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Tribal Remix day 3: Sera Solstice's Good Morning Flow – review
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in body and soul, Events, Fusion Tags: dance, fusionIt's taken me quite a while to write on this workshop, because there was a lot that I needed to sort out in my head. The workshop description sounded intriguing enough:
Welcome your day of dance with a body-focused flow of movement. Designed to relax, open, and strengthen and remind the dancer of her original love of dance.
We will work into dance-technique in a round-about way, focused first on feeling, relaxing into our movement, and then gently honing in on technical execution.
We will work through smooth expansive sequences, slow and fast isolations, and upbeat hipwork drills and layers.
Finally, we will string together a grouping of movements into a choreographic sequence.
Sera initially worked us through a gradual warm-up, not as cardio or yoga intensive as most other dancers do, but quite flowy and relaxing. After that, we had a bit of a moving meditation… Anybody that has seen her DVDs know there's a meditation thrown in between the warm-up and the technique, and while some might dismiss it as "woo" or "twee", I rather like the focus. She worked that angle not from some esoteric energy or universe to visualise or connect to, but from very tangible, very obvious items for us as dancers: the ground we were standing on, the building we were in, the air we were breathing, the people surrounding us. It was rather interesting, in that it helped me connect a bit better with the environment instead of just plopping myself into it, and I could see a use for it as a centering technique before performances. After that, she started giving us a basic move, which could be a simple footwork or arms, and left us to work on it, eyes closed, trying to learn to feel the flow of the move to see what worked better for us, what our bodies enjoyed the most, what felt more comfortable. I found this exercise very intriguing, I know a few people were trying to build combos or the like. For me, it was a license to just let my body go and notice what movements flowed naturally, and while I was at it, think about why. I have to say, this was rather a revelation for me, I had not ever stopped to think about these things, and what I figured out during that time was rather interesting and led me to start thinking more in depth about why I am dancing, what I expect from it, and what I hope to achieve. We must have worked through five or six steps or sequences with this method; I get the feeling that it should be a great way of exploring basic moves to combine or enhance them.
We then moved onto combos. I am very sad to say that I *sucked* at them, my brain had already gone into a totally different tangent and was busy doing its own thing so I kept using the wrong arms or putting the weight in a different spot. I honestly can't remember a single one of them (shame on me); they were all very slinky and flowy, but I do remember that after a while I *did* feel I was starting to "get" this particular flow, which has been difficult for me in the past. By now I was pretty much in a haze; you can see by the photo above that I look completely soaked and tired, but look like I've just had the best birthday present *ever*.
I found this workshop with Sera super-inspirational, giving me food for thought even though my body was frazzled after three days of intense work and my brain was fried with all the info I'd been absorbing. And the following day, when I walked onto the stage at the Ifield Barn Theatre, I know that I did it with a new found confidence and self-assurance that I'd never felt before, and that I picked in no small part during the workshops.
Would I take another workshop with Sera? Definitely. I found her very much in tune with what her students needed, attentive and clear.
Bring on Tribal Remix 2015!
Review: Rosangela Silvestre Intensive
08 Sep 2013 Leave a Comment
in body and soul, Reviews, Workshops Tags: body awareness, conditioning, dance, fitness, modern dance, silvestre technique, workshops
I attended this workshop back in July, but I've delayed writing about it not because I had anything bad to say, but because it's just so difficult to explain *why* it was so good, as it was quite an intense experience. And sadly, for part of it, I could only say "you had to be there".
First things first: Rosangela Silvestre is a contemporary dancer from Brazil, who has developed a full technique for dancing that she's rooted in the Brazilian culture. Her technique is often called "esoteric", and in a way, you do get to hear, during the training, about things like four Elements, Chakras (energy centres in the body that correspond, roughly, to major endocrine glands and that align along the spinal column), and Orixás (Yoruban Nature deities that were adopted and further developed in Brazil). These four elements are the same as the traditional Greek four elements that were later picked up by ceremonial magicians and several flavours of Pagans. Same goes for the Chakras, you'll find a lot about them in the New Age section of any library or bookstore.
Yes, all of this sounds rather… "interesting". New-agey. Pagan.
Does it mean you have to believe in all of this? Absolutely not.
What does it have to do with dancing then?
Turns out, A LOT.
Rosangela has developed a full series of moves to work with each element, to begin with, that correspond with certain aspects of our dancing: earth goes with balance, air and water with expression, fire with perception, and all of them combined turn into Will. Each of these series of moves does give you a really good conditioning routine that, when followed, will work as a good dancing conditioning would, while emphasizing certain "qualities" of that particular element, so you can work on "Water" to make your movements more fluid, or Air to work on what other people call "opening" to allow your dancing to express and transmit this to your audience more, or Will to gain focus and energy and intention when dancing, and not just going through the motions.
The workshops were two days, 5 hours each day. The days were split in two. On each day we worked for around 2-3 hours on the Elements, first starting with the conditioning moves, and later on going onto combinations and, on the second day, a small choreography. Then we had a bit of "theory" where Rosangela told us about her vision, why she developed what she developed, and how it worked and what it was improving. After this break, we then worked on Orixá dances, learning stylised versions of dances she codified and developed from traditional dances done during Candomblé rituals in Brazil. Throughout all of this we worked with Rosangela's instructions, sometimes singing (she's got a beautiful voice) and with Sabio's live music, which was fully improvised, and done to match our moves and the general atmosphere of what we were doing. As an aside, I did like that Sabio did the warm-ups with us, even though he wouldn't be dancing, but I suspect that gave him a good chance to atune to how our bodies would work for the rest of the day.
The warm-up and conditioning part started SLOW. And I mean almost glacially slow; I'm used to having cardio-style warm-ups, and doing slow bends and pliés with holds allowed me to realise that my body much, MUCH prefers this type of work. I found that problem areas like my knees were far more pliable than I was used to feel, my bends were deeper and my muscles were moving a lot more at ease than what they normally do. Rosangela also made sure that we understood that not everybody has the same body shape or muscle capacity, so she worked a lot on letting us get comfortable with our bodies' moves before pushing it a bit further, all the while also encouraging healthy movement and attitude. This is brilliant for ANY body shape, as it encourages you to find the ways that your body prefers moving, but does require some effort from your part to realise what it is that your body prefers, and make an effort to improve where things are not right. Trust me, this will also push you to re-examine a LOT of what you do daily, from how you sleep and work to how you spend your time.
The Elements work included what you could call "embodying" each of them through the series of moves. If you are esoterically inclined, you could say that you were channelling each element, but you could just as easily think that you are trying to achieve particular things, like flowing for the Water, or focusing on the grounding and balance for Earth.
There was also a lot of encouragement to "will" our bodies to avoid repeating, and instead "re-doing" moves with full awareness each time. Talking with hubby later, I found this is a common concept within some martial arts, as it encourages muscular memory with a level of consciousness, so moves don't become predictable or drilled wrong. This "will" also extended to trying to find better ways to work with the body, and to encourage things like learning weight shifts or using inertia from one move to flow into next naturally. This was best exemplified by a combination we did on day 2. It included a backwards spin with a jump. Jumping, that thing a lot of us absolutely DREAD. And yet, the way she guided us into it, it felt like a natural progression. And even with my weak joints, and notoriously bad balance, I went through it without issue.
The second part of each day, after the break and the "theory", was devoted to the Orixá dances. They were a good chance to learn a whole new vocabulary and mode of expression, with emphasis on one or several of the Elements. We worked on the Welcoming -a dance done to open the floor for the Orixás, so to speak- and Oxumaré dance on the first day, and a very long Yemajá sequence on the following day. Rosangela picked both for Water-based Orixás, as, most of us being belly dancers, she felt we would be able to connect better to a lot of the moves. We worked in "families" of 3 or 4, doing passes along the studio as most of the steps were travelling steps. A lot of them were rather low on the ground, and this was killer exercise for quads too, but most of all, she was interested in seeing us do our dancing strongly and projecting intention.
And over all of this, during the 10 hours, we had nearly uninterrupted, improvised live music provided by Sabio, which managed to set the tone for everything so perfectly that at some points, if it hadn't been for the repeating nature of what we were doing, it would have been more a party than anything else.
Overall, I was very impressed, moved, and felt that the workshop gave me a lot of food for thought, and a lot to work on; it helped me become friends with my body again, and break some mental barriers I had in place goodness knows for how long or for what reasons. Whether you are taking the Elements/Chakras/Orixás associations as "real" or as metaphors for what we do while dancing, I do believe there was a lot to learn and take home. The most important thing I got out of the workshop was a newfound trust in my body and its limits… I almost didn't book for it, afraid that I wouldn't be able to survive the first 5 hours without collapsing. Turns out I was wrong. Also, the style of the work made it so that my body did re-assess itself, and I found that during and afterwards, I was able to do quite a few things I hadn't been able to do for a while. This workshop allowed me to remove mental barriers that had been put in place ages ago, and although some still remain, they are also on the way out through careful training… after all, identifying these mental barriers is half of the battle. As an example, before the workshop, my knees protested loudly at me every time I tried to do any level change, no matter how small. Afterwards, part of the "listening to my body" work made me realise that sitting too long (and badly) at the computer was causing my legs and knees to get this impression, and now I've changed my work routine to have frequent active breaks to remove this source of issues, and of late I've started doing level changes training within the ATS class… I still haven't managed to break through the barrier of doing a full one in class, but at home I have managed to do changes from standing to tiptoes to a full crouch and up, and its only a matter of time until I can do these as part of my dancing… I wouldn't have dreamt of doing that when I started ATS a year ago!
Would I take another workshop or intensive with Rosangela? A resounding YES, I feel I got a lot out of the work I did with her. She was also very accessible, and was a pleasure to chat with someone that was born and raised in South America as I was.
I hear she might be coming again next year, and I'll be ready for it. In the meantime, if you want to see a bit of the kind of work done, talk a look below:


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Jen from Fashionably Employed had a great idea: get some bloggers together to show you multiple ways to wear a patterned skirt in various seasons. Today we're showing you the Summer Edition!
I chose my off-white pleated polka dot skirt because I thought it would be the biggest challenge to style for multiple seasons. Turns out I already have some ideas on how to wear it in the winter!
My biggest challenge for this particular post, though, was figuring out how to make this skirt look more casual for my office. My solution? A tee shirt.
Tee – Target (same) | Skirt – The Limited (similar) | Scarf – Nordstrom (similar) | Shoes – Express (similar)
A tee shirt basically makes any outfit casual. Also, pairing it with flat sandals helps out, too.
Of course, my original outfit that I wore when I was at my previous job was still pretty casual with the denim jacket. More of a Casual Friday kind of vibe going on there. Either option, though, is a great choice when you have a semi-fancy skirt that you want to dress down.

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Public display of test scores
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Posted Jan 17, 2013 at 11:56:05 PM
Subject: Public display of test scores
I am a teacher in an LD self-contained classroom. My students have disabilities in reading, math, cognitive processing, language and a myriad of other areas. By definition they are two standard deviations or more below their peers on standardized tests of cognitive ability, or they would not be in this setting. Nevertheless, they are required to take grade-level standardized tests in reading and math every 6 weeks, even thought their instructional level is 2 or more grade levels below what is assumed by the tests. They do get some accommodations, but the test content is complex and assumes typical cognitive reasoning abilities. In addition, the tests are based on common core standards arranged on a pacing guide that is much too fast for most of my students, so they are just not going score proficient on these tests, no matter how hard they try.
That is unfair in itself, and I spend a lot of time downplaying the significance of the grade-level tests to my students and highlighting their amazing progress (some of my 3rd graders have advanced 2 full grade levels, from pre-k to end of first grade, in reading over the past year and a half . . .but of course this is not recognized as progress by our school because they still test as "novice" on third grade reading tests . . .but that is beside the point here)
So, as if making them take the test were not bad enough, the school has decided to POST a graph of the test scores on the outside of each classroom door to "encourage" students and teachers to get higher scores. . . Yesterday, I caught a 4th grade reg. ed. student pointing to our conspicuously flat bar graph and LAUGHING. It was about all I could do not to slap that child, sit him down and give him an 8th grade test just to let him see how it felt. But I restrained myself, because I would like to keep my job, and I spoke to that student's teacher about it.
My question is, isn't posting my students' low test scores discrimination? I only have five third graders and four first graders so when they post the "anonymous" test reports on my door there is really no question as to exactly whose low scores they are displaying.
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Posted:Jan 27, 2013 2:46:03 PM
The issue in your posting is interesting. I have been watching to see if there would come any responses to your questions but I believe mine may be your first. This too is interesting.
In my opinion, I do not think that any "legal" issue exists or a violation of privacy has taken place in your situation. I sense that only "directory informatiion" is being displayed and the score posting on display is group score information and nothing else that is personally identifiable. This is no different than having a newspaper display test results for all publics to view. Hence, I don't see an IDEA or FERPA issue in this at all.
I will conclude, however, that what has been done is a bad administrative decision to do this by classroom in this school. The question one should be raising is "what's the benefit" of posting these results by classroom. It is an absurd demonstration of a scoreboard mentality of a school administration to say the least. I think this was faulty judgment on their part.
My advice to you is to do what you are asked to do and if your parents are concerned about this test score posting, encourage them to take their concerns to the school administrators or above them in the chain of command. They are the ones that need to defend this unnecessary activity.
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Robert Reoch Offers Perspective as Students Rally Against French Consul General for "Bum Rap"
Crime in Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan is Topic in Boston Globe
I was recently privileged to have had another letter published in the Boston Globe. It never occurred to me to share this stuff on my blog, but that's what blogs are for, right? This public discussion concerns a meeting with students from the Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester, MA, who invited the French consul general, Fabien Fieschi, to visit with them that they may ask him to remove negative travel advisories to French tourists that depict their communities as being dangerous. The French consul general did not relent, however. He politely informed that his job is to protect and represent his fellow fellow citizens of France through unbiased travel warnings. I wrote to the Boston Globe to show my agreement with the consul general and to share my objective observations since moving to Boston from San Diego over ten years ago. My published letter follows below. Read more on the Boston Globe web site.
Robert Reoch Boston Globe Letter
Re "C'est la vie in Dorchester" (Metro, Jan. 16): The idealism and naiveté of the students of Codman Academy Charter Public School are what spur progress. I appreciate their community pride. However, I cannot help but agree with the view held by Fabien Fieschi, consul general of France, that the communities of Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan have earned a bad rap.
When I moved from San Diego to Boston more than 10 years ago, I put a map of the Boston area on my wall to help me familiarize myself with the area. I used my map to locate stores and restaurants I'd seen in TV ads, or to identify communities from which news stories had come. I was finding my way around. Within three months, I realized that nearly all of the crime being reported was coming out of the same three neighborhoods: Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan.
Ten years later, this same observation is reinforced daily. Those same neighborhoods continue to be areas where innocent people are victims of gang- and drug-related crimes. Most of the violent crimes occur at night, though recently they've occurred in broad daylight.
Just as visitors welcome warnings about dangerous cliffs overlooking certain beaches, they also want to know how to stay out of harm's way by avoiding any major city's known crime areas. It's common sense.
People outside of Boston, even outside of this country, make objective observations without the sentiment of community pride. We should pay attention.
I hope the bright students at Codman Academy take forward a goal to effect change within their communities, not just in spirit, but in reality.


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I'm tired of reading repeated phrases, the repeated phrases that populate the repeated phrases of Atwood's prose. I enjoyed the story, but it seemed at times to never end, and the rehashed phrases and passages became annoyingly familiar rather than illuminating.
She's a swell dame, but I'll pass on more Atwood in the future.


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France Telecom Ties Up with Akamai - Analyst Blog
France Telecom ( FTE ), which operates the brand Orange, has entered into a strategic agreement with Akamai Technologies ( AKAM ) to meet the growing demand of business customers in the media and e-commerce groups. This alliance marks the combination of two leaders in their respective domains; while France Telecom is the leading global telecommunications carrier, Akamai Technologies is a leading cloud infrastructure and content delivery network (CDN) services provider.
Per the agreement, Orange will utilize the Aura Network Solutions of Akamai to offer CDN services to various clienteles. Orange Business Services - the enterprise division of the French telecom behemoth - will initially sell these solutions in the nation.
Orange - the largest Internet service provider in France as well as in Europe - highlighted that CDN solutions will pave way for better web-based traffic, particularly in HD video and e-commerce sectors. A well connected network of servers enables the solution to distribute the content over a large area, which otherwise would have been limited within a small number of locations. This leads to a more efficient network and protected system. Also, end users will enjoy superior service quality with faster access and download speeds.
Additionally, Orange and Akamai have agreed to explore the different aspects of the CDN solutions for further improvement.
Both the companies are aiming to meet the surging demand for content delivery through this collaboration. The partnership interconnects Akamai's know-how of Internet performance across multiple devices with Orange's integrated network.
We believe that this collaboration will present Orange the opportunity to enrich its networking business unit and bring in more customers by offering upgraded and differentiated web features.
Paris-based France Telecom - one of the biggest wireless operators in Europe apart from Telecom Italia SpA ( TI ) and Vodafone Group Plc ( VOD ) - offers domestic and international long distance, data communications, wireless, multimedia, Internet access, broadcast and cable TV services along with local phone service.
In late October, France Telecom reported third-quarter 2012 earnings with revenue decreasing 3.5% year over year to €10.76 billion ($13.9 billion). Adjusted EBITDA dropped 7.3% year over year to €3.65 billion ($4.71 billion), resulting in EBITDA margin of 33.9%, down by a significant 140 basis points from the year-ago period.
France Telecom currently holds a Zacks #5 Rank, which implies a short-term Strong Sell rating.
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State budget writers receive good news
Thanks to the recent passage of federal tax reform the state is projected to have more than 20,000 new jobs per year and approximately $85 million in additional revenue for the budget. This according to the state's Chief Economist Steve Lerch. Lerch provided this good news to the Senate Ways & Means Committee yesterday. Here are additional details from his presentation:
- "Assuming JCT estimate of tax reform impact on employment of 0.6%, Washington employment would be roughly 20,000 to 21,000 jobs per year higher than our November 2017 forecast. For 2018, this would mean total nonfarm employment of 3,440,000 in Washington.
- Assuming JCT estimate of tax reform impact on business investment of 0.9%, Washington business capital investment would be $500 to $700 million higher in 2018.
- Washington share of personal tax cuts in 2018 would be roughly $3.3 billion, or 0.8% of personal income.
- Ballpark impact on revenue collections in 2018: $85 million."
Lerch also told the Ways & Means Committee the state's November revenue forecast didn't assume passage of federal tax reform. This means the state's February revenue forecast will likely include these projected higher state job and revenue growth numbers as result of its adoption.
Already state monthly revenue collections were coming in above the November forecast as noted by the January monthly update:
- "Major General Fund-State (GF-S) revenue collections for the December 11, 2017 - January 10, 2018 collection period came in $87.8 million (5.9%) above the November forecast.
- Cumulatively, collections are now $121.4 million (3.4%) higher than forecasted."
Even before this good news the November revenue forecast showed that state revenue was projected to grow "13.7% between the 2015-17 and 2017-19 biennia."
The legislature's 2018 supplemental budget proposals will likely be available soon after the February 15 revenue forecast.
One side note on yesterday's Senate Ways & Means hearing, the committee heard remote testimony from a policy analyst out of Washington D.C. It is good to see the Senate continue to provide this opportunity but it would be even better if average citizens across Washington could also provide remote testimony. Currently no hearings are scheduled in the Senate offering general remote testimony. There is potentially exciting news developing, however, as reported by the Columbia Basin Herald:
"The state Senate has had remote testimony since the launch of a pilot project in 2014. Though the House has lagged behind, House Republican Caucus Chair Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, said that both legislative chambers will likely see remote testimony by the 2019 session.
Shea said he has been working with the chief clerk of the House to fix the technical barriers to implementing video-conferencing. Though details are still being finalized, testimony would likely be broadcast from the city halls of population centers, such as Spokane, Shea said."
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The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau unite for the first time in this Billy Wilder comedy; they would eventually team up for nine more films. Here, Matthau gives an Oscar-winning performance as a crooked lawyer who convinces his injured brother-in-law (Lemmon) to commit insurance fraud. It's a hilarious movie, and it goes well with a zippy, inviting wine like this tasty Sauvignon Blanc.
Here's a real house favorite from one of the first families in New Zealand wine. Phil and Chris Rose helped pioneer grape planting in Marlborough over 30 years ago. Today, the region is known as 'Sauvignon Central,' famed for electrifying whites like Phil's stunning Tikohi. Last vintage, this zippy Sauvignon Blanc earned 90 points from top critic Sam Kim, who called it "ripe, fragrant, and inviting … classically expressed and lingering, and offers excellent drinking." You'll taste the fresh 2017 release.
Wairau River Estate is a true family affair, a sentiment expressed by the word 'Tikohi,' which means 'togetherness' in the local Maori tribe dialect. Like the estate, its founders Phil and Chris have seen their family grow by leaps and bounds over the last few decades. Today, the entire Rose clan is involved in the estate's daily operations – from working in the vineyard and winery to cooking at their Cellar Door Restaurant & Cafe, a highly rated spot to grab a glass of Tikohi and enjoy dinner.
The spiritual home of aromatic and refreshing Sauvignon Blanc is the Loire Valley in France, but it's at its most explosively intense in Marlborough. Along the banks of the Wairau River on the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island, Marlborough's warm days, cool nights, and rocky soils produce the perfect balance of pure fruit flavor and crisp, mouthwatering acidity.
At The Cellar Door, menu pairings for the Rose family's Sauvignon include shrimp linguine with a creamy sauce and an arugula, pear, and toasted almond salad. It also makes a great match for grilled green-lipped mussels – a New Zealand specialty. We recently tried (and loved) it with a salad of spinach, beets, goat cheese, and walnuts, with a passion fruit vinaigrette.


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The UC College of Medicine is continuing its upward path in cutting-edge research to enhance discovery sciences and facilitate translation of these discoveries to improve health and clinical care while recruiting new faculty. The new undergraduate program fosters scientific curiosity and investigation for our students. We are creating an environment of advanced clinical care that surpasses any in the region.
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So, by this point, you've probably heard a thing or two about Jose Padilha's Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (formerly Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within). I'd heard about the film all the way back during Sundance, when a friend of mine raved about the film endlessly for weeks after seeing it. Since then, I've heard through the grapevine that Padilha's film was one of the best action films ever made (no, really), and so I knew—the moment I saw the film on the Fantastic Fest schedule—that I'd have to make an effort to see the flick. Did it live up to the hype? Find out after the jump, folks.
I'm really torn on Jose Padilha's Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, but not for the normal reasons. Generally, action flicks break down into three categories for me: those that are dumb but fun, those that are smart and fun, and those that are dumb and not fun. There's very little grey area in this genre to me (it's simply not my preferred genre—like the moose out front says, "Soooorry, folks"), and everything I'd heard about Elite Squad 2 (which is what I'll be calling the film here for brevity's sake) had led me to believe that it'd be one of the former. At worst, I figured that all those people would be wrong and the film would be dumb…but still good on the action front.
Imagine my surprise—and the aforementioned tearing—when I discovered that Elite Squad 2 is an even rarer beast: the hyper-intelligent action film with great action scenes…that just wasn't all that fun to watch. Maybe it was my mood, maybe it was the timing of the screening itself, or maybe Elite Squad 2 just didn't spin a yarn that kept me intrigued from beginning to end, but after seeing the film I find myself in the odd position of defending Padilha's skills as a writer/director while admitting that I really just wasn't all that entertained by his movie.
This is, of course, the well-known phenomenon known as "The Dave Matthews Band Effect": I can appreciate the talent that went into creating the product, and I can see why others might enjoy the product, but at the end of the day, it's just not my thing.
Elite Squad 2 tells a complex tale of corruption, greed, and bullet wounds in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Things get off to a rocky start when a prison riot goes south, leading Colonel Nascimento (Wagner Moura)—the guy in charge of the resistance effort within the prison– to get promoted (as they do in Hollywood, people in Rio fail upwards) to a cushy position in the upper echelons of Rio's government. A corrupt governor had climbed into bed with some of the local police captains, and—over a stretch of time covered in the film's first half—the corrupt officials manage to bleed Rio's slums dry by charging citizens to…well, to do just about everything: use the internet, eat, buy booze, stay safe, and so on. We see that things are very, very corrupt in Rio de Janeiro, and though the film goes to great pains to tell us that the film is fictional (though based in realistic events), we can't help but assume that this is the way Padilha views his country's government.
That idea compels me, but the story presented in Elite Squad 2 did not. I couldn't help but feel that a lot of what's present here—as based in reality as it may be—was a little obvious, a little "seen it before". I was also thrown by the long stretches between action in the film's first two acts: there'll be scenes punctuated by violence and gunplay, and then many scenes where corrupt politicians and police officers scheme about stuff. The person sitting on my left in the screening sighed loudly throughout the film's first thirty minutes before literally throwing her hands up in the air and taking off, and the person on my right made confused noises ("Heh?" and "Bwaah?" were among them) before leaving, as well. I was never tempted to give up on the film completely—I was determined to see some of this "best action ever made" stuff that everyone was talking about—but I do confess to being a little bored from time to time.
Things picked up later on, after Nascimento realizes that something fishy's going on. One of his former squad members ends up shot in an alley during a raid with a handful of the corrupt police officers, so he goes on a mission of revenge to A) kill the people responsible, B) keep his family safe, and C) to restore a little honor and dignity to the police force. This is when the film really picks up, and it's true that the action is all well-shot, full-throttle, and fun…I just wish that there'd been more of it during the film's first half.
Indeed, the best scenes in the film are the ones where Padilha really flexes his muscles as an action director, but that's not to say that the rest of the stuff is lifeless. Even the scenes that feature a handful of corrupt officials sitting around a desk plotting shady things have an electricity to them, and after I noticed that I realized just how talented Padilha is: I might not be compelled by the story—though I imagine many of you would be—but his camerawork, the performances he gets out of the actors, and the non-action staging are all top-notch. I would very much like to see a Jose Padilha film that isn't about all the things that Elite Squad 2 was about, and it sounds like the director's upcoming Robocop remake will offer that (and that he might be toying with some of the same themes in that film).
While I didn't love Elite Squad 2, I fully appreciated the artistry on display, and recognize the talent behind the camera. There's a very good chance that Padilha could become one of Hollywood's go-to action guys (assuming that Robocop turns out well, of course), and in between that and the film's strong action sequences, I'm going to recommend Elite Squad 2. Be aware that you're going to get a healthy dose of "corrupt officials doing corrupt things, often in a very chatty way", and you'll probably enjoy it.
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Hey there little buddy, I hope this note finds you happy, healthy and full of awesome. It was only a few weeks ago now that you came up for your first ever Winterlude visit. You and your entourage arrived in town for the last weekend of our annual winter festival. You handled yourself like a pro while we skated / walked / stumbled up and down the Rideau Canal. The ice was a little rough when you were here since at the time we were smack-dab in the middle of an unseasonably warm two weeks. Never the less, the canal was serviceable and the whole gang of us trekked along gobbling down Beaver Tails and taking in the sights.
Not a spectacular shot, but not bad for an iPhone + the Autostitch app.
Yes indeed, between your Mom speed skating up and down the entire stretch, and your Dad constantly trying to land the triple salchows I don't think the canal has seen such chaos since the last time your cousin Serhij came up for a visit and managed to get himself lost for over two hours. No small irony then that I myself lost you guys briefly when I got side tracked by the blonde beauty batting her eyelashes at me. Or so I thought. Here's where things get slightly interesting.
I was trying to catch up to the rest of you just moments after stopping to take the above photo when I spotted what was a rather awkward attempt to get my attention. As you may have guessed by now, this sort of thing happens to me all of the time. Beautiful women throwing caution and social decorum to the wind, brazenly screaming sweet nothings in my general direction, in the hopes that I may favour them with a momentary interest. What was peculiar about this particular instance was that it was happening in reality. I was completely awake and this blonde vixen was clearly focusing her magnificent attention on moi.
Naturally, being a gentlemen, I stopped to inquire if I could offer my assistance. Now it's important to keep in mind that at this point in our tale, that you and your adoring fans were only about a kilometer or so further along than I was. Your Old Man, being familiar with the "Curse of Adonis" that all men in our family suffer from, had doubled back to check on me, fearing that I had been carried off by a wandering band of wanton she-devils. After a brief search, he found me well in control of the situation, and so returned to you and your Ma with well practiced excuses of how I was merely stopping for a moment to help some poor lass who had fallen prey to our family curse.
It will no doubt shock you when I tell you that your father's perception was in fact not entirely 100% completely accurate. What he bore witness to was not me chatting up some doe-eye'd Rideau Canal skate bunny, but rather me being suckered into a sales pitch from a canvasser from the Red Cross. She and her cohorts had swooped down on the final weekend of Winterlude like an economically inspired venue of vultures.
Embarrassing tales of my ill-perceived Don Juan aspirations aside, I'll pause briefly in this missive to encourage any and all who may be reading this to visit the Canadian Red Cross website and give until it hurts. What with the recent events in Haiti & Chile, as well as their many other on going campaigns, the Red Cross certainly needs your generous support.
Now pal, you may be wondering why would I willfully and voluntarily share this mildly amusing if personally embarrassing anecdote with both you, and the public masses? The answer is simple little man. I'm trying to illustrate an example of where perceptions of a common event have lead to two completely different results. Both 'true' after a fashion, if slightly delusional on your father's part, and pride-obliteratingly awkward on my own. Down right deceptively efficient on the part of the Red Cross cutey however.
Simply put, my goal in this endeavour is to attempt to illustrate the old axiom of "The Three Truths". No, not that one, this one (paraphrasing):
There is my truth, there is your truth, and then there's actually what happened.Hardly an original quote, but it's one that I've always found both amusing and on occasion disturbingly accurate. Recently, here in Ottawa, there was a lady from another country who had been invited to come and speak her mind on the topics of free speech, political correctness and media bias. The lady agreed to give her speech, and accepted the invitation. This is where things went a little wonky.
- Anonymous
The lady's name is Anne Coulter, and she has a knack for irritating the living shit out of some people. Other people however, think she's very smart and has a lot of interesting things to say. The point is, that she had been invited to the University of Ottawa, by one of their student groups to give a speech. The idea here was to give her a platform upon which she could give voice to her ideas. The audience, presumably would be intelligent enough to determine whether she was a luminary of the ages, or a zealot shovelling bullshit faster and higher than anyone else. This is not how things turned out however. A group of students who thought they knew better than everyone else decided to cause a fuss, and eventually made such a ruckus that it was decided by those in charge to close down the event for fear that they could not ensure everyone's safety.
Personally, I'm not a fan of Anne Coulter. I don't think very much of her ideas or the manner in which she delivers them, but she has the right to her own opinion and the right the share it. There's no small irony that this whole affair is centered around a discussion about free speech. Unsurprisingly, this whole thing has gotten a lot of people upset. I would wager however, that Ms. Coulter does not count herself among that number. A more magnificently efficient form of free marketing she could not dream of. What's more, her next destination on her speaking tour is in one of my favourite towns in this country, and they are likely to be a considerably more sympathetic audience.
In a classic oblivious foot-in-mouth fashion, one of the protesting students was quoted on CBC radio the following morning saying:
I believe in free speech, I just don't think [Anne Coulter] should be able to give her speech here.
I'm staggered by that. The finest principles of "N.I.M.B.Y." as applied to the concept of free speech. Quite frankly little buddy, I had expected better. If the press coverage of this event is anything to judge, so did a lot of other people as well. The real kicker, is that while all of this is going on, there's a website that embodies the principles of free speech better than I could possibly explain and it is fighting for it's life. That may be both figuratively true, as well as literally if their sources are accurate.- Anonymous student protesterMarch 23rd 2010
So pal, I'll leave you with this. When in doubt, ask your self: "Cui bono?" Everything is open to scrutiny. Politics, politicians, religion, religious leaders, teachers, authors, luminaries and dullards alike. If someone feels that they are qualified to tell you what to think, then they should at the very least be qualified to defend their point of view. This applies to as much to me as it does anyone else. Develop and cherish your critical thinking skills. Use them often.
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.


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The Role of Grace In the Thought of Alexander Campbell
Despite his strong emphasis and personal dependence upon the grace of God as manifested in Jesus Christ, Alexander Campbell's views stood in marked contrast to those of the Reformed tradition, especially as manifested in the revivals of the second Great Awakening in America. A study of his views on this subject has relevance in the present context.
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Our Mission is to provide communities with better Education, Sports Academics and Health services.
After a very successful career in Basketball, Rolando Blackman thrives to give back to the community the possibility of a better future through his foundation
As a College Student
A native of Panama City, Panama, A member of the 1980 Olympic Basketball Team, he attended Kansas State University where he was a two-time All-American, three time conference "Defensive Player of the Year" and a member of the Associated Press "Big12 Conference All-Century Team". Blackman made the most famous basket in Kansas State History, a 17-footer from the baseline with two seconds left against no.2- ranked Oregon State in the 1981 NCAA Tournament.
With the Mavs
He was the Dallas Mavericks 1st round pick (9th overall) in the 1981 NBA draft.He became the first Panamanian-born to play in the NBA. In eleven seasons with the Mavericks, Blackman was named to the NBA All-Star Team four times and played on six Maverick playoff teams. Blackman scored 16,643 points (which was a franchise record he held for 18 years until being broken by Dirk Nowitzki on March 8, 2008)and 6,487 field goals with the Mavericks. In his 865 games with the Mavericks, Blackman never fouled out of a game.
With the Knicks in New York
Blackman spent his final two seasons in the NBA with the New York Knicks, reuniting with former Dallas teammate Derek Harper, and the team made the Finals in his final year, losing to the Houston Rockets. When he retired from the league following the 1993–94 NBA season, he had career totals of 17,623 points, 3,278 rebounds and 2,981 assists. His number 22 was retired by the Mavericks on March 11, 2000.
In Europe
Although his NBA career was over, Blackman signed with Greek team AEK Athens BC in the middle of the 1994-'95 season. The next year he played for Olympia Milano in Italy, and helped them to win both the National Championship and the Cup of 1995-96 by averaging 15.3 points per game. In the championship game, Blackman shot 8 of 12 and was named the finals Most Valuable Player.
Back in Dallas
In 2000, Blackman was tapped to be the defensive coordinator for the Mavericks under coach Don Nelson. The next year he served as an assistant coach for the German National team and helped lead them to a bronze medal at the 2002 World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis. During the 2004-2005 NBA season, Blackman was hired as one of the Mavericks' television analysts, along with Matt Pinto and Bob Ortegel. For the 2005-2006 NBA season, Blackman returned to the Mavericks' bench, serving his first season as a full-fledged assistant coach. In July 2006 he was promoted to the position of Director of Player Development, and still serve as such to this day as well as scouting for the Mavs.


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Tuesday had a pretty well filled plate of economic news for investors to chew on. In focus were housing related reports that actually were the strongest we have seen. It is nice to see that housing is starting to come out of its death spiral, even though the industry is still heavily reliant on government stimulus.
Construction spending was up from last month. Note that one month is not enough to make a trend.
Pending home sales, a number of little importance in the great scheme of things, dipped as incentives dried up and many of the first time home-buyers rushed to buy homes prior to the credit expiration last month. This created a similar hangover as the cash-for-clunkers program.
Pending home sales, on a year-over-year basis, have been climbing uphill with a vengeance. Not to pour cold water on this, but; we are comparing to a time when there was virtually no activity at all. This should be climbing as it really had no where to go otherwise.
Taken as a whole, we will be able to confirm that there is a bottoming and a rebound if jobs are created in the construction sector and actual sales realized begin to gain. One step at a time….
Disclosure: Horowitz & Company clients may hold positions of securities mentioned as of the date published.


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Hello Errol,
I think that only the Youtube is control it.
Hello Mohamed,
I suggest you create a new ticket to the Technical Department.
Hello Wei Hong,
Unfortunately, it can be done as customization only.
You can create a new ticket to the Quotes Department.
I suggest you create a ticket with it, Alan will check your problem.
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OK, i suggest you to create a new ticket and our staff will check your problem with box.
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You need change the "Submit method" of search in your listing type to GET and after try to make a search with any parameters in frontend. System will add your criteria to url which...
Please check the following guide, maybe it will help you: http://forum.flynax.com/showthread.php?175-SPAM-prevention-and-instructions-for-email-configuration
At first, i suggest you to update cache of your browser and check it again. If problem will stay that you can send me FTP access to my PM, i'll check it.
Hello Sam,
In any case you can create a new ticket and our developer will help you with your problem.
Hello Bahram,
Unfortunately, it can be done as customization only.
You can create a new ticket in the Quotes Department.
Hello Mahmoud,
What your current problem? Do you mean the grey color of categories? If yes that system put grey color for categories which don't have any listings in this moment.


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"In this rapidly changing and dangerous world, U.S. Special Forces are vital to the security of all Americans. CSM Eric Haney is perhaps the World's foremost expert on military special ops. Read INSIDE DELTA FORCE and learn what we are really up against."
–Bill O'Reilly, Anchor, Fox News Channel
"A book that could not be more timely, written by a warrior who knows what he's talking about.."
–James Webb, author of Fields of Fire and Lost Soldiers
"A rousing chronicle of what it's really like to be a special-ops guy."
"Compelling memoir…a book that you won't want to put down."
"Perfect for military enthusiasts."
–Kirkus Reviews


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Single-minded college age sluts were no doubt riveted by the vaguely homo-erotic account of a tatted tramp manlier than Justin Bieber regaling the world of "her first time" voting for Obama in one of the most disgusting, unpresidential campaign ads, ever. But was the video a sexually transmitted disease caught from Russia? If you have any teenage daughters in the ...Read More »
Laughing at the Issues
RNC Web Ad: "Laughing at the Issues" (Official Version) Joe Biden may be laughing, but the American people are not! This Scripture from The Bible sums it up perfectly:Read More »
Big Bird gets his feathers ruffled over Obama's new attack ad
Barack Obama is using Big Bird in his latest attack ad against Romney, but it looks like the big yellow bird got his feathers a little bit ruffled for being used in such a petty way! According to Breitbart, Sesame Street is revolting and tells Obama to take down the ad!Read More »
Romney/Ryan Medicare Plan Would Cost Seniors $6400: Debunked
Per Politico, here's the analysis of the latest Obama campaign attack ad towards Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on Medicare: "It's a promise that was made long ago: you work hard, pay in, your Medicare benefits are guaranteed. But Mitt Romney would break that promise," the ad says. "Replace your benefits with a voucher. Insurance companies could just keep raising ...Read More »
Obama SuperPAC Paid 169K to Promote Romney Cancer Ad Online
Monday afternoon when President Obama made a surprise visit in front of the press, he was asked about a now infamous ad from a pro-Obama SuperPAC that links Mitt Romney to the death of a woman with cancer. When asked about the ad, Obama tried to downplay the severity of the accusation by saying, "it ran once." "I don't think ...Read More »
"Just Getting Started": Allen West's New Ad
In what The Blaze is calling an "epic" ad, Allen West makes it clear he's just getting started! "That's the American Way!"Read More »
The RNC's Latest "Solyndra" Ad
This latest ad from the RNC treads familiar ground in calling President Obama out for the government backed loan guarantees that Solyndra received, but it does try to push a new angle. It goes out of its way to suggest to viewers that Solyndra was an avoidable folly and one that had many red flags. While some might say this ...Read More »
Obama 2012 Campaign Starts With A Real Whopper
We get a quite disingenuous/dishonest/outright lying 2012 campaign advertisement from President Barack Hussein Obama, the person who said his administration would have the most open and transparent administration in history. You know, the one that has no secrets. Obama's ad tells part of the truth, the part that favors him, just enough to fool Democrats and Obama Kool-Aid drinkers. In ...Read More »
Another Nail In Perry's Coffin…
I came across a Rick Perry ad today that stopped me in my tracks, and not for any of the good reasons. At first glance, it seems like it might be another good TV spot for the candidate from Texas. It starts off with optimistic music and Perry looking like a seasoned man from America's heartland. He's standing by a ...Read More »
Barack Obama's Inspiring New Video
Our president hopes to get reelected, and he hopes this stirring, new video helps. What do you guys think about this amazing new video? Does it make you want to vote for Barack Obama in 2012? Or does it make you want to run to the nearest trash can and hurl? Let us know in the comments below. And as ...Read More »
New Mitt Romney Ad: Vote For Me; I'm All You Got
This new "campaign ad" from Mitt Romney tells the hard truth folks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZLUKiGTXI&feature=channel_video_title What do you think? Has he convinced you? Or are you still holding out for Ron Paul to finally have his year? Let us know in the comments below. (and send your hate mail to Jimmy Kimmel in Hollywood, CA)Read More »
What Is Herman Cain's Campaign Smoking???
I don't know if this video is supposed to be a joke or not, but if it's real, then how did it ever get approved? I mean, really… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iefi-7qXpzk&feature=channel_video_title First the obvious… What is up with the cigarette smoke at the end of the video? Can somebody tell me? Now the not so obvious… Did you notice the blinds swaying ...Read More »


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Game Of Thrones Fans May Have To Wait Ages For The Final Season
WARNING: Season Seven Spoilers Scattered Throughout…
'The Dragon and the Wolf' has come to pass in a 72-minute whirl of wildfire, and winter descends once more over our Monday evenings.
Season 7 is as over as Littlefinger's sad little life. While most of us are busy toasting the Queens in the North, some keen beans are looking toward the future – and the culmination of this crazy Game of Thrones.
But you'll have to keep a wary eye on the horizon, as season eight is said to be a long way off.
Entertainment Weekly put it to HBO's programming president Casey Bloys that showrunners Dan Benioff and D.B. Weiss will be working on the final season for the next year and a half, rather than putting their name to any sequels.
Could the final season air in 2018 or 2019 depending on needs? EW asked to which Bloys replied:
Yeah. They have to write the episodes and figure out the production schedule. We'll have a better sense of that once they get further into the writing.
Bloys said:
By the time the final season airs, Dan and David will have been at this for 12 years. Which is an amazing fact. They didn't go and do movies in between seasons, they didn't set anything else up, they put everything — and are putting everything — into this show.
They came into HBO with an idea for a show with a beginning, middle, and end, and they want to see it through. In conversations with them, they feel if their name is on the prequels — even in a passive way — it conveys some sort of expectation or responsibility.
They want to enjoy the show as fans and don't want to worry about the scripts or production issues. We were hoping to have their names on it out of respect for them, but we understand why they don't want that.
The only solace to be taken is that, by 2019, we should have recovered from the emotional trauma and seat-gripping scenes Game of Thrones bestowed upon us in season 7.
Night gathers and our watch begins.
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Special to The Hays Daily News
Hometown Memories Publishing Co. intends to save a big slice of local history before it's lost forever.
Karen Garvey, senior editor at Hometown Memories Publishing, is asking local old-timers to share memories for a living history book. She invites anyone older than 60 with yarns about the "good old days" in northwest and north-central Kansas to write them down and mail them to her for possible publication in the book. The hardcover coffee-table book will contain tales of bygone years from people who actually lived them.
To encourage participation, Garvey is offering a $250 award for the most appealing story. There also will be three $100 runner-up awards and a cash award for best picture.
"I'm not looking for genealogy," Garvey said. "What we want to save are true stories about things that once were commonplace but are virtually unknown to today's generation. The contributor's descendants will love them for it. Life today is not what it used to be."
For example, any old-timer could tell an interesting tale about things such as wringer washing machines, downtown cowboy movies on Saturday, radio drama programs, feed sack dresses or old-fashioned outhouses.
"Stories like these are not only great fun to read, especially for old-timers, but they're usually left out of the official history books," Garvey said. "I hope some of these books will still be around in 200 years so that people will know that old-timers were more than a name or a faded picture. But that we were real people with real lives."
Especially wanted for the book are stories that involve humor, odd, unusual, frightening or mysterious events, romance stories ("How I Met My Spouse"), local myths, and legends and ghost tales. The deadline for story submission is April 30.
Garvey requests anyone interested in submitting material for the book to call her at (877) 491-8802 for instructions or visit the website at www.hometownmemoriesonline.com.
Hometown Memories is a North Carolina company that is dedicated to providing books that preserve the spirit, character and memory of a time that never will be seen again.


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Less lighting 'is one way to decrease business energy bills'
Business energy customers may wish to take note of six tips offered by a publication on how to lower their power consumption - and, as a result, their bills.
The first piece of advice given by the Sydney Morning Herald is to decrease the amount of lighting in an office or workspace, as many are overlit.
Another is to remove fluorescent tubes that use a large amount of energy and replace them with newer versions, with these said to produce more light from the same power.
The newspaper goes on to suggest turning off all electrical equipment when it is not in use, such as at weekends or overnight, as roughly 20 per cent of office electricity use is from such appliances.
It also notes the importance of avoiding either overheating or extreme cooling of an office, as both of these can result in higher business energy bills.
Finally, investing in energy-efficient lightbulbs can be an effective way to save power.
Firms in East Anglia are to be offered tips by the Carbon Trust on how to reduce the business energy levels, with brewer Greene King among the first to sign up.
Posted by Anne Yevel
Click here to run an energy price comparison, and see if you could be paying less for your gas and electricity.


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This one I'm really excited about. I really dug Rec 1 and 2. For the record, they're FAR superior to their American counterparts Quarantine 1 and 2. From what I hear, the beginning of Rec 3 follows the found footage motif of the first two, and then switches to standard third person cinematography. While some online are complaining about the change of format, I personally welcome it. The Rec series did the found footage thing well, but the gimmick has gotten played out. I applaud their decision to change it up instead of beating that dead horse.
Here's the synopsis: Koldo and Clara are about to celebrate the most important day of their lives: their wedding. Everything appears to be running smoothly and the bride and groom and their families are enjoying a wonderful day; that is until some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness. Before they know what's happening, the bride and groom find themselves in the middle of a hellish ordeal, as an uncontrollable torrent of violence is unleashed on the wedding. Amidst the chaos, Koldo and Clara become separated and begin a desperate search for one another. What started off as an idyllic day quickly descends into a nightmare of the worst kind.
Rec 3 has been getting good reviews since it's release in Spain in March, and Magnet is set to release it stateside on VOD August 3 and in theaters starting September 7. Check out the flick's official facebook page HERE to keep up with the events leading up to the release.


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If we're going to change the world, we're going to have to think carefully about what our future will be.
Here are the reasons why I think history is one of the problems with our world, and why it should be something we revisit if we want to change the future.
History defines our modern world
If you think about it honestly, history really defines our world. We do things because we've always done them. And we do them the way we've always done them.
There's a great metaphor that goes: a young wife always cut off the edges of the roast before cooking it. One evening her husband asks her why she does that. She responds that that's how her mom's always done it.
On their next visit, the young man poses the same question to his mother-in-law. She also responds, "That's how my mom always did it."
Bursting with curiosity, the young man runs off to ask the grandmother why she cuts the edges of the roast off. The old lady replies, "When we first got married, I only had a very small roasting tray, and so I'd cut the edges of the meat off so that it would fit properly."
Do you see the problem?
Honoring our past or reliving it?
So often in life, personally and at the societal level, we do things simply because that's the way it's always been done, and we pass that knowledge onto our children.
On the societal level we're too determined to teach our recent history. By teaching recent history, we do maybe achieve the aim of preventing it again, but since the world is getting more violent it doesn't seem that that's the case. Most often though, by perpetuating a story of hatred and hardship to a younger generation that never actually experienced it, all you are doing is passing on your hate.
Basically the whole planet, with all the racism and homophobia and the million other categorizations, generalizations and judgements we have, is in one huge ongoing Redneck feud. No one knows why any of the hatred and judgement began, we just teach it to our children.
Teaching recent political history has exactly the same effect, creating feuds at national levels.
Why are we so tied to history?
Without history, and without the history we teach changing, no one could ever be immortal. Think about it.
Elvis is a pop culture sensation that passes into history. We know who Elvis is because we've kept him alive. I'm nearly 40 and Elvis died before I was born. I would never have known who he was if the world and people around me didn't perpetuate the myth, if they didn't create the legend.
In our world obsessed with money and fame, the only way that fame can continue, that your life will have mattered, is if you pass into history. But that's not the way the world works – we die for a reason, and once our lives end, they should end and we should be allowed to pass into obscurity. That way we make space for a new generation to enjoy their moment in the sun.
We hold on too long
Because of our need to achieve immortality through history, we idolize the idea of tradition and hold onto tradition way too long.
The easiest and most obvious place to see this is in our religions, many of whom have outdated traditions and rules that no longer serve the congregation. Like is it really feasible to only have sex for the purposes of procreation and never use contraceptives?
You can glamorize and idolize the past all you want, but the truth is that if things were so great they wouldn't have changed in the first place. The world wasn't better back then, it was exactly the same, with exactly the same kinds of hurts and joys - just a lot less technology and luxury.
Technology is not the problem – we are
Innovation is not the problem – we are. Energy is neither good nor bad, it's completely neutral: it's the intention with which you apply it that determines whether it is good or evil, whether it benefits or harms.
Technology is a way that we can solve the problems we're facing, we just have to learn to do it in a sustainable and less harmful way.
Innovation, progression and evolution are key to the survival of our species, and with a planet this overburdened, we can't rely on nature to give us a solution quickly: now we need to create one for ourselves.
Just step back for a minute
But what does it actually matter if our species survives? Why are we so concerned with that?
Once you're personally dead, do you really think it will matter to you what your great grandchildren are doing? If they're alive? Again the only answer I can give you is history. If our civilization dies then all memory of us dies with it – anything we've done will mean nothing.
But guess what? This civilization is going to end anyway. The only place anything lives on in perpetuity is your soul.
This is why a spiritual purpose is important, and this is why a spiritual renaissance is what is needed to save us.
Only when we again know our own immortality will we stop trying to have it all in this life.


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Global growth up 4.5% half-year on half-year; sales underpinned by North America.
Lotteries worldwide continued to build on their generally positive start to the year, entertaining an aggregate half-year on half-year increase in sales of 4.5% globally, edging up on a first-quarter on first-quarter increase in sales of 3.1%. Half-year on half-year sales were up sharply in both the African and North American markets in the aggregate, and were up moderately across the board otherwise.
Basel, 1 November 2016—Lotteries worldwide continued to build on their generally positive start to the year, entertaining an aggregate half-year on half-year increase in sales of 4.5% globally, edging up on a first-quarter on first-quarter increase in sales of 3.1%. Half-year on half-year sales were up sharply in both the African and North American markets in the aggregate, and were up moderately across the board otherwise.
The African region enjoyed the strongest performance over the first half of 2016, with participating African lotteries reporting an aggregate increase in sales of 21% for H1 2016, as against H1 2015. As in Q1 2016, the main contribution to the performance of the African market came from the strong showing of the South African national lottery. Elsewhere in Africa, Morocco's La Marocaine des Jeux continued its good form, reporting an increase in sales of 21% for H1 2016 over H1 2015, in line with the region as a whole, while Loterie Nationale Morocco reported a first-half on first-half increase in sales of 8.8%. Also in positive territory was Ghana's National Lottery Authority, which recorded a first-half on first-half increase in sales of 7.6%. Offsetting these results, sales at the Mauritius National Lottery contracted over H1 2016, as against H1 2015.
Buoyed by the record-breaking Powerball draw of January 2016, the North American market also performed strongly over the first six months of the year, with participating North American lotteries reporting an aggregate first-half on first-half increase in sales of 9.5%. As in the first quarter of 2016, lotteries across the continent swept the board with positive results. The Minnesota Lottery, California Lottery, Kentucky Lottery, and Tennessee Education Lottery all enjoyed double-digit growth over the period January–June 2016, as against the period January–June 2015. Topping the bill was the Minnesota Lottery, which reported an increase in sales of 15.9% over H1 2016, as against H1 2015. With similar performances, the California Lottery reported an increase in sales of 13.9% for the two consecutive quarters January–June 2016, as against the corresponding quarters of 2015, while the Tennessee Education Lottery and the Kentucky Lottery witnessed sales increases of 12.9% and 12% respectively across the same timeframes. For its part, the Florida Lottery broke all sales records in fiscal year 2015-16, reaching more than USD 6 billion in sales – representing a half year-on-half year increase in sales of 9.1% – while the New York Lottery saw its first-half on first-half sales increase by 8.3%. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation enjoyed the best performance of participating Canadian lotteries, reporting an increase in sales of 6.6% over the six months to June 2016, as against the corresponding revenue period of 2015.
The European region saw participating European lotteries recording a half-year on half-year increase in sales of 3.9%. Norway's Norsk Tipping continued in its recent good form, overseeing a six-month on six-month increase in sales of 10.8%. Also performing strongly were France's FDJ, which reported a first-half on first-half increase in sales of 8.7%, and Poland's Totalizator Sportowy, which reported a first-half on first-half increases in sales of 8.2%. With no significant jackpot in Q2 2016 at Hungary's Szerencsejáték Zrt., lottery sales there declined slightly, whereas sales of sports betting products increased on the back of the UEFA European Championship. Overall, the Hungarian national lottery was up 3.8% half-year on half-year. In contrast, Greece's OPAP found itself in negative territory, recording a half-year on half-year decrease in sales of 4.3%. Nevertheless, Q2 2016 GGR remained broadly stable at the Greek national lottery, on the basis of the continued performance of lottery games and an increased year-on-year contribution from sports betting.
In the Asia Pacific region, results were once again in positive territory, with participating Asia Pacific lotteries recording an aggregate increase in sales of 3.3%. Leading the way was China Sports Lottery, which saw its sales grow by 8.4% over the first half of 2016, as compared against the first half of 2015. Growth at the China Sports Lottery was predicated on June 2016 sales, which increased by 47.2% over the corresponding month of 2015. Australia's Lotterywest also fared strongly, reporting an H1-on-H1 increase in sales of 6.9%. In contrast to the situation at China Sports Lottery, sales at China Welfare lottery essentially held steady over the period January–June 2016 versus the period January–June 2015, contracting by 0.5%. Overall, sales of lottery products at the China Welfare Lottery fell slightly across the board, excepting for VLT sales, which were up by 4.4% H1-on-H1. Elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region, sales of the Takara-kuji lottery at Japan's Mizuho Bank declined slightly.
In Latin America, participating Latin American lotteries reported an aggregate increase in sales of 2%, on the basis of revised reporting measures from Argentina's Lotería Nacional Sociedad del Estado. The Argentinian national lottery continued its rapid growth in 2016, reporting a double-digit increase in sales for the first half of 2016, as against the first half of 2015. Elsewhere in Latin America, performance was tempered. For its part, Mexico's Lotería National para la Asistencia Pública reported a first-half on first-half increase in sales of 5.2%, while sales at Chile's Polla Chilena recovered, growing by 4.2% over H1 2016, as against H1 2015. Offsetting the performance of other lotteries in the region was Brazil's Caixa Econômica Federal, which saw its sales contract slightly over the H1-on-H1 timeframe.
For first quarter 2016 results, see here.
The WLA will continue to track the progress of global lottery sales in future editions of the WLA QLSI. Once again we thank all WLA member lotteries participating in this initiative, and look forward to bringing you the third quarter 2016 results shortly.
Philip Springuel
WLA Executive Director
|* Based on sales of participating lotteries. Participating lotteries by region:
|Latin America
|Ghana: National Lottery Authority
|Argentina: Lotería Nacional Sociedad del Estado**
|Mauritius: Mauritius National Lottery
|Brazil: Caixa Econômica Federal
|Morocco: La Marocaine des Jeux et des Sports
|Chile: Polla Chilena de Beneficencia
|Morocco: Loterie Nationale
|Mexico: Lotería National para la Asistencia Pública
|South Africa: Ithuba Holdings (RF) (Proprietary) Limited
|Mexico: Pronósticos
|Asia Pacific
|North America
|Australia: Lotterywest
|Canada: BCLC
|China: China Sports Lottery
|Canada: Loto-Québec
|China: Chinese Welfare Lottery
|Canada: Ontario Lottery
|Hong Kong: HKJC
|USA: California Lottery
|Japan: Mizuho Bank Ltd.
|USA: Connecticut Lottery Corporation
|USA: Florida Lottery
|Czech Republic: SAZKA a.s.
|USA: Kentucky Lottery Corporation
|Finland: Veikkaus Oy
|USA: Minnesota State Lottery
|France: Francaise des Jeux
|USA: New York State Lottery
|Greece: OPAP
|USA: Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation
|Hungary: Szerencsejáték Zrt.
|Italy: Lottomatica S.p.A
|Norway: Norsk Tipping AS
|Poland: Totalizator Sportowy Sp. z o.o.
|Spain: Loterías y Apuestas del Estado
|Spain: Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles
|Sweden: AB Svenska Spel
|Switerland: La Loterie Romande
|United Kingdom: Camelot UK Lotteries Limited
** From Q1 2016 onwards, Lotería Nacional Sociedad del Estado is reporting only on sales of products marketed directly by the lottery; sales from concessions are no longer being reported. The change in reporting measures is due to a change in management policy.


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My back was pretty stiff again this morning, though I slept really well last night.
6 Sets
- 10 Reverse Hypers (210#)
- 8/8 Side Bends (70#)
Had programmed 4 good mornings but I skipped those because of my back and did the RH instead.
- 4:00
- Buy-in: 400m Run
- AMRAP Wall Balls (20#, 10′)
- 4:00 Rest
- 4:00
- Buy-in: 400m Run
- AMRAP Burpee Box Overs (24″)
- 4:00 Rest
- 4:00
- Buy-in: 400m Run
- AMRAP American KBS (53#)
Pushed it on the 400s. I only looked at the clock coming in on the 3rd one and it was a 1:30, which is my goal pace for a mile I'd like to do this year. The first two 400s were a little faster. I did 50 unbroken wall balls, a short rest and then 14 more for 64 total. I did all step-ups on the box due to my back and made it through 22 reps. I started out stepping down too but started hopping down at some point. I haven't done any American swings in a long time so wasn't sure how they would feel with my back, but they were fine. I did sets of 10 and 15 and then held on for the rest of the way, which was nearly a minute, to get 27 in a row. 52 total swings.
10 Rounds (Tabata)
- 20s Push-ups
- 10s Rest
Went all-out and quickly fell off a cliff. Reps were 22-20-13-9-6-6-7-7-7-8 for 105 total. Whenever we've done this recently the rest has been much longer to help recover.


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Montell Griffin and Paulie Malignaggi Talk Andrade vs Nelson and More
Jun 11 2016 7:00 AM
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Boxing Channel analyst Montell Griffin caught up with "Future Legend" Paulie Malignaggi at the weigh-ins for Showtime's June 11th offering.
Malignaggi, a long-time friend and frequent guest analyst at TBC broke down the Demetrius Andrade vs Willie Nelson fight.
Two world champions talking shop, only here at The Boxing Channel.