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Essays & PapersAugustine and Rhetoric Essay
Augustine and Rhetoric Essay
Augustine and Rhetoric
In Ancient Rome, the power of rhetoric was appropriated from the Greeks and expanded upon and innovated. It is a great testament to the work of the Ancient Greeks and Romans that their early forays into developing effective rhetoric lasted long after their empires had collapsed. Probably the greatest homage to the classical masters of rhetoric would be the incredible innovations and work of Augustine, a true maverick who appropriated classical rhetoric to aid in the expansion and spread of Christianity throughout the world.
To a great degree, in the era of Augustine, there was a significant shift from the imperial, authoritarian, pagan Rome to a world that would be rooted in Christianity as well as becoming the geographic beacon for the spread of Christianity. While much is written about Christianity being spread by the sword, the vast majority of the spread of Christianity has been through the pen and vocal skills. This is thanks in great part to the realizations of Augustine.
With the Emperor of Rome no more, authority was now derived from the Scriptures. In order to cement the power of the scripture over the masses, the words found within the scripture needed to be spread among the masses. While this may sound like an easy task, it is not. Merely reading scripture verses aloud would not automatically convert anyone to follow a particular doctrine. There needed to be a certain compelling delivery attached to the words that were being presented. Augustine realized this and opted to expand upon the classical methods of rhetoric in order to spread the message of Christianity effectively. In short, Augustine shifted the focus of Roman rhetoric from being the primary means of establishing Roman authoritarianism to a message of promoting the scriptures.
In terms of the unique changes that Augustine made, the most unique example can be round in Ian Springer's explanation that where Augustine performs what is called a "subversive" ploy to make his version of rhetoric appealing: Augustine placed the emphasis on the words as being GOD'S words and the orator was merely a conduit and not the authority. (Springer 1)
It has been said, a religious figure could never be effective as anything other than the conduit. More cynical critics may state that the reason the conduit must claim a higher power as the source of truth because if the orator declared himself the source of truth, people would see through his façade as his human frailties could not replace a deity. However, using a deity, criticism is deflected to a higher authority that is not to be criticized.
So, the major facet of Augustine's change on classical rhetoric is a shift from the voice of the authoritarian government, but rather the voice of the deity. Because Augustine so connected Rome with the scripture, he was able to appeal to people's connection with their religious faith. This allowed rhetoric to reach a new phase in the means and methods of persuasion and further expanded the reach of the new tome which was a Rome where the church and its infrastructure have replaced the authoritarian form of secular government control. (Springer 2)
Is this form of rhetoric unethical? In a word: no. The reason for this is that Christians already placed their allegiance to the church above the secular government rule. Augustine's rhetoric simply followed along with what his audience really wanted to hear.
Kissel, Adam. (2001) "Agustine – Under Christian Doctrine." Retrieved April 16, 2007 from http://home.uchicago.edu/~ahkissel/rhetoric/augustine.html
Springer, Ian. (2001) "Rhetoric Under Authoritarian Rule." Retrieved April 17, 2007 From http://my.voyager.net/~itspring/Rhetoric.htm
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A Ghost Story (2017)
This is the story of a ghost and the house he haunts. (thefilmstage.com)
Directed By: David Lowery
Written By: David Lowery
Starring: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Will Oldham, Augustine Frizzell, Barlow Jacobs, Grover Coulson, Liz Cardenas Franke, Kesha, McColm Cephas Jr., Daniel Escudero, Tanya Foster, Carlos Bermudez
Genres: Romance, Drama, Fantasy
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8 FrederikA
Someone looked at a pretty good 20 minute short story and decided to make it theatrical-release ready, simply by extending every. single. shot. as far as they allowed until they reached the magical 90 minute mark. I don't care how off beat and meandering you want to make your film: watching Rooney Mara eating a pie for five straight minutes while Casey Affleck looks on from the corner wearing a sheet, does not constitute a scene that needs to be in any film.
7 NothingsGood
Probably the best movie where the main character wears a bedsheet with eyeholes ever made.
6 Obdurate
First 20 mins or so I thought this was going to just be a slog, but it became so much more. Full of great imagery, it is incredibly slow, but before I knew it I realized it was subtly fucking me up. Not in some disturbed fashion, but with some existential sadness, an intense longing; I began to feel for this ghost that roams a specific spot, watching life unfold, the loneliness it would feel, the confusion. The aspect ratio did make it feel "boxed in" and more intimate, older.
Couldn't help but wonder how often Casey Affleck was checking his phone under that sheet, and how much of that was his brother taunting him with pictures of himself in a metal batman suit. I liked the afterlife-as-cinema vibe, a silent observer subject to the dilation of montage and long take, trying to pull some meaning out. Will Oldham's long monologue drops the quality but the last third of the movie recovers the fumble.
Intriguing meditative fantasy is difficult to unpack on a single viewing, and it's unclear whether there is really anything substantive here - it feels like the last 5 minutes of 2001 stretched to feature length, and Lowery seems to be borrowing from the Kubrick playbook in terms of shot choices and composition as well as a coldly alienating tone. Lingers to the point of irritation in the first half; a clunky exposition monologue in the middle doesn't help matters before an intriguing finale.
4 backwardsuit
Can you film a cosmic poem about life, the universe & everything without being comedic or pretentious? Yes just watch Le quattro volte or Uncle Boonmee. This hipsterized attempt is trying so hard I can't really call it seamless or humbled in a way that elevated those efforts. I can't really call it a failure either. Some beautiful haunting moments work as a refreshing antidote to a lot of American cinema. Just too forced & single-minded to be as deep or reflective as it seems to think it is.
Rumor has it, Casey Affleck is still wearing that sheet.
3 sellis
Not quite as psychologically detailed as it could've been. There's so much potential in its simple setup, especially with its leads. The sound design, score, and cinematography are a treasure. And the editing of time establishes a tragically inevitable tone. You can feel the ghost's helplessness; how lost in time and space he is. These are the film's strengths. My problem arises from the filmmaker making it very clear what themes it's exploring, but not what each scene is saying about them.
3 AAAutin
3 hellboy76
I can see what this is trying to do and many times it achieves it, but other times you are stuck in prolonged indie hell and are ready to gouge your eyes out. The highlights are very very high and outweigh the cringy art house scat though.
There's something so intriguing about the simplicity of this film. It's not a horror film, but it is somewhat haunting because of its existential longing. I wonder if that was really Affleck under the sheet? I also realize that the use of "existential longing" will turn off a lot of people from this film.
2 Dean Franz
Full on hated this movie for the first 30 minutes or so. After that it picks up the pace a great deal, apart from a long ass monologue from Will Oldham (who I otherwise really like, but who's insufferable here). The quality, unfortunately, is pretty damn low throughout. This is an amateurish slog clearly built around a short film and never fleshed out to anything meaningful. A glib catalogue of annoying indie-shorthand techniques.
2 omgfridge
I sat silently as the credits rolled in awe and a few hours later found myself watching it all again. A moving piece of work about love, loss and life itself. The shots are breathtaking, the sound is incredible, the use of time is mesmerizing, A Ghost Story is unequivocally haunting.
2 wetwillies
For something so carefully assembled, atmospheric and thoughtful, it reveals itself as vapid with astonishing speed - perhaps that's harsh, but there's nothing about overall man's rant in the final third that doesn't unpleasantly bludgeon the audience with the big ideas that the rest of its soul-searching kept close to its vest.
2 Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter)
It'll be a shock if A Ghost Story doesn't wind up being one of my top films of 2017. This is a thoughtful, emotional, and intelligent take on love, loss, legacy, death, and time. It's a slow-paced film that gives you lots of opportunities to think and reflect, and while it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, if you think it'll be yours there's a good chance that you'll really fall in love with it. A Ghost Story is truly fantastic cinema. [Full Review]
2 guy piranha
people live, people die, empires rise and fall...but the KKK is eternal!
I had a joke about Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore all lined up, but damnitalltohell (or don't, as it were), this movie deserves better than that. Sure it thinks it's smarter than it is, and Will Oldham pretty much said the same thing in 4 1/2 minutes in "Death To Everyone", but don't credit it with being TOO deep and it's really kind of beautiful.
2 mattorama12
On the one hand, it was extremely slow at points. But, on the other hand, the most interesting thing about the movie was the way it made you think about time itself, and I don't think it would have had the same effect without some of the tedious scenes. So credit for achievement in that regard, but just did not leave me with too much else.
2 Adam P-D
I love the tone of this film but if I was at that party with Will Oldham, I'd have excused myself to go find another conversation. Such an excruciatingly boring scene! The period stuff is a bit sloppy too (aesthetically as well as politically).
1 schnofel
Will Oldham's nihilistic rant is in stark contrast to the needs of this ghost and everyone else we see. Cut off from love and belonging it moves through this world disembodied, not understanding. History repeats and doubles back until there comes a moment of remembrance, something that is rightfully hidden from us. I don't know how Malick copycat Lowery achieved these simple, elegant motions but holy shit, he made an essential love story.
1 Actionberg
In cliché parlance, this is What American Indies Should Aspire to Be. It's a little rough around the edges but that's probably more to its benefit. It's a bold, beautifully depicted story of a soul unmoored from time.
Retains just enough ambiguity to remain a touching evocation of the ineffable and ephemeral nature of love. The way it slowly disposes of its protagonists until they're dwarfed by time and the universe is admirably bold. If it has a weakness, it's that goddamn Will Oldham scene; no need to state the film's central thesis through the mouth of an incredibly annoying character.
1 AFlickering
lowery has called it BEETLEJUICE or POLTERGEIST by way of apichatpong or tsai, and sure, the uncanny resonance of its central conceit brings e.g. BOONMEE to mind. his muse is still malick however, rerouting the language of the ghost genre toward an evocation of being in time, provoking heideggerian angst with a visualisation of the eternal recurrence. ultimately, the nihilism embodied by will oldham (in a deliberately obnoxious film's most deliberately obnoxious scene) is firmly dismissed.
If you're patient - really patient - it has some rather poignant moments. And all the shots of Casey Affleck in a sheet work surprisingly well.
1 Detox
Wants you to feel the REALLY BIG EMOTIONS for almost THE ENTIRE RUNTIME. Fails of course. I felt nothing.
1 Neonman
Boldly takes us through time and the universe (and further if it had had the budget), following its own ghost logic. This film treads the same existential non-narrative paths of Malick and Reygadas, as well as Noe's Enter the Void, though all the emotionally with-held pieces that make this up end up producing an intoxicating and awe-inspiring effect. An original piece of work that sure will tickle the souls of some film-goers.
The idea of a ghost terrorized by time -- in house that haunts him with new people coming in and even a building taking place in a Blade Runner-like world -- seems brilliant, but it's just too bad that Lowery relies on arthouse indieness bullshit than true thought-provoking cinema. He literally prefers the most comfortable to shoot it -- like an Instagram account -- and uses silences and dead times to unfold the dullest possible trasncendental love story. It's that OTHER Ghost done the wrong way
I came for the Instagrammed-framed pie, but left with the understanding that Lowery's film is something special. The profound vastness of time is intimately explored in an unassuming, and odd, way. The melancholy this exploration emotes is impressive. I never thought I would be so moved to see a bedsheets drop to the floor.
Meandering yet innovative, primitive yet wise - A Ghost Story is The sort of Malick-ian variety of arthouse film I was so anticipating. An entrancing journey that consumes all.
What a neat trailer. Should have left it at that.
1 axleblaze
A strange, slow and eerie film that somehow makes you take Casey Affleck wearing a sheet with holes for eyes very seriously.
1 Jerky
The last 2/3rds of the film landed and saved it, but the first 3rd was as slow as molasses running uphill in the snow. Somebody needs to tell the director that it's ok to yell "cut". Too many shots went on for way too long. Seriously, there's a 5 minute scene of Rooney Mara eating a pie....and not sexually! It was a 60 minute story stretched over 90 minutes, but I really liked their idea of the afterlife...or semi afterlife if you will.
1 natebarrios
wholly unique and original, with an execution that will work only for a select audience. fans of slow cinema: this is for you.
1 deep_green
Works a particular angle reasonably well, namely, David Lowery's sad, small, lonely movie. At it's most insignificant also when it is most evidently an 'indie' movie, which you can really feel a lot.
A total ape job of recent audio-visual trends in 'slow cinema' combined with loose genre elements and a vaguely Malicky attempt to link personal loss/grief with a bigger statement about time and mortality. When it focuses on the personal, it's a mildly effective, if obvious, mood piece that approximates an infantile quasi-hipster American take on this stylistic mode, but It falters when it strives for a deeper meaning, most embarassingly in a pessimistic monologue that recalls The Turin Horse.
1 Ippei
A fascinating concept and pretty well executed. The only problem is that it's too conceptual and too arthouse-y for your average movie viewer and the novelty quickly wears out its welcome. Maybe I missed the point of this film or it was too deep for me, but I didn't get what they were trying to say, and this really impeded my enjoyment of this film.
1 Byder
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1 RuruSmasher
Hauntingly beautiful. (Sorry, but it's true) It's something that has to be felt and engaged emotionally with. Loved the music and the sound design, the editing that jumps in time and the painfully long (that some would call slow) moments and how it plays with the relativity of time. Side note: I was glad that Affleck's face was under a sheet the whole time. Fuck that guy.
100 91st
Wordless in its beauty and hypnotic in its form, "A Ghost Story" is unlike anything you've ever seen.
A beautiful take at the enormity of the universe. Aside from really appreciating the cinematography, I completely connected with the enmity of time during grief. Lowery's insight on existentialism through the haunting of one's soul was interesting and thought provoking. Although I don't think it's a film for everyone, this worked for me.
1 DarkNights
C'est fou, c'est beau, c'est fascinant. On y regarde les images, le vide, le flou et le paysage comme par une fenêtre ouverte. Des silhouettes s'y inscrivent. De dos, la plupart du temps, comme pour mieux nous faire sentir ce besoin d'aller de l'avant. Un véritable ovni à découvrir !

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Trustee of The Sandy Lane Charitable Trust, Phillipa Challis presenting a cheque for the 2016 funding of the "Neuropsychological Services for All" (NSA) program to Dr Toni Nicholls, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Director of NSA.
DR. Toni Nicholls, through her pilot subsidized program "Neuropsychological Services for All" (NSA), is aiming to provide low or no cost neuropsychological services to children 18 years and under in Barbados whose families are unable to afford this intervention. The NSA program, which is being administered by the Barbados Council for the Disabled (BCD), will be funded in 2016 by the Sandy Lane Charitable Trust to the amount of $18,120. Yesterday Dr Nicholls, the only Clinical Neuropsychologist in Barbados, thanked members of The Trust for their continued assistance, during a presentation ceremony held at the BCD's Harambee House, Garrison Headquarters.
She said that Neuropsychology which is new to the Caribbean, is a highly specialised subset of psychology that can be considered a cross between psychology
and neurology. "Neuropsychology studies the relationship between the brain and behaviour," she explained. "Basically what we know is that when the brain has been altered in anyway, be it through injury or disease or even just developmental issues, you will see a change in one's ability to think,work, attend school, socialise and perform basic daily functions at home." Having been in private practice in Barbados since 2013, she sees a broad range of clinical conditions in both adults and paediatric populations, receiving a number of referrals from the Paediatric Department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). "I have been seeing a lot of children with epilepsy, brain injury, autism, etc… What I do is that I would assess how they function in terms of their memory, language, attention – every cognitive skill – then I match it against their medical records and then I come up with a recommendations … I have had wonderful discussions with the school officials in Barbados on how to accommodate children."
The Trust has been supportive of Neuropsychological care over the past three years, helping a number of children with a range of serious neurological conditions obtain the Neuropsychological service that they need. "Wewant Dr Nicholls to have access to funds so that when Doctors from the QEH actually have referrals that it doesn't reach the stage of a parent not being to access the service for their child because they can't afford it … It is actually a referral straight from QEH and she can instantly start helping the family," Trustee of the Trust, Phillipa Challis pointed out. "We are delighted to be able to assist and we are thrilled that we can again support the children of Barbados, as always through our generous donors." (TL)
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Young Adult / November 1, 2017
Author: John Green. Summary: Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. (Published Summary) My Thoughts: I've never had a mental illness, so I can't really say (as I would like to) that this is good portrayal of clinical anxiety and intrusive thoughts. I can tell you it made me uneasy, so much so that I had to put the book down several times and come back to it after a few minutes. I can tell you I've had nights that echoed the spiral-trap of Aza's thoughts, a circling panic ungrounded in reality, and if it was only a pale echo still the writing-stirred memory had me flinching. I can tell you I believed her. That was the thing. I believed Aza. If you…
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Young Adult / August 21, 2017
Author: Meg Wolitzer. Summary: If life were fair, then Jam would still be living in her house in New Jersey and would be spending time with her cool English boyfriend Reeve. Instead, she's at a home for troubled, genius teens. This special school is known for teaching a class on one book. Jam is chosen to take this class and the book that will be analyzed is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Additionally, the students have to keep a journal in which they are supposed to confront the truth and resolve issues from their past. Will Jam be able to overcome her traumas? (Published summary) My Thoughts: I wonder what you call this genre… not exactly magical realism, but that almost feels closest. Not fantasy. Not realistic. Hm. Anyway. I like the genre type, and the pacing and suspense throughout the story was quite good, but the main character aggravated me. I don't want to spoil the whole ending, but I was severely disappointed to find out her real backstory. Content Review: Sexual Content: "Among us only Hannah Petroski had an actual, long-term boyfriend. The two of them were really serious, and had almost had sex."/ 'Seth put his…
A World Without You
Young Adult / December 23, 2016
Author: Beth Revis. Summary: What if finding her means losing himself? Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at fifteen, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his worried parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he's actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have "superpowers." At Berkshire, Bo falls in love with Sofía, a quiet girl with a tragic past and the superpower of invisibility. Soíia helps Bo open up in a way he never has before. In turn, Bo provides comfort to Sofía, who lost her mother and two sisters at a very young age. But even the strength of their love isn't enough to help Sofia escape her deep depression. After she commits suicide, Bo is convinced that she's not actually dead. He believes that she's stuck somewhere in time—that he somehow left her in the past, and that now it's his job to save her. And as Bo becomes more and more determined to save…
Author: Tamara Ireland Stone. Summary: Words have destroyed Samantha's life. Black, spiraling thoughts that she can't always control bind her into an OCD prison that she hides from her popular friends and goes to weekly therapy to keep under control. Now, words may build her life back up again. After making a new friend and finding the secret Poet's Corner, things seem to be taking a turn for the better. And writing nightly poetry is helping Samantha open up and stop walling herself in. But if her friends, the popular group, found out – they'd kick her out for sure. And how can she keep the secret from her therapist? Life may at last be looking up, but Sam still has plenty of problems. My Thoughts: I wasn't sure about this book at first, for Sam seemed irritatingly stupid – why would anyone hang out with the girls she calls friends? But as I got into the book, it became engrossing, and I was loving it by the half-way mark. Every Last Word is a carefully researched story that shows vividly what it's like to suffer from Pure-O OCD. It also deals with the topics of peer pressure, fitting in,…
Author: Martine Leavitt. Summary: As a child, Calvin felt an affinity with the comic book character from Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes. He was born on the day the last strip was published; his grandpa left a stuffed tiger named Hobbes in his crib; and he even had a best friend named Susie. Then Calvin's mom washed Hobbes to death, Susie grew up beautiful and stopped talking to him, and Calvin pretty much forgot about the strip—until now. Now he is seventeen years old and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Hobbes is back, as a delusion, and Calvin can't control him. Calvin decides that Watterson is the key to everything—if he would just make one more comic strip, but without Hobbes, Calvin would be cured. Calvin and Susie (is she real?) and Hobbes (he can't be real, can he?) set out on a dangerous trek across frozen Lake Erie to track down Watterson. (Goodreads summary.) Content Review: Sexual content: Low. Two kisses, a boy and girl sleep in the same tent alone through necessity, one mention during a (compliment? Discussion? Hard to tell) of the part of the brain that stimulates sexual impulses. Language: Very low. Violence: Some school-boys steal…
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BROOKLYN, NY – An indictment was unsealed on March 4, 2019, charging Najib Allam, an executive of the Privinvest family of maritime services companies, and Teofilo Nhangumele and Antonio do Rosario, former Mozambican government officials, for their roles in a $2 billion fraud and money laundering scheme that victimized investors in the United States and around the world. The indictment was previously unsealed on January 3, 2019 as to co-defendants Jean Boustani, a Privinvest executive, Manuel Chang, the former Finance Minister of Mozambique, and Andrew Pearse, Surjan Singh and Detelina Subeva, former high-ranking investment bankers at an international investment bank (the Investment Bank). Each defendant is charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. In addition, Boustani, Allam, Chang, do Rosario, Pearse, Singh and Subeva are charged with securities fraud conspiracy. Pearse, Singh and Subeva are also charged with conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery and internal controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brian A. Benczkowski, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, and William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), announced the charges.
The indictment alleges that between approximately 2013 and 2016, Boustani, Allam, Nhangumele, do Rosario, Chang, Pearse, Singh, Subeva and their co-conspirators ensured that the Investment Bank, and another foreign investment bank, would arrange for more than $2 billion to be extended, in three loans, to companies owned and controlled by the Mozambican government: Proindicus S.A. (Proindicus), Empresa Moçambicana de Atum, S.A. (EMATUM) and Mozambique Asset Management (MAM). The proceeds of the loans were intended to fund three maritime projects for which Privinvest was to provide the equipment and services. Specifically, Proindicus was to perform coastal surveillance, EMATUM was to engage in tuna fishing and MAM was to build and maintain shipyards.
Instead, the defendants and their co-conspirators illegally facilitated Privinvest's criminal diversion of more than $200 million of the proceeds of the loans. These stolen funds included more than $150 million that Privinvest — at the direction of Boustani, Allam and others — used to bribe Chang, Nhangumele, do Rosario and other Mozambican government officials to ensure that companies owned and controlled by the Mozambican government would enter into the loan arrangements, and that the government of Mozambique would guarantee those loans. In addition, Privinvest diverted approximately $50 million in kickback payments to Pearse, Singh and Subeva, who assisted the co-conspirators to obtain financing for the loans through the Investment Bank and the other foreign investment bank. The loans were subsequently sold in whole or in part to investors worldwide, including in the United States. In doing so, the participants in the scheme conspired to defraud these investors by misrepresenting how the loan proceeds would be used, the amount and maturity dates of other financial obligations held by Mozambique and the ability of the government of Mozambique to repay the loans.
To date, the companies controlled by the government of Mozambique have failed to make more than $700 million of loan repayments that have become due.
Boustani, a citizen and resident of Lebanon and Antigua and Barbuda, was the lead salesperson and negotiator for Privinvest, and is charged for his role in coordinating the payment by Privinvest of more than $200 million in bribe and kickback payments to Mozambican government officials and investment bankers in order to facilitate the three loans. He is alleged to have personally received at least $15 million from the scheme. Boustani was arrested in Queens, New York on January 2, 2019 and arraigned later that day in federal court in Brooklyn. Boustani has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and a trial date has not yet been set.
Allam, a citizen of Lebanon, was the Chief Financial Officer of Privinvest, and is charged for his role in helping Boustani and others coordinate the payment by Privinvest of more than $200 million in bribe and kickback payments. Allam remains at large.
Nhangumele, a citizen and resident of Mozambique, acted in an official capacity on behalf of the President of Mozambique during the charged scheme, and is charged for his role in facilitating the payment by Privinvest of over $150 million to Mozambican government officials to gain approval for the maritime projects, and to cause Mozambique to borrow more than $2 billion from the two investment banks in government-guaranteed loans to finance the projects. Nhangumele has not yet been arrested on the charges in this indictment and Nhangumele is not currently in U.S. custody.
Do Rosario, a citizen and resident of Mozambique, held positions within the Mozambican government, including with the Mozambican state intelligence service, known as "SISE," and managerial roles for each of the three state-owned entities formed to undertake the maritime projects that are the subject of the indictment. He is charged for his role in ensuring that Mozambique would undertake the maritime projects and award the contracts for those projects to Privinvest, and that Finance Minister Chang would issue government guarantees binding Mozambique to repay $2 billion in loans to undertake the projects. He is alleged to have personally received more than $12 million from the scheme. Do Rosario has not yet been arrested on the charges in this indictment and is not currently in U.S. custody.
Chang, a citizen and resident of Mozambique, was the former Finance Minister of Mozambique, and is charged for signing guarantees on behalf of Mozambique for the three corrupt loans. He is alleged to have personally received at least $5 million from the scheme. Chang was arrested on December 29, 2018, in South Africa, pursuant to a provisional arrest warrant issued at the request of the United States. The United States is seeking his extradition.
Pearse, a citizen of New Zealand, Singh, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Subeva, a citizen of Bulgaria, reside in the United Kingdom. At the time of the charged scheme, Pearse and Singh were managing directors, and Subeva was a vice president, of the Investment Bank. Each has been charged for facilitating bribe payments to government officials in Mozambique and for circumventing the internal accounting controls of the Investment Bank, which arranged two of the three loans. Pearse, Singh and Subeva were arrested on January 3, 2019, in the United Kingdom, pursuant to provisional arrest warrants issued at the request of the United States. The United States is seeking their extradition.
The charges in the indictment are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The investigation is being conducted by the FBI's New York Field Office. The government's case is being handled by the Business and Securities Fraud Section of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), the Criminal Division's Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) and the Fraud Section. Assistant United States Attorneys Matthew S. Amatruda and Mark E. Bini of the EDNY, Trial Attorneys Margaret Moeser and Sean W. O'Donnell of MLARS and Trial Attorney David M. Fuhr of the Fraud Section are prosecuting the case.
The Criminal Division's Office of International Affairs provided critical assistance in this case. The Department appreciates the significant cooperation and assistance provided by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Department also appreciates the assistance provided by law enforcement authorities in the United Kingdom and in South Africa.


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Q: OpenLayers Multi-line drawing lines disappear Normally the code draws by calculating the linestring that will occur in every map movement. But the lines drawn in a certain convergence disappear. In the sample code, the green line is the main line and it does not disappear, but the lines outside it disappear when you zoom in. You can try to get closer to the lines on the code.
The code example is as follows:JSFiddle
       var lineString = new ol.style.LineStrings({
            valLine:7,
            valDistance:150,
            color: 'green',
            width: 4,
            widthLines:4,
            colorArray: ['blue', 'red', 'white', 'black', 'orange', 'blue', 'red', 'white', 'black', 'orange'],
            }

What can be the reason for this and how can it be solved?

A: You are styling the central line (the real feature) as seven lines (not real features, just geometry used for styling).  If the real feature isn't in the area covered by the map's viewport plus the layer's renderBuffer it won't be styled (although it may remain visible when panned because the style function isn't rerun unless the resolution changes).  To avoid the outlying style lines disappearing a high zoom levels you need to set renderBuffer on the layer to a very large number, for example
            var vectorLayer = new ol.layer.Vector({
                source: vectorSource,
                renderBuffer: 1e10,
                style:lineString
            });

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Gary R. Blum
Sr. Partner
About Gary R. Blum
Gary R. Blum immediately upon completing his Masters Degree in Business Communication at the University of Maryland returned to New York City (where Gary was born and raised) to enter into the field of Commercial Real Estate.
Over the past thirty years Gary has been considered one of the most dynamic and creative brokers in the outer boroughs.
Early in his career Gary focused on industrial transactions and made numerous deals with investors and developers.
Summary of Transactions
Sole broker who brought the sale of the 500,000 sq. ft. Gimbels warehouse in Long Island City.
Seller: Larry Silverstein
Buyer: Irwin Cohen
Sale Price: $15,000,000
Upon completing the transaction Gary worked closely with Mr. Irwin Cohen to assure the property would be fully leased.
First industrial Condominium in Queens (Woodside)150,000 sq. ft. Price $8,000,000 As the exclusive agent for Allomatic Industries Gary came up with the concept to sell half of the property as a condominium to Lord West Tuxedo. Fifteen years later, Gary represented Lord WestTuxedo reselling the condo to Price Master of Long Island City for $11,000,000.
As Exclusive agent for PanAmSat Corporation, a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics, a division of General Motors, Gary was able to sell their 7 Acre Site in Brooklyn for $16,000,000, which was twice the appraised value of the property by again creating a "higher and better use" for the land; that being a retail development.
During the 1990's Gary was the first broker to realize it was time for some of the National Big Box Retailers to start locating in Queens.
The major transaction happened when, a exclusive agent for Hershey Foods, Gary sold the Ronzoni Pasta Plant, a ten acre site on Northern Boulevard in Long Island City to Kmart for $18,000,000. Kmart later re-sold the site to Home Depot for $22,000,000 and this is currently one of Home Depot's best performing stores. This transaction led to many of the big box retailers migrating to Northern Boulevard including The Sports Authority where Gary helped turn a Four Acre care dealership into the Sports Authority's first Queens Location.
Gary was also instrumental in transforming the old College Point Industrial Park off the Whitestone Expressway into a Retail Destination by bringing Toys "R" Us to Triangle Equities to help secure an RFP from NYC. Toys R Us eventually signed a long term lease valued at about $80,000,000 and continues to thrive at the location.
Some of Gary's other Queens Retail transactions are as follows:
Gap – $11,000,000 lease
Old Navy – $8,000,000 lease
Kids "R" Us – $16,000,000 lease
TJ Maxx – $12,000,000 lease
Marshalls – $15,000,000 lease
Babies "R" Us – $20,000,000 lease
The next trend Gary quickly identified was in 2003. It was finally time for the Long Island City waterfront to be Redeveloped for Residential use which has been talked about from the time Gary began his career some thirty years ago.
Gary's first Residential Conversion Sale was on 5th Street and 48th Avenue to The Milestone Group. Milestone constructed approximately 60,000 sq. ft. of Condominiums which quickly sole out at an average of $525 PSF.
His second major Residential Conversion transaction was also on 48th Avenue where he represented Toll Brothers who purchased the property for $18,000,000 and constructed 140,000 sq. ft. of Condominiums which quickly sold out at an average of $525 PSF.
Gary also sold a property in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on the Waterfront to Toll Brothers where Toll built 60,000 sq. ft. of Condominiums. This sold for an average of $800 PSF.
Some of Gary's other major Residential Conversion transactions were as follows:
615,000 Sq. Ft. - 29-16 Northern Boulevard – 44-35 Purves Street, Long Island City, NY: In one of the largest scale transactions in the Long Island City residential development arena, two (2) sites totaling over 615,000 buildable sq. ft. were assembled in an off market deal with a final purchase price of $67,000,000. Pinnacle procured the purchaser, the Rabsky Group and represented the Sellers, the Criterior Group and Emmes Asset Management.
410,000 Sq. Ft. - 30-17 49th Avenue, LIC, NY: In one of the largest joint venture deals in Long Island City, the owner / operators of this former taxi site consisting of an 80,000 sq. ft. plot, with a buildable area of over 410,000 sq. ft. were partnered with one of the most respected national real estate development companies. The Lightstone Group in a transaction valued at $150,000,000, including construction cost.
400,000 Sq. Ft. - 308 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, NY: In an off market deal, this 120,000 sq. ft. former Verizon facility in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn will be repositioned to tap its potential of over 400,000 sq. ft. of mixed-use development rights plus one of the longest frontages on the Gowanus canal.
Freurish Foods Building sold to Plaxall Development for $7,500,000 46-01 5th Street, Long Island City, NY (60,000 sq. ft. buildable condos)
Rolston Products Building sold to Simone Development Group for $10,000,000 11-15 49th Avenue, Long Island City, NY (70,000 sq. ft. buildable condos)
Ciampa Organization Assemblage of approximately 350,000 sq. ft. of buildable Rental space in the Queens Plaza area. Gary and his partner Decio Baio worked with Mr. Joe Ciampa to acquire several properties to make this project one of the largest Rental Developments in Long Isalnd City. The cost of the Assemblage was approximately $35,000,000. Rental units are being currently leased.
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Because today is Valentine's Day and especially in Japan chocolate matters!
I am sooooo excited to share this news with you! I believe that I may have finally created my ultimate chocolate cupcake!
For sometime now, I have this idea stuck in my head that it is critically important for a home-baker (who loves chocolate) to have a special recipe that is proof-tested and contains exactly the things that you want to be in there.


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IRTL Archive
Can we be forced to stay at home?
We are advised to stay at home these days, probably for good reason. But as of this afternoon, that advice became a legally binding rule. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 were issued and took effect at 1pm today. They will lapse if Parliament has not approved them by mid-May. But in the [...]
By David Anderson|2020-06-01T10:18:11+00:00March 26th, 2020|Blog, Featured, Law|Comments Off on Can we be forced to stay at home?
Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill
This Bill, prompted by recent atrocities in Fishmongers' Hall and Streatham, has been introduced with the objective - which I support - of ensuring that terrorist offenders with determinate sentences are not automatically released before the end of their custodial term. The Parole Board must first have a chance to examine whether they pose a [...]
By David Anderson|2020-03-30T15:59:30+00:00February 21st, 2020|Blog, Law, Security|Comments Off on Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill
A Valediction, Forbidding Mourning
Ian Forrester, a Scottish QC who long practised law in Brussels, served as a Judge of the General Court of the European Union from 2015 to 2020. He delivered this farewell speech in the Court on 6 February. Both moving and informative, it contains Ian's reflections on Britain (and Scotland) in and out of Europe, [...]
By David Anderson|2020-03-30T15:59:37+00:00February 14th, 2020|Blog, Brexit, Featured, Law|Comments Off on A Valediction, Forbidding Mourning
Taming the Wild West
I gave a lecture last night at Clifford Chance in London on "Taming the Wild West: Government and the Internet". It touches on a number of currently contested areas of law and policy ranging from state surveillance and "surveillance capitalism" to online harms, antitrust and the corporation as courthouse. If the lecture were a website, [...]
By David Anderson|2020-03-30T15:59:44+00:00November 15th, 2019|Blog, Featured, Law, Security|Comments Off on Taming the Wild West
Article 50 Extension and the European Elections
The Prime Minister reported to the House of Commons last week that any further extension of the Article 50 notification period "would certainly mean participation in the European parliamentary elections". I think she is wrong as a matter of law, and with five distinguished EU law experts (on whom, see further here), have written an [...]
By David Anderson|2020-03-30T15:59:59+00:00March 28th, 2019|Blog, Brexit, Law|Comments Off on Article 50 Extension and the European Elections
Extremism and the Law
Extremism and the Law was the subject of my Middle Temple Treasurer's Lecture on Monday evening. It was attended by a wonderfully diverse crowd, ranging from Supreme Court Justices to East London sixth-formers who had got to hear about it through The Big Voice, a legal outreach charity. The lecture is framed by the experience [...]
By David Anderson|2020-03-30T16:00:05+00:00March 20th, 2019|Blog, Featured, Law, Security|Comments Off on Extremism and the Law
Can the Backstop be Beaten? (Part 2)
Here is a further Opinion on the legal effects of the Prime Minister's Brexit deal. A sequel to the one published on Tuesday, it addresses the novel suggestion - attributed this week to the Attorney General - that the UK could pull out of the Northern Ireland Backstop either unilaterally, via Article 62 of the Vienna [...]
By David Anderson|2020-03-30T16:00:12+00:00March 16th, 2019|Blog, Brexit, Law|Comments Off on Can the Backstop be Beaten? (Part 2)
I was asked to advise the People's Vote Campaign, with Jason Coppel QC and Sean Aughey of 11 King's Bench Walk, on the legal effect of the package of measures announced by the Government and the EU on the late evening of Monday 11 March. In our Opinion, produced overnight, we concluded: It is crystal [...]
Reporting Terrorism
This is the text of a lecture I delivered to journalism students and others at the University of Essex on 11 February 2019. Among the issues covered are the appearance vs the reality of terrorism in the West, and some of the dilemmas facing journalists as both investigators and reporters of terrorism. It finishes with a short discussion of [...]
By David Anderson|2019-03-13T12:14:08+00:00March 1st, 2019|Blog, Featured, Law, Media, Security|Comments Off on Reporting Terrorism
The Fly in the China Shop
I was invited to The Hague last month to deliver the Hague Lecture on International Law, to an invited audience of diplomats, international judges and others at the British Embassy. No expert on public international law, I concentrated instead on the threat of terrorism - real and perceived - and the role played by the courts of [...]
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I don't like to use inflammatory language, such as the title of this article, but the message from the mainstream media about gold demand is a lie misleading.
Yes, coin purchases in North America are down compared to last year (a record-setting year, by the way). It's been soft at a few other Mints as well, such as Perth.
But Eagle and Kangaroo purchases aren't the whole market. You and I don't buy paper gold products, for example, but throw in demand from this part of the industry and a very different picture emerges from the dour headlines you see from gold haters mainstream sources.
Let's face it, some investors are going to opt for paper gold—so if we want an accurate picture of gold demand we have to include all sources. I know this seems obvious, but sometimes journalists favor headlines that support their biases are sensational.
Add up all the gold exchange-traded products (ETPs) around the world and you'll find that the first half of the year has been a knockout. Global ETPs (which includes ETFs like GLD) saw inflows of $245 billion in the first six months of 2017, a new and lofty record.
This is a LOT more than the first half of last year. Or most years. Look how it compares to the average level of demand over the past decade.
Keep in mind that as the chart shows, we haven't got to what is typically the strongest part of the year.
Here's another way to look at just how robust current demand is for gold ETPs. This chart compares the first half of 2017 to ALL of 2016.
What's especially impressive is that $245 billion would be the second-largest FULL year amount on record. If the current pace continues, ETP inflows could reach a whopping $500 billion by year end.
This clearly signals that institutional investors—the primary buyers of gold ETPs—see a crucial need to have exposure to gold.
It's pretty straightforward: total global silver ETF holdings reached yet another record level last month. There simply has been no letup in investors buying silver ETFs.
This is not the behavior you would see if investors didn't think there was strong potential in silver.
Holdings in gold ETFs based in Europe just reached a new record level.
Demand for gold is so strong in Europe that these ETFs represented 76% of all net global inflows in the second quarter.
It's rather obvious that European investors see an ever-growing need to have exposure to gold right now.
Chinese gold ETFs saw net outflows in the first half of 2017, but coin and bar demand was up a remarkable 56% over last year. Total gold consumption grew almost 10%, and physical withdrawals from the Shanghai Gold Exchange in July were the 3rd highest ever for that month.
The Association estimates that demand for the year may exceed 1,000 tonnes, which would be the highest level in four years. Gold production in the country, by the way, is down 6% so far, similar to what is happening almost everywhere.
As for silver, customs data shows that 1,984 tonnes were imported in the first half of the year, 37% more than last year. It was also the highest level of imports for the first six months since 2010.
Most headlines I see about China reference lower demand, but that is clearly not the full picture.
Gold demand in India was up 26%, the third consecutive quarter of higher volumes. And imports in July more than doubled.
Retail investment in Turkey has surged, hitting its highest level since 2013.
Gold demand was flat in Vietnam, but the government just introduced a measure to remove much of the red tape surrounding gold bars. As such, state banks will soon be able to import gold bullion directly, which will likely lead to a spike in demand.
There is no letup in interest for gold in these countries.
And don't look now, but the US Mint just reported that silver coin sales were up big last month, from 986,000 Eagles sold in June to 2.27 million in July, a jump of 130%. Overall sales are still subdued for gold, after 2016's banner year, but silver sales last month were actually 65.7% higher than July 2016.
Meanwhile, UK dealer BullionVault reported an interesting anecdote about demand in early July: it said its record gold holdings are now so high that they could make more than 10 million 18-carat wedding rings, or supply the microchips for 1.5 billion iPhones.
Which Message Do You Listen To?
If an investor gages the status of the gold market by popular headlines, they might come to the wrong conclusion. And take the wrong action. They might assume interest in gold is on the decline, or that the price may fall, or maybe even sell their holdings.
But if global gold demand is actually much stronger than what is generally reported, the opposite conclusions are drawn: more people than ever want to hold gold right now, and the price will ultimately head higher once the fears those investors have begin to play out. And they'd take the opposite action: continue to denominate their savings in physical metal.
Based on a look at the total gold market, the latter message is clearly more accurate.
As such, I encourage you to do what we're doing: accumulate gold coins and gold bars, while prices are subdued, premiums are low, and supply is plentiful. Someday, every one of those factors will be just the opposite—higher metals prices, expensive premiums, and sporadic availability.
Regardless of mainstream headlines, don't lie to yourself about how much gold you'll need or what's ahead for the precious metals market.


Riley Tade, the 18-year-old from Ashland, Missouri, made his debut this year in the Junior Market Goat Show at the National Western Stock Show.
Tade has been showing for five years, but this year was a special year for him since he finally reached his goal, which was to be an exhibitor at the National Western Stock Show, the Super Bowl of Livestock Shows.
Tade's mother, Jennifer Tade, said they attended National Western a few years ago to get a feel for the show and make sure he was ready. The goal for Tade's family was to show by the year 2016, but Tade suffered from some medical setbacks that did not permit him to attend or show.
Tade defies the odds and owns the show ring. He is an inspiration to us all!
Tade exhibited the Lightweight Champion Junior Market Goat.
Here are some photos of Tade.


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Q: express/connect middleware which executes after the response is sent to the client Is it possible to write a middleware which executes after the response is sent to a client or after the request is processed and called just before sending the response to client?

A: See if binding to req.on('end', function() {...}); will work for you.

A: pauljz gave the basic method but to expand on that here is an example of middleware
module.exports = function() {
  return function(req, res, next) {
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}

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I grew up with these brownies, which are technically blondies. The Joy of Cooking, where the recipe comes from, calls them butterscotch brownies, but Wikipedia says that they are blondies. When I think about blondies, I don't picture these bars, which are dense and almost sticky and sweet and addictive. Believe me, I'm too ashamed to tell you how many I ate after dinner. The chunk cut out of the pan above is what I ate before dinner. My mom used to make these when we were kids, and I used to make them when I was younger. This is one of the first recipes I converted to gluten-free, because it only uses 1/2 cup of flour. I've found that those are the easiest recipes for substitutions.
This recipe can be made in two ways. You can make the basic recipe, as is, and have a thin, chewy, slightly dense wonderful bar (above). You can also double the recipe, and make a cakey, fluffy bar. I like the single recipe best, but they're great both ways.
From the Joy of Cooking, can be doubled. I've cut down on the butter because I don't need to be eating this much butter.
Melt the butter in the microwave, then stir in the brown sugar until completely moistened. Let cool slightly, then stir in the rest of the ingredients. Pour into a well greased 8x8 pan and bake 15-20 minutes at 350. If you double the recipe, bake 25-35 minutes. Cool, then slice into 16 squares and enjoy. Use restraint.
theyre SO good. and so easy. and if you make them around a bunch of people, you won't have to worry about eating them all, they'll disappear really quickly!
These look great! And the recipe looks easy enough for me to make LOL!
What did I do wrong?? I felt as if there should be another egg or something, as there was never a "batter" - maybe you meant 1/4 POUND of butter? 1/4 c = 1/2 a stick, but that's what I used. Anyway, super disappointing, but I'll try again, and try and make some adjustments. I had a GF artisan-style bread disaster last night, too, so this is extra painful! : /) Cheers!!
Nope, these are definitely butterscotch brownies. Blondies have chocolate chips!
Whatever you call them, they look yummy. It's a snow day, just might have to make them for the little man.
Nope I'm with you, the original (single batch) way is waaay better. LOVE blondies and these are blondies all the way! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I'm printing it out.
i saw this while i was waiting for dinner to cook and HAD to make them for desert (single batch) and i used a pie pan. SOOOOO yummy. also using a well greased pie pan made it super easy to flip over onto a plate and then inhale lol. thanks for the recipes!
Celiaclady- If you use any more than 1/2 stick of butter (4T) things get really greasy. Maybe your pan was too big? These are supposed to be thin and chewy, like in the picture, not as chewy as candy but they are definitely different than brownies. If you want something more like brownies, double the recipe to make thicker ones.
I just stumbled on your blog and I'm glad I did! This may have to be my weekend treat.
These look good. I'll give them a try soon. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks for the recipe! I made these and they were super delicious and, like you said, addictive. I also made a huge dent in these before dinner! Yummy.
I only make them once in a while, because whenever I do I CAN'T not eat them all. Oh they're so good. Or I will make them when people are coming over and I can give them away, so I don't eat every single last one.
Get a blend, the 365 wholefoods one and the pamelas are the best (I think). The bob's red mill one is too bean-y tasting for me.
Strange as it seems, 3-4T. butter is the right amount even though it never seems like typical brownie batter. I've experimented and more than that makes them too greasy - the low amount of flour just can't absorb more than 4T. butter.


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Новий Донбас — українська неурядова організація, заснована 2014 року. Метою організації є відновлення життєдіяльності і налагодження суспільного діалогу на Донбасі. Основними напрямками діяльності — допомога школам, постраждалим внаслідок бойових дій, а також залучення дітей з Луганської та Донецької областей і дітей-переселенців до різноманітних культурних ініціатив. Голова організації — Лариса Артюгіна.

Заснування
Ідея створення проекту виникла під час поїздок Лариси Артюгіної в зону бойових дій як режисера Вавилон'13. Під час однієї з поїздок до неї звернувся боєць добровольчого батальйону із проханням допомогти відновити його рідну школу, в місті Миколаївка. Одним із перших учасників проекту був актор Олександр Фоменко, який став головним менеджером «Нового Донбасу» в перший рік діяльності проекту.

Діяльність

Миколаївка
Робота проекту почалася з відновлення школи № 3 міста Миколаївка. Перша поїздка була в 5-20 жовтня 2014. Проект фінансово підтримала компанія Horizon Capital, яка надала кошти на будівельні матеріали.

Окрім фізичного відновлення школи активісти також проводили різні культурні активності для учнів школи. В проекті взяли участь відомі митці, зокрема Римма Зюбіна. Наталя Ворожбит і німецький режисер  після участі в цьому проекті поставили разом із учнями школи п'єсу «Миколаївка» в рамках «Театру Переселенця», а згодом зняли на її основі фільм.

В ході роботи в Миколаївській школі було знято документальний фільм «Богданове щастя»

Станично-Луганський район
У вересні-грудні 2015 року організація працювала в трьох школах Станично-Луганського району Луганської області: в с. Нижньотеплому, Плотині, та Кіндрашівській школі Станиці Луганської. Організація допомогла відновити школи, а також активісти проводили різні майстер-класи для дітей. Серед волонтерів, що брали участь у роботі в цих школах, були митці, зокрема художниця Анастасія Рожкова та драматург Діма Левицький.

Будинок вільних людей
У вересні 2015 — липні 2016 року «Новий Донбас» спільно з організаціями «Восток-SOS», «КримSOS» та «Центр зайнятості Вільних людей» брав участь у діяльності центру допомоги переселенцям «Дім вільних людей».

Кінотабір миру
Влітку 2016 року «Новий Донбас», разом із організацією «Жовтий автобус», провели «Кінотабір миру» для дітей, які мешкають на прифронтових територіях або стали внутрішньо переміщеними особами. Протягом двох тижнів професіонали у сфері режисури, операторського мистецтва тощо навчали дітей знімати кіно.

«Мандрівний табір Миру»
Табір був організований на території Кузні Уніж (каньойн р. Дністер) та у таборі "Грін Парк" (смт Сергіївка, Одеської обл.). Учасниками стали підлітки з прифронтових територій переселенці та діти загиблих під час бойових дій. У таборі брало участь 27 осіб різного віку від 11  до 17 років. Учасники протягом 2 тижнів мандрували Україною, побували у Дністровському каньйоні та на Чорному морі, відвідали Хотинську, Кам"янець-Подільску, Аккерманську фортецю, вивчали історію, вчилися основам фотомистецтва, а також відеомистецтва, проводили дискусії, кожного дня рефлексували з психологом Сусанною Ангеловою.

«Майстерня творчості та миру»
Влітку 2018 року «Новий Донбас» за фінансової підтримки Посольства Литви в Україні організував двотижневий проект «Майстерня Творчості та Миру — Посмішка Проти Війни», у якому взяли участь підлітки від 12 до 16 років, яких торкнулася війна на сході України.

Мистецтво миру
У 2018 році "Новий Донбас" за підтримки Українського культурного фонду проводив проект "Мистецтво Миру" - створення муралів у Станиці Луганській та Щасті.

Див. також
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Steve Jobs was an incredible visionary, but he's dead now so we have to get our inspiring quotes from the Norton Antivirus guy.
1. Look, we know that Steve Jobs is ideal when you want motivational quotes about business and leadership. But he died in 2011, and we can't just keep reusing his words of wisdom forever. Symantec CEO Greg Clark is also a tech CEO, and most importantly he's still alive to say sort of inspiring quotes like this one.
2. In case you aren't aware what Symantec is, it's a software company that acquired Norton Antivirus in 1991, and Greg Clark was hired as its CEO in 2016. That might not be as amazing a backstory as founding Apple computers in your garage, but it is what it is.
3. Just make the most of these Greg Clark quotes. They're really not that bad if you don't think about them too much. This one almost sounds like an uplifting line Steve Jobs might have uttered during an Apple keynote address. It might not really be saying much of anything, but it sounds pretty insightful if you don't think about it too hard.
4. Sure, Greg Clark didn't invent the iPhone, but that's a high bar for pretty much anybody. Few people even get to become a CEO of anything, and being CEO of Norton Antivirus is still fairly inspiring, all things considered. So just sit back and enjoy this inspiring quote from a man who got to be the CEO of his very own antivirus company.
5. Are these great quotes? No, but they're fine. They're decent quotes. They're not going to change your life, but they should at least motivate you to get through a gym workout or settle your nerves before a presentation at work.
6. It isn't our fault Steve Jobs is dead. He had a curable illness, but he tried all that crazy new age mumbo jumbo instead of going to the doctor. If you want to blame someone for you not getting inspiring Steve Jobs quotes right now, point the finger at Steve Jobs. We're doing the best we can with the CEOs that are left.


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2017 Empress's Cup Final was the 39th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at Osaka Nagai Stadium in Osaka on December 24, 2017. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.

Overview
Nippon TV Beleza won their 12th title, by defeating Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara – with Mina Tanaka and Mizuho Sakaguchi goal.

Match details

See also
2017 Empress's Cup

References

Empress's Cup
2017 in Japanese women's football


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