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Thursday is a day of premieres in movie theaters all over the world. A film by Ukrainian director Volodymyr Tykhy, Green Sweater, was launched in Ukrainian cinemas this time. The authors of the film defined its genre as a social thriller. I won't say that I don't have any complains about the picture, starting with its script, but I am sure that it will have its audience. Here the interest to the name of the director known to a certain circle of viewers and, hopefully, patriotic feelings, because national movies are not so frequent in Ukrainian movie theaters, will have their effect.
The film shows our days. In a sleeping neighborhood of a big city a seven-month-old baby disappears. After a month of futile search the boy's elder sister starts looking for him. She is sure that she knows who the kidnappers are. Despair, guilt, and helplessness – are they enough to justify terrible revenge?
The project is quite demonstrative for Ukrainian cinema which is trying to revive – from the first open pitching, where Green Sweater got state funding to return to manual management of the branch. However, the same has happened in all spheres of governmental activity.
In this concern we found it interesting to talk to the producers of the film about the current state of affairs of cinema in Ukraine and possibilities of its development.
Denys IVANOV, producer, director-general of Arthouse Traffic
Denys, your team has been "sewing" the Green Sweater for a long time. Finally, the film has premiered. This project is remarkable because when it was launched there was a big hope to revive Ukrainian cinema, and you received state funding at the first open pitching. However, long before recent sad events vibrations started in moviemaking industry and its management. Can we speak today about some prospects of Ukrainian cinema? How are you going to work as a producer?
"This is a complicated question, although today, in spite of (or owing to) the events of recent months, the organism has undergone certain cleaning. Old things have been ruined, new ones have not been built. There are some structures whose tails are deeply rooted in Soviet times, but they are controlling the processes. However, for Ukrainian culture to assert itself, we need to sit down and seriously model the future, then the entire system, and make the past fit the future we will draw. Based on the world experience, the main way for Ukrainian cinema is the way of co-production. The most positive thing done by the State Cinema Agency, apart from becoming a separate body and funded new projects, a number of young directors emerged and entered the A class festivals. The world of cinema has more or less learnt their names, and this is a good starting ground for co-production. So, a number of people and structures emerged that are ready to work jointly. Further we need to move and develop this direction. At the same time, whereas previously we used to have two vectors of developing the co-production, together with Russia and the West, apparently, the former will for unpredicted period of time be closed or moved aside. I think today is the most interesting moment, when everything is invented, thought through, and some future is ready to take shape from the mistakes of the past. It is apparent that everyone in Ukrainian filmmaking process needs to retrain. It is not important, whether we will do this independently, or taking part in some of our universities. Professional education is of primary importance today. This is very interesting for me as a producer. We are going to organize a children's festival, take a number of educational measures. Without this it will be hard for Ukrainian cinema to get on its feet, find its way in art and to the audience, both at home, and abroad."
In today's situation everyone who is involved in cinema, mass media, and television understand that we have untalentedly lost the information war. Cinema, since it was created, has always been a powerful instrument of propaganda. Do you have any ideas or plans in this concern?
"Unfortunately, cinema, like mass media, has to start with enlightenment work, which we must master quickly and qualitatively. Russia has preserved professional human resource and technical capacities from the USSR. If we want to take a different path, we should make this part of our culture policy. And fostering tolerance is the main part of it in any civilized state. Tolerance to different cultures, languages, religions, regional and sexual differences, etc. If it does not become the cornerstone of culture policy, it puts in doubt the civilized level of the state and society. In particular, what we have received is a failure of the culture policy of the state (if there was any), on the one hand. On the other hand, we should not underestimate the culture potential of cinema. Do you know why everyone so much admires the American cinema? Because there is a strong person who resists the system and wins, despite the problems of various levels of complexity. It's the model people watch and want to copy. This has done more for forming Ukrainian society than all media altogether. Therefore we should think on creation of such stories, which not only will fix what is going on, but model the future as well. There is no doubt that today we cannot play direct propaganda, which counteracts the other side like a mirror reflection. This is inefficient. We need asymmetric answers, we need to find weak spots of the enemy, not be coping powers where we are hopelessly late."
Green Sweater is the first feature film you've produced. The audience has not seen the film, but the film has already taken part in several festivals, won awards and festival audience. What are your forecasts concerning distribution?
"It is nonsensical to make predictions now, when the information field is absolutely different, and people's behavior is little if adequate. For example, our expectations to Dallas Buyers Club, which Arthouse Traffic released last week, were much lower than it turned out in reality. We are releasing Green Sweater for limited distribution. Understanding that this is not a genre cinema, but so-called social thriller, we hope that the audience who knows director Volodymyr Tykhy, Babylon 13, movement of Ukrainian Angry (projects Ukraine, Good Bye and Mudaky), will be interested in watching the film."
Ihor SAVYCHENKO, producer, manager of the film
Recently Ukrainian cinema has galloped from great hopes to bitter disappointments. You're one of the main players in the field of national film industry. In your opinion, what is Ukrainian cinema of today?
"In spite of the complicated situation in our country in the sphere of politics and economy, in cinema we are in a taking-off situation. The foundations of all our current achievements were laid three years ago. Green Sweater, Ukrainian Angry, Brothers. Everything that was submitted for the competition later became gradually weaker. To develop, you need to make films non-stop, without stopping the production. So that the quantity gave way to quality. You need to go back to what we tried to start several years ago – restructuring of the Fund of Cinema. I mean we need to spend money not only for cinema production, but start from the basis – the system of education. I am speaking not about the existing academic system of education which considerably lags behind the world models. I am speaking about the possibility to learn for young people, probably abroad, to receive grants for this, work and travel. Or invite here people who are able to give professional express education for talented audience, which will help them enter the orbit of modern moviemaking process. We are boiling in the juice of our own, and we need to integrate into the process that is taking place in Europe."
The state of non-announced war de jure, which de facto continues, hardly envisages state subsidizing of cinema. Even at best times culture was not in the first lines of budget. As a producer, can you see any ways of existence for cinema and its financial support?
"I have just returned from Poland, where their national film awarding ceremony, a local analog of Oscar, took place. Together with director of Warsaw Festival Stefan Laudyn we were handing the award in one of the categories. I had an opportunity to talk to many top officials and leading participants of Poland moviemaking process. Unlike us, they correctly set the priorities of advancing of the country's image in the world. This is culture and science. If the country is cultured, there are people who via art can influence formation of new kind of thinking, tell about crucial events, and processes that are taking place in their country. You can see with a naked eye what a big step ahead has been made by our journalism over the past five years, and compare this to Russian journalism – we have a pluralism of opinions. The same should take place in the sphere of culture – cinema, pictorial art, theater, etc. This gives us a broadness of opinion. And in difficult times, like today, we would not have economic problems, if we had a developed culture and science. Simply a number of intelligent people would have gathered and pointed clear direction of riding out the crisis of power, economy, and politics. I want to underline at the same time that really cultured people are at the same moral people. It has happened so that people, their minds have changed very much, and politicians cannot catch up with them. They have an absolutely different background. For example, you graduated from a university several years ago, and not all of the students of the same year or your group mates were your friends. But after some period of time passes, you meet one another with pleasure like old friends, almost partisans. The same is happening in Rada: there are 450 people who argue, even fight, but when they leave the hall, they are dearer to each other than people in Maidan. The reason is that they spend the lion's share of time with one another. This is an effect of habit. And you correlate your principles not with those who revolt and insist on something behind the VR walls, but with those who stand next to you. And there are Regionnaires and Communists – what ethic can we talk about here? So, Europe, the US, China, Singapore understand that culture and science are a priority, but in our country people don't understand this."
During the Maidan events you were shooting mini films under general title Babylon 13, which turned out to be in great demand. Did you think of continuing this project or creating a different one, which could make a priceless contribution to the cruel information war, in which we are not winning so far?
"Babylon is a project which conveys emotions in pure form. Recently I have held a screening of these fragments in Krakow for scholarly association – I showed them 10 videos in chronological order. They understood much better what was going on here. At the moment we are actively negotiating with one of our leading TV channels the possibility to organize a discussion around these films. We will watch a film, then it will be discussed live with a feedback from the audience. I think it will help all of us to come to consensus. Apart from that, we are negotiating with Germans and Poles on making a feature film based on the shot and future materials. But in my opinion it will be possible only if we see at least some kind of a final in the offing. At the moment we are pottering around somewhere in the third act – neither heroes, nor villains have been defined. But in the final I can see several feature documentaries. Let's think about good things and believe in a happy ending."


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First, a little background. I was introduced to Ives' Piano Trio two years ago, in May 2016, while I was working on my blog post about Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2. It's part of the miracle of YouTube that, when you watch one video, links to other, related videos magically appear next to it. Both the Mendelssohn and Ives trios had been recorded by The Van Baerle Trio, and at some point, I clicked on the link to their performance of the Ives. Listening to the mournful opening duet between the cello and piano, I felt like I was listening to two unrelated pieces. The logic of the work eluded me, and one or two minutes into it, I decided that the Ives trio was not for me, and closed the video.
Isn't that often the way with new music? We hear something new, and it doesn't sound like anything we know and understand. In fact, it sounds very different. Our expectations are upset, and we may feel cheated, even angry. How much better – and wiser – would it be to acknowledge that the composer has understood something we do not, indeed, should not be expected to understand on first hearing.
What if we could learn to take a certain amount on faith – faith in the composer, in the performer, or in the music lover who introduced the piece to us. How much more music might wind up enriching our lives if we withheld judgment on it long enough to give it a second, or even a third hearing?
If, in short, we gave it a chance.
That is exactly how I came to love this trio. Such was my enthusiasm for The Van Baerle Trio (Hannes Minnaar – piano, Maria Milstein – violin, and Gideon den Herder – cello) and their performance of the Mendelssohn trio, that I recently decided to watch their video of the Ives trio again. I tried to listen with fresh ears, and to my delight, out of the apparent chaos of three seemingly unrelated voices there emerged the most glorious and uplifting music. I listened to it from beginning to end with tears streaming down my face, and realized at once that I had made a discovery of lasting importance.
It was a discovery I am eager to share with you, dear reader. I hope you too will give it a chance.
Our friends at Wikipedia have given us the following description of this remarkable work:
The Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano is a work by the American composer Charles Ives. According to Charles Ives' wife, the three movements of the piano trio are a reflection of Ives' college days at Yale. He started writing the piece in 1904, 6 years after graduation, and completed it in 1911. It was written c. 1909–10 and significantly revised in 1914–15. The piano trio consists of three movements:
1. Moderato [0:00]
2. TSIAJ ("This scherzo is a joke") Presto [4:50]
3. Moderato con moto [11:04]
The first movement is the same 27 measures repeated three times, though the violin is silent for the first, the cello for the second, and all three instruments join for the third. Though the separate duets seem full enough on their own, yet all together sound amazingly and uncharacteristically consonant.
The second movement, TSIAJ, employs polytonality, timbral contrast, and quotation for a downright humorous effect. Fragments of American folk songs are intertwined throughout the movement, although often grotesquely altered with respect to rhythm, pitch, and harmonic connotation. Folk songs appearing in the scherzo include "My Old Kentucky Home", "Sailor's Hornpipe", "The Campbells Are Coming", "Long, Long Ago", "Hold the Fort". and "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood", among many others… And although the composer himself acknowledged that the entire movement was a joke, it well characterizes the unique and novel musical world that only Ives had discovered.
The lyricism of the final movement of the piano trio contrasts strongly with the variegated montage of tunes in TSIAJ. Sweeping lyrical melodies alternate with lighter syncopated sections after the opening introduction and violin recitative. Nonetheless, Ives continues with his borrowing habits – quoting music that he had originally written for the Yale Glee Club (though it was rejected) in the lyrical violin-cello canon in bars 91–125. The coda quotes Thomas Hastings' "Rock of Ages" in the cello, ending the movement with Ives' characteristic rooting in American folk and popular music.

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As Susan Dunlap's new novel Power Slide begins, San Francisco Zen Buddhist/stunt double/sleuth Darcy Lott is on a Port of Oakland loading dock waiting to shoot a scene. She envisions exactly how the action will flow: As she rides a bike, a truck will race full-speed around a corner onto the pier, headed toward a cargo ship. Her bike's tire will get stuck in a rut; she'll fly off, hit the pier, and "go into a power slide. He jackknifes and I go straight under his truck. He'll handle it." Of course he will; the missing stunt driver is her more-or-less beau, and she trusts him with her life. The trouble is, he hasn't shown up. And he never misses a shoot. Something's up.
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The former math major switched to writing fiction after teaching middle school and doing social work. She has since become one of the most prolific authors on the Bay Area mystery scene. Power Slide is the fourth in her San Francisco-based Darcy Lott series. Dunlap's Vejay Haskell trilogy is set along the Russian River. Set near La Jolla, her Kiernan O'Shaughnessy trilogy involves hang gliders, contagious diseases, and sacred ground. Her ten-book Jill Smith series found its Berkeley patrol-officer heroine hiding in plainclothes in People's Park, investigating a Bhutanese Buddhist holy man's death, and contending with competitive Gourmet Ghetto restaurateurs.
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NEW YORK, 27 JANUARY 2010 Described by Olivier Messiaen as "a hero unlike any other", Iannis Xenakis (1922 2001) produced works of extraordinary originality, spun from his questing imagination to form complex structures of rhythmic patterns, polyphonic melodies and remarkable instrumental and vocal textures. Of Greek heritage and Romanian birth, the naturalized French composer's works span every media and approach from electronic to acoustic, and from orchestral to electroacoustic to multimedia. His search for new expressive means, which drew on his training as an architect and his work as assistant to Le Corbusier, led to pieces such as Nuits in which voices explore the phonetic sounds of Sumerian and ancient Persian.
Late next month at Judson Church in Manhattan, the Electronic Music Foundation will present Xenakis and Japan, an evening of dance and music highlighting Iannis Xenakiss lifelong interest in Japanese music and theater, particularly the art of Noh.
Conceived and directed by Italian choreographer Luca Veggetti who recently premiered Xenakis opera Oresteia (where Xenakis reimagines Aeschyluss epic tragedy through the lens of Japanese Noh theater) at New York's Miller Theater the evening will feature dance premieres set to Xenakis Hibiki Hana Ma (originally composed for the 1970 Osaka Worlds Fair), Orient-Occident (created for a 1960 UNESCO-commissioned film by Enrico Fulchigniono on the art of different cultures), and Theraps (a 1976 solo for double bass). The evening will also include Xenakis Concret PH, composed in 1958 for the Philips Pavilion at the Brussels Worlds Fair, and Yuji Takahashis Shigure for solo shakuhachi. Performers will include members from Purchase Dance Corps, dancer Frances Chiaverini, bassist Robert Black, shakuhachi virtuoso James Nyoraku Schlefer, and a unique appearance by female Noh performer Ryoko Aoki, who will arrive from Tokyo specifically for this evening. Xenakis and Japan is one of a series of several events organized around The Drawing Centers exhibition, Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary, 15 January - 8 April 2010.
Xenakis considered the theatrical form of Noh to be a supreme artistic achievement as well as emblematic of his own vision in regard to musical drama. Ryoko Aoki a unique female Noh performer in the traditionally all-male world of Noh will share the space with dancers and world-class musicians. Their performance, unfolding as a ritual, will bring forth Xenakis unique musical vision, and strive to find a formal balance between the powerful universe of the sound and the extreme precision and control of the dancers. Each piece in the program explores a particular nature of the relationship between dance and music proper to the theatrical arts of Japan, that is to say, between sound, silence, movement and stillness, with space as the common ground.
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I've been enjoying my super music dictionary, the 29 volume New Grove II, for about eight years, but this is the first time I've noticed a typo, as I read the entry for Wolfgang Steffen. It's not an insignificant one, because it's the composer's surname!
I'm guessing many readers will not be acquainted with Wolfgang Steffen, though he was a leading composer in Germany in the second half of last century. Sheet music stores have many of his works available for purchase, which, like Bach, encompass every genre except opera.
I hadn't heard of him either, until I got the opportunity to review this new Australian CD. The music is challenging and interesting, but it is not easy listening. The best way to appreciate the music would be to experience it in a concert. But this CD is the next-best thing, because it features superbly recorded performances, and provides detailed information and helpful pointers for listening to each work featured.
The first track is a 1969 live recording of the world premiere performance in Berlin of Steffen's 1968 Violin Concerto. Daniel Herscovitch's notes are essential if you want to come to grips with this 23 minute, single movement tour de force (which does neatly divide into four movements within a movement).
All of the other tracks are new recordings of Australian performers, including Merlyn Quaife, who sings Three Li-Tai-Po Lieder, the manuscript of which was given to her by the composer himself, after he heard her performing as part of the Australia Felix contemporary music ensemble in Berlin in 1981. The booklet includes her reminiscences of her encounters with Steffen and his widow, with whom she still corresponds.
Clemens Leske and Daniel Herskovitch play Steffen's Notturno for Piano Duet, his only work for piano four hands. Many pieces for piano duet have one main style throughout, whereas this work uses quite a variety.
The Dialog for Mandolin and Piano is aptly named, sounding very much like a conversation. The piano writing has been crafted to allow the mandolin and piano to be equal partners.
Diagramm for Cello and Piano, written in 1965, is a lengthy, single movement work, incorporating many demands on the performers' technical ability, especially cellist, Geoffrey Gartner.
As well as providing a listening guide, the booklet also gives the lyrics for the songs, in German and English, and biographical notes on each performer.
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One of the best things we tried on our trip to Afrika was Bungo Juice in Zanzibar. Bungo fruit is a that grows on the rubber vine plant in Zanzibar, Madagascar and a few other islands in the Indian Ocean. I don't think it is well known.
We were lucky to be at a beach front restaurant just as they were making a fresh batch of bungo juice. I was sure it was some sort of blend of fruit juices but it wasn't. It is the juice of the bungo fruit. The fruit looks something like an orange on the outside but the peel is much thicker. The inside is nothing like an orange. More like mango pulp or something like that.
The juice has a flavor that is sort of a cross between a mango, a pineapple and an orange. The waiter brought us an empty bungo peel to see. Unfortunately they didn't have any more of the whole fruit.
Since we are very unlikely to find bungo fruit or juice around here in the US I made a blend that approximates the flavor. I also made a bungo smoothie.
Here is the recipe. Play around with the lime or lemon content until you get the flavor you like. It should be somewhat tart.
- 2 mangos
- ½ pineapple
- 4 oranges
- 2 limes or lemons
Peel and juice the fruit. Strain it to remove fibers.
To make a bungo smoothie, peel the mangos and pineapple. Juice the oranges and limes/lemons.
Combine in your blender along with ¼ cup hemp seeds. Blend until smooth.
Add 2-3 cups ice. Blend again.
4 Comments on "Bungo Juice Blend"
Contact me I have the bungo fruits
Almas09/08/2015 at 3:37 am
Can i order The Bingo fruits
Thx Grete almas


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Yes. RS1P includes an inbuilt help system to help you learn about the various features in the program.
The first time you access the various menu screens in the program, you will hear a voice which provides instructions about the purpose of each menu screen. If you want to hear these instructions again at any time, or if you want to stop the audio, press the question mark on the ReadingDoctor® logo at the top right of the screen:
To learn about a specific setting in the program, click the help button in the corner of an option box.
While in an RS1P menu, move your mouse over something and information will appear in a yellow frame at the bottom of the screen.
If you need more detailed information, this manual may be found in PDF format on your desktop. The manual is also available from within the program.
To access the program manual from within the program:
From the Main Menu screen:
1. Click on Options and Manual
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White House plans to privatise ISS, internal document suggests
According to The Washington Post, internal Nasa documents suggest that federal US funding for the International Space Station could be ended, with the project being handed over to the private sector.
The manned artificial satellite is used as a research laboratory where physics, astronomy and biology experiments can be conducted in a unique low-gravity environment. Its first component was launched in 1998, and it continued to be developed and assembled. It could remain in use until 2028.
The ISS is a collaboration between five space agencies: Nasa (US), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe) and CSA (China), with the ownership of the orbiting object established by intergovernmental agreements.
The US section of the ISS, the US Orbital Segment, has had its funding secured until 2024. According to internal Nasa documents, the Trump administration does not plan to continue funding the ISS after this period, although the ISS is expected to be used until 2028.
After this period of federal funding ends, control of the ISS could be passed over to private companies.
"The decision to end direct federal support for the ISS in 2025 does not imply that the platform itself will be deorbited at that time," the document said. "It is possible that industry could continue to operate certain elements or capabilities of the ISS as part of a future commercial platform."
"Nasa will expand international and commercial partnerships over the next seven years in order to ensure continued human access to and presence in low Earth orbit."
This could encourage the emergence of an environment "where Nasa is one of the many customers of a non-governmental human space flight managed and operated enterprise". The White House stated that it would request market analysis and business planning from the private sector in order to put its plan in place.
There are no details to suggest which companies may be involved in the takeover, and what their plans with the station could involve.
Over its lifetime so far, the US has invested $100bn (£72bn) of public money into the development, assembly and operation of the ISS. Last week, Senator Ted Cruz, who ran against President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, stated that he hoped reports of termination of federal funding for the ISS would "prove as unfounded as Bigfoot," and referred to the decision makers in the Office of Management and Budget as "numbskulls".
He added that the decision should be delayed until the lifetime of the ISS had been confirmed.
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Teaching Tools
Following is a list of free or inexpensive resources that teachers can order.
Educational Videos.
The National Geographic Society offers a free 45-page catalog listing its educational videos for K-12 students. Contact: National Geographic Society, Educational Services, 1145 17th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036-4688; (800) 368-2728.
Student Health.
Bantam Books offers Is This Your Child's World? How You Can Fix Schools and Homes That Are Making Your Children Sick, by Doris Rapp. The 635-page hardcover dicusses, among other issues, childhood allergies and underlying toxins in schools and homes that can lead to headaches, mood swings, and other problems. Cost: $24.95. Contact: Bantam Books, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
School Safety.
The Berkley Publishing Group offers Street Sense for Students: How To Stay Safe in High School and College, by Louis Mizell Jr. Among other topics, the 160-page paperback discusses sex crimes, alcohol, and weapons. Cost: $4.99. Contact: Berkley Publishing, 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016; (212) 951-8913.
Smithsonian Institution Press has released A Kid's Guide to the Smithsonian for youngsters ages 8-12. The 160-page illustrated book describes exhibits and activities at the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of Natural History, the National Air and Space Museum, and 14 other Smithsonian museums. Cost: $14.95. For more information, contact: Smithsonian Institution Press, (202) 287-3738.
Historical Documents.
Heinemann Publishing offers Beyond the Textbook: Teaching History Using Documents and Primary Sources, a 97-page paperback by David Kobrin that discusses ways to use original documents and other primary sources in classroom work. The book includes sample handouts, discussion topics, classroom lessons, and excerpts from students' writings. Cost: $18.50. Contact: Heinemann Publishing, 361 Hanover St., Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912; (800) 541-2086; World Wide Web http://www.heinemann.com.
The Center for Applied Linguistics and the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning offer two middle school social studies curriculum units: Protest and the American Revolution and Conflicts in World Cultures. Cost for single copies: $11 and $16.50, respectively. Contact: NCRCDSLL/CAL, 1118 22nd St., N.W., Washington, DC 20037; (202) 429-9292.
New Monic Books offers Vocabutoons: Vocabulary Cartoons, a 344-page book of visual mnemonics to help students build their vocabulary. The book features cartoons, review exercises, and vocabulary words that middle and high school teachers can use in the classroom. It also emphasizes words used in standardized tests. Cost: $10.95. Contact: New Monic Books, 314-C Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, FL 33950; (800) 741-1295.
The National Arbor Day Foundation has published an Arbor Day planning packet for schools, organizations, and communities. Earth Day to Arbor Day: An Opportunity for Stewardship includes activity ideas, instructional poster, audiocassette tape, and more. Cost: $15, plus shipping and handling. Contact: National Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410; (402) 474-5655.
The O. Orkin Insect Zoo exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History offers Planet Insect, a video-based education program to introduce students to the world of insects. The 10-minute video and teacher's guide, Insect Zookeeping, are provided free by Orkin Pest Control. To order, call (800) 563-4687.
The Department of Veterans Affairs offers a packet of essays and fact sheets that discuss the background of many American patriotic practices. Celebrating America's Freedoms covers topics such as the origins of Flag Day and the history of the American bald eagle. To request copies, write to: Celebrating America's Freedoms, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Public Affairs (80D), 810 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20420. The essays are posted on the Department of Veteran Affairs home page at http://www.va.gov/articles/celebam/index.htm.
Down Syndrome.
The National Down Syndrome Society offers a free educational poster and lessons for teachers of grades 4-6. The poster and class activities are designed to help students understand more about Down syndrome, genetics, chromosomes, and disabilities. For more information, contact: National Down Syndrome Society, 666 Broadway, New York, NY 10012; (800) 221-4602.
Cable Television Education.
Discovery Channel Education introduces three resources: Discovery Channel School: Connecting Teachers, Classrooms, and Communities Online; All About Copyright: Fair Use in the Multimedia Age; and the Discovery Network's Educator Guide. These include information about surfing the World Wide Web, rules for copyrighting multimedia products, and the schedule of programs on Assignment Discovery, TLC Elementary School, and Ready, Set, Learn! For more information, contact: Deeana Edwards, Discovery Communications, 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814; World Wide Web http://school.discovery.com.
K-8 Resources.
Heinemann Publishing offers Resources for Teachers K-8, the 1997 catalog of books, videos, and professional-development tools. The 143-page catalog features listings for many disciplines, including art, science, writing, reading, and mathematics. Contact: Heinemann, 361 Hanover St., Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912; (800) 541-2086; World Wide Web http://www.heinemann.com.
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Working in landlord-tenant law, Oakland attorney Clifford Fried has seen his fair share of bogus service animals. But one particular cat owner — unfortunately, or maybe presciently, named Kitty — was exceptional. While renting an apartment in San Mateo County, Kitty began amassing a brood of felines, despite the property's no-pets clause. She already had acquired four cats by the time her landlord got wind of them. By then, Kitty was habitually flushing cat litter down the toilet, posing a major threat to the building's plumbing system. The landlord finally confronted her. Kitty's cats had to go.
"Then a letter came in from a doctor, saying, 'This cat helps detect seizures,'" Fried recalled. It turned out that Kitty had found a loophole in California housing law that allows pet owners to bypass no-animal prohibitions in just about any commercial property. In both San Francisco and the East Bay, it's actually fairly easy to get a pet certified as a "service animal" for a disability.
Although the federal Americans with Disabilities Act only recognizes dogs that are trained to perform a specific task (e.g., guide a visually impaired person, or alert a diabetic when her blood-sugar level is low), counties have also dispensed service licenses for animals whose role is purely "emotional" or "therapeutic." In fact, anybody can go on the Internet and order a license from one of the myriad "service animal registries" operating right now. All you have to do is check a box for your disability (it can be anything from asthma to separation anxiety) and shell out $64.95.
California is one of the only states that require official identification for service animals, and it's supposed to come from a county rather than a private company. In San Francisco County, you have to present proof of residency and a signed letter from a doctor saying that the animal helps cope with a disability; and in Alameda County, you also have to prove that the animal has been trained. But most business owners or landlords won't demand to see an animal's ID for fear of lawsuit — federal law prohibits them from asking specific questions about the pet owner's disability or demanding paperwork from an animal-training school. Although a skeptical landlord is allowed to ask what task the animal performs, Fried said the line of interrogation can't go any further than that. Contesting a signed affidavit from a doctor is extremely difficult and can often lead to a costly lawsuit.
Moreover, since state law ultimately can't override federal law (which doesn't require official certification), it's actually possible for anyone to present his or her dog as a service animal without the burden of proof, said Jim Power, an access specialist and field service manager at the organization Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Paul Bowskill, who manages the website ServiceDogsAmerica.org, said that, while his company's $249 certification package is extremely helpful, it isn't any more official than writing the words "service dog" on the back of a napkin and taping it to your canine's collar. At the end of the day, Bowskill said, "there's no piece of paper that creates a service dog."
Another reason ADA certification is so difficult to challenge is that it's enforced by multiple government bodies, each with its own set of guidelines. They're often at cross-purposes: While the federal Americans with Disabilities Act only applies to dogs or horses with task-specific training, the Fair Housing and Air Carrier Access acts both give a green-light to emotional support animals. That means commercial property owners aren't at liberty to reject an animal that arrives with documentation from a health care professional — even if the animal is only there to alleviate stress or separation anxiety. Many landlords just throw up their hands.
"I always tell my clients, 'Be careful when you advertise properties as being 'pet-free,'" Fried said. "You have to put a disclaimer saying, 'Subject to tenant's rights under federal and state law.'" He said he's seen cases in which one tenant brought a pet into a building, claiming it was a service animal, and then others followed suit, until suddenly the whole building was full of animals. "And then you have the one person who says, 'I have allergies, I moved here because there were no pets,'" Fried said. "And our response is, 'Well, we can't do anything about it.'"
Unclear service-animal laws have, in fact, appeared in numerous lawsuits over the past few years, as the US Department of Justice continues to iron out its guidelines and states figure out how to interpret them. Last year, the federal government refined ADA law to say that only dogs and miniature horses could be recognized as service animals, which helped curb a rash of seemingly frivolous pet-certification. (In 2009, the SF Weekly wrote about San Francisco residents who were deriving "emotional support" from a variety of exotic pets, including iguanas and rodents.) But that hasn't really curbed the problem of fake, or at least questionable, licenses, particularly with the proliferation of Internet sites that offer, with just the click of a button, the same kinds of documentation that you'd normally get from an accredited school. These days, Fried says, you can order a guide-dog vest online for only $15. And it looks official.
To Mark Ruefenacht, founder of Dogs4Diabetics, that's actually a huge problem. Ruefenacht argues that the faux-service-dog population undermines real service dogs by creating a bad image: "When we have people who say, 'My dog is a service dog,' and that dog has not been trained or housebroken, that leaves an impression on the public," he said.
Ruefenacht has seen his fair share of fishy service animals. Last year he was waiting to board a plane at Oakland International Airport with his own dog, a yellow Labrador retriever (now deceased) when he noticed another dog — supposedly a service dog — bound up from across the aisle. "When that dog saw my dog it just jumped up," Ruefenacht said. The owner, who had been sipping coffee and typing on an iPad, spilled her meal when her dog cut loose. She couldn't get her animal back under control.
And that's just one instance of many, he said. In the past year alone, he's run into many unruly "service" animals in airports, restaurants, and other public places. In most cases, the proprietors can't do anything about it. Technically, a business owner can eject an animal if it's not behaving the way a service animal should — meaning, if it's snarling at people or defecating on the floor — but the animal can't be permanently banned unless it misbehaves on repeated occasions, Power said. "I get numerous calls a week from proprietors saying, 'Someone is feeding a Chihuahua in their lap,'" he said, despairingly. "To me, that's eroding the public good will."
Fried agrees, adding that, while he hopes most doctors diagnose service animals in good faith, he's seen a few rogues. Kitty's doctor was a perfect example. "I did some research, talked to medical authorities, and learned that in fact there are dogs that are trained to detect oncoming seizures, but I couldn't find any such example for cats," he said. So he and his client decided the service cat claim was bogus, and proceeded with their eviction. Right before the case went to trial, Kitty changed her tune and got rid of all her cats. Fried considered it a Pyrrhic victory.


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A long time ago in a galaxy far away, aka high school, I used to described myself as a pinko commie, bleeding heart, tree-hugging, whale-saving, liberal, hippie. I wore that label with pride and was unafraid to debate anyone on the issues that were important to me.
As I've gotten older I attempted to drop most labels, not because my beliefs about the issues have changed necessarily, but because labeling myself seems less and less important. Labels don't tell the full story, and they historically are not very flexible. I have my beliefs and I do feel pretty strongly about them, but I like to think I'm always open to new information that can lead to change and growth in my understanding. What hasn't changed since high school is my confidence in my beliefs and my willingness to share them with others.
Or so I thought…
Imagine my shock when I recently became conscious of the fact that when referencing the work I do, and even my understanding of the Universe (including my spirituality) I referred to it as "hippie stuff". I was using this term not with the pride of my younger years, but as if to say "Oh this is just hippie stuff. Feel free to think it's not important, serious, or effective." I was giving others permission to dismiss my work, my experience, my beliefs, and the amazing changes I've had in that past few years.
I realized I assumed people would think it was weird, silly, or unbelievable. If they're going to dismiss it any way, why don't I just save them the trouble and dismiss it before they can so I can spare myself the embarrassment?
Which lead me to the realization that I was unconsciously dismissing it myself. My unconscious mind was saying that this work couldn't have possibly made such great changes in my life. The changes I think I've had aren't real, and even if they were real they're only temporary.
I'm grateful I caught this type of thinking. It was preventing me from being myself, from telling my story, from making this work available to others.
Well I tell you what…that kind of thinking and talk stops now. I do believe in this work, I do believe in the changes I've created in myself and that I've seen in others, and I do believe it will help me continue to grow for the rest of my life.
When we censor ourselves, or downplay our experience we not only do ourselves and injustice, but also those who seek a new path or look to us as role models.
There are an abundance of paths available to us. Each of us chooses which path is right in each moment. Your path is right for you and my path is right for me.
If the path you've chosen is serving you, own it, wholeheartedly. Never apologize for where you are on your journey, to your family, friends, coworkers, and especially not to yourself.
It's also important to know that once on a path you don't have to stay there forever. In each moment you get to choose you path. Choose the one that makes you feel more alive and be fearless about living it. Share your experience with others. Someone out there may be looking for a new path, and yours might just be the one that helps them live into their full potential. You don't need to waste time and energy trying to convince others that you are right and they are wrong, but you can live your belief, show others how greatly you've been impacted, what you've learned, how you've grown. If there is a piece of your journey that can serve another, Great! If not, let them find what does work for them.
But under no circumstances should you ever disrespect your journey, put it down, or apologize for it. You are on your own unique journey. You are the only one it needs to serve, to make sense to, to feel good to. If it makes you feel more alive, it's the right path for you, even if us hippies like it too.


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Chailey School - ICT Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
By using the CLZ and other school ICT resources, you confirm that you agree with and will abide by the terms of the Acceptable Use Policy below. This system is monitored and sanctions may include, but are not limited to, suspension or closure of your network user account. Remember, this is your Learning Zone which we hope you will enjoy using responsibly.
The following statements reflect the School's ICT Acceptable Use Policy, or AUP, and outline the standards and attitudes we expect from students when using the systems. The school reserves the right to amend this policy from time to time in order to protect students and/or ICT systems.
➢ Students must not interfere with the work of others on the system.
➢ The facilities must be used in a responsible manner, in particular you must not:
• Create, transmit, store or forward material that is designed or likely to cause annoyance, inconvenience, anxiety, hatred or offence.
• Create, transmit, store or forward obscene or indecent material.
• Create, transmit, store or forward defamatory material.
• Create, transmit, store or forward material that infringes the copyright of another person or organisation (including music, video, intellectual property or other material without the written permission of the owner).
• Gain deliberate unauthorised access to facilities or services via local, national or international networks.
• Introduce or cause to be introduced, viruses or their derivatives to computer systems and/or networks.
➢ You must not gain unauthorised access to or violate the privacy of other people's files, corrupt or destroy other people's data or disrupt the work of other people.
➢ It is your responsibility to prevent inappropriate access to your files by not publicising or giving anyone else your passwords. Passwords are private to individual users and must not be shared. Do not use easy-to-guess passwords such as 'password' or part of your name. Files may be reviewed both automatically and manually by ICT Technicians to ensure users are using the system responsibly. Users should not expect that files stored on servers or disks will always be private.
➢ You must comply with the requirements of the relevant legislation including the:
• Computer Misuse Act 1990
• Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998
• The Data Protection Act 1984
Further information:
The following descriptions attempt to provide guidance to the main points of the law but should not be regarded as a definitive statement of law.
1) The Computer Misuse Act 1990
The Computer Misuse Act identifies three specific offences:
(a) Unauthorised access to computer material
(b) Unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate the commission of further offences
(c) Unauthorised modification of computer material
The act defines (a) the basic offence, as a summary offence punishable on conviction with a maximum fine of £2,000 or both. The Act goes on to describe offences (b) and (c) as triable either summarily or on indictment, and punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine or both.
The offences described in the Act may be interpreted within universities by the examples given below. These are intended as a guide to the seriousness of each offence and do not attempt to cover all possibilities.
Definition 1 Unauthorised access to a computer includes: using another person's identifier (ID) and password; creating a virus; laying a trap to obtain a password; or persistently trying to guess an ID and password. The response to some actions will depend on the specific conditions of use in force. Take, for example, unauthorised borrowing of an ID from another user in order to obtain a larger allocation of computing resources. In this case both the user who borrowed the ID and the user who lent it would be deemed to have committed offences.
Definition 2 Unauthorised access to a computer with intent includes gaining access to financial or administrative records, reading or changing examination results; inspecting examination paper proofs.
Definition 3 Unauthorised and deliberate modification of computer material includes: destroying another user's files; modifying systems files; introducing a local virus; introducing a networked virus, or deliberately generating information to cause a system malfunction.
It should be noted that a breach of the Computer Misuse Act may result not only in criminal proceedings but also in the initiation of action under the School's internal disciplinary procedures.
(2) The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
For copyright purposes computer programs are defined as 'literary works' and as such are the subject of a mass of provisions designed primarily to control the use of printed works. All computer software, whether covered by a specific licence or not, is copyright under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the main provisions of which follow:
• Software may not be copied without appropriate authority or transferred to machines for which it is not licensed
• Users must ensure the security and confidentiality of any copy of software released to them and must not make any further copies from it
• Users must ensure that subsidiary copyrights are not infringed. Note: text and other materials (e.g. statistical or bibliographic databases, scanned images, digitised images or sequences of images from TV) within the software applications are also subject to copyright. Users must not use material down-loaded from databases without a specific licensing agreement unless it falls within the normal limits of "fair-dealing" under the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.
(3) The Data Protection Act 1984
The School is required to ensure that its computer users are aware of, and comply with, the principles of the Act which require personal data to be
(1) Obtained fairly and lawfully
(2) Held only for one or more lawful purposes specified in the data user's registry entry
(3) Used or disclosed only in accordance with the data user's registry entry
(4) Adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes
(5) Accurate and, where necessary up to date
(6) Not kept longer than necessary for the specified purposes
(7) Made available to data subjects on requests
(8) Properly protected against loss or disclosure
If you are a computer user, on no matter how small a scale, you are required to familiarise yourself with these principles and to apply them when using or processing any personal data which fall within the scope of the Act.
You may be liable to criminal prosecution, as well as disciplinary action, if you process personal data without having submitted an application for registration. The School's registration applications are co-ordinated by the Data Protection Officer who is prepared to discuss and advise on any matter relating to the Act. If you have not already done so you should contact the Data Protection Officer to see if any personal data which you may hold falls within the scope of the School's registration.
You should note that the Act requires data users to take appropriate security measures to guard against unauthorised access to, or alteration, destruction or disclosure of. personal data. You are therefore strongly advised to use the highest level of security available to protect your stored files and to take the utmost care of any listings of your data.
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That's right, we started celebrating yesterday and are just now finishing. But it's a big deal and merits a big drawn-out celebration. After all, it was a first-time-ever for both of us and will probably a last-time-ever for both of us as well.
While waiting for our server, we each counted how many opportunities we'd had to do this. My number was higher than his. By two! Which made the accomplishment we celebrated for two days even more remarkable.
A new restaurant out on the highway opened recently. It's the talk of the town. Friday night probably wasn't the best time to go, but we figured we were out to celebrate, so we didn't mind waiting our turn.
A fabulous menu! I have simple taste buds and usually have to work at finding something that sounds appealing. This menu had so many delectable choices I had a hard time narrowing it to one. I told Mauri we'd have to come back often so I can try everything they offer. We'll have to stretch to find enough excuses to celebrate. Or we can just keep celebrating our two-day celebration.
The food was fabulous! No kidding—and our large plates were all food! We both brought home another whole meal's worth of leftovers. Our server was a little preoccupied so we decided to skip the dessert we had picked out.
But then back at home Mauri wondered if I might enjoy trying the cookies his friend brought him from a recent trip to Africa. And he made us hot chocolate using dark chocolate chips to go with. A fitting finish to our celebration, I'd say.
Wouldn't you?


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Certificate 15, 129 minutes
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Stars: Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton
Kingsman: The Secret Service is based on the comic book The Secret Service by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. It opens in the Middle East in 1997 when a team of agents in a helicopter assault a fortress. During the mission, one of the agents is killed. One of the survivors goes to the widow and son of the dead man, and gives the son a medal with a number on the back, with instructions to call it if he should ever need a favour.
The Kingsman agents are an independent international intelligence agency, separate from any government, founded in 1919. They are not mercenaries, but are instead dedicated to preserving the peace of the world, and describe themselves as the new knights. The knights are the Knights of the Round Table and their codenames all relate to this. The leader of the Kingsman agency is called Arthur (Michael Caine, Interstellar, Now You See Me, The Dark Knight Rises).
Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsman:_The_Secret_Service#mediaviewer/File:Kingsman_The_Secret_Service_poster.jpgSeventeen years later, after one of the agents, Lancelot (Jack Davenport), is killed during a mission whilst investigating what seems to be a group of mercenaries specialising in bio-weapon attacks, they need to replace one of their own. Each existing Kingsman has to sponsor a new candidate. Only one of these will make it into the organisation itself.
The son of the dead man from the beginning of the film, Gary, or "Eggsy" (Taron Egerton), has now grown up. Despite having great potential, both intellectually and physically, he has turned to drugs and petty crime, dropped out of the Royal Marines partway through training, and has never had a job. After a car chase he is arrested by the police and is facing a stretch inside, so he rings the number on the back of the medal and calls in the favour. The man who originally gave him the medal, Harry Hart, codenamed Galahad (Colin Firth, Before I Go to Sleep, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), gets him off the charges - that's his favour. Following a discussion in a pub in which Galahad demonstrates his impressive fighting talents against a group of local thugs, Galahad decides to sponsor Eggsy, as he did his father before him.
The Kingsman agents are all rather aristocratic - gentlemen spies in fact. Eggsy is definitely not, and consequently gets a bit of stick from some of the stereotypical (albeit very competent) snobs also applying. He is not the only candidate being interviewed for what is described as the most dangerous job application there is; so dangerous that one of the candidates fails to survive it. Only one of the applicants will complete the process and will become the new Lancelot. He is definitely the most common of them. Much of the film is taken up by Eggsy's application and training to become a Kingsman, whilst in the background Galahad is investigating the circumstances that led to Lancelot's death. In particular, the actions of billionaire internet mogul Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, RoboCop, The Avengers).
Valentine is a good old-fashioned criminal mastermind in the style of the old 1960s Bond villains. He even has an unusual sidekick-assassin, Gazelle (Sofia Boutella), who has some literally killer legs (a more modern version of Nick Nack or Oddjob). Both Galahad and Valentine make references to those old-style films in a talk with each other, both claiming to be fans. The concept has been altered and modernised to a certain extent. The spies are still gentlemen spies, well dressed and equipped with advanced high -tech weaponry and equipment - pure James Bond stuff. Merlin (Mark Strong) is a variant of Q - if Q starts toting an assault rifle and gets a bit more involved in the action. Valentine is an unusual villain. He hates the sight of blood - anyone's blood. He's definitely plotting something, but what? Valentine has also got the backing of quite a few powerful and/or wealthy people behind him, which makes it fortunate that Kingsman is independent of national governments, many of which appear to have been compromised.
This is a violent film (as the Kingsman agents show just how truly lethal they are), with a fair bit of blood, but occasionally the violence enters pure comic realms, becoming, probably deliberately, unrealistic (in the main case, it would have turned the film horribly gory otherwise). Lots of action and stunts, and Colin Firth proving to be rather effective in his action role, something he is not exactly known for (his portrayal of a Roman legionnaire in The Last Legion was rather unconvincing). The combination of gentleman and spy works well for him, being able to deal out death and violence whilst dressed in a bespoke suit. A gentleman always has a good suit. It's not just violence, though, as there is plenty of humour too. This may not be a 1960s Bond film, as is stated within it, but it's definitely been inspired to a certain degree by them. By the end of it, Eggsy is looking quite dashing in his new suit, and is equally adept at violence, even if he isn't as well-spoken as the rest of the Kingsman agents but, as Galahad tells him, being a gentleman isn't how you were born or how you talk. Samuel L. Jackson's portrayal of the lisping, and rather squeamish considering his plans, villain is also a nice touch; it's not as extreme as Doctor Evil, but it's certainly not standard. If you like Matthew Vaughn's other films, you are probably going to enjoy this one too. Kingsman: The Secret Service is a spy movie with lots of gadgets, violence and quite a bit of humour, and is certainly deserving of a sequel (and be sure to wait for the credits scene).
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A report from activist Ralph Lopez: "According to the UN, 35% of Afghans do not meet the daily caloric intake requirement required to avoid malnutrition. Translation, this many Afghans are pretty much starving slowly. This could help account for the average lifespan, the shortest in the world, of 43. We're talking about a speed-up in the process, which, combined with unimaginable cold at these mountain altitudes, makes people drop like flies. Especially children. It happened in Samangan in 2008, in Tulak in 2005, and many other provinces where the world's fourth-poorest people expire without note by the wider world.
"At a UN press conference this week it was revealed that it is in danger of happening again, this time in the southern and south-east provinces. Twenty percent of food aid has not reached it's target. The financial shortage amounts to about US$ 870 million, what we spend on military operations 2 weeks. This is the time we can show Afghans we are for real, and will never let another single child starve and freeze if we can help it. Congress must pass emergency legislation as fast as it passed the legislation funding bullets and bombs. Otherwise we are damned, and deserve it."
Someone might want to let the magician know about this. I'm sure that after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize he would not want it to be known that he sat back and let children starve while he waged war on them - especially at the time when the Christians celebrate the birth of the prince of peace.
Can you say genocide? Think about it....the magician and his handlers want pipelines to be constructed through Afghanistan.....but the "terrorists" are in the way....wouldn't it be easier for the oil corporations who are running this policy to just thin the population out a bit?
Starvation, white phosphorous bombs, depleted uranium or drone attacks on civilians - it's all the same thing.
The US wants to stabilize Afghanistan? It's easy....build hospitals, schools, feed the people, stop blowing them up. But the truth is that the US does not want peace, nor stability, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They want chaos in order to justify a long-term occupation. They want pipelines and they don't give a damn about the people.


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"Hou Beiren + Hernan Gana: Homeland In My Mind" to Open in San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Contempor'ati Studios today announced the opening of its exhibition "Hou Beiren + Hernan Gana: Homeland in My Mind" featuring California-based, Master Chinese Literati artist, Hou Beiren, and Chilean environmental landscape artist, Hernan Gana. The exhibition opens during Asia Week San Francisco at the Pacific Heritage Museum beginning October 5th, 2017 (5:00pm-7:30pm) and runs through April 1st, 2018.
"While these artists are separated by over 50 years, Hou Beiren's works presented together with Mr. Gana's will make the audience think more deeply about how nostalgically beautiful the literati landscapes are compared with those resulting from the man-made impact of climate change on our environment," said Jean Song, Founder of Contempor'ati Studios and curator of the exhibition.
"Hou Beiren and Hernan Gana interpret the world around them in vastly different ways," said Mark Barnekow, Executive Producer of the exhibition. "This exhibit's juxtaposition of idealistic landscapes with natural disasters portrays how climate change may continue to alter the earth and our lives."
Hou Beiren is one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century and a trailblazer in Chinese splash color ink art. Hou Beiren, who is also a poet, as well as a painter, celebrated his 101st birthday this year. His works can be found in the Hou Beiren Museum in Kunshan, China and the Liaoning Provincial Museum, Hou Beiren and Zhang Yunqing (his wife) Pavillion in Liaoning Province. Hernan Gana held his first painting exhibition in Santiago, Chile when he was just 17 years old. Since then, he has become one of Chile and South America's most beloved artists known mostly for his ability to hold a mirror to man's impact on the environment. The exhibition, "Hou Beiren + Hernan Gana: Homeland in My Mind" will travel in the US and China.
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Dave Ruden: Joseph keeps gridiron dream alive in Canada
The wait lasted eactly 208 days, but through it all Alex Joseph's resolve never wavered. He had endured too much to just toss aside a dream.
Besides, Joseph loved playing football too much.
"It is something I have been doing since I was young," said Joseph, the former Stamford High School star. "I'm not the type to give up. Until my body can't do it anymore I am not going to give up."
Joseph, 24, was speaking from Canada, where he is currently a linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL. Joseph signed with the team on April 10, just over seven months after he was released by the San Francisco 49ers the week before the start of the NFL regular season.
During the interim Joseph trained and worked at BlueStreak Sports Training. He remained in shape for the call he was confident would eventually come.
"It was very tough," Joseph said. "I looked for work. BlueStreak came around and helped me out. They are a big part of my success. They gave me a job. But the process of waiting was very tough. I just wanted to get back out on the field. I had to keep working hard."
Joseph has played in two of the Tiger-Cats' six games thus far. He is in the process of recovering from an injured left hamstring sustained in the team's last game, two weeks ago.
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"There's definitely a lot more running," Joseph said. "A lot more conditioning. I've lost about 12 pounds. I'm at about 230, and I haven't been at this weight since my sophomore year of college. I feel a lot faster. I've also had to do a lot more preparation. There's a lot of room for error. I've been hanging out with the veterans and they've been teaching me the ropes. I get better every day."
Joseph had an outstanding career for the Black Knights, graduating in 2006 and earning a scholarship at Temple, where he finished with 253 tackles in 47 games.
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Joseph worked out this past winter with former Stamford teammates Vlad Ducasse, who is now with the Jets, and Desmond Hinds. Having friends around helped ease the uncertainty.
"We really pushed each other hard," Joseph said.
Playing in Canada has meant a lot of changes for Joseph, both on and off the field.
"It took a few weeks to get used to things," he said. "But I love the game so much. It's just in me. I got myself back into playing shape and getting used to film study."
The fundamentals of his position, Joseph said, have become even more vital.
"You have more field to cover," he said. "It's more of a passing league so it's much faster. You have to make sure you make plays in the open field, so tackling one on one is really important."
Despite coming from Fairfield County, Joseph said there was another unexpected difference.
"It is very pricey here," he said. "Coming from the states, there's a big difference about how much things cost up here. But so far overall it has been a great experience. I'm really enjoying it."
Joseph said he feels like he has positioned himself to get more playing time and make a greater impact. He is waiting for his injury to heal.
While some questioned why Joseph would continue to pursue a professional career, he said retiring has never been a consideration. He has been through too much. The possible reward far outweighs the risk.
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The Canadian Women's Hockey League will pay players for the first time in its 11-year history beginning this season, the league announced Friday.
Although players will not receive full livable wages, they will earn a stipend ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. Team general managers will have a $100,000 budget to distribute among rosters, which can have up to 25 players. Additional income can be received through bonuses earned by winning team and individual awards, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.
At a meeting of the C.W.H.L.'s general managers on Thursday, the league also agreed to increase budgets for hiring coaches and general managers and for grass-roots initiatives in each of the league's cities. The C.W.H.L. has North American markets in Calgary; Toronto; Montreal; Markham, Ontario; and Boston.
"Each year we will build and increase all of those categories until we've reached a point where we can actually call it a salary," Brenda Andress, the league's commissioner, said.
In June, the C.W.H.L. expanded to China with the addition of Kunlun Red Star. Later in the summer, the league added a second Chinese team, the Vanke Rays. Both teams will be based in Shenzhen and are a focus of China's push to build a contending program in time for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
With many top Canadian and American players skipping the pro leagues this year for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the C.W.H.L.'s move into China is a timely opportunity to grow the league's influence.
Last year, the Kunlun Red Star men's team began its first season in the Russian-based Kontinental Hockey League. The club was founded by Billy Ngok, who owns the private equity company Golden Brick Capital Management and China Environmental Energy Holdings.
Andress would not say if there was any direct financial investment from Chinese hockey parties that have contributed to the C.W.H.L.'s growth, but acknowledged that the league's move into Asia has helped close major sponsorship deals, which will be announced before the season begins Oct. 14.
"Whether China came into our league or not, the sponsors we were working with and the partnerships we were working with, we planned on paying the players," Andress said. "I think the China opportunity has given us more access, more opportunities out there."
Several former Olympians, including the American forward Kelli Stack and the Finnish goalie Noora Raty, have committed to play for Kunlun Red Star, where their duties are expected to include grooming a Chinese women's national team and youth teams.
Andress added that while the base stipend rules applied to all C.W.H.L. teams, the league would not dictate how players associated with the Chinese national team would be paid.
Players and staff have begun arriving in China for the coming season and have been posting images on social media showing upscale training and moderate living facilities.
C.W.H.L. players were notified of the stipend implementations Friday morning. When asked if she was concerned that some North American-based players might become upset over a discrepancy in money and benefits for players in China, Andress said that the league worked closely with the C.W.H.L.'s players' association on the stipend figures and the completed deal was suggested by the union.
"I kind of see it more as a bigger-picture thing," said Kristina Brown, a forward for the Boston Blades. "I'm not sure how the logistics work, but the players from China, their salaries from the C.W.H.L. will be the same, and anything extra will be what they're doing over there and from that team individually."
Increased pay in women's hockey has become a key issue in the last year, particularly after the United States women's national team staged a successful boycott against USA Hockey, its governing body, for equitable support with the men's program.
The National Women's Hockey League, which has four franchises in the northeast United States, became a direct competitor of the C.W.H.L. upon its creation in 2015. Since its inception, the N.W.H.L. has offered salaries as high as $26,000 annually.
But in November, as the N.W.H.L. struggled to gain new sponsors, the league had to cut pay almost in half, putting it on par with the C.W.H.L.'s payment structure.
While the C.W.H.L. did not pay its players before this year, it has been successful in growing its league steadily since 2007. It has developed partnerships with N.H.L. teams in Canadian markets and the N.H.L. players' association; negotiated sponsorships and partnerships with companies like Molson Coors and Tim Hortons; and signed television deals with Sportsnet.