting squad.
"...Directed by: Stephen Sommers. Starring: Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Dennis..."
Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Rudyard Kipling's the Jungle Book
"...Directed by: Stephen Sommers. Starring: Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey,..."
Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
Tom Cruise does the monster mash
"...yep, lots of do-overs from that pre-millennial, similarly titled Stephen Sommers flick, among others. Yikes. That's a lot of..."
June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Big. Dumb. Fun.
"...which – ha! – is currently being remade by Stephen Sommers) and plenty of cheeky references to Emmerich's own..."
Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Blood and Chocolate
Lycanthropy and young love: not as yummy as it sounds but nowhere near as godawful as Van Helsing, a small mercy but very much appreciated.
"...the stage is set for a love triangle only Stephen Sommers could appreciate. All of which makes Blood and..."
Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Roll 'Em
"...D: George Haas; with Stephen Baldwin, Danny Nucci, Alison Eastwood, Claudia Schiffer, David Rasche,..."
Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Which new scary-programming cable channel will longtime Austin access host Joseph Fotinos choose?
"...much ballyhooed hosting duties for the local premiere of Stephen Sommers' Van Helsing, which helped The Shadow Show secure..."
Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Cumulative Staff Box
"...Suzy Banks, Michael Ventura, R.U. Steinberg, Gerald E. McLeod, Stephen MacMillan Moser..."
Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro


Makeup Artists in NIG .Any really good ones?
Does anyone know of a really good makeup artists in NIG. I'm not talking just being able to put Powder and eye shadow on someone and making it look good, and not just wedding stuff either someone that can make that transition to both. Someone artistic, creative, fun, someone that has a vision. Someone that can create some high fashion, runway looks, and play with bold colors. I found one online a while back but forgot to bookmark her website. I am going to be giving up the artistry aspect to focus more on the business and education aspect of things so I wanted a super hot makeup artist I can work with permanently. I really really love the first shot and would love to shoot something similar with my "moving on" tank.. I have this vision of a bad a$$ shoot in the streets of Lagos, somewhere like Festac, Mushin, Oyingbo or Oshodi . A nice contrast. I'll obviously provide all necessary tools.
Ps. oooooooo I got my copy of HAUTE magazine yesterday and I have to admit I AM IMPRESSED!.. men Dammie, kudos o because your magazine is on point. I love the attention to detail, in fact good job girly.
Prev Femi Kuti, Lord of Ajasa and co..
I'm sure there r a few good ones out there in naija, they might just not have being heard of.
BTW, didn't know u're one of the sponsors of d Stars on D Runway show. Was watching half of it on OBE tv earlier on today and i saw your name on d credits. Well done, sis.
Oooh would love to do a shoot for you! Er when I get my new cam.
There are many nigerian make-up artists doing their thing in the U.K. When you find one abeg, let us know via your blog. All the best with your search!
Tht would be a hella hot shoot!
Plz ehn… Toni Payne I was going through ur website the other day and I no been see enough wears for guys… me dey find like some naija inspired apparels…(i be fashionista too..lol) so i wan know if there's more than wat u have online… enjoy..
bayo haastrup!he sud be able to pully the whole runway look thing!you can email them true love and geneive magazines sa!
@anon. be patient, I think its the us postal service. MM takes a bit longer than regular mail.
@wienna.. Yeah? I mentioned it on my blog a while back. too bad I missed the show, my people said they had fun.
@taureanminx.. why not..we can do a test shoot when next Im in NIG and then take it from there.
@anon3.. lol.. I do have more mens shirts but I just have not updated the mens portion of the site. Will do so soon though so keep checking back luv.
@pink.. does he have a website? Ive seen some of his work but Id like to see port.
Toni, I'll call you later….I know a very good make up artist…..
I know someone that bayo trained he works for a salon in v.i called HAIR. He is really good, he did the make up for the idols west africa show as well.It's a popular beauty place HAIR on sanusi Fafunwa and he's the main make up guy, he has a yoruba name. i really can't remember.- Anyway he did my wedding makeup and it was fab. You can stop by at my page leave me ur email addy and then i will try to get his email or number.


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About the light beaming up from Lumen Field
| Seen around town | West Seattle news
Thanks to Troy Adams for the photo. The light beaming up from Lumen Field has drawn a lot of questions this past half-hour, and the answer seems to be that it's in advance of The Weeknd's concert there tomorrow night (Thursday, August 25). Haven't verified that, but it does bear a resemblance to the art on his webpage for the tour, which is titled After Hours Til Dawn.
P.S. Past sky-high beams of note include a Microsoft promotion in 2009.
12 Replies to "About the light beaming up from Lumen Field"
Liz August 24, 2022 (11:53 pm)
A billion lumens from lumen field
Mike August 25, 2022 (5:06 am)
Well done. 👏🏻
waikikigirl August 25, 2022 (7:11 am)
I'm old… but I've never heard of this Artist "Weeknd" but just now listened to his videos and he's good and he's cute even to this old lady, kind of like a Lenny Kravitz cute. :>)
A bird's voice August 25, 2022 (7:59 am)
I wonder what kind of impact that spotlight had on our local migrating birds:https://www.audubon.org/lights-out-program
Peter S. August 25, 2022 (10:45 am)
I was more curious about impact to inbound SeaTac flights, since Lumen Field is directly in the approach path from the north. Coincidentally, MOST other "birds" would be largely inactive by nightfall. That said, this weather often means approaches are from the south and perhaps NBD. Wondering if any kind of coordination or clearance was required.
Rick August 25, 2022 (8:57 am)
I just figured the aliens were back for a pickup. They forgot me. Again.
Uli August 25, 2022 (10:08 am)
I thought the Seahawks are consulting with ET about the QB
Anders August 25, 2022 (12:29 pm)
"A Bird's Voice" is right. While many birds travel do during the day, the majority of birds migrate at night. We are smack in the middle of the Pacific Flyway, which runs from S. America to the Arctic -so that means millions and millions of birds flying at night during peak migration periods. Night travel is safer for them – with the exception of tall buildings with lights on, which disorients them and causes myriad fatalities. Good point re Lumen Field.
Schick L. G. August 25, 2022 (3:46 pm)
That's so beautiful! We should get a couple more going and create a Cathedral of Light.
Michael August 26, 2022 (7:48 am)
These comments are hilarious. XOTWOD!! (Weeknd fans know)
Karen August 26, 2022 (11:51 am)
THE SHOW WAS AMAZING!
Anden August 27, 2022 (7:26 am)
I was there it was 100% from the weekend concert, it was really good
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Home » Associations for the Week: March 26, 2001
Associations for the Week: March 26, 2001
Paula Liegl
The Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA) of Chicago has established a new career center on its website for those interested in learning about careers in the piping industry. The "Career Opportunities" area at www.mca.org lists opportunities available through the MCA/Local Union 597 apprenticeship program.
Bill Jones of Raven Mechanical (Houston, TX) was elected the chairman of Construction Contractors' Alliance (CCA) at a Feb. 23, 2001 trustee meeting.
Excellence Alliance, Inc. (EAI) announces that Canoga Park Heating & Air Conditioning (Canoga Park, CA) has joined the organization.
The International Exposition Company (Westport, CT) announces that the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigerating (AHR) Expo-Mexico is moving from Monterrey, Mexico to Mexico City at the Palacio de los Deportes Sept. 25-27, 2001. Endorsing organizations include the Air Movement and Control Association International, Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association, Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada, and Refrigeration Service Engineers Society. In addition, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers will conduct an educational conference.
At the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) conference in Las Vegas, NV during February, ACCA recognized nine contractors with three awards.
The 2001 CNA Fleet Safety Award winner is: —	Howard Lipman of Indoor Comfort Group, Inc. (Nashville, TN).
The 2000 P&H Marketing Safety Award of Excellence winners are: — 0-60,000 man-hours category, Bay Temperature Control (Bay Town, TX);
— 60,001-100,000 man-hours category, Jackson and Sons (Dudley, NC);
— 100,001-200,000 man-hours category, Thayer Group (Auburn, ME); and
—	Over 200,001 man-hours category, Fitzgerald Contractors (Shreveport, LA).
ACCA's Safety Award of Merit was given to: — 0-60,000 man-hours category, Finney Refrigeration (Canton, OH);
— 60,001-100,000 man-hours category, Falk Technical Service Corp. (New York, NY);
— 100,001-200,000 man-hours category, Tempo Mechanical Services (Carrollton, TX); and
— Over 200,001 man-hours category, Robinson Mechanical (Boulder, CO).
Guangzhou Kruger M&E Industries, Ltd. (Huangpu Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China) and Groupe Leader S.A. (Cedex, France) are both now participating in the Air Movement and Control Association International's (AMCA International) Certified Ratings Programme.
Recent Articles by Paula Liegl
Bill's Introduction Draws Praise
Contractors for the Week: April 30, 2001
Associations for the Week: April 30, 2001
Manufacturers for the Week: April 30, 2001
SMACNA Supports Labor Agreements
Paula Liegl is the News and legislation/regulations editor248/244-6454.
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IAQ for the Week: March 26, 2001
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Q: How to use if condition in echo I have a form to add product to cart and inside it there is a link.
This is link
<?php
    echo $this->Html->link('
'.'
'.$this->Html->image("product/".$row["Product"]["photo"],array(/*"width"=>"2500px",*/"height"=>"250px")).'
 &#8377  '.$row["Product"]["price"].'
'.'
'.$row["Product"]["name"]."
Add to cart".'
'.'
',
        array
        (
            'controller'=>'Public',
            'action'=>'singleproduct?id='.$row["Product"]["id"],
        ),
        array
        (
            'escape'=>false  //NOTICE THIS
        )
    );
?>

And I want to use this code just above Add to cart button
<?php

    if($row["Product"]["psize"]==1)
    {
?>
        Size<select name="psize">
                <option value="S">S</option>
                <option value="M">M</option>
                <option value="L">L</option>
                <option value="XL">XL</option>
            </select>
<?php
    }
    elseif($row["Product"]["psize"]==2)
    {
?>
        Size<select name="psize">
                <option value="28">28</option>
                <option value="30">30</option>
                <option value="32">32</option>
                <option value="34">34</option>
            </select>
<?php
    }

?>

This code is working if I put it outside of this HTML helper link, but because of design problem and I want to display it just above the add to cart button
I have tried but couldn't figure out how to put this inside link.

A:                 <?php

                if($row["Product"]["psize"]==1)
                {
                ?>
                Size<select name="psize">
                        <option value="S">S</option>
                        <option value="M">M</option>
                        <option value="L">L</option>
                        <option value="XL">XL</option>
                    </select>
                <?php
                } else{

                        if($row["Product"]["psize"]==2){

                            ?>
                        Size<select name="psize">
                        <option value="28">28</option>
                        <option value="30">30</option>
                        <option value="32">32</option>
                        <option value="34">34</option>
                    </select>
                <?php

                        } else{
                        echo "TEY IT"
                        }
                }

                ?>

May Be it gone help.

A: Bring out your codes in the function $this->Html->link(), assign it to a variable and use if condition. And i think you should use CakePHP Form Helper to output select box.
Example:
<?php

$select = $this->Form->input('psize', array(type => 'select', 'options' => $sizeOptions)); // you can use if conditions here

$link = $this->Html->link('
...
' . $select . '
...
', $yourUrlArr);
echo $link;


Insulated protection of médical et pharmaceutical products.
For the pharmaceutical thermosensitives products, it is important to stabilize the eutectic packs in ambient temperature near +20°C, at their exit of the freezer. This exposure in ambient temperature allows the eutectic liquid to go back of the freezing temperature-( 18°C ) to its temperature of restutition, and to stabilize near +0.3°C.
This precaution allows to avoid making come down in negative temperature, or to crystallize on surface medicine contained in insulated packagings. It is important all the more for medicine containing alive active ingredients which can pass in no way below 0°C.
All our packs can be personalized by engraving from 10000 packs.


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Q: Optimize JPA performance on inserting many entities with embedded primary key I naively implemented a web service, that consumes a list of Json objects and stores them in a SQL database using
springframework.data.jpa (JPA & Hibernate). However, the solution has a low performance and the profiler gave me a hint that the main problem lies in creating the entities from the Json objects one by one.
The code below is simplified, but basically: for each Json object in the incoming list there are two entities created: DataEntity and IdentityEntity. The former holds the data of interest and uses the latter as FK, which has a compound PK of a time and a person.
I'd like to speed up the storage process. I've determined with a profiler, that there are too many flush operations that are being done after insert of each new entity. Since I need to insert thousands of records at a given time, this causes the performance issue. Can I perhaps do the insert in one transaction or what are other ways of optimizing it?
Data class (I have many similar classes):
@Entity
public class DataEntity {
    @EmbeddedId
    private IdentityEntity identity;
    private Double data;
}

Embeddable entity:
@Embeddable
public class IdentityEntity implements Serializable {
    @NonNull
    private Long personId;
    @NonNull
    private Long datetimeId;
}

JPA repository:
@Repository
public interface DataRepository extends JpaRepository<DataEntity, IdentityEntity> {}

Simplified controller:
public class DataController{
    @Autowired
    private DataRepository dataRepository;
    @Autowired
    private DatetimeRepository datetimeRepository;

    @PostMapping("/upload")
    public void upload(...List<DataJson> items) {
        PersonEntity person = getPerson(...);          // fast enough
        for (DataJson i : items) {                 // begin transaction here?
            saveNewEntity(i, person.getId());
        }
    }

    private void saveNewEntity(DataJson json, Long personId) {
        TimeEntity savedDatetime = datetimeRepository.save(new TimeEntity(json.getDatetime()));
        IdentityEntity mi = IdentityEntity(personId, savedDatetime.getId());

        DataEntity entry = new DataEntity(mi, json.getData());
        dataRepository.save(entry);
    }
}

Edit: After further digging into the profiler, I've discovered that another time-consuming operation might be the transaction management itself. Although I haven't implemented or configured any transaction behavior, I suspect that the Spring Boot has something default configured for the Hibernate ORM. I'm beginning to think that a transaction is now being created in every iteration of the loop, being the 1st performance issue and also causing the 2nd issue, where at the end of the transaction everything is flushed and written into the DB.

A: Yep. All the methods in the SimpleJpaRepository are annotated with @Transactional.
Simply add a @Transactional annotation to your upload method.
... or
First create all of the objects and save them in one go using the save(Iterable<S> entities) method.


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Author: daevad
Engineering humor
On 2023-01-25 By daevadIn #humorLeave a comment
A hydroelectric dam is also known as a heavy water reactor.
On 2023-01-25 By daevadIn LivingLeave a comment
On 2023-01-23 By daevadIn #music, Suggested listening, Suggested viewingLeave a comment
Hot Tuna with guest Paul Kantner perform Have You Seen The Stars Tonight. This song is from the original Paul Kantner/Grace Slick/Jefferson Starship album Blows Against The Empire, which was the first rock album ever nominated for the Hugo Award. This was always my personal favorite song from the album, finding this live performance made my day.
Have You Seen The Stars Tonight — Hot Tuna — Live 1988
Incomplete outcome from the latest Ramstein meeting on Ukraine defense.
On 2023-01-22 By daevadIn #video, In the news, Suggested viewing, WarLeave a comment
The latest Ramstein meeting was both encouraging and disappointing. Encouraging news came in the form of commitments to improve Ukraine's air defense capabilities including accelerated training in the use of the systems being provided. Disappointing news came in the form of less than hoped for promises of heavy armored vehicles, especially modern main battle tanks (we're all staring at you, Germany).
Ukraine is fully expected to face a new major offensive from Putin's armies of war criminals. Ukraine's outnumbered armed forces are preparing to face this offensive as well as working to mount their own offensive and they need all the modern armor they can muster.
Here is a recent video report proving some perspective:
RIP David Crosby
On 2023-01-19 By daevadIn #music, Headlines, In the news
If NATO wants to avoid direct conflict with Russia, assistance to Ukraine must expand
On 2023-01-18 By daevadIn Around the world, In the news, Musings, War
Ukraine does not have the population that would be required to survive and win a protracted war of attrition defending itself from Russian aggression. Ukraine's success in this conflict depends on being able to significantly outperform Putin's forces. Ukraine's allies need to stop dithering about which weapons systems can be used. Ukraine's military needs more training, more ammunition, and more heavy and/or longer-range equipment. If that means ramping up production, then so be it.
Poland, the Baltic states, and other Russian border states understand all too well what is at stake. Failure to defeat Russia in Ukraine will automatically raise the threat level from Putin's megalomania. The Putin contagion must be eliminated now before it has a chance to spread.
Russia terrorism expands
On 2023-01-17 By daevadIn Around the world, In the news, Musings, Suggested viewing, War
Let's start with this recent report:
Russia's actions in the war they started with Ukraine have no limits. There is no line they won't cross, there is no action too appalling, no atrocity off-limits. This isn't state-sponsored terrorism, this is state perpetrated terrorism. There is no attempt at a fig leaf of plausible deniability. The fact is that Russian propagandists openly acknowledge the terrorism and call for more, including wiping France, The U.K., and Germany off the map with nuclear weapons.
NATO and many other countries are providing aid to Ukraine, and the more the better. However, at some point NATO needs to draw a line re Moscow's attempt at slow-motion genocide in Ukraine. Russian success in Ukraine will only lead to further adventures in the rest of the former Soviet states. This needs to be stopped sooner rather than later.
Christmas miracle
On 2023-01-15 By daevadIn Living, Musings
I was never a believer in such a thing as a Christmas miracle, but now I believe. This past Christmas season I managed to go through the entire time without even once hearing The Twelve Days of Christmas. A miraculous event! Praise be! A corollary is that I never saw or heard a news story explaining how much it would cost to purchase all twelve items. Another miracle!
I have been well and truly blessed! Miracles can happen!