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The Money Masters (1995) discusses the topics of money, debt, taxes and their development throughout the modern world. It criticizes the control aspects of modern centralized banking systems and regulation. The film uses as evidence the history of money and banking, showing the viewer how central banks came to be what they are today and how they operate.
It supports its assertions by references and quotations from past Presidents and major players in the banking industry. The documentary was released in 1995 and the film still has considerable popularity, gaining interest from an audience first introduced to this subject through other documentaries such as Zeitgeist.
“The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching plan, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole…
Their secret is that they have annexed from governments, monarchies, and republics the power to create the world’s money…” .
– Prof. Carroll Quigley renowned, late Georgetown macro-historian
In 2008 greed and recklessness by the titans of Wall Street, years of deregulation by the US government and faulty ratings from credit agencies triggered the biggest financial crash since The Great Depression.
In this 4 part documentary series produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Terence McKenna takes viewers behind the headlines and into the back rooms of world governments and financial institutions, in an attempt to explain the events and decisions that led to the 2008 meltdown.
If you think that politicians and financial institutions have now learned their lesson and the crash of 2008 will not repeat itself – think again.
On June 11, 2013 the Congressional Budget Office released its estimate on when the United States will officially hit the debt ceiling — an event that will no doubt provoke another maelstrom of gridlock and bickering on Capitol Hill.
Since provisions of the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (HR 325) took effect in May, the federal debt limit has been suspended at exactly $16,699,421,095,673.60. Default on the debt has been held in check by Treasury’s full arsenal of extraordinary measures, but according to Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, the U.S. will have exhausted the measures to avoid breaching the debt ceiling on October 17th.
Beneath the vagueness of the term “extraordinary measures” is a series of shuffled investments and suspended securities issuances intended to constrain debt held, making room for additional borrowing. About half of the U.S. debt is held by foreign governments, central banks and other overseas investors, according to Treasury data. China is the largest holder of U.S. Treasuries, with $1.3 trillion in July 2013. Japan follows with $1.1 trillion.
Pushing the US closer towards the ceiling are the daily cash flows of the federal government and debt issuance by the Treasury through scheduled interest payments and debt auctioning. Expenditures to Medicare, Social Security, benefits for active-duty military and veterans, and interest payments — offset by tax revenues collected from individuals and corporations — are the primary drivers of cash flows. The precise date the debt limit is reached depends entirely on how long the Treasury’s extraordinary measures can stave off the uncertain magnitude of these cash flows and key debt transactions.
Why a breach of the debt ceiling is MUCH worse than the government shutdown
A government shutdown is problematic but decidedly noncatastrophic because the prevailing interpretation of the law is specifically designed to avoid catastrophe.
The debt ceiling is another matter.
Nobody really knows what will happen if the debt ceiling is breached because it’s never happened before and there is no legal provision for not making it a disaster. A breach is sometimes characterized as a default on the national debt. But it’s actually weirder than that. Normally the way things work is that the Treasury Department cuts the checks Congress has told it to cut, collects the taxes Congress has told it to collect and borrows to cover the difference.
But the statutory debt ceiling also instructs Treasury not to borrow more than a certain amount of money. When this debt ceiling is hit the Treasury will lack the legal authority to borrow any more money, to close the gap between spending and tax revenue. In order to avoid a breach of the debt ceiling, the US Congress would have to vote to raise the debt ceiling yet AGAIN, further ballooning the ever increasing and completely unsustainable US debt.
This 'solution' would be a very temporary one and it immediately raises the question, of how many more times the debt ceiling can be raised before the US goes completely bust.
While a short-lived default might be fixed without major damage to the global economy, drawing a line between short and long isn’t easy, according to Evercore’s Altman. “If you missed an interest payment by two hours, the markets might look entirely beyond that and forgive you,” Altman said. “If you miss an interest payment by two days, four days, six days, that’s a different story. It’s very difficult to be scientific about this.”
If the US does indeed default on its debt the US Administration is basically left with three options.
Obama could decide that the government’s legal obligation to spend (and certain elements of the 14th Amendment) trump the statutory debt ceiling, and just order the Treasury to sell more bonds. This course of action would in effect mean that the executive branch and the Federal Reserve just ignore the law by pretending that the debt ceiling doesn't bind, while trying to create a constitutional crisis to forestall a financial one.
The second option is that Obama could instruct the Treasury to pay some of the government’s bills and just not pay the rest.
The third option is to pay nobody.
These three options face the same basic problem namely, they're illegal! (The second one also faces the problem that Treasury lacks the logistical capacity to do it.)
The general consensus is that the third option would, among other things, provoke a global financial crisis by causing a default on U.S. Treasury bonds—bonds that are meant to be the safest asset in the financial system.
In general, simply nobody knows what anyone should do about anything if the debt ceiling is breached. Unlike with the shutdown, there is no overriding OMB (Office of Management and Budget) guidance. There are no rules to spell out essential versus nonessential services. Officially there’s no contingency planning at all.
And that’s the big difference between these two events. There hasn’t been a government shutdown in a while but they were common in the 1970s and 1980s. They’re a big deal in Washington, D.C. because federal employees don’t get paid when they happen. A debt ceiling breach, by contrast, is completely unprecedented. There’s no guarantee that it’ll lead to a worldwide financial panic and a massive global depression, but there’s honestly no guarantee that it won’t.
Sources: Slate.com, Policymic.com, Bloomberg.com (I edited the articles)
Additional comments from me: I've said it a thousand times and I'll say it again: countries, companies and individuals CANNOT borrow their way out of debt. Drastically cutting the defense budget would be the first step in the right direction, but since the United States basically has a war driven economy it’s blatantly obvious that will not happen.
Making churches and religious organizations pay taxes on their income and assets instead of the poor would be a very good second step in the right direction and here's why.
Churches and religious organizations are generally exempt from income tax and receive other favorable treatment under the tax law. Although the tax law also states that certain income of a church or religious organization may be subject to the 'Unrelated Business Income Tax', in general – and I quote – "..rents from real property, royalties, capital gains, and interest and dividends are not subject to the Unrelated Business Income Tax unless financed with borrowed money."
In other words: as long as churches or religious institutions don't invest with borrowed money, they pay no taxes over the income generated by those investments. (!!!)
Churches and religious institutions literally take in billions and billions of dollars over which they pay NO taxes whatsoever. No wonder then that The Vatican has its own bank.
It should be clear by now – even to the innocent bystander – that the terminally insane “powers that be” will choose a financial Armageddon over creating a sustainable global financial system.
Once upon a time, Goldman Sachs shunned publicity. During the period from 1930 to 1969, Sydney Weinberg ran Goldman Sachs where he developed a staunch corporate cultural aversion to publicity. During the 1970s, a tandem of John Weinberg and John Whitehead assumed the reigns of leadership at Goldman Sachs. Whitehead left the company in 1984 to enter public life. John Weinberg carried on in the same vein as his father Sydney – shunning publicity – to the point where he hired a man to keep his name and his firm's out of the press. He kept him off the full-time payroll (though he sat full-time at a desk in head office) so that if, improbably, a comment did slip out, it could be honestly dismissed as not coming from a Goldman Sachs employee. John Weinberg served as sole senior partner and chairman until 1990. His mantra was to put the client’s interests first and he wouldn’t allow Goldman to be involved in hostile takeovers.
The culture at Goldman Sachs dramatically changed in 1990 when operational control of the firm was ceded to Robert Rubin and Stephen Friedman. This tandem became the Co-Senior Partners in 1990 and refocused the firm on globalization and strengthening the Merger & Acquisition and Trading business lines.
Since this cultural shift in 1990, Goldman, its employees and alumni have been attracting HEAPS of public attention – much of it unflattering – owing to allegations and/or public perceptions of frontrunning, government patronage/favoritism, and conflict of interests with clients. As the following biographical sketches attest – Goldman Sachs has become not only a world-renowned financial juggernaut but also highly influential in areas that transcend finance.
High Profile Goldman Associates – Notable or Notorious?
John Whitehead – Had a 38-year career at Goldman Sachs – he retired in 1984 as Co-Chairman and Co-Senior Partner. He served as United States Deputy Secretary of State in Ronald Reagan's administration from 1985 to 1989 under George Shultz and was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Reagan. In 1996, he was the campaign chairman for Michael Benjamin who ran for a seat in New York's 8th congressional district. He is former Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the United Nations Association, and a former Chairman of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Harvard Board of Overseers. He is a former director of the New York Stock Exchange and Chairman Emeritus of The Brookings Institution.
Robert Rubin – served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during both the first and second Clinton administrations. Before his government service, he spent 26 years at Goldman Sachs serving as a member of the Board, and Co-Chairman from 1990-1992.
Henry Paulson – as the 74th United States Treasury Secretary. He previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs.
John Thain – The last chairman and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch before its merger with Bank of America. Before he came to Merrill, Thain was the CEO of the New York Stock Exchange from January 2004 to December 2007. He also worked at Goldman Sachs, as head of the mortgage desk from 1985 to 1990, and president and co-chief operating officer from 1999 to 2004.
Robert Steel – Served as Under Secretary for Domestic Finance of the United States Treasury from 2006-08. He has also served as president and CEO of Wachovia Corporation and as vice-chair of Goldman Sachs.
Edward Liddy – Was on the board of Goldman Sachs from 2003 to 2008, when he resigned to become CEO of AIG. He was selected by Henry Paulson for both roles.
Stephen Friedman – Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, resigned on May 7, 2009. Worked for much of his career with investment bank Goldman Sachs, holding numerous executive roles. He served as the company's co-chief operating officer from 1987 to 1990, was the company's co-chairman from 1990 to 1992, and the sole chairman from 1992 to 1994; he still serves on the company board.
William Dudley – Worked 21 years at Goldman Sachs, succeeded Tim Geithner as President of the New York Federal Reserve in 2009.
Josh Bolten – Worked 5 years at Goldman Sachs, became White House Chief of Staff for George W. Bush.
Reuben Jeffrey – Had an 18-year career at Goldman, left in 2001 when President Bush appointed him as his Special Advisor on Lower Manhattan Development, and in 2002, Jeffery left Goldman Sachs to take on this responsibility. In 2003, Jeffery became a Special Advisor to L. Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, and then became the Representative and Executive Director of the Coalition Provisional Authority Office in The Pentagon. He served as a member of the United States National Security Council until 2005, as a Senior Director responsible for International Economic Affairs. Jeffery was named the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. On April 16th, 2007, President Bush nominated Jeffery as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs.
Arthur Levitt Jr. – Former Securities and Exchange Commission [S.E.C.] Chairman and senior advisor to the Carlyle Group began an advisory role with Goldman Sachs in June 2009.
Rahm Emanuel – Current White House Chief of Staff [Obama], was originally hired by Bill Clinton as his chief fundraiser. At that time  Emanuel was on the payroll of Goldman Sachs, receiving $3,000 per month from the firm to "introduce us to people" according to a Goldman partner.
Gavyn Davies – Former Chief Economist at Goldman Sachs and current President of the British Broadcasting Corp. [BBC] is married to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's special adviser Sue Nye.
Gerald Corrigan – Was a special Assistant to Federal Reserve Board Chairman, Paul Volcker in Washington, D.C. He went on to serve as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis from 1980 to 1984 and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1985 until 1993. From 1991 to 1993 he was Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. From 1993 to 1995 he was director of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Corrigan is currently a partner and managing director in the Office of the Chairman at Goldman Sachs and was appointed chairman of GS Bank USA, the bank holding company of Goldman Sachs, in September 2008. He is also a member of the Group of Thirty, an influential international body of leading financiers and academics.
Duncan Niederauer – Was appointed chief executive officer and director of NYSE Euronext, effective December 1, 2007, after joining NYSE Euronext in April 2007 as a member of the Management Committee. Mr. Niederauer also serves on the boards of NYSE Group and Euronext N.V. Mr. Niederauer was previously a partner at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (United States) (GS) where he held many positions, among them, co-head of the Equities Division execution services franchise and the managing director responsible for Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, L.P. (formerly known as Spear, Leeds & Kellogg L.P.). Mr. Niederauer joined GS in 1985. From March 2002 until his resignation in February 2004, Mr. Niederauer also served on the board of managers of Archipelago Holdings, LLC (United States).
Lawrence Summers – Director of the White House's National Economic Council for President Barack Obama and former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury [Clinton].. In 2008, Summers was paid 135,000 for giving a speech to Goldman executives.
Jon Corzine – Served five years of a six-year Senate term before being elected Governor in 2005. He was defeated for re-election in 2009 by Republican Chris Christie. Former Chairman and co-CEO of Goldman Sachs. Left firm in 1998 and entered politics.
Gary Gensler – Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] under President Barack Obama. Gary Gensler spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs, making partner when he was 30, becoming head of the company’s fixed income and currency trading operations in Tokyo by the mid-’90s.
Robert Zoellick – Is the eleventh president of the World Bank, a position he has held since July 1, 2007. He was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs, United States Deputy Secretary of State (resigning on July 7, 2006) and U.S. Trade Representative from February 7th, 2001, until February 22, 2005.
Neel Kashkari – In July 2006, Kashkari was appointed as a special assistant to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. In the summer of 2008, he was appointed assistant secretary for international economics and was confirmed in that post by the U.S. Senate. On October 6, 2008, Paulson named Kashkari interim head of the new Office of Financial Stability. Overseen by the treasury secretary, he is in charge of creating and implementing the United States government's $700 billion financial stabilization program. Prior to joining the Treasury Department, Kashkari was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in San Francisco.
Mario Draghi – Head of the Bank of Italy and former mentor to current U.S. Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner. Draghi was vice-chairman and managing director of Goldman Sachs International and a member of the firm-wide management committee (2002-2005).
Mark Carney – Governor of the Bank of Canada. Before joining the public service, Carney had a thirteen-year career with Goldman Sachs in its London, Tokyo, New York and Toronto offices.

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FORT SMITH, Ark., Oct. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcBest CorporationSM (Nasdaq: ARCB) announced an increase in its quarterly cash dividend to eight cents ($0.08) per share. Previously, ArcBest's quarterly cash dividend was six cents ($0.06) per share.
The ArcBest board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of eight cents ($0.08) per share to holders of record of its Common Stock, $0.01 par value, on November 5, 2015, payable on November 19, 2015.
ArcBest also announced that its board of directors has extended its share repurchase program, making a total of $50.0 million available for purchases of ArcBest's Common Stock.
ArcBest Corporationsm (Nasdaq: ARCB) solves complex logistics and transportation challenges. Our companies and brands – ABF Freightsm, ABF Logisticssm, Panther Premium Logistics®, FleetNet America®, U-Pack® and ArcBest Technologies – apply the skill and the will with every shipment and supply chain solution, household move or vehicle repair. ArcBest finds a way.
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The haemorrhoidal crisis is one of the common pains in pregnant women, mainly in the third trimester of pregnancy. Above all, do not hesitate to talk to the doctor or the midwife, there are ways to relieve you!
When to consult?
- Difficult transit, itching or burning, bleeding, pain ... all these symptoms may be related to hemorrhoidal problems and warrant the advice of a doctor or specialist (proctologist). Better to consult early enough because the problem can get worse and make the delivery more painful.
What are the specific treatments for pregnancy?
- Most often, a local antalgic treatment (suppositories and / or cream), associated with simple measures cold sitz baths, application of an ice cube (in a condom) in case of coagulated blood in an external hemorrhoid (thrombosis), use soap neutral pH non-irritating for the toilet and a cotton soaked in toilet milk instead of toilet paper ...
- In general, the hemorrhoidal problems of expectant mothers regress after delivery, and surgery is rarely warranted.
If you have to intervene
- During pregnancy, the surgical treatment of ligating the branches of the arteries to prevent blood from getting into the hemorrhoids is exceptional ... But if these isolated haemorrhages are resistant to treatment, it is possible to intervene locally through a photocoagulation treatment (micro-laser) that will dry, then sclerose the tissues. This small procedure is completely painless, without any contraindications and without hospitalization. One to three sessions spaced three weeks apart are usually sufficient.
Is there a way to prevent pregnant hemorrhoids?
- Absolutely fighting constipation. For this, you need to drink a lot of water (two liters per day), eat whole bread, yogurts, fruits, prunes ... and use, if necessary and exceptionally, paraffin oil or mucilage sweet that promote transit (especially no laxatives, irritants).
- On the other hand, it is preferable to exclude spices and excitants (coffee, tea ...) which, they, favor the crises.
- Finally easier to say than live, avoid stress because the neurovegetative system also plays a significant role!
Read also : why pregnant hemorrhoids?

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Update: On Tuesday afternoon, the bar described below changed its tune — it will now welcome “everyone.”
A bar in Chicago has implemented a new dress code specifically banning “Make American Great Again” hats — and face tattoos as well.
The establishment said it made the move after “much consternation and consideration” — in order to “maintain a ‘classy environment.'”
The Replay Lincoln Park bar announced the “strictly enforced” rules over the weekend in a post on its Facebook page.
“After much consternation and consideration and to maintain a ‘classy environment,’ Replay Lincoln Park has implemented a new and strictly enforced dress code. No face tattoos, no specific hats, please see below. Let’s keep it classy, Chicago. Sincerely, management,” the post read.
Customers responded both in favor of and against the arcade bar’s decision.
“I love the bar MORE NOW! BEST HAT BAN EVER!” one woman wrote, clearly gushing with praise.
“Love you guys,” another said.
“What lame … weak thing can we do to drum up business. Let’s mock our President and his constituents. You’re so edgy,” one person against the ban wrote.
“I’m not even a Trump fan, I hate the moron. However we have tolerance and free political thinking, no matter how ‘socially moral’ it is or isn’t,” one person commented on the post.
To those who have taken issue with the ban, Replay Lincoln Park jokingly responded, “OK they can come in but they’ll have to pay to play the games. Free speech but for a price,” referring to those wearing MAGA hats.
The controversial choice comes two months after a New York City judge ruled that bars can refuse service to people wearing MAGA hats.
This article has been updated.
This Fox News piece is used by permission.
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Police Officer Fired after Pulling Over, Detaining Daughter and Boyfriend
Hoops Legend Kevin McHale Slammed for Apparently Attending Trump Rally: ‘He Should Never Work in the NBA Again’

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Since mid-2014, a number of police killings of residents has produced public outrage, civil disorder, and strong antipolice sentiment, especially among minority residents. In response to this crisis, in December 2014, President Obama formed the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and charged it with developing recommendations to enhance trust between police and minority communities, as well as to improve police accountability.
The task force final report, published in May 2015, highlighted body-worn cameras (BWCs) as a potential tool for achieving those objectives. Since 2015, the White House, Congress, and the U.S. Department of Justice have strongly supported the adoption of BWCs by police.
This is evidenced by the creation of a National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and a federal funding program that has provided nearly $40 million to more than 175 law enforcement agencies for the purchase of BWCs; development of robust and comprehensive policies for BWC use; podcasts from researchers, subject matter experts, and practitioners; and a training and technical assistance mechanism that helps with BWC adoption and program management.

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Valley Center Pad Sites
The Woodmont Company Property Highlight of the week is Valley Center Pad Sites in Valley Center, California!
Centrally located directly off the main retail corridor of Valley Center Drive, this property is the first commercial center as you enter Valley Center from Escondido. Albertson’s is in development just North of the site with a planned opening 2020, and Harrah’s and Valley View Casinos & Hotels are only 5 miles from the site. There are plans to connect Mirar De Valle Road at Valley Center to Interstate 15 and there are 749 homes currently under construction within 3 miles of site.
The Valley Center Pad Sites have a 5-mile population of over 60,000 and the average household income is over $101,000. With 3 pads available (1,850 SF – 3,500 SF), this area is growing tremendously. For more information about this opportunity and other amazing properties:

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Charlie Chaplin Funday, BFI Southbank
**24 February 2013, 2:30 PM**
Celebrate the life and films of Charlie Chaplin at the BFI Southbank’s special archive Funday, including screenings of Easy Street (1917, 25 min.) and The Floorwalker (1916, 24 min.), plus an extra treat from the BFI Archive…
You can also participate in their Chaplin Funday Workshop at 12:00 PM. Go dressed as Charlie for a chance to enter their costume competition and win some goodies!
For full details, visit the BFI’s website.
Modern Times with Live Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall
**22 March 2013, 7:30 PM**
Join the Philharmonia Orchestra for a live orchestral screening of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
Book now on the Southbank Centre’s website.

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Over two years ago, we featured a LEGO Ideas project that recreated the combining super robot Voltron in building block form. The project got enough votes to be considered by the official LEGO Group for production as an official playset, and fans will soon be able to get their hands on the robot formed by five smaller lion robots.
Voltron: Legendary Defender has proven to be a popular series from Netlfix and DreamWorks Animation, making the official Voltron LEGO set a no-brainer to produce for fans of the mecha animated series. But this Voltron LEGO set is based on the original 1984 animated series, making it a must-have for those nostalgic fans out there. Check out the Voltron LEGO set below. Read More »
Boy, they sure are churning out these Voltron: Legendary Defender seasons, aren’t they! Three months after the release of season 5, we have the first Voltron season 6 trailer, which follows the Voltron Paladins in the midst of their shaky alliance with Lotor.
Though the groups have reached a sort of harmony now, that alliance will soon be tested now that the Paladins have helped Lotor take over the Galra Empire from his evil father, King Zakar. Because it turns out you can take the evil ruler out of the Empire, but you can’t stop his evil minions from oppressing the rest of the galaxy.
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Two of our favorite pop culture artists working today are undoubtedly Tom Whalen and Dave Perillo. We’ve featured their work when they’ve had shows together, and we’ve even featured them when they tackle two different animated shows for adults. Now they’re back for another team show, this time delivering the ABCs of pop culture in a new show called Alphabitz.
Alphabitz does exactly what you would expect it to by having Tom Whalen and Dave Perillo create pop culture pieces inspired by the alphabet. For example, there’s P for Predator, V for Voltron, B for BB-8 and much more. But beyond having these familiar characters from pop culture representing a letter, what they’re doing is also indicative of the letter chosen, which makes for some goofy scenarios, like Freddy Krueger filing his nails in France, or Dracula driving Miss Daisy in a Dodge.
Check out pieces from the Alphabitz art show below, including some debut images given exclusively to /Film. Read More »
We’ve featured plenty of custom LEGO sets here, but only a handful of them get a legitimate shot at being turned into real sets that end up on the shelves of toy stores around the world. Thanks to the creation of LEGO Ideas, master builders have a chance at having LEGO fans vote on which custom sets they’d like to see go in front of the board that decides which of the sets get turned into official LEGO products. One of those sets has been given the greenlight.
Soon LEGO builders will be able to assemble five lion robots to form the giant robot known as Voltron: The Defender of the Universe. That’s right, an official LEGO Voltron set has been approved, and if you missed it the first time around when we featured it as a custom creation last spring, you can check out images below. Read More »
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There are so many series to watch on Netflix and so little time. But one that has probably slipped under your radar is Voltron: Legendary Defender, the little animated series that could. Now on its third season, airing only eight months after the second season dropped its episodes on the streaming service, Voltron has released an action-packed, angsty trailer for its newest batch of episodes.
While the first and second season were fairly easy entryways into the animated reboot of the ’80s mecha-fighter series, the third season relies heavily on the story and character development built up for the last 20-some episodes. But seriously, they’re only half-hour episodes, you can catch up in a day and see the new season ASAP.
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While Power Rangers is go-going to the top of the box office and into a six-year franchise, we’re left wondering what other beloved shows could be morphing their way to the big screen. And could the success of Power Rangers signal the adaptation of similarly kitschy team-centric shows — often from our Saturday morning lineup?
Here are a few properties ripe for adaptation that have been floundering in development hell, but may get the kickstart they need after Power Rangers’ box office success.
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Netflix has released the first trailer for the second season of Voltron: Legendary Defender, which is officially set to arrive on the streaming service later this month. So if you have an appetite for more robot-fueled intergalactic action, you’re in luck.
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Hollywood has been trying to make a Voltron live-action movie for more than a decade now, which makes me skeptical that it will happen. But the success of the Netflix animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender means that they are going to try to bring this big giant robot to the big screen once again. Hit the jump to learn more about this new live-action Voltron movie adaptation.
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Dreamworks Animation and Netflix announced at their San Diego Comic-Con panel yesterday that Voltron Legendary Defender has been renewed for a second season. The critically acclaimed animated series will return for a second season in late 2016. DreamWorks also announced the release of a soundtrack for season one of the show, featuring 11 tracks from series is now available on iTunes. Hit the jump to read the full press release to learn more about Voltron season 2.
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There’s plenty of merchandise out there bringing the characters of Toy Story into the bedrooms of plenty of children who will play with them until they grow up and get rid of them, making millions of sad little Toy Story 3 narratives come to life. But you’ve never seen a piece of Toy Story merchandise like this.
Tamashii Nations has created a Chogokin combiner that has five different characters from Toy Story combine to form their own Voltron. That’s right, you can take Woody, Rex, Bullseye, Hamm and Slinky Dog and form them into one big robot. See the Toy Story Voltron below! Read More »

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Lenina Street, 219A, 354364Sochi, Krasnodarskiy, Russia
+7 862 247 1750
With a stay at Crystal hotel in Adler, you'll be a 3-minute walk from Adler Beach and 9 minutes by foot from Sochi Dolphinarium. This hotel is 1 mi (1.5 km) from Aquapark Amfibius and 4.4 mi (7 km) from Khosta Beach. Make yourself at home in one of the 50 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes, housekeeping is provided daily, and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Enjoy the recreation opportunities such as an outdoor pool or make use of other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access. Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's coffee shop/café, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Continental breakfasts are available daily from 8 AM to 10 AM for a fee. Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and an elevator (lift). A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.

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After a two-year hiatus, True Detective may be proceeding with a third season.
According exclusively to Entertainment Weekly, the show’s creator, Nic Pizzolatto has already written “at least” the first two episodes for a potential third season. They have also learned that Emmy-winning writer-producer David Milch – responsible for hit dramas such as Deadwood and NYPD Blue – will collaborate with Pizzolatto. However, the collaboration is still not definite and a third season has yet to be greenlit.
While the first season of True Detective was a success, both critics and viewers voiced their displeasure over the second season, although both seasons were successful in ratings. Last summer head of HBO programming Casey Bloys commented that “both Nic and HBO are open to another season,” and that the show “was not dead, we just don’t have a take for a third season yet.”
A few months ago, actor Matthew McConaghey expressed enthusiasm for reprising his role as Detective Rustin “Rust” Cohle, saying, “If that thing was written well and it came up again, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second.” That would depend on what route Pizzolatto decides to take though.
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My sister is an avid listener (and now I am too) and she told me to submit my question here.
I have a 2002 Honda CRV that recently started to fail on me. I’ll be driving and usually in front of a red light (when the car is idle), the car will stop. Luckily, the last time it happened, I was able to get the car to start back up again. Also, the car sometimes won’t start (ignition won’t start) from when it’s been parked. It happened multiple times this past week and the mechanic apparently doesn’t know what it is. He cleaned my throttle body, which helped in how smooth my car runs now (less shaky) but the problem still persists. Do you guys have any suggestions?


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GDP numbers only measure how we spend or allocate our national income. It's a very convoluted way of measuring economic health. Sort of like assessing the status of your household finances by adding together how much you spend on everything from mortgage and groceries to your cable bill and your tab at the local pub.
Wouldn't it make much more sense to directly measure income? Isn't the amount of money going into our bank accounts the key variable?
The same principle is true—or should be true—for a country.


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Scientists say they have almost eradicated populations of the world’s most invasive mosquito species from two test sites in China using a novel two-pronged approach which renders the insects infertile.
During two years of trials on two islands in the city of Guangzhou, researchers reduced the number of viable eggs produced by female Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) – a major vector for dengue and the Zika virus – by more than 94 per cent.
The international team from Michigan State University (MSU) and Sun Yat-sen University reported a corresponding plunge in adult females, which transmit the disease to humans by biting. Their numbers fell by 83 per cent in 2016 and 94 per cent in 2017.
“We have generated a situation no one has reached before,”
Zhiyong Xi, molecular geneticist, Michigan State University
The breakthrough was achieved by combining two conventional methods of biological engineering for maximum effect.
Zhiyong Xi, molecular geneticist at MSU and lead researcher of the team that published the study in the journal Nature, infected millions of factory-reared male mosquitoes with Wolbachia, a type of bacteria found in insect guts. When these males mate with uninfected wild females, the resulting eggs are sterile. The bacterium itself also suppresses the mosquitoes’ ability to transmit a virus.
Researchers also irradiated each batch of mosquitoes to sterilise any females left in the mix, because releasing Wolbachia-infected females has been shown to undermine the technique.
Considered a “neglected tropical disease” by the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is spread by the females of the Aedes genus; this includes the species albopictus mosquito, or Asian tiger mosquito. WHO reports that the disease, once relatively obscure, is on the rise: an estimated 390 million cases of dengue occur worldwide per year, with 96 million reporting symptoms that include high fever, joint pain, severe vomiting and respiratory distress.
Warming global temperatures are facilitating the spread of the vector mosquitoes into new areas, or increasing incidence of the disease where it is already present. This includes China, where a 2014 outbreak in Guangzhou lasted 193 days, affecting more than 37,000 people and claiming five lives.
“We have generated a situation no one has reached before,” Xi said. “Now, we can eliminate nearly all mosquitoes in an area, which further allows us to see where they are coming in, how quickly, and determine the minimal release we can maintain to continue that elimination.”
The team also published an analysis of estimated costs for larger-scale deployment of the method, quoting US$108 per hectare per year. This includes the ongoing re-treatment of areas that had already been subjected to an initial period of intensive releases to crush high mosquito populations. He pointed to a similar programme for control of Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida and California, using sterile insects produced in Guatemala, that has been ongoing since 2000.
But Xi did acknowledge that applying the technique in populated areas will be a challenge, as the movement of people in and out of an area would facilitate an easier return of mosquitoes back into a previously treated area.
“In cities, we’ll look for wide roads or highways and use these as barriers to generate relatively isolated areas for treatment,” Xi told SciDev.Net. “But human activity does present a challenge for using this tool in [an] urban setting.”Peter Armbruster, an expert in container-breeding mosquitoes with Georgetown University in Washington DC, wrote in an analysis that despite the study’s “remarkable” results, many questions remain about the long-term sustainability of the approach.
“Efforts to develop automated release technologies … should substantially improve production and release capacity,” Armbruster wrote in Nature. “However, whether such technological advances can overcome the financial and logistical challenges of implementing these approaches at a scale that reduces disease transmission across a major metropolitan area or nationwide remains to be seen.”
Xi said that the next phase of research will involve drone releases of modified mosquitoes at high-rise apartments in economically depressed areas of Guangzhou — structures with high dengue prevalence — to test the viability of automated methods that could cover larger territories.

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CONCORD - NHGOP Chairman Stephen Stepanek released the following statement after Governor Chris Sununu vetoed yet another Democrat Income Tax:
"HB712 is an income tax plain and simple and I applaud Governor Chris Sununu for vetoing yet another income tax endorsed by Dan Feltes and passed by New Hampshire Democrats. Governor Sununu and New Hampshire Republicans have always worked hard to protect the New Hampshire Advantage from the Democrat Income Tax and voters in November will re-elect him and send him a new legislative majority."
CONCORD - NHGOP Chairman Stephen Stepanek released the following statement demanding an answer of Dan Feltes regarding Andru Volinsky's racism:
“Dan Feltes owes the people of New Hampshire an answer. Does he stand with Andru Volinsky who obstructed Eddie Edwards for over 100 days, or does he stand with community activists in Manchester’s Black Lives Matter organization who called Volinsky out for racism?”
Manchester Black Lives Matter calling out Andru Volinsky for his racism:
Dan Feltes calling Ryan Terrell unqualified earlier this month. Ryan Terrell was rejected by Democrat Executive Councilors led by Andru Volinsky, who used racist language such as "tokenism" during the confirmation vote:
CONCORD - Yesterday in a radio interview House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the outrageous claim that Senate Republicans were "trying to get away with murder, actually -- the murder of George Floyd." NHGOP Chairman Stephen Stepanek released the following statement demanding New Hampshire’s Federal Delegation condemn these absurd and disgusting comments:
“Senate Republicans are pursuing sensible legislation being crafted by U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), yet Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to disgustingly label these efforts at policing reform as akin to the terrible murder of George Floyd. There’s no place in our politics for this despicable and degrading commentary, and I am calling on Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Ann Kuster, and Chris Pappas to immediately condemn Pelosi’s comments. Unfortunately, we know that the members of our Federal Delegation would rather hide from Pelosi than condemn her outrageous comments."


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With dimly-lit imagery of recipes like truffled pumpkin papardelle, hearty apple galettes and spicy roasted chicken with hot sauce, perusing food blog Harvest & Honey almost makes us feel as though we’re peering into a cozy kitchen from a bygone era.
Food writer and blogger Lauren McDuffie started the site in 2009 as a way to chronicle her adventures in culinary homeschooling. We were introduced to her work earlier this year when Harvest & Honey was nominated for a 2016 Saveur food blog award and were completely drawn into her moody styling and photography — her site is one to check out for any fans of swoony provincial cooking scenes! Below, Lauren tells us more about her upbringing in the Appalachian Mountains, journey as a self-taught cook and her recipe for puff pastry apple and lemon rosettes.
NAME: Lauren McDuffie
PROFESSION: Freelance writer and food blogger
A LITTLE ABOUT THE RECIPE YOU’RE SHARING WITH US? These apple and lemon rose tarts are just fun. They’re lovely to look at and make for a great holiday sweet treat. I love it when a recipe looks much harder than it really is. With these tarts, you get to hear a lot of, “Oh you’ve really gone and outdone yourself!” and also, “This must have taken you forever!”, when really, that couldn’t be further from the truth. These babies are a total win-win.
COOKING MAKES ME FEEL… Inspired. Creative. Nostalgic.
BRIEFLY, HOW YOU CAME TO DO WHAT YOU DO: I’ve worked as a freelance writer for several years now and a couple of years ago, I found myself really struggling to find inspiration and fulfillment in what I was doing. I was a new mother and really seeking something to help me sort of find myself again, if that makes sense. I started my food blog as a creative outlet and a way to explore a new type of writing – one that I really love – and it has been more fulfilling and satisfying to me than I could have ever imagined, in so many different ways.
ESSENTIAL KITCHEN TOOL? A well-seasoned cast iron pan. That’s the Southern girl in me talking. Mine is always out on my stove and it makes me happy just seeing it there. The food tastes better every time you see it — that’s the magic in a great cast iron pan. They get better with time.
THREE INGREDIENTS YOU COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT? Olive oil. Honey. SALT.
QUIRKY FOOD HABITS? People say that you should never try new recipes on company, and that you should cook things you know — recipes you’re comfortable with and that you’ve given a dress rehearsal or two. I literally never do this. I almost always try new things on guests and company and I don’t know why. It usually goes fine, but I always find myself wondering why I do it. I typically chalk it up to being a food blogger and the need to constantly test recipes and people usually buy it, finding it entertaining. Or at least that’s what I tell myself…
BIGGEST SINGLE INFLUENCE ON YOUR COOKING STYLE? Where and who I’m from. I grew up in the mountains of Appalachia with a mother who learned to cook from her own Kentucky-raised mama, and there is just a lot of influence going on there. I cook all kinds of foods and am a very curious cook in general, wanting to try everything all the time. But I almost always get back to my roots at some point, managing to infuse a little Southern flavor into whatever I make. I can’t help it, I suppose.
SOUNDTRACK IN YOUR KITCHEN? My house is never quiet — I’ve got music playing at all times. Music is my second love, right after food and cooking. I’ve been listening to a lot of ’70s singer-songwriters lately because my mom just gave me all of her old records, and I’ve been working my way through. It’s pretty amazing.
MIDNIGHT SNACK? Potato chips. It’s a problem.
BEST SOURCE FOR FOOD AND RECIPE INSPIRATION? I’ve been a Food Network and Cooking Channel-obsessed person since I was little, and I can’t seem to shake it. I get a lot of inspiration from shows, and it’s probably my biggest source, but I get plenty of cooking mags and my cookbook collection is growing all the time. So, I’ll happily take my inspiration where I can get it.
I CAN NEVER RESIST… French fries. Do you see a fried potato theme going on here?
THE RECIPE OR MEAL YOU ARE KNOWN FOR? My chocolate cake and my chicken and sausage étouffée.
THEY SAY YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT — WHAT ARE YOU? A little quirky, usually healthy…sometimes not, a little bit Southern, usually fairly consistent but sometimes totally unpredictable, and always evolving. And peanut butter. I am also peanut butter.
QUICK TIP LEARNED FROM CULINARY HOMESCHOOLING? Make a recipe just as it is written the first time around and then add in your own tweaks the next time. I don’t follow recipes all that often, as it’s my tendency to want to just wing it and do my own thing. But I’ve started following them a lot more recently, even though I develop my own recipes constantly. As a self-taught cook, you can learn so much by just following someone else’s recipe and seeing how they get to their final product — even if it’s different than what you would do. Then I’ll go in and make my own tweaks to get it just how I like it.
YOUR CULINARY AESTHETIC IN THREE WORDS? Rustic. Moody. Romantic.
TRIED-AND-TRUE ENTERTAINING TIP? Don’t make everything yourself! take some help from the store or a great local market where you can. For examples, I usually just assemble, rather than cook, a really good-looking appetizer spread and tell people that I might not have made it, but I made it possible. And then everyone laughs and you win points for also having a funny party joke. Never gets old…
WHAT’S ON THE HORIZON FOR HARVEST & HONEY? My blog is growing a lot right now and I’m enjoying the new opportunities I’m being presented with, as well as some of the chances to grow my blog and expand my work. I’m currently writing a cookbook proposal and am so excited about it. So, we shall see…
Puff Pastry Apple & Lemon Rosettes
Harvest & Honey's Lauren McDuffie
- This recipe is deceptively simple and people absolutely go crazy for these little apple and lemon rose tarts. The apples and lemons sort of bridge the gap between fall and winter and this recipe makes a fantastic addition to a holiday breakfast, brunch or dessert table. Because they’re less sweet than other tarts, I love to serve them with a dusting of powdered sugar, a drizzle of salted caramel and some vanilla ice cream. I used pink Mountain Rose apples for this because the color is hard to resist, but I also love them with either Honeycrisp or Red Delicious as well. This recipe makes 6 large roses.
- 2 large red apples, cored and sliced as thin as you can get them
- squeeze of lemon juice (about a tablespoon)
- flour, for dusting
- 1 sheet of frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 4 tablespoons lemon curd
- confectioner’s sugar, for dusting
- caramel sauce
- vanilla ice cream
- Lightly butter/spray a muffin tin and preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Place the apple slices in a microwave-safe bowl with a squeeze of lemon juice and cover with water. Microwave until the slices are slightly softened, about three minutes. This allows you to roll them.
- Lightly flour your workspace and roll out the puff pastry as thin as you can, maintaining the rectangular shape. Working longways, trim the pastry into 6 evenly-sized strips.
- Brush the lemon curd onto one side of each strip.
- Place the apple slices on the strips, starting about halfway down and overlapping each slice. You want the rounded edge of each slice to be facing out, as opposed to the pointy edges. Starting at the apple end of each strip and gently working your way to the other side, carefully roll up each strip, but not too tight. Place them into the prepared tins when you’re done.
- Bake until the pastry is golden brown and cooked through, about 40 minutes. If your apples begin to brown too quickly, you can cover them loosely with foil to prevent them from cooking too fast.
- Remove the tarts from their tins, cool slightly and dust with confectioner’s sugar (if desired) and a drizzle of caramel sauce.
- Serve with vanilla ice cream.


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In preparation for writing a historical play (not based on real history, but a play with banners and kings and armies) I’ve been reading a few of Shakespeare’s histories—namely, Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, Henry V, and Julius Caesar.
Now, I’m not taking any classes on Shakespeare, nor have I ever taken any classes exclusively focused on Shakespeare. This post doesn’t come from a well-informed scholarly background, or from someone intimately familiar with the discourse surrounding Shakespeare. I’m just some guy who likes reading and writing and watching plays. With that said, this is what I’ve learned.
It’s Better to Know the History
These plays were written for an audience who was familiar with the characters, and the general landscape of English history. They knew how the plays were going to end, in the same way modern audiences know the general life story of the subject of a biopic, and still enjoy seeing it. This is not something unique to Shakespeare’s histories, as many of his other plays pulled from older works of fiction or archetypal tales, but it was especially clear to me with these, and with reading Julius Caesar. I had only the vaguest of understandings of the War of the Roses before reading the plays, but I did know a fair bit about Julius Caesar, and I was watching the HBO series Rome at the time. So reading the play, I found myself eager to see how Shakespeare handled different parts of the story—the assassination scene, Mark Antony’s betrayal of Brutus, the battle of Philippi. Knowing the history didn’t spoil anything, it added to it. While Julius Caesar wasn’t my favorite of the bunch, I engaged with it in a way that I didn’t really with any of the others, because I knew what was going to happen, and I knew the backstories of many of the characters.
This point was driven home for me when I read Stuff Happens by David Hare, a history play about the lead-up to the Iraq War.
All of these plays follow a similar structure of plot. In the beginning, the main character (usually the title character, Julius Caesar is an exception) will do something which is intended to be either an isolated event, or the end of something. In Richard II, King Ricky exiles Henry Bolingbroke. In Julius Caesar, Brutus organizes the assassination of Caesar. In Henry IV, King Hank refuses to pay ransom for Hotspur’s brother-in-law. And of course, none of these actions are the end of things, and they all contribute to, or initiate, the mounting tension of the play.
It’s interesting, because in Shakespeare’s other plays, the beginning is the opposite. Iago or Hamlet or Oberon will set out some kind of plan, which they will attempt to execute for the duration of the play. But in these histories, the protagonist is usually just trying to coast. They just want to manage their kingdom (or their republic) and not have things blow up, and when they start off the events of the play, they don’t realize that they’re doing it. They think they’re in a one act, but they’ve got four acts left (or nine acts, for Henry IV) before the consequences of their actions will have fully played out.
Now this isn’t an absolute rule, of course, because Richard III is 100% a guy executing a plan, but this is just what I’ve noticed a lot in these plays, more so than in Shakespeare’s other works.
So that’s how it begins. In the middle, the tension mounts. An antagonist force rises to oppose the main character—usually it’s rebels, it could be the French. The two sides of the conflict do not meet during this time, and the meat of these acts and scenes is interactions within the two parties, or the attempts of one party to gain the loyalty of a powerful lord. If there is any scheming in the play, this is where it will happen, as each side tries to get a read on the strength and motivations of the other side, and how they should approach them.
This is great theatre, because it plays off the fact that the audience is only seeing what’s on stage. The audience can’t see the entirety of the antagonist’s army, just as King Henry, sitting in his palace, doesn’t have solid information on the rebel forces. The developing tension is palpable, to the point where, in Richard II, you understand why the king abdicates in the face of Bolingbroke’s army—it’s terrifying! Throughout the play, we’ve heard of Bolingbroke’s army growing larger and larger, and seen lords defecting to join him, so there’s a true sense of how utterly overwhelmed Richard II is at the end.
Which is the final point of the structure, the end. There’s either a battle, or there isn’t. In all cases, the two forces meet, but they don’t always fight it out. It seems a bit anticlimactic when there isn’t a battle, but Shakespeare can’t just change history for the sake of an exciting finale (at least not that much), and in any case, the anticlimax leaves the final scenes feeling very drab and stripped down, especially in Richard II. The absence of any big, glorious, violent climax puts a damper on all the fanfare, and the focus turns to these characters as mortal, weak people. Speaking of big and glorious,
My favorite of the plays I read was Henry IV part 1. It’s the play that has the greatest sense of scope, which is terrific for histories. For comedies scope isn’t important, and for tragedies an epic scope can be interesting, but it’s best to be really focused on the tragic hero, their psychology and their flaws. But history is about seeing all these larger than life characters portrayed on stage. It’s about seeing grand historical moments, which will resonate for centuries, brought to life. Henry IV part 1 spends a good amount of time with both sides of the conflict, developing several memorable characters among the rebels and King Henry’s court. It also spends time with the commoners, and there are several memorable characters there. This is typical of Shakespeare, though not always the case with his histories, and here the three groups are intertwined perfectly, which leads to the second place where the play does scope right—the final battle.
Of course, a lot of making a battle feel epic lies with the director, and it can be hard to get that sense from just the words on the page. However, the battle at the end of Henry IV 1 could be done with the most minimal set and effects, and still feel big. In this battle, we see all the characters from all these groups coming together. We see Hotspur fighting Prince Hal. We see Douglas killing imposter kings, until he finally comes across the real king, and Prince Hal fights him off. We see Falstaff, the boastful old drunkard knight and friend of Hal, taking up Hotspur’s corpse so he can claim that he slew him. Everyone has a part to play in the battle, which helps the audience appreciate what a huge and far-reaching conflict this was.
Nothing is Unstageable
As I said, that final battle could be staged without a huge ensemble fighting in the background, without sounds of battle playing, without any grand, beautiful backdrop, without costumes even, and the emotion would still hit home. This isn’t some brilliant revelation, but I think no works better communicate this idea than histories. It is impossible to truly stage, with literal representations of every character and place and event, a history, but theatre isn’t about the literal. Any work, no matter how epic, can be brought to life on the barest budget, or on no budget at all.
In fact, Shakespeare even begins Henry V with an admission of the limitations of theatre, as well as its powers of illusion:
“… can this cockpit hold
The vasty fields of France? or may we cram
Within this wooden O the very casques
That did affright the air at Agincourt?
O, pardon! since a crooked figure may
Attest in little place a million;
And let us, ciphers to this great accompt,
On your imaginary forces work.
… Think when we talk of horses, that you see them
Printing their proud hoofs i’ the receiving earth;
For ’tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings …”
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So, there you have it. Of course Shakespeare’s works are incredibly rich, so there’s more that I learned than just this, and there’s more to be learned, and there’s more that has been learnt by more learned people than I. But this is what stuck out to me most, across all the histories, what I took away from reading them, and what I will hopefully manage to repeat in my own writing.

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PEORIA, Ill — In just days, The Ronald McDonald House will open its doors.
Here’s the story of Smyrna Palaparthi who was diagnosed with cancer and received care from the Ronald McDonald House in Memphis, Tennessee. The survivor explains how the Peoria location is a game-changer.
“I was getting constant headaches, and eventually we had a MRI taken, and I was told that there was a mass about the size of a golfball,” said Smyrna Palaparthi, cancer survivor that received treatment at Ronald McDonald House in Memphis.
Symrna Palaparthi lives in the Peoria area but had to drive to Memphis, Tennessee for cancer treatment. Palaparthi is excited for the new Peoria Ronald McDonald house to house patients fighting the disease.
“It’s amazing, now you don’t have to drive, you know however many hours you live away, you can just stay here and not have to worry about a thing,” said Palaparthi.
Palaparthi says while battling cancer, a team of doctors and nurses became her friends.
“We get to see all the people and meet many new people and they’ll call and they’ll ask, oh no this happened, what do I do, and we’ll always, we have each other’s backs,” said Palaparthi.
Symrna wishes she could have stayed in Peoria throughout her treatment time but was thankful for the Memphis facility.
“It was like a home away from home, even though you are going through a difficult time of treatment, you always had people who are there for you. It never really
Felt like you were taking treatment,” said Palaparthi.
The CEO for Ronald McDonald House says the house will be serving an estimated 700 families a year. Organizers say the fabric of local networks helped sew the project together. Dr. Kamlesh Macwan of Asian Indian Community Collaboration contributed time and money.
“Asian and Indian Community of Peoria wanted to give back to this community. The mission of the Ronald McDonald House and the mission of the Asian Indian community is family-centered,” said Dr. Kamlesh Macwan.
The grand opening of the Ronald McDonald House of Central Illinois is Monday morning. A ribbon-cutting will take place at 11:00 am at 401 NE Monroe Street.
Tune into good day central Illinois for a special highlighting the grand opening. It will air on WYZZ at 8:30 am.

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Looks like another guy is going in the daddy direction!
One Direction singer Liam Payne, 23, and his girlfriend Cheryl Cole, 33, seemingly confirmed that she is pregnant after stepping out with what many believe to be a baby bump last night!
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The couple couldn't hide their pregnancy after Cheryl stepped out for a date night with Liam sporting a sizable baby bump.

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