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At least half of the horror movies nowadays feature, around the opening credits scene, a disclaimer: "based on true events" (or something similar).
Some people get incredibly excited by that, even though most of horror fans should be aware of the fact that only a handful of movies are actually based on true stories and an even smaller group of flicks closely follows the events their based on.
Some movies – like The Blair Witch Project (1999) and The Fourth Kind (2009) – cheated on the audience by setting up a clever marketing campaign that marketed them as real. Others utilise the "based on a true story" in a misleading way (for example The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 1974 and The Strangers, 2008), since by "based on a true story" they simply mean it's true that somebody, somewhere got killed… oh really? Other movies just lie: for example, The Changeling (1980) and The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) claim to be based on true events even though that's just a big, fat lie. Before you stone me, I'm not saying these movies are bad: as a matter of fact, I really like most of the ones I mentioned. It's just a fact that they aren't actually based on true events.
There are, however, a few horror movies – most of which combine horror and drama – that are indeed based on true events. We are talking about cinema, so I suggest you to take this list of 10 films with a grain of salt since most of them are only loosely based on true stories. This list is based on facts (I get the information from relatable sources and after double checking them, I didn't just read headlines on the internet) and I ranked the movies according to my personal opinions and taste… don't get mad at me!
10 Open Water (2003) – this 'edge-of-the-seat' type of movie follows two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark-infested waters after their tour boat has left. This American movie is based on the story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan who, in 1998, disappeared off the Great Barrier Reef after a diving company accidentally left them behind in shark-infested waters. Contrarily to the movie, however, their bodies were never found. If you want to know more about this unsettling story, check this link.
9 Borderland (2007) – Rider Strong and Sean Astin star in Borderland, a film that centers on three friends who head down to Mexico to celebrate their college graduation but stumble upon a cult that practices human sacrifice. The film is loosely based on the life of Adolfo Constanzo, an American-born serial killer and cult leader who moved to Mexico City as an adult where he met friends who would become his future followers. Although Borderland is not a very well-made movie, the true story behind it is genuinely scary: Constanzo wanted to add human remains to the ingredients for his spells. At first he robbed graves, but he wanted fresh ingredients. Mutilated bodies started to turn up around the city. Constanzo would skin and/or dismember his victims alive, making sure to kill them in the most painful way possible. The body count during this period is unclear, but he tortured and killed at least 20 people during this time.
8 Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975) – regarded as an exploitation classic (as well as the epitome of Nazi-sploitation. Yes, this is also a subgenre of horror), Ilsa walks the viewer through exploitative torture, sexual abuse and over-the-top Nazi violence. As much as this might seem just another cheap exploitation flick, the character of Ilsa is inspired by Ilsa Koch and Irma Grese, two female concentration camp guards, who went down in history as committing the most mythically horrifying personal atrocities of the Third Reich.
7 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) – described by the BBC as "quite possibly the most harrowing real-life serial killer movie ever made," John McNaughton's 1986 directorial debut Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is essentially a three-hander between Henry (Michael Rooker), his roommate and later partner-in-crime Otis (Tom Towles) and his oblivious 20-something sister Becky (Tracy Arnold). The movie works as a greedy portrait (unsurprisingly, am I right?) of notorious, convicted Texan serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. He claimed to have killed more than 600 people, whereas in actuality he was convicted for the murder of 'only' 11. Henry follows more closely the claims of Lee Lucas than it does the actual events, but it's still a highly impactful horror movie.
6 The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) – Jennifer Carpenter and Tom Wilkinson star in this unconventional possession flick. This horror/courtroom drama revolves around the actual story of Anna Elisabeth "Anneliese" Michel, a German girl who, after suffering from a major seizure and being diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy, was forced by her family to be subjected to an exorcism. The exorcism caused her untimely death that, according to judges and detectives who investigated the case, could have been avoided, since the girl's 'possession' was only the result of a combination between her religious upbringing and psychological conditions.
5 The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) – This 1976 movie (and its 2014 remake) told the tale of the residents of Texarkana, Texas, who were terrorised by a mysterious hooded killer known as the "Phantom Killer". This story is very close to the truth, as the Texarkana Moonlight Murders really did happen in the spring of 1946. Executed in a slasher-esque and exploitative way, the only difference between movie and real events consists of tone… the rest is pretty accurate. If you haven't seen it, check the original out; don't bother with the umpteenth subpar remake.
4 Cannibal (2006) – This German shocker by Marian Dora (a director who is seemingly always surrounded by controversy) is based on the true-crime story of Armin Meiwes, the "Rotenburg Cannibal" who posted an online ad searching for someone to volunteer to be mutilated and eaten. Unlikely as it may seem, someone actually replied. The film shows a fictional portrayal of the meeting between the cannibal and his victim/participant, their homosexual relationship, and the eventual mutilation and murder of said victim. Extremely close to the actual events, Cannibal sets itself apart from most horror movies because it's a (perhaps weird and twisted) romance before being a horror flick.
3 Wolf Creek (2005) – the plot of Wolf Creek follows three backpackers in Australia whose car breaks down in the middle of the outback. They are taken in by a supposedly helpful man who offers to fix their car at his property, but he soon shows his true colours, imprisoning and torturing the tourists. This great Aussie flick was written and directed by Greg McClean, who took inspiration for his movie from two actual serial killers: The Backpack Killer (active in the mid-90s) and The Outback Killer (active in the early 00s). Wolf Creek follows (and combines) the events so closely that, during the trial in 2005, a judge felt it may potentially influence the case of Brad Murdoch (The Outback Killer).
2 Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre (1995) – coming straight from Hong Kong, this war/drama movie based on actual events has more horrific and disturbing scenes than 95% of the horror flicks I watched. Set in 1937, the movie follows Japanese troops that raided the Chinese city of Nanking to execute a planned massacre by subjecting over 300.000 helpless civilians to various tortures and atrocities before slaughtering them all. The inclusion of fictional messed up scenes, in combination with actual footage from the massacre (!), makes this film hard to watch and truly disturbing.
1 The Girl Next Door and An American Crime (2007) – both movies, released the same year, tell the true, horrific and disgusting story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s. Whereas An American Crime is a much more truthful representation of the events (so I'd recommend it for that), The Girl Next Door is a superior film in terms of performances, dreadful and disturbing feel, and horror vibe. I'd still suggest to check them both out, just bear in mind they might affect you deeply due to their close representation of a horrendous crime.
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Geordie Bucket List: 15 Must-do North-East Experiences for you to tick off
Published: Monday 18th Jul 2016
Written by: The Grace Darling Holidays Team
Here is a list of the must-see and must do experiences in the North East for you to complete this summer.
Book one of Grace Darling's Holiday Cottages in Northumberland, if you haven't already, and see how many of these experiences you can tick off your 'Geordie Bucket List' while exploring Northumberland, Newcastle and the surrounding areas.
1. Craster
Head to Craster along the A1 on the Northumberland Coast, Park at the Jolly Fisherman pub and enjoy crab sandwiches and proper beef-dripping chips. After relaxing on the sun terrace overlooking the sea, you can then do the mile long walk to the atmospheric ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle.
2. Belsay Castle
Visit Belsay Castle and Garden on the A696 just past Ponteland and take a walk through the walled quarry garden and admire its coloured splendour.
3. Cragside House
Take a picnic to Cragside House, near Rothbury, and spend the day exploring the magical gardens and woodland. You can also tour the house, which was the first in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity.
4. Shield's Ferry
Get on the Shields Ferry and have fish and chips at the other side – For North Shields try the Waterfront on the Fish Quay, or in South Shields the most recommended eatery is Colman's.
5. Cullercoats Beach
Go caving at Cullercoats beach and then enjoy tea and cake at Beaches and Cream café on the Prom.
6. Whitley Bay
Visit the Spanish City Amusements in Whitley Bay and brave the big slide and ghost train.
7. Tynemouth
Spend the day in Tynemouth. Visit the Priory, then walk along the prom to the boating lake and rent a pedal boat. Have a fish and chip lunch and then spend the afternoon paddling on King Edward's Bay.
8. Alnwick Castle and Gardens
Take a trip to Alnwick Castle and Gardens. There are great HARRY Potter and Medieval Days for the kids and of course the fountains and gardens, including the treehouse and poison garden, have to be seen.
9. South Marine Park
Take a ride on the miniature train at South Marine Park in South Shields, where you can pedalo on the lake and enjoy the wide open green spaces and play parks.
10. Jesmond Dene
Visit Jesmond Dene and enjoy the beautiful park. Go for a walk, let the kids play in the park or take them to the petting zoo.
11. National Glass Museum
Go to the National Glass Centre in Sunderland. There is enough to see to occupy a few rainy hours and plenty of interactivity for the kids, not least a stomp on the glass roof.
12. Barter Books
Barter Books – in the Victorian Alnwick railway station – is a fantastic afternoon out for book lovers. It is filled to the rafters of second-hand treasures and has plenty of sofas for browsing. It is also where the Keep Calm and Carry On posters originated.
13. Durham Cathedral
Visit Durham's compact and bustling city centre and take a trip to the majestic Cathedral. Light a candle and look for baby bats hiding in the cloisters.
14. Get a Drink in Style
Enjoy a drink looking down the Georgian grandeur of Grey Street in the new Botanist bar, which boasts some of the best views in the city.
15. Chinatown
Savour an authentic Chinese meal in Newcastle's Chinatown, one of only 5 in the UK. Don't forget to walk through the Chinese Arch at the top of Stowell Street.


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We were asked to design the website of legendary singer-songwriter Joe Melson. He has a huge fan base in Germany and part of the site was to be translated into German. The site would feature Joe's songs, both old and new, would promote his new CD and advise of upcoming tour dates and appearances.
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Hey everyone... here's some links to check out if you're wondering about how you'll get through the holiday seasons. If you have any other ideas or stories to share, please feel free to add them. (I think we should keep this a sticky at least until the holidays are over)
H unger means you eat when physically hungry instead of emotionally hungry.
Attitudes about your size has to with the size of your heart instead of the size of your body.
Parents accept and value you for who you are, not according to how you look.
Problems are resolved in ways other than stuffing your feelings with food.
You spend as much time and energy on helping others, as you do on how you look.
Happiness comes from within rather than from expectations of others.
Occasions for the holidays emphasize relating to others instead of emphasizing food.
Love of self means you deserve to treat yourself in the best humanly possible way.
Identity of self involves more than how you look.
Disapproval of self is changed to approval of who you are.
Acceptance of what one can not change includes your body features.
You treat yourself as you treat your best friend.
Society values you for being you without emphasis to your weight or size.
by: Sharon Sward, President of Eating Disorder Professionals of Colorado
Author of You Are More Than What You Weigh
Radio Talk Show Host on self-esteem, weight, and eating disorders
from the www.mirror-mirror.org link
Coping with an eating disorder during the holidays
Twelve Ideas to help people with eating disorders negotiate the holidays
The holiday train wreck
- general coping skills
You can help reduce the amount of stress you feel and the likelihood of resorting to some inappropriate coping skills by removing yourself from situations that increase stress.
Twelve ideas to help women with eating disorders negotiate thanksgiving and christmas
Communication reduces holiday stress
Food, stress and the holiday season


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Dragon Art Contest2 - original art only - Vector, painted, raster
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- Награды: $100
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This is a repost of a previous contest where most of the entries were clip art and unchanged stock vectors. Freelancer suggested that I post a new contest.
Please be aware that this is for a T-shirt that will be sold and all the "free" and "premium" stock providers have in their agreements that the design may NOT be used for products to be sold or distributed. Nor do they allow the transfer or assignment of the design.
Simply put. Do NOT enter something that is in whole, or in part, any kind of stock vector or image. This includes tracing an existing design and making a vector from it. Do NOT enter any art or design unless you personally created it. No exceptions. There are many tools to check if images are copied and I used these tools.
This is a contest for a design that will be used on a t-shirt and possibly other products for the purpose of selling them. The theme is "Dragon"
Have fun with this and be creative and original. I am looking for art that is suitable to be printed on T-shirts. You can include words or a slogan if you feel it enhances the design or no words and just the art. I prefer a transparent background but will consider art with a background. It can be funny, serious, cartoonish, or realistic, I prefer "western" dragons that you would expect to see in a high-fantasy game or movie. It should be visually appealing. Think: What "Dragon" art would look cool on a T-shirt?
Besides the contest winner, I may choose to contact runners up about purchasing their art in a separate Freelancer project if the art is compelling.
I am looking for multiple designs for multiple themes and will be on the lookout for providers of art in future projects.
Upon winning the contest, you will supply the design files. Your design, illustration, or vector should be your original work and not something procured from a stock image company or someone else own the rights to all, or part, of the artwork. Repeat - NO STOCK VECTORS OR IMAGES will be considered. On providing me the design files, I will have the full rights of using the art for marketing, merchandise, or any other purpose.
If vector please make it fit inside a 4:5 aspect ratio (4 wide to 5 high). If you win you will supply the design in a .ai (with layers) format and a .eps format.
If Raster or digital illustration you please make it fit inside a 2400px (wide) by 3000px (high) file in a .PSD format including the individual layers.
No Flat images. I will check the layers.
Forgive me if I seem very picky about no stock but in the last contest, many entries were made pretending it to be their own work. For liability reasons I can not and will not use copied work.
Good luck! I can't wait to see what you come up with.
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David's career of 43 years has been in secondary education and in that time he has done everything possible to offer a wide and inclusive experience for the benefit of students at The Ashcombe School in Dorking, Surrey, where he has been Headteacher for 13 years.
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When your mother tells you to eat your vegetables, you better listen. And, when mother nature speaks to you about how you should eat, you should definitely listen. There are many theories about how we should eat based upon the recent and distant past. I don't believe anyone knows for certain. The question is, is there a natural human diet? Likely, there at least used to be…
But, we can look at how the great apes eat today. We are almost genetically exact to them. They eat mainly leaves, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. We surely don't want to eat everything they eat like leaves and bugs though.
I think we can skip those and be OK. We would eat lettuce leaves and beans for protein if we are vegetarians. Everything we know about how we ate in the past points to us eating largely fruits and vegetables.
I am not sure how long it takes the body to adapt to new food. Is it hundreds of years, thousands, millions? No one knows. When they talk about a diet from the Paleolithic era, this means before farming or agriculture and animal husbandry.
So, among nuts, vegetables, roots, fruit, berries, mushrooms, etc. they likely ate anything that moved having two eyes and a mother. But, they didn't live as long as we do now. Why? No one knows for sure.
One reason could be that food with enough calories was not plentiful. So, there was likely malnutrition and starvation. I have heard when man started cooking his food it increased calorie consumption responsible for his increased brain size.
So, does that mean you should limit eating raw food? When man began standing on two feet, made tools and weapons, learned how to build a fire, started cooking and ate meat something happened.
Times must have been harder way back then as hunter-gatherers. One problem is we currently overdo the calories. Lots of obesity and other health problems related to the foods we eat. Namely, what they call the standard American diet which has too much animal protein, oil, salt, sugar and refined grains.
'While there is wide variability in the way the paleo diet is interpreted, the diet typically includes vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots, and meat and typically excludes foods such as dairy products, grains, sugar, legumes, processed oils, salt, alcohol, or coffee. The diet is based on avoiding not just processed foods, but rather the foods that humans began eating after the Neolithic Revolution when humans transitioned from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to settled agriculture [1 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet]'.
The fruits they ate were not as sweet or as large as now. They make them so they grow larger and sweeter. So, it's probably a good idea to limit these. Personally, I go by the USDA recommendation.
How much I eat based upon the USDA My Plate recommendation…
- 1 ½ to 3 cups of rice (I eat more than this because I eat a bowl of rice with soy milk with raw honey, sunflower and pumpkin seeds at night)
- 2 cups of fruit like blackberries, strawberries and cantaloupe
- 2 ½ cups of vegetables or a huge salad (I eat two extra large green salads)
- 1 ½ cups of beans
- We have our daily green smoothie
Does common sense come into play with what we should naturally eat? Maybe. I know thousands of years ago, we didn't cook things. I know we wouldn't have eaten a raw tuber like a potato.
Would we have eaten rice? Furthermore, I don't think we knew how to make bread. There were no cows. Cow milk is actually for the baby cow, not humans. Humans make their own milk, but for their own babies, not adults.
So, if you believe we should eat a certain way for maximum health and longevity, what would that be? Would it be like a caveman's diet? Would it be eating modern processed and refined food? Does it even matter what foods we eat? I think it does, because it has been proven eating plant-based whole food makes us lose weight and get healthier.
What things should we avoid eating? If you believe we should eat like we used to thousands and thousands of years ago…
You wouldn't eat these…
- Sugar
- Oil
- Junk and snack foods
- Salt (they didn't have salt shakers or put salt in their food)
- No soft drinks or energy drinks, only water
- No vitamin pills or supplements
- You wouldn't drink alcohol
Start your My Plate Plan: https://www.choosemyplate.gov/MyPlatePlan
Here's what they came up with for me when I put in my weight, age, height and physical activity level: MyPlatePlan_2200cals_Age14plus
Source- 1 URL en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet
Website Title Wikipedia
Article Title Paleolithic diet
Date Published March 12, 2019
Date Accessed March 17, 2019
Note- consult your doctor before you change your diet.


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The Absolutely Fabulous movie has yet to hit the U.S., but it's been released in the U.K. And the reviews are in, well, at least from two fans, and it is laugh-out-loud funny. So loud that the two moviegoers were asked to leave the venue, reports The Guardian.
Cindy Amass and Jacqueline Cox, who consider themselves the real-life Eddy and Patsy (don't we all), were thrilled to head out to see the film in Islington, London.
Amass, who is a grandmother like her friend Cox, said, "I hadn't been out for over a year and I was really looking forward to it. It was an early show at 6 pm so there wasn't many people in the cinema."
Cox's niece had surprised the two with tickets, and they were more than happy to take her up on the offer. Cox chimed in saying, "My daughter, Candice, and all our family, call us Eddy and Patsy because we are just like them."
Eddy and Patsy (Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley) are no wallflowers and apparently neither are these two.
The women explain they were laughing because they found the film hilarious and were advised by management to "laugh on the inside." Apparently that suggestion made them laugh even more.
Sometimes people get the "church giggles," a term we picked up from comedian Kathy Griffin's stand-up, meaning, you just cannot stop laughing even at inappropriate times. Sure, it's appropriate to laugh while watching a film at the cinema, but in this situation, they were being addressed by management.
According to the women the manager did not take kindly to their outburst and asked them to leave. As well, two other men were excused from the film.
It is a bit of a head scratcher, but in the end all four were refunded their tickets. And what did they do? Rather than having a pity party, they all went and had a drink at a local bar (in true Eddy and Patsy style).
There's always two sides to the story (well, three if you go by the saying, "Yours. Mine. What really happened: the truth.") and the venue said that there was too much talking going on, not necessarily giggling, when asked by local media what actually transpired.
Our takeaway is: The good news is that the film is funny.
We don't expect this to turn into a Chewbacca Mom scenario, but it is a fun idea to think of the possibility of these two ladies hearing from the Ab Fab women themselves. At the least, we hope they get a second chance to see the film in its entirety.
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Russia's aggression in Ukraine is a "wake-up call" for the Atlantic military alliance and other international institutions that have buttressed European security and stability for decades, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday.
"We live in a different world than we did less than a month ago," Rasmussen said in a previously scheduled Brookings Institution speech that was adjusted to reflect a sudden crisis that he called Europe's "gravest threat . . . since the end of the Cold War."
How NATO and its 28 individual members respond to the new world Rasmussen outlined is likely to determine whether the challenges that have plagued the alliance almost since its inception are eased or aggravated.
Many of those challenges — American dominance, unequal burden-sharing, defense budget woes — were somewhat subdued during NATO's first four decades, when the United States was ready and eager to lead on the front lines of the Cold War.
But since the 1991 demise of the Soviet Union, with interruptions for joint action in places such as Bosnia, Afghanistan and Libya, those problems have dominated virtually every high-level NATO meeting.
President Obama, who told a San Diego television station Wednesday that "we are not going to be getting into a military excursion in Ukraine," came to office with a commitment to build stronger international institutions. But all three of his defense secretaries, from Robert M. Gates to Leon Panetta to Chuck Hagel, have alternately berated and pleaded with Europe to increase defense spending.
"America's contributions in NATO remain starkly disproportionate, so adjustments in the U.S. defense budget cannot become an excuse for further cuts" in Europe, Hagel told his European counterparts in a closed-door session last month in Brussels just after he announced new decreases in U.S. spending.
The strategic plan that NATO adopted in 2010 called for increased spending on capabilities, including cyberwarfare, intelligence and surveillance. Yet in 2013, only a handful of NATO countries other than the United States, including Estonia, Greece and Britain, achieved the alliance's defense spending goal of 2 percent of gross domestic product, and many weren't even close.
Britain and France, which reached 1.9 percent in 2013 according to NATO figures, have announced major cuts this year, leading to new charges from American critics that Europe continues to seek a "free ride" from the United States.
"I am the first to stress that Europe must do more," Rasmussen said. "Developments in Ukraine are a stark reminder that security in Europe cannot be taken for granted."
At NATO's upcoming September summit in Britain, he said, "we need to take tough decisions" to demonstrate that "our commitment to the security of allies is unbreakable."
At the same time, Rasmussen argued, NATO is not entirely a one-way street that the United States has built, paved and continues to maintain.
"Over the past 10 years, for every two U.S. soldiers who have served in Afghanistan, one European soldier has always served with them," totaling 400,000, he said.
NATO countries continue to keep the peace in Kosovo, and in NATO's 2011 Libya operation, "European allies, Canada and NATO partners played a crucial role in enforcing an arms embargo, maintaining a no-fly zone and protecting the people from attacks by their own leader," Rasmussen said.
"It comes down to a simple truth: Shared security is better than solitary insecurity. And it's cheaper, too," he said. NATO, he added, is "a great deal for America. And it's why NATO matters to America."
Others have argued that some of those missions provided as much evidence of NATO dysfunction as they did of equality and cooperation. Although the United States quickly pulled back to let others take the lead in Libya, the operation revealed significant shortfalls in European capabilities. Although NATO agreed by consensus to participate, a number of countries declined, leading to charges that the alliance had become an "a la carte" organization.
In Afghanistan, caveats by individual nations on what kinds of combat and other missions they were prepared to undertake led to significant U.S. frustration.
"The irony is that the alliance has been focusing a lot in the last decade on threats outside of Europe," said Stephen Larrabee, an European security expert at the Rand Corporation.
The question now is whether a return to a more direct threat to Europe, "right on NATO's border," as Rasmussen put it, will focus minds and open pocketbooks.
"This is a time where it ought to be a little easier for parliaments and government to make the case that a decade and a half of underinvestment in defense needs to come to an end," said Ivo Daalder, president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, who served as Obama's ambassador to NATO for four years.
"I would hope that we spend a lot of time making clear that's what we expect them to do," Daalder said. "We've done that for many years and gotten nowhere."
Larrabee was pessimistic. "There will be a lot of talk," he said, "but I'd be surprised if you see much action."
Ukraine has also raised new questions about NATO's massive expansion after the fall of the Soviet Union. After a long debate in the early 1990s about moving eastward, the decade between 1999 and 2009 brought 12 new countries aboard.
Four others — Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Georgia — have expressed interest in joining.
Retired Adm. James G. Stavridis, who served as supreme allied commander of NATO from 2009 until 2013, said the crisis is likely to have a "salutary effect" on financial commitments NATO members have made but failed to keep. Overall, he said, Russia's actions in Ukraine stand to boost the alliance's relevance and jolt its politics, especially among its newer members in the east "who quite vividly remember being under the Russians. They're nervous," he said.
During a visit this week from Vice President Biden, however, Baltic leaders seemed to rest their hopes squarely on the United States and praised what Latvian President Andris Berzins called Biden's "unwavering reassurance."
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Colvin and Cohn team up for Norwalk concert
It's hard to believe that it was way back in 1998 that "Sunny Came Home" scored Shawn Colvin both Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the Grammy's, and 25 years ago that the singer picked up her first-ever Grammy win for Best Contemporary Folk Album for her 1989 debut, "Steady On."
The singer/songwriter has remained a fixture on the folk and pop music scenes ever since and has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the music biz—everyone from Sting to James Taylor to Edwin McCain.
"I've been teaming a lot lately; I've done a bunch of shows with Steve Earle and over the last few years have done a number of shows with Mary Chapin Carpenter," Colvin says. "I just like being a collaborator and I like playing with other people and singing with them."
Currently, Colvin is touring with Marc Cohn, himself a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, best known for the tune "Walking in Memphis" from his eponymous 1991 album. The musical duo will play the Norwalk Concert Hall on Friday, June 26.
"I've always wanted to get together with Marc and do some shows together because I've been a big fan of his," she says. "We each do a set and then sit in with each other for a few songs."
For her portion of the show, Colvin says to expect some hits and fan favorites from her catalogue, with Cohn adding some nice harmonies on a couple.
"I also just did a new covers record, so I play a lot of other people's songs, and some songs a lot of people probably haven't heard from me before," she says. "I just enjoy doing other people's songs generally."
Of course, Colvin fans are familiar with her album, "Cover Girl," that was a big hit 21 years ago and was the singer's first entry into an album like this.
"In my early career, I wasn't writing songs, so when I played a bar or club, I entertained people by doing the songs of others and I amassed quite a few that I thought I did good renditions of," she says. "The same is true 21 years beyond that, which is why I wanted to put another collection out."
She admits it's hard to choose what songs will make the album because there's so many to choose from, and even for the new recording she recorded 15 tracks and had to narrow it down to a dozen (with three becoming bonus tracks.)
Also, being a big fan of her collaborations, Colvin will be teaming with Steve Earle this December to record a studio album together—featuring both originals and covers.
Colvin feels that she's become a better storyteller on stage than she was at the beginning of her career, but her love for performing hasn't changed too much through the years.
"I'm probably better now, but I put so many years into singing live and performing live that I have always felt comfortable with it," she says. "It's one of the things that just comes easy for me. Writing songs is not. That is one thing that I have had to work hard at over the years. But playing solo, just a guitar and me, I think I have honed pretty well."
It's a career she has wished for since she was 15 and while she wasn't thinking this far ahead back then (she'll be 60 next January), Colvin is thrilled that she's had the chance to live the dream.
"Getting to play and perform with my heroes has been a dream come true; it's very exciting but also a bit nerve wracking," she says. "Travelling as much as I have to places around the world has been great. It's all been wonderful."
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Are you nuts about nuts like me? As part of a balanced diet, nuts are the perfect snack: they contain unsaturated fatty acids, are good for your heart and have filled with many other nutrients. What's not to like?
When the festive time of the year comes around, I love to up my game and make candied versions as a little treat. There are many recipes around to praline them the "proper" (and long) way but as I don't always want to get my candy thermometer out, I came up with this quick, easy and just as tasty version. It takes maximum 5 minutes to prepare and 8-10 minutes to roast.
They are:
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Made with healthy sugar
- Quick to make
- Super tasty
- The perfect Christmas snack
Candied Nuts
- 1 cup raw and unsalted nuts I used a mixed nuts
- 1/2 tbsp vegan butter
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 1/2 tbsp maple sugar (or coconut / brown sugar)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch cinnamon
Preheat oven at 375 and spread nuts on a baking tray lined with parchment paper
Put nuts in the oven for 2-3 minutes
While nuts are in the oven, combine all other ingredients in a bowl, except 1/2 tbsp of maple sugar.
Remove nuts from the oven (but keep the parchment paper on the tray) and add them to the mixture. Mix until the butter has melted and all nuts are well covered
Place nuts back on the lined tray, making sure to use all the maple mixture
Place back in oven and bake for approximately 8-10 minutes. You will see the maple mixture hardening and the nuts will turn golden
Remove from oven and sprinkle the 1/2 tbsp of maple sugar on top
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2014 X Games: Big Air and Slopestyle
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Otso wrote:Since we all know the hot-selling Superman|Batman: Public Enemies was a hit on sales. It seems DC will make sequels out of that serie instead of the other line of stories they could have used.
So the [url="http://www.warnerbrosconsumerproducts.de/index.php?id=5"]German site for WB products[/url] shows that September would be releasing [size="3"]Superman|Batman - Journey to the Dark Side.[/size]
Now there is no storyline like that in the comics, but will they take inspiration from the Loeb stories like they did in the first movie? Is the second one going to be the Michael Turner penciled ""The Supergirl From Krypton"" with some of the most iconic villains out there? From Darkseid to Female Furies!
Or will they make their own story or adapt plenty of stories from Superman|Batman book? What would you wish to see the Worl's Greatest team face?
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...New Line and the producers plan to update the brand with a modernized sensibility (it takes place in present day) under what Anne Lopez calls George's "Latino seal of approval."
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What goes on in the mind of a studio exec? Is "The Legend of the Guardians" supposed to be less of a goofy title than "Guardians of Ga'Hoole"? Because it's not, really. Nobody over the age of 10 is going to go "It's a LEGEND about some GUARDIANS! I have GOT to see that shit!" And anyone that young wouldn't care about the title anyway.
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What goes on in the mind of a studio exec? Is "The Legend of the Guardians" supposed to be less of a goofy title than "Guardians of Ga'Hoole"? Because it's not, really. Nobody over the age of 10 is going to go "It's a LEGEND about some GUARDIANS! I have GOT to see that shit!" And anyone that young wouldn't care about the title anyway.
Jabbadonut wrote:Here is a trailer for "Legend of the Guardians."
In the inaugural Getting Animated column, Troy Brownfield takes a look at Paul Dini's new Scooby Doo Movie.
Man of Action, the comics creative collective behind hit kids show "Ben 10," screened a preview of their new Cartoon Network animated series "Generator Rex" and discussed their Comic-Con origins.
Blair Marnell wrote:According to Comics Continuum, Warner Brothers Animation is making another "Green Lantern" direct-to-DVD animated film that will center around the origins of the Green Lantern Corps, along with the very first ring wielders. Given the suggested time frame of the story, popular Green Lanterns like Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner may not appear at all — though it should be noted that this rumor has not been confirmed by Warner Bros.
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Alice in Wonderland director Tim Burton has found a new 3D project. He will direct a stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams' original ghoulish cartoon drawings of The Addams Family. Illumination Entertainment, the Universal-based family film unit headed by Chris Meledandri, has acquired the underlying rights of the Addams drawings, once a staple of The New Yorker magazine.
Burton's intention is to go back to the litany of Addams illustrations that displayed a sharper wit than seen on the big or little screen before. Other than being inspired by the same source material, the animated feature is unrelated to previous incarnations of Addams' work: the 1960s TV series, the two 1990s feature film comedies that Barry Sonnenfeld directed with Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston, or the Broadway musical opening this spring with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth in the starring roles.
Meladandri will produce the film. Kevin Miserocchi of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation will be executive producer. A writer will be hired shortly. Burton, whose visual creations are currently on display at a MOMA exhibit that opened last November, is expected to provide much of the visual look of the film himself.
Burton's experience in animated film is extensive. He last directed Corpse Bride, and is making a feature version of Frankenweenie, the 1984 30-minute short film Burton made about a boy who reanimates his dead dog. That reportedly got him tossed off the Disney lot for making a film too terrifying for a family audience, but the film has since become a cult favorite. Burton recently produced 9, as well as the delightful stop-motion animated The Nightmare Before Christmas, for which he wrote the story.
While there are many post-Green Zone articles speculating how Universal will pull itself out of an extended feature slump, Illumination's upcoming animated slate should be a big help in giving Universal a foothold in the 3D CG family entertainment market. Meledandri left the top post at Fox Animation to form Illumination in 2007, and begins contributing to the Universal pipeline when the studio releases the Steve Carell-voiced Despicable Me on July 9. That's followed by the April 1, 2011 release of I Hop, with Russell Brand voicing the Easter Bunny, with the Ricky Gervais creation Flanimals coming later 2011. Right behind that is Where's Waldo and Dr.Seuss' The Lorax.
Mike Fleming wrote:Last week, I wrote about a Universal Pictures/Illumination Entertainment deal to acquire the original Addams Family drawings by Charles Addams so Tim Burton could direct a stop-motion 3D animated film. Numerous Deadline readers thought the story was false based on an MTV.com "exclusive" report. I stand by my story. The deal happened. Deadline hardly needs MTV.com to become a self-appointed truth squad. That site should stick to its strength --which appears to be aggregating, and all the breathless scoops that come from surface-scratching celebrity junket interviews. As for my own cynical readers, I figure you are the same ones who sent nyah-nyah missives when Neil Patrick Harris denied my report that he would be in the song and dance number that opened the Academy Awards. (He rehearsed with Martin Short, but the latter bowed out due to a personal emergency). You guys should learn to trust me.
STUART LEVINE wrote:Only a few days following its premiere, "Adventure Time" has been given a second-season pickup by Cartoon Network.
Toon launched Monday and was No. 1 in the 8 p.m. timeslot in many of the kids demos, including boys 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14.
Skein, produced though Frederator Studios, now receives a fresh 13-episode order in addition to the 13 episodes greenlit for season one. Plot involves unlikely heroes who travel through a mystical land and meet various inhabitants.
Voices cast include Henry Rollins, Mark Hamill, George Takei, Lou Ferrigno and Erik Estrada.
Fred Seibert is exec producer.
Twitch wrote:Maasaki Yuasa's YOJOHAN SHNIWA TAIKEI (THE TATAMI GALAXY) To Be Simulcast By Funimation!
by Todd Brown, April 16, 2010 8:56 PM
Dear Funimation. Thanks and we love you to.
It has just been announced that US anime distributor Funimation will simulcast titles from Fuji TV's Noitanima block of animation on their website, YouTube channel and Hulu with English subtitles within an hour of their Japanese airing. Included in this block: Mind Game director Maasaki Yuasa's latest, Yojohan Shinwa Taikei, now given an English title of The Tatami Galaxy.
The Tatami Galaxy makes its debut this Thursday. The other big title of the block - The House of Five Leaves - has its first episode available now.
I do believe that this marks the first time ANY of Yuasa's major works have EVER been legally available in North America and hopefully this marks the beginning of a long stream of recognition and acclaim for a man I truly believe is one of the great unheralded talents of the animation world today.
Fried Gold wrote:What the Battle of the Planets movie would've looked like had Imagi not gone tits up:
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SAM THIELMAN wrote:On Wednesday morning at Time Warner Center's Rose Hall, Cartoon Network announced its upcoming slate to ad buyers, with the help of a man floating on balloons attached to a lawn chair (courtsey of "Dude, What Would Happen") and a megaphone-wielding Andrew W.K. (the rocker hosts "Destroy Build Destroy" on the net).
Turner animation head Stu Snyder tubthumped the net's returning series, including the only two survivors of last year's kid-targeted reality show extravaganza, "Destroy" and "Dude." Now, Cartoon will be revamping the classic Looney Tunes characters, moving Bugs and Daffy et al to the suburbs and including 2 and 1/2 minute CGI shorts in the middle of each half-hour ep. "Space Jam" animation director Tony Cervone is a supervising producer. "Looney Tunes" is set for a late 2011 preem.
Another famous Warner property is getting the CN treatment: MAD Magazine has spun off "MAD," a series of quarter-hour shorts featuring pop culture parodies and animation resembling "Spy vs. Spy" cartoons and Don Martin drawings.
Programming head Rob Sorcher tubthumped no fewer than four high school-related superhero properties at the presentation. Two scripted live-action series, "Tower Prep" and "Unnatural History" (set to premiere June 13) focus on mysterious extracurricular activities and at least one extraordinary teen, and longtime Cartoon animator Genndy Tartakovsky has a new series called "Sym-Bionic Titan" in which three aliens must hide from their enemies.. by disguising themselves as high school students. Telepic "Firebreather" (helmed by "Aeon Flux" creator Peter Chung and held over from last year) follows the CGI exploits of a young superhero trying to fit into, yes, his high school.
Ad buyers, prosepective licensors like Penguin Books, and journos mingled beforehand in the atrium, where chichi AM eats were served alongside Tom Collins glasses of strawberry banana juice and pretzel sticks wrapped in salmon.
Snyder and Sorcher's pitch depended more on assertion of value than stats, though the net did have its "Adventure Time" ratings to lean on from the April 5 premiere. The message switched from last year's "changing voice" to this year's "adding great brands and beloved franchises," in Snyder's words.
Reel for "Tower Prep" went over well with the aud, as did the promo for the ongoing season of "Adventure Time," which developed out of a short produced and aired on competitor Nickelodeon. Indeed, the half-hour comedy show was the most omnipresent property at the presentation, with actors in "Adventure Time" costumes coming out to join Andrew W.K. and his band at the end of the session.
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An AICN reader called, simply, The Collaborator, dropped us a line offering some details on the next ICE AGE movie.
I'm not referring to ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (trailer HERE) which hits theaters early July. We're talking about the film after that.
Didn't know there was one after that? I didn't either, honestly. Read on...I haven't seen this reported anywhere, so hopefully this is of some interest.
Even though Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs hasn't even hit theaters yet, it seems a fourth Ice Age film has been well underway or the past few months. [SOURCE'S CONNECTION TO PROJECT DELETED BY AICN] friend of mine says the 4th installment sees Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie and Scrat frozen solid and accidentally defrosted in a museum in present day.
At this stage the film is being called "Ice Age Th4w". Guess that sees the end of any future Ice Age movies being set in prehistoric times but this could be an interesting new direction for the franchise.
This idea also mirrors recent events where a perfectly preserved (Frozen) baby woolly mammoth was discovered on a Siberian riverbank earlier this year.
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To the best of our knowledge, this is The Collaborator's first contribution to AICN (and hopefully won't be the last). As such, consider the above info as originating from an untried source until we learn more.
This said: shaking up the series like this...taking well established characters and throwing them such a whopping curve ball...could either be a truly brilliant and fun stroke, or a complete disaster. Interested to see how this pans out...
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Stop-Motion Addams Family Movie Still Moving Forward with Tim Burton in Mind to Direct
Filmgoers soon will have another round of adventures with the Man With the Yellow Hat.
Illumination Entertainment, the animation company founded by former Fox Animation President Chris Meledandri and whose movies Universal finances and distributes, is developing a new version of "Curious George."
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Investors have circled their calendars for Square's earnings release on Wednesday, especially since the company's stock has historically made big moves based on the quarterly reports.
But for Square, the story goes beyond three months of earnings. Some analysts have expressed recent excitement about the company's long-term potential.
Square's not just about dongles anymore. Its lending business, Square Capital, could become a driver, Jefferies analyst Jason Kupferberg told Barron's Next recently.
A tiny bagel shop may have a hard time getting a loan that would enable it to expand the business. But Square Capital is more willing to lend money to these small businesses -- if they use its payment-processing services -- because it knows their financials. Square Capital "can quantify and predict the risk" because it "has its hand in your cash register," Kupferberg says.
"No one else really has it all under one roof," he adds. The prospect of having invoices, payroll, payments, and even lending all done in the same place can be an attractive proposition for businesses that don't want to deal with a lot of moving parts. That ease of use could help Square expand beyond "micro"-sized businesses and into somewhat larger ones, especially as consumers increasingly gravitate away from cash.
Citi analyst Peter Christiansen also took a big-picture view of Square recently. He "initiated" coverage of the stock with a "Buy" rating last week, and thinks Square shares could fetch $20, 37% above current levels.
Big Picture: Square looks poised to expand beyond "micro" merchants and benefit from a shift away from cash.


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Game Update: 2.7.0 Release Notes
Hey everyone! We've updated the game to app version 2.7.0!
It's almost Winter time in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite! We will celebrate the month of December with Hogwarts students in the Brilliant Event: Christmas Calamity! Plus, prepare for an exciting December Community Day as well as a bonus event! ❄
New Features/Updates:
- Players will be able to send and receive with their Wizards Unite friends! These gifts can contain Spell Energy, Runestones, or Ingredients! Stay tuned for more updates on this feature.
Photo Mode:
- Players can now take AR Photos with the Self-Playing Harp. It's the perfect component to your Harry Potter themed dance parties!
- Players can link their Harry Potter: Wizards Unite account to Facebook and add Facebook friends who have also linked their accounts.
- We have added purchase confirmation popups to the following: Rental Cauldrons, Out of Spell Energy, Out of Runestones (when at a Fortress), Vault Expansion
Bug Fixes:
- Android Only: Fixed an issue where players did not see a Potion added to their Queue when they start brewing from the Recipes screen.
Wizarding Challenges:
- Fixed an issue where players were not able to re-enter a Wizarding Challenge if they are kicked out due to a connection issue.
- Fixed an issue with Download All Assets in the Settings section not giving a notification (red badge) when there are new assets to download. This will only be available to users Level 4 and up.
Known Issues:
- Players may still see red dots on Achievements even if they have scrolled through the Achievements list.
- Foundables that are not from Encounters can sometimes have a high Seen number, even if they are not Seen in Encounters.
- Foundables in Photo Mode may flip around when a player taps on the Foundable to reposition.
- Tapping the Send Gift button more than once before the Gift is sent to a Friend will cause the game to freeze on a black screen. Restart the game to fix this issue.
- Players may still see a badge (red dot) on Portmanteaus even if they do not have Keys available to unlock them.
- Denying Camera Permissions when a Portkey is ready to use will make the Use Now button unresponsive. Make sure to allow Camera Permissions before attempting to open a Portkey.
- Players may receive an error when they attempt to collect a brewed Potion
- Players will receive a Network Error if they go to change their Code Name but cancel on the second confirmation popup
Ucardmaster Posts: 12 ✭✭#219 November, 2019, 01:45 am.
Now unable to login after update. Keeps asking for AGe, then Gmail account select, then nothing...over and over...1
hpwulola Posts: 949Moderator › adminedited November 2019 #419 November, 2019, 01:48 am.
Hi all, we are looking into this now! Please stay tuned here for updates:
2.7.0 patch notes at gamepress.gg
OriginalCaruso Posts: 502 ✭✭✭✭✭#919 November, 2019, 10:52 pm.
2.7 works fine on iOS, no issues
Seamless upgrade, thanks team4
thanks @OriginalCaruso
i first completed brilliant week 2 main tasks, and most of the bonus assignment — to be safe. only then did i update to HPWU version 2.7.0
i play HPWU using an iphone 8, iOs v.13.1.30
Update: apologies. I have posted the problem and my temporary fix in a more appropriate thread: https://community.harrypotterwizardsunite.com/en/discussion/3794/impossible-to-do-a-wizarding-challenge
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SoftCoolBreez Posts: 1 ✭#1425 November, 2019, 10:15 am.
I have coins, but can't refill my energy. I get a pop-up letting me know I'm out of energy, but the only response is "ok". Are we no longer allowed to purchase energy work the coins we purchased with real money, cuz, naw, that's not gonna work, idiots. You're hurtng yourself. Keep pushing me to Pokemon GO and you will push my money to them too. I hear Minecraft is coming out with a new one, it won't take much for me to bail on WU.0
@SoftCoolBreez there's no need to be rude. From what you described, maybe they changed the pop-up message so that you can't purchase energy directly from it. Don't worry, spell energy is definitely still available for purchase in the shop.3
Omnilumous Posts: 1 ✭#1625 November, 2019, 08:34 pm.
As of Today 11/25, I keep getting an error on log in to install update. But there in not one available in the play store.
I'm currently on 2.7.00
AuroraKadavra Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭✭✭#1927 November, 2019, 12:48 am.
Firstly echoing what @OriginalCaruso has said that the upgrade has worked seamlessly on my Android Samsung S9.
Totally loving the new gifting feature!
It was great to enter the fortress tonight solo and have the start button there worked perfectly.
The new event started bsng on time & the LOH foundables were appearing a lot. Only thing tho was I used a trace potion at home cos couldn't get out after 7pm when it began & it brought just 3 foundables in the half hour!! There were more appearing just naturally on map. So was disappointed with that seeing as it says it will have increased effects.
But apart from the tonic, all is working well & loving the new features!! Thank you @HPWUTeam 😊2
AuroraKadavra Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭✭✭#2127 November, 2019, 08:03 pm.
Lol! Agreed @Punkyfins , its great to just get started. Was nice surprise to see it up & working 😀2


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April 3, 2013 by Tonya Suther, NMSU News Center
For the seventh year in a row, New Mexico State University's Model U.N. team recently took top honors at the annual National Model United Nations Conference in New York City. Now the team is being recognized through a three-part special edition of KRWG-TV's "Newsmakers." The series, which began airing in March before the team went to New York, will broadcast the final episode three times between April 4-7.
The KRWG-TV "Newsmakers" program is a locally produced news program that highlights people and events in Las Cruces and the surrounding communities. Fred Martino, director of content and anchor of "Newsmakers," interviewed several members of the team for the three-part series where students shared perspectives about NMSU's Model U.N. program.
"I have been so impressed with their research and insights," Martino said. "I also saw them work with their partner students from Japan and that added to their educational experience this year."
Representing Argentina, NMSU's Model U.N. team won the 2013 Distinguished Delegation award, a designation that puts them in the top 16 percent of the 250 participating delegations. They also garnered four individual position paper awards and four outstanding delegate awards.
"I think we decided that as a team knowing procedure really well is what helps us in the conference, because if we can show and demonstrate that we understand procedure, that is our best way to shine," said Lydia Hammond, president of NMSU's Model U.N. and a government major in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The group broke new ground this year by partnering with a group of Japanese students affiliated with Tokyo University. Martino talks with members of the Japanese team in the second segment of the series.
The special episodes will air at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 6, and at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 7. The episodes will also be posted on the KRWG TV/FM website at http://krwg.org/programs/newsmakers.
"I have really enjoyed the opportunity to work with the Model United Nations team this year," Martino said. "These are amazing students. This is a fantastic opportunity for them to gain international experience."


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Interim Plans Ease Texas Redistricting Squabble
SAN ANTONIO (CN) – Federal judges have approved three substitute maps for Texas redistricting while the state awaits a decision from Washington about whether state legislators had pushed for plans that put minority voters at a disadvantage.
The majority of a three-judge panel charged with producing interim redistricting plans issued orders on Nov. 23 and 26, adopting court-drawn plans for the Texas House of Representatives, the state Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
The panel in the Western District of Texas has until the end of November to accomplish what its members called the "unwelcome" and "unwanted" task of coming up with redistricting plans, since the maps approved by the state Legislature were challenged as unfair to minority voters and did not receive preclearance.
"In sum, the court's map simply maintains the status quo as to the challenged districts pending resolution of the preclearance litigation while giving effect to as much of the policy judgments in the Legislature's enacted map as possible," according to the 14-page decision authored jointly by U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia and U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez.
"Not everyone will get what they want from the court's interim map. But, the court concludes by stating expressly what is implicit in the court's explanation of how it drafted the interim map: the plan was developed without regard to political considerations or the interests of particular groups of people."
The majority insisted that the "interim map is not a ruling on the merits of any claims asserted by the plaintiffs in this case, any of the other cases consolidated with this case, or the case pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia."
Earlier this month, a three-judge panel in Washington refused Texas' bid for summary judgment that would approve plans for the U.S. House of Representatives, the Texas House of Representatives and the state Senate.
Back in Texas, the court said it is not in a position to use the Legislature's contested map for the Texas House. "The Legislature's enacted plan is by the state's own admission a radical partisan gerrymander," Garcia and Rodriguez wrote. "By asking the court to adopt it, the state is asking the court to conspire with the Legislature to enact a partisan agenda. This a court cannot do."
In a dissenting opinion, 5th Circuit Judge Jerry Smith said his colleagues on the panel had "produced a runaway plan that imposes an extreme redistricting scheme for the Texas House of Representatives, untethered to the applicable caselaw."
"The practical effect is to award judgment on the pleadings in favor of one side – a slam-dunk victory for the plaintiffs – at the expense of the redistricting plan enacted by the Legislature, before key decisions have been made on binding questions of law.
"Unless the Supreme Court enters the fray at once to force a stay or a revision, this litigation is, for most practical purposes, at an end," Smith added.
Smith also dissented in the Nov. 26 order that approved a map of U.S. Congressional districts, which he called a "forthright," but ultimately unsuccessful, "attempt to fashion an interim plan that meets the requirements of the Voting Rights Act while not intruding unnecessarily on legislative prerogative."
Texas quickly moved to stay all three interim maps, but the majority denied the motions in nearly identical 10-page orders that again included dissents from Smith.
The majority reiterated that it could not simply remedy the state's map and call it a day. "Had the state chosen the path of administrative preclearance through the Department of Justice, we would perhaps be in the remedial phase right now," Garcia and Rodriguez wrote. "However, the state chose to file a lawsuit in the United States District Court in the District of Columbia, which is still pending, and we are not in the remedial phase. Instead, we are in an interim phase where the court has been placed in the position of crafting an independent court drawn plan that complies with the U.S. Constitution and sections 2 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act."
"The individuals who would suffer irreparable injury if the stay were granted are the citizens of Texas, by being deprived of the opportunity to vote in the upcoming election under the schedule currently in place," the majority added.
Smith's dissenting opinions say he would stay the Nov. 28 start date for candidate filing.
As the court dealt with producing the interim plans, Texas State Rep. Sarah Davis filed a motion to intervene questioning Judge Garcia's participation in the case.
In a docket entry, Smith and Rodriguez agreed that Garcia does not need to disqualify himself and that he had previously disclosed his relationships with various parties, including the fact that he is married to the sister of Texas state Sen. Leticia Van De Putte.


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