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Frozen In>Tensities (2013)
Frozen In>Tensities was a workshop with performance artists Vladkta Horvat, Joseph Ravens, and Kira O'Reilly, an exploration of performance methodologies. The participants in the workshop creates pieces in response to site, props and the Performance Department archives. The resultingexhibition at the Sullivan Galleries displayed artifacts and documentation of our work. Our public performances were programmed as part of the In>Time Performance Festival.
Tracks and Trails (2013)
I created a piece called "Tracks & Trails" for the Out of Site Festival in Chicago. It's a public address to volunteer/weed plants, interwoven with historic speeches and the ambient sounds of the overhead train. I used photographs from the Chicago History Museum and descriptions of Illinois weeds as performance prompts. Final performance was October 4th, 2013, 5-7pm, under the Damen Blue Line "L" tracks.
Trans-Plantable Living Room (2013)
This September I was in the UK working on The Trans-Plantable Living Room with Tanja Beer, Rosie Leach, Lisa Woynarski and Bronwyn Preece.
Rosie interviewed gardeners in Cardiff, Tanja designed a grown living space, and Lisa, Bronwyn and I developed a performance in response to both. It premiered in Cardiff at the World Stage Design Conference followed by an adaptation at the Central School for Speech and Drama's Collisions Conference. We explored what it means to garden in a global and local sense.
The project evolved over a series of months, with Bronwyn, Lisa and I first creating a video in response to Rosie's interviews. The gardeners interviewed were deeply involved in the build and implementation of the piece in Cardiff.
UPDATE: This work was featured in an exhibition on UK Design for Performance at the Victoria and Albert Museum, with a lens on the work of Tanja Beer. Lisa Woynarski and Bronwyn Preece have also written about the work for Contemporary Theatre Review.
trans-planted tea sets from Meghan Moe Beitiks on Vimeo.
image credits: Gisela Beer, Nigel Pugh
Needle (2013)
I was lucky enough to have been approached by Anahita Ghazvinizadeh to act in her short film Needle. The film maps a moment in time with a girl whose family is going through a divorce. The simple act of piercing her ears takes on greater meaning. I play the mother. The film recently won the Cannes Film Festival Cinefoundation Prize, the highest award for a student filmmaker, and has screened in many other film festivals.
"Moe Beitiks makes the mother quite human even if she is all germophobia and egotism"– Jay's Movie Blog
Lab for Apologies and Forgiveness v.3 (2013)
Lab for Apologies and Forgiveness v.3 from Meghan Moe Beitiks on Vimeo.
"A Lab for Apologies and Forgiveness" is an ongoing work in which I perform within a multimedia workspace, creating dialogues between uranium-reducing bacteria, accidents within the Manhattan Project, public apologies, the idea of safe distance, the words of a microbiologist, materials and cultural memes in an attempt to create a trans-human act.
In version 3, collaborator Sarah Knudtson and I ask members of an audience to stand in space according to a diagram of a Manhattan Project nuclear accident. While a clip depicting the accident from the film "Fat Man and Little Boy" plays, these participants are thrown spinach-seed infused seed bombs while Knudtson tapes out blast patterns on the floor. As Knudston sketches images pulled from Manhattan-Project research, I unpack site-specific ideas of safe distance, remediation and recovery. The audience is asked to read along with an interview of a scientist researching uranium-reducing bacteria and to breathe along to a clip of John Cusack. The performance is a half-hour long non-linear journey through the modern meanings of nuclear toxicity, error, our expanded implication and potential collective recovery.
A Lab for Apologies and Forgiveness v.2 / Act of Research v. 1 (2013)
Part of "A Lab for Apologies and Forgiveness," An ongoing work in which I perform within a multimedia workspace, creating dialogues between uranium-reducing bacteria, accidents within the Manhattan Project, public apologies, the idea of safe distance, the words of a microbiologist, materials and cultural memes in an attempt to create a trans-human act.
"Act of Research v.1" is the creation of a benign bomb. Bomb creation is set to a scene from the 1989 film "Fat Man and Little Boy," in which a nuclear accident is fictionalized. I appropriate imagery and presence from the film in an attempt to create, as Kris Lenz wrote in Fnews, "an alternative reality where art, science and drama meet at a crossroads. In this version, the outcome is not an ecological disaster that could take millions of years to remediate, but instead a conversation where awareness of environmental concerns and solutions are raised and disseminated." photos by Arjuna Capulong.
Car-E-Oke (2012)
In "Car-E-Oke," you can choose the make and model of a car and sing along to its exhaust sounds. Regular engine noises have fun karaoke subtitles. But there's a catch: the sound system is bike-powered. Visitors are encouraged to hop on the bike and "pedal-power" the PA. In addition, I bike every other day of the exhibition, wearing bike shorts, a sequined top, shiny sunglasses, and a fanny pack that emitted sound tracks from classic car chase movies. The sound of the car engine is acknowledged as a kind of soundtrack to our lives.
Car-E-Oke from Meghan Moe Beitiks on Vimeo.
Fixing Experimental Station Chairs (2012)
The Experimental Station had a stack of broken chairs. I fixed half the chairs and asked for input from the community as to how I should fix chairs in performance. Then I fixed chairs in performance.
Wear a dress with flowers– Liz Lyon, market volunteer
Wear your hair back, no makeup– Danny White, market vendor
Play music with a rhythm you can fix chairs to– Corey Chatman, LINK manager
The only lighting should be a flashlight– Elizabeth Gadelha, market vendor
You should fix chairs on the floor– Marley Darvassy, son of B'Gabs' Vegan Deli
I think you're the "Chairy Godmother."– Danny Burke, Market Manager
Sing or hum when you have a tool in your hand. — Dan Peterman, co-founder of Experimental Station
Move furtively– Connie Spreen, Co-founder of Experimental Station
Start out with a hopscotch– Chris Allen, Bike Shop Manager
Rambox. (2012)
Rambox is a piece exploring detoxification, self-healing and nature. It has been performed at the Grace Exhibition Space in Brooklyn, NY, Hyde Park Art Center and Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery. I drink seven Master Cleanses in the space of fifteen minutes while breathing along with a clip from Rambo III.
An Apology to NATO ISAF Commander General John Allen (2012)
The NATO summit in Chicago is happening right now. Back in February, NATO ISAF Commander General John Allen apologized for the ignorant actions of his coalition soldiers. So I apologize for my own ignorance. And emailed this video to the ISAF.
The Plant is Present in Moscow (2012) Documentation
The Plant had a smaller audience in Moscow, but provoked discussion nonetheless. Photos and other documentation from visitors below.
The Plant is Present in Moscow (2012)
I'm currently in Moscow for the First International Science Art Conference and Exhibition. Sanseveria Trifasciata re-created its performance of The Plant is Present here, with the help if Liliya Lifanova. and I gave a short presentation on the work and its relationship to that of Marina Abramovich. More photos, as well all pictures of everyone who sat with the plant, coming soon.
An Apology to Alan Greenspan (2012)
This was my contribution to Low Lives: Occupy! on March 3, 2012. Alan Greenspan admitted the flaws in his philosophy. So I apologize for demonizing him.
The Plant's Superfan / Comment Book Part Two
Just as Marina Abramovic had her superfan, so Sanseviera Trafasciata had one, as well. The gentleman visited 3 times over two days, often sitting at length and talking to the plant. We could venture a guess as to which notes in the comment book were his, but there was a distinct handwriting that praised the plant's "conversational" quality. For other fascinating notes and stories, read on, as the task of transcribing the mammoth amount of written feedback continues. There's even more– and a VIDEO of the superfan— after the jump.
"La Suegra, We meet again! Mom gave me a piece of you when Eugenie & I moved in together. Said I would need it. Boy did I! You out grew my herbs & even adapted around the weeds. Your sharp & a bitch of a fighter! That's what mom meant when she said I'd need you. I'm glad you wear the black gown. With all the negativity in your life & yet you thrive. Like my suegra. Like me. I look forward to having you in my garden again. This time you'll have a permanent place in the sun, but you just have to wait a few more years! Thanks for everything, la suegra. — Geanna M.H."
Everyone who sat with The Plant, Day Two / Comment Book Part One
The second day of "The Plant is Present" was a bit slower, and the plant spent some time alone. But more than 50 people still found time to sit and have a moment with The Plant. Again, here's a link to a flickr album of everyone who sat on the second day. There were several people, 6 or 7 at my count, that chose to talk to the plant. At least two people over the course of two days had sat with both The Plant and Marina Abramovic, of "The Artist is Present" fame. One sitter described the prolific documentation as part of the intensity of sitting with Marina. The other, I'm fairly certain, is responsible for this comment in the plant's book: "Marina was exactly as interesting." No one cried sitting in front of the plant, but plenty looked intrigued, bored, amused and joyful. So does a plant have the same presence as an artist? Read on for sitter's first-hand accounts of the experience. Continues after the jump, for a long time.
"I have never sat with a dressed plant before. It was very nice. I had a good time."
"The lights were distracting, the plant beautiful"
"She is SEXY and REAL"
"The plant was present. The weather intensifies the energy received from the plant."
Everyone who sat with The Plant, Day One
We knew rain was a risk, and that it wouldn't be a problem for our starring artist. But just in case, we brought an umbrella and a blanket for potential guests. We had all electrical connections taped, and the vulnerable areas wrapped in plastic bags. Still, there reached a point in the evening when we were forced to turn on the ambient outdoor light and break down our lighting setup. The public continued to sit with the plant. After it cleared up we put one lone light back up. As a result, the portraits of guests vary as the weather varies. Some are shot in performer lighting; some are shot in blaring fluorescent outdoor lighting; some are dramatically lit from one lone light; and at least one portrait was taken in complete darkness.
Look for a later post containing a full transcription of the lovely comment book. In the meantime, here's a flickr stream of everyone who sat with the plant on the first evening: November 19th, 2011. Some selected portraits and a video below, after the jump.
The Plant was Present (2011)
Sansevieria Trifasciata, an epic houseplant, performed its work "The Plant is Present" at the School of the Art Institute's New Blood Performance Festival, November 19th and 20th, 2011. The plant sat silently while a total of 138 visitors took turns sitting in a chair opposite it, staying in its presence for as long as they liked. All guests were photographed, and asked to record their experience in a comment book. Responses ranged from "I felt a connection to the plant and was able to live in the moment" to "It was awkward" to "So good! I loved every second of it!" to "Marina was exactly as interesting." Check back later for more documentation, a full transcription of the comment book and photos of all 138 visitors to the plant.
Sansevieria trifasciata: The Plant Is Present (2011)
Sansevieria trifasciata is an epic houseplant. Often referred to as "the plant that won't die," it is famous for thriving on neglect. Commonly called Mother in Law's Tongue for its sharp leaves, or Snake Plant for its winding tendrils, S. trifasciata is one of the top 50 plants that clean the air, converts carbon dioxide to oxygen at night, and has historically been used to create bowstring hemp. In short, its creative career is one of tenacity and self-sacrifice. I will be giving a lecture on the phenomenal artistic accomplishments of this plant at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Nov. 14th, 4:30pm, 2M space, MacLean Bldg) before the plant performs a solo work called "The Plant is Present" at this year's New Blood Performance festival.
Water Fight with a Cactus. (2011)
There's a Prickly Pear Cactus near my house in Oakland. It thinks it's better than me. Just because it makes delicious fruit and holds hella water. Well, to heck with you, Cactus. I can hold water. In biodegradable bags as I FLING THEM AT YOUR FACE! This is High Noon, Cactus. Water Retention vs. Water Retention. Prickly Pear vs. Prickly Personality. It's totally irrelevant that you're designed for the heat, and that this mere hour of throwing things at you will burn me a piggy shade of pink.You're not the only thing that can survive a drought. Now hang on while I down eight glasses of AWESOME.
Epic battle captured in photos by Sarabek Images.
Considering Sustainable Design @ PQ 2011
Every four years theater artists of all kinds gather in the Czech Republic for the Prague Quadrennial. Countries set up pavilions to display the best of their professional and graduate-level stage design. The city is swarmed with performances, lectures, panels and demonstrations. When I first went in 2003, site-specific performance was highlighted as a fascinating trend in scenography. Since then, the Quadrennial has expanded from a stage-design conference to a dialogue on all things performance and space. Site-specific projects are more the rule, less the exception. I'm here until June 27th, nerding out with the folks from the Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts. We'll be participating in a Roundtable Discussion– Considering Sustainable Design— on June 21st. Check sustainablepractice.org for further updates. Until then, I'm loving me some cobblestones.
p.s. : the Latvian pavilions are kicking butt, as usual.
David vs. Gack (2011)
I lived in a warehouse complex in Oakland, CA. My neighborhood was a series of smog shops, pallet yards and old factories. We got a notice in the mail that a site near us was undergoing remediation for hydrocarbon and lead pollution, among other things. I wanted to help. Participants of a workshop at the last Earth Matters on Stage Symposium had mixed bags of oyster mushroom mycelium, sawdust and dirt in their own remediative performances. I took the remnants and shot them over the fence with a slingshot. In my old neighborhood, hydrocarbon pollution is a Goliath.
Photos: sarabek images
Yielding Air (2010)
The other day I ran a yellow light, and it was mildly harrowing. So I decided to do it again, full-force jogging style, with an English Ivy. We would languidly dodge traffic while making carbon dioxide and oxygen together. I think the Ivy might have been working harder, as it was removing toxins and airborne feces as well. I ran around the intersection at 12th and Broadway in downtown Oakland for about a half-hour, preceded by a 15-minute stretch on the corner. Everyone always thinks I'm selling plants, even when it's obvious I'm suited up to go jogging with them. In this video, a plaza security guard is chatting with Sarah Cross, who is filming.
video and photos: Sarah Cross Photography
Free Air at the Federal Reserve Bank
I built a briefcase that spews ivy and oxygen. Then I stood in front of the Federal Reserve Bank for an hour with it. One Italian tourist asked me if I was selling anything. Then he asked for references to yoga and mediation studios. The bank security guard asked me if everything was okay. I said "Yeah." Lots of folks glanced in passing. One man got into a discussion with me on BART about global warming. I drank some $2 sustainable coffee while dispensing Free Air.
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During the Presidents report of the Northern Wyoming Community College District monthly meeting Wednesday, Dr. Paul Young spoke about UW President Tom Buchanan's visit to Sheridan Wednesday.
The Wyoming State Legislature's Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee met in Torrington and Cheyenne this week to discuss redistricting. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has more.
Entries are now being accepted for the 2012 Sheridan County Calender Contest. Mary Ellen McWilliams with the Sheridan County Historical Society says that the contest, now in its 6th year has really taken off.
Sheridan County School District No. 1 approved several resolutions at their regular board meeting this week.
It may not an easy topic to talk about, but just addressing the issue of suicide may be a large part of its prevention.
Intermountain Construction and Materials (ICM) of Gillette on Wednesday morning was paving the widened shoulders of West Loucks Street at the bottom of Sparrow Hawk Hill. In addition to the widening of the road shoulders from 6 to 10-feet turn lanes are being added at both the Sparrow Hawk and Osprey Boulevard intersections.
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The Free Clinic of Sheridan County may possibly on the move as the Sheridan County Commissioners gave their support of a grant application through the state to renovate the Public Health building on S. Main Street to accommodate the Free Clinic.
Scott Kent, Big Horn's Postmaster, waters his dahlias on Wednesday morning. Known for his green thumb Scott grows giant flowers in front of his post office at 226 Johnson Street in Big Horn each year to the delight of area residents and visitors as well.
WYDOT is installing a new four-head signal traffic light Wednesday at the intersection of Brundage Lane and Coffeen Avenue. Rhonda Holwell, Public Involvement Specialist for WYDOT, advises motorists as to what they can expect.
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Shlichim Seminar
Shlichim from all corners of South Africa together with Hagshama representatives, arrived in Cape Town in February 2011 for a 3 day seminar. The seminar provided a platform for all those present to share their knowledge, strategise and ultimately work together to create projects that will help the community positively identify with Israel thus enhancing a Jewish Zionist community. Hagshama took time whilst in Cape Town to speak to the young adults and get their opinions and suggestions as well.
Zionist Caravan
The goal of the Zionist Caravan is to reach out to small and isolated communities around South Africa. In February 2011, Hagshama representatives and Israeli shlichim ran the first Zionist caravan for the year, they travelled Southern Africa to re-unite with the Jewish communities. Those that were visited were: Klerksdorp, Kimberley, Maputo, Bileni, white river, Nelspruit and Benoni. In these various communities they spoke to young adults and ran activities about Israel and Zionism


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The USA Men's Senior National Team opened up their three game series with the Italian National Team battling to a 10-10 tie earlier today at Newport Harbor High School. Italy battled back from second half deficits of 8-4 and 10-7 to force the draw. John Mann (Newport Beach, CA/California/NYAC) and Bret Bonanni (Huntington Beach, CA/Stanford/Stanford) led the attack on offense scoring three goals each while McQuin Baron (North Tustin, CA/USC/Regency) went the distance in net. Stefano Luongo powered the Italians with a game-high five goals including three in the fourth quarter. The two teams will be back in action on Tuesday, December 30 at Pomona-Pitzer's Haldeman Pool at 7pm. Tickets for that match will be available on-site, available to USAWP members for $20 and non-members for $25. The match will also stream live on GoLivePolo.com.
Mann opened the scoring to put Team USA ahead 1-0 and Alex Bowen (Santee, CA/Stanford/Stanford) followed later in the period to help the United States to a 2-1 lead after the first eight minutes. The offensive attack continued in the second period with Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, CA/Stanford/NYAC) and Bonanni finding the back of the cage for a 4-1 lead at halftime. Bowen scored his second of the day to open up the third period and Mann followed with another goal, sandwiched around an Italian goal, for a 6-2 lead. Despite two goals in the period from Italy's Luongo, Team USA remained in front as Jesse Smith (Coronado, CA/Pepperdine/NYAC) closed the period with a goal to grab a 7-3 advantage.
Italy battled back in the fourth with Luongo finding the net yet again with 4:46 to play in the match, closing the deficit to 8-6. Mann answered for the United States moments later with his third goal for a 9-6 lead. Minutes later Bonanni scored for a seemingly safe 10-7 lead. Luongo capped his monster offensive day, scoring the final two goals of the match, the last coming with 11 seconds remaining to tie the match at 10-10 forcing the tie.
USA 10 (2, 2, 3, 3) J. Mann 3, B. Bonanni 3, A. Bowen 2, T. Azevedo 1, J. Smith 1
ITA 10 (1, 0, 2, 7) S. Luongo 5, L. Bruni 2, N. Presciutti 1, F. Di Fulvio 1, F. Baraldi 1
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Scripture: Jeremiah 1:9-10
Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. "See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant."
Insights: The final truth we learn this week is that this personal God equips those who are His. Notice what the Lord did with Jeremiah. God stretched out His hand and touched Jeremiah's mouth. God is the One who put words in Jeremiah's mouth to speak. God is the One who appointed Jeremiah to be over the nations and kingdoms. God is the One who equipped Jeremiah. In the same way this personal God equipped Jeremiah, He equips us as well. He knows us personally and because He knows us, He knows exactly the best way to equip us. We are then equipped by this personal God in order to serve Him. Our service can be in any number of ways because He equips us personally and uniquely. At the moment in which I am writing this blog, I am in Ecuador on a missions trip. God has equipped some people with a supernatural ability to learn and know languages. I know I am not to covet another persons gift, but I must confess my sin and say I wish that was a gift God had given to me. The point I am making is we have translators down here that God uses to help us disciple and evangelize with the Ecuadorian people. We are completely incapable of doing the work we do without their giftedness. We are grateful the Lord equipped them for this task and are willing to use their gifts in this way. In the same way they use their gifts for God's glory. We also are to use our gifts for His glory. If we are born again, then He has equipped us for works of service. Let us be obedient to Him and get to know this personal God better as we use His gifts. Praise his name for equipping us and letting us know Him personally.
1. In what ways has the Lord equipped you for service?
2. Are you using your gifts for the Lord?
Prayer: Father, thank You for giving me gifts that are directly related to the way You made me. Let me use these gifts to bring You glory. Amen.
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In the design of flash drives Adata UV100F used Christmas motives
Before the New year remains less than two months, and the company Adata Technology decided it was time to submit a decorated accordingly to a flash drive. Model UV100F painted red and decorated with Christmas figures. According to the manufacturer, flash drive capacity of 16 or 32 GB, equipped with interface USB 2.0, «will serve as the perfect gift for friends, relatives and business partners.»
Packaging of the drive is also decorated in Christmas style.
Design Adata UV100F is very simple — the manufacturer did not even bother to complete the drive with a cap, protecting the connector from damage and contamination. The housing has a loop for a ribbon, strap or chain.
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Oneida chooses SAP, iSeries to improve fiscal health
Flatware distributor Oneida will consolidate its various systems to SAP All-In-One on an IBM iSeries.
Oneida, a distributor of stainless steel flatware, is feeling the financial pinch, and executives there hope an IT overhaul will help the company gain control of its various operations.
Named for the city in New York in which it is headquartered, Oneida is moving quickly to streamline its IT operations as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Several acquisitions left the company with multiple disparate systems, according to Rob Hack, senior vice president and chief information officer. Part of Oneida's solution, he said, is to centralize operations around one global ERP system to get better fiscal oversight.
"Acquisitions resulted in numerous systems but, more importantly, our business model changed," Hack said. "We were a manufacturing company that became a sourcing company."
Oneida chose to move off its legacy manufacturing software onto IBM Express mySAP All-In-One software. The software will be hosted on an IBM AS/400 iSeries system and DB2 database management system. Oneida purchased the SAP software from IBM through SAP's partner program for the midmarket. The software is tweaked for Oneida's new sourcing model, Hack said.
SAP has been restructuring its channel partners, easing sales guidelines to eliminate sales wars between resellers in the small and midsized markets. The SAP All-In-One strategy encourages partners to build out industry-specific versions of the software.
With expanding global operations and net sales last year of more than $500 million, Oneida is the type of midsized company that finds All-In-One industry specific functionality appealing, according to SAP executives.
"The partners have taken it down a level to hundreds of more granular vertical categories," said Paul Hamerman, vice president of applications research at Forrester Research Inc. "Their strategy appears to be working."
For example, instead of a version of All-In-One for manufacturers, SAP partners create versions tweaked for paint manufacturers.
SAP is also planning to tweak the look and feel of the All-In-One software to make a more intuitive interface for midmarket businesses.
At Oneida, the selection involved finding ERP software that met its new operating model, Hack said. The company took an accelerated path to its selection process, looking at software from Chicago-based SSA Global Technologies and SAP. Oracle was ruled out, Hack said, because of uncertainty around its various acquisitions.
"Oracle acquired a bunch of key companies, and we felt that if we went down that path we could be staring at a reimplementation at some point in time," he said.
Speed was of the essence, Hack said, because streamlining Oneida's IT systems is a large part of getting a handle on the company's overall financial health.
The company began the selection process in June and recently finished a validation process to finalize the scope and create a blueprint for implementation, he said. IBM will work with Oneida to begin implementation this month.
In addition, the company chose Logility Voyager software for supply chain management, Hack said. The systems are expected to go live in January.


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A man's addiction to hot sauce causes an inferno for two when he uses it to spice up the bedroom; hickeys from a secret lover may be the cause of a major medical crisis; a man gets lucky at a bowling alley but ends up in the ER with a broken pin.
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The kingdom of Portugal is established from the county of Portugal in the 1130s, ruled by the Alfonsine Dynasty. During most of the 12th and 13th centuries, its history is chiefly that of the gradual reconquest of territory from the various petty Muslim principalities (taifas) of the period.
This process was essentially complete with the ascension of Afonso III of Portugal, the first to claim the title of King of Portugal and Algarve.
Towards the close of the 11th century crusading knights came from every part of Europe to aid the kings of León, Castile and Aragon in fighting the Moors. Among these adventurers was Henry of Burgundy, who, in 1095, married Theresa of León, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VI of León. The County of Portugal was included in Theresa's dowry. Count Henry ruled as a vassal of Alfonso VI, whose Galician marches were thus secured against any sudden Moorish raid. But in 1109 Alfonso VI died, bequeathing all his territories to his legitimate daughter, Urraca of Castile, and Count Henry at once invaded León, hoping to add it to his own dominions at the expense of his suzerain.
After three years of war against Urraca and other rival claimants to the throne of León, Count Henry himself died in 1112, leaving his widow Theresa to govern Portugal north of the Mondego during the minority of her infant son Afonso: south of the Mondego the Moors were still supreme.
Theresa renewed the struggle against her half-sister and suzerain Urraca in 1116-1117, and again in 1120; in 1121 she was besieged in Lanhoso and captured. But a peace was negotiated by the archbishops Diogo Gelmires of Santiago de Compostela and Burdino of Braga, rival churchmen whose wealth and military resources enabled them to dictate terms. Bitter jealousy existed between the two prelates, each claiming to be primate "of all Hispania", and their antagonism had some historical importance insofar as it fostered the growth of separatist tendencies among the Portuguese. But the quarrel was temporarily suspended because both Gelmires and Burdino, virtually princes within their territories, had reason to dread the extension of Urraca's authority. It was arranged that Theresa should be liberated and should continue to hold the county of Portugal as a fief of León. During the next five years she lavished wealth and titles upon her lover Fernando Peres, count of Trava, thus estranging her son, the archbishop of Braga and the nobles.
Meanwhile, her son Afonso Henriques (meaning "Afonso son of Henry") thrived. The boy, probably born around 1109, followed his father as Count of Portugal in 1112, under the tutelage of his mother. The relations between Teresa and her son Afonso proved difficult. Only eleven years old, Afonso already had his own political ideas, greatly different from his mother's. In 1120, the young prince took the side of the archbishop of Braga, a political foe of Teresa, and both were exiled by her orders. Afonso spent the next years away from his own county, under the watch of the bishop. In 1122 Afonso became fourteen, the adult age in the 12th century. He made himself a knight on his own account in the Cathedral of Zamora, raised an army, and proceeded to take control of his lands. Near Guimarães, at the Battle of São Mamede (1128) he overcame the troops under his mother's lover and ally Count Fernando Peres de Trava of Galicia, making her his prisoner and exiling her forever to a monastery in León. She died there in 1130. Thus Afonso become sole ruler (Duke of Portugal) after demands for independence from the county's people, church and nobles. He also vanquished Alfonso VII of León and Castile, his nominal suzerain, and thus freed the county from political dependence on the crown of León. On April 6, 1129, Afonso Henriques dictated the writ in which he proclaimed himself Prince of Portugal.
Afonso then turned his arms against the persistent problem of the Moors in the south. His campaigns were successful and, on July 25, 1139, he obtained an overwhelming victory in the Battle of Ourique, and straight after was unanimously proclaimed King of Portugal by his soldiers. This meant that Portugal was no longer a vassal county of León, but an independent kingdom in its own right. That he then convened the first assembly of the estates-general at Lamego (wherein he would have been given the crown from the Archbishop of Braga, to confirm the independence) is likely to be a 17th-century embellishment of Portuguese history.
Independence, however, was not a thing a land could choose on its own. Portugal still had to be acknowledged by the neighbouring lands and, most importantly, by the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope. Afonso wed Mafalda of Savoy, daughter of Count Amadeo III of Savoy, and sent Ambassadors to Rome to negotiate with the Pope. In Portugal, he built several monasteries and convents and bestowed important privileges to religious orders. In 1143, he wrote to Pope Innocent II to declare himself and the kingdom servants of the Church, swearing to pursue driving the Moors out of the Iberian Peninsula. Bypassing any king of Castile or León, Afonso declared himself the direct vassal of the Papacy. Thus, Afonso continued to distinguish himself by his exploits against the Moors, from whom he wrested Santarém and Lisbon in 1147. He also conquered an important part of the land south of the Tagus River, although this was lost again to the Moors in the following years.
Meanwhile, King Alfonso VII of León (Afonso's cousin) regarded the independent ruler of Portugal as nothing but a rebel. Conflict between the two was constant and bitter in the following years. Afonso became involved in a war, taking the side of the Aragonese king, an enemy of Alfonso VII. To ensure the alliance, his son Sancho was engaged to Dulce, sister of the Count of Barcelona, and princess of Aragon. Finally, in 1143, the Treaty of Zamora established peace between the cousins and the recognition by the Kingdom of León that Portugal was an independent kingdom.
Afonso was occupied in almost incessant border fighting against his Christian or Moorish neighbours. Twelve years of campaigning on the Galician frontier were concluded in 1143 by the Treaty of Zamora, in which Afonso was recognized as independent of any other Iberian sovereign, although he promised to be a faithful vassal of the Pope and to pay him a yearly tribute of four ounces of gold. In 1167, however, the war was renewed. Afonso succeeded in conquering part of Galicia, but in attempting to capture the frontier fortress of Badajoz he was wounded and forced to surrender to Ferdinand II of León (1169). Ferdinand was his son-in-law, and was probably disposed to leniency by the imminence of a Moorish invasion in which Portugal could render useful assistance. Afonso was therefore released under promise to abandon all his conquests in Galicia.
In 1179 the privileges and favours given to the Roman Catholic Church were compensated. In the papal bull Manifestis Probatum, Pope Alexander III acknowledged Afonso as King and Portugal as an independent land with the right to conquer lands from the Moors. With this papal blessing, Portugal was at last secured as a country and safe from any Leonese attempts at annexation.
In 1184, in spite of his great age, King Afonso of Portugal still had sufficient energy to relieve his son Sancho, who was besieged in Santarém by the Moors. He died shortly after, on December 6, 1185.
Afonso had already won many victories over the Moors. At the beginning of his reign the religious fervor which had sustained the Almoravide dynasty was rapidly subsiding; in Portugal independent Moorish chiefs ruled over cities and petty taifa states, ignoring the central government; in Africa the Almohades were destroying the remnants of the Almoravide power. Afonso took advantage of these dissentions to invade Alentejo, reinforced by the Templars and the Hospitallers, whose respective headquarters were at Tomar and Soure.
On July 25, 1139 he defeated the combined forces of the Moors on the plains of Ourique, in Alentejo.[1] Legend has magnified the victory into the rout of 200,000 Muslims under five kings; but so far was the battle from being decisive that in 1140 the Moors were able to seize the fortress of Leiria, built by Afonso in 1135 as an outpost for the defence of Coimbra, his capital. In 114? they defeated the Templars at Soure. But on March 15, 1147 Afonso stormed the fortress of Santarém,[2] and about the same time a band of crusaders on their way to Palestine landed at Porto in 16 June 1147, and volunteered for the impending siege of Lisbon.[3] Among them were many Englishmen, Germans and Flemings, who were afterwards induced to settle in Portugal. Aided by these powerful allies, Afonso captured Lisbon on October 24, 1147.[4]
This was the greatest military achievement of his reign. The Moorish garrisons of Palmela, Sintra and Almada soon capitulated, and in 1158 Alcácer do Sal, one of the chief centres of Moorish commerce, was taken by storm.[5] At this time, however, the Almohads had triumphed in Africa and invaded the Peninsula, where they were able to check the Portuguese reconquest, although isolated bands of crusading adventurers succeeded in establishing themselves in various cities of Alentejo. The most famous of these free-lancers was Geraldo Sem Pavor ("Gerald the Fearless"), who captured Évora in 1165.[6]
In 1171 Afonso concluded a seven years truce with the Moors; weakened by his wound and by old age, he could no longer take the field, and when the war broke out afresh he delegated the chief command to his son Sancho. Between 1179 and 1184 the Moors retrieved many of their losses in Alentejo, but were unable to retake Santarém and Lisbon. In 1179, by the papal bull Manifestis Probatum, Pope Alexander III acknowledged Portugal as an independent nation and Afonso and his heirs as her rightful kings.[7] Afonso died on December 6, 1185.[8] He had secured for Portugal both the status and the name of an independent kingdom, and had extended its frontier southwards from the Mondego to the Tagus. He had laid the foundation of its navy and had strengthened, if he did not inaugurate, that system of co-operation between the Crown and the military orders which afterwards proved of incalculable service in the maritime and colonial development of the nation.
Sancho I continued the war against the Moors with varying fortune. In 1189 he won Silves, then the capital of Algarve; in 1192 he lost not only Algarve but the greater part of Alentejo, including Alcácer do Sal, to the Almohads. A peace was then arranged.
For the next eight years Sancho was engaged in hostilities against Alfonso IX of León. The motives and course of this indecisive struggle are obscure. It ended in 1201, and the last decade of Sancho's reign was a period of peaceful reform which earned for the king his popular name of o Povoador, "the Populator".
He granted fresh charters to many cities, legalizing the system of self-government which the Romans had bequeathed to the Visigoths and the Moors had retained or improved. Lisbon had already (1179) received a charter from Afonso I. Sancho also endeavoured to foster immigration and agriculture, by granting estates to the military orders and municipalities on condition that the occupiers should cultivate or colonize their lands. Towards the close of his reign he became embroiled in a dispute with Pope Innocent III. He had insisted that priests should accompany their flocks in battle, had made them amenable to secular jurisdiction, had withheld the tribute due to Rome and had even claimed the right of disposing of ecclesiastical domains. Finally he had quarreled with Martinho Rodrigues, the unpopular bishop of Porto, who was besieged for five months in his palace and then forced to seek redress in Rome (1209). As Sancho was in weak health and had no means of resisting Papal pressure, he made full submission (1210); and after bestowing large estates on his sons and daughters, he retired into the monastery of Alcobaça, where he died in March 1211.[9]
The reign of Afonso II ("the Fat") is noteworthy for the first meeting of the Portuguese Cortes, to which the upper hierarchy of the Church and the nobles (fidalgos and ricos homens) were summoned by royal writ. The king (1211–1223), was no warrior, but in 1212 a Portuguese contingent aided the Castilians to defeat the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa, and in 1217 the ministers, bishops and captains of the realm, reinforced by foreign crusaders, retook Alcácer do Sal.[10]
Afonso II repudiated the will of his father, refused to surrender the estates left to his brothers, who went into exile, and only gave up the property bequeathed to his sisters after a prolonged civil war in which Alfonso IX of León took part against them. Even then he compelled the heiresses to take the veil. His attempts to strengthen the monarchy and fill the treasury at the expense of the Church resulted in his excommunication by Pope Honorius III, and Portugal remained under interdict until Afonso II died in 25 March 1223.[11]
Sancho II succeeded at the age of thirteen. To secure the removal of the interdict the leading statesmen who were identified with the policy of his father Gonçalo Mendes the chancellor, Pedro Annes, the lord chamberlain (mordomo-mor), and Vicente, dean of Lisbon, resigned their offices. Estêvão Soares, archbishop of Braga, placed himself at the head of the nobles and churchmen who threatened to usurp the royal power during Sancho II's minority, and negotiated an alliance with Alfonso IX, by which it was arranged that the Portuguese should attack Elvas, the Castilians Badajoz.
Elvas was taken from the Moors in 1226, and in 1227 Sancho assumed control of the kingdom. He reinstated Pedro Annes, made Vicente chancellor, and appointed Martim Annes chief standard-bearer (alferes mor), i.e., the chief military official. He continued the crusade against the Moors, who were driven from their last strongholds in Alentejo, and in 1239-1244, after a dispute with Rome which was once more ended by the imposition of an interdict and the submission of the Portuguese ruler, he won many successes in the Algarve. But his career of conquest was cut short by a revolution (1245), for which his marriage to a Castilian lady, Mécia Lopes de Haro, furnished a pretext.
The legitimacy of the union has been questioned, on grounds which appear insufficient; but of its unpopularity there can be no doubt. The bishops, resenting the favour shown by Sancho to his father's anti-clerical ministers, took advantage of this unpopularity to organize the rebellion. They found a leader in Sancho's brother Afonso, count of Boulogne, who owed his title to a marriage with Matilda, countess of Boulogne. The pope issued a bull of deposition in favour of Afonso, who reached Lisbon in 1246; and after a civil war lasting two years Sancho II retired to Toledo, where he died in January 1248.[12]
One of the first acts of the usurper, and one of the most important, was to abandon the semi-ecclesiastical titles of visitor (visitador) or defender (curador) of the realm, and to proclaim himself king. Hitherto the position of the monarchy had been precarious; as in Aragon the nobles and the church had exercised a large measure of control over their nominal head, and though it would be pedantry to over-emphasize the importance of the royal title, its assumption by Afonso III does mark a definite stage in the evolution of a national monarchy and a centralized government.
A second stage was reached shortly afterwards by the conquest of Algarve, the last remaining stronghold of the Moors. This drew down upon Portugal the anger of Alfonso X of Castile, surnamed the Wise, who claimed suzerainty over Algarve. The war which followed was ended by Afonso III consenting to wed Beatriz de Guzmán, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso X, and to hold Algarve as a fief of Castile. The celebration of this marriage, while Matilda, countess of Boulogne and first wife of Afonso III, was still alive, entailed the imposition of an interdict upon the kingdom. In 1254 Afonso III summoned cortes to Leiria, in which the chief cities were represented, as well as the nobles and clergy.[13]
Fortified by their support the king refused to submit to Rome. At the cortes of Coimbra (1261), he further strengthened his position by conciliating the representatives of the cities, who denounced the issue of a debased coinage, and by recognizing that taxation could not be imposed without consent of the cortes. The clergy suffered more than the laity under a prolonged interdict, and in 1262 Pope Urban IV legalized the disputed marriage and legitimized Dinis (future king Dinis), the king's eldest son. Thus ended the contest for supremacy between Church and Crown.
The monarchy owed its triumph to its championship of national interests, to the support of the municipalities and military orders, and to the prestige gained by the royal armies in the Moorish and Castilian wars. In 1263 Alfonso X renounced his claim to suzerainty over the Kingdom of the Algarve.[14] Lisbon was henceforth recognized as the capital. Afonso III continued to reign until his death in 16 February 1279,[15] but the peace of his later years was broken by the rebellion (1277–1279) of Dinis.
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A Scanner Dorkly: Oct. 1
The voting as in favor of "A Scanner Dorkly" last week, so I'm going to try that on for size for a little while, but I still haven't ruled out re-re-naming this feature "Brad Guigar's Comics Reviews And Predictions."
Comics last week were obsessed with pick-ups.
And, except for a few lucky people who weren't forced to maim themselves by the Psycho Pirate in Blackest Night Superman #2, they weren't the kind of pick-ups you might expect.
Spidey's Pick-Up Line
Felicia "Black Cat" Hardy walked onto the Spider-stage last week (to tumultuous applause, no doubt), and she and her "bad luck" powers proceeded to complicate Webhead's life. Spidey catches her in the midst of a break-in. During the ensuing banter, the ol' silver-tongued Spider launches a little naughty talk about Hardy's, er, assets.
Spidey: …Aren't you sharing a litter box with the Puma? (Yes, Punber Two.)
Black Cat: I was. But Thomas had control issues… and then there was the manscaping incident after he forgot his boundaries.
Spidey: You evil, evil thing.
Cat: Comes with the claws. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm working.
Spidey: Work — are you breaking and entering?
Cat: Are you staring at my chest?
Spidey: I–
Cat: So it's yes to both then.
Spidey: Wait? What –?
Cat: Your breathing gets choppy when you perv out. Don't worry. I'm used to it.
Spidey: I'm talking about the felony! Not… you know… the kittens…
Later, after they stumble upon a corpse and Black Cat insists she's not involved in the murder, Spider-Man tells her that he believes her because: "your breath gets all choppy when you tell the truth."
In the end, Spider-Man levels with her: She dumped him because she didn't like the man behind the mask. And she confesses that when she saw him again all of the old feelings came rushing back. And then there's this stellar moment:
Spidey: But… your breathing's all choppy.
Black Cat: So is yours.
Spidey: Oh boy.
Which, of course, leads directly to one heck of a smooch. Kudos to Joe Kelly for some thoroughly smart and enjoyable dialogue. I can't wait for #607.
Power Girl Picks Up a Pick-Up (kinda)
As long as our minds are in the gutter, we might as well turn to ultra-sexy Power Girl, and yet another solid performance by the team of Paliotti, Gray and Conner. It's also the appearance of the first of several vehicles that were thrown around last week. As a taxi comes sailing through the air, the graceful Power Girl, flying for the interception delivers this wonderfully campy line:
Power Girl: Usually, it's impossible to catch a cab this time of day.
Another Picked Up Pick-Up
For the second picked-up pick-up, we head over to Super Friends #19, where the evil Headmaster Mind is launching a school for villains (proving that these charter schools would eventually lead to no good). One of the young wannabes tries to gain admission, but quickly learns the pitfalls of villain nomenclature when all the good names have already been taken. Of course, I'm sure "Headmaster Mind" already knew that.
Kid: You can call me Punch!
Headmaster Mind: Sorry, kid, there's already a villain named punch.
He slams the door: SLAM!
Kid: Did I say "Punch?" I meant to say I'm the Harlequin!
Mind: There's already a Harlequin
Kid: I'm, um… the Joker?
Kid: All right. I'm — Clown Boy.
After a brief internal monologue in which, no doubt, the phrase "glass houses" went through Headmaster Mind's mind, the newly-named Clown Boy is granted admission to the class already in session.
…And the ubiquitous vehicle being held aloft by a super-powered baddie.
Plastic Man tries to Pick Up Doctor Light
Len Wein wrapped up his wonderful run on JLA with issue #37. Some of the dialogue was spotty, but overall, it was a nice outing for the comics legend. Along with the third hurled vehicle of the week, it featured some nice banter between Dr. Light and Eel "Plastic Man" O'Brien. Unfortunately a new team takes the reins, and sadly, that means that the presence of Plastic Man — DC's most powerful superhero (according to Batman in Frank Miller's "Dark Night Strikes Again")– will soon be a thing of the past. And that's too bad because Wein had a nice little chemistry brewing between Plas and the surly Doctor Light. Unfortunately, that's a thread that's unlikely to be followed-up. Meanwhile, we'll just have to comfort ourselves with a little O'Brien Banter:
Plastic Man: Geez, does everyone around here have a stick up their butt?
Good news is, now I won't feel bad about wiping the floor with you!
Emma to Scott: 'I'll Pick Up a Carton of Milk…'
Scott "Cyclops" Summers wakes up to an empty bed and a note left behind by his lover, Emma "White Queen" Frost. Take it from me, this is never a good thing. The note says that she has left early to go and kill a man.
Of course, in the circles in which Frost travels, this is usually followed by… "I'll pick up a carton of milk on my way home."
Turns out, she was planning to go off Norman Osborn (join the club) but decided instead to return to Summers and spend the rest of the book exchanging context-thick dialogue with the X-Man.
Ma Kent Picks Up Her Torch
Marvel DC Zombies continue to run rampant across the DCU. And in Smallville, as the Black Lantern Psycho Pirate terrorizes Smallvile (by making men kiss… each other!), BL-Superman-2 battles Superman and Conner "Superboy" Kent while BL-Lois-Lane-2 hunts Ma Kent.
If you've picked up any single DC book over the last, oh, three months, you've probably seen Black Lanterns completely obliterate some of the DCU's top talents, including Hawkman, Hawkgirl,
AqualadGarth, and even Krypto.
Ma Kent monologues that it's going to take more than a Black Lantern to scare "a Kansas farmer's wife."
Good Lord! What exactly did the Kents raise on their farm — rabid scorpions?!
Anyway… Ma's gonna go mano-a-mano with Black-Lantern-Lois-2.
Armed with a torch.
And, you know what, I'll actually give her good odds.
(Ever try to milk a scorpion?)
Smoothest Pick-Up Line of the Week
Finally, let's turn to the all-time-greatest pick-up line of the week. And it started out looking like the all-time d-bag monologue. Of course, if we're talking d-bag monologues, we're talking about Reed Richards — who has, once again, run afoul of his sweet Sue. Over a complete breakfast (that includes, by the way, a gamma-green cereal called "Hulk Smash"), Sue excuses the entire FFamily so she can talk to her husband. Alone.
The Thing pats his pliable pal's back: "You know, stretcho-scientist-leaderman, when you don't keep the wife happy… it's the whole team that suffers."
As Sue launches into a "we have to talk" monologue, Reed interrupts to tell her that he already knows what she's going to say. She accuses him of being dismissive. And then Reed launches into the following little speech that made husbands everywhere cringe:
Reed: Susan, when I was ten, I split my first atom.
Any by the time I was 25, I had spliced a gene and created life.
I have been to the stars in a rocket built with my own hands and I have seen the death and birth of suns with my very own eyes.
All of this — my own doing.
I'm the foremost authority in countless areas of science and technology, and when the smartest people on this planet need help, it's me they call…
I will not apologize for knowing the things I do.
Sue: What's your point?
And then Reed delivers the line that allowed all of us husbands to unclench…
Reed: I'm an expert in many things… but it's you I've studied the most.
And then he tells her, in five words, that he knows what she's going to ask, and he will agree to do so.
The smartest man in the universe is also a pretty smart husband.
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by Oyin Akande
Do you remember when Beyonce dropped Lemonade, the frenzy-inspiring visual album that incited a modern witch-hunt and a worldwide Internet debate over the fictitious "Becky with the good hair"? Well, the femme fatale songwriter behind the lyrics from "Sorry", as well as "Don't Hurt Yourself" and "Daddy Issues", Diana Gordon, has recently topped her efforts and this time it is her voice singing her words. Gordon has been working in the music industry for years, producing and writing songs for several artists- such as Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez and Ciara– and performing in dance clubs.
Following her success on Beyonce's album, the singer/songwriter- and long-time personal favourite of mine- dropped her stage name Wynter Gordon and set out on a career afresh. Reintroducing herself to the world, as the undiluted Diana Gordon, she released a self-affirming poem explaining her decision:
"I release all the negativity surrounding my past including a false name that I wore as a costume," she wrote. "I wiped it off like smudged makeup after a long night of partying. My real name is Diana. It says so on my birth certificate. And it's time for me to get to know her."
She has quickly risen to the star-studded ranks of music and was made the performance coach of Chloe x Halle, the remarkable young sisters and Beyonce's protégés. Earlier this month, she performed along with music legends Mariah Carey, Patti LaBelle, and Chaka Khan at VH1's Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night special, and, last week, she released the music video to her single "Woman", which premiered on Vogue.com. "Woman" is a badass neo-rock anthem that explicitly and apologetically celebrates the power of a woman and is an ode to contemporary motherhood. The music video is a grainy New York cityscape and resembles something of an 80s cinematography shot by Cameron McCool. It features five heavily pregnant, diversely beautiful women, which expectedly made for an interesting shoot. Gordon also rides around town with model Adesuwa Aighewi.
"This song, that celebrates your mother, my mother, your sister, and my sister, is just my way to stand up for the woman next to me and all those unseen. In a time when we are still defending our right to choose, pay equality, moral and ethical equality; a time where single motherhood is on the rise and women are in the trenches raising the next generation largely by themselves, we have to be all-encompassing and stay strong through the worst of situations. We need to stand together". Gordon hopes her lyrics will be received as unifying rather than as divisive, as they, unfortunately, were with "Sorry".
"God gave you the answer when he gave you the woman," Gordon sings and we are definitely singing along.


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The Most Famous Van Ever?
Friday April 28, 2017
In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem… if no one else can help… and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team.
For countless viewers around the world, the true hero of The A-Team was the 1983 GMC Vandura G15 – or rather several of them. Craig R Baxley, the show's director and stunt coordinator has stated that at least eight vans were used over the series' four-year run - two for first unit filming and another six stunt vans. The Universal Studios Prop Department extensively modified the G15s and to ensure some extra drama during the chase senses, the crew would spray bleach on and around the rear tyres so to produce impressive clouds of grey smoke. The main actors did not carry out the driving as Henry Kingi was responsible for the major jumps and chase sequences.
The A-Team first aired on ITV on a Saturday afternoon, some 34 years ago, and it still appears utterly fascinating. Every week, B.A.'s engineering genius seemed to be able to convert a 1961 Chevrolet Corvair into an armoured car (I might be slightly hazy on this standard plot detail) in about five minutes flat and all of the main cast members had the ability to survive the largest of explosions. Over the course of 98 episodes, aficionados grew to appreciate the entertaining continuity errors, such as a sunroof that would disappear between scenes. Whenever the G15, or one of its doubles, was about to land in a reservoir or lake, the engine had to be removed, as per Californian state regulations.
There also remained the fact that if John "Hannibal" Smith, B. A. Baracus, Templeton "Face" Peck and "Howling Mad" Murdock really were a covert gang, it was possibly not a clever idea to use an extremely recognisable van. Alternatively, the Military Police could probably have traced The A-Team by following a trail of wrecked Pontiac Catalinas and Oldsmobile Delta 88s. But the Vandura, became a genuine star of the small screen, whether it was speeding through burning sheds or crashing through roadblocks made of two unfortunate Dodge St Regis. Yaxley noted that 'anytime you do a major jump, that's usually the end of the vehicle. We destroyed four on The A-Team…When the show ended, there were three remaining: two on first unit and one on second'.
To the average British viewer, GMC was especially glamorous; the stacked quad headlights, the mighty engine and the fact that it was not officially sold in the UK. The nearest local equivalent to the G15 was the Bedford CF; honest transport but not really associated with thrilling adventures, no matter how cleverly an owner might apply an aftermarket black with a red diagonal stripe paint finish. Anyone who recalls the 1980s will also remember that this colour scheme looked even less unconvincing on a second-hand BLMC J4.
Most readers will have their favourite edition of the programme, and here is mine. February 11th 1986 was the day when a notable episode of The A-Team was aired, one with a premise so bizarre that for decades afterwards many people today thought they had dreamt it. But no, Cowboy George really did guest star Boy George and Culture Club, all helping this week's plan to come together:


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From 1998 to ?
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have gone from film's hottest couple to husband and wife to nemeses to...great friends? It seems so: Pitt and Aniston have been seen more and more together in the years post-split. And now that Pitt and Aniston are both single once again, following Pitt's divorce from Angelina Jolie and Aniston's divorce from Justin Trudeaux, debating whether or not they will (or should) reunite has become a national pastime. In honor of The Great Debate, let's take a look back at their love story and the latest developments.
Brad and Jen go on their first date after being set up by their agents—a true Hollywood romance, right? They try to keep things quiet for as long as they can, but this proves difficult since Brad is one of the biggest movie stars in the world and Jen is America's sweetheart.
(Also, big ups to their beauty lewks in this photo.)
Brad and Jen make their public debut as a couple on the red carpet for the Emmy Awards in 1999—forever immortalizing Brad's sunglasses.
Just a few months after that initial debut, Brad and Jen crash the stage of a Sting concert (ha ha ha ha) in New York City and flaunt their engagement. In their defense, there was no Instagram back then.
Brad and Jen tie the knot in a lavish Malibu wedding, which is naturally hounded by paparazzi—thus the aerial shots. Look at all those tents! The phrase "media circus" couldn't be more apt.
There are literally fireworks the night of the wedding. It was that lavish.
Brad and Jen make another appearance at the Emmy Awards, this time as newlyweds (and looking classy AF, we might add).
Jen talks about Brad in an interview with Rolling Stone. She admits that her friends worried Brad would be a "conceited f*ck" at first, but immediately came around because he's actually just the best person. She also talks marriage and being in it for the long haul.
To quote: "You know if there's ever an argument, it's not like you can go, 'Screw you, I'm outta here!' You're there for the long haul. It's a beautiful thing to actually realize that for the first time, to have that knowing. It takes the heat and the weight out of things."
Brad Pitt guest stars in Friends (specifically, "The One with the Rumor") where he wears a jaunty sweater and frosted tips and, oh yeah, hates Rachel Green. It's a major moment for people into his relationship with Jen, AKA everyone.
Brad and Jen attend the Golden Globes, where both she and Friends are nominated. Neither wins, but Jen and Brad matched outfits, so there's that.
When an interviewer for a W magazine profile refers to Brad as the love of Jen's life, her response is...interesting.
"Is he the love of my life? I think you're always sort of wondering, 'Are you the love of my life?' I mean, I don't know, I've never been someone who says, 'He's the love of my life.' He's certainly a big love in my life...And I know that we have something special, especially in all this chaos. In this nutty, brilliant, wonderful, hard business that we have, it's nice to have somebody who's anchored and knows you, really knows all of you."
In an interview with The Guardian, Jennifer talks about the end of Friends and her desire to start a family with Brad: "It's time. It's time. You know, I think you can work with a baby, I think you can work pregnant, I think you can do all of it. So I'm just truly looking forward to slowing down."
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie meet on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and sparks fly/explode all over the place—specifically, all over Brad's marriage. Angelina later described falling for Brad while filming the movie during an interview with Vogue:
"Because of the film we ended up being brought together to do all these crazy things, and I think we found this strange friendship and partnership that kind of just suddenly happened. I think a few months in I realized, 'God, I can't wait to get to work.' Whether it was shooting a scene or arguing about a scene or gun practice or dance class or doing stunts—anything we had to do with each other, we just found a lot of joy in it together and a lot of real teamwork. We just became kind of a pair. And it took until, really, the end of the shoot for us, I think, to realize that it might mean something more than we'd earlier allowed ourselves to believe. And both knowing that the reality of that was a big thing, something that was going to take a lot of serious consideration."
Brad and Jen officially split, offering the below joint statement:
"We would like to announce that after seven years together we have decided to formally separate. For those who follow these sorts of things, we would like to explain that our separation is not the result of any of the speculation reported by the tabloid media. This decision is the result of much thoughtful consideration. We happily remain committed and caring friends with great love and admiration for one another. We ask in advance for your kindness and sensitivity in the coming months."
Jen addresses the split in an interview with Vanity Fair, and famously describes Brad as "missing a sensitivity chip" thanks to a W magazine spread featuring him and Angelina.
"Brad is not mean-spirited; he would never intentionally try to rub something in my face," she says. "In hindsight, I can see him going, 'Oh—I can see that that was inconsiderate.' But I know Brad. Brad would say, 'That's art!' There's a sensitivity chip that's missing."
Brad and Jen's divorce is finalized.
Jen talks Brad and Angelina again, this time with Vogue. She explains that she was hurt by stories Brangelina shared with the press about falling for each other during their marriage.
"There was stuff printed there that was definitely from a time when I was unaware that it was happening," she says. "I felt those details were a little inappropriate to discuss. That stuff about how she couldn't wait to get to work every day? That was really uncool."
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie officially marry.
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux tie the knot (or at least have a ceremony).
Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt.
It's reported that Brad and Jen are in contact. Sources say he tracked down his ex's number so he could wish her a happy birthday, and that they've "been texting." What's more, apparently Brad "told her he's having a hard time with his split and they exchanged a few texts reminiscing about the past." Hmmmm.
Brad Pitt starts "casually dating" in the wake of his split from Angelina Jolie, with a source saying: "He has been going out but there is nothing serious in the dating area at all, nothing to speak of at this point."
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux announce their separation. Twitter explodes with hope that Jen and Brad are getting back together, mostly in the form of Rachel Green GIFs.
Jen celebrated her 50th birthday with a star-studded party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles. Brad, who was spotted at the venue, was among the guests, according to People.
Don't freak out, but Jen is definitely back in the dating game, reports ET. Her Friends co-stars encouraged her to get back in the saddle, so she's been casually treading the waters. Also, she's still in contact with Brad, a source told the outlet, and they talk occasionally.
So, Jen threw an "intimate" holiday bash for her close friends...and guess who came? You guessed it: Brad. According to Entertainment Tonight: "[Brad] was among the first to arrive and the second to last guest to leave around 11 p.m." Other guests at the star-studded (but intimate!) party included Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Hanks, Kate Hudson, Lisa Kudrow, and Reese Witherspoon.
Now self-professed "good friends," Jen and Brad's support of each other was on full show at the 2020 SAG Awards. First, Brad cracked a joke about his failed marriages, and Jen laughed and applauded; then Jen won an award, and Brad watched tenderly from backstage. Then they ran into each other afterwards and were photographed together for the first time in years. Plus, is this body language a little flirty, or is it just me?


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Dear Community Partner,
Thank you for your participation in Dyslexia Advocacy day on Tuesday, March 1. Below you will find information on set up, room information, loading, parking, etc. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you next week.
Event Information
Dyslexia Advocacy Day is targeted to families, educators and friends affected by dyslexia. Plans include a meet and greet, a one-hour legislative briefing on dyslexia and why it should matter to state legislators, along with information and handouts on how to speak with legislators. Attendees will, in advance, schedule meetings with their district State Delegates and Senators to talk about dyslexia using DD-MD talking points and will use the meeting room as a hub throughout the day.
If you choose, your organization can sponsor an in-kind donation of food, beverages, media help, publicity, and/or photocopying & printing. In return for your in-kind donation/sponsorship, DD-MD will proudly display your organization's logos on event materials and legislator handouts. There is no charge to participate. If you would like to provide an in-kind donation, you can click this link to REGISTER and/or contact Laura Schultz at 703-477-4847. All Partners, whether you sponsor an in-kind donation or participate as an exhibitor, should register.
Location & Contact Information
Where: Room 145, Lowe House Office Building, Baltimore City Delegation Room
When: Wednesday, March 18, from 9:00am-1:00pm (set up 7:30-9:00am)
Contact: Laura Schultz, Decoding Dyslexia MD, 703-477-4847
7:30-8:30 -- Room will be open for set-up
9:00-9:30 -- Meet & Greet
9:30-10:30 -- Short Program on DD-MD, How to Meet with Your Legislator, The Components of an Evidence-based Dyslexia Intervention Program & Teacher Education Program on Dyslexia and Q&A
10:30-1:00pm: Room is used as home base; families will be in and out
Bagels, fruit, coffee and water will be available for all attendees.
Public Buildings Map and Parking Options -- If you park at the Navy Marine Corps Stadium to take the shuttle, the cost is $4 round trip and $5 to access the parking lot at the stadium. The shuttle requires exact change in cash. Leave at least 20-30 minutes to park, catch the trolley and ride to your destination. Also leave 10-15 minutes to get through security and be sure to have your photo ID ready.
There is also a free parking garage located at 19 St. Johns St., Annapolis, MD 21401 the block directly behind the Lowe House Office Building--from Rowe Boulevard, headed toward the Circle, make a left on Calvert Street, a left on St. Johns and the garage is half way down on the left. It is a block and a half from the Lowe House Office Building -- if you have a lot of items to bring inside, you may need to park, unload and then go to the garage. The link above has a directions link.
Room Layout: Room 145 includes a square of desks -- see photos below. The desks can be used for literature, standing boards and other booth displays. It's not ideal, but it works for those who don't want to carry too many things through security or if you're working alone.
Tables: Many partners would like to bring a table. There will be 3, 6' tables available for anyone who cannot bring a table and would like one. The desks (see photos) are also available for your use. All Community Partners will set up in the "desk square". Parents, students and other attendees will use the seating.
The room is available from 7:30am-1pm for our use. There is a short program in the morning and thereafter attendees will use the room as a home base in between legislator meetings. We encourage you to make appointments with your legislators as well.
Why Dyslexia Advocacy Day?
Maryland Dyslexia Advocacy Day is an opportunity for families across Maryland to come together and speak with one voice. Our collective message is very powerful. Please join Decoding Dyslexia MD as a Community Partner for this event. DD-MD's short-term goal for Dyslexia Advocacy Day is to lay the foundation for legislative support of our long-term legislative goals for 2016 (see below). Legislative change to support students with dyslexia will come earlier and with fewer unintended consequences if parents, students and professionals educate legislators about dyslexia: what it is and how profoundly it affects families and students in the public system and why legislators should care.
DD-MD's long-term advocacy goals include legislative approaches for early screening and interventions for dyslexia; in-service dyslexia education for teachers; higher education dyslexia curriculum for pre-service teachers; and appropriate accommodations for all students who struggle to read.
Pending Legislation on Dyslexia and Reading
There are 3 bills pending in the legislature: House Bill 278 and Senate Bill 15 to establish a Task Force to Study Dyslexia Education Programs in Maryland public schools and HB 763 by Del. Cullison (D-Montgomery) would establish a Task Force to study Effectiveness of Teacher Education Programs in the Instruction of Reading. DD-MD supports these bills and would like to ensure that members of the dyslexia community and educators with knowledge and practice in the foundations of reading, be included on the Task Forces.
About Decoding Dyslexia Maryland
Decoding Dyslexia MD is an all volunteer, parent network. We do not charge dues or raise money and we work collaboratively on behalf of all students and families with language learning differences like dyslexia, in Maryland. Decoding Dyslexia MD is part of a national, grassroots movement in 50 states that advocates for students with dyslexia and reading struggles.
Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to working with you in Annapolis on behalf of students with dyslexia. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Laura Schultz
Decoding Dyslexia MD


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John Donne: Poems
why does the poet refer to death as poor death?
Die not,poor death,nor yet can'st thou kill me.
Die not,poor death,nor yet can'st thou kill me.
The poet refers to death as "poor Death" because Death does not in fact have the power to kill. Christians firmly believe that death leads to eternal life.... thus, Death does not have the power to take life, but rather move us onto the next.
Death, Be Not Proud - Holy Sonnet 10


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Makeup and future absence views
September 28, 2017
We are pleased to announce we have released an update that allows better insight into makeups and future absences. These updates aim to save you time and make your makeup workflow simpler.
From the Students page, you can now view all absences and makeups by clicking into the attendance view of a student:
Classes now show future absences to make it easier for you to schedule makeups. Future absences will show under makeups after clicking into the enrollment view from the classes page:
We've also added two new filters on the classes page under availability that will allow you to search classes by future absences or those that have a drop coming up:


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Mecca Maxima Christmas Party, linen tables and chairs provided by Valiant Events
Create sophisticated events with rich velvet, slender lines & gold. Venue: Australian Technology Park.
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Christmas Party at Grand Hyatt Melbourne. Produced by Trumpet Events
Held in BSKT Cafe on the Gold Coast. Floras by Stem Design Floras. Balloon Arch by Zippidydooaus
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Did you know RockTape turns down the volume on pain from injuries?
More particularly, it runs impedance on torment. Ever whack your shin and rub it, and all of a sudden it feels better? RockTape on the skin can help with difficult signs which are coordinated to the cerebrum. Common applications include knees, shoulders, back, planter faciitis and tennis elbow.


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Ginger pork wraps: a low-salt meal
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Yesterday I got my first chance to ride a 29er mountain bike over at Roswell Bikes and I thought I'd share what I learned from my (brief) test drive. The bike was a hard tail Cannondale 29er 4 and despite the awkward name it seemed well constructed, especially compared by my 1999 model Trek 😉
Although I was only able to take the bike for a spin in the parking lot, I got a real sense for the speed and power in the larger 29″ wheels. Cornering seemed just slightly more difficult but I suspect part of that could just be my own comfort and experience with the larger wheels. Getting the bike up to speed seemed easy and I really didn't notice any of the drawbacks of big wheel inertia I've read about in other 29er reviews. But again – parking lot riding is a bit different from trail riding so I'll withhold my final judgment.
Back in the shop I got the low down on 29ers from some of the guys, one of whom recently made the switch to 29ers and says he'll never go back. He claimed that the 29er was actually better at cornering and that his tech skills jumped the moment he started riding the new bike. I was also told that buyers will generally go down a frame size when transitioning to a 29er mountain bike due to the higher stand over height afforded by the bigger wheels.
One interesting note about the Cannondale 29er 4 in particular that you may find surprising: the components don't match. The shifters are SRAM X-5 Triggers but the front derailleur is Shimano Deore. Apparently this is fairly common these days but it seems a little strange to me. I was told that the SRAM shifters are only compatible with SRAM rear derailleurs but that they can be used with Shimano front derailleurs. This got me wondering: Is Cannondale just trying to save a few bucks or do the SRAM front derailleurs suck that much?
Anyway, now I'm convinced that I need a 29er but the question is, which brand? Hard tail or FS? Single speed or regular? So many choices…


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Join us in the most unconventional bycicle ride of the city!
We will ride from the centre to periphery and the giant murals will be the leading thread of this super coloured itinerary.
You will discover the new face of Roman suburbs as reshaped by internationally renowned street artists such as Moneyless, Andreco, 2501, Ozmo, Tellas, Gaia and much more.
In Rome there are about 150 streets redesigned by street art and which are considered an integral part of the capital's artistic heritage. The circular ride starts from the center of Rome and winds for 15 kilometers through Testaccio, Garbatella, Ostiense and Tor Marancia neighborhoods. You will discover at least 25 giant murals painted on the facades of buildings, which revive areas decisively outside the usual tourist itineraries.
If you are curious about the underground Rome this pedal tour is the one for you!
For any further detail or information contact as at [email protected] or at (+39) 3493991622.
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The Hansgrohe Group in facts and figures
Learn facts worth knowing about the Hansgrohe company. With 34 subsidiaries and 21 sales offices all over the world, Hansgrohe is one of the few global players in the sanitation industry. During the 2016 financial year, it employed around 4,800 people and supplied products in more than 140 countries. By the way, "hansgrohe," along with "AXOR," are the two brands that make up the Hansgrohe Group.
Every future needs a past
Hansgrohe is a company of tradition. In 1901, founder Hans Grohe started from humble beginnings with a metal pressing plant in Schiltach in the Black Forest. The creative center and company headquarters are still located there today, though, the hansgrohe brand created by "clever Hans" enjoys a reputation worldwide.
Hansgrohe Group: Present on all continents
Hansgrohe the company...
- Is a European stock corporation (Societas Europaea SE) that is not listed on the stock exchange;
- Has two main shareholders:
- The Masco Corporation of Taylor, Michigan, as majority shareholder (68%)
- Syngroh Verwaltungs- und Beteiligungs-GmbH, Schiltach, the holding company of the Klaus Grohe family (32%).
The Hansgrohe Group, a company with a broad international base, has production operations in Germany, France China and the USA. It generates around 80% of its turnover abroad.
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This website page contains everything about the hansgrohe brand and its premium products for the bathroom and kitchen. Products by the AXOR design brand, for luxurious bathrooms and kitchens, can be found on the AXOR website. On the Hansgrohe Group website, we've bundled important information for you about Hansgrohe the company.
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This has been true since 1901: Hansgrohe is a place for people who like to experiment. Who love working with beautifully designed and superbly functioning high-quality products. Who shine in their fields with outstanding expertise. Who dedicate themselves anew, day after day, and advocate on behalf of the resource of water. Of these committed people, there are currently around 5,000, and the numbers are increasing. They are the key to continuing growth at the Hansgrohe Group.
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Emerald, Sapphire and Ruby earrings
by Maura Nicholson on May.10, 2010, under Handmade Jewelry
These earrings are made of 9ct gold wire, they have gorgeous faceted emerald, yellow and blue sapphire and ruby beads. The picture was taken on a beach near to my home, they are perfect for in the late summer sunshine, it makes the beads twinkle and come to life.
You might be interested in:
- Emerald, Sapphire and Ruby earrings in gold
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2 Comments for this entry
May 25th, 2010 on 1:01 am
Dear colleagues!
We are honored to invite you at Moscow international Jewellery show "Yuvelir 2010". The Moscow international Jewellery show "Yuvelir 2010" is senior Jewellery show in Russia. Every year more than 400 companies around the world take part in our exhibition.
Our show is very appreciated both by customers and professionals. Last year more than 100.000 people visited our show. Many manufacturers and designers attend our conferences and seminars during the show to exchange working experience.
We have very favorable terms of participation for machinery and equipment manufacturers. Also there will be specialized hall for machinery and equipment manufacturers. We shall be happy to assist you with participation in our show.
Best regards!
Elena Afonova,
December 2nd, 2010 on 1:01 am
Cool post! How much stuff did you have to look up in order to write this one? I can tell you put some work in.