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1952 was not only a bad year for pro baseball in New Bern. It was the last year.
1952 was not only a bad year for pro baseball in New Bern. It was the last year.
In 1937, baseball fever resulted in the formation of the Coastal Plain League (Class D). New Bern joined seven other towns (including Kinston and Goldsboro) and batted away from their home base at Kafer Park. A hiatus was taken from 1942-1945 to battle Nazis and Emperor Hirohito, but in every other year it was baseball.
The team � monikered (what else?) The Bears � had a habit of floating around at fourth or fifth place by the end of each season, but 1950 saw the team in third place and second in �51. Fans hoped they would climb up one more rung to first place in 1952.
But the Bears were on the verge of financial collapse � a virtual white elephant draining the resources of its owners, the Button Volunteer Fire Department.
Then a local building contractor, Mark Skinner, purchased and attempted to save the team.
Skinner�s son, Richard Skinner, now 83, recalls the team�s final year. He said his father, an intense baseball fan, devoted huge amounts of time and company finances to trying to keep the club afloat.
�He saved New Bern�s minor league baseball [or would have] if he could�ve got any help,� Skinner insisted. �He loved baseball from the word go.�
He remembered his father getting tickets to the 1955 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers � a favor from his friend, Congressman Graham Barden. On the first day he stepped on a nail and got tetanus.
�He saw one game and spent the rest of the time in the hospital,� Skinner said.
�The only reason he bought that baseball team was his love of baseball.�
But, though he had lettered in baseball in high school, Richard did not share his father�s love.
His father�s owning the team drove Richard further from it.
�I hated near about every day of it,� he said. �He was in the baseball business to spend what we were making in the construction business.�
Among the things Mark Skinner did was improve the baseball field by raising the wall around it to an eight-foot level and building a concrete grandstand. The outfield ended near the old armory � the New Bern police station stands there now.
His club started the year strong � they beat Kinston in the season opener, May 1, 1952, 6-3, and held first place for several games. But soon the wins started to peter off and the team was struggling. Skinner began firing and hiring players in a desperate attempt to improve the Bears� record.
�The reception�s office was up front, and there would be two or three ball players in that,� Skinner said. ��His office stayed full of baseball players. � He would hire them, he would fire them.�
Not all the players were bad.
For instance, there was Billy Bevil.
�He might�ve been five foot seven. But he could run! �If he got on first base he would steal second most every time.�
The field was a hindrance for players.
�The infield was mostly sand,� Skinner said. �The outfield was mostly sandspurs. They were everywhere.�
Skinner vows he had several moles removed from his own fingers as a result of playing high school football among the sandspurs.
Despite his best efforts the team�s loss column was growing faster than its win column � and the attendance at Kafer Park was dwindling fast.
Richard�s job with the team was mainly selling tickets � a job he took, he says, in order to raise $150 to pay for the delivery of his first child. He recalled homes overlooking the field where platforms were built on the roofs so that people could watch the games free of charge.
Mark Skinner at one point took a huge gamble in an era of segregation: he hired a Negro fielder to play for the team.
�He wasn�t scared to do anything,� Skinner said. �If it was for baseball, he would do it, my daddy.�
The player was Charlie Roach, a 22-year-old from Leaksville. Some sources claim him as the first Negro player in a white league in North Carolina.
�I think he was a pretty good player, from what I remember,� Skinner said.
His good opinion is reflected in newspaper accounts of the day. Roach played his first game on June 9, in a home game against Tarboro and seemed to be welcomed by fans. A reputed �big hitter,� he managed to drive home a run and tie the game before it was called on account of rain in the fifth inning. Roach told the Carolina Times that �I am particularly grateful for the way the fans received me.�
Nearly a thousand fans turned out for his next home game � his third game for the team. An error-ridden team was beaten by Kinston, 8-2. Among the five errors committed, Roach had one, miscalculating a fly ball that resulted in a man advancing to third base.
Apparently, the crowd turned ugly.
Cat calls � �I don�t know what they called it, came from the grandstands�. It was worse than boos,� Skinner said. �He couldn�t take it, that�s all� And I don�t blame him. You can�t perform when that�s going on.�
The next day Roach was sold to the Danville Leafs. Although the crowd built for his second home game, Skinner is convinced that putting a black man on the team hurt attendance in the long run.
Before the year was out the Bears were in last place and attendance was still plunging.
Mark Skinner attempted to find sponsors to carry some of the financial weight, but nobody, Richard said, �But it�s hard to find somebody to sponsor something that�s losing.� By the end of 1952, The Coastal Plain League had collapsed.
�If he�d been a wealthy man� he could�ve enjoyed it,� Skinner said of his father, but �It was just a fight with him, just to keep it.�
New Bern has since had a brief flirtation with minor league teams � the River Rats, part of the Coastal Plain League founded in 1997, and from 2005-2007.


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What do you do when your brilliant, under appreciated teen detective show is canceled far too soon? You get tough. You get even. And then you create a Kickstarter campaign so successful it not only breaks its $2 million goal in less than ten hours, it shatters Kickstarter records. And then, dear Marshmallows, you make one hell of a fan movie — a movie that reunites everyone's favorite Neptune characters, sets up a new, more grown up Veronica Mars universe, and leaves your rabid fans clamoring for more.
This September, it looks like we are in fact getting more. Yes, that's right: Buzzfeed broke the news Veronica Mars spinoff web series Play It Again, Dick premieres the week of September 15, and it has more alumni than we know what to do with. Back when series creator and all around lovely human being Rob Thomas announced the web series, he described it as Veronica Mars meets Party Down, where Ryan Hansen would play a fictionalized version of himself "deciding to capitalize on the current Veronica Mars heat to get his own series on the air. He'll try to pull his actor pals into the venture with varying degrees of success."
After yesterday's announcement, we've got a much better idea of what the series will look like, and we couldn't be more jazzed. Kristen Bell is back as our beloved wisecracking P.I., but she'll also be playing, yes, a version of herself who joins the series to appease poor Ryan. Also playing their Veronica Mars characters AND versions of themselves: Jason Dohring/Logan Echolls, Enrico Colantoni/Keith Mars, Percy Daggs III/BFF extraordinaire Wallace Fennell, Francis Capra as Eli "Weevil" Navarro, Daran Norris/Cliff McCormack, Kyle Gallner/Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas (!!!), Christopher B. Duncan/Clarence Wiedman, and Ryan Devlin/Duncan Kane (more on that later).
That's not all, folks. Chris Lowell and Ken Marino will simply be playing versions of themselves, while others like Amanda Noret (Madison Sinclair) and Lisa Thornhill (Celeste Kane) will be reprising their roles on the show. Confused yet?
Ok. Let's unpack this. First of all, this sounds like a delicious, self-aware mash-up of not just Party Down and Veronica Mars, but Showtime's Episodes! I'm also thrilled that almost all of our favs are back (where's Mac??), including the supremely talented Kyle Gallner. (How his show character returns from the dead remains to be seen, but with Dick at the wheel, things can only get nuttier.) Also: Celeste Kane, Madison Sinclair, and Clarence Wiedman? Is this new series going to go back to its roots/dive back into the murky world of the Kane family? Is a cameo from Amanda Seyfried too much to ask?
Also: Veronica's on-again-off-again boyfriend/potential half brother/justified baby-napper is back — and recast. You might recognize the new Duncan from the show's third season, where he played creepo rapist and one of Logan Echoll's many questionable BFFs, Mercer Hayes.
Considering the multitude of in-jokes and references in the Veronica Mars movie, I'm willing to bet we're going to get a lot of sly winks about that weird tie-in. In fact, this web series format is practically begging for an even more over-the-top, meta take on the world of Veronica Mars. After contributing to the Kickstarter, staying up to date with the team's adorable videos and updates, analyzing the new soundtrack, and attending the film's midnight premiere (on my birthday, no less!), I don't think I could be more excited for this web series. More Veronica Mars in our lives, friends! This can only be good.
Play It Again, Dick premieres the week of September 15th on CW Seed.
Are you looking forward to this meta version of Veronica Mars? Which characters would you like to see return? Let me know in the comments below, or geek out and share your best reaction gifs with me on Twitter! It was tough to pick just one.


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I think I'm starting to come off as one of those crazy dog ladies..... well I mean I AM, but it's still cute right? LOL. But for real, the Furry Best Friends plate from UberChic Beauty is the ISHHHHH. I just can't help but use it!
For this look I started off with a base of Bear Pawlish Peek A Boo!.When it dried I stamped over each nail using the Furry Best Friends plate from UberChic Beauty and a Black Stamping polish from Born Pretty Store. I sealed everything in with some Seche Vite and that was it!
I love how this came out, and I love how easy it was to create even more!
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June 2, 2014
Addie has a wild bag of tricks, super smooth style, and a really rad personality. Nollie shove front feeble 180? Nollie bigspin back noseblunt? Damn, son! Addie's a good friend of everyone over here at the office, and recently sent over this VX part from Chris "Gonzo" Gonzalez's homie video out of Las Vegas called "What Time, When?" With ripping skating that's just as awesome as any of the clips in his Primitive "Pain Is Beauty" part from last year, this new footy is a perfect way to kick off your Monday. Guaranteed you'll be seeing a lot more of this kid in the near future... Raw talent never goes unnoticed.


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This 5 day course is designed for exploration, engineering and drilling personnel involved in making operational decisions based on DST results, who use DST data in general exploration/exploitation work, or who use maps and pressures in correlation work. A mostly non numerical approach is taken, focusing on qualitative DST pressure chart troubleshooting / interpretation and "quick & dirty" ways to assess a well's potential from a DST. A complete set of course materials containing over 60 examples of DST charts which can be used for troubleshooting problem DST's later are provided. Lunches are also included. *Students are required to bring a pencil, hand calculator and straight edge ruler to this course. Students are also welcome to bring one or two DST Examples from their own work experience to discuss in class*
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"I think love is to feel full. It is not possession, and not saying "you are mine."
It is freedom that comes from adoring another human being with your whole heart, and accepting them – from the things you dig about them, to the little things that can drive you mad sometimes. "
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In last night's vice presidential debate, Congressman Paul Ryan twice brought up the Republican ticket's talking point that 15 percent of Americans live in poverty, and twice failed to offer a single idea on how a Romney administration would help create opportunities for low-income people.
He simply insisted, "We want to get people out of poverty, in the middle class, on to lives of self-sufficiency."
The good news is that if Ryan truly wants to reduce poverty in a significant way—to make his mark as a champion of low-income people—he need not look any further than the thinkers in his own Badger State.
Four years ago, Community Advocates Public Policy Institute in Milwaukee asked: what would it take to reduce poverty in the state by more than half, to a rate below 5 percent? The institute spoke with a bipartisan group of local and national advisers, narrowing a pool of twenty-five possible policy changes down to four. Last month they rolled out their final proposal. Through sophisticated and widely respected quantitative modeling, Urban Institute demonstrated that the policies would reduce poverty by between 58 and 81 percent in Wisconsin.
The four recommendations are simple and clear:
- Create a senior and disability tax credit
- Expand a transitional, subsidized jobs program
- Increase the minimum wage to $8 an hour
- Reform the Earned Income Tax Credit
These four policy changes were chosen in part because they lend themselves to accurate modeling. Urban Institute concluded that implementation would dramatically reduce poverty for children, adults under 65, and seniors; people of all races; and for workers and those who can't work.
"This report is one step in overcoming this fatalism that there's nothing that can be done about poverty—one step in slaying that myth," said Conor Williams, an economic policy analyst and consultant on the project.
"We can reduce the poverty rate to under 4 percent or 3 percent if we want to," said senior fellow David Riemer.
The project looked at the 435,000 people in Wisconsin living below the poverty line in 2008: 100,000 were children; 60,000 were 65 or older; and about 60,000 were disabled and couldn't work. That left 215,000 people of working age who were capable of working—nearly 20 percent of whom indeed worked full-time, all year long. The next largest group was those who either worked full-time part of the year, or worked part-time throughout the year.
"So the vast majority of adults in poverty are working—and they have both the desire and capacity to work," said Williams. "The current situation is a market failure, and three of the four policies are small supplements to make the market function correctly so that working people are able to lift themselves out of poverty."


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Rikuichi took this fun panorama of animals - not like any other panoramas I've seen! http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp1205/html/RikuichiKishimoto.html (Thanks Tony Cabral's Dad!)
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Kinda neat, thought, its not real. Its a photoshopped picture. Look carefully at the animals feet, they seem to float on top of the grass.
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Huh... that's a neat one. Hadn't seen that.
My dad's hooked on these things.
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Georgette Heyer was born on 16 August 1902 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She was the eldest child of Sylvia Watkins and George Heyer; her brother George Boris was born four years later, and her brother Frank nine years later. During her childhood, the family lived also in Paris, France, but they returned to England before World War I. During the war, her father served as a requisitions officer for the British Army in France. Encouraged by her father to read, he never forbade her any book. At 17, she began a serial story to amuse her brother Boris, who suffered from a form of haemophilia and was often weak. Her father enjoyed listening to her story and asked her to prepare it for publication. His agent found a publisher for her book, and "The Black Moth" was released in 1921.
In December 1920, she met George Ronald Rougier, a young two years older than her, who studied at the Royal School of Mines to become a mining engineer. They became engaged the spring of 1925, and she had five novels published. Only one month later, her father died of a heart attack, and he left no pension for his family. She assumed financial responsibility for her brothers, aged 19 and 14. On 18 August 1925, Georgette married George, but two moths later, he was sent to Caucasus Mountains, and she remained at home and continued to write. She released "These Old Shades", during the midst of the UK General Strike of 1926; as a result, the novel received no newspaper coverage, reviews, or advertising. The novel sold 190,000 copies, and she refused for the rest of her life to promote her novels. Her husband was sent to the East African territory of Tanganyika, and she joined him in 1927, they moved to Macedonia in 1928, where she almost died after a dentist improperly administered an anaesthetic. She insisted they return to England before starting a family, and the following year they returned to England. In England, her husband started diferent business, but she was always the primary breadwinner. They had a son, Richard, and she continued to care for her brothers and mother. During the World War II, her husband and brothers served in the army, and to earn more money, she reviewed books for Heinemann. To minimize her tax liability, she formed a limited liability company, that paid salaries for her and her family. The tax inspectors discovered financial problems with the company, which she finally sold. She wrote principally historical romance novels and some detective novels. She essentially established the historical sub-genre of Regency romance, inspired by Jane Austen's work. Unlike Austen, who wrote about and for the times in which she lived, she was forced to include copious information about the period so that her readers would understand the setting. To ensure accuracy, she collected reference works and kept detailed notes on all aspects of Regency life, becoming an expert. Her successful regency novels were imitated by many authors like Barbara Cartland, and in some cases were allegedly plagiarized, but she chose not to file lawsuits. She continued writing until her death by lung cancer on 4 July 1974; her novel My Lord John, the first and only book of the Lancaster Trilogy, was published posthumously.
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Snowdrift and Other Stories
Traditional Regency
Delightful, glittering, timeless romance for your holiday season. The Queen of Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer, shines in this sparkling collection of fourteen short stories brimming with romance, intrigue, villainy, gallant heroes, compelling he...
Contemporary Romance
Helen was a 20th century girl in England, during the World War....
My Lord John
Historical Romance
John, Duke of Bedford--very human, very powerful, intensely virile--he is an unforgettable figure in England's most turbulent and bawdy era. Master of court intrigue, perilously close to the awesome responsibilities of the Crown, he remained a full-b...
Lady of Quality
Traditional Regency
Annis Wychwood was in her late twenties, a beautiful heiress, and hopelessly single. When she sponsored young Lucilla Carleton's "coming out," the town's social elite were shocked. After all, how could Annis find Lucilla a husband when she could not ...
Charity Girl
Traditional Regency
The first time the young Viscount saw the girl, he thought she was a child. A child in trouble, running away. But she was nearly seventeen and when Desford rescued her, everyone assumed that he had run off with her. Now in disgrace, Desford had to...
Cousin Kate
Traditional Regency
THE SECRET OF STAPLEWOOD The night was airless, with an oppressive calm that presaged a storm. It seemed to Kate she had been lying awake for hours, repeating questions that plagued her. Faintly, she heard footsteps. Tiptoeing across the galler...
Black Sheep
Traditional Regency
With her high-spirited intelligence and good looks, Abigail Wendover was a most sought-after young woman. But of all her high-placed suitors, there was none Abigail could love. Miles Calverleigh had no regard for the polite conventions of Regency ...
Traditional Regency
LONDON IN "THE SEASON" Frederica Merrivale has come to London for the glittering social season, in order to give her beautiful younger sister Charis a chance to make a good marriage. The Merrivales, a family of solid social standing, have fallen i...
False Colours
Traditional Regency
A STICKY SITUATION The young Earl of Denville was missing. Handsome and eligible as the titled elder of the renowned Fancot twins was, no one would forgive him if he failed to appear before his fiancee's family. For even though they did not love e...
The Nonesuch
Traditional Regency
STARTLING NEWS When they learned that Sir Waldo Hawkridge was coming, the village gentry were thrown into a flurry. The famed sportsman himself! Heir to an uncounted fortune, and a leader of London society! The local youths idolized "the Nonesuch"...
A Civil Contract
Traditional Regency
Although Jenny Chawleigh was bright, well-mannered, and an heiress, she was no match for Julia Oversley, the love of handsome Adam Deveril's life. But Adam desperately needed money to keep his fatherless family together, and a marriage to Jenny would...
Pistols for Two
Traditional Regency
THE GALLANT GAME OF LOVE The meeting of eyes at a ball--the touch of hands in an open carriage--one breathless, moonlit kiss--This is the stuff of which stories like these are made. Here is the vanished world of great country houses and London in ...
The Unknown Ajax
Traditional Regency
Making the best of a bad situation, Anthea Darricot was civil to her newly-met cousin Hugh--but barely. For Anthea, reduced to accepting the charity of irascible Lord Darricot, had been ordered to marry Hugh, recent heir to the Darricot fortune. G...
Traditional Regency
SCANDAL OF THE SEASON At five-and-twenty, Venetia Lanyon despairs of ever meeting the handsome hero of her romantic dreams. Then her long-absent neighbor, Lord Damerel, returns home to Yorkshire. An infamous rake, he is the most scandalous man in ...
April Lady
Traditional Regency
Young, beautiful, impetuous, Lady Helen Cardross had collected quite a basket of little white lies in her efforts to help those less fortunate than herself. There were, for example; her own dashing, debt-ridden brother, and her husband's love-sick, y...
Sylvester or the Wicked Uncle
Traditional Regency
Nothing could have induced impulsive outspoken Phoebe Marlow to marry handsome, elegant Svlvester Rayne, Duke of Salford, the one man she thoroughly detested. But Sylvester had other ideas; this beautiful young rebel had caught his fancy, and if Pet...
Sprig Muslin
Traditional Regency
Young, beautiful and headstrong--but old enough to know her own romantic mind--Amanda ran away from her doting grandfather, who objected to her proposed marriage to a youthful, impecunious officer. Fleeing alone across Regency England. Amanda soon...
Bath Tangle
Traditional Regency
PETTICOAT REBEL Lady Serena Carlow raged as she heard her father's last will and testament! How could he mortgage his only daughter to the odious Lord No Rotherham, making the very man she had recently jilted caretaker of her inheritance and her h...
The Toll-Gate
Traditional Regency
Captain John Staple's exploits in the Peninsula and Waterloo had earned him the sobriquet Crazy Jack amongst his fellows in the Dragoon Guards. Back from the battlefront, he is planning to settle down after a brave military career, and searches for t...
Traditional Regency
Meet Kitty Charing: young, beautiful--and penniless... The three great nephews of Mr. Penicuik know better than to ignore his summons, especially when it concerns the bestowal of his fortune. The wily old gentleman has hatched a freakish plan for h...
Detection Unlimited
Romantic Suspense
Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemingway - 8
THE LATE AND UNLAMENTED It was a hot June evening, and young Haswell had just motored the lovely Abby Dearham back from Thornden's social event of the week. All of the village uppercrust had come to the Haswells' tennis party--the Squire, the Vicar,...
The Quiet Gentleman
Traditional Regency
AN UNWELCOME RETURN... Unscathed from the wars, Gervase Frant finally returns to his father's estate to claim his title as the new Earl of Stanyon. But his stepmother's resentment and his half brother's open disdain put a chill on Gervase's welco...
Duplicate Death
Romantic Suspense
Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemingway - 7
THE LOVELY SUSPECT A GRISLY PIECE OF WORK Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him when a seemingly civilized game of Duplicate Bridge leads to a double murder. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? Things be...
The Grand Sophy
Traditional Regency
When the redoubtable Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy is ordered to South America on business, he leaves his only daughter Sophy with his sister in Berkeley Square. Newly arrived from her tour of the Continent, Miss Sophia Stanton-Lacy invites herself into th...
Traditional Regency
To Arabella Tallant, the eldest daughter of a penniless country clergyman, the invitation to stay with her London godmother was like the key to heaven, for in addition to living in the glamorous city, Arabella might even find a suitable husband there...
The Foundling
Traditional Regency
Enormously wealthy, scrupulously mannered and suffocatingly confined by his title the young Adolphus Gillespie Ware, the 7th Duke of Sale -- known to friends as Gilly -- longed for a spot of true excitement. When he learns that his marriage has alrea...
The Reluctant Widow
Traditional Regency
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The Corinthian / Beau Wyndham
Traditional Regency
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A Blunt Instrument
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Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemingway - 4
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Royal Escape
Historical Romance
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They Found Him Dead
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An Infamous Army
Traditional Regency
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ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR Brussels is a lively place to be in 1815, and red-haired widow Lady Barbara Childe is at the centre of the social whirl. However, the city was a nest of intrigue --Napoleon threatened Europe--but the talk was only of thi...
Behold, Here's Poison
Romantic Suspense
Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemingway - 2
When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper. But a post-mortem determines the cause of death as murder by poison. It falls to Superintendent Hannasyde...
The Talisman Ring
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Traditional Regency
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THE HEIRESS A novel set in Regency London and Brighton. It is in regrettable circumstances that beautiful Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine first encounter Julian St. John Audley. The man, they both agree, is an insufferably arrogant dandy. ...
The Convenient Marriage
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The Unfinished Clue
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It should have been a lovely English country-house weekend. But the unfortunate guest-list is enough to exasperate a saint, and irascible General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith was nobody's idea of the perfect host. In fact he was absolutely frightful. ...
Why Shoot a Butler?
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Romantic Suspense
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Laura went out into the sunlight, too hot even in her linen frock....
Historical Romance
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HE HAD SWORN THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD CALL NO MAN MASTER BUT THE KING.... Simon of Beauvallet is what he called himself. But as the tales of his chivalrous exploits spread throughout the realm -- even to the king's chambers -- the people who loved hi...
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I remember being a kid in the early 90s, playing little league and pop Warner football. The weeknights when I was busy practicing whatever sport was in season; after that having to do my homework for class. Sports kept me busy as a youth because it gave me something positive to do with all the spare time I had. That's why I believe that sports are a good way for kids to stay away from negative things out there. Without sports or extracurricular activities, kids are more likely to be involved in gangs, or use drugs, and not want to receive an education.
When I was in elementary school, I started playing baseball. I would finish class, stay after school and do my homework there. Then when I was done, my mom would pick me up and take me to practice, for a few hours. After I was done, I would head home and finish whatever I had to do, whether it was homework or chores. We practiced twice a week and played Saturday mornings. My coaches growing up would encourage me and my teammates to do in school and to stay out of trouble. Playing baseball kept me busy and entertained, because when I wasn't playing, I would go to dodger games with my dad or just catch the ball. Both my parents were active in keeping me busy with sports because they themselves grew up playing them and felt that I would benefit from it too. They wanted me to have positive things and influences in my life, so that I would stay out of trouble.
When I got to high school, my focus shifted to another sport. I started playing football. I loved it because it was a contact sport. During the summer and season, practice and school kept me busy. My parents and sister were very supportive. They came to every game, home or away. After I graduated from high school, I decided to not pursue it at the J.C level, but to focus on school. Playing football helped me develop self-confidence and respect. It also gave me friends that I'm still close with. Sports do a lot for the youth of America. Sports give kids a way to learn to compete in a friendly environment.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook gave iTunes man Eddy Cue a promotion on Thursday, naming him senior vice president of Internet software and services. Mr. Cue has been heavily involved as a company vice president managing the iTunes Store, App Store and other Internet services.
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As senior vice president, Mr. Cue will still oversee the company's iTunes-related services and iBookstore, and will also manage the soon to be launched iCloud service, along with Apple's iAd mobile ad service. Mr. Cue is taking over for Andy Miller, who is now part of a venture capital firm.
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Collaborations in hip-hop music can be either brilliant or destructive; those familiar with the latest album from Chaundon, a member of the Hall of Justus crew, know this particularly well. The Bronx native rose to relative fame through his guest spots with fellow posse members Little Brother and producer extraordinaire 9th Wonder. However, Chaundon suffers on his debut LP, Carnage, by allowing too many other emcees to share ? if not steal ? his spotlight.
The album?s opening trio of songs features Chaundon desperately trying to prove that he?s not to be messed with. He does so on ?The Greatest Warrior,? a proud but unconvincing song that is luckily saved by solid production from Illmind. ?Don?t Take It Personal? is a quality song with a smooth chorus from guest artist Daniel Brockington, and is also the first juncture of the CD where Chaundon shows he can spit a nice verse: ?Kept creating/ Didn?t pay mind to the hating/ Fools so quick to talk, they speed racing.? The next track, ?3 Kings,? is a huge misstep, as Chaundon gets shown up by other New York rappers Torae and Skyzoo. This trio?s claim that they are the kings of the Big Apple is like calling yourself the next Jordan after making a couple of baskets in that pickup game you played in the suburbs last weekend ? it just doesn?t add up.
This pattern continues with ?Gone,? on which super femcee Jean Grae drops a fierce verse over a soulful 9th beat while Chaundon creates more yawns with lame rhymes and a boring flow. He does save face on the album?s title track, however, with some clever metaphors and references, but he characteristically reverts to his old habits on the following songs.
Fellow rapper Sean Price actually sounds like an upgraded Chaundon on ?Submission,? while the album closes on a disappointing note with ?We Are Here.? This track finds Chaundon taking a backseat to the plethora of no-name rappers ?? how he didn?t come up with a better verse over such a fun beat is a head-scratcher.
Not everything went wrong on Carnage, though. Although Chaundon does sound incredibly average, most of the songs are still listenable. Production was on point from the aforementioned producers 9th Wonder and Illmind, as well as in-house work from Khrysis. Most problematic are Chaundon?s limited themes and exhausted topics such as the struggles of life in the ghetto, how great of a rapper he is, and so on. This leaves him sounding far too unoriginal to be deserving of significant praise.
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On the doorstep in County Longford
The Longford Leader this week went out on its own canvass to gauge public opinion across Co Longford.
First port of call on an overcast Wednesday morning last week was Clough Dillons in the heart of Kenagh village.
"There just doesn't seem to be any transparency," Gary Lawlor said, as he leaned against his front door. "People are getting kicked out of their houses. I was in the mortgage business and I know for a fact that there are thousands of people out there who have mortgages of €400,000 to €500,000 and just can't afford them."
Neighbour Jo Smith was equally dispondent in her analysis of the political arena. Directing her fury at the credit driven boom of the late nineties and early noughties, she said more and more people have steadily slipped into "mental paralysis" in the face of incessant budgetary cuts.
"There were huge mistakes made in the Celtic Tiger time and mistakes were made from a very grassroots level. I would say to anyone coming into power for Christ's sake will you sort out the basics because with all the financial cuts you have to ask is there enough money in the pot to sort out anything?
"Of course I am angry. It's actually got to the stage where it's like being in counselling and you get to the stage where you are actually quite numb and don't know which way to think any more."
A few miles down the road in Ballymahon pensioner Ann Flanagan was one of the few who revealed just where her number one preference would be heading come February 25.
"I am thinking along the lines of Sinn Fein," she stated. "The thing that makes me really angry is the corruption, the lies, the deceit and the nepotism within Fianna Fail. As regards Fine Gael, I don't know very much about them but I am afraid that it might be a case of same old, same old. Sinn Fein are up and coming and enthusiastic. I have to say they have their heart in the right place and I would love to see them get a chance maybe with Labour."
The Leader also stopped off at Ronnie Nally's in Ballymahon to gauge the mood there.
"We are killed here trying to keep doors open," explained landlady, Mary Nally. "Everyone is drinking at home as well. I mean it started with the smoking ban, then it was the random breath testing and after that there was the cuts to wages and social welfare so where is the money going to come from? Everyone is affected and the self employed have been very badly treated. If I get sick in the morning even though we have paid up for the last 30 years we wouldn't get a penny."
Sitting across the bar life-long Fianna Fail supporter Sean Connell cut a frustrated figure. Asked what he would do if a Fianna Fail candidate knocked on his door, the Tubberclair man replied: "I wouldn't be angry, but if a Fianna Fail candidate came to my door I either wouldn't open the door or I would run them from the gate. My family voted Fianna Fail all their lives but we have changed to Kevin 'Boxer' Moran (Independent). I still wouldn't vote for Fianna Fail, no way."
Down the road, business man Sean McCoubry said he was "leaning towards" Sinn Fein. "I am self employed and run a small scaffolding company. All you are doing is trying to keep working and under-cutting your own prices just to keep your head above water. Two years ago we had 33 men on the books, now we have five," he admitted.
Over in Granard, one local resident said she was so "fed up" with politics, she opted to fasten a 'no canvassers' sign on her front door. Polish natives Daniel Doblowolsky and Raphael Masiulanic, both of whom work in factories in Granard and Loch Gowna were both worried bythe introduction of the universal social charge.
"My wages have gone down and I am getting a wage €8.60 an hour. Before New Year I was paying around €30 to €40, now I am paying €50 a week in tax," said Daniel.
Local man Brendan Leahy would only go as far as to say he "probably would" stick with his family's tradition and give Fine Gael the thumbs up, but he had a caustic words for Dail hopefuls.
"Two years ago I was cut off the dole completely and I was told then that they (political representatives) would look into it. I hadn't a red cent to my name and they are still looking into it. I think all these politicians are in it for themselves, they don't give a fiddlers about me, you or anyone else.


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Coming soon, a new original anthology from a new type of publisher: Portents, edited by "Master Anthologist" (Booklist) Al Sarrantonio, editor of acclaimed collections 999: New Stories of Horror and the Supernatural, Redshift: Extremes of Speculative Fiction, Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, and Stories (with Neil Gaiman).
In the tradition of Charles L. Grant's Shadows series, Portents will present 19 brand-new tales from some of today's most accomplished dark fantasy writers, including Joyce Carol Oates, Gene Wolfe, Joe R. Lansdale, Jeffrey Ford, Ramsey Campbell and Christopher Fowler.
Issued in a strictly limited edition of 1,000 copies, each signed and hand-numbered by Al Sarrantonio himself, and with a beautiful color cover by Alan Clark and a foreword by the distinguished Stephen Jones, Portents will only be available for purchase online from the publisher, Flying Fox Press.
Portents is sure to sell out quickly, and, since it will be the first book ever published by Flying Fox Press, will become an instant collector's item. Please watch this space for updates, and for information on how to reserve or purchase your copy at an extremely reasonable price.


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Alan Greenspan, the man who would eventually lead the world's most powerful bank, the US Federal Reserve, was eager to join Richard Nixon's presidential campaign back in 1967. At the time, he was 41 years old and already a prosperous Wall Street consultant. But Greenspan was developing political ambitions, not least because he suspected that power and perhaps glory lay in Washington, DC. Writing in the midst of riots in cities like Detroit and Newark, he offered Nixon his thoughts on how to harden his campaign's plank. The source of the unrest, Greenspan explained in a letter quoted by Sebastian Mallaby in his new biography, The Man Who Knew, was apparently not economic disadvantage but rather the federal government's antipoverty programs. "They have the ultimate effect," Greenspan wrote, "of only degrading the Negroes as individuals and have led to the current upsurge in racism and class antagonism."
Later in the campaign after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, Greenspan sent Nixon another missive. Robert Kennedy, then a Democratic presidential hopeful, had given an emotional speech about the challenges of racial justice and calling for compassion for those who suffer in our economy. Greenspan was furious. Kennedy, he complained to Nixon, was "attempting to cash in on the tragic events of recent days by fostering guilt among the whites and accordingly presenting himself as a moral leader."
These two anecdotes are telling. Even as Greenspan started to move into the hard-nosed realm of politics, he never completely left behind his rigid ideological commitments to libertarianism, which he had developed as a young man. Despite Mallaby's best efforts to show otherwise, much of Greenspan's career as a public figure was defined by the individualistic fantasies and persistent biases against government spending and regulation that he shared with Ayn Rand and economists like Milton Friedman.
Mallaby, a right-of-center economics commentator and former contributing editor to the Financial Times, doesn't find many problems with Greenspan's free-market views. But his new biography does offer some useful insight into how Greenspan's libertarian ideals often came into conflict with his persistent ambition to rise to the top of Washington's policy-making establishment. To do so, Greenspan had to make a lot of compromises. This was the good news, at least for America, and it was almost always the good news for his career as well. Greenspan showed a talent for suppressing his idealism when necessary. His dream had been to become secretary of the Treasury. By becoming chairman of the Fed and the most powerful policy economist of his time, Greenspan exceeded his goal.
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After the crash of 2008 and the recession that followed, some may forget how exalted Greenspan's reputation as an economist once was. In the wake of 2008, many came to believe that he'd been a principal culprit in the crash. Greenspan, in fact, publicly blamed himself, admitting in congressional testimony that many of his economic ideas—including his "model" of the economy—had failed. But until 2008, Greenspan was widely admired for as policy-maker, in particular for sharply reducing inflation while sustaining economic growth. Mallaby's biography spends a considerable amount of energy confirming this mainstream view: that until the crash, Greenspan had successfully steered the US economy during his almost 20-year tenure at the Fed.


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Toppling the ivory tower: Coded communication in American political discourse
Scott, Kiana M.
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Anti-intellectualism has a long history in U.S. public debate, and in the 21st century it is not uncommon for politicians to emphasize themes of anti-intellectualism in their public communications. This study proposes a new approach to understanding how anti-intellectualism is communicated in the political arena, and why it matters. Specifically, this study conducted both content analysis and rhetorical analysis to examine discourse emphasizing intellectualism in four U.S. Senate races in 2012 in Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Missouri. Findings show that coded anti-intellectual communications span party and gender lines.
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Do Doctors Ever Treat Cancer With Natural Regimens?
This question originally appeared on Quora.
Answer by David Chan, MD from UCLA, Stanford oncology fellowship:
I believe in treating cancer with anything that works. Show me that something works, and I'll use it. Period.
But don't give me a story of how someone's aunt's best friend was told that she had six months to live and was cured by taking a natural supplement found through the Internet and is still alive 10 years later—and then ask me to give the OK to try it.
Some cancer patients have the great misfortune of having a cancer that is very advanced or poorly treatable by anything. For them, it doesn't make a great deal of difference what they do, with the exception of some considerable out-of-pocket expenses if they see someone particularly unscrupulous.
But I've seen my share of patients with very curable cancers who elected to go the "natural" or the "holistic" or the "alternative" route and then come back to see me with an advanced incurable disease. That's really tough to swallow for them and for me.
Don't give me anecdotes. Show me the data. Give me 200 to 300 patients with biopsy-proven cancers. Yes, biopsy-proven. Because I see patients all the time who are told they have cancer, but when the biopsy is finally done, it's something else. Let a computer select half of them to get the "natural" regimen and the other half to get standard cancer treatment. No, that's not remotely fair to patients. How about giving all of them the best standard treatment and then having the computer select half of them to also have the "natural" regimen? Will it have any positive effect?
Show me the results. If the "natural" stuff works, I and most other cancer specialists will use it.
No one likes surgery, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy. But advances have made all of these treatments more effective and more tolerable. These treatments have scientific proof behind them. Don't give into magical thinking.
A sad story: A while back, a mother came into the emergency room at UCLA. My colleague (who is now a world-famous cancer specialist) and I were asked to see her in the emergency department. Her husband had brought her in with a large ulcerated infected cancer in her breast. The cancer was very advanced and had entirely replaced her left breast and had grown down her chest wall. The odor was horrific. The cancer was obviously widespread, and she was in really bad shape. They had three kids at home. Poor woman. Poor family.
I turned to her husband and said, "Can I ask how long has she had this?"
"She found it about five to six years ago," he said.
"What treatments has she had?" I asked.
"She's been taking different natural remedies and putting a salve on her breast to make it go away," he replied.
"She's been doing this for five years?" I asked.
"Yeah," he said.
"And it's been working?" I asked.
"At first it seemed to work. They told her it would take time, and eventually she would be all right. But this past year it's not working," he said.
"Who's treating her?" I asked. "A cancer specialist? A medical doctor?"
Her husband, very softly, replied: "No—we've been seeing a healer."
A long silence followed that seemed to last minutes. I looked at her and wondered if she and her husband would accept chemotherapy. And then I thought that she might even be too ill, too weak, to receive chemotherapy. But she would die either way. And then I thought that maybe I could bring her into the hospital and give her chemotherapy as an inpatient that day. I wanted to do something. Maybe I would call a surgeon to biopsy her breast. But maybe I didn't need to do that because it would take days to get a result and I wanted to treat her right away. But chemotherapy doesn't work very well in this kind of situation, and I hadn't yet seen her labs tests. She looked terrible. Was her calcium elevated? If so, maybe I needed to treat that first. Did they get a chest X-ray? Who had the data? But what if this poor woman wouldn't agree to chemo? How much difference would it make?
My colleague, who hadn't said a word after initial introductions, interrupted my thoughts by suddenly handing me his pager. "Dave, can you take my pages for an hour?" he said.
I took the pager with a puzzled expression. "Sure, John," I said.
"Get the name and address of this healer. I need to go home and get a hammer. I've got a couple in the garage," he replied.
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Who would've thought that Red Octane' Guitar Hero would make such a huge impact on so many gamers? Everyone has had a dream of being a rock star once in their life, but Guitar Hero was a game that actually let players do that. However, there were other games that tried to do the same thing, and one of them was Koei's Gitaroo Man. Now, the PSP welcomes the original rockstar with Gitaroo Man Lives!
Gitaroo Man Lives! follows the storyline of the first game. The main character, U-1, is despised by all, even his secret flame. The only friend he has is his dog Puma, luckily, that could soon change. U-1 has kept it a secret that he is the descendant of the legendary hero, Gitaroo Man.
In the sequel, U-1 is once again called into battle against the evil forces that threaten his poor planet. We played through a couple of stages, and we're happy to report that fans of the first game will be right at home with GML! The game plays exactly like the first game, with players using the the analog stick in conjunction with the face buttons to play to the rhythm of a song.
For those who aren't familar with the Gitaroo games, there are two types of actions that you need to perform. The first is to use the analog stick to follow a track, and then press and hold the Circle button when indicated. The second action is a little more difficult, as icons from every side of the screen will move towards the center of the screen. When it reaches the center, you have to the press the button. This actually gets really difficult in some parts of the song too.
Like the original PS2 game, Gitaroo Man Lives! uses a mix of real-time graphics during the in-game part and CG movies for the cutscenes. This game is one instance where the CG movies actually look wores than the in-game graphics. Because of the smaller screens, Gitaroo Man looks really sharp and crisp, where the movies look washed out and weak in comparison. Unfortunately we can't comment on what songs were available in the demo or how they sounded, because the booth was far too loud, and there were no headphones available. Boo!
With the re-emergence of the rhythm genre, Gitaroo Man is making a timely return, and those who were in love with the original game can fall in love with the game all over again, while newcomers will be able to see the man in action. Watch for the game to be released later this year.


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CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College men's soccer team dropped the season opener 3-1 to LIU Brooklyn Friday night at Martin Stadium.
The Blue Hose lone goal came in the second half on a throw in that deflected off a Blackbird defender's head into the goal.
The score was tied 0-0 heading into the locker room with LIU getting two shots on goal, while PC generated one.
In the 47th minute the Blackbirds Rasmus Hansen sent a cross into the 18-yard box and was finished with a header by Romario Guscott inside the box for the first goal of the season. Guscott collected his second goal of the season in the 49th minute in a similar fashion. Tanner Sica sent a cross in from the left side and Guscott finished at the back post.
LIU collected the third goal in the 55th minute off the foot of Rasmus.
The Blue Hose scored on an own goal in the 89th minute with a throw in deep in Blackbird territory.
Johnny Archer (Charlotte, N.C.) collected three saves for the Blue Hose.
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The United States will need an additional 52,000 primary care doctors to cope with population growth, newly insured people and an aging population, a group of researchers has forecast.
The researchers -- from several institutions including Georgetown University and the Robert Graham Center, Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, D.C. – looked at several factors to come up with their total. Others have projected different numbers but agree that there will be a shortage of doctors.
In this projection, published in the Annals of Family Medicine, the authors considered population growth, the longer lives of people and the passage of the Affordable Care Act to come up with the 52,000 figure.
"Population growth will be the greatest driver of expected increase in primary care utilization," the study's authors wrote. And insurance expansion will contribute the need for just 8,000 of those doctors, the researchers said.


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There is literally NOTHING that I would change about Divina. At 5'4" she's petite without being tiny. Her entire body is so exquisitely proportioned to her 5'4" frame - her derriere is neither too large nor so small as to be unremarkable. Divina's breasts appear to be equally sized as are her areolas and her breasts bear the remarkable essence of her youth. She is almost always smiling in her sets as if she's actually having a good time instead of doing this as a kind of justifiable work. As a matter of fact, the one single attribute about Divina that I find most stimulating is her very fine blonde arm hair - always a turn-on for me.
No matter who shoots her, she always appears as though it's fun - not working. I could do with weekly set updates of her and still never be tired of looking at this marvelous young woman.
Devina is Divine.
This is one of the best beach sets I have ever seen.
Divina is just so damn sexy.
She absolutely drives me wild !
What I wouldn't give to be rolling around on the beach with her.
Outstanding !!!
...just in time to save the day, the delightful Divina comes in to pinch-hit for Mia, who suffered some technical difficulties.
There was joy in Mudville today!
....errrr it was ANITA who suffered the technical difficulties! ...as well as my memory. LOL My bad!
LOL Yeah you did!!! ;o)
yea fer, what was the deal with that? A duplicated set from what I gather.
Divina can pinch-hit anytime and I'll take it.
Yep, a duplicate set from 2011.
Everybody has an off day now and again, but as far as I can remember, this is the first time K accidentally posted a duplicate set.
She's got a great track record in my book.
Well this is a nice replacement!! :o) Even though I despise beach sets...lol But I love Divina! One of my original favorites, and still sweeter than honey!! Muuuuah!!
And she looks so tasty here, I'll just have to have the rare "beach set". Divina's so gorgeous in every way, including her original "Aza" butt that everyone raves about like it's something "new"...LOL Or maybe the recent raving about Aza's butt is just because it's "as" gorgeous....;o) anyhooo... Thanks K...very acceptable replacement, although I was fine with the repeat lol Anita always looks good to me. People acted like they never go back and look at older sets again...on occasion ;o) I sure do.
Yo, Rach --
I despise beach sets as well -- but better that than paying for the same set twice.
If you "take the hill" -- keep the hill. But never pay for the same real estate twice.
Just an afterthought... The only way we would be paying for that set twice is if we paid "daily for the four updates"... Now THAT would be an issue...lol
Yo... Dreads...
We're paying for total access to the site which includes thousands of sets. I have to agree with what Rylsky pointed out the other day... There are so many sets on the site, that the "cost of each" to us is literally next to nothing...pennies at most.
I didn't feel at all like I was "paying" to see the same set twice. And as I commented to K about the repeat of Anita, she ALWAYS looks good to me! I hadn't seen that set in quite some time... I like to keep things in their proper perspective...;o)
I don't like ANYTHING on her anus but my eyes!! ;o)


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Exhibition | Wolfgang Sagmeister: Indisputable Evidence?
Opening event: May 10, 2016 | 7:30 pm
May 11 - 27, 2016 | 10 am - 12 pm | 2 pm - 4 pm
The exhibition will show the work of Wolfgang Sagmeister and Krista Kim.
Wolfgang Sagmeister was born 1963 in Vienna and received his doctorate in Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna in 2006. He lives and works in Vienna, Austria. Sagmeister is especially interested in photography and his works deal with the genesis. His work is based on the aesthetic concept of "Wabi-Sabi", a Japanese art concept, which especially addresses the acceptance and aesthetics of imperfection as well as evanescence. The central topic of "Wabi-Sabi" is to discover beauty in the ordinary. In the course of this exhibition his photographs are shown for the first time in the USA. Sagmeister combines in his exhibition "Indisputable Evidence..? two of his photography series: The Stations of the Cross and Light. The focus lies intensively on minimalistic approaches. The reduction of the photographs seeks to prevent external distraction and give the spectator the possibility to internalize the pictured topic. With his works he aims to encourage the consciousness of the essential in life. The way of the cross encourages the spectator to pause and question everyday issues such as death, compassion and hope. Religion is the fundamental of faith as well as purpose, gives strength, but is nevertheless frequently misused. In dialogue to this engages his work "light". Light is the foundation of all life. Light and Color, pictures, films, photographs trigger positive as well as negative emotions and are used as a mean to manipulate. Similar to the Way of the Cross they have to be critically scrutinized. In this relation the title of "Indisputable Evidence" was given. Doesn't one stop questioning everything, as soon as some presumed proof has been found? The individual attitude and personal experience of the spectator to these topics, allows diversified approaches to the photographs.
Kim earned her MFA from La Salle College of the Arts / Goldsmiths UK in 2014 and has been exhibiting in Shanghai, Singapore and New York. She is a Techism artist whose work is a response to our constant exposure to LED lights through our devices. Her work expresses digital consciousness and questions our current aesthetic principles. Kim is interested in digital technology and its revolutionary effects on human perception, media, social structures and communication. She is considered one of the most trending artists online and is a spokesperson for greater inter-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration between innovators of the Tech industry and artists through the Techism movement.
When: Opening event: May 10, 2016 | 7:30 pm
Exhibition: May 11 - 27, 2016 | 10 am - 12 pm | 2 pm - 4 pm
Where: Austrian Cultural Forum, 3524 International Court, NW, Washington, DC, 20008
Tickets: General Admission is free and open to the public.
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After a day of intense debate marked by a long standoff between Russia and the United States, the Security Council tonight unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Iraq for its recent troop deployments near the Kuwaiti border and warning Baghdad against future "hostile" actions.
The vote was 15 for the resolution and none opposed. Russia supported the measure, althout it said the Council had acted hastily.
On a day when in the words of one diplomat "a blast from the cold war" was felt in the Security Council for the first time in recent years, the United States resisted Russian manuevers to include a positive statement in the resolution's preamble about Saddam Hussein's promise to recognize Kuwait made Thursday in Baghdad to the Russian Foreign Minister.
American officials said that a resolution intended to castigate President Hussein for threatening the Persian Gulf region was no place to reward President Hussein for what the Clinton Administration and its allies see as only a vague statement of Iraqi intentions apparently made in the hope of getting sanctions eased.
In the end, the American and Russian delegates were able to agree on compromise language that noted President Hussein's pledge and in a very general way welcomed all international efforts involved in defusing recent tensions.Continue reading the main story
The resolution not only condemns the Iraqi troop deployments but also demands that all those forces be returned to their original bases and that Iraq not move troops south again or deploy them in any other "hostile or provocative" manner to threaten neighbors or United Nations operations in Iraq.
A section of the resolution's preamble warns Iraq of "serious consequences" for any failure to meet the demands.
Beyond differences over the language of the resolution, the Clinton Administration was reported to be annoyed that the Russian Foreign Minister, Andrei V. Kozyrev, went to Baghdad to in effect negotiate with President Hussein on the recognition of Kuwait and the lifting of sanctions when the need of the moment was for a speedy Iraqi withdrawal from regions near the Kuwaiti border.
Americans here reject all efforts to link the two separate issues.
The United States also compromised on several points today to gain as much backing as possible among the Security Council's 15 members.
A demand that Iraq notify the Secretary General two weeks in advance of unusual or potentially alarming troop movements was dropped from the resolution.
That paragraph, proposed by Britain, was opposed by France and several other countries. Questions were raised about the precedent of instituting international controls over troop movements within national borders and about the practical problems of enforcement, Western diplomats said.
When the Council convened this morning, there were at least seven modifications on the table for consideration. Several apparently came from the Russian delegation.
Although Russia's deputy chief delegate, Vasiliy S. Sidorov, told reporters here today that his delegation would prefer to vote on the resolution early next week, when Foreign Minister Kozyrev arrives here after his Persian Gulf tour, the Russians were in the middle of negotiations on a range of issues reopened for debate.
"We are very much delighted that Russia joined seriously in discussing the draft," Mohammad A. Abulhasan, Kuwait's representative here, said in an interview during a break in Security Council consultations. But he added that Kuwait had felt strongly about getting some kind of clause on early warning of Iraqi troop movements into the draft.
Mr. Abulhasan said he thought by the end of the morning's consultations, the possibility of a Russian veto had receded considerably. But by later afternoon, the situation had been reversed as only one issue -- the paragrpah in the preamble, was left unresolved.
The Iraqis are sending Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz back to the United Nations on Sunday, and there is speculation here that he will bring more concilatory messages from President Hussein to bolster pledges on the recognition of Kuwait that he was reported to have made to Mr. Kozyrev this week.
Six nations cosponsored the resolution: the United States, Britain, France, Argentina, Oman and Rwanda. The last three hold rotating Council seats, along with Brazil, the Czech Republic, Djibouti, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan and Spain. The Council's permanent members, in addition to the United States and Britain, are France, China and Russia.
As talks went on in New York, a United Nations nuclear weapons inspection team was in Iraq to carry out monitoring of Iraqi wepaons as called for in Security Council resolutions. The team, headed by a Briton, Garry Dillon, was planning to work in Iraq for about ten days, United Nations spokesman said in Bahrain.
Rolf Ekeus, the head of the special commission established by the Security Council to monitor and control Iraqi weapons programs, told diplomats and officials here last week about Iraqi threats not to cooperate with inspections if sanctions against Iraq remained in place.
So far there have been no incidents involving inspectors, however. A ten-member team checking for possible biological weapons returned to Bahrain from Baghdad Friday saying that they had been given full support by the Government of President Hussein.Continue reading the main story


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It's the moment you've been waiting for… The first batch of events from Flatpack 10 are now on sale.
We have an absolute corker of a programme for you this year, and highlights include new live scores, Pierre Bastien's musical machinery, folks sharing their embarrassing teenage memories for our amusement, and as ever, events that push the boundaries of cinematic experience (ever been to the cinema blindfolded…?)
Events now on sale:
VAMPYR – Opening night will include a new live score to one of cinema's landmarks, Carl Theodore Dreyer's luminous, mesmerising Vampyr.
PIERRE BASTIEN – Musician, artisan, and performer Pierre Bastien will be taking various tunes and themes from his recent album, Blue As An Orange and reformulating his legendary Silent Motors show.
GIRL SHY – One of the funniest comedies of the silent era, with musical accompaniment from the inimitable silent film pianist Cyrus Gabrysch.
OH DEAR DIARY – For one night only, our courageous readers will be reliving the awkward crushes, homework dramas and dubious musical tastes of their childhood and teenage years.
BLIND CINEMA (11am) – The art of audio description, in the form of whispered narration by a group of school children.
SOUND AND VISION – Triple-bill of AV performances from Amsterdam-based duo Optical Machines, sound artist Graham Dunning and Berlin-based artist collective Transforma.
FAUST – FW Murnau's Faust effortlessly takes us from gothic horror to bucolic comedy and back again, accompanied by Matt Eaton (Pram) and Gareth Jones (Misty's Big Adventure, Grandmaster Gareth).
The Flatpack 10 Flatpass and the full programme will follow shortly…