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This article, from Scholastic, discusses the ways kids cheat today and what parents can do to discourage their kids from cheating.
From the US Department of Education, No Child Left Behind--Also available in Spanish.
Essential information about the No Child Left Behind act.
Details programs that are working to keep the arts in schools, presents research, lists resources, and has a great "Get Involved" page. Sponsored by the Ford Foundation.
Statistics and imperatives for advancing math education; from the US Department of Education.
Featuring "interviews with young artists, music mentors to answer questions, contests and all kinds of resources to help students enjoy and maybe even consider a career in music." Also includes advocacy and research, and a special section for educators.
"This site offers effective tips for taking action and the latest evidence of music's importance." With a giant list of supporting organizations and artists, a tool for grading your school's music program, and tips for taking action.
Understand why authentic assessment is a better tool for measuring students' achievement.
Tips for increasing learning and reducing class size.
The importance of multicultural education and what you can to do make sure your child receives it.
Why No Child Left Behind means you may be able to choose a different school.
What school-based management is, and the reasons for and against it.
Why art is a necessity in education.
The link between less school and lower academic performance.
How an integrated curriculum increases student success.
Why environmental education should be taught in the classroom.
Understand the value of multicultural education.
The benefits of implementing a school uniform policy.
Find out the pluses and minuses of School Based Management.
How beauty influences attention and expectations in the classroom.
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Jamie Fontaine & The Level, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, recently released a self titled debut album on Stryker Records that will fill your earbuds with all of the contemporary rock sounds they can handle. Colby Peters does a great job building the foundations of all 10 tracks from behind the drum kit. Joseph Weise lays down some killer bass lines, that you should really keep an ear out for, especially on "Bad Side". And then there is Jamie Fontaine. When you are the guitarist/vocalist for a 3 piece band, you are taking on quite the load. It's not an easy feat. Fontaine doesn't just pull it off, he nails it! His voice is perfectly suited for the genre, as a cross between the late, great, Layne Staley (Alice in Chains), Scott Stapp (Creed), and Shaun Morgan (Seether). It's a deep, bassy tone, but the man also has that perfectly controlled rock howl when the songs call for it. On top of that, his guitar skills are more than proficient as he wails on some killer solos throughout the record.
The band does a great job of putting their own stamp on the current rock melodies. The album opens with "Whore", that begins with an acoustic intro that also has a clean electric playing over it, which is a cool effect. The album often layers in an acoustic guitar, which really fills out the sound of the songs. The second track, "Scars and Melodies" is a true standout rock song! Not only musically, with its intro build, great modern rock chorus, really cool breakdown after the choruses, thumping bass, and those great rock vocals on full display, but the lyrics about a lost love fit the music and vocals perfectly. It's one of those songs that you can just feel as you're listening to it. "Home" shows the mellow side of the band, driven by that steady bass and kick drum that your head will automatically bob along too. "I Aint Coming Home" closes the album as a ready for radio mid tempo track that again balances the electric and acoustic guitars for a full bodied sound that crescendos with every chorus. Fontaine's vocal's on the track, and the whole album for that matter, are just saturated with feeling and emotion.
This album does not have a bad song on it. Every song is well crafted and the lyrics are relatable and sincere. The production on the album is well done, every song sounds has that full rock feeling. If you are fan of popular hard rock from the last 20 years, you will enjoy this album. It balances all aspects of the genre perfectly. Stop reading, go listen. It's definitely worth your time.

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1. Portable & Easy to Use; Foldable wireless charger, convenient usage for any of your choice, you could put it in your pocket. Simply place down your phone on the charging pad to recharge, free you from plug-in and tangles, less damage the charging port of the phone.
2. 10W Double Coils design with high efficiency charging,(Note: Fast Charger need to work with a QC2.0 or above adaptor). 2 Coils Wireless device offers much wider charging range, which will more effectively cover the wireless charging area for full directional performance and charges your phone vertically or horizontally without the need for alignment exactly. When charging and answering a call without needing to disconnect.
3. It can also be laid flat from 0 to 90 degrees. Kickstand function make the charging pad like the desktop stand design for comfort viewing when you watching movie or reading emails on your phone.
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Smart technology has changed how people live and communicate, not just in their daily lives but also within the comfort of their homes. Nowadays, it seems everyone has a smartphone, from teens to elders, and this has ushered some fantastic opportunities for new, comfortable and smart living. From living rooms to kitchens, every area of the house is now getting smart. And one area of the home that has joined the list of "smart" is the garden.
Whether it is a small garden with plants in tiny containers or an expansive one with several species of plants around, one feature of having a garden is that it boosts your home aesthetic appeal. However, maintaining it can be a pain in the neck. Well, that is in the past as garden maintenance is now simple. From helping you figure out when to water your plants to keep tabs on the soil in your garden, here are four affordable and straightforward gadget that can make your garden smart.
Netatmo Weather Station
If you want to have a good understanding of your indoor or outdoor environment, the Netatmo Weather Station is the perfect gadget. This module displays live information on outdoor air quality, relative humidity, and temperature. It can analyze previous readings, forecast variations happening around you as well forecast how things may turn out in the future. You can add a wind gauge or rain gauge for a proper understanding of the condition in your garden.
Edyn is a one of a kind device built around providing you with information. You shove it into the ground of your garden, and it syncs with your smartphone to give you a different type of information about your garden bed. Furthermore, The device recommends plants to grow based on the conditions. It has an optional water valve, which automatically controls your sprinklers based on the information it gets from your garden soil.
Green Box
Greenbox is a fantastic device built to work with houses that have a sprinkler system installed. This device gives homeowners full control of their watering schedule from a computer, tablet or smartphone. The Greenbox can also be connected to the internet to get information about the weather. It will let you know when it is appropriate to activate your sprinkler and when you shouldn't.
Koubachi Plant Sensor 2
The Koubachi helps sense conditions of your garden soil and gives you tips on how to manage your plants. This device also forecasts weather to help you make useful decisions in your garden. Furthermore, you can connect this device to your smartphone so you can keep an eye on your garden when you are not home. The outdoor model of this device is water resistant, which means you need not take it inside during bad weather. You can as well get the indoor model to keep tabs of the plants in your living room and other areas of the house.
These devices won't cost you are a fortune. Ask your Local gardener for more information.


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Retrieve Scrap Metal is an Imperial Legion quest available in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
Quick walkthroughEdit
- Retrieve Scrap Metal
- Give it to Hradd
Detailed walkthroughEdit
Scrap Metal can be found in lots of places. In can be found in drawers and barrels and on shelves in Dwarven ruins. Alchemists might also sell it. They are also found on Dwarven Automatons in Dwarven ruins. The closest Dwarven ruin is north of the fort (see the Antabolis Informant quest for more info about the ruin).
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|The Buoyant Armigers have challenged the Imperial Legion to a hunt. They claim they will bring in the skin of a corprus beast. Radd Hard-Heart wants me to bring in the scrap metal from a Dwemer Centurion.
|I brought Radd Hard-Heart the scrap metal from a Dwemer Centurion. With this the Imperial Legion is sure to win the hunt with the Buoyant Armigers.
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text: One of South Bass Island's favorite musicians, Pat Dailey, will perform June 10th at the Put-in-Bay Music Festival. We are honored to have Pat play his new song "Lake Keepers" for the Festival. If you are a Pat Daily fan this will be a must see. He will perform around 4;15pm. Master of ceremonies Bob Gatewood will have Pat on just after Mo Mojo finishes or just before Strung Like a Horse starts. Join us for a great day of music. For more information go to www.pibmusicfest.com


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The Lone Bellow Announce Headlining Tour
The Lone Bellow have played on some of the biggest stages, including at the recent Stagecoach and Newport Folk Festival. Now the trio, composed of Zach Williams, Kanene Donehey Pipkin and Brian Elmquist, are ready to headline their own shows.
The threesome will spend the next several weeks opening for Dwight Yoakam and Deer Tick, before kicking off their own tour in New Jersey on Oct. 19. They are inviting their fans to help them design the official poster for their tour. The winning design will receive a cash prize, as well as promotion on the band's social networks, including Facebook and Twitter. Click here for more information.
The band's self-titled debut album, which was named one of the best albums of the year by People magazine, was produced by the Civil Wars producer Charlie Peacock. Enlisting Peacock's help to record the project seemed only fitting, since it was an unexpected opening slot for the Civil Wars in Philadelphia that gave them their inspiration to continue with music full-time.
"We rehearsed for three days straight to try and get our act together, and went to Philly and played our first real show as a group," Williams recalls. "It was so life giving; everything that everyone was playing had the overarching values of honesty, friendship and vulnerability."
The Lone Bellow's upcoming shows include appearances at the Americana Music Festival and the Austin City Limits Music Festival. See a complete list of concert dates here.


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Our Practice & Core Values
All orthodontic records (x-rays, photos and study models), the placement of braces, the adjustment of braces, the removal of braces and the placement of fixed and removable retainer braces are all carried out by Dr Tindall. So there is personalised care at the highest level. He works only in one dental chair and does not believe in multiple chairs and the delegation of treatment procedures to auxiliary staff.
He employs all the latest technology with a fully computerised dedicated orthodontic practice management system (OrthoTrac) , a digital x-ray unit, which emits the lowest radiation levels and in conjunction with his orthodontic technician a 3D Scanner, which captures patient impressions for the construction of a computerised digital clear aligner system All this optimises his efficiency and accuracy in treatment planning and the execution thereof. Also these digital systems greatly assist in accurate appointment scheduling to ensure that Dr Tindall always runs on time!
Coupled with the very efficient and state of the art passive self-ligating Damon brace system ensures that treatment proceeds smoothly, comfortably and in the shortest possible time.
Dr Renton Tindall
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Dr Tindall's philosophy of orthodontic practice is that each and every patient should receive his undivided attention in all aspects of orthodontic care.
Dr Tindall qualified in 1973 as a general dentist and in 1986 as a specialist in orthodontics and since then has been involved in orthodontic practice both in Durban and in the UK.
Dr Tindall is a member of the Health Professions Council of South Africa and is registered on the Specialist List. He is a member of the South African Society of Orthodontists and the South African Dental Association.
Dr Tndall uses all the latest technology and attends many seminars and courses to ensure his patients receive the best treatment and are exposed to the latest developments in the exciting and ever progressing field of orthodontics.
Lindsay obtained her Bachelor of Commerce Degree in 1994. She then traveled overseas and returned to Durban and has been a practice manager since 1999. Lindsay has recently passed her dental nursing exams with distinction so now is also a fully registered dental assistant.Mrs. Lindsay Bosch
Pretty joined the practice in 2012 to take charge of the cleanliness of the rooms. Her duties include the sterilization of all instruments with the autoclave, cross infection control, surface disinfection and general tidiness. Pretty has also been trained to assist at reception by receiving phone calls and scheduling appointments.Pretty Mchunu
Dani joined us in January 2018 and has been dental nursing since 2008. Dani has recently passed her dental nursing exams and is now a fully registered dental assistant. Dani also efficiently assists Lindsay with the reception duties.
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Dawn Low heads SMRT's commercial business in the areas of properties, retail management and operations, commercial development, media and digital, new business, marketing and partnership. She is a Board Member of SMRT Alpha Pte Ltd, which manages the commercial space at the Singapore Sports Hub.
Ms Low previously led the Company's branding, strategic marketing, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental sustainability strategies. In 2008, she joined SMRT Taxis to head up marketing and partnership. Ms Low was previously with the Ministry of Defence and City Developments Limited.
Ms Low holds a Master in Mass Communications from the Nanyang Technological University and a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) from the National University of Singapore. She is also an accredited member of the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore.


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After years of toiling in Detroit underground scene, Danny Brown finally broke out at age 30 with his mixtape XXX. He spent the next few years becoming a staple of the summer festival circuit, entertaining young crowds with his catchiest tracks, such as "Die Like a Rockstar," "Dope Song," and "Smokin & Drinkin." Like nearly all of Brown's music, those songs tell of addiction and depression, albeit with more upbeat instrumentals, and after a while, seeing all of those revel in his debauchery took a toll on him.
It got to the point where Brown split up XXX's follow-up, Old, into two halves, "Side A is real, that's the album. Side B is the performance piece," he said in an interview with Stereogum. "What people don't understand is a lot of those songs are about depression," he continued. "'Smokin & Drinkin' to forget about it, just partying to get away from all your problems."
Last year's Atrocity Exhibition was the moment when Brown stopped making concessions for people who like "Festival Danny Brown" but don't listen to "Album Danny Brown." His latest video, for album track "Ain't It Funny," tackles the issue of audiences delighting in his downward spiral.
Directed by Jonah Hill, the video stars Brown, famed film director Gus Van Sant (?!), Growing Pains alum Joanna Kerns, and a couple of kids as your typical dysfunctional family in a fake '90s sitcom called Ain't It Funny. Brown's drug-addled antics make him the moribund Fonz or Kramer of the show, much to the amusement of the studio audience but not so much to Brown himself. "I'm fucked up and everyone thinks it's a joke," he says, dead-eyed, to the camera.
It's all reminiscent of Bojack Horseman, a show that follows a Bob Saget-style sitcom star past his prime and into a bleak existence, many times showing the stark contrast between the cheery, family values-focused sitcom and Bojack's dark personal life off-screen. Danny Brown is far from being washed up-- especially for a rapper his age-- but his career is facing a dilemma now that he's no longer, as he said in 2014, "mak[ing] music just to perform."
Hopefully, the majority of his audience will be able to recognize him for his willingness to plumb the depths of his soul, rather than his ability to get crowds of young, affluent kids to turn up.


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Admiral James Stavridis (Ret), Former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and currently a member of the Carlyle Group, spoke with Brian Kilmeade about President Trump tweeting that members of the intelligence community need to go back to school, Iran still being a dangerous actor in the Middle East trying to recreate the Persian Empire, how staying in Syria is a key to stopping ISIS and why President Trump must keep a military presence in Afghanistan to keep the Taliban at bay or risk a repeat of 9/11.
Plus, Admiral Stavridis on President Trump's successful efforts to raise NATO defense spending and why we need to put economic and diplomatic pressure on Venezuela instead of deploying troops.
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Beautiful level 3.5 +/- acre lot with well and septic in place! Water rights convey. Pecos River frontage. Very desirable. Extremely private.
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I installed the harry's bo21's perks v5.0.0 into my map, but when I tried to play the map, I got the "exceeded limit of 400 'fx' assets" error, so I searched and I found that if you installed the modification "T4M (r45)" (this thing: http://ugx-mods.com/forum/index.php?topic=8092.0) the error will not appear and I could enter my map.
But yesterday I was adding zombie in Radiant and I think I followed all the steps, heres an image of the zombie's entity window.
Here are some photos of the zombies using guns, I think it's the kar98k.
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
I would really apreciate if someone could help me and tell me how to make the zombie normal again.
P.S: Sorry if I had any grammar mistake, I'm not english.


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Study shows that people remember domain names as having .com on the end.
One of the problems with using a top level domain name other than .com is memorability. While it might stand out to people as new or unique, many people will remember your domain name as a .com.
This is especially the case when people can't see it, such as hearing a radio commercial for a website. But it's even a factor when people do see the domain name, and that's clear in a clever study performed by Kyle Byers of GrowthBadger.
Kyle surveyed 1,500 people and didn't tell them the study was about domain names. He asked them how trustworthy a site was and the only information he gave them was a domain name. It ended in .com or one of seven other domain name extensions.
Overall, the ones that ended in .com had the highest trustworthiness score.
But the most intriguing thing to me was quantifying recall. After asking about the website, Kyle threw in a bunch of other questions to create some time between reviewing the domain and a final question: what was the domain name they saw on the first screen?
People were more likely to remember the domain if it was a .com. And if they misremembered the domain extension? They almost always misremembered it as .com:
This doesn't surprise me but quantifies the effect.
Kyle has an interesting takeaway that domain investors will like:
The domain he tested was MattressRankings.TLD. The .com is on the aftermarket for about $4,000; the others can be hand registered. Kyle asks, isn't it worth paying extra for the aftermarket domain in light of the findings?


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So we have a "dysfunctional" motor market…or is that just the tip of the iceberg?
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MY point is that, whilst steps are now being taken to tackle this problem the fact remains that, as usual, it is the "customer" who foots the bill.
Sadly, it is a similar story when it comes to dealing with household claims, except that the lawyers have been replaced by insurer-sponsored Repairer Networks and nationwide franchise operations. Their interest is in recovering the margin (and more) – squeezed out of them by insurers in return for "approved repairer" status – by cutting corners or inflating reinstatement or repair costs on multiple claims.
Both of these scenarios are "extensions" of the practice – that has exploded in the commercial insurance market in recent years – of paying brokers excessive and unsustainable commissions to sell and service their products.
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Insurers are so desperate to maintain GWP that they will forego underwriting profit in its pursuit!
Every time the premium bar rises it benefits them but hurts individuals, households and businesses…in short the whole economy! This is how skewed the "logic" of the prevailing culture in financial services has become. And, believe me, they are comforted by the fact that Politicians, FSA and the general public concern themselves with "effect" rather than dealing with "cause":
A morally corrupt corporate culture.
The secondary industries that have sprung up around insurance claims – in particular motor accidents – bear testimony to this culture. Massive costs come back around to policyholders in the form of increased premiums. No surprise there then but did you know that much the costs come about as a result of insurers' desire to secure income from lawyers who are happy to pay for details of claimants. Still not…
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DUBAI: Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) , the Gulf state's fifth-largest lender by assets, has reached a string of debt settlements with clients that have helped to slash its non-performing loans, the bank's acting chief executive said.
Kuwaiti investment companies were hit hard by the global financial crisis in 2008-2009 and many were forced to enter debt restructuring talks. This has pressured Kuwait's banking sector over the last several years.
CBK's success in reaching debt settlements with such firms suggests the banking sector is now leaving that problem behind.
"We have achieved a good number of settlements over the last two years. We will continue on the same path. There really was a huge effort made over the last two years from 2012 to today," Ilham Yousri Mahfouz said in an interview for the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit.
"However, the third quarter [of 2014] was the key test for settlements. They were much larger than we had expected," she added without giving a monetary figure.
Earlier this year, CBK announced that it had reached a 28 million dinar (Dh356 million) settlement with Bayan Investment Co and a 17 million dinar deal with Safat Investments.
CBK has now reduced its non-performing loans to 1.3 per cent of its total loan book from a 2009 level of 25 per cent, Mahfouz said. The bank's provisions for bad loans grew to 480 million dinars at the end of the second quarter this year.
While balance sheets at Kuwaiti banks have improved, banks still face a sluggish economic environment compared to other wealthy Gulf economies, partly because of bureaucratic red tape and delays in the government's infrastructure building programmes.
The International Monetary Fund estimates Kuwait's economy shrank 0.2 per cent in 2013, even as other Gulf Arab oil exporters were growing strongly.
Mahfouz said her bank's business was growing 5-10 per cent annually.
"The bank is currently experiencing growth, albeit at moderate levels. I will not say 20 or 30 per cent. This does not exist for many reasons...The domestic market does not aid in achieving this significant growth." But the bank's strategy through 2016 focuses on local expansion and there are currently no plans to expand internationally, Mahfouz said.
CBK is now aiming for long-term financing of one year or more as this allows greater stability, Mahfouz added. Last week the bank announced plans for a 120 million dinar bond sale that would boost its capital reserves, with the transaction set to close around the end of this month.
The bank has said it aims eventually to convert itself into an Islamic bank, but Mahfouz said in the interview that CBK had not yet started taking steps in that direction and the conversion would in any case require central bank approval.
However, there is strong interest in doing this among big shareholders and steps may be taken in 2015, Mahfouz said.
"There is no plan so far. However, there is a strong desire from majority shareholders to convert. We may start in 2015 to take the necessary steps, but this year I can say no." Plunging global oil prices over the past few months have threatened to cut Kuwait's big surpluses from oil exports.
However, Mahfouz echoed many other executives in the Gulf by saying she did not expect key building projects in Gulf states, especially Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, to be affected as they had sufficient liquidity. These countries have built up huge fiscal reserves over recent years.


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The shock winner of the Maldives' leadership vote was declared president-elect on Saturday, with election authorities saying they had been pressured to delay the final announcement of strongman Abdulla Yameen's decisive loss.
Common opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won last week's election with 58.4 percent of the ballot, or 134,705 votes, election commission chief Ahmed Shareef confirmed.
The commission had released what it called "interim results" on Monday, but the official outcome of the September 23 polls was pushed back to allow legal challenges over the vote's conduct.
"We received a lot of threats to delay the announcement following baseless accusations," Shareef said on Saturday in Male, the capital of the Indian Ocean archipelago.
"There were more than 400 complaints, but none of them were deemed to have changed the outcome," he added.
Outgoing president Yameen, who jailed or exiled most of his rivals during his turbulent five-year term, took just 96,502 votes or 41.6 percent, Shareef said.
Scores of Yameen's supporters had lodged complaints saying that they and other voters had not been allowed to cast their ballot.
However, nearly 90 percent of the electorate of 262,135 turned out to vote, according to the official results.
Private election monitors had warned that the electoral process was heavily weighted in favour of the incumbent, but the final results showed huge support for the opposition.
Solih was backed by four opposition parties, three of which had supported Yameen in a controversial 2013 run-off that saw the country's first democratically elected leader Mohamed Nasheed lose narrowly.
Solih is set to be sworn in on November 17 when Yameen's term comes to an end.
There had been intense speculation that Yameen could try to hold on to power despite losing to the 54-year-old political lightweight.
Yameen's hardline rule dented the Maldives' image as a honeymoon paradise and caused alarm to be raised abroad.
Suspecting a plot to impeach him, Yameen in February declared a state of emergency and arrested top judges as well as political opponents.
Shortly after his surprise defeat last week, Yameen freed five political prisoners. But scores of others, including his estranged half brother Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, a former president, remain incarcerated.
Despite the election upset, Yameen managed to retain leadership of his party at its first congress after the vote.
The Progressive Party of Maldives said Yameen was elected uncontested at a closed-door meeting of its members in the capital on Friday night.
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Plan a Disney Descendants birthday party! Supplies and Ideas for decorations, favors, invites, food, cake are all featured on the list below via the resources we have linked to.
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What was the old Hollywood mantra? If a topics worth making a series of movies over, then it definitely needs a teen high school series - and a few prequels, to be on the safe side (I'm still waiting for the Predator one, Mr. Random Director).
When it comes to conceiving brand new franchises that kids immediately take to their heart, Disney have got every base covered. Their brand new TV movie, Disney's Descendants, is one of these franchises - and kids are going crazy for it!
This blog has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. As always, all opinions are mine alone. #Disney #VillainDescendants #CollectiveBias Descendants Party Have you seen the new Disney Descendants movie yet? We did! My little man and I loved it! Such a cute spin on the beloved Villains.
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When: Saturday February 2, 2019
Where: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Cost: 10 HOURS - $300
Time: 8:00AM-7:00PM (1 hr lunch)
In this workshop, we will teach you a variety of techniques from creating out of the kit fx to prosthetic application. The class will be broken up into the following units:
BRUISING- We will teach you how to create different stages of bruising on a variety of skin tones using alcohol activated make-up palettes (the newest painting product used by professional make-up artists).
3RD DEGREE SILICONE- We will teach you how to sculpt directly on the skin using 3rd degree silicone. 3RD degree is the latest trend in "build up" make-ups and can be used to create almost any out of the kit make-up.
PRO-TRANSFER- We will teach how to apply and paint our DYAD Pro-Transfers. "Pros-Aide Transfers" are the newest innovation in prosthetics and are extremely popular by Hollywood make-up artists. They were used to create make-ups in movies like "Passion of the Christ".
FOAM LATEX- We will show you how to properly apply and paint a 1/2 face foam latex prosthetic. Each student will create an original character using a 1/2 face foam latex prosthetic at the end of the class.
Each unit will start with a power point presentation and lecture. Niko and Cat will then demonstrate each new technique. This will be followed by time for every students to practice each unit and ask questions.
Each student will recieve a kit that includes:
-latex sponges
-stipple sponge
-medicine cups
-wax paper palettes
-palette mixing knife
-3D Pro-Transfer prosthetics
-1/2 face foam latex prosthetic
We will provide all materials needed for the class, including:
-liquid latex
-cotton balls
-cream colors
-rubber mask grease paints
-pros-aide adhesive
-thick blood
-fake dirt
-alcohol activated make-up palettes
-PAX paints
-3rd degree silicone
Calle East
Guaynabo PR, 00969
*Esta localizado en el edificio de Caribbean Cinemas en Plaza Guaynabo.
By Niko & Cat
Thank you for your interest in our workshops. We will be teaching a series of intensive, hands on workshops with all materials provided. We believe that the best way to learn is by doing and the only way to perfect your art is by practicing. Each workshop will have a series of units divided into two sections: The first section, Niko will lecture and demonstarte each new technique. The second section, students will be given time to practice and perfect each new technique taught in class. Each workshop is packed with lots of information, tips and tricks. These classes are designed to teach you a variety of techniques so that you learn as much as possible during your time with us. Our goal is to send you home with a basic knowledge on a wide range of topics so that you can create anything you want! All students will receive a certificate of completion after the workshop is done. For any questions, please E-mail: [email protected]
When: Sunday February 3, 2019
Where: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Cost: 8.5 HOURS - $225
Time: 9:00AM-6:00PM (30 min lunch)
The airbrush is a diverse tool that is used in a variety of applications. It is commonly used for beauty make-up, body painting and by special effect make-up artists. It's popularity has grown tremendously in the last few years in the beauty and make-up industry. It is a must have tool in every make-up artists kit and is commonly requested by clients. This workshop will teach you a variety of tips and tricks from beginner to advanced so you can add it to your tool belt. We will break the class up into the following units:
LECTURE- We will go over the different kinds of airbrushes, compressors and airbrush paints available on the market and their uses.
MAINTENANCE- We will show you how to properly maintain and care for your airbrush, and compressor. We will show you how to break down an airbrush gun, clean and trouble shoot a clogged gun.
PRACTICE- We will spend most of the class doing a variety of drills and exercises designed to teach you how to airbrush. These drills will build your steadyness, confidence and precision. We will cover many techniques including:
-hi-light and shadow
FINAL- Each student will be given 50 minutes to create a final look of their choice using the techniques they learned in class. Students will pair up and do each others make-up- please be willing to have your make-up done.
Workshop includes all materials needed. Airbrush guns and compressors will be provided (only) for the students to use during the class.
Calle East
Guaynabo PR, 00969
*Esta localizado en el edificio de Caribbean Cinemas en Plaza Guaynabo.
To register for any or all of our workshops, click here or go to the "STORE" page. In order to save your spot in each workshop, you must pay either the full amount or a non-refundable deposit. Spaces are limited, we are keeping the class sizes small so that we can give each student one-on-one attention. Once the class is full, we will close the class registration. The remaining balance is due on or before the first day of class.
After paying for the class online, please email [email protected] the following information:
-Name of student
-Name on Payment (if different than the name of the student)
-Experience level
-Contact e-mail (to recieve updates about the workshop)
When: Friday, Saturday & Sunday February 8-10, 2019
Where: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Cost: 24 HOURS - $550
Times: 9:00AM-6:00PM (1 hr lunch) each day
In this workshop, you will learn how to make a custom prosthetic from start to finish. We will teach you how to make and apply an encapsulated silicone prosthetic using the flat board technique. This workshop is taught over the course of 3 days (a total of 24 hours). This class is very impacted, fast paced and packed with information. We ask that students have some kind of experience with special fx or have already taken our Intro to Special FX Make-Up class before taking this class. The workshop is broken into the following units:
Friday February 8, 2019
9:00AM-6:00PM (1 hour lunch)
DESIGN- We will go over the importance of design and reference photos. This will include a brief overview of anatomy. The students will be given time in class to design the prosthetic and character they want to create.
STENCIL CREATION- We will teach students how to create stencils and patterns from a model. We will show students how to break down their stencil into a pattern so they can sculpt on a flat board.
SCULPTING- We will give a small lecture on the basic principals of sculpting, different sculpting tools and clays. We will do a live sculpting demo to show how to block out a sculpture, refine shapes and add detail. The students will spend most of the day sculpting their prosthetic.
Saturday February 9, 2019
9:00AM-6:00PM (1 hour lunch)
MOLDING- We will give a lecture on molding; Different kind of molding materials, types of molds and their uses. We will demonstrate how to properly set up and prep your mold. We will then teach how to mold your prosthetic using the "flat mold" technique. Every student will mold their own prosthetic with the guidance of Niko and Cat. After the mold is cured, everyone will open and clean out their molds.
CASTING PROSTHETICS- We will lecture on the different materials used for casting prosthetics. We will show you how to properly prepare your mold for casting before moving on to teaching the class how to properly encapsulate their molds using an acetone based cap plastic. We will then teach the class how to cast a silicone flat mold using a platinum based silicone.
Sunday February 10, 2019
9:00AM-6:00PM (1 hour lunch)
DEMOLDING- We will teach students how to properly demoed their prosthetic with out damaging the fine edges.
APPLICATION- We will demonstrate how to properly apply and paint an encapsulated silicone prosthetic. After our demo, students will have time to apply their prosthetic to each other. Please be ok with having make-up applied to you during this class.
REMOVAL- We will show students how to safely remove prosthetics. We will demonstrate proper removal technique and what products to use.
The price listed covers the cost for all 3 days of the workshop. All materials and make-up needed to take the workshop are provided for students to use including:
-cream colors
-rubber mask grease paints
-pros-aide adhesive
-thick blood
-fake dirt
-alcohol activated make-up palettes
-PAX paints
-3rd degree silicone
-Molding materials
-Sculpting tools
Each student will receive the following materials to keep:
-flat board
-2 chip brushes
-latex sponges
-makeup brushes
-medicine cups
-wax paper palettes
-palette mixing knife
Students will also leave the workshop with their completed mold that can be used to cast prosthetics in over and over again!
Calle East
Guaynabo PR, 00969
*Esta localizado en el edificio de Caribbean Cinemas en Plaza Guaynabo.


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By Michael Bartiromo, FOX News
A Southwest flight bound for Dallas Love Field was forced to make an unscheduled landing on Monday night after the cockpit's instruments indicated that one of the plane's flaps maybe not have fully extended.
Southwest has confirmed the plane, which had left from Nashville, Tenn., made an "uneventful" landing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport out of "an abundance of caution."
"Southwest Flight 1118 from Nashville to Dallas Love Field touched down at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Monday night after a cockpit instrument indicated one of the flaps might not fully have extended, which established protocol would require a higher speed at touchdown," said a spokesman for Southwest in a statement obtained by Fox News.
Southwest added that the captain, believing that the plane would need to land at increased speeds, elected to land at a longer runway at Dallas Fort-Worth. Emergency personnel also arrived to monitor the landing.
"We worked quickly to accommodate the 103 customers destined for Dallas so they wouldn't be further delayed by a check of the aircraft by our maintenance teams," said Southwest, adding that the airline has already reached out to customers with an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the landing as "a gesture of goodwill for the inconvenience."
No passengers were injured.
Monday's emergency landing is the latest of several for Southwest in the last month. Most notably, Southwest Flight 1380 was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia on April 17 after pieces of its engine blew apart and shattered a window midflight, partially blowing a woman out of the aircraft. The passenger was later pronounced dead at a Pennsylvania hospital.
The following month, another Southwest flight was diverted to Cleveland due to a cracked window and ,just days prior to Flight 1380, passengers were said to be "preparing to die" on another turbulent Southwest flight, which had been forced to abort a landing in New Orleans due to "persistent thunderstorms. No one was injured during either incident.


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It's 2019! The much awaited year is upon us already. If you're like many others who haven't made plans for the year, now might well be your best time to start.
Years past, we would have produced a list of top destinations that people could go to in the New Year. But after studying the patterns of travel of many travellers, we realized how unhelpful a list of suggested destinations could be. So we twisted the approach and started an individual-interest approach.
The result has been marvellous. Rather than provide a list of destinations that people should try, we let people define what they want their holidays to be and suggest potential destinations that meet their needs – what we call Alternative Destinations (for gorilla trekking, for instance, Uganda and Rwanda are alternative destinations).
As we found out, it's difficult to give a blanket list of alternative destinations. Many factors will eventually influence the traveller's final choice. This piece is about five of these factors. They are open-secret travel influencers that won't go away in 2019, and we've suggested how to beat them too. Let's get started:
One's budget has always influenced/decided one's holiday choices. Those with the right amount easily have choices than others who don't. This part is for the latter group. Travelling on a budget can be tricky as there are a few costs that you just can't avoid. Flight, accommodation, feeding and local transportation top the list of the unavoidable costs. So what do we recommend?
1. Plan around off-peak period if the destination has always been on your bucket list.
2. Book in advance.
3. Consider alternative destination – a cheaper destination offering a similar experience.
4. Use hostel – especially the ones that offer free food.
5. Go off-the-beaten-path.
All these save money if you want to travel on a budget.
For holders of some national passports, getting a visa to visit some countries is really a headache no matter how genuine the purpose of the visit is. Nigerian passport holders easily come to mind here. 2019 might not be different. It's quite difficult to discuss visa in a post of this nature, but our recommendation is that travellers consider alternative destinations where visas are not required. If you must go for a destination requiring a visa, why not contact us directly on +2349030001895 0r [email protected], and let's get it sorted for you.
In 2018, the Louvre Museum in Paris recorded 10.2 million visitors, up from 8.1 million recorded in 2017. The spike was influenced partly by the Carter's (Beyonce and Jay-Z) APESHIT music video which was shot in the museum. Dan Brown's books have always had a similar effect on travels. It's too early to speculate which entertainers will influence travel in 2019, but there is no doubt that the entertainment world will shape travel again in 2019 and if you are a big fan of entertainment and travel, you should watch out.
Moscow and Kiev topped Google's flight searches in 2018. The reason is obvious. The two cities hosted the men's FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Champions League respectively. This year won't be different. Sports like tennis – especially the grand slams and cricket will definitely shape people's travel interests. In Africa, Egypt will host the African Cup of Nations in 2019. One can only speculate that Egypt will attract many travellers this year. Since the sporting calendar is already out, planning and booking ahead, for those wishing to attend them live at the venue must start now.
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Social considerations like advice from friends and families. Security concerns, our jobs, impression got from surfing the Internet, reading travel brochures etc. and possibly specific individual interests, such as birding, orchids or wineries etc. will also influence your holiday decisions. Biggest of all will be Government policies. You might not be able to do anything about these, just bear them in mind when planning your holiday for the year.
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Before we sleep, the boys and I used to gather in one bed then exchange fun stories or anything we would like to share. Sharing with you some of those bedtime talks with the boys.
12 February 2010
I stumbled upon an inspiring blog, guiding light homeschool. she shared a part of her house, the walls of our home. It inspired me to post our own art wall.
Though I had an emergency appendectomy, God turned that misfortune into a blessing. I got to spend more time with the kids. Our usual after-school activity would be coloring posters and books.
With overflowing posters neatly tucked inside a box, we then decided to display everything. This would even inspire the kids to draw more, color more, and enjoy art.
We converted the boy's idle bedroom wall into an art wall. Posted are some of the kids' colorful arts.


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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 12:00 AM
Exactly three weeks ago Cuba's Stalinist regime held a "tourism fair" in Havana to kick-off an ambitious plan to boost the Cuban military's tourist booty.
To entice and swindle foreign investors, Cuba's propaganda ministry publishes a magazine titled Opciones where Cuba's "minister of tourism," Manuel Marrero, boasted of a bold $170 million outlay to upgrade Cuba's tourist facilities from golf courses to yacht clubs to theme parks.
Exactly one week ago (by some peculiar coincidence) NBC's "Today" show decided to broadcast from Havana amidst smiling, clapping, dancing tourists while Matt Lauer advised viewers on how to legally vacation in Cuba. No doubt Matt Lauer has studied Katie Couric's post-"Today" show career with keen interest and mounting trepidation. But all who watched his performance from Havana can reassure him:
"Don't worry, Matt," we say. "Should that fickle NBC brass become disenchanted with your services, you're a shoo-in for Cuba's new Minister of Tourism. You passed the audition with flying colors, amigo. A jittery Mr. Manuel Marrero is probably already looking over his shoulder."
Raul Castro's crony generals run most of Cuba's tourist facilities so most of what tourists spend in Cuba lands in the pocket of the only people in Cuba with guns. Yet Castro regime agents (both on the payroll and off) keep insisting that a flood of rich Western tourists will magically smother Cuban Stalinism whereupon the island nation will quickly mutate into a bigger (and more historic and picturesque) Cozumel.
The logic seems to go something like this: rewarding and enriching the KGB-trained and heavily armed guardians of Cuba's Stalinist status-quo will magically convert them into instant opponents of that Stalinist status quo.
Amazingly, this line of reasoning fails to convince those with first-hand experience under Cuba's Stalinist regime. But never mind this insufferable rabble of "Miami right-wing crackpots!" and their congressional allies. And never mind the evidence.
To wit: for each of the past 12 years almost 10 times as many tourists have visited Cuba as visited in any year during the 1950s, when Cuba was labeled a "tourist playground."
You will note the spectacular liberating effect this has had on Cubans, who with a few exceptions are barred by machine-wielding police from excessive interaction with these tourists.
Whatever trickle of foreign currency reaches the Stalinist regime's subjects (primarily from prostitution) is offset a thousand-fold by the millions ($2.2 billion last year, for instance) that enters the Stalinist regime's Cuban coffers.
Not that all of it stays there.
According to prominent military defectors, much of it quickly winds up in Spain and Switzerland.
One exchange between Andrea and Matt was particularly fascinating: "you often hear Cuban-Americans saying, `When Fidel is gone, we're heading back to Cuba." says Lauer. "We're going to reclaim our property, what was taken away from us.' And actually that is a fear of the Cuban people here."
Mitchell: "Sure. They're afraid of it. That is quite a legitimate fear, given the rhetoric coming out of some Cuban-Americans in Miami."
Poll, after poll, after poll of Cuban-Americans make hash of this "Today" show nonsense. 80 per cent of Cuban-Americans consistently reject Andrea and Matt's contrived "revanchism." But for the sake of argument, let's go ahead and consider that other 20 percent.
Now let's say that Andrea and Matt's Beemers were to disappear one night while parked in Georgetown or on Broadway. Now let's say the thieves were rounded up. We'd certainly look for NBC reporting how, given the hysterical rhetoric from Andrea and Matt about desiring the return of their possessions, these thieves had "a legitimate fear" that those Beemers would be "reclaimed" by the greedy Mr Lauer and the revanchist, recalcitrant and avaricious Ms Mitchell.
Apparently eager to highlight their hypocrisy, just last month the Today Show reported on location from Cape Town, South Africa. "The one indispensable visit on a trip to Cape Town is a pilgrimage to Robben Island (a former political prison). Most moving, of course, is the tour through the prison, led by former inmates, where you'll view the painfully cramped cell where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison."
According to anti-apartheid activists (none denounced as "extremists!" or "crackpots" or "hard-liners!" in the MSM, by the way) a grand total of 3,000 political prisoners passed through Robben Island in roughly 30 years under the Apartheid regime. Usually about 1000 were held.
These were out of a South African population of 40 million. In its day, the regime responsible for these incarcerations weathered a relentless campaign of vituperation from every political, press and academic pulpit on the face of the earth until economic sanctions by practically every nation on the face of the earth battered, crippled and finally finished it. The "Today" show graphically stressed that regime's level of repression.
According to the Human Rights group, Freedom House, a grand total of 500,000 political prisoners have passed through Stalinist Cuba's various prisons and forced labor camps. At one time in 1961 300,00 Cubans were jailed for political offenses. This is out of a Cuban population in 1960 of 6.4 million. Among these were the longest suffering political prisoners in modern history including the black, Mr Eusebio Penalver, who suffered longer in Castro's prison's than Nelson Mandela suffered in South Africa's.
A calculator will easily reveal the grotesque disparity between Castroite repression compared to Apartheid repression. The regime NBC shills for and the world eagerly lavishes with trade and tourism while millions attempt to flee it (Cuba's) was roughly 20 times as repressive as the one NBC condemned and the world self-righteously blacklisted and sanctioned while blacks from neighboring nations attempted to enter it (South Africa's).
Interestingly, according to UNICEF statistics, infant-mortality rates for South African blacks were much lower and life-expectancy rates much higher, during the Apartheid regime than afterwards. We will look for a documentary produced by Michael Moore and staring Bono extolling racial segregation as the sure-cure for Africa's health crisis. We will look for any mention of Apartheid in the world's media, academic and political circles to include: "True, South African blacks could not vote — but the segregationist regime achieved great gains in healthcare."
Cuban political prisons and political prisoners did not merit any mention during the two hour Today Show broadcast, though hundreds of political prisoners were languishing in Cuba's dungeon's within miles of Andrea and Matt during the very taping. Among these were black human rights activist Dr Elias Biscet, who attempted Gandhi and Martin Luther King's tactics of non-violent civil disobedience against Cuba's very violent regime and suffers daily tortures for the effort as confirmed by Amnesty International. The Paris-based reporters without Borders documents that 20 per cent of the world's jailed journalists (Matt and Andrea's colleagues, you might think) languish in Cuba's prisons.
You'd never know this from Matt and Andrea who were apparently delighted to be feted by these reporters' jailers and torturers and urged all viewers to visit happy-go-lucky Cuba and further enrich and entrench these jailer and torturers.
This same Andrea Mitchell — this same noisy foe of U.S. sanctions against Cuba — was notorious during Reagan's press conferences for her snide questions on why the Reagan administration did not impose harsher sanctions against South Africa. "How can the United States justify dealing with a nation that does not recognize something so basic as the concept of racial equality?" she sneered during a presidential press conference in Dec. 7 1984. Back then, according to Ms Mitchell, a lack of U.S. sanctions "lent credibility to the apartheid regime," you see.
Fast forward to 2007 and according to Ms. Mitchell sanctions against a Stalinist (and apartheid) regime that repressed at 20 times South Africa's rate remove credibility from the government imposing them. Mainstream Media logic, let's call it.
It was fun watching Matt and Andrea decrying an impeccable "U.S. blockade" of Cuba during a show from Cuba where the backdrop consisted of smiling tourists from all over the world (including the U.S.) holding up signs and waving.
It was fun listening to Andrea, wife of former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman (and early Ayn Rand disciple) Alan Greenspan, explain that Communist economics had nothing to do with Cuba's crumbling buildings. Instead that "U.S. embargo" was the culprit. For the record, the U.S. is currently Cuba's number one food supplier and 4th biggest trading partner, while Cuba trades with every nation on earth.
As Andrea and Matt spoke from Havana, trade delegations from 24 of the 52 United States were also in Havana attending a trade fair and signing trade deals. The only thing the so-called embargo mandates nowadays is that Cuba's Stalinists pay U.S. vendors in cash. No credit. (Cuba's credit rating, according to Dun & Bradstreet, is lower than Somalia's, by the way.)
So it was fun listening to the wife of one of the world's most famous and powerful economists imply that paint, cement and spackle are only available in the U.S. and not available with payments of cash.
Humberto Fontova is the author of the newly-released, "Exposing the Real Che Guevara and the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him."
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Teva Drives Progress to Address Pressing Global Health Challenges While Maintaining Focus on Compliance
Jerusalem, July 11, 2019 – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) published today its 2018 Social Impact Report, highlighting how the world's leading provider of generic medicines helped create a healthier world through its product portfolio, patient programs, environmental sustainability actions and corporate culture rooted in compliance and ethics.
The report demonstrates how Teva strives to accomplish its mission to be a global leader in generics and biopharmaceuticals, improving the lives of patients. Social Impact is inherently tied to the company's vast portfolio of generic medicines and biopharmaceuticals, which reaches about 200 million patients each day. Yet, Teva's Social Impact efforts go beyond products—to empowering patients, protecting the environment, working with key stakeholders to address global health challenges and acting with integrity across every aspect of Teva's business.
Teva's 2018 Social Impact Report showcases efforts to contribute to healthy communities and lead a responsible business, which drive positive societal change and contribute to the company's growth.
Contributing to healthy communities
Teva seeks to increase access to affordable, quality medicines for those in need. In 2018, Teva developed a Position on Access to Medicines, received nearly 1,000 medicine approvals, donated more than $380 million worth of quality medicines to more than 100 countries and worked with global partners to expand the reach of its treatments to more than 60 countries.
Recognizing the importance of empowering and supporting patients—Teva launched Life Effects in the EU and US. This digital hub created for patients, by patients provides a space for a core group of contributors to offer firsthand experiences and perspectives on what it's like to live with a chronic condition. In its first seven months, the site garnered more than 500,000 visits.
Leading a responsible business
The report emphasizes Teva's commitment to preserving the environment and promoting sustainability. Teva recycled 52% of waste in 2018—30% more than in 2017—and has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 23% since 2012. Teva received an A- score from CDP, an environmental disclosure non-profit, for progress to address climate change.
Reflecting its commitment to fostering a culture of compliance at every level of the organization, the company reported that in 2018, more than 16,500 employees were trained on 10 ethical behavior topics. Teva also developed positions on Marketing and Promotional Practices and Government Affairs, established a comprehensive global privacy program and implemented global privacy standards.
To learn more, please visit Teva's Social Impact website, 2018 Social Impact Report and 2018 Social Impact Highlights.
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) has been developing and producing medicines to improve people's lives for more than a century. We are a global leader in generic and specialty medicines with a portfolio consisting of over 35,000 products in nearly every therapeutic area. Around 200 million people around the world take a Teva medicine every day, and are served by one of the largest and most complex supply chains in the pharmaceutical industry. Along with our established presence in generics, we have significant innovative research and operations supporting our growing portfolio of specialty and biopharmaceutical products. Learn more at www.tevapharm.com.
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The Strokes Announce New Album 'The New Abnormal,' Preview New Songs
The NYC alt rockers deliver on their promise
The Strokes are delivering on their promise. The New York City alt rockers announced the title and release date for their first full-length studio album in seven years.
The New Abnormal follows 2013's Comedown Machine and will be released on April 10th. Frontman Julian Casablancas made the announcement while performing at a Bernie Sanders rally last night in New Hampshire, and The Strokes made it official this morning on social media.
The Strokes also premiered two more new songs during the rally. Judging by fan videos from the event, "Bad Decisions" has a New Order or The Cure type vibe with a clean guitar riff carrying the song. The band also introduced "At the Door" with a new animated video for the song that finds Casablancas singing over short bursts of distorted synth.
Those are the third and fourth new songs we've heard from The Strokes in the past 18 months or so. They unveiled "The Adults are Talking" during their show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles in May 2019, and during a hometown New Year's Eve gig they performed something they called "Ode to the Mets." On that night in Brooklyn, Casablancas previewed today's announcement.
"Yeah, we've got a new album coming out soon," he confirmed. "2020, here we come. The 2010s, whatever the f*** they're called, we took 'em off. And now we've been unfrozen and we're back. If you really love someone, you'll be frozen with them. You know what? I don't know what I say generally, and I ramble a lot, but I love you guys, and it's a real honor to share the stage and this night with you guys."
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Catastrophia review
Tangent Online has just described my contribution to the Catastrophia anthology as "An out-there story with a completely unexpected ending."
I think that means they liked it.
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For a man who has declared that he may at any moment cease making music to concentrate fully on his passion for ministering, Donnie McClurkin can never stay away long from recording profoundly uplifting music for the soul. The evidence: his latest collection We All Are One (Live in Detroit) - his breathlessly anticipated first music recording in five years! Along for the momentous celebration are very special guests CeCe Winans, Yolanda Adams, Mary Mary and Karen Clark-Sheard. Once again, Donnie, his singers and musicians share the joy of God's bounty - live before an on-fire congregation where platinum-plus Pastor McClurkin's vocal and testimonial gifts have always shined their brightest.
"I decided to record in Detroit after much prayer. I put a lot of thought into the cities we record," Donnie shares. "My mentor Andrae Crouch made one of his best CDs live in London, so I did the same thing some 20 years afterwards (resulting in the platinum Live in London…and More CD which included Donnie's now classic anthem "We Fall Down"). I recorded my CD Again in California because my first time ever being given a platform in someone else's church was 1982 in Los Angeles at West Angeles Church of God and Christ. Recording in Detroit this time goes without saying because that's home! I was there for 13 years and was a charter member at Perfecting Church which was founded by Marvin Winans. Even with Detroit's tough transitions and hard situations, the church has always been the mainstay that holds everything together. By bringing this recording to Detroit and bringing the churches together there, we can aid in the healing of that city."
The themes of the 12-song We All Are One are of unity and tolerance. Donnie explains, "Jesus said, 'A house divided against itself cannot stand,' yet we remain disconnected: Republicans and Democrats, Blacks, Whites, Yellows and Browns, Baptists and Methodists, Lutherans and Episcopalians… Where is the unity? Coming from a religious background, I was taught to judge harshly, but my thinking now is, 'Let God do the judging so that I may learn how to love and understand the ways in which we are all connected.' I believe that lesson of compassion and fellowship will ultimately be learned by the young ones coming behind me. For my song 'We All Are One,' I brought in Asaph Ward – one of the greatest producers in gospel music – and we came up with a 'World Beat' to unite the masses. At the end of the song, adult voices fade into children's voices singing, 'We all are one in The Lord,' driving home the point that you have to come to Him as a child."
We All Are One (Live in Detroit) is a boldly eclectic collection from McClurkin, moving from the powerfully opener "Trusting in You" and the lilting call and response vibe of "You Are My God and King" (featuring a playful battle of the choir sections on the "Reprise") to the soul-soothing "Let the River Flow" and a duet with the ever-amazing Karen Clark-Sheard for "Wait on The Lord."
Donnie enthuses, "On 'I Choose to Be Dancing,' we incorporated many different feels - hard rock with the guitars and strings for the culture sound, but we kept the rhythm section urban. And on my praise and worship 'Halleujah Song' - which God gave me on a Sunday when we were all up in church praying - the idea of praising God in a succession of different languages just came to me at the last second! We sing in Dutch, Spanish and the African language Yoruba. Oshe ba ba means 'Thank you, Father.' "
Among the most profound songs on We All Are One is the piano and strings meditation "All We Ask," on which Donnie weaves the testimonies of three different people, verse by verse, immortalizing them in song. Donnie explains, "The first verse is about a young man who came to me trying to find his place in life, the second verse is from my personal story, and the last verse is about my older sister Olivia, who was dying at the time that I wrote the song. She is now deceased. I wouldn't let anyone else play the piano on it because I knew exactly how I wanted the music to be interpreted, but when my sister passed I did not have the strength to use my voice. So I turned 'All We Ask' into a feature for my background singers who have been with me faithfully since 1996 (in order of appearance: Duwane Starling; Donnie's younger sister Andrea Mellini; Sherry Mcghee and Nancey Jackson –Johnson).
An undeniable standout is "When You Love" which transcends the church to speak about love on an earthly plane. "That's one of my favorites," Donnie shares. "We must remember that God didn't just make us spirit. He made us body, mind and spirit. The song is inspirational - derived from the gospel - but based solely on love…how to love, what to do when you love, how to act when you're in love… It lifts men and women out of the lust that's all over the radio and into commitment, romance, even respecting your elders – the whole gamut! I had to get the ladies CeCe and Yolanda, along with Erica and Tina of Mary Mary, to help me. It's a beautiful song without any risqué, ambiguous or alternative messages. This is simply about the heart of God and how He wants us to learn to love purely."
McClurkin's pure love for the Lord has grown through crippling adversity that ultimately fortified his faith ten-fold. Born November 9, 1959, in Amityville, New York, his childhood home was mired in domestic violence and drug abuse until an aunt who sang with the great Andrae' Crouch introduced him to the musical icon who in turn introduced him to his future. Young Donnie played keyboards with his church youth choir before forming the McClurkin Singers with relatives and friends in 1979. Following a calling to preach, he never loosened his grasp on music. In 1989 Donnie started the NY Restoration Choir and recorded the album I See A World, which contained the classic "Speak to My Heart."
Two near-simultaneous events changed McClurkin's life forever. Just as he was appointed as an associate minister at Marvin Winans' Perfecting Church in Detroit, he also learned that he'd been stricken with leukemia. While battling the disease, Donnie was signed to Warner Alliance Records as a solo artist where he recorded his pivotal self-titled album, marked by a smooth sophistication in the production that couched his soaring tenor for a series of soul-stirring numbers. Through BeBe Winans, media mogul Oprah Winfrey learned of Donnie's music and struggle, invited him on her top-rated TV show , a golden opportunity that catapulted his CD to #4 on the gospel charts, recognition beyond the church world and gold + sales. Donnie soon after signed to Verity Records where his first CD, Live in London and More, would far surpass his solo debut thanks to secular radio embracing his gracefully reassuring "We Fall Down". The song met with international acclaim, made the Top 40 of Billboard's R&B chart and rocketed past platinum sales of over one million copies sold instantly making Donnie among gospel's best selling artists.
He earned a trophy case full of Dove and Stellar Awards plus other honors including an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist. In 2001 Donnie graduated to establishing his own Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, New York, all the while continuing to release the magnificent musical works Again (2003) and the double-CD Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs (2005) each one garnering the coveted Grammy Award.
Today, McClurkin's commitment to spreading God's word far and wide is most evident in a last minute addition to the We All Are One album titled "Purple," composed expressly for Donnie by Darren Atwater and performed by his truly inspiring Soulful Symphony in Baltimore, MD. "I've known Darren for years," Donnie states. "I was doing a concert in Baltimore with him last year as a guest with his 40-piece orchestra. During rehearsal he introduced this new song of praise and the minute I heard it I went to hollerin'! I asked him what it was. He told me it was called 'Purple' and he'd written it just for me. I loved it so much that even though we were 90% finished with the album, I made room to add this song, which Darren produced himself. Darren Atwater is a genius as an arranger and conductor - manifesting real cultural exchange by bringing classical culture into the gospel environment. He also leads workshops that introduce young African Americans to acoustic instruments and the works of Chopin and Bach without a Pro Tools in sight! It gives them inspiration to maybe pick up a viola or a cello that they may never have experienced within their monoculture."
Still, at the end of the day, Donnie McClurkin has been and always will be a, card carryin' member of the Church of God and Christ (COGIC). Donnie bears witness to this fact via the unfiltered jubilance of his soul on the CD's most exhilarating number, "The Great I Am." "Holy Ghost revival songs are our specialty," Donnie shouts! "I was just over here teaching some of the church members that stopped by how to 'church dance'…and THAT is the song I played! There was a Bishop by the name of Gilbert Patterson who would always bring the old songs up at praise time. I wanted to write a song just like that, so I sat down to the piano, started playing an old-time gospel feel and this song just leapt out of me! When I got to the studio, the group was like, 'This is so corny," but I told `em, 'Just sing what I tell you to sing!' That night after Asaph got a hold of the music, and Trent Phillips and the band played it like second nature, the energy in the room just exploded!"
"I've always been in awe of God," Pastor Donnie McClurkin concludes. "I didn't want anything on my latest offering, We All Are One, to reflect suffering or 'climbing up that mountain' in the way to which traditional Black gospel is accustomed. I wanted to luxuriate in and celebrate in the greatness of God."
"Bitch Perfect" · RuPaul's Drag Race · TV Review Drag Race gets "Bitch Perfect" with a demanding performance challenge · TV Club · The A.V. Club pre bonded hairConfidence and commitment are the key elements to success on RuPaul's Drag Race, and these two words that are repeated throughout "Bitch Perfect," an episode that puts the queens through a performance gauntlet that tests how well they can stand out in a crowd. You don't really get a solid idea of just how much these queens have to learn until you see the final "Bitch Perfect" product, an elaborate stage show that has the queens performing a significant amount of choreography while lip syncing to a cappella arrangements of RuPaul's greatest hits, but most of the queens rise to the challenge. Drag Race is known for over-the-top writing, and the script for this episode is especially cartoonish thanks to the "Bitch Perfect" concept. From RuPaul's initial descriptions of the two teams—The Lady Bitches are "the sweethearts of dragappella from the Lace Front Institute Of Technology," The Shady Bitches are "bad girls from the Lake Titicaca Academy of Braids, Weaves, and Waffles"—to the voiceover narration and dialogue of the "Bitch Perfect" show, the writers have a ball using drag lingo to create hilarious dialogue. RuPaul is also clearly delighted with the challenge this week, and I especially love how she puts a twist on her catchphrases by playing with the pitch of her voice. The contestants' performance skills are immediately tested with the minichallenge, which welcomes musician AB Soto to help Ru judge the queens' dancing and lip of syncing his song "Cha Cha Bitch." Cynthia Lee Fontaine and Chi Chi DeVayne are the stand-outs thanks to their fancy footwork and sharp sense of rhythm, but Acid Betty also does good work starting the challenge off with energy and Thorgy makes sure she's noticed by spasming in time to the music, a move she returns to later in the episode. Derrick Berry is surprisingly lackluster given her experience as a Vegas showgirl, but she makes a wise decision not a wear a blonde wig, making her move away from the Britney Spears persona that defines her.
Bob isn't much of a dancer, but she makes up for it with an evocative character choice, and she passes this knowledge along to Kim Chi later in the episode when Kim worries about her lack of dance skills. She's easily the worst performer of the group, but after winning last week, this is the exact kind of narrative turn that will benefit Kim in the long run. At this point, she has the most dimensions of all the contestants this season, and the amount of time the show is dedicating to her backstory suggests she'll be here for a while. After confessing last week that her mother doesn't know she does drag, Kim reveals this week that she used to weigh 350 pounds and always felt like an outsider because she was the "weird fat art kid with a strong lisp and accent," and while Acid Betty and Dax ExclamationPoint follow that up by showing pictures of themselves as overweight kids, their stories don't have the emotional punch of Kim's. I don't know how aware Kim is of how well she's playing the Drag Race game, but she absolutely kills it in this episode despite being one of the bottom queens. After surprising the group with her backstory, she shocks them further by revealing she's still a virgin, which brings her lots of attention from the cameras, but also the rest of the queens, who rally behind her to show support and affection. Kim is also the only queen to take advantage of the new Shade Tree confessional room (at least in any sort of meaningful way that the show's editors choose to include in the episode), and she shows a level of vulnerability in that scene that highlights the value of a confession room. Having a place for the queens to express their thoughts in the moment allows for more honest emotion than the talking heads that are filmed afterward, and Kim Chi uses the Shade Tree to bring even more depth to her story. She's getting a lot of attention, and if Kim can continue to work the cameras while nailing the runway challenges (she looks incredible this week in her cherry blossom nymph drag), she may be able to avoid lip synching for her life, which would surely be her undoing. Split into two teams led by Cynthia (The Lady Bitches) and Chi Chi (The Shady Bitches), the contestants start to turn up the drama as they vie for screen time, with Acid Betty leading the charge by immediately undermining Chi Chi's authority. Thorgy has known Betty for 10 years, and she's very familiar with Betty's attitude. "Because she's so artistic, she gets away with being a fucking asshole," Thorgy says, and surely enough, Betty is a fucking asshole for most of the episode. Betty's behavior might be acceptable if Chi Chi wasn't on the right track as a leader, but Chi Chi has a firm grip on being leader. Chi Chi has choreographed for the girls back home, and she knows her process works, but Betty wants to be in charge so she becomes aggressive and antagonistic very fast. remy hair extensionsBetty always needs to do what she wants to do while making the current agenda seem pointless, which makes her look selfish and needlessly rude. She wants to start doing choreography before Chi Chi and the rest of the group understand the basics of the performance, but Chi Chi is in the right here. It's good to have some choreography, but it's most important that they know what they're doing before they jump into action or else it will be even sloppier. Betty continues to condescend when the group is talking about shoes and makes their concerns sound trivial, but when you're going to perform in heels, you need to talk about the kinds of shoes that work best and will be the most comfortable. Chi Chi isn't wasting time, she's addressing the issues that a choreographer has to deal with because she's done it before, and she knows that it's not all about having dance steps planned out. They have a professional choreographer, Jamal Sims, who will help them put the dance together, and the rehearsal brings out even more of Betty's bitchiness as she talks about how she'll gladly throw Chi Chi under the bus if that's what it comes to on the runway. She's the opposite of a team player, which makes everyone surprised when Sims says he admires how much Betty cares about the group and making everyone look good. Betty turns it out on the runway, although I whole-heartedly agree with criticisms of the train and butt on her couture gown, but her nastiness makes it hard to root for her and it's a relief when Chi Chi is named the winner of this challenge. Her runway look is a bit simple, but her performance in "Bitch Perfect" is stellar and she also has a compelling backstory in her gang member past, showing an intriguing new side of this season's dim country queen. Thorgy and Naomi also have strong showings on the runway, with Thorgy grabbing the judges' attention with a sequined jumpsuit and Naomi continuing to show that modeling is what she does best. As a performer, Naomi Smalls is still trying to figure out how to work her gangly body in motion, but at least she tries to be ambitious. She delivers one of the show's most pitiful death drops during the minichallenge, but the effort is admirable and she steps it up during the main challenge, hitting all the choreography and playing a defined character. All of The Shady Bitches but Dax bring a strong personality to the stage, which makes her fade even further into the background. So much of what Dax says this week involves what she doesn't do (not a gown queen, not a disco queen, not a classically trained dancer), and her lack of versatility combined with her lack of confidence makes her a completely forgettable queen. Laila McQueen is also fighting her forgetability, but she doesn't know how to make herself memorable. She says she's going to stand out when Ru visits the workroom, but Ru reminds her that there's more strategy involved than just saying the words, and Laila isn't a very good Drag Race strategist. She lets herself get cast as a character who is supposed to be a poor imitation of Derrick Berry, which puts her in a position where her role is working against her, and she's not able to give that vague character a vivid personality. Laila needs to speak up during the assignment of roles and give herself a stronger character, but she stays silent and allows herself to be doomed.
Disappointing performances in "Bitch Perfect" and bland looks on the runway land Dax and Laila in the bottom two, and the judges' expectations are very high for the queens' lip syncs of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive," the quintessential Gay Lip Sync Song. The editing builds up the lip sync by showing the judges talking about what a seminal track this is, and setting the expectations so high makes it all the more disastrous when both queens fail to impress. Dax looks bored for most of the number and has no connection to the emotional core of the song, and while Laila is putting a lot more energy into her performance, it's not focused energy, giving her lip sync a frantic sense of desperation that only intensifies once she removes her shoes and dress. Laila doesn't have the feminine body needed to sell stripping down to her underwear, and once she loses the dress, she stops looking like a drag queen and starts looking like a man in a wig. It's also not an organic reveal, feeling like a planned last-ditch attempt to grab attention rather than a liberating moment that comes from a genuine emotional place. It's a shameful lip sync, and RuPaul responds appropriately by eliminating both queens. perruques cheveux naturelsFor Dax, this outcome is the result of a string of excuses, and instead of shutting up and showing up when the judges need her, she gives them sorry reasons for why she's not performing to their standard. Laila's story is a bit more tragic, and while RuPaul recognizes that Laila has a fire inside her, it's a campfire that can't be seen through the burning buildings of this season's huge personalities. This is a season full of confident queens that are fully committed to their characters, and tonight's double elimination establishes that RuPaul has lost her patience with mediocre queens. The stakes have just been risen, and it will be exciting to see how the drama builds now that the queens are feeling even more pressure to be bigger and bolder. Stray observations Who's Ru talking to on her phone? Maybe she's inviting a queen from last season back to the competition? If it takes losing Laila and Dax to get Katya back, I'm fine with that. Robbie Turner didn't impress me much last week with her sour attitude and underwhelming looks, but she's much more endearing and engaging this week thanks to her strong personality during "Bitch Perfect" and the stunning strawberry red Vera Wang wedding dress she wears on the runway. She's also not as bitchy, and I think her low showing last week has humbled her and forced her to look at the competition from another angle.
Like being able to sew a basic garment, being able to do basic dance steps is a skill these contestants should have before going on the show. Kim Chi should have taken a dance class (or 10) right after learning she was a Drag Race queen. I am all about the salt-and-pepper Lucian Piane. I'd let him arrange my a cappella covers any day. perruques cheveuxI would absolutely watch a short film about Chi Chi DeVayne's weekend at an all-gay New England bed and breakfast. Ester Dean co-wrote "Firework," "Super Bass," and "S&M." Dax and Laila would have performed better to any of those songs. "Take that, Donald Trump!" "Kim Chi has two left feet and vertigo."
"That's O.K. I wouldn't want me either." (Looks down sadly.) "Y'all look like flailing fishes." "Kim Chi falls and just my heart drops out to my cucu." lace front wigs"Once a year, two rival dragapella groups meet in the Boobs For Queens warehouse…" "Well look who's here for an off-key kiki!" "I thought I smelled out of tune-a fishes." "I've got great legs. I bought 'em on eBay."
"I know some bitch is gonna wanna buy it off me, but you know what: I sleep in this. This is my pajamas." "I just want to smell you." (Kim shows Jamal her back side.) cosplay wigsLucian: "I don't really have anything negative to say about you." Chi Chi: "Thank you." "You can't see this right now, but he's got a fist full of Jergens lotion." "She was doing her neck ghetto style, upside down, while twerking, and never losing a word. Honey, I'll make a Louisiana purchase one mo' time!" "I just hated the shoes! They looked like…ugly shoes!" "Thorgy is in an abusive relationship with her makeup."


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From 1976 through 1985, the United States Food and Drug Administration received reports of 355 fatalities associated with transfusion, 99 of which were excluded from further review because they were unrelated to transfusion or involved hepatitis or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Of the remaining 256 reported deaths, 51 percent resulted from acute hemolysis following the transfusion of ABO‐incompatible products. These deaths were due primarily to managerial, not clerical, errors. Other causes of death (in order of frequency of report) included acute pulmonary injury (15%), bacterial contamination of product (10%), delayed hemolysis (10%), damaged product (3%), and graft‐ versus‐host disease (0.4%). Management systems for transfusion facilities should be created or revised to include the specific identification of personnel eligible to administer transfusions to provide written guidance and appropriate training (including recognition and management of errors), and to implement measures that target safe transfusion practices. Continued research into acute pulmonary injury, the immunologic hazards of transfusion, and the prevention of bacterial contamination of blood components is necessary.
Transfusion – Wiley
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Summer R & R? Yeah, right.
This summer, my 16-year-old son is looking for a job and will be taking his final driver's road test. Oy... He also starts USTA this week (tennis) and then his school tennis season begins in a few weeks. My 13-year-old daughter's calendar is already jam-packed with parties and things to do, plus she will be starting up volleyball in a few weeks to prepare her for team tryouts that take place the first week of school.
In addition to my kids' activities, I will be teaching two workshops at the FaithWriters conference in August (I still need help with this. Please visit this post to leave your input). We also hope to schedule a couple of overnight getaways with the kids, as it's so important to spend quality time and leave behind a summer of cherished memories with the family.
BUT...despite my increasingly full calendar, writing is definitely on my agenda this summer. With the ACFW conference only three months away, my goal is to finish my mystery so I can pitch it to a couple of editors. But I have a long way to go in such a short amount of time. 40,000 words long.
Reading is also something I hope to really catch up on this summer. The weather people are predicting a sunny and very hot summer and I intend to take every possible advantage of my mom's pool. And of course, being at the pool without a book is unacceptable. Some books on my summer reading list are:
*The Homecoming by Dan Walsh (reading this one right now. Stay tuned for a review at the end of the month)
*Walking on Broken Glass by Christa Allan (been dying to read this one!)
*A Summer Secret by Kathleen Fuller (a YA I received for review)
*Perfectly Dateless by Kristin Billerbeck (Another review book I can't wait to read)
*Truffles by the Sea by Julie Carobini (loved Chocolate Beach and it's about time I read this follow-up)
*Rematch and MatchPoint by Erynn Mangum (loved Miss Match and am looking forward to the last two books in the series to provide some light summer reading)
*Gun Lake by Travis Thrasher (for my suspense fix)
Who knows if I'll get through them all - or if another book will come along in the meantime to take the place of one of those listed. But I'm truly going to try!
What about you? What are you reading and writing this summer?
6 comments:
- Joanne Sher said...
What a great idea for a blog post! I think I'll do something similar. Those books sound good for sure. Guess you'll just have to check my blog in the next few days for the answer to your question :)
- June 14, 2010 at 8:34 AM
- Terri Tiffany said...
I know you will be awesome teaching at FW!
I plan to take a course in July on self-editing and then to revise and lengthen a romance during the summer to have it ready to query by Sept. we'll see:)
- June 14, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Karen Lange said...
Just finished She Walks in Beauty, and working on A Distant Melody. My TBR pile is quite high, but I'm looking forward to attacking it. :)
- June 14, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Nikki (Sarah) said...
I'm writing a YA novel and started a writer's group which I'm really excited about. My book that I published Dec. 09 was shortlisted so will be doing some promotion.
Have a great summer. And I know what you mean about your son...driving. My 14 yr. old keeps telling me it's only 2 more years for her to drive. oy is right
- June 15, 2010 at 6:35 AM
- LauraLee Shaw said...
I can soooooooooooooo relate! So relate! With a 15 yo, 12 yo & 10yo, I know my busy season is just starting, but could it possibly get any busier?
Hope your talks go well at FW. I know you will do great!
- June 15, 2010 at 4:29 PM
- Nishant said...
Those books sound good for sure.
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On June 10th 2016, In Arlington Texas La'Shadion Anthony was providing Armed security for a police brutality protest. Anthony, founder of an organization called "WORC" and a Huey P. Newton gun club member was ensuring that a demonstration for Christian Taylor was secure. The demonstration had grown to numbers of 75 marching down the street, had nearly ended peacefully. Suddenly Arlington Police Officers had approached Anthony asking him the reason his weapon did not have a sling. (In Texas there is NO law that states a weapon rifle or shotgun has to be in a sling) Anthony was then peacefully arrested. The officer that arrested him was attempting to find any charges to file against "LA" so they settled on "Disorderly Conduct" and "Resisting Arrest", even though video of the incident actually showed it was the police officers that was the aggressor. On September 26th the case when before a judge in which "LA" attorney motioned for a mistrial which was agreed on by the judge due to lack of evidence. The District Attorney stated that he will bring charges back to brother "LA" and a new trial is date is October 31st, 2016 in Tarrant County.
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