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International ULI Redevelopment Competition Selects Weston Village for Revitalization Grant
Initiative to Kick Start Development of a Healthy, Sustainable and Thriving Toronto Community
Urban Land Institute (ULI) Toronto District Council, in partnership with Metrolinx and the City of Toronto, are pleased to announce their joint submission titled John Street Revitalization/Streetscape Plan was selected as part of an international competition for ULI's Urban Innovation Fund. The grant of $23,750, when matched by partner organizations, will inject between $75,000 and $85,000 to kick-start urban development and renewal of Weston Village, an area in need of revitalization.
Weston Village is a neighbourhood by Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue in the city's west end. As the area has been experiencing new immigrant growth, it has been challenged with a lack of private-sector development and revitalization that has benefited other Toronto neighbourhoods.
Selected for its early success and the high quality of proposed projects, the John Street Revitalization/Streetscape Plan calls for the transformation of John Street from a secondary commercial street into a vibrant avenue. Specifically, it provides for a venue for Weston's popular farmers' market; an improved environment for existing and future retail, restaurant and café opportunities; and a streetscape link between the commercial core and the heritage neighbourhood of Old Weston Village.
"This is a positive step toward seeing the community's vision for a revitalized Weston Village become reality," said Councillor Frances Nunziata, City of Toronto (Ward 11 York South - Weston). "Thank you to ULI Toronto for their hard work on the design initiative, and for their continued interest and assistance in seeing the ideas that came out of the design initiative come to fruition."
As a result of the grant, the required budget to commence the regeneration plan has been met. Metrolinx, Weston Road Business Improvement Area and a number of City of Toronto Divisions including: Planning; Transportation Services/Public Realm; and Economic Development & Culture have committed to either match the grant financially or provide in-kind contributions.
"The total funds generated as a result of this award give us the opportunity to move this initiative from plan to action," said Mark Noskiewicz, ULI District Council Chairman. "It will allow us to push this revitalization forward and provide the necessary ground work needed to allow Weston Village to thrive once again."
To kick off the John Street Revitalization/Streetscape Plan, plans are underway in consultation with the local community and in the fall of 2012, a final plan will be put into production.
"We've been thrilled with the planning and visual exercises done to date, but the international recognition this initiative has generated goes a long way in helping us to also be proud of the development that is about to take place," said David McBride, Chair of the Weston Village Residents Association.
The John Street Revitalization/Streetscape Plan is one of the 'quick-start' initiatives identified during the Weston 2021 Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) conducted by ULI Toronto's District Council, together with its two public-sector partners - the City of Toronto and Metrolinx. As part of a greater City of Toronto Weston 2021, the ULI TAP program was developed to bring together the finest industry expertise to determine how to best leverage the upcoming Metrolinx transportation hub and start the revitalization of a neighbourhood in need.
Planned to begin operation in 2015, the Metrolinx Air Rail Link train service is designed to pass through the Weston Road area on route between downtown Toronto and Pearson International Airport.
"This grant is validation of Metrolinx's commitment to improve regional transportation and make a positive impact on the communities that we work in and serve," said Bruce McCuaig, President and CEO, Metrolinx.
The ULI TAP Program is a high profile industry program that brings industry leaders together to collaborate on complex land use and redevelopment projects and allows members of ULI Toronto to be in at the ground floor of the revitalization of their City and provide meaningful contribution.
As part of ULI's 75th Anniversary Urban Innovation Fund program, 30 grants totaling $500,000 have been awarded to Urban Land Institute district and national councils. ULI contributed funds as grants to local ULI projects that recognize or launch innovative public-private partnerships that will advance the responsible use of land in building healthy, thriving communities worldwide over the next 75 years. The $500,000 provided by the ULI Foundation is the largest amount ever contributed by the Foundation to support a single funding round. This special one-year program takes the place of ULI's Community Action Grant program, which will resume in 2013.
About the Urban Land Institute
The Urban Land Institute (www.uli.org) is a non-profit education and research institute supported by its members. Its mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in sustaining and creating thriving communities worldwide. Established in 1936, the Institute has more than 28,000 members representing all aspects of land use and development disciplines. In Canada, the Urban Land Institute is an active and growing organization. With over 1,000 members across the country, Canada's first ULI District Council was established in Toronto in 2005 and a second District Council exists in British Columbia. ULI Toronto has over 500 members in Toronto.
About the City of Toronto
Toronto is Canada's largest city and sixth largest government, and home to a diverse population of about 2.7 million people. Toronto's government is dedicated to delivering customer service excellence, creating a transparent and accountable government, reducing the size and cost of government and building a transportation city. For information on non-emergency City services and programs, Toronto residents, businesses and visitors can dial 311, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Metrolinx is the Province of Ontario's regional transportation agency for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). GO Transit, a division of Metrolinx, is Ontario's inter-regional public transit system linking Toronto with the surrounding regions of the GTHA. GO carries more than 57 million passengers a year in an extensive network of train and bus services that spans over 10,000 square kilometres.
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The percentage of the world's population using the Internet has grown by huge amounts since 1995:
- December 1995 – 4% (16 million)
- December 2000 – 5.8% (361 million)
- December 2005 – 15.7% (1.018 billion)
- September 2010 – 28.8% (1.971 billion)
- December 2015 – 46.4% (3.366 billion)
- June 2017 – 51.7% (885 billion).
As that population has grown, the field of technology has simultaneously been fueled as a market, and the digital world has rapidly evolved. To have a sense of key trends is to understand how tech is changing so that you and your business can develop a stronger strategic stance and prepare for the years ahead.
Here are 8 of the biggest trends in technology for 2018:
Artificial intelligence (AI)
In order to improve customer experience, redesign business models, and bolster the way decisions are made, AI will be increasingly integrated into business.
A poll by Gartner suggests that the need for AI is recognized throughout industry, while adoption is still accelerating: 59% of companies are researching and developing an AI plan; the other 41% are either testing or have already implemented it.
AI will give businesses that use it a competitive advantage. Narrow AI, machine-learning geared toward performing a very specific function (as in driving a car in a test setting or comprehending language), will be the focus of most growth. General AI, meanwhile, is not seen as the most promising area at present since a broad application is not yet viewed as practical, per Gartner.
Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is a massive area of growth. The devices within the IoT (from smart watches to refrigerators to thermostats to cars) need to be able to collect large amounts of data and connect with other devices to exchange it without the need for any manual interaction.
Just about any device can be smart and connected, making it an IoT endpoint. A quarter of a billion vehicles will be connected to the Internet by 2020, making them all part of the IoT. Within our home, common digital objects such as televisions and personal assistants are connected. More items that are not typically smart, such as yoga mats that track the movement of the body, are joining the ranks.
The expansion of the IoT is mind-bending when you consider that there will be 75 billion devices within it by 2020, according to IHS.
Edge computing
As many companies are continuing to ramp up their cloud adoption, edge computing is also getting a rise in attention. Computing at the edge is gaining popularity in large part because of the degree of speed and performance needed for the IoT. AI-enabled devices, self-driving cars, drones, and various other devices will often communicate at the edge for true real-time processing. Edge computing will by no means surpass or supplant the needs for cloud, though, as indicated by Daniel Newman: "Though edge will continue to be the go-to choice for processing real-time data," he notes, "it's likely that the most important and relevant data will still head cloud-ward."
Distributed trust systems
Distributed ledgers, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain all fall within the category of distributed trust systems, sets of tools that allow for integrity of transactions, through reliable and tamper-evident methods, within a distributed design. Forces fueling this trend are excitement within the press for these approaches and the focus through venture capital – such as the funding of Ripple, Digital Asset Holdings, Blockstream, and Circle (all startups). Although there is a lot of discussion of this method, Forrester Researchers believe that it will be a slow-developing market that emerges over the next 10 years.
Digital twins
Another concept that Gartner is taking very seriously is the digital twin, which is a digital representation of a system that exists in the real world. This concept is important to the Internet of Things because digital twins are connected to the real items, presenting data related to their physical "twins," adapting when changes occur, streamlining processes, and improving efficiency. Billions of digital twins will exist to pair with the 21 billion IoT endpoints that will be deployed by 2020. The result of these digital twins is that businesses will be able to cut huge amounts of costs over time, with better performance of IoT equipment and maintenance repair and operation (MRO).
An immediate gain from these twins will be in the area of asset management. They will also lead to better understandings of the use of products and how to optimize operationally.
Beyond the Internet of Things, it will become possible to use digital twins as well. The idea is that eventually this practice will be ubiquitous, with digital counterparts related to each element of our environment, and each with AI capabilities. Industrial designers, healthcare executives, online marketers, and urban planners will see gains from this transition to a digital twin era. Entire cities could have digital twins for sophisticated simulations, while medical and biometric data could be used within human models.
Conversational platforms
Rather than the user having to translate intent, that will be performed by the computer as conversational platforms are implemented. A system of this type can answer questions about the weather or allow you to book a specific restaurant. These platforms will become more intricate and widely applied, as for the gathering of testimony from witnesses to crimes allowing digital generation of sketches according to their descriptions. The one issue with these platforms is that the user has to interact with it within the confines of its structure – which can be irritating. The complexity of the way conversational models are built will be a major differentiator, says Gartner, as will the event models and APIs used to work with third-party services to create accurate and meaningful results.
Analytics has grown as data has, and the IoT will create an enormous volume of information, driving further expansion of the market. The data that will come in from the IoT will lead to improvements in the way that products are made, healthcare is delivered, and cities operate – in turn allowing organizations to become more productive and profitable. An example cited by Newman is a company that had 180,000 trucks in its fleet and was able to bring its management cost of them from 15 cents per mile down to 3 cents – an almost absurd efficiency gain. This same type of approach can be used for just about any application that a business might have. Analytics are a big point of focus for large IT companies. IoT analytics are becoming a special point of focus.
Immersive experience
Mixed reality, like augmented reality and virtual reality, is giving us a new way with which to understand our digital environments. Along with conversational platforms, mixed reality systems will create an immersive experience for users. Development platform, application, and system software vendors will all compete for delivery of this model, as indicated by Gartner.
During the next five years, mixed reality will become more prevalent. In this model, the user interacts with real-world and digital objects while staying present in the physical environment.
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Tesla Quits Manufacturing Another Version on its Model S
Over this past weekend, Tesla stopped manufacturing yet another variant of its top-of-the-tier Model S. This is the second time the electric car company has made this decision over the last six months. Here's everything you need to know.
On Sunday September 24, 2017 Tesla stopped production on its Model S 75. The car had a starting price point of $69,500 and was the cheapest Model S available after Tesla cut its Model S 60 and 60D earlier this year. Tesla will sell the rest of its inventory for their Model S 75, and once it's gone, it's gone forever. If you were looking at the 75 KWh version, I would suggest to hurry.
This move now makes Tesla's Model S 75D the cheapest Model S available, starting at $74,500. Because this is a dual motor machine (one on each axle), the only rear-wheel drive car that Tesla will sell will be the Model 3, specifically an entry-level model.
These price re-arrangements are nothing new for the company, but why do it? Well, there are several reasons. I am sure this move clears some room on the production floor to make room for Model 3s, as production is beginning to ramp up. Musk has also been concerned about the growing confusion between the Model 3 and Model S. A bigger price gap in-between the two might help to show better distinction between the two. Yes, the Model 3 will START at $35,000, but after upgrade options is could be closer to $45,000-50,000. With the new higher price tag on the Model S, starting at $74,500, it is evident the two cars are on different levels.
It will be interesting to see how this progresses as time moves on. Musk and the team at Tesla may end up cutting more and more variants of its Model S to make production simpler and to separate it into a class of its own. Who knows, we will just have to wait and see how Model 3 is received in the general population.


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The Konik's Tail founder on how to make the perfect martini
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Corn: This week's Market Report "Good Buy!"
There is nothing more perfect than fresh, seasonal, perfectly sweet corn. Sure, the frozen stuff works in a pinch, but nothing compares to the real deal. Whether stripped of their kernals or served right on the cob, corn is a blank canvass ready to accommodate all of your spicy whims and buttery dreams. I love making a compound butter with miso, chili paste, and lime zest, and slathering fresh corn cobs after they come off the grill. Speaking of grilling, I prefer to do mine out of the husk to get nice char marks on the kernels, but you can also just throw the whole thing, husk in-tact, right onto the grill. The result is more of a steamed effect. Just make sure to soak those husks for a few minutes to make sure they don't become a fire hazard! Corn is also totally lovely eaten raw. Just strip those beautiful, crunchy, sweet kernels right off the cob and throw them directly into chopped salads, slaws, and garnishes. Lastly, super sweet corn is unpredictably delicious in dessert! Corn custard, corn ice cream, even corn cakes are super on-trend this year and will set your menu a part. Try pairing corn desserts with fresh, seasonal fruit like strawberries.
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I have ventured into this world unsuccessfully before, so this time I am going to follow a tried and tested formula using "The Quick Start Challenge".
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This is being done by having a weekly webinar giving us information on what is needed to be done and then the challenge is to complete the tasks given before the following weeks webinar and the next piece of the puzzle.
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The first week we have been tasked with getting a simple blog set up using WordPress, using detailed videos we have been provided with.


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Not many exhibitions get the welcome that has greeted "Anri Sala: Answer Me," at the New Museum in Manhattan. Roberta Smith, co-chief art critic of The New York Times, praised Mr. Sala's "roiling explorations, mostly in video, of sound, time, color, architecture and the politics of modern life." In The Guardian, Jason Farago referred to Mr. Sala's "unrivaled capacity to excavate the sullied dreams of Modernism, and to imagine a future on the ruins of the recent past."
Reached via Skype in his sunny Berlin studio, Mr. Sala came across as modest and direct in discussing a career that is now almost two decades old. He was born in Tirana, Albania, in 1974, and before moving to Berlin in 2003, he studied art in Paris. That French education left its mark: He favors abstract Continental ideas but doesn't seem to have caught any of the irony or cynicism that can come with French postmodernism. His majestic video and sound installations, on view at the museum through April 10, have that same mix of the complex and the forthright.
These are edited excerpts from the conversation.
As someone who grew up under a Communist dictatorship, how did you learn the language of contemporary art?
Well, contemporary art, as it has evolved in the Western world, was completely forbidden in Albania, from Impressionism onward. Everything that had to do with culture was censored. You were constantly aware not only of what you should say, and what you shouldn't say, but also of how you should say it, and how you should not say it. Before I entered high school, I participated in a competition for "young talents." I saw the paintings being hung, but when I went to the opening with my parents—I was 10 or 11 years old—the works were no longer there, because the committee had disqualified everything that was "wrong."
So how did you go from zero exposure to Western contemporary art to being at the center of that world?
Well, my mother was a director of the National Library. Everything that was forbidden in the country would be put into what could be called "black storage," and there you would have books of Kandinsky or Klee, and I could see some of them. I remember one painting by Magritte — the man seen from in back, against a mirror, where he is also seen from in back. [The painting was "Not to Be Reproduced (A Portrait of Edward James)" from 1937.] And being so intrigued, and lost — liking it and not liking it, since I couldn't understand it.
You've talked about how we now live in a time ofboundless acceleration — how has the culture of Twitter and Facebook and instant feedback affected you?
It does not directly affect my work, but I'm aware that it affects how my work is perceived and apprehended. Being with your phone, or being with Instagram, or being with a text message affects your awareness of what is really going on in the present moment. In my work, the experience is so important. The presence of the viewers, their trajectory, what they hear—all these things clash with the Internet.
A number of your colleagues in video art—Steve McQueen, Omer Fast, Stan Douglas—have moved in the direction of traditional theatrical presentations. Have you had any offers for feature film work?
What interests me is the film that a visitor has in his head after leaving my exhibition: how my various films correlate, the space between my films, their relation to the architecture of the space, the way you never lose track that you are where you are. The cinema wants to make you forget that you are where you are.
In your 2003 video called "Dammi i Colori," which in English would be "Give Me the Paint," you record the mayor of Tirana as he drives through a city whose drab facades he's enlivened with colored paint. That mayor is now the prime minister of Albania, but was there originally some humor in your presentation of his painting project? A sense that it was a very small Band-Aid on a very big wound?
No. In the film, everything which is vertical looks bright and colorful, but everything which is horizontal, on the ground, looks as though the place had come through a war — the city had started working on its sewers, and that's why the roads look upside down. Such infrastructure takes much more time, and also more money, while the painting of the buildings was done very quickly, with very little money. The painting project was just the spice that was needed to evoke the flavor of what was to come. My film is a portrait of a project that promises that something will be different in the future.
For your 2005 video projection called "Long Sorrow," you hung the saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc 25 stories up on the facade of a 1960s housing project from West Berlin, then invited him to play free jazz from his perch. What led you to put him in that precarious position?
I was in a concert, and suddenly it just came to me.
The building was built exactly as the Berlin Wall was being built. Many people from the East had made the choice to live in West Berlin, so the city had to respond by building more apartment units. I was interested in the architecture of those years — in its very good ideas that didn't necessarily work.
That building happens to be one of the longest buildings in Europe, being 1.8 kilometers [1.1 miles] long, and it was nicknamed Long Sorrow. The whole vibe around the building was completely negative — but not deservedly, because when you see how it dealt with space, it's not a complete failure.
I added the two I-beams holding spotlights above the musician to make the setting look like a stage. I wanted to show how it would be if every apartment became the stage for someone's creativity, for how someone relates to the world.
Is there a sense that there was a redeeming quality in having this wonderful free jazz floating out into the air in front of a failed building?
Yes — something where things are still at stake, because there are many of the ideals of that architecture that are still at stake.
In your 2013 video installation "Ravel Ravel," two pianists appear onscreen at the same time, playing two versions of Maurice Ravel's "Piano Concerto for the Left Hand," with their piano solos scored at different tempos. Ravel's piece was composed in 1929, for a musician who lost his right hand in World War I. Is the confusion of war reflected in your out-of-sync piece?
The film opens that possibility, but I try not to confirm it with my words. What I can say is that compositions for the left hand would never have existed without all the mutilation that happened because of the Great War. On the piano, when you play a piece with two hands, the center of your body is in front of the center of the piano. But the moment you are playing with only the left hand, the whole body has to move to the right edge of the piano, to make up for something that went missing. So the effort of the body to make up for the loss speaks about society, about war.
In recent pieces, you've chosen to engage with classical music, whose relevance is often seen as fading.
The detachment from today's culture is something that interests me. We love many classical pieces, but they are far enough away that they have become like archaeological objects we can approach with some form of objectivity. That wouldn't be the case with pop music. It's too recent, and manipulates us in ways that we have not yet completely decoded.
In "Ravel Ravel," by producing a situation where two pianists play the same concerto, but with shifts that take them out of sync and then back into sync, one starts to hear things that only came about later in the history of music: The composition travels across time to become at moments jazzy, at moments serialist, at moments about syncopation, and at moments more like minimal music from the '70s or the '80s.


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growing pains, going under the knife, and how to finally find your voice.
This past weekend, I sent a love letter to my email list. There are big, big, beautiful things coming in the next couple of months here at katekmccarthy.com, and, as a part of the process, I wanted to share some new announcements and updates.
Rather than keeping that letter under lock-and-key, I wanted to open it up and share all of the shifting and changing -- with you.
If you aren't a part of the community yet, I would absolutely adore for you to join us. There's more goodness coming, I can't wait to show you!
Happy Saturday, love!
My wish this morning is that you're enjoying these words with two days of rest, relaxation, connection and creation before you. As for myself, I'm curled up on my couch, cup of tea in hand and laptop open, here to write you a little Saturday love note.
I don't say it enough, but it's the most amazing honor to be invited into your email inboxes each week, to be able to connect and share something so incredibly personal with such radiant souls.
This week, in addition to my weekly blog post (linked here and below, love!), I'm here to share with you a couple of announcements. I'm big on communication, honesty and integrity, and so, grounded in that, I wanted to let you in on a few new (and super exciting!) shifts that you'll be seeing over the next few weeks.
Without further ado...
1.) Truthfully, I struggled over how to share this first announcement.
But, in the spirit of honesty, I'm just going to spill the beans. This Thursday, March 10th, I'll be going under the knife for a surgery that's deeply connected to my overall wellbeing. Don't worry, nothing is wrong or critical, but I have decided to take the necessary steps to keep it that way. I'm hoping that, with this surgery, I'll have less pain and a whole hell of a lot more energy. Words can't begin to share my gratitude for the level of support and love that I've already received around this… I'm speechless.
2.) With that being said, I've decided to intentionally up the self-care and community support in the coming weeks.
I shared this intention with some of my business soul sisters, and boy... have they stepped up to the plate. Over the next six weeks or so, they'll be taking over on the blog to share their wisdom, their passion, and their hearts with you all. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude for their support and love, and I'm so excited for you to meet them!
I will still be in the "office," working on client projects and more (much, much more!), but I'm being gentle with myself in the midst of my recovery.
3.) Beginning next Saturday, in addition to a guest blog from the graphic designer/brand expert of my dreams, the luminous Shelly Prokop, you'll see a shift in the format and focus of our weekly emails.
As you might know, my work in the world has transformed and expanded over the past few months. My mission, in business and in life, is to reveal this one simple message: The world needs you and your voice. The way that I do this? By helping soulful women entrepreneurs and budding writers to connect with their authentic voices as writers and creatives - and by supporting them in getting their desperately needed work into the world.
As usual, I'll be here each week to bring you reflection and inspiration on all things wholehearted and creative. But, starting next week, each Saturday you'll also receive real-world content creation ideas and writing prompts to support you in discovering your voice as a writer. Because, love, the world needs you and your voice.
If that all sounds good to you (and I hope that it does!), I can't wait to continue to grow and share and connect with you. You can join the community here to receive my weekly emails! If it doesn't, no hard feelings! I totally get it (but I'll miss you, nonetheless).
This week on the blog, we're talking about the reasons that we stay silent and the writing practice that shrank my inner censor and strengthened my creative spirit. It's good, good stuff.
With gratitude and love and light,


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even at 16,
i made the big boys cry.
my teenage self a confident liar in lust and love.
i belong at the park or museum,
all by myself
so i can scare away the blue birds
and overdose on shitty coffee.
i took all the lies they painted to me
and made my own art;
i really have become quite a piece of work.
i have become
what i always hated,
using dry phrases,
"inspiration, soulful, beautiful, creative"
and made you believe that is what you are too.
don't you know i'm a fucking liar?
16 with no prospects,
21 with no morals,
a congenital liar before my first period.


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MSNBC host Chris Matthews said on Thursday that if he were President Donald Trump, he would fire Chief of Staff John Kelly for putting him in a cage and trying control the White House's paper flow.
On Hardball, Matthews, during a conversation with Ron Reagan about Reagan's father's Chief of Staff Jim Baker who let Reagan be Reagan while just keeping the discipline, said "this guy" Kelly's job "is to make sure nobody gets to see" Trump "unless they go through me."
"And now no paper moves to [Trump] like he's controlling the cage," Matthews continued. "Like nothing gets into the cage without me … if I were Trump, I'd fire him just for saying that."
Matthews then added that no matter how much Kelly may want to control Trump, "he can't control Trump" at 6 a.m. when Trump starts "burping out" tweets.
Politico reported earlier in the day that Kelly's new system "is designed to ensure that the president won't see any external policy documents, internal policy memos, agency reports and even news articles that haven't been vetted." Kelly's globalist deputy, Kristjen Nielson, "is also expected to assume an integral role" in the process, according to the report, even though she, like nearly everyone else in Trump's West Wing, does not understand Trump's voters or his movement.


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Long Island Streets E.D. gave testimony at the NY Senate Standing Committee on Transportation Public Hearing on the MTA/LIRR re: less focus on expanding public space for the storage of idle metal boxes and more focus on better buses and complete bicycle infrastructure at all LIRR stations (versus token bike racks in a corner). In addition, support for Congestion Pricing to help battle a public health and climate crisis, unfair MTA/LIRR fares boosting Nassau Inter-County Express / NICE Bus fares, removing the useless $5 LIRR bike pass, and concerns that the proposed consolidation of the 6 existing MTA entities could mask accountability and potentially make NYC transit and the LIRR less autonomous from the whims of upstate legislators.Read More


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The Power of Plant Based
Vegetables are taking center stage! In fact, fifty percent of consumers would like to see a greater variety of vegetarian options. With greater sustainability and health benefits, new flavors in plant-based options interest both vegetarians and meat-lovers alike.
Deliver bold, authentic ethnic flavors, as seen in this tempura recipe, to make your vegetarian menu stand out. Katy's Kitchen tempura batter allows vegetables to appear simply "kissed" by the batter, maintaining the integrity of the vegetables. Or make the batter from scratch and kick up the flavor with Katy's Kitchen Sriracha Seasoning.
Miso-Mustard Sauce
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A Reward For A Reward
Each year, the MacArthur Foundation awards grants of $500,000 to people whom it judges to be doing extraordinary work.
Playwright Sarah Ruhl is a recent MacArthur fellow. She has already won many awards for her plays, which include "The Clean House" and "Eurydice." Sarah talks with Dick Gordon about the stories, both mythic and personal, that catch in her imagination - and what it's like for her to see those stories on stage.
One person who inspired Sarah is Carlos Moran, a young man she met during a playwriting project in Los Angeles. Carlos grew up in foster care, and has now adopted his younger siblings. Carlos talks to Dick on tomorrow's program.
- Read Sarah's plays in the book The Clean House and Other Plays
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- Learn about Shields, an organization that partners with Cornerstone and inspired Sarah
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News: MARVEL TV @ SDCC 2016
Here's a recap of Marvel/Netflix TV panel
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text: Welcome, Sorry is about my hunt to find a new place to name home. Being a millennial growing up in the Silicon Valley there is a strong disconnection between me and my hometown, San Jose. I photograph San Jose trying to find a new association, and I photograph new cities to find a placed to be welcomed. Growing up my parents tried to teach me a healthy apprehension toward Downtown San Jose. My sister hated it, talked about how dirty and gross it was. Then I started to travel and grow a desire to explore and document the world. I started to live all around California and finally came home to San Jose in 2014. I realized that I wasn't that familiar with my hometown and I started to finally understand and explore San Jose. I always thought of San Jose as home. Like my hometown would always be there and available to me. Moving back, deciding to become an artist, and seeing the reality of San Jose I realized just how untrue that idea is. I don't want to live here for the rest of my life but I selfishly want the option to be able to call my hometown home forever. I'll be able to look back at this time in my life as when I really got to grow into my art and find a new love for my hometown while at the same time trying to find a new place so I can leave it. Welcome, Sorry is San Jose's new mantra to me and many others who can't survive in the rising home cost and people who expect photographers to work for free. It is my diary of home and my way to cope with San Jose and the way it is changing and growing further and further away from me.


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The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
Out of all the different cartoons and animated movies out there, I have to say that The Incredibles is the perfect movie to bring to the video game realm. Playing as super heroes is nothing new for gamers and what better then to play as a family of them? So today we are going to check out The Incredibles: The Rise of the Underminer, which tries to take this series to all new heights. So can they make it there? Read our full review to find out!
Like I just mentioned, The Incredibles is just bursting with the potential for a great game. Unlike its decidedly lame predecessor that was just released to cash in on the movie's huge success, you can see that developers Heavy Iron Studios have definitely put in some different ideas with this game. For one they took away a lot of the platforming elements and making this game a much more action oriented experience that puts more emphasis on the supers and their cool powers. But can they manage to use these abilities to further enhance the game?
So in The Rise of the Underminer you will find the game starts up right after the original, where this time you will be taking the roles of Mr. Incredible and Frozone, two of the more unique and "cool" characters of the bunch. Now why are there two characters you might ask? Well throughout the game the duo works together to go through the levels, and therefore you will be able to quickly switch between the characters to complete tasks. The reason for the duo is also to bring more diversity in the game, which is done quite often in children's games.
The Rise of the Underminer is just a straight action game with some minor puzzles on the side. The game just has you go from level to level playing as one of the duo taking out bad guys and then moving on. The game really never tries to mix up the action, and while some of the moves that the two super heroes contain are quite cool, they do get repetitive after sometime.
Now one of the neat features that the game does have is the multiplayer support, which is possible through the duo of Mr. Incredible and Frozone. This is actually some of the more entertaining experiences in the game as you will have a lot more fun playing with someone else. In the end The Rise of the Underminer is an extremely short experience that an experienced gamer could finish in one sitting. Of course the younger kids will take a bit longer, but the gameplay just kind of feels bland and way too repetitive to encourage extended plays.
Visually The Incredibles: The Rise of the Underminer at first glance seems as though it has potential, but when you look at the final product it just seems like the developers missed some opportunities. The character models are an example of this missed opportunity, as they seem to have a decent amount of detail but they just don't have a very fluid smooth look to them. The environments are the main source of the problem as these are really bland, not overly original, and needed a whole lot more detail. The animation works well and gets the job done, but similar to the gameplay, just didn't do much to impress.
Fun Factor
Who doesn't want to play as a super hero? I mean the idea of playing a game with someone who has extreme powers to me seems like a great key for success. But for whatever reason The Rise of the Underminer ends up falling short on almost every level. The combat and the gameplay work in the game but they never try to make the game feel different from any other action game on the market. Kids will find it cool at first to play as the two characters, but as time goes on, I believe even they will see there are a lot more fun games to play out there.
In the end, The Rise of the Underminer, like its predecessor, is just another big missed opportunity this holiday season. The gameplay works but is too short and repetitive, the visuals are rather dull, and just the overall feel of the game is just unimpressive. Parents wondering if they should pick this game up for their kids this year, I would have to say its kind of a toss up. If your kids are big Incredible fans, then sure give it a pickup. Otherwise you can take a pass on this one.
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Slamming Hillary with Bill's Sins
Reported by Judy - March 1, 2006
Does Fox News think Sen. Hillary Clinton should be the object of scorn for the relationship her husband had with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky? How else to explain the subliminal reference to the matter during a recent discussion of Clinton's political future on "Special Report with Brit Hume"?
During the Grapevine segment on Monday (February 27, 2006), Hume did a piece on Karl Rove's comments regarding Clinton's chances in the 2008 presidential contest. Clinton was quoted as saying that Rove "spends more time thinking about my political future than I do." Hume said that Rove believes Clinton would win the nomination but would not win the general election because of her liberal political philosophy and her "brittleness."
Meanwhile, Fox News displayed a picture of Clinton on the screen and the caption "Close, but no cigar."
Was the cigar intended to reference a certain act the former President Clinton performed in the Oval Office with Lewinsky?
That's up to the viewer to decide, apparently. But for those slow on the uptake, Hume reported later that the former president is hiring interns for his presidential library, New York office, and AIDS/HIV foundation.
For some reason, Clinton gets no credit from all those right-wing "protect the sanctity of marriage" types for deciding to stick with her husband and try to make things work between them afrer the Lewinsky matter. A divorce in these circumstances may have been a net win for her politically. All she gets from so-called Christians for trying to stay married is their scorn. It's illogical and against all they supposedly believe in.
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Imagine living in country where boys attend school and follow career paths, while their sisters are often sold into sex trafficking, forced into child labor, or married off to older men at the age of fourteen. Imagine living in a country where girls are considered universally "inferior." In Nepal and India, this devastating social hierarchy is reality. Educating girls, however, breaks the cycle.
Kriti, a Nepalese girl, watched the Taliban murder her father, saw cancer take the life of her mother, and, as a result, worked as a child-servant to support her younger siblings. Fortunately, the Little Sisters Fund rescued Kriti and gave her an education where she quickly excelled to the top of her class. Now, attending college in the United States, Kriti studies medicine and plans to return to Nepal as a doctor. With an education, Kriti can provide for herself, choose when and whom to marry, and assure that her daughters receive an education. Unfortunately, for every success story, like Kriti's, thousands of Nepalese and Indian girls are forced into sex trafficking, sold into child labor, or married off to an older husband.
After learning about this tragic truth, Rachael Su '18 and I were determined to make Kriti's success story the reality for more Nepalese and Indian girls. We both created clubs, the Girls Rising Club and Wings Club, which joined forces, and built a community that works to raise awareness and money for impoverished Nepalese and Indian girls. Our clubs recently created a crowdfunding website (https://startsomegood.com/girls-taking-flight) that donates all proceeds to charity organizations (The Little Sisters Fund and The Kiran Anjeli Project) that protect Nepalese and Indian girls from sex trafficking, child labor, and youth marriage by giving them an education. Hoping to start breaking the cycle of uneducated women in Nepal and India, we strive to raise enough money to give a full education to a Nepalese girl and an Indian girl.


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Dear World, I've Found Someone Else
It's not you, it's me - really. Well actually, I've found someone else. It's someone I just can't seem to live without. She never leaves my side, well except for that one time in the cab in Vegas, which in all honest was probably my fault. But, she came running back to me the next morning, or rather the cab driver dropped her off at my hotel. She pokes me when I need poking, checks in when I need checking in, and she can tell me the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow in 0.18 seconds. Sure, she falls asleep on me from time to time, but all I have to do is plug her in and turn her own and she's back to normal. She's the tweet to my retweet.
She's technology. Forget 100 years ago. What did we even do 15 to 20 years ago? In mere seconds I've broadcasted to the world that I'm at Golden Gate Park, pinning my exact location and proving it with a photo. I look around and see technology in full effect, from the teenagers texting to the marquee displaying when the next bus will arrive to tourists viewing the photos that they've just taken on their camera to the food truck taking orders with an iPad. What years ago was checking my email once per week, is now instantaneous as my smartphone alerts me of new Twitter messages and emails.
Burger King was onto something when they created the slogan "Have It Your Way". With technology, we can do what we want and be who we want to be. Technology often allows us to be something that the real world typically wouldn't allow. We can be a movie critic as we broadcast our opinions across media platforms. We can be a modern-day Lewis and Clark, blogging about our adventures abroad. We can be a social butterfly, talking to followers on Twitter like we've known them our whole lives. If there's something you want to be, the evolution of technology can likely make it happen.
However, has the efficiency of technology that we're so quickly to praise produced a false sense of reality? Has technology while attempting to deepen our relationships to the world around us in fact diminished our relationships with one another. I can't help but wonder if technology has become a surrogate for human interaction.
I've recently considered this while comparing different situations when I'm out with people versus when I'm by myself. Take for example going out to eat. If I'm by myself, I'll have my phone out the entire time, usually lying it on the table in front of me, and picking it up at least every few minutes. Despite having automatic notifications, I'll refresh my email, look through my Facebook and Twitter feeds, browse through Tumblr, check to see if anyone has commented on my blog, look at the latest schedules and scores on ESPN, check in to Foursquare, and sometimes take photos of my food to broadcast across my social media outlets.
Last week I met with a friend for dinner and drinks and during the two hours neither one of us pulled out our phone to see what we had missed. This isn't too abnormal for me. I rarely reach for my phone when I'm out at an event or with friends. Sometimes if I see them do it, then I will, but typically I don't. And I find that afterward, when I do pull my phone out, I haven't really missed anything. I've never been disconnected from technology for a period of time, whether one hour or several hours and said: "I can't believe how much I missed. I'm never doing that again."
This isn't a technology roast. I like technology - a lot. And no, I'm not going to sing I Love Technology from Napoleon Dynamite. I've often said that the friends I made through Twitter were the support I needed to start down a new path in life a year and a half ago. I've in fact met nearly 200 people from Twitter, some of whom I am fortunate enough to call close friends. However, social networking only goes as far as the in-person relationships that result from it.
Ultimately, I want to re-think how I use technology. When I think of some of the most memorable moments in my life, many have been devoid of technology. I can name you the top three sunsets I've seen: South Africa, Costa Rica, and San Francisco. At all three of those sunsets, I didn't have a camera or smartphone with me. My most memorable weekend from traveling for nine months last year was in Costa Rica, when I intentionally left my laptop and iPhone behind for a three-day weekend to travel. What did I miss? A handful of tweets, a couple notifications on Facebook, and 60 emails, of which over half were junk. It took no more than a half-hour to catch up when I returned.
We take time off from work and so many other parts of our life, so why not take some time off technology? I'm using this as a challenge to myself. For Thanksgiving weekend, I'm taking a couple days off without my laptop and turning off notifications on my phone. I'm heading up to Sonoma to spend Thanksgiving with a friend and his family, ironically who I met via Twitter. I challenge you to do something similar. Take 24 hours or even an entire weekend for a technology detox this month. And don't use that time to watch movies or catch up on reality TV. Take a girls weekend, go wine tasting, tour a local brewery, plan a hiking trip, or go pick strawberries. Just do something. And afterward, do this: Come back and tell me if taking a break from technology was a decision you regret.
Additional Reading:
- Notes on Virtual Relationships
- Has Technology Desensitized us to Authentic Travel Experiences
- Technology and the Way we Interact While Traveling
Have we become too dependent on technology and allowed it to distance us from human interaction?
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Another Great Show, Another Fired Producer.
In 1988, Glenn Gordon Carson wrote the premiere of Moonlighting Season 5. It was called "Womb With A View" and is my all time favorite episode. It was the last episode he ever wrote, as he was fired as Executive Producer and never returned to Moonlighting. In 2003, Aaron Sorkin wrote the Season 4 finale of The West Wing. He led the show up to a major cliff hanger. He was fired and never wrote for The West Wing again. Thursday night 2012, Community played its Season 3 finale produced by Dan Harmon. News came out days before that the show was renewed. We all rejoiced. Two days later Dan Harmon was fired. I am pretty freaking sure he will never write for Community again. I have compared Community to Moonlighting quite a bit these last weeks on our podcasts and the comparisons continue. Cybill Shepherd was not a fan of Glenn Gordon Caron. Chevy Chase was not a fan of Dan Harmon. The brass at Sony Studios and NBC say that the Chevy feud had nothing to do with why Dan Harmon was fired. I believe ABC said the same thing about Moonlighting. NBC said the same thing about The West Wing. In the past, when they have removed the main creative person behind a show, the show fails. When David Lynch went off to make Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks crumbled. David E. Kelley left Chicago Hope and Picket Fences, both shows suffered. When Joss Whedon stopped being in charge of the daily goings on at Buffy, the show became unwatchable. The West Wing and Moonlighting became shells of their former selves. This becomes a pattern so predictable you would think that networks would be able to see it. In fact it's so predictable you would think they would sign this pattern to a 13 episode commitment because predictability is what Network Stooges like most.
I love Community and I want the final 13 episodes to succeed but I am fairly certain that will be impossible without the writing staff that brought us here. The really scary part of Community is that the other show runners are leaving as well. We all want to see Community sent off with the final season it deserves. What would possibly be the point of bringing this show back for a shortened season without the heart that made it? I have seen Dan Harmon interviewed. I have read his online statements. I find him to be a very unpleasant person. I would never want to work with him. Aaron Sorkin seems like he's twice as arrogant as the characters he creates. Glenn Gordon Caron freaking discovered and created Bruce Willis. Can you imagine that ego? I wouldn't want to have to manage that person. Guess what? That is why I am not a network executive. The fact that these writers are difficult is what makes them artists. Networks should want that kind of person. Do we want to eat dinner with them? No. Do we want to try to force them to meet a deadline? No. But we do want them to write our entertainment. They are called artists. They see the world differently and they don't follow the norms. So what can we as viewers do? Well, I think we blog, we podcast and we try to point our friends in the right direction when we see great shows, great networks and over all greatness. Dan Harmon should do what everyone should do when they are fired. Go do something better. Community is a great show; I know he can make a better one. Just don't go to NBC when you come up with it. Check out my Other Community Blogs
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Apr 20, 2009
Earth Day Drop in Craft
Tuesday, April 21st (yes, that's TOMORROW!), we have a couple fun ways to celebrate Earth Day (which technically isn't until Wednesday, but we'll ignore that).
Come in any time between 1 and 5 pm to make recycled crafts, find ideas for more to do at home later and have mudpie cookies!
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Lately, I've replaced powersteering pump. After driving about 50km an ESP light appeared on dashboard mazda_5_bledy_1.jpg
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I connected my ELM327 to check for errors.
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Former acting Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates gave her first media interviews this week, ruling out a run for governor in 2018 as she discussed the dismissal of former FBI Director Jim Comey and her warnings to ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in interviews with CNN and The New Yorker.
Yates, who once led Atlanta's U.S. Attorney office, told CNN that Flynn was in a "serious compromise situation, that the Russians had real leverage" over him. She also said Flynn misled Vice President Mike Pence and that there was "certainly a criminal statute" he could have violated.
Her interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper is set to air at 8 p.m. Tuesday and excerpts from her sit-down with The New Yorker were published Tuesday. She discussed with both outlets why she refused to enforce President Donald Trump's executive order barring immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
Yates testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee last week, issuing her first public remarks since she was fired by Trump on Jan. 30. She said Flynn may have been "compromised" by the Russians and that she warned Trump's top lawyer that Flynn could become a blackmail target.
Yates became a symbol of the resistance to Trump after she was fired for refusing to carry out his immigration order. She has not said what she will do next, though she said she will not run for governor next year despite attempts from some leading Georgia Democrats to recruit her.
"I am totally ruling out the governor's race. I am not running for governor," she told The New Yorker, though she left the door open for an electoral bid down the road.
"I recognize that I may have a voice that I didn't have before. And part of what I want to be able to do is to figure out how I can responsibly use that voice in a way to impact things that I think really matter. I just don't know what form that takes," she said in The New Yorker interview, adding: "I've got to give something more back."
Yates' decision comes as little surprise - she dropped nary a hint about a gubernatorial run over the last few months - and is a relief to two other Democrats circling the race: House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams and state Rep. Stacey Evans.
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Do you want to lead a happy life? Of course, without any doubt, your answer would be a big yes. The best way to enjoy the natural gifts of life is to enjoy life in togetherness. In other words, you need a life partner to make your life more comfortable, enjoyable and happier than ever before. This is certainly the key reason behind the ever-green popularity of weddings. However, this process is usually complete once in a lifetime, but often individuals have to go through it twice in their life. Are you also among one of them? If yes, then you must know the key precautions and important guidelines for second marriage. So, let's have a detailed look at what you should know about it.
Are You Mentally Prepared?
If your answer to this question is yes, then you won't need to think a lot about your second innings. But if your answer is no, you need to concentrate on preparing yourself on mental level. There is no doubt that in order to be a part of a relationship, you must be ready at least on psychological level. Therefore, before finalizing the process of remarrying, you first need to go through ins and outs of the procedure. It is a fact that our emotions play the most significant role when it comes to the success of a marriage. Therefore, you are thoroughly advised that you must reconsider your decision.
Do You Know Thinking of Your Partner?
Since you are going to start a new chapter of your life with an individual, you are advised to know about his/her thinking. You must be well aware of your partner's feelings, emotions and thoughts regarding your relationship. This is the point where communication lays the most effective role in building trust between two individuals. Now, you may ask how to know about the thinking process of your partner? For this, you need to sit with your partner and deeply discuss various issues associated with your life.
Don't Hide Anything from Your Partner
If you don't want to be part of suspicious relationship, you must avoid hiding anything from your would-be life partner. A wedding can't be successful without mutual understanding and trust. Hence, you are highly suggested to speak everything, whether positive or negative, about your life to your partner. Always remember, you aren't supposed to build a strong relationship without proper understanding.
Know the Secrets of Successful Marriages
Actually, there is no big secret when it comes to successful marriage, but still a few things can help you great in leading a happy married life. You must be loyal to your partner. You aren't likely to cheat your partner. If you do so, you may also have to cope with the same experience. Therefore, importance of honesty can't be underestimated to make a relationship stronger than ever before. Apart from these two essential points, you also need to concentrate on the most essential thing. Yes, you are right it is nothing else but love. It is the best emotion that can make your second marriage a great success.


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The world of pro-wrestling is full of talented men and women that go to great lengths to condition their bodies and minds for the sole purpose of our entertainment. The in-ring work is vital, but almost as important, if not sometimes more important, is what happens on the microphone. The characters that are created in the WWE and other wrestling companies are what engage us and make us care about what happens in the ring. There are some wrestlers that can just dial-up their personalities and be amplified versions of themselves in the ring, but there are still others that flat out portray a fictional character. These characters can sometimes seem silly to non-wrestling fans, but to the marks they are as important as can be. When a wrestler puts on a mask or their signature face paint, they are transformed into the characters that we all know and love.
There was a time not so long ago, before Kayfabe was broken, that fans may not ever know what a wrestler looks like under their mask or behind their paint. When the Demon Kane appeared in WWE back in the Attitude Era, the fans probably never thought that they would get a peek at the monster behind the mask, but thankfully we have had the opportunity to see the real people behind the characters.
Here we have researched, scoured and tirelessly gathered pictures that reveal the real people behind characters like The Boogeyman, the dreaded Doink the Clown, The Kiss Demon and others.
20 Without Face Paint: The Ultimate Warrior
The Ultimate Warrior would define a generation of wrestling fans as much as Sting or Hulk Hogan. The Warrior came to the ring all pumped-up, and despite a limited move set he was still a widespread fan favorite character. The man behind the paint was James Hellwig, although he would eventually legally change his name to Warrior. The man behind the Ultimate Warrior character was known for often being as intense outside of the ring as he was in it. This would lead to him having a very tumultuous relationship with Vinnie Mac's muscle factory over the years. He spent a lot of time trash talking other pro wrestlers on the internet over the years, but he would finally be accepted back into the fold in 2014 for his Hall of Fame induction. He would also appear on Monday Night RAW. Tragically, the Warrior would pass away just one day later.
19 Behind the Mask: Kane
There aren't many masked big men that compare to the Demon Kane. He made his debut as the twisted behemoth brother of The Undertaker and an ultimate heel during the Attitude Era. He didn't speak for a long time, but he eventually began to talk and even removed his mask for a time. Glenn Jacobs is the man behind the Demon mask and he's surprisingly eloquent. In fact, he is involved in politics in his home state of Tennessee. He is running for the 2017 mayoral seat in Knox County. He also runs an insurance agency with his wife, Crystal, based in Knoxville. Certainly not the resume you'd expect from a giant pro-wrestler, but under the mask is a very different person than we see in the ring.
18 Without Face Paint: Doink the Clown
One of the more interesting parts of being a wrestler that hides behind face paint is that you can become the thing of nightmares. A creepy old clown is definitely one of those horrific ideas that should have gone over far better than it did. Doink the Clown first appeared in the WWE back in 1992. The miserable clown was originally portrayed by Matt Osborne and he is the one we are featuring here, though quite a few other wrestlers would come to portray the character over the years. The idea for the character was actually conceived by Road Warrior Hawk from the Legion of Doom. Doink was one of those characters that initially seemed a bit silly, but was quickly rather disturbing. Happy clowns are bad enough, but disgruntled ones? Forget about it.
17 Behind the Mask: Sin Cara
The masked wrestler known as Sin Cara is a WWE character, so when the original person that portrayed him, Luis Urive, left the WWE to work in Mexico. Once he was done with the company the WWE put Jorge Arias, formerly known as WWE Superstar Hunico, in the mask. It is Arias that we have featured here. The masked Superstar got a big push in the years 2011 to 2013 and was even showcased in a Scooby-Doo animated feature. In fact, he has the distinction of being the only WWE Superstar to be accompanied to the ring by Scooby-Doo. He was drafted to Monday Night RAW and took part in the new Cruiserweight division, but is currently on the Smackdown Live roster, but has yet to make many appearances.
16 Without Face Paint: Papa Shango
There are a few wrestling gimmicks that have been endlessly lampooned by the fans over the years. We've had more than our share of gimmicks that now seem pretty silly, but Papa Shango stands out as one that the fans still revile. The evil witch doctor would put curses on his opponents and bring them into "the dark world of Papa Shango." Personally, I thought the character was just fine, but the marks pretty much hate it. The fact that Charles Wright would eventually work the Godfather gimmick during the Attitude Era and get over like a boss probably has something to do with that. No matter where you fall on the Papa Shango gimmick, there is no denying that Wright put his all into the character like a real pro.
15 Behind the Mask: Jushin "Thunder" Liger
There are few legends in the wrestling industry that have the kind of reputation and mystique of Jushin "Thunder" Liger. The man behind the mask, Keiichi Yamada, got his start in wrestling back in 1984. He has spent the vast majority of his career over in Japan, but he did have stints in WCW, TNA, Ring of Honor and even NXT in the United States. He sports a rather elaborate garb, including his signature mask. Liger made his first WWE appearance at the NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn in a match against Tyler Breeze. This has been Liger's only WWE match to this date. Liger remains a legend and a hero to many that grew up watching his exploits. Now that New Japan is starting to invade the United States, perhaps wrestlers like Liger will finally gain the popularity here that they deserve.
14 Without Face Paint: Legion of Doom
Yeah, I know that smarks like to call them The Road Warriors, as a nod to their NWA and WCW runs. This allows them to smugly prove how diverse their wrestling knowledge is, but to me they will always be The Legion of Doom. I didn't grow-up with cable television, so I wasn't familiar with them until their WWE debut. Hawk and Animal were two of the most legitimately tough guys on the roster at the time. The entire WWE was a steroid era muscle factory, but those two aways came off as more legitimately tough. Their giant footballs pads covered in spikes didn't hurt their image either, or that deadly finisher the "Doomsday Device." Hawk passed away back in 2003 at the young age of 46. Animal was still wrestling up until his retirement from the ring in 2014.
13 Behind the Mask: Vader
The saga of the man known to wrestling fans as Big Van Vader is still unfolding today. One of the most intimidating big men of all time, the man behind the Vader mask was Leon White. Vader is a legend not only in the United States, but in Japan as well. He is infamous for his stiff in-ring work and his agility despite his size. He has worked for WCW, TNA and of course the WWE. Vader was recently given a very poor health diagnosis, but is still doing his best to power through and is dedicated to working in wrestling until he dies. He will go down in history as a three time WCW World Heavyweight Championship, but was never able to gain a title in the WWE. Hopefully, we will see a lot more of Leon in the years to come.
12 Without Face Paint: Sting
The Icon Sting has had one of the most complete careers in the business. He started out as a young man tag teaming with the man that would become the Ultimate Warrior. Sting quickly became the young, hip babyface in paint on the WCW roster and stayed that way until things began to shift in the mid-1990s. Sting would then reinvent himself to the persona that would solidify him the history books, "Crow Sting". The white and black paint would become synonymous with the Stinger throughout his WCW, TNA and now WWE careers. The real man behind the paint is Steve Borden. A true traditionalist, he is rarely seen without his trademark face paint. Sting sadly had to retire from in-ring action last year, but the fans won't soon forget Sting.
11 Behind the Mask: Mankind
The man known as Mankind was a unique WWE Superstar. He debuted as a twisted and deviant character that lived in a boiler room. He would eventually become the ultimate babyface, an unexpected Attitude Era game changer and one of the most respected wrestlers of all-time. Mankind was the creation of Mick Foley and the masked weirdo that pulled out his own hair. He would eventually win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and pull the viewership over from WCW at a critical time in the wars. We can't mention Mankind, of course, without also mentioning that 22 foot angled drop off the Hell in a Cell when he was facing The Undertaker. He's the Hardcore Legend for a reason and we love him for it.
10 Without Face Paint: Goldust
He's the son of a son of a plumber. Goldust is better known by his real name, Dustin Runnels. He spent the early part of his career as "The Bizarre One", doing his best to make his opponents uncomfortable with his sexual ambiguity. When he debuted in the 1990s it was a very controversial character. He would go on to have a long and illustrious career, often morphing his face paint design and his status of heel or babyface. He went to TNA for awhile as he dealt with substance abuse issues. Thankfully, he got involved with DDT Yoga, as many Superstars have, and it helped encourage him to change his life. Now, Goldust has been back in the WWE on the RAW roster for quite a few years. He's currently gone back to his old heel ways and is feuding with former tag team partner R-Truth.
9 Behind the Mask: Psicosis
Psicosis is one of the more well known Mexican wrestlers that crossed-over to the big promotions. The man behind the mask pictured here, Dionicio Castellanos Torres, had stints in WCW and the WWE over the years. He was the two time WCW Cruiserweight Champion and has held titles in other promotions across the world. Psicosis would have feuds with other big name Cruiserweights, like Rey Mysterio and the often overlooked by history Juventud Guerrera. He would eventually join the WWE for a short run in 2005 as a part of the faction, The Mexicools, along with Super Crazy and Juventud Guerrera. He would be released from the company due to an incident with the police where he was arrested for stealing a car at gunpoint.
8 Without Face Paint: SheRri Martel
She was once the WWE Women's Champion. She would valet and manage major talent from Harlem Heat, Shawn Michaels and "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase to the "Macho Man" Randy Savage. She was often known in her career as Sheri Martel or Sensational Sherri, but would also gain the moniker of "Scary Sherri" during her run with Macho Man. Sherri Russell trained as a professional wrestler at the Fabulous Moolah's school and spent some time in Japan. Her reputation as a party animal soon got her booted by Moolah, but she went on to work for AWA, WWE WCW and TNA before her untimely death from a drug overdose in 2007. Sherri would often be seen with as much eye make up as the Ultimate Warrior, sometimes consisting of glitter or spider webs.
7 Behind the Mask: Ultimo Dragon
Ultimo Dragon is a legendary Japanese wrestler. The man behind the mask, Yoshihiro Asai, is a well respected performer that has spent time in Japan, Mexico and in the United States with WCW and the WWE. He won the WCW Cruiserweight Championship back in 1996, which he eventually lost to Dean Malenko. Dragon would also carry the WCW World Television Championship and another run as the Cruiserweight Champ. He would join the WWE in 2003 to chase his dream of having a WrestleMania moment, which he would eventually obtain. Dragon quickly returned to Japan and eventually Mexico after that and has been there ever since. He worked for New Japan for a time and is currently a free agent, working various promotions in North Korea and Japan.
6 Without Face Paint: Finn Balor
He's the face of the new generation. In fact, he's two faces. You never know if you're going to get Finn Balor or The Demon King. Fergal Devitt is an Irish born pro-wrestler that made a major name for himself over in Japan. He started the Bullet Club faction that has quickly taken the world by storm, much in the way that the nWo did during the Monday Night War. He worked in Japan as Prince Devitt and had some legendary matches. Then, he was brought into NXT and is now on the main roster of Monday Night RAW. Balor will sometimes come out as himself, but on special and often random occasions we will get the fully body painted Demon, which is always a sight to see.
5 Behind the Mask: Mortis
The legendary career of Chris Kanyon came to an end all too soon with his tragic suicide, but when he was with us Kanyon gave it his all. He spent a time in the WCW as the super-creepy masked character named Mortis. It was a WCW answer to The Undertaker and Kane. Mortis tried to join Raven's Flock, but was unable to do so. Kanyon would shed the Mortis persona and start feuding with Raven as a result, which lead to some fantastic and underrated matches. Kanyon would be a part of the original 2001 WWE/WCW Invasion angle, but would go on to be very underutilized by the WWE. He was released from his WWE contract in 2004 and eventually retired from in-ring work in 2007.
4 Without Face Paint: The Boogeyman
You may remember The Boogeyman from your nightmares. The wicked wrestler from the WWE had a run from 2005 to 2009 in the WWE and eventually ECW. His signature move was to shove live worms in his mouth, all the while sporting a devilish grin. The man behind the Boogeyman is Martin Wright. The now 52 year old wrestler still works the indie circuit and he can be seen appearing on WWE programming from time to time, most recently making an appearance on the WWE Network prank show, Swerved. The painted demon actually got his break in the WWE thanks to his time on the Tough Enough reality series. He didn't win, but the powers that be at the WWE saw potential in Wright and signed him to OVW.
3 Behind the Mask: Rey Mysterio
The little guy in the luchadore mask known as Rey Mysterio is one of the most highly regarded luchadore wrestlers in America. Mysterio, real name Oscar Gutierrez, started his career in Paul Heyman's ECW and was soon a high flyer in WCW. Although under appreciated like a lot of his cruiserweight bretheran, he soon found himself in the WWE after Vinnie Mac acquired his competition. He had runs as the Cruiserweight Champion, Intercontinental Champion and even the World Heavyweight Champion. He made his high risk move, the 619, a household name amongst wrestling fans. He currently works for Lucha Underground and is enjoying a veteran status in a company that has a less demanding schedule than the WWE. There are no current plans for him to return to the WWE, but you never do know what Royal Rumble season may bring.
2 Without Face Paint: The Kiss Demon
The Kiss Demon was one of those absurdly gimmicky celebrity crossovers that the WCW became infamous for. It was during the era when KISS was back on tour and setting the world on fire, selling out all over the country. They had a new flow of merchandise, including toys, and Eric Bischoff saw dollar signs. He signed a deal with the band to theme a wrestler after the Gene Simmons Demon persona. The character never got a fair push, because Bischoff was booted out of the company before he made his in-ring debut. The segment that featured KISS playing a live concert on WCW programming was also the lowest rated segment of the era. The Kiss Demon was portrayed on screen by Dale Torborg, who now works for the Chicago White Sox as a conditioning coordinator.
1 Behind the Mask: El Torito
El Torito is one of the coolest little people to make an appearance in the WWE for some time. He would accompany the tag team of Los Matadores to the ring as their mascot. He would eventually get involved in the matches. No one knows his real name, as he takes the traditions of the Mexican Luchadore very seriously, but we do know that he also wrestles in Mexico under the moniker of Mascarita Dorada. El Torito would end up being involved in a number of feuds with Hornswoggle and 3MB . He even beat the current WWE Champion, Jinder Mahal, clean in a match. He had a three year stint in the WWE from 2013 to 2016. El Torito may not be in the WWE anymore, but he certainly was fun to watch while he was.


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Learn more about the ruby-throated hummingbird
The ruby-throated hummingbird is one of Missouri's most fascinating birds. Attract these summer visitors by providing food sources for them in your yard or garden.
Plants, especially Missouri native plants, should be an important part of your plan to attract hummingbirds. Flowers supply hummingbirds with the nutrient-rich nectar that can provide up to 90 percent of their diet. Ruby-throated hummingbirds especially love red or orange tubular flowers, such as those found on trumpet creeper, native honeysuckles, and red buckeye (listed below).
One simple way to attract rubythroats is to build or buy a hummingbird feeder and fill it with a nectar solution. Providing a complete diet in your feeder is not essential, because the birds will balance their diets on their own. Hang the feeder where you can see it from inside your house.
If you have many competing hummingbirds, consider placing additional feeders in different parts of your yard.
When shopping for a feeder, consider those with bee or wasp guards, which are plastic mesh covers that prevent insects from reaching the nectar. Sometimes the guards can be purchased separately.
A mixture of sugar and water — four parts water to one part sugar — makes a good nectar. Because most hummingbird feeders are red, there is no need to add red food coloring to the nectar. Be sure to clean the feeder very well to reduce the growth of bacteria, which can sicken hummingbirds. Change the nectar weekly or more often if it becomes cloudy.
CAUTION: Never use honey or artificial sweeteners!
The best time to put up hummingbird feeders in Missouri is around April 25, when rubythroats return to Missouri. If you start feeding when they arrive, there is less chance of them moving on.
Hummingbird feeding is most successful in late summer and early fall. Some people fear that feeding hummingbirds into the fall may delay their departure and expose them to freezing. There is no evidence that feeding slows their migration. September is typically the most satisfying month to feed hummingbirds. As the nights become regularly cold, rubythroats begin to migrate south. This occurs in Missouri in late September, and by October 10 the rubythroats are usually gone. That's a good time to bring in the feeders and clean them for winter storage.
Rarely, hummingbirds other than rubythroats are seen in Missouri. The rufous hummingbird normally breeds from the Rocky Mountains to the west coast.
A few winter along the Gulf Coast, and they are most often sighted in Missouri as they pass through during migration from late summer to early winter. Other hummingbirds recorded in Missouri include the Anna's and green violet-ear. To attract hardy species such as the rufous and Anna's, try leaving out feeders and maintaining them beyond early October. Other hummingbirds possible in Missouri are the magnificent, blue-throated, broad-billed, broad-tailed, Allen's, calliope, and black-chinned. Identification of these hummingbirds is usually extremely difficult because most are in subdued or immature plumage. If you think you have seen an unusual hummingbird, contact an expert. Remember that sphinx moths are often mistaken for hummingbirds.
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