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"...Southard and Lee Thomas, the co-chairs of the annual World Horror Convention that's invading – like some chthonic force..."
Stephen Frears' low-key thriller casts its eye toward the furtive lives of London's illegal immigrants.
"...Sergi López, Sophie Okonedo and Benedict Wong. With Dirty Pretty Things, the estimable filmmaker Stephen Frears (The Grifters, High..."
Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame chases after the world's most wanted man and comes up empty but fulfilled.
"...and now given geopolitical heft with Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?: Armed with little more than..."
"...In 2015, Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World became the surprise hit of the summer, taking in..."
It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"
"...Sensory Exotica: A World Beyond Human Experience by Howard C. Hughes..."
"...We live in a Disney world. Just ask artist Mike Mitchell, who said, "If you..."
"...Promoting Savage (Songs From a Broken World), Gary Numan's garnered a good deal of well-earned, positive..."
"...and ABC. This is one of several reasons why World AIDS Day is still commemorated...."
"...Crazy start to the World Cup today, as host Russia absolutely demolished hapless Saudi..."
"...I will always like Matthew Lillard. In a fairer world, everyone would forget Wing Commander and Hackers, and just..."
"...so we can talk about his visit to Wizard World Austin Comic-Con this coming weekend, and we're having all..."
"...projects in Austin at SXSW. This weekend, it's Wizard World Austin Comic Con that gets to throw down with..."
"...The second night of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour played adrenaline-packed short films dedicated to mountain culture..."
"...to 2008. Below are my month-by-month predictions for the world of film and television, both nationally and here in..."
"...first: the Friday 4am U.S.-Sweden game in the Women's World Cup. With one game now in the books for..."
"...The Women's World Cup kicks off this Monday in China with a..."
"...One man's worst World Series ever is easily among another man's Top 10..."
"...icon and legend, The Undertaker, is coming to Wizard World Austin...."
"...reboot remains Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Wizard World Austin Comic Con is re-assembling the crew this October..."
The World Horror Convention? In Austin!
"...you'll encounter any actual psychopaths at the 20th annual World Horror Convention this coming weekend. It's highly unlikely, since..."
Richards, Acuff, and Manzano are locals to watch in Osaka.
"...former Longhorns will be competing in the 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Track & Field) in Osaka, Japan,..."
"...mention that the ratio of Yank-made genre films to rest-of-the-world output in the lineup is tipping toward the latter's..."
"...A persistent belief in the promise of a better world drives the physical manifestations of these individuals' hope, and..."
"...the firsthand knowledge that many of those stereotypes land pretty close to the truth are the craven disavowals of..."
"...out eventually. What should I do? Tell the whole world she broke up with me for a guy with..."
Where in the World Is Andreas Fabis' Heart?
"...for a while. And now he's got a website, World in Love, to crowdsource the answer. Crowdsourcing the answer..."
"...teenager records in his sketchbook the ruin of the world around him and the resistance that eventually strikes back..."
Korey Coleman started The Reel Deal as a scam; he ended up with a show.
"...certifiable lunacy -- the shrieking metal geeks of Wayne's World or the ranting ideologues of both right and left..."
"...star, lots of goals, and the biggest upset in World Cup history; let's hope the quarterfinals live up to..."
"...singer for one of the showcasers, Lydia Night of Pretty Little Demons from Santa Monica, Calif. Her journey here..."


Ten people have now died as a result of a gruesome wreck on a northeast Oklahoma turnpike.
A big rig had crashed into at least three cars minutes earlier. These vehicles were stopped when another tractor trailer smashed into them. Investigators believe that the tractor did not try to slow down before the crash and was likely travelling at over 75mph.
Nine people were declared dead at the scene. Another woman, Shelby Hayes, of Frisco, Texas, was one of two survivors when she was flown to a Joplin hospital Friday afternoon. She died about 7 a.m. Sunday, according to an updated report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Two others with her, Randall Hayes, 38, and Ethan Hayes, 7, died at the scene.
A 12-year-old girl from Phoenix whose parents were both killed in the wreck is in serious condition in a Kansas City hospital.
Donald Creed of Willard, MO, the 76-year-old driver of the tractor-trailer rig that slammed into the cars that were stopped for another accident, was hospitalized in good condition.
Our thoughts go out to the families and friends of those killed in this terrible crash.


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Eleven Films Releases Video Pretending to Be a Movie Trailer for 'White Nationalist Domestic Terrorism' Using Real Life Video Clips
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Amidst the daily onslaught of racist rhetoric and humanitarian atrocities plaguing the United States since even before the early stages of the 2016 election, Americans often wonder what the movie or television version of these past few years will look like when—or if—we ever come back from the insidious climate so many have become accustomed to.
Portland based media company Eleven Films literally just gave us a preview, and it's terrifying.
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82 Year-Old White Congressman Just Asked to Join 'The Squad' After 'The Onion' Mocked the Idea, and AOC Just Responded
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Satire sites like The Onion found themselves in a brave new world after 2016. When an official member of the presidential administration uses terms like "alternative facts" to answer questions about lies her boss, President Donald Trump, tells about his inauguration crowd size, how does satire top that?
But in an era of absurd reality, The Onion is now making real life news. One of their satirical articles claimed 82 year-old New Jersey congressman, Democratic Representative William "Bill" Pascrell Jr., "quietly asked" Minnesota Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar to join The Squad.
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Old German Magazine Cover Basically Calling Trump a Nazi Is Making the Rounds Again, and Yeah, It Holds Up
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - MARCH 28: President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Van Andel Arena on March 28, 2019 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Grand Rapids was the final city Trump visited during his 2016 campaign. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
It was nearly two years ago that chaos descended upon Charlottesville, Virginia when antifascist protestors clashed with Nazis and White Supremacists at the now-infamous Unite the Right rally. One Nazi is set to serve two life sentences in prison for driving his vehicle into a crowd of protestors, killing one and injuring others. Trump's infamous response? There were some "very fine people on both sides."
In response to the event, Stern, a top German news magazine founded in 1948, featured Trump on its cover giving the Nazi salute with an American flag draped over him.
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People Are Calling Out This New Trump Campaign Ad That Tries to Troll 'The Squad' With Its New Slogan
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Memorial Day event aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in Yokosuka on May 28, 2019. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump has yet to back down from his racist attacks toward four lawmakers of color—Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).
The congresswomen—known colloquially as "the squad"—have similar stances on a number of Democratic issues and are notably further left than the majority of their colleagues. With his racist tweets, Trump threw down the gauntlet and sicced his campaign and supporters upon their reputations and their very allegiance to this country.
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Eric Trump Just Went After 'The Squad' With the Most Ironic Attack and People are Roasting Him Hard
In the wake of President Donald Trump's racist tweets toward four Democratic congresswomen of color, his son—Eric Trump—went on Fox & Friends to defend his father on the family's favorite network.
He repeated his father's claims that the four lawmakers—Congresswomen Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)—are full of hate, that they "say antisemitic things every single day," that they "let ICE offices get stormed," and a rogues gallery of other baseless claims. Predictably, Eric pivoted to the economy and unemployment rates, which have been steadily improving since former President Barack Obama's tenure.
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U.S. Government Website Literally Cites 'Go Back to Where You Came From' as Textbook Example of 'Unlawful' Racial Discrimination
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 18: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during an event recognizing the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride in the East Room of the White House, April 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Today the Department of Justice released special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Russian election interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Days after President Donald Trump's racist tweets telling four American congresswomen of color to "go back" to their respective countries, Trump and his followers are searching for every semantical and ideological escape hatch to prove the comments aren't racist.
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This Surprisingly On Point CNN Headline Perfectly Sums Up Donald Trump's Response to Criticism About His Racist Tweets
President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that four minority representatives—Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Ilhan Omar—"originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe." He urged them to go back to their countries and repair situations there before critiquing the United States.
All four of the Congresswomen are American citizens. Three of the four were born in the United States.
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South Korea wins men's archery team competition
BEIJING (AP) South Korea took the gold medal in the Olympic men's team archery competition Monday, matching the feat of its women a day earlier.
The team of Im Dong-hyun, Lee Chang-hwan and Park Kyung-mo defeated Italians Mauro Nespoli, Ilario Di Buo' and Marco Galiazzo by 227 points to 225, winning gold for South Korea for the third Olympics in succession.
In a spectacular rise, Chinese archers Jiang Lin, Li Wenquan and Xue Hai Feng - seeded 12th and last after the ranking round - defeated Britain, Russia and finally Ukraine to take the bronze. It was China's first ever men's archery medal.
The final came down to the last few arrows after earlier looking like a rout.
After 12 of the 24 arrows, the South Koreans led the Italians by seven points and looked like they were headed toward breaking their own world record. However, in the second half they dropped a string of points, and the teams were level with three arrows each remaining.
Im insisted that his team had never lost confidence despite losing the big lead.
"We knew that we were good, even if we slowed down toward the end," he said.
Italy's final shot - a seven from the bow of 20-year-old Nespoli - proved the difference between the two teams. His first shot of the final was also a seven, although in between he shot four 10s.
"As far as the first is concerned, well, it was the first in the final and of course nerves had a lot to do with it," Nespoli said. "As for the last, I was aware that there was a real possibility of winning the gold, so nerves again might have had a role."
Nespoli is by far the least-experienced of the Italian trio: Galiazzo won the individual gold medal in Athens, and Di Buo' is competing in his sixth games.
The final shot of the tournament was Park's. He needed eight to ensure victory; he scored nine.
"Of course I was very tense. I was under pressure and I was nervous, but it's part of the game," he said.
"In order to prepare for that, in Korea we made our practice venues as close as possible to the actual venues. Sometimes we had a lot of people around us, so we could simulate the actual setting of the game."
South Korea's score of 227 was an Olympic record, but fell short of the world record of 231 that it set in Germany last year.
The South Korean fans, massed in the stand closest to the archers, sang and chanted between every end, raising their red and blue scarves in unison.
A small group of Italian fans responded, and the good-natured South Korean group took up the chant of "I-ta-lia" as well.
The Chinese were cheered by their home fans - and by the South Korean fans - as they defeated Ukraine 222-219 for the bronze.
"We were very excited and very proud to have the chance to put up this performance in China," Li said. "We are very happy so many Chinese turned out to watch our game. We are sorry we didn't take the gold, and in the future we are going to make more efforts."


Over the years, the B-52 Stratofortress has endured damage from many different types of threats. Things like hostile fire, foreign object debris, and more. But none stand up to the terrible…ferocious…small…gremlins.
The tales of these creatures can haunt the dreams of many maintainers, but mostly crew chiefs.
Standing at three-feet tall, these creatures are the perfect size to fit in the cracks and crevices of the B-52. Their small size does not equate to friendly behavior or kind appearance.
Almost any B-52 issue can be attributed to the wrath of a gremlin.
While most crew chiefs will never see one in person, their tales keep them awake in fear.
Airmen across the Air Force know the damage a gremlin can cause.
Pollock describes a personal experience with the fierce beasts.
While these creatures may wreak havoc, these crew chiefs have some advice if Airmen want to survive their furry fury.
These beasts are hard to catch and are not nice. Keep in mind that though they are mean, they are not deadly. Take precaution this Halloween, they might leave the flight line and spread fear, create mayhem, or worse… steal your candy.


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Anatomical, physiological and experimental research on the human body can be supplemented by computational synthesis of the human body for all movement: routine daily activities, sports, dancing, and artistic and exploratory involvements. The synthesis requires thorough knowledge about all subsystems of the human body and their interactions, and allows for integration of known knowledge in working modules. It also affords confirmation and/or verification of scientific hypotheses about workings of the central nervous system (CNS).
A simple step in this direction is explored here for controlling the forces of constraint. It requires co-activation of agonist–antagonist musculature. The desired trajectories of motion and the force of contact have to be provided by the CNS. The spinal control involves projection onto a muscular subset that induces the force of contact. The projection of force in the sensory motor cortex is implemented via a well-defined neural population unit, and is executed in the spinal cord by a standard integral controller requiring input from tendon organs. The sensory motor cortex structure is extended to the case for directing motion via two neural population units with vision input and spindle efferents.
Digital computer simulations show the feasibility of the system. The formulation is modular and can be extended to multi-link limbs, robot and humanoid systems with many pairs of actuators or muscles. It can be expanded to include reticular activating structures and learning.


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Kang Min-Soo born in Goyang, Gyeonggi, is a noted South Korean football player. He plays in the center back position for Sangju Sammu and the K-league classic. He has also played for the Chunnam Dragons, Jeju United, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Suwon Bluewings in center back and full back positions. He was a member of South Korea Olympic Football Team and is a member of South Korea National Football Team.
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SUMMERDAY FOUNDATION
Endowment for cultural innovations
Summerday: special endowment
foundation in the field of culture
The cultural initiative support foundation — Summerday — deals with national identity issues and its manifestation in culture against the background of total globalization and new civilizational challenges.
Vladimir Martynov
Composer, writer, philosophe
There are cultural fields that will not bring quick financial return. The return might occur in a longer term. The profession of a composer implies solitary, private work, not visible to the public. Such occupation becomes especially challenging in our era of collective capitalism, which implies that the whole production process must be based on close communication with people. This communicativeness is what literally deprives composers from working in the privacy of their own minds. Meanwhile, unexpected results are most likely to occur during such solitary work, and it is actually at that point financial investments are needed. In my view, the foundation purpose is to foresee potential benefits to be gained from those inconspicuous stages of a composer's work.
What is an endowment foundation?
This is a special foundation that carries out its activities using the income from the management of endowment received from the so-called "angel investors." Such a foundation is used for non-commercial purposes to finance educational, healthcare, scientific and cultural organizations.
An endowment can invest its funds in order to derive revenues, but it is obliged to direct all the income earned in favor of the organizations and projects it was created to support.
The difference between an endowment and a conventional charitable organization is the strictly targeted nature of the activities (as a rule, an endowment is created to support a certain organization, for example, a certain university), as well as the fact that, unlike sponsors, angel investors are able to get their investments back in full, exclusive of the income that goes for the foundation needs.
Tatiana Grindenko
Violinist, Merited Artist, artistic director of Opus Posth ensemble
I wish to work with skillful musicians, to make worthy projects and good music, which certainly requires money. I wish to give concerts in small towns, which lack money even to get to the place of performance.
Monetary funds, real estate and securities can be contributed to the foundation.
A licensed management company registered on the market (hereinafter referred to as the Management Company) carries out management in order to make profit.
The income from investment activities is allocated to objectives and projects in accordance with the appropriation of the endowment as determined by the foundation expert group.
Ippolit Harlamov
Poet, translator of modern Greek poetry
Have been working on translation of Solomos 17 hours per day for two years I was urged to buy the toilet paper on credit
Who may be interested in endowment:
Those who have available funds for investing and who may wish to withdraw their funds in full at the end of the investment period
Those who optimize taxes, since investments in the endowment provide tax deductions to individuals and municipal budgets
Those who care about the corporate social policy
Those who have reached the desired amount of capital and are looking for ideas of its qualitative transformation and influence beyond their business achievements
Those focused on investing in eternal values and in our country's artistic heritage
Those who pay much significance to seeing their names among the co-customers' names and the names of opera houses and philharmonic halls, who would like artistic works, festivals or musical spaces to be identified with their names and activities
Those who find it crucial to be involved in the development of breakthrough cultural projects
Those who are interested in influencing artistic tastes and bringing Russian composers to the world level
Vladimir Jurowski
Artistic Director of the Svetlanov State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Another Space Festival needs additional funds to promote new music by Russian composers and bring them to the world stage. In addition, we, the team of the State Orchestra of Russia, are engaged in promoting new domestic music probably more than any other team in Russia. But we need additional funds for this, as well... We need financial support at least to maintain the position of a composer-in-residence that we have established. Composers should be able to live for their art, and not to beg and eke out their existence. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there has been no organization in Russia to support composers...
What are the means to control the invested funds?
The foundation performs its activities only using its profit.
Profit is extracted only by the Management Company.
Any contributor has the right to introduce their observer to the financial council under to the law and the charter of the foundation.
The foundation makes reports to the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly basis.
Ekaterina Holm
Summerday Foundation Director
Moscow needs a space to offer conceptually new musical context.
Why do endowments in the field of art work abroad and do not work in Russia?
All innovative and outstanding projects in the Western world are supported by private banking and financial structures through endowments established specifically for this purpose. Such foundations support theatrical and musical communities, festivals, and publishing houses, which allows cultural figures to meet community demands and to respond to new civilizational challenges.
Russia lacks such experience in the field of art. The public consumes products of the music industry which was developed by commodity culture and uses the same principles as 200 years ago. There are no established institutions that respond to the demands of the present day, such as publishing houses, festivals, and music agencies. The history of private money in contemporary Russia is very short. The patronage of the late 19th century, which is often cited as an example (Mamontov, Shchukin, Morozov), has a fundamentally different nature than that existing in our time. Then it was (and supposed to be) almsgiving, while nowadays it implies lending money in every sense of the word; it is social responsibility and actually a full-fledged reputation policy. Endowment allows for solving of patronage issues with real influence on the arts while keeping up with the time.
Alexey Retinsky
Composer of symphonic, chamber instrumental and electroacoustic music
Music composing is a long process of concentrated and scrupulous cultivation of new musical sprouts. Hidden from the eyes of the outer world, this work is accompanied by significant intellectual, mental and physical efforts. These efforts can be compensated by the end result, namely, the magic of birth of new music that has not existed before.
This process is so absorbing for an artist that it practically leaves no extra resources for solving various pressing issues. That is why the support a foundation provides can be metaphorically described as a fence that protects young sprouts from being trampled by the boots of mundanity.
State of things in Russia
In terms of its structure, culture financing in Russia has always been focused on state support; therefore, the state has always been the party which orders new works.
We do not have festivals, publishing houses, and agencies that would generate new orders for artists and composers.
To date, state support is targeted at academic forms of art. And actual orders to Russian composers, for example, come from Donemus Publishing (the Netherlands) or from producers of foreign festivals and film studios.
Endowment funds are transparent and, therefore, more difficult to deal with than sponsor money.
Anna Chaykovskaya
I need a grant from the foundation for proper arrangement and conducting of a tour in support of the cross-cultural Ukrainian-Japanese project "Blue Lake."
What makes endowment so special?
An investor provides funds for projects verified by the expert community.
Participation in the foundation becomes a deed of social responsibility for contributors.
Individuals — endows of the foundation — get tax deductions (only individuals and government entities so far).
An investor does not risk losing the principal amount of their contributions and can withdraw from the foundation by taking back the full amount of the contributed funds in accordance with the procedure established by the contract.
Andriy Zholdak
Director, theater philosopher
I wish to gather actors from different countries who have contributed much to my large-scale and important roles, and who know my method of work. I would like to make an international performance with them… That would be great! I would like to arrange a sort of expedition with them, a performance as an expedition...
How does the Summerday Foundation work?
The foundation makes expert reviews of selected projects and orders through the Board of Trustees, which consists of outstanding representatives of the Russian World.
The foundation initiates its own orders and implements its own projects.
The foundation can participate in other festival orders that coincide with the foundation's target programs.
It monitors the cultural space.
It exercises full control over the implementation of turnkey projects, as it is obliged to publish reports and audits to the Ministry of Justice under the charter.
Georgy Mansurov
Soloist of the musicAeterna orchestra, director, musician
Of course, I would create my own band, a musical and theatrical band. A laboratory, in some sense...
Practical Purposes of the Foundation
Creating a financial structure to initiate orders and projects
Acting as a co-author and a co-customer of new musical and cultural phenomena
Obtaining copyrights
Attracting third-party individuals and legal entities to provide the foundation with endowments
Implementation of educational activities
Creation of its own art agency for implementation of the foundation's projects
Andrei Semyonov
It is wrong to use the phrase "modern opera" to describe something incomprehensible, inexpressive, and uninteresting. There is no good in an opera that does not bring joy and empathy, does not require reflection, does not cause tears and laughter. There is no good in a tendency when a modern opera is staged just for one festival performance and then disappears from the cultural space forever.
I have been making audio recordings of my three different operas for several years using my own resources. With a symphony orchestra, a choir, and soloists involved. And I have no doubt that these operas are exactly what a contemporary listener needs.
Endowment programs of the foundation
Aims at staging operas written by contemporary composers
Music Grant
For musicians participating in productions and orders of the foundation
Sound recordings of musical works initiated by the foundation or a festival
Orders for Composers
Includes the foundation acting as a co-customer of works along with theaters, festival organizations and symphony orchestras
Pro-active participation of the foundation in the popularization of works created by performers, authors, and artists
Creation of a space for the foundation's own activities
Learn more about the foundation
The foundation's Board of Trustees
Philosopher, composer, writer
Arkady Ippolitov
Art expert, writer, curator
ekaterina@the-fund.ru
Activities that preceded the creation of the foundation
http://sistema-gallery.ru


Colour transparency of the 3/4 rear view of a smock mill at Lutton Gowts, Lincolnshire taken on 25th May 1978.
Colour transparency of the entry door and date stone of a smock mill at Lutton Gowts, Lincolnshire taken on 25th May 1978.
Colour transparency of the upright shaft and great spur wheel of a smock mill at Lutton Gowts, Lincolnshire taken on 25th May 1978.
Colour transparency of the date stone over the door of a smock mill at Lutton Gowts, Lincolnshire taken on 25th May 1978.
Colour transparency of the drive to the flour dresser (missing) of a smock mill at Lutton Gowts, Lincolnshire taken on 25th May 1978.


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This can be further convoluted as the money, more often than not in USD, is typically sent to the Agent's local currency bank account, who then has to go and re-buy the dollars, which sounds counter intuitive – but it's how things are done in many instances!
If you are able to forecast the ports to be called, you can determine the most economic place to deliver the cash. By limiting the amounts delivered in the more expensive places and waiting until the vessel calls at one of the cheaper ports for delivery, you could achieve a significant saving.
There is also a simple way to save money immediately. As mentioned, in most places it is beneficial to send CTM in USD. Therefore, — by requesting the Agent's USD account details, you can avoid the double exchange of money and additional FX loss.


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Diana Brown looks to grow into leadership role
Redshirt sophomore Diana Brown sets the ball during the Orange vs Blue Scrimmage on Aug. 24, 2019. Following her redshirt season, Brown has looked to establish leadership on the court.
By Wes Hollenberg, Staff Writer
To some, redshirt sophomore Diana Brown might be labeled as over-competitive or too intense. After all, she models her leadership style after famous star athletes like Michael Jordan and LeBron James and has a self-described "type-A" personality. To Illinois, however, her volleyball savvy and strong personality may be exactly what the team needs to get back on track after a down year in 2019.
Brown's redshirt season coincided with Illinois' Final Four run in 2018, meaning she got to absorb a year's worth of knowledge from a historic team before she even played a single college match.
"My redshirt year did help me a lot," Brown said. "I got to experience every gym environment that I could on the road (during) my freshman year. Playing last year, I wasn't really nervous playing in front of the crowds or the venues or anything like that."
Being an accomplished high school player and having the experience from her redshirt year, Brown saw plenty of game action in her first season. Her production was relatively strong as a setter on the court, but mentally there were some growing pains transitioning to the college game. Early on, Brown struggled in high-pressure situations.
"She used to get a little worked up, which is so easy to do," said senior teammate Megan Cooney. "I would say she's learned how to be better in pressure situations. She's a little bit calmer now. Last year towards the end of the season she did a great job bringing everyone in, calming everyone down before each point even if we were in a pressure situation. She did a great job toward the end of the season of getting out of her own head and reaching out to teammates, making sure that we're all in it, we're all ready for the next point."
A lot of Brown's intensity comes from the serious club volleyball environment she grew up in. In her club volleyball days, Brown would do long drills, such as what she called "repping it out," which meant practicing an action repetitively until she could do it with absolute precision. For example, in setting training she would often set upwards of 1,000 volleyballs in an hour and have each individual set critiqued by a coach.
Understanding that not everyone shares her exact level of intensity was an important early lesson for Brown at Illinois. According to Brown, it was eye-opening to understand that many of her teammates came from different volleyball backgrounds in which practice wasn't quite as demanding.
Beyond just her teammates, head coach Chris Tamas also promotes a different culture around practice from what Brown was used to.
"I would say that Chris is huge about being efficient when in the gym," Brown said. "He is a huge believer that the best volleyball doesn't come when we're tired. I guess pushing through always helps, but in order to be efficient, we need to come to the gym (and) get done what we need to get done. That was new (to) me. I didn't really have that in my high school days."
Another thing Brown has worked on has been her leadership. Being a strong leader is important as a setter, and Brown felt she could have done a better job as a leader last season.
"(Leadership) was at times forced (last year)," Brown said. "I'm very type-A and so when things in my mind that I wanted to happen didn't happen in real life, (I would think) 'why isn't that happening my way?' Now, I step back and realize — it's not all about me. There's 16 or 15 of us girls and a whole entire coaching staff, so it can't be all about me. I have to put the team's needs in front of mine. I'm completely comfortable with that now."
To help remedy her shortcomings as a leader last season, Brown has applied her detail-oriented approach as a setter to how she handles relationships with her teammates. She's worked to develop one-on-one relationships with all of her teammates, which she feels will make everyone more comfortable receiving assists from her on the court.
By getting to know each of her teammates well, Brown hopes she'll be able to better motivate each player as an individual. She strongly believes leadership shouldn't be done through a one-size-fits-all approach, and that being friends with her teammates off the court will help her be better at knowing what to say to them in big moments.
In terms of how she came to her leadership approach, she credits some inspiration to Illinois volleyball alum Blayke Hranicka. Hranicka had gotten good playing time in the 2017 season, but in 2018, she was delegated to the bench. Brown has a large admiration for how Hranicka accepted her reduced role.
"She took on the role of helping the middles when they came out," Brown said. "Helping (suggest) what shot they should do or tendencies of the other hitters for blocking. She always was the first person to spot up someone who was in their own head and encouraged them and helped them and supported them. She never complained about her role. She really took on her own role and I think that was a huge part of our success."
While Brown has worked to be more of a team-first leader, that doesn't mean she's lost her focus on hard work. During the offseason, Brown watched "The Last Dance," and it reinforced her values in grit and determination.
"Something that stuck out to me was that Michael Jordan never asked something of his teammates that he wouldn't do (himself)," Brown said. "I'm not going to expect something out of my teammate that I wouldn't expect of myself. I'm not going to hold others to 100% effort if I can't hold myself to that, too."
Looking forward, Brown will soon get the opportunity to showcase how much she's improved as a leader. She's mentioned a distaste for comparisons to the team's previous star setter, Jordyn Poulter, as Brown feels she should be seen as her own unique self. When volleyball returns, Brown will get the chance to showcase exactly the type of individual she can be. Last season's shortcomings were largely attributed to faulty leadership, so all eyes will be on Brown.
She's counting on it.
@WesHollenberg


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It can be intimidating visiting a church for the first time! Will the people be friendly? Will I feel comfortable? Will this be my new church home?
In Frontline Ministry, you can be among the first to greet new visitors! Connect with them, answer any questions, or help them check their kids into Kid Nation. It's all about creating a warm, welcoming environment that makes them feel at home!
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Teens are at an incredible milestone in their lives! We have the chance to help them mature into Holy Spirit-led young adults by creating a safe environment for them to learn, grow, and have some fun!
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Just like we take care of our own house, it's super important to take care of God's house! There are plenty of ways to play a role in the Cleaning Crew: set up and tear down chairs in the cafe, helping take out trash after service, wipe down surfaces, clean windows, vacuuming. Well, you know the typical chores! Every Thursday at 5pm, our Cleaning Crew comes together to get our church home clean and we'd love for you to join us!


With the every increasing popularity of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets, the way that we use the internet is shifting to a more mobile experience. What was once confined to the screens of our desktop computers at home is now accessible while we are out and about in the world.
Online Shopping is increasingly being performed on our mobile devices, whether that be during our lunch break at work or while we are relaxing with friends on a day out. This major shift in the way we shop for goods aligns well with the modern, busy consumer lifestyles that we lead.
We decided to take a look at how the mobile consumer has grown in recent years, as well as the accessing future trends for m-commerce.


Nikon today released firmware updates for the D4, D800 and D800E DSLR cameras.
When a still image was captured while viewing existing images in playback mode, the monitor turned off, the memory card access lamp glowed steadily, and, in some rare cases, the camera ceased to respond to operations. This issue has been resolved.
When network functions were used with certain settings applied, RAW images were also transferred when Network > Send file as was set to JPEG only. This issue has been resolved.
When an option that utilized the main command dial was selected for Custom Setting f15: Playback zoom, and an image was zoomed in or out with playback with certain settings applied, shooting shutter speed, aperture, and exposure compensation settings were sometimes changed. This issue has been resolved.
When the Wireless Transmitter WT-4 was used with certain settings applied, RAW images were also transferred when Wireless transmitter > Transfer settings > Send file as was set to JPEG only. This issue has been resolved.
A dark shadow sometimes appeared at the bottom edge of images captured with Active D-Lighting set to any option other than Off with Image area set to 5:4 (30x24). This issue has been resolved.
To verify you have the latest version of the firmware active, simply select "Firmware version" from the camera's setup menu. Firmware A should be version 1.00 (1.01 for the Nikon D4!), and Firmware B should be version 1.01.
Seems like there is a world-wide agreement on what the best cameras and lenses are: like the Canon fisheye lens, the Nikon D800 camera also is awarded both by TIPA and the Camera Grand Prix.
The D800 earlier won the TIPA award for "2012 Best D-SLR Expert camera" and can now add Camera Grand Prix 2012's "Camera of the Year Award" as well as its "Readers Award" to the list!
Sometimes, however, you'll notice your ball head isn't operating as smoothly as it should. For instance you'll notice that you need to apply some extra force to start rotate the head on it's base plate. Worse, after you've conquered this initial friction you may even have the head "shoot through" and move further than you intended. This stuttering movement is a real pain when you're using your ball head to precisely follow moving subjects.
In these cases it is likely some dirt (e.g., very fine African dust) has gotten into your ball head anyway and now acts as a small blockage, adding friction where it shouldn't. Luckily there is a solution to this: Just apply a small amount of WD40 to the parts that need smoothing.
For example, my own ball head (a Markins M20) really didn't move smoothly any longer, making it well nigh impossible to properly follow e.g., birds in flight. This was becoming quite a pain. Even before my ball head troubles, I had always wanted to have a can of WD40, but somehow I had never been able to locate a store that sold it. But now I needed it I searched a bit harder and I actually stumbled across it at a very common place: Halfords… It should be for sale at other shops that sell e.g., parts for car and bike repair too though.
Anyway, when I finally acquired the WD40, I immediately applied it to the base plate of my ball head. I then rotated the base a couple of times to get the WD40 distributed internally and already noticed it moved a lot smoother than before. When I looked at the rim just above the base, I noticed a trail of brown gunk, most likely a mix of fine African dust and other stuff. No wonder it didn't operate as smoothly… After wiping the gunk off and applying a bit more WD40 to be sure, testing confirmed I had a smoothly working rotating base again!
When the ball head itself seems to move less smoothly, applying some WD40 to the ball itself will make it run as smoothly as before too.
When you apply WD40, distribute it by moving the parts you want lubricated (e.g., rotate the base plate and wriggle the ball in every direction). You need to use only very little, one short spray usually does the trick. Wipe off any excess fluid, and dirt that came with it, to keep things nice and clean.
Enjoy your smoothly operating ball head!


Financial Institutions are competing in a market where customer expectations are higher than they've ever been, which is why creating an exceptional customer experience is imperative. If you're at all concerned with customer experience you've probably heard the word 'omnichannel' thrown around, but what does omnichannel mean?
In this solution brief, you'll learn how making the move from multichannel access to omnichannel access can improve the customer journey while also reducing risk. Become the bank customers love doing business with.


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Cummins Taps UK Battery Maker for Electric Truck Development
In August of last year, Cummis unveiled an all-electric demonstration vehicle dubbed the Urban Hauler EV. Photo: Jim Park
Cummins has acquired Johnson Matthewy's UK automotive battery systems business, with plans to collaborate on the development of high-energy battery materials for commercial heavy-duty electric vehicle applications.
The acquisition and collaboration agreement will allow Cummins to expand its electrification and energy storage capabilities. Johnson Matthey will focus on developing high-energy battery materials, including its enhanced lithium nickel oxide (eLNO) product, for transport applications.
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The companies intend to collaborate on the development of new products with enhanced performance characteristics for commercial applications, relying on the expertise of each company.
"By combining our electrification capabilities, portfolio of diverse power solutions, and global network, Cummins is uniquely positioned to lead in electrification," said Tom Linebarger, chairman and CEO of Cummins. "What differentiates us is our ability to help customers succeed with high-quality products across the spectrum of power solutions they use, whether it's electric, diesel, natural gas or other energy solutions."
This most recent move comes on the heels of Cummins' acquisition of Brammo in October of last year. Brammo designs and develops low-voltage battery packs for mobile and stationary applications.
The company will continue to explore other opportunities to add electrification capabilities as it prepares to offer electrified powertrains to customers in 2019.
"The addition of Johnson Matthey Battery Systems' technical expertise and customer base in markets that are more rapidly adopting electrification further positions us as a global energy storage supplier," said Linebarger.
Related: Cummins Unveils Class 7 All-Electric Daycab Tractor
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The One Who Swears You Can't Start Over
Swimming with Shadows
Light Rolling Slowly Backwards - New & Selected Poems
Sky Thick With Fireflies
Ethna McKiernan
Publication Date: Saturday, November 05, 2011
Cover Artwork: Fireflies at night © Fernando Gregory | Dreamstime.com
Like a "sky thick with fireflies," Ethna McKiernan gathers the small brightnesses of life to set against the larger dark, in poems both sorrowing and quietly redemptive. Open-hearted and fierce in their affections for the ordinary, and for those "outside," the poems bear caring witness for "lives invisible, unseen,…beneath the bridge…far below/ the radar of believability," lives that matter in her unadorned, direct speech, her empathetic embrace of all she sees.
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Ethna McKiernan's Sky Thick With Fireflies is laced and bound by memory. These poems hold the past to light and insist upon remembrance. Included are moving elegies for her father, for a friend's son, for the dead of 9/11, for her own child lost to adoption, and for the homeless population with whom she works. McKiernan's language of the ordinary is charged with the pervasive sense of compassion that governs this book. Here also are poems of longing and romance, plus the dry wit of "The Men in the Basement" and "Lament," as well as imaginative persona poems in the voices of Rumplestilskin, Narcissus and Mrs. Magi. "McKiernan is a poet's poet, assuming the poet believes emotion is the beating heart of literature." – The Corresponder, 2003
Ethna McKiernan has been twice awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board grant in poetry, most recently in 2011 for the completion of Sky Thick With Fireflies. McKiernan's first book Caravan (Dedalus Press and Midwest Villages & Voices, Minneapolis) was a Minnesota Book Award Nominee. Of her second book, The One Who Swears You Can't Start Over (Salmon Poetry), The Bloomsbury Review wrote, "McKiernan seems to write because she has to, and graces her verse with resonance because she can. She stands out among the ranks of poets for her ability to match language to subject, sound to sense." McKiernan ran an Irish book distribution business (Irish Books and Media) for over two decades and has worked the past four years for a non-profit serving the Minneapolis homeless. She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson Program for Writers.
Review: Sky Thick With Fireflies by Ethna McKiernan reviewed by Rory Brennan for Books Ireland (Summer 2012)
Poetry has been defined as memorable speech, by W.H. Auden among others. We remember the voices of poets for different reasons: tone, wit, feeling, humor rancor, bleakness, joy, acuteness of expression. We recall Tennyson for his sadness, Swift for his anger. But others linger because of their defects: Utter flatness, self-indulgence, vacuity, pretentiousness. Let's see how the poets we consider here do in the "memorable test".
Ethna McKiernan has the sharp eye of the poet; like a good draughtsman who makes a revealing sketch she captures the nature and condition of objects and scenes with a persuasive realism. John Updike said his training at an art school in Oxford greatly enhanced his writing. This visual aspect is only one of the qualities of McKiernan's writing. She writes in direct, generally unadorned lines that have an unobtrusive, almost shy musicality.
Eavan Boland, who supplies the epigraph to the first poem in this substantial collection and is actually addressed in it, is clearly an influence as is Adrienne Rich. It is always a pleasure to find poetry that contains urgency, a need of expression, an imperative to be unburdened. This sense is left by most of the work here whether the themes are late motherhood, the ambiguities of loving, political protest, the triumph of art in (not over) domesticity "Rain flays the lake" is a recurring phrase that is one of the best I have rest for ages.
McKiernan's vision is of the kind described as unsparing. She casts a cold eye which of course has the paradoxical effect in art of heartening us, of strangely warming us with the chill of truth. This is a significant book and, as noted, a full one, large as many people's 'selected poems'. It is memorable for all the above reasons; a serious and resonant collection.
Review: Sky Thick With Fireflies reviewed by David Troman for Orbis, Spring 2012
FOUR KINDS OF SKY: REVIEW BY DAVID TROMAN
This collection is twice a thing of beauty, once because of what it has to say and twice because of the way that it says it. The verses are unashamedly emotive without ever being maudlin or sentimental.
The whole is split into four distinct sections, each taking a sub-theme within the overall theme and focusing on the essence of that. The first section 'Sky that got away' deals with loss, particularly loss of children, and does so with considerable empathy. All the poems are beautifully crafted and reward repeated reading. This particularly applies to two 'form' poems, where on first reading the form overpowers the content. These are 'Birthmother to her sleeve' and 'July 4th, late'. Once past the form, the second of these is revealed as the strongest verse in this particular section where there are no weak poems at all.
The third section is entitled 'Sky of the otherworld' and deals with those individuals that the greater part of conventional society would prefer to ignore or avoid, the outcasts and the different. I consider this next because it also deals with individuals and does so with great élan. In these pieces, McKiernan's personal familiarity with her subject comes to the fore, allowing her to give tiny details which add punch to the whole. 'Tuesday at the Outreach Office' deals with Spanish/American communication difficulties ending with the two sobering lines:
Victor lays his head down on the table
and weeps, a language that we both understand.
Her keen sense of observation also displays a wry humour and nose for a memorable closing line as in 'Signs':
Keep your coins, we want change.
Sandwiched between these two sections is 'Sky belonging to us all', which deals with more communal sense, although individuals still rise to the surface at times as in 'Jeff's Poem':
And it became Jeffrey, intelligent,
silent, lion-hearted, present everywhere around us
And it became all of us, a community of love.
The fourth and final section is 'Sky without end' and brings to mind the 'World without end' closure to many prayers. In their own way these poems look forward rather than back and probably the best summary of this comes in the last six lines of the last poem in the book:
when the plain pod
of lupine seeds
I hold in my palm
carries next year's
wild purple
ticking in its husk.
In conclusion, this is a collection to be read and re-read. McKiernan has much to say and all of it worth hearing.


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MEN IN BLACK III
Some of the luster has worn off the once-promising "Men in Black" franchise, if for no reason other than its long absence since the second installment in 2002. Nonetheless, the return of Barry Sonnenfeld — the director on the previous two films — allows for the required visionary cohesion.
The tension-riddled relationship between Men-In-Black partners Agent J (Will Smith) and Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) is just as contentious as ever. Boris the Animal (Jermaine Clement) escapes from a lunar prison built for the purpose of containing, well, him. Agent K should have killed Boris when he had the chance back in 1969 during a showdown at Cape Canaveral during the launch of Apollo 11. Now back on Earth, Boris poses no small threat to humanity in general, and to Agent K in particular.
To put Boris in his proper place — a shallow grave — Will Smith's Agent J must travel back in time to make sure Agent K kills Boris. The hokey plot device allows Josh Brolin to step up as a 40-year-younger version of Tommy Lee Jones. Sure enough, Brolin nails Jones's laconic Texas drawl to a tee.
The film's unnecessary 3D effects are (spoiler alertà) less than impressive, but some choice comic episodes make the magic happen, as when Emma Thompson's Agent O delivers a speech in an alien tongue. An interlude at Andy Warhol's Factory gives Bill Hader some comic distance to run with as the wigged master of pop art.
"Men In Black III" might not have all the earmarks of a comic classic, yet Will Smith and Josh Brolin each give performances so polished you could shine your shoes from a block away in the reflection. The only thing missing from Tommy Lee Jones's screen-time is that there isn't enough of it. Go ahead and eat some popcorn. "Men In Black III" is a great excuse to do so.
Rated PG-13. 105 mins.
This website is dedicated to Agnès Varda and to Luis Buñuel.
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Esteban III de Moldavia (1433, Borzești – 2 de julio de 1504), también conocido como Esteban el Grande ("Ștefan cel Mare" en rumano) o Esteban el Grande y el Santo ("Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt"), fue príncipe de Moldavia entre 1457 y 1504, el más prominente representativo de la Casa Real Mușat.

Después de recibir apoyo militar de Vlad III de Valaquia, Ștefan llegó a ser príncipe de Moldavia, en 1457. Durante su reinado, transformó Moldavia en un estado poderoso y mantuvo su independencia frente a las ambiciones de Hungría, Polonia, y del Imperio otomano, que querían subyugar al país. A pesar de las continuas guerras, consiguió el florecimiento cultural y económico de Moldavia.

Esteban llegó a ser famoso en Europa por su resistencia frente a los otomanos. No era solamente un gran jefe de guerra, sino también un gran diplomático, sensato y refinado. Fue victorioso en 34 de 36 batallas, y el primero en derrotar de manera decisiva al Imperio Otomano, en la Batalla de Vaslui, después de la cual el papa Sixto IV lo nombró verus christianae fidei athleta (verdadero campeón de la fe cristiana). Esteban fue un hombre religioso, construyendo iglesias y monasterios después de sus victorias, y pagando la deuda del Monte Athos al Imperio Otomano, asegurando de esta manera la autonomía de la comunidad monástica. Fue santificado en julio de 1992.

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Amenazado por vecinos poderosos, consiguió oponerse a la invasión del rey húngaro Matías Corvino, derrotándolo en la Batalla de Baia (en 1467), e invadiendo Valaquia en 1471, porque Valaquia se había convertido en vasallo del Imperio otomano. Cuando el sultán Mehmed II organizó un ataque como respuesta a Moldavia, Esteban derrotó a los invasores en la Batalla de Vaslui, en 1475, una victoria que cortó temporalmente el avance turco en la Europa oriental.

Esteban fue derrotado en Războieni el año siguiente, pero los otomanos tuvieron que retirarse, al no haber conseguido capturar ningún castillo importante, y porque una enfermedad se había difundido en el ejército turco. Esteban buscó el apoyo de los cristianos europeos, pero sin éxito. Aun así, se dijo sobre él que "cortó la mano derecha al pagano".

Después de 1484, Esteban tuvo que enfrentarse no solo a los ataques turcos, sino también a los polacos y húngaros. Finalmente, en 1486 firmó un tratado con el sultán Beyazid II, que aseguraba el autogobierno de Moldavia, en cambio por un tributo anual. A partir del siglo XVI, el Principado de Moldavia fue vasallo del Imperio Otomano durante 300 años.

Esteban murió en Suceava, y está enterrado en el monasterio de Putna, construido a sus órdenes.

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Aunque fue marcada por continua turbulencia, el largo reinado de Esteban trajo consigo un considerable desarrollo cultural; muchas iglesias y monasterios fueron construidas a sus órdenes, de los cuales algunos son Patrimonio de la Humanidad. (véase Iglesias de Moldavia)

Esteban fue considerado un santo por muchos cristianos, a poco tiempo después de su muerte. Fue canonizado por la Iglesia Ortodoxa Rumana, bajo el nombre "Dreptcredinciosul voievod Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt".

En una campaña de la televisión estatal rumana llamada "Mari Români" ("Grandes Rumanos"), Esteban recibió 40.000 votos y fue elegido "el más grande rumano" de la historia.

El historiador rumano Nicolae Iorga afirmó sobre el carácter de Esteban: "El pueblo rumano encontró en Esteban el Grande el más limpio y perfecto ícono de su alma: honesto y trabajador, paciente sin olvidar y valiente sin crueldad, enérgico cuando estaba enfadado y sereno en su perdón, claro y equilibrado en su habla, buen organizador y amante de lo bello, sin soberbia en sus acciones".

La figura de Esteban ha sido invocada en la literatura popular y culta rumana. Los rumanos de su siglo solían cantar "Ștefan Vodă, gran señor, sin semejanza en el mundo, aparte del espléndido sol".

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Many Christians allow their failures to dash their God-given hopes and dreams. The chasm between our reality and God's promises seems insurmountable. Pastor Gary Wilkerson exhorts us to combat discouragement through knowing the "why" behind the "what" to which God has called us. Our past hurts and failures don't have to derail us from what God wants for us today.
Today, many Christians are living lives they don't enjoy. Their passion has dwindled and they've become complacent, believing their problems will never change. Pastor Gary Wilkerson shares that if we ignore the need's we have, we will never get better. But God is good! He has a purpose and plan for our lives that is above all that we can ask or think. Through God's strength, we can face life head on and live an abundant life that overflows for the benefit of others.


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Die Piper PA-29 Papoose war ein einmotoriger Tiefdecker des US-amerikanischen Flugzeugherstellers Piper Aircraft Corporation, der als Schulflugzeug eingesetzt werden sollte. Das Projekt wurde jedoch nach einem gebauten Exemplar eingestellt. Die Flugzeugzelle bestand vollständig aus glasfaserverstärktem Kunststoff und Kunststoff-Sandwichbauteilen.

Geschichte
Die Ursprünge der Entwicklung der PA-29 gehen zurück auf den 5. Mai 1958 als Piper ein Programm initiierte, das sich mit der Entwicklung von alternativen Materialien für die Flugzeugstruktur beschäftigte. Hierzu wurde mit Robert Drake ein Experte auf dem Gebiet des Glasfaserverstärkten Kunststoffs als Manager der "Piper Plastic Division" in Vero Beach engagiert. Hier wurde auch der Prototyp hergestellt, der am 30. April 1962 zu seinem Erstflug startete, zwei weitere geplante Maschinen wurden nicht mehr gebaut.

Konstruktion
Kennzeichnend für die Konstruktion war die Verwendung von großflächigen einteiligen Strukturkomponenten, so besteht die Tragfläche aus einer kompletten Unter- und Oberschale. Ebenso ist der Rumpf aus zwei durchgehenden Halbschalen aufgebaut. Anstelle von getrennten Querrudern und Klappen setzte man bei der PA-29 über die gesamte Spannweite sogenannte flaperons ein. Diese können um 30° ausgelenkt als Landeklappen und mit gegensinniger Betätigung als Querruder verwendet werden. Pilot und Flugschüler/Passagier saßen nebeneinander unter einer Schiebehaube.

Technische Daten
Spannweite: 7,62 m
Länge: 6,55 m
Höhe: 2,13 m

Siehe auch
 Liste von Flugzeugtypen

Literatur
 John W.R. Taylor (Hrsg.): Jane's All The World's Aircraft – 1965–66, Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., London, 1965, S. 292

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The remains of the San Lorenzo's fort are located at the mouth of the Chagres River, on the Atlantic side of Panama in what used to be the Panama Canal Zone. The fort was built by Spain in 1560 to protect their treasures from the pirates that were coming seeking the gold.
In 1670, Captain Henry Morgan attacked and sacked San Lorenzo; and using the fort as a base, he invaded Panama City a year later.
In 1980, UNESCO declared San Lorenzo's fort, together with the fortified town of Portobelo - about 30 miles (48 km) to the northeast, to be a World Heritage Site under the name, "Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama". The organization describes the fortifications as "Magnificent examples of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture".
During this tour, you will explore the natural wonders and the historical secrets hidden in this protected area. A combination of the architecture of the fort with its stone-wall batteries, canyons, and observation buildings, with a hint of the wildlife richness of the region that can be observed in the different walking trails.
At least 430 species of birds and 81 species of mammals live in the mouth of the Chagres River.
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Keith Richards Calls 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' "Rubbish"
Keith Richards has a new solo album coming out later this year, and you know what? It might be better than the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. A new interview with the Rolling Stones riff-slinger has him noting that the Fab Four's landmark and long-celebrated masterpiece was "a mishmash of rubbish."
Speaking with Esquire, Richards waxed on the Beatles experimental period, suggesting that they had pushed things too far by the time they turned into more of a studio project for 1967's Sgt. Pepper's.
"The Beatles sounded great when they were the Beatles," Richards said. "But there's not a lot of roots in that music. I think they got carried away. Why not? If you're the Beatles in the Sixties, you just get carried away – you forget what it is you wanted to do. You're starting to do Sgt. Pepper. Some people think it's a genius album, but I think it's a mishmash of rubbish, kind of like Satanic Majesties – 'Oh, if you can make a load of shit, so can we.'"
It should be noted that while the Stones' Their Satanic Majesties, which was released six months after Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, also doled out psychedelic head trips like "2000 Light Years From Home" and "She's a Rainbow," it's not exactly one of the band's most recognized achievements. They'd soon ditch the technicolor wizard robes and neon flavours in favour of a deliciously dirty blues swagger, and made an especially impressive four-record run from 1968's Beggars Banquet to 1972's epic Exile on Main Street.
Richards also weighed in on the thousands of "screaming chicks" both the Beatles and the Stones faced in the '60s, suggesting that the Beatles' inward period was a response to fan insanity.
"They talk about us, [but with] the Beatles, those chicks wore those guys out," he explained. "They stopped touring in 1966 – they were done already. They were ready to go to India and shit."
The piece also has Richards discussing former bassist Bill Wyman, being blessed with on-stage stamina, the influence of the blues, and his upcoming LP. You'll find the full interview over here.
As previously reported, Richards' Crosseyed Heart arrives September 18 through Republic Records. It's his first solo set since 1992.
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Lady Antebellum Talk Dating, Drunk Dialing and Dylan
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Annie Reuter Published: October 21, 2010
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To say 2010 is Lady Antebellum's year would be an understatement. The trio kicked things off in January with the release of their sophomore album, 'Need You Now,' and a Grammy win for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group under their belt. The nominations continued, as the band have five nods at both the CMA Awards and American Music Awards next month -- tying them with the number of nods Eminem received for the latter awards show.
The Boot chatted with Lady A's Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley at their recent benefit performance in New York about success, songwriting (they've already begun penning a follow up to 'Need You Now') and why you should put that phone down at "a quarter after one."
How is your first headlining tour going so far?
Hillary: It's great. It's a lot more responsibility than I think you realize until you start embarking on it and making all these decisions. It makes us appreciate the people we've opened for over the years a lot more. You just have to think about every little thing from what people are eating to the set list. Everything. It runs the gamut.
'Need You Now' has been named the most-played song on jukeboxes this year, with more than 440,000 spins in bars and pubs, beating out Journey's 'Don't Stop Believing.'
Dave: What?! That's awesome.
Hillary: A lot of people drunk dial? That's amazing.
Charles: When we hear these things, it's pretty wild because we're so busy. You get caught up in doing what you do and you forget what that song's done. It's reached so many people. That's a pretty crazy little stat.
Do you have advice on how to get over that drunken after-midnight desire to call an ex?
Charles: 99 percent of the time, don't make it. [laughs]
Dave: You'll regret it in the morning. Don't do it.
Hillary: I'm kind of old-fashioned, so I think the guy should always be the one to call. The girl just answers ... Or doesn't answer.
Dave: Leave him wondering. Leave him drunk and wondering. [laughs]
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British pop singer Adele told our sister site, Spinner, that she's really influenced by you guys. Her tour bus driver introduced your music to her.
Hillary: Oh my gosh! Well, first of all, she won Best New Artist at the Grammys, actually the year that we were nominated for that same award. I'm a huge fan of hers, she is spectacular. She covered Bob Dylan's song on her first album, 'Make You Feel My Love,' that is one of my favorite versions of that song I ever heard. That is a huge compliment. Thank you to her bus driver!
How far into the process of making a new album are you at this point?
Dave: We're writing. Literally, from before we finished the second record, we were writing new stuff. We've got a group of songs that we're going to start recording next year sometime. We'll finish out this year writing a bunch and probably go in with 30, 40, maybe even 50 songs to look at and then pick from those early next year and then start recording.
Is there one song that you're really excited about?
Charles: There's a few, but we're not gonna give them away just yet.
What is your songwriting process like?
Dave: If anything, it's really musical. We start a lot with melodies and instrumentation and trying to figure out good melodies for verses and choruses. We get to lyrics sometimes second, so we'll start humming a melody, finding something, and see where the music takes you as far as lyrics are and what you want to say and go from there. We love great melodies and great songs that have great hooks and melodies, so we start a little bit more on that side as opposed to other people that start more lyric-based. Sometimes we'll do it the other way.
Hillary, do Dave and Charles have to approve of the guys you date?
Hillary: Life's much easier when they do.
Charles: We don't have to. We're pretty obvious though when we don't.
Dave: Ultimately it's her call.
Hillary: It's extremely important to me. If anybody knows me, Charles and Dave do and have my best interests at heart. They're like the big brothers I never had. It definitely means the world what they think, and hopefully it's good.
What have been the best and worst aspects of fame?
Charles: I think the worst is your time is not so much your time anymore. Right now, it's also the stage of the career that we're at. We're at that stage where you have to go, go, go, go, go! There are times where we naturally get a little burned out and just want to have a few days to sit at home, watch TV and just relax and just check out. Your mind never really gets to check out.
The pro is at the end of the day, getting to wake up and do what you love. It's a small price to pay. With anything you do in life, there are days where you're worn out and you don't want to do it for a second. Honestly, we've been given the golden ticket here and so we're going to try to run with it and appreciate it and realize that it doesn't happen often.
One positive aspect has to be all the awards and nominations. How does it feel to be tied with Eminem for five American Music Awards?
Hillary: We're shocked. When we woke up to that text message it was like, 'Are you kidding me? We're just a trio from Nashville.' It's one of those things that you never really know what can happen. We're living proof that a little hard work and a lot of luck can get you somewhere. It's wild. We've been fans of him. I remember seeing the first video he ever put out on MTV on TRL.
Dave: This year, to sum it up, has been unbelievable and really unexpected for us. The AMA nominations are no exception. They blew us away. We feel very humbled from everything that has come our way this year.
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John George Antonio was an outstanding American advertising director. He lived between 1930- 2013. Antonio is well known as a logo designer after his release for Clemson University's logo of Tiger Paw. On July 1970, Antonio's iconic Clemson sports logo that had been developed by him were unveiled at Henderson Advertising in South Carolina. Among the famous logo designs created by him while working for Burnett agency are Morton Salt Girl and Pillsbury Doughboy logos. This logo designer gave companies that he worked for a better chance of competing with others. His logo designs had a greater impact on company's growth. He worked for the advertising agencies in Chicago and Illinois before he died of cancer on May 2013.
A logo is a symbol created for the purpose of identification of a business. A good logo is important in helping the growth of the business. Logo designers bear in mind that during their design process, they must include all the attributes that allow the creation of deeper meanings for the designs. An effective logo designer is crucial in putting business growth at the top. Logo designer applies the psychology of logo design while working out his designs. This is most crucial aspect of the process of creating an excellent logo. Good colors are factors to consider while designing the logo. A logo designer understands that choosing the right color offers an added advantage for the business. Colors give a deeper meaning for the brands. Thus, a favorable color has to be factored in so as to deliver the intended message for the product.
Antonio chose one color for his logos. Ideally, a one color logo communicates more of the business ideas compared to a logo with many colors. With time, people like associating the color in your logo with the products that you sell. A logo designer should be detailed while choosing a color for the business. A logo should also have a good shape. The shape is created by letters, whereby each letter stands for a meaning. A logo designer should create the letters individually. Such a step offers a better chance in stressing the meaning and importance of every letter. For the business to grow, a good- shaped logo must be considered as a factor for that growth. An excellent shape is likely to be remembered by clients long after being seen. Choosing the right combination of colors, or just one color, type of the logo and the best shape is basically the way to create a great logo. The best work of a logo designer comes clear when the logo boosts the business growth.
In conclusion, logo designers must learn the psychology of logos so as to know what people want. A good logo is best suited for only those designers who give the requirements of the customers the first priority. Ideally, a good logo is so effective on a company growth. Logo designers have discovered technological approaches that accelerate the creation of great logos, which means more inventions and innovations in business.
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10 Things You Didn't Know about Bob Ruffolo
Bob Ruffolo is the founder of IMPACT, which is one of the most successful digital marketing agencies that can be found out there. Currently, he is serving as the CEO on top of its corporate hierarchy, which is a statement that says much about the agency's growth over the course of its existence.
Here are 10 things that you may or may not have known about Bob Ruffolo:
He Remembers GeoCities
It is amusing to note that Ruffolo remembers a time when GeoCities was popular. For those who are unfamiliar with the name, GeoCities was a web hosting service that let interested individuals put their websites in particular sections called "cities," which had names based on the nature of their content. One example is how golf websites went into what was called Augusta, while websites on women's issues went into what was called Wellesley. Currently, the Japanese version of GeoCities still exists, but the rest of the web hosting service is no longer operational.
He Started Out with Microsoft Paint
Ruffolo became interested in computers as soon as his parents purchased one. In those times, he started out by creating pictures through the use of Microsoft Paint, which was bundled with Microsoft Windows even in those times. In fact, it should be mentioned that said program saw widespread use because it was so simple, though it was soon supplanted by more sophisticated programs for more sophisticated purposes.
He Got Started with Marketing at a Young Age
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Ruffolo got started with marketing when he was still in high school. What happened was that he worked for a local YMCA, where he was responsible for creating its marketing materials. Later on, Ruffolo continued working in similar roles, thus leading to the present.
Told to Generate Traffic For His First Job
Upon graduating from college, Ruffolo signed up with a manufacturing company, which entrusted him with its website. Initially, Ruffolo was told to increase the number of people visiting the website, seeing as how it was receiving less than a hundred visitors per month. As a result, Ruffolo started looking into SEO as well as related topics, which soon boosted the website's traffic to more than two hundred visitors per week.
Told to Generate Leads For His Job
With that said, the manufacturing company soon realized a common problem in digital marketing, which is to say, the number of visitors is not the same as the number of leads. This time, Ruffolo was told to increase the number of sales leads generated by the website, which convinced him to start looking into landing pages, calls to action, and the like. Once again, Ruffolo managed to improve the website's performance, which had a material impact on the manufacturing company's overall numbers.
His Boss Told Him to Speak to His Friends
In the end, Ruffolo's boss was so satisfied with his performance that he referred Ruffolo to some of his friends, who needed help with their websites as well. This caused Ruffolo to become a freelancer, which in time, convinced him to switch over to digital marketing on a full-time basis.
Focused on Helping Businesses Succeed
Some businesses have rather complicated-sounding missions. Other businesses, not so much. Ruffolo's IMPACT can be considered one of the latter. In short, it is focused on helping its clients succeed, which makes sense because digital marketing is meaningless unless it is having a material impact on the client's progress towards their objectives.
Has Three Core Values
Speaking of which, Ruffolo has mentioned three core values that serve as the center of IMPACT's modus operandi. One of these values is passion, while the other two are helpfulness and dependability, which are simple and straightforward but nonetheless respectable choices.
Likes Working with College Students
It is interesting to note that Ruffolo likes working with college students. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he particularly likes working with college students who are focused on sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship, which are familiar fields for him.
Heads One of HubSpot's Diamond Partner Agencies
Ruffolo's results can be seen in the fact that IMPACT is one of HubSpot's Diamond Partner Agencies. For those who are curious, Diamond would be the highest tier for HubSpot's partners, which can't be had unless agencies are capable of meeting a certain level of performance when it comes to their digital marketing services. As a result, the fact that IMPACT is a Diamond partner says much about how much it can help interested parties in its fields of specialization.
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Recent warmer weather has kept us outside more lately. The start of spring sports (practices) has added a couple nights of activities to our schedules. I've neglected to add some of our recent events to the blog.
Blake had his cast removed on the 9th. After 5-1/2 weeks, he was happy to have his wrist healed and his right arm back! I still caught him using his left hand for almost everything for a few days though.
The cast came off just in time for him to participate in his last Upwards basketball game. The doctor gave him the OK.
Although he missed both of his free throws (hit the back of the rim), he still scored 16 points. That was a great showing after missing five games though!
It was good to wrap up the season with his team.
Hotwheels seem to be one toy that never goes out of style.
Tom and I enjoyed watching the boys play with them in front of the tv one night. I love how they used one of my throws since the tire tracks showed up so well on. I remember playing with Hotwheels as a kid!
Finally, I've always enjoyed having our boys participate in Scouting. But, this year I think they are really understanding the service aspect of it. Kevin is getting to experience a lot of Blake's service activities Blake is now offering to help when Kevin's group participates in one. Last week Blake asked to help when Kevin's pack worked to bag trees for the local extension office. It got pretty messy, but it sure was fun!
I love that spring is here now. Everything is starting to green up and you can see buds on the trees. Our neighbor even mowed over the weekend. I love that smell!
Springtime just warms my heart!
What a great post with fun things going on in your life. I can tell how much your boys mean to you.


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Jared Wiklund from Pheasants Forever gives us a pheasant forecast for the season in Minnesota and the Dakotas and breaks down the current CRP situation and the plan for the 2018 Farm Bill.
Bruce Davis from the MN DNR explains a new research project that is taking place involving mallards and gps tracking units.
And Tony Crotty from Mid Migration Outfitters offers a waterfowl migration report.
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