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Presently he leads the Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD), an autonomous development organization working with the tribal and rural poor in Odisha with an aim to realize the goal of people-centered equitable development. Sustainable Rural livelihoods, participatory governance and community based disaster resilience are amongst the major areas of work of the centre.
Jagadananda demitted the office as the State Information Commissioner, Odisha to advance the Right to Information (RTI) agenda in the State in August 2013 and was a member of the State Planning Board of Odisha, following his active campaigning for people-centric decentralized planning. Presently, he is a Member of the Standing Committee (CSOs) at the NITI Aayog the highest think-tank body at the National level on Institutionalizing Partnership between Civil Society and the Government.
As the Convenor of Odisha Development Initiative, he facilitated organization of Odisha Development Conclave, a multi stakeholder platform.
Jagadananda has held offices as Chairperson, Voluntary Action Network India (VANI), the largest national network of social development agencies in India, Chair of Credibility Alliance, a national forum for promotion of accountability norms for Civil Society Organizations and the Chair of Sa-Dhan, a national network of Community Development Micro Finance Institutions with membership spread across the country.
He was offered a senior visiting fellowship at CIVICUS-World Alliance for Citizen Participation, and worked on the issues of legitimacy, transparency and accountability within civil society at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. His publication 'Civil Society Legitimacy and Accountability' is widely available in French, Spanish, Arabic and English languages.


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Tesla is one of the few car companies that sells its vehicles direct to the public in the US, other manufacturers sell their vehicles through franchised dealers.
This has lead to sales of Tesla being banned in states like New Jersey, this will come into place on the first of April, and other US states are also looking at similar bans.
Now Tesla has reached an agreement with the Ohio Automobile Dealers Association that will allow them to sell their electric vehicles direct to the public in Ohio.
The deal has also been approved by a Senate panel, and Tesla will be allowed to run three stores in Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland.
Ohio was one of the previous states that was looking to block sales of Tesla vehicles direct to the public by the manufacturer.
Automobile dealers in the US, which are mainly independent dealers or franchised dealers, saw Tesla's sales model as a threat to their business, and have tried to stop Tesla selling their cars direct to the public.
This could also have a bearing on other US states who are also looking to stop Tesla from selling their cars through their own retail stores.
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In Other News … Covington Catholic High School and Nathan Phillips in D.C., Lawrence is 'like family' with ex Hoult
Clash: Kentucky found itself front and center of the nation's big story this week.
It all started last Friday afternoon, when a video went viral featuring a group of students clad in MAGA gear from northern Kentucky's Covington Catholic High School surrounding Nathan Phillips, a Native American elder. Mr. Phillips sang and played his drum while one of the students, later identified as Nick Sandmann, appeared to block his path, standing in his way.
That was picked up by just about every outlet you can think of: I'll drop the initial write-ups from The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times for you.
The students were in Washington, D.C., for the March for Life rally; Mr. Phillips was there for the Indigenous Peoples March.
Mr. Phillips told The Washington Post:
It was getting ugly, and I was thinking: "I've got to find myself an exit out of this situation and finish my song at the Lincoln Memorial." I started going that way, and that guy in the hat stood in my way, and we were at an impasse. He just blocked my way and wouldn't allow me to retreat.
CBC News said both the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington and Covington Catholic High School apologized for the students' behavior. BuzzFeed said the students could face expulsion.
But on Sunday, a much, much longer video surfaced — which I've now watched in its entirety far too many times in preparation for the column. This one was filmed by a member of the Black Hebrew Israelites, there protesting the Indigenous Peoples March:
So, looking at that one, here's the chain of events as best I can say, without any attempt at supposing anyone's intent.
For the better part of an hour, the five Hebrew Israelites shout at most everyone, as they're wont to do. There are a few MAGA kids, but mostly the Hebrew Israelites shout at the participants of the march for the first little bit and get testy with a guy circling them on a hoverboard.
For the unfamiliar, they're classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and shouting charged statements at passersby is part of their deal.
After that first hour, with most of the Indigenous Peoples Marchers disbursed, they turn their attention to the growing number of Covington students gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. They shout various slurs and unpleasantries toward them, and in response, at around the 1:10 mark, a group of the students do some kind of school chant that involves one of the kids losing his shirt. They do a "Seven Nation Army" chant at 1:11.
And at 1:12:22, Nathan Phillips steps between the two groups playing his drum and continues for another few minutes as the students surround him and in some cases join in. And then the last 30 minutes or so, those that stay behind end up having a somewhat reasonable conversation.
I mean, they talk about unicorns and "I, Robot," so reasonable may not be the most apt description, but the tensions are gone.
There's a lot more here, of course, but your mighty "In Other News …" column is under a pretty tight word ration for 2019. You can head over to USA Today for an even more detailed breakdown, with quotes and other interactions.
That extra footage added a new perspective for some, while others said it simply reinforced what they saw the first time.
Politico posits it can assess the public response easily enough: "Tell me how you voted, and I'll tell you what you think you saw." David Brooks of The New York Times says social media and the rush to the hot take is to blame:
The nation's culture is now enmeshed in a new technology that we don't yet know how to control. In this technology, a single moment is more important than a life story. In this technology, a main activity is proving to the world that your type is morally superior to the other type.
CNN looks at "how the video confrontation between Catholic students and a Native American elder blew up" in the first place, tracing the steps from the original post to the post from Twitter user @2020fight. NBC News says the account has since been suspended when it was revealed the user wasn't the California school teacher as claimed, but a blogger in Brazil.
TIME offers a "Lesson to Take Away From the Confrontation Between High Schoolers and a Native Elder," which boils down to minding one's presumptions.
On Wednesday, Today's Savanah Guthrie talked to Mr. Sandmann:
Some critics accused her of going too easy on him, says USA Today. And on Thursday, she talked to Mr. Phillips:
Some critics accused her of going to0 easy on him, says Yahoo.
On Tuesday, The American Indian Movement Chapter of Indiana and Kentucky held a rally outside the Covington Diocese. Guy Jones, a Hunkpapa Lakota Native American from the Standing Rock Reservation, told CNN:
We fix stuff by sitting down and talking to one another and working for a common goal.
And that message got through, says CBS News. Mr. Jones said he was approached by a Trump supporter who wanted to meet and "figure this out."
So that's something positive anyway.
Family Affair: The Evening Standard talks to Jennifer Lawrence's "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" co-star and former boyfriend Nicholas Hoult this week. They ask him what it's like to work with his ex. The two met while filming 2011's "X-Men: First Class" and split up in 2014.
Says Mr. Hoult:
It's pretty similar to "Skins," we're a big family, we've been doing those movies since we were 20 years old. As much as the "Skins" crowd grew up together, the "X-Men" crowd really grew up together. It's been a good eight, nine years making those movies. We've all got to get along, we've all got to have fun.
"X-Men: Dark Phoenix" hits theaters in June.
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A heartfelt obit for a beloved pup, rescue dogs return to the hospital, and parrots curse up a storm at zoo patrons.
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An officer helps free a skunk stuck in a container, a helicopter with 10 saws, and a python bites off more than it can chew.... literally.
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I love reading the news. To a fault. I get in trouble with being consumed with consuming the events of the day.
So much so, that sadly, I'm really just numb to it all. Iran shoots down a drone? Yawn. Weather-related disasters? Seen it. People hating other people? Stale. And that is unfortunate because really the law of diminishing returns should not apply to important events. But I'm probably like most of us – read it, click on the next thing.
However, THIS image made me sit up and yell "holy f**k". I mean the world needs to see this. RIGHT NOW.
That is a Huntsman spider eating a pygmy possum in Tasmania, Australia. Seriously Australia, WTF is going on down there? And total credit to the couple staying in the lodge that took the time to take a photo.
Huntsman spiders can have a foot-wide leg span, and they apparently like to eat possums while hanging upside down in a lodge, as if they are mocking said possum. Jesus.
Anyway, here is the story from The Sun. Click on the video at the bottom to see one of these guys crawling on the hand of a sheila drinking a pint.
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Topics in this week's 'Did You Know' include:
2011 BAH Rates, New Hotline for Marines, AAFES Discount on Rider Safety Gear, NEX Offers Free Phone Cards, GI Film Festival Entries and much more.
Article links are listed below.
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A very brave 7th-grade student fought for her freedom of religion right to believe in God when she stood before the Texas school board in Katy, Texas. She was told by her teacher that any answer other than 'God is a myth' was wrong and they would be given a failing grade if they answered otherwise.
EAG reported that a Texas seventh-grader stood up for her religious beliefs after she alleges her teacher forced students to deny that God is real, and threatened them with failing grades if they did not agree.
Jordan Wooley, a seventh grade student at West Memorial Junior High School in the Katy Independent School District, testified at a school board meeting the other night about an assignment in her reading class that caused serious controversy, and expressed frustration about her teacher's atheist indoctrination.
"Today I was given an assignment in school that questioned my faith and told me that God was not real. Our teacher had started off saying that the assignment had been giving her problems all day. We were asked to take a poll to say whether God is fact, opinion or a myth and she told anyone who said fact or opinion was wrong and God was only a myth," Wooley told board members.
Students immediately objected, Wooley said, but the teacher refused to consider their position.
"Another student asked the teacher if we could put what we believe in the paper, and she said we could … but you would fail the paper if you do," Wooley told the board.
It's not easy to do what Wooley did, especially at her age, but it's clear her convictions run deep and that she is a fighter. Hopefully the school will take action against this teacher and fire her for inflicting her personal religious on the children.
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Having been only 15 years old, DonDiggitus came to enjoy electronic dance music. Right away he knew that this music will become his life!
Starting out as a simple party animal and visitor of a lot of biggies of the DJ scene in Clubs like Neue Heimat Club Prag, he soon started to make a name for himself in Stuttgart's underground scene. Rocking various basements and rental halls, he was shortly known as Attacke Marcus, his former synonym.
Regularly he's rocking trendy clubs in Ulm like Ohm, Fort Friedrichsau,Douala Ravensburg,club action Ulm,or the Cultbar.----->and many more undergound locations near his hometown. http://soundcloud.com/dondiggitus
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Le Parc er Gréo
Arradon, Morbihan
+33 (0)2 97 44 73 03
Comfortable bedrooms, warm colours, terrace, garden and pool for complete relaxation. The coast is close for boating, swimming, walking
The Experience
Fields, woods, sea and the coastal path are just yards away – all feels lovely and rural yet Vannes is a short drive. Owners Éric and Sophie built the neat modern building in the 1990s, but it's so well designed and decorated it feels like it's been in the family for ages. Warm colours, oriental rugs and fine family pieces sit easily in the smallish salon and dining room; these open onto terrace, garden and pool (heated and open all year round and sheltered by a high wall) – great places to relax or play with the children on the big lawn. Éric (who speaks excellent English) attentively prepares itineraries for guests: boating, swimming in the sea or inland exploration. His father's water colours lend personality to all the rooms and the unusual candlesticks in the hall and ancestral portraits, including a large Velazquez–style child in a great gilt frame, are most appealing. Snug bedrooms, with a good mix of old and modern, are attractive in shades of red, green and salmon; nearly all have brand new bathrooms with spacious showers. Come by electric car and charge up at this easy, friendly place to stay.
- Swimming pool
- Hot tub
- Garden
- Open fire / woodburner
- Breakfast included
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- Vegetarian meals
- Parking on premises
- Free parking nearby
- Accessible by public transport
- WiFi
- Television
- Spa
- Central heating
- Limited mobility
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- Mobile reception
- Hob
- Bar
- Barbecue
- Licensed premises
- Paid parking nearby
- Air conditioning
- Relaxation areas
- Washing machine
- Tennis court
- No smoking
- Credit cards
- Working farm
- Owner has pets
- Pets welcome
Family friendly
- Baby monitor
- Books and toys
- Children welcome
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- Stair gates
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- Cot available
- Pub/bar within 3 miles
- Restaurant within 3 miles
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- Bikes available
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Booking information
- Check in
- 3pm-8.30pm
- Check out
- By 11.45am
- Booking restrictions
- Minimum stay: 2 nights in high season.
- Closed
- 1 January - 15 February, 1 December - 8 December.
- No smoking
- Smoking not permitted anywhere in the property.
- Meals
- Breakfast €15. Restaurants 3km.
- Nightly price
- from €79
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- Extra bed/sofabed available €25 per person per night.
- 1 Triple
- From €169
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- From €198
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- From €79
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The neighbourhood
Local points of interest from Éric & Sophie Bermond
- Walking along the coastal footpath is one of the best ways to discover this wonderful "Golfe du Morbihan" which means the small sea gulf in "Breton" language
- Vannes town centre is worth the visit only 10 km away, with the cathedral surrounded by lovely timber houses in old town inside the walls above the port.
- You can walk around or cycle on the main islands of the Gulf: "Ile aux Moines", "Ile d'Arz. If you stay longer you can also visit the bigger islands of the bay of Quiberon; Belle-Isle, Houat, Hoedic


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A lingerie party is a type of party plan for selling women's lingerie products. A social event is used to display products to guests, and then to take orders for the products before the gathering ends.
These parties are usually held in lingerie stores, but they have become increasingly popular as home parties. Traditionally, they are held for specific occasions like bridal showers or birthdays and include mostly women. However, men and/or couples can also be invited.
Guests at a lingerie party try on and purchase their favorite lingerie. Lingerie companies provide consultants or hostesses who provide a wide variety of lingerie, usually at a discount. Discounts are based upon the price and number of purchased items, the largest discount usually being shared with the host. Independent lingerie hostesses also work in a similar fashion. It is also common for the host of the party to purchase and sell pieces herself. Guests may also have a choice of adult toys and other risqué items.
Apart from acquiring lingerie, guests play games, enjoy food, drinks and conversation. Prizes and favors are usually given out by the consultant or host.
While the idea of a Lingerie Home party started in 1977 with UndercoverWear out of Tewksbury, MA, the common lingerie parties in Australia are with companies like UnderCoverWear, Intimo Lingerie, and Shhique.
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Xicor (Intersil) die investment to support military EOL
Force Technologies has made a heavy investment in stock of Xicor X28C256, X28HC256, X28C512 and X28C010 die primarily for supporting legacy military equipment, as Intersil have no official recommended replacements. Force Technologies will expand their EEPROM levels to beyond 100,000 units, held in its environmentally controlled and monitored nitrogen storage facilities.
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Fun for all! The Little Brian™ Paint Sticks are water-soluble, child-friendly solid paint sticks. No need for brushes, water, or the usual mess that comes with painting. Pick your color, lift the lid and twist up like a glue stick, using your creativity and when finished simply pack them away -- no mess! Paint dries in less than 60 seconds. Can be used on all sorts of surfaces: paper, card, canvas, wood, and even glass. This class size pack comes with 144 paint sticks and a plastic carrying case -- fun for the whole class!
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Delta Superior 2015
The Superior features a double sliding patio door within a full glass front gives you direct access to your own deck. The living room is wonderfully inviting, with comfortable seating incorporating a fold out occasional bed and coordinated scatter cushions. The bedrooms, include plush headboards and co-ordinated curtains. The modern stylish kitchen has high gloss doors with led plinth lights and under unit lighting with many integrated appliances and an American style fridge freezer.


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These Broken Stars – Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
|How do you live again, knowing what waits for you in the end?
After I finished my ARC of Aurora Rising I knew that I wasn't yet ready to venture out of the world of sci-fi. With the loss that I was feeling though, I just wanted something familiar, something that I knew I had liked before. My mind immediately went to this series (which is also partially even wrote by Kaufman). This is my third time reading this book and I have to say that I liked it just as much as the other two times. I think overall I'd rate it a 4.5. It's not a book that blew my mind but you know what? I've realized that you can give a book a high rating just for the sole fact that you really, really enjoyed it. It doesn't have to be life changing but if it means something to you, makes you happy, and is memorable in any way, rate it five stars if you'd like.
That's what this book is to me. It's a story about Lilac and Tarver. The daughter of the richest man in the universe and a cynical war hero. The two meet on the Icarus, the spaceship which then gets sucked out of hyperspace and ends up crash landing on a strangely deserted planet. They were lucky enough to make it to an escape pod and Lilac was able to use the knowledge she'd learned from an old friend to hot-wire their pod off the ship. Out of 50,000, the two are the only survivors.
The book basically just features them getting from their downed pod, to the wreckage of the Icarus, and then on from there. It's a journey book and I know that's just not everyone's cup of tea. For some reason though, I just really liked it. I liked reading about them trying to survive. I liked them observing this planet that was weirdly terraformed and not familiar. And most of all I loved their hate-to-love relationship. Actually, if I remember correctly, the relationships and the characters were the defining part of what I loved about this entire series. Some of the plot lines become kind of weak later on but the characters never failed me.
Even though it initially seems like Lilac could have the potential to be a spoiled brat, she's the complete opposite. She never whines or complains to Tarver when he's trying to get them from point A to point B, even when she got huge blisters on her feet and was completely worn out from not having any kind of stamina for a journey like that. ESPECIALLY after falling out of the sky and realizing you are probably the only one that survived. And Tarver. Of course I loved Tarver. Tarver is the kind of guy character that will always be my type. (similar to Gale, Chaol, Garret, Cassian, etc.) Soldier, no nonsense, hard exterior, but also has that gooey caramel center that you didn't expect at first. I enjoyed watching their relationship bloom and EVEN THOUGH I would have been really sad for Tarver's family if he had never come back, is it weird of me to think it would have been a really interesting read to see how they flourished if they would have just stayed on that planet and made a life for themselves (kind of like in the movie Passengers)??
Also, can I just say that the Whispers really kind of creep me out? I know they meant no harm in this book but the whole thought of Lilac starting to hear voices and them creating those specific ~things~ was just…something else. I started to listen to This Shattered World (the second book in the series) on audio late last week and WOW. The narrator who does the scenes between chapters that are set in Jubilee's past and brought up by the Whispers is so eerie to listen to. It's quite frankly amazing. I've only just gotten into audio books and am finding out they can make a book 10x better because of those extra things.
Overall this is a series that I will always love and will come back to from time to time to read again! If you're looking for a kind of lighter (POSSIBLY AT TIMES CHEESY BUT WHO CARES) sci-fi series that is strong in the character/relationship department, I'd give this a try!
For a moment the image before us is frozen: our world, our lives, reduced to a handful broken stars half lost in uncharted space. Then it's gone, the view swallowed by the hyperspace winds streaming past, blue-green auroras wiping the after-images away.
Until all that's left is us
Young Adult Science Fiction
Disney Hyperion
December 10th, 2013
Luxury spaceliner Icarus suddenly plummets from hyperspace into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive – alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a cynical war hero. Both journey across the eerie deserted terrain for help. Everything changes when they uncover the truth.
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Around a year ago, I voluntarily walked away from my secure career as an automotive engineer and gathered my savings to start up a social enterprise. Seeing disillusionment in my current career and following a significant life event – the passing of my mother – I decided to take a sabbatical.
During this break I visited several local groups in India and my native west Africa. I met marginalised members of society who were creating products in an effort to raise themselves out of poverty.
That's when I had my idea – why not provide a market for their products in the UK? Profits made from sales would go back into those same communities to fund projects that empower the less fortunate. At the same time, the producers can lift themselves out of poverty by making a sustainable living. The idea made perfect sense.
I knew from that moment this was going to be my future. For me, social enterprise is the best approach to the poverty challenge because handout charity doesn't work for all issues. It certainly works in some cases – for example the British Red Cross, but I feel it's the wrong approach to tackle poverty.
I distinctly remember Jetta, a lady whom I met in Burkina Faso, saying that she could sew and sell produce, but she didn't have the opportunity to do so. Jetta and many women like her shared a room no bigger than 4x4 metres with her husband and three daughters. We both felt that her situation required access to the means and not the end. From this perspective, social enterprise becomes a much more sustainable avenue than charity.
Working for a social purpose somewhat feels like going against the grain: there is a very limited pool of investors compared to a standard equity-based model, so it takes longer to become investment-ready. You need a long time to plan your enterprise before getting off the ground.
I have taken the route of a gentle transition by getting a part time job, so that I can do the groundwork to make my business investment-ready while also being able to pay rent. There are also excellent funding avenues, such as crowdfunding, where social enterprises can directly reach the public.
The best advice I can offer at this stage to other social startups is to be patient and don't rush it. Make sure you are making the right decision for your cause at every step. Impatience creeps in - so always assess each decision against your values and the core reasons why you exist as a social enterprise.
Life is different now than when I was working as an engineer. I feel a much greater sense of fulfilment in knowing that I am having a say in what happens to the profits I help generate. I also find it refreshing to have the ability to do the right thing in many business situations because my first question has become "what is the human thing to do?" rather than "what is best for profit?" I find myself happier working long hours and feel generally in a more positive mood even with a salary that's a fraction of what I used to earn.
I strongly believe the future of business is social, because it benefits everyone. The philosophy can be implemented in any country, every continent. I encourage us all to take the leap and lead by example to make this happen.
Kevin Cheeseman is founder of Pure Social Enterprise
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Outrage at Blaming Rapists, Not Women
A proposal: "Blame the criminal, not the victim." And there's an uproar?
Last week rape survivor, Zerlina Maxwell, went on Fox's "Hannity" to discuss rape and guns. But instead of saying women should drink less, dress modestly, arm themselves and learn self-defense, like she "should have," she told Hannity:
I don't think that we should be telling women anything. I think we should be telling men not to rape women and start the conversation there… If you train men not to grow up to become rapists, you prevent rape.
And all hell breaks loose. The Blaze calls her words "bizarre." Blogs and tweets say she should get raped.
"Thanks for the feedback, Internet dopes. Why would anybody think that you need some sensitivity training?" responds Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon.
Maxwell tells Salon that, "We need to teach (men) to see women as human beings and respect their bodily autonomy." Williams points out that when you do, things change:
After Canada launched a "Don't be that guy" consent awareness campaign in 2011, the sexual assault rate dropped for the first time in years — by 10 percent.
In fact, violence against women is much lower in non-patriarchal cultures that respect women. Both rape and battering were pretty much nonexistent among American Indians before Europeans arrived. Rape and battering have also dropped in the U.S. with a rise in feminism, according to Justice Bureau surveys of victims.
But why the rage when the focus of rape prevention turns from women to men?
Actually, the outrage hasn't come from everywhere. It comes from right-wing groups — Fox News viewers and the like — who bolster the haves over the have-nots: typically whites, the rich, heteros and in this case, men, over everyone else.
Here, the matter relates to who is free and who is not. Do not even think about asking men to limit themselves. Women, on the other hand, should limit themselves: what they wear, what they drink, what time of day they leave the house… They must prepare themselves for defense against men who refuse to limit themselves. And continuing the right-wing rant, women must be stripped of freedom over their reproductive lives, entirely. No right to your own body in any way.
In this worldview even if rapists ACT, responsibility for the act must fall on the victim. Because men must be free, but women must not.
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With the 2019 NFL Draft nearly here, adding my two cents with this fun, but worthless activity.
Round 3, #87 overall….Jace Sternberger, TE, Texas A&M. Sternberger fits the prototype of the "move TE" in that he's slightly undersized and more of a receiver than an inline blocker. He displays advanced route running skills, dependable hands, and is smooth in/out of his breaks. A&M's MVP in 2018 after posting 48 receptions, 832 yards, and 10 touchdowns. A top notch athlete, Sternberger boasts untapped potential for a team that can add bulk to his lean frame through its strength and conditioning program.
Round 4, #126 overall…Dexter Williams, RB, Notre Dame. Williams persevered through adversity to enjoy a stellar 2018 senior season that vaulted him into draft consideration. Displays a solid skill set of running, pass catching, and blitz pick up ability. Williams shows good vision and a quick initial burst. Runs low to the ground and accelerates into the second level. Keeps his heads up and is effective following his blockers into trash before making his move. Some off-field concerns plagued his career in South Bend and may cause him to drop further than his talent warrants.
Round 5, #162 overall…Ka'Dar Hollman, CB, Toledo. Hollman is a tenacious corner who checks the boxes with fine size and speed ( 4.39-second 40-yard dash, 38-inch vertical and 6.81 3-cone at his recent pro day workout). Plays with an aggressive mentality, contesting everything his way. Needs to refine and polish his techniques, as he can become grabby and rely too much on his physical skills. Fearless tackler. Needs some grooming, but eventual starter quality.
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Round 7, #238 overall…Emmanuel Butler, WR, Northern Arizona. Bears take a flyer on a talented, but raw talent in Butler. Slow recovering from a shoulder injury that wiped out most of his 2017 season, but displayed flashes during the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl that reminded scouts of his playmaking abilities. Butler possesses the size (6'3, 217, 33″ arms) and frame to win battles with smaller defenders. He's been productive in the past, racking up 1,000 yards and receptions in 2015 and 2016. The knock on Butler is speed. He'll be challenged on vertical routes to get open with pedestrian speed and lacks the quickness in/out of his breaks.


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The Nigerian Premier League newcomer, FC Taraba, have signed on striker, Saviour Fidelis, a former player of Enyimba International FC.
The deal was completed on Thursday in Jalingo. Fidelis is expected to join the team immediately, as it puts finishing touches to its preparations ahead of the league.
The Chairman of FC Taraba, Tijani Babangida, expressed happiness with the acquisition of the striker who, Babangida said, is well experienced in the League.
Babangida had said after the team's last few friendly matches, which saw it lose 1-0 to Lobi Stars of Markudi and 2-1 to Rangers of Enugu, that the club's management would work to bring on more players to fortify the areas that needed strengthening.
"We are happy we were able to capture Saviour Fidelis from Enyimba. He is an experienced striker who will add to the quality of the team. I said that the purpose of the friendly matches is not to win but to identify the areas we need to work on before the league commences. We hope to bring in more players before the season begins," Tijani said. "Our desire is to be able to win our first match. Once we can do that, we know we have begun well and we will look forward to the season with great hope."
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IAEA: Nuclear cooperation with Iran constructive
The technical cooperation between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is rooted in the past and it is going on at present too,' Najat Mokhtar said in a Seminar on Iran-China Civil Nuclear Cooperation under the JCPOA in Beijing.
The cooperation has been on technical issues, food security, water resources management, cancer treatment and many other areas, he said, adding that Iran has gained technical achievements and privileges over the past decade.
Mokhtar explained that IAEA cooperation with the developing countries on medicine, healthcare and growth are considered as important fields of cooperation.
He also noted that nuclear technology is of use for the environment and natural resources management, including water, and the countries that have the technology can benefit from it in the aforementioned fields.
'Creating a database for water resources management, using nuclear energy and technology in the agriculture sector, and addressing nuclear security and managing nuclear wastes in Bushehr are among Iran's achievements,' the official said.
According to the agency's reports, Iran has remained committed to the nuclear agreement it signed with the major world powers in 2015, he said, adding that the IAEA will continue its cooperation with the member-states to reach the sustainable development through using peaceful nuclear energy.
The Nuclear seminar, attended by a number of senior Iranian officials, representatives of China and the IAEA was held in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Costa Rican longline fisheries are killing thousands of sea turtles and sharks, catching more turtles than some commercial fish species, a study found. Writing in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, researchers say Costa Rican longline fishery represents a major threat to the survival of eastern Pacific populations of sea turtles as well as sharks.
The researchers from Drexel University, the Costa Rican non-profit conservation organization Pretoma and a U.S. non-profit working in Costa Rica, The Leatherback Trust, urge time and area closures for the fisheries to protect these animals as well as to maintain the health of the commercial fishery.
Although the most commonly targeted fish, mahi mahi, was the most common species caught in the Costa Rican longline fishery, olive ridley turtles, internationally classified as vulnerable, were the second-most-common species caught, they said.
They estimate more than 699,000 olive ridley and 23,000 green turtles were caught during the study period, 1999 to 2010, and while around 80 percent of captured sea turtles are released from longlines and survive the experience, the long-term impacts are unknown.
"It is common to see sea turtles hooked on longlines along the coast of Guanacaste in Costa Rica. We can set some free but cannot free them all," Drexel environmental scientist James Spotila said. "The effect of the rusty hooks may be to give the turtles a good dose of disease. No one knows because no one holds the turtle to see if its gets sick."


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Takos, Clarke, riding high into High Performance Unit
Hard work, strong results and positive attitudes have seen SASI cycling scholarship holders Holly Takos and Tom Clarke elevated into the High Performance Unit and Para-cycling's High Performance Unit respectively
SASI athletes Holly Takos and Tom Clarke have been recognised for their talent and commitment by winning selection into Cycling Australia's High Performance Unit.
Clarke, who was chosen in the Para-cycling HPU, represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow when he lived in Canberra, winning a bronze medal.
There, he was the tandem sprint pilot with visually impaired athlete Paul Kennedy.
Now, as part of the SASI program, Clarke has relished his involvement in the local program where he is expected to team with vision-impaired rider Brad Henderson as the pair aims to be selected for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
SASI Para-cycling Head Coach Loz Shaw said Clarke was a fantastic ambassador for the sport.
''Tom is quite a compassionate guy who has a little bit of everything,'' he said.
''His training and attitude were fantastic and we needed someone fairly strong to come into the program. Tom knows what he should and shouldn't do as a bike rider.
''He is very good for the group, thinks outside the square and ticks all the boxes.
''Tom and Brad will work towards the December track nationals which will be a selection for the Commonwealth Games. Because we are the home country we should get automatic entry but we want to show strong the program is and not have someone ride around and not be competitive.
''We need to make a statement.''
Takos, 21, also is regarded as an excellent team player to go with her outstanding results so far in the sport.
She also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing fourth in the Tandem Sprint and Tandem Time Trial.
Earlier this year Takos competed in the national championships in Brisbane, winning the Team Sprint and finishing fourth in the Sprint and fifth in the Keirin. She also won the Keirin and Team Sprint events at the Oceania Track Championships this year in Victoria.
SASI Head Cycling Coach Brett Aitken said Takos deserved her selection after plenty of hard work.
''It's been an absoulte credit to Holly and it has taken awhile,'' he said.
''She has taken a similar path to Steph Morton who went from a Para option, like Holly, which may have given her longevity to fulfil her single-bike ambition. Now hopefully this will lead to more chances to represent Australia on a single.''
Takos said it was a thrill to receive the scholarship to train with the Cycling Australia HPU.
''I've been working so hard and I had a great season last year so this was a great reward,'' she said.
''To be surrounded by the best athletes and staff in Australia and in the world is very special and I am very privileged to have been given this opportunity by head coach Nick Flyger to join the team.
''I am loving being a part of the squad, everyone has been extremely welcoming and I am excited to see what we can achieve together.''
For the time being Takos is working towards selection for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
''This process begins at the Oceania championships in November in New Zealand,'' she said.
''This will be my first race as a full time member of the national team and I am looking forward to drawing on my experiences from the recent world championships.
''At the world championships I saw my teammates achieve great things and I also came home super hungry to get my own rainbows.
''That is what gets me out of bed every morning - the dream of representing Australia at the Olympics.''
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Age Bias or Age Discrimination?
You look around the reception room and suddenly realize that every person sitting there — except for you — is under the age of 30. Fresh skinned, wrinkle free, and preoccupied with every conceivable technical gadget on the market, these kids are your competition. You thought you got a call for a job interview because of your skills and experience, but from the look of things, anyone who sent in a résumé was called to interview. *Sigh*
Age discrimination is a big issue, but it's not our issue here today. Age bias is our topic, and there is a difference. The difference is subtle. In fact, it is arguably a "difference without a difference" in that the outcome is often the same: You don't get the job.
Age bias refers to the natural reaction one has to the age of a person. All of us, regardless of age, make an immediate judgment about a person because of age. It's intuitive. You see a child, and without conscious effort, your opinion of that person is based, in part, on age. You see a senior citizen, and the same thing happens. Age doesn't define us, but it does shape the opinions of others around us.
Perhaps you recall the 90s television show "Doogie Howser, M.D." A kid who is not yet old enough to drive has a license to operate on patients. His age was a constant factor in the opinions of others, and he constantly had to prove his worth to overcome age bias.
It's much the same issue for the "Over 40" job seeker — and even more so for the 50+ professionals — particularly when your interviewer is 20-something.
Understanding what you can do to tip the scales in your direction requires that you understand how and why your age affects the perception of the interviewer. Turning a perceived negative into a positive is your next step.
But let me digress for a moment.
My inspiration in life comes from nearly half a dozen special needs kids who call me "Mom." Some of them are my biological children; some are court appointed; one is adopted. They are all now adult children at that tenuous age of 18 to 20, when one's independence is thwarted by one's lack of an education and a job. God love 'em!
These kids have a tough road ahead of them. One is illiterate, but we're working on it. Two more are autistic and struggle with learning disabilities and behavioral challenges that make them "socially awkward." And more. But these kids provide the inspiration I need in life to face my own challenges and obstacles. If they can do it, I realize, so can I.
My eldest autistic boy once said, "We're not special. We're just like everyone else because everyone is different. No one is perfect." And he's absolutely right (except that Mom thinks he is perfect, of course!). The reason this young man has defied the odds is because he has a winning attitude, one that is inspiring. And therein is the lesson.
What, exactly, do you need to do to put a positive spin on the natural age bias issue? Keep reading:
Your attitude automatically dictates your behavior, even when you try to keep it to yourself. If you are surrounded by youngsters in your job search, and if you feel they somehow have an advantage, change your attitude. Just because statistics indicate that a younger qualified applicant is more likely to be hired than we are, your attitude will ooze out of your private thoughts and onto the interviewer's desk. Make sure that the only vibe emanating from you says, "I'm the best person for this job."
Sure, those 28 year old specimens look fine — but you can, too! It's less about the clothes you wear and more about the manner in which you care for yourself. We tend to carry a little more around the mid section as we age, and so long as it is a little, it's acceptable. But if you find that you are buying clothes that qualify for a price increase due to excess material — if you're no longer "average to slim" — it's time to do something about it.
Your weight is important because of the subliminal messages it sends to a potential employer. Here's the bias: "If you don't care about your weight (ie, you don't care about yourself), why would I trust that you'll care about this company?" If you're working on it but haven't quite dropped down to an average size before an all-important interview, slip in a comment about your dedication to your health. When asked what you do in your spare time, for example, you might reply, "After I get home from the gym, I like to work in the garden."
Body Language:
Regardless of your size, your body language will speak volumes — and it speaks differently than the bodies of those in subsequent generations. By middle age, most of us have developed an air of confidence that is easily identified by the way we walk, sit, and gesture.
Before putting yourself out there in front of potential employers, video record yourself while having a conversational chat with a friend. Turn down the volume and watch the video. What does your body language say? If you see something that sends the wrong message, change it.
Hair & Clothes:
We dress differently than our younger competition, but there's no need to dress "old". This is one category, in my opinion, where we have the advantage. How easy is it, for example, to pick out the young men who don't "fit" into their suits? They don't have much experience wearing one, and it shows. You, on the other hand, are as comfortable in a suit as Great-Grandma is in her house-coat.
Choose a style of clothing that is age appropriate and that fits with the general style of the employees you'll be working with, if you get the job. Make an anonymous phone call to the receptionist prior to your interview to find out what the dress-code tends to be. Fitting in with the culture of your potential future employer is something upon which you will be judged, so it's up to you to see to it that you can do so.
If you get a second interview, wear the same articles of clothing you wore in round #1. It's unlikely that your potential employer will remember what you wore — because your outfit should not be memorable — so stick with what works. It helped get you to the next round, so don't abandon it yet.
A brief word about your smile: Spend a few bucks to buy some whitener. Even a subtle difference can make a dramatic impression. With the large number of options on the market today, it's no longer necessary to make a trip to your dentist to achieve the age-reducing effect that results from whiter teeth.
Especially if you are a smoker, spend $10 and whiten those teeth!
Did you say "Wow!" when you looked at the "Before & After" photo of the woman, above? A cheap box of hair color can help to make a dramatic difference! Both women and men should wash that gray (or dishwater blonde, etc.) right out of their hair! Though I personally adore a man who is fully "salt and pepper," it might age a person too much. Be careful, however, to stick with something natural looking when choosing a box of color off the drugstore shelf. Leave the goth and Marilyn styles to the kids!
Finally, for those candidates who are concerned about the aging appearance of their skin — people like me who can't imagine serious consideration of cosmetic surgery — there IS an affordable, scientifically proven method to achieve the results you want.
At the risk of sounding like a commercial, let me just say that I know, first hand, "the secret," and I use it twice a week. It works. (Check out my untouched photo in the header.) I'm 46, and I have fewer wrinkles and more elasticity in my skin now than I did at 36. Send me a private email if you'd like to know more.
The Substance of the Interview:
Once you're past those "first impression" issues that have everything to do with judging a book by its cover, it's time to tip the scales further in your favor by helping your interviewer see the advantages to hiring a grownup.
Fewer Distractions:
The younger interviewees may be in that stage of life where it's extraordinarily difficult to balance home and work. New marriages, new mortgages, and the pitter patter of baby feet, all add up to distractions, exhaustion, and potential sick days while new(er) parents run to the pediatrician, to school conferences, and attempt to plan birthday parties while at the office.
We understand those distractions because we've been there.
Even the employer who has a tremendous family-friendly policy will have an unspoken bias which favors the potential employee who does not have to miss work, who will not be preoccupied with life outside the office. But how do you address this without insulting your interviewer who just may be preoccupied herself? Something like this:
"I enjoy working at this stage of my life in a way I never could before. Now that all of the kids are in college, I'm free to put in however much time is needed to complete a task — and that freedom is more enjoyable than I ever imagined."
Experience, Experience, Experience:
Even the most biased interviewer will have a hard time finding fault with the fact that 40+ folks have had the time to accumulate experience. Make sure you keep your experience working for you and not against you by following these tips:
- Project "youthful energy" while speaking about your experience, skills, and credentials. If you sound like you've made this speech countless times, it will age you.
- Don't slam your competition or in any way directly emphasize their potential weaknesses compared to your strengths. Very subtle implications might work, but it's dangerous territory! Not only is your interviewer potentially younger than you, you don't want to give the impression that you won't fully respect your younger co-workers if you get the job.
- Limiting your résumé to the last 10 – 15 years is a good idea, when possible. But, don't leave something out that is relevant, even if it was 20 years ago!
- In some instances, leaving your graduation dates off of your résumé is advisable. If you graduated before colored televisions were in everyone's home, you may want to leave that fact off the face of your profile; otherwise, you may not get the interview. Once they see you in person, you can then show them that your age is a positive, not a negative!
- Don't forget to balance humility with confidence. Your experience sets you far ahead of the crowd, but if you project an attitude that you're "too experienced to learn new things," you won't get the job. Be humble enough to project the message that you're a dedicated employee who is always looking to learn and grow.
- The "good ol' days" are best left at home. If you catch yourself saying, "Back in the day, we didn't even dream about Skyping!" you may have just talked yourself out of a job.
- Overqualified? Probably. But make sure your potential employer sees the value in it. Say, "I can do the work of 2 or 3 people in less time, if given the opportunity, without a learning curve. And you'll get the credit for my placement, of course!"
- If you can't adequately represent your experience and qualifications in a 2-3 page résumé, consider using a Professional Biography instead. For the more senior executive leadership positions, a longer curriculum vitae is in order as well as your bio.
A Summary, of Sorts
When you walk out of the interview and past all the kiddos, do a quick mental review. Did you project a winning attitude? Do you exude an energetic youthfulness in spite of your hip replacement? Did you leave the impression that you're willing to learn in spite of your significant credentials, that your confidence is enhanced by your humility?
If so, you've done your best. Good for you! But don't automatically blame age bias or discrimination if you don't get a call back. It may be more about your salary requirement, or maybe there was just that something "extra special" about the young lady who got the job offer.
Keep on keepin' on with a winning attitude and you will land the right job!
~ Lynda C. Watts
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Prepare your outdoor spigot (faucet) for the winter months
It is very important to drain out your spigot (faucet) properly. Otherwise, you could be in for a big mess! If you have an inside shut off for the faucet, be sure you use it and turn the outside spigot (faucet) on to drain out the remainder of the water that is in the line.


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FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ)- A study released Friday has found the backlog of thousands of untested rape kits in Kentucky cost the state millions of dollars.
A study released Friday has found the backlog of thousands of untested rape kits in Kentucky cost the state millions of dollars.
According to a report released by Kentucky's Sexual Assault Response Team Advisory Committee, the recent backlog of more than 3,000 untested rape kits cost the state more than $4 million and counting.
"I'll tell you when we saw the data completed this was our reaction, woah," said Eileen Recktenwold, executive director of the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs.
The study found just the first 1000 untested kits were linked to close to one hundred offenders who went on to commit more crimes after their sexual assault.
"You know if we had folks in jail already, maybe they wouldn't have committed these crimes and offended against other people, killed other people. This is really serious," said Recktenwold.
The backlog of rape kits were all tested last year after the general assembly passed a bill requiring they be.
But officials say there's still a chance this could happen again.
"One of the reasons why the kits were not tested is because the lab wasn't fully funded. They didn't have enough staff," said Recktenwold.
Officials say the state's forensic lab is currently being fully funded but suffers from under staffing and high turnover.
"Because all the states around us pay about $20,000 more than we do. So we hire them, we train them. It takes about a year to train this staff and then they go to other states because they get paid better," said Recktenwold.
Officials say to fix this problem, lawmakers need to make funding the lab a high priority.
"That's why we did the study and that's why it was in the legislation because they definitely need something on which to base their decisions when they're trying to figure out you know what poses the greatest threat to public safety and how much is it going to cost to assure that our citizens are safe," said Recktenwold.
Lawmakers are currently crafting a state budget this general session.


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After living in the area of a traffic signal box I managed to secure, I want to exhibit that the Wilston/Windsor/Herston area has a lot of beauty to it. I want to shows people walking by what meaning there is in different parts of their local area. The colours and patterns are inspired by elements of the environment, including; the Wilston House of which the suburb gets its name, natural heritage, indigenous history, historical landmarks, old Queenslander houses, the Alderly brickworks, Downey Park Netball community, Ballymore Stadium and the QLD reds, and the other vibrant fabrics of this community that are placed together.
And I wanted to do this all with goal of showing people how, from where they are standing when looking towards the box, they are part of this environment – perhaps encouraging them to explore and learn about more parts of the area.
It was a tremendous priviledge to participate in this project, and I would encourage others to give it a go themselves by applying through the Urban Smart Projects website.
Hopefully you like the finished product. Thank you graciously to Shane and Naomi for your help in making this come to light.
You can view the final piece at the corner of Newmarket Road and Noble Street, Wilston.
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|Woods in Winter, Dutchess County, NY
Pruning is a year-round hobby for the Landlords, along with splitting and stacking firewood by hand. There is a large maple at the top of the driveway growing out from a crotch made by an old dead stump and the piled-rock wall. It is the sort of volunteer tree that grows in an over-looked spot until one day it drops a huge limb and traps your cars on the other side. It has a lop-sided growing habit, extremely vertical branches, and a rotten-looking core. If it were a tree on my property I would have it removed. One weekend, the Landlord took it upon Himself to prune it, highlighting its inherent unattractiveness. He then used twine to tie several of the lower, live branches so that they make a better angle with the tree. The result was extremely startling for me, since it suddenly became impossible to see to the left from my car as I emerged from the driveway. Before I had a chance to say anything, though, the deer came along and ate every single green leaf on that branch, so it is now easy to see through.
There were three different jack-knifed big-rigs on I-84, and a number of slow-downs for these obstacles and an equal number of rolled-over passenger cars. Many people were able to drive skillfully in the snow, but there were notable exceptions. A woman in a rear-wheel-drive Lexus sedan was all over the road, passing cars and aggressively maneuvering for a better position until she hit a snowy uphill patch. As we passed her, she had begun fruitlessly spinning her tires and sliding backwards. It was not going to be ending well for her. Another car I remember passing as it was losing control was one of those tiny Honda mini-SUVs; this driver had obviously chosen the "no-traction package."
Everywhere I have ever lived people complain about the local drivers. In St. Louis, there is a peculiar rolling stop drivers employ at stop-signs. In Vermont, there were the Mad-Max style jacked up pick-ups you steered clear of. In Utah, there were unnaturally slow drivers, and a courtesy left turn that drivers would wave you permission to take at the beginning of the light's rotation. In California, there were those who would speed up as soon as you signaled, preventing you from moving into their lane. In Seattle, everyone complains that "people can't drive in the rain" or "people can't drive in snow." I have lived in New York almost four months, but in that time I have driven over nine thousand miles. Drivers in the city are aggressive, but I find them largely competent and fairly predictable. Outside of the city, there seems to be a general disregard for staying in one's lane or obeying the posted speed limit. Overall, I would say that people are not so bad at driving. No one is quite as good as they think they are, and other people are not as bad as others complain.
Once off the freeway we had more real excitement to negotiate. Trees were losing their snow-laden limbs in the direction of least resistance, typically onto the road. In some places the limbs had not even fallen yet, but were bowed nearly to the ground under the weight of the wet heavy snow. There were downed power lines, and the most dramatic accident: a car, nose down in a road-side ditch, with a right rear wheel two and a half feet above the pavement.
Finally home, we found our unplowed gravel driveway was impassable due to the grove of bamboo planted at the top. It was pressed to the ground under the weight of the snow.


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Ace pitcher Nicole Brown on West Clermont softball strategy: 'Competitive, all the time.'
There was little to be found in the way of scoring April 19, when the West Clermont Wolves defeated the Mount Notre Dame Cougars, 1-0. But with Wolves senior pitcher Nicole Brown on the mound, there was plenty to marvel at.
Brown capped off her outing by going the distance, finishing a complete game and keeping all Cougar batters off of home plate.
Cloaked in a caged, protective face mask, Brown peppered the strike zone with high heat and off-speed pitches alike. And as the game progressed, so did her command and presence, simply getting stronger with each passing inning.
In many ways the dominate performance was just another notch in Brown's belt – the embodiment of a season's worth of bullying batters. Entering the game, Brown was second in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference in strikeouts, ringing up 45 hitters on the season. Her victory ensures she stays in second place among the ECC in wins, too, with five.
For Brown, it is all part of the competition – her entire purpose for playing the game.
"Competitive, all the time," Brown said of her approach. "Even if we are up by a bunch, I'm still like – 'no, this is not enough, get more, work harder.' I'm such a competitor…the game, that's what I live for."
West Clermont coach Kelly Throckmorton noted that Brown works year-round – whether it be winter, fall, or during summer ball – to improve her game. Her strong focus has yielded improvement every season.
Brown finished last season on the Enquirer's 2017 Ohio Division I All-Stars Honorable Mention team, but Throckmorton has worked hard with Brown to improve her game even more.
More:GALLERY: West Clermont at Milford softball, April 11
"Early in the year we had a few little mechanical things and she has worked (really) hard to fight back," Throckmorton said. "Got her control, just working her pitches better and we're building and getting stronger to where she's got a lot of potential."
That potential reached its apex on April 2, when Brown tossed a no-hitter against Walnut Hills. It was the second no-hitter of her career, and when asked what went through her head during a performance like that, well, it depends on which one.
"I (felt) like I was going to mess up, like 'oh my gosh they are going to get a hit,'" Brown said. "I did it last year, too, and I didn't even know it happened…I try not to focus on that because I feel like I'll mess up if I think about it too much."
Throckmorton, listening to Brown's response, didn't skip a beat.
"She just needs to stick to her game plan and work her batter and not worry about what happens," Throckmorton said. "If she does everything she is supposed to, it will come."


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Free Leathercraft Pattern for "Indian Warrior" by Al Stohlman
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August 15th, 2019 marked what would have been the 100th birthday of the legendary leatherworker Al Stohlman. To honor his birthday, Jim Linnell was joined by George Hurst and Michael Magnus in a two-hour recorded workshop that has less focus on instruction, with more attention given to celebrating Al's memory with stories and insights on his life and impact to the industry.
Throughout the trio's dialogue and discussions, Linnell demonstrates the figure carving of Stohlman's pattern "Indian Warrior", originally published by American Handicrafts as a copper tooling pattern. This is the pattern used in that workshop.
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2 printable pages (8.5" x 11") include a 6"x8" pattern by Al Stohlman originally published in the book "6 x 8 Patterns for the Craftsman - Series 1" by American Handicrafts*, as well as a photocarve of the tooled pattern created by Jim Linnell
*No ownership of this pattern is being claimed, and full credit is given to it's original publisher, American Handicrafts


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According to Paul Schrader, film noir represents a wieldy dark period from 1940s to 1950s (Schrader, Paul, 1972.). The cinemas during this period depicted what was uncommon and what was a series of the continued dark history and moody depiction in the movies. After the Second World War, the movie industry went from the normal happy dramatic audiences to a sad ambience which continued to grow darker. Moments of corruption, gangster movements, as well crime were thriving in the streets.
By understanding the above, one could easily ask themselves what film noir is all about. It is rumored that during the Nazi regime in Germany, many movie directors escaped from the Hitler's regime, since they were anti-Nazi, and went to Hollywood for a getaway. Most of the film noirs, therefore, fell into their arms, and as expected, they incorporated the visual style of expressionism. Moreover, most of the memorable villains in the films were Europeans, who had fled Germany because of Hitler's tendencies. Hollywood played host to an influx of German expatriates in the Twenties and Thirties, and these filmmakers and technicians had, for the most part, integrated themselves into the American film establishment. Hollywood never experienced the "Germanizaron" some civic- minded natives feared, and there is a danger of over-emphasizing the German influence in Holly- wood. But when, in the late Forties, Hollywood decided to paint it black, there were no greater masters of chiaroscuro than the Germans. The influence of expressionist lighting has always been just beneath the surface of Hollywood films, and it is not surprising, in film
Film noirs are highly depictive of the German expressionism stylistic device. In particular, we will compare Robert Wiene's 1920 silent Expressionist Film the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Rudolph Mate's 1949 film noir D.O.A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1agMYcNNJPY). We will, therefore, be able to conclude reasonably how expressionism is depicted in them.
Before comparing the two films, we will do an analysis of how expressionism is represented visually so as to get the context of what we are talking about. A film noir has a mysterious ambience and a dangling angle of view with grayscale walls filled with smoke. It's almost like horror itself has had its way into a room, but that's not it. It is mysterious in nature and has no clear explanation of what it really is. One of the best examples to bring out the imagery is by putting all the images in black and white. We can, therefore, imagine a woman living in apartments connected side by side, where she tries to gaze at a neighbor's window but only sees a shadow of a man, obviously in black and white, that increases in intensity and sparks more curiosity from the viewer. In the mind of the viewer we could imagine many questions running in their head. Is it a bad man? Is he a serial killer or just a stalker? Her imagery and perception, therefore, are subject to thoughts.
Most of the characters in the film are women. Most of the directors, when interviewed, describe the movie as a low-cost, low-quality movie, but the aim is to provide good plots, best character choice, and an impactful story line. The choice of women, therefore, is to depict the angelic nature of their outward appearance in such an attractive manner to lure them into the dark alleys of trouble and 'snake' behavior of biting and bleeding the man dry. The setting of these adds to the mysterious nature of these films. If outdoors, it is mainly the dark streets of a certain city or a character walking by an asphalt hall, and if indoors, it is a dark room. This enables the directors to bring out the subjective point of view of moods and dark human experiences of madness, betrayal, or even depression. Extreme camera angles always suggest that one is always being watched, and for this reason, there are a lot of shadows and silhouettes.
Robert Wiene's Silent Expressionist Film
Robert directed Genuine: a tale of the Vampire in the 1920, which is described as a silent horror film. Right from the design, Robert employs the use of painter proficient in expressionist art. The movie starts with a male character, Percy, who paints a portrait of a high priestess, Genuine, and immediately as he finishes it, he becomes withdrawn. It is mysterious how he stops seeing his peers and decides to dwell deeper into the mystery of this creature.
Genuine somehow becomes alive and escapes, and later is purchased into Slavery by Lord Emelo. Percy wakes up and comes to realization that Genuine's escape had led to her tribe being outrivaled and her getting sold in a slave market. Lord Emelo locks her up in a chamber beneath the house amidst her protests to be set free.
She is portrayed as a love witch who bewitches Florian, Lord Melo's nephew, to fall in love with her and to slit Melo's throat, while being deeply under Genuine's spell. Percy, on the other hand, genuinely falls in love with her, though short lived. Florian is deeply infatuated and determined to have her or no one will.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Robert later directs a movie depicting the world of Caligari which has become a cinema reference narrative ever since. It is both efficient and eerie in the manner in which the story of Francis and Jane is tantalizingly told (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aimAeeDx2p4). The story's flashback tells of a man named Caligari and his weird carnival mannerisms. It is a perfect description of what happened in Europe in the 20th century, owing to its horror tales and dark imagery, which became the horror reference point to date.
The above movies are quite good examples of what a film noir is. The fundamental reason for film noir's neglect, however, is the fact that it depended more on choreography than sociology, and American critics have always been slow on the uptake when it comes to visual style. Like its protagonists, film noir is more interested in style than theme, whereas American critics have been traditionally more interested in theme than style. The influx cited above therefore is what is attributed to make the features of the above movies expressionistic.
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Hello Tammy, and welcome to the forum!
Your issue sounds like it's related to dead links in the PCDJ Library.
If you can't load a song to a deck from the PCDJ library (meaning when you drag the song to the deck or right click to load it an NOTHING happens) it's because the PATH to the physical file (the actual file itself on your hard drive) is broken:
Meaning, the path to the files your attempting to play in PCDJ themselves (physical file location) has changed since importing into PCDJ. Browsers/Databases like what's used in all PCDJ software are based on valid links to the physical file – so evidently your changing the path (likely not on purpose.)
If you use an external hard drive to store your music, the common issue is that the DRIVE LETTER changes for the hard drive itself. Windows assigns the external hard drive a different letter (E to F for example) – which will of course break the path to the files in PCDJ. You simply can't change the file path after you import into PCDJ or you'll break the valid links.
To avoid the Hard Drive letter changing, ALWAYS make sure that when you plan to use the external hard drive that you have it plugged into your computer BEFORE turning it on. Never plug in the external hard drive AFTER the computer is already on – or Windows will assign it another drive letter, breaking the path to the files.
Of course, you can't rename any of the directories the files are in, or move the files around on the drive either – that will break the links too.
You can right click in any list or the database in PCDJ and choose to "remove dead files" (give it a few seconds to "think") and you'll see the dead files get removed. Just re-import the files from their current location and rebuild the library at this point – that way the links will be valid. And moving forward always have your hard drive plugged in before turning your computer on to avoid this happening again in the future.
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to Alice. " Always speak the truth------think beŁfore you speak------and write it down afterward."
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Eye For Film >> Movies >> The Tuxedo (2002) Film Review
The Tuxedo
Reviewed by: Angus Wolfe Murray
The Tuxedo is like a Chinese meal. You've forgotten it half an hour later.
Jackie Chan's American movies have either been dire or fun. Shanghai Noon and Rush Hour are included amongst the latter category. The Tuxedo is neither one thing, nor the other; it's comfortably entertaining.
When Arnie took up "acting", they put him into non-speaking parts (Conan The Barbarian, Terminator), because his English was so bad. Jackie suffered from the same affliction, except they asked him to talk, which was probably a mistake. Now that he can make himself understood, the scriptwriters give him refried gags.
He started as a stuntman in Hong Kong and became a star by creating a unique blend of martial artistry and humour. He may not have been the fastest fu in the kung kingdom, but he was recognised as the most innovative, using everyday objects as props in elaborate fight sequences that he choreographed himself. Also, he was famous for not faking it and initiated the now popular trend of using cock-up outtakes during the closing credits; he was never afraid to laugh at himself.
What of The Tuxedo? All is a blur.
Jackie plays a butler/houseman/skivvy to a suave Englishman (Jason Isaacs) in Manhattan, who might be James Bond or an international criminal, or a playboy. Amongst his collection of bespoke tailoring is a exquisite dinner jacket, locked in a glass case, which no-one is allowed to touch.
Bored, inquisitive, cheeky and Chinese, the irrepressible servant tries it on one day, when master is out, and discovers that it contains magic properties, which enable the wearer to fight like... Jackie Chan. When the going gets tough and bad guys explode out of the scenery, he doesn't take it off.
The only other person of note is Jennifer Love Hewitt, who plays a CIA operative, possibly, and looks sexy in a bulimic kind of way. For half the film, you think she's Ally McBeal with a black wig.
As for Jackie, he's slower, but no less enjoyable. Maybe, he's better with a sidekick (Chris Tucker, Owen Wilson) than a silk suit.Reviewed on: 08 Jan 2003