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Once the Jenolan Caves were reached, we all hopped off the buses and went to grab something to eat.
We were running a fair bit behind in time, so we didn't have much time and some of the activities had to be cancelled, but eat we still did, as food was available and it would be a while before we'd be getting back to UNSW.
My food was alright, although part of it was a massive rip-off.
So, with my meal, I asked for a large chips. I received what appeared to be a large chip cup (I don't know what their name is, so that will have to suffice) with only a third of the capacity full.
For a size reference, the cup was about the size of a large chips container from KFC.
They took up the majority of the cost of the meal.
I know this is really a minor thing, but I'm not always in the mood to have money go down the sink for something inferior.
Oh well.
Anyway, after eating, the group I was with (and myself) headed to a cave near the Six Foot Track as that was where all the students had to meet for a talk.
Along the way I stopped to get a photo of an arch. I fell over as well.
Anyway, the talk was from one of the remaining academics and it was, but far, the most interesting talk of the whole trip.
What I really liked is that you could tell that they were interested, but they were talking in a way that expressed it clearly and didn't block out the students.
This was (and still is) quite important to me, as during the trip, any time any of the other academics who were there to talk talked, it did not hold interest or desire to listen.
They were clearly interested but they could only express their own interest. There was what felt like a disconnect between their enthusiasm for the subject and instilling that into the students.
It seemed more as though they didn't care so much for what we needed to get out of what they were saying.
I could be completely wrong in that regard and I'm really happy to admit that if that is indeed the case.
However, right now, I can only comment on what I experienced and felt, and I know that, from speaking with other students, I was not the only one who felt this way.
The last academic to talk was easily the best. I got a lot more out of them than the others and it made me think more about the caves than I usually would.
Admittedly, it's not much, but it's still a lot more than what I'd usually think about them and now I have more of an interest in checking them out in my own time.
There was another academic there, whom I thought was going to talk. However, they didn't.
Anyway, after taking a photo of the whole class, we had to head back to the buses so we could head back to UNSW.
It was a bit of a relief to be making our way back as, due to running behind, it was going to make it more difficult to get home.
The buses made their way as quickly as they could, and in doing so, managed to get us back to UNSW a bit earlier than expected.
It was dark when we got back, but it wasn't too late in the evening.
As soon as they could, most of the students scattered like seeds in the wind, probably feeling tired and just wanting to get home to be in a more comfortable position.
I had a quick chat with the remaining academics before heading off to catch a bus with two of the other students.
During the trip to the city, we talked about what happened during the trip, about the positives of the last talk of the trip, as well as a whole bunch of stupid things (as people do on the odd occasion).
One of them and myself hopped off at one stop, and then after a few minutes, I went in a separate direction.
I slowly made my way to catch a bus to get me home, kind of feeling alright about being back in Sydney, but at the same time, feeling as though it was a little bit different from usual.
I was feeling tired and wanting to rest, but also knowing that I had a fair bit of work to do in the coming days before I could say that it was definitely time to rest (although, procrastination has played a hand in making sure that I don't get as much done as I'd hoped).
I also wanted to get my thermal leggings off as my legs were starting to get too warm and it was not advisable to strip down on the footpath, lest I end up with a situation that I did not feel like explaining on my hands.
When I think of the field trip, I think about how much of it was driving compared to ho w much of it was learning.
It's not necessarily a bad thing as it could not be helped.
For me, it was more of an excuse to get away from the city for a night and hopefully see some places that I had not seen before.
In that regard, it was quite a successful experience.
I can't deny that I learned some things that I was not aware of before the field trip.
I also can't deny that much of it could have been given out in a much better manner.
Still, overall, it was something that I feel I would be interested in doing again, although perhaps not for a few months at the least, as there's many other things I want to do before I consider another field trip as a mandatory possibility.
The time it took to write one thousand words: 19:32:33
Well, now that I've finished writing about this amazing chapter of my life, I can get back to writing about other things.
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USA | 1993 | Directed by Peter Medak
Logline: A duplicitous NYC sergeant's dangerous career as both witness protection guard and Mafioso informant, begins to catch up with him when he's bribed to kill a seductive Russian assassin to prevent her from testifying.
"People think that Hell is fire and brimstone and the Devil poking you in the butt with a pitchfork, but it's not. Hell is when you should have walked away, but you didn't," narrates Jack Grimaldi, as his best laid intentions for "feeding the hole" start to go seriously awry. He's been making $65 grand a pop for playing the corrupt cop, stashing the tainted moolah in a rubbish bag in a blocked drain at the base of his garden. Jack wanted it bad, and he got it worse.
The story goes that screenwriter and co-producer Hilary Henkin's neo-noir tale was one of the ten best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, drifting around until eventually it landed in the hands of journeyman director Peter Medak, responsible for mostly television work. He shone darkly with this flawed diamond, providing Gary Oldman with one of his more memorably screwed-up characters.
The superb support cast has Annabella Sciorra as Grimaldi's long-suffering wife, Juliette Lewis as his young ditzy mistress, Michael Wincott as his slick middleman, Will Patton as one of his colleagues, Roy Scheider as a cucumber cool Mob boss, and Lena Olin as the fabulously malicious Russian contract killer. Not forgetting Ron Perlman in one brief scene as Grimaldi's attorney.
This modern noir drips with melancholy and is laced with all the best elements of the genre, from the reflective, engaging narration which has Oldman taking about his character in the third person (he's in the witness protection program) to the lonesome jazz trumpet score from Mark Isham which fits the movie hand in cracked leather glove. The ending, which ties the story back to the movie's prologue (everything has been a flashback), is surprisingly sorrowful. You feel for Jack, despite the fact that he was a cheating asshole.
Such a downbeat denouement where justice and virtue is trampled asunder and the protagonist seems to be doing everything in his power to scuttle his own future is not the kind of movie Hollywood generally makes, especially with a cast this incendiary. I'd kill to make a gangster thriller as rich, stylish and uncompromising as this. Well, perhaps I wouldn't murder, but I might eat my weathered boots.
Romeo is Bleeding (the title is borrowed from a Tom Waits song) is dark and twisted and bitter and sweet, hitting you like a hefty swig from a bottle of stale over-proof bourbon while you chain-smoke past the midnight hour, absent-mindedly rubbing that slow-healing scar, and wondering if she'll ever call you back …


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Today was a jam packed day with a fun festival, outdoor film, and a surprise birthday party! I went to the Containveral Festival (CF) where shipping containers turn into retail spaces, performances spaces, and food vendor spaces! Being next to the water, the location was great in Northshore Hamilton and so creative with cool art, film, and music over three weekends. On this particular weekend, CF was also hosting Brisbane International Film Festival's screening of The Spectacular Now (USA) which I was going to see. The film is a coming of age story of a senior high school student, Sutter who meets a quiet and nerdy girl named Aimee. I don't want to share too much more so you'll see it. I really enjoyed it with my gal pals. We could bring our own dinner and enjoy a fun outdoor film in great weather. When the festival finishes, the space will turn into the Eat Street Market (ESM) where you can eat international cuisine, shop local, and listen to great music. ESM is only open on the weekend, Friday and Saturday evenings from 4.00pm to 10.00pm. I highly recommend it and can't wait to go back!
After the film, we headed over to my friend Diego's place to surprise our dear friend Corey. Corey thought that he was cooking dinner with Diego. Little did he know that his nearest and dearest friends were hiding in the bathroom and living room waiting for his arrival! I can't remember a time that I went into a bathroom with 15 other people just to surprise someone. 😉 He had no idea and the look on his face was priceless. Corey has a zest for life and is very passionate about health, teaching, and continuous personal growth. He loves to read and we have shared books that have really helped us in our leadership methodology and mindset. His motto is "Life is Fun!" and we definitely brought some fun into his life on his special day. We had a great time together drinking sangria before heading to the Met for a great night of dancing! Happy Birthday Corrado! Hope that you'll never forget this special birthday in Straya. The rest of our fun life photos can be found here!


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Over the last many years, St. John's has observed the blessing of the animals associated with the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. His Feast this year falls on a Sunday, October 4. While the Sunday Masses will reflect the Propers of the Day, the Office of Noonday Prayer will be observed to include the blessing of the animals – at 12 p.m. All pets are welcome, but on leash or in a kennel. Come for Mass, come back to see God's creatures!
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The dream of no longer having to drive a car might not be as far away as you think. The implications and possibilities are huge. Safety. Shortened, smart commutes. Less required cars on the roads. On-time arrivals. The potential elimination of accidents. Elimination? Accidents could indeed become extremely infrequent. Most accidents today involve human error. If you take the human out of the equation and combine it with shared information about traffic jams and rerouting via the cloud, the whole community benefits. Never mind the freedom it provides to seniors, the blind, even teenagers and their carpooling moms.
Chris Urmson, director of the Google driverless car team, wants his cars to be ready by the time his 11-year-old son is 16, the legal driving age in California. "It's my personal deadline," he told Technology Review. They have a solid prototype that's safely driven 700,000 miles. Google has also contracted with Michigan-based, Roush Industries, an engineering and specialty manufacturing company known for its custom Ford Mustang models, to assemble a test fleet of 100 in 2015 according to Crains Detroit. Take a look at one here.
In just 20 years, autonomous driving will be the norm
Google isn't ready to bring this car to market on the open road yet, but it's not the only one in the game either. Almost every major automaker on the planet is working on it. Audi allowed reporters to ride in their autonomous car from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas for this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Toyota, BMW, Tesla, Apple, Renault-Nissan, and Mercedes Benz are all in development. It will completely transform the auto industry and wipe out others, valets for example. There's no need for valets if cars can park themselves.
IHS Automotive forecasts total worldwide sales of self-driving cars will grow from nearly 230,000 in 2025 to 11.8 million in 2035. In all, there should be nearly 54 million self-driving cars in use globally by 2035. IHS further anticipates that nearly all of the vehicles in use are likely to be self-driving cars or self-driving commercial vehicles sometime after 2050. Vehicles as we know them could be eliminated in 35 years just like the horse and carriage was.
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Enhanced technology in commercial vehicles means increased safety for patients. It also means that logistics systems will get smarter and smarter with shared information on road conditions streaming in live from drivers. It could also mean that drivers would be able to better care for patients riding in those vehicles. It's not a matter of 'if' this is all coming, but how quickly and what regulations will be in play at the onset both on federal and state levels for self-driving vehicles. The innovations for transportation are well under way.
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Given the company's long track record with safety and its vision for elimination of accidents, it should come as no surprise that Volvo could outpace the rest. They recently announced their "Drive Me" program that puts 100 driverless cars on public roads by 2017 in Sweden and they are working closely with transport authorities and legislators to make it happen. Volvo's new car runs on auto-pilot similar to how a plane does. It can react quicker to emergency situations than a human ever could. Here's how it works.
Speaking to CNBC at Mobile World Congress this March, Klas Bendrik, CIO of Volvo, said, "The starting point is to put these 100 cars in the streets of Gothenburg (Sweden), driven by normal people on normal roads." Then plans can unfold for the rest of Europe and the U.S., he said.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
How we played: A look back at the history of winter sports in New York
Editors note: This originally appeared in the Register-Star in a different form. I've edited the piece to only include winter activities that would have been popular during John Morrissey's lifetime. I've also included a different introduction.
New York City in the mid-19th century was often a place of abject despair, filled with disease and death. But even the poorer classes weren't above a snowball fight after a snow storm to enliven a desultory existence. Winter sports such as ice skating became hugely popular during Morrissey's lifetime, but had their beginnings years before.
When the Dutch settled New York they brought with them a number of winter sports, including ice skating and hockey.17th century skates were made of iron and wood and were often attached to the wearer's shoes by leather straps. Skating matches were common, but in some areas skating was used as much for business as pleasure. Charles Wooley, an Englishman who visited New York in the 1670s said he found it admirable "to see men and women as it were flying upon their skates from place to place with markets upon their Heads and Backs."
A form of ice hockey was also brought over from the Netherlands as well and, according to some, the word hockey is derived from the Dutch slang word for a goal—hokkie—which roughly translates as "doghouse."
Ice skating had been around for thousands of years by the time the Dutch brought the sport to New York, but it would take the Industrial Revolution to popularize the sport. By the mid-19th century ice skating was becoming a craze among the middle and upper classes, so much so that many American artists began to paint images depicting the sport.
While some of the Dutch sports became part of the American fabric, other died out over the years, including a game that involved rolling a disk across the ice. "Cleverly thrown, it would roll a long distance. When it fell, it was thrown again. He who covered the most ground, in a certain number of throws, while the disc rolled upright won the game," wrote Esther Singleton in her 1909 book "Dutch New York."
Another game, brought to America by Scottish immigrants in the early 19th century, continues to be popular in many parts of the world and even parts of the United States, but has nearly died out in the Hudson Valley. The sport's history goes back to the 1500s where it was played in Scotland and Holland, with the Scottish codifying its rules around 1807. According to the Ardsley Curling Club Web site, the game involves members of the team sliding 42 pound polished granite stones down a 146 foot long sheet of ice helped by the sweeping of teammates to melt the ice and control the distance and direction of the stone. The closest stones to the target score points. The typical game consists of eight innings. Located in Irvington, in Westchester County, the Ardsley Curling Club was formed in 1932 and is one of only a few clubs left in the region. Both New York City and Albany were centers for curling, both having large populations of Scottish stone masons, and small clubs remain in both cities today.
The late 1800s were curling's heyday in New York with clubs up and down the state. But, according to John Kerr, writing in "Curling in Canada and the United States," in 1909, the sport was beginning to wane within the state by the turn of the century.
"The younger generation don't seem to have the same sentiment, nor are they imbued with the same love for the traditions of the game, or the grand old land that has given to the whole world the best, the cleanest, and manliest of sports that is played outdoors," he wrote. "There are a few of us left yet who are ready to make any reasonable sacrifice to the end that curling in the States is to go on and progress."
Curling remains hugely popular in Minnesota and Wisconsin as well as Scotland and Canada and became an Olympic medal sport in 1998.
A winter sport that has risen in the United States from an obscure activity of California Gold Rush minors to a national pastime is snow skiing, especially the Alpine or down hill variety.
Skiing had been a part of Nordic cultures for thousands of years before making its way to the United States with Nordic and German immigrants.
In the 1850s skis were in use on the West Coast during the gold rush, but didn't catch on until the next century.
Ice yachting, the sport of the Robber Barons, came into the fore during Morrissey's time. These wooden hulled machines were the apex of speed and style in the mid-19th century, able to reach speeds of 70 mph or more. The Hudson River Ice Yacht Club, formed in 1885 by John Aspinwall Roosevelt, uncle of 32nd U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, still exists today with around 60 members.
While not a sport per se, sleigh riding was popular in the area since the time of the founding of New Amsterdam. While sleighs served as transport they also served as a means to an end, with people taking rides out into the country for entertainment.
Sarah Kemble Knight writing of her visit to New York in 1707 commented on the variety and number of sleighs that were present on one excursion. "I believe we mett 50 or 60 slays that day — they fly with great swiftness and some are so furious that they'le turn out of the path for none except a Loaden Cart," she wrote. According to Singleton, the Dutch often made their sleighs into fantastic shapes, "such as animals, ships, fabulous monsters, or shells, carved, gilded, and brightly painted."And while it has almost completely passed away every winter around the holidays the sounds and images of this pastime come to life through the classic carol that begins "dashing through the snow..."
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North Carolina is no stranger to partisan battles. The state attracted international press and controversy in 2016 for House Bill 2, otherwise known as HB2, which overturned a local Charlotte law protecting the rights of transgender individuals to use the bathroom matching their gender identity. While HB2 has since been repealed, political divisions in North Carolina have only intensified.
This midterm election cycle, in addition to close races like North Carolina's 9th district, voters must decide on six amendments to the North Carolina state constitution. Voting on state constitutional amendments is not uncommon in the US; this year, for example, Floridians will vote on Amendment 4, which would restore the voting rights of felons. But the number of proposed amendments in North Carolina, and the changes they could bring, is somewhat unusual. Proposed and endorsed by the Republican-controlled North Carolina state legislature and condemned by the Democratic governor, these six amendments have become a point of tense partisan debate in this deeply divided state.
The Political Landscape of a Southern "Swing State"
North Carolina has long been described as a "purple" or "swing" state, meaning that it does not follow a pattern of voting overwhelmingly for either Republicans or Democrats. Traditionally, it's been a moderate outlier as a southern US state, a region which generally votes for Republicans at the federal and state levels. For most of the 20th century, the governorship and the state legislature in North Carolina were often mixed or under Democratic control, giving it the reputation of being a "progressive" Southern state — even if this ignores its history of racial discrimination, from slavery to the Jim Crow era to the present.
In the last ten years, however, politics in North Carolina has changed drastically. While Barack Obama won North Carolina by a slim margin in 2008, in the 2012 general election, Republicans won a large majority in the state legislature and Republican Pat McCrory won the governorship. This election marked the first time in decades that a single party controlled both North Carolina's legislative and executive branches — and the first time since just after the Civil War that Republicans controlled both branches of government.
In 2016 Democratic candidate Roy Cooper narrowly won the governorship. This change in leadership has led to increased partisanship and tensions between the now Democratic executive branch and the still Republican-controlled legislature. In December 2016, a little over a month after the 2016 election, the Republican-controlled state legislature passed legislation limiting the governor's power over election boards and the university system. Since being sworn into office in January 2017, Governor Cooper has vetoed 25 bills, and the state legislature has overridden 20 of those vetoes using its supermajority.
All members of the North Carolina state legislature are facing reelection this November. With this new political dynamic in mind, Republican legislators are trying a new approach in their fight with Governor Cooper. A strategy they hope will also drive voter turnout: constitutional amendments.
North Carolina's Proposed Constitutional Amendments
In addition to the US federal constitution, each state has a written constitution to dictate state government and laws. While the US Constitution or the US Supreme Court override state constitutions, states can use their constitution to regulate issues not currently addressed by federal law. In North Carolina, three-fifths of the state House and Senate must vote and approve amendments to the constitution, which then must be put to a statewide vote. If a majority of North Carolina voters support the amendment, it then becomes part of the state constitution and, therefore, state law.
With a current supermajority that may not exist after 2018, Republican lawmakers in the North Carolina state legislature proposed six new constitutional amendments this past summer, just five months before the midterm elections. Democratic Governor Roy Cooper has spoken out against the amendments, and he vetoed a bill related to the ballot language describing the amendments, which the legislature then overturned. The governor also filed litigation against two of the revised amendments, which the North Carolina Supreme Court overturned.
North Carolinians will vote on the following amendments this midterm election:
- Right to Hunt, Fish, and Harvest Wildlife: This amendment would constitutionally protect the right of North Carolinians to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife. The language comes from a suggested template by the National Rifle Association (NRA).
- Victim's Bill of Rights (Marsy's Law): This amendment would "strengthen protections for victims of crime; to establish certain absolute basic rights for victims; and to ensure the enforcement of these rights." A California group responsible for similar legislation, called Marsy's Law, supports the amendment. Similar laws are on the ballots in other states like New Hampshire. Of the six proposed amendments, this one appears to be the least controversial, as it merely expands upon the list of victim's rights already included in the North Carolina constitution.
- Cap on State Income Tax Rate: This amendment would cap the state income tax rate at 7%. Although the current state income tax rate is around 5.5%, the current maximum possible rate is 10%. If this amendment passes, state income tax increases beyond 7% will be unconstitutional. (This state income tax rate is separate from, and in addition to, federal taxes that all US residents pay).
- Require Voter ID To Vote: This amendment would require North Carolina voters to provide photo identification to vote in person. This comes after years of political fighting in the state over voter ID laws. Recently, the US Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina's proposed Voter ID law was unconstitutional because it, "target[ed] African-Americans with almost surgical precision" to suppress their ability to vote. It's unclear how this amendment would differ from that overturned law. The current language does not stipulate which type of identification will or will not be accepted, but the state legislature would ultimately be the one implementing the law.
- Selection for Judicial Vacancies: This amendment would allow the legislature to play a role in the selection process of judges by allowing the state legislature to nominate at least two nominees for vacancies. The governor would then choose a candidate from these nominees. Currently, filling judicial vacancies is the sole duty of the governor.
- Bipartisan State Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement: This proposed amendment is part of a years-long battle between Democratic Governor Roy Cooper and the Republican-controlled state legislature over the power to control the State Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement. The current board is made up of nine members, eight appointed by the governor from a list of nominees supplied by both Democrats and Republicans as well as a single member appointed solely by the governor. The proposed amendment would remove the non-partisan member and reduce the board from nine to eight members. The result would likely be "a 4-4 partisan deadlock vote," hindering the ability of the board to oversee election laws, enact early voting, or enforce campaign finance laws.
A State Government Divided
Overall, many of these amendments seek to take power away from the governor in order to strengthen the role of the North Carolina state legislature. Others, such as the amendment on the income tax rate or voter ID laws, are a way to circumvent the anticipated governor's veto on the issue by putting it up to a popular vote.
Reactions to these six amendments have been mixed and polarized. A campaign called "Nix All Six" is advocating for North Carolinians to reject all six amendments. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of former North Carolina governors has backed the "Stop Deceptive Amendments" group, which encourages people to vote against the amendments limiting the governor's power. The NC Republican Party, however, is urging voters to approve all six amendments, while advocates of specific amendments, such as the Victims' Rights Amendment, argue that each amendment should be considered for its individual merit.
Meanwhile, many voters have no clue that the amendments will even be on the ballot on November 6th. Those voters who are aware may still be unsure what the proposed amendments would actually do. Partisan divisions only exacerbate confusion on the issues, resulting in a lack of debate on the implications of these amendments. It also highlights the divided nature of North Carolina politics.
Democratic Engagement or Power Play?
What is the strategy behind putting controversial constitutional amendments up for referendum in a midterm election? At first glance, these referendums could be viewed as a way to engage the public in deciding on contentious issues. But the partisan struggle to get these amendments on the ballot indicates that these proposed constitutional changes have broader implications in the midterm elections.
Aside from attempting to make significant changes to state-level policies, these amendments could be a tool to generate voter turnout. In general, voter turnout is much lower in midterm elections than in presidential elections. The party that benefits from midterm turnout, however, is slightly more nuanced. Republicans generally tend to have higher turnout in midterm elections. However, if the president is a Republican during the midterms, that turnout advantage for Republicans is severely diminished. Voters often use the midterms to express dissatisfaction with the president's party, regardless of the president's party affiliation. Researchers call this phenomenon the "presidential penalty."
Given the current political climate, North Carolina Republicans cannot necessarily rely on high Republican-voter turnout. Motivating people to vote on specific issues, such as these constitutional amendments, could work in their favor. Data backs up this idea. Referendums can increase turnout in midterm elections by significant margins. California has been using this strategy for decades to increase voter turnout among its largely Democratic-voting population.
Republicans in North Carolina are therefore hoping to rally their base and increase Republican-voter turnout with many of the proposed amendments. This perspective explains why some amendments seem to be more symbolic than contentious — like the amendment on the right to hunt and fish. A large portion of people in the US engages in wildlife-related activities like hunting and fishing. It is an aspect of the 2nd Amendment that is easy to garner support for, especially in a state with at least 1.5 million fishers and 335,000 hunters.
The second motivation is to use the midterms as an opportunity to diminish the power of the governorship. This plan, however, has the potential to backfire. All five of North Carolina's living governors, both Republicans and Democrats, have publically condemned the amendments on judicial vacancies and the State Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement. Former Republican Governor McCrory has been especially vocal, describing the amendments as "a blatant power grab."
In a swing state like North Carolina, there is always the risk that Democratic voters will be galvanized to vote against these issues. With condemnation from both sides of the aisle, however, the proposed amendments could become a focal point of an already contentious midterm election in a very purple state. If voters do turn out to punish the party in power, namely Republicans at the federal and state level, this plan by the North Carolina legislators could backfire.


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Culture in Barrio Amón
By: Will
Last Saturday, March 5th we had the opportunity to attend the Amón Cultural event, in Barrio Amón. Several businesses and institutions from the same neighborhood got together to offer its visitors everything from guided tours, tea samples, concerts and dance presentations to art-creating activities, such as writing on a wall or coloring a sidewalk.
Five different maps were drawn to show the activities offered for each taste: scenic arts, environment, urban life, architecture and design. Of course, there was a special map with discounts so that gastronomy lovers could enjoy what each café or restaurant had to offer.
Recently we have attended this type of cultural events, always with good expectations that have been met. Last year, we enjoyed a Sunday under the sun in Barrio Escalante (see here). Next March 19th we will be at the Feria de Diseño Gourmet in Los Yoses. You are welcome to join us, just let us know if you will be stopping by and if you would like to take a few pictures with us.
We think it's a good idea to promote this type of event as it meets our goal of enjoying the colors of Costa Rica.
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LDS Charities responds to emergencies throughout the world on a regular basis. Below is a list of projects and initiatives that LDS Charities was involved with during June and July 2018.
Mobile Medical Clinic in Syria
In Dara'a, Syria, LDS Charities is helping a local partner purchase a mobile medical clinic and provide one month of operating expenses for the clinic. The Syrian Civil War has left medical centers inoperable and there is a large need for life-saving medical aid. The Greek Catholic monastery of St. James the Mutilated and Mother Agnes Mariam de la Croix will use the mobile clinic to serve approximately 25,000 individuals in the local region.
Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation in Syria
Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced within Syria because of a disastrous civil war; the latest wave of violence in Dara'a governorate displaced hundreds of thousands of people. At the Nasib-Jaber border crossing, approximately 50,000 displaced people are living in dire humanitarian conditions, including lack of access to safe water and sanitation facilities. LDS Charities is partnering with UNICEF USA to support UNICEF to provide safe water through trucking, install water tanks, deliver jerry cans of water, and maintain water systems. The partnership with UNICEF USA will also support UNICEF programs to increase access to hygiene and sanitation facilities in the area.
Ebola Response in DR Congo
LDS Charities is partnering with International Medical Corps (IMC) in DR Congo to help respond to a confirmed Ebola outbreak. The outbreak occurred on May 8, 2018 and reached a total number of 60 cases and 25 reported deaths. IMC has experience in responding to Ebola outbreaks and was one of the organizations deployed during the 2014 West Africa Ebola epidemic. LDS Charities will help establish screening stations as well as supply personal protective equipment, hygiene and sanitation materials, and training to members of the community.
Torrential Rain and Flooding in Japan
Beginning in early July, the prefectures of Okayama and Hiroshima experienced torrential rain and flooding that forced over 1 million people from their homes. This flooding is considered the worst natural disaster in Japan since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. LDS Charities is working with local volunteer organizations as well as international aid organizations to help. One partner is helping deliver post-trauma counseling to people who have been evacuated from their homes due to the flooding.
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Lightning miss chance to close out Penguins
Lose Game 6 of East Final at home, must win Game 7 in Pittsburgh to return to Stanley Cup Finalby Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl / NHL.com Staff Writer
TAMPA -- Because they failed to learn from their history, the Tampa Bay Lightning must now hope they can repeat it.
Just as they did a year ago, the Lightning had an opportunity to advance to the Stanley Cup Final with a win on home ice. And, just as they did a year ago, they squandered the opportunity.
After falling into a three-goal hole and playing passively for two periods, the Lightning's third-period rally came up short in a 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final on Tuesday at Amalie Arena. Instead of preparing for their second straight Cup Final, they must go back to Consol Energy Center for Game 7 on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports).
"We had a great chance tonight and kind of tiptoed around it a little bit," said center Brian Boyle, who scored twice for the Lightning. "We were tentative and weren't aggressive. We weren't on top. We weren't skating."
Video: PIT@TBL, Gm6: Boyle brings the offense for the Bolts
What made this defeat particularly frustrating for the Lightning is that they had talked for two days about being aggressive and making the most of this chance to finish off the Penguins while they had them down. They learned their lesson, they said, from being in this situation a year ago against the New York Rangers in the conference final.
They came out flat in that game and lost 7-3, forcing them to go Madison Square Garden to play a Game 7. They vowed that, regardless of the result Tuesday, they would at least put their best foot forward.
Then they managed four shots on goal in the first period and had 11 by the time they headed to the locker room for the second intermission trailing 3-0.
"Any time you miss an opportunity like this, it's disappointing," right wing Ryan Callahan said. "Our first 40 [minutes] wasn't where it needed to be. We had a good third, but, obviously [it was] too little, too late, and [there is] nothing we can do about it now. We move on, we get past it, forget about this game and go play one game for a chance to advance."
It appeared for a moment that the Lightning had taken a 1-0 lead on a goal from Jonathan Drouin 5:12 into the first period. Amalie Arena was rocking as Drouin fired the puck into a half-empty net with goaltender Matt Murray out of position on the Lightning's first shot on goal.
But Penguins coach Mike Sullivan challenged the play, believing that Drouin was offside. Video replay upheld his challenge, showing Drouin's right skate was across Pittsburgh's blue line early while his left skate was off the ice, and the score remained 0-0.
It would take the Lightning another 2:37 to register their first shot on Murray that counted, but they refused to blame their poor start on that disallowed goal.
"It definitely [stinks] that happened, but we kept playing," Drouin said.
They just weren't playing well.
The Penguins repeatedly pressured the Lightning into turnovers and outshot them 14-4 in the first period. With goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy holding the fort, the Lightning might have been able to escape the first unscathed if not for an untimely delay of game penalty on defenseman Victor Hedman with 2:10 remaining in the period and Anton Stralman already serving an interference penalty.
The Penguins cashed in during the resulting 5-on-3, with Phil Kessel batting in an airborne pass from Sidney Crosby with 1:14 remaining. The Lightning made a small push to begin the second period, but the Penguins responded with Kris Letang's goal through traffic at 7:40.
After Crosby raced through the flatfooted Lightning and beat Vasilevskiy between the pads with 25.6 seconds remaining in the second, Pittsburgh's lead was 3-0.
Video: PIT@TBL, Gm6: Crosby splits D, beats Vasilevskiy
"We weren't executing the way we needed to coming out of the zone," Callahan said. "Our turnovers were there and they seemed to outwork us at times in that first 40 [minutes], which we can't have that happen."
So the Lightning must go back to Pittsburgh now, as they had to go back to Madison Square Garden for a Game 7 last season. Few expected them to defeat Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers with a trip to the Cup Final on the line, but they played a near-perfect road game and advanced with a 2-0 victory.
They must find a way to do it again Thursday.
"I know we can," Callahan said. "I've got confidence in this group. We believe in here that we can do that. We've had success on the road in the playoffs. We've had success in their building already, so it's going to be a good one."
The Lightning have some reasons to be confident. As Callahan noted, they've played well at Consol Energy Center, winning two of three games in this series and five of seven in their two playoff matchups against the Penguins.
They also have the memories of what they did against the Rangers last year after many counted them out.
"Last year when we went to Game 7, we won Game 7, and we'll be thinking about that," coach Jon Cooper said. "Ultimately, we can't spot a team like this a three-goal lead. … Now, you've got to go back to a tough environment, just like the Garden was last year, and you've got to have your A game. That's the lesson we've got ahead of us now.
"We had our chance to knock them out [Tuesday]. Give Pittsburgh a ton of credit for the way they played and how they handled things. They volleyed the ball into our court, and now it's time for us to smash it back."


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I noticed with interest that the Blarney Castle application for an EZ Mart at U.S. 31 and First Street in Elk Rapids is not on the Village Planning Commission agenda for the Tuesday meeting. So I first checked with the Village.
Blarney Castle [EZ Mart] is on hold until it completes the traffic impact assessment study that was requested by the Planning Commission. The assessment will not likely take place until after July 4. Upon completion of the study they are to notify me when they would like to be placed back on the agenda for further review by the Planning Commission. (Source: email from Village Office – edited slightly)
Then I called Blarney Castle, a family-owned business for over 75 years. I spoke with Bill McCarthy, son of founder Denny McCarthy, at length today. Bill confirmed that the traffic study requirement came from the Planning Commission, not from (as rumored) the Michigan Department of Transportation. He noted that Blarney Castle has wanted to do business in Elk Rapids for 25 years, but there had never been property available that was large enough. Now that they own land in Elk Rapids, they have been working on this EZ Mart proposal for quite some time, meeting or exceeding the levied requirements.
At the last Planning Commission meeting, a traffic study requirement was included by the Commission. Note that the Commission acted legally when requiring this study but also note that the need for the study was subject to considerable interpretation and discussion.
- Blarney Castle will miss the summer selling season.
- Elk Rapids will miss out on the annual community festivities, put on at almost every EZ Mart location.
As an aside, Blarney Castle plans to sell Marathon gasoline at the Elk Rapids EZ Mart, not BP as widely speculated. No word yet on what fast food outlet will go in there. An earlier food vendor decision unraveled due to the delay.
In closing, I asked McCarthy his opinion of high gas prices. He said "I hate them." It turns out that high gas prices make everything more expensive, including the products that Blarney Castle sells. He attributes the high and fluctuating prices partly to the peculiar speculative market approach that is used for both oil purchases and no-oil-on-hand speculative betting. I hope that Blarney Castle does not exercise one of its other options and moves this project elsewhere. Although some residents oppose this project, I think that the majority approves it, but the seemingly endless requirements that need to be met have stalled this endeavor for at least another five to seven months.
I note with some irony that the required traffic study by EZ Mart might be overshadowed somewhat by the recent application by 45th Parallel Furniture to manufacture upholstered furniture at the adjacent location adjacent. Seems that traffic will increase in the vicinity anyway.
Note: I wanted to interview a member of the Planning Commission, but I received an email from Planning Commission Chair Barb Mullaly that stated:
It is my belief than any plan before the commission should be discussed in a public forum. Therefore, no one person can speak for the commission prior to any formal decision. Any opinion gleamed from an interview would be a personal opinion. Commission members are bound by law to make a decision when all relevant facts are presented and our bylaws clearly indicate ex parte communications should be avoided. I believe an interview with any news source could be viewed as an ex parte communication and I would not want any commission member exposed to a possible breach of the bylaws.
The meeting is tomorrow night, so I'll attend and find out what is discussed.


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Expect the following technology stocks to be among Tuesday's most actively traded issues: Clarify, Compuware, Dell, Lattice Semiconductor, Microsoft and Phone.com.
Clarify shares will soar Tuesday after Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT) said it will pay $2.1 billion in stock for the maker of front office business software.
Nortel will exchange 1.3 shares of its common stock, which closed at 52 3/8 Monday, for all outstanding shares of Clarify.
Executives expect the transaction to close in the first quarter of next year. The companies expect the acquisition won't affect Nortel's earnings per share in 2000, and will add to them in 2001.
Clarify stockholders must approve the agreement. Nortel has an option to immediately purchase up to 19.9 percent of Clarify's shares outstanding.
Also Monday, Clarify said it expects to report third quarter revenue of up to $63 million and beat Wall Street's consensus earnings estimates. First Call's survey of six analysts predicts a third-quarter profit of 19 cents per share.
Clarify shares closed up 1 31/32 to 45 5/16 ahead of the announcements.
Compuware rolled past analysts' estimates in its second quarter Monday, earning $108.8 million, or 28 cents a share, on sales of $568.1 million.
Its shares closed off 3 1/8, or 11 percent, to 24 1/2 ahead of the earnings report after Soundview Technology Group analyst Jim Mendelson cut the stock from a "buy" recommendation to a "hold."
First Call consensus pegged the software developer for a profit of 25 cents a share in the quarter.
The $568.1 million in sales represents a 55 percent improvement compared to the year-ago quarter when it earned 18 cents a share on sales of $366.6 million.
Mendelson, who was unavailable for comment, went out on a limb by cutting the stock just hours before its quarterly earnings report.
Last quarter, Compuware beat Street estimates by 3 cents a share, earning $90.7 million, or 24 cents a share, on sales of $443 million.
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the technology stock sector, Dell comes out Monday with a warning that rising memory-chip prices will result in lower profit margins in its third quarter.
Company officials said memory prices jumped as much as 25 percent in the quarter, resulting in lower gross profit margins.
First Call consensus was expecting a profit of 20 cents a share in the third quarter.
"We are managing the memory situation carefully and are working to offset the cost increases with efficiencies in other parts of our business," said CEO Thomas Meredith in a prepared release. "We are also taking actions to reduce overall memory consumption, including advertising system configurations with lower amounts of base memory."
Dell shares closed of 1 1/2 to 41 5/16 ahead of the announcement and quickly fell more than $3 a share in after-hours trading.
Dell said the memory-cost problem is a short-term issue that would only affect its third-quarter results. Company officials did not specify how much an impact higher memory chip prices would have on the third-quarter results.
Last quarter, Dell surged past analysts' estimates, earning $507 million, or 19 cents a share, on sales of $6.14 billion.
First Call consensus was expecting Dell to return a profit of 76 cents a share in the fiscal year, but expect those estimates to be trimmed in the days and weeks to follow.
Lattice raced past analysts' estimates in its second quarter Monday, earning $11.6 million, or 23 cents a share, on sales of $95 million.
Its shares closed off 1 3/32 to 28 3/4 ahead of the earnings report.
First Call consensus expected the maker of programmable logic devices to earn 19 cents a share in the quarter.
The $95 million in sales marks a 98 percent jump versus the year-ago quarter when it earned $9.9 million, or 21 cents a share, on sales of $48.1 million.
Last quarter, Lattice hurdled Street estimates, earning $12.8 million, or 53 cents a share, on sales of $59.7 million.
Its shares soared to a 52-week high of 34 5/8 in September ahead of its 2-for-1 split. The stock bottomed out at 13 5/8 in October.
Fifteen of the 21 analysts following the stock maintain either a "buy" or "strong buy" recommendation.
The software giant will report it first-quarter earnings Tuesday with First Call consensus expecting a profit of 34 cents a share.
Last quarter, Microsoft earned $2.2 billion, or 40 cents a share, on sales of $5.76 billion. That was up 39 percent from the fourth quarter of 1998.
In its predictably cautious tone, Microsoft officials implied that to expect similar growth through fiscal 2000 would be foolhardy. Then again, Microsoft never seems to disappoint.
Its shares closed off 17/64 to 87 51/64 Monday.
Phone.com gave its investors a reason to cheer Monday by declaring a 2-for-1 stocks split. The maker of wireless communications software closed up 18 1/4 to 218 ahead of the announcement.
Its board of directors said the split will take effect on Nov. 12 to shareholders of record on Oct. 29.
The company said last week it would acquire the wireless business of Apion Ltd., which operates in Europe, for 1.3 million Phone.com shares.
After its spectacular initial public offering in June, Phone.com shares have made a terrific ascent.
The stock peaked at 228 7/8 earlier this month.
All five analysts following the stock maintain either a "buy" or "strong buy" recommendation.


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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Vintage London Paper review on Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
St James Church
Last Night
What is Bryan Adams' obsession with the number 11? But does our reviewer think his performance was worth 11 out of 5?
Bryan Adams
St James Church
Last Night
What is Bryan Adams' obsession with the number 11? His London gig – on March 11 – is part of an 11-day tour of 11 countries in Europe. Each gig is made up of 11 songs. His new album is called…11. The 49-year-old Canadian soft-rocker says it's just because this is his 11th studio album and that needs celebrating.
So Adams rented the beautiful St James Church for an evening and, with just an acoustic guitar and harmonica, let his wheezing voice fill the toast-whiffy chapel (Adams accidentally set fire to his toaster backstage).
A 600-strong crowd hummed and clapped to old hits like Cuts Like A Knife and crowd pleaser Summer of 69. A few hardcore fans already knew the new songs and cheered for current single Thought I'd Seen Everything but most seemed satisfied just to hear Adams' back catalogue.
Clad in black and lit up by four strong spotlights, he looked a bit awkward in the religious setting and confessed to never having played a church before. His brand of love-drenched rock ballads never really fitted in until he, and the whole congregation, sang "We're in heaven".
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Cultures of the New World
In the 1600's a "new world" of sorts was being formed in North America. In this world, multiple groups of people were coming together resulting in cultures of people quite different from those that existed prior to the colonization of America. Whether for better for worse, one thing is clear: these cultures were an almost inevitable result of bringing together different peoples in a limited amount of space. The Native Americans and the Europeans were able to form a new world in America by interacting to form new cultures which struggled for dominance and attempted to hold together and strengthen these new groups of people by intensively classifying and categorizing their members.
Native American Culture
During the 1600's in America, Native Americans and Europeans were interacting frequently, and this interaction resulted in the emergence of new cultures and helped to form a new culture different from those before them. These new cultures, however, were not usually for the better, as is the case with the Native American tribes of the Great Lakes area. When the French traders disrupted the balance of power in the region by supplying the Iroquois' with weapons, they unintentionally led to wars that shattered many local tribes. To continue their existence, the refugees of these broken tribes had no choice but to bring their fragmented groups together into new tribes built of an aggregate of old traditions. To strengthen their intertribal bonds, these new tribes practiced intermarriage, adoption, and the traditional calumet ceremony, thus forging new and substantially different societies in the "new world".
French Culture
It wasn't only the Native American culture that was affected, for the French experienced their fair share of changes as well. This is most evident in the fact that the Natives altered the local strains of Catholicism. The fact that a religion could be changed by those it was trying to convert illustrates the idea that in the cultural melee of young America, no culture had complete dominance, which was a significant result of the mixing of various cultures. This example shows that while multiple cultures came together in America, they did so unwillingly, and even as they mixed traditions, they struggled for dominance.
Individuals and Society
The balance between the Europeans and the Natives in the new world was frequently upset, so in order to attempt to maintain order and a clear view of things, people had to be classified one way or another. Men would do certain things, while women would do others. Native Americans would be savages, while Europeans would be pious and civil. What the new and fragile societies hated were those who defied conventional classification, such as T. Hall (a hermaphrodite) or Andrew Montour (a French-Indian man). Montour wanted to be accepted by both the Indians and the Europeans as both an Indian and a European, yet the Indians and Europeans wanted him to be an Indian or a European, and this indecision led to Montour's death.
The local societies tried to fit Montour into predetermined categories, leaving him an outcast of both, revealing a flaw of this system of order. This drive to classify people into specific racial and gender roles shows how weak the fledgling societies truly were, as they needed to maintain rigid standards to hold themselves together. These people were trying to create a new world, but they felt that they could only do so by classifying everything, making it easier for them to judge aspects of their societies uniformly.
In the 1600s in America, European and Native American cultures came together and were permanently changed. Though many of these changes proved to be far from beneficial, new traditions and cultures were formed from shards of the old, and these cultures strove for dominance of the developing cultural landscape, without significant success. To hold these weakened cultures together, people felt a strong urge to classify people into predetermined categories, clearly stating their status and their roles in society.
Europeans and Native Americans were – for better or worse – able to create a new world in America by combining various pieces of various cultures into wholly new societies, and these societies were able to survive by binding themselves to specific expectations. These societies had difficulty coming out on top, and this battle for dominance led to further cultural mixing, making the "new world" very different from Europe or America prior to European colonization.


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2019 GAMEIS Golf Tournament
Tee of is at 2:00 pm Tuesday, July 9, 2019. It will be a shotgun start where everyone starts at different holes and tees off at the same time.
We will be playing a scramble format where everyone tees off and then the team chooses the best ball to play for the next stroke until the ball is holed. It's a fun, no pressure format all levels of players will enjoy. We hope to have vendors sponsor each hole. These funds will go towards prizes certificates for closest to the pin on the par 3's and a couple of longest drive prizes.
There will also be gift certificate prizes for the 1st, 2d & 3d place teams along with "The Most Honest Team", the one coming in last.
GOLF PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED Wednesday during the Ice Cream Social in the main exhibit hall.
There will be other non-golf gifts and cash prizes raffled off at the ice cream social. So make sure you bring your raffle ticket given to you at registration.
2019 GAMEIS Golf Sponsorship Opportunity for Vendors
We are hoping your company will want to sponsor a hole or two at this golf outing. The sponsorship cost is very reasonable and your logo will be displayed on the GPS monitor in each cart during play of your sponsored hole (s). Sponsors will also be recognized at the pre-tee off ceremony and awarding of prizes at the general session that afternoon. The link will also allow you to upload a company image that will be displayed on the cart GPS for the hole(s) you sponsor. 2018 vendors who sponsored a hole and submitted logos include: AiOS, Virtucom, Audio Enhancement, Spectrum, Safari, Citrix, K-12 Solutions, EDCO, ClassLink, Infinite Campus, Arey Jones Education Solutions, Presidio. These vendors should click the link below to register for 2019 golf, but they do not have to submit a logo.
Click on the following link to use a credit card to sponsor a hole or a special award.
If you need to submit a check for a hole or special award, please email firstname.lastname@example.com to ensure the hole/award is secure until payment arrives.
Holes go fast, so get your request in as quickly as possible. Also, if you have any giveaways you would like to handout, please email firstname.lastname@example.com and we can get them distributed at the event. Of course, all vendors are more than welcome to golf with GAMEIS members. Just follow the instructions on this page to reserve your spot with the clubhouse.


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Soham Johansen
About The Teacher
Soham Johansen is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to building, shaping and supporting the Danish Yoga scene.
For almost 20 years he has been teaching his heart out and is known for constantly bringing a new perspective to a time old tradition.
Soham is the Founder and sole owner of Hamsa Yoga Studio, a passionate lover of 5 star Hotels and all things with cream and butter.
With a heart that is even bigger than his luscious proportions he tenderly mixes biomechanics, poetry and healthy self-effort into a wonderful dish.Source: globalflow.secure.retreat.guru


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The Worship and Music Ministry of Carriage Lane seeks to not only provide music and arts for the people of our church but also for those outside. In this, we endeavor to point others to the Savior through the use of our musical gifts.
These are areas the Worship and Music Ministry has sought to labor in:
Peachtree City July 4th Parade
Hymn Sing at Southland Nursing Home
Messiah Sing-a-long
Music Missions Trip


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Portfolio Update: Mims House Wedding Venue Branding
I have absolutely loved working with the Mims House team on their brand! It was so fun to have the chance to indulge in my romantic side to create a brand that is feminine and whimsical. The brand is for a Southern historic manor that is being re-vitalized into a gorgeous wedding and event venue. The venue is located right outside Raleigh, NC - and is an old white mansion surrounded by magnolia trees. Pretty dreamy right? I can only imagine how many gorgeous weddings are going to take place there!
For the logo they wanted something romantic with a little quirk that included a magnolia flower. After only 2 rounds the logo was chosen and refined and the brand really came together so quickly afterwards! It was a truly seamless experience, and I cannot wait to see their business blossom!
If you are in "The Triangle" and are getting married - you gotta check out Mims House!
Hope you enjoyed! I am currently booking branding clients for mid-February and March - so please do get in touch if you would like to work together!


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List of all songs of Bheegee Raat
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Bheegee Raat is a Social hindi movie, directed by Kalidas, starring Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Pradip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal along with others. Here, on the movie page, you will find every thing that you need to know. Among Bheegee Raat songs, Aise To Na Dekho Ki Bahak Jaaye, Dil Jo Na Kah Saka, Wahi Raaz, Jaane Wo Kaun Hain Kya Naam, are most popular. Watch the latest songs videos in full HD right here on gomolo. We recommend you to start with Bheegee Raat trailer to get a hang of the movie. Check out what others are saying about the movie on twitter.
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#TBT Thrillist's Hall of Heroes
It's Trophy Back Thursday (#TBT) and today we are throwing it back to a custom Far Out Award we made for Thrillist's Hall of Heroes Event.
A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to the Meatopia Trophy, an award we custom-made for Thrillist's Meatopia Event. The custom award, which featured stacks of meat atop a golden cup, was such a hit that Thrillist came back looking for a similar award for their next event- Hall of Heroes.
If the mouthwatering image above didn't make it clear, Hall of Heroes was a celebration of all things sandwich; the best things between sliced bread! Our concept then was to create an award that featured sandwich on sandwich on sandwich.
First we took our Meatball Sub, then we added a BLT, and finally topped it off with a mouthwatering Pastrami Sandwich. The result was nothing short of Far Out!
The chefs at American Cut Steakhouse, led by owner and Iron Chef Mark Forgione, created the sandwich that won the Far Out Award. For Hall of Heroes they made The Ruben: house-made pastrami, fermented slaw, ramp Russian dressing, and Jarlsberg cheese, "piled impossibly high on rye bread." A classic prepared to perfection…YUM.
Yes, that's an actual image of their Ruben. No, you can't lick the sauce off the screen. Sorry.
The team at American Cut (pictured below) were clearly thrilled to take home the Far Out Award. Saucy swiss cheese smiles for days.
Chef Forgione himself stopped by the event and gave Thrillist a little iron chef insight into what makes the perfect pastrami sandwich. The short answer, their pristine pastrami they make themselves (it took them 3 months to perfect). Read more about the event, Forgione's pastrami, and see more sexy sandwich pics on Thrillist's write-up right here.
Looking for a Far Out Award for your next event? Visit www.faroutawards.com to find the most unique awards on the planet. If you want something custom like the Hall of Heroes trophy cup, just contact us with your vision and we will make it come to life!


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At least this will give Dylan O'Brien something to do once The Maze Runner franchise ends.
Synopsis: AMERICAN ASSASSIN follows the rise of Mitch Rapp, a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent to stop a mysterious operative intent on starting a World War in the Middle East. (eOne Films)
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, and Sanaa Lathan
Writers: Stephen Schiff, Michael Finch, Edward Zwick, and Marshall Herskovitz
Director: Michael Cuesta
Rating: 14A (Canada)/R (United States)
Running Time: 111mins
For showtimes and more, check out American Assassin on movietimes.com.
In terms of action films, there was absolutely nothing new here in every regard. It knows what it is and didn't try to be anything more. It's big, it's loud, and it's stupid so it's basically what you would call a popcorn movie and this will be enough for some people. What starts off as a quest for revenge thrusts a young man named Mitch Rapp to the CIA where he joins a black ops team run by a veteran named Stan Hurley (Keaton). Their mission was to stop one of Hurley's former recruits known as Ghost (Taylor Kitsch).
The derivative nature of the story and storytelling took away from the excitement that could have been had. It's predictable nature also lessened the impact of its many twists and turns. The characters aren't that deep, making it difficult to care about them with the best being Keaton's Hurley as he is given the most to do. O'Brien was a serviceable action lead but he was not asked to do much on an emotional level as his early motivations were quickly forgotten (although could return in the inevitable sequel). Kitsch was okay as the villain but wasn't asked to do much either.
Overall, this was a decent action film that was very derivative in its execution but offers some exciting moments and a fun performance by Michael Keaton.
Score: 6/10
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Home >> Salsas and Dips >>
It is difficult to find this combination in a Mexican recipe: the chipotle pepper and the avocado. But this combination identifies perfectly well the Mexican cuisine due to the spicy, smoky and soft flavors .
And we cannot fail to mention that the avocado is diced and it is covered with all the flavor of the salsa. Therefore while you enjoy the salsa in a main course or in some tacos , expect to feel in each bite the avocado chunks that fill your food with joy.
Blend and Mix
Variations: The chipotle pepper salsa can also be prepared with pineapple , piloncillo , tomatillo , etc.
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To: All 7 members of Painesville council:
Dear Council members-
Some friends and I are planning a 'last picnic of the year' while we still have some 40-degree days left, but I saw a "No guns" sign at the entrance to the park.
As an open carrier, I want to follow the law, but I didn't think city parks could post "No guns" signage any more?
Could you please tell me what the current laws or ordinances are in Painesville regarding firearms in the parks?
Thank you!
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SANTA ANA – Janet Nguyen was sworn in as the county's new 1st District supervisor this morning, seven weeks after winning the Feb. 6 election by just three votes.
Addressing the crowd in English and Vietnamese, Nguyen said that only in America could a 30-year-old woman born in Saigon be elected an Orange County supervisor.
"Wow, what a journey," she said, acknowledging the tight race between her and Trung Nguyen. "It has been a short election, but a very, very, very long election day."
With Janet Nguyen's swearing in, the board has five Republican members. Each panel member welcomed Nguyen, and only one mentioned that they had twice rejected seating her while waiting for the recount trial to finish.
"Father, we ask her to forgive us for waiting," Supervisor John Moorlach said during the prayer before the meeting. "We just wanted to be cautious and conservative."
Janet Nguyen's seating caps an election that may again be challenged. She was finally decided the winner after Superior Court Judge Michael Brenner on Monday denied Trung Nguyen's claim that a recount was illegal. Brenner said he found no improprieties with the Feb. 6 special election.
"There was no evidence of gaming the system," Brenner said. "There was a full and legal recount."


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3D Embroidery: The Modern Cameo
3D Embroidery: The Modern Cameo
Jessica Long
Ready to stitch up something new? Join embroiderer Jessica Long and learn a fun variation on one of her most popular patterns, the award-winning Modern Cameo. Jessica walks you step by step through simple techniques for making long satin stitches, woven-wheel roses, French knots and more. Plus, find out how to up-level your embroidery with 3D stumpwork. This project can easily be customized and makes for a creative gift!
Curiously Similar
Let your stitches run wild with mixed-media embroidery! Embroiderer Nichole Vogelsinger shows you how to make three boho-chic hoop designs using a combination of stitches, fabrics (great for stash-busting!) and embellishments such as beads, buttons and more.
Add gorgeous dimension to any embroidery project! Expand your needlework repertoire by learning how to create stunning, nature-inspired stumpwork designs.
Build your embroidery skills with a modern floral and animal pattern.


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Get ready, it's about to get HEAVY at Aftershock, y'all.
Head out to Discovery Park, Sacramento this October 21st & 22nd for Aftershock 2017! This lineup is every heavy metal-heads dream and will be sure to leave you shook! Aftershock is pushing their limits the year with acts including Nine Inch Nails, Ozzy Osborne, A Perfect Circle + many more!!!
Check out the Aftershock 2017 lineup below:
With over 30 of the hardest acts in just 2 days, you're bound to get lost in all of the madness!
Don't forget to take a break from all the head banging! Grab a bite to eat at Spicy Pizza Pie and stay refreshed with Monster Energy!
We can't wait for you to join us in the pit this October, what're you waiting for?!
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Want to go to prom in Beaufort County? Better get your parents' permission
Bluffton High School stages mock prom night car crash
Don't be surprised to see tons of teens in formal dresses and tuxedos this weekend.
And next.
It's officially prom season in the Lowcountry.
Six area high schools are hosting their junior and senior proms this weekend.
Four more proms are being held next weekend.
Talk about dancing the night away.
But prom isn't the same as it was "back in the day." Students can't just buy a ticket and show up anymore.
They have to earn it.
In some cases, parents even have to work for their teens' rights to attend.
At Hilton Head Island High School, all students attending prom have to have at least one parent or legal guardian attend a prom safety meeting before the student can receive his or her prom ticket.
Hilton Head Preparatory School, John Paul II Catholic School and Battery Creek High School all require students and parents to sign permission slips or "prom contracts."
May River High School will be hosting its first ever prom next weekend. According to Media Specialist Kimberly Exley, "each student and a parent must attend one of the scheduled prom safety meetings" before the students can receive their prom tickets.
May River, Bluffton and Beaufort high schools require prom attendees to go to "Prom Promise," a live re-enactment of a fatal drunken-driving crash complete with emergency vehicles, first responders, local law enforcement and even a rescue helicopter. The event encourages students to "promise" not to drink and drive on prom night.
While Hilton Head Preparatory School doesn't have a re-enactment, it did host a Thursday morning prom discussion with parents and local law enforcement.
All of these requirements are meant to emphasize student safety. The schools are trying to back away from the Hollywood version of high school proms —where alcohol makes its way into the fruit punch and students sneak off to hotel rooms.
But the rules don't end with permission slips and safety meetings. They spill over into the event itself.
Though the rules vary by school, here's a general list:
▪ Prom tickets must be purchased in advance.
▪ Prom dates typically must be no younger than freshmen in high school and no older than 20.
▪ Some high schools are requiring students to sign in and out of prom. Hilton Head Island High School, for example, will allow parents to request to see their child's sign-out time. Other schools may not allow students to leave the prom until a certain time.
▪ Dress codes may be enforced. For John Paul II, that code includes formal gowns being "tasteful, appropriately covering the body." Males must wear a tuxedo or suit; dress shirts must be worn at all times and undershirts must be worn under white dress shirts.
▪ Students may be subject to searches or even breathalyzers before entering or exiting the prom.
▪ Outside food, drinks or containers may be prohibited.
In most cases, those failing to follow the rules will simply be denied entry to or kicked out of prom. However, the consequences could go beyond the event, resulting in detention, suspension or even expulsion at some high schools.
The details
Hilton Head Christian Academy will get the party started on Friday, April 21, kicking off their prom night at 7 p.m. at the Country Club of Hilton Head at Hilton Head Island Plantation. The prom will include dinner, dancing and even a late-night breakfast following the main event.
Hilton Head Island High School, Hilton Head Preparatory School, Bluffton High School, Beaufort High School and Whale Branch Early College High School all have their proms scheduled for Saturday evening, April 22.
Both Hilton Head high schools and Beaufort High School's proms are set to begin at 8 p.m. on their respective school grounds.
Bluffton High School's prom will be held from 8 to 11:30 p.m.at Hilton Head Beach and Tennis Resort.
Whale Branch's prom is being held from 7 to 11 p.m at Elegant Event Hall in Beaufort .
Four more proms will be held Saturday, April 29.
Beaufort Academy will host its prom from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Coosaw Point River Club.
John Paul II Catholic School will hold the prom from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Port Royal Sound Maritime Center.
Battery Creek High School's prom will kick off 7 p.m.
May River High School will host its first ever prom starting at 8 p.m. It will be held on school grounds.
Ashley Jean Reese: 843-706-8155, @Reese_Ashley


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Throughout the years, I have accumulated various ambitious and creative projects, including applications, games and websites.
I have worked on full-fledged projects, in collaborative teams, and with reputable companies.
Throughout the years, I have accumulated various ambitious and creative projects, including applications, games and websites.
I have worked on full-fledged projects, in collaborative teams, and with reputable companies.
B2B Kolding aims to strengthen the partnership between local businesses in Kolding, Denmark.
Using Wordpress as CMS, I developed a custom-built theme for the website, and optimized it with cache, SEO and analytics plugins.
The gm(48) is a quarterly 48 hours GameMaker game jam from the community of /r/GameMaker.
I wrote the website in PHP, HTML, SASS and JS using the Laravel, Bootstrap and VueJS frameworks.
A safety instructions and quiz web application for visitors to the Grundfos facilities.
The web application was written in VueJS, and has editable files, translations and support for browsers from IE9 and up.
My personal website complete with landing page, portfolio, curriculum vitae and blog.
I wrote the website to be fast using the Flight PHP micro-framework via Composer. I use MixItUp 3 for display & filtering of projects.
FIRKANT is a a fast-paced, procedural platformer inspired by Cloudberry Kingdom and Super Meat Boy.
Made in GameMaker: Studio, it's planned for release on mobile platforms in late 2017. For more information, please visit the website.
Lennarth Hansen is a local politician in Kolding.
I have been contracted to create graphic designs, e.g. stickers and posters, for his campaign as well as help manage his Facebook-page.
An author with writer's block goes to an abandoned house for inspiration, but find things getting too real.
I starred in the short film as the main character. It was colorgraded and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro by me as well.
A small, atmospheric town, that was inspired by the good, old Western films, to explore around in.
Made in Unity3D as a school project, it was meant to teach us the asset pipeline between Maya and Unity.
A showreel for various school projects that I completed during my first two semesters in 2015.
Edited in Premiere Pro, it was important for me that the music matched the editing, so that it was exciting to watch.
Solve mysteries and puzzles using learning material in Virtual Reality as part of your school education.
Developed in Unity3D for use with Google Cardboard, I had to heavily optimize the game to run on old devices.
A mobile application for the members of Odense Golfklub with 360° imagery and 3D models of golf courses.
Developed in Unity3D for its ease with 3D, I had to write custom functionality to handle the display of 360° imagery.


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Sat10thAug 2019
Enjoy live music while you dine at The Observatory from 6pm – 10pm every Saturday and Sunday this month. With 5 delicious eateries, Rcade and Event Cinemas all under 1 roof- The Observatory makes winter dining deliciously easy!
Dan Sharp
Saturday 10th & 17th August
When Dan Sharp isn't writing or performing his own songs, he loves to get back in touch with what made him fall in love with music in the first place; really good songs. Dan has been a regular at bars and events in the Bay Of Plenty over the past couple of years (he even performed on the main stage of Rhythm and Vines 2018/19). He always delivers. Come check out his soulful, upbeat covers of songs you know and love.
Matthew Sutton
Saturday 24th & 31st, Sunday 11th, 18th & 25th
Bringing the bright and colourful traditional sounds of the Spanish guitar to New Zealand – Matthew began learning the guitar from the age of fourteen inspired by the flamenco played on the radio in his home town – Cape Town, South Africa. Since graduating from the University of Auckland with a degree in Music and having performed professionally for over ten years, the various repertoire he brings is one that is rarely seen in concert. The music of the great Paco de Lucia, Manolo Sanlucar or contemporary Tommy Emmanuel is illustrious enough to grab the attention of any passer-by.
- Saturday, 10th Aug, 17:00 - Saturday, 10th Aug, 22:00