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A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Tuesday struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage, ruling that the ballot initiative violated the equal-protection rights of gay and lesbian couples by withholding a marriage right they had already once enjoyed.
The decision sets the stage for a potential showdown at the US Supreme Court over an issue that has bitterly divided not just Californians but much of the nation.
The panel of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that California's 2008 ballot initiative restricting marriage to between one man and one woman, violated the federal constitution by refusing same-sex couples the same marriage rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples.
"The People may not employ the initiative power to single out a disfavored group for unequal treatment and strip them … of a right as important as the right to marry," wrote Judge Stephen Reinhardt in the majority decision.
"Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples," Judge Reinhardt said. "The Constitution simply does not allow for laws of this sort."
The decision represents an extraordinary use of judicial power to invalidate an act of grass-roots democracy. It dismisses the expressed judgment of seven million California voters who approved Prop. 8, and it undercuts a decision of the California Supreme Court that the ballot initiative was a valid amendment to the state's constitution.
Reinhardt denounced the ballot initiative as "nothing more or less than a judgment about the worth and dignity of gays and lesbians as a class."
The judge rejected claims by Prop. 8 proponents that the measure was a legitimate effort by the state to promote families with a mother and father in the same home raising their own children. He also pushed aside claims that the measure upheld tradition.
"Tradition alone is not justification for taking away a right that had already been granted," he said.
Judge Michael Hawkins joined the majority opinion.
In a dissent, Judge N. Randy Smith said he was not convinced that the ballot initiative and constitutional amendment promoted no legitimate government interest. He suggested the measure could be upheld as an effort by the state to promote responsible procreation and optimal family partnerships of mothers and fathers raising their own children.
What happens next
Supporters of Prop. 8 are expected to appeal. They have two options. They can ask all active judges on the Ninth Circuit to re-hear the appeal, or they can file an appeal to the US Supreme Court.
The case has attracted substantial national interest because it was seen as an opportunity for the a federal appeals court to address a more fundamental question – whether gay and lesbian Americans enjoy a federal constitutional right to engage in same-sex marriage.
The US Supreme Court has not directly addressed that issue, but has suggested that there is no such right. Gay-rights advocates had hoped that the Ninth Circuit panel might become the first appeals court to challenge that position, forcing the high court to confront the issue.
Instead, the judges took a different approach, ruling that the effect of amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage after same-sex couples had already enjoyed that right amounted to unequal treatment, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause.
Judge Reinhardt's decision comes at a time when gay rights groups are fighting across the country in the courts, at the ballot box, and in public opinion forums for equal treatment with heterosexual couples in marriage. Groups favoring the traditional definition of marriage are fighting back.
Currently, six states and the District of Columbia authorize same-sex marriage. Thirty states, including California, have passed state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage. In addition, 37 states have passed statutes defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
There are more than 98,000 same-sex couples in California, raising more than 30,000 children, according to the 2010 Census.
Long-running battle
The appeals-court decision stems from a long-running battle in California over whether same-sex relationships must be afforded equal treatment with heterosexual marriages.
California law authorized domestic partnerships for same-sex couples, granting gay and lesbian partners the same legal rights and protections as married heterosexual couples. But state law restricted the use of the term "marriage," to a legal bond between one man and one woman.
The California Supreme Court overturned that restrictive definition, ruling that the state constitution required that couples be treated equally regardless of sexual orientation. The landmark ruling in May 2008 came after city officials in San Francisco in 2004 began performing same-sex marriages without prior legal authorization.
Immediately following the California Supreme Court ruling, opponents of same-sex marriage began organizing a ballot initiative, Prop. 8, to overturn the state high court ruling by amending the state's constitution to restrict marriage to one man and one woman.
In November 2008, voters approved the ballot measure 52 percent to 48 percent, with seven million voters supporting the man-woman limitation, and 6.4 million opposing it.
With the state Supreme Court decision overturned and the California constitution amended, gay-rights advocates took their fight to the federal courts.
In the meantime, during a 143-day period in 2008, between the state supreme court's ruling and passage of Prop. 8, an estimated 18,000 gay and lesbian couples wed.
A gay couple and a lesbian couple filed a civil-rights lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco, claiming Prop. 8 violated equal protection and due process rights guaranteed under the US Constitution.
US District Judge Vaughn Walker conducted a 12-day trial in January 2010. He announced his decision in August 2010.
The judge ruled that California had no justification to limit its definition of marriage to a man and a woman while offering identical rights to same-sex couples under domestic partnerships.
Judge Walker invalidated the state constitutional amendment and permanently enjoined California officials from excluding same-sex couples from marriage in the state. The decision was hailed as a landmark for gay rights.
Supporters of Prop. 8 appealed Walker's decision, arguing that the federal judge ignored binding US Supreme Court and appeals court precedents that the traditional man-woman definition of marriage does not violate the US Constitution.
How Judge Reinhardt ruled
In his decision, Judge Reinhardt cited a 1996 US Supreme Court case, called Romer v. Evans. The high court struck down a Colorado law that sought to strip gay and lesbian residents of antidiscrimination protections enacted by local governments. The majority justices said the effort to target a disfavored class and deprive them of rights they had already enjoyed violated constitutional protections.
Reinhardt said Prop. 8 did the same thing to same-sex couples in California who had enjoyed a 143-day window in which they were free to marry on the same terms as heterosexual couples.
That brief window in effect grandfathered them in for constitutional purposes, the judge said.
He noted that Prop. 8 proponents said the ballot initiative merely restored the traditional definition of marriage and left undisturbed all other legal rights enjoyed by gay couples.
But Reinhardt said formal designations matter. "Marriage is the name that society gives to the relationship that matters most between two adults," he said.
"A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but to the couple desiring to enter into a committed lifelong relationship, a marriage by the name of 'registered domestic partnership' does not," he said.
The judge also quoted Frank Sinatra: "A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late."


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I like the 4th point
"Start leading instead of managing – If we can measure stuff why should we manage it? Leadership is key here instead of management. When you lead you tell people how to reach the stars, when you manage you keep them on the ground."
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Let Californians vote on 2 budgets - 1 red, 1 blue
Jerry Brown got it right when he announced that the path out of California's budget morass cannot be chosen without checking with the people. But for check-in to be meaningful, the people need to see alternatives. Republicans must step up to the plate and present a budget of their own. Give the people two budgets - one Democratic, one Republican - and let the sounder one prevail.
Brown certainly has the high ground when he blasts his critics for not producing specific, constructive alternatives to the package of tax extensions and spending cuts he favors. And he deserves every bit of the praise he's received for proposing a credible, serious budget, after so many years in which California politicians have just kicked the can down the road.
But the governor has a problem. Under the California Constitution, his budget package cannot go to the people without first being approved by two-thirds of the Legislature, which means that Republicans can block it. The Republican leadership and top party activists have made it clear that they will crush any Republican who votes to send Brown's budget to a popular vote.
A political party that today has no support among middle-of-the-road California voters - in the last election, every Republican candidate for statewide office was defeated - is thus denying the people of California a chance to solve the state's ongoing budget crisis.
This is bad for Brown, bad for California, and ultimately bad for the state Republican Party, which needs to remake its brand lest it become a permanent minority party.
We think there is a way forward that honors Brown's welcome efforts- and the American tradition of two-party politics. Gov. Brown and the Democratic leadership should make this pledge to California Republicans: If your legislative leaders produce a credible alternative to the Brown budget - one which, in the opinion of the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst, does an equally good job of balancing the budget without relying on accounting gimmicks and one-time sources of revenue - we will support a bill to put both budgets to a vote of the people. Whichever budget wins more popular support would be adopted.
This would put the lie to the Republicans' posturing. No longer could they excuse their failure to produce real alternatives by whining, "We're the minority party here, we don't have a lot of say." No longer could they indulge in empty rhetoric without spelling out exactly what "waste" they'd eliminate.
Two-party democracy only produces representative, responsive government when the minority party stands as a plausible alternative to the party in power. Otherwise the governing party faces no pressure to behave responsibly.
California needs a better Republican Party, one with a coherent program it can sell to voters in the middle. A rule that in times of crisis enabled California's major parties to present their respective budget visions directly to the people would help.
Going through this exercise would usefully clarify, in the eyes of ordinary Californians, what the minority party stands for. It would also encourage each party to "brand" itself vis-a-vis voters in the middle, lest its budget get creamed at the polls.
California's budget problem is not just a budget problem, it's a democracy problem. A truly sustainable solution would reinvigorate competitive, responsible party politics, not just balance the books for a given fiscal year.


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NEW YORK -- The government has introduced jurors to women supposedly targeted by a New York police officer accused in a cannibalism plot, but the witnesses' lack of knowledge of any sinister plans provided an opening today for the defense to highlight claims that it was all fantasy.
NEW YORK -- The government has introduced jurors to women supposedly targeted by a New York police officer accused in a cannibalism plot, but the witnesses' lack of knowledge of any sinister plans provided an opening today for the defense to highlight claims that it was all fantasy.
Kimberly Sauer, 29, of Germantown, Md., was called as a government witness on the second day of 28-year-old Officer Gilberto Valle's trial on charges that he conspired to kidnap, kill and eat women he had described in chats on a fetish website.
Sauer, Valle's former college classmate, testified that she received a disturbing Facebook message from Valle's wife last year in the middle of the night that sounded so crazy that she texted him to warn that the account must have been hacked. Either that "or you're trying to sell me into white slavery," she recalled joking in the text.
On cross examination, Sauer told defense attorney Julia Gatto that she never felt threatened by Valle.
Her testimony was similar to that of Andria Noble, a 27-year-old state prosecutor in Columbus, Ohio, who told the jury late yesterday that she never saw Valle be violent when she knew him at the University of Maryland and he delivered on a promise to provide her with her own bedroom when she visited him once in New York.
"I made sure he knew it was just strictly as friends," Noble testified.
Maureen Hartingan, a former high school classmate of Valle, followed Sauer to the witness stand, saying she hadn't seen him in a couple of years when he suggested that he stop by her job to say hello. He was in uniform when he showed up outside her Times Square office building in his police cruiser.
Hartingan, 26, testified there was "nothing unusual" about the visit with someone who had asked her out in high school, when she made it clear she just wanted to be friends.
She said that in the last year they had exchanged birthday greetings and other pleasantries. Valle had bragged about his daughter, Josephine, and how he was hoping for a promotion at the police department, she recalled. Once, she said, she even suggested he and his wife stop by her new apartment.
When a defense lawyer asked if there was anything in the interactions "that created alarm in your mind," she said there was not.
Kristin Ponticelli, an 18-year-old woman who attended Valle' high school alma mater, was asked if she knew Valle.
"I do now," she said of the man prosecutors say had referred to her on the Internet as "the most desirable piece of meat I've ever met" and small enough to fit in his oven. She said, though, that she had never had contact with him.
The women were called by the government to show jurors that the women Valle described on the Internet were potential victims of violence.
The officer has claimed his online discussions of cannibalism were harmless fetish fantasies. But in opening statements yesterday, a prosecutor said "very real women" were put in jeopardy.
Valle's wife, 27-year-old Kathleen Mangan-Valle, testified as the trial's first witness that she fled their Queens home with their 1-year-old daughter after learning about her husband's Internet interests.
Days later, she said, she used a program she had installed to trace Valle's keystrokes to learn that he had written hundreds of emails and instant messages chronicling how he and his Internet pals would kidnap, rape, kill, cook and eat various women. Included among the targets, she said, were his wife and their female friends. She turned over the computer to the FBI, which arrested Valle in late October. He has remained jailed without bail on charges that could carry a life sentence.
FBI Agent Corey Walsh testified today that the federal probe began after Mangan-Valle gave the FBI a computer Valle had used.
Walsh described communications between Valle and his co-defendant, Michael Vanhise, of Trenton, N.J. Walsh said the two negotiated the price to be paid for a Manhattan teacher to be brought to New Jersey in a suitcase for Vanhise to rape and kill.
Vanhise has pleaded not guilty. His lawyers also say he only engaged in Internet fantasy chats.
The agent said Valle asked Vanhise whether he wanted her clothed or naked and the 22-year-old said he wanted her clothed.
"Excellent. I'll leave her clothes on. I'll give you the pleasure of unwrapping your gift," Valle was quoted as saying.
Later, Walsh described Valle's online communications between Valle and an Internet user identified as "Moody Blues" in which they discuss women the officer offers to help abduct and cook.
One had "Meet Kristin" in the subject line and a photo of Ponticelli attached. In another, Valle suggests a woman named Kimberly - prosecutors say Sauer - would be easy prey because she lived alone.
"I can knock her out, wait until dark and kidnap her right out of her house," he allegedly wrote.
At one point, the agent said, "Moody Blues" suggests eating their victim alive, but Valle responded: "I'm not really into raw meat."
Walsh said they also discussed cooking Sauer over an open fire, basted in olive oil, and using her cutoff head as a centerpiece for a sit-down meal.
"I just can't wait to get Kimberly cooking," the agent quoted Valle as saying.
Earlier, U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe had refused to reconsider a previous ruling barring the jury from seeing Internet exchanges in which "Moody Blues" discusses a desire to eat children.
Gardephe noted that Valle never expressed a similar interest. If jurors heard about violence against children, they "would improperly and unfairly hold it against the defendant," the judge said.


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Every time we connect for a speedy, interrupted chat on Skype, I end up missing you even more than before! It is so great to "see" you and hear your voice and all the exciting things brewing in your life. Can't wait to see how things develop!
Here in Seattle, Spring is here. Which means equal parts daffodils and tulips popping up everywhere and RAIN. Rain rain rain. You'll probably roll your eyes and say well, it's Seattle. But the well-kept secret of the Pacific Northwest is that it doesn't rain all that much. It is often cloudy and you do get quite a bit of sporadic drizzle. But real rain that soaks even your best rain jacket? That is reserved for Spring. The kids keep crying and whining because I repeatedly say "no" to the playground or riding bikes. And I want to whine too, especially since it's the time of year when every one of my friends on Facebook is bragging about enjoying sunshine and warm weather. Blah.
Anyway. On a positive note: I am reading a ton lately, and writing too. I have been doing yoga every weekday morning for THREE weeks now (with children and cat climbing all over me, but I see it as helping my zen). And I feel good and like I'm finally rediscovering my pre-baby body (aside from that damn belly pooch that ain't going nowhere... Where's my flat tummy, whah!!). I have been sewing a lot, mostly for custom orders and for my shop. And it feels good to be productive in a very tangible way. I have also been asked to put items on consignment in TWO local shops opening soon. I am going to be busy building that stock! And finally, Ben is on Spring Break next week and my Mom is coming to visit, whee!!! So, there is a lot of good stuff going on!!
Aside from sewing for work, I have made several baby gifts lately. Everyone is having babies around us. As you know, my favorite go-to gift is a set of embellished burp cloths tucked into a gift bag with favorite baby books, toys and/or accessories. Here are a couple of recent sets I made.
I LOVE the Bella fabric for this, it's possibly my favorite trio of burp cloths ever.
For this other set, I also included a little Swaddle Softie.
Well, I'm off to make some lunch. Henry has been asking for food for the past 30 minutes! I hope you have a lovely day.


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The Difference Between Nuanced Discussion And The Evil Underbelly Of The Internet Is Apparently A Fine Line Indeed
from the may-depend-on-where-you-stand deptWe recently posted what I thought was an interesting essay by musician Erin McKeown on her reaction to seeing someone copy a song of hers, and have that other song become a "hit." We thought it was an interesting and nuanced exploration of some of the challenges of being a musician and thinking about copyright -- from both an emotional and logical perspective -- and thought it would make for an interesting discussion. And, in fact, it did make for an interesting discussion. With well over 100 comments, representing a variety of different viewpoints, there was a pretty deep dive into the myriad responses the piece brought out. Like pretty much any online discussion, some of the comments were more polite than others. But, when viewed on the whole, it struck me that the conversation was much more polite than most online discussions around copyright. In fact, what was interesting was that because the discussion was quite nuanced, most of our usual haters didn't take part. So we didn't have, for example, anyone calling me a slimy lying sociopath or a disgusting human being.
Some of the comments were pointed in their disagreement with Erin, but almost immediately others came in to defend her, and the overall discussion was quite interesting in my mind. And, yet, a bevy of the standard Techdirt critics took to Twitter to claim that Erin's article was proof positive that Techdirt was pure evil, hated artists and was the disgusting underbelly of the internet (a very close paraphrase of actual statements). I'm not going to link to any of these, because I don't mean to call out those people specifically. Similarly, there was a thread on a music site that was entitled "why does Techdirt hate musicians?" I suddenly had people tweeting at me, personally, about how I was somehow destroying music and why did I not want artists to get paid.
I honestly can't figure out why this was the response. First of all, we've regularly been attacked because (we're told) we never, ever post an article where we show sympathy for artists' difficult plight these days. So here was an article, from a musician, explaining her plight -- and we get attacked for that?!? Furthermore, I'm long since past the time when I could read all the comments on the site, but I do read a pretty large number of them, and the amount of hate and vitriol that has come from Techdirt haters (see above, for two very recent examples) is way, way, way, way beyond anything seen in that particular thread.
In fact, the further you read into the comments the more you realize it's a detailed and nuanced discussion on many important issues. People don't agree, but no one's calling each other a slimy lying sociopath or a disgusting human being. Yet, because a few commenters (not even the majority, as far as I can tell) disagree with Erin, all of Techdirt hates musicians? There were a few tweets and statements elsewhere saying that Techdirt hates it when artists make money. Of course, that's ridiculous. We regularly celebrate artists earning money -- sometimes lots of money. What we get nervous amount is when artists start making use of laws in ways that may actually do them more harm than good in the long term, by attacking their fans as if they were criminals, or when they seek to abuse laws that take away fundamental rights of others.
But, really, what was most amazing to me was how quick some of these people were to jump on the entire Techdirt community, because a few comments disagreed with one musician's opinion. They ignored everyone who came to her defense. They ignored the fact that we posted the story in the first place. They ignored all the people on other stories who attack Techdirt supporters in often extremely personal ways (I've been threatened with physical harm as well as seen multiple comments I won't repeat about my family). But most people -- myself included -- see those kinds of comments as part of the price you pay for having an open discussion. Some people are going to disagree and some will use different levels of speech, some more polite than others. To tar and feather everyone on the site because someone on it disagrees with your personal views is to suggest that every community online is a problem.
Is it that difficult to distinguish a nuanced conversations where not everyone agrees with each other... from the "dark underbelly" of the internet?
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By Andrew Gans
28 Jun 2013
This week's column spotlights three of the women featured in the 2013 New York Musical Theatre Festival, which runs July 8-28 at various venues around the city. Diva Talk posed the same set of questions to each talented artist; their answers, via email, follow.
Natalie Joy Johnson
Natalie Joy Johnson: Full Bush at the The Pershing Square Signature Center - Studio Theatre; July 11-14
How did you get involved with this production?
John Hill, Brian J. Nash and I have known each other for years. And, back in 2011, we teamed up for my one-woman show Natalie Joy Johnson is Relentless at Joe's Pub. Our show wasn't your typical one-woman concert with some torch songs and some chitchat. This was a fully scripted, theatrical piece – essentially a 70-minute monologue with moments of songs here and there that furthered the story. And, it was funny and bawdy and vulnerable and ridiculous! It was electric – that first performance – there was such a feeling of love from the audience, and permission to really let me be Relentless for them! Relentless remains one of my proudest moments in my career thus far.
Considering what fun we had with that show, and how exciting it was to create such a special, fresh, piece that was so well received – when Isaac Hurwitz reached out to me for the festival, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to make the magic happen again.
What other NYMF productions have you been a part of?
Interestingly enough, the only NYMF show that I've done was back in 2005. I played Sinead in But I'm A Cheerleader, alongside John Hill as Rock, with musical direction by Brian Nash. How fitting that we've returned back to the Festival where we all worked together for the first time!
How would you describe the character you're playing?
Ha! Well, the character's name is Natalie Joy Johnson, so there are some inherent sensibilities that are similar. But I would say she's a bit more grand, a bit more boozy and a bit more over the top than I am. And, that's saying a lot. There are moments of the story that are inspired by my real-life events, and then there are those that are sheer fabrications. But, I'll never tell which…
Let's just say this – she's a woman down on her luck, who's looking for love from a variety of sources, who learns that perhaps she only really needs to look within herself. Deep, deep inside of her self. Full Bush.
Why do you think audiences should attend this particular production?
When Isaac Hurwitz and I talked about doing the NYMF concert series, he challenged me not to do a typical one-woman show, but to push the envelope and to a make it a more theatrical experience. And we have accepted the challenge.
Full Bush is hilarious, heartbreaking and ridiculous. It's not your typical "park and bark"-style cabaret. We are going to transport you, and take you on a journey deep inside the Bush.
Why do you think NYMF is so important?
I think NYMF provides a crucial platform for artists to be able to create and produce new material. And to be seen in front of New York audiences who are eager for that new material - what a dream!
NYMF celebrates new musicals, but which role in a classic musical would you most like to perform and why?
How much time do you have?? There are so many classic roles that I love! Not the least of which is Dolly Levi inHello, Dolly! I also love Mrs. Lovett inSweeney Todd. But secret dream role that I'd be totally willing to lose 30 pounds for? Dot in Sunday in the Park with George! "We do not beloooooooooonnnnngggg together!!! And we should have belooonnnged…." I can't! I love it so much!!!
What is your most memorable onstage mishap?
Well, there are ones that happen weekly at Brian and [my] weekly show at Therapy (which is free, every Tuesday at 11 PM! 52nd between 8th & 9th). But the theatre one that always pops to mind was during bare: a pop opera. Back in the day, the character of Nadia played a cello. So, I had been rehearsing with the cello and a new bow. Now, bows are made up of thin fibers which need this substance called rosin on it, in order to produce sound. Not to burst anyone's bubble – but I wasn't playing live, so we didn't put any rosin on my bow because we didn't want it making any sound. So that left the fibers loose. Well, I was new to the instrument, and while I was playing and singing the song "Spring," I bowed a little too low and the bow – not treated with rosin and loose and fibrous – totally got stuck into the tailpiece. Like, I move it and it was just hanging there. Meanwhile, the track is still playing! And there was that moment with the audience where we all realized it was stuck – I knew, they knew, and the music is playing. So, I dropped the bow, which was still hanging to the cello, and "plucked" my way through the rest of the song. It was amazing! The audience laughed, and loved me for the rest of the show, because we were all a part of this "real" moment which wasn't supposed to happen at all!
What was your most enjoyable theatrical experience of the season (as a member of the audience)?
I had such a blast seeing the opening night of Kinky Boots this year! My dear friend, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, is one of the Angels, and I got to be his date for the evening! It was such a great night and such a fun show!
Do you have any other projects in the works?
Well, Brian and I will be continuing our weekly show at Therapy every Tuesday night at 11 PM. It's been such a blessing for us to have a weekly home where we can try out all sorts of new, crazy material and to really hone our style.
And, I'm so excited to head up to Barrington Stage directly following our run of Full Bush to do Southern Comfort again! Then it's off to P-town for a few days, and back to the hustle!


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AlgaeBioGas poster will be presented at Ecomondo, the green technologies expo in Rimini Fiera, Italy.
Water2REturn project
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Kindly invited to join us at the next algae IWA event- IWA Conference on Algal Technologies and Stabilisation Ponds for Wasewater Treatmend and Resource Recovery on 1st and 2nd July 2019.
Location: Valladolid, Spain
Call for abstracts is open untill 15 December 2018.
More info: www.iwalgae2019.uva.es
You are kindly invited to join us on the 1st SaltGae stakeholders event in Imperia, Italy. The event will take place on 2nd October 2018 in Hotel Corallo. Lectures from prominent Italian WWT experts, followed by visit to SaltGae demo facility in Camporosso. More information available at: http://saltgae.eu/event/turn-wastewater-liability-useful-resource/
Similar events will take place in Israel and Slovenia in the following months.
The newest results of our work on algae, wastewater and biogas will be presented at Algae Tech Conference in Munich, 19-20 September 2018.
Venue: Holiday Inn Munich-Westparkhttps://algaetech-conference.com/
Our newest research on algal wastewater treatment and biomass production will be presented on the [b]Symposium on Microalgal Biotechnology in Agriculture[/b] on 25-26 September 2018 in Třeboň, Czech Republic:
The results from three EU projects, Water2Return, Saltgae and LIFE AlgaeCan will be discussed with the colleagues from the algal field. We always like to visit Třeboň and Centre Algatech.
The project review meeting will be held on 20th and 21st March 2018 in Ljubljana.
All project members, project officer and external reviewer will visit the Saltgae demo installation in Ljubljana and review the performance of the first half of the project.


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Hong Kong and Pakistan win Asian Squash Teams
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Pakistan and Hong Kong China emerged winners of the men's and women's team events at the Asian squash championships on Saturday. Pakistan snuffed out Malaysia's hopes of a title defence in two matches while Hong Kong China brushed aside India's feeble opposition with a similar scoreline.
In the women's event, India was outplayed by a resurgent Hong Kong China, a team the host had beaten in the league stage. Anaka Alankamony fought gallantly against Joey Chan, splitting the first two games and racing to 7-3 in the third. From then, Chan won six successive points to reach 9-7 and closed the game 11-9. A 9-3 lead in the fourth game was too much for her opponent to surmount as Chan sealed it 11-7. Joshna Chinappa (WISPA rank 31) experienced a 25-minute pasting at the hands of World. No. 18 Rebecca Chiu in the second match. Read more of this post


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Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!
• The Nationals are today's presumptive favorites to reel in Prince Fielder. This makes sense on a number of levels: The Nats ranked at the bottom of their division last season in batting average, slugging, and runs scored. They're also backed by Ted Lerner, the richest owner in baseball. And the team has worked extensively with Scott Boras the last few seasons on the contracts of wunderkinds Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper, plus last year's $126 million splurge on Jayson Werth.
• Coco Crisp appeared to be close to signing with the Orioles, but now it's starting to look like he'll wind up with the A's.
• This person has spent his day trying to convince Ken Rosenthal that Felix Hernadez is Toronto bound.
• Yu Darvish is getting his first taste of Arlington.
• Those Jason Varitek eulogies in Boston may have been a bit premature.
• The "new Hanley" Ramirez seemed to be OK with moving to third base. But not so fast.
• Detroit seems to be willing to buck recent trends and deal its top prospect, 20-year-old stud pitcher Jacob Turner, in a deal for "the right pitcher."
• Logan Morrison wins at Twitter.


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A 5-year-old boy has suffered a severe head inury after an incident involving a gravestone.
North West Ambulance Service were called to St Peter's Church in Inskip at 3.15pm on Saturday after a 999 caller said gravestone had fallen on top of the boy.
An NWAS spokesman said: A 5-year-old boy suffered a major trauma to the head after an incident with a gravestone. He was flown to Alder Hey hospital."


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HOPKINTON -- Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to go into contractual negotiations with Capt. Edward Lee of Woonsocket, R.I. Police Department after deliberations went almost until midnight on Thursday.
Selectmen debated merits of hiring an internal versus an external candidate for police chief. Selectmen primarily discussed Sgt. Joseph Bennett from the Hopkinton Police Department and Capt. Edward Lee of Woonsocket, R.I. Police Department as frontrunners.
Selectmen said they want to make sure Bennett gets the resources he needs to progress within the department.
While selectmen Michelle Gates and Brian Herr said the department would be better suited with internal hire, Chairman John Mosher, Vice-Chair Benjamin Palleiko and Selectman Todd Cestari liked the prospect of bringing in someone from the outside.
"There's value to outside experience,"said Mosher.
Gates expressed disappointment in the board's decision to not pick an internal candidate but voted in favor of Lee.
Lee joined the Woonsocket Police Department in 1988 as a patrolman. He rose through the ranks and became captain of detectives in 2008, his current position. As captain, he supervises 31 detectives, assigns cases and takes over for the chief in his absence. He is second in command of a department with 83 people.
He is currently working on a graduate degree in law enforcement from Roger Williams University. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
Selectmen were drawn to Lee because of experience working in a larger department as well as his training.
Herr said he was impressed by Lee's approach to hiring using emotional intelligence.
Lee, the only finalist from outside Massachusetts, was the last to be interviewed on Thursday.
He said he was drawn to Hopkinton because of the town's camaraderie.
"There's a lot of teamwork here," he said.
As chief, he would like to see a shift toward community policing, a style of law enforcement he says became less popular because of greater emphasis on homeland security.
Lee says his ability to understand people and use common sense in his police work makes him a good leader. He has been in law enforcement for 25 years.
Anamika Roy can be reached at 508-626-3957 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @anamikaroy.


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Welcome to Leabank Square Iwona & Zibby
We'd like to thank them both for choosing our community to make their new home and thank them for helping to spruce up their side of the riverbank.
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Hey welcome guys. Maybe we can all get the boats out one of these days and go for a paddle upstream?
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Szok, co ten skladak robi w Londynie ?
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Hey Matt, we are always glad with padling company! It's such a graet idea to organize Leabank Square Canoe Day!
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Drogi Piotrze, wyobraz sobie, ze on takze czeka na Ciebie!
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Hope you're not down with more nasty bugs (physical, not electronic, though them as well). It's been such lovely weather this last few days, I hope the Olympics Time Bandits let Leabank Square enjoy the remnants of the last summer before the Deluge.
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I remember a certain person complaining that Eastern Europeans here aren't friendly and do not mix and ironically, it's this blog which proves that person wrong.
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Scientists studying graphene's properties are using a new mathematical framework to make extremely accurate characterizations of the two-dimensional material's shape.
Graphene, discovered in 2004, is a one-atom-thick sheet of graphite.
"The properties of two-dimensional materials depend on shape," said Salvador Barraza-Lopez, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Arkansas. "And this mathematical framework allows you to make extremely accurate characterizations of shape. This framework is a novel tool to understand shape in materials that behave as atom-thin membranes."
The mathematical framework being used is known as discrete differential geometry, which is the geometry of two-dimensional interlaced structures called meshes. When the nodes of the structure, or mesh points, correspond with atomic positions, discrete differential geometry provides direct information on the potential chemistry and on the electronic properties of two-dimensional materials, Barraza-Lopez said.
The application of discrete differential geometry to understand two-dimensional materials is an original interdisciplinary development, he said.
An international research group, led by Barraza-Lopez, published its findings on Jan. 8 in the journal ACS Nano, in a paper titled, "Quantitative Chemistry and the Discrete Geometry of Conformal Atom-Thin Crystals." A second article describing the research, "Graphene's morphology and electronic properties from discrete differential geometry," was published March 6 as a rapid communication in the journal Physical Review B.
Graphene was once thought of as existing on a continuum -- think of a smooth, continuous "blanket" -- but the new mathematical framework allows the consideration of the blanket's "fibers," which provides an accurate understanding of the blanket's properties that complements the continuum perspective.
"Since two-dimensional materials can be easily visualized as meshes, we asked ourselves how these theories would look if you express them directly in terms of the positions of the atoms, bypassing entirely the common continuum approximation," Barraza-Lopez said. "These two papers provide our latest strides towards that direction."
The results for the study published in ACS Nano on Jan 8 were obtained through a collaborative effort with Alejandro A. Pacheco Sanjuan at Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia; Edmund O. Harriss, a clinical assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Arkansas; Mehrshad Mehboudi, a master's student in microelectronics-photonics at the University of Arkansas and Humberto Terrones, then at Pennsylvania State University, now at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Collaborators on the rapid communication published in Physical Review B on March 6 were Pacheco Sanjuan; Hamed Pour Imani, a physics doctoral student at the University of Arkansas; Zhengfei Wang at the University of Utah; and Mihajlo Vanevic at the University of Belgrade, Serbia.
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Enactus team wins regional championship
Friday, April 19, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
When Kaitlin Bristley began her tenure as president of the Pittsburg State University's Enactus group, one of her main objectives was to improve and expand the group.
"We wanted to get more students involved," she said, "and we wanted to place higher at nationals than we did last year. We finished in the top 16 last year, and this year I wanted to get into the top four."
With 55 members this year, the group's highest ever total, the first mission is complete.
In about a month, the group will get its chance to accomplish the second.
The PSU Enactus team, formerly known as Students In Free Enterprise, was crowned as one of the Midwest regional champions at Wednesday's regional competition in Rogers, Ark. The team will travel to Kansas City in late May to compete at nationals.
The competitions include both a written annual report and live audiovisual presentation, through which the teams report the results of the community outreach projects they have conducted. Panels of business leaders serve as judges. The teams are evaluated based on how successful they were at using business concepts to improve the quality of life and standard of living for those in need.
For this year's competition, Bristley said the PSU team focused on its most impactful projects, including assisting a small business recover from a near shutdown and helping to develop a tourism map for this summer's "The Way We Worked" Smithsonian exhibit at the Miners Hall Museum in Franklin.
"We were very proud of those projects, and I felt strongly that we'd come out of regionals with a championship," Bristley said.
Founded in 1975, Enactus has grown to become one of the largest university-based organizations in the world. Teams are active in more than 40 countries on 1,500 campuses with more than 42,000 participating students around the world.


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VIV! to Return to Edge Theatre, 2/14-17
Edge Theatre presented Viv! (The Story behind the Legend of Vivien Leigh) in Houston in December, but the show is having an exciting afterlife. It is being presented in Miami the weekend of Feb. 8-10, and returns to Houston with the original cast the following Valentine Day weekend, suitably enough, since the love of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier was one of the great love stories of the 20th Century. With Tyrrell Woolbert as Vivien and James R. Monaghan as a devoted fan, running 80 minutes with no intermission.
Viv! (The Story behind the Legend of Viivien Leigh) performs February 14 to 17, at 8 pm Thursday through Saturday, at 3 pm on Sunday.Admission $20, seniors $15, students $10. At Midtown Art Center, 3414 LaBranch, corner of Holman. Reservations at 832-894-1843.


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Episode VIII.
One rumor has become fact. Tom Hardy will appear as a storm trooper in Episode VIII. Another rumor, which has yet to become fact, but has yet to die, is the rumor that not only Tom Hardy will play a storm trooper in the film, but so will Prince William and Prince Harry. I can see them doing it, as it looks to be something they'd enjoy, and any money they earn, would then be given to charity.
Another fact is the size of Snoke's ship, which in Earth measurements stretches 25,000 feet from stem to stern, or almost 5 miles.
Thus, how do you see storm troopers traveling from one end of the ship to the other.
a.) Segways
b.) Rollerblades
c.) Motor scooters
d.) Golf carts
e.) Clown cars
f.) Bicycles
g.) Some other means of transportation.
How many storm troopers will fit in a clown car? 3 in the front seat. 3 in the back seat. 2 in the trunk. 2 in the engine compartment, as there is no engine in a clown car. and 1 in the glove compartment, or 11.
Episode IX
Will this be the last episode? While the films continue, and while there is some difference, the executives at Lucas Film have expressed no interest in doing more Episode films.
What began at Jakku will end at Jakku. We know that Lucas Film is interested in filming in Abu Dhabi, and as Abu Dhabi was a stand-in for Jakku in Episode VII, it is thought Abu Dhabi will once more stand in for Jakku.
The lack of interest in doing more Episode films leaves room for doing more stand-alone origin films. Right now the order seems to be . . .
2020 Obi Wan Kenobi
2021 Boba Fett
2022 Yoda
The subtitle for the Obi Wan Kenobi film is Joshua Tree, which suggests that it'll be filmed at Joshua Tree National Park in southern California, and it's desert location than could be used as a stand in for Tatooine, between Episodes III and IV.
Boba Fett.
The question about this one is whether it'll just feature Boba Fett or Boba Fett and some of the other bounty hunters. And depending upon where and when the film takes place, they could include . . .
Asajj Ventress -- Athgar Heece -- Aurra Sing -- Bossk -- Boushh -- Cad Bane -- Dengar -- Derrowen -- Embo -- IG-88 -- Jakoli -- Kiera Swan -- Mantu -- Onca -- Seripas -- Zam Wesell -- Zuckuss -- and 4-Lom.
More as it become available.
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6 facts.
First Order
The First Order has something to counter BB-8. It's called BB-9E. Available now for sale here on Earth.
Kylo Ren
The Knights of Ren, of which Kylo Ren is a master, is a lower order of the Praetorian Guard. That gives him a connection to the past episodes. We'll see whether there are any more connections to the past, when Episode VIII opens here on Earth in December.
She is definitely connected to the Force. Which we knew, but which we may not have known, this is a powerful clue to her parentage, which should be revealed in Episode VIII. We may also find out what is her connection to Kylo Ren.
He and Chewbacca have a reunion in Episode VIII. Of course, I have not seen it, except for the stills, but it is suppose to be a real tear-jerking moment, especially, as they brought in their go-to-composer John Williams to write original music for the scene.
A weapon that'll stun your opponent.
A weapon that'll keep your opponent at a distance.
A weapon that'll counteract a Sith's force lightning.
I'm down with that.
Apparently, Luke, besides his light saber, will be wielding a weapon that projects force lighting in Episode VIII.
Played by Benicio del Toro in the film is a slicer, or something similar to what we call a hacker here on Earth. His ability as a slicer will play an important part in Episode VIII. We should also find out what his connection to Snoke, if any, as people have noticed they both wear rings that are similar.
More as it becomes available.
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Played by Benicio del Toro in the film is a slicer, or something similar to what we call a hacker here on Earth
That sounds neat. They carefully maintained some of the low tech feel (by modern standards) of the OT in VII, so I'm betting a slicer is a somewhat literal name - like physically slicing the chips, circuitry, vacuum tubes, whatever, in computer/ship systems to achieve some result.
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Episode VIII
Fact. Even at this late date, they are still pulling in actors to appear in the film. The latest is Joseph Gordon Levitt, so if you see the film, then watch for him, or, I should say listen for him, as he voices one of the aliens on Canto Bight.
Fact. Canto Bight. Think of it as a high class Mos Eisley, but worst.
Fact. O'er the streets and thru the casino. There is to be a speeder chase in the film. Hopefully, it'll be better than the one in Episode II or III, which was memorable for all the wrong reasons.
Fact. Yes. No. Maybe. Earlier this year, the executives at Lucas Film expressed the opinion that they were not interested in doing any more episode films. Now they seem to be doing some backpedaling. Maybe. If episode VIII and/or IX spin off any good ideas. Rumor. If more films are done, then they will feature the offspring of Rey and/or Kylo Ren.
Fact. Mark Hamill let slip that the next trailer should be released October 9, 2017. Till then, check out the stills from the film in Entertainment Weekly..
Han Solo stand alone film.
Fact. Despite the problems with the film, the release date is still held to be May 25, 2018.
Rumor. Both Darth Vader and Boba Fett will make cameo appearances in the film.
Boba Fett stand alone film.
Rumor. It is Boba and 5 or 6 more bounty hunters. Though, the only one suggested so far is Cad Bane, they have a number of characters to choose from.
Darth Vader stand alone film.
Rumor. In VR. With Lucas Film interest in this format, with House of Mouse interest in this format, with Galaxy's Edge opening in the theme parks in 2019, I see this as a possibility. Though, fans want something more accessible. I can see a short film in VR, then a longer film in 3-D.
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Books and comic books
Fact. Canon. Comic Book. Crait.
Luke and Leia in a comic book that takes place on Crait. Unfortunately, this is not to be released till December 27, 2017. So we will get no insights on Crait from this till after Episode VIII is released.
Fact. Book. From a Certain Point of View. 40 stories [by 40 authors] to celebrate 40 years of Star Wars. To be released October 3, 2017. To be released in hard book, e book, and audio book. With all 40 stories being read by a certain number of actors. (IMHO) the most interesting name associated with the readers is Wil Wheaton. Yes, that Wil Wheaton.
The authors, at least, are giving up any money earned and donating it to First Book. A charity that provides books to underprivileged children.
More as it becomes available.
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Episode VIII
1st. Ready for some football.
Fact. The new trailer will be run sometime on Monday Night Football on Monday, October 9, 2017.
Fact. The film will clock in at 2 and half hours, which will make it the longest Star Wars film to date.
Not even a rumor, but a thought, if this film runs this long, will Episode IX clock in at 2 hours and 45 minutes, even 3 hours.
Fact. There will be 3 important relationships in the film.
Luke and Rey -- Leia and Poe -- Finn and Rose. With the most important relationship being the 1st.
Personally, what is not said is as interesting as what is said. We will most likely not see a relationship between Finn and Poe, as some people thought we might see.
Fact. We will get more clues to Rey's parentage, but her parentage will not be made clear to Episode IX.
Fact. A flashback vision sequence + dialogue will give us more insight as to what Luke was doing between Episodes VI and VII.
Han Solo stand-alone film.
Fact. Darth Vader will have a cameo in the film, and the film will feature Kessel and its spice mines.
Personally, this reminds me of Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune.
Canto Bight.
We have at last the subject of the book, actually, 4 subjects, since the book has 4 novellas about 4 of the inhabitants. Though, whether any of the characters that appear in the book will appear in the film is unknown.
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Star Wars : from a Certain Point of View
40 stories
43 authors (some doubling up)
Some I know from their Star Wars writing.
Some I know from their other writing.
And much to my shame, some are unknown to me.
Stories about major well known characters.
Stories about minor lesser known characters.
Stories about characters that do not appear in the film.
I think the most interesting stories are from the last two, which puts me into opposition with those who prefer more stories about the first characters.
One reason to read it or listen to it in one format or the other is that it apparently fills in a number of plot holes in Episode IV : a New Hope.
One of the formats is an audio version, which lasts 15 hours, so I think it contains all 40 stories in the other formats, or, 22 and a half minutes per story, which should be long enough for each story. Only 10 narrators, as far as I know. Thus, not every story gets a different narrator, but 4 stories per narrator.
And as I said, I think the most interesting name associated with it is that of Wil Wheaton. Who to my surprise is not one of the narrators, which I expected, but one of the short story writers.
And if you have not heard, the official trailer is now out, so it can be googled, along with any number of breakdowns, reactions, and reviews.
And we will see what we will see.
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What do we know about the film?
Is this the film that no film in Hollywood history has yet to do, and that is surpass Avatar at the box office? Unadjusted for inflation.
B-2 Spirit
And some people thought the B-2 was useless. Snoke's ship is based upon a stretched out model of the B-2 Spirit.
Costumes will be worn. People are saying they don't care what other people think. They are coming in costume to the film's premiere.
Easter eggs
There are supposedly o'er a dozen Easter Eggs, referencing the earlier films, in the trailer alone. Who knows how many there are in the film itself.
End credits
The end credits will feature a salute to the late Carrie Fisher.
I am having more hope for this, as they seem to know the old ways. (IMHO) there is no better action scene than a running gun battle on horseback. And this has Finn and Rose on horseback, here fathers, being chased by an unknown group on speeder bikes with both being chased by the police of Canto Bight on speeder bikes. Hopefully, with everyone shooting at everybody else.
Noah Segan
Appears in the film. Noah Segan who appeared in the director's Looper, as the director is one of those directors who likes to use the same actors time and time again.
Apparently, people have figured out who are Rey's parents. I have stayed away from those posts on the internet, as I want it to be a surprise, when I see the film. Hint: it's the light saber she uses.
4 major twists
--Kylo Ren
--the Force
After the film comes out, I hope someone points them out, as I'll probably miss them.
Next time: other facts about the other Star Wars films.
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The Last Jedi
Referencing Luke Skywalker. That according to the director, who ought to know.
Opening weekend
From ticket sales, an expected weekend opening of $215 million. From midnight on Friday to midnight Monday, that is about $50,000 per minute.
And then there were two.
Anybody heard the rumor that Dark Horse Comics has gone out of business. I hate to see that as I know the pain of a business going out of business. Maybe more so, because Dark Horse Comics was not that far from my old stomping ground. O'er the river and thru the woods to Grandma's house we go.
It has some significance, as Dark Horse comics once had the rights to publish Star Wars Comics. I believe Marvel had it 1st, then Dark Horse, and now back to Marvel. If I had a knock on Dark Horse it was too much about the Solos and the Skywalkers and not much else. Which brings up our next subject.
The character played by Benicio del Toro is getting his own comic book series. Of course, the 1st issue will not be out till after the film opens in December. Till then, think of him as the Lando of Episode VIII, except . . .
--less trustworthy
--more treacherous
Next time: more on upcoming Star Wars films.
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Okay. Here's some more on other Star Wars films, believed to be in the order they are to be released.
Solo : a Star Wars Story
It is believed that a trailer for the film has already been cut, with the trailer to be shown prior to Episode VIII : The Last Jedi.
Episode IX
Tentative date of release May 24, 2019.
Location scouts have been seen in Peru, so the thought is that part of the film will be filmed in Peru.
And we are back to the idea that this will be last the episode. While the films will continue, they will be more like the next film.
Obi Wan Kenobi : a Star Wars Story.
And if they ever make Boba Fett : a Star Wars Story with Fett and the Magnificent 7 Bounty hunters. These are the ones I'd like to see. Of course, that is doubtful, as they are so obscure, but still . . . ?
Tutti Snibit -- Jeigh Essie -- Castas -- Rango Tel -- Mala mala -- and Remel Fud and his partner Dafi.
Any idea as to why the last pair always leaves me on the floor? Here's a hint. "That's all folks!"
Next time: what is canon in the Star Wars universe
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While I did say, I would list what is considered canon this time, we will put it off to next time.
Episode VIII
The planet of Cranit is the salt flats of Bolivia. So it is no surprise that there is some thought that the next episode will be partially filmed in the highlands of Peru, since the location scouts from Star Wars were seen in Peru.
Those who have seen Mark Hamill's performance are talking him up for an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
It is suppose to be the darkest film to date, which says something after Rogue One.
The trailer for Solo : a Star Wars story should precede the film, and if not then, then in January, 2018.
There are suppose to be 10 TV spots. With 7 or 8 shown to date.
It is suppose to be the longest film to date at 150 minutes with the credits running 10 to 15 minutes.
How many princes can you get in 1 elevator? 2 + 1 actor + 1 singer. What was once thought to be true, does now appear to be true. Prince William and Prince Harry appear as storm troopers in the film. Along with singer Gary Barlow and actor Tom Hardy. The 4 of them acting as Finn's (John Boyega's) escort aboard Snope's ship.
There will be another trilogy. Except, unlike this one, it will feature characters we have not seen before, and it will not be connected to the Skywalker saga, which gives people the idea that it'll take place in the Old Republic. With the director-writer of Episode IX taking it on. And at that same time, there is talk of finally getting a live action TV series set in the Star Wars universe.
Thrawn will be getting a 6 issue comic book series. Though the 1st issue will not be released till February 7, 2018.
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Those who have seen Mark Hamill's performance are talking him up for an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
What a time to be alive; Star Wars getting a potential acting nod at the Oscars...
I'm excited for this one, if only due to my love for Rian Johnson, but always got to keep your enthusiasm in check when it comes to buzz for any film let alone the rabid fan base that Star Wars has (and hey I'm one of them)
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Canon. What is canon? What is not canon? The following is canon to date.
Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (unseen)
Episode 2: Attack of the Clones (unseen)
The Clone Wars (TV) (unseen)
Dark Disciple (book) (read)
Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith (unseen)
Catalyst (book) (unread)
Lords of the Sith (book) (read)
Tarkin (book) (read)
A New Dawn (book) (read)
Rebels (TV) (unseen)
Episode 4: A New Age (seen)
Battlefront 2: Inferno Squad (book) (read)
Heir to the Jedi (book) (read)
Battlefront: Twilight Company (book) (read)
Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back (seen)
Episode 6: Return to the Jedi (unseen)
Aftermath (book) (unreadable)
Aftermath: Life's Death (book) (unreadable?)
Aftermath: Empire's End (book) (unreadable?)
Bloodline (book) (unread)
Phasma (book) (read)
Normally, my opinions run diametrically to others. What others like. I dislike. What others dislike. I like. But, I have to agree with other's opinions about Aftermath. Which is too bad, as the writer is suppose to be a great guy. Thus, a great guy, but a "bad" writer.
Episode 7: The Force Awakens (seen)
Episode 8: The Last Jedi (to be seen)
Thus, to date
14 books
09 films
02 TV shows.
Though, there will be others: books, films, and TV shows.
What is not listed here, for the most part, is considered Star Wars Expanded Universe, and I have always been surprised for the love of others for the EU, as I have (IMHO) always found most of the books in the EU to be unreadable, as well as the comic books from that period. Maybe because most of the stories concentrated on the Sky walkers and Solos, who I found--again (IMHO)--to be some of the least interesting characters in the Star Wars Universe. Now that canon has opened up the stories to the non-Sky walkers and Solos, I find the stories to be more interesting and readable.
Next time: more Star Wars data.
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Episode VIII
Rumors run rampant.
Yoda will appear as a Force Ghost.
Luke and Leia will have a reunion on the Millennium Falcon. If not in this episode, then in the next episode.
New light saber color. Green? or some other color.
Mustafar + castle + caverns = Vader's and Snoke's connection.
As for what we do know.
You can't tell the players without a scorecard.
In a trend with which I approve, and which is not unique to Star Wars, it'll be increasingly difficult to tell the protagonist from the antagonist.
You ain't seen nuthin' yet.
One word to describe the battle scenes. "Crazy!' We'll see.
Anything is possible with the internet.
The Chinese film trailer is available on the internet and it features snippets of the Battle of Crait and Canto Bight not seen in the American trailer, and I must say the snippets look great.
Episode I - VI
The House of Mouse is negotiating with 20th Century Fox to purchase its assets (more on this later) which include episodes I - VI. If the negotiations are successful, it'll be the 1st time that all the films: past, present, and future will belong to the same studio.
Episode X - XII
What we DO know is less than what we DO NOT know.
We DO NOT know who'll direct XI and XII.
We DO know who'll direct X.
We DO NOT know if XI and XII will have 1 or 2 directors.
We DO know that all 3 episodes will be written by the director of X.
We DO NOT know when it'll be set.
We DO know that it'll not be set in the days of the Old Republic.
And my guess is that we won't see anything till 2020 or later.
More news (TV)
We DO know that the live-action TV show will be set in the time of the Old Republic.
We DO know that it'll be available in 2020.
The bad news is that if you want to see it, you'll have to pay, as it'll be part of a streaming service from the House of Mouse, which will begin in 2019.
The good news, if any, is that the streaming service will be priced lower than Netflix's streaming service.
Still more news (Books)
Canto Bight (Star Wars) Journey to Star Wars : the Last Jedi
4 stories. 4 inhabitants of Canto Bight, who may or may not appear in the film, but should give one some insight into Canto Bight.
Release date December 5, 2017 in both print and audio format.
And these may or may not give you some insight into the film, depending upon when you see the film, as they are all scheduled for release on December 15, 2017.
The Last Jedi : Cobalt Squadron (adult fiction)
The Last Jedi : Bomber Command 9adult fiction)
The Art of Star Wars : the Last Jedi (non-fiction)
The Last Jedi : the Visual Dictionary (non-fiction)
The Last Jedi : Incredible Cross Sections (non-fiction)
+ any number of books, both fiction and activity, for the younglings.
And released on December 27, 2017, the comic book series Storms of Crait," a prequel to the film with Luke and Leia on Crait.
And the 3rd edition of the Star Wars cookbook sometime in 2018.
And still more news (theme parks)
Galaxy's Edge will open at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2019, but ere then Star Wars : Secrets of the Empire will open in London (England) on December 16, 2017, and on that same date it'll open at Disney Springs (Orlando, Florida) and January 5, 2018, it'll open at the Downtown Disney District (Anaheim, California.) It's not virtual reality. It's supposedly one step beyond VR or Hyper Reality.
Next time: more as it becomes available.
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An Obi Wan Kenobi film replaces the Boba Fett film for release in 2020.
Filming begins in 2019 with interiors shot at Pinewood Studios (England) and exteriors shot at Joshua Tree National Park.
Then the next day a film called "Tin Can" is on the agenda, and they think that may be the Boba Fett film. If so, I wouldn't expect tp be released to 2021 or 2022.
Episode VIII
What was once rumored to be true has now been proven to be true. Prince William and Prince Harry have cameos in the film as Storm Troopers. Look for them in the elevator scene with Finn (John Boyega.)
If one does see it, then be aware that it is apparently not like any of the other Star Wars films.
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Bartel was one of nine county residents who attended the meeting to discuss county Economic Development Director Teresa Huffman's proposal to open a certified kitchen in the lake hall to rent to entrepreneurs and have cooking classes.
Bartel said her business focuses on catering large events. In between those events, she could rent her kitchen out to people who want to start a business making and selling food but don't have the resources to build and equip a commercial kitchen of their own.
She suggested cooking classes could be done at school kitchens, which would have the extra benefit of allowing classes to move around the county, provided schools would allow the classes.
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The University is one step closer to beginning construction on the new basketball arena.Sounds nice, eh? Acquring properties, not taking properties. Voluntary actions, not power and coercion. It seems to me the excerpt above makes clear that even if government in Oregon says it has a strong preference to acquire properties, the reality is something considerably different. Government in Oregon also relies on the threat of its power to take properties. Not unusual, of course. In view of government's power of eminent domain, I don't believe we should generally regard any potential "sale" of property to government as voluntary because the threat of the use of force to take the property is always implied and present when government officials come to "negotiate" over "price." If someone comes to buy my advertised used care, this looks like a typical voluntary market transaction, unless of course, the potential buyer is carrying a gun.
At the State Board of Higher Education meeting Friday, Sept. 7, the Board granted the University a resolution of necessity: permission to utilize eminent domain laws in order to obtain three properties on which, along with the Williams' Bakery site, the University hopes to build an arena to replace 80-year-old McArthur Court. Thus far, the University has been unable to come to voluntary sale agreements with the property owners, and should it fail to do so it may use condemnation to purchase the properties on behalf of public interest.
The Board also granted a resolution of necessity to the University in 2004 to purchase the Williams' Bakery site, although the University ultimately did not use condemnation. The site sold for approximately $22.2 million.
General Council Melinda Grier said the University does not wish to resort to condemnation, and will do so only as a last resort.
"In Oregon we have a strong preference... to try to acquire properties through voluntary means," said Grier.
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Eminent domain allows the government to purchase private property for public purpose. Should the University exercise condemnation, the state of Oregon would sue on behalf of the University and the court would determine an adequate sale price.This seems a very interesting way to describe the power of eminent domain. Eminent domain "allows"? Eminent domain is a power, and therefore, eminent domain is really a reason given to justify government forcibly taking a person's property. Consider what this description says eminent domain allows government to do, i.e., purchase private property. If government uses the power of eminent domain, private property is not purchased, it is taken with "just compensation." Of course, the just compensation comes after the property has been taken. It seems to me more accurate to write: "Eminent domain allows government to try to purchase private property under the threat of forcibly taking the private property from the owner later." Consider also in this description that the power of eminent domain means a court will "determine an adequate sale price." Sorry. The court will not determine a sale price at all. The court will determine what it considers adequate compensation for the property owner's lost wealth because it has been taken by government. (Maybe we should see the silver lining in this taking. At least this taking of a person's wealth by eminent domain is compensated to some degree since it is not taken through some means of wealth taxation.)
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When my twin daughters were born many years ago, I really didn't have any idea how to be a parent. I had never changed a diaper, fed a baby, and all the rest of the stuff you're supposed to magically know.
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