INTERVIEWER: So we're right here on the southwest corner of Michigan and Livernois. This building with the clock on it used to be Detroit Edison. It's now Latino Legal Alliance. This is Wednesday, August 1, with Mr. Edward Sarna, and we're doing our road tour. We're driving south on Livernois. We're now at Clayton. We're heading over to Abick's Bar to do our interview with Manya.
We just made a right on Dennis and we're approaching Gilbert so we're going west, and we're right here on the corner of Gilbert and Dennis. And here's Abick's, right on the southeast corner.
MS: Manya Abick Soviak, S-O-V-I-A-K.
INTERVIEWER: And Manya, you are the current owner?
MS: My brother and I, I have a brother Walter Abick.
INTERVIEWER: And do you mind telling me your birth date?
MS: Mine is 10-4-23, and he's February 1, '21.
INTERVIEWER: Now, your parents were who?
MS: George and Kathryn Abick.
INTERVIEWER: Catherine with a "C"?
INTERVIEWER: And do you know their birth dates?
MS: September 17, but I can't tell you the year.
MS: My mother was February 18, 1900.
INTERVIEWER: Okay. And did they emigrate from Poland?
INTERVIEWER: And do you know about when they came over?
INTERVIEWER: Okay. So your uncle had the bar.
INTERVIEWER: Your uncle built the bar.
INTERVIEWER: And your uncle's name was?
INTERVIEWER: And how is he related?
MS: Well, he was my godfather.
MS: They were very close, all of them. And his wife was my mother's first cousin.
INTERVIEWER: Okay. And do you know what year the bar was built?
MS: No, I couldn't tell you that. I should have looked it up for you.
INTERVIEWER: We can find out later. So he built it from scratch?
MS: Like I say, I always say 1910. So I don't know if it's '10 or '08 or whatever.
MS: No, he came, he ended up working at the bar. At that time when they came in they had to find something, anything. To work.
INTERVIEWER: Did your dad have siblings?
MS: My Uncle Joe, Joe Abick.
INTERVIEWER: Just the one brother?
MS: No, he had another one, and a sister, but they were back there. I wouldn't know them.
INTERVIEWER: And how about your mother?
MS: My mother's brother was here already when she came. Michael Urda.
MS: Not that I know of.
INTERVIEWER: Do you know what Michael did?
MS: He helped here, and then he went in the service.
INTERVIEWER: Do you know what branch of the service?
INTERVIEWER: So where did your dad and mom live? Did they live right here upstairs?
INTERVIEWER: And your uncle, too?
MS: My Uncle Joe? No, my Uncle Joe lived only a half a block away, then he moved to Hamtramck. He lived in Hamtramck. They had a little store there, a little grocery store on Playfair. That's about all I can remember on that one.
INTERVIEWER: Did you say the street name?
MS: At that time that was what it was called, Playfair.
INTERVIEWER: So John Benske. And did he live upstairs, also?
MS: No, he lived next door.
INTERVIEWER: Okay. Did he own the house?
INTERVIEWER: Is the house still there?
MS: Yeah, two of them. He built this one next door, and the next one after that.
INTERVIEWER: Do you know the address?
INTERVIEWER: Did he rent the houses out?
MS: They lived in one and then my other aunt and uncle lived in the other one.
INTERVIEWER: And your other aunt and uncle, were they relatives of John?
MS: Relatives of John's wife.
MS: Irene was my aunt. I can't remember my uncle, I just called him Giva [phonetic].
INTERVIEWER: What did you call him?
INTERVIEWER: Okay. And when did John pass away?
MS: Oh, god. Oh, I can't even tell you. My mother is gone, my mother passed in'64, and that was a long time before that.
INTERVIEWER: And when did your dad die?
MS: My dad died in 1935.
INTERVIEWER: Was your dad ill?
MS: Oh, yeah, 49. And my mom raised all four of us here.
INTERVIEWER: So then what do you remember about growing up? Did you and your siblings work in the bar? Were you always here in the bar?
MS: Well, no, when my mother and dad worked in the bar we were taken care of by-I can't even think of her name. We called her Busia, and she took care of us. Oh, man, I can't think of her name. What a wonderful person, too.
INTERVIEWER: Was this a relative?
MS: No, she was a stranger. Well, a friend. A real good friend of the family. Oh, the name. I can see her-her granddaughters used to come in, but I can't even think of their names anymore.
MS: I went to Logan. We all did, in fact. All of us did.
INTERVIEWER: And where did you go to church?
MS: I went here to Ss. Peter & Paul.
INTERVIEWER: And did you speak Polish?
MS: I learned Polish a lot from-Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, I mixed them all up. [Laughter] They used to laugh at me like crazy. A lot of Polish people came in because they lived in the area. When they came from the old country they would come in and tell stories about what they did.
INTERVIEWER: But this was when you got a little older and you would come in the bar, you would hear all these stories?
INTERVIEWER: Was the bar always packed?
MS: [Showing old photograph on wall] That's my Uncle Mike, and then that's my Uncle John, and that's my aunt, and that's my dad.
MS: [Showing another photograph] Yeah, and this is how it was on the outside, here. And this was a barber shop.
INTERVIEWER: Oh, my goodness. We're looking at pictures, historic pictures of the bar on the wall.
MS: Yeah, and I still have the clock up there.
INTERVIEWER: Oh, my goodness, it's beautiful.
MS: I had to cover this up so the kids, you know, with the pea shooters and bee-bees, and all that, coming from the schools.
INTERVIEWER: And this is more recent, of course.
INTERVIEWER: Oh, that's beautiful. And this building now, today, that used to be the barber shop, what is that?
MS: It was a barber shop, it was a dress shop, it was a beauty shop, it was everything.
INTERVIEWER: But now is it being used at all?
MS: No. We were supposed to have a guy come in to look for it to rent as a little office he needed, but I'm still waiting for him.
INTERVIEWER: That's a beautiful photo, a family heirloom.
MS: [Showing another photo] And that's my mother and dad's picture there when they got married.
INTERVIEWER: What year was that? Do you know?
INTERVIEWER: So then you started working in the bar officially when, about how old were you?
MS: Eighteen. You know, at that time you could work at 18 because it was family. You probably helped before that, but you know, you couldn't do too much else. Now, you couldn't do it.
INTERVIEWER: Did you ever have bands playing in the bar?
MS: We had one. I can't remember the name of it. Oh, man, they played at all the picnics.
INTERVIEWER: Were they young guys?
INTERVIEWER: Was it in the back room?
INTERVIEWER: So then when the war [World War II] hit, what was it like?
MS: All three of my brothers went. Thank God they came back, but a lot of boys didn't come back.
INTERVIEWER: I imagine everybody who came in talked about what was going on during the war.
MS: We got letters from them all, all the time. One day a week I would sit down and write to everyone and tell them what was going on, who was where, and what.
INTERVIEWER: What were the main industries during that time in this area? I know there was Central Creamery.
MS: Yeah, then there was Federal Screw Works. Then we had a Black Label distributor on Livernois. The railroad.
ES: We had Goebel's on 52nd.
ES: In fact, where Joe's house is.
MS: What was the one here in McGraw? I mean on Military, that factory that was there?
ES: There was a coal yard on Hammond, Hammond Coal Yard.
MS: Yeah, but the one here, right here on Military. I can't remember the name. A lot of the girls worked in the office.
GS: Oh, that was Kelsey-Hayes.
MS: That's it, Kelsey-Hayes. This was on Buchanan.
ES: Buchanan, coal yard on Buchanan. By the railroad tracks.
INTERVIEWER: That was Hammond, on Buchanan?
ES: No, Hammond was on Hammond.
INTERVIEWER: So the one on Buchanan, you don't know the name of?
MS: I remember the guy because the guy used to come in and drink.
INTERVIEWER: During the war was everybody still able to find work?
MS: Oh, yeah. Everybody worked then. The women went to work, too. Everybody went to work.
West Side Courier was on Michigan Avenue.
ES: Otis Bakery, Lockwood Bakery.
MS: And then there was Pulanski on Otis.
ES: But that was called Daily, first Daily Bakery.
MS: And then it was Pulanski.
GS: Didn't Pulanski have one on Lockwood and Otis?
ES: No, that used to be Lockwood Bakery.
GS: Yeah, but Pulanski owned that one.
ES: Oh, I wouldn't know that.
ES: We had corner stores.
MS: Corner grocery stores. We had grocery stores on every corner.
MS: I know one. One was Opalak.
MS: O-P-A-L-A-K. What was this one here on the corner?
GS: It was-Freizel's [phonetic]. What was Freizel's [phonetic] store called? Because I know on Wesson and Kopernick there was Czapski's.
GS: Wesson and Kopernick. How about Dziedzic's across from St. Hedwig?
MS: Yeah, that's another one.
GS: And that store's still there.
MS: Yeah, Bush's. Bush's Florist.
ES: Flamingo's. That was right next door to Stempien's.
ES: Junction and Buchanan, there used to be one there, too, a florist.
MS: We had a hardware store, Slowik had a hardware store here on Cicotte and Otis. Slowik's Hardware.
ES: And then there was a grocery store on 52nd.
GS: Which one, the one right on the corner there on Conrad?
ES: Drug store on Michigan?
MS: Yeah. There was Zagar's [phonetic]. Zagar's [phonetic] was in there selling material and guys' socks.
MS: Bankowski, yeah, across-oh, Bennet's Meat Market, right across from Senate Theater.
GS: There was Harnick's Bakery, too.
MS: Yeah, Harnick's Bakery was there, too.
INTERVIEWER: Okay, spell it for me.
INTERVIEWER: That's a meat market?
MS: No, Harnick's is a bakery. And there was the Coney island, Senate Coney Island.
MS: Senate Theater. On the corner was a hardware store, Kaplan & Stern [phonetic].
ES: Better Made Potato Chips.
MS: Better Made Potato Chips.
ES: Right next door to Senate.
MS: Senate Theater, yeah. Boy, are you taking us back.
ES: Federal Department Store on Junction and Michigan.
MS: Yes, Federal Department Store, yes.
INTERVIEWER: Now, do you remember Kay Fashions on Michigan Avenue?
INTERVIEWER: That was my Aunt Wanda's store.
MS: There was a bridal shop right next to the Dairy Queen, Janet's, was it, Janet's?
GS: Oh, yeah. What was the tuxedo place there, too, because I got my tuxedo for my wedding there. I can't remember what the name of that place was.
MS: There was a little bar right in between there.
ES: There was a bridal shop right on Junction, that's where my wife got her gown, across from St. Hedwig.
MS: I had Jeannie's Bridal Shop next door.
INTERVIEWER: Okay, that's good. That's a good start. [Laughter]ES: Suchyta's Bakery.
ES: S-U-C-H-Y-T-A. That's our doctor now.
INTERVIEWER: Where was that bakery?
MS: Martin and Clayton. And what was that little grocery store that they used to make kielbasa there? Right on Edward and Martin, right on the corner? I can't remember names.
INTERVIEWER: It will come back to you. In the middle of the night, you'll wake up with it. Keep a note pad by your bed now.
ES: Like I said, between Central and Cicotte, there must have been about 20 bars.
MS: Yeah. That one on Cicotte and Michigan, remember they had the deer in the window?
ES: In the window, yeah.
MS: But I can't think of the name of it. I remember, I can see the faces of the people. They lived right over here, kitty-corner here.
INTERVIEWER: Now, who were some of your regulars, regular customers back then?
MS: Oh, the one that comes to my head is Mr. Mucha, that was my favorite guy,.
MS: Mucha? There's a mucha, you know, fly? [Laughter] A mucha.
GS: You should have Podge here.
MS: Oh, yeah. My brother, names he's good at.
MS: Oh, I don't know. They worked, I know, all of them, mostly worked for cigar factories. I think it was, what are those babies, baby cigars? What do you call them? Come on, Ed, you've got to help me.
INTERVIEWER: Any other customers you remember?
MS: Let's see, across the street Musuras.
MS: Yeah, that's a whole family there that used to come in.
INTERVIEWER: The reason I'm asking you for all these names is this is really interesting for people in genealogy.
INTERVIEWER: And we work closely with the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan, and a lot of this is going to end up in archives that are accessible to people who will want to know who these people were.
MS: Zonca, how do you spell that?
MS: Then there was Sauchaks, S-A-U-C-H-A-K. Then there was Orsiks, O-R-S-I-K, or O-R-Z-I-K, either one, I don't know. Zorolka, Z-O-R-O-L-K-A. Nabiesho, N-A-B-I-E-S-H-O, I think.
INTERVIEWER: That's a good start. That's great. It's a good start. And do you ever remember, were there ever any events here of significance? Like was there ever a wedding or an engagement party here?
MS: They always had a party here. They all made their own instruments at the time. Oh, they had good fun, oh, my.
INTERVIEWER: Were there ever any radio shows broadcast out of here?
MS: No. My brothers were very involved in politics, two of them.
INTERVIEWER: Did they ever run for office?
INTERVIEWER: So John passed away.
INTERVIEWER: Walter's still a court officer?
INTERVIEWER: Who does he work for?
MS: Plymouth courthouse. My sister-in-law Theresa Abick, John's wife, she was secretary to Dingell. That's my sister-in-law on John's side. Theresa Abick. Now she's treasurer of the P.N.A. in Chicago.
ES: You were asking about the bill for the hospital [in Mr. Sarna's interview, the hospital bill for his hospitalization as a child]?
ES: Dingell was the one who got it straightened out.
ES: Yeah. The old man.
INTERVIEWER: I'm sorry. You're going to need a drink.
MS: [Laughter] I don't drink.
INTERVIEWER: That's marvelous. Now, speaking of bridal shops, when did you get married?
MS: When did I get married? Oh, my gosh, 1946, May 19.
GS: That was a good year.
MS: Bill? Bill was part of our family already. They hung out, he hung with my brothers. He went to the same church, we belonged to all the clubs and all together.
INTERVIEWER: When did you meet? How old were you?
MS: A teenager, young teenager. Knew his mother and dad, met the whole family before we even married.
ES: Manya, she's really getting personal, isn't she?
INTERVIEWER: If I get too personal just let me know.
INTERVIEWER: Did you always know you were going to marry him?
MS: Yeah, I just felt that that was him.
MS: And I never thought of remarrying or anything. He passed away and then, no. That's it.
MS: A lot of them said to me, "Why don't you remarry? You see all of these guys." Well, thank you very much, I had it too good. He was good to me. He was really good to me.
INTERVIEWER: That's what my aunt says. So, did you have children?
MS: I have two. Well, I had two. One, my daughter passed, and my son lives in California. My son's name is George.
INTERVIEWER: What year were they born?
MS: My son was born in 1947. My daughter Marie was born in 1950. Passed in 1995.
MS: Oh, no, no, no. I thank God a million times. Ten years of suffering she had on this earth, that was enough.
MS: And then I have a grandson.
INTERVIEWER: Oh, yes, I met your grandson.
INTERVIEWER: That's right. And he was born in what year?
INTERVIEWER: Oh, yeah, what's his last name?
MS: L-A-K-E-M-A-N. And he was born on September 4, 1981.
INTERVIEWER: Does he have an interest in running the bar at all?
MS: Oh, he worked the bar, but right now he's going to school. And I'd rather he go to school for a while now. But he's going to probably take it over.
INTERVIEWER: Now, we have to get Greg because we need to get some history on him. But is there anything else you can think of that you'd like to tell me?
MS: This is his girlfriend. Now, this is Leah. And she's from Ireland. And that's Eric's girlfriend.
INTERVIEWER: Nice to meet you.
MS: And she's the one that stays there with me, helping me out, so when they take it over they'll have it.
MS: Greg, it's your turn.
GS: I'm a frequent visitor.
INTERVIEWER: Okay, Greg's a regular customer. And how long have you been coming here?
GS: I don't know, 12 years?
INTERVIEWER: And you grew up in the neighborhood?
GS: Oh, yeah, Junction and Merritt.
GS: Merritt, M-E-R-R-I-T-T, right near the viaducts. And then I went to Hedwig's, kindergarten, grade school, high school, got married there.
MS: Brought up his son there.
MS: [Laughter] He is. I'm telling you.
INTERVIEWER: And what do you like about Abick's?
INTERVIEWER: Can I ask when you were born?
INTERVIEWER: Belated. And you still live in the neighborhood?
GS: I live on 52nd. Right by Ed's.
ES: He's the one we talked to on the phone.
INTERVIEWER: Yes. And you plan on staying in the neighborhood.
INTERVIEWER: So did you start coming here as soon as you came of age?
GS: It was word of mouth, basically. I stopped, and ever since I came down here, I liked it, and I just stayed.
INTERVIEWER: A place to hang out, a place to be?
INTERVIEWER: So any other memories, anything else you can think of historically or anything significant about the bar?
MS: I've seen a lot of people come and go, that's all, and all good people. And I always say from the top to the bottom, they're all good people. Even the judges come in.
MS: Oh, sure. They have parties, like the 35th District Court. And from downtown, they used to come in. They're all good people. Christmas parties. All good. We always had to have food. I remember when we had a glass thing, you know, different things, covered. We had to have hamburgers or sandwiches. A guy would be drinking, he could pick it up and take a sandwich. And didn't ever pay for it, though.
INTERVIEWER: That's what's missing today.
INTERVIEWER: Have things changed much in the last, say, 10 years?
MS: Oh, here comes my grandson. Yeah, the people are different. Say hello for a second.
INTERVIEWER: I'm interviewing your grandmother about how her uncle built the bar. She claims she doesn't remember anything. So far I have 10 pages.
MS: Other establishments in the area were Kinsell's, Cunningham's, Kresge's, Diamonds for women, Witkowski's for men, Rose Jewelry, a place that sold live chickens on 31st [Edward Sarna's mother used to get them from there and cut the heads off herself, and she would buy ducks from there and slit their necks to make czarnina], Awry's Bakery, and People's Market. The back kitchen of the bar used to be an ice house at one time. They would put a sign in the window: "25 lbs." or "50 lbs." and they would deliver the ice. Then they would have a guy come and deliver crushed ice for the beer.


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No More US Combat Troops to Be Based in Africa
By Al Pessin
U.S. officials say they have no plans to base additional combat forces in Africa as part of the creation of a separate U.S. military command for the continent, announced on Tuesday. The officials say the command should be operational this year, although it may not reach its full strength until next year. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon.
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry provided more information on the Africa Command plan at a news conference Wednesday.
"There are no plans envisioned in this effort on the basing of forces on the continent," he said.
Henry said the Defense Department wants the headquarters for Africa Command to be on the continent, with a staff of about 1,000, including a sizable contingent of diplomats and aid officials. But he says he does not expect more U.S. combat troops to be based in Africa, beyond the 1,700 now at the Combined Joint Task Force in Djbouti, performing training, humanitarian and counter-terrorism missions.
"As currently envisioned, we do not see any increase in stationing of forces," he added. "We do see the opportunity to work more with host nations, but those would be cooperative endeavors and they would be done on a rotational basis, some measured in weeks, perhaps some measured in months. But we just don't see any increase in the stationing of forces on the continent or within the command."
Henry said the number of U.S. troops in Africa will vary as their specific missions evolve over time. He said the command will focus on providing better and more consistent training tailored to the needs of each country on the continent.
"The emphasis on the activities would be more in what we can do to help the host nations there on the continent of Africa build up their capability and their capacity so that they are able to service their own security needs, rather than rely on an outside entity," he explained.
Henry said better security and stability, and improving African armies' understanding of the role of the military in a democratic society, will facilitate development efforts by African governments, aided by civilian departments of the U.S. government. But officials say, like the five other regional commands, it will also be responsible for any necessary U.S. military operations in its area.
At the same news conference, Lieutenant General Walter Sharp, director of the senior military staff, said a 60-member team is forming at European Command headquarters in Germany to work out the details of Africa Command. General Sharp said he expects the Command to begin operations this year under a four-star officer, like the other regional commands. President Bush's order requires Africa Command to be fully operational by September of next year.
Undersecretary Henry says the Defense Department and other U.S. government agencies are now beginning to consult with the 53 countries of Africa on the details of Africa Command's future operations.

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Meet Ken and Cynthia, they are the main characters in a book that Beryl wrote with the help of her youngest granddaughter Sophie. Cynthia was knitted by Beryl to keep Ken company when he became separated from Barbie.
Here are the other characters appearing in Cynthia`s Story, they are all dolls knitted by Beryl.
This book came about as the result of a collaboration between Beryl and her youngest great granddaughter Sophie in the early 1990`s when Sophie was about 8 years old. John jnr, Teresa and Sophie would regularly join Beryl and John for a Sunday roast. Sophie always looked forward to this, `cos while John cooked the roast, Sophie and Beryl would get the dolls Cynthia and Ken out and then play with them on the side board. Very quickly they began to arrange adventures for them using some of the many interesting objects that Beryl had collected, as props. Soon Beryl was writing a story and Sophie was creating the sets, then they would take photos and use them to illustrate the story. The whole thing evolved and developed out of their games with the dolls together.
Meet Ethel below, she is a model designed by Beryl in the early 1970`s. She is the result of a collaboration between Beryl and her son John to produce contemporary [at the time] garden gnomes and gnomesses. Beryl designed Ethel and John sculpted her, then a local potter made some porcelain and terracotta samples. As you can see, Beryl then painted one of the terracotta models, the body colour works rather well as her suntan. Since then Ethel has lived in Beryl and John`s garden so her paintwork has become rather worn. You can see next to her an unpainted porcelain sister, and there is a concrete sister hiding elsewhere in John`s garden.
Owing to John juniors energies moving in a different direction this project never got further than the production of a few prototypes, much to Beryl`s sorrow.
Below you can see samples of another family project, the production of plaster wall plaques. Beryl designed these in the early 1970`s with the intention that John junior and his wife Teresa would produce and sell them. There are three models altogether, a lady in a bonnet, a bowling lady and a cat cleaning its paw. All the plaques were hand painted in a number of different colour combinations to Beryl`s approval, then sealed. Here are two versions of the lady,and one of the bowling lady, which is unsealed. One lady plaque was cast in concrete as an experiment, this has been in the garden for many years weathering. Then there is an unpainted lady, and finally the only one of the cat plaques that the family have still got. A small number of these plaques were given away to friends and relatives and sometimes these surface in boot sales or other odd places. Again, this is a project which was eventually abandoned due to John junior`s energies moving in other directions. There is now some consideration being given to the family reviving this project.


Walter J. Duerksen was born in Enid, Oklahoma and graduated from high school in Wichita. He took his bachelor's degree in music from the University of Wichita in 1931 and his master's from Northwestern in 1937. He studied at Columbia University and at the Juilliard School of Music. He taught in the Sedgwick public schools before joining the faculty at the University of Wichita. At WSU, he was instrumental music instructor, director of bands, director of the School of Music, and dean of the School of Fine Arts. He was member of the MENC, KMEA, Phi Mu Alpha, and MTNA. He served his community as a member of the Wichita Symphony Society Board, the Wichita Fine Arts Council, and the Wichita Community Theatre Board. He was on the editorial committee of the Music Educator Journal and served on the MENC Commission on Accreditation.


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John Curtis & Bruce Poliquin
Compare the voting records of John Curtis and Bruce Poliquin in 2017-18.
Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)
Represented Utah's 3rd Congressional District. This was his 1st term in the House.
Bruce Poliquin
Represented Maine's 2nd Congressional District. This was his 2nd term in the House.
John Curtis and Bruce Poliquin are from the same party and agreed on 92 percent of votes in the 115th Congress (2017-18).
Disagree: 8%
But they didn't always agree. Out of 569 votes in the 115th Congress, they disagreed on 47 votes, including 2 major votes.
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment
March 22, 2018 — TARGET Act
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amdt to the House Amdt to the Senate Amdt
Feb. 9, 2018 — The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018
July 18, 2018 — Carbajal of California Amendment No. 81
July 18, 2018 — Gosar of Arizona Amendment No. 63
July 18, 2018 — Grothman of Wisconsin Amendment No. 39, as Modified
July 18, 2018 — Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1
June 28, 2018 — Clark of Massachusetts Amendment No. 15
June 8, 2018 — Meadows of North Carolina Part B Amendment No. 15
Agreed to by a margin of 6 votes.
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Review: Joe Nichols wows New York crowd at Jones Beach Theater Special
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Wantagh - On July 27, country star Joe Nichols played a show at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, as part of Lady Antebellum's "Take Me Downtown" headlining tour.
Nichols shared the stage with fellow country singer Billy Currington.
"Hello, New York," Nichols greeted the audience, dressed in a black shirt and blue jeans, and backed by his five-piece band that included three guitarists, a drummer and a steel guitar player.
He commenced his set with the up-tempo "Brokenheartsville," as he accompanied himself on acoustic guitar, and even threw guitar picks to the audience.
Nichols managed to get the crowd to put their hands up in the air for the follow-up upbeat song, "Hard To Be Cool," which is a favorite of mine from his latest album Crickets.
After expressing his gratitude for the great turnout, he shared that he grew up on traditional country music, where he listened to such artists as Merle Haggard, George Strait, George Jones and Keith Whitley.
He showcased his rap side on his country version of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back," which was a fun treat for the crowd. "That's me rapping," he joked.
It was followed up with a ballad entitled "Just Let Me Fall in Love With You," off his new record.
Nichols continued with his latest single "Yeah," which has been sitting at No. 1 on the charts for third consecutive weeks. He even incorporated it as a crowd sing-along, and thanked the fans for giving him his sixth career No. 1 single with it. "God Bless you for that," Nichols said.
He continued with yet another No. 1 single, "Gimmie That Girl," where he has the fans waving their hands up in the air. He even altered this song's lyrics and made them more fun and applicable to his New York fan-base. "Gimme that girl that the rest of 'New York' ain't lucky enough to know," he sang.
After a brief group exercise, where he encouraged his audience to stand and get to know the person next to them, he sang another fan-favorite tune, "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off," and subsequently walked into the audience around the venue, which resonated well with them. He paid homage to Billy Currington, by giving him a shout-out in the lyrics. "Them pantyhose ain't gonna last too long, If the DJ puts 'a Billy Currington record' on," Nichols sang.
He closed his 8-song set with another chart-topper, the lead single from his newest album, "Sunny and 75."
Overall, Joe Nichols did an excellent job warming up the stage for Lady Antebellum and getting the fans excited about country music in New York. He is certainly the "Merle Haggard" of our generation, and deserving of his No. 1 single "Yeah" that he has this week on the country charts. His show garnered 4.5 out of 5 stars. He is recommended seeing live whenever he is in an area near you.
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2018 court 'sound bites'
Margaret Matibiri
A Harare man who was implicated in participation in the #Shutdownzim demos has been set free by the court.
As the year comes to an end, we reflect on the experiences at the Harare Magistrate's court throughout the year. The year, 2018 saw the court flooded with high profile cases involving sitting members of parliament, former cabinet ministers, socialites and many other popular figures which is a first in our judiciary system.
Samuel Undenge
The former minister of energy, Samuel Undenge was arraigned before courts on corruption charges. He was convicted on one of the matters and he was sentenced to 4 years in prison. He was however found not guilty and acquitted on the other charge which was in relation to the Gwanda solar project involving Intratek. He is currently out on bail pending appeal at the High court.
Ignatious Chombo
Former minister of local government, home affairs, Ignatious Chombo is still in the courts where he is facing a cocktail of charges mostly corruption related. Supa Mandiwanzira, the former minister of Information and Communication Technology who is also a member of the current sitting parliament is also facing charges of criminal abuse of office before the same courts. He is currently on bail coupled with stringent bail conditions with his trial expected to finally kick start this January.
David Parirenyatwa
The former long-time minister of health David Parirenyatwa was also arrested and arraigned before court on charges of criminal abuse of office. He is currently out on bail pending trial.
Walter Chidakwa
Former mines minister, Walter Chidhakwa Chidhakwa is also before the same court facing charges of criminal abuse of office, among other charges.
Saviour Kasukuwere who was affectionately known as Tyson is also facing a cocktail of charges. There is a trail of cases following him from the time he served as Minister of Youth, then Minister of Local Government. He was also arrested for breaching immigration laws but he was acquitted only to be arrested for yet other charges.
Genius Kadungure
The court also hosted, Genius Kadungure and Wicknel Chivayo popular socialites who were jointly charged for defrauding sitting Member of Parliament, Dexter Nduna in a mines supply deal. They were however both found not guilty and acquitted of those charges. They each however have pending cases before the same court which are still continuing.
Walter Magaya
Self-proclaimed prophet, Walter Magaya is also out on bail after manufacturing, advertising and attempting to sell a bogus HIV cure that he claimed to have found. The matter is yet to be determined by the court
Josh Chifamba
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) chief executive officer, Engineer Joshua Chifamba, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution (ZETDC) managing director Engineer Julian Chinembiri and his finance director Thokozani Dhliwayo are also before court in connection with over $35 million underhand dealings involving an Indian company PME. POTRAZ Director General, Gift Machengete is also before the same court.
Francis Gudyanga
Other individuals, including Francis Gudyanga the former mines secretary. Former television personality Oscar Pambuka, and former Member of parliament Psychology Maziwisa were convicted of fraud charges but they have since been granted bail pending appeal.
Bona Mugabe's husband, Simba Chikore is also before court on allegations of unlawful detention and he is yet to go to trial.
These are some of the high profile cases that have been at the courts throughout the year as we round it up.
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(EP1) Shillong Rock N Metal Scene feat. Plague Throat
Welcome to the first episode of the webseries Shillong Rock N Metal Scene featuring Death Metal Band – PLAGUE THROAT.
Cornelius Kharsyntiew, guitarist of Shillong metal band Dymbur created a facebook page under the name Metal and Rock bands of Shillong in 2013, a page that updates the latest news, gigs, single releases and birthdays of the local musicians of the Shillong metal and rock scene. After two years, he came up with the idea of bringing the local bands up closer to the fans and music lovers of Shillong through episode wise interviews of bands and musicians. He shared his idea with two of his friends, Mayson Dkhar and Gerald Duia. The three of them also had the same idea in mind before they met each other and that was when they took the decision to run a youtube episode wise interview of the local metal and rock bands and they changed the name of the page to Shillong Rock N Metal Scene.
Raiot will bring you rest of this DIY webseries, as and when they arrive or will sing its obit when boredom kills it. We also asked Cornelius, Gerald & Mayson to share with us their motivation in making this webseries about a little understood metal subculture of Shillong.
I was introduced to music since I was a kid, started playing the guitar at the age of 8 years, started listening to some rock bands, classic rock, glam rock/metal, old school heavy metal at the age of 12, and studied classical guitar music in Gurgaon, Haryana from 2007-2011. I also picked up the electric guitar in 2008 and formed my first rock band in 2011 when I came back to Shillong and from then I started a metal band in 2012 and became much closer to metal music. As a metal musician myself, I felt that surviving as a metal band or as a metal artist is very difficult here in Shillong and also in India as well. There are lots of great metal bands from Shillong itself who have disbanded due to the lack of opportunities and so on. So, I consider myself luck to be born in this century where Metal music is booming in India with many International metal bands performing in our country and also with big music festivals happening in our city. With that being said, I hope that the local metal and rock bands will also get an opportunity to be perform in these big festivals that happen in our city in the near future as well. And with the use of social networking sites like facebook, I started a page called Metal and Rock Bands of Shillong in 2013 to try my level best to update the latest happenings in our local metal and rock music scene.
I have also been following many youtube video interviews of international bands and also some Indian music interviews like Vh1 music dairies and Headbangers Kitchen. So out of nowhere, I just came up with this thought of, "why can't someone from Shillong do the same and interview our local bands and musicians." Being a musician myself, I felt that I would be very glad if I could share my story as a musician or a story about my band to the music lovers and supporters of Shillong and yes I know that every musician would love to share their side of the story. I feel that video interviews are important for a band because they will get more exposure via social networking sites through the views of people in and around the country and also that the music lovers of Shillong will get to know more about the bands, what their music speaks about, the ups and downs surviving as a metal band and so on. It was then that I came up with the initiative that I will start my own band interview episodes and keep it up on a youtube page. And obviously I needed some help, so I met two friends of mine Gerald and Mayson. Gerald was the drummer of the first rock band that I had and Mayson is the bassist of Dymbur, the band that I am currently playing with. Since I've known these guys for a very long time, I felt that it would be easier to work with them. Gerald was the right guy to work with because he is into photography and videography as well. So I shared my point of views and ideas with them and they supported and agreed with what I wanted to do, since they had the same idea as well. So we changed the name of facebook page to Shillong Rock N Metal Scene, created a youtube account of the same and launched our first episode on the 4th of December 2015, which featured Shillong's well-known death metal band – Plague Throat. We are also done with the 2nd episode and it will be released this January. We hope to interview as many bands as possible and continue doing what we love to, to show our support and respect to the rock and metal bands of our city.
I had the same idea long time back but I never found the right people to work with until I met these guys. Cornelius threw the idea on us and I thought that these guys are the ones that I am going to do this with. The main thing is exposure, most metal and rock bands/artists in lack exposure in Meghalaya.
So as an art lover, a musician myself, as an enthusiast, and since I am also into photography and videography I take this opportunity by contributing something to doing what I love to do the most. This is just the beginning and with the support that we are getting from our friends and the music lovers of Shillong, I am looking forward to something big in the future.
When Cornelius shared this idea with me, I felt that it was one hell of an idea to bring the local metal and rock bands closer to the people through video interviews. Well, the reason why we are doing this is because we want to promote the local metal and rock bands of Shillong.
And as we all know that there is less promotion for the bands here and they hardly get recognized for their hard work, so we felt that this is the best thing we could do and we took this initiative so that the people will know more about our metal and rock bands and musicians. And by putting it up on youtube, it would be a huge boost for the bands because people from all over Shillong and India itself will get to know more about the metal and rock bands of Shillong.
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Good job n don't give up for the better contribution towards society …


The Authors Guild's odds of winning its long-running lawsuit against Google appear to be dwindling, at least judging by comments made this morning by judges at the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.
Parker elaborated that there is an "enormous societal benefit" to digitizing books. For instance, he said, people can produce works of "immense scholarship" without necessarily needing to travel to a distant library in order to read an obscure book.
If Google's project turns out to be protected by fair use, the 8-year-old lawsuit will end in a complete victory for the search giant.
The battle stems from Google's decision to digitize library books and show snippets of them in its search results -- along with links to sites where people can purchase the books. The Authors Guild, which counts around 8,500 members, says that Google is infringing copyright by copying the books and displaying excerpts from them. The group filed a class-action lawsuit, and asked to be allowed to represent all authors with registered copyrights in books.
Google has always said it has a fair use right to digitize books in order to make them searchable. The company also says opposed the Authors Guild's bid to proceed on behalf of a class, arguing that many authors think that Google Books will benefit them.
Circuit Court Judge Denny Chin in New York ruled last year that the Authors Guild can represent a class of authors, but Chin hasn't yet ruled on the crucial fair use questions.
Google appealed Chin's decision to allow a class-action to the 2nd Circuit, heard arguments about the issue this morning. Appellate judges typically don't announce their decisions until months after hearing arguments, but the three judges on the panel this morning still gave some strong hints about how they might handle the case.
First of all, some of the judges suggested it makes more sense to decide whether the project is protected by fair use principles before ruling on whether the Authors Guild should be able to proceed as a class.
Judge Pierre Leval said several times that the appellate court simply put the class certification issue on hold, and send the case back to the trial court for a decision about the fair use questions. If Parker or Guido Calabresi -- the third judge on the panel -- thought this was a bad idea, they kept that opinion to themselves.
More importantly, Leval and Parker clearly expressed skepticism about the Authors Guild's position that the digitization project could harm authors. Leval had sharp questions for Robert LaRocca, lawyer for the Authors Guild, about whether any Web users who were interested in a particular book would decide against purchasing it because brief snippets were available through Google.
Parker added that it was "common sense" that at least some authors would benefit by the project, which would give their books exposure and offer readers a way to purchase them.
The judges also wanted to know what the Authors Guild hoped to get out of the case. LaRocca said they were seeking $750 for each book still in copyright when it was scanned. That still leaves unanswered the question of how Google could proceed going forward, given that new books are constantly being published. LaRocca suggested that a court could order Google to pay a compulsory license fee for each book that it scanned and added to its index.
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Pete Austin from Fresh Relevance, May 9, 2013 at 5:03 a.m.
Here's an excellent chart showing how copyright has damaged our culture. The problem is that most orphan and long-tail books from the 20th Century have dropped out of print: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/the-missing-20th-century-how-copyright-protection-makes-books-vanish/255282/. But making them available, as Google proposes, means they would compete for readers with new titles, so it's good for our culture, but bad for the narrow commercial interest of publishers.


It is no longer news that VeChain (VET) is recording standard progress in the crypto space. Collaborating with major companies has become a milestone it sets to achieve at different times of the year. On the other hand, crypto coins are striving to dominate certain industries and countries.
For VeChain (VET), Cyprus and Italy are tightly under its grip and it is keen on putting the blockchain technology to good use in the countries. However, the focus is on the region that will get the coin's attraction most.
In the last quarter of 2018, the coin took a major leap – a step that put it ahead of likely competitors. It entered a partnership with 'Mr. Sabotage', a shoe artist that has been behind designs for shoe brands such as Puma, Nike, and Asics. This allows it to track the supply chain of shoes through implanted chips.
In addition, VeChain (VET) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Invest Cyprus, the national investment partner of the Republic of Cyprus. The company is also a representative of the CREAM, a US-based DLT startup. The collaboration allows both sides to harness the effectiveness of the VeChain (VET) blockchain technology in Cyprus.
The coin also extended the hand of FinTech friendship to Italy. It kicked it off with the Decentralized Application (DApp) – My Story. The partnership was in relation to DNV-GL, a global certification and assurance provider. The essence was to offer traceability of products in the region and also boost customer's satisfaction.
Now, three (3) wine producers have adopted the DApp. There are QR codes on the wine bottles that let users trace the origin and ingredients of the wine. The information gathered through the DApp will be stored on the VeChain (VET) blockchain for easy access.
VeChain (VET) is making positive impacts in the crypto-sphere and there is no doubt that it will make major impacts in Italy and Cyprus. Even though it partners in Cyprus are not as much as that of Italy, the former seems to show more strengthdue to the involvement of Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC).
Nevertheless, it might be too early to call the lead as both countries are potential strongholds for the coin and future events will determine the region that holds the center stage.
Other Cryptos Are bowing Down, But OmiseGO (OMG) is Firing. Could ShinhanCard Be Behind The Progress?


Now, when the New Year eve is around; it's wishing time. And wishing costs us Greeting cards, SMSs, Emails, Phone calls, Champagne bottles, Restaurant bills, French kiss and many other things, that I feel, better be censored. We generally express our greetings to the ones we love, to the ones we don't love (doesn't means we hate them) and to the one we love very much. This New Year, I have decided, to wish New Year to the ones out of these categories. It's like wishing to the one standing next to you in a crowded bus, or to the chat wala, who sells the 'chat pati chat' I enjoy eating even though it upsets my stomach. And also to the doctor who treats me when I have an upset stomach.
To accomplish this mission, I have decided to stand in the public bus stop, with my best outfit, and planning to extend my regards to men, women, young, old, short, fat, tall and thin. After that, when the public will start thinking me as an escaped lunatic, I will board a crowded town bus. Struggling through the standing passengers, I will find myself a safe place in the bus and will again start my wishing business.
I am sure, by the time the conductor approaches me for the ticket; I must have then surprised, confused and irritated my fellow passengers. When conductor will ask me to buy the ticket, I will wish him then. Surprised by my behavior, poor fellow, who have never been cared to be wished by the passengers, will certainly look me with dubious eyes. He will yell at me, for not making haste, for buying the tickets. Instead of buying ticket to a particular destination, I will buy a day pass and will get down at any random stop.
As the eve will be of New Year day, each and every lane of the city will be in a festive mood, and I will choose to walk through an unknown lane, wishing each and every individual I shall see there.
The kind of city I live in, the lanes never have an abrupt end, but will open up to a Cross or so, where I will take another bus to another lane. This time I will prefer a less crowded bus, so that I can have a seat up to the next stop. I will prefer to remain silent, and will wish only to the frown conductor, as I shall show him the day pass.
After getting down from the bus, I will wait there for some time. I feel that by then I must have lost my vigor, courage and confidence to start the wishing business. I will slowly resume my confidence and will try to wish, some beautiful girl.
Wishing unknown girls is always a risky business, you never know, what will happen next. She may smile, she may scream, she may ignore or she may say I am all yours. Any ways I will leave it to my luck.
When I will feel that I am done with too much of wishing, I will travel back to my home, all silent, with no more wishing, hoping, that someone like me, out there would popup and wish me "Happy New Year". Hope So!!!
What a magnificent and amazing way of wishing someone for the New Year :) I really liked the ideas bro. Majority of us won't have thought that way I am pretty sure.
You are truly blessed with uniqueness,to think and do beyond the busy-bustling-trodden path. And this is what makes you different from others.
Hope this New Year marks a new beginning of loads and loads of happiness, success, creative virtues, richness of health and harmony.


Ricardo is a videomaker, photographer & graphic designer. He studied graphic design & visual communication. For the last three years, he has been working with Chasquis in Colombia. Before, he worked as a freelancer in Switzerland. 2 years ago, he documented the farmers' peaceful return to their lands in Las Pavas.
Regula has been working in various areas of peacebuilding for the last 10 years. She studied political science, literature, international public law & cultural management. For the last 4 years, she has worked as a pedagogue in intercultural exchange projects. 2 years ago, she accompanied the farmers on their return to Las Pavas as a human rights observer with Peacewatch. Next to her work as a pedagogue, she dedicates herself as a freelancer to this project.
Juan Manuel Peña, Fundación Chasquis: audio operator & photographer.
Freddy Bayona, Fundación Chasquis: camera operator.
Salvatore Motta, Colectivo Errante: theatre pedagogue and director of the piece.
All of us are passionately committed to this project. We hope to spread our enthusiasm & make it happen!


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Number of citizens who received the first dose of the vaccine rises to 25,000
The number of citizens who have received the first shot of the vaccine rose to 25,000. Most of he vaccinations are conducted at the Boris Trajkovski sports center in Skopje, where older citizens receive Astra Zeneca vaccines and those younger – the Sputnik vaccine.
Starting on Wednesday, the Sputnik vaccine will also be made available at ambulances across the country, which now have the Astra Zeneca shots. Currently, the Healthcare Ministry is inviting police, military personnel, teachers, and as of today, journalists and other categories of citizens who are often in crowds. Soon the members of Parliament who wish so will also be vaccinated.
It's estimated that about 10,000 Macedonian citizens also got vaccinated with the Astra Zeneca shot in Serbia, which opened its doors for foreign citizens due to the large surplus of vaccines. Much of the vaccines used in Macedonia come from the Serbian stockpile. Macedonia continues to lag badly behind the rest of the region in vaccinations – only Bosnia and Kosovo do worse, and Montenegro is at comparably the same level, while all other countries in the region do significantly better than Macedonia.
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B'Tselem: Israel uproots 1,000 trees to grab more Palestinian land
On Sunday, 15 January 2017, the Israeli occupation forces began uprooting olive trees and leveling land near the Palestinian villages of 'Azzun and a-Nabi Elyas in Qalqilya, B'Tselem watchdog reported Wednesday.
According to B'Tselem, the work is being carried out as part of the decision made by the military and the Civil Administration to build a bypass road to replace the section of Route 55 that runs through a-Nabi Elyas.
Route 55 originally served as the main link between Nablus and Qalqilya and was one of the major traffic arteries in the West Bank. Over time, as settlements expanded, it also became essential to settlers, as it connects several large settlements with Israel's coastal plains and central region, the same source added.
The decision to build the bypass road was first made in 1989, with the goal of sparing settlers the need to drive through the village of a-Nabi Elyas. However, it was not pursued until September 2013, when the Civil Administration planning institutions began the planning process.
In October 2015, the project was expedited due to pressure by the settler leadership: According to Israeli media reports , Prime Minister Netanyahu promised the heads of the settlement local councils that the road would be built."
On 21 December 2015, the head of the Civil Administration issued an expropriation order for 10.4 hectares of land earmarked for the bypass road. The order noted that the new road will "serve the public good" and improve mobility between Nablus and Qalqilya.
In March 2016, the Palestinian village councils and landowners petitioned Israel's High Court of Justice (HCJ) against the expropriation, on the grounds that the road will not serve all residents of the area but only settlers. On 16 November 2016, the HCJ denied the petition after accepting the state's claim that the road is intended to serve the entire population of the area.
B'Tselem said the seizure of the land and uprooting of olive trees have severely harmed the Palestinian landowners, who have lost a source of income and a major financial asset, as well as an open space that served all local residents for leisure and recreational activities.
"While Israel professes to act for the benefit of the occupied population, its policies routinely ignore this population's needs," the report read. "These facts, when taken together with false statements about seizing Palestinian land "for the public good" and pressure from the settler lobby, attest yet again to Israel's policy and aims."
Israel opens water dams, flooding Gaza border areas
The Israeli forces opened Thursday morning water dams near Sheja'eya neighborhood, flooding Palestinian border agricultural lands.
The PIC reporter quoted eyewitnesses as saying that Israeli forces opened the border water dams which led to drowning the neighbouring crops.
Gaza border areas have long been a near-daily target to Israeli forces, as unarmed Palestinian farmers and agricultural lands have been regularly attacked by Israeli gunfire.
Such attacks in effect destroyed much of the agricultural sector of the blockaded coastal enclave, leaving dozens of residents homeless.
Settlers seize, flatten vast tracts of land in Jab'a village
Jewish settlers on Wednesday seized and bulldozed 10 dunums of agricultural land in Jab'a village, west of Bethlehem in the West Bank.
Local sources said that the settlers flattened the land and destroyed its trees, which belongs to a Palestinian citizen called Khaled Masha'ila.
They expressed their belief that the settlers would use the land as a road to connect the settlements of Gush Etzion with the military roadblock, which separates the village from the 1948 occupied territories.
They warned that the settlers might appropriate more Palestinian lands in the village for their own use.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Tubas And Tulkarem
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, two Palestinians in the West Bank districts of Tubas and Tulkarem, during violent invasions and searches of homes. The soldiers also invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and shut down a carwash facility.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) in Tubas, in central West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched several homes in 'Aqaba town, north of the city, and abducted two Palestinians.
The PPP identified the two Palestinians as Amro Ahmad al-Masri, 24, who is also a student of the Al-Quds Open University, and Salah Yassin Ghannam, 23.
In Tulkarem district in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded Safareen village, north of the city, searched homes and abducted Abdul-Fattah Mohammad Zeidan, 20.
In related news, several army vehicles invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, before breaking into a carwash facility in the Nashash area, at the southern entrance of the town, and shut down a carwash facility.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the soldiers weld the facility shut, and added that it is owned by two Palestinian detainees, who were taken prisoner last month.
Salah added that the detainees have been identified as Abdul-Mon'em Mohammad Salah, and his brother Dirar.
The army posted a notice on the main door of the facility, stating that "it was shut down because its owners endangered the lives of Israelis," Salah stated.
Ministry officials tour pesticides-damaged lands in Gaza
Officials at the Ministry of Agriculture visited the farming lands near the borders between Gaza and 1948 occupied Palestine to inspect the damage caused by Israeli pesticides sprayed by planes.
Mohammad Jadallah, Ministry of Agriculture undersecretary, who led the visiting officials, stressed that the Ministry is paying special attention to the border area due to its richness and diversity. Furthermore, it is considered the food basket of the Gaza Strip, he added.
Israeli planes sprayed pesticides last week on agricultural lands belonging to Palestinian citizens in the eastern areas of the southern and central provinces.
Farmers in those areas have been suffering big losses due to the Israeli measure of spraying pesticides on crops along the borders, Jadallah pointed out.
He urged the international concerned organizations to take the necessary procedures to stop the harmful Israeli practices against the agricultural and environmental sectors in Gaza.
Israel strangles Beita town economically
Beita town, south of Nablus city, incurs heavy losses on a daily basis due to the closure of its main entrance since last Thursday.
Beita residents considered this move part of the campaign waged against them by the Israeli occupation authorities to prevent any act of resistance.
Sources in Beita Municipality estimate that daily losses reach hundreds of thousands of shekels especially for merchants working in the town's vegetable market, not to mention depriving people of moving freely outside the town.
Beita Municipality director Awad Abu Amer told the PIC reporter that merchants of the vegetable market, most of whom have prepaid deals and orders, are the most affected for they bring their products by large trucks coming from the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories. The trucks cannot pass through the subsidiary roads so they turn back, which inflicts massive losses.
Beita residents were surprised by concrete cubes installed at the town's entrance by Israeli occupation forces accompanied by an announcement written in Arabic justifying that the move came to enforce security.
Abdulrahman Duwaikat, resident of the town, said that he is forced to go to Huwara to ride the bus that he used to wait for at the entrance of Beita town to travel to Ramallah city, which doubled his daily fare.
Aisha Abu Hamdan, a college student, said that moving through subsidiary streets and farm roads is very risky due to heavy rain and accumulated floodwater which also impose threat on the movement of small cars.
This is the fourth time Beita entrance gets closed since January 2016. The entrance was previously blocked by sand barriers under the pretext that Israeli settlers' vehicles were exposed to attacks by Molotov cocktails.
Increased Palestinian investments in ASE
The Securities Depository Center of Jordan unveiled on Saturday an increase in the Palestinian investments (registered at the Palestinian Authority) in Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) which reached 285,225 million dinars (1 Jordanian Dinar = 1.4$) compared to the 281 million dinars recorded in October 2016.
The 24,365 Palestinians investing in the ASE occupy the tenth rank of the total foreign investments and own 130 million banknotes.
By the end of 2016, the Israeli investments witnessed an increase by 3,920 million dinars compared to the previously recorded 3,858 million dinars.
The data of the Securities Depository Center showed on Saturday that the Israeli investments in the ASE maintained their 37th rank of the total foreign investments.
According to the records, the Israeli investors own 953,813 banknotes with investments that amounted to 3,920 million dinars.
Extremist Israeli Colonists Uproot And Steel Palestinian Olive Saplings, Grapevines, In Bethlehem
Several extremist Israeli colonists invaded, Friday, Palestinian orchards belonging to residents of the Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, before uprooting and steeling hundreds of olive saplings and grapevine seedlings.
Ahmad Salah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Israeli Annexation Wall and Colonies in al-Khader, said the colonists came from Boaz illegal colonialist outpost, and invaded orchards and farmland in Ein al-Qassis area, west of al-Khader.
Salah added that the colonists uprooted 300 grapevine seedlings and 100 olive saplings, and stole them before fleeing the area. The lands are owned by the sons of late Mohammad Abdul-Salam Salah.
He stated that the colonists also stole rolls of barbwires and iron bars that the Palestinians brought to fence their lands to stop the ongoing Israeli vandalism of their orchards.
The colonists also invaded an orchard belonging to Husam Mustafa Salah, and uprooting fifty olive saplings before fleeing the area with them.
Salah said the Palestinians living in Ein al-Qassis area, are subject to ongoing violations and assaults by soldiers and colonialist settlers.


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Under the Technical Quality Improvement Programme-IIIand in collaboration with Aligarh Muslim University, the School of Engineering and Technology, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU), organised a seven-day workshop on 'Maintenance and repairing of electronic gadgets'.
"The objective of the programme is to train the technical staff of BGSBU in identifying the faults and repair the electronic devices/gadgets like computers, function generators, power supply, micro-processor kits, TFTs and CROs," said a university spokesman.
Thirty employees, including senior technical assistants, laboratory technicians, computer assistants and assistant programmers were provided hands on training during the workshop and around 50 electronic machines were rectified and many faulty devices were diagnosed.


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Outstanding members of Virginia 4-H honored with Youth in Action Awards
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The 2023 4-H Youth In Action Award winners are Kelli Garrett (left), Alice Milton (top center), Nikhita Saravanan (bottom center), and Jack Woodard (right).
Virginia 4-H honored four of its most outstanding members recently with the presentation of the Youth in Action awards.
Each year, the 4‑H Youth in Action Program recognizes four young leaders with diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives in 4-H's core pillar areas: agriculture, civic engagement, healthy living, and STEM.
Alice Milton received the award for healthy living; Kelli Garrett received the award for agriculture; Jack Woodard received the award for STEM; and Nikhita Saravanan received the award for civic engagement. Milton was also selected as the Overall Youth in Action Award winner and will receive additional opportunities to be a spokesperson for Virginia 4-H.
"Each of these youth has done tremendous things for their communities and for 4-H," said Jeremy Johnson, Virginia's state 4-H leader. "These awards are a way for us to recognize how they have gone above and beyond in their actions. Each of these outstanding youth showcases the best of Virginia 4-H and what 4-H can do to help the next generation of leaders reach their potential."
Each of the four winners received a $500 mini-grant to develop a significant community project, recognition at a formal award ceremony, a full scholarship to attend the Virginia State 4-H Congress in Blacksburg, an opportunity to be featured as the Virginia 4-H youth pillar spokesperson, and support and mentorship to apply for the 2022 National 4-H Youth Leadership Awards.
Milton, of Bedford, has been a member of Virginia 4-H for eight years. During that time, 4-H changed her life by shaping her into a compassionate leader.
"As a reserved individual, I found it difficult to voice my opinion and would lose myself in the opinions of others," Milton said. "4-H taught me why youth leadership is so important and shaped me into a vocal leader. Without 4-H, I never would have found my passion for youth advocacy and mental health awareness."
A 12-year 4-H'er from Washington County, Garrett said 4-H helped her grow her character, leadership, and passion for agriculture.
"Coming from an agriculture background, my father highly encouraged me to become a member of 4-H in order to gain more knowledge about the rural area I live in," she said. "Having to overcome the simple obstacles that brought me to fear in the comfortable 4-H environment at a young age only manufactured a strong individual that is now prepared to tackle any challenges that would be encountered in the real world."
A resident of Fauquier County and a four-year 4-H'er, Woodard found a love of robotics through Virginia 4-H. He honed his leadership skills as the president of his robotics club and has participated in multiple public speaking competitions.
He used his motivations from Virginia 4-H to create a computer club in his community.
"I assembled enough interested 4-H'ers to start this club, and we held our first meeting in September, when we elected officers," he said. "Our service project is going to be volunteering with Computers in Education, a local charity that recycles school laptops for donations to developing countries."
A seven-year 4-H'er from Henrico County, Saravanan had her life changed by her Virginia 4-H journey. Her time in 4-H instilled essential life skills such as leadership, confidence, and the ability to empathize with others.
"I have always strived to bring change in my community and help others through my skills," Saravanan said. "4-H has been that very outlet to help both my inner growth and my community's growth."
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An autobiographic account of an undercover agent for NYPD's Internal Affairs Division provides anecdotal evidence of corruption among New York police officers between 1977 and 1986.
The cases of police corruption discussed by Vincent Murano include the sale of information from police files and the sale of police equipment to criminals, police officers being engaged in burglary, drug and arms trafficking, and bribery of police officers by drug traffickers and gamblers in exchange for immunity from law enforcement. Insights are given into undercover tactics applied by Murano in his investigations of corrupt police officers.
Murano and Hoffer argue that the IAD and the police department in general never had any intention of making a full assault against police corruption because of the overriding interest to protect the reputation of the department and of the senior officers at the top of the hierarchy who had made their careers in the corrupt environment of the Pre-Knapp-Commission NYPD.
The autobiographic perspective seems appropriate to shed light on the institutional mechanisms promoting and protecting corrupt structures within the NYPD.
An informative and entertaining read that makes a good supplement to the scholarly literature on police corruption.


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Tuscany, Italy
Cerreto Guidi is a small picturesque village located in the Valdarno area on a hill in Chianti. It is surrounded by olive trees and vineyards and features small artisan workshops and intact ancient streets. This charming village offers magnificent views of the surrounding landscape and is just a short drive from Florence.
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Villa Medicea
The center of Cerreto Guidi is dominated by the lovely Villa Medicea from the 16th century. This villa is famous because of the legends that involve the death of Isabella dei Medici. The legend says that she passed away in her husband's hands, Paolo Giordano I Orsini, who decided to strangle Isabella after he found out that she has betrayed him. It is said that the ghost of Isabella is still present in the village and this legend attracts many tourists. Most of them wish to see the bedroom where the murder of Isabella took place.
Nearby Places to Visit
If you are in the neighborhood, make sure to check out one of the Italy's largest remaining swamps, Padule di Fucecchio. There is also the famous small village Vinci, where Leonardo de Vinci was born. Those who like hikes and panoramic views of the surrounding area will fall in love with Montalbano.
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            local diffX = x - prev.x
            local diffY = y - prev.y

            node:setPosition( ccpAdd(ccp(newX, newY), ccp(diffX, diffY)) )
            prev.x = x
            prev.y = y
        end
    end
    ret:registerScriptTouchHandler(onTouchEvent)

    return ret
end

function ParallaxTestMain()
    cclog("ParallaxMain")
    Helper.index = 1
    CCDirector:sharedDirector():setDepthTest(true)
    local scene = CCScene:create()

    Helper.createFunctionTable = {
        Parallax1,
        Parallax2
    }
    scene:addChild(Parallax1())
    scene:addChild(CreateBackMenuItem())
    return scene
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Creature Effects Makeup: An Interview with Matt Rose and Chad Waters
by Elizabeth Nixon
The Future of Creature Effects Makeup
A maquette from the movie "Hellboy"
Photo courtesy Grimm Grotto Goods
HSW: Where do you see special-effects makeup ten years from now?
Matt Rose: I kind of think it's gonna be in the same spot. It's been kind of the same since I've been doing it -- just things have gotten more daring or bigger -- definitely bigger. There's more people coming into the business that are much more talented and I'm hoping that there's [others] like [directors] Guillermo [del Toro] and Peter Jackson who embrace the idea of working together with digital ... I'm the same as Chad, I enjoy watching a movie where I can tell there's something physically there. And, at the same time I like seeing great digital work too.
HSW: How has CGI affected your industry? Is it killing the industry?
Chad Waters: Some people say that, and it's true, at one point when Jurassic Park came out, I don't know how many years ago that was now -- but, people were saying, "We're done, pack your bags." That was the attitude. But it's been at least 10 years since that happened, and like Matt said, back then if you were to have said, "Well, what's the future of makeup gonna be like in 10 years?", you would say "It's probably not going to exist." But it does. "HellBoy," for instance, is one of the coolest things we've done before or worked on in 10 years. So 10 years from now, like Matt said, it could be the same kind of situation ...
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