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Missouri Must Issue 'Choose Life' Plates
(CN) – The 8th Circuit struck down a provision of Missouri's statutory framework used to deny an application for a "Choose Life" specialty license plate, saying it gives state officials "unbridled discretion to restrict private speech."
Kevin Roach, founder of Choose Life of Missouri, claimed that the Missouri Department of Revenue rejected his application for the anti-abortion specialty plates on the basis of viewpoint discrimination. After Roach appealed the denial to a joint committee, two pro-choice senators sent the chair of the committee a letter opposing the "Choose Life" specialty plates, the ruling states. The joint committee again rejected his application.
Choose Life sued the committee members in their official capacities, alleging violations of its rights to free speech, due process and equal protection.
The district court ruled in the plaintiff's favor, and the St. Louis-based federal appeals court agreed.
Judge Gruender said the 8th Circuit sided with its sister circuits in ruling that specialty plates constitute private speech, not government speech. And because the statutory scheme allows unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, the court ruled, state officials should be required to issue the "Choose Life" specialty plates.
But the court stopped short of striking down the entire specialty plate statutory scheme, saying the challenged provision can be severed.

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Compiled By: Firouzeh Mirrazavi
Deputy Editor of Iran Review
*Lidice Fine Art Exhibition Awards Iranian Children
Iranian children have been praised during the 2012 edition of the Lidice International Children's Exhibition of Fine Art in the Czech Republic.
Anita Sarvari, Asra Makkari, Fardin Rashidi, Ghazal Jelviani, Kowsar Karami, Mahsa Mohammad-Hosseini, Mania Salehfard, Mohammad-Shahab Zare, Narges Jamshidian and Shabnam Barqi received the Honorable Mention of the event.
The International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice (ICEFA Lidice) was established in 1967 to commemorate the child victims of the Czech village of Lidice killed during the World War II.
ICEFA Lidice is a one round competition for children between the ages of 4 and 16 who participate individually or from schools and organizations.
The expert panel of judges consisting of art teachers and visual artists selects about 1,400 works to be exhibited. The best works are awarded "Rose of Lidice" medals and others are granted Honorable Mentions.
The contest is usually held on the themes familiar for children with, including their pursuits, dreams and wishes, their environment, school, family, friends and plays.
Based on a recommendation by UNESCO, the event also announces a 'Theme of the Year.'
The 2012 theme of the year was 'Theatre - Puppet - Fairytale.
*Spanish Contest Awards Iranian Photographer Asghar Sameti
Iranian photographer Asghar Sameti has won two awards at the 2012 edition of the international Spanish Andorran Iberoamerican Circuit contest.
Sameti received the FIAP Gold Medal for his black and white photo 'My Dress' and the FIAP Bronze Medal for his color photograph 'Wheat for Bread.'
According to a report published by Iran's Cultural Office in Spain, Sameti participated in the event with 12 works and in two categories.
The Iranian photographer will receive his awards during a ceremony due to be held at Centre Cultural La Misericordia, Palma de Mallorca, Spain on October 13, 2012.
Asghar Sameti has participated in many national and international events and has been honored by the Inter-Asian Philatelic Federation (FIAP).
He was also awarded at the 11th Virtual Image International Photo Exhibition in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he received the FIAP Bronze Medal and the Jury Mention for his 'Global Village' and 'Same God in Ground and Sky' respectively.
*One Country One Film Festival Awards Iranian Short Film
Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jalal Saed-Panah's short film The Sound of Rain has been awarded at the 3rd French film festival of One Country One Film.
Saed-Panah's film, presented at the Competition Section of the festival, was warmly received by the audience of the event.
The Sound of Rain bet other 47 movies that had participated from Europe, Asia and America, and grabbed the Best Film Award of the 2012 edition of the festival.
Saed-Panah's short film recounts the story of an artist who lives atop one of the city roofs and is continuously disturbed by a boy who loves the artist over everything.
The movie also received the main awards of the 2012 edition of the International Digital Film Festival (IDFF) in India.
The Sound of Rain took the Golden Gazelle award for the Best Short Film as well as the Best Screenplay and the Best Director prizes of the 4th Suleymaniye Kurdish Film Festival.
The film also won the Golden Egg award of the 6th Duhok International Film Festival in Iraq.
Established in 2009, ONE Country ONE Film (UN Pays UN Film) is international film festival annually held in France in different categories of shorts and features, fictions, documentaries, experimental and animations.
The festival does not have a jury panel and the movies are judged by the audience.
The third edition of ONE Country ONE Film Festival took place from July 27 to 29, 2012 in the small village of Apchat in the heart of France.
*France's Top Honor Granted to Iranian Actress Leila Hatami
France has honored the celebrated Iranian actress Leila Hatami with an Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal.
She recently received the medal from French Ambassador Bruno Foucher in Tehran, the Embassy of France announced on Tuesday.
France's Ministry of Culture and Communication awards the Order of Arts and Letters, established in 1957, to recognize eminent artists, writers and scholars for their efforts in promoting the awareness and enrichment of France's cultural heritage throughout the world.
In early July, Hatami won the Best Actress Award for her role in "The Last Step" at the 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
She played one of the leading roles in "A Separation", which won the foreign-language film Oscar this year.
*Mihandoust's Film Wins at Noor Iranian Film Festival in US
Iranian filmmaker Ismail Mihandoust has been awarded at the 5th Noor Iranian Film Festival in Los Angeles for his first feature-length production.
The 2012 Noor Iranian Film Festival honored Mihandoust with the Best Director award for his latest film A Very Close Encounter that opened the festival as well.
The award was dedicated to the film's leading actress Anna Nemati during a closing ceremony held on August 9.
The 101-minute drama depicts a car accident between two woman drivers on a highway. Because of the injuries, one ends up in coma. After police investigations, the officer in charge of the case is doubtful about the cause of the accident.
Mihandoust's unusual nonlinear narrative is centered on the close relationship between the two women but also features the hidden mind games of the four main characters.
The annual event was held at Laemmle's Music Hall in Beverly Hills, from August 3 to 8, 2012, in an attempt to educate and inform the non-Iranian community about the Persian culture through the medium of cinema.
This year's festival also hosted panel discussions and workshops with different actors, producers, and directors to help the new generation of filmmakers.
As the first Iranian film competition outside Iran, the Noor Film Festival is a unique opportunity for the Iranian and non-Iranian community to mix and mingle with the purpose of viewing films and listening to fresh and important voices that capture the complexity and surprising simplicity of Iran, says the festival website.
Iranian cinema has been highly praised in the international arena in recent years, winning numerous high-profile awards for the country's filmmakers around the world.
*Osian's Cinefan Film Festival Awards Iranian Actors
The 12th edition of Osian's Cinefan Film Festival in India has awarded two Iranian actors for starring in Mani Haqiqi's latest production Modest Reception.
Taraneh Alidousti grabbed the Best Actress Award while the Best Actor Award went to the Iranian director and actor Mani Haqiqi during an awards ceremony that honored the best of Asian and Arab cinema at this year's festival.
Haqiqi's feature-length movie Modest Reception is the story of a rich couple who distribute plastic bags full of money in the Iranian provinces, a handout aimed purely at degradation.
The Turkish movie Inside directed by Zeki Demirkubuz received the Best Film Award for the Asian and Arab competition and the Best Director Award went to Faouzi Bensaidi for French-Moroccan title Death for Sale.
Dariush Mehrjui's The Orange Suit, Mani Haqiqi's Modest Reception and Ali Mosaffa's Last Step were the main Iranian representative at the festival.
Directed by the eminent Iranian filmmakers, each of the selected movies has been screened and honored in several international festivals so far.
Mehrjui's The Orange Suit and Mosaffa's Last Step were presented at the non-competition section, but Mani Haqiqi's Modest Reception was screened at the competition section of the gala.
Meanwhile, Iranian actor-director Ali Mosaffa served at the festival's jury panel along with Rome Film Festival director Marco Mueller, Indian filmmaker Muzaffar Ali, Egyptian director Magdi Ahmed Ali and US screenwriter James V Hart.
As Osian's Cinefan Film Festival features a competition of Asian and Arab cinematic creations, some 15 world premieres among its 175-film lineup were presented at the 2012 festival held in New Delhi.
The 12th edition of Osian's Cinefan Film Festival was held from July 27 to August 5, 2012.
*Shortini Filmfest Awards 'Maybe Another Time' by Iran's Asgari
Iranian filmmaker Amir-Hossein Asgari's Maybe another Time has been awarded at the 2012 edition of Shortini International Short film Festival.
Asgari's directorial debut won the Audience Award of the Italian festival which was held from August 1 to 5, 2012.
The 15-minute production recounts the story of a 13-year-old Afghan boy who goes to Iran in the hope of finding a job and helping his family who live in his war-torn country.
Maybe another Time took part in the event's International Competition section, competing with films from Finland, Switzerland, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and Bulgaria.
Previous editions of Shortini International Short film Festival had also awarded Iranian productions, such as Morteza Akouchakian's Bitter End of the Coffee that won the 2010 Best Cinematographer Award of the annual event.
Seminars, workshops and panel discussion sessions were also held on the sidelines of this year's festival, such as 'From an idea to his Creation,' a seminar held by Italian producer and director Antonio Conticello.
The festival also presented the book The Ascent to the Pyramid of Sale by Conticello during a ceremony attended by the author, Joan Fraterrigo, Diego Pascal Panarello, Jessica Spinelli and Simona Mustache.
Visitors took part in 'The Cinema of the Past and the Future,' an event attended by directors Roberto Furnari, James Casole, Antonio Caramagno, actor Tony Palazzo and SHORTini Art Director Stephen Cacciaguerra.
*Parisian competition Honors Iranian Photographer
The U.S.-based Iranian photographer Hamideh Zolfaqari has won the gold medal at the French photo competition, the Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) this year.
Her photo named "Differences" was an entry in the Non-Professional Category of the contest with the central theme of "other", the organizers announced on Saturday.
"Differences" also stood third in the press section of the Non-Professional Category.
Jonathan Knowles from Britain was announced as the best Photographer of the Year, and Miguel Candela from Spain was selected the Best New Talent.
In addition, Zolfaqari's three other photos were among the best selected works of the competition in 2009.
Px3 strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent and to introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris.
Photographers from around the world participate in the contest's two professional and non-professional categories each year.
*Kiarostami's 'Close-Up' Enters Sight & Sound Greatest Films List
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami's Close-Up has been named as one of the 'The Greatest Films of All Time' by the British film magazine Sight & Sound.
The British film magazine Sight & Sound's once-per-decade list of 'The Greatest Films of All Time' placed Kiarostami's 1990 movie Close Up as the 42nd film in the history of cinema.
The movie narrates the story of the real-life trial of a man who impersonated filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, conning a family into believing they would star in his new film.
While the movie released across Europe, it received great acclaims from the world renowned filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, Jean-Luc Godard, and Nanni Moretti.
As a filmmaker, painter, designer and photographer, Kiarostami has received many prestigious international awards, including the 1997 Cannes Golden Palm award and the 2008 Glory to the Filmmaker award of the Venice Film Festival.
Kiarostami has staged Mozart's comic opera buffa, Cosi Fan Tutte at London's Coliseum Theater and the 2008 Festival of Lyric Art in Aix-en-provence in France. He has also held a photo exhibition at Beijing's Imperial City Art Museum.
At the 2012 Sight & Sound edition of voting, Hitchcock's moody thriller Vertigo displaced Orson Well's Citizen Kane at the top spot it had held for the past five decades.
Since 1952, Sight & Sound has polled film professionals to determine the greatest films of all time. Nearly 850 critics, programmers, academics and distributors voted for the 2012 poll.
*Iran's Azadeh Shahmiri to Judge at Swiss Theater Festival
Iranian writer and stage director Azadeh Shahmiri is slated to serve on the jury of the Zurich Theater Spectacle festival in the Swiss capital.
The 30-year-old Shahmiri will join Omar Abu Saada (Syria), Max-Philipp Aschenbrenner (Switzerland), Mona De Weerdt (Switzerland) and Nunu Kong (China).
The Iranian art critic and journalist has written and staged numerous plays such as The Distance between the Stars, Murder at the Writing Room.
She has also written and translated several books.
The Zurich Theater Spectacle is an annual international theater and performing arts festival, hosting more than 20 performing arts groups and artists from around the world every year.
The event was launched as a small annual international meeting of independent theater groups, before emerging as a much larger cultural event in Switzerland.
The festival is held at five venues the largest of which is the Landiwiese by Lake Zurich and features numerous open-air shows.
The 2012 edition of Zurich Theatre Spectacle will be held from August 16 to September 2.
*Philadelphia QFest 2012 Awards Iran's 'Facing Mirrors'
Iranian filmmaker Negar Azarbaijani's first feature-length production has been awarded at Philadelphia QFest 2012 in the United States.
Facing Mirrors won Azarbaijani the First Time Director of the event which was held from July 12 to 23. The film took part in Best of US and World Cinema section of the festival.
Paul Fitzgerald, Joel Ludovich and Tiona McClodden selected the festival's First Time Director winner.
Produced and written by Fereshteh Taerpour, Facing Mirrors weaves together the lives of two women with different social and cultural backgrounds.
The film has been praised and awarded in many international festivals such as the 2012 International Three Dollar Bill Cinema, the 2011 Syracuse International Film Festival and the 2012 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
Azarbaijani's debut feature won great acclaim at the 2011 National Geographic All Roads Film Project in Washington D.C. and the 2011 edition of Montreal's World Film Festival.
Facing Mirrors is also set to take part in upcoming film festivals in Utah, Dublin, Melbourne and Sydney.
*'A Separation' Achieves Great Success in N America Theaters
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-winning film A Separation has taken the North America's movie theaters by storm as the second top-grossing foreign-language film in 2012.
The acclaimed Iranian drama has grossed USD 7.09 million in the United States and Canada since its release and came second after the French comedy The Intouchables, The Hollywood Reporter said.
Farhadi's Nader and Simin: A Separation won the Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
The drama also turned heads, winning the Best Foreign Film Award of the 27th annual Independent Spirit Awards during a ceremony held one day before the 84th Academy Awards.
A Separation also grabbed the Best Foreign Film Award of the 2012 César Awards on February 24, in Paris.
The movie received Best Picture, Best Film Not in the English Language, Best Ensemble and Best Original Screenplay awards of the 9th International Cinephile Society (ICS).
Farhadi's film won the award for the Best Foreign Language film at the 2012 edition of Golden Globes. It also received the 2012 Turkish Film Critics Association Award (SIYAD) in the same category.
The 2011 New York Film Critics Circle granted its Best Foreign Film award to A Separation.
The movie also received three top awards of the Best Foreign Language Film, Best Supporting Actress and the Best Screenwriter of the 2012 London Critics' Circle Awards (LCCA).
*ROPME Awards Iran's Persian Gulf Documentary
Iranian documentary filmmaker Ali Abdipour has been awarded by the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME).
Abdipour received the second ROPME 2012 award for his Voyage to the Persian Gulf . He had also won the 2009 ROPME Sea Area Gold Award for his Red Killers.
Born in 197, Ali Abdipour has a Bachelor's Degree in Film Directing from the Art University of Tehran and has been producing and directing documentaries and short films in Iran since 1992.
He is also a member of EDN (European Documentary Network) and is known for his environmental and underwater films.
Mysterious Death of Dolphins, Dam Construction in Iran, Green, White, Blue, The Jewel of The Zagros, Meymand, Lost in Time and Sun Islanders are among Abdipour's other productions.
The Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) has eight member states namely Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The countries joined forces in 1978 to adopt the Kuwait Regional Convention for Cooperation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution, otherwise known as the Kuwait Convention and four associated Protocols.
*Iranian Actress Wins 2012 Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Award winning Iranian actress Leila Hatami has been lauded at the 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for her role in the film The Last Step directed by her husband Ali Mosaffa.
The Best Actress award of this year's renowned European festival went to Leila Hatami (who many will recognize from last year's Oscar winning Foreign Film A Separation.
Hatami received the prize during a closing awards ceremony held on July 7, 2012.The movie also received the FIPRESCI prize of 2012 edition of the Karlovy Vary IFF.
Last Step as a screen adaptation has been inspired by both Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilitch and James Joyce's The Dead.
The festival dedicates various awards of Crystal Globe Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress for four competition categories.
The winner of this year's Crystal Globe for Best Feature Film was The Almost Man, a Norwegian film directed by Martin Lund.
The Canadian director Rafaël Ouellet also grabbed the Best Director trophy for his film Camion.
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival as one of the most prestigious world film festivals is considered the most important film event in the Central and Eastern Europe.
The 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival kicked off on June 29 and came to end on July 7, 2012.
*Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Nominates Iranian Educator
Prominent Iranian researcher and founder of the Children's Book Council Touran Mirhadi has been nominated for the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
Mirhadi was selected for her research on the history of children's literature in Iran by the organizers of the Award, which is annually presented by the Swedish government.
The Iranian female researcher is honored for her lifetime achievements in children's literature and education as well.
Mirhadi along with 37 professionals and others interested in the cultural development of the young generation founded the Children's Book Council (CBC).
Established in 1968, the CBC was registered as a non-governmental, not for profit, cultural organization devoted to the promotion of children's literature in Iran.
The German-Iranian scholar and editor was born in Tehran in 1927 and studied at the Sorbonne University in France.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is the world's largest prize for children and young adults' literature. It is annually presented to a single recipient or to several individuals. Authors, illustrators and oral storytellers are eligible to receive the prize.
Dutch author Guus Kuijer received the 2012 Astrid Lindgren memorial award, and Australian writer and illustrator Shaun Tan won the award in 2011.
*Iranian Qur'an Reciter Wins in Int'l Competition in Malaysia
Iranian Qur'an reciter Amin Pouya has won the second prize at the 2012 edition of the International Qur'an Competition in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
Born in 1977, the Iranian representative in the 54th edition of the International Qur'an Recitation Competition grabbed the second prize for reciting the first verses of Surah Ra'd.
The host country's representative Muhammad Anvar Bin Ghazali won the top prize and the third prize went to Radan Harmko from Indonesia.
In the female categories, the jury panel selected Hasnae Khoulali from Morocco as the top prize winner and Hanava from Indonesia (94 points), Avang from Malaysia (94 points) and Dayang Benti Omran from Brunei Daressalam received the second and third prizes.
The awards were given during the closing ceremony held on July 13. The three top winners in each category received their awards from Malaysia's king Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah.
The winners in both categories received some trophies, souvenirs, certificates and cash including $13,000 for top, $10,000 for the second and $7000 for the third winners.
Malaysia's 54th International Qur'an Competition was held from July 6 to 13 with the participation of 60 male and female Qur'an reciters from 44 countries.
*Iran's Majid Abbasi to Judge at 'Poster for Tomorrow' Contest
Iranian artist Majid Abbasi is slated to serve on the jury of Poster for Tomorrow graphic design competition in the French capital of Paris.
Abbasi will join Cristina Chiappini, Gitte Just, Maria Magdalena Kurpik, Alain Le Quernec, Malte Martin, Leila Musfy, Michel Olivier, Carolina Rojas, Rene Wanner and Paula Troxler.
Born in 1965, Majid Abbasi graduated from the University of Tehran in visual communication and was a member of the board and treasurer of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) from 2003 to 2006.
Abbasi has also been a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI) since 2009 and his works have been published in numerous international magazines and books.
This year's Poster for Tomorrow contest will be held on the theme of 'Gender Equality Now!' and the jury will select the best 100 posters to be published and exhibited around the world.
The pre-selection phase will be conducted by a committee of 100 members of the media, advertising and design industries, together with representatives from charities and human rights institutions professionals.
Iranian graphic designer Mohammad Ardalani is also a member of the pre-selection committee.
Ten posters will be selected for the permanent collections of several museums around the world.
Poster for Tomorrow is organized by 4tomorrow, an independent, non-profit organization based in Paris and aims to create the best posters addressing the chosen theme.
*Iranian Graphic Designer Wins at German Contest
Female Iranian graphic designer Maryam Khaleghi Yazdi along with 29 other winners has been lauded at the 2012 Mut Zur Wut poster competition in Germany.
Khaleghi Yazdi was honored for her two posters titled Chernobyl's Gift and Do not Leave Your Kid in the Virtual World.
The jury selected the winners from among 1475 posters created by 935 participants from 56 countries around the world.
The selected works have been exhibited at the Heidelberg and Mannheim galleries. The show is slated to run until August 28, 2012.
The Mut Zur Wut international poster competition is a yearly contest that provides the opportunity for designers to create a poster on a theme of their choice.
*AMPAS Invites Iran's Farhadi to Join Oscar Voters
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the Oscar-winning Iranian filmmaker, Asghar Farhadi to join the organization.
Farhadi's name is on a list of top directors from around the globe such as Wong Kar-wai, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Rodrigo Garcia and Michael R. Roskam.
The Iranian director's A Separation won the Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
The drama also turned heads winning The Best Foreign Film Award of the 27th annual Independent Spirit Awards during a ceremony held one day before the 84th Academy Awards.
The Best Picture, Best Film Not in the English Language, Best Ensemble and Best Original Screenplay awards of the 9th International Cinephile Society (ICS) are also among the many credits of the film.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has sent out invitations to 176 artists in Art Directors, Cinematographers, Directors, Documentary, Executives, Film Editors, Makeup Artists & Hairstylists, Music, Producers, Public Relations, Short Films and Feature Animation, Sound, Visual Effects and Writers branches.
Reports say the new roster of prospective new AMPAS members, reflects the determination of the Academy's current leadership to include more women and minorities.
According to a recent study by The Los Angeles Times, Oscar voters are nearly 94% Caucasian and 77% male. African-Americans are about 2% of the academy, and Latinos are less than 2%.
The study also found that voters had a median age of 62, while people younger than 50 constituted just 14% of the membership.
The new AMPAS members will be welcomed at an invitation-only reception at the Academy in September, 2012.
Membership in the Academy is by invitation from the Board of Governors and does not expire, even if a member struggles later in his or her career.
*Italy's River Filmfest Awards Iranian Short Film
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Nasiri's short production has been awarded at the 2012 edition of Italy's River Film Festival held in Padua.
Class B won the Best Short Film award of the event, which was held from May 28 to June 8, Mehr News Agency reported.
Nasiri's film was awarded for the bright conveyance of the meaning of life, the Iranian Young Cinema Society said in a press release.
A total of 12 Iranian films were screened during the festival, including Drivers without Hands by Reza Jamali, Water, River, Life by Hassan Dehqan, The Golestan by Mehdi Tangestani, The Barber by Ali Paknahad, Comma by Ata Mojabi and Comma 2 by Babak Shokri.
Organized by the Associazione Culturale Researching Movie in collaboration with the Comune of Padova and DAMS of the University of Padova, the 6th River Film Festival screened short films, animations and documentaries from around the globe.
The event presented a selection of shorts from the Royal College of Art London, London Film School, Zelig, Centro Sperimentale della Cinematografia and Svenska Film Institutet among other international cinema schools.
*Iran 'Facing Mirrors' Wins at San Francisco Film Festival
Iranian filmmaker Negar Azarbaijani's well-praised movie Facing Mirrors has been awarded at the 2012 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
Azarbaijani's first dilm won the Best Feature-length movie of the 36th Frameline LGBT Film Festival.
Produced and written by Fereshteh Taerpour, the movie weaves together the lives of two women with different social and cultural backgrounds.
The movie has also been lauded at many international festivals and received several awards such as the Best Narrative Feature Award at the 2012 International Three Dollar Bill Cinema in Seattle.
Azarbaijani's film was awarded at the 8th edition of Syracuse International Film Festival held in October, 2011 in the United States.
The film was also well received by both Iranian and Canadian audiences at the 2011 edition of Montreal's World Film Festival and therefore the authorities decided to schedule an extra screening at the event.
Facing Mirrors also won great acclaim at the 2011 National Geographic All Roads Film Project in Washington D.C. held in September.
Founded in 1977, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival is the longest-running and widely recognized event for screening particular films in the world.
The 36th San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival was held from June 14 to 24, 2012.
*Indian festival Names Bahram Radan Best Actor
Iranian actor Bahram Radan has been named as the winner at the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) in India for staring in Reza Karimi's movie.
Radan beat other competitors and swept the Best Actor Award of the festival for his role in Karimi's The Killer.
Two Iranian films, Here Without Me by Bahram Tavakkoli and The Killer by Reza Karimi, competed in the newly established the Ladakh International Film Festival held in Leh town in India.
Here Without Me competed in the Competition Section while The Killer was screened in the World Cinema Section.
The Killer features the life of a young forensic psychiatrist who visits an old friend whose fiancée, Roya, has been accused of murder.
About 60 films on various subjects were presented during the three-day festival chaired by prolific Indian director and screenwriter Shyam Benegal.
Movies from different countries such as France, Canada, Belgium, Lebanon, Cuba, India, Italy and Iran competed in four programmed sections of 'World Cinema', 'Competition', 'Indian Cinema' and 'Ladakh cinema.'
The 1st Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) was held from June 15 to 17, 2012.
*Austria 2012 Festival of Nations Honors Iran's Short Film
Iranian filmmaker Ali Hayati's short film My Silent Shadow has been honored at the 2012 edition of the Festival of Nations in Austria.
Hayati's film has received an Honorary Diploma at this year's Festival of Nations held in the Austrian market town, Ebensee.
The movie narrates the unintended consequences of imposed Iran-Iraq war in 1980s in the southern parts of Iran and its negative effects which still remain on the people's lives.
My Silent Shadow was also lauded by the jury members of the 2011 Third Eye Asian International Film Festival.
Nasser Zamiri's Bitter Milk and Payam Zeinalabedini's Tamam Gol were other Iranian representatives in the festival.
In a special program, Iran's Sooreh University Of Art screened Asal Bigdeli's Submission and No One to Guard the Farm, Roqiye Tavakkoli's ...And Nothing Else, Kazem Mollaie's Delete, and Ali Ahmadi's A Memorable Night on a Road Full of Street Flowers.
Jef Van Gompel (Belgium), Beata Dzon (Poland), Saeed Manafi (Iran/Austria), Romy van Krieken (Netherlands), Jurgen Richarz (Germany) served at the jury panel of the 40th Austria's Festival of Nations.
The 40th edition of Austria's Festival of Nations was held from June 10 to 17, 2012.
*Iranian Movie Wins Golden Goblet at Shanghai Int'l Film Fest
Iranian filmmaker Khosro Masoumi's 'the Bear' has been named the Best Feature Film at the Golden Goblet Awards of the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF).
Masoumi received a Golden Goblet on Sunday at SIFF's closing ceremony in Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai, China.
The Bear is a tragic drama about a war veteran who is struggling with the reality of life after returning from the Iraq-Iran war in the 80s.
The film is the Iranian director's tenth and the second to win a top prize for the best feature film at the festival. Masoumi's Tradition of 'Lover Killing' also won SIFF's Golden Goblet back in 2004.
Masoumi is the only director who has won the Golden Goblet awards twice in the history of SIFF.
After receiving the award, Masoumi told the audience that the film was picked unanimously by the jury as the best feature film in the festival, and that it was warmly received at the festival. "This warm welcome creates great moments for us," he said.
He also expressed hope to return to the festival as a Golden Goblet jury member next year.
Producer Javad Norowz Beigi, who was also present at the ceremony, described the film's success as a great honor for the Iranian cinema.
About 300 films from China and many countries around the world, vying for the Golden Goblet Awards, were screened in 28 movie theaters in Shanghai.
Founded in 1993, the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) is China's only A-category international film festival.
The 15th Shanghai International Film Festival was held from June 16 to 24, 2012.
More By Firouzeh Mirrazavi:
*Iranians & Sci-Tech Achievements: http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Iranians_Sci_Tech_Achievements_3.htm
*Awards for Iranian Filmmakers and Artists: http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Awards_for_Iranian_Filmmakers_and_Artists_3.htm
*Scientific & Technological Achievements of Iranians: http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Scientific_Technological_Achievements_of_Iranians_3.htm


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Ryan | Headshot Session | Buffalo, New York
This guy is one of the most kind and charismatic fellas around. I was so lucky to attend university for two years with his beautiful girlfriend Lauren. Ryan is a Software Engineer and studied Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. It's safe to say he's really smart and a blast to be around. Since we're both Alumni, we decided to have his headshot session at the University at Buffalo.
He was so natural in front of the camera and could multitask between posing and dishing out some awesome business advice.
I'm honored to have him as a friend.
I can't wait to see you and Lauren again (Miss you my New Jersey gal!)
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Geneva's 2018 alumni band: a record attendance
Alexis Dingeldein
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Geneva College's 2018 Homecoming marked the fifteenth alumni band under Coach Donald Kephart's direction. The performance on Reeves Field featured two hundred fifteen returning alumni joined with one hundred five current band members.
Typically between seventy-five and eighty alumni participate in the alumni band. As this was the final alumni band led by Kephart, there was an overwhelming response.
This year, musicians from all across the United States were featured, as well as a flute player returning from London.
The band performed "Elk's Parade," "Old Time Rock and Roll," "We're an American Band," and "Trooper Salute." Participants were given the music and learned the pieces the morning of the performance.
Coach Kephart started at Geneva in 1983 and the alumni band began in 1990. About forty alumni returned in 1990. The roster of alumni has increased with the program's growth.
"It's been a real family feel for group," said Kephart. "That's the way we've always tried to establish the band, and it's not just the playing. It's not just 'you're an instrumentalist'. We want you to keep doing that. God has graciously given you a gift to be able to perform in that way."
Over the years, a number of notable alumni returned to participate in alumni band. Madge Adams, a matriarch of the college, from the class of 1944 once played with her son and granddaughter. Charles McBurney from the class of 1938 once played with his son and granddaughter.
Kephart will be retiring at the end of the 2018-19 school year with thirty-six years of memories.


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When I got out of High School I knocked around a little. Working several jobs in a few months until I finally landed a job working on the railroad. Railroad work is difficult and heavy, physical work. I worked on a "Section Gang" which was a group of men that took care of a section of track stretching for about 100 miles. We did everything from sweeping snow off of switches to replacing ties and maintaining track.
It was the time when the railroads were taking out the old forty foot lengths of track and replacing them with a quarter mile long rail. The old track had a joints that linked rails together every forty feet. The new track had a joint every quarter mile.
This move was a good one for the most part because it reduced maintenance costs. We had to check every joint in our section, making sure it was straight and the bolts were tight. It took many man hours. Not only would the bolts come loose but the track tended to sink where the joints were and we had to level the track at every joint.
When the new track was laid, all that changed. But, there was a new phenomenon that took place in the winter time. The rail would get cold and shrink creating what we called a "pull-apart". The rail would actually tear from top to bottom making it unsafe for trains to cross. Everything slowed down with a pull-apart. The trains could cross them but they had to slow to five miles an hour not only slowing that particular train but also slowing the whole train schedule. Everything was effected.
We would get a call in the middle of the night telling us that there was a pull-apart at such-in-such mile marker. We would all have to get there and fix it. The foreman would get the railroad truck that held all our equipment and drive it to the sight.
We took big chunks of rope that were soaked in diesel fuel and lay it along the rail on each side of the split in the rail and light it on fire. It would heat the rail and you could see the rail start to move together. The cold caused it to contract, but the heat caused it's expansion. It would grow together where the air temperature was way below freezing but the rail temperature was above boiling.
Once the rail had grown together, we would drill holes in either side of the pull-apart large enough to receive the bolts that held the joint together. It made the rail much stronger than before. It left a scar but it was strong.
The ability to choose the way we respond to our circumstances is perhaps the greatest power we have. Our ability to choose regardless of our surroundings is what makes us like God. We are made in His image. When the darkness was thick in Genesis chapter one, God didn't say, "Wow, it's dark out here, I guess I can't do anything about it." He said, "Let there be light!"
When your life tears from top to bottom, God will apply heat many times to draw it back together. When that happens, your choices will make you or break you. You can play the victim card or feel sorry for yourself but all that does is render you powerless. You have to take responsibility for your life. Going to neutral will not change your circumstances. You have to take action.
Every life has unique elements to it. There are things we can't control but that is only about ten percent of our lives. Ninety percent of our lives are created by the decisions we make. I would rather make a wrong decision and live with it or back up and start again than be a victim.
We fixed every pull-apart that happened. It slowed things down at times and made life harder because we had to get up in the middle of the night sometimes in sub-zero weather. It was uncomfortable, but necessary.
Don't sit and look at the pull-apart in your life with no action. Receive the heat that will fix it. It won't be hot forever.


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Dickie, Michael Albert - Age 59, Stewiacke, passed away March 13, 2015, in the Halifax Infirmary, QEII, surrounded by his family. Born in Halifax, he was a son of the late Howard and Gwynneth (Ackles) Dickie. For 33 years, Mike had been employed by Canadian National Railway from where he retired. He enjoyed fishing, tying his own flies, making models railroads, spending time in his man cave and at the lake.
Surviving are his wife, Rhonda Gross; daughters, Emma and Moira; sister, Wendy (Leo) Guyette; four nephews.
Cremation has taken place. In keeping with Mike's wishes, there will be no service. A celebration of his life will be held in July at the man cave and at Lake Charlotte. Memorial donations may be made to Canadian Liver Foundation.
Arrangements are under the direction of Arimathea Funeral Cooperative, Upper Musquodoboit.


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Over 60 people turned out at Craigavon Civic Centre for an MS Society 'Meet the Consultant' event with Dr Jamie Campbell, Consultant Neurologist from the Southern Trust.
The event was an opportunity for people affected by MS and their families to hear directly from a consultant neurologist, to hear their views on MS, to hear the latest news on treatment and research and to have their questions answered.
The Craigavon Group of the MS Society organised the event and Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Julie Flaherty supported with the provision of IT equipment at Craigavon Civic Centre.
Lewis Trevithick, Chair of Craigavon Group of MS Society said: "Lots of people have trouble accessing a consultant, waiting lists are long and appointments are short but people living with MS and their families have lots of questions and a thirst for knowledge. We thought organising an event like this was a way to address some of that and it proved extremely positive."
Dr Jamie Campbell Consultant Neurologist Southern Trust added: "I would like to thank the MS society for the opportunity to take part."


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Globalization and the Internet are challenges translation agencies are confronted with. RFID technology has evolved given that then, and has been implemented in numerous applications, such as in warehouse management, library method, attendance system, theft prevention, and so on. In general, RFID is used for tracking, tracing, and identifying objects.
A modern day example is the rise of communication technology, which has lessened barriers to human interaction and as a result has helped spawn new subcultures the rise of cyberculture has at its basis the improvement of the World wide web and the pc 15 Not all technology enhances culture in a inventive way technology can also support facilitate political oppression and war by way of tools such as guns.
Man had a quite low IQ, and each and every and each and every studying curve was a deep and thoughtful method. Perhaps in the Praires exactly where the eye can see off into a vanishingpoint Animals do not want technology to tell them an earthquake is coming. He is not versed in any enterprise functions and is consequently incapable of assisting you with numerous extra services that will maximize your data technology investments.
So we must give credit to technology given that it has entwined with our lives, benefiting us to excellent lengths but at the very same time we ought to preserve ourselves under control with out carrying out also considerably of it and getting addicted. Every invention isa boon till it is misused.Technology is certainly a boon when we use it in a proper way. So it has been shown how hybrid technology combines the use of a gas engine in conjunction with a permanent AC magnet motor to enhance fuel economy. In the excerpt, Mark Helprin describes an ARS technology that went rouge and built a golf course in Africa. The info availability is largely due to the advancement of technology know as computers. The emergency of the enhanced digital age has offered numerous possibilities that have been previously unavailable. Murder, kidnapping and ransoming are bold news in the media which scares the death out of us and make us want to believe damaging about our environment and the globe.
Some of the most poignant criticisms of technology are located in what are now considered to be dystopian literary classics such as Aldous Huxley 's Brave New Planet , Anthony Burgess 's A Clockwork Orange , and George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four In Goethe's Faust , Faust promoting his soul to the devil in return for power over the physical world is also usually interpreted as a metaphor for the adoption of industrial technology.


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Using encrypted connections is possible when connecting to a TLS (sometimes referred to as SSL) enabled MySQL server. Much of the configuration of MySQL Shell is based on the options used by MySQL server, see Using Encrypted Connections for more information.
To configure an encrypted connection at startup of MySQL Shell, use the following command options:
--ssl: Deprecated, to be removed in a future version. Use
--ssl-mode. This option enables or disables encrypted connections.
--ssl-mode: This option specifies the desired security state of the connection to the server.
--ssl-ca=: The path to a file in PEM format that contains a list of trusted SSL Certificate Authorities.
--ssl-capath=: The path to a directory that contains trusted SSL Certificate Authority certificates in PEM format.
--ssl-cert=: The name of the SSL certificate file in PEM format to use for establishing an encrypted connection.
--ssl-cipher=: The name of the SSL cipher to use for establishing an encrypted connection.
--ssl-key=: The name of the SSL key file in PEM format to use for establishing an encrypted connection.
--ssl-crl=: The path to a file containing certificate revocation lists in PEM format.
--ssl-crlpath=: The path to a directory that contains files containing certificate revocation lists in PEM format.
--tls-version=: The TLS protocols permitted for encrypted connections.
Alternatively, the SSL options can be encoded as part of a
URI-like connection string as part of the query element. The
available SSL options are the same as those listed above, but
written without the preceding hyphens. For example,
ssl-ca is the equivalent of
Paths specified in a URI-like string must be percent encoded, for example:
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|Cooking teams assemble near the stage as awards are
presented and teams are recognized for their efforts.
Several "celebrity" teams made of of representatives of the Governor's Office, County Council, Kohala Boys, ILWU, Mayor's Team and others prepared a variety of dishes from pastas, stews, and dumplings competing for selection as "Most Savory," "Most Creative," "Most Aromatic," "Best Presentation," and the "People's Choice" awards.
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Join The Corner Store Country Run in Katy, TX as an event volunteer! It's an awesome family-friendly 5K Run/Walk that features fun, farm-themed obstacles and has a country fair at the finish line complete with food, drinks, live music and carnival games. The event will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters! All volunteers will receive a t-shirt and backpack along with free access to the post-race country fair complete with live music, games and great food. To sign up, click here!
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Tuesday, September 01, 2015
What America Thinks: How Are Our Schools?
It's back-to-school time across the country. But how do adults feel about the schools these days and the graduates they are turning out? We decided to find out what America thinks.
Multiple health and medical organizations believe that many middle- and high-schoolers don't get enough sleep and cite early school days as a cause. They recommend starting school no earlier than 8:30 A.M. local time, but most schools nationwide start the school day before then. Nearly two-out-of-three Americans think 8:30 a.m. is a good time to start. Just 20% think it's too early to start the school day, while 12% say it's too late.
Most Americans think, too, that children in this country need to spend more time in school, although they oppose the idea of extending the school year to all 12 months.
As for homework, 20% think there is too much of it, while 27% say there's not enough. Thirty-two percent (32%) rate the level of homework as about right, but that's down from past years.
The bottom line, though, is the graduates these schools produce. Unfortunately, roughly 60% of U.S. voters believe the graduates of America's public schools are not prepared for either college or the workforce. No wonder voters don't think they're getting their money's worth out of the schools.
For Rasmussen Reports, I'm Alex Boyer. Remember, if it's in the news, it's in our polls.


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November 29, 2018: "Fixing Facebook: Zuckerberg falls short of his New Year's goal" – C-Net
October 3, 2018: "Alex Jones Sues PayPal Over Ban, Seeks Reinstatement" – Media Post
September 7, 2018: "Beyond Alex Jones: Twitter and Facebook face heat over alleged bias" – The Christian Science Monitor
August 29, 2018: "Opinion: Suing Grindr for Racism Doesn't Address the Real Problem" – Logo
August 28, 2018: "Kudlow says White House 'taking a look' at regulating Google searches" – Market Watch
August 24, 2018: "Prager Seeks To Revive 'Censorship' Suit Against Google" – Digital News Daily
August 8, 2018: "Why Big Tech Finally Bucked Alex Jones" – National Journal
July 26, 2018: "Trump 'shadow ban' tweet: A F.A.Q." – Washington Post
July 26, 2018: "The Story Behind Trump's Claim That Twitter Is Shadow-Banning Conservatives" – SLATE
July 25, 2018: "Twitter is Not 'Shadow Banning' Republicans"- NY Mag
July 25, 2018: "Twitter is "shadow banning" prominent Republicans like the RNC chair and Trump Jr.'s spokesman"- Vice News
July 22, 2018: "St. Louis Uber and Lyft Driver Secretly Live-Streamed Passengers, Report Says" – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
July 22, 2018: "St. Louis Uber and Lyft Driver Secretly Live-Streamed Passengers, Report Says" – New York Times
May 19, 2018: "Data privacy issues may be coming to a campaign near you" – NBC News
May 17, 2018: "What Would Happen if the Technology Sector Becomes Regulated?" – innovation & tech today
May 15, 2018: "Facebook's free-speech dilemma is financial, not constitutional" – Washington Examiner
May 4, 2018: "Facebook Hires Ex-GOP Senator To Advise On Anti-Conservative Bias" – Roll Call
April 28, 2018: "The main takeaways from the House's hearing with Diamond and Silk" – Media Matters for America
April 27, 2018: "Meme In Chrissy Teigen Tweet" – Twitter
April 27, 2018: "Blackburn, Himes Spar Over Diamond and Silk, Social Media at Judiciary Hearing" – Roll Call
April 26, 2018: "Pro-Trump Social Media Stars Diamond and Silk Offer Inaccurate Testimony Under Oath" – CBS News
April 26, 2018: "Pro-Trump social media stars Diamond and Silk testify under oath" – CBS News
April 26, 2018: "Social Media Filtering Is Not Censorship" – Forbes
April 26, 2018: "Diamond and Silk make false statements to Congress while under oath" – DeadState
April 13, 2018: "Facebook is $24 Billion Richer after Mark Zuckerberg's Testimony to Congress" – Action News Now
April 12, 2018: "The Bargain at the Heart of the Kid Internet" – The Atlantic
April 12, 2018: "Congress Grilled Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg for Nearly 10 Hours. What's Next?" – Action News Now
April 5, 2018: "If Facebook gets regulated, thank vegans" – Quartz
March 22, 2018: "California has a plan to police Facebook" – Quartz
October 30, 2017: "Info Wars: Inside the Left's Online Efforts to Out White Supremacists" – ProPublica
August 31, 2017: "Celeb Jihad and the Endless Battle Against Hacked Nudes" – Mel Magazine
July 7, 2017: C-NET: "Trolling victim takes neo-Nazi website to court"
June 27, 2017: IAPP: "Digging deeper into 'Privacy on the Ground'"
April 5, 2017: CBC: "Live streaming crime: How do we police the internet?"
April 1, 2017: Uptown Radio: "Grappling with Cyberbullying in One New York School"
Feb 15, 2017: CNN: "Can a Prenup for Sex Tapes Keep You Safe?"
Feb 3, 2017: Quartz (Op-Ed): "Donald Trump and Steve Bannon Need Angry Young Men. They're Using Gamergate Culture to Get Them"
Jan 30, 2017: Slate: "Crisis Mode: What happens if Donald Trump refuses a Federal Court Order"
December 2, 2016: Elite Daily: "Everything That Happens After Sexual Assault Is Recorded On Social Media"
Aug 26, 2016: Gant News: "Will Hillary Clinton Be the One to Crack Down on Revenge Porn?"
Aug 3, 2016: New York Times (Op-Ed): "Cybermobs Multiply Online Threats and Their Danger"
July 20, 2016: Gizmodo: "Snapchat Clips Help Convict Two People of Sexually Assaulting a Teenager"
July 19, 2016: Vogue: "Is it legal for Taylor Swift to sue Kim and Kanye?"
July 19, 2016: CNN Money: "Two People Found Guilty in Snapchat Sexual Assault Case"
July 18, 2016: Time: "Did Kanye West and Kim Kardashian Break the Law by Recording Taylor Swift?"
July 18, 2016: Variety: "Off Broadway Review: Daniel Radcliffe in 'Privacy' "
June 19, 2016: News8: "Muslim Woman Deluged by 'Hate Tweets' After Helping Homeland Security Panel"
June 19, 2016: Herald News: "Mass. Congresswoman Carving Out Niche as Critic of Online Abuse"
April 29, 2016: CNN Money: "The Dark Side of Livestreaming: Periscoping a Rape"
April 21, 2016: Huffington Post: "Why Would Anyone Film a Rape and Not Try to Stop It?"
April 13, 2016: The Virginian-Pilot: "Woman With HIV Convicted of Biting Sister During Fight"
March 30, 2016: ABC's Nightline: "Former 'Glee' Extra, Bartender Say 'Internet Ruined' Their Lives"
March 16, 2016: WJCL: "One Tweet Ruined Her Life"
March 14, 2016: Ars Technica: "Anti-Swatting Representative Leads First-Ever SXSW Online Harassment Summit"
March 11, 2016: Mass Live: "US Rep. Katherine Clark to Highlight Online Threats, Harassment at SXSW Festival"
March 10, 2016: ABC's Good Morning America: "Inside the New Series 'The Internet Ruined My Life'"
March 9, 2016: Examiner: "Exclusive interview: Ari Ezra Waldman talks 'The Internet Ruined My Life"
March 8, 2016: CNNMoney, News4JAX: "How One Hashtag Can Ruin Your Life"
March 2, 2016: Mashable: "Syfy's 'The Internet Ruined My Life" is the Ultimate Online Cautionary Tale"
February 21, 2016: Mashable: "Giving Young People a Chance to Grow Up Without Online Shame"
February 18, 2016: Voice of America: "Supreme Court Will Weather Fierce Nomination Battle, Scholars Say"
February 16, 2016: Law360: "Scalia Often Put Limits On Rights In IP Decisions"
November 3, 2015: MSNBC: "Cyberbullying Victims Unite in New Campaign"
October 30, 2015: PC Magazine: "SXSW Organizers Schedule Online Harassment Summit"
October 8, 2015: The Advocate (Op-Ed): "For Tyler: How One Man Is Taking on Cyberbullies"
October 1, 2015: NY Daily News (Op-Ed): "Ending the cyberbullying epidemic five years after Tyler Clementi's suicide"
August 20, 2015: PrawfsBlawg: "What the Ashley Madison Hack Teaches Us About Digital Privacy Invasions" (blog post)
September 4, 2015: Vice: "Why Did the Feds Bust Rentboy?"
August 25, 2015: Bloomberg: "Ashley Madison Users Sue Over Data Breach"
February 23, 2015: Scholarship was quoted in a unanimous opinion in United States v. Gutierrez by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, the highest court in the military.
January 27, 2015: Life of the Law, "Life After Doxing," a discussion of cyberharassment.
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A brand guidelines document (also called a style guide) is a great way to make sure that the brand you worked so hard to create looks how you intended it to.
Not only that, but it's also a great opportunity for the client to fully visualize their brand.
However, it can be difficult to determine where to start when creating brand guidelines.
What should you include in it? How long does it need to be?
Before you create your brand guidelines, you should understand why you need it,
"2. Why Do I Need a Style Guide?
Or, as that question should really be phrased:
'I like creating and designing things, it's really fun! So why would I need a document that's going to put restraints on how creative I can be?'
Designers fall into two camps—if you work for yourself, as a freelancer, or for an agency, and do varied work, you might be used to working within the restraints of various clients' brand guidelines, but you might feel you have a bit more creative 'freedom' in your everyday work.
A client might outsource to a freelancer or agency to get a different perspective on their branding, advertising or marketing, and as a result might be willing to lift the restraints of their corporate branding a little to reap the benefit of that fresh creative insight.
After all, bigger clients often have in-house design teams whose jobs revolve around conforming to the company style guide and creating more standardized company materials. Enter the second camp—designers who work in-house exclusively for one business or organization. "
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Outlook for 2018 remains strong despite increasing competition, according to the 2018 Houzz India State of the Industry
New Delhi, India: Houzz Inc, the world's leading platform for home remodeling and design, today released the 2018 Houzz India State of the Industry. The report provides an overview of 2017 performance and an outlook on 2018 for residential renovation and design businesses based on data reported by nearly 200 professionals in the Houzz India community. The study revealed that 2017 was a strong year for the majority of firms across the industry, with nearly half having met or exceeded gross revenue expectations for the year (47 percent).
Three in five businesses also reported an increase in gross revenue in 2017 relative to 2016 (61 percent), with nearly half of those reporting that revenues increased by more than 10 percent (48 percent). Design-build firms were most likely to have seen revenue gains relative to 2016 (72 percent), followed by interior designers and architects (61 and 56 percent, respectively).
Increases in revenue were not without challenges. Nearly two in five businesses reported difficulty finding customers and increased competition (38 and 24 percent, respectively). While managing customer concern over cost continues to be a challenge (37 percent), the report shows a six percent point decrease from the previous year (43 percent). Managing customer concerns over cost was felt most significantly by design build firms and interior designers (48 and 42 percent, respectively), while architects were most concerned with finding prospective customers (42 percent).
"Renovation business revenues have surpassed expectations for another consecutive year," said Nino Sitchinava, principal economist at Houzz. "The overall outlook for 2018 remains optimistic as well, despite increased competition and challenges finding prospective customers."
Read the full report here.
Considering a 13-percentage point decrease in renovation professionals who anticipate a rise in the cost of doing business in 2018 (54 versus 67 percent in 2017), the majority of businesses are optimistic about continued gross revenue growth (89 percent). Design build firms and interior designers are most bullish in their expectations for increased gross revenue in 2018 (97 percent and 93 percent, respectively), followed by architects (86 percent).To support that growth, firms plan to invest in more marketing and bring in larger budget projects (each 58 percent). Other common strategies include improving customer experience (54 percent), offering new products and services (42 percent) and improving employee productivity (37 percent). Company headcounts are expected to rise in 2018 for more than half of design build firms, interior designers and architects (68, 60 and 52 percent, respectively).
There are more than 1.5 million active home renovation and design professionals on Houzz, including architects, interior designers, home builders & construction companies and design and build firms.
The Houzz India State of the Industry Study was conducted among home renovation firms in the Houzz India community that offer services related primarily to residential renovation and/or design. The study was fielded in December 2017 and January 2018. N=196.
Being a leading platform for home renovation and design, Houzz is providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish – online or from a mobile device. From decorating a small room to building a custom home and everything in between, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around the world. Houzz is the easiest way for people to find inspiration, get advice, find products and hire the professionals they need to help turn their ideas into reality. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Houzz also has international offices in London, Berlin, Sydney, Moscow, Tel Aviv and Tokyo. Houzz is a registered trademark of Houzz Inc. worldwide.


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Bitcoin – Can it be replacement for fiat currency?
Authors: Chetan Kothavade and Tushar Gupta(MDI Gurgaon)
Today's fast paced world is quite adjustable to the rapid changes happening around it. From fire to an artificial but intelligent robot, we have come a long way and have become quite adept at exploring and experiencing new things. The age old process of 'transaction' has not been any different and has experienced quite substantial changes over its course of 8000 years. Today, in the age of digitalization, there is considerable interest among people if the existing system of transaction can take a fillip and enter into the realm of cryptocurrencies.
Brief history of fiat:
The meaning of the Latin word 'fiat' means "It shall be". In simple terms, fiat currency is not backed by any commodity (like gold) but shall be valid by government's declaration. It came into initiation in 1971 after the then US president Richard Nixon, announced unilaterally that United States would no longer trade dollar for gold and the new currency would be backed by "faith and credit" of the US government.
As currencies of other countries were linked to the US dollar up untill 1971 (under the Bretton Woods system), these countries de-facto adopted the fiat currency system. Today, almost all countries have adopted it. One of the primary reasons to severe links with gold was that the government wanted to keep its unemployment rates in check. But, linkage with gold obstructed the supply of more money into the system. It was believed that pumping more money would generate economic activity and help resolve the problem.
Effects of fiat:
Immediately after the introduction of the fiat currency, there was rise in inflation as US government started printing money. But, the US economy (and so the world economy at large) started facing a peculiar problem called Stagflation due to the rising oil prices and the persistent high rates of unemployment. This phenomenon baffled economists and scholars with the Keynesian bend of mind. Moving to fiat for expansionary growth as well as for removing the economic-slum did not seem to work as planned. Ultimately, it was the raising of the interest rates during the mid-1980s that corrected the economy.
The inter-linkage of the global financial systems during the 2007-08 sub-prime loan crisis again made the world economy to undergo a deflationary phase. It was again the Quantitative Easing scheme which helped the big banks to stay afloat and avoid a complete collapse. Quantitative easing in simple terms really means "creating money" and providing it to the banks to steady their balance sheets. The interest rates were also kept very low to attract more investments. Today, the US Federal reserve has increased its balance sheet to $4.4 trillion from $870 billion in 2007.
We can observe from the above examples that, every time there was a crisis, governments monetary policy handling has helped cool down situation. Although monetary policy seems to be a positive tool in the hands of the governments for general well-fare of its public, it is exactly what irks the supporters of a decentralized monetary system. They believe that controlling money supply gives too much power to a too small number of individuals. It is to be noted that Reserve banks (responsible for creating money) are not entirely under the ambit of the governments. Thus, at any moment, creation of money for economic expansion, bail-outs etc. simply can increase the circulation of money in the economy thereby leading to inflation. It is common belief among these groups that inflation is nothing but 'hidden tax' to the general public, as the purchasing power of the money in hand is simply reduced by inflation.
Economies continuously creating money
During crisis situations, there have been examples where governments have reduced money supply in the economy and imposed sanctions on withdrawals of money on its citizens from their own bank accounts. Greek can be considered a great example of this. Banks there provided negative interest rates on deposits. Additionally, ATMs allow a withdrawal of only 45 euros per account per day. The pensions have taken a hit. At home, the recently introduced Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill includes the bail-in clause where-in depositors might lose their hard-earned money if ever the banks fail.
Thus, it is this substantial control of government on monetary policy that is seen by some in a distasteful manner rather than just the problems of money printing and inflation. These people eventually want that the general public be empowered and have more control on their own money. This is where "Bitcoins" take an entry.
We all might be well aware by now that bitcoin is a form of digital currency, whose concept was published in a paper by someone called Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. With the help of bitcoins, people can carry out transactions like remittances and online shopping without requiring an intermediary (peer-to-peer) to aid them. It is regarded as highly secure mode for transaction which involves fairly complex mathematics at the core of its functioning. The maximum number of bitcoins in circulation will be at the most 21 million and all of the bitcoins are speculated to get mined (created) by 2140. A bitcoin can be divided up to 8 decimal places.
Advantages of bitcoin:
A bitcoin ticks all the boxes for it to be called money. A basic difference between definition of money and currency is that apart from being fungible, divisible, durable, portable and a unit of account it is also a store of value. A bitcoin is only generated after considerable amount of work is done on solving a math problem successfully. Thus, unlike fiat currency bitcoin has an intrinsic value. Another advantage is that being limited in quantity (max 21 million), usage of bitcoins will keep aggregate prices in check. But, the greatest benefit of bitcoins to users is the decentralized way in which transactions take place. Everybody has the information of every transaction, and the journey of a particular item can be tracked from its origination to current user. Thus, manipulating the prices as well as the encrypted information regarding the transactions is almost impossible. For transmitting say a certain amount overseas banks charge remittance up to 10 % of transactions, but through bitcoins this can be done for free. With heavy penetration and adoption, bitcoin can even help people not having access to any financial services in and around their vicinity to transact in a secure way. No wonder, bitcoin evangelists are travelling places to the spread the propaganda on bitcoins.
Disadvantages of bitcoins:
The selling of illicit items by sites like Silk Road, bitinstant etc. through the medium of bitcoins are famous examples of how the black market can misuse the anonymity and security factor of bitcoins to carry out their activities. One major concern is the 'storage' of bitcoins. Currently, it is regarded highly unsafe to store your bitcoins online. Users are literally advised to store their bitcoins on hard drives. But, someday, hard drives can crash. It is important to note that once these bitcoins are lost, they cannot be regained. Thus, the number of bitcoins in circulation can decrease considerably. This brings us to another aspect of bitcoin – bitcoins being limited in supply, can be deflationary in the long run. This will be a cause of serious concern, if we were to move into complete adoption of bitcoins as people will hoard more coins and spend less as their value increases.
Currently, the usage is quite complex and transaction settlements are slow. The Indian government has not yet provided legal status to cryptocurrencies. The volatile nature of its prices is another cause of concern. Its value has rose 4 times since last two months, giving it a nature of a stock more than a currency. Some argue that bitcoin can face the same fate as Tulips in 17th century (Tulip mania) due to the similarity in their price structure over years as shown below.
Can it really replace fiat?
Year spans of different monetary systems – What's next?
At present, bitcoin are a buzz due to their rising values as compared to dollars. One of the speculation is that the value of bitcoin will stabilize once it equals the amount of dollar value currently present. But, what after it takes over? Is it compatible to survive on its own? A bitcoin standard closely resembles a gold standard. And history shows, gold standards do falter after a specific time. Will governments allow its unregulated usage? To what extent and how, a government body is going to intervene in its functioning (especially in the coin mining area) is a question as the whole point of bitcoin is – no third party regulation.
The current fiat system seems to have survived the longest of all monetary systems (in its 40th year now) and seems to be holding good. Of course there have been open and shut cases of money laundering and funding of illegal activities by banks. Fractional reserve banking system can be a valid threat to depositors as the current money creation spree can make banks have more cavalier approach to lending. Hence, we do need decentralized cryptocurrencies as a way for banks to be more accountable and competitive. The two systems of currencies can co-exist. Currently banks charge 2-3 % per transactions to merchants. As mining of bitcoins becomes more expensive (complexity of math problems increases with number of coins mined), data miners might as well charge a certain percentage as transaction fees. Thus, it is also important to keep the bitcoin system in check. Along with bitcoins, other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Litcoin, Ripple and Dash are also gaining traction. They are creating their own niche in terms of services offered. In conclusion, I believe that cryptocurrencies are here to stay and a peaceful co-existence of fiat and cryptocurrencies likely looks to be the scenario for the near future.


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Hello Everyone,
It has been three months into the fellowship now and I can definitely say that I underestimated the work!
For the Furniture Bank of Central Ohio, I manage social media, build peer to peer fundraising platforms, discuss marketing projects, and handle gifts via Raiser's Edge.
Handling social media is definitely not as easy as it looks. I am at the office two days a week, so I miss a lot of the action that happens when I'm at school. Therefore, I am constantly checking my work email to make sure I am keeping up with all the important events and updates that I can share on social media.
I had the opportunity to attend a Fundraising and Social Media Management seminar this month with the Furniture Bank. A lot of the seminar spoke about how to use different social media platforms. However I learned quite a bit of useful information:
Social media plays a huge role in the "brand" of a non-profit. Therefore it's really important to make simple, yet effective posts that are posted at the right time during the day to catch the desired audience. For instance, did you know that the best time to post to facebook is between the hours of 8am-8:30am, 12-3pm, and at 9pm?
Interestingly enough, the time you post to facebook is extremely important. If you post at a time that is not listed above, it is most likely that your post will not be seen 1-3 hours later.
I always thought I was an "expert" of social media. However managing your own personal social media is very different from managing your employer's social media. Remember that a non-profit's brand is based primarily on social media! So post vibrant, simple, and efficient posts during the lunch hour and the evening to reach the most people in your network!
As the holidays are approaching, I am finishing that last touches on our peer:peer fundraising campaign using Blackbaud's Sphere software. I am enjoying getting to learn how to build peer:peer sites and hope to add this skill to a future job!
Until next time!
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!


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from my original line drawing, this embroidery design features a sweet owl peeking out through a wreath of leaves, flowers, and vines.
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With the future of the Iran Deal being debated in Washington, it's worth taking a look at Iran's nuclear past to remind us why the fate of this deal is so critical to U.S. non-proliferation efforts as well as relations with Iran.
The Islamic Republic of Iran continually maintains its nuclear program is benign and for civilian use only. However, an overview of their nuclear history and the fact that they had successfully kept most of their initial development efforts secret does not bode well for that argument.
Global Context
A post-WWII atomic reality brought about the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help nations peacefully cope with the new atomic era. Eisenhower's 1953 Atoms for Peace speech served as a plea to the international community to move toward a positive resolution for nuclear development, particularly in reference to the arms race between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
In 1957, the U.S. and Iran were close partners.hey even signed a nuclear cooperation agreement under the aforementioned U.S. Atoms for Peace program. In 1967, the U.S. provided Iran its first research reactor, the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR), which is still active to this day. Additionally, Iran was provided fuel for that reactor, enriched uranium. This naively optimistic mission included giving not just Iran, but other countries their own reactors and shares of fuel as a boon toward peaceful nuclear development for civilian technologies, and hopefully staving off the perceived need for nuclear military programs.
The 1970s was a turning point on many fronts. The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was put into effect at the start of the decade, with Iran being one of the initial signatories. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi started ramping up Iran's nuclear interests, with research programs active at TRR, and even sending Iranian students to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study nuclear physics.
Though Iran maintains, to this day, that their nuclear interests were for the benefit of civilian use, they also made it known in the '70s that they wanted to develop their nuclear capacity to include building a bomb, should the need ever arise for its use.
Friends Til the Bitter End
The U.S. had good diplomatic relations with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, but in the end, it began to fuel further dissent among Iranian citizens. All of that was upended beginning in 1979 with the Iranian Revolution, then the '79-'81 Hostage Crisis, and the Iran-Iraq War lasting throughout '80s. The revolution was a crucial turning point in modern history of Iran, and subsequently its relationship with the rest of the world.
Iran in the Shadows
It was in 2002 that the extent of Iran's deceit began to show, when previously undeclared nuclear facilities were exposed by a dissident group. A 2003 IAEA report noted with concern Iran's lack of timely breaches of its Safeguards Agreement.
In the 1980s, with Iran in the world's "doghouse", they had lost ties to nuclear suppliers and made clandestine efforts to seek other help in advancing their nuclear program. Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani admitted years later that he had attempted entry into Pakistan for the purpose of developing Iran's nuclear program, but was denied.
However, it was rogue Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan who insidiously shared the designs for the P-1 centrifuge for the enrichment of uranium, a secret list of suppliers, and possibly designs for using uranium in a nuclear bomb. As a side note, Khan is also suspected of sharing nuclear technology with Korea and Libya. In the mid-90s, Iran acquired more components from the AQ Khan network for 500 centrifuges, and later designs for the P-2 centrifuge, the much more advanced model than its predecessor.
Though both the IAEA and the U.N. demanded starting in 2006 that Iran halt their uranium-enrichment programs, they didn't. Iran continued to snub requests for more transparency in their nuclear and related activities as well as access to all their facilities for inspection.
A New Hope or Continued Deceit?
In 2013, the Interim Agreement signed in Geneva brought together the P5+1 nations (the U.S., France, China, Russia, the UK, plus Germany) and Iran to commence negotiations which would ultimately result in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Agreement (JCPOA), or Iran Deal. Though Iran agreed to the arrangements, which included eliminating its stockpile of medium-enriched uranium, reducing the low-enriched uranium stockpile plus two-thirds of its gas centrifuges in exchange for lifting of economic sanctions, critics of the deal feel the stipulations were not strong enough. Mark Dubowitz of FDD articulates why he and other critics feel this deal falls short: despite the conditions of the agreement, it still allows Iran to essentially continue its nuclear program. Additionally, the deal is short-sighted, with a timeline of clauses staggered to end over the next two decades.
Analysts like Dubowitz are doubtful that the current structure of the Iran Deal will make lasting changes to Iran's ethos on the nuclear front, in terms of working cooperatively with the international community. Decades of nuclear secrecy and staving off transparency with world powers can only lead us to believe that their participation in the Iran Deal is to mollify the West.


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Sue Byrne heads up Sovereign Estate Planning. She is fully trained Estate Planning Consultant.
Sue carries out her service in the comfort of people's homes at a time to suit them. She likes to be sure that her clients are totally clear on what everything means – so she's keen on explaining everything in plain English rather than legal jargon.
In her spare time she enjoys dancing, particularly 1940s Swing Jive. She also loves spending time with her family and friends.


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In the coming week, a closely watched decision by the conservative European People's Party will decide if it wants to exclude Hungary's Fidesz from its ranks.
The ruling party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the chances of its expulsion are not that high. On the surface, of course, this is a purely political decision. However, it should also not be forgotten that a "fringe idea" – Brexit – partially went hand in hand with the departure of the Tories from European People's Party.
The departure by the Tories had a lot to do with personal political career ambitions and domestic political considerations as well, which were then linked to the question of EU membership. The Tories departure from the European People's Party then lead to less inclusion in important formal and informal preliminary coordination in Brussels, which may have further promoted EU scepticism in the UK and among certain actors in the sense of self-reinforcement.
The potential exclusion of Fidesz from the European People's Party would certainly be an alarming sign that EU scepticism in Hungary could become even stronger in the coming years. After all, some prominent political actors in Hungary like to use the Brexit as an example of the failure of the "Brussels bureaucracy" and are afraid that Brexit will now make EU-critical positions in Brussels (such as those shared by the UK and Hungary) even less important.
In addition, there are currently some developments in the Hungarian economy that could nourish an economic hubris such as that in the UK in the run-up to the Brexit referendum.
It should not be forgotten that in the aftermath of the global financial crisis from 2008 to 2016, until the Brexit referendum, some economic developments in the UK were much more positive than in the EU and above all in the euro area. GDP growth in UK was significantly higher than in continental Europe, while unemployment was significantly lower or was falling much faster. These trends have certainly boosted the mood that the US and China should move away from an economically weak Europe and the UK could, and should, act on its own.
The conditions in Hungary are partly similar. There, too, economic growth has been well above the EU average for some time, with unemployment below it. Some Hungarian politicians are also happy to try to position themselves in foreign and, above all, trade policy terms. This applies first and foremost to in relations to China and Russia. And Hungary is also not part of the euro area like UK.
But even if some of the macroeconomic indicators are similar, the anti-EU rhetoric in Hungary has not had a major economic impact up to now. All the Brexiteers' dreams had more substance than a dream about economic independence in Hungary can have. Besides the industrial core of Europe (around Germany), the UK is a separate core country of European (if not global) economic integration.
The UK and London will remain important centres of European and the global financial sector and related services value chains. After all, the UK is still the world's largest exporter of financial services and associated services, ahead of the US and Switzerland, which brings with it considerable network effects. The British pound is still a globally important currency; UK-law is a global asset in its own right.
Hungary, on the other hand, is geographically located on the periphery of economic integration in Europe. Although Hungary is an important manufacturing and near-shoring location for many Western European companies with a good mix of price and qualitative competitiveness and some self-reinforcing network effects can be seen here, there are few explicit country-specific advantages to be seen here. Hence there is a high level of substitutability in the medium-term. There are enough business locations (and not only EU members) around Hungary with similar locational advantages.
In terms of Hungary's economic development, one hopes that a possible Fidesz exclusion from the conservative European People's Party will not become part of a larger overestimation of one's own leeway and of self-reinforcing effects - with the irony that the Fidesz exclusion could be decided in the week when the summit "end game" around the challenging Brexit also takes place in Brussels


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When I lived in this part of the world as a kid, Kingsclere was never a destination. For those familiar with the area, anything north of Popley was for me effectively "up north". So Tadley, Aldermaston and Kingsclere were a different world (and forget about Newbury). Since my sister moved to Kingsclere and it has become a regular destination for us it has really grown on me. Kingsclere is a small village of 3000 people, borders Watership Down, has 3 pubs and is really quite picturesque. Andrew Lloyd Weber lives here, as do a few other British "celebrities".
We stuck our heads into the local church which was built established around 1000 AD to have a nose (or "nebb" in Pittsburghese) which was full of interesting items and information. The roll call of vicars and reverends from the churches inception, the 15th century tomb of the a local dignitary (Sir Kingsmill) and the strange vaulted ceiling where all interesting. One odd and somehow typically British snippet I found out about the church is that it has a really unusual weathervane (see picture on the right). Allegedly, King John (the bad guy in Robin Hood) stayed at a local Inn in the village around 1200 on his way to one of his lodges. During the night he was so bothered by the bedbugs in his bed that he decreed that the church should forever place a bedbug on the top of the church to represent the "creature which disturbed his sleep". Certainly its different from the usual poultry or directional weathervanes normally seen atop a church spire.


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