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How do you guys combat getting discouraged as pit bull owners? My boyfriend loves Toby. And thanks to Toby, had a pretty decent opinion of pit bulls. Unfortunately, all that he's seen OTHER than Toby has been at work (pet retailer) and the pit bulls that come in there are usually either skinny bitches that look like they popped out way too many litters and short and wide intact males. The owners that come in are prime examples of the people that give pit bulls a bad name. I've actually had a guy ask me where our chain harnesses are because he needs one for his pit that keeps breaking all of her tie out harnesses because her pup dances around the edge of her perimeter and she lunges at him all day. It's never ending with people like that.
Despite all of that, Toby had shaped a nice opinion of pit bulls for him. Tonight he texted me a picture of a dog (I could hardly see it on my crap phone) and said this pit bull weighs over a hundred pounds and nearly took his arm off (whether he means that by snapping at him or pulling, I am not sure). He said that he finally "gets it" now and believes that Toby and all of our dogs on here (I tell him about your dogs all the time! haha) are the exceptions. The owner of the dog gets $1000 every time he takes him to breed. I told my boyfriend he should have been like "Wow, really? That is impressive! What titles does he have? How are his health screenings?"
In a way, it feels like he is right. Some days it really feels like the idiots outnumber the responsible owners (in fact, I am sure they do). And the poorly bred and trained "pit bulls" outnumber the loving, loyal dogs that we know. When it feels like the whole world is against pit bulls some days, what do you tell yourself so you don't get discouraged?

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Astronomers Measure Mass of a Single Star – First Since the Sun
Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a single star - the first time such a feat has been accomplished for any solitary star other than our own Sun. The measurement has been done on a small red star located some 1,800 light-years from Earth. Knowing the masses of stars is important in understanding stellar evolution.
Measuring the Mass of a Single Star
Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a single star - the first time such a feat has been accomplished for any solitary star other than our own Sun.
The measurement has been done on a small red star located some 1,800 light-years from Earth. Knowing the masses of stars is important in understanding stellar evolution.
Until now, scientists could only determine the masses of stars that are members of binary-star systems by applying Newton's laws of gravity to measurements of the stars' orbits around their center of gravity.
The new measurement used Einstein's theory of relativity, combined with a large-scale program using ground-based telescopes, and the exquisite resolution of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
The dim red star first caught astronomers' attention in 1993, when it passed directly in front of a much more distant star, producing a phenomenon called gravitational microlensing. Microlensing, which was predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity, occurs because of the warping of space around a massive object such as a star. The warped space acts like a lens, focusing and magnifying the light of the background star. The background star thus appears to brighten suddenly, as seen from Earth, during the brief interval when the two stars are precisely lined up.
There have been several large-scale searches for microlensing events, including the Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHO) survey. Using a telescope in Australia, the MACHO survey team looked in the direction of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. Astronomers monitored the brightness levels of millions of stars for several years, searching for a few microlensing events.
In most cases, the transiting star is much fainter than the background star. But the light from one of the events discovered in 1993, dubbed MACHO-LMC-5, didn't just brighten. Changes in its color suggested that the background star and the lensing star were of similar brightness. This raised the possibility that the two stars could be observed separately, if astronomers waited a few years to give the foreground star time to move away from its perfect alignment with the background star.
Ground-based telescopes, however, could not resolve the stars as two separate objects. So, astronomers turned to Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in 1999, and, later, in 2002 and 2003, to Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. These observations succeeded in showing the two stars separately.
Seeing the two stars allowed astronomers to calculate the foreground star's distance from Earth, using a method called parallax. Due to the motion of the Earth around the Sun, the position of a nearby star will appear to shift relative to stars farther away. By measuring this shift, astronomers can triangulate the distance to the star. Surveyors use a similar method to measure distances on Earth. The distance derived in this way also agrees with the distance inferred from details of the brightness variations in 1993, based on subtle changes resulting from the motion of the Earth during the lensing event.
Once the distance to the lensing star was known, and since the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud, where the background star is located, is also known, astronomers could calculate the only remaining unknown in the equation for microlensing, which is the mass of the foreground star. Its mass turns out to be one-tenth the mass of our own Sun. Although a low mass of about this amount was expected based on the faintness of the red star, astronomers are nevertheless excited by this first application of a new method for measuring stellar masses. They hope to apply it many times in the future, by using the planned Space Interferometry Mission satellite to observe many more microlensing events.
Astronomers Andrew Gould (Ohio State University), David Bennett (University of Notre Dame) and David Alves (Goddard Space Flight Center) report these results in a paper to appear in the Astronomical Journal.
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Maybe it's a reflection of my mood, but most of the actors in today's news stories strike me as scoundrels, to one degree or another. Starting at the top, we have Iran's mullahs. They are upset about the movie Argo, and are planning a rejoinder:
The Iranian government is planning to finance a film that it says will correct the historical inaccuracies of the movie "Argo," The New York Times reported. …
The Oscar-nominated film reveals the story of the CIA-backed mission to rescue six American diplomats who had sought refuge from enraged Iranian mobs in the home of the Canadian ambassador, following Iran's Islamic revolution.
Following its release, the movie was condemned by Iranian officials as anti-Iranian, with others accusing Affleck of promoting "Islamophobia."
So, how exactly will the Iranian film correct the record?
According to Fox News, "This Iranian tale is expected to portray cowardly U.S. diplomats who are treated well by their captors and eventually safely returned by their Iranian hosts."
I'm sure it will be a hit. Scoundrel number two is Piers Morgan, who is trying to parlay mass murder into higher ratings and respect on the Left. Morgan has been pontificating about guns, a subject of which he knows approximately nothing, like so many in the media. Twitchy documents the Twitter dialogue in which Dana Loesch corrected Morgan's misuse of the term "assault rifle," exposed his ignorance of the caliber of the Adam Lanza's Bushmaster, and provoked this howler from Morgan:
How many errors can you pack into a mere 140 characters? I do want to add one more error to Morgan's catalog. Another tweeter asked, "Do you even know what the AR in AR-15 means??" Morgan retweeted with the answer, "Armalite Rifle."
Actually, "AR" stands for Armalite. Thus, my Armalite is an AR-24, and it's a pistol.
Do you need to be knowledgeable about firearms to have opinions on gun control? Not necessarily. But if you want to argue for banning certain guns, you have to be able, at a minimum, to describe correctly the guns you are trying to ban.
Finally we come to the "No Labels" movement. Or committee. Or whatever it is. It probably isn't fair to call the "No Labels" people scoundrels, but they, too, leave me with a sour feeling on a Sunday afternoon. Why are they in the news, given that they have no discernible importance? They have decided they aren't centrists after all. Of course, we could have told them that:
Despite a splashy New York launch, No Labels lacked a clear agenda and grassroots support and was largely dismissed as irrelevant. But with new leadership and a sharper focus, the group, which is redeploying with another New York conference on Monday, has shed some of its early idealism in favor of a more pragmatic acceptance of the partisanship that has divided the country and embroiled Washington in recent years.
"We started off thinking there was a broad group in the middle, but quickly realized that wasn't productive. People have very different notions of what the middle is," said Mark McKinnon, a longtime adviser to former President George W. Bush and a No Labels founder. "So we grew beyond that, and now have strong conservative and strong liberal partisans who want to participate."
In other words, McKinnon says, our venture was hopelessly misguided from the start. And if the group now encompasses people who are candidly described as "strong conservatives" and "strong liberals," the No Labels label would seem to be obsolete. (A digression: an analogy is MoveOn, so named while the Clinton impeachment was in progress, which became a permanent left-wing pressure group that has never moved on from anything since.) So, what's it all about?
That perspective is shared by the group's new co-chairs — West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and former Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who gave their first joint interview to Yahoo News since taking their new roles.
"It's not about centrism, it's about a new attitude toward the realities we face. It's about finding Democrats and Republicans who will check their egos at the door," said Huntsman, whose decidedly centrist run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination flamed out early in the primary process.
HaHaHaHaHa! If Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign had to do with anything other than ego, what was it? And it is hard to imagine a lonelier caucus in Washington than one composed of the non-egotistical. But this is all awfully vague. What does No Labels propose to do?
Huntsman and Manchin told Yahoo News they envision a more aggressive agenda for No Labels, like improving the group's small donor fundraising, using digital tools to broaden its grassroots operations and recruiting more lawmakers to team up with with the organization and embrace its goals.
Let's be clear: so far, No Labels has no small donor fundraising and no grassroots operations whatsoever. To date, it has been a movement (or organization, or whatever) that exists only in the minds of its founders and newspaper reporters.
To that end, No Labels has helped launch a congressional "Problem Solvers' Group" — 12 Republican lawmakers, 13 Democrats — who have begun holding meetings and working on some reform measures. Several members of the group are attending the New York conference.
Sounds like the Gang of 14.
Manchin, who served as his state's governor for five years before winning a Senate seat in 2010, said the group may also begin a broader effort to endorse and contributed to candidates after getting involved in just a few races in 2012. He also said he expected to see elected officials to seek and proudly display the No Labels moniker.
"If you carry the No Labels brand, that says something – it means you're bragging about problem solving, not just bragging about yourself," Manchin said. "I think you'll see people climbing aboard and wanting to become part of this."
I sincerely doubt it. Politics is an arena of conflict, like war and litigation. If people didn't disagree, passionately and even violently, and if important interests were not at stake, then it wouldn't be a political issue. By definition, topics on which consensus reigns, or on which compromise is easy, are not political issues. There are always a few people who just don't get this, and who fall for the idea that all we need to do, as Ross Perot used to say, is "get under the hood and fix it." Thankfully, there aren't very many.


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Conger eel - Conger conger
Common name: Conger eel
Scientific name: Conger conger
Accession number: 101
Materials: Watercolour on paper
When painted: 1831-1841
MacGillivray's "Conger vulgaris". It is likely that MacGillivray obtained his fish specimens from the fish market. It is probable that he would have looked for the best example of a particular type of fish and taken it home to paint it.


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Bear dies after being hit by pickup near Milner
Steamboat Springs — A 300-pound adult bear was struck by a pickup and killed while crossing U.S. Highway 40 east of Milner on Wednesday afternoon.
Ted Elliott was traveling from Craig to Steamboat Springs as part of his job transferring a vehicle for Cook Chevrolet and Subaru. He said the bear bolted out of thick brush alongside the road and onto the highway. Elliott was traveling east along a section of the highway where the speed limit is 65 mph.
"I've only seen three bears in the wild," Elliott said.
He said he did his best to avoid hitting the bear, but the animal collided with the side of the pickup he was driving and then spun around before limping back into the bushes that line the highway. Elliott was not injured in the collision, and there was minor damage to the truck.
The bear was seriously injured when it struck the vehicle but was able to make it off the highway. Colorado Parks and Wildlife district managers who were called to the accident think the bear died shortly after the collision.
"We get about half a dozen calls like this in a year," manager Mike Middleton said. "It's not real common, but it happens."
Middleton said he planned to take samples from the bear including a tooth to help determine the bear's age and some DNA samples for a study that the division is in the process of completing.
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Top of the class: Moffat County grads humbly accept high-achieving honors
After four years of hard work, members of Moffat County High School's Class of 2019 are striving to keep going for greatness in the world, and the Bulldogs who took top honors during graduation aren't just sitting on their laurels.


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You have to look back to the 2008-2009 season to find Leeds scoring three hat-tricks in a season, that season they all came courtesy of Jermaine Beckford against Chester, Northampton and Yeovil. Prior to that was 1995-1996 when Tony Yeboah bagged three against both Monaco and Wimbledon and Gary McAllister scored a hat-trick against Coventry. Further back 1992-1993 (Cantona v Spurs, Strachan v Blackburn and Wallace v Coventry) and 1984-1985 (Ritchie v Oldham & Wimbledon, Wright v Notts County).
A hat-trick of hat-ticks is not a common thing but not yet half way through this season and we have seen our third hat-trick. The first coming from Samuel Sáiz on his debut against Port Vale. The latter two both from Kemar Roofe, the first in the League Cup against Newport and the second in the Championship against QPR. With the attacking options available to Thomas Christiansen this season it's not inconceivable that these will be the last but here is a reminder of what we have seen so far this season.
Leeds United 4, Port Vale 1 - 9th August 2017
Samuel Sáiz (12, 60, 62)
Samuel Sáiz marked his Leeds debut with a hat-trick against Port Vale in the the League Cup. The Spanish midfielder slotted home his first after Stuart Dallas cross came back off the post, rounded the keeper for his second and then fired into the top corner to complete his hat-trick. Thomas Christiansen said; "Saiz is a player who enjoys it with the ball. If we have possession, if we move the ball, he has the quality. He's intelligent and is a good finisher also."
Leeds United 5, Newport County 1 - 22nd August 2017
Kemar Roofe (44, 49, 65)
Leeds came from behind to see off League Two Newport County in convincing fashion in the League Cup thanks to an impressive hat-trick from Kemar Roofe. Newport started the game brightly and were rewarded with the opener but just before half-time Leeds were level when Newport failed to deal with a corner and Roofe was alert to slot the ball home. Leeds wasted no time after the break with Roofe volleying home his second before executing a spectacular bicycle-kick to complete his hat-trick.
Queens Park Rangers 1, Leeds United 3 - 9th December 2017
Kemar Roofe (63, 68, 94)
Kemar Roofe scored a seond half hat-trick to give Leeds United victory at QPR. The former Oxford United forward powerfully headed home Ezgjan Alioski's cross before adding his second when he finished sub Pawel Cibicki's centre. Keeper Felix Wiedwald made a horrendous error to allow Pawel Wszolek's cross to bounce over him to give the hosts late hope. However, with the R's pushing on Samuel Sáiz broke away and Roofe showed composure to finish his hat-trick.
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Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
Hyperion offers both CDs, and downloads in a number of formats. The site is also available in several languages.
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Each of the songs introduces a type of mélodie that would later come to be considered generically typical of the composer; perhaps this is why Poulenc wrote in JdmM in connection with this work that with Apollinaire he had at last found his 'true melodic style'. Le présent has an accompaniment that doubles the voice and hurtles through the staves like a miniature storm, the hands an octave apart throughout—inspired, surely, by the 'wind across the graves' of the last movement (also a Presto) of Chopin's B flat minor Piano Sonata. This is one of Poulenc's innumerable moments as a musical magpie. Chanson is also a moto perpetuo, more populist than the first song. This is a vintage piece of so-called 'leg Poulenc' with its echoes of the music-hall and the madcap gaiety of the 1920s. Poulenc wrote that he considered it a counting song in the manner of 'Am–stram–gram–pic et pic et colégram'. Hier is eloquent and touching, prophesying the long sinuous vocal lines, accompanied by flowing quaver chords, for which this composer was to become justly famous. It is the first of his songs where Poulenc permits the shadow of a slow and nostalgic popular style to influence the mood of a deeply serious song. He manages to do this without cheapening his music; rather is it enriched with a nostalgia for 'yesterday' that seems especially French, in fact uniquely Parisian, especially for the British or American listener. While he composed the music Poulenc admitted to thinking of the operetta and musical star Yvonne Printemps, and of an interior painted by Vuillard. 'If you think carefully of the words you are saying', he advised in JdmM, 'the colour will come of itself.' The set as a whole is dedicated to the Comtesse Jean de Polignac, daughter of the great couturier Jeanne Lanvin, and better known as Marie-Blanche de Polignac, a fine soprano in her own right. Perhaps that is what made Poulenc think of Vuillard, who painted both Lanvin and her beautiful daughter.
from notes by Graham Johnson © 2013
extrait des notes rédigées par Graham Johnson © 1985
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Apartment Therapy at the Zara Home E-Commerce Launch
Known worldwide for their trendy fashion collections, Zara is now bringing the same style and attention to detail into our homes. We were lucky to get a sneak peek at some of their latest collection at their U.S. e-commerce launch here in NYC.
The gorgeous textiles: bed, bath and table linens, focused on subtly layering different fabrics, textures and colors. Each ensemble offers great versatility that can be transferred to almost every room in the house.
In addition to soft goods, Zara Home also offers furniture, tableware, cutlery, and decorative accessories, including loungewear and gift items like candles. The entire event showcased the warmth and romance of their White Collection. We can attest to the fact that the White Jasmine candles made the space smell heavenly.
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Today WebSphere Portal Level 2 support and development hosted our first Twitter chat session. This is an important event in the Social Workshop. We took our first baby step in our social engagement with Portal customers. We had hoped there could be more customers joining us and bring their questions. In the end, only a few showed up.
Here is the summary of the chat and discussions I composed at Storify,
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Silicon Valley engineerVladimir Orlovsky, after demonstrating how fast he could address his Tamil boss, Kodampakkam Balachandran"
We have kindly requested them to carry only religious symbols. 1998 kumbha mela manager J.P. Sharma asking Naga sadhus not to tote pistols and other firearms during processions to the Ganges
The only problem with Yogi Berra is that every time he exacerbated a situation it just got worse. From our Editor
Smile! It takes only 13 muscles.
Frowning takes 64.
However beautiful sex may be, it does not open the door to a state of higher consciousness. If that were so, the majority of people who believe in sexual excesses would all have achieved enlightenment. The late Swami Sivananda Radha in her book, Kundalini Yoga for the West
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift from God, that's why it is called the present.
With the passing of Sri Frank, the faith community will soon be welcoming what has come to be called The Sinatra Dharma, which loosely translated means "The Eternal My Way." Adherents to this movement take inspiration, guidance and ritual from their scriptures known collectively as the Vegas. Fred Stella, president of the Interfaith Dialogue Association in Grand Rapids, Michigan, giving his humorous take on the passing of Frank Sinatra (1915?1998), American singer and actor
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Albert Einstein (1879?1955)
When I moved from Roman Catholic to Druid in 1980, this was considered incredibly weird. It was something you wouldn't dare mention at the office. But today, when I explain that I worship the power resonating up through the Earth, people are interested. They say, "Now, Chris, how should I celebrate the equinox?" Druid Chris Turner, quoted June 22 by the Washington Post as he and other Druids marked the summer solstice at Stonehenge in England
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Prabhat Kumar Srivastava claims to be the only person in India who practices rudraksha therapy. A rudraksha is the seed of a blue marble tree. "It can cure skin and psychosomatic diseases, nervous disorders, as well as alcoholism and drug addiction," informs Srivastava, who left his job with a leading law journal to practice his two-generation-old family profession. He says rudraksha also promotes longevity and protects against calamities and adversities. "Rudraksha emits electromagnetic waves to body cells and promotes well being. It sharpens intuitive faculties, overcomes negative thoughts and brings inner peace and success."


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Basketball Tournaments, Past and Present
Tournament season always reminds me of basketball tournaments I have seen, and they go back a few years.
The first South Dakota Class "B" Basketball Tournament I saw was in 1966. Of course, there was no distinction between boys' tournaments and girls' tournaments in those days because these were the Dark Ages, when high school girls and, for that matter, college women were more or less out of luck.
Things are much better now, but that was then.
The 1966 tournament was won by Parkston in the Sioux Falls Arena that was just a few years old. It seems outdated now, and it's being replaced, but back then it seated close to 10-thousand people, and the place was rockin'.
Going to the "B" tournament for a high school student was a big deal, even if your school wasn't in it. I saw tournaments all four years I was in high school. There was only Class A and Class B then, with the 16 largest schools in one class and all the remaining schools in the other.
And in those days there was also the North Central Conference Holiday Tournament over Christmas vacation, always in Sioux Falls. Students who were on break would be there, and sometimes you would see players from various teams after the game at the Mocamba Club, no doubt enjoying a soft drink.
Now, South Dakota has three classes of boys' and girls' basketball, with each class playing in a different city, and the Summit League tournament is a very big draw in Sioux Falls, as it should be.
Students are still excited when their school wins a high school title, and the men and women who win the Summit go on to the NCAA tournaments, which I refuse to call the "Big Dance."
Times change, and so do tournaments, but I still remember the ones I saw way back then.


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The 26th annual Kids' Choice Awards are coming up on Saturday (8/7c on Nickelodeon!) and what better way to celebrate this year's impressive crop of Latino nominees than with a look at 20+ young stars you never knew were Latino!
Check out our gallery of proud young stars, then tell us: Will you be watching the Kids Choice Awards on Saturday?
1. Another 15: Daniella Monet
Daniella Monet, 22
Best known for playing Katrina "Trina" Vega in the Nickelodeon sitcom, Victorious, most people don't believe that Daniella Monet is half-Chilean.
2. Another 15: Scotty McCreery
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Is it true that American Idol contestant Scotty McCreery, a cowboy from Garner, North Carolina whose music idols include Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, is part-Latino? All we can say to that is, "Yes ma'am!"
3. Vivo: Jeanine Mason
Jeanine Mason, 20: When Jeanine Mason won the fifth season of FOX's hit dance competition, So You Think You Can Dance, no one knew this brilliant dancer was Cuban. But the Miami-born Latina—whose aunt sent her pastelitos de guayaba y queso and croquetas during the competition—told Latina.com she couldn't be prouder of her background: "My entire family is Cuban: My dad's family and my mom's family! I am a first-generation cubana americana!"
4. Vivo: Maiara Walsh
Maiara Walsh, 22: She is best known for her roles as the Indian character, Meena Paroom on the Disney Channel series, Cory and the House, and as Eva Longoria Parker's Mexican niece, Ana, on ABC's Desperate Housewives, but Maiara Walsh is 100% Brazilian.
5. Another 15: Heather Hemmens
Heather Hemmens, 21
Though some people might think she's African American, Heather Hemmens, who played fan-favorite Alice Verdura on the CW's hit series Hellcats is 100% Latina and proud of it! The part-Costa Rican actress—whose father is White, recently told Latina.com: "When someone says 'Tell me about yourself,' I wish I could answer simply, 'I'm Latina!' There's not much more to it. I love dancing, eating and I have sass that I make no apologies for."
6. Another 15: Noomi Rapace
Noomi Rapace, 31
Many know actress Noomi Rapace from her breakout role as Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish/Danish film, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), but few know that Noomi—whose mother Nina Norén is Swedish—has a Spanish father, a Flamenco singer named Rogelio Durán.
7. Vivo: Kid Cudi
Kid Cudi, 26: Rapper, singer and actor Kid Cudi—who currently plays Domingo Brown on HBO's How to Make it in America—was born Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi (hence the moniker). The talented musician first blew up when his song "Day and Night" hit the airwaves last summer, but most people don't know that he is the product of an African American mother and Mexican father.
8. Vivo: Aubrey Plaza
Aubrey Plaza, 25: She plays Amy Poehler's slothful college intern, April, on NBC's hit comedy, Parks and Recreation; but people have a hard time believing that this talented and irreverent comedienne is Latina. "I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican," Plaza told Latina.com. "I have a huge family and tons of cousins in Puerto Rico. We actually hung out with them last summer, and it was awesome."
9. Vivo: Michael Trevino
Michael Trevino, 25:
You know him as Ozzy, the bad boy with a soft side on the CW's 90210, and in his current role as Tyler Lockwood on the hit series, The Vampire Diaries, but did you know that Trevino is Mexican? "I'm a full-blooded Mexican," Michael proudly told Latina.com: "My mother was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, and my father—the son of Mexican immigrants—was born near Fresno, California." Michael's favorite food? "There's this small taco stand in L.A., and I'll go there and have this Pastor Quesadilla that's to die for! My grandmother also makes great Mexican dishes."
10. 15 Mas: Q'Orianka Kilcher
Q'orianka Kilcher, 21
With a first name like "Q'orianka," few people think of Q'orianka Kilcher — who is best known for her role as Pocahontas in the Terrence Malick film, The New World (2005) — as a Latina. But in fact, the name Q'orianka translates to "golden eagle" in Quechua, the official language of the Inca Empire and an official language in Peru. Kilcher's mother is of Swiss descent, but her father is a native South American artist from Madre de Dios, Peru. In 2006, the talented young actress — who speaks fluent Spanish — won an Alma Award for Best Latin Actress in a Feature Film for The New World.
11. 15 Mas: Nicole Anderson
Nicole Gale Anderson, 20
Though you probably wouldn't know it by looking at her, Nicole — who is known for her roles as Macy Misa on the Disney series, Jonas L.A., (2009-2010) and as Kelly Parker on ABC Family's Make It or Break It (2009-2011) — is a mix of several ethnic backgrounds including Swedish on her father's side and Filipino and Spanish on her mother's side.
12. 15 Mas: Stefano Langone
Stefano Langone, 22
You know him as the handsome Italian contestant who came in seventh place on American Idol season 10, but Stefano Langone — whose dad is Italian — is also half-Latino. "My mother is Mexican and Spanish," Stefano tells us. No wonder he and J.Lo were so quick to bond!
13. Another 15: Sabrina Bryan
Sabrina Bryan, 26
Most people know that Adrienne Bailon of The Cheetah Girls is Latina, but with a last name like Bryan, not everyone knows that her fellow cheetah Sabrina is also Latina. Born Reba Sabrina Hinojos, Sabrina's father is Mexican and her mother is Caucasian. Maybe they should have been called "Las Chicas Cheetah" instead?
14. Another 15: Joan Smalls
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One of the newest faces of Estée Lauder is model Joan Smalls, who hails from the Puerto Rican town of Hatillo and rose to fame when she was chosen to walk exclusively for Givenchy's Fall 2010 couture show in Paris. Estée Lauder Global Brand President Jane Hertzmark Hudis said, "She truly reflects Estée Lauder's modern vision of global beauty."
15. Vivo: David Gallagher
David Gallagher, 25
For ten seasons, David played Simon Camden, a member of one of TV's whitest families on the long-running family drama, 7th Heaven. But who would've guessed that this blonde haired, blue-eyed kid—who also played Mikey Ubriacco (John Travolta's son) in 1993's Look Who's Talking Now—was Latino? Gallagher was born in Flushing, New York to Cubana Elena Lopez.
16. Vivo: Sara Paxton
Sara Paxton, 21: Like David, Sara's got blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, but don't let that fool you—this is one young lady who's very proud to be Latina! The daughter of a Scottish and Irish father, Sara's mother, Lucia was born In Monterrey, Mexico and raised in Ciudad Acuña. Last year, when we asked Sara how people react when they find out she's Mexican. "They don't believe me at all," she told us. "I think its because they have this stereotype of what a Hispanic girl is supposed to look like, and I don't fit that typical look," We're proud to have you as one of us, Sara!
17. 15 Mas: Alex Meraz
Alex Meraz, 26
Best known for his role as Paul, a shapeshifter who is best friends with Jacob (Taylor Lautner) in Twilight: New Moon (2009) and Twilight: Eclipse (2010), Alex Meraz is half-Mexican.
18. 15 Musicians: Bruno Mars
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You've seen this Hawaii native's boyish good looks and heard his sweet vocals on hits like B.o.B's "Nothin' on You" and Travie McCoy's "Billionaire," but did you know that he's part Puerto Rican? Yep, Bruno Mars (born Peter Hernandez), who is usually referred to as just Filipino, is a halfsie.
19. 15 More Stars: Tristan Wilds
Tristan Wilds, 20: A lot of people have a hard time believing that Tristan Wilds—the star of the CW's hit drama, 90210—is half-Dominican. "I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I don't look Latino enough," the former Wire star told the NY Daily News in 2008. But that hasn't stopped Tristan from wearing his Latin pride on his sleeve. Asked what it's like to shoot in California, the New York native said, "I love L.A., don't get me wrong. But I'm a really big fan of Latin food. I want to go back home and have some good arroz con pollo."
20. Even More Stars: Sarah Ramos
Sarah Ramos, 19
Sarah is of Hispanic and Jewish descent, but you'd never know it by watching her play all-American girl Haddie Braverman on NBC's Parenthood.
21. Even More Stars: Frankie Muniz
Frankie Muniz, 24
The son of a Puerto Rican father and an Italian mother, Muniz is best known as the title character in the FOX sitcom, Malcolm in the Middle.
22. 15 More Stars: Victoria Justice
Victoria Justice, 17: Victoria, who is of Puerto Rican descent on her mother's side, represents for Latinas everywhere as the character Tori Vega, a young Latina who struggles to find her place at an elite Hollywod performing arts high school on Victorious.
23. Even More Stars: Bella Thorne
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Bella Thorne has been a series regular on shows like HBO's Big Love and the Disney Channel series, Dance Dance Chicago and some say she's the next Miley Cyrus. If so, then the next Miley Cyrus is definitely Cuban!


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The St. Cloud Northwoods League team is now the St. Cloud Rox. The annoncement took place at Legends Bar and Grill inside the St. Cloud Holiday Inn Tuesday night. Team President and part owner Gary Posch says the name "Rox" was submitted more than 300 times by fans and it's a name he's wanted for St. Cloud for the past 10 years. The St. Cloud Rox were a minor league baseball team in the Northern League in New York Giants, San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs systems from 1946 to 1971.
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October 2012 marked a significant event for the S&P 500 - the first time since 1999 that there were more than 400 dividend paying companies in the index!
But what affects the number of companies that pay dividends?
To answer that question, we turned to Standard and Poor's Dividends and Payers report [ Excel spreadsheet], which provides the data for the number of dividend paying companies in the S&P for each year since 1980. We've taken that data, combined it with some significant milestones and presented it in the chart below (which is updated from our 2009 post on the topic.)
We find that while recessions tend to lower the number of companies paying dividends while they're ongoing, which we would expect, we find that the bigger driver of what affects the number of companies paying dividends to individual shareholders, retirement and pension plans, et cetera would appear to be the relative tax rate of dividends with respect to capital gains.
For example, in 1978, before we have data showing the percentage of S&P 500 dividend payers, the capital gains tax rate was reduced from a maximum tax rate of 39.9% (that's on paper - the real maximum capital gains tax rate was 49.9% as a result of an interaction with the maximum regular income tax rate) to 28%, which was then lowered to 20% in 1981.
By contrast, the tax rate for dividends was the same as for personal income taxes, with a maximum tax rate of 50% beginning in 1982. Prior to 1982, the maximum personal income tax rate was 70%.
That changed with the U.S. Tax Reform Act of 1986, which equalized the maximum tax rates for both dividends and capital gains at 28%.
In the period before 1986, the number of S&P 500 companies that paid dividends to their shareholders declined from 469 in 1980 (or 93.8% of all companies making up the index) to 426 companies in 1986 (or 85.2%). After 1986, the number of dividend paying companies in the S&P 500 was largely stable, ranging between 426 and 438 for the next decade.
That stability ended with the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. Here, the capital gains tax rate was reduced from 28% to 20%, while the tax rate of dividends was held at the 28% level. As we can see in the chart above, this change in tax law coincided with a dramatic drop in the number of companies within the S&P 500 that paid dividends, which plummeted from 427 in 1997 to 351 in both 2001 and 2002.
That decline wasn't reversed until 2003, with the passage of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, which once again equalized the tax rates of both capital gains and dividends, but this time at 15%.
Since then, the number of dividend paying companies in the S&P 500 has rising from 351 in 2002 to 403 in 2012, despite a recession-driven dip to 363 companies in 2009.
But all that is about to end. On 1 January 2013, the tax rate for dividends will rise above that for capital gains - it's only a question of how much.
Thanks to a special tax on dividends and investment income imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (aka "ObamaCare"), the tax rate on dividends will at least rise from 15% to 18.6%, while the capital gains tax rate will remain the same. We say "at least" because we don't yet know the resolution for the so-called "fiscal cliff", in which all the tax cuts implemented in the 2003 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act are scheduled to expire. If that comes to pass as currently mandated by law, the maximum tax rate upon dividends will rise to 43.8%.
In the best case scenario, without Congress acting to equalize these tax rates, given on what we see in the correlation of the tax rates for both dividends and capital gains, it's very likely that companies paying dividends will begin becoming more scarce in 2013.
In the worst case scenario, the imbalance between dividend and capital gains taxes will lead to significant distortions in the stock market and economy, similar to those that were created by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, which caused the "Dot-Com" stock market bubble, whose inflation and deflation cycles were only ended with the passage of the 2003 tax cuts equalizing those tax rates.
As a policy recommendation, the only outcome that can avoid that kind of economic distortion is for the tax rates for dividends and for capital gains tax rate to be set equal to one another. We don't have much hope for that happening given how much Silicon Valley money backed President Obama in the election. Since they were the primary beneficiaries of the last imbalance between dividend and capital gains tax rates, they may be hoping for a repeat of their economic boom days.
If you think about it, Silicon Valley's digital aristocracy would seem to have a lot in common with a South Pacific cargo cult on this count....
Data Reference
Standard and Poor. S&P 500 Dividends and Payers. [ Excel Spreadsheet]. Accessed 11 November 2012.
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3 Fresh Ways To Wear the Timeless Trench
I am a self-admitted enabler when it comes to convincing my friends and co-workers to purchase clothing. That said, I'm not blindly enthusiastic. Being able to discern which pieces are truly worth a splurge is one of my talents, and when it comes to the tried-and-true trench coat, I wholeheartedly stand behind this solid investment. Few fashion items have stood the test of time to reach the wardrobe hall of fame, but the trench coat is one that has ultimate staying power.
Perhaps its immortal status has something to do with its chameleon-like ability to adapt to the trends of the moment--embellishments, fabrics, cuts, you name it! Because of its lasting appeal, the coat has been popular among legendary ladies from both the past and the present, as everyone from Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's to Kate Moss has slipped on one. The trench is such an iconic piece, so I wanted to show a range of fresh ways to wear it, from the classic khaki version to iterations with modern updates, like a contrast sleeve.
Look 1: Classic Trench
Though there are as many variations of the trench as there are of the LBD, I thought I would begin with a classic interpretation. Although Burberry created the original trench and still remains the gold standard, there are incredible, affordable options out there that can be just as chic, like my Club Monaco version. When selecting your personal coat of arms, keep an eye out for the classic details that have made this outerwear option a universal staple. Although elements like the storm patch, wrist cuffs, and belt were originally created solely for utilitarian purposes, they now do double duty as fashionable accents.
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Although the trench was created for inclement weather, I wanted to show it works just as well for a night out. Perhaps it has something to do with all the dashing men who have worn the coat, but there is something alluring and masculine about the topper, which is why it's the perfect contrast to a feminine cocktail dress. After picking my ruffled dress, I accessorized with a chain-strap bag to hold all my evening essentials and a pair of strappy heels with metallic silver and neon red accents, which help keep the otherwise neutral look interesting.
What I Wore: Club Monaco Marianna Trench ($329); Maje Abraca Black Dress ($460); Lulu Frost Immortality Bracelet ($265); Charles David Tansy Heels ($169); Reiss Ruffle Bag in Black ($150, similar style available here).
Look 2: Quirky Print
Like any wardrobe classic, the trench coat is easy to reinvent. While the traditional version I wore in my first outfit will always be in style, when it comes to trendy updates, my Boy. by Band of Outsiders version is a triple threat. Not only does it feature contrast sleeves and an unexpected bottle green hue, the pattern on the sleeves has a charming map print of the Southwest United States. Additionally, its slightly shorter hemline is actually elongating, which works perfectly on petite women like myself.
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Triple layering is one of my favourite styling tricks for adding complexity to any outfit. As for how to execute the look without bulky sleeves. it's all about using a vest as your middle layer. I opted for a denim vest, which I layered over a slouchy tee, for a casual off-duty feel. Skinny grey jeans and combat boots completed the weekend ensemble.
What I Wore: Boy. by Band of Outsiders Trench ($1195, 212.826.8900) in Army Green Travel Print; LNA Desert Crew ($90) in Desert; Aurelie Bidermann Bronze Mharaja Earrings ($240); AG The Heather Vest ($198) in Dixon; Mother The Looker Jeans ($198) in True Hollywood Lies; Laura Lombardi Cortona Necklace ($84); Steve Madden Thundr-C Boots ($100) in Black; VC Signature Anna Hobo ($280).
Look 3: Detachable Sleeve
There's nothing that quite tickles my fancy like a clothing item that can transform two different ways (though cargo zip-off pants-to-shorts are an exception). After all, when it comes to rationalizing a purchase, nothing makes a stronger case. While it's still chilly, my Gryphon trench with removable arms looks stylish with the sleeves attached, but it's just as fashionable as a sleeveless jacket for warmer days, allowing for seamless transitioning between seasons.
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For my last outfit, I took the trench back to its British birthplace with a nod to mod fashion. Inspired by all of the '60s-influenced spring collections, I started with a pair of bold checked trousers. I then continued the retro theme with a coordinating newsboy cap. To keep the outfit from bordering on costume-like, I balanced the mod vibe with a modern oversized clutch and of-the-moment white heels.
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A Conversation with Russ Hopcroft, Principal Investigator for the Census of Marine Life Arctic Ocean Diversity Project.
What do you do in arctic oceanography?
Pretty much the same things as oceanographers do anywhere. We go to sea (or send our students and/or technicians there) and try to discover/understand how the oceans work. It's simply colder doing it in the arctic, and the ice creates a unique situation compared to elsewhere. Depending on an oceanographer's discipline, he or she concentrates on the physical environment, the geological environment, the chemical environment, or the biological environment. Usually teams of all these disciplines work together on the same cruise. I am partly a biological oceanographer, which means I try to understand how the physical, chemical, and geological environment influence or determine the biological community. This could be either in terms of species composition, abundance, amount (as weight) or production (amount in a given time)... or all of the above. I am also partly a marine ecologist, so I try to understand the interactions and relationships between the plants, animals and single-celled organisms that form communities. I specifically do this for zooplankton, the small animals that live in the water "drifting" with ocean currents.
... and, of course, I also teach classes, supervise graduate students, serve on various committees, write papers, go to meetings, and drink lots of coffee.
How many years did you have to go to school before getting a job as an arctic oceanographer?
Far too long, according to many friends and relatives! It was 20 years from the time I started university to the time I got my Ph.D., which is much longer than for most people, but I took several breaks along the way. Actually, I never expected to be working in the Arctic after having done all my post-graduate work in the tropics. To a large degree, one ends up where a job is available for which you have the desired skills... so there is a large element of chance to this. In most disciplines, the skills are transferable from one place to another, but we all excel in a somewhat different sets of skills.
Do you work with animals?
Yes, but probably not the kind anyone normally thinks about. Almost all of the animals I work with are invertebrates, which lack a backbone. The majority must be looked at under a microscope to see much, but some - such as jellyfish - can be from 6 to 10 feet long. Some of them are incredibly beautiful, some look pretty boring, some look pretty weird, and some look like creatures in science-fiction movies.
What type of hours do you work?
It is past 2 am now as I write this, and this is a pretty typical night. I normally stop about now and I'm up between 7:30 and 9 am to spend a bit of family time, then back to the office some time between 9 and 10 am. I pick the kids up at 5:30 pm, have more family time, put them to bed at about 9 pm, then work till now, fitting in a walk with the dog about midnight (she tells time very well). I take weekends off and frequently don't work one weekday evening... so I typically put in 60-70 hrs a week. This is pretty typical of what's required by faculty at a research university to keep up and be competitive. When I'm at sea on a cruise, I may work up to 16 hours a day, and as many as 100 hours in a week (and yes, I'm very tired when the cruise is over).
Where do you work?
Everywhere - at the office, the lab, and at home in Fairbanks, Alaska. When I go to the field to do work, it's mostly in the North Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea or the Arctic Ocean "close" to home. Prior to Alaska, I've worked in the Caribbean, off the coast of California and Cape Cod in Massachusetts. This fall/winter I will also work with friends off the coast of Indonesia.
How much money do you make?
At present, enough to live comfortably, but not excessively. Until I got my Ph.D. it was not so comfortable. Biological oceanographer full-time junior professors make as little as perhaps $40,000/yr, while the very top "senior" people make as much as $200,000/yr but not very many of them! I'd say something like $50-100,000 is typical for most people.
Is your job something worth doing?
Most days I think so. I'm constantly challenged by what I do, and I am constantly learning and discovering. What I do contributes to an improved understanding of how the oceans and the planet, as a whole, work, and how this may be changing over time.
Do you travel a lot?
Yes, my family thinks too much so. I'm typically away at sea, at meetings or at conferences somewhere between 2 to 4 months of the year. So far, this year has been quiet. I've only been to Seattle and Monterey Bay, but this month I have a 4-day cruise, a meeting in Victoria, Canada, and a meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Next month, I have a meeting in Spain, then a month on an Arctic cruise, followed by another short cruise sometime in August. At the end of October, I have a meeting in Russia, followed by either a meeting in Germany or several weeks of field work in Indonesia. I can generally see my life about six months or more ahead in terms of travel.


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Cinematic Migration to the "West" in Egyptian Film
The presentation of the "other" in Egyptian cinema is somewhat rare. The few exceptions are the presentations of foreign soldiers and Israelis in war and spy films and of the so called foreign residents in Egypt (Italians, Greeks, British and French) in the "patriotic" films that deal with the topics of de-colonization and nationalization in the era of President Nasser.
The presentation of European and American countries is mainly limited to using them as settings and/or background for spy activities, love stories and honeymoon trips.
In this context, films dealing with migration topics are of special interest: first, they demonstrate direct contacts and inter-actions between Egyptians and foreigners from a different culture; second, they allow the viewers to gaze into the other's culture, space and lifestyle; third, they expose the various ways of understanding and interpreting the "other" by the filmmakers themselves, who present an important and active part of the cultural elite; and forth, they examine and re-shape the stereotypes about the "other" of Egyptian and the Arab audiences.
Cultural dichotomy: USA versus Europe
Analyzing four movies which are set in Romania (America Abracadabra, by Khairy Bishara, 1993), France (The City, by Youssri Nassrallah, 1999), the Netherlands (Hammam in Amsterdam, by Said Hamid, 2001) and the USA (Hello America, by Nader Galal, 2000), a major difference between the representation of Europe and the USA is clearly visible:
Europe is portrayed as a friendly space and as a home of cultures that are very similar to the Arab-Egyptian culture, while the USA is shown as the "other" space where values and phenomena totally unacceptable to the Arab audience flourish and dominate.
In Europe, the beliefs in solidarity, trust, friendship, hospitality and cultural openness still have a daily practical meaning: they are a part of the European lifestyle, no matter what country, city or village is meant.
The Romanian peasants accept the Egyptian migrants in the same positive and friendly way as they would a Parisian homeless, a French nurse or the businessmen from Holland.
The negative characters in Europe who try to swindle and to cheat the new migrants are other Arab migrants: thieves, traffickers and "westernized" relatives. "The people here in Romania are exactly the same as us, fallaheen like the Egyptian ", says one of the characters in Khairy's film.
"Paris is exactly like Cairo", writes Nassrallah's main character to his friend in Egypt. Another negative personality in Europe is the Israeli Jew in Hamid's film, who declares the Pyramids Jewish and tries all possible tricks to make the life of the Egyptian migrant difficult.
Negatively stereotyping Arab migrants and Israelis in Europe reflects a common distrust towards both communities in Arab societies. Arab migrants are shown either as criminals or as individuals who have lost the values of their homeland's culture and adopted ignorant attitudes towards their own people.
The US culture stereotyped in a state of moral decay
"Why did you tell them that we are Arabs?" is one of the first phrases the Egyptian Adila utters after landing in New York. The American passengers leave the airplane in panic after learning that an Arab couple is on the plane.
From the very first moment, the Egyptian Arabs are under suspicion of being terrorists. They are faced with ignorance and suffer humiliation directly upon arrival in the USA. The USA is stereotyped as a space where crime, injustice, social coldness, religious fundamentalism, homosexuality, political intrigues and the power of capital dominate daily life.
"Hello America" is, on the one hand, a comedy that exposes the differences between the Egyptian way of life and Egyptian stereotypes about the American way of life. American culture is reduced to its negative aspects as portrayed in third-class Hollywood productions as well as by the cultural isolationist movements in the Arab World.
On the other hand, the movie reflects the deep distrust of the Egyptian intellectuals towards American policies and democracy. The movie makes an attempt to explore the role of the lobbies, mass media and corruption in the political system of the USA.
The Egyptian husband – passive and tranquil
The negatively-characterized Arab migrant is presented here as well as in "Hammam in Amsterdam" as a helpless spouse in a bi-national family. The Egyptian husband is portrayed as a weak character who is incapable of forming his own opinions and whose behavior is that of the "traditional" female in the family: passive and tranquil.
Nevertheless, it is interesting that the Egyptian spouse in couples of Egyptian/non-Egyptian bi-nationality is always the male, never a female. The emancipation of women is an important issue in the cinematic migration that is a part of a complex of topics connected to gender and sexuality.
Emancipated women and homosexuals are presented, as a rule, as posing a threat to the Arab-Egyptian system of values and as an integral element of the "other's" culture and space.
The migrant's daughter in the USA behaves immorally by having a boyfriend and her father is immoral as well for tolerating their relationship, although he is under pressure exerted by his American wife. The popular actress Shweekar in "America Abracadabra" plays a prostitute who is striving for a new life with her daughter by migrating.
Migrant men dependent on a migrant prostitute
She is trapped with a group of migration seekers in Romania because the traffickers cheated them. Left without money, food or medicine, she sells her body to obtain money to buy food for her daughter and the male migration seekers she is stuck with and who are not able to manage the situation.
She is neglected and respected at the same time by her colleagues: respected for managing the crises and looked down upon due to her past. All in all, emancipation is addressed as a male adjustment problem and as a moral and value issue, and not as a matter of personal freedom and social injustice.
Homosexuality is present either as an open threat to the manhood of the Egyptian migrant in the USA and as an often-shown negative attribute of the other, or as an erotic element in "The City", which is presented as being part and parcel of Cairo and vanishes totally in the migration. Nevertheless, it does not play an important role in the lives of the migrants themselves.
The question of individual and collective identity in the migration is highly present in the films. The collective Egyptian and Arab identities are demonstrated beyond the family connections as an identification factor by the "other" and for the "other". "We are Egyptians, Arabs" is the answer of the migrants in Romania to the question of their nationality.
The Mideast Conflict and Arab identity
The Palestinian issue plays a central role in the collective Arab identity: On a virtual meeting between the President of the USA and the Egyptian migrant played by the Egyptian star Adel Imam, he asks the president to liberate Jerusalem and the Palestinians. The Palestinian issue is the main subject of the conflict between Hammam and his Israeli colleague in Amsterdam.
In "The City", the Palestinians suffer more than the other illegal migrants because they have no homeland to which they can return. The movies show that to be/become an Arab is a part of the migration to the "West", because the people are identified as such by the "other".
Individual identity is put to the test in the migration. Only Said Hamid gives his main character the chance to succeed, to establish an existence, to stay and to be happy in the migration. The other three directors send their "heroes" back home after suffering unpleasant experiences in the "West".
Free but bereaved of identity
Youssri Nassrallah makes his main character lose his identity in Paris: he suffers from amnesia and loses his documents. He regains his memory when he returns to Egypt.
The total loss of memory symbolizes the loss of the past, present and identity. The migrant has the choice of becoming a "nobody" and staying in France or going "home" to find himself again.
This extreme anti-migration attitude is based on the understanding of freedom and self realization expressed in the idea "Paris is exactly like Cairo": it is not a matter of geography or economy; it is rather a personal matter.
Nevertheless, Nassrallah's character says further "but the people may express themselves freely here [in Paris], they demonstrate without fear of being beaten".
Could it be that personal and collective freedoms are a major reason for migration? And not only for a cinematic migration.
Ala Al-Hamarneh
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Dr. Ala Al-Hamarneh is a researcher and lecturer at the Centre for Research on the Arab World, Institute of Geography, University of Mainz.
Young Egyptian Cinema
No Social Taboos Left Out
This year's class of student directors at the film school in Cairo are distinguished by their artistic courage. Their graduation projects boast blatant caricatures of dictators, the army and the veil, as Sayyid Mahmoud reports
Arab Cinema
The Dawn of a New Documentary Film Culture
Whoever still thinks that film culture in the Arab World consists mostly of Egyptian soap operas or films for the intellectual elite has some catching up to do. During the past few years, Arab interest in documentary film has made significant strides. By Christina Förch in Beirut
Arab Auteur Film Art
An Authentic Image of the Arab Youth
A new kind of cinema has been emerging in the Arab world - "Arab auteur films". They are "up-close and personal" in the choice of content and in cineastic style. Could this trend be the future of Arab film? By Stefanie Suren


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The Johnny Manziel party train went a little further west last night ... hitting up a nightclub in Hollywood with his BFF Drake ... and TMZ Sports has the footage.
The two hit up Warwick on the Sunset Strip ... but didn't arrive or leave together-- however, they were inside the club at the same time.
Of course, Manziel took all sorts of heat for raging in Vegas last weekend -- clearly, he's not bothered by the criticism.
Bonus -- on his way out of the club, Johnny gets into the same van as a BUNCH of hot chicks ... because THAT'S HOW JOHNNY FOOTBALL ROLLS, SON!!!


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The man convicted of killing 10-year-old Elisa Vera Nelson in Palm Harbor 32 years ago was executed at Florida State Prison in Raiford on Wednesday.
STARKE -- The man convicted of killing 10-year-old Elisa Vera Nelson in Palm Harbor 32 years ago was executed at Florida State Prison in Raiford Wednesday evening.
Larry Eugene Mann, 59, was pronounced dead at 7:19 p.m. — 15 minutes after his execution by lethal injection began. The execution was originally scheduled for 6 p.m. but was temporarily delayed due to a last-minute appeal by Mann's attorneys to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution, which was denied.
Mann was convicted of killing Elisa in 1981 and was sentenced to death that same year. He was resentenced again in 1983 and 1990. Gov. Rick Scott signed Mann's death warrant on March 1.
Mann killed Elisa on Nov. 4, 1980. She was riding her bike to school mid-morning, and about 100 yards from her school, Mann kidnapped her and attempted to molest her.
Elisa's body was found the next day in an orange grove near her school. She had lacerations on her neck, and died from a blow to her head from a cement-encased steel pipe that was lying by her dead body, authorities said at the time.
"How terrified must this little girl have been? Could she see this monster was about to crush her child-sized skull because she wouldn't die? Those are the images that come to mind whenever we think about Elisa," said Jeff Nelson, Elisa's brother, who addressed members of the media outside Florida State Prison following Wednesday's execution.
"Somebody told me today is National Siblings Day. Certainly I never expected to spend it like this," Nelson continued. Nelson was 12 when his sister was killed and had told his parents that she never made it to school the day of the murder.
Elisa was carrying a note from her mother that day, excusing her tardiness because she had had braces put on that morning. Mann's wife found that note — blood-stained — in her husband's truck, and told a friend about it, who in turn told police. A brief investigation followed, and Mann was arrested less than a week after the crime, on Nov. 10, 1980.
Mann had attempted suicide later the day of the murder, and had told intervening police that he had "done something stupid." Mann had a history of child molestation and psychotic depression.
For his final meal on Wednesday, Mann had mostly seafood: fried shrimp, fish and scallops, stuffed crabs, along with coleslaw, hot buttered rolls, a pint of pistachio ice cream and a soda, according to Ann Howard, the communications director for the Florida Department of Corrections.
"We were told he did eat all of it," Howard said, adding that not everyone executed does eat his or her final meal. They can request up to $40 worth of food, which is prepared by the Florida State Prison in Raiford.
Mann ate his last meal at 10 a.m. He got up at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning and was reportedly in a somber, serious mood, Howard said.
Mann's two attorneys and his spiritual adviser — of Baptist faith — visited him on Wednesday.
Twenty-eight people, including members of the media and Department of Corrections staff, witnessed Mann's execution. Elisa's parents, David and Wendy, her brother Jeff, and his wife, Debbie, sat in the front row. They wore big buttons with Elisa's smiling face.
"Elisa Vera Nelson was a bright, funny, caring and beautiful girl," Jeff Nelson told members of the media. "She was a Girl Scout, and played Little League baseball — she was one of the best on the team. She took in any stray pet she found and dreamed of saving enough money to buy a horse. She loved cheerleading, singing, dancing."
The curtain in the execution room lifted at 7:03, for witnesses to see Mann lying down, his hands strapped to the bed with leather cuffs. His eyes were open. The team leader asked Mann if he had a final statement, and Mann said, "No sir," and closed his eyes.
Mann did leave a final written statement — Bible verse Romans 6:23: "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
The execution began at 7:04, and the execution team's leader stepped forward several times, monitoring Mann, as Mann's face turned a pasty-white and his lips bluish-violet.
A doctor came in at 7:19 and first shone a light in each of Mann's eyes, and then with his stethoscope, felt for a heartbeat.
At 7:20, the team leader announced to witnesses that "the state of Florida vs. Larry Mann has been carried out."
Outside, several members of the Nelson family and other supporters and death penalty advocates held signs saying "Justice for Elisa" and "32 and a half years for Justice?"
Nelson, in his statement to media, also said that it was tragic that it took so long to execute Mann.
Citing the "horrific crime," Nelson said, "To then be dragged through 32 years of legal quagmire makes it even worse."
"The state of Florida and the U.S. need judicial reforms."
Nelson added that his sister lived 3,800 days — compared to the over 12,000 that Mann had lived during 32 years of legal proceedings that took place after he was found guilty of the crime.
Death penalty protesters had come before the execution, and some said they were there until afterward.
A white hearse was parked outside the execution chamber. In keeping with standard practice of people who are executed, an autopsy will be carried out on Mann, Howard said.
Contact Kristine Crane at 338-3119, or email@example.com.


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'The Haunting in Connecticut' **
There's not much wrong with the house in "The Haunting in Connecticut" that a little WD-40 couldn't cure. Everything creaks, including the dialogue. You'd swear the place was haunted by the ghost of a sound designer whose predilection for metallic clangs every time an apparition swoops by a mirror turns this thing into a virtual anvil chorus.
The movie bumps along from low-grade scare to scare, and it's not lousy, mainly because Virginia Madsen prevents it from being so. It offers the requisite "jump" bits -- Scary face in the mirror! Moldy ham in the fridge! -- and first-time feature director Peter Cornwell manages some evocatively grisly images of long-ago mortuary activity and necromancy and PG-13-level nastiness. The PG-13 horror market's generally pretty attractive to investors, and "The Haunting in Connecticut" may get by. But the results are more dutiful than driven, beginning with its drably functional title. What's next, "A Seance in New Jersey"? "A Medical Conference at the University of North Dakota"?
The film alleges to be based on a true story and for a little more on that, I refer you to carmenreed.com, maintained by the inspiration for our film's stalwart God-fearing heroine. (Sample Web site header, offering supernatural housecleaning for a fee: "Do you need help with a haunting?") Preceded by the book "In a Dark Place" and a Discovery Channel documentary, also called "A Haunting in Connecticut," screenwriters Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe waste no time getting to it. Sara (Madsen) and recovering alcoholic Peter (Martin Donovan) rent a big Victorian house near the hospital where son Matt (Kyle Gallner) is undergoing experimental radiation treatments for cancer. All that square footage for such reasonable rent. "I'm just wondering: Where's the catch?" Madsen asks, as only a game alum of "Candyman" (good, scary horror film) could spin it.
The catch: It's a former mortuary, though the movie's weirdly fuzzy on how much Sara knows about the history and when she knows it.
In the basement, years ago, horrible things were done to bodies, and the funeral parlor director had a clairvoyant son, Jonah, whose specter wastes no time in psychically befriending poor Matt. At first he's the only one in the house who can see the blood on the floor and the maggots here and there. Then everybody starts freaking out. Elias Koteas, whose weary countenance comes from the Jason Miller "Exorcist" school of method horror acting, portrays a reverend who helps settle the hash of the spooks, though Koteas takes everything in such blase stride, you'd think it was the guy's 15th haunting that week.
"The Haunting in Connecticut," for the record, was shot in tax-advantageous Manitoba. Will the U.S. ever get the hint that it might consider similar refunds on a federal level to compete with runaway production? Next thing you know they'll be shooting the musical "Chicago" in Toronto. Oh. Wait. They did.
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MPAA rating: PG-13 (for some intense sequences of terror and disturbing images)
Running time: 1:32. Opening: Friday
Starring: Virginia Madsen (Sara); Kyle Gallner (Matt); Martin Donovan (Peter); Amanda Crew (Wendy); Elias Koteas (Rev. Popescu)
Directed by: Peter Cornwell; written by Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe; produced by Paul Brooks, Andrew Trapani, Daniel Farrands and Wendy Rhoads. A Lionsgate release.


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Oscar Predictions: Who Will Win?
Feb 22, 2013 4:56 PM EST
The Artist's Oscar victory last year marked the first time that a movie about movie-making has won Best Picture. Could Argo's fake-movie-in-a-movie make it two in a row? The tide is definitely on Ben Affleck's side. Well, except for that pesky lack o… Read more


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Rangers of the North
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Rangers of the North were the northern people more commonly known simply as the Rangers, the last remnant of the Dúnedain of Arnor who had once peopled the North-kingdom of Arnor, now a secretive and nomadic people so that Sauron would not trace them. They protected the lands of Eriador although their secretiveness made other peoples consider them dangerous and distrustful in Bree and Shire, where they were known as "Watchers".
They were grim in appearance and were usually dressed in grey or dark green, with a cloak-clasp shaped like an 6-pointed star.
The term 'Rangers of the North' was used most often by those who lived in the southern lands of Rohan and Gondor, perhaps to distinguish this people from their distant cousins, the Rangers of Ithilien. Like the Rangers of the North, these were also Dúnedain, but they belonged to the South-kingdom of Gondor, and their ancestors had been divided from the Northern Dúnedain for some three thousand years.
The Dúnedain of Arnor dwindled after the breaking of Arnor into three kingdoms and the wars with Angmar. Cardolan and Rhudaur soon fell and only the petty-kingdom of Arthedain maintained the noble line of the West. Finally however, that too was destroyed in the Battle of Fornost and Arvedui, the last King of Arthedain was lost in the sea.
Arvedui's son and heir, Aranarth claimed the title of the Chieftain, who would rule the remnants of his people. Each of the Chieftains could trace his descent back to the Kings of Arnor and ultimately to Isildur himself. Each Chieftain would be secretly born and grow in Rivendell with Elrond, who also kept in his keeping the heirlooms of their house: the Ring of Barahir, the shards of Narsil, the Star of Elendil, and the Sceptre of Annúminas.
The Rangers became a secretive wandering and nomadic people around Eriador, little remembered and their deeds were seldom recorded. Their first years were uneventful since they arose during the Watchful Peace and after its end, the enemies concentrated mostly against Rhovanion and Gondor. The Rangers fought minor battles and skirmishes against orcs and wolves in order to keep the region safe. The hobbits of the Shire flourished under their protection.
During the rule of Arassuil, the Orcs of the Misty Mountains became more bold, daring to invade Eriador. The Rangers fought many battles trying to hold them back, but one party managed to reach the Shire, but were fought off by a party of brave Hobbits under Bandobras Took in Third Age 2747. Soon after, the Long Winter arrived and many lives were lost, and Gandalf and the Rangers had to help the Hobbits of the Shire survive.
In Third Age 2911, during Argonui's rule, the Fell Winter began with the Brandywine freezing over. This was a catalyst for White Wolves invading Eriador from the North which must have harassed the Rangers. In the last year of his reign, great floods devastated Enedwaith and Minhiriath leaving Tharbad ruined and deserted. The following years were peaceful although Arador was killed by hill-trolls and his son Arathorn II was killed while hunting orcs.
Arathorn's son, Aragorn II succeeded him, who between 2957 to 2980 took great journeys, serving in the armies of King Thengel of Rohan, and Steward Ecthelion II of Gondor. His name in Gondor and Rohan was Thorongil, and with a few Gondorian ships he led a Surprise Attack on the Havens of Umbar, destroying many of their ships and slaying its lord.
Many of his tasks weakened Sauron and his allies, during the War of the Ring helped the West survive. At that time Aragorn's people were scattered and diminished. When Halbarad led a troop of the Rangers into the south to Aragorn's aid in the War, he could muster no more than thirty in this company who fought in the Battle of Pelennor Fields.
Aragorn eventually became King Elessar of the Reunited Kingdom and the Rangers became once more a united people under the line of Elendil in the Fourth Age.
Portrayal in Adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- The Rangers of the North are called simply Rangers in the game. They were some scattered about Middle-earth, but there were also many who were organized. There was a group that Aragorn led to keep track of the Enemy's movement during Stirrings in the Darkness.


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Tori Spelling Is Expecting Baby Number Five
Former Beverly Hills 90210 star Tori Spelling has announced that she and husband Dean McDermott are expecting their fifth child!
Speaking to People magazine Spelling said:
"It was a total surprise, but we always wanted a big family. I'm really excited."
The couple are already parents to Liam, 9, Stella, 8, Hattie, 5 and Finn, 4 while Dean also has an 18-year-old son from a previous marriage.
It's true... I'm expecting my 5th! Get the details here: https://t.co/95i8IkIzGR @people pic.twitter.com/QoGaGdymaj— Tori Spelling (@Tori_Spelling) October 5, 2016
Spelling, 43 went on:
"Dean was saying, 'We just got Finn out of diapers; I thought we were in the clear!' "
"For the first time this year, they're all in school. So it's like, wow. We're basically starting over."