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Gibbons, James
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James Gibbons, Roman Catholic prelate, was born in Baltimore, Md., the son of recent Irish immigrants, Thomas and Bridget Walsh Gibbons. In 1837 financial reverses forced the family to return to Ireland where young Gibbons received his early education. Returning to the United States in 1853, the family settled in New Orleans. Two years later James Gibbons entered a seminary in Baltimore, and he was ordained at the end of June 1861. During the Civil War he served as pastor of a church in Baltimore as well as chaplain at nearby forts and military prisons. Although a Unionist in sympathy, he showed little or no outward sign of his feelings; he had a brother who was a Confederate soldier. In 1865 he became secretary to the archbishop in Baltimore and remained in that position until 1868, when he was consecrated bishop. At age thirty-four, he was the youngest Roman Catholic bishop.
In that capacity Gibbons was assigned to serve the newly created diocese of North Carolina, which previously had been within the jurisdiction of a bishop resident in Charleston, S.C. There were few Roman Catholics in his new diocese but the young bishop, who arrived in Wilmington in October 1868 to make his home, undertook a tour of the state. He afterwards traveled frequently to serve small, scattered congregations. He was warmly welcomed and often preached to large congregations in Protestant churches as well as in courthouses and other public buildings. Bishop Gibbons's pleasing personality, his friendly manner, and his open mind earned him many friends. As new converts were made and his church grew, he came to be recognized as a spiritual leader of great force. His ability to work with people of various faiths was significant in his future and the reputation he gained in North Carolina had much to do with the course of his life. In 1872 he became bishop of Richmond, and in the spring of 1877 he was named archbishop coadjutor of Baltimore. In October, at the age of forty-three, Gibbons became the archbishop and in 1886 he was made a cardinal. In Washington, D.C., which lay within his jurisdiction, Gibbons founded the Catholic University of America. He was also the author of several books, a supporter of organized labor, and a defender of the principle of separation of church and state. He counted among his friends many presidents of the United States, justices, and other public officials who often sought his advice. Gibbons was praised for his role in eliminating prejudice and in breaking down many barriers between men. He died in Baltimore and was buried in the crypt of Baltimore Cathedral.
DAB, vol. 7 (1931).
John T. Ellis, Life of James Cardinal Gibbons (1952).
Louis T. Garaventa, "Bishop James Gibbons and the Growth of the Roman Catholic Church in North Carolina, 1868–1872" (M.A. thesis, University of North Carolina, 1973).
New York Times, 25 Mar. 1921.
Raleigh News and Observer, 5 May 1912.
Allen S. Will, Life of Cardinal Gibbons, 2 vols. (1922).
Day Allen Willey, "Cardinal Gibbons Forty Years Ago, The Work of a Zealous Young Bishop in North Carolina," Putnam's Monthly 4 (August 1908).
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"James Gibbons." N.C. Highway Historical Marker D-41, N.C. Office of Archives & History. https://www.ncdcr.gov/about/history/division-historical-resources/nc-highway-historical-marker-program/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&k=Markers&sv=D-41 (accessed May 7, 2013).
James Cardinal Gibbons in the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Gibbons%2C+James%2C+Cardinal%2C+1834-1921%22
Will, Allen S. (Allen Sinclair). Life of James, cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore, New York : J. Murphy company; [etc., etc. 1911. https://archive.org/details/lifejamescardina00will (accessed May 7, 2013).
Baltimore Basilica, James Cardinal Gibbons: http://www.baltimorebasilica.org/index.php?page=james-cardinal-gibbons
James Cardinal Gibbons Collection, Catholic University of America: http://archives.lib.cua.edu/findingaid/gibbons.cfm
History of the Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte: http://www.charlottediocese.org/history
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"James Gibbons." N.C. Highway Historical Marker D-41, N.C. Office of Archives & History. https://www.ncdcr.gov/about/history/division-historical-resources/nc-highway-historical-marker-program/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&k=Markers&sv=D-41 (accessed May 7, 2013).
Will, Allen S. (Allen Sinclair). Life of James, Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore, New York : J. Murphy company; [etc., etc. 1911. https://archive.org/details/lifejamescardina00will (accessed May 7, 2013).
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When PSY finished recording "Gangnam Style," he probably didn't think, "This will make a GREAT wedding song."
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The gameplay is simple – complete tasks ranging from gardening outside your house to raise a bit of cash, to inspiring your Sims with snacks or naps. All it takes is time – and since The Sims Freeplay runs in real time, you're better off keeping an eye on your pet Sims on and off rather than blocking out a few solid hours.
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There's plenty of scope for creating individual characters in The Sims Freeplay – better to spend some time playing around as something tells us you'll be spending a lot of time with them.
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Katana M4?
We do not have any speculation whether Unnamed Supercar is Katana M4, wait for the release of GTA V as that is the only confirmation whether you are right or wrong. ExtremoMania 7:11 PM, February 19, 2012 (UTC)
I will check the site. If it's true, you can write back the article "GTA V era" at "Ocelot" page. The FBI 20:08, April 12, 2012 (UTC)
Can everyone please protect this page for now as people keeps adding irrelevant speculations. Unprotect it only if the game is released. Thank you. -- ExtremoMania Talk To Me This Way 14:44, April 14, 2012 (UTC)
I'm not very sure... there is trully an article who said that, about a car named Deceptor and details about wanted level, multiplayer, platforms etc.Yes, you're right Extremo, this is still unconfirmed and could be rumours and speculations, but remain to see until the release of GTA V. But can't be the page protected by the administrator? The FBI 14:53, April 14, 2012 (UTC)
Yes indeed only admins can do that but don't worry I will request an admin to protect. I'm glad that you do not believe all speculations and rumours from all websites. ExtremoMania Talk To Me This Way 14:56, April 14, 2012 (UTC)
Now this page is protected for 3 months. -- Ilan (XD • Edits • Home ) 15:25, April 14, 2012 (UTC)
I don't believe this. These people only wants to be in the center of attention because some websites who posted all news and interviews about people who tested GTA V wants to make profits trough visitors who wants to read the article. Believe me: these people are liars, 4EVER!!! But very strange thing is that R* didn't finished the game yet, perhaps... you can be glad, don't worry, I don't believe this speculations and rumours. The FBI 15:49, April 14, 2012 (UTC)
I actually have factual information about the design of this car and can't edit it, because it is visually obvious that although the car's overall design resembles the R8 Spyder, the rear face of the car is based on the Noble M600 . JBanton 18:42, May 18, 2012 (UTC)
Thank you
I don't normally spend too much time on GTA Wiki but I would like to an extend my appreciation to whoever allowed editing of this page again, I have now provided the information I had promised, sorry I took so long, I have been very busy over at the WATCH_DOGS wiki lately, thanks again guys :) JBanton (talk) 19:40, September 19, 2012 (UTC)
Lock this, my edit got reverted today and so is everyone else's. I just did it as an example of what other people's unsure edits are like and what their consequences are. Mike Cui (talk) 02:05, September 27, 2012 (UTC)
Completely lock the page!
Even registered and Facebooked members can edit this with speculations so please lock this completely! Mike Cui (talk) 04:26, September 29, 2012 (UTC)
unlock it really really quick
because the picture you have as the main front uhh picture is way too blury and bad so change the picture and then find a better picture like this one please.
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Hello, Im a member of the german gta wiki and I have found a hint in Michael's trailer.
In the scene which is located at the car dealer where Michael punches a guy i his face, you can see a poster in the background that shows a car that is very similiar to an Audi model but with the headline OBEY.
Well the name Audi is latin and was translated from the german name/word Horch which means: listen in english so it would make sense that OBEY could be the name of the new brand in GTA V.
- It's possible, we'll know once we find out if there's anything significant about the word "Obey". JBanton (Talk | Contribs) 19:39, July 16, 2013 (UTC)
--609NO$CENT! (talk) 20:18, May 19, 2013 (UTC)
- Who knows?...Could be true.
- But I want to wait a bit more for solid info regarding the new car brands.
- Thanks for the help, though.
- Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 20:25, May 19, 2013 (UTC)
- Nice find, but it might just be a motto or something else. We should wait for official info...Dodo8 Talk
Naming of 9F
If it's of any interest, the game names the 9F as the 9F Cabrio.
Possible page name change, or is it fine as it is?
Gilke001 (talk) 00:50, September 18, 2013 (UTC)
Beta 9F
No, the 9F Cabrio is the convertible version. The Hardtop version is called the 9F. However there is a beta version of the 9F. In the trailers, the 9F is shown with the Obey logo above the grille, but it is ON the grille in game. This is proven by a billboard near Del Perro.Jphillipsreinhard (talk) 02:45, September 28, 2013 (UTC)
Hey Were do you find the hardtop version? Zombo-tech (talk) 14:49, October 11, 2013 (UTC)
Coupe pictures
There are no pictures of the coupe version on the page, only the cabrio version. Could somebody fix this?Niko 2010 (talk) 16:22, March 19, 2014 (UTC)
There is no coupe version. The version you're thinking of is the roadster version. TheAdamBomb2 (talk) 18:53, March 19, 2014 (UTC)TheAdamBomb2
There's the roadster version, the 9F Cabrio, and there is the coupe version, the 9F. --Niko 2010 (talk) 16:53, March 23, 2014 (UTC)
Okay so it's called the 9F. Inspired by the R8.
But you know what? F is the 6th letter in the alphabet. So that makes it 96.
-- I'm sure that wasn't the intention :) --Thomas0802 • (talk • edits) 19:44, May 29, 2014 (UTC)
Cabrio Engine?
The 9F Cabrio doesn't appear to actually have a visible engine - assuming it's in mostly the same place as the normal version, it would be hidden under the roof mechanism (and thus no screenshot of it is possible). Unless I'm wrong and the engine is actually in the front or something, should we remove the spot for a screenshot of the engine from the template and, for that matter, start doing the same for other vehicles with no visible engine? Optimore (talk) 22:27, February 1, 2016 (UTC)Optimore
- Nope. The engine is supposed to be in the rear. Cars with convertible roofs don't mean the engine moves to the front. As specified in the MOS, we should never leave a space blank. We'd just show an image of where it would be located. Monk Talk 23:45, February 1, 2016 (UTC)
This car literally does not have an engine. See here.
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Happy New Year everyone!!! Today's post is not my recipe. This Champagne Shrimp and Angel Hair Pasta was sent to me by The Shrimp Council. I thought it is a great recipe though as it uses 2 cups of champagne, something you might have leftover from last night's festivities and flat champagne isn't the best for drinking that is for sure but would be excellent in this recipe. So here is a way to use that up!!! Enjoy!!
- 1 lb of shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 8 oz of angel hair pasta
- 2 cups of your choice of Champagne
- 1 cup of fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 cup of heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons of fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 tablespoons of minced shallots
- 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- Cook the pasta as directed, drain afterwards and coat with a Tbsp. of olive oil.
- While the pasta is cooking, heat the other Tbsp. of olive oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Cook the mushrooms in the olive oil until tender, then remove and set aside.
- Combine the shrimp, Champagne and salt in the pan and cook over high heat. When the liquid starts to boil remove the shrimp and add the shallots. Boil for 8 min. until reduced to about half a cup. Stir in ¾ of the cream and boil for an additional 2 min.
- Add the shrimp and the mushrooms to the sauce, heat through. Toss the hot, cooked pasta with the remaining ¼ cup of cream and the freshly chopped parsley. Spoon the shrimp with sauce over the pasta and serve.
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Kaid Benfield is the director of the Sustainable Communities and Smart Growth program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, co-founder of the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system, and co-founder of Smart Growth America.
A little-known but very interesting government agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, is quietly leveraging small amounts of financial assistance to make a big difference in helping communities across the country become stronger and more alive. Whether in Portland, Maine, Pendleton, South Carolina, the Kewa Pueblo in New Mexico, or another of the scores of locations that its Our Town program is assisting in all 50 states, the agency believes "creative placemaking" can strengthen "community identity and a sense of place, and help revitalize local economies." I couldn't agree more.
Indeed, music, film, the visual arts, and even design tend to get us gathering and talking together, frequently in the same place. Sometimes they reinforce a shared sense of culture; sometimes they provoke us (and others) to think of our communities in new ways; sometimes they are just fun. (Do not discount happiness as important to sustainability.) Often they create vital, new identities or "brands" in cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
Among big-time examples, Bilbao, Spain and Sydney, Australia have become world-famous in no small part because of those cities' famed, high-concept Guggenheim Museum and Opera House, respectively. In the U.S., New Orleans without its strong musical culture is almost unthinkable. Growing up in my hometown, you could count on the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival kicking off "'long about sundown" every year on a weekend in August. (The festival may be gone, but Asheville remains an arts mecca.)
I particularly love how art and music can rejuvenate individual neighborhoods, as with the revitalization of Northwood in West Palm Beach, or the injection of pride into a once-rundown Houston neighborhood where Project Row Houses now celebrates African-American art and community. In many cases, the revitalization would never have taken place without the interest and energy of the creative community.
The Our Town program
Several months ago, I wrote about the National Endowment's support of the public-private partnership ArtPlace, which is doing great work in this arena. But NEA also has its own program, called Our Town after the much-loved Thornton Wilder classic. Last July, the agency announced 80 grants to support creative placemaking in 44 states and Washington, D.C. Combined with grants from 2011, the NEA has invested over $11 million in Our Town projects in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to a press release.
The program was conceived by the Endowment's chairman, Rocco Landesman, and is led by NEA director of design Jason Schupbach. (Schupbach's predecessor at NEA was Jeff Speck, who coined the "ten steps of walkability" that I described last month.) While the agency has recognized for some time that design can be marshaled to strengthen communities, Our Town has brought a new focus to its work, centered on placemaking through explicit creative activity. I like that the program stresses smaller cities and towns: 41 of the 80 grants awarded last July went to communities with populations under 50,000 and five of them went to communities with fewer than 1,000 residents.
Schupbach summarizes what the program does:
We fund partnerships led by arts and design organizations and local governments to implement projects that contribute toward the livability of communities and help transform them into lively, beautiful, and sustainable places with the arts at their centers. More specifically, we support planning, design, and arts engagement projects that: encourage creative activity; create community identity and a sense of place; improve quality of life; and revitalize local economies.
The agency says that within the 80 projects are 566 different partners, including 240 arts agencies and organizations. Other partners include "aging services agencies, botanic gardens, religious institutions, and scientific organizations; local businesses, including banks and farms; business improvement districts, educational institutions; local, state, and federal government agencies; and land trusts."
So many of the projects that this program supports look so good to me that it's hard to choose examples. But here are a few:
Pendleton, South Carolina: strengthening the center
Pendleton is a small rural community with a population of approximately 3,000 residents. The entire town is on the National Register of Historic Places but, as with so many traditional towns, its character has in some ways been eroded over the years as investment went elsewhere. Its historic town square has become poorly defined by surrounding properties, depriving the community of a strong focal point. But Pendleton remains popular with visitors, drawing some 50,000 each year.
Town square, Pendelton, South Carolina. Photo courtesy of Let Ideas Compete/Flickr
NEA is helping the town, Clemson Little Theater, and five local organizations work with landscape architects and urban designers to create a master plan to renovate the town square. The plan will include designs for the surrounding streetscape, public art, and performance spaces to foster cultural activity. The 2012 Our Town grant builds upon a previous community visioning exercise supported by NEA's Citizens' Institute on Rural Design. (The CIRD is now operated as a partnership among NEA, the US Department of Agriculture, the Orton Family Foundation, the Community Matters Partnership, and one of my favorite nonprofits, the Project for Public Spaces.)
Kewa (Santo Domingo) Pueblo, New Mexico: a cultural district
The Kewa Pueblo, located between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, is currently occupied by more than 3,600 tribal members. It, too, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The pueblo has a strong cultural tradition but also some serious social challenges, including 25 percent of tribal members living below the poverty level and a 23 percent unemployment rate. Its once-iconic trading post was destroyed by fire in 2001 and is only now being rebuilt. (Kewa is also known as the Santo Domingo Pueblo, the name it was given by the Spanish in the 1600s.)
Kewa Pueblo, via Google Earth
There are also some positive signs in the community, including a new facility to house safety services and a new Head Start/Early Childhood Learning Center. There is a rail station with links to Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
Top images; The images of the church and dancers at Kewa Pueblo are copyright: Elizabeth R. Rose Photograph. They also appear in this article by Elizabeth R. Rose.
NEA is helping tribal authorities, Enterprise Community Partners, Cornerstones Community Partnerships, the Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative, and Atkin Olshin Schade Architects create a cultural district plan for the pueblo that could form the basis for economic development. In particular, the plan will document the heritage of the Kewa/Santo Domingo Tribe and establish culturally appropriate guidelines for conservation of historic adobe structures and for compatible new development. The plan will also promote cultural and artistic entrepreneurship.
Portland, Maine: engaging community through shared art projects
Through a project called Meeting Place, NEA has been helping five neighborhood associations in Portland, Maine work with multidisciplinary artists-in-residence, raise funds to support a public art installation in each neighborhood, and sponsor a citywide festival that celebrates the neighborhoods and the art they created. The project has also helped the neighborhoods lead arts-centered explorations of each district's history, assets and challenges. Media involved in the project have ranged from painting to sculpture to poetry to music to storytelling, and probably more.
The goals of the concept, developed by a nonprofit called Terra Moto and implemented through its initiative Art at Work, have been multifaceted. The idea has been to encourage civic dialogue, restore a sense of neighborhood pride and unity, engage new and diverse neighborhood voices, identify and empower community leaders, improve the quality of place, and strengthen the cultural and economic viability of neighborhoods. That sounds to me like "creative placemaking" in a nutshell.
Columbia River Basin, Washington and Oregon: environmental remembrance and restoration
The Confluence Project, based along a 300-mile stretch of the Columbia River in the states of Washington and Oregon, is decidedly not neighborhood-based, but it is strongly tied to culture and place. A decade-long collaboration among Pacific Northwest Tribes, local communities, regional civic groups, and artist Maya Lin, the project comprises public artwork installations, environmental restoration, and educational programming at seven sites important to Native Americans. It reminds me a lot of the superb Estuaire project along the Loire River between Nantes and St-Nazaire, France, using public art to draw attention to historic and natural environmental features along a major waterway.
Story circles defined by Maya Lin for the Confluence Project. Courtesy of the Confluence Project
NEA is helping the Confluence Project collaborate with the City of Dufur, Oregon and other local partners to implement the project's final installation at the site of a major waterfall on the Columbia that was lost when the Dalles Dam was constructed in 1957. The loss is outrageous viewed from the values of today: Celilo Falls was North America's largest salmon fishery and a nexus of economic, artistic, and cultural exchange for more than 10,000 years until it was submerged. From the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission:
For centuries Indians caught the giant chinook and other food salmon that struggled to make their way upstream through the rocky barrier of tumbling waters and swift, narrow channels of the Columbia River known as Celilo Falls, or Wy-am. During the spring flooding, ten times more water passed over this spectacular waterfall than passes over Niagara Falls today. The ancient ones left a record of their lives in the ashes of campfires and buried sanctuaries of their dead. They left tools and weapons, items of adornment, and samples of their art. Their record of habitation proves Wy-am to be one of the longest occupied sites on the continent.
For thousands of years, Wy-am was one of history's great market places. A half-dozen tribes had permanent villages between the falls and where the city of The Dalles now stands. As many as 5,000 people would gather to trade, feast, and participate in games and religious ceremonies.
The Celilo Falls Tribute Project will feature onsite and online interpretive features, a school-based art program, and artwork by Lin. The sculptural centerpiece of the project is the Celilo Arc, a sweeping linear viewing platform said to be inspired by the large wooden platforms built over the river by Native American fishermen before the falls were flooded.
Back to creative placemaking
These projects strike me as fantastic, and I might think that of all the others if I took the time to learn more. Strengthening community by strengthening place is, in my opinion, critical to sustainability: if we don't have places that are worth caring about, they literally will not be sustained.
The National Endowment certainly isn't the only game in town when it comes to creative placemaking. The Project for Public Spaces has been a leader on these issues for decades; the ArtPlace partnership has the potential to become hugely important, bringing private resources to the table; locally based artists and civic leaders have been showing the way for millennia. But having the Endowment step up is important. Speaking for an article in NEA Arts Magazine, Kelly Adams Hapner put it this way:
Cities have long understood the opportunities to leverage cultural and artistic resources to shape the character of a neighborhood. In the last couple years, though, the National Endowment for the Arts has identified placemaking as one of its priorities and has advocated for the strategy. It's led to outstanding new opportunities to integrate arts into built environments on the city level. It's also elevated the idea of placemaking into the national conversation.
Adams Hapner is director of cultural affairs for San Jose, California. NEA is accepting applications for the fiscal year 2013 Our Town grant program now. The deadline is January 14.
Top image: Art Garden, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, supported by Our Town (Rendering by Mike Cherepak from drawings by Ed Blake and Madge Bemiss, courtesy of National Endowment for the Arts).
This post originally appeared on the NRDC's Switchboard blog.
To help flatten the curve in the Covid-19 outbreak, officials at all levels of government are asking people to stay home. Here's what's worked, and what hasn't.
Some renters and homeowners are getting financial assistance during the economic disruption from the coronavirus pandemic. What about landlords?
Because of coronavirus, millions of tenants won't be able to write rent checks. But calls for a rent holiday often ignore the longer-term economic effects.
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Seriously, low lending standards are a huge part of what got banks and mortgage companies into this mess. From BusinessWeek:
"Blamed for contributing to the housing bubble, zero-down-payment loans largely vanished when the market crashed and Congress blocked seller financing for government-backed loans. Now the federal government will be forking over cash at closing.
Buyers who haven't owned a home for three years or longer are eligible for an $8,000 tax credit, thanks to a provision in this winter's stimulus package. Now, under a little-noticed program announced May 29, the Federal Housing Administration will steer the funds to cover closing costs directly—in some cases even offsetting the 3.5% minimum down payment FHA loans require. That's enough to cover most or all of the down payment and fees for homes up to the U.S. median price, now about $169,000."
The government does not seem to understand that it is okay if some Americans don't own a home. While home ownership levels have risen slowly over time, they jumped 8% (from around 62% to 70%) during the bubble period, rapid growth that was bound to require many people who simply can't afford a mortgage payment. This is why we have a healthy system of rental properties around the country.
Cutting the down payment on a home certainly will help many responsible home buyers (including one Reason staffer who recently took advantage of the program). But the FHS program is destined to lead to more foreclosures down the road as families, even with the government's help, come to terms with the reality of money. Unfortunately, it is probable that many of those families that will have to foreclose in five years on the government aided home purchase would have been fine waiting a few more years to save and get in a financial position to own a home for the next 40 to 50 years.
Reason on the "little-noticed program" from March.
Reason on Economics, Bailouts, and Stimulus.


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The latest episode of the Bachelorette brought us a very emotional Ali Fedotowsky, as she got dumped by one of her final 3 picks.
Frank Neuschaefer broke Ali's heart last night when he told her he was still in love with his ex-girlfriend Nicole Caruso. " I did not see this coming," said Ali, as the two of them cried. She later declared, "I just feel like he's just the biggest jerk I've ever known!"
Even more surprising, the Bachelorette show, which seems to Ali had to say in her PEOPLE blog today about Frank's actions –
"Now onto the biggest shock of the season for me — Frank leaving. I don't even know where to begin when trying to explain how I felt when this all went down. I guess I will start by saying that I did not expect it at all. Back in Iceland, I asked Frank about his ex girlfriends. I told him that I could sense that he was not over his ex, so I asked if he still had feeling for the ex that went to Paris with him. He told me that he did not have feelings for her anymore and we moved passed it. My instincts were dead on. I just didn't have the right ex. I really wish that Frank had been more honest with me. This wasn't the only time I gave him a chance to be honest. In Turkey, after Justin left, I went up to the guys' suite, looked each of them in the eye and told them that if any of them had someone back home this was their chance to say something. I flat out asked everyone. Frank said nothing. If Frank has found love, then I really want to be happy for him. However, I have a hard time excusing what he did to me when I gave him so many chances to be honest.
When I first saw Frank I thought maybe he was feeling unsure about the other guys again and that I had to reassure him again. Then I thought maybe something tragic happened and I was super worried for him. I quickly realized that Frank was leaving. I was heartbroken.
After Frank left, I felt defeated. Don't get me wrong, I was very well aware that I had two unbelievable men left, but I couldn't help but think that my journey as the Bachelorette wasn't going to work out. This was not because I thought Frank was the guy for me, but because this was the second guy to leave the show for a girl back home. I remember thinking, "First Justin, now Frank. Who's next? Can this really work for me?" In addition to that, I didn't want the last two guys to think they were there by default. I think this was especially emotional for me because it has happened to me before in the past. A guy that I once really cared about left me for an ex
In the end, Frank and I are both better off after what happened. I really cared for him and I always will."
And when it comes to Frank and Nicole, they are still together. The latest issue of InTouch magazine published the above picture of them kissing. The photo was taken on July 5th and the mag reveals they are both very much in love. The mag also states Frank wanted to inform Ali of his feelings for Nicole earlier, but the producers ignored him, perhaps wanting him to make it farther in the show for a more dramatic exit.


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71 Magazine
Laura was a featured cover story of the April 2020 issue
QP Fashion and Lifestyle Magazine
cover story in the Fall 2019 issue
Toronto Film Festival 2019
Promoting her new Netflix series & her movies 'Rabid' and 'Age Of Dysphoria'
Canadian Screen Awards 2019
Honoring Canadian film/television makers
Vitalize Magazine
feature article
Leslie Alejandro
Glenn Nutley
Robert Sebree
Harper Smith
Laura stars in this Netflix original series
Age of Dysphoria
Laura stars as 'Fin' in this drama short based on a story that she wrote.
Private Eyes
Laura plays a manipulative con artist in Global's hit investigative drama series.
Laura plays the character of 'Rose' who goes through hell and back in this Cronenberg reimagining
Frankie Drake
Scenes and sneak peeks from Laura's role in this 1920s detective series
A New Limited Edition Jewelry Line for Charity
Dior Events 2016
Laura's Dior appearances
Secret Project
Laura and her past co-star Alexz Johnson teamed up for this secret project. Photos by: Catie Laffoon
Kenya Photo Safari
Laura's trip to Kenya - February 2015
Kenya 2015
Laura documented her journey to Africa as an ambassador for WorldVision Canada's "Starting Strong" program.
Toronto Film Festival 2018
Laura appeared to promote her new series "V Wars" and her feature film "Rabid"
Real Style Magazine
feature article
In Love Magazine
feature article
Prune Magazine
feature article
A Book Of Magazine
feature article
Laura was a presenter at the 2018 Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards.
Toronto Film Festival 2017
Laura attended TIFF events WIFT (Women in Film and Television) as well as the B-L-A-C-K Ball in Toronto
Escape the Runway 2017
Laura wore a Christopher Paunil dress to this Toronto event celebrating Canadian designers.
Humane Society Gala "To The Rescue! Los Angeles"
Laura attended the Humane Society's Farm Animal Protection Campaign on April 25th, 2017
Comic-Con HQ Panel LA
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Toronto Film Festival 2016
Laura attended the Producers Ball and the eOne party.
Ted Baker Fashion dinner - September 2016
Laura attended this event, held in Los Angeles at the Chateau Marmont
2016 Saturn Awards
Laura was a presenter at the 42nd Annual Saturn Awards
Jovani Los Angeles Opening
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Humane Society USA "To The Rescue"
Laura attended this farm animal campaign event in Los Angeles May 2016
Cliche Magazine
May 2016
Alice and Olivia Fashion Show
Laura attended the Alice and Olivia fashion show in Los Angeles April 13 at Neue House
An Evening with Canada's Stars 2016
Laura attended this event honoring Canada's Oscar nominees
Bayview Post Magazine
Laura was the featured cover story of the February 2016 issue.
2015 Toronto International Film Festival
Considered to be the leading public film festival in the world
Felix Magazine
Laura appears in the July 2015 issue
ComicCon San Diego 2015
The many faces of Laura as she enjoys spending time with fans in San Diego
2015 Saturn Awards
Laura presented at the 41st Annual Saturn Awards in Los Angeles, Ca
Humane Society Gala 2015
Laura and her furbaby attended this May 16 event at the Beverly Wilshire hotel
FHM Spain Magazine
Laura appeared in the May 2015 issue of this Spanish magazine.
MOST Magazine
Laura's cover shoot for the May/June 2015 issue
Planet ComicCon 2015
Laura's five-city tour
Society For Brain Mapping & Therapeutics (SMBT)
12th Annual World Congress Black Tie Gala in Los Angeles
Ted Baker Spring 2015 Collection
Laura attended the Los Angeles launch event.
Regard Magazine
Laura's fashion photo shoot for Laura's feature article
Naluda Magazine
Laura's featured on the cover and a great interview inside!
Laura's appearances at this year's Toronto International Film Festival
Fan Expo Canada 2014
Laura and the pack of BITTEN chat with fans and give them some insight on what's coming in Season 2!
2014 MuchMusic Video Awards - Toronto
Laura presented the award for Best International Video of the Year – Group to her friends, Imagine Dragons
Maxim's Hot 100 Event 2014
Laura was selected as #17 on this year's list. The 15th annual event took place in West Hollywood, California.
Spike TV's 2014 Guys' Choice Awards
Held at Sony Studios
Race To Erase MS
Laura attended the Race To Erase MS event.
Cliche Magazine – 2014
Includes hot shots and behind-the-scenes photos for Laura's April 2014 cover shoot for Cliche Magazine.
Laura having fun at the Coachella event
Humane Society's 60th Anniversary Gala
Laura attended the Humane Society's 60th Anniversary gala in Los Angeles.
Checkout images from the carpet.
PETA Blackfish Campaign
Laura has teamed up with PETA for their BlackFish campaign in support of freeing Orcas from captivity. Check out her behind the scenes photos and video. Stay tuned for the official ad in the near future!
Cliche Magazine 2014
Sneak peek photos behind the scenes of Laura's latest cover shoot for the April issue of Cliche Magazine. More to come in April!
2014 Oscar Parties
Laura attended two Oscar parties, the Elton John party and Madonna Event. Check out the photos of her wearing a Carmen Marc Valvo gown
Canada Honours its Stars of the Awards Season
Laura attended an event to honor Canadian stars.
Vanity Fair & Fiat Young Hollywood Event
Laura attended the Vanity Fair & Fiat Young Hollywood Event.
2014 New York Fashion Week
Laura is attending New York Fashion Week 2014
Maxim March 2014
Laura Vandervoort is the 2014 March cover girl for Maxim.
2014 Golden Globe Awards
Laura attended the Golden Globes Universal NBC parties last night wearing a
Rachel Gilbert dress.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project's 'TrevorLIVE LA' Event Honouring Jane Lynch - December 8, 2013
MuchMusic Video Awards
MMVA's in Toronto - June 16, 2013
Canadian Screen Awards
Sunday March 3, 2013
Golden Globes 2013: Gold Meets Golden Event
West Los Angeles, CA on Saturday, January 12, 2013.
Lucire Magazine
Images from the magazine as well as the photo shoot.
Resident Evil Movie Premiere
September 12, 2012 in Hollywood, CA
GNL Studios
GNL Studios
Esquire Magazine 2012
Me in My Place - Photos by Michael Edwards
PETA Campaign
PETA Save Exotic Skins Campaign
Hydrogen Magazine
Hydrogen Magazine
George Stroumboulopolous Show
George Stroumboulopolous Show
InStyle 2011
10th Annual InStyle Summer Soiree
Green Lantern Red Carpet
Green Lantern Premiere - Red Carpet
2011 MAXIM Hot 100
2011 Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Party
2011 SAG Party
2011 Entertainment Weekly's Screen Actors Guild Awards Party
Golden Globes 2011
Golden Globes Kick-Off Party - Sponsored by Audi and J. Mendel
Disney/ABC TCA Winter Press Tour
Disney ABC Television Group's TCA 'Winter Press Tour' 2011
SciFi Now
SciFi Now Magazine
SFX Magazine
SFX Magazine
SciFi Magazine
SciFi Magazine
Smallville Magazine
Smallville Magazine and Companion Book
Men's Health
November 2010
OK Magazine
APRIL 2010 - By Stephan Danelian (Photographer)
Fourth Period
Fourth Period Magazine
Entertainment Weekly 2010
2010 Entertainment Weekly Party
US Weekly
2009 "Hot Hollywood" Party
TORO Magazine
April 2010 - Photos by Darryl Humphrey
MAXIM Hot 100 Party
May 2010
MF Magazine
Spring 2010 - Photos by Pamela Lopez Grant
Steppin Out
Steppin out Magazine - April 2010
TV Guide
TV Guide - 2009
Urban Male Magazine
Various Posters Featuring Laura
LA Direct
LA Direct
Hello Magazine
Hello Magazine
STUFF Magazine
STUFF Magazine
By designer Cindy Renee Mathieu. Photos by Christine Buijs
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G4 Attack of the Show Appearances
John Bregar
Vince Truspin
Marc Cartwright
Gabriel Goldberg
Tim Leyes
Kouroush Keshiri
Laura plays a firebrand attorney in this drama about the diamond business
Scenes and sneak peeks of Laura's new film
Laura plays the lead role in this reboot of the iconic "Saw" franchise
Laura guest appearance as Indigo
Back for a third and final season in 2016!
Coffee Shop
A romantic comedy titled "Coffee Shop."
Episode entitled "Nine Thirteen"
From Laura's 2 episode arc.
Finding Mrs. Claus
Will air on Lifetime December 2, 2012
Noelle / Lead - Paparazzi Photos
Tanya Clark
Broken Trust
Sophie Anderson
Desperately Seeking Santa
Jennifer Walker
This Means War
Out of Control
Marcie Cutler
Into the Blue 2: The Reef
The Jazzman
The Lookout
"V" on ABC
Starred as Lisa on TV Show "V" on ABC.
Laura played Supergirl / Kara Kent on this TV Show on The CW.
Television show on SyFy
Instant Star
Television Show
Hayley Jones
Laura's new campaign with the Humane Society International for #BeCrueltyFree cosmetics
2015 Golden Globes
Laura attended NBC Universal's after-party.
8th Annual Brit Week
Laura attends Brit Week.
2014 MegaCon Orlando
Laura with her fans at MegaCon Orlando
Saving Innocence
Second Annual Saving Innocence Gala - December 5, 2013
5th Annual LA Haunted Hayride Premiere Night
October 10, 2013
MIPCOM - France
Photos & Press
"In The Tub"
Breast Cancer Research Campaign
DragonCon 2013
August 30 - September 2, 2013
Toronto Comic Con
March 9, 2013
2012 Montreal Comic Con
September 15, 2012
2012 Chicago Comic Con
Wizard World
Miscellaneous appearances made by Laura Vandervoort
Gentle Barn
Laura Visits Gentle Barn
Nylon Magazine Anniversary
Nylon Magazine Anniversary Party
Charlie Sheen Roast
Charlie Sheen Roast
Dragon Con 2011
Dragon Con 2011
San Diego Comic Con 2011
SD Comic Con 2011
New York Comic Con 2010
NYC Comic Con 2010
San Diego Comic Con 2010
SD Comic Con 2010
2010 Paralympic Games
Laura served as the Host
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American and Canadian scientists are setting sail this summer to map the Arctic seafloor and gather data to help define the outer limits of the continental shelf.
Each coastal nation may exercise sovereign rights over the natural resources of their continental shelf, which includes the seabed and subsoil. These rights include control over minerals, petroleum, and sedentary organisms such as clams, crabs and coral.
Under international law, specifically the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, every coastal nation automatically has a continental shelf out to 200 nautical miles or to a maritime boundary. The Convention also states that a nation is entitled to continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles if certain criteria are met, an area that is referred to as the "extended continental shelf."
The U.S. Geological Survey is the lead science agency for the United States in the 2010 mission. "In this expedition, Canada and the U.S. are working together to delineate the extended continental shelf in the Arctic to better determine where the Convention's criteria can be met," said USGS scientist Brian Edwards, chief scientist on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy.
The Healy will sail August 2 – September 6, 2010, meeting up with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent at sea.
The ships will alternately break through the Arctic sea ice for each other. The Healy will map the shape of the seafloor using a multibeam echo sounder, and the Louis S. St-Laurent will collect multi-channel seismic reflection and refraction data to determine sediment thickness.
This is the third year the United States and Canada have collaborated in extended continental shelf data collection in the Arctic. The United States has independently been collecting single ice-breaker data in the Arctic since 2003 in furtherance of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project.
"The Arctic Ocean is an area of great interest for science, resource conservation, and possible economic development," said USGS scientist Deborah Hutchinson. "Because there is an area with considerable overlap between the U.S. and Canadian extended continental shelves, it makes sense to share data sets and work together in the remote and challenging environments of the Arctic Ocean."
"This is the last year working in the Canada Basin north of Alaska, and in 2011, we'll collect data together with Canada in the area north of the Canada Basin around the Alpha Ridge," said USGS scientist Jonathan Childs, who is leading the U.S. Interagency Task Force Seismic Data Operations Team.
Research is coordinated by the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Task Force, a government-wide group headed by the U.S. Department of State. Participants in this Task Force include the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, National Science Foundation, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Executive Office of the President, Minerals Management Service and the Arctic Research Commission.
For additional information on this expedition as well as photographs and video from past cruises, visit the Extended Continental Shelf Project or the Sound Waves April 2009 Newsletter.
Visit Canada's Extended Continental Shelf website to learn more.
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Military monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C., are always favorite – and appropriate – Veterans Day destinations for veterans, servicemembers and their families. These sacred sites host a number of special Veterans Day events and ceremonies each year.
Traditionally, a senior leader of The American Legion takes part in Washington's tributes to those who have served our country in uniform. This year, National Vice Commander and Navy veteran Robert E. Newman will represent the Legion.
Newman will begin the day at the White House with a breakfast reception hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. He will then travel across the Potomac River with fellow dignitaries to Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia for the annual presidential Veterans Day wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Afterward, he will visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to lay a wreath at The Wall on behalf of the Legion and to help observe the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Women's Memorial. Retired Army nurse and Vietnam War veteran Margarethe "Grethe" Cammermeyer will speak at the ceremony as will retired Army Gen. Colin Powell. The 11 a.m. (EST) Arlington National Cemetery and 1:00 p.m. (EST) Vietnam Veterans Memorial wreath laying ceremonies are open to the public, though seating is limited at the cemetery's amphitheater.
Other publicly accessible Veterans Day observances include a wreath laying ceremony at the World War II Memorial and a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery's Women in Military Service for American Memorial gateway at 3:00 p.m. (EST). And at the Vietnam Women's Memorial, Vietnam-era veterans and the children of veterans will be recounting their wartime experiences in storytelling sessions before and after the Veterans Day ceremony at The Wall. Ceremonies at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., the National Marine Corps Museum in Triangle, Va., and the Navy Memorial in downtown Washington are also planned, as are parades and other observances in surrounding communities.
Volunteers from The American Legion's headquarters in Washington will be manning an information booth for Veterans Day visitors near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Nov. 11th, as well.


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As a brief background, I am a small operation who does construction/design planning work. The industry I am in needs the work (project schedules) done YESTERDAY, so I am pitching a service that consults on an hourly basis, remotely or face to face. I am pitching my new re-branded service as the following: Planning & Scheduling, Emergency/Urgent Planning, Primavera (Planning software) help etc.
We're aiming to emphasize that choosing a consultant at an hourly rate is a smarter option than paying someone on a salary.
Specific market would be engineering, construction, design contractors and consultants. Anyone really, mining operators, fox sports etc. Most organisation require a planner for pro-rata work.
Construction contractors, people doing google searches, traffic from word of mouth.
A killer homepage, plus a template for my other 3 pages (services, rates, contact)
Homepage that acts as the draw card, with an info capture, our main advertising/claims, our skype/msn/phone contact details. A very fresh/modern/bright/bold page. Nothing dull or too 'professional/high end' looking. Homepage could also include an element of the 'emergency/urgent' aspect (red cross etc.) Homepage to prompt the user to either leave their info or contact us.
Other three pages are a 'services' page (text can be abbreviated from http://www.pcapc.com.au), a rates/fees page and a contact page.
The old website at http://www.pcapc.com.au is too boring/plain and has too many words. we want to tell the reader what they want to hear, no more or less.
We're looking for something that's not your typical consulting website. Possibly on wordpress, but as long as we can edit the copy/body text of each page.
Aiming to convince the viewer that hiring a hourly rate consultant is better than a full time staffer or a freelancer.


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I keep the handy-dandy sfw filter on every time I use this site, but it has been failing me as of late. One too many nsfw works have weasyled their way onto my screen. I checked to see if they were rated incorrectly, but nope, they were rated Mature (18+).
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Google Sadly Owns Up to White Maleness
May 29, 2014 3:23 PM PT
Google on Wednesday revealed statistics about the makeup of its workforce and admitted that it's pretty homogenous.
"We're not where we want to be when it comes to diversity," Laszlo Bock, senior vice president for people operations, told the E-Commerce Times.
"It is hard to address these kinds of challenges if you're not prepared to discuss them openly, and with the facts," he remarked.
"All our diversity efforts, including going public with these numbers, are designed to ensure Google recruits and retains many more women and minorities in the future," Bock added.
'Under 10 Percent of College Grads'
Google's global workforce is 70 percent male, according to the report. In the United States, its staff is 61 percent white, 30 percent Asian, 3 percent Hispanic and 2 percent black; 4 percent identify with two or more races.
As an example of the divergence of those statistics from those of the nation as a whole, African-Americans actually account for 13 percent of the U.S. population, according to Census.gov.
A similar lack of diversity has been shown to exist in other major tech companies.
Part of the reason for the disparity is that "women earn roughly 18 percent of all computer science degrees in the United States," Bock noted. "Blacks and Hispanics make up under 10 percent of U.S. college grads and collect fewer than 5 percent of degrees in CS majors, respectively."
'The Numbers Are Not Good'
Diversity issues have figured prominently in the tech industry over the past few months. Perhaps most notable among recent examples were the resignations of Mozilla's Brendan Eich, and GitHub's Julie Ann Horvath and Tom Preston-Werner.
Noting those and other recent events, in fact, nine women this week published a manifesto of sorts for women in the technology industry.
"We are delighted that Google and other companies are being more transparent about the percentage of women in their workforce, and particularly the percentage of women in technical roles," Telle Whitney, president and CEO of the Anita Borg Institute, told the E-Commerce Times.
"That being said, the numbers are not good," Whitney added. "Google's technical workforce is made up of only 17 percent women, which is lower even than the national norm of 20-24 percent."
Nevertheless, "the first step for change at any company is measurement," she said. "That is why Google's announcement is such important progress."
'A Shortage of Tech Folks'
"I believe Google wants to hire diversely," Maribel Lopez, principal analyst with Lopez Research, told the E-Commerce Times.
However, several factors make that a challenge, she added.
"There is a shortage of tech folks in the U.S. in general. We didn't push this within our educational system. Math/science/engineering isn't hot in the U.S. -- it's also even less hot for female students, which is just changing now," she pointed out.
"When I went to business school in the '90s, it was a 70/30 ratio male to female," Lopez explained. "I'm guessing it was even less at MIT."
So it's not necessarily that companies don't want to hire women technical professionals, she said. It's that, at least to some extent, "they don't exist."
'They Need to Grow Diverse Talent'
Another factor underlying the problem is that "we won't allow minorities from other countries that may be skilled to immigrate and create role models," Lopez suggested.
"We all need to encourage people -- minorities and women or others -- to learn new skills," she urged.
In short, "if Google and others really want a diverse populace, they need to grow diverse talent," Lopez concluded. "This means programs in universities and programs within Google corporate that train employees."
'Its Interest Is Encouraging'
It is important that Google released the data and acknowledged the problem, Greg Sterling, founder and principal analyst with Sterling Market Intelligence, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Other companies should follow Google's lead," Sterling said.
"There are many things that the tech industry can do to improve diversity, one of which is more aggressive recruiting on college campuses and grad schools for minority populations where it falls short," he suggested.
"Google and others can also do outreach to kids and younger students to help encourage interest in science, engineering, tech and so on," noted Sterling. "To some degree, they already do that."
Still, there's a larger "structural" problem in the economy and society, he said.
"Systemic challenges around educational opportunity are ultimately reflected in Google's hiring," Sterling noted. "The company can't control those factors in the larger society, but it can certainly do a better job, and its interest in doing so is encouraging."


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>>View collection The Romanian Film Archive provides access to 12 films from their collection related to World War One.
>>View collection The Romanian Film Archive provides access to 12 films from their collection related to World War One.
>>View collection From its holdings related to the First World War the Federal Archives / Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv Berlin makes available different genres such as newsreels – "Messter-Woche", partly tinted, short documentaries – "Bilder aus der großen Schlacht" (Pic
>>View collection The CNC French Film Archives give access to over 100 films related to the First World War. These include films produced both during the war – although authorities were quick to exploit the film industry – and in the post-war period.
>>View collection The CINEMATEK World War One collection contains a large variety of newsreels, documentary and feature films, mostly produced in the decade after the war. The images include representations of Belgium ("Poor Little Belgium") as a victim of the 'Great War', the fate and suffering of women during the war or the Flemish emancipation and how films mainly produced by Clemens De Landtsheer contributed to the myth of the Flemish soldier on the Yser.
>> View collection Cineteca di Bologna provides access to a series of restored silent films.
>>View collection Cineteca Nazionale in Rome provides access to a collection of films related to the First World War.
>> View collection The Danish Film Institute gives access to documentary footage and films as well as fiction films from the period 1914-1918. The documentary collection contains both general "news" items from the period, with events and actuality items, but also some of the earliest footage from the German captured territories in Northern France and Prussia.
>>View collection The World War One collection from the archives of the Deutsche Kinemathek contains over thirty films as well as other film-related material such as film related documents, posters and film stills.
>> View collection The corpus of films digitised by DIF within the framework of EFG1914 is largely composed of non-fiction material such as newsreels, documentaries, propaganda films, and amateur footage. Fictional films make up a smaller part of the material and include, beyond feature films, some "Tonbilder" (sound pictures) – short films that were synchronously accompanied by a gramophone record in cinema.
>>View collection Estonian Film Archives is giving access to 6 films and about 2,500 photos.
>> View collection Most of the posters EYE is contributing for EFG1914 are part of the Desmet Collection. Jean Desmet was a pioneer film distributor whose business went into bankruptcy around 1916, due to the economic effects of the WWI. Until then, Desmet tried to trade with all kinds of film companies from all over the world, and kept his papers and promotional material for the rest of his life.
>> View collection For the EFG1914 project, EYE is contributing more than 300 film items totaling about 100 hours, and more than 900 film posters from the 1910s. The films are selected according to various criteria. Newsreels, travelogues and also fiction films from the period of 1914 to 1918 from numerous countries are included.
>>View collection Filmoteca Española presents a selection of documentaries, newsreels and non-fiction movies showing the Spanish daily city and country life during the second decade of the 20th century. Amateur movies are also included. Newsreels include international news of WWI (The Battle of the Somme, Marshall Von MacKensen advancing on Dobrudja… and more).
>>View collection CulturArts-IVAC contributes a feature film collection that reflects the disadvantageous impact of the war in the film production of a non-belligerent country like Spain. Three melodramas starring the great actress Margarita Xirgu and one more starring the exotic dancer Tortola Valencia show the impossibility of the Spanish film industry, then led by Barcelona-based producers, for taking advantage of those exceptional circumstances.
>>View collection This WW1 Collection held by the National Film Archive in Warsaw includes newsreels, documentaries and feature films relating to the First World War and its aftermath.
>> View collection FCI gives access to two collections: Films by Luca Comeria and treasures of Italian Silent film from the period of the First World War. The collection of films shot by Luca Comerio, a pioneer of Italian cinema, covers a period from the beginning of the 20th century until about 1920 and consists of over 30 works, including documentaries, excerpts and short comedy sketches.
>> View collection IWM has an extensive collection relating to the First World War including diaries and letters, works of art, photographs, three dimensional objects, books, pamphlets and film. The Film Archive holds around 250 hours (projected at 18fps) of First World War material. The collection illustrates all aspects of the conflict, both at home and on the fighting fronts. It includes the renowned film The Battle of the Somme - now granted UNESCO Memory of the World status – which shows trench warfare as captured by official army cameramen.
>>View collection LUCE provides access to 20 films from their archives related to World War One.
>>View collection The Cineteca del Friuli holds in its collections a selection of Italian silent films that make up the "Great War Fund" and can be made available to the audience. They include numerous restorations curated by the Cineteca itself over the years, originating from nitrate copies, and various other acquisitions. The fund includes both documentary, newsreels and fictional movies and can be divided into three groups: I.
>> View collection The National Cinema Museum in Turin makes available a series of fiction and documentary films preserved in its collection.
>> View collection The NFA film collection contains newsreels, documentary and feature films, produced in the period 1914 – 1934. The most interesting part of the collection includes the images of Czechoslovak volunteers and legionnaires fighting in the Russian, French and Italian army. However, we can find here also shots mapping a situation behind the front (war's supplying, testing of explosives, celebrations), depicting results of war (army hospitals with injured soldiers, return of soldiers after the end of the conflict) and images of activities revitalising collective memory on the World War One (unveiling of monuments to the memory of victims of the Word War One).
In many of the neutral countries, daily life continued more or less unaffected by the war. The films from the Nasjonalbiblioteket (National Library of Norway) illustrate the quotidian life in Norway during the years 1914-1918, far removed from the trenches. However, information about the war reached Norway through international newsreels from companies such as Gaumont, Éclair and Pathé, often with Norwegian intertitles - these items composes a part of the Norwegian contribution to the EFG1914 project.
>> View collection The Kinonedelja (Kino-Week) newsreels constitute the first films of Dziga Vertov. A total of 43 issues, each containing an average of 5 to 7 different items, were produced between May 1918 and June 1919. Vertov joined the newsreel's ranks as a secretary but by the fall of 1918 had taken on full responsibility for the series, defining the content and structure of each issue. In some cases, Vertov even functioned as director of the newsreels.


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Lines in the Sand (From National Catholic Register)
By Tom Grenchik
August 7, 2009
As members of Congress head home for their August recess, we now have a better picture of where everyone stands on health care reform. While the U.S. bishops support genuine health care reform, there is a clear line in the sand between our bishops and some congressional leaders.
On July 17, Bishop William Murphy, Chairman of the bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, wrote to Congress saying: "The USCCB looks forward to working with you to reform health care successfully in a manner that offers accessible, affordable and quality health care that protects and respects the life and dignity of all people from conception until natural death." Then Bishop Murphy drew a line, declaring that "no health care reform plan should compel us or others to pay for the destruction of human life, whether through government funding or mandatory coverage of abortion."
Some seemed surprised at this, since abortion was not specifically mentioned in draft health care bills until recently. Those with longer memories may recall that the Medicaid statute doesn't mention abortion either, but it was funding 300,000 abortions a year in the 1970s until we put a stop to that with the Hyde amendment. In any case, numerous amendments to keep abortion out of health care reform have been defeated in committee, and it is now apparent that some leaders have every intention of threatening the health care reform process by forcing Americans to accept abortion mandates and/or fund unlimited abortion in their health coverage.
Cardinal Justin Rigali, Chairman of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, followed up with a July 29 letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, declaring that "much-needed reform must not become a vehicle for promoting an 'abortion rights' agenda or reversing longstanding current policies against federal abortion mandates and funding." The Cardinal urged Committee members to preserve longstanding federal policies that prevent government promotion of abortion and respect conscience rights.
But Bishop Murphy and Cardinal Rigali are not the only ones drawing lines. Millions upon millions of American Catholics are with them. Earlier this year, dioceses across the country broke all previous records by ordering more than 34 million postcards so their parishioners could urge Congress to "retain laws against federal funding and promotion of abortion." Now that members of Congress are heading home, they need to be reminded of this message at the local level, in the context of health care reform.
As Congress takes its vacation, various proposals have been left behind. These proposals need to be examined to see how well they provide accessible, affordable and quality health care and how they impact immigrants and the poor. But one thing is certain. The bills approved so far by House and Senate committees include mandated abortion coverage and abortion funding, and that is a line we can never cross.
Now is the time to take action. Contact congressional members through e-mail, phone calls or FAX letters. E-mails can be sent by visiting www.usccb.org/prolife and clicking on the Health Care Reform Action Alert. You can also call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121, attend town hall meetings in your local district, or call the local offices of your representative and senators. Full contact info can be found on Members' web sites at www.house.gov and www.senate.gov.
The message is simple: "Support genuine health care reform that respects the life and dignity of all. A fair and just health care reform bill must exclude mandated coverage for abortion, and uphold longstanding laws that restrict abortion funding and protect conscience rights." ________________________________________
Tom Grenchik is Executive Director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Go to www.usccb.org/prolife to learn more about the bishops' pro-life activities.


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The development of this manual for an ethnographic protocol to address a community assessment of natural food sources of vitamin A, is the result of input from many creative and talented people. The conception point for a project to devise this protocol was the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) Committee on Nutrition and Anthropology, with key people planning its goals and framework during a conference on rapid assessment procedures (RAP) in health-related programs which met in November, 1990, in Washington, D.C.
The project became an activity of the IUNS committee whose members were comprised of the following: Isabel Nieves (Guatemala) and Harriet Kuhnlein (Canada) as cochairs; Gretel Pelto (USA, WHO), Richard Young (Canada, IDRC), S. Abdel-Azim Wahba (Egypt), Cecelia Santos-Acuin (Philippines), P. Pushpamma (Singapore), K. Kalumba (Zambia), Ndolamb Ngokwey (Benin), Hilary Creed-Kanashiro (Peru), and L.H. Martinez Salgado (Mexico). The planning subcommittee became Kuhnlein, Pelto, Nieves and Young, and following communication and helpful suggestions from all committee members, it was agreed to create a draft protocol and to test it in five regions under the direction of Cecelia Santos-Acuin (Philippines), P. Pushpamma (India), Hilary Creed-Kanashiro (Peru), Li Wen Jun (China), and Lauren Blum (Niger).
A literature review was conducted and published from McGill University, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, with the participation of S.L. Booth, T.A. Johns, H. Kuhnlein and I. Nieves. This was supported by the International Nutrition Foundation for Developing Countries (INFDC), and published as a series of articles in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin in 1992. In the meantime a proposal was created and funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada to McGill University for the development and testing of the protocol. The funding for publication of this manual and its companion volume (Culture, Environment and Food to Prevent Vitamin A Deficiency edited by Harriet V. Kuhnlein and Gretel H. Pelto) was by special arrangement between IDRC and INFDC. Special thanks for the efforts to secure funding go to Nevin Scrimshaw, Richard Young, P. Pushpamma and Janice Johnston.
Gretel Pelto, Pertti Pelto, and Lauren Blum (University of Connecticut, Department of Anthropology) created the first draft of the manual, and Lauren Blum tested sections in conjunction with her doctoral field work in Benin. A training workshop for field supervisors not familiar with ethnographic procedures was conducted by Pertti J. Pelto and Lauren Blum at McGill University in 1993. At this time it was recognized that other sections of the protocol related co-traditional food systems were needed, and these were created by Sarah Booth, Harriet Kuhnlein, and Tim Johns. The manual for field testing of the protocol was distributed in May 1993, and field testing commenced. Site visits were completed by Pertti Pelto and Harriet Kuhnlein. Field testing was completed in January of 1994; and at that time Pertti Pelto, Harriet Kuhnlein, Gretel Pelto, and Lauren Blum met to complete the revisions required from the field testing; following this, two external reviewers and the field supervisors submitted their final suggestions.
Special tributes are given to all who contributed to the field testing and report writing:
China-to the team who worked in Doumen Village, Kai Feng Municipality, Henan Province with supervision from the National Academy of Preventive Medicine, National Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene: Li Wen Jun. Ge Ke You, Li Dian, and Chang Su Ying.
India-to the team who worked in Sheriguda Village, Ranga Reddy District, Andra Pradesh, from the National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad: P. Pushpamma, S. Vazir, Anjali, U. Nayak, Anita, Saroja, P. Vadyasagar, P. Prashanthi, K. Nara Simha Reddy, and V. Reddy.
Niger-to the team who worked with the Hausas of Filingué: Lauren Blum from the University of Connecticut, Department of Anthropology, with F. Abdou, F. Harouna and H. Abdou.
Peru-to the team who worked in Cajamarca with the rural community of Chamis and the urban surburb of San Vicente from the Instituto Nacional de Nutricion in Lima: Hilary Creed-Kanashiro and R. Narro.
Philippines-to the team who worked in both wet and dry seasons with the Aetas of Canawan, Morong, Bataan, from the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine, Manila, and the Center for Indigenous Medicine of De La Salle University College of Medicine, Das-marinas, Cavite: Cecelia Santos-Acuin, A. Troy Gepte IV, Justiniana Dedace, M. Folache, and F. E. Espino.
The authors and the members of IUNS Committee II-6 (1992-1994) sincerely thank all of the contributors to this manual. We hope it and its companion volume, noted above, will be useful in many ways for public health programs which address food solutions to vitamin A deficiency.
Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Ph.D., R.D. Centre for Nutrition and the Environment of Indigenous Peoples ((CINE)) Macdonald Campus, McGill University 21,111 Lakeshore Rd. Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9 Canada
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