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What do Werder Bremen, Villareal, Atletico Madrid, Panathinaikos, PSV Eindhoven, Marseille, Dynamo Kyiv, Celtic and Fenerbahce have in common (hint: the answer is not "They're all in the Champions League group stage which starts today")? Give up?
Well, all of these clubs are in fact in the group stage of the Champions League, but the answer is that all of them have escaped the group stage at one point or another. Sporting Lisbon, however, is another story. Perennially a contender in the Portuguese top division, Sporting's European history has been mediocre at best. Discounting its 1964 Cup Winners Cup title, Sporting has been to the Champions League four times and never had a sniff of the knockout stage. Its best showing in the old European Champions Cup was in 1982-83 when it reached the quarterfinals, losing to Real Sociedad.
This year may be different. There may be light at the end of the tunnel for the Lisbon club. Sporting begins group stage play Tuesday at Barcelona, and despite this difficult challenge out of the blocks, Sporting was given a favorable draw. FC Basel 1893 and Shakhtar Donetsk round out Group C, and one would have to figure Barca for clear sailing to the knockout round and Sporting and Shakhtar duking it out for second place.
But how about Sporting for favorites to win the group outright? How about a true underdog pulling a shocker?
All we can judge is today, but today, Sporting might be a more well-rounded deeper club, Lionel Messi not withstanding for Barcelona. Sporting has won its first two matches in the Portuguese Liga and knocked off F.C. Porto for the Portuguese SuperCup to open the season. Sporting had a fruitful offseason, signing Helder Postiga Marco Caneira, Leandro Grimi, and re-signing Fabio Rochemback. They also have had another year of maturity for standout youngsters such as goalkeeper Rui Patricio, fullback Ronny, strikers Yannick Djalo, Rodrigo Tiui.
And speaking of seasoning? Joao Moutinho and Miguel Veloso were kept from the plentiful pockets of Inter Milan and Manchester United respectively in the offseason. For the first time in a long time, Sporting has managed to keep some homegrown talent from fleeing for greener pastures–at least temporarily.
Sporting is an interesting package for Barcelona to contend with. The Catalans had a tenuous offseason to contend with as new manager Pep Guardiola settled in. Ronaldinho is gone (some may say that's a plus), and Messi, Samuel Eto'o, Carles Puyol, Thierry Henry, Iniesta and Rafa Marquez remain. Yet, Barca has gotten off to a putrid start under Guardiola, losing its La Liga opener to promoted Numancia and battling Racing Santander to a 1-1 draw this weekend. Worse yet, new signee Alexander Hleb from Arsenal will miss the Sporting match with an ankle injury.
If nothing else for Sporting, this year's draw is a lot less cluttered with billion-dollar clubs. Last year, Sporting had to contend with Roma and Manchester United, and the year before, Inter and Bayern Munich. In Basel, Sporting sees a familiar opponent having wiped out the Swiss club in the UEFA Cup. Shakhtar, the kings of the Ukraine, are an unfamiliar foe.
Should Sporting gain a result Tuesday and Barcelona continues to be a shaky proposition in a difficult La Liga, Sporting could be poised to surprise and win the group.


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I've updated the Mule support to HiveMind as a container for its managed components to be able to use the HiveMind service-id as a reference.
This is far more concise the the full class name and overall lets you abuse of it and have (under different service-id) different implementation of the same interface.
After stressing this in my current project i would like to consider having Mule to embrace a Registry supplied by an external entity.
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Esther LoebKohn
"The great need today is for social inventions for the prevention of destitution and illness." This statement, made in 1938, illustrates two of the primary interests of Esther Loeb Kohn's life—social reform and medical social work. A thirty-year resident of Hull House, the famous Chicago social settlement founded by Jane Addams, Kohn was also an active volunteer and financial supporter of Jewish charitable organizations in Chicago. A "professional board lady," in addition to her work on behalf of child welfare she devoted great effort to bridging the gap between volunteer and professional social workers.
Esther Loeb Kohn came from the old-line, well-to-do, German Jewish Loeb family. The daughter of Emma (Mannheimer) and William Loeb, a former captain in the Civil War, she was born on Chicago's Near North Side on January 12, 1875. The second-oldest child of seven and the eldest daughter, Kohn left school at age fifteen to help raise her younger siblings. She had a fine singing voice and, while still a youth, was invited by Theodore Thomas, who later established the Chicago Symphony, to sing with his Apollo Club.
In December 1894, at age nineteen, Esther Loeb married Alfred D. Kohn. He possessed a Ph.D. in English but decided to attend medical school, and the couple later went to Germany, where he completed his training. Rather than retiring to her home after marriage, Esther Loeb Kohn took courses at the University of Chicago. While in Europe, she took advantage of the opportunity to further her musical training in Munich and Paris and also attended the University of Vienna. When the couple returned to Chicago, Kohn continued her education, taking courses at the School of Civics and Philanthropy, from which she eventually received a certificate. Later, in 1920, she played an important role in the merger of the school into the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago.
A member of the Chicago Board of Education, Alfred Kohn started the first nutrition program in the Chicago public schools, work that brought him into contact with Jane Addams. When he died suddenly in December 1909 at age thirty-seven, Esther Kohn had never met Addams personally but, nevertheless, decided to devote her energies to social service by becoming a Hull House resident. Realizing her administrative and organizational ability, Addams placed Kohn in charge of Hull House whenever she herself was not in residence, an occurrence that became more frequent with the passing years.
Always a supporter of Jewish causes, Kohn served as director, vice president, and president of the Jewish Social Service Bureau of Jewish Charities from 1921 to 1941. She was on the board of the Jewish Vocational and Employment Service and was instrumental in organizing the Work Shop for Handicapped Persons. She was also a board member and later president of the Board of the Scholarship Association for Jewish Children. In the 1930s, Kohn became a member of various groups engaged in rescuing victims of Nazi tyranny, and later she was active in the Chicago Committee on Displaced Persons and the American-Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, organizations that helped displaced persons admitted to the United States. A confirmed pacifist, Kohn had attended the 1921 peace conference in Vienna under the auspices of the International League for Peace and Freedom. In the 1930s, she backed groups such as the Chicago Committee Against Rearming Europe, and she opposed peacetime conscription following World War II. Concerned with the fate of children of working mothers, during the war Kohn was active in the Committee on War Problems.
Placed in charge of children's activities and the summer camp at Waukegan, Illinois, upon her arrival at Hull House, Kohn directed the volunteer movement and initiated a trade school for girls forced to leave school and seek employment. Later she persuaded the Chicago Board of Education to adopt the program for the city school system. It developed into the Vocational Guidance program and the Scholarship and Guidance Association, established in 1911. Immediately attracted to the Immigrants Protective League, Kohn became a board member in 1911. She remained a member of the board for fifty years, becoming chair of its finance committee.
Through her husband's profession, Kohn became interested in the medical social work field and was in its vanguard. She recommended that trained laypeople help medical social workers so that the professionals could be freed for large-scale "community planning for health and well-being," and she organized voluntary programs in various Chicago area hospitals.
With the growing professionalization of Hull House, Kohn became a link between volunteer and professional social workers. When a power struggle developed over control of the settlement after Jane Addams's death in 1935, Kohn was one of the committee members whom residents selected to work with the board in choosing a new head resident. When the board failed to consult the residents, however, Kohn disapproved of the changes and left Hull House in 1941. She and a widowed sister moved to a fashionable apartment where Kohn lived until her death and from which she continued to pursue her multiple activities. Always interested in politics, she financially backed liberal candidates, especially Adlai Stevenson, with whom she became friends. In later years, Kohn and Stevenson became the only honorary board members of the Immigrants Protective League.
Kohn was shy in front of large groups and never sought the limelight for herself. Toward the end of her long life, she began to receive recognition for her achievements as honors and awards were showered upon her. The Institute of Medicine of Chicago made her a Citizen Fellow in 1956 and reelected her to their board after her ninetieth birthday. She received the Golden Age Hall of Fame Award from the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago in 1960. Honored by the Immigrants Protective League in 1955 and 1959, she was named Sweetest Woman of the Year in 1960. In the spring of 1961, the Immigrants Service League, as the IPL was called by then, established the annual Esther L. Kohn Award, given each year to a native-born citizen who has helped immigrants. Active until the end, Esther Loeb Kohn died at age ninety on September 1, 1965.
Esther Loeb Kohn devoted her life to helping those less fortunate. Although she was a recognized expert in the child welfare and medical social work fields, financial security allowed Kohn to perform all her service as a volunteer. She was thus in a unique position to act as a link between the professionals and volunteers in Chicago social welfare organizations. Kohn, consequently, was an important figure in both Chicago's secular and Jewish communities.
Abbott, Edith, and Grace Abbott. Papers. University of Chicago; BEOAJ; Kohn, Esther Loeb, and Adela Miller Rich. Papers. Jane Addams Memorial Collection, University of Illinois at Chicago.
More on Esther Loeb Kohn
I am a graduate of Alfred D. Kohn elementary school, honor student,high school and college honor graduate, active in social and human services holding assistant and Director positions in Social Services for the Geriatric populations as well for people with disabilities. I am a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority whose motto is Greater Service,Greater Progress. I was pursuing a M.ed. with an emphasis in clinical mental health counseling with a 3.5 GPA at Delta State University in Mississippi. I had to leave to care for my family and me,lol.I am not here to ask for a handout but a hand up. I thank God because this moment is confirmation of a word that was breathed and spoken to me as a child that I was destined for greatness,this is confirmation of my faith because I never gave up hope ,I kept believing and I believe everything happens for a reason. I thank Mr. And Mrs.Kohn for planting those seeds of faith way back then because I am an unfinished masterpiece of their vision generations later. Grace and peace be unto you. Mrs. Quadril Siggers Abron.,
Esther Loeb was by grandfather's aunt, and was a larger than life figure in our family history. Thank you for the well written article and archive.
How to cite this page
Pfeffer, Paula F.. "Esther Loeb Kohn." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 27 February 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. (Viewed on December 10, 2019) <https://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/kohn-esther-loeb>.


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The cash was handed over, the log book entry filed and the great big jangling keyring with 8 keys changed hands. I'd totally forgotten how old cars have keys for doors, ignition, petrol cap etc all seperate let alone all the additional ones that come with a campervan.
The drive home was nowehere near as scary as I'd feared. Once I had actually got her started and staying ticking over (manual choke, a blast from the past!) and wrestled with listening to revs and deciding which of the not gears but letters on the not-a-gear-stick made the most appropriate noise all was well. It felt good to be high up and I don't think the length or breadth is much more than my people carrier actually.
I even got so confident at one point that I wound the window down and stuck my elbow out :) It took some manourvering to get her onto the drive and we have actually rejiggled her again since but she fits just fine and looks great :)
So, some pictures to introduce her properly seem in order:
Here's D and S in their bunk. The seller had already put a sleeping bag each up there for them. They will have pillows and other bedding from home to keep them snug and warm. The bunk has a pair of curtains that slide across to keep it seperate, a light, tiny slit windows at each side and a wind up and down skylight (D tells me he intends opening it in warm weather so he can sleep gazing at stars) and a cubby hole each for keeping stuff in. The cubby hole has a light. They easily both fit there and have already decided who is sleeping which side. There is plenty of space for them to keep most of the few toys etc they will be taking with them for the year. During the day and when travelling our bedding will also live up there along with the ladder they use to clamber up.
This is the view from the bunk, on the left is the sofa / bed / table and on the right is worktop over storage, heater and fridge. There are storage cupboards along both sides. At the back of the van is the kitchen area, a bathroom and that all important rear windscreen.
The fridge is super clever and can be run on gas, battery or mains hook up. We have ordered a hook up converter to fit to the end of the hook up lead so we can run everything off mains at home on the drive and at hosts with outside electric supply. I can't get this picture to rotate but you get the idea. It has 2 shelves, a tiny ice box for frozen bits and plenty of storage in the door.
Fold that work top back and you expose the sink and hob
Fold back the cupboard which slots into a recess underneath and you expose the oven and grill too. Under the sink is a cupboard complete with cutlery tray and a double cupboard for more storage.


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Traditionally, earth scientists have used pounds per cubic foot (lb/ft3) as the measure of air density. No doubt the traditional scientific scale works well for mathematical representations in scientific equations. However, sport is played by more non-scientific people than not, and a 100 scale fits athletes better for the most part.
The "Neeley Scale" represents a cross-section of the total atmosphere; that which extends only from the mountain tops to sea level where sports using a projectile are typically played. This cross-section is displayed on a 100 scale, which can then be divided into smaller increments of one or more decimals for extreme accuracy. However, the larger benefit is derived from the whole number as one compares performance or expectations between one geographical location and another.
Since air density is very light at the top of tall mountains, especially when the temperatures are warmer, the scale begins at zero at this elevation. The scale will approach 100 at sea level as the air density becomes heavier, if it is very cold in temperature on a particular event day. The bulk of professional and non-professional sporting events will fit between 20.0 and 80.0 on the "Neeley Scale," so that rarely would an event approach the extremes of zero and 100. One would probably be far below sea level and well into the Arctics' coldest air before the gauge would read above 100. Similarly, one would probably need to be in the highest of mountain peaks, with the temperature approaching "hot," for the gauge to read near zero on the scale.
The effect of humidity on air density is very slight and is actually opposite what it is commonly purported to be. The common reputation of humidity is that it is heavy; however, this is a misnomer. Humidity is actually light for a projectile to fly through, because there is more hydrogen in humid air than in dry air, which contains a larger percentage of nitrogen. And, of course, nitrogen is heavier than hydrogen. The "Neeley Scale" takes into account humidity, as well as temperature and elevation-related barometric pressure.
To use the "Neeley Scale" Air Density Calculator at the leftt; enter the zip code of the location you want to check the current air density index (ADI). Then, click on the "Change Zip" button to calculate. The calculator will enter the elevation, the current sea level pressure, the temperature and current humidity level and re-calculate the air density index automatically using actual barometric pressure for the location and altitude. Alternatively, you may check a future day or time for air density several days prior to a contest, by entering the venue elevation and the forecast pressure, temperature and humidity. Then, click on the "Change Loc Data" button to calculate. The automatic zip will disappear for manual entries and the Air Density Index will calculate using the actual barometric pressure at the elevation you entered.
Sports which will find the "Neeley Scale" significantly revealing include: golf, baseball, softball, tennis, basketball (3-point shot), football (field-goal kick and pass), soccer (corner kick), table tennis, badminton and volleyball. Shooting sports such as musket, archery, riflery, and hunting will benefit from the extreme accuracy of the "Neeley Scale" as well.
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Three's a crowd — especially when the three are Chris Brown, Karrueche Tran, and Rihanna.
The trio have been tangled up in a messy love triangle for many months now, ever since Brown started secretly hooking up with on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna while still dating Tran, who works with the R&B star on his clothing line. Tran and Brown broke up in October but are continuing their relationship as business partners — which has made it difficult for either of them to move on completely.
"I've been on a rollercoaster for the past year," Tran, 23, tells Vibe in a new interview.
That's an understatement. After Brown ended their romance last year, he posted a video to Twitter in which he said he was in love with both of his ex-girlfriends.
"When you share history with somebody, then you tend to fall in love with somebody else, it's kinda difficult," he said, admitting he was "a little drunk" in the clip. "Is there such thing as loving two people? I don't know if that's possible, but for me, I feel like that."
"It's a lot going on but it could be a lot worse," Tran tells Vibe of the ongoing saga. "And that's how I look at life. I take it for what it is. I move forward, grow from it, and at this point, that's what I'm doing. I'm not gonna sit and dwell and become consumed in that negativity, because I could very much be that person, especially when things are so public and so thrown in my face."
Indeed, Brown and Rihanna have been flaunting their rekindled romance all over Instagram and Twitter, with revealing pictures and messages to each other. Asked whether she would ever sit down with the two to work out her issues with them, Tran (who warred with Rihanna on the micro-blogging site last year) replies: "For everybody, emotionally, that would just be way too much. I'm a very mature person so if the time ever did come where we would need to sit down and talk, I'd do it. I'm a mature person. I can work it out but that would be a lot."
That said, the aspiring model/designer says she still loves her ex and wants him in her life. "At the end of the day, he will always be a friend," she tells Vibe. "We'll always care about each other."
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This is a quick follow-up to The End… I woke up with a little inspiration and felt like I had a bit more to say.
The popular theme is to make sure you are ready for when opportunity knocks. Take advantage and go for it. Right? Well, why are we waiting for opportunity to knock? Go knock on opportunity's door and say, "Hey, I'm ready, let's go!"
In my experience, we as a society do 'wait' a lot for things. I'm not saying that we should always take action 100% of the time, but more like make sure we aren't waiting unnecessarily.
Is the opportunity for a better life not here yet? Go make an opportunity. Go out and see what's out there. Moving to a different state, looking for a different job, whatever the scenario might be, if you don't go look for it, you may never find it at all.
So, don't wait for opportunity, go make opportunities happen for you.


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There is public disagreement on the credibility of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a diagnosis. Some refuse to believe that it is a real mental disorder. Instead, they claim it is a mere personality trait. While others–particularly those who have received a diagnosis–attest that it is a real disorder and that they have found treatment very helpful.
Overall, the public agrees on one point: There has been over-diagnosing of ADHD in both children and adults. For the purpose of this article, I will stray from the controversy and simply discuss cannabis use by ADHD patients. Does cannabis help patients manage their ADHD?
Symptoms of ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a varied condition and is thought to have a range of causes and symptoms. It is always characterized by the individual showing concerning levels of hyperactivity and impulsiveness. ADHD can cause lack of focus, high energy, and restlessness. Those diagnosed feel out of control of their symptoms. The memory can be also be affected and completing daily tasks is difficult.
Both children and adults can suffer from ADHD, though children are more likely to be diagnosed, with more than 7% of them being diagnosed with ADHD, compared to the 3-4% of adults. Children with ADHD may find it difficult to pay attention at school, sit still, or refrain from disruptive behavior. This can severely impact their education, their social development, and their relationships with peers and adults.
Therefore, it is understandable that many parents turn to professional help to address their child's ADHD. Some argue that the over medicalization of children is dangerous, but many kids have benefited from being diagnosed with ADHD and found medical treatment effective.
Diagnosing ADHD
The Diagnostics and Statistics Manual 5 (DSM5) has recently expanded the definition of ADHD, but there remains no fixed way of diagnosing the condition. ADHD is defined as a,
persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development.
For children, symptoms have to persist for at least 6 months. For adolescents, however, only five symptoms necessary for a diagnosis. There is no definitive difference between Attention Deficit Disorder, ADD, and ADHD. If you think you or someone you know might have ADHD, you should speak to a doctor. They will put you in contact with a specialist who might be able to help.
Treatments for ADHD
Treating ADHD can be very difficult. Talk therapies are only so effective, partially because the patient is required to focus for long periods of time to make progress. This process can be time consuming. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and other forms of behavioural therapies can be effective, and they are usually done in combination with some form of medication.
The most common drugs used for treating ADHD are stimulants, such as: Adderall, Focaline, Dexedrine, Ritalin and Mydayis. The effects are varied and if they are effective or ineffective depends on the patient. There is considerable public concern over the overuse and misuse of these drugs, particularly within paediatric medicine.
The majority of people with ADHD say the stimulants bring some relief from their ADHD symptoms. The long term effects on the patient's development are not yet understood, but if the drug means the difference between attending school or failing, the medicine is often the more viable choice.
Can Cannabis Help ADHD?
Cannabis is an upcoming alternative to a range of mainstream prescription drugs. Cannabis has been used for its medicinal benefits for thousands of years. One study looked at forum posts from people with ADHD, and found that,
(25%) percent of individual posts indicated cannabis is therapeutic for ADHD, as opposed to 8% that it is harmful, 5% that it is both therapeutic and harmful, and 2% that it has no effect on ADHD.
Cannabis has long been used to manage mental health issues. Due to the prohibition by Western governments, medical cannabis did not get proper scientific attention. Only recently has the question "can cannabis help ADHD?" began to be researched and, even now, only sparsely.
To some, marijuana and ADHD might seem like a terrible combination, but that is probably due to misconceptions about cannabis. Marijuana was long portrayed as a dangerous drug with no medical value. Governments went so far as to spread misinformation and fear about the drug, connecting it to crime, mental illness, and immigrants. The real impact of cannabis not likely to send push people to insanity, unlike in the unintentionally hilarious American propaganda video from the 1930's, Reefer Madness.
Thankfully, medical cannabis is starting to be less stigmatized and more readily available. Cannabis seems to have neuroprotective effects. It basically helps the brain heal and protects it from harm. However, there is a small risk to young people who smoke large quantities of the drug and have a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia, but the number is slim.
Cannabis has a mood stabilizing effect and, unlike prescribed drugs, acts as both a stimulant and a sedative. It provides a degree of calmness that can be enormously helpful to patients. The drug also increases dopamine levels and overall brain chemicals. It remains to be scientifically proven if cannabis can treat ADHD but, due to large numbers of ADHD patients self-medication with cannabis, there is a lot of anecdotal evidence to suggest that it is at least beneficial to some.
One study, using 30 patients, who they tested first for cognitive functions, found positive association. They first tested half of the participants with Sativex Oromucosal Spray (a concentrated form of cannabis) and then tested the other half with a placebo. They found that,
Adults with ADHD may represent a subgroup of individuals who experience a reduction of symptoms and no cognitive impairments following cannabinoid use.
This is potentially great news given the concerns regarding traditional treatment.
One of the major complaints about drugs taken for ADHD is that they can reduce creativity and cognitive functioning. Patients often complain that they feel dull on the medicine. This is unlike cannabis which seems to help with the symptoms and allow the patients to remain creative. Actually, cannabis is often taken recreationally because of its benefits for creativity and increased brain activity.
Studies on how ADHD develops in children and the effects of cannabis on children are both in their infancy. The conclusion of one study was that,
cannabis use does not exacerbate ADHD-related alterations..but..this finding awaits replication in a larger sample.
The Canadian Pediatric Society concludes that more evidence is needed before prescribing cannabis to children, with the possible exception of some forms of epilepsy. It is suggested that there could be "significant adverse effects in children" and the risks should be "carefully evaluated over the long-term" first.
The health situation is different for adults. They can use it with low to no risk, as long as it is legal where they live. In places cannabis remains illegal, it is recommended that those with ADHD find a different, legal treatment instead.
Medical marijuana is known to be a non-toxic, tolerable drug with few side effects. Due to the stigma and criminalization of the drug, it is unlikely to be properly explored for some time. Unfortunately, this will be much too late for those who may have benefited from the drug in their youth.
Using Cannabis for ADHD
Self-administering cannabis for ADHD is relatively easy. Tolerability for humans is high, and there are a number of ways it can be consumed. CBD oil has become common in the medical marijuana community and is easily absorbed into the bloodstream.
Smoking marijuana is never recommended. It may be a quick way of getting the cannabinoids into the bloodstream, but it is dangerous over the long term. The risk of cancer, emphysema, and heart disease raises significantly with regular smoking. Vaporizing cannabis is much healthier than smoking. Eating cannabis is also basically risk free, but be sure to careful with the doses.
If you are considering using cannabis for your ADHD, please do so only in consultation with your doctor. It is a drug and should be taken seriously. How it interacts with other medications is not yet understood and, in order to develop a proper treatment plan, a doctor needs to know exactly what you are taking.


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In the sometimes hilarious and sometimes lame satire "American Dreamz," the fault line is easy to spot. The pop culture references are sly, cynical and consistently funny. As the host of a reality show called "American Dreamz" -- a series so irresistible that even terrorists in Qaeda camps are fans -- Hugh Grant creates a delicious, genuinely vile version of Simon Cowell from "American Idol." But the political satire is just as dependably flat, with Dennis Quaid, as the president, offering an already exhausted round of dumb-Bush jokes.
Some lethal combination of comic unevenness and cynicism may have doomed the film commercially. Written and directed by Paul Weitz (whose sounder commercial instincts were at work in "American Pie), "American Dreamz" opened on Friday and had a deadly weekend gross of less than $4 million. But the pop-political fault line that the film exposes goes beyond this one movie. In "Thank You for Smoking," Jason Reitman's satire of political spin, the funniest scene takes place on an "Oprah"-type television show. Nick Naylor, the tobacco lobbyist played by Aaron Eckhart, blithely refuses to take responsibility for a bald teenager who has obviously undergone chemotherapy, saying, "It's in our best interest to keep Robin alive and smoking." Next to that the Washington scenes are toothless.
If pop culture satires are working in current films while political satires aren't, it's not just because Jon Stewart and other television comedians can get there first. Political satires on screen may be most successful when they don't aim at specific politicians at all. Even Mike Nichols's underrated "Primary Colors" (1998), about the sexual scandals of a Clinton-like presidential candidate (John Travolta), paled next to real life. But "Wag the Dog" (1997), an all-too-realistic fable about political strategists duping the public with a fake war -- a film about public relations as much as politics -- is considered a recent classic.
At their shrewdest, movies like "American Dreamz" and "Thank You for Smoking" follow the lead of "Wag the Dog." They don't attack individual politicians or entertainers (not even Simon); they are really satirizing how all those scoundrels in Washington and Hollywood talk down to us.
Today even the late-night comics are stuck in an obvious Bush-as-idiot rut. But four years into "American Idol" and six years after "Survivor" set off the reality craze, viewers may be ready to laugh at the falseness of such shows, targets that are close to home and easier to take lightly than a grinding war. The audience's skepticism has become part of the joke.Continue reading the main story
This perspective, with its mocking view of the culture of spin and celebrity, has been fostered by the Internet. The coverage of the birth of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's daughter last week reveals the widening gap between gushing and cynical approaches to fame.
Television infotainment shows like "Access Hollywood" and "Entertainment Tonight" spewed out on-screen congratulations from other media-hungry celebs; Web sites and blogs continued the relentless disbelief they have directed at the couple from the start, with jokes about what kind of baby present to give a strapped-on pillow and satires of the tabloid coverage that nicknamed the couple TomKat. The Web site Gallery of the Absurd (galleryoftheabsurd.typepad.com) offers a scathingly funny caricature, a "TomRat Family Portrait," with a maniacally grinning TomRat, complete with snout and long tail, holding a taller, beaming KatieRat by a leash while he cradles a snouted little pink bundle.
"American Idol" has always had two audiences too: viewers who laugh with it and those who laugh at it (and not only at the indisputably awful early auditions). Picking up on the derisive strain, "American Dreamz" satirizes the show's manipulation.
Mandy Moore, as Sally Kendoo, a ruthlessly ambitious contestant pretending to be an all-American innocent, isn't a bit surprised when the camera crew asks her to restage her initial shock at being selected for the show; she calmly agrees, then gives it an excited and shrieking Take 2. An image consultant positions her as "white trash" (a Britney Spears strategy, he says) and has her pretend she's still in love with the boyfriend she has dumped. He's just back from Iraq, and the audience will eat up the romance with a war hero. Nothing is real on "American Dreamz" except the black hole at the center of the host's heart, as Mr. Grant takes Mr. Cowell's villainous act to its limit.
But while Willem Dafoe makes an unlikely and amusing Cheney-like adviser, the concept of the Cheney figure as the puppet master and the president as a dunce is an antique of political humor. The terrorists here are funnier because they are saturated in American pop culture. In this film they don't hate us; they love us, or at least our entertainment.
In a gleefully silly scene Omer, the main terrorist, sings and dances to a recording of "A Chorus Line" in his tent at training camp, the first sign that Al Qaeda might not be his true passion. He is sent to a sleeper cell in Orange County (or, as the TV soap calls it, the OC), where he lives with his nonterrorist relatives. His oblivious aunt is played by Shohreh Aghdashloo, in a wink at her role as the suburban sleeper-cell mom in "24."
This mushy affection for pop culture undermines the cynicism of "American Dreamz," but at least the film has some daring. In "Thank You for Smoking," the tobacco lobbyist is a heavy smoker, yet we never see him smoke. He reaches for a cigarette in one scene, discovers he's out, then just tosses the empty pack and sits there. That's the sign of a cowardly film. Although the satire is more about spin than smoking, there is something hypocritical about a film whose hero argues that he wants to sell cigarettes by making smoking glamorous on screen again -- anyone who smokes in movies today is either "a psychopath or a European," he says -- and never lets him smoke.
The movie can't sustain the political savvy or the cynicism of its source, Christopher Buckley's novel. William H. Macy, as a senator who wants to put a skull and crossbones on cigarette packs, is simply a foil for Nick.
The importance of pop culture as a target is also revealing when satire goes wrong, as it did so disastrously in Albert Brooks's recent "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World." Playing a fictional version of himself, sent by the United States government to find out what makes Muslims laugh, Mr. Brooks performs tiresome stand-up comedy in India. The routines are meant to be lame and the fictional Brooks faltering in his career. But the idea of doing stand-up is so "Seinfeld," so last decade, so far from today's pop culture flashpoints.
It ignores what the shrewdest satirists are beginning to realize, sometimes to their commercial peril: the behind-the-scenes manipulation is often the show itself. The Wizard of Oz -- not the great and mighty projected image but the man behind the curtain -- may be today's most effective entertainer.Continue reading the main story


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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Maria Hjorth had a final-hole bogey Thursday but still is among four players sharing the lead at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia tournament.
Hjorth, Choi Na-yeon, Brittany Lang and Dewi Claire Schreefel each had six birdies and a bogey Thursday in shooting 5-under-par 66. They are tied for the lead, one stroke ahead of Paige Mackenzie and Azahara Munoz.
Five more players are tied for seventh at 3-under 68.
Hjorth had three consecutive birdies over Nos. 3-6 and added three more over a four-hole span to get to 6-under for the round after 12 holes. However, she finished with five pars and an 18th-hole bogey to slip into the tie for first.
Choi, the world No. 4-ranked player, went the other way. She opened with four pars and had a bogey at No. 5. But she then had three straight birdies and grabbed a share of the lead with three birdies over Nos. 14-17.
Lang's lone bogey came at the 11th hole and it was birdies at 16 and 17 that moved her into first. Schreefel, who had a bogey at 14, finished with a birdie at 18 for her share of first.


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Sunburn 2017 Pune | Why Sunburn could be a lifetime Experience
Most Recent Update (15 September, 2017) : Could be a disappointment for Goa lovers, but yes its true SUNBURN Festival 2017 (28 to 31 December) or Sunburn 2017 will take place at Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune
Sunburn Official Facebook Page has created an event for it. You can RSVP to the official event here: http://bit.ly/Sunburn2017
Sunburn 11 or Sunburn 2017 Performing Artists : New Decade of Sunburn Festival brings you the most popular
DJ Snake on 29th December 2017 (First Time on Sunburn Festival)
Martin Garrix on 31st December 2017
Buy Sunburn 2017 Tickets Here : Sunburn 2017 Early Bird Tickets
Sunburn 2017 Early Bird Ticket Price : Rs. 4000/- + Taxes.
Do comment below, if you think that Pune Sunburn can't be compared with Goa Sunburn
Till then, don't forget to read our story about Sunburn 2015 Goa below. I bet you will also agree, why we all wanted Sunburn 2017 to be Goa.
Update (21 August, 2017) : The wait for Sunburn 2017 is finally over. The organisers have officially announced the dates for Sunburn 2017. They have announced the dates for this Mega Event and posted it as a facebook event.
Like every year Sunburn 2017 will be a 4 days event. We all were waiting for this announcement for so long. Here you go,
Sunburn 2017 Dates Announced : 28th December 2017 to 31st December 2017
Also, don't miss to watch this awesome after movie of Sunburn 2016. They have launched it on their facebook page today only :
Here is the official announcement from Sunburn organisers for Sunburn 2017.
We all hope and pray it will be in goa this year. Lets Hope for Sunburn 2017 Goa….:) #Sunburn2017Goa
Till then do read our real experience from Sunburn 2015 Goa
Giant Wheel at Sunburn 2015 Goa
Party, music, dance & unlimited madness could be very less to describe the extravagant experience that anyone can live with one of the best EDM in India. Sunburn 2017 Goa is only few months away now but the curiosity, excitement & planning for the event has already started.
Everyone of us wants Sunburn 2017 to happen again in Goa, as it is always unfair for an huge event like this to miss the India's favourite party destination. My experience with Sunburn 2015 Goa is something which I cant just describe in words, its not at all like all other EDMs which happens all around the year in different cities of India. It was the 9th anniversary of Sunburn and I can tell you we lost ourselves at that grand celebration.
It would be immensely hard for us to miss the excitement that is why we planned for the upcoming edition of Sunburn Goa that was Sunburn 2015. Creating a loud buzz across dance music or EDM fanatics, considered as the largest Asian music festival, Sunburn continues to top every must-experience list, mine included.
If you're still not sure about heading over to this brilliant electronic music event – then here's why you absolutely should.
– Huge production scale
You will not at all believe till you actually see it, They have indeed the finest stages across any Indian music festival. Check out this original photograph clicked by us when we attended Sunburn Goa 2015. We hope sunburn 2017 stage could be more epic.
– Unmatched line-up or Best EDM artists around the world
Whether you like psy trance, EDM, techno, indie/electronica, Sunburn always has an allrounder line-up for you.
Here are the artists who performed in Sunburn 2015 Goa. Again, we hope the artist line-up for sunburn 2017 goa would be more surprising and more mind blasting.
Main Stage : Martin Garrix, David Guetta (The Rockstar & the Big Daddy of EDM), Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, KSHMR (who made his India debut in 2015), Felix Jaehn, and the most happening "KYGO"
Star Wars Stage : Seth Troxler, Art Department, Tube & Berger, and many more.
Psy stage : Liquid Soul, Desert Dwellers, Gaudium & many more
– Location : The party city of India "Go Goa"
One of the Goa's best party beaches, Sunburn being housed at the stunning Vagator beach, always a cherry on the delicious cake. And, in my opinion, there is not at all a better location for such a festival anywhere else in the country. Sunburn 2016 was held at Pune, like many others, I also skipped sunburn 2016 edition due to location factor. I believe sunburn is tightly coupled with Goa and none of the city in India could match it.
– The fantastic timing
Only dumbs work between Christmas and New Year's Eve, and it is indeed the best time to have such a huge party full of madness. Still not convinced? Search on internet it is the top of the peak season to visit Goa and to see every colour of India's favourite party destination.
Sunburn 2017 Goa Dates
As always, We expect the festival will be hosted between 27-30 December, 2017 and tickets would be fast selling out. There is a wonderful option to buy tickets in advance. The organisers would probably launch Sunburn 2017 Goa Early Bird Tickets very soon, may be as soon as the venue gets finalised.
# Things you need to plan for Sunburn 2017 Goa
– Buy Early Bird tickets in advance, as they are cheaper and you can get a flexibility to pay in parts.
– Book hotels & flights early, we would suggest to book at least 4-5 months prior your trip, as December is the peak tourist season in Goa and you will have to pay almost 4 times for your trip if you do not have booked everything in advance.
– Rent a self drive car prior too. All the self drive cars will be sold out too or you have to pay a lot more extra for it.
– Try to book your hotel near Vagator beach, as it would be very time consuming because of heavy traffic after each day's event end.
– Our suggestion to buy General Pass only. Do not go for VIP pass. You can have more fun in General Area as compared to the VIP zone.
– Try to reach the venue by around 4-5 pm as you will find less traffic at that time.
– Food and other stuff could be quite expensive inside the venue. So be prepared to shell out some extra bugs….;)
# Do checkout some of our memories from Sunburn 2015 Goa below
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David Guetta (The PAPA of all EDMs) performing live his chartbuster "Dangerous"
Crowd getting crazy, shouts "Once More" as David Guetta Signs Off


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Our t-shirts are made of 50% organically grown Texas cotton and 50% recycled post-consumer plastics (up to 3 20 oz. plastic bottles per shirt!). While it would have been a whole lot easier for us to give you a cheap, genetically altered cotton, we wanted to make sure we were doing right by the planet. By using recycled plastics, we are helping get rid of those pesky single use bottles that are discarded only to live in landfills and oceans forever. And by using organic cotton, we are making sure your purchases are going towards promoting healthy and sustainable farming, with companies that share our passion for a healthy planet. We have dedicated ourselves to using only eco-friendly products and businesses because we want you to feel just as good about the eco-friendly process we use to develop our shirts as you do about the designs on the front of them.
Organic Cotton
So what's the big deal about using organic cotton anyways, you ask? Well, the benefits are many. For starters, the farm that grows the cotton we use is located in Texas and they have worked mighty hard to gain their Organic certification. For them, Organic doesn't just mean grown naturally, it means that everything they do in regards to their organic cotton is environmentally responsible. They start with soil that is more fertile than most because their process uses the science of crop rotation, which keeps the soil from becoming overused and depleted of its resources (preventing the dust bowl from coming back). What that also means is that they don't have to rely on growth hormones, because they are actually using fertile, quality soil. So no GMOs here. The next place a lot of farms go wrong is by using (and overusing) herbicides. But at our guy's farm, guess what they use? Nature and old fashioned hard work. They pull the weeds that pop up instead of waging chemical warfare on them, and they use natural predators to feed on the bugs and other creatures that can damage the cotton. Makes sense to us.
So what's the big deal? Well, you'll know once your put on your new shirt. It's soft, it's lightweight, and you may rest assured that your cotton was grown to minimize its eco-footprint.
Recycled Plastic
From the side of the highway to the Pacific Gyre, our planet has a huge problem with the amount of post-consumer plastic that is discarded day after day. So while we at Born to Backpack are committed to reducing our own plastic waste, we also wanted to be proactive and use our shirts to help clean up what others have thrown out. Because even though incorporating recycled plastic bottles into our shirts isn't as good as eliminating plastics in the first place, we think its a close second. So as long as there are plastic bottles being thrown out, we will continue to help keep them out of our oceans and highways and turn them into shirts you love.
But our decision to offer shirts that are made from recycled plastic doesn't just serve the planet, it serves us too. We love using recycled plastic because of the benefits it provides as a fabric. By choosing a fabric that incorporates three 20 oz plastic bottles per shirt, we are able to incorporate the performance benefits of Polyester into our already soft shirts. On top of that, the plastic simply makes your shirt better. Polyester is the main fabric in moisture wicking shirts, and that same polyester is the end result of incorporating the recycled plastic into our shirts. So when you are thinking about which shirt to pack for your next trip, make sure its a shirt that works with you, not one that works against you on the road.
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On top of all the good that is done by using an eco-friendly process, our products perform in ways other shirts can't. The recycled bottles that are turned into your perfect shirt are great at wicking away moisture; meaning that when you are out in the world, either at home or abroad, you won't be held back by a wet cotton shirt. You will be enjoying the breeze on your back and the design on your chest.
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When we cultivate our heart wisdom and compassion, it can bring amazing changes: the healing of past trauma and painful emotional states as we discover our true essential nature.
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Small Farms Growing On Top of New York Schools
The Fifth Street Farm Project is building the new farm on a building in New York's Lower East Side that houses three schools.
"Construction is due to commence this fall, and by next spring, school children should be planting vegetables on a 3,000-square-foot roof deck with spectacular views of the surrounding neighborhood. This experiment in urban agriculture, led by the World Trade Center Memorial designer Michael Arad, will be integrated into existing school courses on science and nutrition. The children will also have the opportunity to eat the food grown on the roof in their school cafeteria."
Parents groups at other schools throughout Manhattan are also looking to get small-scale farms onto the roofs of their kids' schools and into their classrooms.


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What they're saying out there in the ether about Colorado's 9-8 win over San Diego in the NL tiebreaker ...
• Rockies Celebrate ... But He Still Has Not Touched Home Plate! Matt Holliday never touched the plate and Tim McClellan knows it. He absolutely knows it. He stood back and did not make a call because he knew it. A thought process happened, and then he made the call in slow motion. They are interviewing Matt Holliday on TBS at this very moment and even he won't say he touched the plate. Quote, "The umpire said I did, so..."
What's more, I am flat out, right now accusing Tim McClellan of making a call that, if not downright influenced by a desire to punish Sandy Alderson and the Padres, was at the very least a call that ended a ball game which he had no evidence to make. A call that ended a team's season. I can't prove that it was consciously or subconsciously influenced by any bias. But I believe it. See, the non-call was already a call. It was saying he did not touch the plate. Never seen an umpire reverse a call? Guess what? You just did. [San Diego Spotlight]
• An Epic Game Of Inches. Tonight's game was the poster child for how the fate of a baseball season can rest on the smallest of margins. From Garrett Atkins' "double" that struck a suspiciously solid object behind the yellow padding to Matt Holliday's "to score or not to score?" slide, this cruel game toyed with the Rockies and Padres, leaving their fates twisting in the late October night until the dust had settled on Holliday's final dive. Ultimately, the Rox were rewarded for busting their asses all night even when the breaks weren't falling their way and it's that exact drive and determination that sets this team apart. [Up In The Rockies]
• Defeat. And then I can tell you that Hoffy came to the mound. This is where the lack of a picture makes sense. A picture can be worth a thousand words — and in this day and age, a link may well be worth a million — but I can be sure, within a zillionth of an inch, that the pain is these words will be worth far more than any image you may lay your feeble eyes upon. For when Trevor Hoffman came in, and gave up a double to Kaz Matsui ... I'm going to say this slow, just so you understand . . . K-a-z M-a-t-s-u-i . . . I knew it was over. A two-strike gapper? To Kaz Matsui? [And Here Come The Pretzels]
• Le Sigh. Not a whole lot else to say. Good luck, Colorado. Have fun in the post season. I'll save my Trevor Hoffman Needs to Retire post for another night. If you're a non-Padres fan and you're thinking about trolling, just know that the Ban Button is coming down quick and without mercy. [Gaslamp Ball]
• Matt Holliday's Face Pain Brings Joy To Colorado. Technically it was a "tiebreaker" game, and part of the regular season, and the expanded roster is still in play. Um, bullshit. Call it the "National League Wild Card semifinal." They earned the right to play an extra game, and it's played in October, broadcast on TBS, and they don't drag Cal Ripken from the sofa into the studio to talk about a regular season game, now do they? [Blogcritics.org]
• The Rockies Are God's Team. Remember that article about the Colorado Rockies that came out in USA Today last summer? "Baseball's Rockies Seek Revival On Two Levels," it was titled, and detailed their quest to bring themselves up from the NL West's gutter. But it also described an organization guided not by Moneyball, but by Christianity. [Lion In Oil]
• Meanwhile, In New York ... As The Rockies were beating the Padres, Mr. Met was attempting suicide ... and failing pathetically. Late Night With Conan O'Brien has the exclusive footage. With a cameo appearance by the Phillie Phanatic, who evidently has had a gastric bypass.


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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Since being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia I love reading and absorbing anything I can that will teach me about this invisible disease. I found an absolute gem of a video presentation. It's a little over an hour but WELL WORTH THE TIME. It keeps your interest especially on days where following anything is a little tough.
Dr. Sean Mackey, assistant professor of anesthesia, at the Stanford University Medical Center gives a detailed presentation on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain.
He talks about the symptoms of Fibromyalgia, treatments, alternative studies and the latest research. It's really informative and a wonderful presentation! It is a great video for friends or family who don't quite understand what is going on in your body. He knows a great deal about this disease and he presents this information in a positive manner.
He hits you right away with the heightened sensitization of pain transmitters and believes that Fibromyalgia may very well be a central nervous system condition.
I promise you'll find this very enlightening and informative.
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X-Cavate! Is a brand new curriculum for New Wine Kids, covering all our rock-themed groups. This curriculum resource is especially for Gems (0-2s) and Pebbles (3-4s).
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The ministry of Jesus combined teaching with words with demonstration of the loving power of God. His whole life pointed to the reality of who God is.
Jesus trained his disciples to do the things that he did – but he himself said that he was doing only what he saw his Father doing (John 5:19).


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Having worked closely with Bogdan Dullsky (Quest.Room.Project – see NTT043) on this 1st album of the Psygnosis trilogy, Idle Sunder has transcended the space drone boundaries they were once confined to, to visit a universe of remarkably visual minimal rhythms and manipulated instruments/recordings.
All of the tracks contain a great diversity in both sound and style, while retaining a quite conceptual atmosphere which holds ground in between existential and psychological ideas that are sure to be elaborated on throughout the remainder of this project.
A word of thanks goes out to all the people that have made a contribution in one form or another:
levinj, Suonho, djgriffin, NoiseCollector, Melack and Bram at Freesound for sound sources, Winne Clement for the flute in track 8 and once again Christian Jehle for the nice cover art.
- 01 Welcome
- 02 Analyse
- 03 Aeon
- 04 Paradigm Shift
- 05 Introspection
- 06 Unknown
- 07 Fury
- 08 Boundary Dissolution


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WRAPIt's been awhile since i've posted anything and that's because i'm currently working wrap on the Production i'm finishing. Wrap is a great time of the job, everyone is getting excited to finish and the big free party that follows!
The atmosphere is lighter and everyone, even though very busy, seems to bask in the glory of getting to the end of a job without cracking up!
I've had a lot of fun on this job, moments were stressful but not hardly as much as some horror jobs, we've all been there! I'm moving right onto a research job after this so it'll still be a few weeks until i'm free to relax and plan some kind of Summer activity!
Most weekends I don't do much but chill out and go for a hike with my beautiful Jessie!
(incase you forgot what she looked like!)
And of course watching everything I can possibly consume, okay well all the good interesting, entertaining stuff anyway. I actually began re-watching the Final season of Parks. Breaks my heart that it's over but at the same time, it's nice to see how a show will wrap itself up, especially one that's gone for so long and done so much! I really enjoyed the final season. I've been looking into the behind scenes a lot to see how everyone worked together. They also seems to have kept basically the same crew through the entire series, like a family!
I'd love to have the chance to work on a tight knit show with a family crew! what I mean by that is just a crew that I know so well from working together for so long that we're like family. I have a few new family members already! Working on Thrones i've met a lot of amazing people, but it's the biggest show in the world and HBO, so there's a lot of crew changes every year and the job itself is so long and so tough, which is why I take a year between seasons, otherwise I wouldn't be my cheery self anymore, i'd be bug-eyed crazy lady..... oh but where was I going with this?
Parks is a show that will subconsciously make you a better person, it's hard not to. You see how passionate everyone in the show is and I think parts of everyone wants to strive to be that little bit better too! At least everyone whom I know that actually watches the show agrees. Internet peoples probably won't so much, huh?
I think my favourite episode was *SPOILER* Donna's wedding.
It was so funny! And Donna finally got more screen time, it's her day! She also marries
Keegan-Michael Key!
Also it just shows how much everyone means to eachother! All invited to the wedding and all key players in making her day!
Such a heart warming show! aw, i'm getting sappy! ^___^
Tying the Knope!
Moving onto a totally different subject, I really wanted to post some of the pictures from my last hike with Jessie, One moment it was beautiful blue skies, next the clouds started rolling in and it was pouring, thats the Irish Summer people. Me and Jess ran into the trees to get some protection, the lighting was so magical and enchanting I got some interesting pictures of the shamrocks.
I'm not sure why I like these pictures so much, they aren't particularly well taken ( it was rainy and on a hill to be fair with my shitty phone) but i'm sticking with the enchanting thing. It just looked like a forest in a different, magical world, and I love my fantasy.


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My work experience is mainly in retail. I was a store manager of a Petsmart in Pennsylvania for 6 years. There I achieved the Circle of Excellence Award. That award is given to stores that are in the top 5% of the entire company. Before working at Petsmart, I was a manager of various departments at Target. My last position being head of Staffing and Development. There I handled all the hiring of new employees as well as training for all employees.
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- CETA could pave the way for professionals from Europe to find new job opportunities in Canada.
- Professionals in the EU and Canada will be able to practice their professions in each other's territories thanks to mutual recognition of qualifications.
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U.S. Begins Push Against Republican Guard
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The United States has begun a major ground offensive against the Republican Guard units defending Baghdad, entering what is expected to be the fiercest combat of the war in Iraq.
The Pentagon is still hoping Saddam Hussein's regime will collapse before troops are drawn into bloody urban warfare in the capital, Defense Department officials said Wednesday.
The Republican Guard forces targeted in the ground assault are the main military forces standing between American invading troops and Saddam's centers of power in the capital of more than 5 million.
"The circle is closing," around Baghdad, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday, before the ground battle with the Republican Guard intensified.
Military officials repeatedly voice worries that Iraq could use chemical or biological weapons against U.S. forces as they close in on the capital.
U.S. Army units attacked forces from the Republican Guard's Medina Division near Karbala, and farther to the east Marines near the city of Kut fought with the Baghdad Division of the Republican Guard.
Days of thunderous airstrikes, artillery barrages and skirmishes with U.S. armed reconnaissance units have weakened both divisions.
"They're being attacked from the air. They're being pressured from the ground. And in good time, they won't be there," Rumsfeld said.
To reinforce degraded units, Iraqis moved parts of two Republican Guard divisions that normally operate north of Baghdad and near Saddam's hometown of Tikrit to the southern outskirts of the capital.
The Republican Guard forces are the best trained and best equipped in Saddam's military. Still, they've been in decline since losing the 1991 Persian Gulf War and rely on tanks and other heavy weapons that were out of date the first time they faced U.S. forces.
A dozen years of sanctions took their toll, reducing the numbers of Soviet-built tanks the Republican Guards could use and the number of spare parts they could stockpile.
A main question is whether the Republican Guard forces have some of the chemical and biological weapons that U.S. leaders say Saddam is keeping _ and whether they could or would use them. Though they have found no chemical weapons, coalition troops searching captured Iraqi areas have found thousands of chemical protective suits and masks as well as nerve agent antidotes and chemical decontamination equipment.
The initial fighting is over terrain where American troops have advantages: Open country and small towns, rather than the urban sprawl of Baghdad. Iraqi officials have said they hope to draw the American forces into urban combat, which is chaotic, difficult and bloody both for military forces and for civilians.
The urban environment shifts some of the advantage to the defender, who can use smaller numbers of fighters sheltered in buildings and underground to pick off invading troops. U.S. military doctrine on urban combat focuses not on the street-by-street fighting Iraq hopes to bring about but on grabbing and holding key areas such as government buildings and military compounds.
From the start of the war in Iraq, the Pentagon has predicted that ordinary Iraqis would revolt once it became clear Saddam's forces would lose.
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The Saga Begins
|"The Saga Begins"
|Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
|from the album Running with Scissors
|June 24, 1999
|digital download, CD
|April 20, 1999
|Comedy rock, folk rock
|Don McLean, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Bruce "DA FRO" Scruggs
|"Weird Al" Yankovic
|"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
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"The Saga Begins" is a parody song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It parodies "American Pie" by Don McLean, with lyrics that humorously summarize the plot of the film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace through the point of view of Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the protagonists of the film.
The song's title, not mentioned anywhere in the lyrics, derives from a tagline that appeared in teaser trailers and the film poster[1] for The Phantom Menace: "Every saga has a beginning". "The Saga Begins" was released as a single from the 1999 album Running with Scissors, and later appearing on the compilation album titled The Saga Begins.
Set to the tune of Don McLean's "American Pie", "The Saga Begins" recounts the plot of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, from Obi-Wan Kenobi's point of view. Yankovic gathered most of the information he needed to write the song from Internet spoilers.[2] Although Lucasfilm declined a request for an advance screening, Yankovic eventually attended a costly pre-screening for charity.[2] He had done such an accurate job with the story line that after the pre-screening, he ended up making only very minor alterations.[2]
McLean approved of the song and,[2] according to Yankovic, also has said that his children played it so much that "he'd start thinking about Jedis and Star Wars, and it would mess him up" in concert.[3] According to Yankovic's official website, Lucasfilm's official response to the song was, "You should've seen the smile on (George Lucas') face."[4] This is the second Star Wars song Weird Al has created, with the first being 1985's "Yoda", a parody of "Lola" by The Kinks.
Music video[edit]
The video begins in the desert on the planet Tatooine. Yankovic, dressed like Obi-Wan Kenobi, the protagonist of Episode I, walks until he comes across Darth Sidious playing the piano. Yankovic uses the Force to get a resonator guitar, and in the second verse he reappears performing in a Mos Eisley cantina leading a band also dressed as Jedi. In the last verse, he returns to the desert; and in the last chorus, numerous "Obi-Wan" clones sing as a group.
- Some Star Wars characters can be seen, such as Queen Padmé Amidala (played by Al's cousin, Tammy), Qui-Gon Jinn, Mace Windu, and Yoda.
- The upper half of the pianist's face is always covered by the hood of the robe that he is wearing much like the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. When asked why, Yankovic stated that, "They didn't want to scare small children," a reference to the playful teasing of Yankovic's pianist, Rubén Valtierra, commonly used in his live shows.
In 2011, the entire video was released as a bonus feature in a Star Wars spoofs compilation for the 2011 Blu-ray box set release of the saga.
Radio edit[edit]
The song was played frequently on Radio Disney and later released on Radio Disney Jams Volume 2. Radio Disney took issue with his line "Did you see him hitting on the queen?" and removed it (so that the song skipped slightly). Yankovic, who usually does not like to change lyrics to suit the needs of others, provided Radio Disney with an updated version, having changed the words to "Did you see him talking to the queen?" He said that the alternate lyrics were preferable to the bad edit.
|Chart (2010)
|US Comedy Digital Tracks (Billboard)[5]
- ^ File:Star Wars Phantom Menace poster.jpg
- ^ a b c d TheForce.Net - Jedi Council - Interviews | Weird Al Yankovic
- ^ Mansfield, Brian (May 10, 2015). "On the Road Again: "Weird" Al Yankovic". USA Today. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ^ AskAl Archive, published August 1999; retrieved June 27, 2015
- ^ "Weird Al Yankovic – Chart History: Comedy Digital Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
External links[edit]
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins - Official music video on YouTube
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics


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