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by Pauline Kael
A friend of mine who’s in his early fifties and is eminent in his field says that when he grows up he wants to be Sean Connery. He doesn’t mean the smooth operator James Bond; he means the bluff, bare-domed Connery of The Man Who Would Be King and The Untouchables and now Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Connery’s physical presence is assured, contained, insolent; that’s what makes this burry Scotsman a masculine ideal. In The Last Crusade, Connery, in a droopy mustache and a trim grayish-white beard, is Indiana Jones’ scholar father, a medievalist who’s too engrossed in his studies to pay much attention to his daredevil son’s archaeological adventures. Tweedy and distracted, in the manner of a Victorian pedant, he’s the only surprising note in The Last Crusade.
“I look for humor in whatever I’m doing,” Connery has said, and he finds it here in his byplay with the man he calls Junior. Harrison Ford is a master of double takes, and Connery keeps occasioning them. He rags the two-fisted Indy as if he were still a kid, and uses paternal authority to outrank him—even to the point of slapping him in the face for using “Jesus Christ” as a swear word. Professor Henry Jones, Sr., is the only man alive who isn’t in awe of Indiana Jones. Each of the two stars carries associations from his past roles; their scenes together are so charged with personality that the atmosphere of parody is almost flirtatious. Connery isn’t a subtle actor, but as a presence he has phenomenal subtlety. And he can be silly: He can introduce little-boy mischief, and his masculinity is never in doubt. Amusing himself, he gooses this entire movie along. Ford is a little dull until he has Connery to play off. Then they nudge each other skillfully, and the director, Steven Spielberg, knows just when to cut to the father’s sheepish stare, the son’s wolfy grin. The Connery-Ford clowning distracts us from the doldrums of punches and chases and plot explication. The movie isn’t bad; most of it is enjoyable. But it’s familiar and repetitive—it’s a rehash. It makes you recall the old-Hollywood wisdom: If they liked it once, they’ll love it twice. The action simply doesn’t have the exhilarating, leaping precision that Spielberg gave us in the past (before he became apologetic about it). Great Spielberg action is so brilliant it spooks you; it makes you want to cheer—you leave the theatre laughing at your own excitement. Here Indy punches out so many people that you weary of the amplified sound of fist against flesh. (Indiana Jones is this summer’s Roger Rabbit, but this time there’s no distinction between live action and animation.) You watch chases by speedboat and motorbike, tank and airplane and dirigible (it’s 1938), but you don’t feel kinetically caught up in them. Vehicles keep exploding in flames—who cares? Right at the beginning, in Monument Valley in 1912, when Indy as a Boy Scout (played by River Phoenix) rescues the jewelled “Cross of Coronado” from archaeological looters and, escaping from them, hops onto a circus train, falls into a vat of snakes, grabs a whip from the lion’s cage, and is cut on the chin, we laugh in hip recognition that we’re seeing how the adult Indy acquired his phobia, his weapon, and his scar, even though there’s no real wit in it. And we never get a clear idea of why the head looter resembles the adult Indy, or why Indy adopts the outward tokens of this looter—the brown fedora, the leather jacket. We see the looter give Indy a bit of approval (something he never gets from his father). Is that meant to be enough cause for Indy to turn the looter into some sort of good-bad-guy ideal and to reject his father’s soft-tweed-hat tyranny? Spielberg doesn’t seem to want the scenes to snap into clarity; he may think this fuzziness is artistic ambiguity. Even a complicated big scene of Indy and a blond art historian (Alison Doody) trapped in a Venetian catacomb that’s full of rats isn’t shaped satisfyingly. Most of the staging is shabby, routine. (A church stained-glass window that figures in the plot is so glaringly inauthentic you half expect the fakery to be the point.)
A few images make an impact: Indiana’s horse is magnificent in motion, his eyes rolling, his mane flying; the vertical compositions that show the ancient city of Petra, which was carved into the rock mountains of Jordan, leave you wanting to see more. I like the device of Indy’s father and friends looking down a cliff to what they think is Indy’s grave while he has climbed up and is behind them, trying to see what they’re looking at. It’s a good gag—I’ve always liked it. And there are funny, wiggy bits, such as Alison Doody’s last scene, when, after being misdirected almost consistently, she goes out in glory, with glittering eyes and a lewd smile. But the only real spin is in Connery and Ford’s slapstick.
Their teamwork can’t save the movie from the tone deafness that has been afflicting Spielberg’s work ever since he became a consciously inspirational director, as in his dreadful whimsy about rejuvenation in Twilight Zone—The Movie, and as in The Color Purple and Empire of the Sun. (Offering mystical guidance seems to be his conception of a step toward becoming mature and responsible.) This third film of the Indiana Jones trilogy is virtually a reprise of the first one (Raiders of the Lost Ark). Spielberg and his associate George Lucas, the producer, appear to be retreating to the pulpy sincerity of Raiders as a way of dodging the rocks thrown at the second film (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) for being “horrific.” They’ve taken the Raiders mixture of cliff-hanger and anti-Nazi thriller and religious spectacle even further. Now the Nazis are after the Holy Grail—the cup that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper, which was used to catch the blood that spilled from the spear wound in His side. In the film’s theology (which is murky at best), the Grail heals mortal injuries and confers eternal life on anyone who drinks from it. (This is a rejuvenation whimsy, too.) And the script by Jeffrey Boam, based on a story devised by Lucas and Menno Meyjes, shows us that Indy and his father, in their search for the Grail, find each other. Their search is also a search for the divine in all of us, and John Williams’ grandiose score tips us when the searchers are getting hot.
For a while in the twenties and thirties, art was talked about as a substitute for religion; now B movies are a substitute for religion. (The pulp adventure is the Grail. Connecting with your dad is the Grail.) And Spielberg hokes up his B movie by using the Connery-Ford teamwork for “heart.” (He’s trying to put back the heart he literally took out in Temple of Doom.)
Spielberg wants us to feel the two men’s yearning for the father-son relationship they’ve never had. And to bring them together he invokes pop Christian symbolism without any apparent awareness that this may be offensive to those of other faiths or of no faith—probably to some Christians, too. Isn’t it offensive to him? During a miracle scene, when Denholm Elliott (as the museum curator who is Indy’s superior) crosses himself, it’s like a hiccup of old M-G-M.
The Last Crusade is jarring every time it impinges on religious mythology or historical events—as in a scene of a Nazi rally, with a huge bonfire of books. Spielberg wants to show his reverence for books, but the slick staging may make you think that his entire knowledge of history and culture is filtered through movies. (A man who loved books wouldn’t be likely to have approved this follow-the-dots script.) And when he mixes Saturday-afternoon-serial death-defying stunts with “real” feelings that we associate with his own life (such as his pain at having been separated from his father), the movie feels awkward. It’s a joke to us that Indy can never please his father, because we see Indy’s wild-ass fearlessness. (In a carefree moment, he shoots three men with one bullet.) Indy isn’t just relentlessly victimized by one physical attack after another; the verbal abuse he receives from his father—the fiercely robust Connery—adds a second dimension. It’s almost as if Indy were being attacked personally—there’s a giddiness to it. His being treated as a butterfingered kid is better, more original, than the serious archetypal-Oedipal theme the movie is attempting.
Spielberg seems willing to throw anything into the stew (there’s even a man who’s more than seven hundred years old), but the joyous sureness is missing. He must have begun to distrust his instincts—to think he was doing the wrong thing. Directors who made big commercial hits used to feel guiltless, but Spielberg is too anxious, too well intentioned; he thinks it isn’t enough to give the audience pleasure. Trying to give it what he feels he owes it (wisdom), he softens and sentimentalizes the action. And, of course, he’s being congratulated for his new, grownup approach: members of the press are responding to the jump from the goofball connotations of Temple of Doom to the important sound of Last Crusade. This mediocre movie seems destined to be a tidal wave of a hit. Spielberg, who was perhaps the greatest of all pure, escapist movie directors, is being acclaimed for turning into a spiritual simp.
The New Yorker, June 12, 1989


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A unique collaboration to create not only music but an experience...
Freedom of improvisation within the discipline and structure of a routine of rhythm and melodic features of a Raga...
Trinaad is Aparna Panshikar on North Indian classical Vocals, Jayen Varma on bass guitar and Jean Davoisne on drums. A unique collaboration to create not only music but an experience.
The trio blends indian music and western influences. Freedom of improvisation within the discipline and structure of a routine of rhythm and melodic features of a Raga.
In collaboration for many years, the three musicians deceided to create the band Trinaad in 2017, they recorded their very first album during the summer 2017 in Toulouse, France. This EP "Le Sortilège du Poisson" will be available in January 2018.
Having been born in a family renowned for its passion and achievements in various forms of performing arts, Aparna had an early introduction to Indian (Hindusthani) Classical music. Her first Guru, late Pandit Bhaskarbua Joshi was a direct disciple of the late Pandit Ramkrishnabua Vaze, who was a well-known and leading singer from the Gwalior gharana.
The Gwalior gharana is considered to be the source from which all the other gharanas of Hindusthani Classical music have evolved. Aparna is currently training under her mother, Smt. Meera Panshikar. Aparna’s individual singing style has been well received & often awarded, by audiences as well as connoisseurs in innumerable concerts in India & several other countries like US, France, Germany, Switzerland, England, Korea, Afghanistan, Indonesia, etc.
Her musical performances include pure classical to semi classical forms & experimentation in combining North & South Indian Classical Music & Collaborations with International electroacousticians & musicians of various genres. She has so far released nine musical albums of her own. She has participated in and led various seminars and discourses in recent years & is presently running her dream ‘Bandish – the school of Music’, as an umbrella institution for supporting learning, research and propagation of Indian music all over the world, and also as a convergence point for musicians of all description. The systematic online training method developed by her has won her a lot of disciples across the globe.
Jean Davoisne is in the music industry for two decades. Drummer, composer, teacher and producer, he founded two drum schools in the south of France. Jean endorses Tama, Zildjian, Pro Orca and Gruv Gear.
1st prize of jazz drumming of the musical confederation of France, Jean Davoisne is a versatile drummer who could collaborate with artists such as: Tina Guo (album "Eternity"), DJ Miss Roxx (live), Divinity Roxx (masterclass), Jayen Varma (masterclass), Lux (masterclass), Lili Cros (session), Jonathan Bernede (session), Angie Swan (masterclass), Klein Orchestra (2010 to 2014), Kapsaïcine (session), IPHAZE (live album "Conn3ction", tour 2014, 2015, 2016), Black Limousine (album "Human Stories" 2017) etc...
His discography has a dozen albums, some as co-producer such as "Rock" (Alkimya - 2005), "The Other Side" (Alkimya - 2007 - Brennus Music) distributed in more than 35 countries.
Jean is also a recognized teacher, he teaches drums since 2002. He regularly organizes workshops, clinics and masterclasses in his schools with national or international artists. He was also conductor in several schools of music and have composed pieces for orchestra and organ. In 2013, he composed the Original Soud Track of "Le Fantôme de Laurely" (Vis Or Prod.) A French short film, his first experience in the film industry.
His interest in teaching drums has grown in interest for teaching in general. Thus, he was able to coach music workshops and full bands for large companies such as Airbus Group.
JayaKumar KeralaVarma – aka - Jayen Varma comes from Cochin, Kerala, India. He is known for developing Tabla and Mridangam style finger technique on bass guitar. The style developed by him is widely known as ‘Indian Slap Bass’, which won him fans around the globe & accolades from some of the great names in bass guitar like Jeff Berlin, Bootsy Collins,
Marcus Miller, James Lomenzo, Victor Wooten, Kai Eckhardt, Michael Henderson, Brian Bromberg, Regi Wooten, David Pastorius, etc.
He is also a drummer & a disciple of Mridangam Maestro Prof Parassala Ravi.
He has been in the world of music for the last 3 decades performing in various musicians of different genres in & outside India.


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I Love Stitchery!
There I said it! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE expressing myself through fabric and thread and different stitches and techniques!
I’ve been creating stitchery pieces and doing embroidery for over 3 years now. I love learning new techniques and getting creative with different ideas.
Mostly I love coming up with designs and quote ideas.
Stitching is my favorite form of therapy… there is something about watching the individual stitches working together, creating something incredible! And then there’s the whole stabbing the fabric with the needle side thats good for working out a little angst now and then 😉

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Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn announced Thursday that "the Palestinian leadership in the refugees camps expressed, during the recent contacts, their commitment to the truce and their refusal to drag the camps into any trouble with the Lebanese Army (LA)."
However, Ghosn warned in an interview with "as-Safir" Lebanese newspaper, that "the situation is not reassuring, because the interference of affected sides remains an option."
"This requires the highest degree of vigilance and caution," he added.
Ghosn also reiterated that "the military branch will continue to exercise self-restraint policy, but within the limits."
"It's unacceptable to target the LA or its prestige," he said and pointed out that "this is settled and not to be debated."
The Defense Minister highlighted that "the country has been passing through an abnormal period, which makes it open to all possibilities."
"We hope that all sides respect the LA and refrain from compromising it, because it preserves the security of the whole country and all citizens away from any distinction or discrimination," he told "as-Safir".
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The Latest: Cuomo speaks with spouse of kept pizza man
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on an Ecuadorean settler who was kept while conveying a pizza (all times neighborhood):
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he spoke on the telephone with the spouse of an Ecuadorean outsider who was kept when he went to a New York army installation to convey pizza.
Cuomo expressed his “profound frustration” to Sandra Chica with what he called the central government’s assault on New York’s worker families. He says he also disclosed to her that a legal counselor the state has given has just communicated Pablo Villavicencio, who is held at a government detainment office in New Jersey.
An Army spokeswoman says visitors to Fort Hamilton who don’t have a military distinguishing proof card are required get a pass that requires a background check. The mind Villavicencio showed there was a dynamic migration warrant on record, and soon thereafter he was confined.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has denounced the detainment of an Ecuadorean who went to a New York army installation to convey pizza.
Cuomo called Pablo Villavicencio a “dedicated man” and said separating him from his family doesn’t make America safer. Cuomo, a Democrat, offered Villacencio and his family free legitimate representation and services through the Liberty Defense Project, a state-drove push to assist immigrants.
Villavicencio’s better half says he took pizza to Fort Hamilton last week and was asked by a guard to show a state driver’s license but didn’t so the guard called migration officials. An ICE spokeswoman says in March 2010 Villavicencio was conceded voluntary departure by a movement judge but neglected to leave by a due date as requested.
An Ecuadorean pizza shop laborer influencing a conveyance to an Army to garrison in Brooklyn wound up being kept after a background check uncovered he was needed for migration law violations.
Presently, Pablo Villavicencio is in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody pending expulsion from the country.
Villavicencio’s significant other, Sandra Chica, said her husband was a dedicated father and his treatment was “inhuman.”
An Army spokeswoman says visitors to Fort Hamilton who don’t have a military distinguishing proof card are required get a pass that requires a background check.
The beware of Villavicencio showed there was a dynamic ICE warrant on document, and soon thereafter he was kept.
Government officials say Villavicencio had been requested to leave the country by a movement judge but neglected to withdraw.


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UK - Pension funds returned 0.8% for the second quarter of 2004, underperforming UK equities, new figures from Russell/Mellon reveal.
Preliminary results from its CAPS survey show the median return for balanced managers was 0.8%, compared to the FTSE All-Share, which returned 0.9% for the three months to June 30.
Out of the eight largest balanced funds, the best performer was Newton Investment Management’s £1bn Newton Exempt Fund, which returned 2.1% for the quarter.
Second was Schroder Investment Management’s £1.2bn balanced fund, which posted a 1.3% return, while in third was Deutsche Asset Management’s £845m Deutsche Life Balanced Fund, which returned 1.2%.
Insight Investment, Standard Life Investments and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership all managed to beat the index.
Insight’s £933.5m balanced fund returned 1% for the quarter, as did SLI’s £1.2bn managed fund. SWIP’s £1.4bn balanced fund returned 0.84%.
The worst performing manager was Baillie Gifford – its £1bn MPF fund posted a return of -0.4%.
More needs to be done to speed up DB to DC transfers but, as Jonathan Stapleton says, more also needs to be done to protect members.
The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) took on 2,566 early resolution cases in 2018/19 after onboarding a team from The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS), according to its annual report and accounts.
The lifeboat fund is in a good position despite reserves taking a £0.6bn hit. But the ramifications of the EU judgment on member compensation is an area of concern for CEO Oliver Morley, writes Stephanie Baxter

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• In simplest terms, a database is a collection of information. This collection
is stored in well-defined tables, or matrices.
• The rows in
a database table are used to describe similar items. The rows are referred to
as database records. In general, no two rows in a database table will be alike.
• The columns in a database table provide characteristics of the
records. These characteristics are called database fields. Each field contains
one specific piece of information. In defining a database field, you specify the
data type, assign a length, and describe other attributes.
Here is a simple database example:
In this database table, each record represents a single individual.
The fields (descriptors of the individuals) include an identification number (ID
No), Name, Date of Birth, Height, and Weight.
• Most databases use indexes to allow faster access to
the information in the database. Indexes are sorted lists that point to a particular
row in a table. In the example just seen, the ID No field could be used as an
• A database using a single table is called a flat database.
Most databases are made up of many tables. When using multiple tables within a
database, these tables must have some common fields to allow cross-referencing
of the tables. The referral of one table to another via a common field is called
a relation. Such groupings of tables are called relational databases.
• In our first example, we will use a sample database
that comes with Visual Basic. This database (BIBLIO.MDB) is found in the main
Visual Basic directory (try c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98). It
is a database of books about computers. Let’s look at its relational structure.
The BIBLIO.MDB database is made up of four tables:
Authors Table (6246 Records, 3 Fields)
The Authors table consists of author identification
numbers, the author’s name, and the year born. The Publishers
table has information regarding book publishers. Some of the fields include an
identification number, the publisher name, and pertinent phone numbers. The Title
Author table correlates a book’s ISBN (a universal number assigned
to books) with an author’s identification number. And, the Titles
table has several fields describing each individual book, including title, ISBN,
and publisher identification
Note each table has two types of information: source
data and relational data. Source data is actual information,
such as titles and author names. Relational data are references to data in other
tables, such as Au_ID and PubID. In the Authors, Publishers and Title Author tables,
the first column is used as the table index. In the Titles table,
the ISBN value is the index.
• Using the relational data in the four tables, we should
be able to obtain a complete description of any book title in the database. Let’s
look at one example:
Here, the book in the Titles table, entitled
“Step-by-step dBase IV,” has an ISBN of 0-0280095-2-5 and a PubID
of 52. Taking the PubID into the Publishers table, determines
the book is published by McGraw-Hill and also allows us to access all other information
concerning the publisher. Using the ISBN in the Title Author
table provides us with the author identification (Au_ID) of 171, which, when used
in the Authors table, tells us the book’s author is Toby
• We can form alternate tables from a database’s
inherent tables. Such virtual tables, or logical views,
are made using queries of the database. A query is simply a request
for information from the database tables. As an example with the BIBLIO.MDB database,
using pre-defined query languages, we could ‘ask’ the database to
form a table of all authors and books published after 1992, or provide all author
names starting with B. We’ll look briefly at queries.
• Keeping track of all the information in a database is handled by a database management system (DBMS). They are used to create and maintain databases.
Examples of commercial DBMS programs are Microsoft Access, Microsoft FoxPro, Borland
Paradox, Borland dBase, and Claris FileMaker. We can also use Visual Basic to
develop a DBMS. Visual Basic shares the same ‘engine’ used by Microsoft
Access, known as the Jet engine. In this class, we will see how
to use Visual Basic to access data, display data, and perform some elementary

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Not many can say they were hand-picked by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to star in his latest film, recommended by the same actor to sign up to one of the biggest talent agencies in the world, WME, boast of 1.6 million Instagram followers, and feature regularly as a Guess girl – unless you are Brisbane’s Ellie Gonsalves???.
The 26-year-old was dubbed a “one to watch” when she shot to fame wearing a white bikini in wine brand Yellow Tail’s Super Bowl advert last year. Now she is gearing up for her acting debut in comedy drama Fighting with My Family (due out this year), alongside her “great mate and mentor” Johnson as well as a stellar line-up including Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn and directed by Stephen Merchant.
But it hasn’t always been plain sailing for Gonsalves. Unfortunately, like many of the women gone before her in the entertainment industry, she is also a member of the “#MeToo” movement.
“I have not been sexually assaulted, but through my years I have definitely been harassed,” she told Fairfax Media this week in Sydney, where she helped launch Rpple – an initiative designed to link social media influencers with brands.
“Unfortunately it is that job where you are not protected enough as talent and there are people in positions who can ruin your career like [the click of a finger]. But fortunately I have been able to make money for myself, so I don’t have to rely on those who might say, ‘here is $50,000, but you have to do this’. There are those they take advantage of, like those who might be behind on their rent and they are being told that their careers might be over if they don’t do something.
“I know what I am worth and I will never let anyone break me down for a role, for a job, for money, for anything … You can tell people ‘no’.”
Gonsalves didn’t report the incidents, but decided to never work with the offenders again.
She believes the future looks bright for women in this post-Weinstein era.
“You can definitely notice that change. It is really amazing that these women have stood up and said something because it’s changing how we are protected in the workplace for the future. It’s a really fantastic movement and I support it 100 per cent,” she said.
Overcoming adversity is something Gonsalves has grown accustomed to. During the early stages of her career she was told she would never make it as a model because of her body shape, but she persisted.
“I have been told ‘no’ all of my life, especially back in the day when I was 17 and big boobs were not in. It was just all about being skinny, washboard, super tall and I am just not that,” she said.
“I have hips and I have a tiny little waist and I have these big boobs, but thanks to Beyonce, JLo and Kim [Kardashian West], curvaceous bodies are what people just strive for these days. I hated my boobs back then but now I am really thankful. This look got me those Guess campaigns,” she laughed.
For her latest collaboration, Gonsalves appeared at the Portsea Polo in Melbourne on Saturday to help launch Rpple, an initiative founded by Bondi Sands’ Blair James that allows social media stars to collaborate with brands.
“Rpple is great for people like me, who want to take control of their own brand and want to work with international companies and get paid. It connects ambassadors with brands all over the world,” she said.
At first glance, Gonsalves’ Instagram looks like just another bikini account, but delve a little deeper you will find the good and the bad, unlike many other influencers.
“That was some advice The Rock gave me. He told me to always be myself and not be afraid to show the real me to the world, even the not so great parts,” she said.
“My dad committed suicide two years ago. On R U OK Day last year I decided to speak about it on my Instastory telling people how I got through it and what happens. It reached so many people. I feel like if you can impact people’s lives like that, you should.” A post shared by E L L I E (@ellie_gonsalves) on Dec 5, 2017 at 3:37pm PSTA post shared by E L L I E (@ellie_gonsalves) on Dec 6, 2017 at 9:24pm PST


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Booking Agent : Federico Zanatta
Forging a completely idiosyncratic combination of power, control, tenderness, miscontrol and more power, this six piece band active since 2003 acutely channels the best of your record collections and spit it back out into some quite astonishing shows and releases.
“Four Bibles” HC’s twelfth album was released in 2019, via Alter Records; it was recorded in Somerset, in the South West of England, by Ben Turner in between dates promoting “The Guillotine”. It’s more direct, more attack, more dynamic, more surprising.. Guesting on the album is Daniel O’Sullivan from Grumbling Fur/This Is Not This Heat.
Then it came 2020 and Dances/Curses – their lucky thirteenth record – the work of six musicians at the peak of their considerable powers of intuition and inspiration. Longterm Hey Colossus fan Mark Lanegan makes an appearance amidst the languid and sun-soaked denouement of ‘The Mirror’, the existential gravitas of his tones entirely at home in these revelatory surroundings.
Fittingly for a band who operate entirely by their own co-ordinates, Dances/Curses is released on bassist Joe Thompson’s own Wrong Speed Records (and Learning Curve Records in the US), his latest such venture in a lifetime of steadfast belief in the DIY maxim, “It’s 100% time for all bands to take control of their shit” he notes. All the tools are there to do it yourself. Back your own horse. It’s practical. It’s positive. There’s a chance things will never be the same, if change doesn’t happen now it never will.”
Somewhere on the great continuum between Unwound’s Leaves Turn Inside You and Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through “The Secret Life Of Plants”, somewhere between the dances of aspiration and the curses of reality, Hey Colossus have created their finest alchemical achievement to date.
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Hoebig's homecoming highlights symphony's program
Desmond Hoebig, the former principal cellist of the Houston Symphony, had a homecoming at the orchestra's weekend concerts.
Now principal at the Cleveland Orchestra, a post he won following contentious contract negotiations in Houston last year, he returned to his colleagues to play Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major with Peter Oundjian, music director-designate of the Toronto Symphony.
Hoebig always brought clarity, impeccable technique and gracious phrasing to music-making during his 12 years with the Houston orchestra. Those traits fueled Monday's performance in Jones Hall.
With the relaxed but purposeful accompaniment by Oundjian and a smaller than usual orchestra, the music-making characterized the best using modern instruments (rather than ones in the style of Haydn's period). Sound was full but limber. Momentum was brisk, not labored.
Hoebig and Oundjian worked carefully for a flexible interaction. It showed up in lots of details, like the way the oboes blended with Hoebig's rapid figuration in the first movement.
With lots of encouragement from audience and orchestra, Hoebig returned after his bows for an encore: the Sarabande from J.S. Bach's Suite No. 6 for unaccompanied cello, which he performed with the same distinctive, if unflamboyant care.
In truth, though, the encore added to an overly long program.
Oundjian began with Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, which could easily have been deleted, and concluded with Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2.
At an hour's length, Rachmaninoff's work rivals the weightiest of Bruckner and Mahler, but in mood, it's consistently much closer to the heart. Its appeal lies in the great stretches of rich, moving melodies that Rachmaninoff ladled generously into the piece.
Oundjian and the musicians -- from principal clarinetist David Peck to full sections -- poured these out with great passion and intensity. The emotions were direct and transparent, rather than subtle, and the glorious beauty came through boldly, much to the delight of the audience.
The relative conservativeness of Rachmaninoff's idiom would have made a sufficient but varied balance with the Haydn concerto. In that context, Debussy's Prelude seemed like an unnecessary add-on.
Principal flutist Aralee Dorough played the familiar opening theme with supple tone but, overall, the performance lacked the flexibility the music needs to flow with unrestrained sensuality.
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- 4 cups cold cooked medium pearl barley
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1-1/2 teaspoons minced fresh basil or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 4 cups halved cherry tomatoes
- 2 cups frozen corn, thawed
- Place barley in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine the cheese, oil, basil, garlic, salt and pepper. Pour over barley; toss to coat. Stir in tomatoes and corn. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Yield: 12 servings.
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No incumbent legislator seeking re-election has won a runoff after finishing second in the primary since 1992. Rep. Wayne Smith (R-Baytown) is trying to avoid the fate that befell the last nine incumbents who finished in second place. Smith finished 4.4% behind Deer Park attorney and conservative activist Briscoe Cain, who received 48% of the vote and finished 714 votes ahead of Smith (The third candidate, Crosby resident Melody McDaniel, received 8%.).
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The benefits of many provisions of the individual income tax code vary depending on a taxpayer’s family status. Similarly, tax rates and brackets vary by whether taxpayers are single, married, or filing under a different status. Qualifying requirements vary across these provisions, and some combine child-related benefits with work-related benefits. While these policies are designed to help taxpayers, they add unnecessary complexity to the tax code and thus are well suited for reform.
The U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made important changes to three of the primary family provisions in the tax code: the standard deduction, the personal exemption, and the child tax credit. However, further reforms could consolidate the various family-related credits into streamlined credits for children and for work and provide certainty to taxpayers by making the changes of the TCJA permanent.
This paper reviews six family-related tax provisions under current law, including how the TCJA reformed three of the primary family provisions, and examines the need for further reform.

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Donna Freitas is very worried about today's college students. If you read The End of Sex: How Hookup Culture Is Leaving a Generation Unhappy, Sexually Unfulfilled, and Confused About Intimacy (Basic Books), you will be worried too. Freitas provides compelling evidence that far too many young adults live lives of quiet desperation—sexually and socially. While her proposed solutions to this problem are not radical enough to be deeply redemptive, she has much to say that Christians should heed.
The End of Sex paints a vivid portrait of hookup culture. A hookup is any level of physical intimacy, from prolonged kissing to sexual intercourse, as long as it takes place within a context understood by both participants to imply no commitment beyond the present encounter. "Hookup" is a term that is designed to be ambiguous. There is a social point to the term's ambiguity. The significance of what would otherwise be a meaningless encounter is the postmortem discussion and gossip among the peers of those who hook up. Males can say that they hooked up and hope that their buddies will assume that they had intercourse. Females can have multiple hookups and hope that others will think they are popular without assuming that they are "cheap" or "easy" (after all, maybe nothing more than kissing and fondling took place).
As the subtitle of The End of Sex makes clear, Freitas thinks that hookup culture is destructive. "Hookup culture promotes bad sex, boring sex, drunken sex you don't remember, sex you could care less about, sex where desire is absent, sex that you have 'just because everyone else is, too,' or that 'just happens.'". Her assumed audience is concerned adults—faculty and administrative staff at colleges and universities, as well as parents. The book ends with an appendix of practical steps for combating hookup culture. The appendix has three sections: "Things Parents Can Do," "Things Administrators and Staff Members Can Do" and "Things Faculty Members Can Do."
What Freitas finds most disturbing about hookup culture is that most of those who participate do so less than willingly. The students that she interviewed almost always saw their hookups as imposed by social expectations or as random acts—"It just happened" was a prevailing theme. In this context she has illuminating observations about the link between hookup sex and alcohol. Students "pre-drink" before going to parties because they want to be numb enough to do things that they would not do if sober. At some level they know that engaging with sexual behaviors of various sorts with strangers and casual acquaintances is demeaning. They brace themselves to do these things because they "know" that this is what "everybody" does at parties.
Oddly enough, however, Freitas is, in the end, unwilling to aspire to a world where no one hooks up. Rather, she wants to create an environment in which students see that "the hookup is just one option among many for navigating sexuality." Freitas is so invested in the young adults' right to choose that she does not want to take hookup sex off the menu. What she wants to do is add more healthy options to that menu: dating that involves getting acquainted without (or before) having sex; waiting to have sex until one is invested romantically in one's partner; deciding to abstain from sex for an indeterminate period. Freitas succeeds in making hookup sex look bleak indeed, yet she seems to think that a reflective person might make a clear-eyed choice in favor of it, and if so that's just fine (for them). The only menu option she dismisses is saving sex until marriage. This option, she says, "is extreme to the point that students cannot imagine living it, nor do they wish to."

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Tamil Superstar Thalapathy Vijay completed 47 years of his life and we are already grooving on his songs! Joseph Vijay is known as Vijay and Thalapathy Vijay is a Tamil actor and singer. He was born on 22 June 1974 in Madras, Tamilnadu.
In his career, he has given us many blockbusters and family entertainers. Vijay is an exceptional actor and has been delivering non-stop amazing movies to his fans. Here we are going to talk about his top 5 biggest blockbusters.
This movie was released in 2019 and Vijay played double roles. bigil is a Tamil language sports drama film directed by very famous action director Atlee. The movie focuses on Michael who wants to avenge his father’s death; both played by Vijay turning himself from a depressed and defeated person to a successful women’s football team coach.
The movie also stars Nayanthara, Amritha Aiyar, Reba Monica John, and Indhuja Ravichandran as leads.
The movie is available on Amazon Prime Video to watch.
This movie has a separate fanbase in the heart of Thalapathy fans. Mersal is a Tamil Action Thriller movie released in 2017 directed by Atlee who is famous for his hit masala flicks. Vijay played a Triple role in this movie; two sons and a father. The movie focused on and exposed Medical Mafia well.
Director Atlee spread a great message with this Action Thriller. The music for this movie is given by Oscar winner A R Rahman. The movie also stars S J Suryah, Sathyaraj, Nithya Menon, and Kajal Aggarwal in the leads.
The movie is available on Netflix, Hotstar, and Zee5 to watch.
Vijay starrer this political action thriller movie was released in 2018. Sarkar is directed by AR Murugadoss and follows the story of an NRI business tycoon who returns to his home for Voting and finds out about the widely spread defrauding in Voting.
Despite the director being accused of plagiarising Sengol, after an agreement, the movie was released and snatched a hit title. The movie stars Thalapathy Vijay, Keerthy Suresh, Yogi Babu, Radha Ravi, and Veralaxmi Sarathkumar in the lead.
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Well, I broke that vow this week when I prepared Michael Chiarello's recipe for Spaghettini Cooked in Red Wine with Spicy Broccoli Rabe, which I ripped from the pages of the Oct. 31 issue of Wine Spectator. Michael, a Napa Valley vintner, "Top Chef Master" runner-up and host of "Easy Entertaining" on Food Network and Cooking Channel, had a nice feature story that included a few of his recipes that "reinterpret Italian ideas with California ingredients and a modern American style." I had never made any of his stuff before and this looked promising, albeit revolting. I think the full bottle of Zinfandel it required convinced me to try it.
Presented in our big pasta bowl, this dish puzzled the starving 'Meisters. Studying it quizzically, Son of Hubmeister threatened to bolt for the peanut butter and jelly. I reassured the skeptics that the pasta had cooked in a bottle of red wine and, using Ina's favorite phrase - "How bad can that be?"- I started plating it up. It's a yummy break from pasta monotony, and I can vouch for it being a great leftover, either hot or cold. Despite remarking that it looked like worms, Son of Hubmeister wolfed it down. Mmmmm....worms....perfect for Halloween.
|The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out.|
1 1/2 pounds broccoli rabe (rapini)
1 pound spaghetti or spaghettini
1 bottle (750 ml) dry red wine, preferably Zinfandel
1 T. sugar
1/3 C extra-virgin olive oil
2 T. (about 4 cloves) garlic, peeled and sliced
1 tsp. Calabrian chili paste or 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
1 tsp. kosher salt or sea salt, preferably gray salt
1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1/2 C. grated pecorino Romano cheese
1. In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook the broccoli rabe for about 3 minutes. Transfer the broccoli rabe to a baking sheet and spread it out to cool.
2. In the same boiling water, cook the spaghettini, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes if fresh, 3 to 5 minutes if dried; if using spaghetti, cook 2 minutes if fresh, 6 to 8 minutes if dried. (You'll do the remaining cooking in the Zinfandel.) Reserve 1 cup of the pasta water, then drain the pasta and set it aside. Return the empty pasta pot to the stove.
3. Add the wine and sugar to the pasta pot. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook to reduce by half, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the pasta to the pot and gently stir with tongs to prevent the pasta from sticking. Boil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid is absorbed and the pasta is al dente, about 3 minutes for spaghettini and 4 or 5 minutes for spaghetti. Tasting tells you when your pasta is ready better than the clock can.
4. While the pasta cooks in the wine, heat a large, deep saute pan or skillet over high heat. Add the oil, reduce the heat to medium-low, and saute the garlic until pale golden, about 3 minutes. Add the chile paste or red pepper flakes, blanched broccoli rabe, and salt and pepper.
5. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup of the reserved pasta water. Add the broccoli rabe mixture to the pasta, toss gently, and transfer to individual pasta bowls or one large platter. Sprinkle with cheese. Serves 8 as a first course.
Notes: This would be a pain in the butt to serve as a first course, unless all of your other courses were ready to go. This will only be an entree at my house and it serves at least 5 adults. I would add extra red pepper flakes next time and cut back a little on the olive oil. Before using, trim the stringy stalks from the broccoli rabe. Michael didn't mention this, but I would definitely get rid of them unless you like stalks. The leaves are nice; they taste a lot like sauteed fresh spinach. I had 1/2 cup of the pasta water leftover; why he lists a full cup in the ingredients is a mystery to me.


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I woke up this Sunday morning in good enough form.
I had remembered the tweet by Ken Sweeney of RTE last night about a documentary he had produced about one of my favourite bands, The Blue Nile. He was due to be interviewed by Dave Fanning at 9am this morning so I tuned in.
Very cleverly the documentary (which you can listen to on Sound Cloud) is called “In Search of The Blue Nile“. This captures the curiosity that most fans would have about this ‘cult’ band from Glasgow who produced just four deep thinking, emotionally, brilliant albums in their 20 year existence that connect with everyone who has been lucky to spend time with their special music.
Jim Carroll of the Irish Times also covered this in a piece last week.
Ken went to Glasgow to interview band members Paul Buchanan and PJ Moore, which takes the listener deep into the songs and where the band were physically and emotionally at each juncture. Listening to the gorgeous Scottish accents of these musical geniuses meant that all of my Blue Nile albums were taken out from my dusty CD racks and I pressed play.
Music has the power to take you back to special moments, it brings you on an emotional journey and today I was suddenly having the very best day ever – singing the songs, reflecting on the stories and messages behind the lyrics, playing my invisible guitar while I peeled the spuds!
What a simple thing..My Blue Nile albums and so much more of the music that I have needs to be played more often.
Make a playlist today that makes you smile and listen to it as often as you can!
Now ..listen to Tinseltown in the Rain


Oklahoma fights for its unborn as the Senate passes yet another bill challenging current abortion laws.
Both leading candidates in the Republican and Democratic primaries in New York extended their leads over their rivals. But for the Republican primaries, the outcome is not yet certain.
On Tuesday, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory caved to pressure from big businesses and the LGBT community and signed an executive order to change the state’s recently passed LGBT law that barred local governments from extending protections to gay and transgender individuals and mandated that individuals use bathrooms based on the biological sex that appears on their birth certificates. Unfortunately for the governor, the order failed to appease the law's critics and has provoked criticism from the law's supporters.
On March 30, President Obama commuted the prison sentences of 62 criminals, 12 of whom were behind bars for gun-related drug crimes. This was just too much for Alabama’s senior Senator Richard Shelby (R), so the next day Shelby sent a stinging letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.


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Adaptive challenges are the true tests of leadership. In these uncertain times, just about every organisation, institution and family – literally the world over – is adapting to the fast-moving changes brought about by the COVID pandemic. It is a difficult time for all of us, and it is important that we stay as healthy, connected and supported as we can.
Christian counsellors, teachers and church leaders are in a unique position to offer much-needed support to an anxious world looking for answers (Matthew 5:14-16). But how do we do this well, when we ourselves may be struggling with the speed of change, our own anxieties about health and what the future holds, and the messy middle characteristic of all transitions?
Below are 3 tips you can put in place straight away to help you better navigate the next few months
1. LEAN INTO TRUST RATHER THAN FEAR
When Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus, his chief purpose was to help them realise God’s incredible grace – and the importance of relying on His grace during times of testing. Tod Bolsinger makes a similar statement in his book Canoeing the Mountains, reminding us that in uncharted territory, trust is as essential as the air we breathe.
Yes, worry and anxiety have risen over the last 12 months, even amongst many Christians (in fact, half the 350 people we surveyed last year told us they worried so much that it affected their day-to-day living). But whilst some anxiety during a pandemic is helpful and adaptive, many of us worry excessively, and often as a strategy to keep us from being surprised, or to prepare us for the worst possible outcome. In contrast, God encourages us not to be troubled, but to trust in Him (John 14:1), even and especially in crises. When tempted to worry, remember that most of our negative predictions never come true, and that at the end of the day, we can’t be sure of anything much – except God and redemption.
2. INVEST IN YOUR WELLBEING
Wellbeing is closely associated with three main elements: financial security; strong relationship with others; and a sense of purpose in life. These are often called the golden triangle of wellbeing. So if you have experienced employment changes during the pandemic, or have connected less with others due to lockdown and social restrictions, you are probably going to feel more wobbly than most. Consider creating a weekly or monthly plan, in which you intentionally focus on ways you can safeguard your livelihood and finances, plan healthy ways to connect with significant others, and review your broader life goals and purpose. The more you focus on these three areas, the healthier you will be.
3. REMEMBER THE MIDDLE IS ALWAYS MESSY
Most transitions are hard. Counsellors know that clients often present to them for help during some kind of personal or family transition, usually when it is not being managed particularly well. In other words, the middle is always messy. In COVID times, people with pre-existing vulnerabilities, frontline health workers, and the young are especially prone to experience challenges navigating the messy middle – so it is a good idea to check in on them, and encourage them with strategies that work. Some that resonate for many include:
- Practicing patience and gratitude – what is the opportunity that this is?
- Focus on your successful transitions – you have a 100% success rate at getting through in life so far!
- Avoid self-medicating – choose supportive counselling or therapy instead
- Remember change is inevitable – and transitions can offer new opportunities and a transformation for the better.

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Michael Ignatieff unveiled the third major plank of his campaign Wednesday, announcing a new program that would allow Canadians to top up their retirement savings through the Canada Pension Plan.
The Liberal Leader is calling it the "Secure Retirement Option" and it would, according to a Liberal background document, allow Canadians to save an extra 5 to 10 per cent of their pay in a retirement fund "backed by the CPP."
Seventy-five per cent of Canadians in the private sector do not have pension plans. The Liberal plan would serve as a new, tax deductible public savings option and would be in addition to what they already put in CPP.
"Let's be clear here," Mr. Ignatieff said. "This is a case where the federal government has to step up and provide leadership on pensions."
The big wrinkle - and it could be a large hurdle - is that a Liberal government would have to negotiate all this with the provinces. A party official said the Liberals would convene a federal-provincial meeting on the issue, if elected.
"We've had no leadership from Mr Harper on pensions in five years," Mr. Ignatieff said. "So what we want to do is sit down with the provinces, make a clear Liberal commitment to strengthen our public pension system and work out with them how we get there."
Mr. Ignatieff made the announcement at a Vancouver pharmacy where employees do not have pension plans.
He said the program would be portable and instead of contributing to an RRSP, individual could put money into the Secure Retirement Option. Contribution limits would be in line with what is now allowed for RRSPs.
In addition to the retirement piece, Mr. Ignatieff pledged that the Liberals would increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $700-million. This is aimed at helping low-income seniors - especially women and those with disabilities.
Thirdly, the Liberals would enhance and improve basic CPP benefits.
The Conservatives immediately criticized the Liberal proposal.
"The idea that he is proposing has been pretty much rejected by all the provinces," a Tory war-room strategist told The Globe. "It's very cumbersome to administer, it's expensive and no one seems to be interested in it."
And Jack Layton, whose New Democrats have endorsed an identical increase to the Guaranteed Income Supplement, said it was apparent that the Liberals have been reading his party's platform.
"When people start endorsing your ideas you have to take it as a compliment," Mr. Layton said in Brampton, Ont. where he was promoting his party's job creation policies. "I am thankful that finally seniors are drawing the attention. The Liberals were in power for an awful long time and the seniors were not getting the help at that."
Reporters asked the NDP Leader if the similarities between the platforms of the New Democrats and the Liberals were not a reason for the two parties to co-operate together in a more formal arrangement.
"Well as long as they keep reading from our platform and making announcements from it, you're going to find a lot of similarities," Mr. Layton replied. "Of course, we've seen this before from Liberals. They do tend to make announcements that are potentially progressive and turn around and go the other way."
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Free Oblivion "Fighter's Stronghold" content pack for XBOX 360 & PC
Bethesda has released their final downloadable content pack for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, entitled "Fighter's Stronghold". They released this on October 15th for free, and it will stay free for the first week.
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Defeat the attacking marauders and become lord of Battlehorn Castle. Located in the Colovian Highlands west of Chorrol, this expansive castle will allow you to live the life of a noble warrior, with private quarters, grand dining hall, wine cellar, barracks, training room and more. And what castle would be complete without a few hidden passages and dark secrets?
A fully detailed castle for you to explore
nights of the True Horn patrol the castle and do your bidding
Secret treasure vault
Upgrade the furnishings in every area of the castle
Hire a vintner to create special wines to enhance your fighting abilities
Hire a combat trainer to spar with
Hire a taxidermist to craft lifelike trophies for your great hall
Purchase an ancient Dwemer Forge that buffs your Armorer skill
I got the game downloaded and yes it's free
But how do I get it to work on the 360?
Do I need to have the original oblivion disc in the player, then chose an option? I am so ignorant when it comes it this stuff lol


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The Impact of Soluble Fertilizer Inputs on Agroecosystems
The notion that fertilizers must be water soluble for passive uptake b plant roots is inconsistent with the processes of nature. There is actually very little if any dissolved plant nutrients in well balanced natural soil solutions of productive soils. High concentrations of dissolved “plant food” are not typical of natural soil systems. For example, there is only about 1 pound of soluble nitrogen in an acre of soil solution under natural conditions. When highly soluble plant food is applied to living soil systems in quantities typical of high-input agriculture, they disrupt the complex relationships among microbes, plant roots, soil organic matter, and minerals, resulting in lost profits and extensive damage to the entire ecosystem. There is a place for soluble inputs in agriculture, but their use must be limited as they have a propensity to contaminate the soil and water environments. The use of highly soluble fertilizers creates conditions that are remarkable similar to human drug addiction 1; continued use only leads to further dependence on synthetic fertilizers and pesticide intervention.
Fortunately, numerous ecologically sound practices have emerged recently. The evolution of new bio-compatible inputs for sustainable agriculture meet more demanding standards than simple solubility. In fact, they generally ignore water solubility, making them fit for the purpose of life. Mineral inputs used in ecologically sound agriculture have to be geochemically complex underground living ecosystem. Additionally, they must have surface structures that are compatible with the complex soil carbon compounds released by plants and microbes; synthetic chemicals cannot meet those requirements. For more information, please read the following article.

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It’s probably not uncommon for one to play the proverbial second banana to your business partner, especially in the eyes of the public. Less common, however, is going public about it with particularly high spirits, as Rob McElhenney has done today on Twitter.
In a cheeky, good-natured Tweet, McElhenney tweeted out a screenshot from the WCVB Channel 5 Boston Facebook page, which shows a news story about how he and fellow actor Ryan Reynolds each got colonoscopies on camera to help encourage steady colon screenings for men over 45. The post’s excerpt, which begins with “Reynolds and another actor…” was circled by McElhenney, who laughed about being referred to as “another actor.”
McElhenney is perhaps best known for creating, writing, producing, directing, and co-starring in the critically acclaimed sitcom It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, portraying Ronald “Mac” McDonald alongside his various other aforementioned duties. He shares similar credits on the comedy series Mythic Quest, playing the leading role of Ian Grimm whilst also serving as a writer, director, executive producer, and co-creator.
His credits may not carry the same weight as blockbuster regular Reynolds, but to be demoted to “another actor” would probably be disheartening for anyone else. Thankfully, McElhenney got a good laugh out of it.
And, of course, the denizens of Twitter had their own fun with it.
The two actors, who co-own the Welsh association football club Wrexham FC, recently teamed up for Apple TV Plus’ sports documentary series Welcome to Wrexham, which sees the two co-owners discuss important events over the course of the club’s history, and how they hope their involvement will improve the club’s success.


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When you buy New York strip steaks from Porter & York , you’re getting fresh, not frozen Natural Angus or Prime grade beef that is rich and will melt in your mouth. The strip loin comes from the loin primal in the animal. It is the long narrow piece on a t-bone or porterhouse steak. This cut has many aliases, New York steak, Kansas City steak, boneless Club steak or Ambassador steak to name a few. This steak generally has a fair amount of marbling (tiny flecks of fat interlaced in the muscle) which gives the cut a good flavor profile and tenderness. The strip loin can come in a bone in version that is known as a shell steak or club steak. Ours is boneless and aged to achieve perfect flavor and tenderness.
In the 1800’s the famed Delmonico’s Restaurant in New York City featured a steak that is thought to be the precursor to the boneless strip loin steak and it picked up the name of Delmonico. This cut has also been linked to a boneless ribeye steak so it is believed that the original Delmonico was cut from the portion of the strip loin closest to the rib. Because the restaurant was located in New York City it is thought that this is how the cut picked up the name of New York steak.
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Pasture-raised on family farms in America’s heartland, hand-selected for quality, cut by expert butchers, and delivered to you FRESH – never frozen.
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Our cuts are made from only the top 8% of USDA Beef. Consisting of Prime and the very best Choice beef, we carefully select our cuts by hand, based on the character and marbling of the meat. This level of quality is usually only found in America’s finest steakhouses. Porter & York was founded on the idea that meat this good should be easier to enjoy at home.
Hand Selected for Excellence
The amount of fat in meat, known as marbling, can be seen here. Prime beef and the best cuts of Choice beef have the most marbling. Our skilled butchers intentionally select these cuts for the perfect balance of flavor and tenderness.
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The aging process is the only way to achieve superb tenderness in beef. At Porter & York, we age our beef for a minimum of 28 days at optimal conditions and temperatures to ensure the most tender cut possible.
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Quality cattle are essential for an outstanding finished product. That’s why only the finest grain fed, natural Angus cattle from Midwest American family farms supply the Porter & York beef. Our meat comes from pasture-raised cattle that are fed a 100% vegetarian diet of grass, corn, and whole grains.
Our cattle are humanely processed in state of the art facilities. We emphasize sustainability and ecologically friendly processes. We do not add ingredients, colors, or chemicals.
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HYDERABAD: Mohit Dodwani who hails from a middle class family fought the odds to become the celebrated pianist he is today. “Any parent would hold their kids back when they tread on an uncertain path like music. But I am thankful to my family for supporting me through and through no matter what I had to face,” says Mohit. He shares that he had to travel to Mumbai every two weeks to learn at the level that he graduiated as Hyderabad simply did not have masters who had completed the diploma and was qualified enough to train. “I know everyone doesn’t have the privilege to do so, it even took us an arm and leg to pursue my dream. I am doing this such that tomorrow I can create opportunities and options for those who are willing to pursue music, and more specifically piano,” he says.
Elaborating on what he opined about the culture of instrumental music here in Hyderabad Mohit says, “Although piano concerts aren’t as popular in Hyderabad as other music shows or in comparision with other cities, the culture is building rapidly here.” He shares, “Only recently one of the ticketed concerts organised by our music academy, Klavier Academy had a full house for a piano concert. That shows that Hyderabadis love their music and that there is a demand, it is on us to make the most of it.”
Mohit also points out that piano unlike many other instruments can run a show all by itself. He explains, “Say we were talking about a guitar or drums, they needs a singer to back them up. Piano is a versatile instrument. It could be backed up by a singer or other instruments or can put on a show on its own. It can hold a spotlight all by itself.”
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After a season in which the biggest zero was a good one at the back end of the New Orleans Saints' record, the team laid a painful goose egg on third downs in its 24-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday night at the Superdome that spoiled New Orleans' undefeated season.
A failure to convert on third down dogged the Saints (13-1), who had converted third downs at 47.6 percent this season -- against the Cowboys. In fact, through three quarters, the Saints were 0-for-6 on third-down opportunities.
New Orleans finally gained a first down on third down on the final drive of the game (the Saints also converted a fourth-and-10 on the same drive that began with 2:16 remaining). And the statistic was equally telling when flipped: The Cowboys were eight out of 15 on third down chances -- a 53 percent success rate.
"I think we've got to handle third downs a little bit better than we did tonight, " Saints Coach Sean Payton said. "We couldn't put enough snaps together, and we really struggled on third down specifically. We left ourselves in a hole basically."
It was those repeated failures that helped produce a staggeringly lopsided advantage for the Cowboys in time of possession.
Dallas held the ball for 36:26 compared to the Saints' 23:34. The Cowboys domination included suffocating drives of seven minutes to open the second half and nearly six minutes of the game's final eight minutes.
"It's that statistic when you're struggling on third down to get off the field or convert, " Payton said. "That really hurts your opportunity to win, and that's certainly what happened tonight."
Instead, on perhaps the most critical play of the game, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo connected with Miles Austin for a 32-yard gain on a third-and-7 with 6:29 remaining
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And when the Saints got the ball back for one final chance after kicker Nick Folk missed a 24-yard field goal attempt off the right upright, they failed to protect quarterback Drew Brees despite getting the lone third and the fourth-down conversions.
That spotty protection cost the Saints dearly, especially in the person of Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware, who returned to action one week after being taped to a backboard and carted off the field in a loss to San Diego.
Ware got two of the four sacks of Brees. The second forced a fumble with six seconds remaining and came on a third down that proved to be the Saints final undefeated snap of 2009. It carried a queasy feeling of déjà vu for most of the 70,213 in attendance.
It was Ware who nailed Brees in the backfield and forced the Saints signal caller's first fumble of the game, one that resulted in a 44-yard Folk field goal four seconds before halftime that gave Dallas a 17-3 lead.
Injury report: The already nicked up Saints roster took a couple of additional hits in Saturday's defeat.
In the second quarter, running back Reggie Bush caught a pass over the middle, then pulled up and hobbled out of bounds with what appeared to be a leg cramp.
During the second half he stretched and occasionally sprinted along the sideline but he did not return to the field.
"Nothing on his health status, " Payton said. "It's going to happen during the course of a season. You're going to have injuries, and we've got to be able to overcome that."
In two other areas, however, the Saints fared better in terms of injuries.
Wide receiver Lance Moore, the team's leading receiver in 2008 who had missed the last seven games, returned to action and caught a 7-yard scoring pass from Brees in the fourth quarter to pull the Saints within a touchdown.
And linebacker Jonathan Vilma, who was stretched out flat on the field in what appeared to be a potentially scary situation just before halftime, returned to action in the second half.
For most of the game, Vilma was the most effective Saints defender on the field. He led the team with 10 solo tackles and four assists and also notched a sack of Romo for a 4-yard loss.
Inactive Saints: The Saints had a couple of surprise announcements before the game, most noticeably the inactive status of tight end Jeremy Shockey.
Defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis also was inactive, after returning to play in recent weeks from a knee injury.
The secondary remained riddled with injury, with safety Usama Young, and cornerbacks Marcus McCauley and Jabari Greer on the inactive.
Linebacker Anthony Waters, guard Jamar Nesbit and kicker John Carney rounded off the inactive list.
"We've got to get those guys healthy and do it as quickly as we can, " Payton said.
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Dear Friends of JAFF, Donors, Student Recipients, and Teachers,
I am writing to you with a heavy yet grateful heart to deliver some important news about the changes JAFF will be undergoing effective at the start of the new year, January 1st 2019.
Due to my tenuous health state and ongoing fight with cancer, I have made the difficult decision to close JAFF. We at JAFF hope that the intention of this organization has been honoring to Jessica and giving to the talents of other gifted artists.
The vision and mission for the Jessica Ann Faber Foundation has been to provide opportunities for talented and passionate students of the performing arts to pursue their artistic gifts with fine arts education. While we have been blessed with the ability to afford giving you all access to our quarterly Benevolence Assistance Program, we are now ending JAFF’s giving program.
We will no longer be hosting our annual fundraiser show, Reno Sings for the Arts. This production has been a tremendous blessing for the past five years for our organization, students, and donors. We are truly grateful for your support and donations, both monetary and by the sharing of your talents.
Any further donations received will be gifted by JAFF to selected students at the end of this year.
May God bless you richly in all your years to come.
Thank you all,


"Calling it Housing First is really a misnomer," Couture said. "It's really providing a space that the homeless need, but with proper accompaniment."
A closer look at the Utah models, for example, shows that the reason Housing First was so successful is because it was carried out with close accompaniment by social workers and other outreach providers who stayed close to their clients throughout their transition into housing, which can be a difficult thing for those who are used to living on the streets, Couture said.
"Once they're inside, if they're just left alone there, it becomes more like a prison," Couture said. "It may seem strange, but when you're outside you have people who care for you, who love you...some sort of community. When you're inside, your friends are out there... so you feel trapped," and many people leave if they don't have the proper continuing support.
"So from what I see of Housing First...it's yielding great fruit, but it shouldn't be confused with housing only, that's not the same thing," he said.
Sullivan said that her experiences as a missionary and as an outreach worker have taught her "the importance of relationship and acknowledging the dignity of the human person, that's been at the forefront of both," she said.
As a missionary, she learned a lot about "the spiritual poverty and the woundedness that people experience, spending that time in relationship with people, getting to the heart of the person," she said.
But being an outreach worker, and attempting to connect her homeless clients with resources, has opened her eyes in a new way "to the system in which people have to operate, and it's really a lot more complicated than an individual and their problems," she said.
Sullivan said she would encourage Catholics to remember the human dignity and the personhood of the homeless community when they are voting on laws that impact them.
"It's really willing the good of the people on the margins, and I've see how a lot of these things that intended to be helpful aren't actually for the good of the people in these situations, they just continue to make their lives more miserable," she said.
Often, when it comes to these policies, there is a misperception that some people want everything to be a "free-for-all", and others want to punish the homeless because they believe poor decisions led them to a life on the street, Sullivan said.
"In reality, it's a much more complicated, nuanced thing," she said. "Try to find the reasonable middle ground."
Catholics should also understand that homelessness will never be completely solved with politics, Couture said.
"The homeless situation is as complex as the human person, and any attempt at a one-dimensional answer is simply inadequate," he said.
"I think any person who [wants to help] needs to move forward with the tranquility and trust in God, and throw out the naivety that this one solution will fix everything, this will do it all, and understand that this is a multi-faceted issue that requires many answers," he said.
To better understand the homeless and their needs, Catholics need to encounter them face to face as friends, Couture said.
"Whatever we vote for, we should have an understanding that it's not going to be enough to fix the homeless situation in and of itself, and what that implies is action on our part," he added.
"Whatever we vote for, we also need to recognize that we have to act, to befriend the homeless - obviously while being safe and having common sense - but with a willingness to put some skin in the game personally, to truly encounter the homeless."


Dance Specialty: Salsa
Hometown: Sanford, FL
Currently Resides: New York, NY
Platero was a gymnast before he began dancing at age 16. He is a graduate of Seminole High School, was a World Salsa finalist in 2006-2007 and performed as a dancer and acrobat in “High School Musical.”
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In my efforts to move ahead in building my creative business, I’ve found myself a bit stuck on how to categorize my work – of all things! I’ve done traditional graphic design work, web design, digital scrapbooking products, digital stamps, drawings, paintings and bookbinding work. It’s all fun and crafty, but I really need to shape up my presentation to create an official portfolio of work. Which leads me to a thought regarding the website versus the blog. I think they are two separate things and the blog is secondary. It might be combined depending on how your website is organized, but suffice to say that your web presence is the formal side of things and the blog is the more informal side. Blogs come from the word web-blog and it’s just a journal that you are sharing to the general audience. But it’s not a portfolio and not a place to send your clients to in my opinion. At least for my purposes of getting into the licensing industry or even for fine artists or illustrators, you need a gallery or portfolio area so people can see your work quickly and easily. I’m thinking of my website like a professional resume. If I point potential clients to my website, they should be getting the essential information needed to help me get that job. Here’s my work, please contact me type of thing! Of course, you can add the blog, award mentions, etc but don’t clutter it up so much that the original intent is covered.
Anyway, so I am thinking about my portfolio section and how I want to organize it. Even the title of this section can get me stuck… is it a gallery? Licensing gallery? Portfolio? Artwork? Hmm. I had to snap myself out of it and realize that people will get it whatever I call it. No need to get so picky about the vocabulary when everyone will understand in the end. So I started to think about the categories my work would fall into. I want to present my work in an organized format, because they are really different from a visual standpoint at times. I have line art and colored art, patterns…it varies so much. I must admit this probably means I’m a novice in the field…still in the exploration stage of things. But at the same time, I think over time it means I’ll have a wide breadth of work because that is who I am truly. I have many interests and sides to my personality, so they result in different styles of artwork.
I thought it would be best to check out working artists in the licensing world and see what they do. From Puffy P to Alisha Wilson to Kate Harper to Leslie Newman to Leyla Torres to Shawn D Jenkins to Sue Zipkin to Khristian Howell to Heidi Gray to Jen Goode to to Jane Shasky to…I’m sure there are many more to explore, but I had seen enough. I noticed that most veterans in the business showed actual products they have licensed their artwork onto. I also noticed some artists did work outside the realm of licensing and in those cases, they did split up their portfolio into sections by licensing, editorial, illustration, etc. Finally, I noticed many artists only offered previews to give you a taste of their work. Many had private areas for clients to actually review the full collections.
I realized there are many ways of presenting oneself and all those were working artists with different setups. I suppose we just have to find the right combo for ourselves personally. I like the idea of collections, since each can have it’s own style and theme. As a beginner, I don’t have actual products to display and don’t want to delve into mock products at this point. However, I still feel like surface pattern collections should be separated from other artwork collections…hmm.
From the process of organizing and looking at all my work in full, I also realize there are many holes to fill in. It’s important to note that work should be updated to reflect your current body of work…so there are no surprises when a client wants to engage with you. However, as a beginner or a hobbyist going professional…you might want to weed out a lot of stuff. Everyone says you have to show your best work – of course! But at the same time, you only have so much work as a beginner, so I think it’s okay to start with the best possible and keep updating as you go to build up your presence.
I’m thinking of going with previews only for my portfolio. It’s important to show enough to get people interested, but not necessarily reveal it all to non-clients. I have to remember the purpose of sharing my portfolio and going back to the business plan, I have an idea of who my potential clients are and what they might be looking for. I don’t know how many potential clients would be stumbling on my website…more often than not I’m directing people there to see my work or I would have submitted my work already. So I continue to wrestle a bit with how much to present and a few more questions also pop up in my head. I also wonder if lower quality web images would do the job, in the sense that they would be protected from people who rip the images to print. Would manufacturers understand that aspect of things?
How are you planning to organize your work and how much do you want to show? For those wanting to sell the work itself, I would envision something like a virtual gallery setup…so you would have to consider offering more details, pricing and an option to buy. Others might only have a preview of best works displayed, especially if you have a very unique signature style. You don’t need pages and pages to get the point across. I don’t think it’s ever necessary to have your entire lifelong gallery online anyway. Might be a bit dangerous too for those copycats or such as well…it’s more work to have to protect. I’m thinking just the most recent and relevant. Feel free to share your thoughts and portfolio structure or organization plans…thanks!


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The comfortable Pacific Paradise is a great place in a picturesque area of San Luis La Herradura. The hotel opened its doors in 1989 and was remodeled in 2011.
Guests can get to San Luis La Herradura city center, which is 4 km away.
Restaurants and bars are only a few steps from the hotel.
The property enjoys beautiful location within a 20-minute drive to El Salvador International airport.
Air-conditioned rooms feature free Wi-Fi, cable TV, climate control, a closet and a separate toilet. The rooms are furnished with a bright interior and wooden furniture.
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The restaurant serves international dishes.
Pacific Paradise offers a safe deposit box, parking and a convenience store as well as a meeting room, a business center and a photocopier for business guests.
The hotel provides a play area and a pool for families with children.
Wireless internet is available in public areas for free.
Free private parking is possible on site.

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Vodafone's expanded deal with CityFibre aims to bring full fibre broadband to eight million homes, from Bradford to Portsmouth, by Spring 2022.
- Vodafone will become CityFibre’s anchor customer nationwide, demonstrating its support for wholesale infrastructure competition in the full fibre market
- The deal, on top of the existing Openreach partnership, will see Vodafone able to offer full fibre to more homes than any other broadband provider – with the target to reach more than eight million by next spring
- Deal supports major investment by CityFibre in a new national access network to link its local networks and accelerate Vodafone’s speed to market
- New partnership marked with launch of half-price offer on Vodafone’s fastest full fibre 900Mbps broadband to all homes on CityFibre network
- Vodafone Pro Broadband customers will receive a free upgrade to full fibre when it reaches their area
- Homes in Bradford, Derby, Glasgow, Leicester and Paisley are able to buy Vodafone full fibre broadband as of 11 November 2021, with homes in Nottingham, Reading, Slough and Swindon from 12 November 2021
- Homes in Barnsley, Batley/Dewsbury, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Maidenhead, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Solihull, Wolverhampton and Worthing will be ready in the coming months
Vodafone is set to become Britain’s largest full fibre broadband provider following a deal signed with CityFibre. Vodafone will offer full fibre to more homes than any other provider thanks to investing in partnerships with both Openreach and CityFibre. By spring 2022, Vodafone has a target of making its full fibre services available to more than eight million homes.
Today’s deal establishes Vodafone as CityFibre’s anchor customer, making long-term, volume commitments across CityFibre’s entire eight million home rollout as part of their £4bn investment programme. The rollout will deploy dense full fibre infrastructure in 285 cities, towns and villages across the country by 2025, and support the construction of a new national access network which will make it easier and faster for Vodafone to bring their full fibre services to market.
The deal builds on a landmark strategic partnership agreed in November 2017 in which Vodafone committed to market ultrafast consumer broadband services across a one million home CityFibre footprint in 12 cities. It marks Vodafone’s continued support for the expansion of full fibre networks across the UK and determination to encourage wholesale infrastructure competition in the market.
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To mark the new partnership, Vodafone is offering a half-price deal on its fastest full fibre 900Mbps Pro package, reduced from £60 to just £30. The offer will be available to all homes reached by the CityFibre network, and Vodafone will be contacting every eligible household to let them know how much they could save.
Max Taylor, Consumer Director at Vodafone UK, said: “Consumers need competition in the broadband space, and we’re committed to delivering that. Our partnership approach allows us to bring full fibre to more homes than any other provider, ensuring families have more choice and more competitive pricing than ever before. We’re set to become Britain’s largest full fibre provider, and we’re making the fastest broadband, with a premium package of features and benefits, even more accessible than ever with this great new offer.”
Greg Mesch, Chief Executive at CityFibre, said: “Through our strategic partnership, Vodafone has made a powerful decision to back CityFibre and help establish wholesale infrastructure competition for the UK. Thanks in large part to its continued support, CityFibre has now emerged as the nation’s leading independent Full Fibre platform, with the best wholesale products, attractive economics and a network scaling rapidly across the UK. We’re delighted that Vodafone continues to have full confidence in our network and is now anchoring our entire Full Fibre rollout nationwide.”
Vodafone UK benefits from the combination of a partnership approach to expanding full fibre, and the unrivalled experience and scale brought by Vodafone Group, one of Europe’s largest broadband providers.
Vodafone Pro Broadband, launched earlier this year, gives customers unbreakable broadband at an unbeatable price. The new broadband service has a range of features such as hybrid 4G broadband back-up, Super WiFi guarantee and dedicated support from a team of highly-trained WiFi Xperts, plus a Super WiFi Plus booster with Alexa Built-in.
Between 12– 29 November, every customer who purchases a Pro Broadband package will also receive an Alexa-integrated WiFi extender at no extra cost.
Customers who pair Vodafone Pro Broadband with an EVO airtime mobile plan will be able to take advantage of a ‘Vodafone Together’ discount of £3 a month. Vodafone Together customers will also be helping to tackle digital poverty in the UK – for every new and existing Vodafone Together customer, we will provide a person in need with a SIM card loaded with 20GB of data plus free calls and texts each month for up to a year. The ‘Buy One, Give One’ initiative ensures that connectivity reaches those who need it most. The SIMs will be distributed through the Trussell Trust’s UK network of food bank centres. Vodafone has committed to connect one million people who are living in digital poverty by the end of 2022.
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