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Seventy years have passed since Gen. Edward King, commander of all U.S. armed forces on Bataan, announced to his men, "We have no further means of organized resistance, we are low on ammunition, have virtually no medical supplies, and our food is all but gone. With our front lines nearly destroyed and both flanks severely weakened, the situation is hopeless. If I do not surrender all forces to the Japanese today, Bataan will be known around the world as the greatest slaughter in history."
April 9, 1942, became the date of the worst military defeat in our nation's history. Some 12,000 Americans and 58,000 Filipino troops were captured that day – 20,000 were patients in field hospitals, and the remaining men had diseases. Only 1,700 who started the Bataan Death March came home. Many bodies were left along the road, and thousands more were killed when the "Hell Ships" they were on were bombed and torpedoed by American aircraft and submarines.
Gen. King's decision to surrender was in contradiction to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's order of "No Surrender." MacArthur said, "If all else fails you will charge the enemy." Knowing he could be court-martialed, King, believing this may be the only chance for his men to survive, ordered the surrender.
The Japanese military believed in the Samurai code of conduct, known as Bushido, which held that the true warrior was willing to die for the emperor, and would never surrender. And so we marched, constantly being told we were lower than dogs for surrendering. It was called a death march not because of how many died, but because of the way they died. If you stopped you were killed, if you had a malaria attack you were killed, and if you had dysentery and had to stop, you were killed. And how did they kill you ... by shooting or bayoneting you, or by decapitation. And in one instance, as others had to watch, they buried a soldier alive. If you survived the Bataan Death March and the first prison camp, you were then herded onto old unmarked Japanese freighters, known as "Hell Ships," for the trip to Japan. Twenty-six hell ships were sunk by American air and sea forces, taking thousands of American lives.
If we survived the Bataan March, the POW camp in the Philippines and the hell ship to Japan, we were then placed into forced labor with some of Japan's leading industrial giants, such as Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Nippon Sharyo and Kawasaki, working in their mines, on their docks or in their factories. Although we were their slaves, the companies failed to feed us adequately, failed to take care of our medical needs and failed to stop the physical abuse that was orchestrated and carried out by the civilian workers of those same Japanese companies. The everyday beatings with shovels, hammers and pickaxes caused many severe lifetime injuries to those of us who survived.
The reason you haven't heard these details is because most former POWs were required to sign a military document stating we would not discuss events while a POW without obtaining approval from the War Department. Doing so could result in severe penalties, or court-martial. And so we kept quiet all these years, but now after 70 years we must speak out, as we have some unfinished business to take care of.
Our unfinished business is with those companies who used and abused American POWs during Word War II. We received an apology from the Japanese government. Now we need an apology from the companies that allowed their employees to beat us on a daily basis for simple infractions of not working hard or fast enough. We survivors want our honor returned, and one way to do that is through an apology from the companies that used POWs during World War II.
Time is a great healer; we have gotten on with our lives, but we still have some unfinished business we must attend to before we meet our maker. An apology from those Japanese companies is necessary in order to wipe away those injustices. Though we could never control when or where we might die, we always could control how we lived. We never lost faith in our God or our country. Dying was easy: It's the living that's hard.


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A MIDLAND woman is among the hopefuls looking for a place under the wing of business supremo Lord Sugar in the new series of The Apprentice.
Walsall 26-year-old Melody Hossaini, who won a woman of the future award in 2008 for her voluntary work, is one of show's 16 new contestants.
She claims to have worked with 12 Nobel peace prize winners including Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama and says she has also been trained on climate change by Al Gore.
Among the pearls of wisdom, the public has been told to expect from her are: "Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon."
Her profile on the business networking website LinkedIn lists her as a speaker of five different languages – Farsi, Swedish, English, German and French. It adds that she graduated with a 2:1 in law from Oxford Brookes.
It also says the Iranian-born former Oxford City Council outreach officer is the founder and director of youth consultancy InspirEngage International, which was set up at the end of last month.
Its website, featuring more than 20 pictures of Miss Hossaini, says she has "been in industry" for 13 years and lists "Queen Rania of Jordan and my mother" as role models. She also has a personal website - www.melodyhossaini.com
She was at the family home in the Black Country yesterday, with her white Mini and its personalised number plate – M30 DYH – parked outside, however, she's been told to avoid speaking to the press with the series due to start on Tuesday next week.
Nevertheless, neighbour Sally Robinson tipped her for success. "I just say hello and talk to her now and again," said Mrs Robinson. "She seems very pleasant and cheery. She has a lot to say and is quite bubbly. I should imagine she'll do well."
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The engraved name of Margaret Anderson, the Mount Rainier National Park ranger killed Jan. 1, 2012, was unveiled this morning at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Also unveiled today was the name of Prince William County (Va.) Police Officer Chris Yung.
The annual Unveiling Day ceremony takes place each year to symbolically starts the process of engraving new names onto the memorial's marble walls.
Anderson and Yung are among 321 fallen law enforcement officers nationwide whose names will be added to the memorial this spring. A series of formal ceremonies honoring the fallen officers will take place May 13-15 during National Police Week.
Anderson died that morning after she was shot by a suspect in a Seattle shooting on New Year's Eve. Benjamin Colton Barnes drove through a tire-chain checkpoint near the park's Nisqually entrance. Anderson, who was working at Paradise, drove down about a mile from the popular winter play area and set up a road block.
Barnes opened fire on Anderson when he saw her patrol vehicle. He fled into the nearby forest, but his body was found the next day in Paradise Creek.
The memorial, on E Street Northwest, features two curving, 304-foot-long blue-gray marble walls. Carved on the walls are the names of more than 19,000 U.S. officers who have been killed in the line of duty, dating back to the first known death in 1791.
On Friday, superintendent Randy King, chief ranger Chuck Young and other Mount Rainier staffers will be in Olympia for the Washington State Law Enforcement Medal of Honor ceremony.


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I do soundboards. I kind of do animation, but I don't have enough time or talent to make anything worthwhile yet, so until that day of talent and time hit me, I will continue to waste my life on making soundboards. The end
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So, as you may or may not know, I am not a very good animator. Yet. So in the meantime until I get better, I have been making soundboards. I make them of my friends, and they get a huge kick out of them. So I submitted my latest (and best) soundboard to Newgrounds, figuring it would probably flop, but it passed judgment, and is currently sitting a little above a 2.5, which is FANTASTIC! lol So I have another one too I haven't sent in yet, because it needs more work, but once I get that one where I want it, hopefully it will pass judgment as well.
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My first post of 2011...
Alrighty... so how has it been for everyone?? any differences between 2010 and 2011?? hehhe obviously not for me... I didnt hv a good start in my so called quest to loose more weight this year.. for a start yesterday Rima had to order McSpicy when hb decided to hv a quick brunch at McD and the same evening Rima had the urge to munch on banana fritters.. this morning as early as half past 7, I was already in the kitchen cooking lodeh for my lontong.. haizzz what kinda quest was i really talking abt the night we were watching fireworks in our very own bedroom kahkahkah
Anywho.. Right after brekkie i quickly whipped up this simple cake.. I think i must hv bookmarked it since i first stumbled onto Yani's blog cos when i revisited all the links that i had bookmarked last year.. I saw the link which lead to this recipe.. and when i went further down i found another link which lead me to another of her post on this cake.. I was like geeesshhh I must hv wanted to bake it but never really get to it... soooo since we are not planning anything big today.. I thought why not bake it early so if we do decided to go somewhere I hv a cake ready for our afternoon tea/coffee..
My verdict.. well .. the cake turned out good.. its soft and the taste was OK.. I must be expecting a little bit more out of this recipe since i am a butter/pound cake person.. the texture of this cake is like the Castella Cake which hb bought a couple of months back in Isetan that cost him like $30 for a small box... in fact after having it again for the 2nd time.. this cake tastes like swiss roll jam.. Hb doesnt mind this cake at all.. in fact he improvised it by burning the sugar to caramelize the top hahaha.. suka u lah babe!
250 g plus 62.5g butter at room temperature - I used 250g Anchor unsalted butter
250 g caster sugar - I used 220g
250g self raising flour - I used 220g flour,1tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda and 30g corn flour
5 large eggs
2 tbsp golden syrup
2 tsp vanilla essence
A pinch of salt
Strawberry or Raspberry Jam - I used strawberry jam
-Preheat oven at 150C
-Prepare two 8" cake tins.
-Beat butter, caster sugar and golden syrup until light and fluffy, add in eggs one by one until well incorporated. Add in vanilla essence. Fold in sifted flour in three batches. Divide the batter into two and spread evenly in cake tins, bake for about 30 minutes.
-When cool, spread jam in between the cakes and sprinkle caster sugar on top!


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Brewery legislation runs into possible bottleneck
Published 5:30 am, Wednesday, May 11, 2011
The world's largest beer company on Tuesday gave small Texas brewers a case of the hiccups.
An Austin-based representative for brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev went before a state Senate committee to oppose a proposal that would let tourists visiting small breweries leave with a little beer to drink later.
While acknowledging that AB-InBev had earlier supported the measure, House Bill 602, Mark Bordas told senators that a provision limiting participation to breweries that produce less than 75,000 barrels per year unfairly discriminates against his company.
It makes Budweiser, Bud Light, Ziegenbock and Michelob products at its brewery in Houston's East End.
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"We're proud to brew beer in Texas, and we're proud of what we brew," Bordas reiterated after his appearance before the Senate Business and Commerce Committee.
Bordas, his company's region vice president for state affairs, said he did not realize back in March that the House bill had been reworded to prevent large brewers with operations in Texas — AB-InBev, MillerCoors and Shiner-based Spoetzl — from participating. He said he found out only after the amended version had been sent to the full House.
"We're not against the smaller guys having the right to do that," he said, adding that AB-InBev would simply like the same option should it decide to offer regular brewery tours.
Supporters say the bill would help such Houston-area breweries as Saint Arnold, Southern Star and No Label and Hill Country brewers Real Ale, Ranger Creek and Independence. The 75,000-barrel cap was added as a concession to the politically powerful Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas, which had successfully rebuffed previous efforts.
Last month, the House approved the measure unanimously.
While Tuesday's hearing showed that final passage is not guaranteed, Keith Strama, an attorney for the wholesalers, said he is confident legislators will approve the measure. A spokesman for state Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, author of the bill, also expressed confidence.
Strama told committee members the cap was added so the bill would help only up-and-coming brewers and not erode the three-tier system that gives wholesalers a nearly exclusive lock on moving beer from brewer to retailer.
"The bill was designed to promote local breweries as they gain market share," Strama said.
He said the bill doesn't discriminate because any brewer that reaches the cap would lose the right to sell beer as part of tours.
"Once you are established enough," Strama said, "the bill's purpose is accomplished."
Strama said wholesalers typically wouldn't support any exception to the three-tier system.
Current law prohibits sale of beer on site at breweries. HB 602 would allow the eligible plants to charge varying rates for tours and let people take home up to 144 ounces — the equivalent of two six-packs, packaged in bottles, cans or sealed jugs.
Saint Arnold founder Brock Wagner recalled for committee members the struggles he experienced getting a small business off the ground. The brewery is now growing rapidly and could reach the 75,000-barrel cutoff in a couple of years, but Wagner said passage is important for the industry's marketing efforts.


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In this prospective randomized controlled clinical study, small titanium implants were placed in posterior maxillae for the purpose of assessing the rate and extent of new bone development. Nine pairs of site evaluation implants were placed in posterior areas of maxillae and retrieved with trephine drills after 4 or 8 weeks of unloaded healing. The amount of bone in linear contact (%) with the implant surface was used to determine the osteoconductive potential of the implant surface. Implant surfaces were dual acid etched (n = 9) (controls) or dual acid etched and further conditioned with nanometer-scale crystals of calcium phosphate (n = 9) (test implants), and the surfaces were compared. The implants and surrounding tissues were processed for histologic analysis. The mean bone-to-implant contact value for the test surface was significantly increased over that of the control implants at both time intervals (P < .01). For the implants/patients included in this study, the addition of a nanometer-scale calcium phosphate treatment to a dual acid–etched implant surface appeared to increase the extent of bone development after 4 and 8 weeks of healing. (Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2007;27:211–219.)
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Walking the Autism Road with Someone You Love
When my son was diagnosed with autism, I was surprised at the depths of grief that threatened to overwhelm me. Even though I still had my son, I felt as if I had lost him in some ways. The burden of mourning and moving into a new normal was not a load I was able to carry on my own.
Thankfully, my family and friends linked arms with me, walking with me on the road of suffering. Unfortunately, too many parents of children with autism walk the road alone. If you know a friend or family member who is facing a child's difficult diagnosis, you have a unique and tangible opportunity to help them.
What you can do:
Listen – You may feel an uneasiness about reaching out because you don't know what to say. It's important to remember that there are no perfect words that are going to make things better for the parent. It is through asking questions and listening that you can best help them. Asking open-ended questions such as, "How are you handling the diagnosis?" or "What are the challenges you are facing?" are good starting points.
Don't Offer Advice – Parents of children with autism often receive unsolicited advice concerning their child's behavior, the causes of autism, and options for therapy. Because of this, there is a wariness to talk about it.
As you begin an empathetic dialogue with your loved one, withhold your opinions and judgments unless you are asked for them. The parent is most likely weary and needs as much encouragement and grace as she can get. Offering advice will only cut off your opportunity to help her.
Offer Tangible Help – The physical, emotional, and spiritual toll that comes with an autism diagnosis can be overwhelming, especially when the parent has other children to care for. Offer specific ways that you'd like to help ease the burden.
Take the family a meal. Plan a Girls-Night-Out and provide babysitting. Offer to keep her kids overnight so the parents can have time together. Go to her house once a week at a set time to play with the child while she runs errands.
Provide Spiritual Encouragement – The best way to bless your loved one is to consistently pray for her. I still reread the emails and cards that people sent telling me the specific things they were praying for my son and for me. They offered me scripture that reminded me of God's faithfulness and provision. They spoke of their love for my son. And they encouraged me to continue to be faithful despite my circumstances.
When parents are grieving an autism diagnosis, you cannot take away their pain completely, but your intentional care will help them grieve with hope. It will also open up opportunities to share the ultimate comfort—Jesus Christ—with those who are at a point of crisis and desperation for hope.
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I'm talking aout teen love sorry that I didn't mention it in my other comment.
Hey guys, sorry if this is off topic but I'm Autistic and how do I do this if I'm having trouble with social skills? I'm 15 and I need help on this 1 :(
Once you truly understand what Autism really is, you should do away with your grief and be glad he is healthy otherwise. Please understand, I mean no offense, but Autism is very, very different from the inside (the Autistic viewpoint) than it is from yours.
Let me explain what this condition truly means, from the inside. All forms of Autism (I am an Aspergian, one with Asperger's Syndrome) are essentially a condition
where the mind is fragmented into multiple parts : at least three – the intellect, emotions, and willpower, if not more.
In a neurotypical (sorry, that's our term for *you* and it is never meant as an insult) mind, these parts of the psyche are bound tightly together. In the Autistic mind, they are split apart, into separate "partitions". Depending on the severity of the Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, these partitions will be linked more or less together. The more severe the traits of the condition, the looser and fewer the links are between these fragments.
This has some seriously profound consequences on the nature of the mind of the Autistic individual. I for instance, can simply shut off my emotions in times of crisis, going into a mode where I feel absolutely nothing at all. This is because my intellect and emotions "run" separately from each other. The willpower fragment can control them and determine which shall surface, and if there will be any links made between them. This is perfectly normal for my kind.
I will not lie to you. This condition is not an easy one to live with. It has both its disabilities and abilities.
Sometimes, it even bestows unusual gifts upon those it. However, I would not change a thing because I do indeed have certain abilities that make up for what shortcomings I have. More to the point, I cannot change, so self-acceptance is the only hope of survival for people like me and your son.
Please, please understand, if you attempt to make this young boy act like neurotypical children you could damage him. If you truly love him, then you must accept his nature for what it is. If you do not, you risk a serious backlash against you when he grows up. Remember : he will be an adult someday and discover that we (Aspies & Auties, as we call ourself) have our own culture. If you attempt to "cure" this child, and change his fundamental nature, you risk not only harming him but eventually alienating him from you. The fundamental truth of the matter is that people like me will remain the way we are. We do not ever "outgrow" the condition nor can we be cured in any sense of the word. You cannot cure what you do not fully understand, nor should anyone ever attempt to do so.
Let me make this perfectly clear : we do not want to be cured!
Please understand that my viewpoint comes from inside, and not that of a parent. The two are utterly different and I indeed have no children.
It is quite difficult to explain this, but I nevertheless offer my support and advice if you wish it. I will help you in any way I can.
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Thank you for the article. Have a 10 yr old grandson with autism. He is the love of my life but it is a difficult struggle for him and his parents. God has sent many good people to help him in his struggles. We are so greatful for that.
As the mother of a very autistic 10 year old, I know that God has carried me beautifully through the last 5 years since his diagnosis. It is only through Him that I have hope. I have learned that it is possible to love someone, just because they are, not because of what they can achieve. I have also learned just how much it is possible to love someone. It brings me great joy just to look into his beautiful little face. God bless.
I have a granddaughter (age 13) with Aspergers Syndrom. She and her family have struggled with this for a few years now. Drugs seemed to make it worse. She is almost 14 and I see her smile more and has started telling us she loves us. It's a welcome change.
i know how people feel my daughter was dignosed jst before her 16th birthday it took them along time for her diagnoses


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Drivers and warehouse workers for RL Lipton Distributing will be heading back to work on Monday.
The members of Teamsters Local 377 approved a new contract Wednesday afternoon that was reached Tuesday night with the help of a federal mediator. The deal gives the drivers more lucrative commissions, but does not guarantee there will be no changes made to the health care benefits.
The workers went on strike June 25, and began picketing outside the company's warehouse on Victoria Road in Austintown. The union said its contract expired in May.
Wages and health care were the major stumbling blocks in negotiations, the union said. When the strike first began, a scuffle occurred between security workers and striking workers.
On Monday, Congressman Tim Ryan, D-Niles, sent a letter to the union president and the company owner, urging a quick resolution to the strike.
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To celebrate his 21st birthday, on Saturday, June 5, Brandon Mychal Smith from Disney's Sonny with a Chance surrounded himself with fellow Disney regulars aboard a luxurious yacht. Those on Brandon's star-studded guest list included Dylan and Cole Sprouse, High School Musical 3 star Matt Prokop, and Ashley Tisdale's BFF Samantha Droke to name a few! They danced the night away and even had a DJ Hero dance-off! It certainly was a birthday party to remember!
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by Blake Warenik, National Housing Conference and Center for Housing Policy
Former Fannie Mae Chairman and CEO Frank Raines saw a long-running class-action lawsuit against him dismissed last week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by Judge Richard J. Leon. Raines and other Fannie Mae executives were implicated in an accounting scandal in 2004, accused by regulators of manipulating earnings results, in part to inflate bonuses. Investors, led by two Ohio state employees' pension funds, filed class action in 2005. In his decision, Leon wrote:
"There is not only no direct evidence that Raines intended to deceive Fannie Mae's investors, there is no evidence that he even knew his statements were false….Additionally, plaintiffs fail to offer sufficient evidence to conclude that Raines's statements that they specifically identify as misrepresentations are even false. Instead, plaintiffs merely carve up Raines's statements to fit their story."
The ruling clears Raines of civil charges of securities fraud and knowingly violating accounting standards. Read more coverage in the Wall Street Journal and in a blog piece by NHC board member Barry Zigas.


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Familiar faces and new storylines mark the season 4 premiere of one of TV's most popular shows
Tune into VH1 TONIGHT at 8PM ET/PT when the network's hit series "Love & Hip Hop NY" returns with all-new episodes.
Much of the heat this season is generated by a crazy love triangle involving rapper-turned-manager Peter Gunz. He's been living with Tara Wallace, his gorgeous girlfriend of 13 years and mother of his two boys, but has recently started a new relationship with his client, beautiful songstress Amina Buddafly. Now Gunz has to figure out a way to keep these two angry women apart - and it won't be easy.
Joining the New York cast this season is Atlanta favorite K.Michelle, who has released her chart-topping debut album and is relocating to the Big Apple to take the music scene by storm. Will K leave her wild ways behind, or will she rip through New York like she did Atlanta?
After welcoming a new baby with fiancé Mendeecees Harris at the end of last season, talent entrepreneur Yandy Smith is focusing on keeping her head held high as she juggles being a career woman and a single mom while waiting to hear Mendeecees' fate as he awaits his trial. Meanwhile, singer/model Erica Mena is more determined than ever to find success in love and career with or without former manager/lover Rich Dollaz, while Tahiry Jose and Joe Budden find that getting back together isn't always easy, even when you both want the same things. Erica Jean and rapper Saigon round out the cast, and though the two share a son, Erica finds herself wanting more out of the relationship with the father of her child.
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The Enchanted Closet Commemorates Service to Nearly 5000 Girls With Enchanting Lives, a Formal Gala Supported By a Diverse Mix of Metropolitan Atlanta's Most Influential Figures
Enchanting Lives is an elegant 10th Anniversary Celebration that will benefit the Enchanted Closet and commemorate the organization's service to nearly 5000 girls since 2003. This formal affair will include awards, live entertainment, reflections of the 10 years of service to metropolitan Atlanta, and extraordinary culinary delights. Slated to be one of the preeminent social events of the year, the affair will attract more than 200 of metropolitan Atlanta's top professionals, business leaders, philanthropists. Girls and families who have benefited from the service of the organization will also attend.
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Lauryn Hill was released from prison today after a 3-month sentence for tax evasion. Her attorney says she was released a few days early due to good behavior. However, the songstress/raptress be confined to her home for three months as part of a 1-year probation period.
Also known as L. Boogie, the ex-Fugees member was released early Friday morning from the minimum security Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut. She had been locked up since July 8 after failing to pay taxes on more than $1.8 million in income she earned between 2005 and 2007.
Leading up to her incarceration, L. Boogie cited historical racism as one of the bigger reasons for her tax woes. On a brighter note, she recently inked a deal with Sony and a new record is reportedly in the works.
In addition to her release, she's also marking the occasion with a new single called "Consumerism."
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COMING SOON: The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete starring Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks and Anthony Mackie is a coming-of-age tale about two inner-city boys who are blindsided when the authorities come for their drug-addicted mothers, leaving them both to fend for themselves on the tough streets of New York City.
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete will hit theaters Oct. 11.
Ugandan Rapper Navio features Keith Sweat in On & On
The latest collaboration between Ugandan rap star Navio and RnB legend Keith Sweat brings to the forefront an amazing love song that marries hip hop and RnB in a tribute to the old school but never leaving out the new. On and On is a song that represents a real test of styles. It emerges as one of those love mid tempos that any listener would love to head bop to in the whip while patiently waiting for that evening traffic to melt down.
After sweating it with Keith in his private Atlanta home studio, the Navcorp rap star holds nothing back. The combo is magic once they added hip-hop producer Major 7 and the result is so telling.
On and On is a soothing stance away from the hard-core hip hop joints Navio has come to be affiliated with. It's a real testament of Navio's ability to sway the female listener.
Watch out for this latest display of an artist that views himself as a player on the international scene. Navio is definitely doing his part in putting Uganda on the map of the globe.
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Yesterday, Fox News host and global warming activist Neil Cavuto hosted a roundtable discussion for a group of feisty, opinionated...Hooters waitresses, in celebration of their 2007 calendar. Introduced as "Hooties Hotties" in the intro graphic, Cavuto and the girls spent the last segment of the show discussing whether patrons hit on them while they're working (not at all, say the girls, "they have respect, they know the boundaries"), and also asked for their thoughts on how it's "been a controversial time for beautiful women" what with Miss USA, Miss Nevada, preggers Miss New Jersey; what did the Hooters girls think of that? (Their assessment: Everyone makes mistakes, sometimes fame can be overwhelming, "but we're just a family restaurant"). Ever the enterprising journalist, Cavuto pointed out that Miss Nevada had landed a $2 million deal with Playboy... hmm? The girls were quick to negate that association — "We're just small-town girls" — and were pretty practical in their assessment of Miss New Jersey's predicament on giving up her after learning she was pregnant: "I guess you can't do it pregnant!" "Rules are rules!" The best part, though, was Cavuto wondering if the girls were held to a specific weight standard - to which he replied, "Oh, come on!" to their chorus of "No"s; as one glisteningly gorgeous girl explained haltingly, "all guys like different things....different looks, different sizes..." Cavuto, tough questioner that he is, pressed on with specifics: "It's not happened? No one's just come in and just porked out for a few weeks?" Clearly, he misunderstands the qualifications for a job as a Hooter's waitress.
Newshounds also noted that the segment occurred in an hour that did not devote any real time to the State of the Union address just the night before ("You Know Bush's State Of The Union Speech Bombed When..."), and pointed out that the interview was shot "without the usual chyron at the bottom of the screen, making for an unimpeded view of the "girls'" breasts." While it's true that the chyron was absent (and Hooters logo clearly visible, as above), ETP is bound to point out that individual close-ups on the girls as they spoke were actually cut off above the breasts, as indicated by the screengrab to the left. That said, there was some pretty jaw-dropping footage of Miss Nevada in a tiny, flesh-colored bikini. Also, it bears emphasizing: The girls were interviewed in uniform, and that uniform is a teeny tank top and eensy orange shorts. Gotta grab those channel surfers in an instant! (And for the record, it worked; ETP had Fox on mute while working, looked up, and knew immediately that this was a can't-miss segment.) So can't miss that we grabbed a clip for you, presented below. Enjoy!
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like mike said the 1.8T are faster only with a chip to be exact 45-50hp. a golf 1.8T with a chip and good driver should be doing 14.9 easily in the 1/4.
Yup, get chip, intake and exhaust/downpipes and you'll get quite a gain! You'd probably feel more difference, with same mods on a 1.8T engine, out of a Golf and Jetta vs. the A4, because the A4 is heavier.
My friend got like 14.85 in 1/4 on a worn out stock clutch w/intake, chip, and exhaust (no cats or resonators) on a very cold day where at times you'd actually see snow flakes. HE told me that the car does not always perform best when the weather gets colder and colder. Too cold of a weather and he told me that the turbo doesn't perform as well. However, recently, with still the same parts and worn out clutch (except bigger fuel injectors), he got 14.1 in 1/4mile on a pretty decent weather. 60' time being 1.9 seconds. Now he got the new aftermarket clutch and flywheel, dam.... that means 5000rpm launches in the future = faster 1/4 mile times
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A Growing Threat in the Philippines
Dengue outbreaks occur in countries throughout the world on an all too frequent basis. One of the latest countries to experience an outbreak of the disease is the Philippines.
Earlier this month, news reports began to surface about the rising incidence of dengue in the country. The Philippine Star reported May 10 that nine people had died from dengue and more than 700 cases of the disease had been recorded in Zamboanga City.
The city's mayor declared a dengue outbreak and cancelled all vacation leaves of city health personnel. He also alerted the hospitals to "establish fast lanes for dengue cases," according to the Star.
The mayor and the city health officer said that the number of dengue cases recorded in the city from January to May is up by 50 percent compared to the same period last year.
Officials in the Philippines are urging citizens to keep their surroundings clean and free from stagnant water, a breeding source of mosquitoes that carry the virus. Officials also warned that dengue spreads in the rainy season and the hot summer months in order to encourage people to remain vigilant about the cleanliness of their environment.
Additionally, there have been efforts to get the word out about the dengue outbreak to as many people as possible. Zamboanga City's health office spearheaded a noise barrage and motorcade in the city's thoroughfares and national highways against dengue, according to Tempo. Following the public announcements, there was a citywide clean up drive.
One of the most recent news stories out of the Philippines reports that the dengue death toll has risen to 10 people (mostly children) and the number of cases is now over 830. As a result, Zamboanga City's health office has been ordered to conduct fumigation in private and public schools before classes begin in June.
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Remember in the old days of gaming, when there were many games coming out that people told you you simply had to get? And always, at the video game store, you couldn't decide? Now, that number of games has been declining with each successive console generation. Triple-A games have been reduced down to a once every 2 months phenomenon. Today, we will explore why.
The most obvious reason would be financial. As the cost of making games go up, the amount of games a company can make goes down. These companies then choose to invest their money in titles they know will probably make a good return, such as sequels to a proven game, or a game that relies heavily on tried-and-true genre conventions. Whatever. That just means fewer games for us to choose from.
Companies also need to make a return on their investment. The cost of games has risen from each successive generation, so people are buying fewer and fewer games. Why would a company make 5 different games when gamers would only buy 1 of those at a time?
So how does this affect the gamer? First, the negative. We have less games to choose from. Perhaps a single Triple-A game will be released every two months. What if it is from a genre or series that a gamer doesn't like? That gamer will just have to wait for the next Triple-A game to be released to satisfy his gaming urge, because other companies don't want to compete for market share. This is being seen right now. Multiple companies are delaying their games to 2010, admitting they don't want to compete with Modern Warfare 2. Two games at a time would mean they lose on potential profit. Does the gamer have to wait the next few months out or does he have to settle for an inferior game? Either way, he loses out.
Now, the bright side of things. Releasing a single excellent game to the market at a time reduces game shop indecisiveness. Gamers no longer have to decide if they want to get this game or that. It also saves the gamer some money. Fewer games being released would also mean that a developer would spend as much time and money as necessary to ensure their release was polished and smooth, making the gamer's experience that much better.
No matter how you feel on this subject, it's clear that singular Triple-A releases are going to be the trend for the next few console generations at least. And gamers will have to decide for themselves if this is good or bad.


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If Cricket Australia wants to continue selecting second-string teams to represent the nation, then paying cricket fans should be entitled to some kind of financial compensation for the sudden drop in viewing quality.
Those fans who paid their hard-earned cash in advance to watch one-day games live at the MCG and Adelaide Oval in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka will have done so thinking they'd be watching the best Australian cricketers taking on the best opposition team.
They no doubt opened their wallets to purchase that elite experience in good faith, but now have every reason to feel a little swindled by the last-minute decisions made by high-ranking cricketing authorities.
Those on the aggrieved list would also include some members of the Victorian and South Australian cricketing associations, of which there are tens of thousands.
This summer, spectators are already dealing with a substantial slump in the overall quality of the Sri Lankan side due to injuries sustained on tour.
In particular they would note the loss of Kumar Sangakkara, whose rich batting talents are greatly appreciated by Australian audiences.
But adding insult to audience injury, the Australian selectors deposed prolific skipper Michael Clarke; exciting, crowd-pulling opening batsman David Warner; and in-form keeper-batsman Matthew Wade from the Commonwealth Bank Series squad.
Man of the moment Michael Hussey has also been axed, with the national selectors giving the excuse that they're now taking a long-term view towards the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Notable omissions were also made from the national team's last match against Pakistan in Sharjah last September, with James Pattinson out due to injury and Dan Christian excluded.
Enigmatic all-rounder Shane Watson is another top-line player to be absent from the upcoming contest, injured again.
Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc and Phil Hughes are the only survivors of the Test series win over Sri Lanka to feature in the selected one-day squad.
Clarke, Warner, Wade and Hussey all featured in the six Test matches this summer against South Africa and Sri Lanka.
No matter which way you slice it or dice it, the selected Australian one day squad falls considerably short of delivering a wholesome, quality cricketing meal, lacking key ingredients and hardly worth paying top dollar for.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland played down the issue this week, saying the first two games of the Commonwealth Bank series would provide an opportunity for upcoming players to prove their worth.
He said he can understand people's disappointment at the selections.
But he stressed a big picture focus was needed on the future of Australian cricket, with some important competitions to be won down the track.
What's cricket's master chef really said though is this: "Cricket fans are expected to pay the same entry price for a cheapened experience, and subsidise Cricket Australia using the elite stage to develop its next level of international players, rather than the various State competitions".
As expected, Clarke, Wade and Warner will not be available to play for their respective Big Bash Twenty20 League teams while being rested.
But having the best players unavailable at the next level of competition is nothing new for Australian cricket fans, and the lack of depth is another major issue facing the game's development in this nation that's not been adequately addressed for many years.
Cricket Australia's reasoning for resting key players, and stated intention to have them returned to the ODI squad refreshed, will do little to appease the paying public who lined up early to buy tickets to these first two games of the series.
Their support must be dwindling as fast as the daily temperature is rising on the east coast, making a day at the beach seem far more attractive than getting their wallets burnt by cricketing authorities.
(I won't even start a rant about the obscene cost of food and drink once entry is gained at the venues.)
This inequity with the rotation policy and the paying public's dissatisfaction was first brought to my attention a couple of years ago when Cricket Australia rested Ricky Ponting for a one-dayer at the WACA Ground.
Ponting was one particular fan's favourite player, and his anticipation and expectation of seeing the Australian batting legend taking on an international attack had been building for months leading up to the game.
The decision to rest the icon cricketer was made only a few days out from the Perth game, and a hollow feeling has continued to haunt that once enthusiastic fan, and warned him off buying tickets early.
The viewing public should also be entitled to hold grave doubts about the authenticity of the different messages pitched to them about elite cricket, in the various advertising campaigns used to promote this summer's international cricket calendar, and others in years ahead.
Big name players feature heavily in the spruiking, but of course there's no mention of any last minute changes, rotations or second-string players fronting up for the day as replacements for players like Warner, Clarke and Hussey.
I'm sure there's a disclaimer somewhere on the entry ticket or membership vouchers, in small print, which tells fans they may not see the best players playing against the best opponents on the day, with the selection panel's maligned rotation policy cleverly inscribed into legal jargon.
But every single weasel word will leave those fans with nothing but a sour taste in their mouths and no doubt they too will think twice before committing to buying any more tickets in advance.
They may even start feeling like the bastard relative of the Australian cricket family, who lacks a legal or accounting degree.
The selection of a clearly second-string team sends a resounding message to the Australian cricket fans and general public that Cricket Australia has an open licence to treat them like second-class citizens.
You'd also have to wonder what the sponsors of the one-day series think when the Australian selectors decide to rest the same big-name stars that are also used to advertise the games, alongside their commercial logo.
At Adelaide Oyal the cost of general admission for an adult is about $50, while the gate price is $10 for a domestic one-day match.
So, given Sunday's match will provide much better viewing than a domestic one-dayer – but falls a long way short of reaching elite international status – perhaps Cricket Australia could drop the gate entry price to somewhere between the two.
A suggested formulae for the new gate entry cost could be reached by taking the number of available players who should be playing in the Australian first XI – in this case four, with Clarke, Warner, Wade and Hussey – and refund on that percentage.
Cricket Australia also offers refunds for games affected by rain, according to the number of overs bowled on the day.
With almost half the Australian team missing from these two one-day games, perhaps 100 percent should be the refunded amount.
The policy says, "Except as provided for under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, in no other circumstances shall a refund be payable."
If that's not enough literature, aggrieved fans may like to look a little closer at the Competition and Consumer Act to see where they really stand on this issue of diminished quality.
I'm sure if the Royal Shakespeare Company advertised the appearance of Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Richard Gere and Julia Roberts all appearing together in a performance of Hamlet at Stratford-upon-Avon theatre, but only the understudies turned up on the night, there'd be a strong cause to provide full or partial refunds to the fans, or they may even mount a complete boycott.
Colin Bettles has a long history of involvement in cricket, including Editor of Cricket Week, Media manager for the WACA for seven years and is the Canberra Bureau Chief for Fairfax's Agricultural Media.


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"The Death of Superman" is a 1992 comic book storyline that occurred mostly in DC Comics' Superman titles. The completed multi-issue story arc was given the title The Death and Return of Superman. In the story, Superman engages in battle with a seemingly unstoppable killing machine named Doomsday in the streets of Metropolis. At the fight's conclusion, both combatants apparently die from their wounds in Superman (vol. 2) #75 in 1992.
The crossover depicted the world's reaction to Superman's death in "Funeral for a Friend," the emergence of four individuals believed to be the "new" Superman, and the eventual return of the original Superman in "Reign of the Supermen!".
The storyline, devised by editor Mike Carlin and the Superman writing team of Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway, and Karl Kesel, met with enormous success: the Superman titles gained international exposure, reaching to the top of the comics sales charts and selling out overnight. The event was widely covered by national and international news media. The storyline was loosely adapted into a 2007 animated film, Superman: Doomsday.
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I offered to cook my husband dinner for his birthday in a couple of weeks- he said homemade ravioli would be awesome. Ummm... I'm a very amateur cook! I would love to try it- but am wondering if this is a bit too ambitious for a first pasta-making project. Could it possibly turn out good first try, or is this one of those things that takes some practice? I don't want to make him choke down his birthday dinner. Also, I have no 'equipment'- no pasta roller, or that cool ravioli rolling pin that stamps them out. Are they necessary? Would it make the process that much easier, or can I just roll out dough with a regular rolling pin and cut it? Is this the kind of thing I can make ahead of time, and freeze, or is it better fresh-made? I would love to do this for him, but the stream of curse words I am anticipating trying this might make him feel bad about even asking for it! Thanks for your help!


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Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?
1980, 2nd ed.
Submitter: Russia is a big topic in the news right now, so I'm sure there are people looking for books about it. My public library has a massive section on Russian history and politics…nearly all of it from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. The biggest gem was this book predicting that the USSR would be destroyed in a nuclear war with China. Even the books about earlier Soviet history are hopelessly out of date. In the past 25 years, we've gained access to all kinds of sources that weren't available during the Cold War. Go update your Russian history sections now, comrades!
Holly: But it's historical! Just kidding.
This one is actually kind of famous. I'd keep it, space permitting.
The title screams, "I'm out of date! Leave me on the shelf!"
It did. But not very long afterward. Putin seems nostalgic for Ye Good Olde Stalinist Dayes, but with all the gazillionaire oligarchs, old-school communism is definitely out of there!
My country is supposedly communist only because it has free health care. Only it's not really free, it's paid for through our taxes.


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This is the perfect nutritious pick-me-up. Leftover shake can be frozen in pop molds or 5 oz paper cups with popsicle sticks.
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Week 13: RB Roundup
Denver Broncos
Knowshon Moreno; Montee Ball; C.J. Anderson; Ronnie Hillman
Current scenario: Knowshon Moreno ran for a career high 224 yards on 37 carries in Sunday's loss to the Patriots. After the game Moreno was seen leaving the stadium on crutches while wearing a boot on his right leg. It would appear Moreno suffered a bruised right ankle at some point in the game Sunday. The injury either happened late in the game or wasn't bad enough to cause Moreno to miss playing time, because he didn't miss a series. One has to wonder just how severe of an injury Moreno is dealing with seeing as he was able to stay in the game.
Future scenario: Fantasy owners will need to keep a close eye on this situation as it unfolds this week. One would expect Moreno to play this weekend in Kansas City since he didn't miss playing time on Sunday night, but seeing as he is listed as day-to-day we'll just have to wait and see how this plays out. If Moreno can't go, Denver will turn to rookie Montee Ball to carry the load. Ball had seven carries for 40 yards against the Patriots Sunday night, but lost a fumble in the process. Rest assured if Moreno can't go the Broncos will be hammering ball safety into Ball's head this week. Two weeks ago in Denver the first year man out of Wisconsin had eight carries for 25 yards and a pair of touchdowns against the Chiefs. If Moreno can't go, Ball would be next in line and would be a fine start this weekend in Kansas City.
Miami Dolphins
Lamar Miller; Mike Gillislee; Marcus Thigpen
Current scenario: Due to a torn ligament in his left foot, Miami's Daniel Thomas will likely miss the remainder of the season. This means Miami's two headed backfield is now down to one with Lamar Miller now the team's primary back. This is great news for fantasy owners as we head down the stretch and into fantasy playoff season. Miami's backfield has been hit or miss all season, providing little fantasy value. Now that Miami has just one option in the backfield fantasy owners can start Miller knowing he should see 18-20 carries a game.
Future scenario: Before inserting Miller into your line up, take a quick look at the team the Dolphins face next. The New York Jets offense may have looked horrible last Sunday, but their defense was once again solid. The Jets' run defense is currently the best in the league, allowing just over 72 yards a game and they are the only defense holding opposing backs to less than three yards per carry. Miller may be Miami's only back this week, but the matchup against the Jets is not a favorable one. Following this weekend's game against the Jets, Miami faces three run defenses ranked 23rd or worse. If Miller can stay on the field he would be a nice start for fantasy owners during the playoffs.
New York Jets
Chris Ivory; Bilal Powell; Josh Cribbs; Alex Green
Current scenario: Starter Chris Ivory suffered a high/low ankle sprain on his first carry in Sunday's loss to the Ravens. While trying his best to gut it out, Ivory managed nine carries for 35 yards, while fellow back Bilal Powell received 11 carries for 41 yards. Seeing as Ivory has a history of missing time due to injury, it would be a surprise to see him on the field Sunday against Miami. While the possibility of Ivory playing does exist, the likely scenario has Powell starting with Cribbs seeing a more active roll in the backfield.
Future scenario: If Ivory is indeed suffering from a high ankle sprain then we may have seen the last of him for this season. If we use Ivory's past to predict the future, this is a more likely scenario than seeing him on the field again this season. If this becomes the case, New York will turn to third year man Bilal Powell to carry the load down the stretch. This would be good news for fantasy owners if the Jets' offense wasn't so awful. Quarterback Geno Smith needs to turn things around in order for the Jets' run game to succeed. With three of the Jets' next 4 games against run defenses ranked eighth or better, it doesn't look good for New York's run game.
Houston Texans
Ben Tate; Dennis Johnson; Deji Karim
Current scenario: The Houston Texans are now the not so proud owners of the longest losing streak of the 2013-14 season after dropping their ninth consecutive game Sunday to the Jaguars. In this game, starting running back Ben Tate was benched after rushing for just one yard on seven carries. Replacing Tate in the backfield was rookie Dennis Johnson, who finished off the game for Houston carrying the ball 13 times for a career high 74 yards. After the game head coach Gary Kubiak said Tate would get the start this coming week against the Patriots and he believed Tate's woes this weekend were not all his fault.
Future scenario: We all know Tate is the better back here, but the Texans are out of the playoff race, so it should come as no surprise to see Kubiak giving some untested guys a shot. Does this mean we'll see more of Johnson and less of Tate the remainder of this year? The possibility is definitely there, so fantasy owners may want to avoid Tate if at all possible. With five games remaining on the schedule (and no shot at the playoffs), one has to wonder if Kubiak and the Texans are trying to position themselves for the number one overall pick in the 2014 draft. If we continue to see Johnson -- and even Karim -- getting more touches than Tate, I think we know the answer to that question.


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Beginning of Life / Infanticide
The Conscience Side of Life
Simply speaking, Christian Life Resources divides its work into two areas – service and conscience. The service area involves the work we do in our counseling centers, the presentations...January 9th, 2012
2006 Life and Family News Review
The following compilation of major life and family issues news releases is arranged by month for the year 2006. January 2006 Study Confirms Severe Depression for Women Following Abortion...January 4th, 2007
Respectable Baby Killing
Support builds for legalizing euthanasia for ill and disabled newborns.The push to permit infanticide has entered the mainstream. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology...November 16th, 2006
Euthanasia Not About Terminal Illness Despite Advocates' Claims
LifeNews.com Note: Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and a special consultant to the Center for Bioethics and Culture. His current book is Consumer's Guide...October 18th, 2006
Pushing Infanticide - From Holland to New Jersey
Bureaucracy has trumped morality in the Netherlands. How else can one explain a country where, when doctors admit publicly that they commit eugenic infanticide, the leaders' response...November 23rd, 2005
Pushing Infanticide
Bureaucracy has trumped morality in the Netherlands. How else can one explain a country where, when doctors admit publicly that they commit eugenic infanticide, the leaders' response...March 1st, 2005
Baby Doe Infanticide Case & The Department of Health and Human Services
April 9, 1982Baby Doe is born in Bloomington, Indiana. The parents refuse to allow a doctor to correct a defect in the esophagus that prevented eating because the child is born with...October 1st, 2004
Born to Live, Left to Die - A Look at Baby Abandonment Laws
Call it Sudden Infant Dumping Syndrome -- newborns found in parking lots, supermarkets and trash cans. Can new "baby abandonment" laws reverse the trend?She wrapped her baby boy in...October 1st, 2004
Death in the Nursery
Retiring U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop once said, "Although infanticide (the killing of new born infants) is being practiced in this country widely today, it is seldom given...October 1st, 2004
Abortion's Forgotten Victims
How Many?"Some PAS clinicians will say that every woman who has an abortion will suffer from PAS to some degree. While that may be true, we can determine a more conservative number...October 1st, 2004
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Modest Mouse are about to tour their latest album, 'We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank' which for any fans of the band will be an essential gig.
There are so far two UK dates on the bill: The 20th May @ Butlins, Minehead [ATP vs. the Fans Fest] and the 23rd May @ The Royal Albert Hall, London.
Tonight on the Late Night Music Club, we're featuring a gem from Modest Mouse's 2000 release, The Moon and Antarctica. It's called 'Third Planet', enjoy the video and make sure you're booking some tickets for May!
Photograph courtesy of David Hornbuckle.


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Alessandro G. Capuzzi (b.1986, Milan) and Emanuele Dainotti (b.1987, Milan) are two Italian filmmakers. Their films have been screened in festivals and expositions in Italy, Spain, UK, Switzerland, Greece, Finland, USA, Colombia and Japan.
Alex Ingersoll (b.1984) is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Much of his work explores the aesthetic and sonic environments of our social imaginations of space and the tension among neglected and marginalized ideas and machines. Using experimental and animated approaches to the moving image, he is interested in the productive possibilities that come from our experiences and encounters that have undefined edges and features. His work has been featured in venues and festivals in the U.S. and abroad, including the Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Currents International New Media Festival in Santa Fe, the Strange Beauty Film Festival in Durham N.C. and the Alchemy Film Festival in Hawick, Scotland. Ingersoll lives and works in Stevens Point, USA.
Contributing artists: Elke Hennen and Ines Wuttke
New Zealander Anna Gates (b. 1984) directed and produced The State is a Lady during her master's in Germany. Her artwork has always swayed towards politics, earning her a place in the New Zealand Digital Art Awards at just 20 years of age. Her interactive art has been shown at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and elsewhere in Germany and Australasia. The State is a Lady is her first festival short as a director.
Daniel Djamo (b.1987, Bucharest) is a young Romanian artist and film director, interested in personal and group histories and stories and in themes such as the national identity. He combines film with video art and installation with photography in order to evoke the past and to underline "the now." His videos have been screened in numerous video art and film festivals, while also winning several awards for his artworks in the competitions. Currently, Djamo is a PhD candidate in the third year of research at Bucharest National University of Arts.
Harold Charre (b.1980, France) has been a jazz pianist for 15 years, following musical training at the Conservatoire de Lyon and Paris. He studied Theology and rapidly turned to the self-taught making of films/videos and installations in which his passions for the moving image, music and the mysteries of mythology may express themselves. Charre is currently based in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France.
Hinni Huttunen (b.1990, Pieksämäki) and Jemina Lindholm (b.1991, Loimaa) are two Finnish visual artists working together with moving image and installation. The working pair is interested in internet, feminism, scheduling and selfies. Huttunen and Lindholm have been working together since 2010. They are both founding members of Tampere Kunsthalle and active members of Rajataide Association. Huttunen is currently based in Stockholm, Sweden and Lindholm in Helsinki, Finland.
Lilli Haapala (b.1984) is a Turku-based artist who works with installations and mixed media. Through her works Haapala ponders human relationship with nature that surrounds us. Her works often typifies the interfaces between different realities. Haapala has graduated from the Turku University of Applied Sciences of Turku Arts Academy (2015) as a visual artist and she is currently undertaking her Fine arts Master´s studies in Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts (Time and Space Arts department). Haapala is a member of the Photographic Centre Peri, Kuvankantajat and the Finnish Bioart Society.
Luís Lopes (b.1982)
Filmmaker, born in 1982 at Porto, Portugal. Finished a 5 year degree course on Sound and Image at the UCP's School of Arts, Porto, Portugal, in 2006, specializing in Sound for Cinema.
Sound designed for Radio, Theatre, Cinema and Experimental Audio Installations.
Member/founder of visual collectives Leitmotif, Ikix and Synkronos making mainly VJing and Video Art/Installations.
Develops his work around Documentary, Experimental and Videoart.
Meta-Semioptika is his first film.
Matti Sumari (b.1987)
"I work using video, sculpture and installation, concentrating on poetic interrogations of our terms of use regarding the public space and the Res nullius: right to utilize ungoverned goods. Through picking up my materials from the flow of waste materials and leftovers from the metabolism of a city, I engage in a relationship with my surroundings. This relation can best be described as commensalism, which in ecology is a relationship between two organisms where one benefits from the other without damaging it. I see my works as distilling instruments. These distilling and mutating processes are placed in action in order to see what kind of relationship we have to each other and the world we've made for ourselves."
Matti Sumari is a Finnish visual artist who is currently based in Malmö, Sweden.
Natalia Behaine (b.1981) is a Colombian artist whose works have been featured in numerous galleries, museums and festivals in South America and Europe. Behaine has studied Social Communication (with emphasis on Audiovisual Production), Photography and Literature. In her art Behaine often explores the changing character of time. Behaine was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. She lived in Bogotá for 17 years but recently moved to France.
Visual artist Pasi Autio (b.1974, Vaasa) is interested in the interaction between human mind, body, and the surrounding reality. He is also attracted to everyday things, seemingly self-evident but at the same time complex events like taking a single step. Autio uses video and sound to work with his themes. He creates pieces with their own inner world and logic. The dialogue between visual and audio play a pivotal role in his minimalistic and epitomised style, that often addresses large themes through small details.Autio graduated in 2007 from the University of Arts and Design, where he studied photography. His works have been displayed in several private and group exhibitions since 2000. Autio is currently based in Helsinki, Finland.
Siegmund Skalar (b.1986) works with photography and film. He is interested in trying to bend filmic reality and question the conventions of cinematic narration. His works are meticulously staged and often rely on professionals, actors and a detailed screenplay. Skalar is currently based in Vienna, Austria, and has studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
suominen/toivanen is a Turku-based sans contrefaçon video collective. Classmates who found each other lost (during a video course spring 2016).


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African Costumes and Textiles: From the Berbers to the Zulus. Anne-Marie Bouttiaux, Frieda Sorber, Anne van Custem, and John Mack. Milan, Italy: 5 Continents, 2008. 318 pp.*
Textiles in Africa represent one of the many creative manifestations of cultural identity that have shaped communities occupying its diverse regions. Cultural, religious, and ritual meanings are conveyed in color preferences, materials, embellishments, and design, as well as reflecting priorities associated with behavior, age-grade, and ritual practices. Textiles and dress also function as important barometers of change, intrinsically allied to trade, inter-cultural contact, political and ideological change, and shifting religious adherence, aspects central to understanding economic and cultural links between nations and continents.
Any new publication on textiles and dress in Africa is keenly awaited by a growing body of researchers, collectors, and laypersons, increasingly aware of the significance and function of these items as salient markers of identity and cultural encoding. Interest in this field also reflects a more inclusive aesthetic and cultural appreciation that has evolved in the West over the last century, John Mack aptly reminds us that interest in African textiles by artists such as Henri Matisse and Roger Fry constituted one of the many contributing aspects in the development of a Western Modernist aesthetic.
This publication is centered on a particular collection of dress and textiles amassed relatively recently (over the last three decades) by Zaira and Marcel Mis. As a consequence it is understandably fragmented, possibly still to be amplified, but it nonetheless boasts exceptional examples of various textiles and dress from most regions in Africa. We know very little about the Mis couple as collectors, other than that the collection was prompted in part by the collectors' respective interests in fashion, design, and art. This doubtless resulted in the focus of the collection being largely on the more visually appealing garments and textiles with specific ceremonial and cultural usage. But fortunately the collection also comprises everyday and less aesthetically seductive wear, where the dyeing, weaving, or design are prominent. Here other factors would have been upheld, such as their function, their reflection of local preferences in design, or as an intrinsic reflection of exceptional capacities in those who made them. The textual information would have been particularly valuable had more discussion on the aesthetic premises that prompted both the textile and costume making (and their selection) in at least some of the examples in this collection been included, as would the aesthetic appreciation by the collectors.
I for one would have been fascinated to learn more about how the items were acquired, why they were selected, and what the role of mediators such as dealers and specialists was in the shaping of the collection. The acquisition process is increasingly regarded as a significant aspect in understanding the process of selection and the nature of trade in African art and artifacts. This was seldom disclosed in earlier writings, for several reasons, but in current writing such disclosure is an invaluable aspect of the process of mediation, aesthetic development, and the cross-cultural reception of art and culture.
The primary function of publications such as this is to foreground a specific collection with a view to increasing knowledge about its costumes and textiles and to becoming an important reference document for future collectors and scholars. The target audience for such publications is often identified as the "general public," but such publications invariably attract a wider audience, including specialists in the field. John Mack notes that such publications function as important documentation of a collection that has seldom been foregrounded for public view, as similar collections are only to be found in museums. The uniqueness of the items and the visual impact of the photographs are significant features of such publications and the quality of the photography in this text is good, enhancing the items, thereby further enriching the publication.
The accompanying regionally associated essays in this publication have no pretensions of providing groundbreaking research on the items and their cultural usage. If anything the introductory essays are limited by the wide cultural sourcing of the collection, which obviates against an in depth examination of any particular item. Brief and introductory, these texts often provide only rudimentary contextual sketches of the region, its costumes and textiles, and cultural distinctiveness. However, documentation accompanying the images should ideally be as thorough (if not as comprehensive) as possible to prevent the perpetuation or initiation of erroneous attribution and identification. The use of the vernacular in describing items is imperative as is the providing of correct contextualization associated with the item's usage. This has mostly been realized, with some exceptions, where an item is given one term in the main text (e.g. the boubou) and another in the legend attached to the image (see for example pp. 90, 134). For the layperson this might be confusing and could have been avoided in that it results in the perpetuation of the "popular" term rather than in providing and instilling the retention of more accurate terminology. So too rather trite speculation about an item's design, motifs, or even shape (p. 185) should have been avoided. If the function or origins of an item is not known, uninformed speculation appears patronizing and detracts from the integrity of the text as a whole.
It would have been valuable to the "general public" and specialists alike to have included a map of Africa in the opening pages of the book, followed by rudimentary, focused regional maps at the inception of each text and photographic essay. These would have provided a valuable contextualization for the specific items as well as indicating possible regional borrowings or similarities, should these occur. So too there is little data on the wearing and function of the items, which could have included contextual photographs that show the full dress of which the item collected might constitute merely a part. The textiles and garments are often only one aspect of an entire dress or even masquerade (as Susan Vogel and Joanne Eicher and others have so often argued), thus the reader is left with a partial aspect and information. Understandably, recent debate on cultural representation challenges writers to respect the integrity of cultural practice and accountable sourcing.
There are a few instances where information provided is erroneous, again perhaps the result of uninformed speculation. The suggestion that the Zulu isicholo, still worn ceremonially, has been substituted by Zulu women opting instead for western hairstyles is partly flawed due to its generalization. While some have adopted western styles and hair straightening, mostly in urban areas, there has been an upsurge in the development and reiteration of regional styles, some harking back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In part this is located in the widespread upholding of 'authenticity' in the recovery of African identity and an associated assertion of difference. This has also resulted in widespread experimentation with plaiting techniques and hair extensions, many styles derived from other parts of Africa thereby reflecting the diasporic nature of present day South Africa. Further, a distinction needs to be made between rural and urban traditions and, more recently, the impact of nationalism and ethno-nationalism which has contributed to the revival of the use of the isicholo, both in a cultural and contemporary fashion context. Besides this example, other commentary is at times also rather generalizing in descriptions and assumptions, but then again in a publication based on such a widely sourced collection this is perhaps to be expected.
Despite the few concerns highlighted in this review, the merits of this publication are substantial and both the authors and the publishers are to be commended on its realization. This publication will hopefully engender increasing demand for others of this nature drawn from an increasing body of research on dress and textiles from Africa for wider local and international reception.
Juliette Leeb-Du Toit is a Senior Lecturer in Art History at the Centre for Visual Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has contributed to many publications in the field of South African art studies, including Spiritual Art of Natal (Tathom Art Gallery, 1993).
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