Stars inspire but do they move us to action?
There has been a surge of inspiring stars speaking out lately, and not just on stage and screen. People are listening — especially in the media. But are more people doing as a result of celebrity urging?
Turns out it's not an easy thing to measure, although some are trying — and coming up with surprising results.
Sometimes celebs can make a difference, as in the "Katie Couric effect," when the TV newswoman had a colonoscopy live on TV in 2000 to emphasize the importance of screening for colon cancer. Many more people started getting tested, medical professionals say.
Since then, the number of celebrities using their high profiles to draw attention to a range of social issues has only increased.
The chorus of raised voices inspiring global conversations includes:
• Angelina Jolie: In a beautifully crafted essay in the New York Times two years ago, she urged women to get genetic testing for cancer, and explained why she did it and what happened.
People were paying attention: There were eight times as many tweets about her as usual the day her essay ran. She wrote a follow-up column last month.
• Kerry Washington: She brought an LGBT audience to its feet at a GLAAD media awards gala in Los Angeles last month, speaking up for all kinds of diversity in Hollywood, both in front of and behind the cameras. Result: Three times as many tweets.
• Justin Timberlake: He accepted an innovation-and-creation award at iHeartRadio Music Awards last month, giving a sweet shout out to the "creation" he and his pregnant wife are soon to welcome, and summed up by telling young people it's OK to be different or weird. Result: Four times as many tweets.
• Shonda Rhimes: Accepting an award at the Human Rights Gala, the creator of such popular TV shows as Grey's Anatomy and Scandal addressed all the kids who are "chubby and not so cute and nerdy and shy and invisible and in pain. Whatever your race, whatever your gender, whatever your sexual orientation, I'm standing here to tell you: You are not alone." Result: Five times as many tweets.
• Screenwriter Graham Moore: In his Oscar acceptance speech for best adapted screenplay for The Imitation Game, he movingly appealed to kids contemplating suicide, saying he once thought about it too, and look at him now. It's OK to not fit in, he declared: "Stay weird, stay different." There were 14,000 tweets per minute during his speech.
And there are more: Michelle Obama celebrated the awesomeness of black girls at the Black Girls Rock! awards in New Jersey last week. Duchess Kate of Cambridge spoke out on the touchy issue of children's mental health as one of her charity interests. Emma Watson, as a UN goodwill ambassador, stood up for feminism and gender equality in a speech at Davos, Switzerland, in January.
The idea of celebs taking up causes is "not necessarily a new thing, but it's come to more awareness because ours is such an immediate-gratification society and because of the rise of social media," says Matt Donahue, a lecturer in the Department of Pop Culture at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. "You can't do much anymore without things blowing up rather quickly."
Make that instantaneously. A celeb only has to tweet and it's around the world in a flash.
When Jolie urges women to get genetic testing, or when Robin Roberts shares her breast cancer ordeal over months on TV, it's possible for medical professionals to measure the effect.
After Couric's husband died of colon cancer and she began her awareness campaign, screenings jumped 20%, and the effect lasted for up to a year, a study in Archives of Internal Medicine found.
"Celebrities have learned that it's not only difficult to keep secrets, but that their fans respect them more when they own their truth," says Howard Bragman of online reputation management service Reputation.com. Theirs are "revelations that move people to act and save lives in the process."
What celebrities say gets attention, but what they're saying also seems to resonate more these days, says Linda Ong, CEO of TruthCo, a cultural branding and insights consulting firm.
Stars "advocate Millennial values of social justice and equality and tolerance, and the reason they resonate more strongly now is that there's an entire and sizable generation that has been raised with these ideas," Ong says.
Millennials value individualism and community, believe in working to make things better and admire authenticity, she says. It's no longer good enough for a star to just write a check to save the pandas; we want to see more.
"People are looking for inspiration," Ong says. But it has to be seen as authentic and doable. "Someone who IS experiencing (say, cancer) has more credibility than someone who just says, 'Hey we should pay attention.'"
Jolie has a number of causes. She has campaigned to raise awareness of sexual violence in war zones, bringing more attention to a difficult issue. But can she get ordinary people to act?
There is a danger of "badvocacy," Ong says. "The global ambassador role is the more conventional celebrity role in raising awareness. The 'badvocacy' celebrity is seen as swooping in to draw attention to a cause, then going back to a cushy life."
The efficacy of celebrity campaigns is "a big question mark," Donahue says.
Getting a celebrity on board can backfire, adds Jeetendr Sehdev, a professor of marketing at the University of Southern California and an expert on celebrity branding. He has done a first-ever study of the effectiveness of celebs in the U.N. Goodwill Ambassadors program, including the likes of Jolie, Watson, Victoria Beckham, Nicole Kidman, Jackie Chan and Mira Sorvino.
He found that the U.N.'s image is shifting to a "silly, phony star-stuck organization," and some celebrity partnerships have alienated potential supporters.
"People can end up caring less for the cause," he says, citing Emma Watson's gender-equality campaign for the U.N.
Watson was ranked No. 4 in his list of "seven least credible" goodwill ambassadors, based on surveys of how people judged celebs on 18 "perceptual criteria" such as expertise, morality, intelligence, honesty, altruism, compassion, sensitivity and trustworthiness.
Watson is young, pretty, seemingly sincere and globally famous, thanks to the Harry Potter movies. Still, "she was not thought to be a credible ambassador — people were questioning whether she was outside her comfort zone," Sehdev says.
Victoria Beckham, Christina Aguilera and Katy Perry also were on the "least credible" list, while the "most credible" list included David Beckham, Liam Neeson and Mia Farrow.
Cynicism about celebrity activism even extends to Jolie's humanitarian work, for which Queen Elizabeth II recently named her an honorary dame.
Sehdev says his research shows that 83% of those surveyed think Jolie became a U.N. ambassador at least partly to combat her "home-wrecker" image for allegedly breaking up the marriage of Brad Pitt (now her husband) and Jennifer Aniston.
"There's already a lot of awareness in the marketplace of humanitarian issues. The challenge is to get people to act, and that's why (the U.N.) needs to be strategic about partnerships," he says.
Instead, "They're partnering hefty causes with anyone with a No. 1 single, and that's inappropriate. An ambassador for a serious issue needs to be someone with a serious level of expertise."


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Checked Washington off the list. Vancouver is a beautiful city in the state of Washington, just outside Portland. It is really a suburb of Portland, Oregon. There wasnt any crowd support during the race, but the organization was top-notch. The weather was not exactly runner-friendly. This was race number 99 for me.
Checked Wyoming off the list. A very small but very well organized race. There were only 200 runners; The course was hilly and the weather was hot, and the end result reflected the conditions accordingly. Kudos to the race director and his team for putting up a good event.
Running in one of the most beautiful, most friendly cities of the world was an unforgettable experience. Great course that took the runners through all the central parts of the city, with no boring industrial parks nor some open fields. The crowd support was absolutely awesome. The only opportunity for the organizers to improve would(…)
Not a big race but very well organized. Very personable race organizer and crew. Highlight for me was taking a selfie with the legendary Larry Macon, who has run more than 1400 marathons. The weather was hot and humid as you can see from the pictures below
One more weekend. One more state. Rhode Island done towards the 50-state goal. What a great race, with excellent course support and volunteers. Would definitely recommend this race to anyone looking for a race in RI.
Ran the Derby Festival Marathon in Louisville, Kentucky on a rainy day on Saturday Apr 25th. This is 5th Marathon for this year and takes care of State number 36; Highlight of the race was running through Churchill Downs – not on the race track but through the stadium.
What a great city to run a Marathon. 54000 registered runners. Perfect running weather. Great organization. Every water station had banana, orange, and sugar. Excellent crowd support. The medal was stunning. If I knew some French, I would have enjoyed the race even more. This is a race I will probably repeat.
Last year, on the same day (which is incidentally my Birthday), I ran the Rome Marathon. This year, it was Virginia Beach. Great atmosphere and weather. I think this race deserves top-10 rating for the course, pre-race organization, crowd support, course support and most of all, a very cool after-party right at the beach.

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Play Editor's Note: The best four days in the stock market since 1932. That's what the financial media is reporting. I don't recall if they're looking at the percentage move in the S&P 500 (+17.9%) or the percentage move in the DJIA (+15.5%). Both moves are impressive for a four-day rally. Friday is a shortened trading session following tomorrow's holiday here in the U.S. Typically the post-Thanksgiving Friday is a bullish one for the stock market but volume is extremely low, which lets stocks get pushed around for big one-day percentage moves. After such a strong four-day bounce I don't want to chase it with new bullish positions but it's not time yet to consider new bearish positions. This will make picking new candidates a challenge this weekend. The best trade here is probably do nothing. Just monitor your current positions, maybe tighten stops, and be prepared to take profits if stocks near your targets or reverse on us. I want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. We're thankful for your continued membership.
Entergy Corp. - ETR - close: 83.90 change: -0.09 stop: 79.99*new*
I remain extremely wary of the action in ETR. The stock has under performed the market the last couple of days. Technically it just looks like ETR has been digesting its bullish breakout from Friday. This week's consolidation in ETR would be normal except for the fact that the S&P 500 and the DJIA have been in rally mode. Traders bought the dip near ETR's 10-dma and 50-dma, which is encouraging. We are upping our stop loss to $79.99. More conservative traders may want to exit early or raise their stops toward $81.00-81.25 under Wednesday's low. In spite of the relative weakness I'm tempted to buy this dip or wait for a new move over $85.00.
The P&F chart is bullish with a $104 target. We're setting two targets. Our first target to take profits is $92.50. Our secondary target is $97.50. Keep a wary eye on possible resistance at the 100-dma and exponential 200-dma overhead.
Intuitive Surgical - ISRG - close: 134.67 change: +10.28 stop: 119.99*new*
It was a great start to our new play on ISRG. We got a much better entry point when the stock gapped open lower at $120.25 and then proceeded to surge to new two-week highs. ISRG ended the day with an 8.1% gain. We would strongly consider taking profits right here. Please note we're adjusting our exit target to $139.50. More aggressive traders may want to aim higher but we would expect resistance near $150. Today's rally over $130 has produced a new P&F chart buy signal with a $180 target. Please note our new stop at $119.99. More conservative traders may want to use a stop loss around $125 instead.
iShares Russell 2000 - IWM - close: 46.87 change: +2.65 stop: 42.49
It was a strong day for the small caps. We got a better entry point with the morning gap down. The RUT surged almost 6% and the IWM actually outpaced it. We're moving our stop loss up to $42.99. We would not suggesting new positions at this time. Our target is the $48.00 mark.
Priceline.com - PCLN - close: 67.66 change: +4.84 stop: 60.95*new*
Target achieved? Maybe. We would strongly consider taking some money off the table right here. PCLN provided a better entry point with the gap down at $61.10 this morning. Then shares exploded higher and hit $69.99. Our first target to take profits was at $69.90. Yet the $69.99 price appears to be a bad tick. If you drill down on an intraday chart the high for the day was only $69.87. Yes, that's only three cents away from our target. It certainly sounds like a winner. We're not suggesting new bullish positions at this time. We are moving our stop loss to $60.95 and more conservative traders may want to move their stop toward $62.50 instead.
We would probably call today a win for our first target. We still have a secondary, more aggressive target at $74.85.
Sears Holding - SHLD - close: 37.15 change: +3.76 stop: 31.58*new*
It was another strong day for retail stocks. SHLD really out performed with an 11% gain. The stock closed at its highs, which should be bullish for Friday. We are raising our stop loss to $31.58 (breakeven). Readers will want to seriously consider taking profits right here. SHLD already hit our first target at $34.90. We're currently aiming for our secondary target at $39.50.
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SPDR GOLD Trust - GLD - close: 80.38 change: -0.49 stop: n/a
Gold took a back seat to equities as investors slowly pushed stock prices higher. The GLD bounced around the $79-81 zone and settled with a fractional loss. Resistance at the 100-dma and exponential 200-dma remains directly overhead.
We are not suggesting new strangle positions at this time. Our remaining strangle involves December options.
What is a strangle?
Ultra S&P500 ProShares - SSO - close: 26.01 change: +1.64 stop: n/a
The S&P 500 continued to rally and posted a four-day winning streak. This was the best four-day percentage move for the markets in decades. The SSO responded with a 6.7% gain. This play is neutral. We really don't care what direction the market goes but we do need it to move!
We're not suggesting new positions at this time.
Note: The SSO is an ultra-long ETF that typically moves twice the daily performance of the S&P 500 index.
What is a strangle? It's when a trader buys an out-of-the-money (OTM) call and an OTM put on the same stock. The strategy is neutral. You do not care what direction the stock moves as long as the move is big enough to make your investment profitable.
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Axsys Tech. - AXYS - close: 69.01 change: +2.56 stop: 61.83
Target achieved. AXYS continued to rally and hit $69.61 intraday. Our target to exit was the $69.50 mark as the $70.00 mark has been resistance for weeks. At this point I would expect some profit taking in AXYS but would keep it on your watch list for another opportunity. The stock has produced a bullish inverse H&S pattern and if the stock breaks the neckline it would suggest a bullish target of $90 or more.


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Do you have just 3 days to explore Bratislava? As Bratislava is more cozy than large, 3 days it is enough to get know the city well. Let`s discover with us Bratislava in 3 days.
Day 1 – explore & enjoy
You’ find many of the top sights along historical downtown, where are located St. Michael’s Gate, St. Martin’s Cathedral, Primates Palace, House of Opera, Reduta, and many more.
Once you’ ve worked up an appetite sightseeing, it’ s time to taste some typical Bratislava delicacies: Bratislava rolls with coffee, traditional Bratislava cuisine which is mix of Austro – Hungarian cuisine, and for those who likes new chalanges they can try the slovak pecularity Bryndzove Halusky (dumplings with sheep cheese). These restaurants serve some of the best Bratislava dishes:
Bratislava offers plenty of oportunities for exploration in the evening as well. Summer in Bratislava is best enjoyed outside. Both river banks of Danube, are the perfect place to end your day. Numerous bars and restaurant along the promenade offer many opportunities to sit and relax.
Day 2 – A day at the museum and a night on the town
“Eat breakfast like a king,” as the Bratislavers like to say. A proper Bratislava breakfast includes fresh Bratislava bagel with butter and jam, cheese or ham, as well as scrambled eggs and a good cup of coffee.
After breakfast, take a stroll in charming historical city center, enjoy cosy and relaxing ambiente of the town. You can visit Weapons Museum
located in St. Michael’s Gate and at the end you can admire a breathtaking view on Bratislava from top of the tower.
A trip to Bratislava isn’t complete without a visit to a museum. The city has interesting museums worth to see.
The main highlight of Bratislava is definetly Bratislava Castle, where inside is located Slovak Nationa Museum. The museum collections proving the development of society in Slovakia from the Middle Ages up to the present. It also builds up, administers and processes a numismatic collection from the earliest times up to the present and collections documenting the history and ethnological development of Slovak people abroad.
The oldest traces of Slavic settlement date from the 8th century, and in the 9th century a fortress from the period of the Great Moravian Empire is believed to have stood here, linked to ruler Prince Rastislav.
For the local people, the western part of Bratislava is one of the most popular venues for a trip. Just 10 km west of the city centre, Devín Castle is set in beautiful natural scenery. Built on the top of a high crag, it towers over the small village of Devín and the confl uence of the Danube and the Morava rivers which form the border with Austria. Up to 1989 the Iron Curtain was drawn below the Castle, lined with barbed wire. Along the Danube, under the Castle and further up the Morava, the Morava cycle-path leads through landscapes untouched for decades. Above the village of Devín, the highest hill of Bratislava is criss-crossed with a number of way-marked paths which offer spectacular views of neighbouring Austria with Vienna and the Alps in the background. There are actually two castles in Bratislava. Paradoxically, both of them were destroyed within the same two year period.
Danubiana Art Museum
he Danubiana museum is situated on the Danube peninsula only 30 minutes away from Bratislava and is considered to be the youngest modern art museum in Europe. The dam Gabchikovo is famous for its beautiful nature among the citizens of Bratislava and it is home of Slovak national slalom team Dunaji.Bratislava:
Day 3 – The crowning finale
Do not leave Bratislava without tasting local wine. Bratislava is located on Small Carpathian Hills, which are known as famous wine region. Small Carpathian Wine Route starts in city district Raca, where has roots the favourite wine of Maria Theresa – Racianska Frankovka. The legends say, that evertyime Maria Theresa visited Bratislava and drunk Racianska Frankovka she became pregnat. We remind you, that Maria Theresa had 16 children :-).
Either book half day Small Carpathian Wine Tour, or if you do not have so much time visit the National Wine Saloon located direcly in Bratislava.
Now you are ready to get know, one of the youngest capital cities of European Union, what are you waiting for?


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4 Br/3 Ba, Sleeps 16, Giants Ridge, Golf/Ski/Swim, Ski And Lake Views
About Nancy Fisher
Growing up on the Iron Range gave me such a special appreciation of northeastern MN. To me 'the cabin' means a forest setting, rocks, pines, crisp clean waters. Todd had been to the area several times growing up and had also come to love the unique look and small town feel of this fabulous corner of the state. We currently live in the twin cities area but return to our favorite place every chance we have.
Nancy Fisher purchased this House in 2013
Why Nancy Fisher chose Biwabik
Very few places in the country can offer what the Iron Range and Giant's Ridge can boast- year round FUN! Todd and I love to golf and what better than to have three of the top courses in the state (The Quarry and The Legend at Giant's Ridge and The Wilderness at Fortune Bay), just minutes away. The beauty of spring and fall hikes, biking The Mesabi Trail, cruising the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area on our ATVs, skiing, snowboarding or cross country skiing Giant's Ridge or making use of the thousands of miles of groomed snowmobile trails... the options are endless. With fabulous fishing, amazing scenery and countless places to see and explore, we knew Voyageurs Retreat at Giant's Ridge was the perfect place for us to build our vacation home. We love every moment here spent with family and friends and we are thrilled to share this area with you and your loved ones.
What makes this House unique
Fairway Ridge was custom designed by Todd to be a family friendly vacation home that would be loved by all. One of our favorite features is the slab-on-grade design which allows for a direct walkout from the main level to the back patio. This walkout from the dining room and the home's open-concept floor plan make for a huge entertainment area that is exceptional for large gatherings and so convenient for even a party of 2. The bunk room is a kids paradise, the reading loft a perfect relaxation spot and the views simply stunning! This luxury lake home awaits you in one of the most beautiful places on earth- northeastern MN.
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The beautiful property was exactly as shown and expected for our stay. Very accommodating and owners communication is great. We had fun snowmobiling right from the backyard to the trails and even enjoyed a bonfire in the backyard. Giants Ridge for skiiing was right across the lake and a few minutes drive away. Location is great for those activities and i'm sure the Summer and Fall months have just as much for entertainment with off-road fun nearby. We would recommend this cabin property for a large group to spend quality time together!
Great house for family fun!
We had 8 kids in 3 families & we all enjoyed the house a ton!
When the kids were in the bunk room, we couldn’t even hear them!!!
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What a beautiful place to stay! Beautiful view and accommodations. Will definitely be back!
We’ve stayed at several properties over NYE weekends and have loved all of them. This home is beautiful and well stocked for our 3 families (6 adults and 6 kids). Thank you for your amazing hospitality!
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Awesome property both inside and out; we wanted for nothing during our stay. The kids loved the bunk room and the parents enjoyed the comfortable bedrooms.


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Children’s Theatre gets a bad rap. Some think it’s a fluff genre, with no substance. It’s as if a play for children doesn’t merit the same artistic credibility as a play for adults. Glitter, polka dots, and silly songs, can’t compare to Brecht, Stoppard, and Mamet. But these misconceptions couldn’t be further from the truth. Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) is making waves, breaking molds, and giving artists endless creative opportunities fostering the future of theatre.
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What are you guys doing? Bought a supermarket cake... having one special made... making your own... or didn’t even have a cake for celebrations !
This is caitlins from yesterday. My sisters friend has a cake business so she does all cakes for us. Great value at £45 too. It was delicious.
Made my own. It was a Victoria sponge in the shape of a number one decorated with buttercream and fondant icing with a train scene as it was a train themed birthday party.
I bought one from the supermarket for a party my one was having with some of her baby friends but I made one for a family gathering. It was a 5 layered rainbow cake with pink frosting, scattered with 100s & 1000s. To be honest it had one layer more than I had planned as one needed to be redone. It was my first attempt at a rainbow cake and it took ages!
My friend is making us a victoria sponge cake and also 12 lemon curd cupcakes. She gets her recipes from Jane's patisserie and her cakes always taste amazing. Will post a pic when he's he has his party xx
This is the cake for Emily’s birthday party. It’s from Waitrose and tasted delicious 😋
6yos cakes have been - monkey, diggers, minion, Spiderman, batman and big hero 6. He's had a chocolate cake every year but this year he threw a curve ball and asked for rainbow! If anyone's looking to make one I recommend the Wilton gel colours they come out amazingly.
I'm... Being That Mum and going to try and make my own with no sugar in it 🙈
I made a Victoria sponge with buttercream icing and jam in the middle and fondant icing on top. I cheated and bought the fondant icing, but decorated it with a number 1 covered in sprinkles. I'm not really a baker, but I wanted to make something myself to prove that I could! I was surprised that it tasted quite nice 😀
We have had one made and are picking up on Saturday for his party! It's peter rabbit themed x
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Five players scored in double figures and Weber State shot 60 percent from the field as the Wildcats rolled to an 85-64 win at Northern Colorado. WSU improves to 15-5 overall and 10-2 in Big Sky play with the victory, the final game of a four-game road trip.
After two free throws by Northern Colorado to take a 2-0 lead the Wildcats took over and went on an 8-0 run and led 10-2 with 15:00 to play. They would never trail again. Northern Colorado missed its first 11 shots from the field and the Wildcats led by 20 points, 45-25 at halftime. Weber State shot 62 percent from the field in the first half, compared to just 32 percent for the Bears.
The 'Cats continued their strong play in the second half and jumped out to a 30-point lead at 62-32 with 14:12 to play. They led by as many as 32 points in the second half in route to the win. They beat Northern Colorado by an average of 23 points in the two games this season.
Weber State finished the game shooting 60.8 percent from the field, their best percentage against a Division I team this season, and held Northern Colorado to 38 percent shooting. WSU also outrebounded the Bears 35-27. They were 8-17 from three-point range and were 15-18 from the free throw line.
"Our whole team was really dialed in and ready to compete tonight," said Weber State head coach Randy Rahe. "We had a great focus, especially in the first half. We really set the tone with our defense and rebounding early on. Our whole team was involved on both ends of the floor. We had lots of players really step up and play well. We had the lead and then we pushed it to even a higher level."
Individually Scott Bamforth led the Wildcats with 20 points on 6-9 shooting, including 4-7 from three-point range. Frank Otis added 15 points and was a perfect 6-6 from the field. Kyle Tresnak had 12 points and seven rebounds and Davion Berry posted 12. Gelaun Wheelwright chipped in with 10 points off the bench and Joel Bolomboy had seven points and eight rebounds.
"We came out and played really hard tonight and it was good to finish our road trip strong," Bamforth said. "We played really good defense tonight and fought hard all night."
Weber State has now won 10 Big Sky games in each of the past seven years under coach Rahe. WSU has played eight of its first 12 games on the road and will now play six of the final eight conference games at home. They will start a four-game homestand next Saturday hosting Southern Utah.

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Faithful Service Medal (Transkei)
|Faithful Service Medal|
Miniature medal in bronze instead of silver
|Awarded by the State President|
|Type||Military long service medal|
|Awarded for||Ten years faithful service|
|Status||Discontinued in 1994|
|TDF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear|
Ribbon bar versions
The Transkei Defence Force
The Transkei Defence Force (TDF) was established upon that country's independence on 26 October 1976. The Republic of Transkei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Transkei Defence Force was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
While only one medal is officially documented as an award for ten years service in the Transkei Defence Force, two versions are known to exist, the one in silver, as presented to recipients of the medal, and also another in bronze.
It is possible that the bronze versions are proof specimens which were never officially accepted or presented, but it is equally possible that an as yet undiscovered third silver-gilt medal also exists. The same official documentation lists long service medals for the Transkei Police and Transkei Prisons for 10, 18, 20, 30 (two versions each) and 35 years service. Since no warrants have yet been traced for several decorations and medals which are known to have been instituted and likely also awarded in Transkei, and since it is unlikely that only the one long service award exists for the Transkei Defence Force while so many exist for the Transkei Police and Transkei Prisons, it can be surmised that, of the two known existing versions of this medal, the bronze was actually intended to recognise ten years faithful service and the silver, twenty years.
Order of wear
Since the Faithful Service Medal was authorised for wear by one of the statutory forces which came to be part of the South African National Defence Force on 27 April 1994, it was accorded a position in the official South African order of precedence on that date.
- Transkei Defence Force until 26 April 1994
- Official TDF order of precedence:
- Transkei official national order of precedence:
- Preceded by the Police Faithful Service Medal, 10 Years.
- Succeeded by the Prisons Service Medal for Faithful Service, 10 Years.
- South African National Defence Force from 27 April 1994
- Official SANDF order of precedence:
- Official national order of precedence:
- Preceded by the De Wet Medal of the Republic of South Africa.
- Succeeded by the Medal for Long Service, Bronze of the Republic of Ciskei.
The position of the Faithful Service Medal in the order of precedence remained unchanged, as it was on 27 April 1994, when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted in April 1996 for the two former non-statutory forces, the Azanian People's Liberation Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again when a new series of military orders, decorations and medals was instituted in South Africa on 27 April 2003.
The Faithful Service Medal is a medallion struck in silver (and bronze), 38 millimetres in diameter and 3 millimetres thick at the rim. The obverse displays the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Transkei.
Three different ribbon versions are known.
- The known official ribbon is 32 millimetres wide, with an 11 millimetres wide red band, a 10 millimetres wide sky blue band and an 11 millimetres wide dark blue band.
- The ribbon as authorised, but apparently not actually issued and possibly meant for the silver medal, is 32 millimetres wide with five bands, widths unknown, in navy blue, red, sky blue, red and navy blue.
- A third ribbon, shown with the bronze medal depicted alongside and possibly meant for an as yet undiscovered third medal, possibly silver-gilt, is 32 millimetres wide with seven bands of equal width in brown, white and green, repeated in reverse order and separated by a yellow (gold) band in the centre.
Conferment of the Faithful Service Medal was discontinued when the Republic of Transkei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994.
- South African Medals Website - Transkei Defence Force (Accessed 30 April 2015)
- Republic of Transkei Constitution Act, 1976, Act no. 15 of 1976
- South Africa Homeland Militaries, May 1996 (Accessed 1 May 2015)
- Peled, Alon (1998), A Question of Loyalty: Military Manpower Policy in Multiethnic States, Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp. 50f, ISBN 0-8014-3239-1
- Warrant of the President of the Republic of South Africa for the Institution of the "UNITAS MEDAL-UNITAS-MEDALJE", Gazette no. 16087 dated 25 November 1994.
- South African Medals Website - Legal aspects - Fount of Honour (Accessed 1 May 2015)
- Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, OCLC 72827981
- Uniform: SA Army: Former Forces Medals - Transkei Defence Force (TDF)
- "Transkei Defence Force Faithful Service Medal 10 years in bronze EF incorrect ribbon". Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014. Cite uses deprecated parameter
- Faithful Service Medal reverse
- Faithful Service Medal obverse
- A tunic jacket with medals & insignia from the Transkei Defence Force


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Millions of students throughout the United States get meals through the National School Lunch Program.
The numbers of students who took part in the program in fiscal 2016 range from more than 3.3 million in Texas to 48,418 in Vermont.
The federally assisted meal program operates in more than 100,000 public and non‐profit private schools and residential child care institutions, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service.
The most recent statistics measuring participation in the program show that in fiscal 2016, 30,389,830 children received meals through the program; that is a slight decrease from the 30,490,032 who received meals in fiscal 2015. (The numbers are based on nine-month averages from September through May, the department says.)
Here are the 10 states with the fewest number of participants in the lunch program.


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- Hair loss a possible side effect of BP medication?
I have been on Diovan for 1yr and metoprol for 15 months. In the last 4 months I have lost half of my hair. A Dermatoligist and my MD can’t find a cause. Could it be the BP meds?
- The way spouses fight could hold clues to future health problems
How spouses disagree may predict which ones are more likely to develop certain ailments down the road, new research suggests.
Analyzing 156 older couples over 20 years, scientists found that patterns of angry outbursts raised the risk of heart problems, while emotional withdrawal or “stonewalling” could lead to musculoskeletal ...
- FDA Tells Food Industry Lower Your Sodium Content.
In an FDA press release the Food And Drug Administration told food manufacturers to lower the sodium content of their products. Average sodium intake in the U.S. is approximately 3,400 mg/day. The draft short-term (two-year) and long-term (10-year) voluntary targets for industry are intended to help the American public gradually ...
- Systolic High, Diastolic Normal
My systolic has always been high, but my diastolic is okay. Any suggestions on how to correct this?

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Government data showed that Cambodia’s rice exports to the European Union had dropped by 30 percent in 2019, after the economic bloc imposed tariffs at the start of last year.
Ministry of Agriculture data showed that rice exports dropped from 300,000 tons in 2018 to around 200,000 tons last year. At the same time, China has increased its imports, after the country’s leaders agreed to increase rice trade to 400,000 tons a year.
The European Union imposed tariffs for three years starting January 2019, after Italy triggered protectionist measures to safeguard its rice sector. The tariffs were around $200 a ton in 2019 and will fall to $140 for the third year.


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'We're always living Pride Month.' Photographer captures Norwalk's LGBTQ+ community
A local photographer says he is living Pride Month every day through his pictures.
John Gram has an eye for his subjects.
"One of the biggest things about photography is being able to tell a story and tell someone's story through just a photograph of them," said Gram.
Gram has been able to tell a lot about the LGBTQ+ community through his work with John Gram Photo Studios.
"I shoot a lot of drag queens. Drag queens are my favorite to shoot," said Gram.
Gram is just opening his new studio in Norwalk above Wall Street's Troupe429. He says the LGBTQ+ community has grown thanks to the troupe and he hopes his pictures help spread the word how far this community has come.
"We're always living Pride Month. I think for me it's about the allies and them learning more about us and what we've been through and what we're still trying to do and still fighting for and our rights and things like that," said Gram.
Gram is now collecting art for his big show Saturday. The pieces will be part of the biggest LGBTQ+ art show in Connecticut.
"Having all these LGBTQ+ artists in one space during Pride Month -- it's going to be epic," said Gram.
The art show runs from the end of this month to Labor Day.

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To hear Neil Diamond tell it, he is locked into a routine — and he could not be happier about it.
“I can’t think of anything I’d rather be doing,” Diamond told reporters during a February teleconference. “It’s built into my genetic code at this point. When I finish an album, within a matter of weeks, I start writing again; I can’t help myself.
“So far, for the last 45 years, each of the writing periods have led to records and each of the records have, more or less, led to some kind of touring activity.”
The Brooklyn native, as he explained, has a new record — last year’s Melody Road — and his current world tour, during which he plans to hit upwards of 70 cities (it wraps up in November in Australia), is another chance to celebrate the entirety of his catalog.
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The 74-year-old Diamond plays Dallas’ American Airlines Center — his first North Texas gig in seven years — May 28.
“It’s a huge undertaking,” Diamond said of his current tour. “It’s a little bit nervy for me and it’s a little bit scary, but I know that, from past experience, that as I do these shows in a tour, I don’t wear down, I get stronger. I’m not worried about that. … I’m enthusiastic, but it is a giant challenge and I set it up so it would be a challenge.”
Melody Road, Diamond’s first studio album in four years and his first album of original material in seven, is a reflective record, taking stock of a life spent pulling lyrics and music from the ether: “Making up songs along the way/I’m thinking I just might stay on Melody Road,” Diamond sings on the shuffling title track.
Throughout the dozen songs, Diamond drops plenty of allusions to the craft of building immortal pop songs — First Time takes listeners through the thrill of artistic discovery (“Keep doing it and word will spread,” he sings) — with a naked honesty that’s startling even for an artist who’s no stranger to songs of intense intimacy.
Pressed about the true nature of Melody Road — whether it’s effectively a concept album about Diamond’s life as an award-winning songwriter — the troubadour momentarily demurs.
“I don’t like intellectualizing, first, the songs, and second, the whole concept of the album, but you have to do it a little bit to shape the way these songs go together and how they work together and the story that you tell and the journey, itself, that you’re taking,” Diamond said.
“Melody Road is really a place in the mind, especially a songwriter’s, particularly me; I can’t talk about anybody else. … I don’t want it to be too thought out.
“I want it to just move from one piece of music to another and add up to something,” he said. “The songs are pretty positive; the songs are autobiographical.
“There’s some pain involved in some of these songs, but that’s part of life, too.”
A life built upon routine, and one which Diamond will maintain until there are no more songs left to sing.
“I always have that thing that hurries me up and it says, don’t wait around and don’t waste time because it’s fleeting and if you have any songs that are still inside yourself, you better get to work,” Diamond said.
“That whole concept has become part of me as I get to be older, it’s a more insistent whisper in my ear: ‘Go to work, do your work, do not dawdle, do not waste time, write your songs, do them as well as you possibly can, and don’t waste any more time.’”
Preston Jones, 817-390-7713
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Excerpts: Money Matters
Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms
To all who peruse this volume, these:
Well met, as always, and welcome to the latest tome from the pen of Ed of the Greenwood that purports to lay bare secrets of the world I dwell in, the place best known to ye as "the Forgotten Realms."
A world so vast and rich that its secrets could fill libraries—to say nothing of the myriad passing details of everyday life, the strivings of folk mighty and simple. Beggars and humble crofters can change the Realms as much as kings do, and its heroes are not always those lauded. Like thy world, the Realms needs splendid deeds from us all for life to hold a goodly measure of pleasures and rewards.
In short, it needs thee to make a difference.
In today's look inside Ed Greenwood Presents: Elminster's Forgotten Realms, we continue with Chapter 4: Money Matters. In the words of the sage Calathra 'Lady Coinmaster' Mralahard of Athkatla, "Flows of coins are like the pumping blood of dragons -- where they are hot and thick, life is vigorous, but where they are cold and few, life is feeble."

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Separating sustainable sources from non-sustainable sources in the production of palm oil and palm kernel oil is highly complicated, but Procter & Gamble (P&G) is stepping up to address the problem. The company is conducting an in-field study to understand the practices of small farmers—and how those practices can be improved to protect local forests. P&G is partnering with the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) to field the study, fulfilling a commitment it made earlier this year as part of new goals to achieve zero deforestation in the palm oil supply chain.
“We want to make the sourcing of palm oil and palm kernel oil sustainable from start to finish—and still economically viable for local farmers who depend on the crop to support their families,” said Len Sauers, vice president of P&G sustainability. “We already work with larger suppliers to trace the origin of our supply chain, but small farmers—in places like Malaysia and Indonesia—account for 35–45% of palm oil production. We need to understand their needs and practices so we can create innovative solutions to the problem, just like we understand the day-to-day lives of consumers to meet their needs with innovative products.”
“This is a complex supply chain involving thousands of small farmers who interact with others, so the product changes hands many times between the growers, traders, millers, buyers and ultimately the purchasing company. As a result, separating sustainable sources from non-sustainable sources is almost impossible. We are targeting zero deforestation by fostering an inclusive ecosystem that supports small farmers’ challenges,” said Mahender Singh of MISI.
In April 2014, P&G announced new goals to help ensure zero deforestation in its palm oil supply chain. The goals call for traceability of palm oil and palm kernel oil to supplier mills by December 31, 2015, and to plantations by 2020. The newly announced six-month study supports these goals and will enable P&G to understand the small-farmer supply chain and how best to help local growers. P&G will report the findings and develop an action plan to address them by the end of September 2014. MISI is helping to facilitate this research and will work with P&G to develop the action plans.
The goals also call for P&G to extend work with suppliers, industry peers, NGOs, academic experts and other stakeholders to promote industry-aligned standards and practices for sustainable palm oil sourcing. “We are working in partnership with industry experts, large suppliers and small farmers to make a significant and lasting impact. In support of this commitment, we will develop tools and best practices that we can share with other companies facing the same opportunities we’re facing in establishing traceability from farm to purchase,” said Dr. Sauers.


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Kobe Japanese Grill
- Food: ***
- Service: ****
- Atmosphere: *** 1/2
- Overall: *** 1/2
- Address: 6947 Maynardville Pike
- Phone: 865-922-2150
- Restaurant hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays. 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays.
- First-come, first-served; also offers drive-through and carryout services
- Nonsmoking only
- Beer service only
Kobe Japanese Grill on Maynardville Pike in Halls has a character that’s hard to define.
On one hand, the line of cars we spied queued up to reach the restaurant’s drive-through window gave us a first impression that perhaps Kobe was more about take-out service and not so much focused on a sit-down dining experience.
But when we stepped inside the erstwhile Mrs. Winner’s location, we definitely sensed that the dine-in crowd was no afterthought. The proprietors have done an admirable job of transforming a fast-food chicken joint into a welcoming full-service restaurant. I wouldn’t quite define the atmosphere as upscale, but the makeover was certainly a step in the right direction.
The Grub Spouse and I were seated in a front window booth and didn’t spend much time at all choosing an appetizer from the few we found listed on the menu. Surmising early on that none of the entrees would include egg rolls, we put in an order for a couple just to get us going.
Like the appetizers, the number of entrees is limited, which also made it quite easy for us to make our selections for the evening.
The meals feature ingredients such as grilled vegetables, shrimp, scallops or salmon, as well as chicken or steak prepared either teriyaki- or hibachi-style. There are also about a half-dozen combination entrees that mix and match these different items.
The Spouse and I figured we’d get the most bang for our buck by ordering the chicken-and-shrimp combo and the steak-and-scallop combo, respectively. (I had just remarked to The Spouse a few days earlier that I had been jonesing for some scallops.)
All entrees are served with fried rice and mixed vegetables. The night we dined there, the medley consisted of broccoli, onions, mushrooms and sweet carrots.
We were pretty impressed by the service early on. For starters, our waiter remembered my specific request for ice water without a lemon slice (you’d be surprised at how often that gets overlooked). Then our appetizer came up so quickly that it was actually delivered to our table along with our drink order.
Our server also did a decent job throughout the meal of keeping our drinks refilled and our dirty plates cleared.
Not unexpectedly, our entrees were served after a reasonably passage of time. Not too fast, not too slow.
Unfortunately, the course itself wasn’t exactly the highlight of our evening. Our food wasn’t unfit for consumption by any means, but in my opinion, it registered as only average when compared to similar cuisine I’ve tasted in this market.
Specifically, both our dishes seemed a little overcooked, resulting in a slightly charred flavor that didn’t dovetail well with the teriyaki sauces. This applied to both the meats and the accompanying vegetables. Even the rice managed to underwhelm both The Spouse and me.
At one point, we had considered trying their deep-fried banana and ice cream concoction for dessert, but by the time we were finished with our meal, we thought better of it.
I think Kobe’s prompt preparation and expedient service might still make this restaurant a viable option for the lunchtime crowd or anyone living in the Halls community looking to grab a quickie dinner that’s a step up from fast food.
Maybe all those cars in the drive-through line were onto something after all.
To contact the restaurant critic, e-mail entertainment@ knews.com.


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This month, we’re excited to announce that we have not one, but two clubs of the month!
Let us introduce you to our Manchester-based dodgeball club!
Our dodgeball club are brand new for this academic year, after forming because of our Active Campus programme! On the court, our dodgeball club compete in tournaments around the country throughout the year and continue to look to expand the interest in the sport by supporting the Active Campus programme.
What sort of activities have the club been doing this month?
“We have competed in one tournament so far this year and placed fifth at the University Championships. We are looking forward to compete in multiple more this year and hopefully win a non-league tournament.
“We enjoy volunteering and helping out as much as we can and have recently helped the Great Manchester College Games, Active Campus tournaments and MMU Netball’s Disco Dodgeball charity event.”
What has been your favourite or stand out moment of the month?
“Our favourite moment was competing at the biggest tournament of the year, the University Championships North and placing fifth.
“This was a great result for such a new team competing against some very experienced teams across the country. We caused some major upsets and gained respect from some of the best university dodgeball players and teams.”
Why should other clubs log their volunteering hours?
“Other clubs should log their hours to be congratulated and commended for their efforts! Their work should be recognised and logged. “

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Yesterday we had a garden milestone. We finally, I felt, had large enough plants that I could actually harvest a worthwhile amount of lettuce and spinach for our dinner last night. I ended up with a collander full of leaf lettuce and spinach leaves - Yummy.
For dinner last night we had baked spaghetti, which actually was more like baked beef-a-roni as we have lots more elbow pasta than spaghetti pasta right now. And, a side salad. A couple of the girls wanted small bowls of salad along with dinner and I had one for myself. There was plenty left for dh when he got home from work and even my lunch today.
DH came home and fixed himself dinner while I was doing the bedtime routine. Before I realized it my husband had used every last bit of the salad for himself. My man loves salad!! I wish I had more room to plant more lettuce plants. We are going to have to enlarge the garden space next year!
So we will wait a few more days to have salad again.
Dessert was yummy strawberries with whipped topping. I love this time of year!


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Technology Briefing | Hardware: Lexmark's Profits Rise On Sales Of Ink Cartridges
Published: April 22, 2003
Lexmark International Inc., the second-biggest maker of computer printers in the United States after the Hewlett-Packard Company, said yesterday that first-quarter net income increased 32 percent as rising sales of ink cartridges offset a drop in machine sales. Net income rose to $94.6 million, or 73 cents a share, from $71.5 million, or 53 cents a share. Sales increased 5.7 percent to $1.11 billion from $1.05 billion, Lexmark said. Supplies like ink cartridges rose 18 percent, while sales of hardware like printers fell 7.7 percent. Hardware sales fell because of a transition to a new product line, the loss of Compaq Computer as a reseller and not being able to satisfy demand for all-in-one printers, the chief financial officer, Gary Morin, said. ''It was a relief to see them meet the high end of their guidance,'' said Tim Jossart, co-manager of the Touchstone Value Plus Fund, which manages $40 million in assets and holds 26,430 Lexmark shares. In January, the company had given a first-quarter forecast of 62 cents to 72 cents a share and analysts had expected 72 cents, according to a survey of nine analysts by Thomson First Call. Shares of Lexmark rose 31 cents, to $69.50 yesterday. They have gained 16 percent this year.


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Any form of pigeonholing in Los Angeles doesn’t stand up. If this city can be defined by anything, it’s the word “eclectic.” International, cinematic, urban, surreal, gritty. I’ve already gotten in trouble for suggesting the City of Angels has a dominant sound (that sound being sunny and happy-I guess I conveniently forgot Black Flag). So when I say Winter Flowers is an anomaly in today’s Angeleno music scene, I’m again being shortsighted. More correctly, the band harkens back to when folk was king here, when the Mamas and the Papas and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were churning magic out of Laurel Canyon. In today’s terms, Winter Flowers (whose self-titled debut was released in September on Attack 9) seems like a band that might be more at home in the folkier Pacific Northwest — which makes sense, because the band is actually originally from that area. Band members Christof Certik, Gavin Toler and Astrid Quay were kind enough to help us clear up matters geographic and otherwise.
How does a band come to this particular baroque/medieval kind of sound? I don’t imagine it’s as organic as teenage boys coming to rock ‘n’ roll in their garage.
Christof Certik: We each have our own stories concerning discovery of music and the unfolding of various musical roles in the Winter Flowers. But we were once teenagers playing rock ‘n’ roll in our garages. Each of us has all along had other musical interests as well, outside of the rock thing. I, for one, grew up listening to renaissance music. My father was a musician who played early music, and there were always things about it that affected me in deep ways I couldn’t understand as a kid, but that, when I was old enough to start writing music of my own, made me want to find ways to blend that sort of thing with newer music. Playing in rock bands was always frustrating because I heard music in my head that worked more the way music did in the sixteenth century than that overly simplistic way in which most rock music works.
Hearing some of the great musicians of the “classic era,” such as Fairport Convention and Pentangle, I saw that a blend of the old and new had actually been done somewhat successfully in the past. So I was inspired by these ’60s and ’70s bands that seemed coincidentally to have had that same vision that I did, and I dreamt of having a band that could play things like that. I at one point was so discouraged by most of the musicians I knew that I spent a long time not playing much music with other people. Then I first heard Gavin and the early version of the Winter Flowers, playing in their Renaissance-folk-ish way, and I felt I had found the answer to my prayers. Apparently, Gavin and his pals had been listening to the same stuff I had, and I could see that they had much the same interest in this musical path. I don’t think we have illusions about playing authentic medieval/renaissance/baroque music, but there is certainly a feeling that something important from that time is speaking to us.
To me, the special thing about that old music is the way in which each voice is blended with others to create a real sense of different things joining together equally. It’s hard to describe, but the music of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, especially, seems to be telling us something about the power of things becoming greater through a dynamic with other things. Melodies swirl around one another in ways not like any other music, in ways that bring something greater to the sound of the instruments and to the power of the melodies.
Gavin Toler: When I started Winter Flowers back in Seattle, my goal was to express the romantic/poetic elements of my visions in a more delicate fashion than had been afforded me in my rock endeavors. I was reaching for more depth and freedom from music that to me was becoming a bit claustrophobic. When Christof joined up, he brought a wonderful ear for arranging music, which reflects the baroque elements you refer to. So that’s the way we arrange instruments/vocals now. Music that moves within music, notes that talk to each other.
Do you think there’s a reason this particular folk revival, or whatever we’re calling it, is happening right now? Is there something going on nationally or internationally that’s motivating it?
Certik: It is very difficult to pinpoint exactly what it is that causes large groups to want to embrace certain things at particular times. All I know is that there is something important in such impulses. It’s as if there is a spirit, a zeitgeist, which is speaking through our culture, which is bringing its consciousness into the world through people’s actions and arts. We are all very much instruments of higher forces that we do not wholly understand. In this particular case, I feel as if it is a tremendously positive force, and I think that this “new folk” or “weird America” thing is bringing a lot of people to a brighter understanding of music, community, beauty and goodness. It sounds terribly silly, doesn’t it? But I see it all around. I feel as if people everywhere are discovering new realms of positive art and discourse.
As far as world events go, I cannot imagine what would cause such a phenomenon. I think the condition of music has degenerated so much in quality and ideology that people really are craving something that is actually musical and positively ideological. I would hope that no one is actually trying to resurrect the old narcissistic hippie ideology of the ’60s. It’s important that we all look to these world influences and try to allow whatever positive forces we see to come to fruition through our receptivity to them. Sometimes that receptivity takes the form of creating or appreciating music.
How have you found L.A. conducive to your sound? You seem to have moved away from places — the Pacific Northwest and San Francisco — that seemed to have been bigger havens for your type of music, whereas L.A. seems a bit rockist right now.
Certik: Certainly Los Angeles is one of those places that seems to many people to be the last place to nurture anything of actual artistic value. It’s definitely paradoxical, though I think so far it has been very accommodating. In San Francisco there was definitely a certain quality of life that allowed the band to get things rolling, but there is something about that town that is a tremendous hindrance to artists or any sort of would-be doers. Lovely as it is, it is kind of a black hole for creative people. One can get a certain amount done, but eventually one runs into a brick wall.
It is a generalization, of course, but somehow people tend to end up stuck there, mired in a community of lovely people in a lovely setting where the sense of possibility actually seems to diminish the longer one works. L.A., interestingly, has a helpful and inspiring quality of being a place where people come to realize a dream. And, of course, the clichï¿½ is true that this town is full of “industry” folks and people who genuinely like and care about music, some of whom can offer wonderful prospects to a band like us.
You have Mia Doi Todd and other L.A. folk singers guest on your album. Is there a big get-together-and-see-what-happens-one-day-a-week vibe here, or is that a less common occurrence?
Certik: Unfortunately there is very little of that sort of community music-making vibe here. Here we keep more focus on our own unit, which really needs our undivided attention. But it would admittedly be very nice to work and/or play more with the many other talented kids in town. Maybe all it takes is initiating something, which we might do some day. Perhaps the enormously lovely contributions of Mia and Becky and Miranda will be the start of some more involved joinings. I hope so.
You use a plethora of stringed instruments on the album. I’ve always wondered this: If you know how to play the guitar, do you then naturally know how to play the mandolin, lyre, et cetera?
Certik: It certainly helps to already know one stringed instrument when you embark on learning another. There have been many who have just applied guitar techniques to other instruments, as we can all hear in numerous recordings over the last twenty years or so. It’s another matter to really learn to play another instrument as it is meant to be played.
Of course there are always those who say that one ought to just play an instrument in one’s own way, but that nearly always means “like a guitar,” which is most people’s main instrument. As a mandolin, banjo, guitar and lute player, I’ve had to start from the beginning on each. The only things which really carry over from one to the next are the motion and strength of the fingers on frets and the understanding of music itself as applied to strings. Each instrument has its unique difficulties and unique character. It’s almost as if each instrument was a different person, with whom one must develop a different relationship.
How literally are we to take the song “The End of the War”? Is there any political statement there?
Toler: It’s not meant to be a political song. It was actually a sort of meditation I would use to help myself fall asleep. However, the feelings tied to the song do reflect on the true nature of peace as a concrete reality, a physical state of being as opposed to an abstract concept of a place we don’t really know how to get to. The essence of the song is loss, surrender, coming back to the true value of things and letting go of one’s self.
The more I listen to your album the more I can believe you haven’t heard any popular music since Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, who I hear a lot of in “Hey Ho.” But I’m sure that’s not true. What current music interests you?
Certik: I must say that the best music I know right now is Lavender Diamond, Miranda Lee Richards and Mia Doi Todd. Also we very much appreciate the music of Circulus in England. There are also a couple of groups in San Francisco I like very much: the lovely harmony-laden lilt of Willow Willow and the joyful groove of Sugar and Gold.
At a point the album seems to go through a nautical phase. Do you have any specific connections to the sea or sailing?
Certik: Yeah, there is that song that we used the ocean sounds on. We drove up the coast one day and recorded the waves from a cave on the beach. It’s not that the album goes through a nautical phase, but rather that it draws much of it’s inspiration from the ocean and the mountains, from wind and fire — the elements.
How do you interpret when the members of Dead Meadow say your band is the opposite side
of the same coin? For some listeners, that might be a hard connection to hear.
Toler: I feel that the connection has to do with a feeling of the epic. Led Zepplin walked both sides of the line, hammering out heavy riff rock one moment only to hit you with a shimmering acoustic gem the next. It has more to do with the images we find as inspiration for our music than it does with the means used to achieve the music. I think there is a great deal of focus on the mystical in both.
Are there any plans to tour beyond the West Coast to support this album?
Certik: Of course we would love to travel everywhere and play as much as possible for as many people as possible, but we really don’t have any definite plans to do any such thing at the moment. It is a certainty, however, that we will work on it, and hopefully before long find our way to the East Coast and to England and the rest of the world. We have a second album on the way, so perhaps we will build up enough interest to warrant such proceedings.
How is it decided when you’re going to sing lead on a track? Is it based on the theme of the song, like on “Too Young to Marry”? Astrid, do you write the songs you sing lead on?
Astrid Quay: In the case of “Too Young to Marry,” the narrative is gender-specific. That particular song was written by Christof — it’s about a young maiden betrothed, so it required female lead vocals. I also sing lead on “Winter Bird,” which is not lyrically gender-specific. It just happened to be a good fit with my voice. I have yet to write a Winter Flowers song — that will soon change — but I don’t plan on necessarily singing lead on what I will write. The only consideration is what works and what makes sense for the song.
The band sports some great digs in the album photos and other promo photos. Who’s in charge of costuming?
Quay: I sewed the robes that we wear in the photo that’s currently on our MySpace profile. As far as the whole idea for the shoot, though, we all discussed and contributed. The photo on the back of the album was actually pretty spontaneous. We just put on what we thought would look good in a photo with that “midnight garden” backdrop that we used. In general, if we’re doing a photo or video shoot, we’ll all get together and talk about the aesthetic and figure out how best to execute it. Sometimes one person will have a particularly strong, specific idea that we take off from, and if something needs sewing I’ll do it. In general, though, I’m pretty hands-on when it comes to wardrobe and general aesthetic.


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UNITED NATIONS, February 25. /TASS/. The Ukrainian crisis has had a "disastrous effect" on the resolution of conflicts in the Transnistria and Transcaucasia regions, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday.
In his report to the UN Security Council members, the diplomat said that Europe is now faced with the most serious security challenges since the "cold war" times. "We should not ignore the devastating impact of the crisis in Ukraine and around it on other issues on the OSCE agenda, especially the protracted conflicts in Moldova and in the South Caucasus," Dacic said.
He expressed regret over the Transnistria conflict resolution process stalling in recent months in the 5+2 format (Moldova, Transnistria republic, the OSCE, Russia, Ukraine and observers from the US and the EU). According to him, the formation of a new government in Moldova will contribute to the resumption of the negotiations. "The first step should be restoration of regular formal meetings in the 5+2 format during the year. We need to muster the political will to get off the ground and make tangible progress. This will benefit the people on both sides of the Dniester."
He also expressed serious concern over the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, stating the aggravation of the situation in the region and slowing down of the political process. The OSCE chairman expressed support for the OSCE Minsk Group efforts in the organisation of high-level meetings and search for ways of the conflict’s long-term settlement.


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Those of us who fret that Woody Allen's finger is no longer on the pulse of his beloved New York City can take cold comfort in "When Will I Be Loved," James Toback's smudged postcard of a city in thrall to sex and money. In place of Mr. Allen's anxious, bleeding heart, Mr. Toback substitutes a tumescent wallet. Instead of nourishing the soul, the classical music that spills through much of the film like a fountain spewing ice water serves only as upscale décor for the delectation of "them that's got," to quote Billie Holiday.
Manhattan is no longer a place infused with the romantic spirit of George Gershwin, but an auction house and flesh market whose movers and shakers are media hustlers, rappers and real estate agents, all clawing for big bucks and hot sex. It's an environment not unlike the post-9/11 Manhattan of "The 25th Hour."
Upstairs you may hear Glenn Gould playing Bach, but the music downstairs is the lubricious muttered come-on of rap. Relations between men and women under a certain age tend to be wary negotiations carried out in the feinting, bluffing style of a high-stakes poker game.
All these themes have appeared in various forms in Mr. Toback's earlier movies, especially his "Black and White," a provocative reflection on the social and sexual chemistry of rich white teenage girls and upwardly mobile black hip-hoppers. Here, the central dynamic is the power struggle between Vera (Neve Campbell), a rich, seductive, postfeminist Mona Lisa, and her boyfriend, Ford (Frederick Weller), a hot-wired street hustler and stud who amuses her in bed and covets her wealth.
Vera is a painter whose rich, doting parents have moved her into a gorgeous loft high over Battery Park. Near the beginning of the movie, she videotapes herself having sex with a beautiful blond girlfriend. The dreamy mood of their encounter is completely different from sex with Ford, who takes her from behind while clutching her head. Compared with Vera, even an erotic sportswoman like Samantha from "Sex and the City" seems like a purring, old-fashioned flirt. Angling for a job as an assistant to a professor at Columbia (played by Mr. Toback), she cuts to the chase and coolly informs him that their relationship will not be sexual.Continue reading the main story
Ford isn't any warmer than his sweetheart, but he's poor and desperate for cash. An early scene finds him accosted near Times Square by an ex-girlfriend who demands that he pay back $9,300 she lent him two years earlier. He first responds by arguing that he's on the verge of a big movie deal that could bring her millions as a star, and when that doesn't work, he scuttles away. Later, he tries to pimp models to a couple of rappers. Even later, while Vera is passing the time with her girlfriend, he is shown cavorting with three girls at once in Central Park.
In the movie's rambling, semi-improvised early scenes, the characters all talk at once, and you wonder where the movie is headed. Then the film suddenly settles down to its main plot, which suggests a radically deglamorized spinoff of "Indecent Proposal."
Unbeknownst to Vera, Ford has made a deal to sell her favors to Count Tommaso (Dominic Chianese), a visiting Italian media mogul with more than a passing resemblance to Silvio Berlusconi, for $100,000. Ford expects Vera to give him at least some of the money she earns. She agrees, and when Tommaso shows up, she bargains as shrewdly as she did with the professor. As she did before, she makes an older man's coyness and courtliness seem foolish and naïve. What happens next, without giving anything away, might be described as a series of poker moves that culminate in violence and betrayal.
The structure of "When Will I Be Loved," which opens today in New York, seems deliberately flimsy, and many of its details don't add up. The texture is so loose that it feels as if the filmmaker was so impatient to tell his story that he couldn't be bothered to screw in the nuts and bolts or tie up the dangling strands, and the movie is much the worse for the mess it leaves.
But as a contemporary fable about getting and spending in the new gilded age, "When Will I Be Loved" strikes a chord that echoes. The critical dialogues between Vera and Ford and Vera and the Count have the snap of crisp new currency being counted. Is this arena the chilly place where the sexual revolution and the postfeminist tug of war have brought us?
"When Will I Be Loved" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for strong sexual content.
WHEN WILL I BE LOVED
Written and directed by James Toback; director of photography, Larry McConkey; edited by Suzie Elmiger; production designer, Ernesto Solo; produced by Ron Rotholtz, Robert Bevan, Keith Hayley, Charlie Saville and Piers Tempest; released by IFC Films. Running time: 89 minutes. This film is rated R.
WITH: Neve Campbell (Vera), Frederick Weller (Ford), Dominic Chianese (Count Tommaso), Karen Allen (Alexandra), Barry Primus (Victor) and James Toback (Professor).Continue reading the main story


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Those wrongly convicted of murder suffer great harm. They may spend years in prison under threat of execution; they may even lose their lives. Far from being perpetrators, they are additional victims of the perpetrators.
A report published last year, based on exonerations listed in the National Registry of Exonerations, focuses on the racial disparity which leads African Americans to suffer such harm disproportionately. Shockingly, it finds that black Americans are “about 50% more likely to be innocent of the murder than other convicted murderers.”
Police misconduct helps to drive the discrimination: witness tampering by police occurred nearly twice as often in cases with black defendants as it did in those with white defendants. (Prosecutor misconduct, on the other hand, is aimed at white as much as black defendants).
Unconscious racial bias probably also plays a part:
“Police and prosecutors may habitually assume that any black murder suspect they deal with is a killer.”
Such routine, institutional racism is “more common than intentional racism, and probably harder to detect and correct.”
And African Americans imprisoned for murder are more likely to be innocent if they were convicted of killing white victims (as Willie Manning was in his remaining case). As the report notes,
“[I]t is no news that inter-racial violence by African Americans is punished more harshly than intra-racial violence. It would not be surprising to learn that it is also pursued with greater ferocity, and less accuracy.”
The discrimination extends to greater delays before exoneration for African Americans. The report speculates that authorities may resist exoneration more forcefully in cases where there was official misconduct, which is more common when the exoneree is black.
The report’s findings help to explain why Willie Manning was convicted in two unrelated cases of murder despite huge anomalies in both; it also helps to account for the struggles he has undergone to overturn his convictions.
We hope that 2018 will finally bring Willie good news about his case. And we wish him a happy and peaceful New Year.


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When you first join our dental practice in Yeovil, you will be introduced to the staggering range of dental services that we offer. We don’t assume that everyone’s needs are the same which is why we take the time to listen to you. By asking you carefully pointed questions, our dedicated team can discuss with you available options and recommend the best course of treatment for your needs.
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Do you find yourself smiling less and less frequently? Does the idea of having your photo taken force you into a frown? With our fantastic cosmetic dentistry services, never again will you be ashamed of the appearance of your teeth. Our dental practice in Yeovil has many years’ of experience in supplying high-quality cosmetic dentistry. Our friendly and helpful dentists are more than happy to discuss any issues that you may have.
Our cosmetic dentistry includes a variety of options from basic teeth whitening to more complex procedures, such as our complete ‘Smile Makeover’. All of our treatments are suitable for all ages and will improve the way that you look and feel for increased confidence and happiness.
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First off, our ‘Essentials Plan’ which starts from as little as £12.97 per month. This entitles patients of our Yeovil dental practice to 10% off all of their treatments. Plus, you can make certain that your mouth and teeth are free from decay and disease with routine X-Rays and oral cancer screening. You will also receive two standard oral health examinations as well as two hygienist appointments per year at our dental practice in Yeovil.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Sean Logan recently visited the Grand Lake St. Marys area to get a first-hand look at the lake’s conditions, as detailed in an articled published in The Evening Leader.
From the article: "… Logan talked with residents in Southmoor Shores — an area where the algae bloom remains visible. The bloom also resulted in a fish kill in a channel near the lake.
"It’s unbelievable — I’ve never seen anything like it," Logan said as he looked out on the bloom. "It’s unacceptable, to actually see it first hand, which is my purpose for being here, it leaves you speechless. Now we have a fish kill as well. It’s got to change."
Logan said private landowners are key in the fight to help the lake. Without their cooperation, Logan said the water quality may continue to diminish.
"This is living proof that our land use practices directly impact our water," Logan said. "I’ve always known it my whole career and to see it manifest itself in such an ugly way, right in people’s backyards, it’s unacceptable. We can do better, we must do better.""


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Who Won The Bachelor 2017 spoilers tease that Nick Viall’s final Season 21 rose ceremony will air on ABC in just a few weeks, and we will finally see Nick Viall get down on one knee and propose. Who is Nick Viall’s Season 21 winner and new fiance? According to The Bachelor spoilers from Reality Steve, it’s none other than Canadian native Vanessa Grimaldi, but Bachelor fans are having some serious doubts.
Nick Viall recently traveled to four separate hometown dates and met the parents of Rachel Lindsay, Corinne Olympios, Raven gates, and Vanessa Grimaldi. Nick Viall’s Season 21 hometown dates were pretty cut and dry and smooth sailing…until he arrived in Canada. To call his meeting with Vanessa Grimaldi’s family a disaster would be an understatement, and her parents refused to give Nick Viall their blessings. To top it off, Vanessa told Nick she loved him, and he barely acknowledged it.
The Bachelor 2017 spoilers tease that going in to Fantasy Suite dates with the final three, Raven, Rachel, and Vanessa, Nick and Grimaldi are not on good terms. Reality Steve’s spoilers have been indicating since before the Season 21 premiere that Vanessa Grimaldi gets the final rose and a chunky Neil Lane engagement ring, but at this stage in the game Vanessa looks like the least likely winner out of the remaining women.
The Bachelor 2017 spoilers have confirmed that Corinne Olympios is the next woman sent home, and Rachel Lindsay doesn’t win because she is the next Bachelorette, so that leaves Vanessa and Raven. Raven Gates has flown under the radar most of the season, but during their hometown dates it was clear that she and Nick have some major chemistry. Is it possible that Reality Steve’s spoilers are wrong and Raven actually receives the final rose? Or are the producers simply doing some creative editing to make it seem like Vanessa is not the winner just for shock value?
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Some YouTube whiz took audio of Lawrence from The Hunger Games and slowed it down by 25%. The result? Strangely enough, Katniss could easily pass for a Will Ferrell impersonator!
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