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Sun Dec 1, 2019
Metro IAF: Organized People in Great Fights (Dec. 2019 Issue) -Metro IAF
Fights for healthcare, criminal justice (and drug court) reforms, affordable housing and more in this issue:
Thu Oct 24, 2019
2018 IAF Impact Report: Victories -Industrial Areas Foundation
Wed Sep 11, 2019
How Mayor Lightfoot Can Use the Power of Chicago's Purse to Create Safer Guns -Chicago Sun Times
As the Sun-Times asked last week in an editorial praising Walmart's decision to further limit gun sales, "Who will be next?"
The leaders of United Power for Action and Justice hope it will be Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
We, along with our affiliated religious and civic organizations in the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation in three other counties in Illinois and across the country, urge Lightfoot to join a growing Gun Safety Consortium initiated by Metro IAF and three mayors in her home state of Ohio.
The consortium is a vehicle for cities, counties and states to use their combined purchasing power to advance the cause of gun safety in the United States. Government buys 40% of the guns in the United States, but has not made full use of this market leverage to push the gun industry to improve its products and practices....
Mon Aug 19, 2019
NYT: Job Training Can Save Lives. See How San Antonio Does It. -New York Times
The economic odds facing Avigail Rodriguez a few years ago couldn't have been much worse. An undocumented immigrant and a single mother, she lived in a cramped apartment in a tough neighborhood in San Antonio and earned just $9 an hour working as a nurse's assistant.
Today, Ms. Rodriguez, 26, owns her own home in a safer area, earns nearly three times as much as she did before and has secured legal residency. The key to her turnaround was a training program called Project Quest, whose own ability to beat the odds is no less striking than that of Ms. Rodriguez.Project Quest has succeeded where many similar retraining efforts have failed, taking workers lacking in skills and successfully positioning them for jobs where they can earn double or triple what they did previously.
"This really gives employers a chance to find workers they wouldn't otherwise have considered," said Lawrence Katz, a labor economist at Harvard University. "At the same time, it provides opportunities to a rather disadvantaged group of workers, both younger and older."
Project Quest was born 27 years ago in a Hispanic neighborhood in San Antonio where poverty rates are above the citywide average. After the closing of a Levi Strauss factory there, community groups [COPS/Metro] created Project Quest as a way of preparing workers for better-paying, more highly skilled jobs that were less vulnerable but still in demand....
Tue Aug 6, 2019
Standing Up to Fear, EPISO/Border Interfaith Organizes a Response Rooted in Hope -America Magazine
The Rev. Pablo Matta was one of a number of priests who visited El Paso hospitals in the hours after a gunman with a high-powered rifle opened fire Aug. 3 in a Walmart massacre that took 22 lives...."I saw a lot of the people that died," Father Matta said....
Mon Aug 5, 2019
West/Southwest IAF: Statement on El Paso & Dayton Mass Shootings -West / Southwest IAF
Fighting Against Fear
Our Neighborhoods, Our Strength
August 5, 2019
We are deeply saddened by the horrific shootings in El Paso and Dayton over the past 48 hours. Our hearts go out to those murdered, those injured, their families and these entire communities. We also stand in support of our IAF sister organization EPISO/Border Interfaith and its workforce training organization Project ARRIBA, whose work has been deeply embedded in the El Paso community for decades.
This Thursday, August 8th at 7pm at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, EPISO/Border Interfaith (BI) leaders will assemble to demonstrate that this hate-filled act has no place in El Paso. Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish leaders representing 19 local institutions from all walks of life will stand united to grieve and rebuild the bonds of trust to overcome fear and hate.
Because El Paso is the largest US city on the border, and among the safest in our country, EPISO/BI leaders will not let this senseless act of violence define its border community. This week EPISO/BI recommits to its long-term political work of building vital public relationships, rooted in trust.
The story of the Good Samaritan challenges us all to see the humanity in those we have been taught to despise and to practice neighborliness, not to be divided by senseless acts of violence. We urge all people to reach out to those who might feel isolated or fearful and seek fruitful relationships not just in the coming days and weeks, but for the long term. Those kinds of efforts can lay a foundation for relationships with people who are different, and collaborative strategies for long-term solutions.
We must do all we can to combat the culture of violence and hate which contributes to tragedies like these.
Wed Jul 31, 2019
Metro IAF: New York's Public Housing Isn't Getting Better -New York Times
On July 30th, The New York Times published an Editorial laying out the ongoing problems in New York City's public housing. This was informed by interviews with several Metro IAF NY tenant leaders, including Bernard Smith from South Bronx Churches who is quoted in the editorial.
The editorial also focused on:
- A report by the Federal Government's Monitor detailing the multiple ways in which the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has not moved fast enough to make reforms. The monitor was appointed as a result of Metro IAF leaders pushing the US Attorney to investigate corruption and neglect at NYCHA.
- How much more work NYCHA must do to properly remediate mold in order to be in compliance with Metro IAF's Baez V. NYCHA Federal Court Consent Decree, and
- An audit by Metro IAF ally, Comptroller Scott Stringer on how NYCHA continues to cause leaks and mold, as well as waste money, through improper roof repair.
Metro IAF is continuing to work to ensure the public officials do not merely expose NYCHA's wrong doing, but actually hold them accountable, and that the Federal Court fully implements the independent oversight contained in our revised mold consent decree, which could force NYCHA to actually improve living conditions for all of its tenants.
Mon Jul 29, 2019
"Stark! Cologne" Goes After Gyms that Discriminate and Empty City Apartments -Metro-IAF
Shortly before the summer holidays began, leaders from the north of Cologne kicked off public campaigns on two new issues that have been in the works for several months. Following up on stories heard in their mosque communities a team of young leaders did a systematic check of discriminatory practices by a local chain of fitness studios. Women with head scarves were forbidden to exercise and men who "looked foreign" were put on a waiting list, while their "German" counterparts were welcomed into membership. The firm refused to react to a hand delivered letter asking for a meeting and so at an assembly on July 5th the leaders launched a social media campaign to shame the owners into talking. (Link to instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BzlIYh3INK1/ )
Thu Jul 18, 2019
Sr. Christine Stephens, CDP: 1940 - 2019 -West / Southwest IAF
Sister Christine Stephens, CDP entered eternal life on July 18, 2019 at the age of 78. She was the younger of two daughters born to Walter Irving and Frances Louise (Bulian) Stephens. She was born December 22, 1940 in Austin, Texas and was given the Baptismal name, Mary Christine. She entered the Congregation of Divine Providence on September 7, 1962 and professed first vows as a Sister of Divine Providence on June 22, 1964. Sister Christine graduated from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics prior to entering Our Lady of the Lake Convent. She later earned a Master of Arts in History from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas.
Sister Christine attributes her faith formation to her parents who set the example of perseverance and seeking justice for one's family and community. Her father was a member of the pipe fitters union. This foundation served Sister Christine in her first seven years as a teacher, then as a social worker for eight years, and expanded and deepened when she became an organizer 45 years ago....
Mon Jul 1, 2019
Signs of Hope for Wrongfully Held People with Mental Illness -Daily Herald
Metro IAF's leaders Yvonne Smith of United Power for Action and Justice, Shakeel Syed of Lake County United, Rick Lathrop, of Fox River Valley Initiative, and Lucy Tarabour, of DuPage United moving forward on the fight to get Crisis Stabilization Units up and running across IL.
Fri Jun 28, 2019
TMO Leverages $14 /hr Wage Win for HISD Workers -FOX and Univision
In a budget process that the Houston Chronicle says "devolved into a clash of wills," TMO clergy and leaders leveraged a major wage win for workers: $14 per hour for 3,000+ of the lowest paid employees in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) -- employees who keep Houston children safe and nourished, and schools clean.
Testifying before the HISD Board, Deacon Sam Dunning, Director of the Office of Peace and Justice in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston argued: "A budget is a moral document...it is time to treat all workers with dignity....."
Thu Jun 20, 2019
CCHD Highlights West/Southwest IAF 'Recognizing the Stranger' Strategy -Catholic Campaign for Human Development
With a grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the Interfaith Education Fund piloted a program in fall of 2016 called Recognizing the Stranger, a multiyear regional approach to the immigration issue, in seven southwestern dioceses.
This year, it is expanding into 19 dioceses across the west and southwest US. Says Senior IAF Organizer Joe Rubio, "The Recognizing the Stranger strategy works with local parishes to identify, train, and mentor immigrant leaders to build connections among themselves and with nonimmigrant allies in their parishes and the broader community. It's a collaborative effort among clergy, leaders, and organizers to develop capacity to tackle tough issues."
According to CCHD Director Ralph McCloud, "Recognizing the Stranger is particularly successful because it captures the connections between what happens at Mass on Sunday morning, how families live their lives throughout the week, and how parishioners interact with members of the broader community. I have been impressed that participants seek true change. In the process, parishes are strengthened, unified, and revitalized."
Tue Jun 18, 2019
Summer Action of the Berlin Community Organizations: Important Victories, Challenge to the Politicians to Build Housing in Berlin -Metro-IAF
Five hundred Leaders from the four community organizations in Berlin (SO! Mit uns, Wir sind da!, Wir in Neukölln and Wir bewegen Spandau) gathered on June 18th on the 74 acre former industrial site in Grünau where we proposed building some 3,000 units of affordable housing. Both borough and state officials were invited to justify their continued vociferous opposition to the plan. They failed to attend, and were called to task by the leadership. The fact remains that Berlin needs a minimum of 20,000 new units a year to accommodate its growing population. Current production is significantly below this number. We will keep up the fight both in Grünau and elsewhere in the city!
Thu Jun 13, 2019
Anne Arundel Connecting Together Acts on Housing and Gun Safety -Capital Gazette
ACT currently has 27 member and friend organizations including diverse faith groups, the local NAACP chapter, and Lighthouse (a homeless prevention support center). In the prior months, ACT led county-wide door-knocking campaigns, relational meetings, listening sessions, trainings, and education. ACT leaders met with county officials in advance of the action.
As a result of listening sessions and door-knocking, ACT leaders organized around the poor living conditions and mismanagement at subsidized apartment complex Woodside Gardens. At the June 13 action, ACT leaders living at Woodside Gardens spoke of the unlivable state of their apartments and the inadequate response of management. Invited before them was a representative of the managing company, Fairstead Affordable. After some wavering, the representative committed to address the issues raised by residents. These residents have subsequently met with management.
Sun Jun 9, 2019
VOICE Launches Communities First Initiative -WJLA
On June 9th, approximately 350 VOICE Arlington / Alexandria leaders launched their Communities First Initiative. The premise is simple - in the wake of the arrival of Amazon, Virginia Tech, Google, and other large employers to our neighborhoods, VOICE believes that the changes coming to the region should benefit our COMMUNITIES FIRST, by dedicating over $300 million of the projected, new local tax revenue brought by Amazon to fund affordable housing, equity in education and career opportunities initiatives for our communities in Arlington and Alexandria.
Sat Jun 8, 2019
GCC Walks Neighborhood to Identify Blighted Properties -Cleveland.com
On Saturday, June 8, 58 volunteers from 12 Greater Cleveland Congregations member congregations from across Cuyahoga County assembled at Noble Road Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights to participate in a half-hour training on how to identify deteriorating houses and then disperse in teams of two volunteers to walk the entire Noble Neighborhood in Cleveland Heights. The teams were tasked with identifying houses in seriously deteriorated condition so the GCC Cleveland Heights Housing Team can work to get these homes repaired.
Thu Jun 6, 2019
MOC Wins Renters Protections in San Rafael, California -Marin Independent Journal
Responding to dual threats of deportation and homelessness faced by low-income immigrants, Marin Organizing Committee (MOC) launched a careful campaign to explore how to protect tenants. The campaign culminated in a major victory this week, with leaders persuading the San Rafael City Council to not only mandate mediation between tenants and landlords when rent increases exceed 5% per year, but also to implement 'just cause' for eviction standards. San Rafael is the county seat of Marin County, one of the most expensive places to live in California, and home to 70% of Marin County renters....
Fri May 24, 2019
'Nevadans for the Common Good' Pushes Payday Reform through State Legislature -Nevada Independent
During a three-month house meeting listening campaign and nine months of research actions and civic academies, leaders from 'Nevadans for the Common Good' (NCG) unearthed dramatic stories about payday lending entrapment, lack of housing affordability and concerns around public education....
Wed May 22, 2019
Albuquerque Interfaith Leverages $350,000 in Local Funding to Support Asylum Seekers -Albuquerque Journal
In the face of a growing humanitarian crisis at the border, Albuquerque Interfaith has been at the forefront of a local response, mobilizing institutions to address the immediate needs of recent arrivals and building a longer-term strategy and constituency for change....
Fri May 17, 2019
Metro IAF: Organized People in Great Fights (May 2019 Issue) -Metro IAF
Mon May 13, 2019
Orange County Justice United Wins Budget Support to Increase Teacher Diversity -The Herald Sun
Justice United won $156,000 in line item budget support from the Orange County Board of Education for a best practices strategy to increase teacher diversity within the school district where African American teaching staff is at a 10 year low. Read more in the Herald Sun.
Fri May 10, 2019
In Fighting for Justice, Andy Sarabia Helped Launch COPS/Metro and the Modern IAF -San Antonio Express-News
Growing up in a San Antonio in which pernicious neglect by an Anglo-controlled "Good Government League" left low-income Mexican-American neighborhoods flooded each year, Andy Sarabia helped transform the political landscape of the city and mentor generations of community leaders. In partnership with Ernesto Cortes, Sarabia not only reshaped the City, he launched COPS/Metro and the modern Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)....
Thu May 9, 2019
NYT Editorial: Mayor de Blasio, Keep Your Promise on Senior Housing -New York Times
"Last June, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council speaker, Corey Johnson, stood before scores of older New Yorkers outside City Hall to celebrate the news that this year's capital budget would include $500 million to build new housing for low-income seniors.
Yet, nearly a year later, it turns out that the money wasn't in the budget, the plan wasn't new and the senior housing envisioned hasn't been built or financed....
Tawana Myers, a community activist from Brooklyn who lobbied the mayor for senior housing for years with the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, said the city should simply honor its promise.
'We fought for this money,' she told The Times, recalling years of rallies. 'We came out in the rain, in wheelchairs.'"
Wed Apr 17, 2019
New Study Says Project QUEST Creates Largest, Sustained Earnings Rise in Nation -Economic Mobility
Since 1992, IAF labor market intermediaries have put low-income workers into high-paying careers in health care, technology and trades. The Economic Mobility Corporation recently released a "gold standard" randomized control test of San Antonio's Project QUEST, the flagship labor market intermediary for the IAF....
Wed Apr 17, 2019
Metro IAF Oped: The Politics We Deserve | VA Drivers' License Fight -Metro IAF
You don't have to choose between Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren, or Jared Kushner and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or market capitalism and state socialism, or the far right and the far left, or Fox News and MSNBC.
While these are the dominant, incessant, compulsive polarities of modern public discourse, the demand and the tendency to choose are traps. You can take your hand off the nut (or nuts), loosen your grip, let them both drop. With a free hand, you can reach out and take hold of another way of doing things in the public arena: of thinking and acting and creating impact that rebuilds communities, saves and improves countless lives, and restores a sense of stability and forward motion in our country.
This other way of doing things is based on several important choices.
You can choose to acknowledge that you are mixed in your views — not a captive of one category or another — and that being mixed doesn't disqualify you from a significant role in the public arena.
You can choose to be mobile and flexible — aligning with different sets of people on different issues at different times.
You can choose to be non-partisan or much less partisan — not a hamster on the wheel of the endless series of election cycles.
And you can choose to be institutional — not just a data source for the market or ideological harvesters of your personal preferences.


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Auto Glass Technician Trainee
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Safelite AutoGlass is a member of the Safelite® Group family of brands, which together, make a difference in the lives of 10 million customers annually. This leading service organization, founded in 1947, is reaching record-growth thanks to its People Powered, Customer Driven strategy. The Columbus, Ohio-based company employs nearly 14,000 people across the United States.
Safelite is so much more than auto glass! We're a growing and evolving service brand. And what really makes us unique is our people. Because at our core, we're a People Powered organization. Our people come first and our culture matters. We'll help you find a fulfilling career path and encourage you to have a life. Let us be the best place you'll ever work. With a career at Safelite, we'll be the best place you've ever worked!


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Go North is a showcase of Canadian entrepreneurship in the tech start-up scene. A co-production from Google and Vice, the print publication debuted at Google Canada's first annual Go North Summit.
As a contributing writer and editor on the publication, I examined how Deep Genomic's Brendan Frey is using artificial intelligence to provide genetically personalized medicine, documented how Melissa Sariffodeen of Ladies Learning Code is recoding tech's "bro-gramming" culture, and profiled the "Godfather of Deep Learning" himself, Geoffrey Hinton.


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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes downgraded Walt Disney Co. DIS, +1.02% to neutral from buy Tuesday, saying the company's shares are now valued at a 25% premium to its entertainment peers -- a gap Wienkes expects to narrow. He cut his 6-month price target to $20 from $26. The analyst expects "tepid" box office results for Disney films in fiscal 2009 to have an effect on the stock, as the market is "looking to award value only for near-term results." On a longer-term basis, Wienkes says the stock should outperform due to its strong brands, smart execution across multiple platforms and other factors.
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Manager Business Development, Frankfurt am Main (m/f/d)
At American Express we recognize that our most valuable asset is our people. After all, it's our people who deliver an excellent service to our customers all around the world, and it's our people who therefore drive our ambition to become the world's most respected service brand.
The Corporate Payments Business:
We are a truly global service provider offering corporate payment and expense management solutions throughout the world to some of the largest and most demanding corporate clients
Our customers include 63% of the Fortune Global 500 companies. Expense management is our core business
We invest heavily in our business and use our expertise and innovation to maintain our competitive leadership
Responsibilities :
Full managerial responsibility of a portfolio of top strategic (touristic) client relationships with a multimillion $ charge volume business
Manage performance of an OTA/tour-operator portfolio to meet/exceed results according goals & scorecard; drive regular reviews on client- and portfolio-level against scorecard and adjust priorities internal and with clients appropriately
Particular focus on portfolio growth and long term account strategy
Renegotiate independently global and regional account contracts & implement Pricing initiatives according latest standards/policies to close long-term contracts, grow business for Amex Blue Box
Identify opportunities to increase Charge Volume and drive profitability with particular focus on debt and risk management
Monitor & ensure health of operational servicing – trust in service departments, who will take ownership and solve
Support local, European and global payments initiatives & projects
Work closely with other Account Management team members, Marketing & Pricing to strengthen value proposition of Amex to retain and deepen relationship to clients
Establish close relationship to Merchant Acquisition and Account Management teams to realize charge volume increases and avoid decreases, especially within the airline industry
Regular & close alignment with all other Account Manager and Sales Teams as well as other lines of business
Broadening and deepening American Express senior contacts across the client's organization with influencers, stakeholders and decision makers
Identify client needs with AXP products and services and sell appropriate value components to create greater customer engagement.
Expand the usage of Commercial Cards into non B2B commodities, Cross-sell and expand new products within client organization
Gain a clear understanding of our clients' Procure–to-Pay processes and the ability to map our B2B payment vehicles into these processes
Strong collaboration with touristic IT suppliers to ensure reliable IT connections between customers and Amex payment solutions
The responsibilities include targeted metrics for:
Charge Volume Growth and Expansion
Client retention
Client ProfitabilityThis role may be subject to additional background verification checks.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Business administration university studies or similar degree
- Track record of at least five years in similar customer facing role within sales or account management
- A strong track record in managing complex, multinational or key account portfolios
- A solid and proven track of producing account and retention results in a team-oriented, sales/account/ relationship management environment
- Robust relationships within the German tour operator and OTA industry
- Ability to clearly articulate and communicate complex ideas, both verbally and in written form, developing written communications for a variety of senior audiences within client and American Express.
- Strong negotiation skills and consultative sales skills
- Proven ability to drive innovation and change; think from client perspective
- Ability to balance Amex and client priorities to deliver results according scorecard
- Excellent understanding of client value proposition, procedures as well as of the industry and competitive environment
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills; ability to identify areas for improvement
- Proven Project Management Experience
- Excellent time management and project management skills.
- A strong understanding of Procurement and Procure-to-Pay processes is desirable
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Fluent in German and English
- Growth and Challenger Mindset
Why American Express?
Talk to our people and you'll find out what we're really all about. Open, creative, risk-taking, collaborative and innovative are just some of the expressions you'll hear. It's our culture that makes American Express an outstanding place to work. So if you're ready to take on a challenge and make an impact, you owe it to yourself to launch or grow your career here.
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Experience St.Lucia and do what you love best.
Do you love sport? Are you an aspiring coach?
Want to make a real difference in paradise?
Join us at Camp Caribbean!
We use the power of sport to encourage and engage with local children in schools and disadvantaged communities, tackling issues like childhood obesity and gang culture.
The Caribbean has everything you could dream of; from volcanic mountains, sulphur springs, orchids, beaches and lush jungles. With Camp Caribbean you can experience it all, whilst making a real difference.
Looking to broaden your horizons and build on your worldly knowledge whilst making a positive impact in communities? Apply now and let us take you on an incredible journey to the beautiful Caribbean!
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Choose us because all of your accommodation is included throughout the two week program
Program Description
This programme is for volunteers interns and aspiring coaches, through our grassroots projects they will use sport as a vehicle for combating prevalent social issues in some of St. Lucia's most disadvantaged communities. Volunteers will work within schools and communities tackling issues such as gang culture and childhood obesity through sport.
Coaches will work with children (aged 4-12), adolescents (13-17) and senior teams.
Aims & Objectives
The overall aim of our grassroots projects is to equip all children in the region with the means to play and enjoy sport and reap the obvious health and developmental benefits. Our volunteers will achieve this by providing sessions for our grassroot and school of excellence projects, tackling the most prevalent issues facing the region's youth, while improving sport in the Caribbean holistically.
Volunteers coaching week is Sunday to Thursday. Daily work schedules vary but generally days are either: School session 13:00 – 15:00 then After school sessions 15.15 – 17.00 or After School 15.00 – 16.45 then after work/college seniors 5-7/dark. Evenings and weekends are free time but are filled with lots of options of various social activities and excursions with other volunteers – see activities and events below.
Program participant criteria
Participants must be a minimum of 18 years old, there is no maximum age (we have had 47 year olds before) however any prospective volunteers should be informed that the majority of other participants will be between 18 and 25 years old. No coaching qualifications are required but an ability and understanding of the sport they intend to coach is important as well as a passion and enthusiasm for working with kids.
Additional equipment
Volunteers should bring a whistle and appropriate clothing to coach in (shorts, t-shirt, sports shoes). All required coaching equipment is provided (e.g. balls, cones, bibs) however volunteers are welcome to bring extra equipment for their chosen sport if they wish.
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Having driven the Lexus LFA supercar at Sandown Raceway last year we were well aware of the stunning capabilities of this aristocratic Japanese automobile manufacturer.
Noted initially for superbly built but somewhat bland vehicles, Lexus has shown its LFA to be the harbinger of a whole range of raw-edged premium product. Now comes the subject the car that's the next step in the Lexus line-up, the GS 350.
Our car was an F Sport, which, at $107,497, falls in the middle of the new GS 350 range and it let us relive the sheer delight of our LFA track time. Information - there is a stack of this - is presented to the driver on an 8-inch LCD colour screen on the central dashboard. A cursor can be navigated around the screen by means of a joystick on the centre console to seek out the info required.
A high resolution image is also projected from the rear-view camera to which reversing guidance is added, while driving information such as speed, gearshift position, tachometer, navigation instructions and pre-collision warning can be shown by a new vertically adjustable head-up display projected onto the lower windscreen directly in the driver's line of sight.
All passengers can 'plug in' to entertainment from a Pioneer 12-speaker, 299-Watt Lexus premium audio system, while all the latest connectivity kit - USB and AUX inputs for iPods or USB flash drives to play MP3/WMA files - are at their disposal.
The 3.5-litre engine of the GS 350 produces 27 per cent more power (233 kW) and 22 per cent more torque (378 Nm) than the previous Lexus GS 300, plus improved fuel economy and lower carbon dioxide emissions.
Mated with a six-speed sequential automatic transmission with steering wheel-mounted paddle shift the GS 350 is capable of reaching 100 km/h from rest in 6.0 seconds on the way to a top speed of 235 km/h. Expect F Sport fuel consumption to drop under 8 litres per 100 km cruising on the open road. But in built-up areas the V6 can take care of close to double that volume of fuel.
It's easy to spot the Lexus LFA supercar DNA in the GS 350 F Sport jigsaw - large mesh side grilles, with central upper and lower grille helping to gulp cooling air into the engine compartment. That, and the daytime running lights, present an aggressive face to oncoming traffic.
Airflow is put to work in other ways with 'aerodynamic damping' in which air is brought closer to the body to help control vehicle stability and enhance handling. A clever design of rear spoiler, narrow panel gaps and minimal protrusions add to aerodynamic efficiency.
As well as the exclusive front grille and bumper, and F Sport badging, the GS 350 F Sport models feature a grey metallic paint finish to the rear diffuser, providing a backdrop to large dual exhaust outlets. The sporty look is finished off by dark coloured 10-spoke, 19-inch alloy wheels incorporating black Lexus 'L' logo centres.
The Lexus F Sport is a four-door, five-seat sedan/coupe, whose interior includes matching door and seat upholstery that can be optioned in Garnet (red), along with textured aluminium highlights.
While occupants settle into 20-way electrically adjustable front bucket seats, the driver can take advantage of an LFA-inspired dimpled steering wheel and gear knob, and aluminium pedals and dashboard trim. Exclusive F Sport decor is completed by black logo scuff plates and steering wheel badging.
All Lexus GS models have 10 airbags and take advantage of the active safety features of ABS anti-skid brakes, Electronic Brakeforce Distribution, Brake Assist, Traction Control and Vehicle Stability Control all controlled by the advanced Lexus Vehicle Dynamic Integrated Management system.
Other safety aids include a blind spot monitor and radar warning of other vehicles in the vicinity, plus auto high-beam headlights which automatically dip when detecting an oncoming vehicle or rounding a bend. A further system keeps an eye out for driver fatigue.
Lexus' advanced ride and handling were augmented on the test vehicle by a couple of high-tech systems which contribute greatly to safety, driving satisfaction and convenience. Drive Mode Select allows the driver to choose between 'Eco', 'Normal', 'Sport' and 'Sport+' putting emphasis on the car's environmental efficiency or dynamic abilities.
In 'Eco' even the climate control temperature, airflow volume and seat heater activation are regulated, further reducing fuel consumption; in 'Sport' the powertrain is geared towards more responsive driving inputs, including throttle response and engine characteristics; 'Sport+' works on steering and chassis control for an even more sporty drive.
The Eco mode, as expected, was as economical with driving excitement as it was with fuel use, Sport and Sport+ being the mode of choice for more direct contact with the GS 350's driving style. After all, this was the F Sport.
The new F Sport also has rear-wheel steering for the first time on a Lexus in Australia. The Lexus-devised Dynamic Rear Steering turns the rear wheels the opposite way to the front wheels at speeds up to approximately 80 km/h, for tighter turns and increased cornering performance. The turning circle is cut by almost half a metre at parking speeds.
Above approximately 80 km/h, the front and rear wheels turn in the same direction for increased high-speed stability and a more natural-feeling vehicle posture in high-speed corners. The tendency to oversteer is also avoided.
In Sport and Sport+ this steering function really came into its own with sharp turn-in and reduced body roll on fast bends, while the GS 350 - at nearly five metres long and two metres wide – backed up the confidence to tuck in to some tight parking spots.
Paddle shifting, using the Sports Program Direct Shift from the Lexus IS F, produced a particularly pleasing fast shift pattern with throttle blipping on the downshift. The paddles work in both manual and automatic modes.
Such is the all-new Lexus GS 350 F Sport's comprehensive set-up it allowed driver (and passengers) to experience many facets of travel – from that of stately luxury sedan to out-and-out raw-edged sportscar rush.
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Wales has a lot to offer and with Spring finally here it's time to start planning those trips! Luckily for you we've compiled a list of the best attractions in Wales for you and your family or friends to visit and enjoy this Spring. With the weather becoming warmer and warmer each day, it's time to begin adventuring outdoors, out list will give you a great overview of the top things to do in Wales this spring, catering for both those pleasant spring days and those rainy ones too (Wales does get it's fair share of rain).
Cosmeston Lakes Country Park
Cosmeston lakes Country Park boasts over 100 hectares of land and water for you to explore, however some areas are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest so care must be be taken not to disturb the wildlife. Cosmeston Lakes Country Park is a beautiful place in springtime, the meadows and forests start coming to life, the diverse ecosystem of wildlife chirp up.
Cosmeston Lakes Country Park has ample walking routes which you can take dogs on and bicycles are allowed too.
Situated only a few Miles from Cardiff Cosmeston Lakes Country Park is easily accessible by both Car and Bus. There is free parking at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, a reception with gift shop and cafe.
The Gower Peninsula
The Gower Peninsula is a short drive from Swansea and boasts being the UK's first area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Gower Peninsula certainly lives up to that status of being the an Area of Outstanding Beauty, the beaches are magnificent and go on for miles.
The Gower Peninsula accommodates at least 1200 archaeological sites from different periods in time. There's caves, Iron Age forts, Medieval castles, churches and parks.
Most of the roads on The Gower Peninsula are tight lanes, which can get rather busy during the summer months, So visiting The Gower Peninsula during the Spring months is great.
The Gower Peninsula has lots of Camp sites, cafes, little shops in the villages which are open all year around.
Most attractions have parking available, but rarely free. Being an Area of Outstanding Beauty most of the money paid for parking directly supports keeping the status.
Dan-Yr-Ogof Caves
Dan-Yr-Ogof Caves is a great place to visit all year around, but even more so in the Springtime, there's not just caves to see, but a dinosaur village complete with a geiser and a farm area where you can interact with animals.
Discovered in 1912 by the Morgan Brothers with only candles to light their way, little did they know that they had uncovered what is now claimed to be one of the largest cave complexes in the UK.
We recommend you take your walking boots as some of the paths get slippery and can be quite steep!
If you're an experienced caver you can adventure past the showcaves if you have the right credentials. http://www.dyo.org.uk/
You will need a car to get to Dan-Yr-Ogof caves as it's about 30 minutes north of Swansea.
Bit Pi National Coal Museum
Big Pit National Coal Museum was once a working mine (1880 to 1980). Big Pit National Coal Museum has been open to the public since 1983, it's dedicated to the operation preservation of the Welsh heritage of Coal mining.
This Spring you can descend into the mine on a guided tour learning about how Big Pit operated and the conditions miners would have had to work in for hours on end.
Big Pit National Coal Museum is located near to Blaenavon, so a car will be required! It's possible to get to Big Pit by train. Entrance is free and parking is available on site.
Big Pit is a great place to visit all year round or even on a Spring day when you just need to get out, even if the weather isn't great.


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His (Xeno or Zeno for that matter) name actually came out over a short exchange of ideas between me and my friend over the internet regarding somebody or something that made the world, to some extent, ponder for a while. I was then moved and intrigued, that maybe I can also ponder a while on this not-so-ordinary person including his ideas especially on the things he was known for – his paradoxes.
Who actually is Xeno? The ever-reliable wikipedia.org further tells us that it is "Zeno" and not "Xeno", although both are interchangeable because some guys would prefer the "X" for the "Z". For purposes of discussion and to avoid confusion, let's use what the wiki guys did – Zeno. As history has produced a handful of Zeno's (from a bishop to a navigator), it is the Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea whom we are talking about. Zeno of Elea was born about 490 B.C. and continued his fruitful life until 430 B.C. As a philosopher, he was then, a bona fide member of the Eleatic School – school founded by another Greek pre-Socratic philosopher, Parmenides. A physical account of Zeno can be found through Plato's work (Parmenides 127) describing our main man as "tall and fair to look upon." Although there are details that were quite reliable, Greek biographers such Diogenes Laërtius, in his work (Lives of Eminent Philosophers) tells that Zeno was the adopted son of Parmenides and was likewise "skilled to argue both sides of any query presented."
Ancient historians and philosopher believed that Zeno's works were made, only to support that of Parmenides'. The Greek Neoplantonist philosopher Proclus described Zeno's work contained arguments in which everything revealed nothing but contradictions. And since it was his predecessor Parmenides who started this way of reasoning, it was Zeno who developed the logical method called as "reductio ad absurdum". Sounds absurd? Well, it really is because this logical argument means coming up with an absurd or an outcome which is completely ridiculous, for the sake of argument. It further goes on concluding that the premises on the argument are all wrong because of its absurd outcome. It is like proving something by contradicting it, in simpler terms. Looks and sounds funny, is it? Was Zeno behaving normal? Apparently, Zeno's works and paradoxes have challenged, inspired, influenced and even enraged physicists, mathematicians and philosophers for over two millennia already.
But what's in our Zeno that makes him known for his paradoxes? Let us first define what a paradox is. Dictionary.com defines paradox as a proposition or statement which is self-contradictory in nature, but expresses the truth in reality. (It really sounds, absurd eh?) A simple example of a paradox is the sentence "I am lying." Assuming that my statement is true, and then it must be false. The statement is then false if it is agreed to be true. Got that one? And before we disagree with one another here, let's sail on to Zeno's world and explore it as far as our simple and uncontradicted minds can.
As was stated and discussed earlier, Zeno's work mainly dealt on supporting his lover's (Parmenides) ideas. (Just a side note – it was believed that it was during their time and age that affections and burst of feelings for the same sex emerged, thus giving birth to homosexuality. Example: the "Platonic Love". And since there no concrete and profound documentations yet to be found, I'd rather deviate from it) Parmenides' idea or philosophy states that reality is one and cannot be changed. At a glance, this is quite untrue since we can obviously see that change happen all around us every single time. Zeno further supported these notions by arguing that the concept of space and time cannot be continuous. In simpler terms, he argued that there was no such thing as movement. He furthered this argument by formulating the most famous paradox of his, the Tortoise and Achilles. A we all know, Achilles is that seemingly invulnerable hero of the Greek mythology.
Zeno goes on by stating that if Achilles were to challenge a tortoise to a race and the latter was given a head start, Achilles, with all his hero abilities (I hope you Warcraft fans are listening), cannot in any way overtake or outrun the good old tortoise. This is given on no matter how fast and how long he runs. Sounds absurd? Read on….
Although the above proposition may look and sound nonsense in reality; and that its for sure that our hero Achilles will eventually catch up with and overtake the tortoise, the impossibility or the paradox here lies in Zeno's mathematical inspection of the race itself. Helium.com, helped us to translate in a more simple and understandable terms on Zeno's brainchild. It further explained that in order for Achilles to travel to a certain distance (point A to point B), he has to move and cover the amount of distance between A and B. But in doing so, he must first cover at least half of its distance (point C, in this manner). And again, he is faced with the task of covering half of the distance to point C (point D, perhaps). But then again and again, his task gets so multiplied on trying to cover almost infinite number of points simply to get to point B! Without much thinking because you may already be dizzy by this time, it is evident that our poor Achilles can not move. Remember that the tortoise was given head start so the shelled mammal has already covered infinite number of points to which Achilles has to cover first (at least half of it!), but is hampered since his task is of covering half the distance is not over for he must cover at least "half of the half of the half of the half of the half….." (The same idea is also Zenos' basis in his second paradox which is the dichotomy paradox- by walking at a distance from a wall).
With the above paradox, the philosophical, scientific, mathematical and even the paranormal world launched an all out war to solve Zeno's ideas. Many have or up to know, are trying to measure the distance between the two points. Some argue that, with the proper mathematical equations and computations, the tortoise cannot move as far as 2 meters! (ToeQuest.com). Quantum physicists would further tell that it was Zeno's premise that was incorrect and expounded that it was not always necessary that in order to cover the distance of point A to point B, one first must travel at least half of its length, and so on and so forth. With that manner, Zeno was able to stop time and space for there were no movements or change that was evident.
Modern experts were not in anyway bothered by these ideas and in turn, tried to solve this ancient riddle. They offered the idea that these infinite numbers of points do have length, and are obviously measurable. Modern physicists argued that there are tiny groups of quantum mush and foams. These quantum specks are measurable once the movement of time and space are stopped from moving. So molecularly small as it can be that it somewhat challenged Max Planck to develop the Planck length (about 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 6 meters, in figures) in order to measure these small intervals.
The last of the three famous paradoxes of Zeno is the Arrow paradox. It is oftentimes called the Fletcher's paradox. Zeno contradicts this event by premising that objects must change or must be able to move from its position in order to have motion. Philosophers would simply explain the paradox as that the arrow retains its own size and at rest whether or not it is in flight or at rest. It is like taking pictures of an arrow in flight. From a single frame, it can be gleamed that the arrow is not moving. It also is true on the other frames as well that the arrow is really at a state of rest. Therefore, there is no movement present. Helium.com further explains said paradox by adding that the arrow has, at any point during its flight, an exact location and therefore cannot move or cannot be in motion. This event makes sense when is viewed in the present and not in the past or in the future. And since the former explanation is given; it would be clear that, as Zeno puts it that the idea of Time consists of a series of present frames whereby each frame represents no movement or manifests a state of being stationary, thus the impossibility of movement is emphasized.
The arguments and discussions above about Zeno's paradoxes influenced the way man perceived space and time. To Zeno, space, time and motion are impossible to exist. But with the modern studies and modern minds plunging into Zeno's paradoxical pool, clear and factual possibilities emerges which enables the common modern man to have a grasp of his ideas and concepts.
For a simple reader or for a common man, all these may look ridiculous and may sound funny but worth learning and comprehending when closely scrutinized and examined upon. All it takes, as some would put it, is an open mind. It need not be absurd.


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A lot of people are buzzing about this album, so I decided to check it out. First off, Holy Ghost! is a DJ duo from Brooklyn, NY, formed by Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser of the now-defunct group Automato. They are currently signed to DFA. From the first listen, it seems like some catchy modern disco music.
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Coccidioidomycosis Symptoms, Causes and Risk Factors
Coccidioidomycosis is often misdiagnosed and treated as bacterial pneumonia, which is more common. The symptoms and initial testing are often not enough to distinguish it from other causes of infection.
What Are The Symptoms of Coccidioidomycosis?
Many people infected with coccidioidomycosis have no or minimal symptoms. When present, typical symptoms include:
- Cough
- Chest pain
- Shortness of breath
- Fever
Symptoms more typical of pneumonia due to coccidioidomycosis include:
- Joint aches
- Fatigue
- Rash
- A disease that lasts for weeks rather than days
A small number of people affected by coccidioidomycosis go on to develop chronic disease that may affect lung function and require prolonged treatment or even surgery. In some individuals with previously undiagnosed coccidioidomycosis, chest X-ray or CT scan findings may resemble lung cancer or other chronic lung infections, such as tuberculosis. Fewer than 1 percent of people infected will develop disseminated disease (disease outside of the lungs), which may involve the skin, bone, joints or meninges (protective layers around the brain).
What Are the Causes of Coccidioidomycosis?
A fungus, Coccidioides, causes coccidioidomycosis. This fungus is present in the soil in dry regions of the Western Hemisphere. It is acquired by inhalation of the organism into the lungs, where it multiplies and causes disease.
What Are the Risk Factors for Coccidioidomycosis?
People living in or traveling to endemic regions are at risk for acquiring the disease. Exposure to dust storms or areas where soil is being disturbed, such as construction sites, is associated with an increased risk. African-Americans and Filipinos seem to be at increased risk relative to Caucasians, perhaps related to a genetic predisposition to develop this infection. Persons with compromised immune systems are at increased risk of developing severe or disseminated disease. These include:
- HIV infection
- People taking immune-suppressing medication therapy for a variety of autoimmune or rheumatologic diseases
- Solid organ transplant recipients
- Diabetics
When to See Your Doctor
If you live in or have traveled to an area where coccidioidomycosis occurs and develop these symptoms, you should consult with your healthcare provider.
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Anna Kendrick In Kate Spade Collection and an Interview!
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Anna Kendrick is featured in the upcoming advertising campaign for Kate Spade New York's holiday collection and as always she looks fabulous! Click on the links below for interviews with the actress talking modeling, music and acting as well as pictures and BTS looks from the advertising campaign.
The Daily Mail: Has Christmas come early? Anna Kendrick stuns in red silk mini dress as she models for Kate Spade New York's new holiday line
The Daily Mail: Anna Kendrick's latest role? Kate Spade model! Behind the scenes with the actress on the set of her stunning new holiday campaign


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text: Building PaxLair Player Town - Release 11 PaxLair Player Town in Release 11October 23-26, 2014 We are building PaxLair ("Peace Place") Player Town in Release 10 like we did in R10, R9, R8, R7, R6, and R5. We are planning to build in Valemark again. PaxLair is building new facilities this release, to include basements (including an arena). We may test using buildings not in the Valemark area, such as shoreline/water lots. The main goal in this release for PaxLair is to continue ideas for building the town and holding new events. Planned Events: Please see Avatars Circle Community Events calendar for all the planned events, including PaxLair. The calendar includes several time zones and our specific event times may change. So PLEASE use the Avatars Circle Calendar. PaxLair will: hold some PaxLair Gatherings be involved in the Welcome Quest test use of basements General Information: PaxLair is an OPEN community for people, guilds, establishments, and wanderers. PaxLair will be a metropolis sized Player Owned Town when SotA is released to the public. We are building PaxLair using our experiences with PaxLair in Old Britannia (Ultima Online) since 1998 (and still running). We are also using new ideas and meeting new people. These pre-Alpha releases help us get to know people, try out ideas, see what works and does not work, and have fun. This thread is for our journal of activities/progress, questions and answers, and interaction with anyone and everyone. We want to meet our neighbors, hold some events, wander on adventures, and get to know each other in this new realm. So please look for us. Most existing PaxLair citizens will have a last name of Pax or PaxLair, but in the final release, we will probably not have such last names. Remember, we are building a town... not a guild. Many people and guilds can be in PaxLair. See Also: Town Hall listing: PaxLair Player Town SotA Wiki: PaxLair Page SotA Thread: Building PaxLair in R10 SotA Thread: Building PaxLair in R9 SotA Thread: Building PaxLair in R8 SotA Thread: Building PaxLair in R7 SotA Thread: Building PaxLair in R6 Location: We are building PaxLair in Valemark again. We hope many will join us! Valemark lot map (drawn by Ashlynn)


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There's rumours roaring from the SUN that a Nigerian consortium is about to buy Newcastle Utd. and reinstate Kevin Keegan with a £70 MILLION war chest. It could be… …though that any rumours are just rumours right now as Newcastle is easy prey to journalists needing a story. It would be in Newcastle's interests though if there was a new owner and manager soon as the pain can't carry on forever. 🙁 Let's see how things progress but I reckon there might be a lot of rumours going until finally some clarity comes through. Rumours seem to sell as well as truth!!


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"Would You Rather…" is an ancient old game that is actually quite fun to play when you are stuck somewhere with a friend, for example, waiting for your flight at the airport. More often than not the continuations for those 3 words are a bit more twisted-minded than what I decided to embark on here, but nonetheless, a brilliant way to pass time.
I was scrolling through Pinterest one day and came across these "This or That" listings and going through them my thoughts started racing. So I thought to make my preferences clear to y'all instead of just pondering them alone at home.
So, here goes my preferences times 20:
Summer | Winter
Because nobody needs Winter; it's a horrible, depressing, cold and dark thing. Away with it!
Breakfast | Dinner
I don't eat breakfast (unless somebody wants to join me for one in a restaurant on a weekend).
City | Countryside
I need countryside breaks and our Summer house in the woods is precious to me but I'd never trade away living in a city.
Sunrise | Sunset
Sunrises happen at a time when I'd rather stay in bed and keep on sleeping.
Peanut Butter | Nutella
I wouldn't spend my money on either, but if I had to choose I'd go for Nutella.
Bath | Shower
Call me weird but I hate both: I get no relaxation out of making myself wet and wrinkly, so the quicker I'm able to get out the better. Plus, bath tubs are bloody dangerous!
Pancakes | Waffles
Love, love, love them both… But I'll go for waffles because there's more of them (they're thicker, you see). But they must be perfect! Not dry and hard, but soft and fluffy ♥
Dine in | Takeaway
Takeaway ordered in. Thank you food deliveries!
TV on | TV off
When I get home from work or wake up in the morning the first thing I do is turn on the TV to get some noise in the apartment.
Soft bed | Hard bed
While living around the UK I had a soft bed in every single apartment and oh dear, the amount of back pains I endured.
One pillow | Several pillows
Because a nest requires several pillows as building material and I require a nest to sleep in.
I do snore | I don't snore
Of course I do not snore! Although, if you ask my boyfriend he would assure you that I do.
Paris | London
Tough one… But I'll go with Paris solely because I have lived in London but only visited Paris, and that trip was a bit of a disaster.
Home | Outside
Even though I love a lazy day in, in particular if it's raining outside, I do enjoy spending time out in the wild. Whether that be forest or city center.
With friends | Alone
No question about it! I live for social encounters and meeting new, interesting people.
Hotel | Camping
I've slept in a tent altogether perhaps 3 times and the last time was 15 years ago and I woke up in the morning to stare straight at a huge spider on top of me… Never again.
Read minds | See to the future
I don't want to know what happens tomorrow, I love the surprise factor. But reading minds would make it so much easier for me to understand my bf!
Live without music | Live without TV
I've lived without TV for long periods in my life, that's fine. But take music out of my life and I have no reason to live.
Book | Ebook
I read blogs on my phone but when it comes to books, I want the concrete item in my hands and to turn (not swipe!) a page.
Text | Call
I only call if it's something really important that needs to be discussed really urgently. Otherwise texting suffices.
I'd love to read your This or That lists so if you've written one, please link your post to the comments :)
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In 2017, the median household income of West Bend residents was $47,417. West Bend households made slightly more than Harcourt households ($47,375), Harvey households ($47,375), and Williams households ($47,404) . However, 11.4% of West Bend residents live in poverty.
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Digitalisation lifts East Africa power generation
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya
NAIROBI – THE impact of digitalisation on electricity generation will take centre stage in the upcoming Future Energy East Africa scheduled for Kenya next week.
The event has received a shot in the arm after Siemens, a longstanding partner, confirmed its return as a platinum sponsor for the event in Nairobi on September 12-13.
"We're moving away from a system of centrally generated electricity to an energy network with many different players, all of which have to be controlled. Without digitalisation, there's no chance it can function," said Johan Helberg, the Siemens Country Manager for Kenya.
Helberg said digitalisation made the technical systems intelligent enabling data to be captured, linked to the IoT with cloud-based operating systems like MindSphere, and processed to optimize operations and ensure the stability of the entire energy system.
The executive said East Africa, set for its 20th edition, was key energy event for Siemens.
"It fits well with and supports all our other initiatives in bringing the Siemens excellence into the region, making real what matters," Helberg said.
Siemens focus on nine countries in the region, with offices in five countries. Its East African hub is headquartered in Ethiopia.
Future Energy East Africa's expo will feature some 80 leading global and local technology and services providers, including country pavilions from China, Indian and Norway.
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After Burundian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on October 12, South Africa and Gambia quickly followed suit and declared their own decisions to leave the court. This isn't the first time that member nations have threatened to withdraw from the court, but none has ever followed through. This time, however, the ICC's future seems less certain. Other ICC members, such as Kenya and Uganda, may seek to "capitalize on the momentum," as Indiana University Professor David Bosco told the New York Times, prompting concerns that the ICC will soon face an African exodus.
To be sure, Burundi's and Gambia's decisions to withdraw from the court are hardly surprising. In April, the ICC opened a preliminary investigation of the situation in Burundi, which has been embroiled in conflict and violence since President Pierre Nkurunziza launched a bid for a third term in office. And Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has been known to crush political dissent, an issue that resurfaced earlier this year when his government was criticized for cracking down against political opponents. Both governments naturally want to avoid direct scrutiny.
South Africa's intent to leave, however, is much more significant. Unlike Burundi, South Africa has never been investigated by the ICC. And whereas Gambia has historically accused the ICC of only prosecuting Africans while ignoring the crimes of Western nations, Pretoria has been a major champion of the ICC since the days of the late Nelson Mandela. In 2013, it also resisted initial calls for an African Union (AU) walkout. As the continent's wealthiest nation, as well as a symbol of justice and reconciliation, South Africa has often played a leadership role in regional political affairs. Its decision to withdraw, therefore, deals a significant blow to the legitimacy of the court.
And that is a shame. The ICC does have flaws—such as limited political will and uneven membership—but it remains crucial to combatting impunity, especially among high-level officials that
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Movie Reviews, News, Pinoy Film Reviews, Philippine Film Entertainment Stuff, Articles, Screening Skeds of the movies shown in Iloilo City. The country's only NO-GOSSIP BS Entertainment Website. For Film Junkies like you and me. Watch out for JUST ANOTHER FILM JUNKIE at the Iloilo City newspaper daily, The Guardian, every weekends.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
By Reymundo Salao
Just Another Film Junkie
The Guardian, February 26, 2005
Not so long within the first few minutes of the film CONSTANTINE, and there is a brief appearance of a small Philippine flag hanging by a room in a Los Angeles apartment. Later on, there is a scene where a young woman (a role played by Filipina, Jhoanna Trias) possessed by a demon tells the protagonist Constantine "PAPATAYIN NATIN SILA!" suddenly the audience reacted in surprising exclamation, some of them asking themselves if their ears have deceived them that they heard the Filipino language in possibly one of this year's potential blockbusters.
But seeing and hearing Filipino is not the only big deal about this film. CONSTANTINE is highly anticipated, and indeed it satisfies with its intriguing enigmatic energy, its horror-supernatural adventure, and even its eye-candy factor. But nowadays, special effects really don't matter as much anymore. Gone are the days when action-adventure films would pointlessly attempt to outdo the other by pushing the limits of visual effects, trying to create the most flawless fantastical visual stimulation. Nowadays, it has to be the storyline-concept that has to be solid and attention-grabbing. Such is the case of CONSTANTINE, which is based on the DC-Vertigo adult-comicbook series HELLBLAZER. To begin with, Hellblazer (just like all of the other Vertigo comicbooks like DEATH and SANDMAN) is already one helluva-profound series, about John Constantine, a working-class mage, a con-artist, a thief, former punk, a bastard hero, and a chain-smoker who is dying of lung cancer. And because he has spent his younger years unguidedly dabbling in the occult, black magic, and a very rotten personality, his soul is doomed for hell. Now that he is faced with the imminence of death, he is in a desperate quest for salvation, trying to buy his way into heaven, primarily, by helping people as a sort of a supernatural detective, exorcising half-breed demons that mischievously wander the Earth, and sending them back to hell.
The film version has some understandable alterations that stray a bit from the original Hellblazer. In the original comics series, John Constantine is British, and the setting of the entire saga primarily revolves around Constantine's own urban home, London. In the movie, however, Constantine is American and its setting is Los Angeles. The comicbook Constantine is also dirtier, more foul-mouthed, and has blond hair (Its writer Alan Moore, along with it's artists Steve Bissette and John Totleben, intended Constantine to look just like the rock musician Sting). But Keanu Reeves does give a satisfactory performance that can still give the title-character he plays the same bad-boy-coolness reputation it deserves. It was rather refreshing to see Reeves break away from playing a goody-goody guy role, one that freely whips out the dirty finger and be nastily rude even to such a hot chick as Rachel Weisz. Weisz plays the role of detective Angela Dodson, whose twin sister appears to have committed suicide. Her denial and disbelief over her sister's death led her to Constantine who discovered that demons from hell were somehow responsible for her sister's death, and that they were planning to prey on Angela next, in preparation for the coming of the son of the devil, the one that will rule the Earth with blood and pain.
The film was directed by Francis Lawrence who has made a remarkable leap from his past achievements of making music-videos, to such an intriguing epic, one that already has a cult (comicbook) following. The noir look worked really well, along with the gritty atmosphere of the movie, with elegant urban settings, and the damp aura that looks as if you can smell the places. It felt like it was directed by master directors of grit, goth and horror, like David Fincher (Se7en), Alex Proyas (The Crow), and John Carpenter (The Thing, They Live). No flashy stunts, just the right tone of gloom and well-placed darkness. The film also stars Djimon Hounsou as Papa Midnite, Peter Stormare as Lucifer, and (90's rock band) Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, whose first acting performance was unimpressive but adequate. This film should not to be compared with the Matrix, although its trailer has a very close resemblance, even a seemingly twin format with each other. Constantine is far much deeper, it reaches the depths of hell.
Probably the only clear weakness of the film is its hasty rush of obscure references. The film begins with no gradual introduction, just the swift jump into the details. Some of those unfamiliar with deep supernatural ideas may tend to be hastily lost in all the hellspeak language of the film. Its other weakness is its unavoidable resemblance to the Christopher Walken film "The Prophecy". Fortunately, a tiny resemblance, and ultimately, though, this film ends with its own unique flavor.
Heavy on references to Christian-based context, that being the war between Heaven and Hell, Angels, Demons, sins, and redemption, the lingo of this film may be easy for the regular Filipino viewer to digest. Although there may be some scenes that may make conservative Christians cringe, like when the angel Gabriel utters the four-letter F-word. Sure, let's just claim that it's a different Gabriel from the one mentioned in the Bible. Aside from those tiny details, the film would still be something your Christian Lola may like watching. Sure it should, it preaches salvation. It even preaches that dabbling in the occult is just going to lead you to demonic misery, probably a redundant moral lesson that stands in many horror films. But in this film, it hits close to simplicity; Do not try to look (into hell, into the devil), for it looks back. Dabble in the occult, and you may get yourself damned to hell, just like Constantine. Stop smoking too, just like Constantine's dilemma, that trip to hell might come sooner before he can attain redemption.
Be wary, though, that this film is rated-R for violence and demonic images, probably the thing that Brunei wouldn't tolerate. The movie has been deemed unsuitable for public viewing, Ahmad Kadir, the secretary of the Brunei government's Censor Board. But for Filipino viewers, anything horrible is fine, just as long as it has an end where evil fails and the good triumphs.
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text: Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews By David M. Gitlitz No cover image Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews By David M. Gitlitz Read preview Synopsis "Secrecy and Deceit documents the religious customs of the Iberian Jews who converted to Catholicism, largely under duress, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Although many of the converts quickly melted into the Catholic mainstream, thousands of others and their descendents strove to preserve their Jewish culture despite the efforts of the Inquisition to suppress them. The author uses Inquisition records, chronicles, rabbinical rulings, letters, eyewitness accounts, religious books, and other historical documents to give the most thorough and accurate picture of crypto-Jews ever cataloged." Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Excerpt The history of Jews on the Iberian Peninsula spans three thousand years. the beginnings are obscure, but may go as far back as Solomon's trade with Andalusian Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22) or the Phoenician coastal trading settlements of Iberia in the tenth century bce. Jews undoubtedly traded along the Spanish coasts during the periods of Greek and Carthaginian domination of the Mediterranean, even though the first tangible archaeological evidence of Jewish Iberians dates only from Roman times. For the next fifteen hundred years the fortunes of Iberian Jews followed those of the Romans, Visigoths, Moslems, and Christians who successively controlled the Peninsula. On the whole Jews fared better when the dominant culture's religion was not fundamentalist in character or conversionist in policy. Jewish low points occurred when the Roman (312 CE) and then Visigothic states (589 CE) became Christian or when the puritanical Moslem Almoravids (1090) and later the Almohads (1147-60) purged Andalusian Islam. the high point was undoubtedly the florescence of Jewish culture in Moslem Andalucia during the tenth through the twelfth centuries. When Christian dominance over the Peninsula was finally assured in the mid-thirteenth century, Jews played a crucial role in cultural transmission and in the financial and political administration of the Christian kingdoms. Eventually this too turned sour, and on March 31, 1492, the Catholic Monarchs Fernando and Isabel signed an order giving the Jews four months to be Christian or be gone. From August 1, 1492, until the late nineteenth century there were legally no Jews in Spain. the fifteen thousand or so Jews who live there today are almost entirely recent immigrants.Documentary evidence suggests that from at least Christian Roman times there had been many converts from and a few converts to Judaism. Those provisions of the separatist laws of the Council of Elvira (c. 300 CE), the Visigothic code (654- 81), the Islamic Pact of Omar (ninth century), and medieval Christian legislation such as Alfonso X's Siete partidas (1265) which are aimed at hindering conversions from Christianity to Judaism would not have been necessary if sporadic conversions had not been taking place. Numbers are impossible to estimate but, to judge from the scarcity of other documentation dealing with neophyte Jews, conversions to Judaism must have been rare. Other provisions of these laws encouraged conversion to the dominant religion, and evidence suggests that the number of Jews becoming Moslem or Christian was far greater than the number of converts to . . . Related books and articles Books Journals Magazines Newspapers Encyclopedia A History of the Jews in Christian Spain - Vol. 1 By Yitzhak Baer Jewish Publication Society, 1992 Read preview Overview The Marranos of Spain: From the Late 14th to the Early 16th Century, According to Contemporary Hebrew Sources By B. Netanyahu Cornell University Press, 1999 Read preview Overview The Jews of Moslem Spain - Vol. 1 By Eliyahu Ashtor; Jenny Machlowitz Klein; Aaron Klein Jewish Publication Society of America, 1992 Read preview Overview The Jews of Spain and the Expulsion of 1492 By Roth, Norman The Historian, Vol. 55, No. 1, Autumn 1992 PRPEER-REVIEWED PERIODICAL Peer-reviewed publications on Questia are publications containing articles which were subject to evaluation for accuracy and substance by professional peers of the article's author(s). Read preview Overview Conflict and Coexistence: Archbishop Rodrigo [Jiménez De Rada] and the Muslims and Jews of Medieval Spain By Burns, Robert I. The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 91, No. 4, October 2005 PRPEER-REVIEWED PERIODICAL Peer-reviewed publications on Questia are publications containing articles which were subject to evaluation for accuracy and substance by professional peers of the article's author(s). Read preview Overview Conflict and Coexistence: Archbishop Rodrigo and the Muslims and Jews of Medieval Spain By Abulafia, Anna Sapir Shofar, Vol. 25, No. 2, Winter 2007 PRPEER-REVIEWED PERIODICAL Peer-reviewed publications on Questia are publications containing articles which were subject to evaluation for accuracy and substance by professional peers of the article's author(s). Read preview Overview The Jews of Medieval Gerona, Spain By Gelboin, Harry V. Midstream, Vol. 46, No. 5, July 2000 Read preview Overview Jews through Christian Eyes By Tritle, Erika The Christian Century, Vol. 134, No. 24, November 22, 2017 Read preview Overview Fighting Their Corner: Even as Europe Claimed to Emancipate Jews, It Ended Up Persecuting Them By Williams, Rowan New Statesman (1996), Vol. 146, No. 5387, October 6, 2017 Read preview Overview The End of Tolerance the Uprooting of Spain's Jews and Muslims Brought to an End a Fertile Civilization and a Unique Era of Coexistence between Adherents of the Three Great Monotheistic Religions. HISTORICAL TURNING POINT By Howard LaFranchi, writer of The Christian Science Monitor The Christian Science Monitor, April 1, 1992 Read preview Overview Reclaiming Spain's Jews By Dyer, Gwynne Winnipeg Free Press, April 23, 2014 Read preview Overview Sephardic Jews Eager for Spain Citizenship By Gladstone, Rick International New York Times, March 21, 2014 Read preview Overview FREE! Jews The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2018 Read FREE! Sephardim The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2018 Read FREE! Ashkenaz The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2018 Read VIEW ALL RELATED BOOKS AND ARTICLES