The New Jersey State Police arrested Simmons, 50, of Woodbury Heights, during a vehicle stop in Harrison Township Friday night, said NJSP Lt. Stephen Jones.
The stop was prompted by a month-long investigation conducted by the NJSP and the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office.
Using search warrants, police seized approximately $8,000 worth of cocaine, about $4,000 in cash and the Kia Soul — wrapped in colorful El Wingador graphics —Simmons was driving.
Simmons was held in the Gloucester County Jail in Woodbury in default of $100,000 full-cash bail, said Jones.
State police and county detectives executed search warrants at the Woodbury Heights home Simmons owns and the borough residence where he’s been staying, said Jones.
Some cocaine and cash were found in his possession, in the car and in the home in which he'd been staying, Jones said.
“It is regrettable that Mr. Simmons’ notoriety has taken a negative turn. However, the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office works closely with other law enforcement agencies to stop the significant distribution of controlled dangerous substances that is reflected in the charges against him,” said Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton in a press release Tuesday.
A former Gateway Regional High School football player, Simmons won his first Wing Bowl crown in 1999 and his last in 2005.
Simmons in January told the Gloucester County Times he was hoping to promote a reality television show called “America’s Biggest Eater.”
Simmons had developed a line of hot wings and sauces bearing the El Wingador name.
94WIP, the sports radio station that hosts the annual Wing Bowl, declined to comment on the arrest.


With our regular RAW reviewer jiving in Germany so your ominous online editor is stepping up and stepping in.
In recent weeks we have seen a noticeable improvement in RAW storylines, matches, feuds and booking, making the product and the three hour time-slot much more bearable. Will Cena’s Memorial Day return pip Rollins’s? Lets take a looksy.
WWE opened the show with a video package that commemorated the US Troops that have given their lives to protecting American freedoms.
The controllers of RAW, Shane and Stephanie McMahon entered the ring and painfully described the upcoming “Brand Split”. The New Day interrupted to add “comedy” to proceeding but things went from bad to worse as Shane and the Tag-Team champions “danced” before The Vaudevillians made the save and attacked Xavier, Big-E and Kofi to set up an impromptu match. The match was good with Gotch and English getting to show off their vicious side before Gallows and Anderson attacked The New Day from out of no where. Good match, good surprise and the setup of good-looking feud.
Breezango lost to The Usos before brawling with Golden Truth and that is all I’m going to say about that, apart from poor Tyler Breeze he is so wasted on the main roster.
Next up Roman Reigns called out Seth Rollins in another painful segment as Reigns was portrayed as the white-meat babyface, which no one wants, against a cowardly Rollins, which no one wants. The crowd even chanted “boring” throughout which should not happen in the main event title picture, way to kill momentum creative.
Cashing in on American sympathies Zack Ryder challenged Rusev in a non-title match and failed. As Rusev berated America Titus O’Neil came to it’s defence getting up an interesting feud that gives these two, so-far, wasted talents a chance to shine.
Cheese-listing promo kings, Enzo and Cass had the crowd in the palm of their hand before battling the Dudley’s to a hopefully feud ending victory. Enzo and Cass are so over they talk about cheese and get cheers while the Dudley’s are so irrelevant they have done little to elevate anyone let alone themselves.
HERE COMES THE MONEY! No not Shane but the face that runs the place John Cena returned to the usual mixed reaction of cheers and boos. He salutes and quotes JFK and shouts about the New Era having to go though him. The face of the New Era, AJ Styles enters and offers his respect before turing heel and reforming “The Club” in a cunning ruse. This was a good and surprising segment. We now have the official formation of The Club and a bona-fide heel faction. However no one does well from a John Cena feud other than John Cena. Lets hope this differs.
Stephanie confronted Charlotte backstage about her treatment of Ric Flair before Charlotte joined her new friend Dana Brooke to ringside in her match against Natalya. Dana won and the two heels pasted the babyface everywhere. Stephanie vs Charlotte in the making? Could be a good little take this one.
For the tenth time in a month Mr Nobody, Dolph Ziggler faced Corbin in a quick match that ended when Ziggler dick-kicked Corbin and walked away smiling. Is this the long awaited Ziggler heel turn? Who cares? Too little too late Corbin should have moved on by now and Ziggler should be TNA Champion.
Last but not least we got Owens, Del Rio, and Y2J vs Zayn, Cesaro and Ambrose in a six-man tag match. This main-event livened up an otherwise dull and boring RAW and built tension and excitement toward the upcoming ladder match at MITB.
So after 4/5 weeks of refreshing and entertaining RAWs it was only a matter of time before we got a poor one. All the segments felt forced and scripted, the matches were poor and after the hottest comeback in recent times Rollins didn’t even say anything in a 2.5 minute appearance. At least we got an AJ heel turn which was great as he can play a really good bad guy as seen NJPW but The Club has to be the worst stable name since The Family.


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Something About A Hometown Band (Episode #1339)
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This show boasts an eclectic mix of musical styles including the polka, waltz, country, Broadway and patriotic songs. Larry Hooper is a "Ding Dong Daddy", Sandi & Salli invite us to "Keep A Little Sunshine In Your Heart", and Andra Willis recalls Wee Bonnie Baker with "Oh Johnny". The whole casts salutes Lawrence's birthplace with "My North Dakota Home".
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It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools, but here, he or she would have a case. Classic but dense authoring programs like Macromedia Director have only grown thicker around the middle over time. But light and nimble programs meant for heavy experimentation with story structure and screen design have begun to surface.
The Korsakow System is one of them – a one-trick pony sure, but a neat one (and a free one). After you assemble a few folders' worth of Quicktime clips, the program asks you to assign keywords to each, so that during playback it knows when and where it should make a probable guess regarding which clip it should play back (or let viewers click to). In other words, it builds a new, random movie from your pieces every time you use it. Just how random is up to you – add enough links and it can loop endlessly in arcane combinations.
Korsakow's handling of metadata is its strength – multiple keywords can be attached at different points in a given clip's timeline; clips can disappear from the finished film after a certain number of playbacks and odds that one film might be chosen by a link as opposed to another can be weighted by hand. There's also a top-level overview of a project's complete Web of links, although it quickly turns impenetrable and useless in any complex project.
As a quick and dirty primer on nonlinear narrative, it's great – the perfect toy for fooling around with a very different kind of movie. But it falls down in both presentation and documentation (you get what you pay for). While you can choose the finished film's screen size, you're stuck with a black background and the peculiar sight of thumbnails blinking near the bottom when links appear in each clip.
It might be more polished soon, now that the software is in the hands of the Berlin based Korsakow Foundation (it was originally written by art school students). Semi regular updates have begun to appear, and tutorial workshops are spreading in Europe. The instructors' sample film? Rashomon.Download the software and take your own movies for a Memento-like spin.
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"Since our earliest days in Africa over 40 years ago to our operations across over 20 countries, we have unearthed a positive yet realistic picture of Africa as a modern and daring continent, steeped in creativity, unmasked landscapes and offering a treasure trove of cultural gems – past, present and future," said Souleymane Khol, vice president, sales, marketing, distribution and revenue management at AccorHotels Africa and Indian Ocean.
According to the hospitality report from Jumia Travel, tourism in Africa has the potential to be the leading contributor to the continent’s total GDP. Moreover, the digital eco-system in Africa is undergoing tremendous growth, making it the opportune time for AccorHotels to showcase, catalogue and reveal the continent in a visual and editorial pleasing way through the platform.
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US President Donald Trump warned that Iran is "playing with fire" after Tehran said it exceeded a limit on enriched uranium reserves under a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by Washington, AFP reported.
"They know what they're doing. They know what they're playing with and I think they're playing with fire," Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about Iran.
The United States withdrew from the nuclear deal last year and hit Iran's crucial oil exports and financial transactions as well as other sectors with biting sanctions.
The White House had earlier said "the United States and its allies will never allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons," vowing to continue exerting "maximum pressure" on the regime.
"It was a mistake under the Iran nuclear deal to allow Iran to enrich uranium at any level," spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.
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We've recently moved into a new home and when we tried to connect the dryer the plug would not fit the socket in the wall. So we bought a dryer 4 wire power cord, changed out the plug and now it won't work. Please help!!
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For 3 wire Notice that there is a ground strap connected from the common center terminal to the frame of the terminal block. Place the center wire of the cord on the center terminal [ one with the ground ******** it ] and the other two wires will be placed on the outer terminals and it doesn't matter which wire goes right or left. Get the center wire of the cord right and you are in business.
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You already unpluged before the wall work, so the problem is isolated from the dryer from its plug. Take off the wall socket to inspect since it may have damaged. If you have the voltmeter, measure each pair of the terminal. they should have a voltage at least 110V since it is three-phase voltage. If there is no voltage then just replace the socket. Make sure to turn main power off when you do the replacement.
Hello Patrick. dryers do not come with a cord because there are two very different and very common dryer sockets installed in homes in this country. look at your dryer socket, where you will be plugging in your new dryer. It is either a 3 hole or a 4 hole socket. IF it is a 3 hole socket then u will need a 3 hole plug. If it is a 4 hole socket you will need a 4 hole plug. The plugs are available at Sears, Home Depot, Lowes and they all come with instructions.
Open the dryer door (right
after the breaker trips) and check for a burned smell. If it smells in
the dryer, you probably have a direct short in the dryer wiring. Check for a burn smell at the wall socket. There may be a short in the socket itself, but not likely unless a mouse is lying across the contacts in the wall. If everything checks ok replace the circuit breaker if this is an older home. Circuit breakers weaken after years of use. A 30 amp circuit breaker will trip at a much lower amperage after a period of years especially if it has tripped often.
YES TAKE THE GROUND WIRE OF THE NEW PLUG AND CONNECT IT TO THE FRAME OF THE DRYER UNDER AN EXISTING SCREW OR USE A SELF TAPPING SCREW THE FOUR WIRE SYSTEM WAS PUT INTO THE CODE MOSTLY TO INSURE GOOD GROUNDING ON MOBILE HOMES AND THE METHOD WILL WOKE FINE AS I HAVE GIVEN YOU
What you should get is a new 4 wire cord. It is way less complicated than trying to change out the wall receptacle. On a 4 wire dryer cord you have White(common) in the middle. Red and Black are hot and go on either side of white. If you really want to make it look good you can put red to red on the terminal and black to black but you don't have to. Some dryers may not have those color hot wires. Green hooks to the chassis with a green screw or any screw connected directly to the frame.
unlikely a fault with dryer. try plugging another high consumption item into the socket you use for the dryer ie elec kettle or iron. see if breaker still trips and if so you have fault in socket or house wiring. if you put a plug on the dryer yourself, check you have wired plug correctly


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Following incessant heavy rainfall in recent days, several provinces in China have initiated emergency response for flood control.
East China's Anhui Province on Tuesday issued a Level IV emergency response, the lowest in China's four-tier emergency response system, for flood control.
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By: Melissa A. Vatterott, Food and Farm Coordinator
August 5, 2015
After the Harvest.
Bridging the Gap.
Next, I met with Amy Smith, the Volunteer Services Manager of Bridging The Gap. “Bridging The Gap (BTG) works to make the Kansas City region sustainable by ‘connecting environment, economy and community,’ and [is] the premier organization in the area providing environmental education and volunteer action through more than 1,000 volunteers annually.” Similar to Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Bridging the Gap works to advance several programs related to the environment. They manage three drop-off community recycling centers in KCMO and conduct door-to-door recycling engagement in the urban core. Keep Kansas City Beautiful is one of their a program which runs litter pick up and sustainable garden installations. They are also very concerned with forests, evidenced by Heartland Tree Alliance, which “engage[s] people of the Greater Kansas City region to take action and advocate for a healthy community forest.” Bridging the Gap also conserves ecosystems through Kansas City WildLands, helps with installment of residential rain barrels, maintains the Green Business Network KC, and promotes environmental awareness and lifestyle changes through Five Green Things.
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KC Healthy Kids.
On my second day in Kansas City, I met with two staff from KC Healthy Kids: Matt Davis, the Farm to Institution Manager, and Rachael McGinnis Millsap, Director of the Farm to School Academy, to learn about KC Healthy Kids’ local food programs as well as gain any insight they may have on the development of GKCFPC, for which KC Healthy Kids is the coordinating agency.
According to their “About Us” webpage, “KC Healthy Kids rallies the people in our communities to improve access to affordable fresh food and safe places to walk and play.When our neighborhoods support healthy habits, we are less likely to suffer from obesity, which is linked to Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and poor mental health. To make a lasting impact, we shape policies that improve our food system and physical surroundings, and, ultimately, the places where we live, work, learn, and play.”
“As the Farm to Institution Manager, Matt expands the Carrot Gold Partnership in worksites, health care institutions, restaurants, and other food serving venues across Greater Kansas City. He helps local farmers and producers coordinate their production to better meet institutional demand. Matt also works with major food distributors to increase the abundance, variety, and availability of local foods to institutions.”
“As director of the Farm to School Academy, Rachael works with local growers, distributors and schools districts to make fresh, locally grown foods more available to students. She also builds crucial partnerships and provides training to empower districts to overcome barriers to serving local food.”
KC Healthy Kids has several other programs. Click on any of the following programs to learn more:
Kansas City Food Circle.
I also met with Emily Akins, Coordinator of KC Food Circle. The Kansas City Food Circle is a volunteer-run non-profit organization that connects eaters with local organic and free-range farmers in order to promote a sustainable food system in the Kansas City region. We serve farmers and eaters in Missouri and Kansas, providing an alternative to the conventional agricultural system, which is dependent on practices that are neither good for our personal health nor for the health of the living world of which we are part. Our primary purpose remains to support farmers in our region who strive to produce delicious, nourishing food, use environmentally sound, organic methods that restore and preserve the health of the land and who treat their animals far more humanely than industrial animal factories. We prepare a directory of our member farmers who all pledge their sustainable growing practices; we also promote farmers markets and restaurants who support our member farmers.
For more information visit www.kcfoodcircle.org.
Emily is an Editorial Director at Hallmark by day and an avid locavore by night. She is coordinator for the KC Food Circle, serves on the steering committee for the Greater KC Food Policy Coalition, which advocates for a strong local food system that provides healthy, sustainable and accessible foods for everyone in KC. She also volunteers with her CSA – Fair Share Farm in Kearny, MO. She completed a masters degree in English from UMKC in 2009 with a thesis on the rhetoric of the local food movement in Kansas City. She lives in KCMO with her spouse and two kids, blogs at everythingbeginswithane.blogspot.com and writes for Edible KC.
Last but not least, I met with Kristen Wolf, owner and operator of Windhaven Farms. Windhaven Farms is a local meat distribution business that provides meat from 7 different farms in central and Northwest Missouri to restaurants and consumers in Kansas City. We buy meat from specific farms that fit our criteria for sustainability. The animals must be responsibly raised, which, to us, means raised with the environment, animal health, and economic viability in mind. We strive to make it easier for local chefs and consumers to buy locally, both in terms of access to food and economic viability.
Kristen Wolf is the owner and operator of Windhaven Farms. Kristen uses this role to build relationships between farmers and eaters as well as share knowledge between the two groups. Local food is a relationship based business that is strengthened through trust, knowledge and access. Through her role as owner of Windhaven Farms, Kristen tries to build relationships in order to create a stronger local food system in Kansas City.

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Planning a photography adventure can sometimes be a little intimidating. It can be a big investment in both time and money – what if you don’t get the shots? You don’t want to come home disappointed. Fortunately, there are many things you can do ahead of time to prepare for your trip and ensure you get the best photos possible. Don’t rely on luck!
Many things need to come together in order to make a great photograph. There’s a lot more to it than showing up with your camera in hand. Creating a timeless image has as much to do with the work that went in to the photograph long before the shutter was pressed as it has to do with what happened on the scene.
Researching a Location
How do you choose where to go on a photography trip? Sometimes you just see photos from a particular location and decide to put it on your bucket list. Maybe you’ve come across some photos from Iceland that you like and so you decide to go there. Other times you might have a specific type of photograph you want to make and then choose a location based on that. Maybe you want to do some bird photography so you decide to visit some wildlife refuges in Florida.
Either way, once you’ve chosen a general location, it’s time to do some initial research and explore the possibilities of the location. Here are a few research tools to help you get started:
- National Geographic: National Geographic has overviews on almost every place in the world. You will discover the range of subjects you will find, how to get there, and when to go.
- Photography Blogs: Learning about the experience of other photographers in a location is extremely valuable. When doing your search, enter the location and the words “photography” and “blog” to get some relevant search results.
- Google Images: When you search Google images, add the word “photography” to your search terms. That seems to take all the snapshots out of the images results.
- Photo Sharing Websites: My favorite tool these days for researching locations is Pinterest. Create a Pinterest board and collect your favorite photos from the area.
When To Go
What is the best time of year to visit the location? Do you want to be there when there are wildflowers or when there is snow on the ground? Research images taken in the area at different times of the year. If you are limited to a particular time frame, that might impact your choice of destination.
Once you have a general idea of what the possibilities are for your location, spend some time thinking about what your personal goals are. What kind of images do you want to make? What can you do that is unique? What are your creative options? Some possibilities may include:
- abstract images of patterns or textures;
- wide angle landscapes;
- images with a particular mood;
- images that tell a story;
- night photos;
- wildlife in the landscape.
Create a Shot List
From here, make a shot list of all the different types of photographs you want to come home with. For example,when I went to Everglades National Park in Florida and I knew there would be lots of birds. I made a list of all the different types of images I wanted to make including:
- bird standing in still water with reflection;
- sharp image of bird in flight;
- blurred image of bird in flight;
- bird taking off from standing position with wings outstretched;
- multiple birds;
- close-up of bird with a fish.
Of course all of the opportunities may not present themselves but I find it useful to think of them ahead of time. Otherwise, when that bird is standing in the shade with bright light behind him I might think the bird is in bad light rather than recognizing my opportunity for a silhouette shot.
Techniques and Equipment
Before heading out on your photography adventure spend some time researching, learning, and practicing any new techniques you might need to make each type of shot on your list. For example, if you haven’t made very many night photos, don’t wait until you’re on the scene and then try to figure out what to do. Learn the techniques and make sure you have the right equipment ahead of time.
It’s also helpful to have your shot list on the scene so you can double check and see if you have everything you want before you leave the location.
Now it’s time to do some serious planning and get down to the logistics. Obtain some maps and get a good idea where you need to be. Is it on the top of a mountain? Is it anywhere close to the road? Plan out how you are going to get to a specific place at a specific time. Do you need to rent a car or can you get there via public transportation? How long will it take to drive to the location? Can you stay at a nearby hotel and drive there in the morning? Can you hike on the trail in darkness so you can get the sunrise shot? If not, you may need to hike there a day ahead of time and plan on spending the night in a tent so you can be in the wilderness at sunrise. Do you need a back country permit to do that? If you are doing a sunset shoot, will you be able to get back to your car in darkness?
These are just a few more things you can think about ahead of time that will help make your next photography adventure a success.

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Key Benefits of Cloud Service Assurance
Figure 2-1 outlines key business value propositions of cloud service assurance and the technical functions that help realize these value propositions.
Figure 2-1 Key Benefits of Cloud Service Assurance
Cloud Service Assurance focuses on solving the following four, key customer problem statements:
•Automate Service Enablement
•Reducing Mean Time to Repair
•Northbound OSS and BSS Integration
Automate Service Enablement
As previously noted, assurance services are a key component of the overall cloud service offering. In order to enable and manage the lifecycle of assurance services, a significant amount of manual configuration may be required. In cloud environments that call for self-service and large scale, automatic enablement of service assurance is required. Auto enablement of service assurance can be achieved in a couple of different ways. Fundamentally, the following are approaches that can be taken to automate service enablement and life cycle:
1. Reduce necessary amount of configuration (by using technology that is self learning (e.g., self learning thresholds))
2. Auto-discovery (by assurance system)
3. Programmatic orchestrated provisioning (via integration with orchestration system)
CLSA-VMDC utilizes all of the above methods to automate service enablement with specific emphasis on auto-discovery.
The following types of objects are auto-discovered in CLSA-VMDC:
•Monitored devices (e.g., UCS, Nexus 7000, MDS 9000, etc.)
•Sub-components of devices and their relationships (e.g., UCS chassis, blades, fabric interconnect, etc.)
•Tenant-based Service Impact Analysis (SIA) model for the compute (e.g., tenant Virtual Machine (VM) mapping to service impacting dedicated and shared vCenter and UCSM managed resources)
Due to the large number of components and technologies in many of the SP and IT systems, SP and IT operations are typically segmented and specialized, and they typically utilize a number of specialized tools resulting in a monitoring approach that involves observing multiple screens and interaction between a number of organizations when trying to solve even the simplest problems. For example, there are storage operations that are responsible for storage only using their favorite tool, and similarly, there are compute operations with their staff and tools, network operations, and applications operations, and so on. This approach not only increases Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), and thus customer dissatisfaction, but it will also be unmanageable for cloud systems that are extremely dynamic and deployed at extreme scale. While there will always be a need to have specialized staff with focused expertise, there must be some consolidation of monitoring products to provide a single pane of glass that will simplify Tier 1 and 2 operations.
In addition, in order to fully automate some of operations tasks through value add assurance functions such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and SIA, assurance products need to have visibility of all of the components that work together to deliver the service. While segmented visibility will always exist and present challenges in the cloud environment due to business and ownership boundaries, the effort needs to be made to provide as much visibility as possible. More visibility means more value add from the assurance system.
To solve visibility challenges, consolidated monitoring and data collection is one of the fundamental functions of any cloud service assurance system. Consolidated monitoring and data collection needs to be done in the following ways:
•Various domains (applications, compute, storage, network). The cloud assurance system needs to provide a single pane of glass to monitor components from various domains.
•Fault and performance data. The cloud assurance system needs to consolidate fault and performance data and leverage both for all of its higher order functions like RCA and SIA.
•Various data sources, interfaces, and protocols. The cloud assurance system needs to collect data from multiple data sources and protocols and consolidate this data into unified device and service models. Some examples of different data sources and protocols are SNMP, syslog, WS API, Netflow, customer opened tickets, and so on.
Consolidated monitoring provides the visibility necessary to enable the assurance system to provide more value add, while it can still achieve segmentation of operations through Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and flexible and configurable filtering capabilities.
Reducing Mean Time to Repair
In high pressure Network Operations Center (NOC) environments, operators handle various types of faults, isolate the issues, troubleshoot the problems, or escalate the problem to experts. To reduce the end-customer impact, it is very important to continuously improve the Mean Time to Repair (MTTR). In traditional systems, general guidance for MTTR is less than 30 minutes from problem detection to problem resolution. For the cloud system, there is no generally accepted criteria, but expectations are that it will perform at least no worse than traditional systems.
Figure 2-2 Reducing Mean Time to Repair
The VMDC system consists of multiple technologies and components such as compute, storage, network and network services components. The VMDC system is integrated to leverage these multiple technologies to create a platform for SPs and Enterprises to offer cloud services. Due to the interdependencies of the components in the VMDC system, the issues in components impacts the services offered by the dependent components. Usage of a larger number of components and technologies necessary to deliver the service brings the challenge of identifying the root cause and normalizing and correlating the faults that are generated by each of the individual components.
Scale plays a key role in creating the need for specific notifications about system failures and a reduced set of faults on the NOC operator dashboard. For example, due to the large size of the VMDC system that serves multiple end-customers, the assurance system can potentially generate thousands of events/faults on the NOC dashboard. If the NOC operator has to look at every fault generated by each domain manager, then the NOC operator may become overwhelmed. This may result in a time-consuming task for the NOC operator, who has to review hundreds of events/faults in order to identify the actionable events and then escalate those to the experts. This will result in higher mean-time-to-investigate/identify, and hence longer MTTR. This all equates to longer downtimes and unsatisfied end customers.
To reduce the MTTR, it is very important that the NOC operators receive specific notifications identifying the root cause of a failure. To achieve this, CLSA-VMDC provides fault processing capabilities across components and domain managers and improves the correlation within the components and domains. CLSA-VMDC refers to RCA that spans across multiple domains as X-domain RCA.
Northbound OSS and BSS Integration
Almost every SP and many large Enterprises have existing Operations Support Systems (OSS)/Business Support Systems (BSS) deployed and operational (e.g., ticketing systems, Manager-of-Managers (MoM) systems, problem and incident management systems, etc.). The SP staff and processes are generally aligned with the existing OSS/BSS workflows. VMDC is a new solution for SPs, however, SPs expect VMDC assurance solution to integrate with the existing OSS/BSS.
The individual VMDC system components do offer interfaces to integrate with the OSS systems via SNMP traps, syslogs, and emails. However, since each device and domain manager is an independent application, the integration interfaces are not consistent, and the number of integration points would be large (on order of dozens of interfaces for VMDC system). Although the assurance domain manager integration northbound with the SP OSS is a one-time task, it needs on-going maintenance due to:
•Need for on-going fine-tuning
•Changes in the underlying system and interfaces (e.g., API changes on southbound devices and domain managers)
•Deployment of additional instances of domain managers
•Addition of new components and domain managers in future service assurance enhancements
To ease the integration of the VMDC system in existing OSS/BSS systems, and thus SP adoption of the VMDC system, the number of integration points between VMDC and the SP's OSS/BSS needs to be reduced. The SP needs to be shielded from all maintenance and changes in the underlying VMDC system and interfaces unless the change is introducing significant new functionality to the SP. This can be achieved by providing single normalized interfaces from CLSA-VMDC.


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KAT – A0951739
Gone - 10-27-2016 Brooklyn
*** GONE 10/27/16 *** SHY LADY KAT LIVED AS A SOLO CAT!!..
A volunteer writes: This tortie seems a little shy when you first meet her, but she quickly comes out of her shell (no pun intended). Kat warmed up to me and proved herself to be very good at head butting and other essential cat skills. In her previous life, Kat lived with one adult and was said to be shy around strangers. I found her to be very friendly and affectionate…..KAT has an Experience rating because she is a bit of a fearful girl…Four years old and SPAYED, KAT just needs someone to give her room to relax and feel secure again!! IF THAT PURRSON IS YOU, APPLY TO FOSTER OR ADOPT KAT NOW!!
My name is KAT. My Animal ID # is A0951739. – P
I am a spayed female tortie domestic sh mix. The shelter thinks I am about 4 YEARS old.
I came in the shelter as a OWNER SUR on 10/11/2016 from NY 11226, owner surrender reason stated was PERS PROB.
MOST RECENT MEDICAL INFORMATION AND WEIGHT
10/26/2016 Exam Type VACCINATE – Medical Rating is 3 C – MAJOR CONDITIONS , Behavior Rating is EXPERIENCE, Weight 13.6 LBS.
10/11/2016 PET PROFILE MEMO
10/11/16 18:04 Kat is a four year old spayed dilute tortie. She was adopted from ACC and has been with her owner since she was a year old. She was surrendered by his owner due to owner being elderly and no longer being able to care for a pet. Kat has lived with one adult. She is described as shy and fearful around strangers. Owner stated when visitors enter the home she will hide and takes several days or visits before she will come out. She has not been around cats, dogs or children. Kat has been defecating outside the litterbox for the last year due to a medical issue. Owner stated she was taken to the vet and the problem resolved. She was not bathed, had her nails trimmed or was brushed by her owner. She will struggle when held or placed in a carrier. Kat is described as a mellow and quiet cat. She likes to play with balls and has been kept only indoors. She eats dry and wet food Friskies brand and is fed three times a day. She had a uncovered litterbox and Arm and Hammer litter. Kat had a wood vertical scratching post in her previous home. Upon intake Kat was shy and turned her head away from cousnelor, she had her paws tucked and was receptive to petting. Cousnelor was able to lift her, place her on the counter and collar. She was relaxed and allowed cousnelor to photograph.
10/26/2016 WEB MEMO
A volunteer writes: This tortie seems a little shy when you first meet her, but she quickly comes out of her shell (no pun intended). Kat warmed up to me and proved herself to be very good at head butting and other essential cat skills. In her previous life, Kat lived with one adult and was said to be shy around strangers. I found her to be very friendly and affectionate.
10/14/2016 BEHAVIOR EVALUATION – EXPERIENCE
Exam Type BEHAVIOR
As per previous owner, Kat has lived with 1 adult and was described as shy and fearful around strangers. Her owner states that when visitors come over she will run and hide and can take several days to come out. She has never been around children, other cats or dogs. Kat has been defecating outside the litter box for the last year due to a medical issue. Owner stated she was taken to the vet and the problem resolved. She is described as mellow and quiet. Kat struggles when held or placed in a carrier and she likes to play with toys balls at home. Reaction to assessor: Kat was resting on her blanket near the back of the kennel. Reaction when softly spoken to: Kat makes eye contact, rolls over on her side, remains relaxed and doesn’t come forward. Reaction to cage door opening: Kat rises up and leans forward to greet the assessor. Reaction to touch: Kat keeps her tail curled at her side and leans forward to sniff the assessor’s hand. She seems unsure at first but relaxes when pet and rubbed on her cheeks. Her body rises up when pet along her back then she slowly approaches the front but looks around wary of her surroundings. She gives light head butts then moves back into her litter box with her tail lowered. Reaction to being picked up: Kat was a bit tense when picked up, looks around at her surroundings, lip licks then leaps away. Behavior Determination: Experience Kat may be a little more independent, and may need time to warm up to her new home. We recommend that this cat go to a home with experienced cat parents.
GROUP BEHAVIOR EVALUATION
No Group Behavior Summary
10/12/2016 INITIAL PHYSICAL EXAM
Medical rating was 2 NC – MINOR CONDITIONS NOT CONTAGIOUS, behavior rating was NONE
scan positive with microchip #9854112000323945 spayed, ~4 years as per owner allows handling, no aggression during PE EENT- wnl dry hair coat barh no fleas seen ambx4 nosf
10/26/2016 RE-EXAM (LAST MAJOR EXAM)
Medical rating 3 C – MAJOR CONDITIONS , behavior rating EXPERIENCE
10/26/16 URI NOTED ON ROUNDS QAR. MUCOID NASAL DISCHARGE. CONJUNCTIVITS OD A: URI, CONJUNCTIVITIS P: REC DOXYCYCLINE 1.5ML PO Q24 X 10 DAYS AND ERYTHROMYCIN OU Q12 X 7 DAYS CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHILE AT BACC. EXCELLENT PROGNOSIS
For more information on adopting from the NYC AC&C, or to find a rescue to assist, please read the following: http://urgentpodr.org/adoption-info-and-list-of-rescues. If you are local to the Tri-State, New England, and the general Northeast United States area, and you are SERIOUS about adopting or fostering one of the animals at NYC ACC, please read our MUST READ section for instructions, or email [email protected] Our experienced volunteers will do their best to guide you through the process. * We highly discourage everyone from trusting strangers that send them Facebook messages, offering help, for it has ended in truly tragic events.* For more info on behavior codes and ratings, please click here: http://information.urgentpodr.org/acc-placement-status-descriptions. For answers to Frequently Asked Questions, please see: http://information.urgentpodr.org/category/frequently-asked-questions/. You can call (212) 788-4000 for automated instructions.
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Should they win in the May 2022 national elections, Partido Reporma chairman and presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and his running mate Vicente “Tito” Sotto III vowed to lead the country as a “Council of Two,” always consulting with each other for the good of the nation.
‘’We have an agreement that if we are elected by so-called block voting, we will observe a ‘Council of Two.’ We will always consult with each other for the country. It’s good if the President and Vice President are always in agreement,’’ Lacson told members of the media in Partido Reporma’s weekly ‘’Meet the Press’’ program today, Nov. 25.
Sotto, Lacson’s longtime friend and companion in the Senate, who actually urged him to run for the country’s highest position, added: “Imagine if Senator Ping is elected President and executes the budget he has watched for over 18 years? Ang laki ng ginhawa ng mga kababayan natin. Eto na ang sagot sa mga problema natin sa pera [It would be such a relief to our countrymen. This would be the answer to all our problems with money),’’ Sotto said.
When asked how a Lacson-Sotto administration would project a better relationship between the Executive and Legislative branches of government, Lacson said: ‘’That’s where we have a good advantage, especially with SP. I have never experienced, ever since I sat in the Senate, that the Senate President was not threatened with a leadership coup, not once.’’
The former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief said Sotto is a master of consensus building.
“Mas kabisado niya more than I do, he knows more than anybody how to maintain that relationship with the legislative without being too cocky or mamuwersa (He knows (the executive-legislative relationship) more than I do, without forcing the issue),’’ Lacson said
Not only will Lacson and Sotto show a stronger synergy between the offices of the President and Vice President once elected in next year’s polls, the two vowed to always “walk the talk” with the policy decisions they make together while in office.
The tandem, which has a combined 83 years in public service with 42 spent in the Senate, was recently tagged by top political strategist Malou Tiquia as the “strongest” pair among the aspirants in the 2022 national elections and appear to be the readiest to perform the duties of the country’s top two leadership positions.


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Get your kid the perfect backpack for school, sports, and outdoor activities with Kaypac! Our stylish and affordable kids backpacks are designed to fit kids of all ages, and they come in a variety of colors and styles. With added features like adjustable straps, roomy compartments, and sturdy construction materials, Kaypac helps you keep your child safe and stylish wherever they go. Let your kid show off their style with Kaypac today!


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Thinking Down Under
Graham Willett (Ed.)
Thinking Down Under. Australian Politics, Society and Culture in Transition
ISBN 978-3-88476-855-6, 256 S., kt., € 24,50 (2006)
When Europeans think about Australia they often draw upon a mélange of tourist promotion images (vast empty beaches and the Outback) and newsworthy events (sporting successes, racist riots). Academically, attention has tended to focus on literature, film and cultural studies, with a smattering of Indigenous Studies. This volume shifts that focus, looking at Australian politics and society, and at the transformations that they have undergone in recent decades. From big-picture pieces to micro-studies, the contributors to Thinking Down Under (both Australians and Germans) draw upon a variety of methodologies to address the big issues of everyday life – unemployment, education and housing – as well as political shake-ups and constitutional debates. AIDS, refugees, multiculturalism and the rise of the right are examined. Studies of political journalism, industrial disputes and political activism, of cinema and history-making contribute to a rich exploration of a complex and evolving society. This is a volume that will help Europeans – and Australians – to think differently about the Land Down Under.
Buchvorschau / Inhaltsverzeichnis (pdf)

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The Madin Academy in Kerala has launched a animal farming program in called Aadum Koodum Scheme to assist poor families in the state. Under the program goats will be distributes to the economically backward families as part of their Agro Space project. The program is launched by the state minister for forest and animal husbandry and zoos K. Raju. The program will complement the government`s ongoing scheme in animal husbandry and expected to empower agro related businesses and increase the self-reliance in the milk production.
Aadum Koodum Scheme Benefits:
- 500 goats along with cages to be distributed amongst the poor in the state
- Empower people with agro related businesses
- Self reliance in the milk production in Kerala
The Aadum Koodum Scheme is launched on the 20th anniversary of the Madin Academy.


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NH A Coruña Centro4.0 out of 5.0
Recent guest reviews
The hotel is located at a very noisy main intersection. The room air condition didn't work and the windown couldn't let open because of the noises from the street.A expensiv car parking is 5 minutes walk away.
I stayed there for two nights and would recommend this hotel to anyone. Fantastic sleep, clean and well located. The staff were friendly and the breakfast was good too. Only be careful with mini bar charges. Could not fault it, really.
Nice room, decoration, environment, staff. pleasant stay, convenient location close to the centre and to the seafront.car park may be a problem as the car park is not located at the hotel but 100m further , cost €18-20 per day. Recommended.
Nice basic rooms, very clean with fast free wifi! The breakfast was standard with a good selection of tea and even gluten free and dairy free options. Staff were helpful in finding nice places to eat near by. It's situated about 5 minute walk from town centre so very convenient and near a beach that was popular with the locals for watching the sun set. Pleasant stay overall.
Very well located at A Coruña´s downtown. Desk service excellent, it is not a so fancy place, but quite cozy and warm even in winter. For the price it seems to me an excellent option to visit this fascinating corner of Spain
The room (apartment) we rented was great. Very clean, and spacious. Full living room, bedroom, and big bathroom. Hotel is in a busy area, and the parking garage is a block or two away. But this hotel is only a few minutes walk from a great little area of town. Little walking streets (no cars) with tons of restaurants and pubs. Highly recommend getting 'lost' there.
We stayed here for one night on our way to Portugal. Very lovely hotel, with good public rooms and the availability of 3 large out door swimming pools. On arrival we were greeted by a trainee receptionist Ignacio who was both efficient and charming with good englis. Luis the porter was also charming and very informative about the pools and the locality. Upon arrival at reception we were given a complimentary glass of sparkling wine ( chilled water was available too) and indeed you able to help your self to the drinks anytime you passed through reception. A nice touch. Parking is an issue there but the porter does take the car away and parks it for you and this carries a charge of 18 Euros per night, a little expensive but it does save you having to find somewhere yourself. The hotel is in an excellent area of the old docks and it is very easy to walk out along the beach side or into Praca Maria where a number of restaurants are and all within 2-3 minutes walk. The room was very clean and a nice size with a very pleasant bathroom with shampoo, shower gel, body lotions etc., When we arrived it was 30c at 4pm so we made full use of the 3 pool facilities. Big and fresh seawater pools. The whole area was packed with Spanish families and we realised that although the hotel has direct access to the pools they are actually part of a local resort. But none of that bothered us at all! We ate out in the evening but had breakfast there ( not included in the room price - we paid 45 euro's for the two of us)( and it was excellent. Lovely dining room with a good view, wide range of breakfast buffet food, including many local specialities. There was an Egg Chef too who cooked your eggs to order which meant they were really fresh. Couldn't fault the whole breakfast experience. Only one small negative was that the manager seemed to roam around with a permanent frown on his face and wasn't very friendly but the rest if his staff most definitely were! A nice stay and a nice experience.
In a 4 star hotel they didn't had combs. The bathroom was unconfortable. The location is very good close to the city center an Riazor beach. Tha breakfast is complete with a variety of food. The amenities for the bath were poor
The hotel we originally had booked was unable to provide us a room and we were transferred here. We were lucky. This is a very nice hotel with a very nice breakfest and an excellent location. Our room was facing the street on 2nd floor, but the noise level was quite ok.
This is my first trip to A Coruna. Hotel places good to have shopping & lunch/dinner. Breakfast at hotel is also good! Good place to have sightseeing near the hotel. It is good for me that the supermarket is near the hotel.
- Walking distance to Riazor Beach and Palexco Congress Centre
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Business center
NH A Coruña Centro places you within a 15-minute stroll of popular sights such as Riazor Beach and Palexco Congress Centre. This 128-room, 4-star hotel welcomes guests with conveniences like a restaurant, free in-room WiFi, and a business center. It's in central A Coruna Province and also close to Aquarium Finisterrae and Orzan Beach.
Enjoy a leisurely bite to eat at La Gastroteca, the hotel's onsite restaurant. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service. For your convenience, a buffet breakfast is served for a fee each morning from 7 AM to 10:30 AM.
All of NH A Coruña Centro's 128 individually furnished rooms provide minibars, safes, and phones. 26-inch flat-screen TVs come with satellite channels, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi. Beds are dressed in pillow menus and bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries. Desks are also standard.
Guests of NH A Coruña Centro enjoy access to free WiFi in public areas, 4 meeting rooms, and conference space. Multilingual staff at the front desk are standing by 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, luggage storage, and securing valuables. Additional amenities include a business center, free newspapers, and wedding services.
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80% of guests recommend this hotelTotal of 767 reviews

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Secondary cancers can occur after a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. Learn who's at risk, what type of cancers may occur and recommended screenings to catch cancers early.
Leading transplant experts share vital information to help you make informed healthcare decisions before and after transplant.
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A variety of skin problems can develop after a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. Learn how to prevent and treat them.
Cardiovascular problems can occur after a stem cell transplant. Learn which ones are common and what you can do to reduce the risk of developing heart and vascular problems.
Infections are common early after transplant while a patient's immune system is compromised. Learn how to reduce the risk of developing a serious infection after transplant.
Las infecciones son comunes poco después del trasplante mientras el sistema inmunológico del paciente está comprometido. Aprenda cómo reducir el riesgo de desarrollar una infección grave después del trasplante.


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The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced approval for Cologuard, a new test kit developed in part at the Mayo Clinic for screening patients to assess their risk for colorectal cancer.
In a related announcement Monday, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed that the federal Medicare cover costs for the new test.
Colorectal cancer primarily affects people age 50 and older and is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death.
“This is the first time in history that FDA has approved a technology and CMS has proposed national coverage on the same day,” said Patrick Conway, chief medical officer with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, in a statement.
“Parallel review allows the last part of the FDA process to run at the same time as the CMS process, cutting as many as six months from the time from study initiation to coverage,” said Nancy Stade, an FDA official, in a statement.
Cologuard is manufactured by Exact Sciences, which is based in Madison, Wis.
In March, Mayo Clinic announced results of a large clinical trial showing Cologuard was about as effective as a colonoscopy in detecting problems. The test uses a patient’s stool sample and analyzes it for DNA signatures of precancer or cancer, according to a news release from the clinic.
Patients with positive test results are advised to undergo a diagnostic colonoscopy procedure.
In its announcement Monday, FDA noted that stool DNA testing is not currently recommended as a method to screen for colorectal cancer by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The task force recommends adults age 50 to 75 at average risk for colon cancer receive fecal occult blood testing, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.
But with the coverage proposal announced Monday, Medicare would pay for patients to undergo the Cologuard test once every three years under certain conditions.
Dr. David Ahlquist, a gastroenterologist at Mayo, is co-inventor of the test. Mayo Clinic is an equity investor in Exact Sciences.
Christopher Snowbeck can be reached at 651-228-5479.
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The Forex industry is a highly competitive domain with hundreds of brokerage firms offering their services to over 10 million active traders. AKO Markets is an established brand that has thousands of loyal customers from across the globe. It is a well-known provider that has a large catalog of compelling financial products.
We decided to take a good look at this broker and list several reasons why you should be interested in this platform if you plan to start investing in financial markets.
AKO Markets uses state-of-the-art technology
Many companies offer various financial services, but only a handful provide all the necessary tools to their customers. There are several aspects of AKO Markets’s technology that allow it to stand out from competitors:
- Advanced safety measures. The modern internet can be dangerous even for experienced users. AKO Markets has a web platform that uses strong encryption and anti-malware solutions to ensure that user data is protected from unauthorized access.
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AKO Markets has many compatible trading terminals
Many experienced traders do not like using native trading terminals offered by brokers. The selection of technical indicators and customization options is just too limited. While AKO Markets has a good terminal with lots of useful features, many time-tested applications still outperform it. Here are some solutions you can use to access servers of AKO Markets:
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The support team employs only competent specialists and trains them to ensure that they can resolve any issue users may encounter when working with the website or the mobile app. You can reach out to representatives of the support department via live chat, e-mail, social media, and the ticketing system.
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The broker has several advantages that all-day traders and scalpers will appreciate. It is a solid choice for people who want to maximize their profits. Here are some important trading terms that will grab your attention:
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Taking the train : how graffiti art became an urban crisis in New York City /
Explores how graffiti has become a crisis in New York City and offers suggestions for stopping the defacing of the city's buildings and streets. Full description
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New York : Columbia University Press, 2001
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Taking the train how graffiti art became an urban crisis in New York City /
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2305 Dunlavy St, Houston, TX 77006https://www.archwaygallery.com
15th Annual Juried Exhibition Opening Reception at Archway Gallery
Archway Gallery in Montrose presents an in-person opening reception for its 15th Annual Juried Exibition, benefiting Be the Peace – Be the Hope.
This annual event is an opportunity for area artists and non-members of the gallery to participate in an exhibition of works in Houston’s finest artist-owned space. Half of every sale will be donated to Be the Peace – Be the Hope and the other half will be paid to the artist.
This year’s juror, Swiss-born John Bernhard, is an artist, photographer, designer, and writer who traveled
extensively before settling in Houston in 1980.
Juror remarks and awards will be made at 6:30pm.
The exhibit will be on view through Sunday, August 3, 2023.
Free. Learn more. If you visit Archway Gallery’s website before the exhibition opens, be sure to click on “Exhibitions” in the top menu bar, then on “Upcoming Exhibitions”, to find details on this exhibit.
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Halloween is so close. This scary black cat design with a funny quote "100% That Witch" would be a cool gift and costume idea for anyone this Halloween. Be a cool witch and enjoy the fun with family and friends at Halloween nights and trick or treating.
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“Of all the arts, movies are the most powerful aid to empathy, and good ones make us into better people.”
-Roger Ebert, 2002
I first read those words in early 2006, during a particularly cold winter and a particularly cold time in my life. I had just graduated from college after a long series of changes to “the plan,” and the path to a life that I was interested in living still seemed painfully foggy. I had also just been the unwilling participant in an especially painful break-up, and was suddenly facing the prospect of weekends with no girlfriend and no college parties to go to. Though I didn’t know it yet (because I hadn’t actually seen the film yet), I was just as directionless—and just as non-waspy—as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate. All I wanted was an adult to do something other than ask me about my future, to say something other than “plastics.”
Roger Ebert filled that void. During one of many evenings spent aimlessly wandering around Borders (RIP), I stumbled on the first volume of Roger Ebert’s “Great Movies” books, and I can honestly say it changed my life.
I had always been a bit of a cinephile. Seeing Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption in theaters as a 13-year old first opened the floodgates of my movie love, and before I knew it, I was probably the only 8th-grader in Muncie, Indiana checking out old Scorsese and Kubrick movies from the local Hollywood Video. This love of film continued through high school, when I was dazzled by late-90’s masterpieces like Being John Malkovich, Magnolia, American Beauty, and Three Kings. But college nights and weekends simply presented too many temptations and distractions, and I went through a period of several years where I just didn’t see that many films. Eventually I finished college with an English degree and the idea that I would be a rock critic, but soon realized that I just wasn’t very good at writing about the mechanics of music.
Finding Roger Ebert’s “The Great Movies” on the shelf at Borders that cold January day was the moment of clarity that I needed. I couldn’t believe how many of these films I’d never heard of, and I couldn’t wait to start watching them. As luck would have it, TCM was playing one of the movies, The Third Man, that night, and I loved it so much that I eventually named my blog after it. My journey had begun, with Roger Ebert as the best tour guide I could ever imagine.
One of Roger’s favorite quotes is from Groucho Marx, who once said “I would never want to be a part of any club that would have me as a member.” It’s a funny idea, but perhaps the reason Roger loved it so much is because it couldn’t have been farther from his ethos. Roger Ebert wanted everyone to be a part of his club. No one has ever made the discussion of art feel more inclusive, more accessible, and downright friendlier than he did. That he was able to do this without ever dumbing down himself or his subject matter is a truly remarkable achievement.
While Roger was an academic in the most flattering sense of the term (it’s difficult to fathom anyone understanding or studying film more than he did), he never came across that way in his writing. To Roger, the point was never to speak only to other cinephiles, but rather to help everyone become cinephiles. Roger wanted the conversation to have the widest reach possible, to touch everyone. As he says in the quote at the top of this piece (taken from the introduction to “The Great Movies”), the best movies can “make us into better people.” Roger truly believed that (as do I), and that’s why he wanted everyone to have the opportunity to be so affected.
Roger’s conversational tone has been a great influence to my own writing, and reading his work over the years has taught me invaluable lessons in how to convey ideas clearly, effectively, and simply (though I still have some work to do on that last point). I clearly remember my first few weeks and months pouring over “The Great Movies,” and eventually its sequels. The anecdote from Omar Sharif that begins his Lawrence of Arabia piece—about how unlikely it was that the film would even get financed—still informs many of my ideas about the business of Hollywood. When Roger spoke of The Shawshank Redemption absorbing you to the extent that you lose the realization you’re watching a movie, I knew just what he was talking about. When he discussed the concept of real truth versus perceived truth in his JFK piece, he helped me realize that the latter can be just as important, even more so, than the former.
And reading Roger’s work might have been the first time I realized that simply stating what you like wasn’t breaking the rules. It seems obvious now. After all, isn’t stating what you like what a critic is always doing, at least to some extent? But nobody did it better than Roger, and nobody did it more passionately. Roger’s favorite movie scene was in Casablanca, when the singing Nazis are suddenly drowned out by Victor Laszlo leading the singing of the French National Anthem, La Marseillaise. For someone who believed that good movies could make us better people, it should come as no surprise that Roger was a sucker for people overcoming the odds to do the right thing.
But I'm a sucker too, and good movies have definitely made me a better person; hopefully they still are. My thoughts on mortality are inseparable from those of William Muny in Unforgiven—It’s a hell of a thing killing a man. You take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have. One of my favorite movies, Groundhog Day, is literally about learning how to become a better person, one day at a time. And The Third Man, the very first movie I ever watched on the recommendation of Roger Ebert, ends with its protagonist doing the right thing knowing it would cost him the girl, and yet he still goes after her at the end just to watch her walk away.
In recent years, I’ve found that I haven’t agreed with Roger’s taste as much as I used to. As his health continued to decline in the last few years, I felt that his taste was becoming a little less discerning, as though he was so thrilled to still be able to go to movies he just couldn’t bear to be as critical of them. But there’s an important lesson to be learned there, and it’s that no one has ever loved what he did more than Roger Ebert.
Here’s a painful truth to consider: Roger Ebert has probably seen more terrible movies than most of us have seen movies, period. When Michael Caine won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2000 for The Cider House Rules, he famously joked in his speech about how much crap he’s made. Well, Roger Ebert saw all of that crap. He saw all of everyone’s crap. He saw every latter-day Eddie Murphy movie AND every Katherine Heigl movie. He saw four Scary Movies, but the Movie Gods mercifully saved him from a fifth with just a few days to spare. And yet there was no one more excited for the next movie he’d see than Roger Ebert. Even after a long series of health setbacks robbed his ability to speak, Roger still looked forward to being part of the conversation.
I noticed this when I encountered Roger at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. He sat two rows in front of me for a surprisingly uncrowded interview with the heads of Sony Pictures Classics. Despite the fact that a handful of major directors (Jonathan Demme, Gus Van Sant, and Atom Egoyan, to name a few) were in the room and chatting with people after the interview, I only wanted to meet Roger. I could tell he was having trouble moving, he seemed tired, and obviously he couldn’t speak, so I didn’t want to keep him. I didn’t bother him with talking about my writing, I didn’t give him a business card, and I didn’t even introduce myself. This wasn’t networking. It wasn’t about what Roger could do for me, but what he had already done for me. I simply told him that his writing has been very important to me, and I shook his hand.
But of course, that was an understatement. Roger Ebert has been so important to me that, like Bruce Springsteen, I no longer even like the formality of referring to them by their last names. I (falsely) feel like I know them too well for that. Just Roger will do nicely. And something Roger has always done is steadfastly called them “movies,” not “films.” Films sound stuffy, while movies sound enjoyable. Roger always thought movies were enjoyable. In my own writing, I’ve often struggled with this to the extent that sometimes in the same paragraph I switch back and forth between the two terms. Should they be films or movies? I’ve never really figured out an answer I’m satisfied with, but today at least, they’re movies.
When the news of Roger’s death hit Thursday afternoon, I immediately felt the need to honor him somehow in what I watched that night. Then I figured out what seemed like the perfect solution. Just a few days prior, I had checked out Gates of Heaven from the library, which was one of the 14 movies from Roger’s first volume of Great Movies that I hadn’t gotten around to seeing yet. Ostensibly it’s a documentary about Pet Cemeteries, but really it’s a film about how people deal with death, so it felt like the perfect movie to watch as I celebrated the life of Roger Ebert in my own little way.
To my surprise, I didn’t really like it. The pacing was a little too glacial, the action a little too sedate, the interviews a little too meandering. But like I always do with a movie that Roger recommends, I read his review afterwards. And even though Gates of Heaven had disappointed me, Roger’s essay about it did not. Through his words, I understood what he saw in it, why he found it so interesting, so revelatory about the human condition. Tastes will never overlap all of the time, and the goal of the critic isn’t to get people to like everything (you think) they ought to. But that doesn’t mean you can’t help them understand the things they don’t like, and maybe even appreciate them. I’ve never learned more from disagreeing with someone than I have with Roger. And on the night that Roger Ebert died, he was still teaching me.
Daniel Joyaux is a film and pop culture critic living in Ann Arbor. You can read more of his work at thirdmanmovies.blogspot.com and follow him on Twitter @thirdmanmovies.


Since the relatively recent advent of digital photography, the adage “the camera doesn’t lie” has completely lost currency (if it ever had any). Photo manipulation has exploded into a legit art form, bending temporal, dimensional and technological limits. We won’t attempt here to discuss the specific techniques of any of these artists – their work speaks for itself, by turns weird, distorted, poetic and profound. Jay Mark Johnson and Jeff Frost will be at Friday night’s Motion to Light opening. Johnson will take part in the Salon Talk artists’ panel; Frost lectures at OMA 3 p.m. Saturday.


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Ravindra Gaekwad fly ban: Shiv Sena on Thursday said the airline companies behaving like goons as it has banned the party’s MP Ravindra Gaekwad for beating Air India staffer with a sandal.
Full investigation will expose what exactly happened that day, Raut
Senior leader Sanjay Raut said the airline companies have been behaving like goons. He further said that only a full investigation will fully expose what happened on that day.
“Behaviour of airline companies is like mafia goons. Jaanch puri ho tab pata chalega kisne kya kiya (Only after an investigation will we know the truth),” Raut was quoted saying by news agency ANI.
Citing Gaekwad case, Spokesperson from Air India said they could not allow him to fly with the airline. Therefore, the MP has been using train to attend ongoing Parliament session.
Ravindra Gaekwad fly ban: Shiv Sena appealed Lok Sabha Speaker to take up this matter
MP Ravindra Gaekwad’s video of beating airline staffer has gone viral on social media in which he is threatening the crew member. He allegedly beat him up and threatened to throw him off board after he was asked to fly from economy class and not a business class for which he had the ticket. In response, Air India including private airlines banned Gaikwad from booking on their flights.
Shiv Sena had also raised the issue in Lok Sabha on Monday, urging Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to take up the flight ban with the government. Shiv Sena MP Anadrao Adsul guarded Gaikwad saying that the airline did not ban television actor Kapil Sharma for allegedly getting drunk and misbehaving on a flight.