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More Films (and Stars) and Still No Velvet Ropes at the 2004 Bermuda Fest
by Wendy Mitchell
The Bermuda International Film Festival, now in its seventh year, obviously doesn't have the history of Cannes or the acquisitions frenzy or Toronto or Sundance. But it does have location, location, location. Each filmmaker I met at the festival was honest about the fact that they'd submitted their films here mostly because Bermuda seemed like it would be a nice place to visit. Except for a few more clouds than expected and some bizarre dance moves exhibited by one or two loony locals, they got what they bargained for: a trip to a lovely island, and a festival that increases in stature every year.
Zana Briski, the co-director (with Ross Kauffman) of "Born Into Brothels," winner of the jury doc prize in Bermuda, said the festival provided a respite from the normal festival circuit (their next stop was the not-quite-so-exotic Cleveland). "The festival was very well organized and treated the filmmakers very well," she said. A relaxed atmosphere (to say the least) meant that there weren't VIP rooms and snobby cliques... the invited guests were mingling together with local film enthusiasts at events throughout the week. There was, however, one VIP party -- the week's hot ticket -- at an obscenely ornate mansion called Deep Water (Deep Pockets might be a more apt name). Hosts Rocco and Sammy Schiralli welcomed festival guests and the island's A-listers (including Michael Douglas).
The stars were shining throughout the festival; Willem Dafoe served as head of the jury, which also included Mexican screenwriters Guillermo Arriaga ("21 Grams," "Amores Perros") and Carlos Cuaron ("Y Tu Mama Tambien"), Shane Smith of the Canadian Film Centre, Premiere Magazine's Mark Salisbury, and previous BIFF award winners Patricia Flynn and Helen Lee. Jim Sheridan, in Bermuda with opening-night film "In America" and retrospective selections, looked to be enjoying himself throughout his stay (although indieWIRE is still mad we never took him to the pub for a pint).
"I think in terms of other festivals, we like to think we're in a different niche," festival executive director Aideen Ratteray Pryse said in a conversation after the festival's conclusion on March 25. "We do welcome all the filmmakers here, we make them feel very much at home and relaxed. It's an intimate setting, so there's no pressure to sell your movie. You can talk about the art and craft without worrying about who you're 'supposed' to be talking to. There isn't a velvet rope in sight." Social events were mostly low-key affairs and the festival hosted late-night happy hours for six nights. Some "late nights" were at posh hotels, where smooth jazz didn't inspire much raucousness. The most excitement came from the party at the Blue Juice bar, when one patron stripped naked (save for a knee brace... not a good look) and boogied on the dance floor. Chalk it up to one too many Dark & Stormys, the local rum-and-ginger-ale cocktail that went down a little too easy. Panels during the day also drew decent crowds, and one filmmaker suggested the festival might consider adding even more panels in future years.
The festival had its largest film program ever; up to 70 after starting with 22 films in its first year. It also added a fourth venue, the theater at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. The world cinema showcase offered some of the hottest international titles hitting festivals (or theaters) this year, including Christoffer Boe's beautifully shot infidelity tale "Reconstruction"; "The Five Obstructions," Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier's entertaining exercise in filmmaking with strict rules; Kim Ki-duk's "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring," which is also playing in New York at New Directors/New Films this week; Ulrich Seidl's "Jesus, You Know," an exploration of six people's intimate conversations with God (somebody needs to run this as a double feature with "The Passion of the Christ"); Anders Thomas Jensen's Danish dark comedy "The Green Butchers" (which Newmarket smartly picked up in Toronto); and Siddiq Barmak's Golden-Globe winning Afghani tale "Osama." Other programming included children's films, local documentaries, a few midnight flicks, and a Modern Mexican Cinema sidebar including films such as "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and the recent fest hit "Nicotina." "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Young Adam" closed the festival.
By most accounts, quite a few of the films in narrative competition were disappointing. One narrative competition feature in particular, "The Garden of Earthly Delights," was the most pretentious film I've seen in a while. The film, about two annoying lovers who chronicle their relationship by filming each other, follows them to Venice as the woman dies of throat cancer. I'd never been so desperate for a protagonist to go ahead and die already. Other narratives in competition included the style-over-substance graffiti tale "Bomb the System," gritty Argentinian love story "El Polaquito" ("The Little Polish"), Steven Lewis Simpson's U.K. thriller "The Ticking Man," and the jury's prize winner, Srdjan Vuletic's "Ljeto U Zlantnoj Dolini" (Summer in the Golden Valley). That Sarajevo-set story follows a group of troubled teenagers who get entangled with corrupt policemen. In a statement, jury chair Dafoe said, "The film is very lyrical, but also very tough. It is poetic but not sentimental. Even though the genre is familiar to us, the story is told in a very fresh, character-driven way that undermines and toys with our expectations and normal patterns of empathy."
The doc winner, "Born into Brothels," which will air on HBO in 2005, has been winning acclaim since its debut at Sundance in January. Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski's film follows Briski as she teaches photography to children of prostitutes in Calcutta. It's easy to admire the intentions behind her program, and the intentions of the film; impressively, the film was also beautifully shot and well-edited, showcasing some stunning local music and the colors of Calcutta's streets. "Born into Brothels" is ultimately uplifting; some of the kids that started out being called "worthless cunts" by neighbors in the brothels ultimately become extremely talented photographers; the smiles on their faces as they watch a webcast of their photo auction at Sotheby's, or attend a show opening reception, are truly inspiring. Juror Mark Salisbury summed it up well in a statement: "Seeing the film is a life-changing experience. It has re-set my life's barometer. The things I moan about now pale into insignificance. Zana is a truly astonishing woman for what she has achieved, and the difference she has made in the lives of these children with her foundation." (Check out the group's website at www.kids-with-cameras.org.)
Frank and Jessica Gorter's "Piter," which had its world premiere in Rotterdam, provided a glimpse into present-day St. Petersburg, Russia through the lives of seven interconnected people grappling with the city's history and its changing future. The film as a whole struck me as a bit uneven (and some of the connections between characters seemed forced), but it was still a fascinating glimpse into a world that few people bother to examine (and I particularly was drawn in by one subject, an elderly woman whose father starved to death during the siege of Leningrad). Jessica Gorter told indieWIRE that it was interesting to show a film like this on an island like Bermuda. "There couldn't be a bigger contrast with Saint Petersburg... I think it's quite important to have a festival with an 'outlook on the world' since living on an island can be quit isolating."
Another competition doc, "Hungry for Monsters," certainly had a strong story about a family torn apart after a schoolteacher convinces an impressionable young girl to accuse her father of molestation. Unfortunately, the film seemed to mostly recount the plot and not really delve any deeper into the motives and repercussions of the family involved (most frustrating was the daughter's lack of explanation for her behavior). Bad atonal music and too many filler shots of cars on streets and building exteriors didn't help matters. It's hard not to compare "Hungry for Monsters" to the much better "Capturing the Friedmans" or Celesta Davis' startlingly personal new documentary "Awful Normal."
"How Arnold Won the West," playing in a program with "Monsters," was a very entertaining TV documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger's California gubernatorial run. Filmmaker Alex Cooke captures the humor of the situation (I got a kick out of Gray Davis's own wife calling him boring) and also some of the more serious issues, like the Governator's misuse of the foreign press.
Among the shorts, I loved the surreal dark humor of Owen Trevor's "Flaming Brain," thought Shandor Garrison's "Free Box" showed promise; and enjoyed the art-world satire of Thurston Smith's "Whoa: The Influence of Art." The jury's shorts winners were Andrea Arnold's "Wasp" and an honorable mention to Chris Shepherd's "Dad's Dead."
The Bermuda International Film Festival group announced several new initiatives during this year's festival: one is potentially equipping the BUEI theater to show 35mm films as a showcase for art-house cinema year-round. The group is also planning a children's film festival, which will be a weekend attracting a mostly local audience, tentatively planned for October. BIFF is also setting up a foundation that will increase educational outreach programming (including expanding endowments and scholarships) as well as securing stable sources of funding for the festival.
Such initiatives, and the festival's increasingly strong programming and high-profile guests, should make Bermuda a more important stop on the festival circuit in years to come. Whether or not it was sunny enough to hit Bermuda's famed pink (or more accurately, pinkish) sand beaches in March, it is still easy to relax here (and even sleep in, since screenings don't start until afternoon). Even without a heavy industry presence, filmmakers raved about the treatment on the island. "I wouldn't go to Bermuda looking for distribution, but then again you never know who you might meet or who knows who," Briski told indieWIRE. "It was a wonderful experience and definitely well worth it."
Jessica Gorter, co-director of "Piter," was also impressed: "My overall impression of the festival is very positive," she said. "The festival is small so it's very easy to meet people in a relaxed and informal way."
[ For photos from the festival, view indieWIRE's iPOP. ]


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CB Minutes: Il Buco Expands, Plan B Remodels, White Star Gets Grub, and More
An East Village oyster bar, and more projects in the works.
Today's Community Board news: Eater reports that members of CB2 were inclined to put their stamp of approval on Il Buco's plan to open an annex selling salumi and other imports, but the discussion was tabled when parties couldn't agree on a stipulation that would prevent food demos on the street. The licensing committee also declined to support Civetta's bid to extend its hours. Meanwhile, after attending Monday's Community Board 2 meeting, Fork in the Road reports that the owner of Plan B is splitting the space into a "tavern and salon" called the Blind Barber. And some other half-formed morsels of intel: Sasha Petraske is adding a food and wine program at White Star, and the owner of Bowery Electric and Niagara, Johnny T, is planning to open an oyster bar on East 7th Street.
CB2 Green Lights Doria, Drops Hammer on Civetta, Il Buco [Eater NY]
The Blind Barber: Finally, New York Gets a Restaurant and Salon, All in One [Fork in the Road/VV]
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For all you gay/bi/etc. Republicans out there, Dennis Sanders reprints in full why some of you stick to the principles you believe in.
We are Republican because we believe in limited government, free markets, a strong national defense, and personal responsibility;
We strive for Unity without the tyranny of uniformity, because the greatness of the Republican Party, like the greatness of America, is found in our tolerance for diversity; […]
We pledge, in short, to be "Cody Republicans�: a Republican who is very traditional in holding the ideals of rugged independence, integrity, fairness and being respectful of your friends and neighbors; and persistent in our commitment for those ideals to apply equally to all.
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Plus, 'Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters'!By Amos Barshad
'State of Play' offers something novel: a credulous, reverent portrait of a blogger!By Will Leitch, Logan Hill and Chris Rovzar
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo has recruited Rainn Wilson for his new solo material.By Amos Barshad
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Plus: Tori Spelling returns to Beverly Hills, 50 Cent gets a reality show, and MTV wants your teenage daughter to get knocked up.
Plus: Rainn Wilson on his 'Transformers 2' character, and LL Cool J on how his clothing line makes children look sexy.
But where does McCain stand on Schrute's pet issue, robot-gun transgenic babies?
Plus: Monsters!
Plus quotes from B.J. Novak, Robert Englund, and Ellen Page.
Plus: Snoop Dogg is on some rock shit.
As the writers strike continues into its second day, it's time we asked the hard question that's surely on everyone's mind: Are celebrities doing enough?
Quotes from Rainn Wilson and Queen Latifah!
Crazy Brit headline-hogger Amy Winehouse finds herself in the spotlight again today, after engaging in a "bloody row" with her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, at a London hotel that spilled out on the streets.
Rainn Wilson, Stewart Copeland, and more!
Moby, Iggy Pop, and Matt Damon on not knowing shit.


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I chose Central College Abroad because I had heard such great things about the program, the students, the courses as well as the resident director, Shelley – who has been amazing. There is just something about this city that I love so much: the history, food, culture, architecture, shopping are all things that continue to get me out of bed in the morning and out exploring.
The Central College Abroad program in Paris is a French language immersion program that allows for flexibility in coursework for both French and non-French majors. A typical course load is 15-17 credit hours. The academic program includes:
An Intensive language orientation module tailored to all language levels. Further cultural orientation is included under the guidance of the resident director and language courses are supplemented by informational meetings, comparative cultural discussions, visits and excursions. Taught in French.
Discovering Contemporary France
Students will explore aspects of French history, politics, identity and contemporary issues. These topics are coordinated with readings, group discussions, assignments and fieldwork projects. All students participate in service-learning with community partners for four hours, one day a week throughout the semester.
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Required for students completing an internship. Students will develop an understanding of issues facing diverse urban populations in contemporary France as well as increase their language fluency and general knowledge about France, its culture and institutions through weekly reflective journals, readings, discussion and field activities related to a service-learning placement. Students will work with community partners for two hours, one day a week for the duration of the semester. (one credit)
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On the first day they could, voters made a trip to the courthouse to cast their ballots for races ranging from president and U.S. senator to local school boards.
Local residents voted early Tuesday for different reasons — they won't be in town, they won't be able to make it to a vote center, they didn't want to wait in long lines on Election Day.
But they had one goal in mind: They wanted their votes to count.
Tuesday was the first day for voters to cast ballots early for the fall election, and halfway through the day, more than 130 people had voted at the courthouse.
Local residents can vote early at the courthouse on weekdays and the two Saturdays before the election. And starting Oct. 27, they also will be able to vote at seven additional early voting sites that will be opened as part of the county's recent switch to vote centers.
Jill Loveal of Franklin will be in France by Election Day. She thinks it's important to stand up for women's rights, something she can do by casting her ballot, and voted early to have a say in the election.
Loveal said she disagreed with some of the stances the Republican Party has regarding women.
"I'm waiting for the day when Indiana turns into a blue state," she said. "I'm expressing my opinion."
This election is the second Markee Adams of Franklin can vote in. As a student at Purdue University, she would not have been able to get to Johnson County to vote on Election Day. But since she was home on fall break, her mother reminded her to vote while she could.
Adams said she was most excited to vote for the next president.
"I'm just excited to have someone new, to change it up a little," she said.
With the presidential race on this year's ballot, the Johnson County clerk's office expects more than a 50 percent turnout of voters, Clerk Sue Ann "Susie" Misiniec said.
Many of those voters will head to the polls on Election Day, but Misiniec hopes many will take the opportunity to vote early.
Residents have more options for voting early now, she said. They used to be able to vote early only at the courthouse.
But in the spring, the county began using vote centers, which allows voters to cast ballots at any of a handful of polling sites throughout the county. Now, voters can head to additional early voting sites for more than a week before the election.
State law requires the county to have one satellite site open for early voting two Saturdays before Election Day, Misiniec said. Johnson County will have two satellite sites open the two Saturdays before Election Day and will have eight sites open the week before the election, Misiniec said.
The county did not want to open the additional voting sites earlier because they would have had to pay more to have election workers at the sites, she said. The goal of vote centers is to save money, she said.
Despite having options for voting early, some residents still want to vote on Election Day, Misiniec said.
"I just think for a lot of people it's instilled in them to vote on Election Day," she said.
During a recent visit to Greenwood Village to register voters, Misiniec repeatedly heard that residents believed if they voted early their vote didn't count unless the race was really close.
She wants voters to know all votes are counted, Misiniec said.
If voters wait until Election Day, they could end up not voting, Greenwood resident Katie Pennington said.
Katie and her husband, Scott Pennington, said people find reasons not to go to the vote centers. They're too busy, they don't want to wait in lines, they don't know where to go. But voting is a right citizens have that they should utilize, she said.
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Got cut off by a Sunday driver and took a fall. Front tire was shredded, an hour later it blew out. But the tires needed replacement anyway. I called the wife to come pick me up because when you're in your 50's you have to be a little more careful. Some scratches on the left hand and leg, a little sore. I've replaced the tires and checked the bike over so I'm good to go. Amazing how no one pulled over to see if I was okay.
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It felt as though goose bumps smothered her body. Faylinn had gone to bed in only a pair pajama pants due to the warmer than usual weather, in the middle of the night the temperature dropped way down leaving the redhead shivering in her bed. She covered all her body in her blanket, pulling it around her close enough to not allow any more air than necessary to get in and make it colder.
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"Happy beheading day!" K.C. yelled as her regular and a guest walked into the store. Bailey looked skeptically at the bookstore employee but Abby just laughed aloud. The two girls dragged each other all around the store looking at various books and lightly holding hands or kissing; once they had their fill of shopping and flirting they each set down a stack of books for K.C. to ring up, "Will that be all?"
Abby raised her hand with one finger extended up, "One more thing, what are you and Ghost up to today?"
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Bailey leaned over the counter and hugged her best friend's girlfriend, "Poor thing, no chocolate for you."
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A free lecture on fixing computer problems will be offered Sunday, Jan. 5 in the Assembly Room at the A.K. Smiley Library, 125 W. Vine St., Redlands.
The lecture is at 2 p.m.
An event flier says IT professional Nabeel Alzahrani will show how to resolve the most common computer issues. It says he will present simple steps that will help even the most computer illiterate fix and protect their machines against all kinds of problems.
For more information, call the library at 909-798-7565. The library opens at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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Khloe Kardashian in Rag & Bone
Khloe Kardashian was spotted arriving to Boston, Massachusetts with her family earlier this month. She wore a pair of Rag & Bone Ripped Skinny Jeans.
I love that distressed jeans are starting to appear more and more this season. I really do think that you cannot have enough distressed styles. They just make outfits look so great. I hope to see Khloe in their ripped red pair next. You can click here to purchase Rag & Bone at SSENSE.
Khloe Kardashian in Current/Elliott
Khloe Kardashian and sister, Kourtney were seen out shopping together in Beverly Hills. It looks like Kourtney has finally popped! I can't wait for her to have her baby and see what she names her, I'm sure her little girl is going to be very stylish.
Khloe used to be spotted out in Current/Elliott all the time, but seems to be wearing a lot of Rag & Bone lately. I can see why she couldn't pass up these Current/Elliott Star Stilettos, they're so cute! I like how they are still on trend with the print, but really unique with how the star print is dyed into the fabric. I'd love to see this style in other prints. You can buy these jeans online from Shopbop.com for $218 and they also come in a shorts version.
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Kim Kardashian in J Brand & Khloe Kardashian in Rag & Bone
Kim and Khloe Kardashian were spotted out and about with Lamar Odom in New York City, New York. Kim wore a pair of the J Brand 8001 Leather Leggings in Black, while Khloe opted to go back to Rag & Bone and wore their Skinny Destroyed jeans. Kim has been spotted in both the J Brand RTW Quatro pants and their regular leather pants. I wonder which she prefers more?
I am not too keen on Kim's look here. I do like the fact that she is wearing shoes, but I would have preferred if she wore a pair of black Jordans instead, or just leave the Jordans and leather pants combo to boyfriend Kanye. I find the pairing of the jacket to be off with the shoes as well. You can click here to purchase the J Brand leather pants from their website for $895 and click here to purchase rag & Bone jeans from SSENSE.
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The Kardashians were seen out and about in New York City after having lunch together and doing some shopping. Later in the day, the family were seen at the opening of RYU in the Meatpacking district. Kim's rumored boyfriend, Kayne West, also attended the opening and the two were spotted holding hands!
For their shopping trip, Khloe wore a pair of Current/Elliott jeans with a striped tee and heels. We've seen Khloe out in Rag & Bone quite a lot lately, it's nice to see her wearing a pair of Current/Elliott's. Buy Current/Elliott online at Singer22.com.


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Starting next week, motorists will notice their wait at railroad crossings on the southside is a bit shorter.
And when they cross over the tracks on their way home in the Center Grove area, Bargersville or farther south, their drive will be smoother.
The Indiana Rail Road Co., which has tracks across western Johnson County between Morgantown and Indianapolis, is upgrading its tracks all across Indiana. The company is welding together rails and tearing out and replacing crossings as part of a multimillion-dollar upgrade.
With that work done, commuters will see faster trains traveling on the southside of Indianapolis.
Trains moving at 10 mph on a 6-mile section of track between West Street and Stop 11 Road in Marion County have been stopping cars for more than 25 years. When they speed up to 30 mph, the trains will cut drivers' wait times, the company said.
Those faster Indiana Rail Road Co. trains will be matching the speed limit already on the Indiana Rail Road Co. tracks in Johnson County.
As part of their overall project, the railroad company also is making upgrades at 14 spots where the tracks cross streets in Johnson County, installing new wooden, concrete or timber crossings by the end of August, company spokesman Eric Powell said.
The upgrades include crossings on Smith Valley Road, County Road 144 and State Road 44.
A new crossing in Bargersville already has made traveling over the tracks smoother, eliminating bumps that in the past have punctured car tires, assistant police chief Todd Bertram said.
The railroad company also installed gates and lights at two of the crossings in Bargersville within the past year or so, stopping cars cutting in front of trains, he said.
Prior to the gates and crossings, 10 to 15 cars per week would race across the crossing and try to beat oncoming trains, he said. The gates have eliminated that safety hazard, which caused three semitrailer and train accidents in the past 12 years, he said. The accidents could have caused serious injuries, he said.
Another railroad company is working on rail line upgrades for tracks that run from Edinburgh to Indianapolis on the east side of Johnson County, but hasn't gotten federal approval to start. The Louisville & Indiana Railroad Co. has requested approval from the Surface Transportation Board, a federal agency that regulates railroads, to partner with CSX Transportation of Florida to upgrade its rail line. The companies have not begun work yet because they are awaiting federal approval.


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I have an old model Camelbak Blowfish (ca. 1999? probably?) and it's been hanging for some time. At my last apartment, my jackass roomate (who I later booted) stole my camelback so he could use the tube to make some sort of device to take drugs with, who knows.
Anyways, I need a new reservoir. Is the Omega reservoir going to fit in the older-style Camelback? I bought mine before they even had shut off valves and the 90 degree angle at the bit and the extra-large opening for filling them. I just wanted to make sure the shape is the same. I think the old one was 100 oz as well.


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Jason Moran's classmate wasn't surprised to hear that he was willing to risk his life for a friend.
A.J. Barr played football and ran track with Moran in middle school. He remembers the 17-year-old, who would have been a senior at Franklin Community High School this fall, as someone who was always motivated and was constantly helping and encouraging the people around him.
On Sunday, Barr stood under an overcast sky and stared at the Big Blue River dam. Moran, 17, died there after he and three other teens followed a friend, Sarah McLevish, who was swept over the dam. Michael Chadbourne and McLevish, both 16, remained in critical condition on Sunday evening at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Barr and others who knew Moran remember that he was passionate and driven in anything he did and was loyal to his friends.
"That's just the mentality of Jason," Barr said. "If someone needed help, he was there. And I appreciate what he did. He gave his life to save a life."
Barr wasn't one of Moran's best friends, but the pair kept in touch once they reached high school and occasionally talked about going fishing together. Those fishing trips never happened, which Barr now regrets.
When Barr played football with Moran in middle school, Moran would constantly rally the team, regardless of what the score was. Even if the team was down 24 points, Moran would encourage his teammates and make them believe they could still come back and win the game, Barr said.
Moran was a linebacker for Franklin last fall, and while he was skilled on the field, he was also one of the first people who would congratulate a teammate following a good play, Franklin football coach Adam Reese said.
Barr also remembers football games where Moran would congratulate players from other teams if they had a good game.
"He was always just looking at the positives, not the negatives," Barr said. "For some reason, God wanted Jason by his side."
Franklin student Aubrey Curry knew Moran since elementary school. He and friends Chadbourne, Trent Crabb and Mark Nally often rode their bikes to meet up with Curry and other friends for basketball games, bonfires or anything else they could think to do outside.
Moran was funny and outgoing, but he was also committed to being the best and whatever he did, Curry said.
"Jason doesn't like to give up on anything," Curry said.
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I really like the place where it stops, it adds some life to it :3
Overall, it's beautifully done. Just a couple tweaks to really make it pop!
It's been fun watching the progress for this on tumblr!
As the dino moves, the inner claws on the feet do not make any movements at all. they constantly stay erect. Wouldn't they move any? I don't know of claw movements between birds, lizards, or dinosaurs, but I would assume they would falter at least a little when he comes to that stop.
When I run, I have a tendency to firmly hold my arms up against my sides so their not lose all over the place, so when I look at this little guy speed up, my mentality is would he also clench his hands closer?
I'm not an animal expert and I know you observe them more then I do, I'm just curious about if lizards or dinos would do such movements or not?
This walk is really great, walk cycles can be really difficult to make look correct. The movements of the head when it looks around definitely give it a sense of life and personality.
There are a few things I noticed that were a little off. I am by no means an animation expert, so you can totally ignore me if you want! First, the left foot sinks into the ground during the beginning of the walk (which might not matter I don't know). Secondly, as the left leg steps down it has a quick movement as it makes contact with the ground. Just like it's stepping down to fast. I not sure if I'm describing it well. At my school we call it a pop. Anyway, it's pretty subtle. The last thing is the head movement when it turns forward again. It seems like it leads with the back of its head then turns to face front, instead of doing a full swing with its head. Again, I'm probably not explaining well and maybe that's how birds move.
This is just my opinion on it and it's still a fantastic animation, I'm just being nitpicky. Also, sorry for the long comment.
belonging to this, wonderful job!
Did you render him completely from scratch or did you build him from a base model?
You have just inspired me to make an own model.


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came here for the cameo of delighfull girl chun hyang. oh i love it! and mongryong's parent is there too. lol. mongryong is handsome as always <3 but i dont really like mongryong's father here, he wear an earring!! omo... so sad cus he's a perfect father in law in delighfull girl chun hyang :(
nice drama and i love love it so much....i love those little things..like elivater wish.when you 5 counts meet the person you love....i love it....lee dae hee acting so good in this drama...after i watching hotel king drama i desided to watch this.....its little old but so lovable....lee dong wook sarranghe....good team work.
Even it was a drama a litlle "old" I liked it very much...it was super fun! And I can't believed that Lee Da Hae is the same girl that plays the main character in the drama King Hotel... I think that in the king Hotel drama we will not see a happy ending like in "My girl". :< But that ´s o.k I still continue seeing the recente drama that the two actores are in because I love korean dramas!
I watched this drama back in middle school which was about...7 years ago and the ending is just too funny. The cameo of Han Chae Young an Jae Hee. Did anyone else watch Delightful Girl Choon Hyang? Jae Hee's name in that drama was Lee Mong Ryong like his name here lool and they lived in Namwon in that drama and I believe he was a prosecutor there. And the actor who plays Jang Il Do here (Ahn Suk Hwan) played his father in Delightful Girl Choon Hyang which is why he said it feels like they know each other
sdgdg56yeaa tatss rit... both tat aunt nd uncle are t parents off lee mung ryong in tat drama... i also like tat drama
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LexieI'm an avid fan of Delightful Girl Choonhyang. Mong Ryong's mom and dad were included in the cast of My Girl. Haha. And knowing Hong Sisters (the writer of My Girl and Delightful Girl), they love to make cameos for their past characters. Just like Go Mi Nyu (Park Shin Hye's character in You're Beautiful) in My Girlfriend is a Gumiho and Joo Joong Won (So Ji Sub's character in Master's Sun) in Warm and Cozy
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Ok,best kiss in a drama! Usually it's great right up til when their lips actually meet and then suddenly it is just a pose but this kiss was warm:) Has anyone else noticed the amazing number of coats the lead actress wore? I wish I would have counted! This is true in many of the dramas. Really enjoyed!
What an unexpected and amazing scriptwriting twist would have been IF, YooRin (Lee Da Hae) actually fell for JungWoo (Lee Jun Ki) and an epic love was about to begin..... they are so much alike, a perfect match, both have a vivid -playful -humorous -romantic & adventurous personality and i think their chemistry would have produce FIREworks !!!... LeeJunKi, is a great actor, and at the drama "Arang & the Magistrate" his incredibly versatile talent took off !!! <3 <3 <3
AphroditeWhat confuses me the most about S.Korea is the great contradiction regarding the social and spiritual amalgam of westernization in conjunction with the traditional feudal monarchical mindset. On one hand you witness such class distinctions & educational discriminations, and on the other hand you get Korea's national motto: "Benefit broadly the Human World-Mankind"... i mean, S.Korea, must really be the most representative modern sample of elected constitutional monarchical democracy (irony), and social/intellectual hypocrisy; a nation that lost its identity because of Western imperialism while caught in absolute cultural confusion. Hey you nice people in S.Korea, don't try to look like the westerners, haven't you seen where THEY have ended up?? I'm a westerner, i can assure you about our decadence, so, focus on your civilization and save it before it's too late.. we don't need globalization, we need to preserve the different cultures! "Aja" S.Korea! (not "fighting", but aja!).
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ttt8wow you are really honest IF you are a westner yes its so true i also feel the same way for koreans they sure must restore their originality .to take good things from anyones ok but aping is wrong.it doestnt suit them either.
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Yes, i really liked the story, i was just a little nervous about the ending I MEAN STOP WITH THE LIES! I really love the main couple I mean they fit perfectly with each other, I also love those little things like the snow globes and that every day that it snows its her birthday I really loved that or when he strokes her head haha omo this drama will never leave my head xd I m so glad the man couple are making another drama together called hotel king HAAHAHA OMG I M SO HAPPY XXXXXX FOR THE ONES WHO DIDNT WATCHED THIS DRAMA YET WATCH IT AND FIGHTING,,,
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Crews responded to a house fire on Ravenwood Drive off Memorial Drive around 7:30 Wednesday night.
A neighbor spotted the fire and called 911 because the people who lived in the home were not at home at the time of the fire.
Earlier in the day officials say the occupants came home and learned the electricity had been turned when they tried to cook something. So they went to the utility office to pay the bill.
Greenville Fire Battalion Chief Eric Griffin says electricity was restored to the house, and the stove burner was left on with food cooking which caught fire.
"According to the occupant they stated that they didn't have the chance to pay the electric bill. The lights were cut off for a short time today, and then cut back on while they were gone," said Griffin.
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Oklahoma City Thunder: Former Oklahoma sweetheart Blake Griffin plays the villain as he keeps Clippers in the game
Punctuating an individually dominant stretch, Blake Griffin hammered in a stylish breakaway dunk late in the third quarter on Thursday night.
It's the kind of rare athletic display that fans used to idolize the high-flying Griffin for around these parts during his time at Oklahoma Christian School and OU.
But not anymore. Now it just leads to some grumbling and a chorus of boos, which came down a pair of times during the Clippers' 105-91 loss in Oklahoma City.
"Yeah, it's been happening," Griffin said of the negative response. "But that's the great thing about Oklahomans, they're extremely loyal to their team."
And on Thursday, that unwavering loyalty meant Griffin was the obvious villain, a role he played rather well.
With the sluggish Clippers, on the second night of a road back-to-back, struggling to keep up with the rested Thunder, Griffin kept the game somewhat interesting.
After a rough first half, Griffin was the best player on the floor in the third quarter, shooting 7-of-10, grabbing five rebounds and scoring 15 of L.A.'s 29 points in the 12-minute stretch.
He finished with 27 points and 10 rebounds, his sixth straight double-double and 10th on the early season.
"I thought he played great with good spirit," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "Somebody had to get it going for us."
For the Clippers, Griffin has had it going throughout the early part of this season. It's been maybe the best stretch of his career, said reserve guard Jamal Crawford.
He's averaging 22.7 points, 10.8 rebounds, while also flashing an improved jumper. He was 7-of-13 outside the paint on Thursday night.
"I'm confident in it," Griffin said of the shot. "I've still got a lot of work to do though."
But it's his physical interior play that makes him such a menace to deal with.
He's dominating and, at times, aggravating for opposing fans, using his physicality to shove bodies around.
But even if Thunder fans get tired of him in games, they'll still have a soft spot for the native when he's off the court.
"As players, that's how we are," Griffin said, making the comparison to the fans. "If I'm friends with a guy and he's on another team, when we're playing each other, we're not friends really. We're going at each other. And I'd expect the fans to be the same way."


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Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D Release of Markup Wizard Delayed By 1 Day http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=35289&th=6530#msg_35289 <![CDATA[Hey everyone,

 After speaking with our engineering team, the CSV-based Markup Wizard is going to be released, on Thursday at 9am, slightly later than we'd first planned.

 I know many of you are waiting patiently to get your hands on it, so I wanted to be sure to fill you all. Please bear with us just a few extra hours.

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 Don't leave us a lot of time to work out how to use it, workout what formula we want to use for the markup, code the spreadsheet, fix our code(repeat as necessary), check the results and change all our mark-ups.

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 A simple override on the sale status should be easy enough?

 This would gives us some extra time while we catch up on fixing descriptions and markups.

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 one thing I've instantly seen is some models that are available in all materials that should not be and some that should be in categories that are not.

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Your editorial of March 18 had the right idea. However, I suggest that your choice of words in the editorial title was too easy on Duke Energy. Duke made certain business decisions a number of years back concerning the method of storing coal ash. Those business decisions were made for economic reasons, which were to perform the task as cheaply as possible. I am not an attorney, but there has been no evidence presented to the public that I am aware of which shows clearly that any potential impacts on public health and the environment were ever considered. Duke share holders and senior management must bear all the costs of these business decisions.
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That is a great accomplishment for Fuji and well deserved too but to be honest I am not surprised.
I tried my hardest to put off buying an X-Trans camera until the new versions but caved in. The quality I am now getting from my photography is new to me. It is as if I have gone from Mr Average to Mr Semi-Pro. I know it is not all about the camera but let me tell you it does make a difference if you choose to use a tool capable of extraordinary quality.
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2. Background
The oversight visit consisted of a multiparty delegation of the Committee who visited the above-mentioned institutions on a fact finding mission. The oversight visit formed part of the Committee's plan to visit the 23 public higher education institutions and 50 Public FET colleges across the country to focus on issues of student access and success, equity and equality, institutional governance, the disbursement of financial assistance in higher education and training institutions, the relationship between FET colleges and industries and other relevant matters in the higher education and training sector.
The Committee interacted with the above mentioned three public FET colleges and two universities. The interaction with the institutions provided an opportunity for the Committee to comprehensively engage with management and stakeholders of the institutions on critical issues pertinent to their operation. The programme of the visit included separate sessions with stakeholders of the institutions to provide an opportunity for them to raise their concerns in a safe environment.
3. Composition of the Delegation
3.1 The Parliamentary delegation
The multi-party delegation of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training consisted of Adv I Malale Chairperson (ANC), Ms N Gina MP Whip (ANC), Mr S Makhubele MP (ANC), Prof S Mayatula (ANC), Mr C Moni (ANC), Mr S Radebe MP (ANC), Dr L Bosman (DA) and Prof A Lotriet (DA).
Support Staff: Mr A Kabingesi: Committee Secretary, Ms M Modiba: Researcher, Ms F Kwaza: Communications Officer, and Mr E Bazier: Committee Assistant.
Prof L van Staden: Administrator, Prof L Obi: Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Research, Mr S Mnyaiza: Acting Chief Operation Officer, Prof N Luswazi: Director Centre for Rural Development, Dr S Matoti: Director Institutional Development, Mr M Letlape: Interim Executive Director Student Affairs, Mr V Dwayi: Director Centre for Learning and Teaching Development, Mr M Payi: Director Centre for Community and International Partnership, Mr K Maphinda: Director Governance and Academic Administration, Mr G Ekosse: Director Research Development, Mr T Mashalaba: Director Financial Accounting, Mr P Mfazwe: Special Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor and Ms A Church: Acting Director Marketing, Communications and Development.
Unions: Prof B Nakani: Chairperson, National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), Mr P Cenge: Lecturer NTEU, Dr Gumbi: Senior Lecturer / Secretary NTEU, Mr A Tyiwani: Lecturer NTEU, Ms M Yamaphi: Chairperson, National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU), Mr I Malema: Deputy Chairperson, NEHAWU, Mr N Charles: Treasurer, NEHAWU, Ms Z Makom: Member, NEHAWU, Mr N Memani: Chairperson, NEHAWU, Mr C Novukela: Member, Mr D Mafu: Shop Steward NEHAWU, Mr Z Mditshwa: Secretary NEHAWU, Mr N Blaai: Branch Executive Committee NEHAWU, Ms N Rabaza: Treasurer NEHAWU, Mr M Magewu: Extended Executive Member NEHAWU, Mr V Sonqishe: Deputy Chairperson NEHAWU, Mr S Mtshawulana: Shop Steward NEHAWU and Mr M Ntomtini: Shop Steward NEHAWU.
Student Representative Council: Mr S Gavu: Premier, Mr P Langa: Deputy Premier, Mr A Mpatelwa: Deputy Secretary, Mr M Gxagxisa: Sports Officer, Mr G Mtshiyo: Member, Ms V Dinizulu: Member, Mr M Mtsolo: Member, Mr C Sigwili: Secretary, Mr Z Ntabankulu: Member, Mr K Mhlamvana: Secretary and Mr S Tsham: Sports Officer.
Management: Dr M Tom: Vice-Chancellor, Dr J Mjwara: Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Institutional Support, Dr X Mtose: Dean, Faculty of Education, Mr B Gallant: Dean of Students, Mr G Bradley: Deputy Dean, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Mr B Tshotsho: Deputy Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Mr C Jack Chief, Information, Mr R Bally: University Planner, Mr G James: General Manager, Operations, Ms Z Filtane: Director, Institutional Support, Ms N Toni: Teaching and Learning Centre, Mr A Johnson: Director, International Affairs and Ms N Rembe: UNESCO Chairperson, Oliver Tambo Chair of Management.
Unions: Mr V Peter: Shop Steward NEHAWU, Mr V Booi: Shop Steward NEHAWU, Mr A Magcoba: Shop Steward NEHAWU, Ms T Heshula: Shop Steward NEHAWU, Mr M Mrashula: Shop Steward NEHAWU and Mr T George: Branch Secretary NEHAWU.
Student Representative Council: Mr S Mbewu: President, Mr S Ndlovu: Deputy President, Mr L Mojo: Legal and Constitutional Affaris, Mr C Gumbo: Projects and Entertainment Officer, Ms B Kahla: Gender Officer, Mr S Mahlala: Transformation Officer and Mr P Dlakile: Gender Officer
Management: Mr D Singh: Principal, Mr N Ngaso: Vice-Principal, Planning Research and Institutional Development, Mr K Fassi: Vice-Principal Academic, Ms P Hing: Vice-Principal Academic, Mr R Ntanjana: Campus Manager, School of Occupational Training and Mr F van Rensburg: EMIS Manager.
Student Representative Council: Mr A Mtedlana President, Mr M Zwide: Deputy President, Ms S Bantham: Treasurer, Ms Z Mbadamana: Recording Secretary, Ms K Zenani: Education and Transformation Officer and Ms N Mongotha: Religious Officer.
Management: Mr N Stofile: Principal, Ms J Vester: Vice Principal, Education Services, Ms G Jacobs: Vice Principal Planning,Research and Institutional Development, Mr J Daniel: Vice Principal Education Services, Mr E Khumalo: Alumni Manager and Mr Z Chola: Senior Labour Relations Officer.
Unions: Ms Z Mgijima: Chairperson South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), Mr T Mangesana: Secretary SADTU, Mr L Diniso: Gender Officer SADTU, Mr N Rubude: Site Secretary, Mr Z Sicwetsha: Member SADTU, Mr M Jama: Member SADTU, Mr N Tatani: Member NEHAWU, Ms N Mtlabeti: Administration Officer, Mr E Mefu: FET Coordinator NEHAWU, Mr S Rabe: Member NEHAWU, Mr S Rulashe: Member NEHAWU, Mr M Koti: South African State and Allied Workers Union (SASAWU) and Mr P Mlotwa: Member SASAWU.
Student Representative Council: Mr L Bolana: President, Mr L Magwebu: Chairperson (King Campus), Mr A Vala: Chairperson (Alice Campus), Mr L Makhenyane: Chairperson (Zwelitsha Campus), Mr C Poswa: Deputy President, Ms P Bentele: Secretary General and Mr l Mqingwana: Publicity Secretary.
Management: Mr J Grobler: Principal, Mr M Mzaidume: Vice-Principal, Ms S Raubenheimer: Vice-Principal Planning Research and Institutional Development, Mr D Baartzes: Vice-Principal Administration Services, Mr B MacKenzie: Registrar Institutional Development, Ms T Pienaar: Registrar Planning, Research & Partnership and Mr T Rademeyer: Registrar Student Support.
Unions: Mr G Chase: Branch Executive Chairperson SADTU, Mr S Xalipi: Site Executive Iqhayiya Branch SADTU, Ms K Matthys: Site Secretary Iqhayiya Branch SADTU, Mr X Swepu: Site Executive Member SADTU, Mr R Weiss: Site Representative Strauandale NAPTOSA, Mr N Gwaqa: Chairperson: NEHAWU, Ms S Moeketsi: Shop Steward NEHAWU and Ms N Molapo: National FET Coordinator NEHAWU.
Student Representative Council: Mr U Msuthu: President, Mr R Sigqibo: Deputy Chairperson, Mr B Motsie: Secretary and Mr N Quntana: Education and Transformation Officer.
3.7 Department of Higher Education and Training representation
Ms T Futshane: Acting Chief Director Vocational and Continuing Education and Training, Mr A Singh: Director, Ms B Swart: Director University Education, Mr D Maluleke: Deputy Director, Ms N Balfour: Deputy Director Eastern Cape Coordination and Ms P Sekgobela: Acting Parliamentary Liaison Officer Director-General's Office.
4. Summary of presentations
a) Background
Dr S Matoti, Director, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
WSU was established on 01 July 2005 in terms of the Higher Education Act No. 101 of 1997, as amended. The new university was named in honour of an icon of the South African liberation struggle, the late Walter Sisulu. Between 2002 and 2005, the South African higher education landscape underwent an extensive merger and incorporation process to bring about a more equitable dispensation to meet the requirements of a fast-developing, new democratic nation. The existing 36 universities and technikons were merged in various ways to produce 23 universities divided into three categories:
WSU was particularly uniquely positioned to play a powerful role in the national government's new focus on rural development. Over 25 000 students (6 078 first time candidates) and approximately 2500 staff lived and worked across four campuses with 13 delivery sites in Mthatha, Butterworth, East London and Queenstown. WSU consisted of 89% undergraduate and 4% postgraduate enrolments. The racial composition of students was 99.2% African and 56% were females.
Now into its seventh year of existence, WSU was, in October 2011, placed under administration at the request of the Council, Management and WSU stakeholders. An Administrator, Prof L van Staden, was appointed by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr B Nzimande for a period of two years to lead WSU's turnaround. Therefore, WSU was undergoing a massive turnaround strategy to improve infrastructure and review academic enterprise, financial sustainability, human resources and drive change management.
b) Admission Policy
Mr K Maphinda: Director of Governance and Academic Administration led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
c) Enrolment Plan
Dr S Matoti, Director, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
d) Transformation Charter
Dr S Matoti, Director, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
e) Management of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) bursary
Mr T Mashalaba, Director Financial Accounting, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
f) Student success and drop out rate
Prof L van Staden, Administrator, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
g) Success and challenges of the university
Ms A Church: Acting Director Marketing, Communications and Development led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
h) National Tertiary Educators
Prof B Nakani, Chairperson, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
i) NEHAWU
Ms M Yamaphi: Chairperson, NEHAWU, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
Recommendations of NEHAWU:
j) Student Representative Council (SRC)
Mr S Gavu, Premier of the SRC, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
k) Visit to residences
The Committee observed the following during its visit to student residences:
a) History and context
Dr M Tom: Vice-Chancellor led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
b) Transformation Plan, Graduation Rate and Staff Profile
Dr J Mjwara, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Institutional Support, led the presentation, which highlighted the following key issues:
c) Unions
Mr T George led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
d) Student Representative Council
Mr S Mbewu, President of the SRC, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
4. 3
a) Historical Background and context
Mr D Singh, Principal, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
The college had two specialized campuses, namely, the
· The college had a plan to open another campus at the Greater Kei Local municipality which would focus on Agriculture and Tourism.
The college currently served the surrounding
b) Admission Policy
· The purpose of the admission policy was, inter alia, to provide a support structure and a frame of reference for the College to apply an admissions and registration policy.
· To determine authority, development, approval, and issues pertaining to the admission of learners at College; to provide guidelines for the Buffalo City College Further Education and Training College (hereinafter referred to as college) to admit students without unfairly discriminating in any way, including on the grounds of race, ethnic or social origin, socio-economic status, gender, sexual orientation, religion, belief, culture, language, pregnancy, HIV/AIDS status or disability; and to determine minimum admission requirements in respect of specific college programmes.
· To determine the number of students who may be admitted for a particular college programme and the manner of their selection.
· To determine the minimum requirements for re-admission to study at the College.
· To refuse re-admission of a student who failed to satisfy such minimum requirements for re-admission.
· To provide for the cancellation of registration of learners in terms of the policy of relevant college policy, e.g. Finance, Teaching and Learning Policy and Attendance Policy.
c) Headcount Enrolments 2011/12
· During the 2011 academic year the college had 2,567 students enrolled for NC(V) across the three Levels and 4, 035 students enrolled for the Report 191 Programmes for N1 –N6.
· For the 2012 academic year the college had 2624 students enrolled for the NC(V) Programme and 1461 students enrolled for the Report 191 Programmes. Of the 1461 Report 191 students 737 are registered for Engineering studies at N2 – N6, and 724 for Business and other programmes. The college currently has no N1 Engineering students.
d) Staff Profile
· The college currently had 301 staff members, 170 of these are employed on a full time basis by the Provincial Department of Education, 69 employed are full time employees employed by the College Council and 62 are temporarily employed by the College Council.
e) Partnership with industries
· The college had formed partnerships with the South African Revenue Services (SARS) and Bunono Engineers who offered work-based experiential training to learners. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SARS was signed in March 2012 and the MoU with Bunono was still in draft form.
· Eskom offered bursaries to the Report 191 Engineering students as well as learnerships to the same students.
· The relationship with the ETDP SETA was to train the lecturers to obtain a formal teaching qualification though the Vocational Education Orientation Programme (VEOP).
f) College challenges
g) Unions
Mr M Mfazwe: Deputy Branch Chairperson of SADTU led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
h) The Student Representative Council
Mr M Zwide, Deputy President, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
4.4 Lovedale FET college
a) Student Representative Council
Mr L Bolana, President of SRC led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
b) Unions
Mr E Mefu, the FET Coordinator of NEHAWU led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
c) History and context
Mr N Stofile, Principal, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
d) Challenges
Student Challenges
Lecturer Challenges
Administrative challenges
Bursary Administration challenges
e) Achievements
a) History and context
Ms J Grobler, Principal, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
b) NSFAS bursary management and administration
c) Unions
South African Democratic Teachers
Mr G Chase, Branch Executive Chairperson, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
National Professional Teachers Organisation of
Mr R Weiss: Site Representative Strauandale led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
National Education and Health Allied Workers
Ms S Moeketsi: Shop Steward led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
Student Representative Council
Mr U Msuthu, President, led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues:
5. Observations
5.2 The University of
6. Summary
The four days
oversight visit to three FET colleges and two universities in the
The Department which accompanied the Committee during the oversight visit acknowledged that it was partly to blame for the lack of advocacy of the NC(V) programme and delays in the release of the results for FET college students. Despite the fact that the NSFAS bursary scheme had tripled in the past three years, the demand for financial assistance in the institutions visited was massive. This was partly contributed by the location of the institutions which were in rural areas and the majority of students who came from poor family backgrounds. This further contributed to the increase in the drop out rate since the NSFAS bursary did not cover all the students needs.
7. Recommendations
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training requests that the Minister of Higher Education and Training ensures that the following recommendations are considered, and where possible, implemented within one month of the adoption of this report:
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Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry into Islam's Obscure Origins
by Robert Spencer
No current Talk conversations about this book.
This is a reasonably competent summary of some the recent "higher criticism" approach to Muhammad's life. having read a umber of the books on which it is based, notably Crone's Hagarism, and Mecca, I should say it is useful if one wants an overview of that school of thought. whether that school's views are credible is another question. Everyone, including the most pious Muslims, admits that by no means all the traditions about Muhammad are true; the question of just which ones (if any) are worthy of belief is another matter. Even the earliest life of Muhammad by ibn Ishak (which I have read in translation) contains a good many stories that a no-Muslim like myself will find questionable. On the other hand, if the recent carbon dating of a manuscript of the Koran to no later than the 650s is correct, the claims in this book and elsewhere that it was compiled later will become untenable. (This is not the same thing as denying that it includes Jewish and Christian elements, which to most non-Muslim scholars seems obvious, but it may mean Muhammad himself chose to include them.)
This one of a series of recent books examining the historical basis for the start, and amazing spread, of Islam; if you are firm in your monotheistic faith this is not for you unless you wish that faith be challenged, be that Judaism, Christianity (in all forms, Trinitarian, monophysite, Arianism, etc.) and, of course, Islam. This is not a complete historical record (well nothing from that period is!) and the author's views are clearly partial; nonetheless it is well researched and if a simplistic conclusion that the Q'uran is derived from a Syriac monophysite text lacking the diacritical marks of modern Arabic then one could feel the author has sought a tendentious answer for controversy's sake. The truth, I'm sure, will be far more complex and the input of early Christian texts, the oral history of the region, the initial warm relations between Judaism (with its millennium old scholarship on the study of the word of god), the remnants of the Persian and Eastern Roman Empire will have created a stew, a ferment, in which monotheistic traditions met with a people of warlike and nomadic culture to create that extraordinary synergy that became Islam. A good book but only part of the picture.
"Did Muhammad exist? The full truth of whether a prophet named Muhammad lived in seventh-century Arabia, and if he did, what sort of a man he was, may never be known. But it would be intellectually irresponsible not to ask the question or consider the implications of the provocative evidence that pioneering scholars have assembled."
Though this is the penultimate paragraph of Rober Spencer's Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry Into Islam's Obscure Origins, it is nevertheless the sole paragraph that should be taken away from this book. Spencer articulates this largely in the beginnings of his work, explaining that Islam should be subject to the same higher criticism that both Christianity and Judaism have undergone for centuries already. With this point, I am in complete accordance; the God debate in America is usually limited to Christianity since, after all, historically America has been predominately Christian in its religion of choice. However, being one the world's most adhered to religions, Islam should not be an exception to this dialogue – and by no means am I saying it has not been at all. Unfortunately, some scholars who had probed this ground have all too predictably (and sadly) been the target of death threats (and, let me be upfront now that I obviously do not believe that all Muslims act in this fanatic demeanor. I have had the pleasure of having both kind, and compassionate Muslim co-workers, as well a close friend since my youth).
Spencer's book is a reconstruction of Islam's history based upon a critical review of the evidence. Rather than adhering to the canonical story of Islam's origins, Spencer uses the contemporary data of the time to hypothesize that the earliest Muslims were actually an ambiguous monotheistic group who held to both Judaism and Christianity, albeit with Arian overtones (Arianism is the heresy that Christ was not co-equal with God the Father in his divinity, and was the subject of the first two Ecumenical Councils). To buttress his position, Spencer shows that there was no mention of a Quar'an, Muhammed, or Islam within the first many decades of the Arabs conquest, and that contemporary accounts on both sides fail to mention these items. Furthermore, Arab coinage originally had shown a figure (already a prohibition of Islam's iconoclasm) with a crown carrying a cross, and it was not until later that the coins no longer bore such images. To add to this, he surveys the lack of any corroboration of Mecca in the purported time that Muhammed began his religious quest, not to mention the plethora of warring hadiths in the 7-8th centuries. Most interesting is his chapter on the Quar'an itself; Spencer argues that the Quar'an, far from being purely Arabic in origin, was originally a Syriac Lexicon that had morphed over time. He relies heavily off of the work of Christoph Lüxenberg to show how the diacritical marks which were non-existent in the oldest copies of the Quar'an, were likely misplaced, and that when redone come out with heavily Christian passages, going as far to include a liturgical reference to the Eucharist. Such claims are hard to take a face value, but Spencer goes in passage by passage to explain where the mistakes were made. If all this is true, then it would undoubtedly be devastating for Islam.
But that is exactly where the problem is.
Spencer's work relies heavily off of fringe, revisionist scholarship, which while it should not be dismissed outright, should also be examined against more mainstream scholarship – but this view is missing from Spencer's work. Thus, it seems convincing, but one is unsure of what the response would be. In other words, this is as if one had merely picked up any Jesus Mythicist book and uncritically accepted all the facts within. There is one reviewer on Amazon that has taken issue with Spencer in this regard, and has done a fair job in opposing his claims. For example, one of the works Spencer utilizes in his reconstruction is Patricia Crone's Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam, a work "in which she [Crone] demonstrated that one of the principal foundations of the canonical Islamic biography of Muhammad – its Arabian setting, with Mecca as a center for trade – was not supported by any contemporary records." (Spencer 13) However, Crone later on disregarded this theory as shown in her contemporary work. Furthermore, Lüxenberg philiological work remains in the realm of possibility, lacking any corroborating evidence that would solidify his claims. However, the worst omission of evidence on Spencer's part is the tombstone of Abassa ibn Guraig, an artifact that dates to 691 A.D. and makes specific references to Allah, Islam, and Muhammed the Prophet. Perhaps there are responses to these claims, perhaps not, but ultimately if one wants to know they will need to search elsewhere.
Is Spencer's book worth reading? I would say yes, purely for the fact that it seems to be an amalgam of revisionist scholarship with a very interesting thesis. I would not venture as to say that all of Spencer's conjectures are off-base, and certainly some of the facts he provides seem startling. At the very least it was an enjoyable read as I was able to learn far more about Islam than I had really ever known (which was close to nothing), though I am sure there are far better books that are actually geared to such a topic. My only other complaint, far less substantial, is that Spencer's tone seems to get harsher as the book goes on, criticizing the morals of the Quar'an, and at one point even making a comparison between Christianity and Islam, stating that the former is a religion of love and the latter is not. While I firmly believe Christianity is a religion of love (I am Eastern Orthodox, after all), such a comparison seems trite and unwarranted to Islam. Even if one does believe that Islam is a religion of hatred, such moral judgments (which Spencer makes many) are not really relevant in a book that is suppose to be a work of history and critical scholarship.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 161017061X, Hardcover)
Are jihadists dying for a fiction? Everything you thought you knew about Islam is about to change.
Did Muhammad exist?
It is a question that few have thought—or dared—to ask. Virtually everyone, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, takes for granted that the prophet of Islam lived and led in seventh-century Arabia.
But this widely accepted story begins to crumble on close examination, as Robert Spencer shows in his eye-opening new book.
In his blockbuster bestseller The Truth about Muhammad, Spencer revealed the shocking contents of the earliest Islamic biographical material about the prophet of Islam. Now, in Did Muhammad Exist?, he uncovers that material's surprisingly shaky historical foundations. Spencer meticulously examines historical records, archaeological findings, and pioneering new scholarship to reconstruct what we can know about Muhammad, the Qur'an, and the early days of Islam. The evidence he presents challenges the most fundamental assumptions about Islam's origins.
Did Muhammad Exist? reveals:How the earliest biographical material about Muhammad dates from at least 125 years after his reported death How six decades passed before the Arabian conquerors—or the people they conquered—even mentioned Muhammad, the Qur'an, or Islam The startling evidence that the Qur'an was constructed from existing materials—including pre-Islamic Christian texts How even Muslim scholars acknowledge that countless reports of Muhammad's deeds were fabricated Why a famous mosque inscription may refer not to Muhammad but, astonishingly, to Jesus How the oldest records referring to a man named Muhammad bear little resemblance to the now-standard Islamic account of the life of the prophet The many indications that Arabian leaders fashioned Islam for political reasons
Far from an anti-Islamic polemic, Did Muhammad Exist? is a sober but unflinching look at the origins of one of the world's major religions. While Judaism and Christianity have been subjected to searching historical criticism for more than two centuries, Islam has never received the same treatment on any significant scale.
The real story of Muhammad and early Islam has long remained in the shadows. Robert Spencer brings it into the light at long last.
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The Greville Arms Hotel Mullingar is one of the few surviving Irish hotels known to Joyce and mentioned by him in his writings. In Stephen Hero, we discover Stephen Daedalys, Joyce pompous young undergraduate: Garvey, the reposter from the Exmainer,and Nash a friend of Stephen, a Dublin man who apprenticed to a druggist in Mullingar, seated in the Greville Arms Hotel chaffing a barmaid who was indulging in flirthy gossipy conversations with the young man.In Ulysses Joyce has Milly Bloom working in a photographers shop in Mullingar where, according to one of her letters to her parents back in Dublin, she was getting on like a house on fire. In another letter she tells of a proposed picnic on Lough Oweland coming concert in the Greville Arms Hotel and of the young student she has met whose cousins are big swells. Many other refernces to Mullingar and epiphanies relating to incidents there survive as reminder of the Joyce family visit to the Midland capital in the Summer of 1900-1901
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Drew Barrymore was busted in a steamy liplock with Gossip Girl's resident bad boy Ed Westwick, aka Chuck Bass, at a Kings of Leon concert in 2008. But their May-December romance (she was 33 at the time, he was 21) turned out to be more of a fling than a long-term relationship. The two never went public, and Barrymore is now happily married to art consultant Will Kopelman.
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