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for that reason alone, i wouldn't nominate him for anything.
but supposedly barack is going to nominate him for secretary of defense next week.
now he's strongly anti-choice. he's opposed to abortion. but naral and planned parenthood won't call him out.
i knew ann richards and her daughter cecile is nothing but a trashy whore.
she wouldn't have a job anywhere if she weren't ann richards' daughter.
so she gets to be in charge of planned parenthood.
back-stabbing bitch that she is, she sells out women. she won't oppose hagel. nor will the cowardly naral (i've been calling out naral here since 2005). they can rot in hell.
it's time we all stopped giving to those 2 sell out organizations that do not promote women's rights but exist instead to prop up whatever democratic man made it into the white house this time.
i'm sick of their crap.
ray mcgovern - speaking of crap - wants us to support chuckie:
Chuck Hagel is his own man. There is even some chance his example might prompt Mr. Obama to be more his own man. Clearly, the president needs all the backbone strengthening he can get, if he is to stick to his plan to exit Afghanistan and face down supporters of hard-right Israelis itching for war on Iran.
'his own man.' guess no woman can claim that, huh, ray?
why is ray mcgovern such a sexist ass?
remember when he was attacking the 2 women who may have been raped by julian assange?
remember when he was going around giggling 'honeypot.' did he think he was cute?
oooh. he's so disgusting. and sooooooooo sexist.
the biggest increase in the military in the last 10 years?
and women are at risk of being sexually assaulted.
chuck hagel's not qualified to deal with that.
he's not qualified to deal with anything.
and it's really past time that we made it clear that we're sick of republicans being the secretary of defense.
hagel needs to go.
his anti-abortion stance makes it very clear that he doesn't respect women. his comments about rape and abortion make it very clear that he can't lead on combating sexual assault.
hagel needs to go.
let's close with c.i.'s 'Iraq snapshot:'
Friday, January 4, 2012. Chaos and violence continue, calls ring out for the government to be dissolved, Victoria Nuland is again forced to address Iraq in a press briefing, Parliament calls a special meeting for Sunday, and more.
Weeks ago, Nouri threatened to call early elections. Today someone called his bluff. Alsumaria notes Iraqiya leader Ayad Allawi has joined Nouri's call for early elections -- this is parliamentary elections, not provincial elections which are scheduled to take place in a few months. KUNA quotes Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq stating, "The incumbent government has to step down." Like Allawi, al-Mutlaq is a member of Iraqiya. Though Nouri's had no response as of yet. Alsumaria reveals that MP Jabbar Kanani with Nouri's State of Law states that the answer to the current problems is to dissolve the Parliament and hold early elections. Paul D. Shinkman (US News and World Reports) states they have been told by a source (unnamed) that "the fledgling Baghdad government may be on the brink of dissolving parliament within days" and that this may happen "as soon as 48 hours."
Allawi's not just calling for early elections, he's calling for an interim government to be set up.
In 2010, there was a push for just such a thing. The United Nations and France were on board with the idea but the US government killed that proposal. As reported in Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor's The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama, the top US commander in Iraq, Gen Ray Odierno, had concerns that if Nouri's State of Law did not come in first in the March 2010 parliamentary elections, Nouri would refuse to stand down. France, the UN and Odierno were right to be concerned.
In 2010, there was a push for just such a thing. The United Nations and France were on board with the idea but the US government killed that proposal. As reported in Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor's The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq, from George W. Bush to Barack Obama, the top US commander in Iraq, Gen Ray Odierno, had concerns that if Nouri's State of Law did not come in first in the March 2010 parliamentary elections, Nouri would refuse to stand down. France, the UN and Odierno were right to be concerned.
Nouri's State of Law was supposed to run in a landslide -- that's what he said would happen. But the voters had a different plan. There was no landslide for Nouri and, in fact, State of Law didn't win. Iraqiya came in first. State of Law came in second. Having won the elections, per the Constitution, it would be Iraqiya's job to form the government. Someone from the slate would be named prime minister-designate. That person would then have 30 days to create a Cabinet (that's a full Cabinet, the Iraqi Constitution does not recognize a partial Cabinet). If the person can't form a Cabinet within 30 days, it's up to the President of Iraq to name another person prime minister-designate.
None of that happened. Nouri had the White House on his side. And he refused to stop being prime minister. He refused to let a new government be formed. He basically threw a temper tantrum for over eight months holding Iraq hostage. It was a political stalemate.
Instead of reasoning with the loser (Nouri), the White House told the other political blocs that Nouri could continues this for months and, for the good of the country, to allow Iraq to move forward, it was time for the leaders of the political blocs to be the bigger person and let go of their objections to the loser remaining prime minister.
The White House basically said to what they had termed a "democracy," 'Forget what the Iraqi people voted for, forget what the Constitution says, let Nouri have a second term as prime minister. Now, for that to happen, what do you need in return?"
The extra-Constitutional contract that the US brokered is known as the Erbil Agreement. Had an interim government been set up, Nouri would have had no edge, no place from which to toss a tantrum and bring the country to a standstill.
There were consequences for what the US did. John Barry's "'The Engame' Is A Well Researched, Highly Critical Look at U.S. Policy in Iraq" (Daily Beast) notes:
Washington has little political and no military influence over these developments [in Iraq]. As Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor charge in their ambitious new history of the Iraq war, The Endgame, Obama's administration sacrificed political influence by failing in 2010 to insist that the results of Iraq's first proper election be honored: "When the Obama administration acquiesced in the questionable judicial opinion that prevented Ayad Allawi's bloc, after it had won the most seats in 2010, from the first attempt at forming a new government, it undermined the prospects, however slim, for a compromise that might have led to a genuinely inclusive and cross-sectarian government."
Washington has little political and no military influence over these developments [in Iraq]. As Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor charge in their ambitious new history of the Iraq war, The Endgame, Obama's administration sacrificed political influence by failing in 2010 to insist that the results of Iraq's first proper election be honored: "When the Obama administration acquiesced in the questionable judicial opinion that prevented Ayad Allawi's bloc, after it had won the most seats in 2010, from the first attempt at forming a new government, it undermined the prospects, however slim, for a compromise that might have led to a genuinely inclusive and cross-sectarian government."
There were other consequences as well.
What some called a 'democracy' would have been an 'emerging democracy' at best. Barack Obama decided the lesson to teach Iraqis was (a) your vote doesn't matter and (b) your Constitution doesn't matter. This does not make for building blocks to a strong democracy. This was hugely damaging. You puff out your chest and lie that you've brought people democracy -- when all you've really brough them was death and destruction -- and then the ones who were willing to hope that was true, the ones who were willing to believe in the process are given the message that your vote doesn't matter and it can be overturned in a backroom bargain, your Constitution doesn't matter and the US government can circumvent it on a whim.
The White House, in an honest moment, would argue that they were comfortable with (US puppet) Nouri and felt he was a 'stabilizing' force. In a really honest moment, which they are incapable of, they'd admit that Nouri swore now, finally, he could push through the oil and gas law the US has long wanted. Now this is the same law that Nouri promised to push through years ago. In fact, these are part of the Bush White House's benchmarks which Nouri agreed to in 2007. He didn't accomplish it then or in all the years since.
A smart person looks at the record and says, "Uh, Nouri can't accomplish this. If he could have, he would have done it yesterday." However, an idiot says, "He just screwed Bush. Nouri would never screw me over. It will be different this time, Nouri will keep his word." That's what an idiot said and that's why the US insisted Nouri get a second term.
Allawi wants a caretaker government because that's the only thing that can curb Nouri. A temporary government can prevent him from hanging on to an office if he hasn't earned it. Zaid Sabah and Khalid al-Ansary (Bloomberg News) has State of Law's MP Khalid al-Aadi stating, "The State of Law didn't ask to dissolve the parliament. But when any party asks for dissolving the parliament and dissolve the government and call for early election, we will not stand against it." They also say that the request is for Nouri to continue -- after the Parliament is dissolved -- "to govern as a caretaker." That is completely false and it is not what Ayad Allawi stated.
As protests continued to spread in Iraq today, Nouri al-Maliki, prime minister and thug of the occupation, had a message. KUNA quotes him stating, "The recent calls by extremists to turn the protests into civil disobedience only serve external agendas and could undermine the entire political process in Iraq." By Nouri's 'standards,' Martin Luther King Jr., Hendry David Thoreau, Mahatma Ghandi and other proponents of civil disobedience would be branded 'terrorists' as would the Muslim women in Pakistan in 1947. Not only is that global tradition ignored, Sun Yunlong (Xinhua) reported March 25, 2008, "Iraq's radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Tuesday called on Iraqis to hold sit-ins across Iraq if attacks by U.S. and Iraqi troops continue against his follwers, a Sadr statement said."
Despite Nouri's attempts to demonize protests, Pakistan Today reports, "Thousands of Sunni Iraqis have continued to protest in Fallujah and other Iraq cities" and that they continue to insist upon "the release of prisoners and the end to allegedly sectarian policies." And Nouri continues to refuse to allow Iraqis to exercise their rights freely. AFP reports, "Demonstrators gathered at the Abu Hanifa mosque in the mostly-Sunni neighbourhood of Adhamiyah, but were barred by security forces from leaving the compound to rally on the street, an AFP correspondent said." The Voice of Russia adds, "The protests, which were attended by hundreds of thousands of people took place in other cities across the country as part of a declared 'Resistance Friday'." SAPA Asian News Agency spoke with two protesters, one male, one female. Abu Adbullah wondered, "How much longer will our children stay in prisons for no other reason than being Sunni." Umm Mohammed states, "My three children were arrested four years ago for no reason and I ask Maliki -- release them." Ahlul Bayt News Agency notes that "anit-government protests took place in several Iraqi cities, including Salahuddin, Diyala, Kirkuk, and Nineveh provinces, while demonstrators in western Anbar province continued to block off a highway linking Iraq to Syria and Jordan for a 12th succssive day."
All Iraq News notes that, following today's morning prayers, Arabs in Kirkuk took to the streets to protest and demand the release of the prisoners and the abolition of Article 4 which is seen as being used for political purposes against Sunnis. October 31, 2010, Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad was assaulted. Today, cleric and movement leader Moqtada al-Sadr visited the Church to show solidarity with Iraqi Christians and underscore that the dream is one Iraq that is welcoming and home to all Iraqis regardless of faith. Alsumaria notes he spoke of sending delegates to speak to the protesters in Anbar Province for that reason. He repeated his statements from earlier this week noting that the protesters had a legitimate right to express their grievances. All Iraq News notes that he stressed the importance of the Christian community to Iraq. Alsumaria adds that Moqtada then went to Kilani Mosque in central Baghdad for morning prayers. Emily Alpert (Los Angeles Times) offers, "Sadr is believed to be making gestures to the Sunni protesters and religious minorities in order to style himself as a unifying figure ahead of the provincial vote." Adam Schreck (AP) echoes Alpert, "Al-Sadr [appears] to be trying to capitalize on the political turmoil by attempting to portray himself as a unifying figure ahead of provincial elections in the spring."
Maybe so. But what is known is that Nouri's held onto the arrest warrant for Moqtada. It's part of the reason Moqtada stayed out of Iraq (especially after Nouri's 2008 attacks on Basra and Baghdad's Sadr City). Moqtada is taking a real chance going into Baghdad today. Whether that's to see himself up as "a unifying figure," I have no idea. Since 2010, we've talked about how he believes he will be Iraq's next prime minister. But ambitions or no ambitions today, with that still outstanding arrest warrant (which dates back to the US occupation), Moqtada took a real chance going into Baghdad, speaking of the need for unity and decrying what is taking place.
While Moqtada was talking inclusion and one Iraq, Nouri continues his attempts to divide the country. Al Mada reports that Speaker of Parliament Osama al-Nujaifi has called out Nouri's attack on him (saying al-Nujaifi was unfit because he supported the protesters). al-Nujaifi has responded that the right of protest is guaranteed in the Constitution and that the citizens have the right to exercise their freedoms and to reject tyranny and injustice. Kitabat states that there was supposed to be a meeting of various political leaders today but the head of the National Alliance, Ibrahim Jafaari, postponed the meeting. Nouri was busy today too. Kitabat reports that he sent out forms to the local governments asking the identify the people leading the protests and to arrest them.
That's a fact US State Dept spokesperson Victorial Nuland worked hard to avoid at today's State Dept press briefing.
QUESTION: Just on Iraq.
MS. NULAND: Yeah.
QUESTION: More protests today. Have you guys had contacts with the Iraqi government about how they're going to respond to this, how they're going to reduce tensions?
MS. NULAND: We have had contacts with the Iraqi government. We've had contacts with all of the stakeholders in Iraq along the lines of the comments that I made yesterday calling for peaceful protesters to be allowed to protest peacefully, but that also for restraint on all sides, including on the part of protesters and on the part of security forces. Our understanding is that they were relatively big protests today but that they were somewhat more peaceful than they had been in previous days, which is a good thing.
QUESTION: Victoria, are you involved directly in mediating, like at the Embassy level or perhaps at the "someone from the building level" between the different parties in Iraq? Because Allawi, the Iraqiya – the head of the Iraqiya – today called on Maliki to resign. Are you mediating any kind of talks between the two?
MS. NULAND: Well, Said, I wouldn't use that word. We've talked about this before here. You know that on a weekly basis, sometimes on a daily basis, our Ambassador in Iraq has meetings with all of the key leaders, encouraging them to work with each other to settle issues that they have through dialogue, to protect and preserve the basic tenets of the Iraqi constitution. He regularly sees the Prime Minister, the deputy prime ministers, the Vice President, cabinet ministers, deputy ministers, parliamentarians. So we try to use our good offices with all of the groups to encourage them to participate actively in dialogue with each other.
QUESTION: Okay. And Muqtada al-Sadr, the fiery Shia leader who heads Jaish al-Mahdi – the Mahdi Army is also is threatening to sort of break away with Malaki. Do you see this as a good sign as breaking away from Iran's hold?
MS. NULAND: Again, what we want to see is the major stakeholders in Iraq, political leaders, work through their issues through dialogue in consultation with each other. I'm obviously not going to comment on specific political moves by one player or another, except to say that when there are grievances, we don't want them settled through violence. We don't want to see them settled through moves that will hurt innocents. We want to see conversation, we want to see dialogue, we want to see protection of the constitution.
Still on Iraq? No?
QUESTION: Yes.
MS. NULAND: Yes on Iraq?
QUESTION: Yeah. One of the issues that the protesters are angry about is the prisoners. They say that up to 50,000 people are being imprisoned in Iraq just because of their – this sectarian reasons. And the government is denying that number, and they're saying there are 900 women, and they didn't provide the number of male prisoners. Between those numbers of the government and the protesters' numbers, from your people on the ground during those meetings, do they have an idea? I mean, can they – do they have anything solid regarding the number of prisoners? Because this is one of the main issues that the people are protesting against in Iraq.
MS. NULAND: I'm not prepared to address here our assessment of what the accurate numbers may or may not be. I will say that this is one of the issues that we have encouraged dialogue and transparency on. It's important in any democracy for the justice system to be transparent, for there to be fairness and a level playing field, and that's something that needs to be addressed, obviously.
It's cute how Nuland ignores topics that matter and how she continues to attack the Iraqi protesters. Professor Gareth Stansfeld (Royal United Services Institute) provides a more concrete take on what's going on:
Fallujah, Ramadi, Tikrit, Mosul - all saw demonstrations against the Maliki government, with some, including Mosul, calling for the withdrawal of the Iraqi government and police forces. Never one to shirk from a challenge to his power, Maliki has responded with ominous language - including calling up protesters to 'end their strike before the state intervenes to end it'.
While Maliki has faced threats from the Sunni areas before, he has never faced them in isolation. This time, however, the Kurds are no longer his allies and instead have increasingly common cause with their Sunni neighbours. Following years of poor relations between Erbil and Baghdad, caused over disputes over oil and gas policy, budgetary allocations, the status of the disputed territories (including Kirkuk), and an overall disenchantment within Erbil towards the Maliki government, the relationship between the two capitals has, by the start of 2013, become appalling.
Following a military stand-off in the disputed territories at the end of 2012, the scene is set for 2013 to be one of the Kurds moving ahead with securing their autonomy by strengthening their relationship with Turkey and the Arab Gulf states, and by exporting oil and gas directly to their northern neighbour. In order to protect their region, it would make sense for them to do so from the disputed territories themselves, and so raise the spectre of increased military confrontation with Maliki in such volatile flashpoints as Kirkuk, Diyala, and Ninevah. This is a confrontation that the Kurds, with at least tacit Sunni support, may feel capable of winning. The Kurdistan War of 2013 may not be too unlikely, looking at the current pieces on the board.
Speaker of Parliament Osama al-Nujaifi and Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq have called a special session of Parliament for Sunday. Alsumaria notes that MP Ali al-Tamimi, member of the Sadr bloc, states that they will be attending the Sunday special session.
A bombing yesterday in Musayyib targeted pilgrims taking part in the Arbaeen rituals. Today Yasir Ghazi and Christine Hauser (New York Times) report the death toll rose to at least 32 (injured is at twenty-eight). They also note a Thursday Baghdad roadside bombing which left 4 dead and fifteen injured. The UN News Center notes that United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq has strongly condemned the bombing and "The Mission expresses its profound sympathy to the families of the victims, to whom it extends sincere condolences, and wishes for a speedy recovery to the wounded." The month has just begun, is not even a week old, and already Iraq Body Count counts 55 people killed by violence in Iraq so far in January. Today,
Alsumaria reports that a grenade attack on a Mosul checkpoint left two police officers injured.
Yesterday's snapshot included this:
Fars News Agency notes, "Turkish Fighter jets bombed over 20 targets of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Northern Iraq late Monday." Trend News Agency points out, "The conflict between Turkey and the PKK has lasted over 25 years." Aaron Hess (International Socialist Review) described the PKK in 2008, "The PKK emerged in 1984 as a major force in response to Turkey's oppression of its Kurdish population. Since the late 1970s, Turkey has waged a relentless war of attrition that has killed tens of thousands of Kurds and driven millions from their homes. The Kurds are the world's largest stateless population -- whose main population concentration straddles Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria -- and have been the victims of imperialist wars and manipulation since the colonial period. While Turkey has granted limited rights to the Kurds in recent years in order to accommodate the European Union, which it seeks to join, even these are now at risk." Today the World Tribune reports the government of Turkey is in talks with the PKK on a disarmament treaty, "Officials said Turkey's intelligence community was examining the prospect of a long-term ceasefire with the PKK. They said the intelligence community offered the PKK a range of options after Ankara determined that Kurdish insurgents could not be defeated militarily." This follows their report from yesterday that Turkey was speaking to Abdullah Ocalan (imprisoned PKK leader) about a ceasefire. Hurriyet Daily News adds, "Peace and Democracy Party Deputy Ayla Akat Ata, lawyer Meral Danış and independent deputy Ahmet Türk traveled to İmralı Island on Jan.3 to meet with the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan, according to daily Radikal."
Citing Turkish Minister of the Interior Naim Sahin, AP states that the Turkish military will continue its operations even as talks are pursuded. Sahin states, "Operations are continuing. They will continue until members of the group who bear enmity against our people are no longer in a position to attack or shed blood." Hurriyet Daily News informs, "Imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan said during a meeting on Imrali island on Jan. 3 that he should be considered the 'only authority' in the process of of PKK disarmament."
al-Qa'im is in Anbar Province -- where so many protests have taken place in the last days. al-Qa'im is where one of the non-KRG refugee camps for Syrian refugees has been set up. Amy Mina is with Save The Children and she wrote a piece for CNN about the needs of the refugees in that camp:
The baby is crying. Her cheeks are swollen and yellowish as are those of many of the older children. "Al Sfar" (jaundice), confirms Um Ahmed. She says the clinic offers no help. One mother hugs her 3-year-old daughter. "I'm just watching my child get sicker every day and there is nothing I can do."
Another woman, Intisar, wordlessly pulls the base of the tent out to show me how damp the gravel is under the tent. "It seeps into those sponge mattresses, into our bones, into our skin. There is no way of staying warm or dry." Her husband shows me the deep crevice dug by their resident rats. "All night they crawl under us, trying to get warmth. The children scream, and I spend all night beating the rats out."
As I walk out, the tears rise in me. It hurts to look into the despair on the children's faces, to see a toddler barefoot on the gravel. There is so much that needs to be done. Without support these children truly suffer. As winter tightens its grip on Syria's neighboring countries, stories like those I heard in Al Qaem are far from unique.
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As with all other organizations responding to the humanitarian needs of the Syrian refugees in the region, our greatest challenge is funding. We are on the ground. We have established operations in Al Qaem, which is no small feat. We are ready to deliver aid immediately but we need the funds to make it happen.
That night, I cannot get warm, despite the blankets and thick walls. I cannot stop thinking of the children, out in the desert cold.
To donate to Save the Children's Syria Children in Crisis Fund, which provides relief and support for Syrian children seeking refuge in Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan, please click here.
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee is a US group that works on issues effecting the basic rights. It is a national group that first came on my radar when I was going campus to campus speaking about the then-just started Iraq War. When Congress was unwilling or unable to stop the Patriot Act, BRDC organized city by city to get local governments to pass resolutions against the Patriot Act. Usually, people appeared before the municipal body to speak about why such a measure was necessary. Often they would be color coordinated (such as all wearing blue shirts). When the Patriot Act needed resistance it came down to librarians and the BRDC fighting for the rights we too often take for granted. Barack Obama has a Drone War in the rest of the world. He's bringing the drones closer in 2013. Many US cities and towns will discover the surveilance drones. From surveilance, what comes next? The Congress doesn't care. The weapons lobby has, as usual, bought off the Congress which is how drones are now about to operate freely just above US soil. The Bill of Rights Defense Committee is hoping to repeat their earlier efforts and get cities and towns to stand up. This year, they made the list of Great Nonprofits. If you're not familiar with their work, you can check out the website and you can also refer to the following news articles:
- 1/4, Daphne Eviatar, Reuters, The secrecy veiling Obama's drone war
- 1/3, Daniel Byman & Benjamin Wittes, The Atlantic, How Obama Decides Your Fate If He Thinks You're a Terrorist
- 1/3, Matt Sledge and Ryan J. Reilly, Huffington Post, NDAA Signed Into Law By Obama Despite Guantanamo Veto Threat, Indefinite Detention Provisions
- 1/3, Charlie Savage, New York Times, Obama Disputes Limits on Detainee Transfers Imposed in Defense Bill
- 1/3, Peter Finn, Washington Post, Defense bill's Guantanamo Bay provisions have human rights groups upset with Obama
- 1/3, Dave Boyer, Washington Times, Obama signs defense measure he once vowed to veto


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Rafu Shimpo article on KUMPANIA
Click here to read: http://www.rafu.com/2013/07/keepers-of-the-flame/
"A love letter to flamenco" … "a form of Vulcan mind-meld" – Jennifer Oliver O'Connell, The Examiner
Examiner Review by Jennifer Oliver O'Connell click here
Kumpania Flamenco Flash Mob Los Angeles May 30, 2013
Los Angeles Film Festival Premiere
Director's Choice Award:
Best Documentary at Lagniappe Film & Music Festival, Texas
Thank You to the KUMPANIA Cast & Crew & the Lagniappe Film & Music Festival
KUMPANIA screens at Lagniappe Film and Music Festival in Texas
Double Besos to the music lovers in Beaumont!
For More Details click here: Lagniappe film and Music Festival
Kumpania Screens at Historic El Cid, Los Angeles
in honor of its 50th Anniversary January 31st 2013
Noted by The Daily Mail UK:
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KUMPANIA Cast & Crew at El Cid
From left: Paloma Rios, Jose Tanaka, Martyn LeNoble, Christina Applegate, Antonio Triana II, Jesus Montoya, Kai Narezo, Gabriel Lautaro Osuna, Gerardo Morales & Mizuho Sato.
Stuck in traffic: Vanessa Acosta Albalos.
In Spain: Briseyda Zarate Fernandez.
With flu: Antonio De Jerez
KUMPANIA wins Best Documentary at On Location Memphis International Film & Music Festival
Interview with Kumpania Film Editor
Noah Berlow
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Film Editor Noah Berlow
KUMPANIA wins Best Documentary at Peloponnesian International Film Festival
KUMPANIA Wins Best Cinematography at World Music & Independent Film Festival in Washington D.C.
Cinematographer Avi Cohen
KUMPANIA wins Audience Award at Madrid International Film Festival
"It's a little jewel, this documentary about flamenco performers in Los Angeles. I enjoyed it immensely. Katina Dunn has done a wonderful job."
– Justin Coe RTVE Spanish National Radio.
Click here to listen to Justin Coe's RTVE interview with Director Katina Dunn.
Madrid International Film Festival trailer
performance by Juan Debel, Dieguito Guerrero & Cristina Lucio.
The LA Times Features Kumpania Flamenco Los Angeles in their: 'Kumpanía' and festival spotlight Los Angeles' flamenco scene.
"Kumpanía" — directed by Katina Dunn and now on the festival circuit — explores how the tight-knit flamenco community in L.A. has coalesced at the margins, albeit for reasons very different from the persecution the Gypsy (Romani) people suffered in 18th century Spain.
Read the whole article here: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-guidefeature-20120322,0,737100.story
Jose Tanaka, Gabriel Lautaro Osuna and Vanessa Acosta Albalos at flamenco benefit for victims of earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Photo by Avi Cohen
Skyping to Toronto
April 12 Flamenco stars Jose Tanaka, Mizuho Sato & Briseyda Zarate Fernandez will Skype Toronto after the 8:30 PM screening of KUMPANIA.
Thanks to Lionel Felix and the Toronto International Flamenco Festival in partnership with the National Film Board Mediatheque, 150 John St. Toronto. (416) 973-3012 $10
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
April 19 – 22 thrilled to be in the JDIFF
Thank you to our distributors
Linda Nelson and Michael Madison of Indie Rightswww.NelsonMadisonfilms.com

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PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. (WTVR)--Several people in the Petersburg, Dinwiddie and Prince George Community said they are devastated by the tubing death of a 10-year old boy, and the serious injury of his 9-year old friend.
JT Morrison Funeral Home confirmed they are handling funeral arrangements for Grayson Payne Austin, a rising fifth grader at Walton Elementary School, who was killed around 8 p.m. Saturday evening on Lake Lanier in Prince George County.
The 9-year old victim remains in critical condition at VCU Medical Center, after undergoing emergency surgery Saturday night.
According to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, three parents of the victims were inside the 19-foot boat that towed the two boys. The day took a dramatic turn as the tube hit an obscure object in the water.
Lake Lanier, also known as Butterworth Pond, is a small 33-acre body of water, surrounded by a few private homes, including the home of one of the victims.
"The boat made a turn in which it forced the tube into a partially submerged tree and then ejected both of the tubers, or children riding on the tubes, into the woods," confirmed Lee Walker with The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
An eyewitness tells CBS 6 it was a frantic scene as both families tried to render aid to the boys and called for help.
Prince George Fire and EMS, Virginia State Police and The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries all responded to the scene off Lanier Road.
Grayson Austin was pronounced dead at the hospital. Paramedics attempted to have the 9-year old transported by helicopter to VCU Medical Center, but were unable because of weather conditions. He was taken by ambulance instead.
Both families are members of Christ & Grace Episcopal Church in Petersburg and are well known in the community.
On Sunday afternoon, Emporia native and NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler publically dedicated his NASCAR win to the Austin family.
"We needed this win, we're racing with very heavy hearts today," said Sadler, going on to describe the situation as "….friends had some of the worst tragedy I've ever heard of in my life."
"This race is for them," he added.
A memorial service for Grayson Austin will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Christ & Grace Episcopal Church.


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Tuesday, 30 June 2015
One of my favourite clothing revamps is to turn sleeves into pockets!
If there's a piece of clothing in your closet that you for one reason or another have not worn in some time there comes a moment when you need to take it out and decide if you should do something about it or pass it on.
dress originally from Shabby Apple that I have not worn for almost three years (since Dag was a baby, oh man, how was he ever that tiny!!), although I like it.
It used to have long sleeves, but I always found that a bit hard to use, so I eventually chopped them off into short sleeves to solve the problem. I did not sew the edges of the new sleeves but folded them up and over with curtain tape for a seamless, folded finish. However, the sleeve was rather puffy and puffy sleeves make my arms look huge, so I did not end up wearing the dress any more than before anyway.
(If you wonder why I keep going on about pockets this and pockets that it is for practical reasons - phone and car keys when out with a toddler and moving around in and out of the big house on the farm. Nothing beats clothing with pockets when you tend to wear mainly skirts or dresses)
Fix the edges around the sleeve holes.
Sew them in place and voila! An almost new wonderful summer dress!
However, although I can be rather sciccors-happy my advice before revamping or cutting in any clothing you have is to think twice about it; I have sometimes made quick choices on what I wanted for the moment without thinking what was best for the garment itself, and then later regretted it. Obviously you can't always win as fashion and your own preferences change with time, but you can give everything a good though first.
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Labels: diy, ideas, lifestyle, muoti, pocketlove, revamping it
Sunday, 28 June 2015
I took some behind-the-scenes photos during the day.
Walking among some 300 balloons. They started moving, wandering, by themselves at some point. Freaky (and also totally explainable).
It was a rather long but hilariously silly day.
You can see the result here - this will most likely open up more for those born in the 70's and 80's that attended school discos in their pre-teens. And have video footage on VHS of that...
(The disco-sign on the door was suitably there when we arrived already, as a remnance from the last party of the year.)
Posted by The Freelancer's FashionBlog at 22:41 2 comments
Friday, 26 June 2015
Although rhubarb actually is a vegetable, it is pretty much solely used for sweet dishes over here.
But it makes a great chutney for salty treats as well! It's a perfect addition to the bbq dinner. It's really good.
It should be really good with meat; I've had mine with tofu and grilled halloumi for example, but also as an addition to nachos and salsa.
You will need:
500g rhubarb
1 (yellow) onion
2 big cloves of garlic
1 chili fruit
about 0,75 dl honey
2 tbs red wine vinegar
a pinch of salt
1-2 tsp fresh ginger
a little turmeric
Clean and peel the rhubarb, chop that with the onion, garlic and chili into pieces. Put in a pot together with the honey and vinegar and salt and let it boil together for about 20 minutes into a thick chutney.
I want to fill more jars so I double the recipe. I can also recommend to chop some rhubarb and put in your freezer, take it out and make this in winter to spice your dinner up on cold days! Because most likely your summer batch will be finished before the leaves fall off.
(This is tagged vegan because it goes well with vegan dishes. But then you would need to switch the honey for a couple of spoons of brown sugar for example, or some maple syrup!)
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015
The sauna is among the most Finnish things there are. The word sauna itself is a Finnish word. You have the midsummer sauna, Christmas sauna, bridal sauna, the Saturday evenig sauna and the regular everyday sauna as well... Most Finnish summer cottages and cabins will have a separate sauna, and many old apartment buildings has a mutual one, while new apartments tend to have their own small saunas next to the bathroom. I've never been that much of a sauna goer at home really, the sauna at my parents' house was mainly used for drying clothes in . We have a weekly sauna hour in our building that we sometimes manage to make it to. I mostly just go to the sauna when at the gym.
But being in a wooden sauna on an island or by the lake, being able to jump right into the water straight from the heat, is a different thing. This midsummer when out in the archipelago we heated the sauna, which I haven't actually bathed in for a few years, in spite of sleeping in the sauna chamber every time we are over at the island.
The sauna window view.
When we were small gathering pine cones was one of our "duties". It works as a spark together with the wood when you heat the sauna (or any other fire; we mainly collected these for heating the house.)
(There used to be sauna championships where the contestants tried to out-sit each other in the heat, with very high temperatures. Some years ago one finalist died, while the other got really sick and was in a coma for a long time. That's insane.)
Southern Carelia at my grandmothers cabin the water is often around +25C.)
Where the harbour opposite of us is, there used to be an island, just in front of the mainland. They blew it away.
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Labels: archipelago, midsummer, oma elämä, summer, traditions
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
This was quite heavy stuff.
Posted by The Freelancer's FashionBlog at 01:39 0 comments
Monday, 22 June 2015
4 x SUMMER RAIN
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Labels: archipelago, four things right now, from the camera, lifestyle, midsummer, oma elämä, summer
Friday, 19 June 2015
I got this dress from vintage shop Hoochie Mama Jane some time back, late in spring.
Posted by The Freelancer's FashionBlog at 20:30 7 comments
Thursday, 18 June 2015
I'm not sure if there is a more official name for it but 'pointy french' is the one I go with.
Or you can draw the lines more round, to get heart shaped tips (there's a lot more going on with my nails here in this pic but ignore that).
If you want to fancy it up, make small dots in a metallic shade along the line.
Use a thick varnish with good coverage that is not too runn. Make the small dots with a toothpick, hairpin or needle for application.
The deluxe version would be small rhinestones, but I leave it to the salon for that.
Posted by The Freelancer's FashionBlog at 22:05 5 comments
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
(It also turned out to be the first June in over 50 years when the temperature two weeks in had still not reached over +20 (and even sadly stayed way under), so it has been more jackets and less sumer sandals still..)
Made, among other things, rhubarb punch. When you make it by soaking and not by cooking you end upwith a beautiful strong pink liquid. I just let unpeeled bits of rhubarbs soak for three days with lemon and a little sugar, then strain and heat up the juice with some more sugar and bring it to a boil (so that the recently added sugar dissolves) and then bottle it.
And here are some more pictures of the now already faded apple blossom just because.
And an apple tree cat to end this one:
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text: The hacker who claims to have breached the Democratic National Committee\u2019s computers is now taking credit for hacking confidential files from a related campaign group.Guccifer 2.0 alleged on Friday that he also attacked the servers of the Democractic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). He posted some of the purported files on his blog, and is promising journalists "exclusive materials" if they contact him directly.Although Guccifer 2.0 claims to be a lone hacktivist, some security experts believe he's actually a persona created by Russian government hackers who want to influence the U.S. presidential election.Guccifer has dismissed any connection to Russia, but on Friday he said the upcoming U.S. elections were becoming a "farce," in which voters are no longer playing a leading role."The big money bags are fighting for power today," he wrote. "They are lying constantly and don't keep their word."Guccifer's latest target, the DCCC, is an official campaign arm of the Democratic Party. Last month, it also confirmed that it was recently hacked.The DCCC has said the intrusion was similar to one that targeted the DNC. That breach, which came to light in June, involved sensitive files including opposition research on presidential candidate Donald Trump.Security firms involved in the investigation have blamed the DNC breach on Russian state-sponsored hackers. U.S. intelligence officials are reportedly also confident Russia was behind the DNC breach, but the FBI is still investigating the matter.Guccifer 2.0, however, claims to be Romanian. His latest internet post contains files he allegedly stole from the DCCC. It includes the personal contact info for House Democrats, in addition to passwords DCCC officials used to access certain websites.\u00a0"Here are some DCCC docs from their server. Make use of them," Guccifer 2.0 said.His Friday post also occurred on the same day that security firm ThreatConnect found new evidence possibly tying him to Russian state-sponsored hackers.A separate hacktivist website called DCLeaks has also been posting files stolen from U.S. politicians, but Russian hackers and Guccifer 2.0 may actually be behind the site, according to ThreatConnect.


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Next time you send an email, take a moment to ponder the simple beauty of the address field. No, not the name. Who cares who you're sending emails to. I certainly don't. No, the @ symbol. It's artwork now!
And famous artwork at that, thanks to its admission into the prestigious architecture and design collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. As the New York Times points out, this is the best of the best in the design/art world, akin to an Oscar for film making.
But why this particular symbol? Well, it's a combination of factors, all of which must be agreed upon by the MoMA's 25-person committee of art experts, architects and designers:
The committee must be convinced that each addition meets the entry criteria. Does it excel in terms of form and function? Does it embody the values of clarity, honesty and simplicity that MoMA considers essential to good design? Has it has made an impact on our lives? Is it innovative? Then there's the clincher. "If this object had never been designed or manufactured, would the world miss out?" said Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at MoMA. "Even just a bit?" - NYT
The @ symbol performed "brilliantly" during its run through the MoMA gauntlet. Today, it is officially part of the MoMA's elite collection, represented in a variety of typefaces and sizes. My emails, unfortunately, were all rejected. [New York Times]


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Alex Serpo / CNET News:
Ballmer rules out new bid for Yahoo — SYDNEY—Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Friday that Microsoft is "not interested" in making a new offer for internet company Yahoo, despite Yahoo's share price currently sitting at less than half what Microsoft initially offered.
Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch: Ballmer Says No to Yahoo Acquisition, Maybe to Search Deal
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo: Steve Ballmer to Jerry Yang: I'm Not Buying You
Alain Sherter / Tech Confidential: Ballmer: I just don't love Yahoo! anymore
Renai LeMay / ZDNet.com.au: Ballmer backs Obama's leadership
David Hunter / Microsoft News Tracker: Ballmer says no new Yahoo acquisition attempt
Benjamin J. Romano / Microsoft Pri0: Microsoft still not interested in acquiring Yahoo
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Meet the Internet's Human Pinata: Jerry Yang — Well, this was certainly predictable-the mindless piling on of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang now taking place in the blogosphere, in the wake of yet another setback for the troubled Internet company. — This time, it comes after the collapse of the search advertising deal with Google yesterday.
Discussion: CNET News and Outside the Lines
Dan Farber / Outside the Lines: Yahoo's Jerry Yang runs into a wall
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Ballmer: We're not interested in Yahoo anymore — Updated: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the software giant has no intention of making a new offer for Yahoo-even though the Internet company is on sale relative to its first offer. — Via ZDNet Australia (Techmeme)
Discussion: ZDNet.com.au, Inquirer and WebProNews
Alex Serpo / ZDNet.com.au: Ballmer rules out new Yahoo bid
Sylvie Barak / Inquirer: Ballmer turns his back on desperate Yahoo
Doug Caverly / WebProNews: Ballmer (Yet Again) Rejects Idea Of Yahoo Acquisition
Jonathan Standing / Reuters:
Microsoft CEO pours cold water on Yahoo interest
Microsoft CEO pours cold water on Yahoo interest
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Brad Linder / Download Squad: Microsoft has no plans to buy Yahoo! (this time)
Svetlana Gladkova / Profy: Steve Ballmer to Yahoo: No, Thank You
Tameka Kee / paidContent.org: Ballmer: Yahoo Buyout Is Not Gonna Happen
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Douglas McIntyre / BloggingStocks: Ballmer says 'no' to Yahoo! — Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) …
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
Steve Ballmer: Another Yahoo Bid? No Way.
Steve Ballmer: Another Yahoo Bid? No Way.
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Robert X. Cringely / Notes from the Field: Is Yahoo dead? — Thanks to the DOJ, Google has backed …
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: Steve To Jerry: Sorry, I'm Not Taking You Back
Sardar Mohkim Khan / Startup Meme: Steve Ballmer on Yahoo Deal: 'Get Lost!'
Heather Havenstein / PC World: Yahoo in Precarious Position
Rodney Gedda / Techworld:
Microsoft 'interested' in open source browser: Ballmer — Browser extensions likely to attract proprietary development — Microsoft has given its most ringing endorsement of open source Web browsers to date with chief executive officer Steve Ballmer not ruling out adopting such technology …
Discussion: TechCrunch, WinExtra, OSNews and Slashdot
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch: Microsoft Probably Not Really Considering WebKit For IE
Steven Hodson / WinExtra: A WebKit powered Internet Explorer makes sense
Thom Holwerda / OSNews: Ballmer: Microsoft 'May Look' at WebKit
Microsoft considers adopting WebKit for Internet Explorer
Microsoft considers adopting WebKit for Internet Explorer
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Mack D. Male / MasterMaq's Blog: WebKit inside Internet Explorer? No thanks
Brian Heater / AppScout: Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 May Use WebKit
Tom Warren / Neowin.net: Microsoft considering WebKit for Internet Explorer
Dion Almaer / Ajaxian: Adopting WebKit in IE?
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Microsoft? IE? WebKit? Don't count on it
Microsoft? IE? WebKit? Don't count on it
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Liam Tung / ZDNet.com.au: Ballmer tells Oz: get with the broadband
Margaret Kane / CNET News: Microsoft looking at Webkit?
Joanna Stern / LAPTOP Magazine:
Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Arrives: Sleek but Slow — This morning the stork dropped off one of the most highly-anticipated netbooks of the year. Everyone wanted to see and touch the Inspiron Mini 12 because it's the first netbook with a 12-inch display. How good was the keyboard? How bright was the display?
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Luigi Lugmayr / I4U News: Dell mini 12 is slow?
Doug Aamoth / CrunchGear: Laptop Magazine fondles the Dell Mini 12 netbook
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Dell netbook with MID CPU gets a first look: Mini 12
Warner Crocker / GottaBeMobile.com: Laptop Mag Reviews Dell Mini 12 Netbook
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Samsung takes top spot in U.S. cellphone market — HELSINKI (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) surpassed Motorola (MOT.N) in third quarter to became the largest mobile phone vendor in the United States, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Friday.
Discussion: InformationWeek and Phone Scoop
Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop: Samsung Surpasses Motorola in the U.S.
Sara Silver / Wall Street Journal:
Samsung Overtakes Motorola In the U.S.
Samsung Overtakes Motorola In the U.S.
Discussion: Electronista and Technology Live
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Samsung takes No. 1 spot in U.S. cellphone market
Samsung takes No. 1 spot in U.S. cellphone market
Discussion: CrunchGear, Boy Genius Report, Gizmodo and Engadget
Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report: Samsung dethrones Motorola as no. 1 in US
Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Tries to Steal Verizon Deal From Google — Microsoft Corp., capitalizing on Google Inc.'s regulatory snarl, is working to steal a deal with Verizon Wireless away from its rival. — Microsoft has gotten the mobile carrier's attention by offering a sweeter deal to put its search service …
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: Verizon to Microsoft: Hey Big Spender
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: Sensing An Opening, Microsoft Moves to 'Steal' Verizon Search Deal From Google
Rob Jackson / Android Phone Fans: Verizon Dumping Google For Microsoft?
Rafat Ali / mocoNews.net: Microsoft Trying To Shiv the Potential Google-Verizon Wireless Search Deal
Shelly Palmer / MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer: Microsoft Still Not Interested in Acquiring Yahoo: MediaBytes …
Steven Musil / CNET News: Report: Microsoft wants Google's Verizon deal
Charles Cooper / Coop's Corner: Microsoft looking to pull end-around on Google?
Tech-On! : tech news:
'Mobile Phones Will Shoot Full HD Video in 2012,' Ericsson Says — Ericsson AB of Sweden revealed its efforts in the mobile broadband market at a press conference Nov 6, 2008. — In the area of mobile communications, innovative technologies such as "HSPA evolution," which is the successor to HSPA …
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James Falconer / IntoMobile: Sony Ericsson Whips out the Crystal Ball: 20MP Cameras and HD …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget Mobile: Ericsson: 20 megapixel cellphones shooting Full HD video in 4 years
Matt Burns / CrunchGear: The future of cells phones by Ericsson
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
iSkoot gets $19M warchest to launch Web services platform for AT&T — ISkoot, the company that lets you make Skype Internet calls from your mobile phone, has raised $19 million in a third round of venture capital to build an ambitious mobile platform for AT&T.
Discussion: mocoNews.net
Dianne See Morrison / mocoNews.net: iSkoot Raises $19 Million In Third Round; Building Mobile App Platform For AT&T
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Downturn-Busting Venture Round For iSkoot: $19 Million
Downturn-Busting Venture Round For iSkoot: $19 Million
Discussion: PE Hub News and Startup Meme
Chris Douvos / PE Hub News: iSkoot Raises $19 Million for Mobile VOIP
Sardar Mohkim Khan / Startup Meme: iSkoot raises $19 million in Series C
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Online Money Transfer Service iKobo Calls It Quits — Atlanta, GA-based iKobo, a company that provides a worldwide online money transfer service, is discontuining its operations, effective immediately. In an e-mail to its users, the company writes:
Discussion: YugaTech and Startup Meme
Bilal Hameed / Startup Meme: iKobo Bites Dust, One Less Online Money Transfer Service
Sprint Nextel Lost 1.3 Million Customers in Quarter — Sprint Nextel, the third-largest mobile service, on Friday posted a quarterly loss and weaker revenue as customers fled to rival services. — Sprint reported a net loss of $326 million, or 11 cents a share, compared with a profit of $64 million …
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Business Wire:
Sprint Nextel Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Sprint Nextel Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Sprint: Subscribers continue to bolt
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft aims Windows 7 for 2009 holiday season — LOS ANGELES—In a technical session on Thursday afternoon, Microsoft provided the clearest public indication that it is planning on getting Windows 7 completed in time to run on PCs that ship for next year's holiday buying season.
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Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear: Looks like Microsoft wants Windows 7 out the door in time for Christmas 2009
Cyril Kowaliski / The Tech Report: Microsoft confirms 2009 Windows 7 launch
Andrew Lyle / Neowin.net: Windows 7 RTM as Early as 2009?
Brian Heater / AppScout: Microsoft: Windows 7 Coming in 2009
John Callaham / Big Download Blog: Windows 7 to launch by holiday 2009?
Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
iPhone tops business rankings, steals Nokia market share — Often labeled the outsider in the corporate world, Apple's iPhone has already reached the top of J.D. Power's satisfaction ranks for business smartphones — and is simultaneously the second-largest smartphone maker in the world.
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget Mobile: Analyst confirms Apple slid past RIM to become number two smartphone vendor
Tarmo Virki / Reuters: Apple, RIM win smartphone market share from Nokia
Allan David Reyes / Cell Phones etc.: Apple no. 2 Smartphone Vendor, RIM down to no. 3
Luigi Lugmayr / I4U News: BlackBerry and iPhone to Battle this Holidays for 2nd Place
Troy D. Brown / BlackBerryNews.com: Apple Touch Screened Its Way Past RIM To Become #2 Smartphone Vendor
Ricky Cadden / MobileBurn.com: J.D. Power and Associates ranks Apple highest in smartphone satisfaction
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
iPhone passes RIM, gains on Nokia
iPhone passes RIM, gains on Nokia
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Tom Krazit / CNET News: Apple's iPhone wins J.D. Power award
Steve Litchfield / All About Symbian: Canalys worldwide smartphone figures for Q3 are in
John Oates / The Register:
Bloggers getting bigger and messier — But not in the way you think... Blog front pages are now large pages of images and scripts rather than the pared-down text pages of old. — The average-sized front page is 934KB and 35 per cent are over 1MB, according to researchers who looked at Technorati's top 100 blogs.
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Windows 7 knows where you are — Microsoft program manager Alec Berntson shows how Windows 7 allows programs to take advantage of location-based information, in this case the operating system's weather gadget. — (Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News) — LOS ANGELES—Windows 7 …
Scott Gilbertson / webmonkey: Windows 7 Will Let Microsoft Track Your Every Move
Brooke Crothers / CNET News: Microsoft describes USB 3.0 delays
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Honda's robotics foray continues: Unveils 'walking assist device' — A bit off topic, but pretty neat nonetheless: Honda has rolled out its second experimental walking device. The contraption is for folks that can walk, but have trouble supporting their weight.
Discussion: CrunchGear and Electronista
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
FriendFeed puts location in a bit more context by auto-adding maps to the stream — FriendFeed quietly rolled out a pretty cool new feature tonight. Now, when you update a service that has location information included in it, such as Brightkite, a Google Map image of your location will be placed below the update.
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Stan Schroeder / Mashable!: FriendFeed Now Has Cute Little Maps
Adena Schutzberg / All Points Blog: FriendFeed Supports Geotagging/GeoRSS
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Google Revamping Forums, Changes Look Good — Google just announced that it is relaunching its Google Help Forums and we believe the changes are likely to be extended to all Google Groups forums in the future. The new forums include some great new features and utilize the new Google Profiles extensively.
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A Black Lives Matter peaceful protest is planned for the Belleville High School football game against Lincoln High School at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21.
The plan is for protesters to sit on the visitors (Lincoln) side of the field and chant during the game and then take to the field when the game is over to chant some more. The directions are to stay seated when the National Anthem is played.
The protest is called a "Power in Unity Rally" and participants were told there is to be no violence, disrespect, harassing, or profanity.
Some of the chants planned are, "No Justice No Peace" and "When Black Lives are under attack, we stand up; we fight back."
Participants say their protest has nothing to do with what's going on in the Belleville schools.
It all started when some students at Lincoln Consolidated Schools wanted to join the Black Lives Matter protests against "inequality demonstrated by the multiple deaths due to police brutality," said Taylor Killich, a Lincoln High School student.
She said the volleyball team, of which she is a part, has been kneeling for weeks when the National Anthem is played. Taylor said the Lincoln Athletic Department had added a "freedom of speech, freedom of expression" line to its rules and so there was no problem.
At the football game against Pioneer on Oct. 14, half of the football team kneeled for the National Anthem and a woman wrote about it on Facebook, showed pictures and said nasty things, Taylor said.
Other parents started harassing the team over the kneeling, Taylor said.
Taylor said the cheerleading coach reportedly told cheerleaders that if they participated in any way in the Black Lives Matter protests, they would be off the team.
Lincoln Cheer Coach Christina Spurley, who has been coaching for ten years, said she has 21 girls on her team and some are being pressured to participate in the protest. She said some wanted to put Black Lives Matter on their bandanas and others were uncomfortable with that.
She said the girls are on one team and should wear one uniform and look alike and cheer as one team. She said if a person feels so strongly about being part of the protest, she can participate in that.
While football players have knelt for the National Anthem they are not allowed to wear anything else on their uniforms.
Spurley said, "I understand a big cause and wanting to be a part of it. But I think the students should go to a high school football game and have fun at a football game." She pointed out for some of the seniors it will be their last football game experience.
Spurley said she has been getting threatening phone calls about what will happen at the game.
At the game some cheerleaders planned to wear Black Lives Matter headbands in protest, no matter the punishment, Taylor said.
On Oct. 19, multiple choir members held up their fists in protest against the National Anthem, Taylor said.
She said nationwide, athletes are kneeling and raising fists to protest inequality and the high schoolers wanted to protest peacefully, too.
Chairman of planning Friday's protest is DaQuann Harrison, a Lincoln student.
He said they were protesting at BHS because it was the last football game of the year and they wanted to participate in the national movement.
DaQuann said they got 100 extra Black Lives Matter shirts ordered, but didn't know if they'd get them in time for the protest. Everyone who didn't have a Black Lives Matter shirt was told to wear all black that night.
He said organizers expected 200 protesters, with 70 of them Belleville students.
"It feels good to be protesting injustices," DaQuann said.
He said because Belleville and Lincoln are rival teams, they often play tricks on each other on game night.
"This year, instead, we'll be doing something positive," he said.
On Thursday, when details of the protest came to light, Van Buren Public Schools Supt. Pete Kudlak met with Belleville Police to discuss the protest.
Supt. Kudlak talked with DaQuann and Supt. Kudlak told DaQuann the district had no problem with peaceful protests. DaQuann said the plan was for a peaceful demonstration.
Nakia Hawkins-Hudson, a BHS senior, is also a member of the organizing committee. She said she used to attend Lincoln schools and she is representing Belleville on the Black Lives Matter Committee.
Although there were some rumors that the protesters planned to disrupt the BHS Marching Band that was to perform on the field, DaQuann said there is no plan to interrupt the band.
On Thursday night, Supt. Kudlak sent out emails to BHS parents explaining what the students had planned for their protest and, "If you are planning to attend the game, we would appreciate you helping us to keep the environment safe by not engaging the protesters in any way."


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Titans make fewer mistakes to eliminate Jets from playoff hunt
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The New York Jets' playoff hopes are gone, lost in a wave of turnovers by struggling Mark Sanchez.
Chris Johnson went 94 yards for the longest touchdown run in the NFL since 2006, and the Tennessee Titans beat the Jets 14-10 on Monday night to eliminate New York from postseason contention.
"Obviously, it's a devastating loss, out of the playoffs, and it hurts beyond belief," Jets coach Rex Ryan said. "I think the thing that really hurts the most is we've got no one to blame but ourselves."
Jake Locker's first touchdown run of the season put Tennessee ahead to stay late in the third quarter, and the Titans intercepted four passes by Sanchez to snap a three-game skid.
"The bottom line is we hung in there, something we haven't been able to do the last two, three weeks of hold on to a lead or find a way to win in the fourth quarter, and this time we did," Titans coach Mike Munchak said. "It's good to win again. It's been a while."
After bumbling around all night, the Jets somehow still had a chance to win when they took over at the Tennessee 25 with 47 seconds left following a 19-yard punt by Brett Kern. But Sanchez fumbled a low shotgun snap, running back Bilal Powell inadvertently kicked the ball away and the Titans recovered to seal it.
"I saw him bobbling the snap," Titans rookie linebacker Zach Brown said. "Then it just came out, and I just fell on it. I was thinking sack because it was play-action. I was thinking I'm going to get me a sack, but he fumbled the snap."
It was a fitting end to an ugly game that left Ryan cursing to himself as he walked off the field. Sanchez finished with five turnovers -- one on each of his team's final three possessions. He has 24 this season and 50 total in the past two seasons combined.
"It doesn't feel good hurting your team like that," Sanchez said. "It's not a winning formula. It never feels good."
Ryan wasn't ready to say who his quarterback will be Sunday when the Jets host San Diego.
"I've just got to prepare as the starter and see what happens," Sanchez said.
Ryan also refused to say whether he regretted not activating Greg McElroy, who came on in relief when Sanchez was benched Dec. 2 and led the Jets to a 7-6 win over Arizona. McElroy was inactive, with the Jets keeping six receivers on a banged-up unit.
"I just regret not winning this game," Ryan said. "I think that's the big thing."
The Jets (6-8) needed to win their final three games and get help elsewhere to earn a playoff spot. Instead, the Titans sacked Sanchez three times and got a fourth on Tim Tebow. Jason McCourty and Michael Griffin each had two interceptions, keeping the Jets out of the playoffs for a second straight season after they had reached consecutive AFC title games.
Johnson, with the names of the victims of Friday's shootings in Connecticut written on his cleats, ran a franchise-record 94 yards for a TD in the second quarter. Johnson said he followed a block by center Kyle DeVan, the Titans' latest player at the position after replacement Kevin Matthews sprained his right ankle.
"Kind of heartbroken, so just something to try to give back and show tribute to those families, knowing how much they hurt, and a situation where on 'Monday Night Football' everybody around the world is watching," Johnson said, explaining why he wrote the victims' names on his cleats.
Locker's 13-yard quarterback keeper around left end put the Titans (5-9) ahead 14-10 with 20 seconds left in the third.
The Jets had plenty of time and opportunity in the fourth to take the lead, but Sanchez kept giving the ball away.
Griffin intercepted Sanchez with 7:09 left on a pass intended for Braylon Edwards. On the next drive, the Jets got help from a personal foul when Titans linebacker Will Witherspoon hit Sanchez in the head with his helmet on third-and-4. A couple of plays later, Sanchez threw into triple coverage for Jeff Cumberland, and Griffin picked off Sanchez again with 1:51 left at the Titans' 2.
Even with the ugly night, the Jets' defense gave New York one final chance after forcing Tennessee to punt.
Kern had a 19-yarder under pressure, giving New York the ball at the Tennessee 25. But Sanchez mishandled a low snap from center Nick Mangold, and Brown recovered to finally clinch Tennessee's win.
Sanchez was 13-of-28 for 131 yards and a touchdown. He finished with his most interceptions in a game since 2009.
The Jets even turned to Tebow for a complete series in the second quarter. They picked up two first downs and reached their own 44, but the drive stalled from there after a sack, a delay-of-game penalty and an incompletion.
Sanchez returned on the Jets' next series and promptly threw his first interception to McCourty.
The Jets kept Tennessee from scoring a single point off all the turnovers. But the damage already was done.
Sanchez put the Jets ahead 10-7 with a 17-yard TD pass to Cumberland with 3:19 left in the third quarter.
The Titans led 7-3 at halftime after Johnson's long scamper in the second quarter. His touchdown run was the longest by any NFL player since Minnesota's Chester Taylor had a 95-yard TD in a 31-13 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Oct. 22, 2006.
After Robert Malone's 53-yard punt backed the Titans up to their own 5-yard line, Johnson rushed for 1 yard on first down. On the next play, he found a seam up the middle and appeared untouched on his way to the end zone.
It marked Johnson's sixth career touchdown run of at least 80 yards, giving him twice as many as anyone else in NFL history. Barry Sanders, Ahman Green, Hugh McElhenny and O.J. Simpson each had three touchdown runs of at least 80 yards.
Johnson was otherwise held in check, finishing with 122 yards on 21 carries for his 32nd career 100-yard game.
The Jets grabbed a 3-0 lead when Nick Folk's 22-yard field goal capped their first possession of the night. New York appeared to reach the end zone when Cumberland caught a 4-yard pass from Sanchez on third-and-goal, but the original ruling of a touchdown was overturned after replays showed the ball hit the ground.
Before the game, a moment of silence was held for victims of the shootings Friday in Newtown, Conn. Twenty children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The gunman also killed his mother in her home before committing suicide.
Johnson had the names of all the victims written on the two shoes he wore for the game. He also had the words "RIP SHES" and a cross written on each shoe. The Jets had an "SHES" decal on their helmets.
Game notes
The Titans' previous record for the longest run in franchise history was 91 yards, a mark shared by Johnson and Sid Blanks. Johnson had a 91-yard run against the Houston Texans in 2009. Blanks also did it against the Jets on Dec. 13, 1964. ... The Jets had won the previous two and four of the past five meetings between the teams.
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