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Sunday Night Baseball
|Sunday Night Baseball
|Also known as
|'ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Taco Bell'
|Sports telecasts
|Dan Shulman
Aaron Boone
Jessica Mendoza
Buster Olney
|Country of origin
|United States
|Original language(s)
|No. of seasons
|Production location(s)
|Various baseball venues
|Running time
|Variable (3 hours approximate)
|Original network
|ESPN (1990-present)
|Original release
|April 15, 1990 – present
|Preceded by
|Baseball Tonight
|Followed by
|Related shows
|Monday Night Baseball
Wednesday Night Baseball
Baseball Tonight
|External links
Sunday Night Baseball is an exclusive weekly telecast of a Major League Baseball game that airs Sunday nights at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN during the regular season (the official name is ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Taco Bell; previous presenting sponsors included Nextel and Bank of America.)
The games are preceded most weeks by the studio show Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown presented by Chevrolet prior to the first pitch. A few telecasts each season appear on ESPN2 rather than ESPN due to conflicts with other programming.
The series debuted in 1990, and from its inception through 2010 featured the broadcast team of play-by-play commentator Jon Miller and color commentator Joe Morgan. Steve Phillips joined them for the 2009 season, and Orel Hershiser did so for the 2010 season following Phillips' dismissal by the network.[1] From 2004 until 2006, Sam Ryan served as the field reporter, but she left to join New York City's WCBS-TV and CBS Sports in June 2006.[2] On July 2, 2006 Bonnie Bernstein joined the crew as the new field reporter, but did not return in 2007 primarily due to her request to cut back her schedule because of her continued recovery from a bout with deep vein thrombosis in October 2006. Beginning in 2006, Peter Gammons joined the broadcasts as a field reporter in the scouts position. Gammons, however, suffered a brain aneurysm and didn't return until September 2006.[3]
In 2010, Miller and Morgan began their 21st consecutive season working together for ESPN. Among U.S. network television sportscasters, only Pat Summerall and John Madden (who called NFL games for CBS and Fox from 1981 to 2001) have had a similar length partnership in the booth. Following the 2010 season, ESPN announced that the television contracts of Miller and Morgan would not be renewed.[4] Miller was offered, but chose to decline, a continued role with ESPN Radio.[5]
Play-by-play announcer Dan Shulman joined color commentators Hershiser and Bobby Valentine as the new Sunday Night Baseball crew beginning in 2011.[6] In an essential trade deal, following the hiring of Valentine as the Boston Red Sox manager, his predecessor Terry Francona was hired to join Shulman and Hershiser for the 2012 season.[7] Francona stayed with ESPN for only one season before he was hired by the Cleveland Indians to be their manager for the 2013 season. Francona was replaced by John Kruk, who had been part of the Baseball Tonight team since 2004. Like Miller and Morgan before them, Shulman and Hershiser also formed the lead team on ESPN Radio's World Series coverage. Prior to the 2014 season, Hershiser left ESPN to become an analyst for the Dodgers on SportsNet LA, and was replaced by Curt Schilling; however, Schilling's subsequent diagnosis of and treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer led to his being unavailable to ESPN for most of the season.[8] Shulman and Kruk worked as a two-man booth until Schilling joined them in September.[9]
Notable games aired on Sunday Night Baseball
- 1990s:
- 2000s:
On May 28, 2000, Pedro Martinez and Roger Clemens faced off in an epic pitchers duel at Yankee Stadium. Both pitchers threw complete games and combined for 22 strikeouts, 13 for Clemens, 9 for Martinez. The game was scoreless until Trot Nixon hit a two run home run in the top of the ninth inning. Martinez then got the final three outs in the bottom of the inning to secure the victory.
ESPN was on hand for the Cleveland Indians' historic comeback against the Seattle Mariners on August 5, 2001. The Indians trailed 14–2 after six innings, but scored twelve runs in the final three innings before winning in the bottom of the eleventh, 15–14. The twelve-run comeback tied the Major League record for largest deficit overcome in a game.
On September 2, 2001, Mike Mussina of the New York Yankees came within one strike of a perfect game against the Boston Red Sox. The effort was broken up on a single by Carl Everett, with Mussina settling for a one-hitter. The game itself was an exciting pitchers' duel, with the Red Sox' David Cone also shutting out the Yankees for eight innings, before allowing an RBI double by Enrique Wilson in the ninth. It was the only scoring of the Yankees' 1–0 win. Additionally, Cone was the most recent pitcher to record a perfect game having done so two years earlier as a Yankee against the Montreal Expos.
On June 16, 2002, Sunday Night Baseball covered a Subway Series at Shea Stadium in which Mo Vaughn hit a game winning three-run home run in the New York Mets' 3-2 win over the New York Yankees.
Rafael Furcal completed an unassisted triple play for the Atlanta Braves against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 10, 2003. It was the 12th such play in baseball history. In the fifth inning, the shortstop caught pitcher Woody Williams' liner with the runners moving in a hit and run attempt, stepped on second base to retire catcher Mike Matheny and tagged Orlando Palmeiro before he could return to first.
On April 22, 2007, the Red Sox became the fifth team in Major League history to hit four consecutive home runs, doing so in the third inning of a 7–6 victory over the Yankees.
On April 29, 2007, a canceled broadcast occurred between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals when Cardinals relief pitcher Josh Hancock was killed in a car accident earlier in the day at 12:35 A.M. while driving under the influence. In place of the game, special programming hosted by Miller and Morgan was shown. The game was later made up on September 10, 2007, where the Cubs defeated the Cardinals 12–3, though the game was not broadcast as the Game of the Week.
On August 5, 2007, Tom Glavine of the New York Mets became the 23rd pitcher in history to record his 300th win. He did it in an 8–3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
Sunday Night Baseball broadcast the Washington Nationals' very first game at Nationals Park on March 30, 2008. The Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves, 3–2, on Ryan Zimmerman's walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth. President George W. Bush, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game, joined Jon Miller and Joe Morgan in the ESPN booth during the telecast.
The final game played at Yankee Stadium on September 21, 2008, pitting the New York Yankees against the Baltimore Orioles, was broadcast on Sunday Night Baseball.
The Mariano Rivera 500th career save (and also his 1st lifetime RBI) was broadcast on Sunday Night Baseball from Citi Field (home of the New York Mets).
- 2010s:
During the May 1, 2011 broadcast between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, ESPN announced the death of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, at the end of the 8th inning. At the top of the 9th inning with 1 out and Daniel Murphy at bat, fans at Citizens Bank Park erupted with U-S-A! chants despite the fact that no announcement of the news in the stadium. Appropriately, the Mets game against the Chicago Cubs on September 11 was a Sunday night game to mark the tenth anniversary of the attacks.
On July 17, 2011, a game between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays went scoreless into the 16th inning before the Red Sox scored in the top of the inning, leading to a 1-0 victory. This game was also notable for a foul ball hit by the Rays' Sean Rodriguez that hit and broke a lamp in the catwalks of Tropicana Field. As the grounds crew cleaned up the broken glass that fell onto the field, the stadium PA system played the music from The Natural.
As noted above, the game between the Chicago Cubs and the Mets at Citi Field on September 11, 2011 was broadcast on Sunday Night Baseball as part of the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001; New York was targeted by the terrorists in the attacks of that day and the Mets hosted the first major professional sports event held in New York City since the attacks on September 21.
On August 30, 2015 during a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jake Arrieta threw a no-hitter. This was the first no-hitter aired on Sunday Night Baseball. This game was also significant as it was the first Sunday Night Baseball game to have a female commentator in the booth, Jessica Mendoza.
History missed
ESPN was scheduled to televise the game between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles from Oriole Park at Camden Yards on September 20, 1998, the game where Cal Ripken, Jr. elected to end his consecutive games played streak at 2,632. However, 1998 was the first year of ESPN's contract to air Sunday Night Football through the entire season, as opposed to the second half of the year as in previous years, and the NFL games took precedence. ESPN sought permission from Major League Baseball to move the game, as well as two other late-season contests, to ESPN2, but Major League Baseball denied the request.[citation needed]
Major League Baseball gave ESPN permission to move the late season games in 2000,[citation needed] and ESPN continued that practice until its loss of the Sunday night football package to NBC at the end of the 2005 season.
1992 Schedule
|April 26, 1992
|Kansas City at Toronto (8:00 p.m.)
|Jon Miller and Joe Morgan
|May 10, 1992
|Toronto at California (8:00 p.m.)
|Jon Miller and Joe Morgan
1993 Schedule
|July 25, 1993
|Toronto at Texas (8:00 p.m.)
|Jon Miller and Joe Morgan
|August 8, 1993
|Milwaukee at Toronto (8:00 p.m.)
|Jon Miller and Joe Morgan
The telecasts also utilize the K Zone, a computer-generated on-screen graphic that accurately outlines the strike zone and pitch location. A Skycam is also used; it is usually mounted 20 feet above the stands in foul territory and travels back and forth along the first base line from behind home plate to the foul pole.
A complete list of broadcasters, with their period of tenure on the show (beginning years of each season shown).
- Dan Shulman: (play-by-play, 2011–present)
- Aaron Boone: (analyst, 2016–present)
- Jessica Mendoza: (analyst, 2015–present)
- Buster Olney: (field reporter, 2011–present)
- Bonnie Bernstein: (field reporter, July–September 2006)
- Terry Francona: (analyst, 2012)
- Peter Gammons: (field analyst, 2006–2008)
- Orel Hershiser: (analyst, 2010–2013)
- John Kruk: (analyst, 2013–2015)
- Álvaro Martin: (field reporter, 2000–2001)
- Jon Miller: (play-by-play, 1990–2010)
- Joe Morgan: (analyst, 1990–2010)
- Wendi Nix: (field reporter, 2011)
- Steve Phillips: (analyst, 2009)
- Sam Ryan: (field reporter, 2004–2006)
- Curt Schilling: (analyst, 2014–2015)
- Bobby Valentine: (analyst, 2011)
Other networks
ESPN Domingo de Grandes Ligas (Major League Sunday) is also broadcast in Spanish on ESPN Deportes, with Ernesto Jerez on play-by-play and Luis Alfredo Alvarez as the color analyst. This version is also presented on the Spanish feed of ESPN Latin America. The Brazilian feed, in Portuguese, has Romulo Mendonça doing the play-by-play and Paulo Antunes as the analyst. They broadcast from ESPN Brasil studios in São Paulo.
ESPN Radio has aired a weekly Sunday Night Baseball broadcast since 1998. Currently, Jon Sciambi calls play-by-play of the games, with Chris Singleton serving as color analyst. Sciambi was preceded by Gary Thorne (2008–09), Dan Shulman (2002–07), and Charley Steiner (1998–2001), while Singleton was preceded by Dave Campbell (1999–2010) and Kevin Kennedy (1998).
Prior to 1998, CBS Radio aired Sunday night games, usually with Jerry Coleman and John Rooney announcing.
Outside the USA, this weekly game was also broadcast live on Five in the UK from 1997 until 2008 and at the time was the longest running programme on the channel. In Latin America the game is broadcast on ESPN Latin America. When the NFL season begins, the game is moved to ESPN Dos only for the audience in Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia and the Caribbean Islands.
In Canada, Sunday Night Baseball has aired on the TSN family of channels (usually on TSN2) since May 16, 2010. This was initially under a sublicensing agreement with Rogers Sportsnet, the primary Canadian rightsholder for Major League Baseball, in a deal through which TSN transferred its remaining rights to Toronto Blue Jays games to Sportsnet, which is now the exclusive carrier of Blue Jays games. However, individual SNB games were subject to reclamation by Sportsnet in the event both TSN and TSN2 have other programming commitments. Beginning in 2014, TSN has contracted directly with MLB for rights to SNB and other ESPN MLB telecasts through 2021.[10][11] Previous carriers of Sunday Night Baseball were TSN (1990–2000), The Score (2001–2002), and Sportsnet (2003–May 9, 2010).
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4965563
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- ↑ "Gammons to make three in ESPN announcing team". USA Today. March 5, 2006.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Sandomir, Richard (November 8, 2010). "ESPN Breaks Up 'Sunday Night Baseball' Team". The New York Times.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Sandomir, Richard (2010-11-22). "Miller Declines ESPN's Radio Offer". The New York Times.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Smetlz, Nate (2010-12-01). "ESPN's Shulman, Hershiser and Valentine Form New Sunday Night Baseball Booth". ESPN MediaZone.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Francona replaces Valentine as ESPN Sunday analyst". Yahoo Sports. 2011-12-06.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Lepore, Steve (March 5, 2014). "Curt Schilling needs additional surgery during ongoing cancer treatment". AwfulAnnouncing.com. Retrieved March 31, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Lucia, Joe (September 9, 2014). "Curt Schilling is returning to ESPN on Thursday". AwfulAnnouncing.com. Retrieved September 14, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ MLB International. "Major League Baseball International Expands Coverage in Canada in 2014". Retrieved 2014-08-17.
MLBI renewed deals with long-term partners Rogers Sportsnet and RDS (French language), while welcoming TSN and TVA Sports (French language) as new partners beginning with the 2014 season.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ TSN (press release) (2014-02-03). "TSN Lands Media Rights to MLB's Marquee Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday Games". Retrieved 2014-02-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- USA Today- Gammons to join Sunday Night Baseball
- "Mediaweek - ESPN's Ryan Joins CBS Sports". Archived from the original on 2006-06-25. Retrieved 2006-06-12.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ESPN.tv
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Adam Milstein, the well respected Jewish philanthropist and activist, is also a well known writer. He writes for major Jewish publications, such as the Times of Israel. In a recent article on the Times of Israel blog, Adam Milstein wrote that pride and courage are the two biggest gifts we can give to our children.
He talked about the Maccabees. The Maccabees is the name for a group of Jews during the time of the second Temple. The Greeks had decreed that the Jews should be forbidden to conduct their religious ceremonies. The Maccabees were just a small group of Jews, but they did not shy away from standing up for their rights and their way of living. In the miracle that is celebrated by Jews every year on Hanukkah, the Maccabees managed to defeat the Greeks, even though the Greeks had a much larger army than them.
Adam Milstein says that we have to emulate the Maccabees. We have to stand up for ourselves and for the Jewish people. We need to give over to our children the gifts that will help the Jewish people continue to exist and thrive.
The first of these gifts is pride. You have to have pride that you are Jewish. Adam Milstein says that when he grew up, he was proud to be a Jew. That is how he was raised. He wrote in the Times of Israel that if you can not be proud of your heritage, you will find no reason to stand up for yourself and to continue in the traditions that have kept the Jewish people alive for so many years. That is why we need to install pride in our children. We need to teach them how to be good Jews. We need to show them how fortunate they are to be Jewish. This way, they will continue our tradition and keep the flame alive. We also have to install in our children a sense of pride about the State of Israel. After all, it was founded against all odds, despite all the things that stood in its path.

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July 6, 2012 Celebrity Culture, The Real Housewives, and the American Dream
Is it just me, or do you find yourself wondering how grown women find so much to fight about on the Real Housewives franchise? Sure, there are people we might not care to hang out with, and once we are out of middle school we usually just avoid people we don't like rather than engage in confrontation after confrontation.
That means we would not likely not be cast as a "Real Housewife," or any so-called reality television show.
While we might enjoy the drama of their conflicts, there is more to the Real Housewives, sociologically speaking, than meets the eye.
Part of the success of the franchise is that it offers a glimpse into the lives of (mostly) affluent people, allowing us on the inside to see what they consume: the clothes they buy, the furnishings and finishes in their homes, their cars, and their vacations. As I discuss in chapter 9 of Celebrity Culture and the American Dream, non-celebrity participants reinforce the idea that anyone can achieve this level of wealth, that you can be famous—and wealthy—just for being you, the ultimate reinforcement of upward mobility.
Besides getting an inside look at their stuff, which we might alternatively find appealing and excessive, we might also view the participants as sympathetic sometimes and superficial; we get to alternatively judge, despise, and talk about these women with others. (Ironically one of the biggest sources of fights between cast mates stems from believing that others are talking about them behind their backs.)
The Real Housewives enable us to focus on a few hand-picked groups of women to represent the wealthy in America, a group that has been much maligned in recent years and not very well understood, even by sociologists who seldom gain access to study them.
Sociologists define the upper class as those who derive most of their income from investments rather than income, and so it is unlikely that most of the participants in this franchise are truly members of this group. Yet they serve as stand-ins, as do traditional celebrities, allowing us to overlook those who hold not just fabulous possessions and wealth, but power as well.
This franchise also focuses almost exclusively on women. Although husbands and boyfriends are occasional participants, they typically don't drive the shows' storylines. Conflicts between the women are central narratives, as are the women's focus on their appearance, from regularly showing them having their hair and makeup done, working out, shopping and undergoing cosmetic surgery procedures. They have time to lunch and drink in the middle of the day (which producers doubtlessly encourage to lubricate brewing conflicts).
Not only does the way these women are portrayed via editing and casting reinforce regressive notions of femininity, but their constant conflicts reinforce the age old stereotype that women can't get along. Their fighting seems inevitable due to jealousy or other highly emotional (and seemingly irrational) reasons. Although many of these women are strong, successful entrepreneurs, in the end they are portrayed as self-involved and superficial.
It's not just the wealthy we are able to judge and criticize by watching, it is wealthy women in particular who are under the microscope. In the process, we might walk away thinking money and women don't mix, or at least when they do nothing substantial results.
By contrast, consider a truly wealthy woman like Melinda Gates, for example, and the philanthropic work to which she and others like her have devoted their time and money. She and her friends probably wouldn't create as much drama as the Real Housewives casts do, but their lives would paint a very different picture of what it means to be a woman of means.
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5 Ways to Maintain Mental Wellness
There's a surge of innovative coaching on the rise and its focus is on mindset and having everything you want in life. Although this is awesome and necessary there's nothing more insulting than having someone who says they can help you achieve that which they have not themselves achieved. There's far more to having a healthy mindset which includes taking care of yourself in a holistic manner. Focusing on creating mental wellness allows you to develop and continue to enhance a growth mindset.
In my (nearly two decades) of hands on experience working in the social services field I have had the privilege of succeeding in helping others change their mental focus through the power in words and thoughts. Through speaking, counselling, coaching and writing I'm on a mission to help millions of people discover the real secret to success "loving yourself" I've put together a list of five daily activities you can do to improve your mental wellness and ultimately, your life.
When you love yourself at your core you make yourself and your health top priority.
1. Speak kindly to and about yourself.
Check your self-talk and catch yourself when you are being negative and re-frame the thought immediately. Celebrate all the things you like about yourself and be grateful for everything you have. Start with breathing air if that's the best you can do. Start somewhere and make it a new habit.
2. Listen to motivational and inspiring audios every day and watch videos that encourage you to be great.
Five to twenty minutes of positive words will help you gain mental clarity and focus on the blessings in your life. Get inspired to be the best version of yourself. Dream as big as you can and know that anything is possible.
Spend fifteen to twenty minutes every day feeding your mind with positive visual stimulation.
There are so many opportunities to watch empowering videos online –Youtube, Facebook Livestreams, etc. Find a mentor who motivates you and tune in – it's a far better way to fuel your mind then playing video games or watching television for hours.
3. Exercise, eat well and get enough sleep.
Get active. Move your body. Fuel your mind through proper nutrition. If you haven't been active for a long time then start with a ten or fifteen minute walk. Do something. Also, hydrate your body – drink water every day. Adequate sleep is vital to your health and will impact your mood and energy level. The healthiest and most successful people I know are in great shape physically, spiritually, mentally, financially, emotionally.
4. Read books. Fuel your mind with positive and powerful information.
Your mind is like a muscle and it must be fed regularly to stay strong. Reading your social media tweets or posts doesn't count. There is nothing more beneficial than sitting quietly and reading – do this for at least twenty to thirty minutes a day.
5. Upgrade your circle.
Who are you being influenced by? Evaluate who you're hanging out with and choose wisely. There is power in your environment and your friends or business associates are impacting your well-being. Surround yourself with ambitious, healthy, positive and energetic people.
Bonus tip: Journal. Start writing down ten things you're grateful for every morning and night. The power of gratitude will change your life and improve your mental health beyond imagination.
Want to learn more about the power of words and thoughts and how they can change your life?


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CHICAGO (CBS) — Cook County officials said Tuesday that 15 deaths have now been tied to heat-related illnesses during the recent heat wave.
An 83-year-old man from South Holland, a 67-year-old man from the Hanson Park neighborhood and a man in his 60s from the West Rogers Park neighborhood are the latest Cook County residents whose deaths are at least partly attributable to heat, autopsies performed Tuesday have shown.
Marvin Hanko, 83, of 16634 Thornton Ave. in South Holland, was pronounced dead at 12:47 p.m. Monday at his home, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. An autopsy on Tuesday found his death was due to heart disease, with diabetes, emphysema and heat stress as contributing factors.
Jerome Pinkos, 67, of 2137 N. Latrobe Ave., was pronounced dead Monday after being found dead in his home, according to the medical examiner's office. An autopsy on Tuesday found that his death was due to heart disease and heat stress.
Michael Kischuk, who was in his 60s, was found dead in his home at 7010 N. Ashland Ave. on Monday, according to the medical examiner's office. An autopsy on Tuesday found that Kischuk, who was pronounced dead at Advoacte Illinois Masonic Medical Center on Monday, died of heart disease, with heat stress a contributing factor.
The three men are the 13th, 14th and 15th Cook County residents whose deaths have been attributed to heat-related causes during the recent heat wave.
A Near Northwest Side man, William Blackledge, 70, was also thought to have died of heat-related causes, the medical examiner's office said Tuesday morning. But the cause of his death will not be known until at least Wednesday because the body had not arrived at the Stein Institute in time for a Tuesday autopsy.
Blackledge, of 1165 N. Milwaukee Ave., was pronounced dead at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center at 9:27 p.m. Monday.
(The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.)


text: Always a narrative daredevil and linguistic voluptuary, Winterson (Art and Lies, 1995, etc.) sustains a level of writing here that's at once incantatory, discursive, and passionate: a breath-taking Joycean romp that explores the mysteries of love in a world freed from common sense by the wonders of modern math and physics. Winterson's story is, in part, about a love triangle. Two physicists meet on the QE2 en route to New York: He's an Italian- American from the Lower East Side whose mother made a fortune as an importer. Now a physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study, Giovanni Baptiste Rossetti (nicknamed ``Jove'') revels in his literary forerunners, from the mythic King of Gods to Mozart's seduced. His fantasies of primacy and potency express themselves in his affair with Alice (short for Alluvia) Fairfax, an English scientist on her way to the Institute--herself in the grip of a millennial fever, and willing to entertain the alchemical and religious dimensions of her work. But the neat symmetry of things is changed when Alice meets Stella, Jove's wife. Expecting a dumpy harridan, Alice discovers an elegant poet, with whom she begins an affair, much to Jove's dismay. The daughter of refugees from Nazi Germany, Stella balances her mother's practical nature with her Jewish father's visionary rantings. Indeed, the new physics comes to parallel the wisdom of the Jewish mystics, at least in Winterson's heady view. In a world of ``scraps,'' each lover seeks wholeness, whether in God or science. As improbable as the narrative connections become, they make perfect sense on the level that really matters here: Winterson's ``aerodynamics of risk.'' Winterson cleverly undercuts her highbrow riffing with puns, playlets, and poetry, reasserting in her art the most essential of points: ``Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.'' A major book, by any standard. (First printing of 40,000)


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Château Laroque is a beautiful estate located in the Saint Emilion region of France, near Bordeaux. It is also the largest vineyard in Saint Emilion. The castle dates back to the 12th century, from which you can still see the tower (on the right side of the 17th-century rebuilt castle):
The castle was purchased by the Beaumartin family in 1935, and it now boasts 61 hectares (that equals about 150 acres~ 87% Merlot, 11% Cabernet franc, 2% Cabernet sauvignon)), after years of disuse. Now, who wouldn't want to have a "driveway" that looks like this:
If you are ever so lucky as to be traveling through the Bordeaux region, why not schedule (only by appointment) a tour of this beautiful estate and bring back a bottle or two of their fine wine? (And don't forget to save that gorgeous label!!!)


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Monday, 2 May 2011
I can do doors....
Blue doors seem popular
Some doors seem grander.
Some seem older, or at least showing their age.
It may seem I've dropped off the edge of the world, but I haven't quite, I'm just trying to juggle too many things at once. What really intrigues me though, is that I started this blog while I was working, and posted something virtually every day. Now I'm not working - and I haven't the time?
Well, I suppose part of the answer is that these days my posts are generally much longer and involve a lot of sorting out of photos, arranging them into some sort of story. By the time I've finished organising the pictures I feel as though it's all done - it has been done in my mind.
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Wonderful! I love that small one, just fantastic! Your talent is excellent.ReplyDelete
I know what you mean about not having time. When unemployment came I planned to organise myself to be busy and et things done. Now I cannot do even the routine things. It is important to keep busy as you do more when you have too much to do! Once you have time you slow down, and like me, stop!
Hi A. --ReplyDelete
Re your not blogging as much now as previously: is it because you're spending a lot of time applying for jobs? In my experience, this can feel like a full-time job in itself -- and often less rewarding too! :S
In any case, good that you're still blogging from time to time.
But I really like your doors. :)ReplyDelete
@Adullamite, you're very flattering. I do try to keep busy...ReplyDelete
@YTSL, the job application thing has ground to a halt too. Not too many employers are happy to have a remote worker, but I have found one or two odd jobs. Very odd, for the most part, :)
@Max, thank you. :)
Nice to see you anytime!ReplyDelete
But I know what you mean about juggling. Really I think it is easier to be more disciplined about posting when you are working, I'm trying to get into more of a routine now anyway...
Awesome, we just love door photos! And windows - and especially the rural, worn ones :-)ReplyDelete
I think the blogging has dropped a bit for many. It's not as popular as it once were. And people are more busy, tough economical times too.
Although I stopped blogging some time ago, I have continued to follow your always interesting blog via google RSS. I have recently rejoined the blogosphere via a tumblr site just posting photos that interest me. I would like your permission to reblog your picture of the blue doors on my Tumblog please.ReplyDelete
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Hello LR! It's good to see you again. I would be very happy for you to use the picture. Are you going to let us know your new blog? I will try to find it.ReplyDelete
Click on Lapis Ruber will take you to lapisruber.tumblr.com which I hope you will enjoy looking through.ReplyDelete


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Two Wichita men arrested in securities investigation
Two Wichita men, targets of a state securities probe for more than year, have been arrested in connection with an investigation of state securities violations.
Gregory A. Buss and Mark K. Nordyke, employees of Benessere Holdings — formerly known as Lion Share Capital — were booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on Tuesday night, according to jail records.
Buss was arrested on two counts of general fraud, two counts of fraud in investment advice with a device and 12 counts of willfully violating the loan broker act, according to the jail's daily booking report.
He remains in the Sedgwick County Jail under $50,000 bond, according to jail records.
Nordyke was arrested on one charge of fraud in investment advice with a device, failure to register as a loan broker, failure to provide disclosure documents by a loan broker and willful violation of the loan broker act. He had been released by mid-morning, according to jail records.
Benessere is a tenant at Wichita Executive Centre, 125 N. Market.
There is no telephone listing for Benessere Holdings. The listing for Lion Share Capital has been disconnected.
Shannon Sims, a spokeswoman for new Securities Commissioner Aaron Jack, said the arrests are related to an investigation by the Kansas Securities Commissioner's Office. The investigation began in late 2009. Sims said the investigation continues and that other suspects are being sought.
In December 2009, state securities officials slapped Lion Share with a cease-and-desist order alleging regulatory infractions.
The order, which named the two arrested men, Lion Share general manager Jeffrey Williams and employee Sherrilynn Frierson, claimed that the company violated the state's Uniform Securities and Loan Brokers Acts by collecting more than $550,000 to find lenders for more than 20 companies in Kansas and across the United States.
The order alleged that Lion Share made "material misrepresentations and omissions as it charged clients an advance fee to obtain a lender, while obtaining an equity stake in several of the companies along with the advance fee."
Those misrepresentations, according to the order, included:
* Williams failed to disclose his 2005 conviction for fraud in Illinois and his subsequent time in a federal penitentiary.
According to a May 10, 2005, news release from Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Williams was found guilty of fraud charges "arising from a scheme to illegally take over businesses and then drain cash from those businesses."
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The Phils' bullpen ruins another excellent start by blowing the lead in the bottom of the ninth, as they lose to the Reds, 3-2.
The Phils' bullpen blew another lead as they allowed the winning run to cross the plate via a walk-off bases loaded double, as they drop the series to the Reds, losing 3-2.
The Phils took the lead in the top of the first as, with one man on, and with two men out, Maikel Franco hits a two-run home run, his first home run of the season, knocking in Odubel Herrera, who had earlier reached based on an infield single to first, giving the Phils a 2-0 lead. The Reds would get a run back in their half of the first as, with one man out, Eugenio Suarez hits a solo home run, his first home run of the season, making it a 2-1 Phils' lead. The Phils would keep it a 2-1 lead via excellent pitching from their starter Aaron Nola who would pitch seven strong innings, giving up only one run, via Suarez's home run, and four hits, while striking out eight, and a 1-2-3 eighth inning from David Hernandez, as he redeemed himself for Monday's fiasco. But the Reds would threaten in the bottom of the ninth as they loaded up the bases, via a one-out single by Suarez, an infield single to the relief pitcher Dalier Hinojosa by Devin Mesoraco, sending Suarez up to second base, and a single by Jay Bruce, sending Suarez on to third base, while moving pinch-runner Tyler Holt, who was pinch-running for Mesoraco, up to second base, with one man out. The Reds would then walk-off with the victory as Scott Schebler hits a two-run double, knocking in both Suarez and Holt, while sending Bruce over to third base, giving the Reds a 3-2 walk-off win.
Aaron Nola received a no-decision as he threw seven strong innings, giving up just one run on four hits, while striking out eighth. David Hernandez received his first hold of the season as he threw a 1-2-3 inning, striking out a batter. Dalier Hinojosa received his first blown save of the season before taking the lost (0-1, 54.00), as he pitched a third of an inning, giving up two runs on four hits. Brandon Finnegan also received a no-decision as he pitched six strong innings, giving up two runs on three hits and a walk, while striking out nine. Caleb Cotham pitched two scoreless innings, as he gave up two hits. Blake Wood got the win (1-0, 0.00) as he pitched a scoreless inning, walking a batter, while striking out one.
The Phils had five hits in the game, a double by Freddy Galvis, a single by Odubel Herrera, a two-run home run by Maikel Franco, a double by Cameron Rupp and a single by pinch-hitter Ryan Howard. The Phils' offense also had two walks (Herrera, Darin Ruf) in the game and performed a sacrifice bunt (Cesar Hernandez), while Ruf was caught trying to steal.
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Here is my completed bowl for the Alchemical Vessels Benefit and Exhibition at the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts. For more information go to: http://www.smithcenter.org/programs-retreats/programs-by-name/alchemical-vessels-benefit-2014.html. Here you can purchase a ticket to the event, or purchase an event + vessel ticket – which grants you access to the event and to take home of the vessels created by one of 125 artists who were nominated be one of the 2o curators participating.
I am very pleased with how this turned out in the end – think there is real movement to it.


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Ok, I feel like we have done more than enough in "borrowing" a game show format, so in the text I am just going to call it "Things that are similar Game". You will get it when you listen to it.
This show was recorded back during the same night as the episode of Daddy Tony's birthday! (Episode 53, listne to it at http://nosafeword.com/posts/episode-x-2/ )
That night we decided to do a little fun time because we had everyone there, so this show is just us playing the game, but as you will hear it was a damn good time!
We were lucky to have Mama Tits for this episode, along with a lot of our friends playing along. Enjoy!
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Seattle's Skyscraper Hostess, the One and Only Mama Tits is the creation of Brian Daniel Peters. You may recognize her as the former Host of LeFaux at Julia's on Broadway from 2010-2011 or as one of the hosts of the Seattle Pride Parade for the past 4 years alongside Sylvia O'Stayformore at the 4th and Bell stage. Mama Tits was one of the hosts of the 2010 Pride-fest Main stage at Seattle Center, she was the Original Hostess of the hottest weekday club night on Capitol Hill, ElektroPoP! from 2011-2012, and the Original hostess of the Capitol Hill Talent Show. Mama is also the Producer and Star of "Mimosas with Mama", Seattle's #1 and Longest running weekly Drag Brunch, and works various private events around the Seattle area and across the country. Find her at twitter.com/TheMamaTits or facebook.com/TheMamaTits.
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Talking Tough on Osama
It's not exactly following him to the gates of Hell, but Sens. Obama and Clinton just gave tough answers to a question on whether they would take advantage of a 20 minute window to kill Osama bin Laden even if civilians would also be killed.
"Osama bin Laden has declared war on us," said Obama. "When you have a military target like Bin laden you take him out."
Clinton noted that "her husband" had tried to kill bin Laden and raised her hand when asked if she would authorize a missile to do the same under the scenario offered above. "If we could do it without a tremednous amount of collateral damage we would do it," said Clinton, adding that such action would be taken knowing the heavy responsibility it takes to make such a decision.
Dennis Kucinich declared that he was opposed to the "politics of assassination" and didn't believe a president should order the killing of bin Laden.
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Its real simple. Kill Osama, dont kill innocent civilians. Thinking that blowing the arms and legs of innocent people to kill a murderer is okay, makes you either stupid, a hypocrite, or just as bad as Bin Laden. One wouldnt use that philosophy to aprehend a mass murderer in a crowded mall in LA so unless Arabs are considered less human than Americans, I suggest we get our moral stances sorted out.
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Thank God Kucinich is there to at least bring up the point that this is "targeted assassination." The us is becoming another Israel, and Hillary and Obama are still drifting along. Ugh. UBL is a criminal, not a state! The war on terror is a bumper sticker. You would expect this kind of an answer from Hilary, but Obama should know better. Let's hope the Misses straightens him out!
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That is why Kucinich is viewed as useful by the other Democrats--he makes them look centrist. It is an interesting contrast with Paul, who some Republicans want off the stage.
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Seacroft is home to a number of historical buildings, which includes Seacroft Grange, also known as Tottie Hall.
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It then became the property of John Wilson and known as Seacroft Grange. The Wilson coat of arms was displayed in stone over the east door of the main building. The primary school was located here from 1941-1974 then the building was used as an Adult Education Centre.
The building was then left derelict until being taken over by Springfield Healthcare Group who have transformed Seacroft Grange into the care village it is now.
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A bunch of jam buddies were added to what started as a bedroom side-project and SpaceManAntics was born.
Almost all of the Spinning Top family, Sonpsilo Circus, Sugarpuss and almost every other Perth band we've seen.
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What are you watching right now....... 2013 Special Edition!
So...Robot Combat League. Anyone else watching? I'm watching it with my son. It's Tuesday nights on SyFy.
Mar 14, 2013 5:37 am
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Right. I can't play City of Heroes anymore. Fucking NCSoft.
Mar 13, 2013 9:30 am
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I only get 30 minutes an hour to touch myself inappropriately.
Mar 12, 2013 5:51 am
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Some of the stuff in Young Justice strays from standard DC lore, IIRC. DC has a whole multiverse thing going on, which is their way of dealing with continuity problems or reboots or something, and I think YJ is set on Earth-16.
At any rate, I'm really enjoying it as well. I think it's right up there with Batman: TAS and Justice League in quallity. My kids really liked the first season, but did not like the time jump between seasons that led to the Invasion storyline.
Switching gears, I've just realized that I haven't seen the last several episodes of the latest series of Misfits. I've also realized that I don't care.
Also, I watched last week's episode of The Following and decided I'm going to stop following it. Where Zero Hour was so stupid it was funny, The Following is just stupid.
Mar 12, 2013 5:45 am
RIP Hugo Chavez
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Mass Effect 3
Yes, Mal, they can be a huge timesink. I generally get my gaming in at night after the kids have gone to bed, or or Saturday mornings.
As such, I don't play a wide range of games, but find ones I really like and play the hell out of them. What Mass Effect has going for it is definitely the characters and the relationships you form with them. Some of the gameplay elements in the first two are a bit clunky, but the story and characters more than make up for it.


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DIANE ROSENSTEIN announces our participation at Paris Photo Los Angeles 2015 at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. Please visit us on Stage 32, Booth 10 where we present three artists working in color photography who explore tropes of formal subject matter in photography: the portrait, the still life, and the nude.
Mona Kuhn will show chromogenic prints from Acido Dorado, the new series set inside architect Robert Stone's mirrored modernist utopia in Joshua Tree, California. Kuhn is best known for her photographs of large-scale dreamlike interpretations of the human form in its natural state. Also on view will be Chanon, from Private. BOOKSIGNING: The artist will sign her monograph, Private (Steidl/DAP, 2014) on Saturday, May 2nd at 2pm @ Artbook D.A.P./
New York Backlot/ Stand C5.
Matthew Rolston's Talking Heads are monumental portraits of ventriloquist dolls from the Vent Haven Museum's collection (1820 – 1980). In the tradition of Irving Penn, Rolston set up a portrait studio onsite and photographed each of his subjects in an identical manner: square format, low angle, monochromatic backdrop, and a single light source. The resulting photographs elevate the practice of re-photographing sculptural figures, and are an homage to Warhol's "Superstars". Rolston's monograph -- Talking Heads: The Vent Haven Portraits (Pointed Leaf, 2012) -- will be available at the booth.


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My Kundalini Yoga practicum – teaching a 'real' class at our studio – took place last week. All trainees in my program taught over a 3-day Yoga-thon, me being placed in what I considered the least desirable spot – late Sunday afternoon. As someone who likes to get things over with, it was somewhat agonizing to wait around all weekend for my class to begin!
On one level, I wasn't at all nervous about teaching. There was nothing to fear; I'd done all I could to prepare and I knew I'd be in a supportive environment. I didn't have to be perfect. I'd never done this before!
But on another level, there was everything to fear. I could sense my ego kicking into overdrive, anticipating all that could go wrong. I knew the havoc this could wreak, so I took advantage of my extra time that Sunday morning and let myself fully feel all my nerves and anxiety. As if I had an internal dial, I turned all the uncomfortable sensations up to 'Intense'.
The usual suspects turned up. Humiliation. What if I panicked on the spot, forgetting everything I'd memorized, and getting my notes all mixed up? Pride. I was afraid of losing face. I feared the pity of others – or their secret satisfaction – if I failed. (That's a fun one to admit!) Shame. I feared being exposed as a fraud, an imposter. The list goes on. Ultimately, I feared failing God.
I knew this wasn't just about the yoga class. These fears are deeply embedded in the human psyche. In such states we can't access the knowing that we are eternal and infinite, fundamentally unaffected by whatever ego construes as danger. I prayed for humility, trust, self-compassion…and to have fun!
In true Mercury Retrograde fashion, there was an element of 'expect the unexpected'. The trainee scheduled before me had become ill, and I was asked to teach her class as well. Two classes in a row?! I did not see that coming. I swear I could hear Yogi Bhajan chuckling in the ethers. Surrender.
And – things went well. It was a wee bit distracting to have my lead trainer evaluating me in the back of the room, taking copious notes throughout both classes…but the time flew by and I was provided wonderful feedback that bolstered my confidence and helped me see where I can improve. To be honest, once I got up there, things felt quite un-dramatic! I don't recall my heart pounding as furiously as it had during my practice sessions. Yes, there were nerves – but it mostly felt comfortable and natural.
That's not say it wasn't a big deal. I'd accomplished a goal I'd dreamed about for years. This was a huge step!
Some passions are so obvious that we're certain of them from a young age. Others, like my yoga journey, are more subtle and reveal themselves over time. Those dreams often take years of cultivation before they germinate. Even if feels like 'nothing's happening', on some level, we know exactly what we're doing. The dream itself wants to ensure we're ready to receive and take good care of it. It deserves the best 'us' we can bring to it. And so, we have to prepare.
I'm not quite finished my training – I still have a final exam and another training session to complete – but regardless of what my Kundalini future brings, in my book, I've already succeeded.
On another note, I LOVE that this is my 108th post! 108 is a sacred number in yogic tradition, and this seems like a fitting opportunity to thank everyone who reads, follows, and comments on this blog. It is such a blessing to connect with, and learn from, you all. Thank you!
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Jackson, Derek (2012) Portballintrae, Northern Ireland: 116 years of misplaced management. In: Pitfalls of Shoreline Stabilization: selected case studies. Springer, Amsterdam, pp. 93-104. ISBN 2211-0577 [Book section]
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Portballintrae has had a protracted history of human interference ranging from small-scale sand removal to hard coastal engineering. A small, horse shoe embayment and a once popular seaside destination on the north coast of Northern Ireland, it has suffered from progressive sediment loss over the last 116 years. From a once sediment-abundant system, with a wide sandy beach, it now contains only a limited amount of sand draped over bedrock and/or gravel substrate and a relatively narrow beach. Installation of an obtrusive pier in its western section is thought to have interrupted the natural hydrodynamics and set in motion a progressive longshore transport and removal of sand into deeper water. Successive hard engineering 'solutions' prompted through public pressure and engineers keen to do business, have been largely ineffectual, located within a sediment-starved beach system.
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Removing the Ten Commandments
Date of Joke: Saturday, 14th February, 2004
Despite how you may have personally felt about the issue, there was a good logical reason for removing the Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Supreme Court building.
You cannot post things like "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery", and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.


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Interestingly to some, the crocodile is revered and worshiped in other parts of the world, particularly in Maguindanao and in other provinces in Mindanao. Below is an article from Newsflash.org:
I met Abdul, an Iranun from Basilan, who taught me the crocodile worship his parents from Zamboanga del Sur perform a month after a woman gives birth. It is pretty much the same as the Maguindanaoans, except that in Maguindanao the crocodile is placed on a small raft to sail down the river as an offering.
Here are the preparations from Abdul.
The figure of a crocodile is formed from boiled tapul sticky rice and placed on top of banana leaves. Chicken is cleaned and boiled. Four eggs were hard-boiled. The crocodile's head is special, so it is made of yellow rice, the color of royalty.
The hard-boiled eggs are placed on the crocodile's eye and two more below the crocodile's neck because they believe the crocodile has four eyes. How else would he see in the blackish waters when he wallows in?
On the back of the crocodile's neck near the front leg the boiled chicken is placed with its breast upward. Bananas form his claws, placed on each of his four legs. If there are no bananas, the elongated sugar candy called lukot-lukot formed like an egg roll simulates the claws.
The scales of the buaya are made of the pancakes called pañalam made of flour and red sugar piled bit by bit on the crocodile's back one on top of each other, sometimes covering the crocodile completely, or placed edge to edge in a line all over his back. Chicken blood is placed in front of the buaya inside a coconut shell.
Cigarettes are placed under the leaves holding the crocodile in case anyone wants to smoke after eating the "crocodile." Prayers are uttered by the imam or pandita. The chicken blood is placed on top of the mother's hands. She turns around the crocodile a few times and sits to eat first. Others follow after her.
Crocodiles are also found in the zoo. No matter how people try to tame these crocodiles, some crocodiles -- particularly those that pose a threat to a community -- are better left caged where some are stuck and should be stuck to rot.


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Two shows currently touring SA are The Power of Poison and The Terracotta Army and the first Emperor of China. Both are being done through expoRSA exhibitions/events, so we decided to go see what all the fuss was about and see both of them while they are at Silverstar Casino in Krugersdorp.
If you are considering seeing either of these, then let me say I HIGHLY recommend doing so...and in fact suggest that you see both of them if possible. You definitely get value for money and both adults and children will enjoy both.
These are two exhibits to go and spend time at just being amazed.
Tickets are available from Webtickets and the shows move next to Centurion Mall, and then down to Cape Town. I cannot recommend enough that you go and see both of these exhibits. They are completely different but oh so interesting.
Thank you to ExpoRSA for the passes to both exhibts.
Set up with dim lights and a creepy atmosphere, we were instantly transported into the world of poisons.
This is ideal for teaching both young and old, how poisons work and famous people of poison stories. From Alice in Wonderland to Cleopatra, you explore a world of bugs and plants that need to be avoided and respected. We LOVED this exhibit and found it incredibly interesting and lost time while exploring it. Well worth going to see.
This exhibit is MAGNIFICENT...there is no other word.
Discover Ancient China's greatest army of over 300 life-sized clay models of the greatest warriors in history.
Life size replicas and fascinating facts take you back to BC China. From the foot soldiers to the horses, this show is breathtaking. It may be a little over the head of very little children, but it definitely will be fascinating to young and old. This is one of those exhibits where you will be completely fascinated in what you see and WILL walk out going "I did NOT know that"
You need to go and take the opportunity to see this one of a kind exhibit.
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We rode down to the Yellow House on our bike today. I have to wear a hat to keep my helmet on. We are eating the berries because no one else comes here, blueberries and black raspberries! I am a very good berry picker, and I love the shiney ripe ones. I don't mind geen ones at all either. We walk around and around, looking at everything and hoping, and putting the trash people leave in the trashcans where it belongs.
We might live here one day, before Christmas maybe. No one lives here so we have to ask the bank if we can trade all the money we will ever have for this house. I think that will be a pretty good trade because money tastes gross and you're not allowed to play with it anyway. This house tastes yummy, with berries and sage and lemon balm and green apples and plums and sunshine. And there's lots to play with.


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Shirt and Skirt H&M Divided
When I first saw this skirt at H&M's new Divided Campaign, I totally fell in love with it because of the pastel-coloured horses print and the high waisted cut. I can't wait to wear it during summer, combined with with chucks and basic tank tops or t-shirts. Easy peasy!


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A teacher accused of molesting and sending sexual messages to three boys she met while working at a junior high school in Fullerton pleaded not guilty in court on Wednesday.
Melissa Lindgren, 28, of La Mirada, allegedly sent sexual text and smartphone messages to the boys — who were between the ages of 13 and 15 years old — for nearly two years, the Orange County District Attorney's office stated in a news release.
Two of the boys had allegedly been molested by Lindgren in a classroom at Nicolas Junior High School where she was working as a math teacher. She was accused of sexually assaulting the third victim in a car, the news release stated.
One of the victims reported the alleged crime, and Lindgren was arrested on Feb. 21 following a police investigation.
"This occurrence is in direct conflict of Fullerton School District's zero-tolerance policy on staff misconduct, where the district's teachers, faculty and staff are held to a higher standard," according to a statement from the district.
Lindgren has been placed on administrative leave, according to the district, which described the incident as "isolated."
After being booked, Lindgren posted $100,000 bail and was released.
Lindgren has been charged with five counts of lewd acts on a child, two counts of lewd acts on a child under the age of 14, three counts of distributing pornography to a minor, and faces a sentencing enhancement allegation for lewd acts on multiple children, according to the DA's office.
Lindgren's next court date was scheduled for June 13.
If convicted on all counts, Lindgren could face up to 16 years and 4 months in prison.


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How to download free svg for blackberry?
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How to download free svg for blackberry? Some svg games from the internet are so cool and I want them to download for my new blackberry phone. I want to know all the compatibility requirements needed. I hope you can give me the best solution and suggestion.
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Q. Does the Alaskan government really pay you to live there at first? Also, I'd like to know what kind of crops do you raise there? Thanks! -Otis
A. Otis, I'd like you to look in my archives for a listing posted May 17, 2006 which will fully answer your question about what we call the Permanent Fund Dividend. You will also find many references to the weather in the archives also, either under 'Weather' or 'Temperatures' Please look there, so I won't be accused of repeating myself incessently! I can't help but do a 'bit' of that, but like to keep it to a minimum.
Now, about crops, lots of things grow really well here because of the long, light days of summer. Root crops especially do well. We raise great potatoes for instance. There are large potato fields near me, and an industrious person who doesn't mind getting 'down and dirty' can go thtu the fields, gleaning what the potato picking machines have missed. It is expected and even encouraged. Back in 'ought seven' when I had 'legs', I would take the kids and go gleaning and often picked up enough potatoes to last us all winter. Fun!
Members of the cabbage family do well, also. Cabbage, kale, brussels sprouts, broccoli,, cauliflower, carrots, all do great. I guess you would say the only things that don't do well are things that need really hot sun and soil; things like green beans,, melons, okra, etc. You can grow tomatoes here if you have a greenhouse. Well, there are a few varieties of far north tomatoes which can be grown outdoors, but don't believe they are big producers. I do have a friend who has raised canteloups in her greenhouse!
Corn can be grown, but not on any big scale, and then ONLY if you plant it under black plastic, cutting little slits for the corn plants to come thru. This keeps the soil warm enough that there are a couple varieities, bred for the northland, which do 'okay'.
Hay is a good crop here and there are several hayfields nearby. Up by Delta Junction, there are some big barley fields also.
Weather can be different from year to year. You just can't make a 'blanket statement' about it. For instance, this year, at Delta Junction, near Fairbanks, they had the coldest weather in 115 years on June 1st, when our daughter in law Susan lost her greenhouse full of tomatoes to a hard frost. It even snowed a bit in Fairbanks that day. Totally crazy weather, but makes for a good topic of conversation.
Hope this answers your questions. If not, write me again please. -BJ


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China 'moving towards FX rate flexibility'
Beijing, October 24, 2010
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said China will continue to move toward exchange rate flexibility and is now actively engaged on global foreign exchange issues.
Geithner, in an interview with Bloomberg Television after Group of 20 finance leader meetings concluded here on Saturday, said China views a higher yuan rate versus the dollar as in Beijing's interest because it does not want the US Federal Reserve to control its monetary policy.
"They're an independent country, a large economy. They need the flexibility to run their policies in a way that makes sense for China," Geithner said.
"And that requires that their exchange rate move up over time as they're now doing and we want to see that continue. They've got a ways to go but I think they're committed to do that," he said.
"I think you're going to see them continue to move."
Geithner's comments in the interview came hours before he travelled to Qingdao, China, to meet with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan to discuss unspecified bilateral economic matters.
The US Treasury chief has delayed a decision on whether to declare that China manipulates its currency for export advantage. Global economists and US lawmakers contend that China's yuan is at least 20 percent undervalued.
The semi-annual Treasury currency report was due on Oct 15, but Geithner opted to delay it in order to press his case at multilateral meetings, including Gyeongju and a Nov 5-6 G20 leaders summit in Seoul.
At the Gyeongju meeting in southeastern Korea, the G20 members pledged to shun competitive currency devaluations and reduce current account imbalances, though they stopped short of numerical goals based on percentages of gross domestic product.
Geithner said it was significant that the G20 directly addressed currencies with cooperation from China and other key emerging markets. - Reuters


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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois erupted for 12 runs in the middle three innings and blasted Nebraska 13-6 as the Huskers' postseason hopes officially ended Friday evening.
NU was eliminated from participation in the eight-team Big Ten tournament in the midst of its walloping when Michigan State topped Ohio State 6-2.
Nebraska plays its season finale at 3 p.m. Saturday and is guaranteed to finish 10th in the 13-team league.
"Just no way around it — a tough year, we haven't played very well and it got ugly," Nebraska coach Darin Erstad said during his postgame radio interview. "But you have to take the good with the bad, and that's part of this game."
Nebraska (23-28, 7-14) will finish with a losing record for the fifth time in 42 years and the first since 2013. A loss Saturday would secure its second-worst winning percentage since 1975.
Angelo Altavilla tied the game 1-1 for NU in the second inning with his fifth home run of the spring, and Jesse Wilkening went deep in the eighth for his ninth homer. But scoring chances were otherwise scarce against Illinois left-handed starter Andy Fisher, who struck out six in six innings, and a host of relievers until NU batted around for five runs in the eighth to draw within 13-6.
The Illini (31-17, 15-8) pounded Nebraska for 15 hits and pulled away beginning with a five-run fourth that made it 6-1. Zac Taylor swatted a two-run homer and Bren Spillane went deep for the 21st time this season. Every Illini starter had at least one hit, and nine players scored at least one run.
In his final Nebraska start, senior righty Luis Alvarado allowed six runs (four earned) in 3 2⁄3 innings. Relievers Reece Eddins (1 1⁄3 innings, three runs) and Paul Tillotson (one inning, four runs) also suffered rough appearances before Ethan Frazier closed with a pair of scoreless innings.
"(Alvarado's) velocity just dropped 5 mph," Erstad said. "I don't know if he got tired or what the deal was but I'm not going to keep him out there when he's doing that. He came out of the game and the wheels kind of fell off."
The Huskers end 1-6-1 in Big Ten series after winning the regular-season league crown a year ago. Erstad said the team will compete with pride Saturday and empty its bench for the final contest of the spring.
"You have to play hard regardless of what's going on," Erstad said. "Now is it very difficult to do that when you've been getting your butt kicked and you know the game doesn't mean anything from whether they go any farther? We have some seniors that it's the last time they'll probably ever play baseball. It's an eye-opener when that day comes."


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Emma Alina Juusola
Emma Alina (Hasti) Juusola, age 97, of Cokato, formerly of Kingston, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, at the Cokato Manor.
She ws born Sept. 19, 1909 in Winton, Minn., the daughter of William and Hilma (Illikainen) Hasti. As a young child, her family moved to the Kingston area, where Emma attended District 1 for her education.
She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was presently a member of the First Apostolic Lutheran Church, rural Dassel.
Emma was united in marriage to Arnold Alfred Juusola Dec. 19, 1941, at her parent's home in Kingston. Together, Emma and Arnold made their home on a farm just south of Kingston.
Emma loved to spend time with her family and friends. She was a wonderful cook, and everyone who visited her house left with a full stomach. She enjoyed spending time in her garden, growing peonies and African violets, and was a member of a birthday club who had gotten together for over 50 years. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
Emma is survived by her children; Sally Haag of St. Cloud, John (Pat) Juusola of Litchfield, Bill (Detta) Juusola of Maple Plain, Mary (Steve) Davison of Dassel, Karen (Elwood) Manninen of Annandale, Jane (Phillip) Johnson of Cokato, and Martha (Jerry) Fitzloff of Kingston; 47 grandchildren; 80 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and a sister, Esther Anderson of Detroit Lakes.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold; son-in-law Norman Haag; two grandchildren, Bradley Juusola and Nathan Johnson; one great-granddaughter, Ashley Haag; two brothers, Carl and Einard; and three sisters, Helen Hilluka, Ellen Suomala, and Mae Kurtti.
The funeral service was Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 11 a.m. at the First Apostolic Lutheran Church, rural Dassel. Interment was at the Finnish Apostolic Cemetery.
Visitation took place Tuesday evening, Jan. 9 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home in Dassel; and continued Wednesday for one hour prior to the service at the church.
Arrangements were by the Johnson Funeral Home in Dassel.
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Auto dealers warn fuel efficiency proposal will price out millions of buyers
American auto dealers are pushing back on proposed fuel economy rules that, they claim, would price out millions of buyers from the new-car market, potentially jeopardizing the environmental benefits of the program and the resurgent auto industry itself.
Throughout the Obama administration's campaign to jack up fuel efficiency, officials claimed that for consumers, the upgrades would pay for themselves. Sure, buyers would pay more for a new vehicle off the lot, but they'd make up that cost in fuel savings in just a few years.
But the changes from two sets of fuel efficiency standards could add $3,000 to the price of a new car by 2025. And the National Automobile Dealers Association argues that if buyers can't qualify for a loan up front, the rest is fantasy. Cash-strapped buyers instead will go for gas-guzzling used cars or put off buying another car altogether, leaving the fuel-efficient marvels parked in the lots of auto dealers across the country.
"Where's the environmental savings ... if you can't get the older cars off of the road?" NADA spokesman Bailey Wood said.
The NADA estimates that by 2025, 6.8 million drivers will no longer qualify for a new-car loan if the proposed fuel efficiency standards go into effect.
The objections were filed Monday as the federal government closed its comment period for the proposed regulations. The next step is to review the comments and finalize the rule. The government already mandated an average fuel economy of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016.
The latest proposal would mandate a 54.5 miles-per-gallon standard by 2025.
The Obama administration brought some of the biggest automakers in the country on board with the goal last year before rolling out the new target. And they've got plenty of support from advocacy groups. The Consumers Union sided with the administration, submitting comments Monday claiming the changes would save most buyers money "in the very first month of ownership."
But the auto dealers are hoping to convince the administration to delay the process, until the impact on consumers can be further studied.
"Fuel economy standards can't just be some number picked out of thin air. They have to be based on consumer demand," Wood said. "If dealers can't sell these vehicles, then you defeat any other benefits you were seeking."
The NADA based its estimate of the number of drivers who supposedly would be priced out on the assumption that the rules would add roughly $3,000 to the price of a new vehicle by 2025.
That figure combines the administration's cost estimate for fuel economy standards from 2012-2025. The NADA, though, says that estimate doesn't factor in certain elements like advertising, and pegged the actual increase at more like $5,000.
Regardless, the group claims millions would be priced out during the loan process.
"For most households, a light-duty car or truck is the most expensive consumer purchase they make," the NADA said in its lengthy statement to the EPA and NHTSA, noting that most buyers borrow in order to make that purchase.
During the loan approval process, the group said, "it matters not whether the new vehicles in question offer improved fuel economy performance characteristics compared to the transportation options currently being used by prospective purchasers. ... All that matters is whether prospective purchasers are creditworthy."
But environmental and consumer groups have lauded the fuel economy standards, particularly at a time when gas prices are again on the rise. The price of a gallon of regular has risen nearly 40 cents over the past year.
The Consumers Union filed its own set of comments Monday with the federal government and claimed the cost benefit from more efficient vehicles would far outweigh the increase in price tag.
"The proposed target is reasonable and provides excellent value for consumers," the group said in its statement. "A more efficient fleet will save consumers thousands of dollars in fuel costs.
Although consumers will be paying slightly more money for more efficient vehicles, they will more than recover this investment through savings at the pump."
The group also said more than 27,000 consumers submitted comments in favor of the rule in response to an appeal from the organization.
The Obama administration, in its roll-out last year, said the 2017-2025 changes would add about $2,000 to the price of a new vehicle by 2025. The administration claimed consumers would in turn save between $5,200 and $6,600 on gas over the life of the vehicle.
"The discounted fuel savings will offset the higher vehicle cost in less than 4 years, and fuel savings will continue for as long as the consumer owns the vehicle," the announcement said.
The auto manufacturers have been largely supportive of the change, but they continue to express concerns about how consumers will respond.
A January statement from Mitch Bainwol, head of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said the "ultimate question" is whether consumers will buy these new cars.
The Alliance, which represents the bulk of the industry, said compliance costs for the first phase will reach nearly $52 billion. The second phase proposed by EPA and NHTSA is projected to cost between $133 billion and $157 billion.
"This unprecedented effort and expense will further our country's energy and environmental goals, but only if consumers purchase the more fuel-efficient and climate-friendly, but more expensive, vehicle technologies," Bainwol said.
In its comments to EPA, the Alliance urged the government to allow for a review of the new standards halfway through the 2017-2025 period -- and tweak them as needed.
Wood, though, said the NADA wants the government to stop trying to plan fuel efficiency so far in advance.
"Why is the Obama administration setting fuel economy standards as far as 14 years in the future?" he said. "In 14 years, my 2-year-old will be driving. How can you adequately determine what consumer demand (will be), let alone what people will be driving, in 2025?"
He also said his group wants the EPA out of the process, leaving the decision to NHTSA.


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Jerry grew up in a golf family and began
playing at age 7. His home course, Shorehaven G.C., would host a lot of his early rounds learning the game. His talent
and inspiration came from his father, Jerry Courville Sr., who was a dominant amateur player winning numerous
tournaments including the Met Open, the IKE (6 times), the Met Amateur, and the Northeast Amateur. He would have the
Metropolitan Golf Association's "Player of the Year" award named after him which his son Jerry would go on to win.
Jerry Courville Jr. had a solid relationship with his father, his mentor, and best friend, as well as the game of
golf. Jerry won his first tournament, the CT Junior, at age 16. This
would be the start of a string of wins as an amateur, including the CT Amateur, 3 wins in the Met Amateur and IKE, and top
finishes in the U.S. Amateur. Jerry won the U.S. Mid Amateur in 1995 and made trips to the 1995 U.S. Open and The Masters
in 1996. He is also a two time Walker Cup player, in 1995 as Tiger Woods' teammate and in 1997 with a record 4-2 finish.
Jerry holds the USGA record for most match play wins in U.S. Mid Amateur history and consecutive years qualifying for match
play in the U.S. Amateur along with two local course records. During a short hiatus
from golf Jerry wanted to pass on his passion for the game to others in the form of personalized instruction. He teamed
with Jo Rasmussen of FitnessWorks to help provide an indoor training and practice site for his clients.
His passion for the game is evident in the time he spends with students and around the game of golf. Jerry resumed tournament
play in 2007 and continues to be competitive.


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People and journalists ;-) are writing about a blogging phenomena n Greensboro, North Carolina, which apparently is becoming a critical mass as maybe a hub in public engagement in blogging (reading, writing, commenting), Jay Rosen in Greensboro Newspaper Goes Open Source: A Follow Up:
I am going to stay on the story of the Greensboro blogging culture that's coming of age, and of the local newspaper, led by a maverick editor, that's going open source on the rest of the press. I think it's national news…
It will be interesting to watch what happens now. My guess is the story will shortly be in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, NPR, Business Week or similar venue. But I could be wrong. Whether that happens or not, I have plenty to tell the core audience about. This post will be added to, in bits and pieces, so check back if you're interested.
Or Donata Communications' 10 Questions for Ed Cone:
Ed Cone is a newspaper columnist from Greensboro, North Carolina and one of my favorite bloggers. He's understood this blogging thing longer than most, and he's been an inspiration to his community, encouraging others to enter the blogosphere. As a result, Greensboro's blogging community has been the talk of media observers — like Jay Rosen — and many think the community is pioneering the future in terms of local media.
I can't possibly overstate my agreement with this, and I encourage all of my television friends to carefully explore what's taking place in Greensboro. Ed graciously agreed to answer ten questions, and I'm happy to present the interview here.
Yes blogging is going wild in Greensboro, look for the cover stories soon, the book, the TV series, the t-shirt…
It caught my eye for another reason was the mention of the Greensboro 101 site, which is more or less an aggregator of local bloggers. Under the hood of the 101 site, they are using our Feed2JS to power the blogger syndication (click the "eyeballs" on the left side "Blog Directory"). I was pleased since I got some panic emails last week from Roch Smith as a PHP upgrade or some other cosmic force rendered their version of the feed parsing to not work at all. I am guessing he got to the bottom of it, and I appreciate it since my investigation led to discovery of a small bug that would cause problems with Atom feeds.
Check out the blog-i-ness happenings in Greensboro!


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10:00 am - International Competition
by Thierry Knauff
Belgium, 2015, 39'
"Vita Brevis is a poem of the moment, an evocation of the fragile and fleeting dance of life" (T. Knauff). This film, made as a jazz score in which improvising musicians are both human and natural elements, it's a mesmerizing and sur- prising hymn to life as a whole and as evanescent beauty. Spread your wings and try to dance, too.
10:00 am - International Competition
by Jean-Jacques Martinod, Kyle Bell
The last summer of a drive-in that screens motion pictures on film. Ozoners dwells on the melancholy atmosphere of a season drawing to a close. It captures the details, such as the manuality, the noise of film slippage, the obsolete ma- chineries still in use. With a nostalgic look, Ozoners outlines the portrait of an 'America' that is no more.
10:00 am - International Competition
by Eleanor Mortimer
Gibraltar is not ruled by the Queen of England or the Spaniards, but by monkeys. Monkeys became so prevalent in dominating the territory that it was found the need to employ some people to keep them at bay and to push them out of town with the help of some blowpipes. In this film we can observe a day in the life of these apes, which, as in a play of Police and Thieves, try any kind of strategy to fool their "tamers".
11:30 am - International Competition
by Annett Ilijew
Germania, 2015, 91'
Andres goes back to Cuba after spending two months in Germany. His project is filming the life of people in Marianao, a suburb of La Habana. Somos Cuba is a selection of the images filmed by Andres from 2008 to 2014. In a painful micro-world, strangled by poverty, little Leyda grows up and becomes aware of herself. un microcosmo dolente, soffocato dall'indigenza, la piccola Leydis cresce e prende coscienza di sé. The dreams and the remarks of the girl ex- pose the contradictions of an insecure world, a urban nightmare feeding on innocence.
15:00 pm - International Competition
On Football
by Sergio Oksman
Spagna, 2015, 68'
Football as passion and obsession but also as a wire sewing a relationship. The games of the football World Cup (Brazil, 2014) mark the days spent together by a father and a son (the director) after years far from each other. On the sofa, in the car, behind the counter of a bar or in a hospital bed, the scores of the matches mark the passing of time. In this renewed vicinity, the son reconciles with the father, forgiving his past and mutating his present.
4:30 pm - International Competition
Among Us
by Guido Hendrikx
Netherlands, 2015, 24'
Guido Hendrikx faces a dark and disturbing topic in the contemporary horizon: pedophilia. The story is told by the voices of three cases of "responsible pedo- philes", who with lucidity express with their words their torments but also their unspeakable emotions. The visual counterpoint of the words is a stream of images that takes the rhythm of the voices. The images take sharper edges or, on the contrary, fade into vague visions of fog according to the prevalence of the rational idea or the emotional.
4:30 pm - International Competition
The Letters
by Pablo Chavarría Gutiérrez
Mexico, 2015, 72'
June 2000, Simojovel municipality, in the North of Chiapas. A few policemen are killed in an ambush. Alberto Patishtan, a native from the tzotzil ethnic group, is charged with the murders and condemned to 60 years in jail. Departing from the re-evocation and re-enactment of events that upset the entire community, this film resorts to expres- sionistic, experimental, and evocative devices to immerse in the crime scene and the colours, atmospheres, and ghosts of a faraway rural community of Chiapas.
6:30 pm - International Competition
The Conversation
by Anastasia Novikova
Russia, 2015, 21'
Valentin Stepanovich is the one and only inhabitant of a forsaken place. The City is a metallic sound from the radio. In the solitude of such a remote place, Valentin can only keep on dialling the same phone number and wait for the only healing voice, i.e. the voice of his beloved. Until when, suddenly, his own phone rings, breaking the silence.
6:30 pm - International Competition
Waiting Room
by Palo Korec
Slovak Republic, 2015, 73'
By way of a series of ingenious and unpredictable 'variations on the theme,' the film demolishes the cliché according to which waiting is an empty moment, deeply boring and basically useless. On the contrary, the sharp gaze of cinema unravels how waiting condenses in itself intense emotions, subtle transformations of one's state of mind, and silences filled with meaning.
9:30 pm – The Correspondent
by Tu Qiao
Netherlands, 2015, 15'
Tian Yu was seventeen when, in early 2010, she left rural China and headed to the metropolis of Shenzhen. There she began working for Foxconn. One of the world's biggest companies, Foxconn produces among other things iPhones and iPads in astounding quantities. In 2010 Tian Yu jumped off the roof of a Foxconn building. She was not the only one: that fatal year some eighteen exhausted and overworked employees jumped from the factory buildings of Foxconn. The film offers a unique glimpse into the lives of people who make our iPhones in China.
9:30 pm – Special Events
by Sebastiano Luca Insinga
Italy, 2015, 70'
May 13th, 1994, came out an album that marked a before and an after in the Italian rock music: Catartica by Marlene Kuntz. Twenty years after the band of Cuneobrings back to the audience all the songs from that album in a tour all over Italy. The film follows the tour of Catartica 994/014 all along the peninsula and tells the story of twenty five years of the band's career.


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July 7th, 2013 – Daughter Of Driver Who Caused Governor Rotimi Amaechi's Convoy Accident Speaks "The Crash Wasn't Intentional"
On July 3rd, 2013, the Governor of Rivers State Nigeria, Mr Rotimi Amaechi was involved in a serious car crash that almost claim his life on Igwuruta Road while heading to the Airport in Port Harcourt.
According to the State Police commissioner, Joseph Mbu, the crash was an organized crash to hurt the governor.
Today, the daughter of the Toyota Avensis driver, one Abi has come open to defend her father;
Check out what she said below;
The toyota avensis driver is my dad! Yes he is, my dad is not a politician & has never been involved in politics all his life. The accident according to my dad happened because the traffic on the opposite lane on which my dad was travelling was asked to stop abruptly all because the governor & his convoy were going to the airport!
This made the driver in front of my dad to brake suddenly & my dad while trying not to hit the driver in front of him swerved & ran into the curb which made him run into the other lane & into the governor's convoy.
I wonder why they would stop traffic on the other side of the road for the governor, it is only in a lawless country like Nigeria that such could happen!
Thank Almighty God my dad is alive & well, what innocent citizens go through in the hands of the high & 'mighty' in our society is really appalling.