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In the Smallville Season 9 Idol, Sacks hated the actions of a vigilante known as the Blur. Sacks issued a press conference demanding that the Blue reveal himself after undercover cops were accidentally captured by the Wonder Twins and when the Wonder Twins mistakenly shut down all the power in Metropolis. Before Clark Kent could step forward to confess his secret, Lois interrupted Sack's speech by telling the public how the Blur's needs to stay confident in knowing who he truly is and the best way for him to help the good people of Metropolis is for his secret identity to remain secret. Sacks placed a trap for Lois and tried to kill her in anger. Lois believed the city would never believe Sacks, yet Sacks quickly said that the Blur would be at fault after spray-painting the rooftop with the Blur's symbol. Sack thought Lois died until Clark was able to rescue her with help from the Wonder Twins. Lois then told Clark how Sacks was arrested for his dirty political antics.
In the episode Charade, Sack was released from prison which got the Daily Planet interested in checking out. Sack offered two million dollars for anyone who could get him a picture of the Blue. Lois confronted Sack and threatened to have him jailed for trying to kill he. Sack tried to kill her until the Blur saved her. While holding a welcome home party at Maxwell's, a photographer arrived with a picture of the Blur. Before Sacks could take a look at the picture, Lois staged a fake fight while Clark secretly destroyed the picture. Sack was working with Maxwell Lord to eliminate the Blur. Sacks was given the Black Knight chess piece as token of his initiation into the government Agency and while examining it, he was knocked out by Clark Kent, who crushed the chess piece. His fate after that is unknown, however he is assumed to have died.


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One of the best traits I picked up from joining Nuffield Health's Healthy Weight Programme last year was to incorporate healthy snacking into my daily routine.
I'd never been big on snacks as I always saw them as "wasted calories" (why have an apple when you could have MORE DINNER? I would argue) but my nutritionist convinced me to give healthy snacking a go and it turns out she was on to something. I haven't looked back. (Just to be clear here, I have always understood the virtues of snacking endlessly on salt and vinegar crisps and buttered toast, it was the whole "healthy snacks and weight loss" that I struggled with).
Since snacking more – on the right things – I have noticed a huge improvement in my energy and concentration levels. It would appear that work is substantially easier when you're not starving hungry or in a sugar coma, who knew?
But it's not always easy to find healthy snacks. There are plenty of low calorie snacks, sure, but as you'll know if you read my weight loss post here, I've been trying to be more mindful about what I eat and "low calorie" doesn't always mean "healthy". Whilst I'm by no means some raw food fruitarian expert, I know that a banana is better for you than a bag of skinny popcorn. It's common sense.
I have the luxury of working from home most of the time so I can whip up healthy snacks easier than most (there are many perks to having your desk right next to your fridge) but I am always on the look-out for portable EASY snacks that are as delicious as they are virtuous. Things that you can shove in your handbag or keep in the glove box to stop you from buying YET ANOTHER Twix at the garage in a desperate panic.
So it was with great delight that I was contacted by Wild Thing to see if I'd like to try their Organic Paleo Bars. I'd seen them in Planet Organic but hadn't actually tried them until recently…and now I'm hooked and feel incredibly smug whenever I eat them. They tick a lot of "trendy" boxes: they're gluten free, they're organic, they're raw, they're vegan and they're paleo, but most importantly for me they're really rather scrumptious.
I can't pretend to be attempting a paleo lifestyle, as a vegetarian I know I couldn't manage more than a few days of being paleo despite people pleading with me that it can be done, BUT I can see the sense in following a paleo diet. And I can certainly see the sense in snacking on a Coconut and Chia Wild Thing bar over a packet of Chipsticks.
The Coconut & Chia flavour is probably my favourite actually. Made with just five organic ingredients, it's a blend of dates, cashews, coconut, chia seeds and acerola powder and it's completely delicious. The Nuts & Seeds flavour is a close second for me and then there's the Cacao & Almond (YUM) and a spectacularly fruity Berries & Seeds flavour. The berry one is perhaps a bit too sweet for my taste but I love the texture of it, it's studded with pumpkin seeds and looks convincingly home-made thanks to the fact you can still SEE all the ingredients squished together.
What I like most about the bars though is that they're really easy to eat. That might sound a bit ludicrous, but if you're a fan of energy balls and protein bars then you'll be familiar with the jaw-ache that can accompany chewing through one. I'm convinced you burn more calories from the chomping than you gain from the swallowing with some brands. The Wild Thing bars are thin and relatively soft. You could break off a bit to give to a friend (if you're nice like that and know how to share food, not a skill I've mastered) and you can shove them in your gob whilst simultaneously running for a bus, as I have done on numerous occasions.
If you bulk buy a box they're less than a pound each (you can currently get boxes of 20 for £15.37 delivered on Amazon) or you can buy them individually from Planet Organic and health food stores.
I should probably learn how to make my own snack bars like this but until then, these are great to have on standby. And they make a welcome change from "oh okay I'll just have another apple". I was at risk of turning into a horse.
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Voor deze surrealistische foto's is géén Photoshop gebruikt
De fotografie van John Dykstra is in één woord te omschrijven: surrealistisch. "Ik geloof in de kracht van het perspectief", zegt hij er zelf over. Feit is in ieder geval dat hij voor het eindresultaat géén Photoshop gebruikt.
Surrealistische fotografie zonder Photoshop
Mijn doel is om foto's te maken die zweven tussen abstractie en realiteit", zegt de fotograaf op zijn website. "Door de illusie van realisme en de subjectiviteit van menselijke ervaringen te verbinden, zitten mijn foto's tussen daglicht en dagdroom in."
So many of you are familiar with this photograph, I wonder if it's worthwhile to present it once again. But this photograph is especially important to me, and I realized I haven't posted a finished version up on the IG feed yet. It is one of those foundational images in my repertoire that I knew, as soon as I had finished it, it would affect every single photograph I made afterward from thereon out. A true vision establishing work. It has since gone through several edits in the past 18 months, often changing slightly between prints. Some tones get lighter, some get darker, some subtle changes in hue are made that correspond with how well I'm feeling over the course of that season. This is the most recent of those. But what remains the same is the soul behind the image, reminding me of the message that drove me to where I am today. And as autumn ushers in new yearnings for changing, I find myself once again redrawing my boundaries..
John Dykstra op Instagram
Volg de Amerikaanse fotograaf John Dystra ook op Instagram, waar je op sommige foto's naar rechts kunt swipen om dezelfde plaatjes in een ander perspectief te zien. Check ook deze creatieve parels waarvoor wél Photoshop is gebruikt.
Serre I: Family Tree // Apologies for the reupload, but I decided to introduce clouds via my fog machine. This is a look at a possible series of still lives. Eyes from photos past, printed and hung from the branches of this dying tree. Swipe right for another angle. Dedicated to @finner__1 for his generosity.
I know how, sometimes, our favorite dreams can feel so far away; how the accumulation of the lightest dreams can eventually weigh you down. I know how life can feel like an entire contradiction, but aren't the improbabilities what make this life so special? I know about the standing parts when it simply hurts to walk, while the heart is whispering everything you thought you wanted out of flying. I know about what it's like to be tied to the moon, and to dream about letting go, to wish you would stop wishing.
A throwback to a practice work I did in January 2015, titled "Fruit of Klimt". It was an attempt at a homage to Gustav Klimt's style and the influence he had in the art world. One of my goals was to mimic his stylization of the human figure as well as touch on the emphasis he placed on symbolism. The pomegranate is symbolic of fertility, a subject he touched on, as well as an indication of the amount of artwork that was generated by his influence. This photograph was not a complete success, but I think it exhibits a lot of improvement and a turning point in my approach to photography. // #fineart #fineartphotography #surrealism #contemporaryart #detroitartist #detroitphotographer #igersmichigan #studioportrait #experimental #portfolio #symbolism #blackandgold #textures #artnouveau #klimt


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Temperature and moisture changes often cause mold to form on hardwood mulch. These masses, which include slime molds and toadstools, are usually not toxic, but they can be unsightly. Take steps when laying the mulch to keep mold from forming. Additionally, if mold has already sprung up on the hardwood mulch, you can attempt to get rid of it by turning or removing the mulch, but it's usually more effective to avoid it from the start.
Lay mulch in beds no deeper than 1 1/2 to 2 inches. Deep piles of mulch encourage mold growth because they decompose during the hot summer months, leaving a dried-out pile of wood behind. Mold forms easily on dry mulch.
Choose a hardwood mulch that is not finely ground. Hardwood mulch is particularly prone to mold issues because it rots very quickly. The larger the wood chunks are, the slower they will decompose. This makes it easier to keep the moisture level in balance.
Soak the mulch with water as it is applied to the area. When mulch is first laid down, it comes from large, self-heating piles that often hit an internal temperature of 140 to 160 degrees Fahrenheit. This creates a prohibitive environment for mold growth. If the heated mulch is watered, bacteria can flourish. As the hardwood mulch cools, the bacteria remain and compete with the mold for resources. This can keep mold issues at bay.
Keep the mulch damp, watering it several times a week if necessary during the hot summer months.
Turn the mulch into the underlying dirt with a shovel and garden rake if mold develops on its surface. Soak the turned mulch with water.
Remove all the mulch from the area if the mold continues to grow. Wet it down thoroughly, then shovel it into a pile. The self-heating that naturally occurs when the hardwood mulch is piled will kill any remaining mold.
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Address: 3300-3398 Collins Ave, Miami Beach | MIAMI-FLORIDA | United States | Visit Website
Latitude/Longitude: 25.8084402, -80.1239511
Located in Miami Beach, the Faena Forum enjoys a unique site that stretches between Indian Creek and the Atlantic beachfront. OMA has designed three buildings for the three block site along Collins Avenue – an arts center, retail bazaar and car park. These distinct functions are linked by a sequence of public domains including a plaza, courtyard and marina dock.
Partner-in-charge, Shohei Shigematsu commented: "Culture is at the core of Faena's vision, and has been the driving force for our collaboration in Miami Beach. By curating their neighborhood with programmatic diversity, Alan's sphere of influence will likely extend beyond this development to the rest of Miami Beach."
The Faena Forum is divided into two volumes – a cylinder that accommodates gathering spaces and a cube of hotel and meeting rooms. On the building's third level, an Assembly Hall occupies both the cylinder and the cube. Since each volume has a distinct form and character, the two halves of the Assembly Hall can be used separately on in combination for a variety of uses. Below the cylinder, an exterior plaza along Collins Avenue is formed by removing a "wedge" from the front of the building. The cantilever, which shelters and shades the outdoor plaza, is supported by a structural facade of white cast-in-place concrete with high performance glazing infill panels. The solid cast-in-place concrete elements of the façade both accommodate the structural needs of the building and orchestrate key views to the surrounding buildings and the waterfronts. Along the building's north edge, the cylinder and the cube are smoothly joined to accommodate circulation and structure as well as a balcony accessed via the Assembly Hall.
The Faena Bazaar is a renovation of the historic Atlantic Beach Hotel, built in 1939 and designed by prominent Miami Beach architect Roy France, whose work includes the Saxony and Versaille opposite the site. The Bazaar preserves and restores the existing lobby and facades, while reprogramming the building for retail.
Parking for the Forum and Bazaar is located on the third site with a mechanical system for maximum efficiency. Elevators transporting vehicles between levels are exposed on 35th street, while a facade of angled perforations allow for adequate airflow with controlled views.
Client: Faena Group
Total: 8,447 m2
622m2 performance hall
3,332 m2 museum/exhibition
1,865 m2 retail center
2,628 m2 parking structure
Partners: Shohei Shigematsu, Jason Long
Associate-in-Charge: Jake Forster
Concept Design – Design Development
Project Architect: Clarisa Garcia Fresco, Paxton Sheldhal
Team: Clarisa Garcia Fresco, Lawrence Siu, Francesca Portesine, Ravi Kamisetti, Ted Lin, Jesung Park, Anupama Garla, Andy Westner, Daniel Queseda Lombo, Andrew Mack, Caroline Corbett, Denis Bondar, Ahmadreza Schricker, Darien Williams, Gabrielle Marcoux, Marcela Ferreira, Jenni Ni Zhan, Lisa Hollywood, Paul Tse, Sarah Carpenter, Carla Hani, Sean Billy Kizy, Simona Solarzano, Ivan Sergejev, Tamara Levy, Matthew Austin, Ben Halpern
Construction Documentation – Construction Administration
Project Architect: Clarisa Garcia Fresco, Paxton Sheldhal (BOS|UA),
Team: Yusef Ali Denis, Slava Savova, Cass Nakashima, Ariel Poliner, Jackie Woon Bae, Matthew Haseltine, Salome Nikuradze, Simon McKenzie
Project Management: Gardiner & Theobald, Inc., Claro Development Solutions
Architect of Record: Revuelta Architecture International, PA
Landscape Architect: Raymond Jungles, Inc.
Civil Engineer: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers
MEP & Fire Engineer: Hufsey Nicolaides Garcia Suarez Consulting Engineers
Lighting: Tillotson Design Associates
Elevator: Persohn Hahn Associates
Acoustic: Electro-Media Design, Ltd., Stages Consultants, LLC
Exterior Building Envelope: IBA Consultants, Inc.
Parking: Tim Haahs Engineers
Theatre Consultant: Stages Consultants, LLC
Food Service Consultant: Clevenger Frable and Lavallee, Inc.
Architectural Concrete Consultant: Reginald Hough Associates
Life Safety: SLS Consulting, Inc.
Security: Security Industry Specialist, Inc.
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The Geneseo Riviera presents Mary Fahl
The Geneseo Riviera, Geneseo, NY
Mary Fahl (formerly of the October Project) performing Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and many other of her classics
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.
The Geneseo Riviera is just a quick trip down Route 30 for the area's best music lineup!
The Riviera Theater has had a long history of movies and community involvement in Geneseo. It
dates back to the 1900's. As time passed by, small town theaters lost their luster and their
importance to their communities around them. In the mid 1990's the Rivera Theater shut its doors
and kept them shut for the next 20 years.
In 2013 Palace Properties was able to purchase the old theater with the hopes to bring the
Riviera back to life and be a part of the town it once was. With a life time of experience, the
owners of Palace Properties decided to restore the theater to a multi- use performing arts
center, which as history has shown, was the past of the Riviera Theater.
The new venture figures to have something to offer for everyone. Being able to function as a
lecture hall, concert hall, receptions, movies, or even small theater productions, this will
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With the restoration of the Riviera completed, we hope our goal of providing a destination for
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text: Wilhelm II: Prince and Emperor, 1859-1900 - Vol. 1 By Lamar Cecil No cover image Wilhelm II: Prince and Emperor, 1859-1900 - Vol. 1 By Lamar Cecil Read preview Synopsis Wilhelm II (1859-1941), King of Prussia and German Emperor from 1888 to 1918, reigned during a period of unprecedented economic, cultural, and intellectual achievement in Germany. Unlike most European sovereigns of his generation, Wilhelm was no mere figurehead, and his imprint on imperial Germany was profound. In this book and a second volume, historian Lamar Cecil provides the first comprehensive biography of one of modern history's most powerful--and most misunderstood--rulers. Wilhelm II: Prince and Emperor, 1859-1900 concentrates on Wilhelm's youth. As Cecil shows, the future ruler's Anglo-German genealogy, his education, and his subsequent service as an officer in the Prussian army proved to be unfortunate legacies in shaping Wilhelm's behavior and ideas. Throughout his thirty-year reign, Wilhelm's connection with his subjects was tenuous. He surrounded himself with a small coterie of persons drawn from the government, the military, and elite society, most of whom were valued not for their ability but for their loyalty to the crown. They, in turn, contrived to keep Wilhelm isolated from outside influences, learned to be accomplished in catering to his prejudices, and strengthened his conviction that the government should be composed only of those who agreed with him. The day-to-day conduct of Germany's affairs was left in the hands of these loyal followers, for the Kaiser himself did not at all enjoy work. Rejoicing instead in pageantry and the superficial trappings of authority, he was particular about what he did and what he read, eliminating anything that was unpleasant, difficult, or tedious. He never learned to listen, to reason, or to make decisions in a sound, informed manner; he was customarily inclined to act solely on the basis of his personal feelings. Many people believed him to be mad. Even courtiers who admired Wilhelm recognized that he was responsible for the diplomatic embarrassment in which Germany found itself by 1914 and that the Kaiser's maladroit behavior endangered the prestige of the Hohenzollern crown. His is the story of a bizarre and incapable sovereign who never doubted that he possessed both genius and divine inspiration. Originally published in 1989. Excerpt KAISER WILHELM II, in death no less than in life, manages to confound and annoy those who must deal with him. For a biographer, the last German Kaiser and King of Prussia poses three difficulties as a subject. A sovereign of autocratic pretensions, his imprint on imperial Germany was substantial, and the record for such a ruler is consequently staggering in its enormity. I can assert no claim to have examined more than a part of either the archival or, especially, the printed record. Wilhelm II was, moreover, an exceedingly foolish man, so that to explain--and sometimes merely to relate--what he did or said reduces a biographer to the greatest perplexity. Finally, he lived to a great, though hardly serene, old age. Born well before Bismarck became his grandfather's minister-president in 1862, he died early in June 1941, only days before Adolf Hitler ordered the Wehrmacht's ill-fated invasion of Russia.Wilhelm II occupied the German throne for more than thirty years, but his connection with his subjects was tenuous indeed and only in a rarefied sense was he a part of the Germany at large over which he ruled so maladroitly. In all his long life, Wilhelm knew perhaps no more than several hundred Germans, and perhaps only ten or twenty men (and no women other than his wife) could be fairly described as being either his intimate friends or persons with whom he had a steady association. Almost all of these people were great figures drawn from the government, the military, or society. This coterie, grouped around the throne and dependent on it for their offices and other rewards, successfully insulated their sovereign against any influences that might try to penetrate its defenses, and as a result the Kaiser lived behind what one of Bismarck's successors referred to as a "Chinese wall." Wilhelm II, besides, was only spasmodically at the heart of the action in Berlin. He much preferred moving about with his handful of adjutants and advisors to regimental exercises in Potsdam or more distant and obscure garrisons, to aristocratic hunting preserves in Silesia and the mark of Brandenburg, or cruising in his yacht to the blue fiords of Norway, where he . . . Related books and articles Books Journals Magazines Newspapers Encyclopedia Wilhelm II: Emperor and Exile, 1900-1941 - Vol. 2 By Lamar Cecil University of North Carolina Press, 1996 Read preview Overview FREE! German Emperor and the Peace of the World By Alfred H. Fried Hodder and Stroughton, 1914 Read Overview The Kaiser: New Research on Wilhelm II's Role in Imperial Germany By Annika Mombauer; Wilhelm Deist Cambridge University Press, 2003 Read preview Overview "Different Points of View?": The Daily Telegraph Affair as a Transnational Media Event By Orgill, Nathan N. 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Today's second post was written by my friend Ray. She's tackled the sometimes taboo subject of virginity and I think she did an excellent job. There's often this social stigma when it comes to women or men who are virgins at a certain age. But, I think she breaks down that barrier wonderfully. Check out the piece she has written below. And thanks again, Ray!
When Chantal asked me to guest write on her blog, I knew exactly what I wanted to write about, because it's a topic that not many people really discuss but it's one I think about on a daily basis. Whether that is because it's a very rare idea, or young people–Millennials–are too scared to discuss it, I'm not sure. But I wanna break down the barrier. I wanna take my Hulk Hands and smash through the wall of this 'sacred topic'.
Let me start by just saying it here: I'm 23 years old, I am a woman, and I am a virgin.
Society, I think, has this timestamp on when sexual milestones should occur: You should have had your first kiss during high school at least, you should have gotten to second and third base by your senior year, and the birds and the bees should have been a thing of the past by the time you were done with college.
…and yet, here I am.
After I turned 18, and for a while after, I was very embarrassed that I hadn't had sex. Because to me, at the time, having sex represented that someone liked you enough and thought you were pretty enough to see you naked and have sex with them. The fact that I was 18 and nothing like that had happened yet was upsetting.
But again, here I am at 23 and still a virgin. Since I turned 18, and the "social timestamp" had passed, I found myself wondering why haven't I had sex yet? More specifically, I looked deep into my core, into my own beliefs and values, and asked myself why haven't I let anyone have sex with me? Why haven't I put myself in a situation where that has happened?
The quickest answer I came up with is that I was scared. Sex, apparently, is supposed to hurt, like, really bad.
But then I figured that might be a little irrational. Sex is supposed to be this great thing? I can deal with a little pain if I'm having sex with someone I really care about.
And that's when it hit me.
I haven't had sex because I haven't found someone I can trust and be intimate with on that level.
And up until maybe a few hours ago, I thought I had found that person. But up until a few hours ago, I hadn't told this person I was a virgin.
It's incredibly terrifying, to me at least, to tell people I want to eventually be intimate with that I haven't had sex…mostly because of society's views on virgins older than the age of 18-20; prude, religious, woman of God, pure, virgin, virgin, virgin, virgin, virgin.
It just has such a negative connotation to it. To me, I didn't really understand it. I think I'm a good person, a smart woman, a funny gal. Why does me being a virgin suddenly become the only thing that matters once the cat is out of the bag? Why am I no longer the smart girl? Or the girl with a great sense of humor? Suddenly I'm just the virgin.
It's horrible and I hate it. Because now that this person knows I'm a virgin, it seems like the ball is in their court: Are they going to stay with me, or are they going to leave me and find someone who isn't a virgin?
And that's what I wanted to close this little blog post with: If this person leaves me, then they really aren't worth my time. Like I mentioned, I'm waiting to have sex with someone I really care about. If this person decides to leave because I am a virgin, then they really didn't care about me to begin with, and then that leaves me to move on and find someone who does care about me, and doesn't see me being a virgin as an issue.
So guys, if you're 23 and a virgin like me, don't sweat it. There are people out there just like you and me who are looking for something substantial and someone who sees past societies views on sex. PEOPLE LIKE US EXIST.
And if any of you guys are like me, I really hope you find what you're looking for.


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Federal Civil Service Commission FCSC Shortlisted Candidates check list here – Finally the Federal Civil Service Commission FCSC has released successful candidates who participated during the 2016 recruitment exercise. The successful applicants were shortlisted on March 16, 2017. This welcome development was made know to the public through the Hon. Chairman Federal Civil Service Commission also instructions were given to FCSC shortlisted candidates whose names were released according to their states of origin.
Federal Civil Service Commission FCSC Shortlisted Candidates check list here via www.vacancy.fedcivilservice.gov.ng
The FCSC shortlisted candidates released are for FCSC batch A, more FCSC batch b will be released soon.
It will interest you to know, the Federal Civil Service Commission FCSC offices that require applications from applicants. Beneath are vacant positions available during the 2016 recruitment exercise.
- Federal Ministry of Education
- Federal Ministry of Finance
- Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing
- Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity
- Federal Ministry of Information and Culture
- Federal Ministry of Transport
- Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation
- Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation
- Federal Ministry of Science and Technology
- Bureau of Public Procurement
- Federal Ministry of Science and Technology
How to check FCSC shortlisted candidates for first batch list:
- So many applicants will find it difficult to check their own list on the FCSC shortlisted candidates, instructions below will guide you.
- Visit FCSC recruitment portal via vacancy.fedcivilservice.gov.ng
- Click on your state of origin to check if your name is among the successful candidate shortlisted
- Immediately a pdf file will download
- Scroll down gentle to know if your name is among the FCSC shortlisted candidates.
- Remember the FCSC shortlisted candidates are segmented depending on the ministries you apply during the online recruitment, so if your application was for ministry of Education kindly check your name on their list.
Federal Civil Service Commission interview requirements for FCSC shortlisted candidates, below are instructions given to FCSC successful applicants for interview.
- All successful applicants should come along with identification letter, for example National identification card, Driver's license and international passport etc also with a two recent personal passport.
- Applicants are mandated to come along with their original documents including two photocopies of each of the document.
- All shortlisted applicants must check their schedule time/date for interview before going to the venue to know when ministries/cedres schedules there interview.
Time table for FCSC shortlisted candidates' 2017 interview
FCSC interview for successful applicants are stipulated as follows:
- Monday 27th march – Time 9am for Ministry of Education
- Tuesday 28th march – Time 9am for federal ministry Labour and Employment and Federal ministry of trade and investment
- Wednesday 29th March – Time 9am for federal ministry of finance join with Bureau of public Procurement.
- Thursday 30th March – Time 9am for ministry power, works and Housing join with Federal Ministry of science and technology also with federal ministry of Transport
- Friday 31st of March – Time 9am for office of the Auditor General of the federation join with office of the Surveyor General of the federation
- Monday 3rd April – Time 9am for Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
We wish all FCSC shortlisted candidates good luck with their interview.


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There is a lot of stress and anxiety that comes up when you're trying to work out what it is that has to happen with your estate. How are you supposed to ensure that you've got everything in order? Are there ways to look at what you can do and how much are you going to have to invest to ensure that you've got everything together? A probate lawyer providence ri is always a good resource for you to talk to and work things out with if you're willing to put the effort in.
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I've made green smoothies near everyday for the last little while, so I finally decided to record a video about it as well as discuss my blender/smoothie maker, the Ninja Professional Blender.
There are a lot of blenders out there specifically made for making smoothies. I looked at a lot of them before finally deciding on going with the Ninja Professional Blender. I didn't want to buy the absolute cheapest blender out there, but at the same time, I also didn't want to spend $600+ dollars on a smoothie either. After weighing my options, I finally decided on getting the Ninja Professional Blender. It chops/blends ice, it has triple blades, it's straightforward, and it does what I need it to do.
When I'm done blending my smoothies, they do still have a bit of texture to them, meaning that they are not butter smooth or anything. But they are definitely smooth enough for my liking. I don't blend my smoothies for long, mainly because I don't want to absolutely pulverize the ice that's in there. For the price that I paid for it, I am very happy with it.
I do recommend the Ninja Professional Blender for making smoothies. If you are a die-hard smoothie maker, perhaps you'll want to spend hundreds of dollars on a specialty blender that makes smoothies that are 100% homogeneous. My smoothies are definitely smooth and drinkable enough without breaking the bank. I am getting all of the benefits of the greens that I am blending and that is a-ok with me 🙂
Below is the video I made of me making the smoothie I described in a previous post. I really need to get to the grocery store so I can buy some more fruits and veggies…I'm out of the fixin's for my usual smoothie, and I'd love to get some new stuff to experiment with.
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acdecoster's link says that the current occupant of the Gem Theatre's space is a coffee shop called Leaf and Bean. Tucker & Howell's stylish Art Deco front of 1934 has been removed and the building and its neighbor now share a rather bland brick facade. The correct address is 22 West Court Square. There's a nice photo near the bottom of the page, apparently taken sometime in the 1950s after the Gem had closed but before the theatrical facade had been removed.
"The Gem Theater was once located a few doors down from the Alamo's current location. The theater opened during the era of silent films, and can be seen on a 1911 map labeled "moving pictures". The movie theater featured one screen and 241 seats." -http://www.mainstreetnewnan.com/p/getinvolved/147
Is the Gem demolished?
The Gem Theatre was on the same side of the block as the Alamo…a few doors down. It was smaller and featured a lot of "B" cowboy movies on Saturdays (the Alamo did too). It closed around 1950-51 just before my family moved to Atlanta. The Alamo was a much nicer facility.
D'OH! The Alamo Theatre is already listed here. That will teach me (no, it probably won't) to check such things before posting a comment. However, at least the Alamo's web site reveals that the intro to the CT Alamo Theatre page has erroneous information, which can now be corrected.
Alas, Google Maps offers four choices for that address- North, South, East, and West Court Square. Google Street View's truck only went down the west side of the square. Fortunately, on the west side of the square is a night club called The Alamo, which occupies an old theatre. Unfortunately, its address is 19 W. Court Square, which being an odd number means it's not on the same side of the square as 22 Court Square would be. It's not the Gem.
The 1935 Boxoffice item I cited in the intro for the Gem has a photo of the front, and it was in a mid-block building, while the Alamo is on a corner. The Alamo's web site has an early photo of the theater it now occupies, and it was called the Alamo, not surprisingly. The building now has a modern marquee which probably dates from the 1940s or 1950s.
The web site also has a newspaper article about the club, but it's too small to read easily. The Alamo Theatre apparently opened in 1928 in former retail space, and was converted back to retail space in (it looks like) 1969. It. too, should be listed in FDY.
So we have a second theatre in Newnan, but still don't know the fate of the Gem, or its exact location. Looking down the north and south sides of the square with Street View, I can't see any building resembling the Boxoffice photo of the Gem, so I'd guess it was on the east side, which is the side you can't see with Street View, and one of the sides (along with the north, most likely) which has even numbered addresses. Thus we can't be sure if it's been demolished or not.


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Happy days are here again! This is my favourite day of the week, you know that? I try my hardest to be bad, bad, bad, and if the human's reactions are anything to go by, I succeed!
First thing's first though. I know you're all desperate to know whether I survived through yesterday. I'm going to keep you all in suspense a bit longer... I'm not telling yu until at least the end of the next paragraph, so there!
It was very touch and go. That light at the end of the tunnel I was talking about made me feel all warm and sleepy. I fought hard to keep my eyes open, to move away from the light, but when sun is shining on your fur and you're tucked in a comfy sprawl on a very soft sofa that smells of the nice human that makes you feel good, what are you supposed to do? I did try, but the next thing I knew, I was waking up.
Oh, my belly! It was growling and grumbling and girgling like you wouldn't believe. It frightened me. Was there a monster in there trying to get out? Was it hungry enough that it would eat me? Terrified by this notion, I got up and started to hunt for food. If I could only feed it, it might leave me alone.
I walked to the place where the food usually is, but nothing. I tried to jump on the desk which is where she puts it at night, but I couldn't get there because her typing thing was in the way. When I jump on that, the little squares give under my feet and I don't like it. I went to the food mountain bag in the hall, but she had it all wrapped up tight. I went into the kitchen to see if there was even any of that horrible chicken on the floor. Do you see how desperate I was at this point? Little kibbles were swimming in my vision and everything! Even the chicken was better than nothing!
It is here that Tortureshell Tuesday starts. The human has this rule, yes, I know, another one. She's really, really, really big on this one though, so much so that she really busts me if I break it. The rule is that no cat or dog is allowed on the worktops in the kitchen. I think this is hipocritical. She makes food up there. she sometimes even picks stuff up to eat from there once it's made and on a plate. I'm usually religious about not testing her on this rule because I don't like it when she chases me out of the kitchen, but I was starving. I could see my own bones and that monster was growling even more than before. I couldn't risk being eaten. I had to try.
I lined myself up, took a deep breath and jumped. Several things happened at once then. First of all, my paws landed on something shiny. Then the shiny thing jumped up, hit me on the nose and dumped me back on the floor. As if that wasn't bad enough, it then chased me down and landed with an enormous bang on the floor. I'm usually quite brave, but this was just too much for me. I turned tail and fled, hoping that the baby gate designed to keep the kitchen safe from stupid Dogface would also keep the shiny monster behind. Luckily, it did.
I went back a little later for a sneaky look and saw a big plate lying innocently on the floor. It wasn't moving, but I wasn't taking any chances. I'd seen what it did to me, and I knew that it was just waiting for me to get close enough so that it could jump up and whap me again. I didn't know plates could do that, but I guess the human has employed them as guardians of the worktop when she's not around. I'm not sure I'll break that rule again.
There was torture in store for me too though. On that plate there had been a bread crust, and oh how I wanted it. It was on the floor right by the plate and it was staring at me and calling me, but the plate was in the way! i can't describe the agony this caused me, but I knew I daren't get it. I left and went back to the light in the tunnel.
When my human came home, I told her all about what had happened to me and how hungry I was, but she only said, "wow, you're talking a lot today, aren't you?" She did give me food though. I tried hard to keep her out of the kitchen, to keep her safe from the plate, but as usual, she didn't listen. She almost stood on it, but kicked it instead. Then, to my astonishment, she reached down and picked it up without showing even the tiniest sign of fear! I am in awe of her for that. That takes real guts! "How did this get down here?" she wondered aloud. I told her again what had happened, and then she got that look on her face, the one that means uh-oh, I'd better run cuz I'm in biiiig trouble. "You've been on the worktop, haven't you?" she said ominously. I put on my most innocent face and gave her a pick me up now miaow. She didn't pick me up, but she didn't scold me either. "I guess the plate scared you enough."
She washed the plate straight away, but she left it on the draining board. It fell down this morning and attacked her hand, but again she showed no fear and just put it back where she wanted it. Today, the kitchen door is closed and my chicken is right outside it. She'll have to remember to pick it up when she comes home so that Dogface won't eat it, but I'm kind of glad she closed the door. I feel a bit of relief knowing that there aren't any plates around to get me.
So, I broke a biiiig rule today, but there was also a big payback. Was it worth it? Well of course. I am a tortie, after all.
To answer some of the comments left yesterday, I can't walk across the human's face. I don't like stepping on things that might move. Sticking a claw up her nose sounds like a wonderful idea though! I'm gonna try that the next time she doesn't wake up to give me tummy rubs when I want them. I didn't give her a head massage last night. I don't think she deserved one after setting the plates on me. I did sleep by her tummy though, all cuddled in close. What! It was cold, all right? As for eating Dogface, I promise you I shall never, ever, ever, ever, (have I mentioned ever yet?) be that desperate! She stinks worse than the chicken! If I ate her, I'd surely die of dog germs or dog breath or, well, dog! Ew, no!
Now, to kill the suspense... I DID survive! Yes, I know it's unbelievable, but I managed to pull through! Thank you all so much for caring about my fate. It means a lot to me to know that not all are as heartless as that human! Now, to find another rule to break...


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I did a quick jaunt to Washington D.C. today and a whirlwind tour with my sister and some friends of her's from Germany. Here are some of the shots I got....
From the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial:
Sunset On the Mall:
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I'm pretty sure this is a Cherry Blossom. What it's doing blooming this time of year is a mystery to me...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
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Column Fri Dec 11 2009
Invictus, The Princess and the Frog, Me and Orson Welles and Collapse
My first thought after viewing director Clint Eastwood's latest noble stab at accumulating more Oscars was "That was a story told." And before I write another word, let me make it clear that I am absolutely recommending Invictus, the story of how recently elected South African President Nelson Mandela found a way to unite all races in his nation using a sport closely identified with the white Afrikaners that oppressed the black population for decades under apartheid. And while there was never any doubt in my mind that Eastwood could tell this inherently interesting story in the manner we have become accustomed from one of America's greatest storytellers, I felt the film was a touch on the dry side to really pull me in the way I wanted to be.
I go back and forth on this point, because there are absolutely times when I was immersed in this true story. Eastwood wisely lets the story unfold organically, with no artificial sweeteners. He's simply too good to ruin a great story with such ploys. And the screenplay from Anthony Peckham (from the book Playing the Enemy by John Carlin) is smart in making sure every nuance of Mandela's thinking and the team's playing is examined and made clear. For example, Peckham understands that most Americans don't know a thing about the rules of rugby, so he includes a sequence in which the almost entirely white South African team goes to an all-black township to teach the children the game. And guess who else gets to learn the basic rules of the game as a result of this makeshift rugby camp?
I have an acquaintance who has played rugby most of this adult life, and he has known about this story since it occurred in 1995 and about this movie since Eastwood picked up the gauntlet to direct it. He's given me his copies of rugby magazines with articles about the actual World Cup game and the film, so I was fairly familiar with these events walking into Invictus. And it's all there; Eastwood didn't miss a thing. He begins with Mandela (played to absolute perfection by Morgan Freeman) getting out of prison in 1990, though to his winning the South African presidency in 1991 in the country's first multi-racial election, to his first stepping foot in the presidential offices, to threats of riot in the streets and of assassination aimed at Mandela himself.
The film makes clear what I'd heard for years: Mandela was a man of great intelligence who knew that if he simply took office and turned the country around against white citizens, things would be as bad a when he was in prison. He began by asking the staffers who worked for former President de Klerk to stay in their jobs. He integrated his security detail so that his bodyguards were even numbers of blacks and whites. What a person's feelings about him or black during apartheid didn't matter to him (at least not officially); he focused on moving forward and he did so humbly and without calling a great deal of attention to his efforts.
For reasons that aren't entirely clear other than it seemed like a good idea at the time, Mandela became fixated on the South African national rugby team, the Springboks — a team that every white citizen loved and every black citizen loved to see get beaten by any opponent. The team had been barred from playing in the previous two World Cups (held every four years) as part of a stand against apartheid, but they were set to be eligible to play in the '95 Cup, the finals of which were to be played in South Africa. Mandela saw an opportunity to turn this divisive institution into something the whole nation could support — "One Team, One Nation" was the crew's new motto. Mandela first approached the captain of the struggling squad, Francois Pienaar (a bulked up Matt Damon) in a casual meeting, knowing full well that many of Pienaar's teammates, coaches, even his family were about as racist as they come. But Mandela also counted on Pienaar's gifts as a leader of men and his desire to see his team win the Cup. Together and separately, these two men effectively pulled a nation from the brink of Collapse.
Freeman and Damon are only in a few scenes together, and lest you fear that this is the kind of movie in which a black story is filtered through the eyes of a white man, that is absolutely not the case. (If you want that, feel free to watch The Blind Side.) Quite frankly, the scenes they share are the least interesting in the movie. Both are far more effective when they are doing what their characters do best — lead. There's a sequence in which the Springboks are taken to Robben Island, where Mandela was held for 18 years, and Pienaar stands in Mandela's actual cell, spreading his arms so that his fingers almost touch the walls. It's a gripping scene, and you can almost feel any remaining racial hostility bleed out of the players. Freeman is at his most compelling when he is playing Mandela as a humble man, fully aware that there is so much he needs to learn about rugby and leading a country. We're so used to seeing Freeman play men of reason and authority (both of which Mandela is), but to see him play a version of this man when he was at his most doubtful about his abilities is refreshing, and it reminds us that Freeman is more than just a voice and stoic face; he's terrific actor.
The final 30 minutes of the movie are devoted entirely to the World Cup match against New Zealand. And we've learned enough about everyone involved in that confrontation to understand the importance of Mandela walking into the Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Am I the only one who sees the irony in the New Zealand team's name being called the All Blacks? Anyone who says this film — even the final half hour — is a sports movie is truly missing the point. This is a film about politics, strategy, nation rebuilding, relationships, leaders and, yes, also rugby. I found the final match especially captivating because it was my first chance to test out my newfound knowledge of rugby rules. By this point in the story, we've gotten to know the players a bit, including those who were the last to really give in to Mandela's charms and the feeling they got from having both black and white spectators cheering for them. When the entire team sings the country's new national anthem (something most of them fought against when Pienaar first proposed the idea), it's a moment worthy of tears. There are actually several of those moments in the final act.
For all its spectacle and gravitas, Invictus (the title is taken from a 19th century poem by William Ernest Henley that served as a great inspiration to Mandela while imprisoned) is a film whose story is laid out simply and to the point. I never got the sense that Eastwood was heightening the drama or creating false moments for the sake of the movie. It wasn't necessary. The true story has enough imbedded drama for four movies. I was equally impressed with the two lead performances, although clearly it is Freeman's work that will garner the most attention (and presumably award nominations). But one should never sell Matt Damon short; the guy has given us two truly worthy and vastly different performances in 2009 (the other being in The Informant), and I honestly look forward to watching anything he's in at this point. While I'm calling out great performances, I should mention the best supporting role in Invictus, belonging to Tony Kgoroge as Mandela's chief of security. Kgoroge also did excellent work in the other recent South African-made movie Skin, but here he represents the face and voice of the new, evolving South Africa and someone Mandela looks to for a reality check on more than one occasion.
Invictus is pure and simple filmmaking, and with a story this compelling, that is all that is required. While I was not a fan of Eastwood's 2008 effort Gran Torino (after I only moderately recommended his other '08 effort, Changeling), his latest work is proof that the nearly 80-year-old director remains one of the greatest working today. Maybe this story made it easy on him; all he had to do was not mess it up, and he was golden. But I think there's more to it than that. Invictus is inspiring, rousing, moving and sweeping, all underscored with smart storytelling. I know it's got all the trappings and markings of Oscar bait, but sometimes Oscar bait actually deserves its accolades; Invictus is proof of that.
The Princess and the Frog
As happy as I was to see Disney return to the realm of quality, hand-drawn animation again, I had an unexpected emotional reaction to seeing The Princess and the Frog. If you had told me that the beautifully rendered art in this film had been made in the 1940s, '50s, or '60s, I would have had no problem believing that. The movement is fluid and graceful, the expressions are captivating, and the backdrops of period New Orleans and the backwater swamps of Louisiana are breathtaking. But if you'd asked me before seeing the film if I'd truly missed hand-drawn animation, I probably would have said yes with something resembling conviction. But after seeing the glory of The Princess and the Frog, a wave of nostalgia swept over me that didn't know was inside. The combination of the great music, fine voice acting (no big names in any of the lead roles; John Goodman, Oprah Winfrey and Terrance Howard are featured in supporting roles), and gorgeous animation are braided together in a strange, elegant work of art that I cannot wait to see again.
Even as a young girl, Tiana had aspirations of being a great Cajun chef and owning her own restaurant, something her hard-working father (Howard) was never quite able to make happen, even with the support of his loving wife (Winfrey), who worked for one of New Orleans' most powerful politicians, "Big Daddy" La Bouff (Goodman). La Bouff's daughter Charlotte and Tiana grew up best friends, and while Tiana always wanted to grow up and be a princess, Tiana wanted to save enough money to fulfill her father's restaurant dream. Years go by after this preamble, and we learn that Tiana's father died fairly young, and she has been a waitress saving every nickel and dime for her dream. Tiana is voiced by Anika Noni Rose; she's the Dreamgirl who wasn't Jennifer Hudson or Beyonce; she was also great as the busybody receptionist on HBO's "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency." Tiana has grown into a marvelous cook herself, and is nearly ready to buy a run-down building as the site of her restaurant, when fate and voodoo intercede.
Prince Naveen (Bruno Campos) comes to New Orleans to party, and when his arrival is made known to Charlotte (Jennifer Cody), she sets her sites on him. The evil Dr. Facilier (Keith David), who frequently uses his "friends from the other side" to help him with his schemes, concocts a way to get the largely broke Naveen to marry Charlotte (and become a part of her very wealthy family) while Facilier would get all the family money. And his scheme involves turning the arrogant prince into a frog and replacing his human self with that of his schlubish manservant, who is tired of waiting on party boy Naveen hand and foot. Naveen the frog meets Tiana as she is dressing as a princess for a costume party; he assumes she is a real princess and knowing his classic "Frog Prince" literature, he asks her for a kiss, which turns her into a frog as well. Whoops.
The Princess and the Frog follows this unlikely pair through the bayou to find the voodoo princess Mama Odie (Jenifer Lewis), and along the way they pick up new friends like Ray (Jim Cummings), the aging firefly who knows which direction to go, and Louis (Michael-Leon Wooley), a trumpet-playing gator who wants nothing more to become human and join a jazz band. The Princess and the Frog offers up one bizarre character after another, each one with a thicker Cajun accent than the last, and I was loving it.
I was fortunate enough to see this movie at a screening for which a large number of children were in attendance, and nearly every kid was enraptured, attentive and completely entertained. I'm not sure they got what every song by Randy Newman was about, but during those sequences they simply lost themselves in the visuals, an easy thing to do with this movie. Co-directors John Musker and Ron Clements (who also did The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, the game-changing Aladdin, Treasure Planet and Hercules) have made what is arguably their best-looking work, even if the story is a bit predictable. There are a couple of slow segments, including one where the two frogs are nearly captured by redneck hunters for food. But those less-than-stellar moments are few and far between. Most of what is featured here is perfection. Honestly, you can't help but lose yourself in the artistry of The Princess and the Frog. The scary scenes with Dr. Facilier are actually kind of scary; Tiana's feminist stance about putting career before men is ground-breaking for a Disney "princess" movie; and this slightly idealized version of New Orleans is just sleazy enough to keep adults interested while making kids a little curious about this strange and wonderfully musical city full of exotic food. Hell, I'm ready to watch it again. I really did adore this return to form, and I hope Disney continues the upkeep on its hand-drawn animation right along its Pixar work.
To read my exclusive interview with The Princess and the Frog directors Ron Clements and John Musker, go to Ain't It Cool News.
Me and Orson Welles
Sometimes you just watch a movie and wonder why no one has ever made a movie like it before. The subject of director Richard Linklater's latest gem is the move that the newly birthed Mercury Theater (led by rising radio star Orson Welles) made to bring Shakespeare to Broadway in 1937. The story is told through the eyes of 17-year-old would-be actor Richard Samuels (Zac Efron), who gutsily approaches the Mercury players while they are congregated outside the theater waiting for their marquee to get turned on. Welles (played with uncanny accuracy by British actor Christian McKay) is impressed with the young man's hubris and hires him to play the small role of Lucius opposite Welles' Brutus.
Me and Orson Welles feels like it's not only attempting to capture the period it's set in, but it's also trying to capture the feel of films made in the time period. The rapid-fire dialogue, the classic elements of a backstage drama, and the slightly overplayed performances all perfectly blend into an energetic production whose pure entertainment value cannot be denied, if for no other reason that McKay's performance as Welles is terrifyingly on the money. I forgot in about two minutes that I was watching a movie with someone in it playing Welles; McKay simply becomes Welles, as both a boisterous dictator of a director and a philandering, sensitive soul with an endless arsenal of exactly the right words to get out of or into any situation. He's also an indisputable genius when it comes to directing, especially when it comes to Shakespeare, which (much like his film versions) he boils down to their absolute emotional essentials. The Mercury's 1937 production of Julius Caesar had the Romans in modern-day fascist wear and featured terrible examples of mob rule and political assassination. And Welles knew exactly how to make the play seem ultra-modern as well as timeless.
Even if the rest of the film was terrible, it would still be worth seeing for McKay's work. But fortunately, the rest of Me and Orson Welles is quite good. Transitioning teen idol Efron brings the right balance of enthusiasm and innocence to Richard, who falls in love with office manager Sonja (Claire Danes), who seems like a great catch until we slowly realize she's a slave to her ambition to turn this thankless job into something more prominent. Sonja might be the most complex character in the film, and Danes holds back just enough in her portrayal to keep us wondering what Sonja will do next and with whom. Also doing fine work is Ben Chaplin as actor George Coulouris (Welles' Mark Antony), one of the few professionally trained actors in the production, and one of the most anxious. Zoe Kazan, who had such a great supporting part in Revolutionary Road, plays Gretta, a young woman Efron meets in a record store, and keeps running into at just the right moments in his life and hers. Eddie Marsan plays John Houseman, who runs the day-to-day operations of the theater and ends up doing most of the apologizing on Welles' behalf. I was charmed by James Tupper's role as actor Joseph Cotten (Publius), who befriends Richard as much to guide him through the minefield that is Welles' personality as anything.
Sure the love story between Richard and Sonja is cute and interesting, but really all I cared about is watching Welles pull his show together in an impossible timeframe. He rips apart scenes that don't work, he cuts superfluous words with hardly a second thought, and he fires or threatens to fire actors who disagree with him. As he puts it, "It's my store." One begins to believe Welles thought that about the entire world — or at least those who were brave/foolish enough to step in his line of sight while he's working. Me and Orson Welles is a coming-of-age story about both Richard and about the Mercury Theater players, who went own to help Welles make Citizen Kane four years later. Welles was a man of mischief — as can be seen by a sequence in which he does a guest spot on a radio play and ends up improvising dialogue from the novel The Magnificent Ambersons, which Welles went on to direct a film version of after Kane — and he was a man who knew how to instill strength and confidence in others even if he had to use deceit to make that happen. This is the kind of film that is easy to get lost watching. From the sharp script by Holly Gent Palmo and Vincent Palmo Jr. (from the Robert Kaplow novel) to the rich directing by Linklater and the performances that never stop giving, Me and Orson Welles is a great combination of fiction and history that is difficult to forget and so easy to love.
Critics are practically tripping over themselves trying to tell you just how scary this documentary of a man sitting in a chair, talking and smoking, really is. And the most bizarre thing about the subject of Collapse, one Mr. Michael Ruppert, is that he's either one of the few human beings on the planet who has connected all the dots of the latter part of the 20th century and the first few years of the new one, or he's an alarmist conspiracy theorist, or perhaps he's both. The particular reason that his analysis of the world and America is so scary is that he's predicted several events accurately both in terms of what happened and how severely. For example, he predicted our current economic crisis, and the invasion of Iraq (his reasoning for both is sound and made me very anxious, as in, full of anxiety), and he has forecast some even scarier shit having to do with the end of the oil supply, population growth, and the eventual end of civilization as we know it. Now read that last part very carefully. Ruppert isn't saying we're all going to die; he's saying that literally civilization is going to evolve when oil runs out or become unaffordable. If this happens, how could it not? So all of those critics I mentioned earlier, the ones trying to tell you that what Ruppert has to say is like walking through an intellectual house of horrors? They were right.
Chris Smith (American Movie, The Yes Men) is one of my favorite documentary filimmakers, and he's basically entering into territory that Errol Morris typically tackles. Even the style of the film is similar, with a haunting, almost-constant dark musical underscore and simply having Ruppert address the camera, while stock news footage is interspersed to illustrate his points. The cumulative effect is undeniable and nerve-wracking. While even one of Ruppert's ideas can give you reason to bite your nails, listening to him go from one paranoid outlook to another is almost more than our brains can process, and I suppose that's the point.
Ruppert dares us to question his deductions or results to date, but as we get deeper into his history (he was an LA cop who uncovered a CIA plot to sell drugs in American ghettos), we realize the amid all the gloom and doom, Ruppert also has an unflinching belief that Americans have the capacity to change the direction the country is going. But as he systematically goes through every conceivable kind of alternative energy source and essentially says that it takes more energy to produce them, thus making them useless, I almost find his optimism as difficult to believe as some of his predictions.
So here's the thing, if even 25 percent of what he's saying turns out to be accurate, we're in for a heap of bad times in the very near future. Ruppert makes it clear that he is not a conspiracy theorist, because his conspiracies are based on fact, and frankly it's tough to disprove a lot of what he's saying. His words could be elaborate scare tactics or they could be the blueprints for the biggest preventable holocaust the world has ever seen (his words). Either way, in an age where we get small handfuls of scary docs every year, Collapse might be the one that keeps you in bed under the covers for weeks. The film opens today at the Music Box Theatre, with director Chris Smith doing a post-screening Q&A after the 7:20pm show. Also, the film is currently available on Time Warner and Comcast cable Movies On Demand channels.


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Merger of Lewellyn Technology and Predictive Service Creates Leading Reliability and Safety Platform
PR Newswire
CLEVELAND and DALLAS, Sept. 11, 2018
CLEVELAND and DALLAS, Sept. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Align Capital Partners ("ACP") is pleased to announce the merger of Cleveland-based Predictive Service ("Predictive") with Indianapolis-based Lewellyn Technology ("Lewellyn"). ACP acquired a majority stake in Lewellyn last November. This strategic combination creates a technology enabled enterprise asset management, predictive maintenance, safety, and repair services platform designed to reduce operating costs, improve equipment utilization, and ensure safety for customers worldwide.
At the center of Predictive's enterprise asset management solution is the company's proprietary ViewPoint software that provides data collection, analysis, and decision-making functionality for customers' maintenance and repair needs. It allows plant managers to not only prevent equipment failure, but also manage energy and cost savings initiatives in real time. Predictive CEO Don Frankel and other senior members of management will retain significant leadership roles and ownership positions in the combined company.
"This is a truly transformative investment to our existing Lewellyn platform," said ACP Managing Partner Chris Jones. "Predictive's operational efficiency value proposition, combined with Lewellyn's safety focused suite of services, creates a unique single source service provider in the enterprise asset management and safety services industry. Both companies' leadership teams bring different expertise to bear and combine for the optimal foundation for future growth."
"I have known Don for many years, so I'm excited to partner with him and the Predictive team to create a leading operational efficiency and safety services platform," said CEO Mike Vea. "I'm confident that customers will find great value in the combination of our highly skilled safety and reliability specialists, alongside a robust technology platform. We will also continue to seek add-on acquisitions of niche predictive maintenance and safety service providers."
"I'm extremely proud of our ability to help clients improve their equipment asset life through our reliability consulting, predictive maintenance, and repair services on a truly global scale," said Predictive CEO Don Frankel. "I'm excited to partner with ACP and Lewellyn to expand our ability to help clients solve their reliability and safety needs."
About Lewellyn / Predictive
Lewellyn Technology is an outsourced safety solutions partner that provides companies with electrical and workplace training and safety services such as Arc Flash, Combustible Dust, and Lockout/Tagout risk assessments. Predictive's global service lines provide enterprise asset management, predictive maintenance including infrared inspection and vibration monitoring, and repair maintenance. These outsourced services are performed for Fortune 1000 companies worldwide. When combined with Predictive's ViewPoint technology and on-demand facility maintenance, the companies offer a unique technology enabled service package. Both companies have consistently been represented on the Inc. 5000′s "Fastest Growing Private Companies" list. For more information, visit www.lewellyn.com and www.predictiveservice.com.
Contact: Heidi Smith, Director of Marketing p: 216.378.3500 x127
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