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Your best plans can go sideways sometimes, especially when those plans get interupted. Example, got home from Church after snoozing through much of it. While the Sunday School lesson wasn't making me sleepy, Priesthood meeting was. With that, and it being Testimony Sunday, I heard many, but one from, Sister Smith, has stuck in my head and it does ring true for not only our Heavenly Father who a long time ago, I gave him the name Kahless
This is what God looks like, not the superficial images many have you seen before. That said Sister Smith said, do not wait for Kahless to reach down to you, you should reach up to him, thus with both the Knytes/WolfPack don't wait for us to reach out or down to you, why not reach out and reach up to us? So with that got home. And got into producing the show for radio, when it was a constant barage from Shelly, on the phone, texts, and Facebook. Most of you know I think of facebook as a tool, not a place to solve my problems. Yet there she was trying to be Miss super spy and all following me all around fb plus just being a pest. Grant me that yes I do love her shit I must love her if I didn't money or no money, I'd give the boot, but because I do love Shelly, I'm working under pressure to build a life again here.
So did not get everything done so scrubbed the show and decided under very humid conditions to go snag some sack time.
This morning before Church I scarffed down a half can of peaches and a quart sized glass of milk. By the end of Church I needed feeding. So cruised to the Wendell Snack Bar, ordered me up a cheese burger, that was no bigger than a Hostess Ding Dong. Some baby taters, okay their really tater tots, but since I have been watching Andi Mack on the Disney Channel, on that show they call em baby taters. So I do too. Reason? Not Andi Mack but her mom, hey she rides a Harley. So that's that on that.
So about to the table, Crimson and Dani call, seems as though the diaper supply had began to stop or seriously slow down. With that said they meet me at the Snack Bar. The usual hug good bye's were longer, and even Dani gave me a hug. It's not that either did anything wrong and at that moment I was sorta broke, but there was cash in the stash, back at the house, but I never got to say that. It's not that Crimson or Dani, did anything except mess a step or two in protocol, but that said I caught a compliment, all is well. The skipped step in protocol? Both needed to remember who the AlphaWolf here is and who is the supporting cast. With the organization protocol is everything. It's , me Tarzan she Jane, or in other words, squaw walk in rear. Me Chief , she Indian. Not the other way around.
Th super fox at church was there today as well, but I think she's a bit spooked by ye ole bawd wolf here. As she started going to a different Sunday School class. I have also noticed that with not saying, the neighbors, with all the babes walking in and out here at the Rode House, that they have restricted the affilation of their vertically challenged little native American youngn's to hang around this big bawd Wolf. Seems as though many get this way, its a don't hang around the big nasty smelly bikers, but the same families will be the first in line to get a free toy at Christmas from our toy runs, or be the first in line to sign up with the Knytes to protect their little darlings from those that assault one of these little ones and all before going to court. It's called BACA, Bikers Against Child Abuse. The Knytes are a chapter of that group as well. If you live on a street or avenue where a biker or a group of bikers live, feel lucky and blessed, as your safer with bikers on your street than if we weren't. The saying goes, the Knytes do what the cops and/or the Church can't. Nuff Said.
Any mile Dani will be here at 13:00 so I'm out of here.


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The Ashwaubenon Village-Wide Rummage Sale will be held rain or shine on Friday, April 24 from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. & Saturday, April 25 from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
To ensure your included on the map, your registration form must be received no later than Friday, March 27. This is necessary to guarantee maps are printed in time for the rummage sales.
The maps contain the location of each sale along with a short description of items to be sold. Maps will be available to download via the link below otherwise hard copies will be also available at the Village Hall and Ashwaubenon Community Center beginning by Monday, April 20.
If you have questions, email them to: email@example.com or you may call the Ashwaubenon Parks, Recreation & Forestry office at 920.492.2331.

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This week, as a beacon of spring hope, Jennifer Paganelli's newest Jenny Eliza line arrived in Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft stores everywhere! Full of bright colors and winsome floral patterns, this line is a ray of sunshine in the cold
Category: Fashion
This Thursday, our fabric samples are from the 1960's. These fabrics take us back to a time when Martin Luther King Jr. gave a vision of a peaceful future. We touched down in the distant soil of our moon, The


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Sharjah FDI Forum 2016
Global Event Management Group were appointed by the Financial Times in the UK, to run the Annual Foreign Direct Investment Forum for the Sharjah government in September 2016.
The event involved foreign Direct Investors, representatives from Consulates and Embassies from all over the world coming together to discuss the investment opportunities available to them in Sharjah.
GEM were responsible for the organization of the 2-day event, including the Production, set design, lighting, sponsors stand design and build, furniture and floral arrangements.
GEM's hostess division, Premiere Hostess, provided the event staff and hostesses for the event.
Global Event Management Group also organized the Gala dinner at the Al Majaz Waterfront for all the guests on the first evening. This was a fantastic red carpet affair with exceptional catering from the JW Marriott, entertainment from the very talented Sparks musicians and a tailored lights and laser watershow. Both the Shurooq and Financial Times Logos could be seen at the end of each watershow on the waterscreens.
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Private Education in Singapore preparing for the next wave -- time to embrace disruptions and unexpected events in its stride
/EINPresswire.com/ -- SINGAPORE--(Marketwired - Oct 12, 2017) - Disruptions and unexpected external circumstances have served to change the landscape of private education in Singapore. To this end, the conference aims to address what educators can do to stay relevant to support the education sector and prepare the workforce for the future.
For the third time since the organisation's inception 7 years ago, the Singapore Association for Private Education (SAPE) held a one-day conference on Thursday, 12th October to the theme of "Transforming Education for the Next Wave - Benchmarking for Success."
This year saw an increase of more than 10% in participation indicating a strong desire and commitment from the private education sector to transform itself and band together for greater collaboration to prepare for the challenges ahead. Apart from speakers from the education industry sharing best practices on different aspects of providing quality education, other industry speakers also shared insights from their respective fields in law, aviation, digital and data.
Newly elected President of SAPE, Mr. Leon Choong, who is also the President of Kaplan Singapore, set the tone of the conference by stating that, "Benchmarking is not just about identifying and implementing good practices. They should be best practices or at the very least practices that are better than what you currently employ. There is also a need to look beyond comparing academic results between the private and public institutions -- and really delve into areas such as employability, industry-relevance, service experience and so on."
Keynote speaker of the event, Mr Brandon Lee, Director-General (Private Education) SkillsFuture Singapore, shared his perspective and insight on "purposeful education," that educators need to be more specific about what is taught, the value offered and how the individual thinks differently after the learning experience. As employers today are looking beyond qualifications, he hopes that educators will also look at areas such as alumni networks, career guidance and support, developing industry partnerships and work attachments to better prepare individuals for employment.
Shifting the focus from academic programmes, there was also significance placed on adult and lifelong learning. The guest-of-honour at the event, Ms. Low Yen Ling, Singapore's Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education, highlighted the need for educators to customise and curate skills-based courses that are attractive to adult learners. These courses should be "bite-sized modules" and engaging. More importantly, these courses need to be relevant to the industry's needs and ideally mapped against the Industry Transformation Maps (ITM), integrated roadmaps covering 23 industries under 6 clusters introduced by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in 2016 to "sustain growth and competitiveness of Singapore's economy and industries."
About Singapore Association for Private Education (SAPE)
SAPE is a not-for-profit association formed to promote access to, and excellence in, private higher education and to ensure the private education industry in Singapore exhibits the highest level of professional conduct and undertakes best business practices.
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over the years, I had the good fortune of seeing diddley a few times, he gave one heck of a show! diddley was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1987. by the way bo diddley was his stage name, bo was born ellas otha bates.
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Travelers Umbrella Delivery Service
Travelers Insurance has launched a TV advertisement in which an insurance representative (played by Paul Freeman) travels with a 35-foot umbrella, coming to the rescue of people in need. Children caught in the rain, a circus troupe stranded at a ferry crossing, two children with broken down bicycles, and a business on Broadway Ave, all are helped out by the guy with the red umbrella. When you need it most, the umbrella is there.
The red umbrella was re-adopted by The Travelers Companies in 2007, acquired from Citigroup, who had picked up the umbrella logo during a merge with Travelers Insurance in 1998.
Click on the image below to play the video.
The Travelers Insurance Delivery was designed at Fallon, Minneapolis, by executive creative director Al Kelly, creative director Todd Riddle, creative director/art director Scott O'Leary, creative director/copywriter Ryan Peck, head of broadcast Vic Palumbo and agency producer Kate Talbott.
Filming was shot in New Zealand by Rupert Sanders via MJZ, Los Angeles, with director of photography Christopher Soos, executive producer Eric Stern, line producers Laurie Boccaccio and Katie Smith, and production company Cherokee Films.
Editor was Bill Smedley via Spotwelders (Work Post) with executive producer David Glean, producer Lisa English and assistant editor Sterling Robertson.
Visual effects were designed at MassMarket, New York, by VFX creative director Cedric Nicholas Troyan, designer Mate Steinforth, lead Flame artist Jamie Scott, Flame artist Sarah Eim, VFX executive producers Justin Lane, Angela Bowen and Nancy Nina Hwang, 3D Lead technical director Jeffrey Dates, 3D Animators: Jonah Friedman, Rich Magan, Kris Rivel, trackers Joerg Liebold and Hyunjeen Lee, Roto artists Leslie Chung (lead), Alejandro Monzon, David Marte, Joon Park, Jordan Harvey.
Justin Lane, executive producer at MassMarket, said,"The biggest challenge, as with any effects job is to make the CG look as good as the live action element. For this spot we had scenes in which we would go from a real umbrella and then cut to a CG umbrella, so the texture, lighting and the way the material moved had to be spot on."
Telecine was done at Company 3 by colorist Sean Coleman.
Music was composed by Robert Miller via Stimmung, produced by Joey Reyes with engineer Michael Golub. Sound was designed by Ren Klyce at Mit Out Sound with producer Misa Kageyama. Sound was mixed by Tom Jucarone at Sound Lounge.
Filed under: Commercials, Travelers
Tagged: Bill Smedley, Cherokee Films, Chris Soos, Fallon, MassMarket, Mit Out Sound, MJZ, Rupert Sanders, Sound Lounge, Spot Welders, Stimmung, Work Post
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Jean–Paul Guerlain is one of the most famous perfume creators in the world. He was the last perfume master of the family house, Guerlain, and held that position for over forty years. During this time, he created the some of the biggest hits of the eponymous house with his own perfumes: Vétiver, Habit Rouge, Samsara, Chamade, Nahema, Guerlinade, to name a few, among others. He retired from this post in 2002. He joined the "My Exclusive Collection" start-up in the spring and his new fragrances are anticipated to be released in early 2017.
"People will always be passionate about French perfumes and their international reputation is still very strong," says Stéphane Laffont-Reveilhac, President of "My Exclusive Collection."
This French start–up will specialize in luxury products and perfumes. Convinced of the power of the French savoir-faire in creating exceptional perfumes, he decided to contact Jean–Paul Guerlain, one of the esteemed "noses" of our time. Guerlain could not resist taking up the challenge as a perfume creator again.
"Perfume is the most intense form of memory. It must be a promise of happiness. It also represents beauty, elegance, a touch of luxury, a personal and intimate journey," said Jean–Paul Guerlain.
"Our aim is to restore the actual essence of traditional perfume creation and French craftsmanship with a collection of modern fragrances linked to today's world: universal, connected and ethical. A perfume is a work of art which must go through time and space against the grain of current trends dictated by the marketing and financial performance." confirms Stéphane Laffont-Reveilhac.
The first perfumes for men and women will be released at the beginning of 2017. Produced in France, respecting the highest level of bioethics and sustained development, the perfumes will also be included in a line of cosmetics and products for facial and body care. The collaboration between "My Exclusive Collection" and Jean–Paul Guerlain is a true innovation in the perfume world.
"It is also an exciting adventure involving people who take great pride in what they do, as well as a unique opportunity. The search for investors has started and is aimed at partners who share our values and vision: to be true Ambassadors of French savoir-faire and luxury worldwide. Perfume is the essence of boundless dreams and our dreams are without limits," concludes Stéphane Laffont-Reveilhac.


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A daughter's 30-year wait for justice was finally brought to an end after her dad from Leighton Buzzard was convicted of child sexual abuse.
James Carlino, 58, was found guilty at Luton Crown Court of all counts of sexually abusing his daughter in the mid 80s.
Carlino, of Waterdell, was a well-known face around Leighton Buzzard and worked as a maintenance man for years.
And for 35-year-old daughter Donna Carlino, who has waived her right to anonymity, it is a moment tinged with sadness.
"I feel like ... you know, it's a bit of justice. But when I called my family this time last year, my mum didn't want me back.
"She used to say I'm trying to split their marriage."
For nearly 30 years, only-child Donna kept the truth about Carlino's abuse a secret, and went through a troubled adolescence and teenage years – she was placed into care and became pregnant at 15.
It was only after getting her life back on track and attempting to heal relations with her family that Donna found the courage to confront her father in 2014.
She said: "Prior to it all coming out, I planned this trip to Yorkshire with my mum. It got to the date where we were going to go and he opposed it.
"I was really angry because me and my mum have never spent any time together. I told him I'd tell everyone what he is and what he's done."
Donna states that in the conversation, she told her father how he "ruined her life".
She said: "Even later, when it came to court I thought, at least I'd had that conversation with him.
"I knew and he knew what he had done."
After confronting Carlino, Donna told other family members about the abuse during her childhood.
She subsequently called police over Christmas 2014 and her father was charged in June.
Carlino pleaded not guilty from the outset and his trial began at Luton Crown Court on December 7.
Donna said: "I just felt ready. But I had to go in there on my own
" I never even got prepped before I went in."
In court, she went head-to-head with Carlino's defence barrister – firing back questions and referring to Carlino repeatedly as a "paedophile".
Donna added: "I knew that it was his job to make my story look weak and it was my job to tell him, 'no, you've not got a chance'."
Carlino was found guilty of all 12 charges on December 15 and will be sentenced on January 29.
Donna now lives outside of Leighton Buzzard and is happily settled with her partner and young child. But the rift with her family remains.
She said: "My life is fine now. But back in my childhood they had each other, I had no-one.
"All the pain I've gone through... I've protected my son and that woman couldn't even go to the court so that just speaks volumes."
Donna added: "I got the impression my dad thought he was off the hook.
"I think it's important to speak out and not be ashamed of what happened."


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Episode 17- Independent Contractor Bill in New Jersey
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December 9, 2019
Episode 16- 30 Year Reunion/Vivian Ireene Pierce
I break down this episode with my thoughts of the 30 year reunion that I attended and then I got to meet an Adult Star, Vivian Ireene Pierce. We are working on doing a podcast before the end of the year podcast on December 22nd!! Vivian Ireene Pierce's Instagram is @vivianireenepierce by the way
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November 5, 2019
Episode 13- "Let Your Voice Be Heard"
This podcast is actually a mix of different things that came from a saying that I came across on my Instagram. I bring up a shout out from Kimberly Kravitz at New Jersey News Network and all the listeners that have listened to these podcasts. I bring up Election Day on Tuesday, November 5th and it all entwined into letting your voice being heard.
November 3, 2019
Podcast Episode 12- Tribute to my friend, Bill Holden
I give a special message as a tribute to someone I worked with and knew for a very long time. He was my friend and my mentor. I will always miss everything he did and if I had my limousine business, I would had definitely wanted this man to help me. Thank you Bill for everything you did in my life.
October 29, 2019
Podcast Episode 11- Killa Kosplay
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October 29, 2019
Episode 10- Vike Beauty"
I came across these 2 young entrepreneurs from New York, originally from Belarus that came out with this product. It is a spray make up remover. You can check it out at www.vikebeauty.com and if you want free shipping, use promo code "newlaunch". I will post the demo video on the "Life with Joey Calvo" Twitter (@LifeCalvo) as well as the @lifewithjoeycalvo Instagram page. Will try to get on the "Life with Joey Calvo" Facebook page
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Episode 9- "Life with Vinny"
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October 6, 2019
Podcast Episode 6- Thank you Valeria
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Yesterday, Buddy Davis and I ministered to around 3,000 kids at the special school assembly conducted as part of the AiG conference at Lawndale Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. Around 7,000 people attended the various sessions from Sunday morning through Monday night.
We are seeing atheists become more aggressive in accusing Christians and ministries like AiG of committing "child abuse" and other ridiculous charges because we teach children the truth of God's Word. And as I have shared recently on this blog, atheists want to stop AiG from ministering to children through the Creation Museum. Atheists seek to teach children not to believe in God. So, it is such a thrill for us to be able to continue reaching generations of kids—at school assemblies, at the museum, etc.—to equip them to defend the Christian faith and know they can trust God's Word.
Yesterday, Buddy and I taught the 1,500 kids, from K through age 6, about dinosaurs—the truth is they lived with people, they were made on the sixth day of creation, and so on. We taught them that most fossils were from the Flood of Noah's day. And of course, I taught them how to think correctly by teaching them to ask the question, "Were you there?" when they hear someone teaching about millions of years of history. Atheists go ballistic because we teach these children how to think! Atheists want to brainwash children and teens in atheistic evolution. They don't want kids to be taught how to think correctly!
Here are some photographs taken at the conference where we taught thousands of children:
Here are some more photos taken of the conference where Buddy, Dr. Gary Parker, and I were able to ensure that thousands more people now are equipped with answers to be able to defend the Christian faith:
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Fifteen retired Rangers were inducted into the 2016 Ranger Hall of Fame class, and one retired Soldier was recognized as an honorary inductee, during a ceremony held July 14 in Marshall Auditorium.
The Rangers inducted into the Hall of Fame were retired Brig. Gen. William Bond, Command Sgt. Maj. David Dalton, Command Sgt. Maj. James Gibson, Col. Glenn Hale, Sgt. Maj. Ronald Hart, Gen. P.K. Ken Keen, Sgt. Gary Linderer, Capt. Stephen Maguire, Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Mellinger, Master Sgt. Jesus Moncada, Staff Sgt. Robert Passanisi, Staff Sgt. Raymond Schuder, Command Sgt. Maj. Tommy Shook, Command Sgt. Maj. Willie Snow and Lt. Col. James Tucker.
Retired Col. Robert Poydasheff, a former mayor of Columbus, was inducted as an honorary member of the Hall of Fame.
Each inductee was given a bronze Ranger Hall of Fame medallion.
"We are proud to have a whole bunch of Rangers here," said retired Ranger Col. Robert "Tex" Turner, the guest speaker for the ceremony. "I am very proud and very honored just to get to talk to them."
Turner shared some personal anecdotes about a few of the Rangers he knew, including Maguire and Tucker.
"I wish I could say a lot more about each and every one of you, but I don't know you all that well. I'll get to know you though, I promise," said Turner.
Each inductee was invited to speak after receiving their medals.
One of the inductees, Hale, explained his first experience with the Ranger creed.
"When I looked at the Ranger creed for the first time I was shocked. Everything it said, I believed in," said Hale. "There are three particular phrases in there that caught my attention right away and that is: I'll never fail my comrades, I'll never leave a fallen comrade and I will complete the mission."
Hale explained that those three phrases are the most important out of the entire Ranger creed. "It is why Rangers are respected around the world and why Rangers are feared around the world," said Hale. "It is a great honor to serve in a regiment and a great honor to be included with these men in the pantheon of American warriors."
To be inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame, Rangers must be deceased or have been separated or retired from active military service for at least three years. Inductees must have served in a Ranger unit in combat or be a successful graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger course.
Honorary inductees must have made a considerable contribution to Ranger units, the Ranger foundation or the Ranger community, but do not meet the normal criteria for induction.
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Quorn Country Hotel | Leicestershire
- Capacity: 2-260
- Hire For: All, Wedding & Reception, Event
- Accomodation: 36 bedrooms
- Hire From Price: £1,000
- DIY Weddings Allowed: No
Close to Loughborough, Quorn is a pretty market town and a highly sought after place to live. The Quorn Country Hotel is a Leicestershire wedding venue that can offer it all: romance, beautiful views and gardens, exemplary double A rosette food and gorgeous interiors. Sitting pretty on the banks of the River Soar, the 17th century Quorn Country Hotel is one of the top wedding venues in Leicestershire.
Inside the walls of this beautiful Grade II listed building you will find an oak panelled reception hall with a large and sweeping staircase and impressive glass chandeliers; traditional decor pervades with plenty of luxurious touches.
The Charnwood Suite's bookcase lined walls offer a wonderfully manor-house-library style backdrop for your wedding weddings traditional; whilst the Orangery is an invitingly light and airy space.Outside, the pretty riverside patio is a fantastic space for reception drinks, and the immaculately kept landscaped gardens provide an elegant setting for your wedding day photographs.
The Quorn Country Hotel has a range of wedding packages for you to choose from, but can just as easily offer you something completely bespoke.
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Republican Mitt Romney is betting that his selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as a running mate will rally his conservative base in a nip-and-tuck election. President Obama and his Democratic allies are counting on its having the same effect on their side.
No sooner had Romney introduced the Wisconsin congressman as his vice presidential choice in front of a battleship in Norfolk, Va. on Saturday, than the Obama campaign went to war, painting Ryan as a "radical" ideologue whose extreme views would lead to a reprise of the "same, catastrophic mistakes" of the George W. Bush era.
Democrats in Congress and liberal activist groups piled on, denouncing Ryan and sending out frantic fundraising pitches that played off fears of a GOP administration to solicit donations in hopes of matching the Republican cash grab in the wake of the announcement.
Beneath the fierce response was a sense of delight among Democrats that they got the vice presidential candidate they wanted in Ryan, a staunch fiscal conservative. For months, the Obama campaign has been trying to tie Romney to Ryan's Republican House budget proposal, which the president in April called "social Darwinism" that would pit the poor against the wealthy.
Democrats believe Ryan's ideological views will turn off moderate voters and drive liberals to the polls, especially in Florida, a critical swing state where Obama, in two appearances last month, vilified the congressman's proposal to partially privatize Medicare. In this way, Democrats say, Ryan provides a natural foil for the president, who has framed the election as a choice between sharply contrasting visions that could fundamentally reshape the nation.
In a statement, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said that Romney has "chosen a leader of the House Republicans who shares his commitment to the flawed theory that new budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy, while placing greater burdens on the middle class and seniors, will somehow deliver a stronger economy."
Obama did not respond to questions shouted by reporters as he left the White House on Saturday afternoon for a trip to Chicago, where he is to attend four fundraising events Sunday. The president's campaign said that Vice President Biden called Ryan to welcome him to the race, saying he "looked forward to engaging him on the clear choice voters face this November." The two are scheduled to debate Oct. 11 in Danville, Ky.
Yet the Obama campaign's rapid response showed it was well-prepared for Ryan. The president's operatives posted a Web video denouncing Ryan as the "mastermind behind the extreme GOP budget plan," and they added a new page to the campaign's Web site mocking the Romney-Ryan partnership as the "Go Back Team," riffing off the Romney campaign's labeling of the ticket as "America's Comeback Team."
In a fundraising e-mail, Messina wrote: "Our job is to make sure Americans know the truth about what Romney's choice says about him as a candidate and leader."
The president's Democratic allies echoed the campaign's criticism of Ryan. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that Romney's choice "demonstrates that catering to the tea party and the far right is more important to him that standing up for the middle class."
Bill Burton of Priorities USA Action, a super PAC that supports Obama, vowed that his organization would shift the focus of its television ads--which have focused exclusively on Romney's tenure at Bain Capital two decades ago--to Ryan and his budget.
"He was the one nominee who could actually do damage to the ticket," Burton said, acknowledging that he was surprised by Romney's choice. "Everybody else was fairly neutral. No doubt he will fire up conservatives, but he also comes with so many liabilities from his budget that Romney will come to think he made a sizable mistake attaching himself so closely to Paul Ryan."
Democrats running in statewide races also jumped on the anti-Ryan bandwagon. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee warned in a fundraising e-mail that Ryan will "open the floodgates" of donations from conservatives to Romney.
"Don't let them use this moment to beat us. Help us keep pace," the e-mail pleaded.
Tim Kaine, who is engaged in a fierce battle against Republican — and fellow former Virginia governor — George Allen for a Senate seat from that state, sent a fundraising e-mail that tied Allen to the Ryan budget and added: "Even Newt Gingrich called it 'right-wing social engineering.'
Obama has centered his campaign on an appeal to the middle class, emphasizing his belief that the federal government should play a role in investing in critical public needs such as infrastructure, education and health care. Republicans have attacked him for allowing the deficit to grow while pumping money into government programs, such as the stimulus package and the health-care reform bill, that have failed to jump-start the economy.
In a speech in April to the Associated Press, Obama used the Ryan plan as a metaphor for a GOP vision for the country that he said is "antithetical to our entire history" as a land that promises an upward path for the middle class.
"It's a Trojan horse. Disguised as deficit reduction plan, it's really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. It's nothing but thinly veiled social Darwinism," Obama said then. "It's a prescription for decline."
By Saturday evening, Obama had arrived in Chicago, his Marine One helicopter swooping into his home town and dropping him near Soldier Field. His motorcade then proceeded directly to his campaign headquarters, where the president huddled with senior staff members, plotting the next steps in a campaign entering a new phase.


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Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:
Radio Free Europe explains how an obscure nineteenth-century Kazakh poet, Abai, has become an unlikely symbol of the protests opposing Putin's return to power in Russia.
Meanwhile, the New York Daily News has more on the arraignment of poet Joshua Clover, who faces a possible jail sentence after participating in an Occupy Wall Street protest at UC Davis. Alexander Nazaryan writes that Clover, "a California native with two volumes of poetry to his name, is reminiscent of poets like the Soviet Union's Joseph Brodsky or Chile's Pablo Neruda, for whom the life of the poet was inherently political."
In Mexico, following his son's vicious 2011 murder, poet Javier Sicilia has set aside writing to combat drug violence. (Huffington Post)
Forbes features Jeff Mayersohn, the person who (with the help of an Espresso Book Machine) saved Harvard Bookstore from oblivion.
The Guardian reports that the mysterious lover Federico García Lorca directed his sonnets to in his last year has been revealed. Fascists executed Lorca in 1936, "shot along with two anarchist bullfighters and a one-legged schoolteacher." Lorca's young love was the writer Juan Ramírez de Lucas, who held onto a box of mementos of their relationship, including a diary, until his death in 2010.
The Awl asks a host of writers, including Ben Choi, Maile Meloy, and Adelle Waldman: "What are the best audiobooks for a road trip?"
A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests readers of fiction may model behavior on a favorite character. (Guardian)
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5 Quotes by Philosopher Statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero a name not known to many. However, to historians, politicians, poets, lawyers, and any student of the classics will have undoubtedly heard this name uttered as a cornerstone to the foundations of rhetoric and literary prose for the last two millennia. Born on January 3, 106 B.C.E. to a Roman Equestrian family, he discovered his passions for learning and developed a career in advocacy (similar to the practice of law) where he would get to develop his talents as a public orator and would one day become Co-Consul to Julius Caesar. Where later his life would be taken by the Caesarian party for his part in support of the conspirators in the Roman Civil Wars and the denouncement of Marcus Antonius on December 7, 43 B.C.E. His influence over the spoken and written word was so tremendous that his orations and dialogues have altered the way we write and speak even to this day. John Adams first Vice President of the United States and second President of the United States said of him, "All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined."
Overall, Cicero has contributed 6 surviving works on rhetoric, 8 surviving works on philosophy, 32 surviving books of letters to public and private citizens, and 52 recorded speeches which too have survived to this day. All works have lead the way for statesmen, orators, and subsequent philosophers to tread in his wake.The words and works of this man are vast and numerous and it was not easy to narrow down a selection of quotes that inform, inspire, and engrain themselves on the very nature of our souls. We chose a selection which would do those things and hope you can develop a similar appreciation for someone who has contributed much but has also remained an obscure name to most.
1. The beginnings of all things are small.
We must remember that all things from ideas, inventions, philosophies, companies, works of art, self development, and written works all begin small. They often begin as thoughts and notions, and begin to take shape and form. From there we lay down the plans and piece by piece we begin to construct our works. Don't be afraid of the task ahead and what little you have to work with. Know that all things begin small, and that it is up to us to make them big.
2. Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and divides our grief.
We are social creatures and the nature of man is a social one. We have been able to accomplish great things together as a community. Our friendships are our life's greatest treasures. They multiply our happiness, and they help us when we are burdened with troubles. Don't take for granted the friendships that you develop over your life. Take care of them like flowers and plants in a garden. The more you care for them and water them, the brighter they bloom.
3. Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
Gratitude for life leads us to the other virtues. By being grateful we are indebted to return the kindness of life. We return this kindness by living well, by doing good, by living a life we can be proud of. It is in itself a call to be virtuous. Gratitude to others, gratitude to nature, the earth, and the universe which has given us this precious time to do as we see fit and to live life as we are able. Gratitude for these things allows us to live happily and humbly. To return good for good, and even good from harm is the way a philosophical life is lived.
4. Not for ourselves alone are we born.
Selfishness in this life will not do, and this quote by cicero written 2000 years ago holds as much truth then as it does today. We are here to do service for others, for our parents, our friends, our family, our children, and neighbors. By living a life for others we build true value in ourselves. The true wealth in life is how we affect other people, and how we better their lives.
5. While I breathe I hope.
As long as we live their is hope to better our situation, to better ourselves, and to keep fighting for the things we believe in. We must never give up hope. The sun rises through the darkness of night, and we must never give up on the hope of the sun rising in the morning. With each new day, with each new second, and with every breath we must continue to hope to better our circumstances and the world around us.


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The Letter 'H' Continuing on with my series of posts about blogs that I follow, this week I share with you the ones beginning with the letter 'H': Hawkesbury Heritage & Happenings: http://hawkesburyheritage.blogspot.com.au Heritage Family History: http://www.heritagefamilyhistory.co.uk/blog/ With only two blogs … Continue reading
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The Letter 'G' Continuing on with my series of posts about blogs that I follow, this week I share with you the ones beginning with the letter 'G': Geelong and District: www.geelonganddistrict.com Jen's Genealogy & History Hub: http://genealogy.julietarr.com/blog/ Genea-musings: http://www.geneamusings.com … Continue reading
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Hot til the very last sip.
Don't let that last sip of tea go to waste because it's too cold to enjoy—keep it hot to the very end with with the Snow Peak Titanium Double Wall Cup 600. Designed for backpacking, camping, and any outdoor adventure where hot coffee is a must (so pretty much all of them), the Snow Peak Titanium has the ability to keep your beverage of choice nice and hot as you enjoy the morning views from a remote campsite.
- An ultralight mug for sipping hot beverages while backpacking
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- Double-wall insulation keeps coffee and tea hot
- Collapsible handles reduce space while packing
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Excellent mug
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This Japanese-made mug is definitely worth the sixty USD! I've chugged water, sipped coffee, taken shots of cheap VSOP out of it, and diluted Dr Bronner's hair conditioner in it. This cup looks and feels great, hope to use it for years to come.
Tea, coffee, or soup!
Use it every morning
My wife and I love the feel of these mugs. They are our go to mugs not only for camping, but also at home. The double walls insulate them enough that you can wrap your hands around piping hot beverages, but it still feels nice and warm to the touch.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
As soon as I got this mug it was pretty much my go to for any beverage other than water (that's nalgene). It does a good job keeping coffee warm if you are a slow drinker like myself. Also roomy enough that I use it to eat backcountry meals out of on occasion.
Still not completely convinced it was worth the price point, but other than that, it is a very solid mug with ample space for A LOT of coffee.
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SP Titanium Double Wall Cup 600 v. Nalgene bottle
Go-to backcountry mug
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I eat and drink everything from this when camping/backpacking, and it hasn't disappointed yet
Keeps coffee warm just long enough, holds a good-sized portion of food, easy to clean out in any body of water, super light
Is a bit spendy, but I think you're getting what you pay for here
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This has been a welcome addition to my backpacking mess kit. The 600 is great for both hot drinks and food. Insulation works great, and you won't burn your hands.
I took off one star because of the price.
King of cups.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This mug is great...Ive been using it for about 2 years on multiple trips. Retains heat very well. Only wish it had a lid for hydrating food in hot water. Dropped on a rock(empty) and dented corner easier than I would have expected. Still insulates in area of dent.(Ive dented double wall stainless cups before and the insulation was greatly compromised) You'll be glad you splurged.
Pricey Good Cup
Pricey well made like the size.
big and keeps things warm
It took me a looooong time of self debate and agonizing to buy this cup. My other choices were the 450 double wall or 600 single wall. Both of which are lighter and much cheaper than this one. With my new 600 double wall in hand right now, I'm so glad to have bought it. The other 2 alternatives are only marginally lighter than this. The double wall 450 would have been too small to be my all-in-one cup to eat and drink out of in the backcountry. As for the 600 single wall version, while it's plenty big, it's simply going to lose too much heat too quickly when it's cold out. I thought about fashioning some sort of cozy for the single wall, but decided that the weight (probably another 1-2 oz which puts it in the neighborhood of the double wall), the money saved (at least another $10-15), and the hassle (need to find some way to go around the handles) are just simply not worth it.
As for performance, beer in the cup tastes like it should, never foams up more as another reviewer indicated; kept my ramen hot for a long time; didn't burn my lips; water tastes good. It arrived with a small ding at the bottom, but I let it be since it doesn't affect function. However, I suggest wrap your bandanna around it in the backpack to protect the cup. It's perfect for me and my other half - he can eat and drink directly out of jetboil, and I use this one.
So in short, if you are deciding among the other versions of this cup, single wall or smaller volume, get this one and you will like it.
Maybe it's just me, but I find that with a good beer, it actually seems to enhance the flavor.
Good one Phil. I had the same thought - at first I thought beer just tastes better outside. But I've been using it at home for beer too.
My everyday mug
Titanium makes for a great coffee mug, the fact this mug is insulated makes it that much better. Ti is non-reactive so it doesn't affect the taste of whatever you're drinking -- much the same as ceramic, except this mug is insulated.
sweet cup!
a sweet cup - super light for an insulated mug and holds heat extremely well (boiling water inside and outside is only warm to the touch). A bit pricey, but you wont regret it!
It's my whole mess kit
I bought this cup for ultralight camping and it's my cooking pot/ cup. I made markings at the half cup levels and it makes a great cup or pot. It is more than twice as sturdy as a single wall cup.
good tip on the measurements!
Bigger is better
I wanted a cup that would double as a bowl but still, I was concerned the larger cup would be too big. Not so. This thing is amazing. I agonized for a long time over whether I should get it, especially after several "You're going to spend HOW much on a cup???" encounters. As other reviewers have said, it's money well spent. The initial pain is worth it because:
1.) It's lightweight (70 pound packs are so last year)
2.) It keeps things warm (you may even burn your tongue!)
3.) It's versatile (is it a cup or bowl? cup or bowl? Oh cool, I can stash stuff inside it too! Cup, bowl or suitcase??)
Basically, it's the perfect cup. I use it for tea (didn't notice any metal mouth flavor) and food.
It doesn't get much better than this!
There's nothing about this mug I don't love! I'm cranky without sufficient coffee and we all know that no one likes a cranky camper.This mug is large enough to treat me well all day. Its' insulating abilities are top notch and the Tupperware protein shaker top fits nice and snug, making it the perfect travel companion. It doesnt get much better than that!
Great Camping Mug
Love the double wall insulation that keeps your beverage hot while your hands don't get fried. This larger size is convenient as I also use it for freeze dried dinner prep and serving as well. And it weighs almost nothing!! Wish they made a sipping lid like they do for the smaller sizes. And be aware: because of the double wall construction it is NOT suitable for cooking directly on the stove!! If you want that functionality Snow Peak makes a titanium 700ml single wall that might do the job.
like a glove
this thing is perfect. a nice big mug like I like, titanium, double wall insulation, snow peak quality, and it fits inside my trek 900 cookset like a glove. sure it's expensive.... but you should only have to buy it once.
Fits inside trek 900? great to know!
Great mug
I am stupefied at how nice this mug is. It keeps things hot far longer then expected around camp and gives the same benefit to morning coffee at home. The only two down sides - you need to fashion your own lid - and something about the surface fizzes beer.
Worked Well On Denali
I used the double-wall model on Denali in sub-zero temperatures; it kept my food and drinks warm and cleaned up easily.
Excellent cup for cold weather.
This cup holds any beverage at a piping hot temperature. The 600 is quite large, so I got the 450 model. It is extremely lightweight and durable - put it anywhere in your pack and it will survive without a dent. One warning- it is such a great insulator, the outside of the cup will be cold, but the liquid will burn your mouth.
Will the Single Wall 450 nest inside the double wall 600, or will I need to go with an even smaller cup? I know the double wall 450 just misses fitting, but the single wall appears to be just a little smaller.
Does it come with a lid?
Does it come with a lid?
Hi bob, nope, no lid on this one. We love these mugs for their weight, insulation (great hand warmers) and the volume of drinks/food they hold, but, just in case you weren't aware of it, you can't cook in any cups that are double-walled.
Stoic makes one with a lid that's on sale now (item# SCI0301), but you can't cook in that one either.
Hope this helped you out.
would like to know can you use this on top...
would like to know can you use this on top of the camp firer.. cook Chicken Noodle soup. I don't want to wash another item (pot)..
No, don't do it. Can't cook with double wall cups. Either use the Snow Peak 600 single wall or the Trek 700 pot, which has a lid.
Will the snow peak dbl wall 600 mug fit...
Will the snow peak dbl wall 600 mug fit into the mini soloist pot like the 450 does?
No, the 450 just fits..and by the way, the 450 has a really cool lid from Snow Peak, although I have seen 600 lids available on You Tube.
Snow peak 450 double wall cup can be stored...
Snow peak 450 double wall cup can be stored inside this 600 cup?
I just purchased the 600 double to replace my 450 double. I tried nesting them and it did not fit. The folding handle just kept if from nesting.
I heard that you can get a lid for the...
I heard that you can get a lid for the cup, is that true?
I use the lid from my Mini Solo Cookset. Snow Peak doesn't have a separate lid for this cup. Go to backcountrygear.com. They have the lid for this cup, made by snowpeak. Not sure why backcountry doesn't.
I think the company only makes lids for the 300 and the 450....check out snowpeak.com, or a few websites have them as well, but most are sold out of the 450 til june....im waiting for one myself...
Will this mug fit over the bottom of a 1...
Will this mug fit over the bottom of a 1 litre Nalgene bottle?
Unfortunately not. The cup is too small & the bottle has too large of a diameter.


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2 small cucumbers diced
2 large tomatoes diced
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
6 basil leaves chopped
Taste Of Today
1 cup panko bread crumbs tossed with 1 tablespoon olive oil and I tablespoon dry oregano and toasted in the oven for 6 minutes at 350.
1/2 cup favorite Italian dressing
1 head romaine shredded, washed and spun dry
In a large mixing bowl toss the diced cucumber, tomato. Feta cheese, basil, toasted seasoned bread crumbs and Italian dressing. Mix well and let sit for 5 minutes. Place shredded romaine into 4 chilled bowls. Top with the tomato mix and serve. Makes 4 salads


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Pelo malo / Bad Hair A film by Mariana Rondón
Starring: Samuel Lange, Samantha Castillo2013, Venezuela/Argentina/Peru/Germany, Drama 93 min, HD, ColorIn Spanish with English subtitlesClosing Night
Sunday, April 27, 8PMMarchesa Hall & Theatre - BUY TICKETS
6226 Middle Fiskville Rd Austin, TX 78752 (512) 454-2000 [Map]
"Mariana Rondon's impressively multilayered drama brings a powerful specificity to the story of a boy and his embittered single mother." - Jay Weissberg, VARIETY
Rincón de Darwin / Darwin's Corner A film by Diego Fernández Pujol
Uruguay/Portugal, Road Movie/Comedy/Drama, 201378 min, Digital 4K, ColorSpanish, English with English, Spanish subtitles
Thursday, April 24 - 1 PMAlamo Drafthouse Village 3Buy Tickets
Saturday, April 26 - 9 PMAlamo Drafthouse Village 3Buy Tickets
Memorias de un soldado / A Soldier's Memories A film by Caupolicán Ovalles
Venezuela, Drama/Romance/History, 201297 min, HDCAM, ColorSpanish with English subtitlesDirector/producer Caupolicán Ovalles in attendance
Sunday, April 27 - 2:15 PM
Alamo Drafthouse Village 2
Nena, salúdame al Diego / Baby, Say Hi to Diego A film by Andrea Herrera Catal
Venezuela, Comedy, 2013100 min, HD, ColorSpanish with English subtitles
Thursday, April 24 - 3:30 PM
Alamo Drafthouse Village 2
La Casa del Ritmo, A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles A film by Javier Andrade
Ecuador/USA, Music Documentary, 201298 min, HDV, ColorSpanish, English with English subtitles
Sunday, April 27 - 5PM
Alamo Drafthouse Village 2
La noche anuncia la auroraNight Announces Dawn
Gerard Uzcategui
Venezuela, Drama, 201223 min, 35mm, ColorNo dialogue
Over the delta of the Catatumbo river, in a structure build on stilts, a woman makes her home. Facing the death of her husband, she spends time on the water, navigating the streams of solitude. Reality intermingles with her thoughts, her dreams, her fears, her desires, her memory. Until one day, she decides to seek the unknown. She thus reveals, briefly, an intricate reality, submerging us in the inner world of that mysterious being.
US Premierewww.gerarduzcategui.com/aurora
Print Source: Gerard Uzcategui, firstname.lastname@example.com
Rojo Red
Carlos Alejandro Molina M.
Venezuela, Drama/Coming of Age, 201320 min, HD, ColorSpanish with English subtitles
Jesse is an adolescent addicted to chatting. One day an unknown gay "friend" proposes a blind date in a public place, but the boy, not having seen his face, insists he uses a "red" shirt so he can recognize him. What Jesse never imagined was that with that meeting some of his worst fears would come true, beyond anything he could imagine. Along with a stop at the Havana Film Festival, ROJO won both Best Screenplay and Best Short Film at the Entre Largos y Cortos Film Festival.
North American Premierewww.tempanofilms.com
Print Source: Témpano Films & Arts, email@example.com, email@example.com
Friday, April 25 - 7:00PMAlamo Drafthouse Village 3Screens before the feature filmPOR LAS PLUMASBuy TicketsSunday, April 27 - 11:00AMAlamo Drafthouse Village 3
Screens before the feature filmPOR LAS PLUMASBuy Tickets
Trazos en la cumbre Drawing on the Heights
Alejandro Victorero, Carlos Alejandro Molina
Venezuela, Documentary/Art/Coming of Age, 201329 min, HD, ColorSpanish with English subtitles
Golfredo is a fourteen-year-old boy who lives high in the mountains of Mérida, Venezuela, in a little town called Los Nevados. He spends his time working the land, to which his father wants him to devote his life. Although he has serious trouble with his eyesight, his great passion is drawing. TRAZOS EN LA CUMBRE is the true story of how this boy, through his perseverance and goodness, struggles through difficulties to achieve his dream, transforming his life and the life of those around him. The film has charmed audiences at Havana Film Festival and won the Grand Prize for Short Film, Best Short Documentary, and Best Screenplay at the Barquisimeto Short Film Festival.
North American Premierewww.tempanofilms.com
Print Source: Témpano Films & Arts, email@example.com, email@example.com
Saturday, April 26th 4:00PM
Mexican American Cultural Center
Screens before the feature-length documentaryBEAUTIFUL SINFree Screening
Kaori Flores Yonekura
Venezuela, Autobiographical Documentary, 201180 min, Full HD, ColorSpanish, Japanese with English subtitles
Nikkei is a documentary about the identity of the Japanese who migrated to Latin America. It is the story of the director's grandparents, their trip from Japan to Peru, the media campaign against their race, World War II and the hope for a better life in Venezuela. Nikkei recently premiered at the Guadalajara International Film Festival.
US Premiere
Kaori Flores Yonekura's father is Venezuelan and her mother is Japanese. She was born in Mérida, Venezuela, and at age 22 graduated from the International School of Film and TV of San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba (EICTV). She has dedicated her work to human rights, popular culture, indigenous people and identity.
Producer: Kaori Flores YonekuraProduction Companies: AC No FilmScreenwriter: Kaori Flores YonekuraCinematographer: Kaori Flores YonekuraEditor: Eyeletmy Rodríguez, Kaori Flores YonekuraSound Design: Daniel ZahalkaMusic: Alejandro RossoPrint Source: Kaori Flores Yonekura, email@example.com
Thursday, April 26 - 6:30 PM
MACC (Mexican American Cultural Center)
La hora ceroThe Zero Hour
Diego Velasco
Venezuela, Drama/Action/Adventure, 2010100 min, 35mm, ColorSpanish with English subtitles
La hora cero is a fast-paced heist film set in Caracas during the 24 hours of a controversial medical strike in 1996. The film tells the story of Parca, a feared hit man that is forced to take an elite hospital hostage in an attempt to save his wounded girlfriend. A love story told in the midst of chaos, La hora cero is a timely and universal story about the mythic rise to power and the inevitable fall from grace. This award-winning film has played all over the world, having its premiere at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.
Texas Premiere
Diego Velasco's five short films have screened in over 50 festivals and have garnered 26 awards, including an Academy Award consideration for Cédula ciudadano. He's worked as a Director of Photography for Discovery, NBC, FOX, ABC and others. La hora cero is his feature debut.
Producer: Carolina Paiz, Rodolfo CovaScreenwriter: Diego Velasco, Carolina PaizCinematographer: Luis Otero PradaEditor: Otto ScheurenSound Design: Freddy Sheinfeld, Gabriel VelascoMusic: José Luis Cheo Pardo, Luis LangeCast: Zapata 666, Amanda Key, Erich Wildpret, Laureano Olivarez, Alejandro FurthPrint Source: Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC), firstname.lastname@example.com
Thursday, April 26 - 1:00 PM
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Mar blindadoShielded Sea
Gerard Uzcátegui
Venezuela, Drama/Fantasy, 201011 min, 35mm, ColorSpanish with English subtitles
A sentry box in a bank holds within its walls a man and his story. Inside that dark and reduced space, reality is wasted away by the surge of time. Layer by layer, new sensations, situations and visions are unveiled. The closer we get, the more we realize in truth how far away we are from discovering the contradictions of this man, held in the shadow of this shelter-turned-prison. Mar blindado premiered at Vancouver Latin American Film Festival.
Texas Premiere
Gerard Uzcátegui has a Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Media from The University of The Andes and attended the New York Film Academy. He is a director and cinematographer. His works have received numerous Venezuelan film festival awards and have competed in internationally renowned film festivals such as Mar del Plata.
Producer: Patricia Fonseca Screenwriter: Gerard UzcáteguiCinematographer: Gerard UzcáteguiEditor: Gerard Uzcátegui, Dayana GauthierSound Design: Lino Ocanto Colmenares Cast: Irina Dendiouk, Luigi Sciamanna, Keiner Semeco, Juvel VielmaPrint Source: Gerard Uzcátegui, email@example.com
Wednesday, April 25 - 6:30 PM
Saturday, April 28 - 11:30 AM
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Opens for Las malas intenciones
La reina del pueblo The Queen of the People
Juan Andrés Bello
Venezuela, Documentary, 2010 65 min, DigiBeta, Color/Black & White Spanish with English subtitles
The first time Venezuelans went to vote, they did so in order to choose a beauty queen. In 1944, Caracas hosted the 7th Baseball Amateur World Series and the organizers decided the beauty queen of the event would be elected via popular vote. As the campaign begins, the country is divided into two factions. On one side, there are the supporters of Oly Clemente, the daughter of the President's secretary; on the other, those of Yolanda Leal, a school-teacher from a poor neighborhood in Caracas. The country was going through a transition to democracy and the newly formed political organizations understood this as a means to promote their ideas. It was an opportunity to test if the citizens were ready to choose who was going to govern.
US Premiere
Juan Andrés Bello, born in Venezuela in 1970, is a director and producer dedicated to Latin American history, culture and art topics. Director of the award-winning El Cerrito, Bello has also participated in projects for A&E and The Biography Channel.
Producer: Constanza Burucua Production Companies: Producciones Triana Screenwriter: Juan Andrés Bello Cinematographer: Enrique Blein Editor: Juan Andrés Bello Sound Design: Setfano Gramitto Music: Varios Authors Cast: Yolanda Leal, Olga Risquez, Nelly Blanco Yepes Print Source: Constanza Burucua - Producciones Triana, email@example.com
Mexican American Cultural CenterFri. April 22 1:00 PMFREE!
Historia de un día The Story of a Day
Rosana Matecki
Venezuela, Documentary, 2009 89 min, DV, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Historia de un día begins by observing the peaceful life of farmers living in a rural area in Latin America. Day breaks. A woman touches her eyebrows. A man shaves. Chickens are set loose and goats are fed. Little or nothing is said but the soundtrack gradually evolves into a rich, subtle combination of background noise and added sounds. This observation takes on a more contemplative mood, when attention is focused on the other subjects of the film.
Austin Premiere
Rosana Matecki studied communications in Caracas, Venezuela, has directed 12 documentaries, and has worked as a producer, director, researcher and/or screenwriter on various projects, including Ancestral Women and El último Don. She is the founder of Kiiskakuna Productions.
Producer: Rosana Matecki Production Companies: Kiiskakuna Cinematographer: John Márquez, Emil Guevara Editor: Lucas Villegas Sound Design: Cecilia Nava Music: Alejandro Rodríguez Cast: Famille Guerrero Carrizales, Avendaño Rodríguez Zabala, Hernandez Epieyú, Pushainá y Girnú Print Source: Latinofusión, firstname.lastname@example.com
Mexican American Cultural Center Mon. April 25 8:00 PM
Habana Eva
Fina Torres
Cuba/Venezuela/France, Comedy, 2010 100 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
In a Havana shaken by Fidel's retirement, a young seamstress, trapped in a clothing factory, dreams of designing beautiful dresses. With no support from her adorable but lazy Cuban boyfriend, her life takes a turn when she meets a dazzling capitalist who fans her hopes. After many deceptions and surprises, Eva has to choose between the two men she loves. Hers is an unexpected decision; one which makes for a humorous metaphor of Cuba's future options.
Austin Premiere
Fina Torres, born in Caracas in 1951, studied film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris. Her directorial debut, Oriana, won la Caméra d'Or award at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. To date, she continues to work with film projects related to Latin America.
Producer: Delfina Catala, Marco Mundarain, Fina Torres, Camilo Vives Production Companies: Villa del Cine, ICAIC, Alter Screenwriter: Jorge Camacho, Julio Carrillo, Fina Torres Cinematographer: Héctor Ortega Editor: Robin Katz Sound Design: Erik Brena, Jesus Guevara Music: Barbara Cohen Cast: Fina Torres, Delfina Catana Print Source: Ondamax Films, email@example.com
Alamo South Lamar - Fri. April 22 7:30 PMBuy Tickets
Des-Autorizados Un-Authorized
Elia K. Schneider
Colombia/Venezuela, Comedy/Drama/Fantasy, 2009 90 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
In the middle of a surrealist Caracas, Elia K. Schneider begins a fantastic journey into the depth of her imagination. In her story, Elias, a playwright, is conflicted between being forced to write, or facing the consequences of writing his characters into reality. In a strange twist, Elias must confront his characters and his dark side, while Elia K. also begins to see the results of her creation.
North American Premiere
Elia K. Schneider is an award-winning Venezuelan director of such films as Huelepega and Punto y raya. Director of the Venezuelan production company, Unity Films, she currently gives acting workshops at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles.
Producer: José Ramón Novoa Production Companies: Unity Films Screenwriter: Fernando Butazzoni Cinematographer: Oscar Pérez Editor: Jerry Zottolo Sound Design: Guillermo Palacios Music: Osvaldo Montes Cast: Erich Wildpret, Samantha Dagnino, Tristán Ulloa Print Source: José Ramón Novoa - Leon Films, firstname.lastname@example.com
Alamo South Lamar - Mon. April 25 7:30 PM Buy Tickets


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HOPE MILLS - David Harold Backerman, 71, of Hope Mills, died Saturday, July 27, 2013.
Services: Memorial, 7 p.m. Thursday in Highland Baptist Church. Visitation, 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the church.
Survived by: Wife, Rolene; daughter, Cheryl Patrick; sister, Marilyn Trunnell; brother, Ernest; and two grandchildren.
Pinecrest Funeral & Cremation Services of Hope Mills.


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May 4, 2009 in Posts | Tags: city living, friends, journey, m2ep09, social justice | Leave a comment
I hereby promise to blog more on the conference. Patience, grasshopper! I'm hoping tomorrow night (wait, tonight?) I can sit down and transcribe my notes before I need to present something interesting Tuesday night to the social justice guild at church.
Let me also say this: I have amazing friends. Moving to the city last summer was the best thing I could have possibly done, and I feel overwhelmingly blessed to have all the people in my life who are now present there. I am a big believer in making sure people know what a valuable part of your life they are, so take this to heart:
Thank you, friends. You have already changed me more than I could imagine (and not just because I am more nerdy now than I ever thought possible!). I am lucky to know such a caring and funny group of people.
April 28, 2009 in Posts | Tags: authors, journey, m2ep09, social justice | Leave a comment
Today's schedule at the Mobilization to End Poverty (M2EP) was packed full of speakers, congress people, preachers, music, laughter, tears, and love. I took about 20 (small) pages' worth of notes, and I want to be able to take the time to really process all the things I heard today and post something interesting and cohesive. So I'm going to wait on that. Right now I just want to reflect on the last event of the day, the Koinonia Coffee House that was held for "emerging leaders" attending the conference.
It turns out that I have a huge crush on Donald Miller, who was the speaker at tonight's Koinonia coffee house (interesting note: apparently "koinonia," usually translated as "fellowship," also necessarily implies some impending action). Having read a lot of Miller's work and his blog posts, I was half expecting him to be somewhat more dry in his speech and in his meeting of the people at the coffee house. To my pleasant surprise, he was kind and sweet, his face soft, and his voice inviting and friendly. He spoke about telling a story with our lives–one that would be interesting to watch if they were movies.
Don told us that a good story involves a "character who wants something and is willing to overcome conflict to get it." He also noted, however, that the character's character must be shown to be good or we don't care what he gets. He must do good things with a good motivation for us to want the best for him. He told us that there was conflict even before 'the Fall,' that Adam–walking in the garden with God Himself–was lonely. Don noted that many people think they must be totally fulfilled by God and aspire to do so before joining in marriage with another human. He laughed as he said he thought that was impossible, that God just isn't meant to fill our every need, that God doesn't want to, and won't, date us. "The #1 way we consume stories," he said, "is through each other." Not through movies and television and music and media. We invest in each other and each other's stories. …It was quite beautiful really.
In the q&a session afterward, one of the women in the crowd shared about feeling like she was bouncing from ministry to ministry and not feeling like that left her being able to make a palpable difference anywhere. Don has this advice: "It's ok, in your 20s, to feel like you're practicing. You're still figuring stuff out." He went on to tell us how it took him til he was 33 or something to start the mentoring project. That was probably the most encouraging thing I heard all day, pertaining to my own personal situation. It's ok for me to be practicing and building experience for what it is that's coming.
I've been dreaming about starting a community center in my neighborhood back home. There's an empty building on Atlantic that I want for it, and there I want to help kids with their homework, and feed them carrot sticks after school. It's just a dream right now, but right now it seems palpable. Don noted that "it's in the doing that we are changed. Not in the thinking and planning and dreaming–in the doing."
Amen. So be it. May God give me the faith to jump.
April 26, 2009 in Posts | Tags: books, journey, m2ep09, prayer, social justice | Leave a comment
I'm in Baltimore, waiting for the bus that will take me to the train, that will take me to my best friend's house, where I'm staying for the conference this week. For those just tuning in, I'm attending the Sojourner's Mobilization to End Poverty Conference until Wednesday this week. I'll be hearing some pretty amazing speakers, possibly even including our president.
This morning waiting for my flight, I was reading some of G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy (which has taken me far too long to read), and came across this passage:
There is one thing that Christ and all the saints have said with a sort of savage monotony. They have said simply that to be rich is to be in peculiar danger of moral wreck. It is not demonstrably un-Christian to kill the rich as violators of definable justice. It is not demonstrably un-Christian to crown the rich as convenient rulers of society. It is not certainly un-Christian to rebel against the rich or to submit to the rich. But it is quite certainly un-Christian to trust the rich, to regard the rich as more morally safe than the poor. (G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy)
Chesterton's thoughts struck me. Here I am about to embark on a three-day journey learning solely about poverty and how we can stop it, and then this passage comes up. Before the passage, Chesterton notes the idea that perhaps those with greater resources are more fit to govern those lacking. Chesterton then goes on to say that perhaps wealth isn't what makes us more suited to govern, it just opens us up to a great deal of moral instability.
Hmmm. I do not consider myself a rich person, except in quality of life, but I suppose in the grand scheme of the world, I am a queen. I work quite a bit, but as a result, do not have to worry much about how much money I am spending (although I do stick to a detailed budget!). I can pay my rent, feed myself perhaps too well, enjoy a beer now and then, and even have money left over for such luxuries as tshirts, iPods, and Macbooks. Looking at my own wealth in this way makes me feel guilty. I have been blessed (although I hesitate to use that word – google "open theism"), and all these blessings leave me feeling…helpless.
I guess my big hope for this conference is that I am changed—motivated. I want so badly to be in the forefront shaping this world and giving all I've got. I confess that all too often I am held back by insecurities, worries about my own well-being, and selfishness. I am so looking forward to being able to have more information and learn about what it is others are doing in the face of such a problem as the poverty people in our nation and our world are facing.
I hope that you will keep me and the other conference attendees in your prayers. Pray that we are changed, and pray for the leaders of the conference, that they are speaking God's words.
big plans!
February 27, 2009 in Posts | Tags: journey, social justice | Leave a comment
I just registered and bought plane tickets to go to this conference in April.
Will you come with me?


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Patricia Hernandez: You can collect spaceship parts in GTA V. You can even spot some UFOs in-game, if you play your cards right. But now modders have found a way to make spaceships actually playable in GTA V, which is amazing. You can see the mod in-action in this footage by TwoDynamic—mostly, he just flies around Los Santos, but still! It's the same spaceship you can see in Mount Chiliad, when you get 100% completion in the game.
Seriously this sort of stuff should of been in GTAV in the first place. I don't see why we need to rely on modders to get the stuff we want.
Maybe if Rockstar wern't so busy with the online they would of had time to focus on other things
Ghost Cars
Big Foot
Leather face
and so on
Dang I heard about this weeks ago on a ps3 homebrew site kotaku must be slacking, i believe you need a custom firmware ps3 to do this mod...
Man can't wait for ps4 version. I believe its going to have 32 online players? Damn is gonna be so chaotic. I hope all these stuff we've seen recently will be in the game


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Friday, November 5, 2010
9/11 Unprecidented Network Agreement To Pool All Available Pictures Of This Attack
5 comments:
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2010 at 4:17 PM
Another crafty professor-ReplyDelete
Plane filled with bombs. Yeah. Commercial 757's packed with enough explosives to demolish the largest steel framed buildings in the world. Wow. Sayanim B team operator for the WB network audience.
- AnonymousNovember 5, 2010 at 6:15 PM
I can't get the video to play yet, so I don't know what it relays. However, there has been an in-your-face news report for some time about only the NYPD helicopter cop taking photos on 9/11 which verifies there were no TV news copters in the air that day. So all the TV Chopper news had to have been faked. Which also means the NYPD photo-cop is probably a co-conspirator -- well paid off, no doubt.ReplyDelete
Newly released NYPD 9/11 pictures of WTC collapse taken from helicopter
ABC News obtained these stunning photos after it filed a Freedom of Information Act request last year with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which investigated the collapse of the WTC towers.
The photos were shot from an NYPD helicopter, the only photographer allowed in the air space near the towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
Published: 02/10/2010 22:18:48
Credits: Greg Semendinge
Gatekeeper Chomsky tries to throw us a limited hangout bone and salvage some reputation. It won't work, he's not only exposed about 9/11 but also with the Palestinian issue.ReplyDelete
- Heydrich-SDNovember 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Did the joos put the pics pool together to rub our faces in?ReplyDelete
Is the new definition of "pooling", to give up one's independence, giving into a "controller"?ReplyDelete


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End of special ed audit in sight
An end may be in sight for the financial audit into the school district's special-education department.
Jon Zagrodzky, a Board of Finance member and chairman of the audit committee, said the auditors at CohnReznick are seeking parent input before completing their task.
"(The parents) were really the ones who brought this to light, so having them involved in the audit so we get their perspectives as this develops instead of at the end is important," Zagrodzky said.
CohnReznick was hired in November after the Board of Education's attorneys, town Finance Director Kate Buch and First Selectman Jayme Stevenson were contacted by Attorney Sue Gamm about a possible issue with the reporting of excess cost reimbursements to the state Department of Education.
The Board of Education hired Gamm to conduct an independent investigation into the special education department.
Joe Centofanti, the CohnReznick partner in charge of the audit, could not be reached for comment.
If the cost to educate a special education child is four-and-a-half times more than that for a general education student, the town is reimbursed by the state.
The Board of Education hired Gamm in August to conduct an independent investigation into allegations that students were denied services and that there were systematic violations of the Individuals with Disabilities Act in the schools.
The decision to hire Gamm came following a private parents' meeting with several representatives that yielded information regarding Individualized Education Plans being changed without parents' permission -- a violation of the IDEA.
"I recognize that there are a lot of folks who want answers and solutions," Zagrodzky said. "We are just talking about services provided and if they were properly billed. We're not looking (to see) if the services were consistent with the IEPs; that's between parents and the administration. That's not a Board of Finance matter."
The school administration sent a letter on May 2 to parents who are "relevant" to the audit, Zagrodzky said. To date, the auditors have not had a great deal of parent participation.
"We felt that letter would be a good way to gently encourage parents," Zagrodzky said.
The completion of the audit has taken longer than anticipated, and in January, Zagrodzky and Board of Finance Chairman Liz Mao told the Board of Education that CohnReznick had found numerous problems with procedures and practices with the grant application.
As a result, the scope of the audit will be three to four times greater than initially discussed and more expensive than the initial estimate of $12,000 to $15,000.
According to Buch, the cost of the audit is approaching $50,000. Zagrodzky said he is anticipating the audit to be complete in July.
"This is really about poor record keeping, as opposed to something nefarious," Zagrodzky said, noting that he asked the auditors to continually look for any evidence of fraud. Zagrodzky said the auditors repeatedly have told him there is no evidence of fraud.
"We are vigilantes for that," Zagrodzky said. "We're not naive, we know that these things can happen."