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Tuesday's decision of the three judge panel for the Ninth Circuit court (which covers the western states of the United States) declaring California Proposition 8 as unconstitutional still leaves many murky issues about the constitutionality of same sex marriage. The 89 page decision endorsed by two of the judges (Stephen Reinhardt and Michael Hawkins) was, constitutionally, fairly narrowly construed. It did not rule on whether, as such, there is any constitutional right to same sex marriage. Nor did it judge whether laws in other states, besides California, which outlaw same sex marriage are unconstitutional.
The ruling drew on two realities rather specific to California and not likely to be found in other states. The Court based its decision fairly closely on a 1996 Supreme Court decision (6-3), Romer vs. Evans, which outlawed a Colorado referendum which rescinded anti-discrimination rights for gays (in housing and employment) which had been already granted by several municipalities in Colorado. That Supreme Court decision made a crucial distinction between an initial "withholding" of rights (perhaps, even those which were not, as such, mandated under the Federal Constitution's equal protection clause, the Fourteenth Amendment) and, secondly, an actual "rescinding" of rights already granted. The latter needs a stronger sense of a compelling governmental interest to be legal and constitutional. A bill that targeted a minority group, as such, to remove already granted rights from them, Romer argued, violated the Fourteenth Amendment, if they targeted that minority group alone, without any other compelling governmental imperatives.
Prior to the passage of California's Proposition 8 (which was a constitutional amendment and not a mere referendum, establishing law and which stated that "marriage was between a man and a woman"), California's Supreme Court invalidated an earlier referendum (which was a mere law and not a constitutional amendment) outlawing same sex marriage. For 143 days, same sex marriage was legal in California and 18,000 same same sex marriages were legally recognized. So, for that period of time, a right to marry and to have their union called a marriage was granted to same sex couples. Proposition 8, then, amended California's constitution to make explicit that same sex couples could not be said to be "married." According to the Ninth Circuit Court's reasoning, an anomoly is that, had Proposition 8 been passed before the California Supreme Court decision, it would have been valid law or, at least, not subject to tests flowing from the Romer decision. Proposition 8 did not in any way rescind the previous California statutes allowing same sex domestic partnerships or civil unions. These carried all of the ordinary rights and privileges of a marriage except the name.
The Court argued that the only purpose of Proposition 8 was to withdraw the term "marriage" from same sex couples. It saw this as an attempt to lesson the status and human dignity of a minority (gays and lesbians) and to show that their relationships were inferior. In point of fact, Proposition 8 had no effect, in state law, on procreation or the raising of children by same sex couples, no impact on religious freedom or parental control over their children's education. These had been adduced as compelling state interests by proponents of Proposition 8 who wanted the court to uphold its constitutionality.
The narrow constitutional grounds of the court's decision (distinguishing between "withdrawing" a right from a minority versus the mere "withholding" of a right and also relying on the fact that, in California, same sex couples in civil unions already enjoy all of the rights of marriage granted to opposite sex marriages except the name, makes it very unlikely that this California precedent will have any further impact on other states' laws. The majority ruled that, in the California case, there was no legitimate state interest to withdraw the term "marriage" from same sex couples as Proposition 8 did. The majority opinion noted that there is a big difference, symbolically, between "marriage" and "domestic partnership," even opining that no one would have wanted to see the Marilyn Monroe film, "How to Marry a Millionaire" if it had been entitled, "How to Get a Domestic Partnership with a Millionaire"! Both proponents and opponents of Proposition 8 had argued that the term, marriage, carried a strong symbolic weight. The court decided that there was no compelling reason, except to downgrade the status and dignity of same sex couples, to deny the term to same sex couples.
The dissenting judge, N. Randy Smith, in his 39 page dissent, contested the majority's reliance on Romer vs. Evans. He argued that the range of rights denied in that case was much broader than that found in Proposition 8. He also felt that, in any case of doubt about a possible compelling state interest, the Federal Courts should exercise more judicial restraint on overturning state laws. His final argument may not be as strong in the California case. He claimed that "the family structure of two committed biological parents--one man and one woman--is the optimal partnership for raising children." Even if that can be shown empirically, usually or always (it is, perhaps, difficult to do so), it has little bearing on the California case. The majority took up that objection and said it was in no way adjudicating on the factuality of it, since, in point of fact, California law already fully recognized the parental rights of same sex couples. There was no compelling evidence that allowing same sex couples to marry would have any noticeable impact on the fidelity, parenting or, in any other way, on "the harmonious, loyal, enduring and intimate relationship" of opposite sex marriages.
Those unhappy with the decision can appeal for an en banc decision of the Ninth Circuit Court (which would entail a majority of active judges in the circuit to vote to rehear the case). It seems unlikely that will happen. The second recourse is to the Supreme Court which would entail four judges voting to hear the case. The reasoning of the Ninth Circuit seemed closely tailored to appeal to Judge Anthony Kennedy who wrote the majority opinion in Romer. In the interim, the Court has put a stay on acting on its opinion until the opponents of it have time to appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court.
An anomoly is that it is not at all clear that, should this ruling stand, it would mean that California would have to recognize same sex marriaages from out of state since California's present law merely "withholds" that privilege and has never granted, then rescinded, it.
John A. Coleman, S.J.

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A Fairfield Home for a Growing Family
October 25, 2021
A Fairfield home serves a growing family while paying tribute to the friend who inspired it all.
Text by Tovah Martin Photography by Tim Lenz
As soon as she received the news that she was expecting a second child, interior designer Dana Ferraro went looking for a larger home. The five bedrooms tucked into a Fairfield house ticked many boxes, but the home’s sunroom clinched the sale. Ferraro walked into the room, with its greenhouse roof and stone floor, felt the sunbeams on her face, and knew she was home. With just a little tweaking, she determined the house would fit her family like a glove.
Ferraro found the space in December 2018, when she was still mourning the loss of Molly Patton, her best friend and partner at Molly Patton Design. From the moment Patton hired Ferraro to work at a New York City magazine, the two bonded. In fact, Ferraro and her husband followed the Pattons from the city to Fairfield where Ferraro ultimately joined her friend’s interior design firm.
When Patton passed away in 2015, Ferraro dove into growing the business in Patton’s memory. The skills she acquired in the process would be utilized as she perfected her family’s new home.
From the street, you would never guess that what appears to be a one-story ranch packs 4,000 square feet of spaciousness; due to the property’s sloping grade, the home’s true two-floor colonial character isn’t revealed until viewed from the back. The front entrance opens to the upper bedroom level with a staircase that descends to the family spaces. Part of Ferraro’s challenge was to make the entrance flow gracefully, so visitors are naturally drawn down to the kitchen, sunroom, and family room. She achieved her goal by wrapping both the entry and stairway with Kravet’s Pear Tree wallpaper. Ferraro also kept furniture in the area to a minimum to encourage movement down into the living spaces.
Originally, the lower level also included a formal dining room, but the kitchen needed an update to meet the demands of a growing family, and the dining area felt redundant. That’s where Ferraro’s father came in.
Builder Ken DiStefano didn’t think twice before accepting his daughter’s project. “We think alike,” he admits. He agreed with Ferraro’s plan to bump out the space by a foot, installing a wall of windows in the kitchen that allows panoramic views of the backyard’s pool and play area. “The cabinets were the toughest issue,” DiStefano notes. The windows meant forfeiting upper cupboard space, but a thirteen-and-a-half-foot-long quartzite island and a butler’s pantry both provide storage.
Meanwhile, Ferraro went to work furnishing the house. She focused on creamy hues on the walls to create continuity in the lower living areas, introducing patterns with cheerful upholstery, rugs, and pillows, while rattan, bamboo, and wicker add texture and a sense of informality. Upstairs, the designer grew adventurous with a primary bedroom clad in Katie Ridder wallpaper and an adjacent dressing room painted aubergine. The children’s rooms are equally vivid, especially four-year-old Leo’s space, which accents his collection of stuffed lions. “I have the zoo room,” he proclaims.
“Leo is already attuned to color and pattern,” Ferraro proudly notes. Clearly her son inherited that penchant from his mom. Or maybe he soaked it up from his surroundings—Ferraro, after all, values intentionality. That’s why round Federal-style mirrors repeat throughout the house: they remind her of a purchase she made with Patton. In fact, every Ferraro project has some Molly Patton sprinkled in. “We shared so much,” she says.
Interior design: Dana Ferraro, Molly Patton Design
Kitchen builder: Ken DiStefano, DiStefano Builders

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Climate change is such a terrifying large problem that it is hard to think sensibly about. On the one hand this makes many people prefer denial. On the other hand it can exert a warping effect on the reasoning of even those who do take it seriously. In particular, many confuse the power we have over what the lives of future generations will be like - and the moral responsibility that follows from that - with the idea that we are better off than them. These people seem to have taken the idea of the world as finite and combined it with the idea that this generation is behaving selfishly to produce a picture of us as gluttons whose overconsumption will reduce future generations to penury. But this completely misrepresents the challenge of climate change.
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"Aha" says the Moral Philosopher triumphantly, polishing his monocle ferociously with a large handkerchief. "You have contradicted yourself! If you say yes to the first case you should say yes to the second, for you have already revealed your acceptance of the principle that one person should be sacrificed for the many."


Earlier this week, the Supreme court dealt another blow to supporters of the infamous anti-immigrant SB 1070 law. The court declined to review a specific provision of SB 1070 that would have made it illegal to transport or harbor undocumented immigrants. That provision had already been blocked by the U.S. District court in Phoenix and an injunction was later upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Were it not for the tireless work of our Arizona Affiliates, this case might still be making its way through the courts. The case was led by our Affiliates in Arizona, with Valle del Sol listed as the lead plaintiff.
NCLR President and CEO, Janet Murguía, applauded the court’s decision in the statement below.
“The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold this injunction unequivocally affirms what we have known to be true since this law was passed in 2010: SB 1070 is an unconstitutional infringement on the civil rights of all Arizonans. This legislation is a reckless attempt to make racial profiling and discrimination the law of the land in Arizona, tarnishing the state’s reputation and needlessly costing millions of dollars to defend it in the courts. We applaud the efforts of our Affiliates in Arizona, including the lead plaintiff in this court case, Valle del Sol, and the supporting plaintiff, Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, as well as our allies throughout the state. They have all tirelessly pushed back against this legislation in order to ensure that all Arizonans, especially Latinos, are treated by law enforcement fairly, with dignity and respect.”


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Launches book titled “A Cloud for Global Good in Asia”.
MESTECC minister makes first visit to MIMOS to better understand its workings.
To improve quality and increase the production of durians to meet demand from overseas.
Signing of a MOU with Accenture, Think City and Mimos shows a diversity in the members of the MaGIC’s CER network.
Ahmad Rizan Ibrahim is president and chief executive officer effective July 1, 2017.
There is still light at the end of the tunnel based on Pikom’s latest ICT Jobs Outlook report.
Collaboration is a platform to accelerate knowledge exchange, proof-of-concept projects, field-testing and training between both parties.
Securities Commission Malaysia on Dec 1 signs a MoU with Mimos to jointly develop a capital market advanced analytics platform.
Businesses are increasingly beginning to see the business value of IoT, writes Karamjit Singh, including durian sellers in Malaysia!
Mimos has announced Mi-MIST (Mimos Internet Services of Things), an ‘open innovation platform’ established for the development of IOT technologies.

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The neighborhood of Grandview Heights is part of the city of Wichita, Kansas.
Grandview Heights is fairly good for those who like quiet areas, as there isn't a lot of street noise or city clamor.
In Grandview Heights, about half of the dwellings are single detached homes, and the rest of the dwellings are mainly large apartment buildings. This neighborhood has a good choice of housing sizes, ranging from lofts to four or more bedrooms. About two thirds of the properties in the neighborhood are occupied by renters while owners occupy the remainder. Most homes in this neighborhood were constructed before the 1960s, during its most significant housing boom.
A supermarket is usually accessible within a short walk from anywhere in Grandview Heights. Moreover, there are a fair number of options for those who value nearby restaurants and cafes. With regards to education, residents will appreciate the proximity to primary as well as high schools, which are within walking distance from the majority of properties for sale in Grandview Heights.
It is convenient for pedestrians to get around in this neighborhood; running common errands is easy by walking. The public transit network in Grandview Heights is not very convenient. Nevertheless, there are a few bus lines traversing the neighborhood, and most properties are close to a bus stop. In contrast, a car is a great means of transportation in Grandview Heights. Parking is easy, and most homes for sale are a rather short drive from the nearest highway.


By Agnes Oloo.
Top city lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi, also known by the nickname Grand Mulla, has claimed that his life is in danger.
The vocal and vibrant advocate claims that he is being hunted by the Director of Criminal Investigation, Ndegwa Muhoro.
Mr Abdullahi on Wednesday, April 5, recorded a statement with the police claiming that his life is in danger for his continuous involvement in the Tatu city land dispute.
Mr Abdullahi, who recorded statement at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Kilimani, Nairobi, stated that his murder was to be executed at the end of March, 2017 – and he only escaped the assassination because he was out of the country.
Mr Abdullahi says that he jetted back into the country on the night of April 2, 2017 – and on April 3, a senior officer in the Directorate of Criminal Investigation called to meet him urgently.
He says the officer revealed to him that Mr Muhoro had constituted a team of five officers to execute him.
In his eight-page statement, Mr Abdullahi states that Mr Muhoro looks at him as a stumbling block in the conspiracy with Tatu city land fraudsters to intimidate real land owners and get away with the land.
“I revealed to the DPP via a three pages letter that Mr Muhoro was paid a bribe of KSh50 million and was promised 300 acres of the land once the matter is resolved,” says Mr Abdullahi in his statement.
The advocate further states that Mr Muhoro is one of the principal players in the scheme to defraud the Tatu city land owners.
According to Mr Abdullahi, Mr Muhoro’s role is to threaten and intimidate legal land owners opposing the fraudsters’ efforts.
Mr Abdullahi in his statement maintains that should anything happen to him or his family members, Mr Muhoro should be held accountable.
Mr Abdullahi has asked the Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet to help him by investigating the claims using a private investigation agency.
DCI Ndegwa Muhoro is yet to respond to Mr Abdullahi’s claims.


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In Grand Lake, Colorado and Rocky Mountain National Park, there are enough attractions to keep you busy for a day, a week, a month or a lifetime.
As you would expect from an area which is well-known for its stunning scenery and natural beauty, there are plenty of amazing outdoor attractions to see and explore. Take a trip along the scenic local trails, visit Grand Lake to enjoy time on the water, or take an expedition into the Park to enjoy the stunning wildlife. Whether your ideal vacation includes outdoor activities, shopping, relaxing or finding out more about the history of the area, there are plenty of things to keep you occupied during your visit!
At the western edge of Rocky Mountain National Park sits the historic town of Grand Lake.
Grand Lake is a town that buzzes to life at night; live music resonates from local lodges and saloons beckoning patrons inside for premiere entertainment. It is a place that houses the Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre, and frequent festivals and parades.
It is a town where one steps back into time, where the store owners proudly manage their businesses and greet visitors every day from their western boardwalk storefronts.
It is home to fabulous dining, overseen by local restaurateurs, and designed to give visitors the optimal dining experience.
Once home to the Ute Indian Tribe, the spirit of the west is alive in Grand Lake, long after the tribe dispersed. There are historic walking tours, museums, and other opportunities to immerse yourself in the way of the west during your visit to Grand Lake.
It is “The Soul of the Rockies,” and visitors understand the feeling of being able to really breathe again here.
Its namesake, Grand Lake, is the deepest natural lake in Colorado, dipping to 265 feet. Fed by high mountain runoff, the lake is clear and pristine. Home to the Colorado River Headwaters, streams and rivers snake through the area, inviting you to fish and hike along their waters.
In the spring, watch the wildlife emerge from Rocky Mountain National Park; cow moose and their young calves toddle across the local streets.
In the summer months, visitors can explore the lake by boat, kayak, and even paddle boards.
Horseback riding, ATVs, and cycling opportunities are as plentiful in the area as the trout are in our waters.
You can golf, hot air balloon, and live your dreams here.
Winter also invites visitors to play in Grand Lake’s winter wonderland. Grand Lake is the “Snowmobile Capital of Colorado,” with over 125 miles of groomed trails. Cross Country ski, ice fish, create a snowman, or just watch snowflakes peacefully fall to the ground and build upon gathering snow.
A thriving creative community is alive in Grand Lake; local artists and galleries are must-sees.
Grand Lake invites you to our home, full of year round stunning natural beauty, and the opportunity to actualize what you only dreamed existed. Welcome to Grand Lake, Colorado.


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Acama.Asia – Tips on Watching Youtube Videos Through VLC Media Player 2021 ,Tips on Watching Youtube Videos Through VLC Media Player 2021 , Sure buddy already familiar with the app video player/movie VLC Media Player, yes it is a video player application on this one is quite popular among Windows users also Mac OS.
This is because VLC Media Player supports almost all different types of video file formats without having to use additional codecs. Especially now that VLC Media Player is already present with version of android.
Tips on Watching Youtube Videos Through VLC Media Player 2021
If you often use VLC Media player to watch the video, maybe mate can try to use app VLC Media Player to watch Youtube video online without having to download the video first.
Wow looks great, isn’t it? Curious to try just refer to the tutorial how to Watch Youtube Videos Through VLC Media Player below
First please open the application VLC Media Player on PC buddy, if you don’t have, please download it first for free through his official website here. http://www.videolan.org/ available for Windows and Mac os.
After the application is open VLC, click on the Media tab and then select Open Network Stream, Or so that faster can be through the shortcut CTRL+N to open the Network URL.
Next enter the URL of the YouTube video which will be buddy watch in column a network URL. then click Play, and also make sure the computer is already connected to the internet.
Then the VLC Media player will directly play youtube videos,
Done, now buddy can already enjoy the stream Youtube videos through the application VLC media player.
The advantages of Watching Youtube Videos Through VLC
Here I summarize some of the advantages of watching YouTube videos through the application VLC Media:
Watch videos from YouTube directly without having to open the YouTube site.
Can be rotated continuously without having to click the Play button again, if we enable the Loop button.
Can determine the speed of the video.Can take a screenshot of the frame anywhere in the YouTube video through VLC Media Player.
The Volume can be increased up to 400%.
No annoying that commonly arise when we start watching a video directly from YouTube.
How buddy, interesting isn’t it? in addition to the above advantages, it is very suitable to watch a Youtube video that lasts long through the application VLC media player.
Well such is the article on How to Watch Youtube Videos Through VLC Media Player, hopefully, reading this article can add knowledge buddy, thank you.

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The final leg of the Asia sevens series will commence this weekend at the picturesque Racecourse international grounds in Colombo. Sri Lanka Tuskers finished second best in the previous two legs held in Hong Kong and South Korea.
Sri Lanka men are drawn in Pool B alongside China, Chinese Taipei and Singapore whilst Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and South Korea aredrawn in Pool A.
The Tuskers beat Chinese Taipei 43 – 12 and Singapore 27 – 05 in their meetings in this series, therefore it is expected that Sri Lanka will go past those two countries in the pool clash especially with home-advantage. However, Danushka Ranjan’s men did struggle against an improved China team as they edged passed with a 19 -17 win in the cup semifinal in Hong Kong. Later, the Tuskers went down 26 – 21 inthe South Korea leg pool clash despite beating the hosts 26 -10 and going in to the finals.
Two wins in the pool stage is sufficient to go to the cup semifinals on day two and it is more likely that Hong Kong and South Korea will be promoted from group A as the Asian giants Japan is only fielding a development squad.
There was a vast difference in the playing style of the Tuskers in both the finals against Hong Kong. In the first leg Sri Lanka lost 17 – 22 and 36 – 00 in the second leg. Sri Lanka rugby coach Mat Turner who’s a former England 7s player said “Obviously we’ve had to adapt our game style against them slightly we were working in the last two weeks”
Mat further stated on the big tournament “I think there is no better place and time for us to beat Hong Kong, we are at home, we had a good year so far, we had two goes and third time lucky? Hopefully the boys will be up for it and go and get them.”
Hong Kong being the Achilles Heel in the recent past, Sri Lanka should find some solutions and according to Mat and captain Danushka Ranjan they have better plans to overcome the adversary especially if they meet Hong Kong on day two.
Hong Kong humiliated the Tuskers 36 – 00 with their rush defense intact which had them in favour even without a sweeper.
In the first graphic below, Sri Lanka had the first chance with position at about 3 minutes of play when from the breakdown the ball was sent to the first receiver, Hong Kong’s sweeper rushed to join the defensive line leaving no protection behind.
In the below image the ball is in Tarinda Ratwatte’s hand, but Omalka Gunarathne was too flat on that occasion in the wing. You can see no sweeper yet again as Hong Kong was so confident inside the Sri Lankan jail. Ratwatte however, went in to contact sensibly on that occasion perhaps he could have kicked deep or if Omalka was another 2m behind it would have been interesting to see him going one on one as he is strong. We have witnessed before Anurudda Wilwara in a similar one on one situation where he smashed his opposite number using his upper body strength.
In the second half too Hong Kong tactics did not change as they rushed in defense as soon as Sri Lanka players hit the breakdown point. In the below graphic No 1 and No 7 and ball carrier Dulaj Perera were pressured by two Hong Kong players.
Dulaj had no option but to go in to contact, look how flat Hong Kong is in the below image. No sweeper but Sri Lanka had no time to think on this occasion in order to affect a deep kick and chase. The incident was almost inside the 22m; had so many yards, if the Tuskers could have kicked and chased scoring opportunities on the cards.
Apart from this Sri Lanka had one of the poorest rates in the restarts, as they lost almost all and Hong Kong were too smart changing all their kicks in different angles which became a nightmare for the Tuskers in the second leg finals.
Sevens is always a funny game and tactics will vary game by game and strength to strength therefore, the last two weeks should have given enough time for the home boys to prepare well and beat any opposition with confidence. Sri Lanka Tuskers have never won the cup title despite the U20’s and 18’s creating history winning them this year. If the senior men can do that on the home soil it will be the icing on the cake for Sri Lanka rugby 2016.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka women’s team will have a tough challenge alongside Hong Kong, Singapore and China and Japan. In the women’s segment Japan won the 1st leg 14 -07 then China took revenge in the 2nd leg winning 21 – 14 in an enthralling finale.


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Review: DJ Octopus has been busy in the last few years, appearing often alongside Steve Murphy on labels like Love Notes, Chiwax, Hot Haus and Shall Not Fade. On this new double pack for House Crime he goes it alone, bringing the kind of raw, off-kilter but ultimately fun vibe that the label seems to plump for. "Born In 86" is an absolute head driller of a track, looped up but utterly addictive, while "Diastemia" offers a very different kind of disco-infused groove. This personality split runs throughout, ensuring there's never a dull moment diving into any of these sides of wax. Check "The Toy Is Mine" if you need proof that Octopus knows how to throw it down.
Review: House Crime bounce back into the mix following the utterly essential Steven BC release with this sixth jaunt through tough and rough beats from the backalley of the house music story, this time narrated by Anthony Fade. The drums are dirty distorted machine splatters, the synths wobble under the weight of their own fuzziness and the samples crunch like they fell prey to the ropiest of MPCs, and that's precisely why Fade's jams are so damn hot. "Wild 9 (Acid Mix)" is especially potent, using a simple but deadly 303 line and all kinds of hectic textures, and "Bout It" manages to make melodic deep sound as mean and nasty as it ever should.
Review: Daniel Fisher's Physical Therapy moniker has been a guest on some pretty strong labels, including 1080p, Hippos In Tanks, Allergy Season and a whole lot more. He first linked up with DJ Haus via the Unknown To The Unknown label back in 2015, and now he slips over to the sister label House Crime for a sweaty grip of club belters for those who like it ruff. "Vaseline Break" has a choice line in rolling amens and bleepy synths, while "Grater" takes on a straight-ahead techno march. "The Pressure" is a strange, disembodied belter with airy synths and a spacious mix, and "Don't Let Me Be Lonely" brings a little early 90s sass to the table, rounding off a wonderfully old-skool flavoured EP.
Review: Seixlack has been wobbling around many a label since first surfacing on Bliq and 777 in 2015, and their grubby, wonky approach to hardware house music sounds just right on DJ Haus' House Crime label. As is customary with House Crime, you get a whopping double pack of jams to chew on here, and the mood veers from the blown out dream-dance of "Computer Cosmos" to the bunker-dwelling deviant electro blips of "Asa-Delta". With lo-fi distortion guiding the way throughout, Seixlack demonstrates how to use production attitude to bind together disparate moods into one cohesive assault on prim and proper house music. This is gutter-dwelling groove music with a whole lot of heart.
Review: Steven BC has been busy carving out his own niche in the underground over the past year, primarily on the Shall Not Fade label. House Crime were quick to pick up on the distinctive qualities in his lo-fi, pumped up sound and following on from an appearance on House Crime Vol. 1. BC is back with a whopping great double pack of killer jams from the wild side of the outboard brigade. "Drive Over" has a nagging lead line that will turn heads despite its stark simplicity, while "Between The Sheets" plays with boogie tropes and makes them sound delightfully off kilter. Start to finish it's a collection of wondefully grubby but utterly fresh jams.
Review: DJ Haus' ever-expanding deviant house music empire continues to impress with another installment of House Crime, this time committed by Szch. The 12" kicks off with the fast and freaky "Girl I Neva" which borders on juke levels of nagging sample chops, before the script gets crumpled up and tossed at the bin with the wonderfully scruffy rave deconstruction of "Peugeot 106 At Sunrise (Pingers Mix)". "Unconditional (Edit)" brings something a little smoother to the mix, although that underlying weirdness that comes with House Crime releases is still lurking in the wings. "UKLJUCEN TI JE BLUTUT" finishes the EP off in a rowdy yet reflective style - long may the strange tale of House Crime continue.

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Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield has proposed a $201 million operating budget for the 2012 fiscal year, with not a penny set aside for Finley Stadium.
The city has pumped $60,000 each of the past four years to the Stadium Corp., which manages the home of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team. The four-year stretch includes the final two years Frank Burke served as Finley Stadium's executive director and the first two years of Merrill Eckstein's tenure as operator of the 20,668-seat facility.
"That's an absolute killer for us," Eckstein said Tuesday. "We're going to generate a very small surplus this year, around $12,000, and now we'll have to start subtracting $60,000."
Stadium Corp. chairman Bryan Patten is out of the country for most of this month.
Eckstein and Patten addressed the possibility of reduced funding at the February board meeting, but they did not expect to lose the entire amount. Hamilton County also provides $60,000 annually to the Stadium Corp., and UTC is responsible for $10,000 each home football game.
"What we anticipated, quite frankly, was that if they were going to cut supported agencies such as Finley Stadium that they would do it across the board and that we might lose 10 or 15 percent," Eckstein said. "We would have been fine losing 10 percent, or $6,000. We would have been fine losing 20 percent."
Eckstein said the Stadium Corp. will have to "go back to square one as far as the budget is concerned." He added that rental fees could increase but said the problem with that is the potential to lose clients.
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SUTUKOBA, Gambia – Many teenagers in an eastern Gambian town had their lives turned around when a karate champion opened the first school dedicated to instructing the martial art a few months ago.
Saikou Yaffa, the 2016 national karate champion originally from Sutukoba town located 350 kilometers (217 miles) east of the Gambian capital, founded the school with a 60-student capacity in August last year.
“Our main objective is to improve the students’ self-esteem and turn them into better people,” Yaffa told EFE.
Karate is a highly respected and popular martial art in Gambia, where the national karate federation continues to strengthen the name of the small West African country on an international scale.
However, the federation failed to decentralize its activities and ensure the martial art lovers could also practice the sport in rural areas, where almost 40 percent of the country’s two million inhabitants reside.
Those living in rural areas are often deprived of this opportunity because of the absence of nearby facilities, as well as the difficulty of traveling to Banjul, where almost all national competitions take place.
Yaffa’s idea to open a karate school came after he won the national championship in 2016, realizing that many other young people in his village could also make it if they had the chance to be trained.
Meanwhile, one of the school’s students said that he had been “a karate lover since I was a kid. I grew up watching Chinese movies and that inspired me a lot.”
“Without the Sutukoba Karate Club, it would be an impossible dream,” he added.
The karate school also organizes an annual competition in Sutukoba that is attended by hundreds to spectators, many of whom are student parents, who would like to learn about the martial skills the young athletes have acquired throughout the year.
On the eve of the Feb. 16 competition, Yaffa gathered all his students for a final rehearsal at the school, where they kicked, punched and performed defensive movements.
“Tomorrow is a big day. You must remember the tactics you learned and respect the rules,” Yaffa said to encourage the athletes, while reminding them the winner would win a prize and take a certificate.
Sutukoba mayor Kumuntung Jabai, who attended the competition, promised the club a land to build a field for training.
“I am delighted to see how far they have come. Their skills will not only be useful for self-defense, but also to protect our town in case of external attacks,” Jabai joked.
Yaffa said the road has not always been easy without sponsors, not all students have their own kimono as their families cannot afford it.
“The difficulties are numerous. We lack equipment and an adequate space to train. We do it in the school’s classrooms,” he added.


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The pyramid of Kukulkan, ancient, feathered serpent god of the Maya, loomed above us, intimidating despite the modern crowd gathered at its base. It was the fall equinox, and many had journeyed far to see the decent of the god to earth on the side of the stepped temple.
It was late afternoon, and the sun was following its course back down to earth. The sky had been flitting with clouds all day and we wondered if we would be able to clearly see the astrological event. We sat in the shade of a huge banyan tree, some of us on blankets, some on benches. The shade from that one tree was vast enough to be shared by our entire group of eight seekers and still have shade to share.
It was hot and humid. The air was heavy and still. We waited in the heat, thankful for the arching branches of the tree. And then it began. Warm light fell on the pyramid and a shadow began to creep up from the steps. As the sun fell lower on the horizon, the shadow grew, defining the undulating shape of a serpent.
Dark clouds began to gather. The wind picked up as the apparition grew. I could feel the power of the feathered serpent god grow in intensity. A Maya shaman of slight build with a red cloth wrapped around his head began the sing-song chanting of an incantation in Yucatec Mayan. Tree began to bend in strong gusts and dust devils formed, demi-god sized tornadoes made from the red clay in the ruins, and swept across the ground, confused and scattered and throwing their powered earth back into the wind.
Then the thunder started. It rumbled around, as if it were a growling dragon encircling the sacred area. The energy was electric.
The serpent became more defined, its radiant body of light crawling down the pyramid to join with it’s now illuminated carved head. The sun was low in the sky and the energy of the descent of the god was tangible. The thunder grew louder and the shaman declared, “Kukulkan is here!”
We were ushered out of the ruin site as the day came to an end, all of those gathered leaving reluctantly, the energy of the event was still strong, but the park was closing.
I wonder what happened after we left. I doubt such a god, so ancient and powerful, would care if we were there upon his full arrival. The presence seemed to dwarf everything, connecting to the earth itself in a bi-yearly ritual that it shared with the pre-Columbian edifice. For over a thousand years the sun and shadow had been playing its game with the stone steps. For a thousand more it may continue.
I came to Chichen Itza on the fall equinox expecting a lovely event. But the ancient power I felt that day was much more than I expected. I believe in the veracity of Kukulkan, the descending god that comes to visit humankind.

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- Hartung Hans (1904-1989)
Born in 1904, Hartung studied at the Akademie der Schöne Künsten in Leipzig (1924-1926), as well as the Munich Fine Arts School before settling in Paris. In 1944, Hans Hartung enlisted in the Foreign Legion; he was wounded and had his right leg amputated. In 1945, he became a French citizen.
His art translates his nightmares and suffering into abstract and lyrical painting. He covers his canvases and paper with hatching and swirls, large dark masses drawn in Indian ink, oil or pastel. The artist believes that only "tachism" can express the despair of the horrors of war.
Hans Hartung was awarded the Grand Prix at the Venice Biennale in 1960. During his lifetime, he received a large number of tributes and honours. A centre bearing his name, a museum and study centre for his work, has recently opened in Antibes.
Hans Hartung died in 1989 in Antibes.
The present lithograph titled “Gedanken” was originally drawn in 1976 to be part of an album of six original lithographs by Hans Hartung and accompanied with reflections by the writer Ernst Jünger. The album was published in 1987/88 by Erker-Presse in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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KOM_I is from Suiyoubi no Campanella. With clean-cut looks and a distinct vibe, she’s a great performer known for more than just her singing. In this interview we talk with KOM_I about lots of topics regarding music and fashion.
── All of those innovative poses were great!
Oh, I don’t know about that (haha). I’m kind of a contrarian, I tend to be a nonconformist, so I thought I’d do something different from what everyone else has done.
── You’re really into Onitsuka Tiger, aren’t you?
When I first saw their clothing line that was done in collaboration with Andrea Pompilio, there was this mesh item. It was straight out of the 90s. And these thick-soled sneakers too. There was all this chunky stuff made with thick parts, it really brought me back to my childhood. So I got really interested in Onitsuka Tiger, reminiscent of my “I just gotta have that” phase, and that’s what led me to buying my first pair of shoes from them.
── What do you think about these clothes?
The basic design has kind of a high school look to it, but they also seem like quality products. It made me think of that well-cultured “girl from a respectable family” image. I like that mix.
── If you were to make a music video using this kind of outfit, what sort of image would it portray?
I would make it the kind of setting where you’d find squatters who go into vacant buildings, tear out the floor and take up residence there. And then have all these rich kids who each chip in 10,000 yen for a rundown sharehouse somewhere; I’d like to portray the kind of girl who goes back and forth between those two types of places.
I want to show the character contrast of a person who’s the “good girl” at home, but who also likes to take a walk on the wild side.
── So how about you, KOM_I, were you also a “good girl”?
I didn’t really come from a good home, actually (laughs). I was just raised in a regular home, without any culture or the finer points of life.
I always envied those kinds of environments that had visual arts and poetry. So then later, when I came into contact with adults from that kind of background, I feel like that was when I had my first taste of real culture.
── Could you tell us some of your thoughts on the album SUPERMAN?
Well it’s kind of a negative outlook, but I named it that because I don’t think there will be a Superman coming to save us in 2017. We need people who become the link between society and the kinds of feelings people usually have. I don’t want to go through life without anything ever changing, so I’m hoping someday Superman actually will appear.
── Are there any particular tracks on the album that you’d recommend?
Last year I got really into Noh. Inspired by Noh composers Kanami and his son, Zeami, I came up with the idea for the song Zeami. The feeling created by the tense sounds and voices really appealed to me, so that’s what I liked about Noh.
── The song Ikkyu-san is quite the hot topic; do you have any stories about the shooting of the video for that?
The character I played in that, Kyomuzo, broke a folding screen. That was fun. The set artist made it by hand, and there was only one extra, so there was a lot of pressure on me to not mess it up (laughs).
── What kind of stage would you like to set for your upcoming concert at the Budokan in March?
The Budokan has an interesting octagonal design; I’d like to put the stage right in the center, to provide everyone with a good view. I really want to get it just right.
── Are you involved in the selection of outfits that you wear on stage and in shoots?
Yes, I choose who does my hair and makeup, so I just think about what I should wear for each situation. Together with my hair and makeup staff, I try to visualize the look I want to create, and they put together some things for me to wear, and then I choose from them.
── What does the idea of artistic expression mean to you?
I want to put forth a lot of different ideas, first and foremost. And beyond that, I like to branch out with different tools. The music brings out those tools. I can take a complex and delicate vision, and translate it into something that can be interpreted impartially regardless of who experiences it… that’s what I really love about music.
→In next month’s LOOK.2, we’ll have more from KOM_I, including some more personal stuff!


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confesses he’s not shy about spilling onto a stage when opportunity knocks
Image: Donald Hutera, Adriana Pegorer's tango release workshop. Photo: Gigi Gianella www.gigigianella.net
Rules for performers vis a vis most critics: don’t talk to me or touch me, and never ever expect me to become actively involved in what you’re doing.
A fellow critic says she wants to sit back and let the artists do it all for her. That’s not necessarily my style. As this same colleague once usefully explained, the difference between us is that she’s interested in product whereas I’m keen to delve into process.
Honestly, I’m not an exhibitionist. So what is it with me and the oft-dreaded but trendy concept of audience participation? Well, there’s a lot to be said in its favour. Embodied knowledge and all that, which I’d interpret as those things your body/mind/self doesn’t even know it can already do that a workshop or performance might unlock; things to be felt, learnt, realised especially if you sidle past self-consciousness and surrender to the moment.
Generally, then, I’m not shy about taking part in a performance when an opportunity arises. It can be a lotta fun. In the past few months I’ve dressed up in a snazzy (and possibly authentic) 19th-century military outfit as part of The Salon Project, a rather dazzling re-creation of a classic Parisian salon by the Scottish company Untitled Projects, and was unexpectedly invited to vocalise during a work-in-progress sharing by the young UK theatre company Milk Presents. Without thinking about it I launched into the early Liza Minnelli ballad It’s a Quiet Thing. My rendition, however, was something of a misnomer. Suffice to say that the three cast members were comically taken aback by this ol’ show tune queen belting out the entire song. You could say I milked that moment.
Of course not everything I experience in a performance context affords me a chance to rise and shine (or – always a danger with audience participation – make a right fool of myself). That includes a lot of what I witnessed at the ‘international festival of live art, activism and performance’ called SPILL. There, artists have license to do things like pee on stage (as The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein did in Splat!, a lively melange of pop music, post-feminist fairy tales and pseudo-porn) or symbolically de-scale and gut a fish (as Season Butler did in The Woman Who Walks On Knives).
SPILL also offered quieter ‘drama’. One of the most serene examples, and something in which I played a briefly prominent part, was Julie Vulcan’s I Stand In. This Australian artist spent a full day (11am-7pm) at the National Theatre Studios anointing a new body in public every quarter-hour. The premise was that you enter a warm room naked beneath a white sheet, lie down on a brightly-lit massage table and allow Vulcan to rub grapeseed oil into your (discreetly covered) skin. This stylised corpse-washing ritual was a nod to global tragedy and what Vulcan deems ‘the relentless procession of bodies that are you and me and the person down the road.’ According to a handy programme note, ‘In this work voluntary participants each put a face to a number, a presence to a concept and collectively return the cold hard statistic of a death toll to the flesh and blood of an individual and what it means to be mortal.’
There was nothing erotic, let alone prurient, about the experience. Rather, being a living corpse was sensual, solemn and, for those observing Vulcan’s caring task from a respectful distance, possibly profound. I trusted her and was literally in her hands. Nor was there any need to burst into song on the slab.
Elsewhere this past winter I got in touch with my inner Zorro via a two-hour introductory class at North London’s friendly Fighting Fit Fencing club. As our instructor Craig pointed out, the artfully codified sport of parry and riposte is beneficial to dancers because it draws directly upon core body strength. Well-appareled for my own protection, I liked the sweaty cut and thrust of fencing, the click-clack of blades and the precision, speed and need to keep form when wielding (with an almost limp wrist) a lightly-held but weighted foil. En garde!
Last but not least, I dropped in at one of Adriana Pegorer’s improvisational tango workshops. Held in a church in Notting Hill, it was more social than performative and ultimately self-instructive. What did I learn? From Pegorer, that the philosophy of improvisation is based on ‘you kind of know but you never know’. In other words – trust your instincts. An individualised group warm-up – from basic walking to focusing on arms, legs and twisting torso – led naturally to contact with others of all shapes, sizes and levels of dance experience. Soon I’d truly stopped caring what I looked like (even if I did feel I was sometimes klutzing around with preconceived notions of tango style in mind) and surrendered to the flow of motion welling up and spilling out into the stream of energies whirling through the room. For me such freedom, however temporary, equals happiness. It’s one of the most welcome feelings that participation in any kind of dance or performance can bring.
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THE business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in Davao City gets boost after it was cited as the most viable alternative city in the Philippines for the BPO companies, an official said.
In the January 2014 publication assessment of Cushman & Wakefield Philippines, a branch of the New York-based commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield singled out Davao City as the only city in the country being "highly recommended as the best alternative location for BPO activites in the Philippines."
According to the firm's research publication, this is based on the 2012 Business Process Association of the Philippines' Next Wave Cities (NWC) and the geohazard maps produced by the Ateneo de Manila University's Mapping Philippine Vulnerability to Environmental Disasters project.
According to the study, Davao City makes a viable alternative city for BPO companies because it has relatively low climate and geophysical risk and relatively high results in the NWC scorecards for presence of relevant infrastructure and business environment and risk management, solidifying itself as a good alternative to Metro Manila and Metro Cebu for occupiers and tenants.
"With these assessments, foreign property consultants are expected to lay down some of the ground works for BPOs and other related companies to start locating operations in the city to join a considerable number of big players which have already established their presence," said Ivan C. Cortez, officer-in-charge of the Davao City Investment Promotion Center (DCIPC).
At present, some of the major BPO companies in Davao City are Concentrix, Convergys, Ibex Global, Sutherland Global Services, Teleperformance, and VXI Global Solutions.
Cortez said opportunities in the outsourcing business are not only limited to the voice-market but also in other grwoth areas such as in applications and software development, analytics, big data, and mobile.
Aside from the projected boost in the BPO industry, Cortez also projects that the services sector will face challenges this year.
"The challenge lies on how to continually serve and attract a huge market given the uniqueness of the city with due consideration to the restrictions being imposed (smoking ordinance, time limits, restrictions for serving liquor, and operating videoke and similar sing-along facilities)," he said.
Cortez also said Davao City, being a convergence place in Mindanao, "can only mean more opportunities for cashing in on the economic vibrancy that has been enjoyed by business players in at least the last ten years."
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on March 03, 2014.

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For my paper, I decided to build off my Lear paper from earlier in the semester. It will be titled, "A Grave Precedent: Historical Repetition in King Lear". My thesis (in a nutshell) is that Lear is really a cautionary tale, written and performed in the throes of a turbulent political scene, and that this can be proved by taking a look at some of the finer points of Lear's character, and how closely they align with the tragic flaws found in some of Britain's earlier monarchs, (namely Queen Mathilde, Richard II, and Edward II), and that Shakespeare was intending to warn the population of the dangers and pitfalls that can be connected to such ill-fated rulers.
For my source types in this bibliography, I chose to focus on my social and performance sources.
I'll start off with my list of social sources. I found that a couple of them tended to overlap, so I will need to double-check to make sure that's acceptable.
Bowles, Gaylie. Peer/Homie source.
Gaylie is one of my friends in the afternoon class. We ran into each other, and discussed our papers briefly. In that conversation, I was able to really narrow down what I wanted the "legitimacy factor" (why it matters) to be, which was something I was really having trouble with before.
The Literature Network Forums. Peer/Enthusiast sources.
I joined up with a forum for literary discussion and posted some questions/ideas I had with regards to this paper. I figure this will be a good platform from which I can enrich my argument by gaining additional, widespread input from varied sources. http://www.online-literature.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?5895-Shakespeare-Discussion-Group
Siegfried, Brandie. Expert source.
Dr. Siegfried is a professor here at BYU, whose emphasis of study is centered around the literature of the English Renaissance, particularly the works of Shakespeare. I had the privilege of taking a course from Dr. Siegfried a couple semesters ago, and I remember I was greatly intrigued by her perspective on Shakespeare. I will look forward to meeting with her and bouncing some ideas off her, and possibly getting some recommendations on some other experts I could contact with questions.
Moving on to my performance sources:
King Lear (2008), Channel 4 Broadcasting.
This version of the film cast Ian McKellen as King Lear. While we were studying King Lear, I watched this film for a little ways as I read along. I remember being struck by the energy McKellen gave to the role, and I felt it was an excellent, invigorating, and accurate portrayal of Lear's character. This will aid me in the explication of Lear's character, and my comparison to the historic rulers I will be discussing in this paper.
Hiscock, Andrew, Lisa Hopkins, John J. Norton, Peter Silitoe. King Lear: A Critical Guide. London, Bloomsbury Publising, 2011.
This guide to King Lear is essentially a research guide, aimed at aiding the researcher/writer to become more informed with accounts of various stage, television, and audio productions of the play, and notable critical history.
After gathering some of these sources, I feel much more confident about where my paper is going, and how I will present my argument and findings. I look forward to finishing my writing on this!

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In brief: Nvidia’s Ampere-based consumer graphics cards arrive later this year, and we might have got our first look at the potential flagship: the RTX 3080 Ti. We're also hearing rumors that the high-end Ampere cards could use Samsung's 8nm fab process, rather than TSMC's 7nm alternative.
The image was shared by VideoCardz, which claims it comes from an internal Asus meeting where new graphics card designs were being showcased. If that really is the case, this might just be one of several possible designs suggested for the RTX 3080 Ti, though it could be close to the final design.
As with so many other images that appear online, there’s a chance this is a complete fake, but VideoCardz updated their article to stress it really does come from an Asus meeting. That “3080 Ti” and “ROG Strix” text looks like it would be pretty tiny on a final design, though.
The card features three fans and looks quite similar to the Asus ROG Strix 2080 Ti. The two-tone metal, rivets, and angular shape might be a bit love-it-or-hate-it, but it’s certainly better than the RTX 3080 prototype we saw last month.
If this is the real deal, it might suggest we won’t see the rumored RTX 3090, with Ampere adopting the same Turing naming scheme and jumping from the RTX 3080 Ti to the new Titan card. That said, another rumor claims we’ll see an RTX 3080, RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3090, and an Ampere Titan.
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Separately, TechPowerUp reports that the Ampere family of GPUs will be built almost entirely on Samsung's 8 nanometer silicon fabrication process that's derived from its 10nm node, rather than TSMC’s 7nm process. It’s all speculation, of course, but we did hear that Nvidia is tapping Samsung to partly produce its post-Ampere architecture, Hopper.


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(CNN) –– The United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council during a meeting on Thursday. In the poll, 93 people voted in favor, 24 against and 58 abstained.
A Draft resolution, read CNNThe General Assembly stated that it was “suspending the rights of members of the Council who are engaged in serious and systematic violations of human rights.”
The document added that the Council was “deeply concerned” by reports of “grave and systematic and human rights violations” and “violations of international humanitarian law” by the Russian Federation during the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council required a two-thirds majority in the General Assembly. According to the resolution, the referendum suspends the membership rights of the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation. It also decides to reconsider the matter as appropriate.
“Russia’s actions are out of bounds”
Prior to the vote, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Sergei Kislytsia, called on all UN member states to support the resolution suspending Russia from the council.
“The world has reached a critical juncture. We see our cruise ship sailing through deadly glaciers through treacherous fog.
He said Russia’s actions in Ukraine would be “equivalent to war crimes and crimes against humanity.” Although he noted that the decision to suspend a country from the Human Rights Council was a “rare and extraordinary act”, he continued that “Russia’s actions are out of bounds.”
Russia urges UN to vote against
In response, Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Gennady Kuzmin, called on member states to reject the resolution, saying it would “set a dangerous precedent”.
“Today the theater has no time or place, nor is it the time for so many theatrical performances of this kind, as Ukraine has provided. In fact, it has nothing to do with the draft resolution we are considering today and the real state of human rights. On the ground,” Kuzmin said.
The Russian envoy argued that the vote on Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council was “an attempt by the United States to maintain its hegemonic position and full control over its pursuit of human rights in international relations.”
The United States has backed Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations met with the UN on Tuesday. He supported Russia’s suspension of the Human Rights Council before the Security Council.
“Russia should not have power in an organization that aims to promote respect for human rights. This is not only the height of hypocrisy, it is dangerous,” said Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
“Every day we see more and more of Russia underestimating human rights,” he stressed.
In the end, he argued, “Russia’s participation in the Human Rights Council is undermining the credibility of the Council. It is undermining the UN as a whole. It is simply wrong.”
A “clear message”
Luis Sarbonno, director of the United Nations Human Rights Watch, said in a statement that Russia’s suspension was sending “a clear message” to the council that “there is no business”.
“The General Assembly has sent a clear message to Russia’s leaders that its government, which routinely perpetrates horrific human rights abuses, has no job on the UN Human Rights Council,” Sarponno said. “Pucha’s horrific images have shocked people around the world. Victims and their families must be held accountable. War crimes. ”


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It’s been a couple of weeks since my last post so I thought I ought to do something to reassure my reader that I’m still here! With a compromised immune system I’m being a little careful about social interaction but have been very busy indoors including a full day in my makeshift darkroom recently.
Looking at my notes I see I’ve shot over thirty rolls of film this year already, a mix of 35mm and 120 medium format. Twenty six of those I developed before cracking my tank last week so I have five awaiting the delivery of a replacement tank. I’ve opted for a larger tank this time so I can develop two 120 rolls, or three 35mm, at the same time.
A few of those rolls have been created by a newly acquired Bronica ETRS and a trio of lenses (40mm, 75mm and 250mm). I’ve shot medium format many times over the years. I’ve previously shot with a Pentax 645 (the only camera I’ve ever regretted selling), I also have a Hasselblad 500CM, Mamiya C3 TLR and a Mamiya RB67 in my bag all of which I’ve used recently. So I’m no stranger to medium format. But, the Bronica has stolen my heart at the moment. At 6×4.5 it’s the smallest of my medium format cameras but it’s SLR-like handling is a joy. I also have the option to swap in a waist level viewfinder for that traditional MF experience too.
There will be more to come over the months I’m sure but for now stay safe and take care!
Most mornings I wander down to the local newsagent for the wife’s paper and sometimes venture as far as the local supermarket. Reading my recent posts it would be easy to think that I only go out with a film camera these days but that wouldn’t be accurate. My Fuji X100t still accompanies me everywhere.
This morning I took the Diana F+ in order to shoot the last six frames of Lomography 400 colour negative film that had been in the camera for months. It’s a camera I will be selling as soon as I’ve confirmed it’s working properly by developing the roll of film. With those six frames completed I pulled the Fuji out of my pocket and shot the equivalent of a roll of 35mm film with that.
The X100t is an old friend and a camera I’m completely at home with. When the X100f came out I didn’t even look at the specifications of this successor such was my total faith with the “t”. The X100v was released recently, with tilting screen and a new processor, but other than briefly looking at the press release I’ve not even considered it – within the X100 series I’ve found the iteration of this camera that suits me nicely. I did buy the original X100 but it’s idiosyncrasies were too much for me and I sold that camera before returning with the third iteration in the guise of the X100t.
So, three images here all captured whilst I walked to the supermarket this morning using the Fuji X100t digital camera that I carry with me everywhere even when primarily shooting one of my film cameras.
I’m in the process of down-sizing my camera collection and am currently considering my small rangefinder style cameras. Today it was the turn of the Ricoh 35ZF.
Loading with a roll of Berlin Kino black and white film I hit the first key consideration: could I push the film beyond its box speed of 400? It was dull and overcast so rating the film at 800 would have been useful. The ISO selector goes from 64-800 so that was a tick in the box. In the event I chose to rate the film at box speed but it was nice to have the option.
The Ricoh 35 ZF is a zone focus, shutter priority (or fully manual) 35mm film camera from the mid-1970s. It has a fixed 40mm f/2.8 lens, shutter speeds from 1/500 to 1/8 (plus B), and an ISO range of 50-800. When shooting in an urban setting I have tended to set the shutter speed to 1/125th with the Ricoh, putting the aperture on ‘A’ and setting the focus pictogram depending on how close I expect to get to my subject.
The camera’s diminutive size means it fits in the palm of my hand so I carry it without a strap to make it even more discrete. It’s small size and unobtrusive shutter sound, a brief “click”, means I can shoot from the hip as I did for the opening shot here. Pre-setting the aperture and shutter speed and by using the zone focusing pictograms means I can also shoot quickly from the eye too as in the image above.
I won’t comment on the film beyond saying that it has its strengths and weaknesses both of which I tested today. For the very varied lighting situations I encountered today, indoors and outdoors, I would usually use HP5+ but that said there are some images on the roll that I’m very pleased with.
As for the camera, I think that it’s ideal for a walk-around, shoot-from-the-hip camera and I’ve had an enjoyable morning with it.
I’m 90% certain it’s staying in my collection too!
Whilst I’ve been very quiet of late I’ve not been totally inactive. My “365” is still going strong more than eight hundred days after I started it. I’ve even started including the occasional film photograph in the daily upload.
My notebook shows that I’ve developed sixteen rolls of film since the start of the year including my first colour films despite being largely confined to barracks. Whilst I mainly shoot digital for the 365, my main interest lies still with the alchemy of traditional photography particularly the development of my own films and subsequent production of darkroom prints from my tiny corner of the cellar.
Anyway, this was simply by way of letting my reader know that I’m still alive and clicking and hope to get back to blogging my humble efforts very soon.
Well, I teased it a few days ago and today I got back into the darkroom again after an absence of four years or so. I will blog properly soon but in the meantime the first print just before taking it out of the fixing baths and transferring into fresh water prior to washing.
Lomography – love it or hate it, a true lomography image has a very distinct look. Despite being an old-f@rt I love the look of these lo-fi images and have indeed owned a couple of film Holgas for quite some time now. Imagine my delight therefore whilst exploring the world of instant photography for the Instant August project to discover a Lomography instant camera. Even better it was half-price in a flash sale on their website. Just as well because the full retail price is ridiculously expensive for what is in fact a cheap plastic box with an extremely basic, need I say cheap, plastic lens. It’s the one thing that spoils Lomography as a company for me – they price their cameras way too high and whilst the prime target market may well be affluent enough to afford them I for one could not justify that sort of expense. Even at half-price it was pushing things (even so, I told my wife it was half again of what I actually paid!).
Lomography film on the other hand is well priced but this may be because there is a lot more competition in the film emulsion market than there currently is in the production and sale of plastic cameras. I like to be even handed in my criticisms.
One of the things I enjoy about instant photography is the (almost) immediate gratification. Now, it could reasonably be argued that digital photography actually does give truly INSTANT gratification as you can see the image on the LCD screen immediately after pressing the button. However, in my world the final product is a physical print, regardless as to whether it starts life on a piece of plastic or as a series of 0s and 1s is irrelevant to me; the ultimate aim of every image I make is to print it. Now, don’t misunderstand me I do not print every digital image I make, think of the time required if nothing else, but I am always aiming for an image worthy of printing and ultimately hanging on my wall. Instant photography therefore, whilst a side-line in my photographic interests, appeals to me because the objective EVERY time is a print.
What the Lomo’ Instant does is offer me the best of two of my niche interests – lomography and instant photography. I shoot images every day, without exception, but I don’t shoot film, instant film or create images in a lomographically-inspired vein every day. The vast majority of my 365 images for example are straight-forward digital images. Year to date 71% of my 365 images have been made with a Fuji camera for example with only 9% coming from the iPhone and a mere 2% from my instant camera collection, none of which were made with the recently acquired Lomo’ Instant.
I couldn’t tell you exactly why it is for me that lo-fi photographs appeal so much. Perhaps it’s a reaction to the homogeneity of so many technically excellent yet sterile and soulless images that bombard us constantly these days. Or is it the fact that they are deliberately different thus appealing to the inner rebel? The “Perfectly Imperfect” tag sums it up for me quite nicely. These are not perfect images but flawed and therefore somewhat more human as a result – is that what gives them “soul”? Or are they actually just junk and I’m deluding myself?
Before you start shouting hypocrite at me I do know that it is the wonders of digital technology that enable me to share my photographs, instant or otherwise, with a wider audience than the people in my company at any time. The fact is that even if I were not sharing my images online I’d still be making instant prints, I’d still be printing from both film and digital cameras and I’d still be framing prints and hanging them on the walls of my house. The digital sharing is a bonus and a welcome one at that – I’m neither a hypocrite nor a Luddite!
I thoroughly enjoyed my first outing with the Lomo’ Instant and you can bet it will be going out with me again very soon.
When I posted my first 9 in 45 series I chose not to ponder on the experience but to leave it a few days. With the benefit of those few days I’m now ready to jot down some observations.
The linear route for 9/45 #1
1 The first stop was at the top of Salterhebble Hill. A view I’ve seen countless times on foot, from the car and from the top deck of the 503 bus. Yet until the timer stopped me at this point its one I’ve never thought to photograph, and yet it makes a nice image.
2 Stop 2 came a few yards too early for the image I’d usually shoot from this stretch of the canal. With a fixed 23mm lens there was no “cheating” so I was forced to work with what I had. It was the only time on the walk I wished I was working in colour.
3 Spoilt for choice at this spot however in the end the final composition was dictated by the very bright sunlight. I used the overhanging branches to shield the lens and effectively shot into the light here.
4 A simple composition, I love converging lines.
5 One of my favourites from the walk and surprisingly not a composition I’ve shot before. I usually stop five paces further on underneath the bridge and work with the shapes and reflections.
6 This one needed little thought and in fact I’d hoped I wouldn’t find myself stopping at Woodside Mills, somewhere I can rarely resist snapping. I tried to make something a little different from the norm therefore by focusing my attention on the water rather than the brickwork.
7 If I could strike this from the series I would.
8 I’ve had this in mind for a while, but with a view to shooting it with the Holga 120-Pan film camera. I did in fact return the following afternoon and shoot this with the plastic-fantastic toy camera and am looking forward to the comparison.
9 The observant will notice how close this is to image number 8. In fact just the other side of the bridge. A call came through on my mobile phone which I needed to take and I was stood here when the timer went off for image 9. Rather than miss the timings I shot this with the phone clamped between shoulder and ear. An example of total familiarity with the camera being an asset – especially as I decided on a very shallow depth of field and also the diagonal light and shade composition.
Images 1, 4, 5 and 9 are my favourites from the challenge. In fact the only image that I do not like at all is number 7; if I’d been walking slightly faster I’d have had a fascinating old factory building in sight rather than a line of parked cars! Thinking it over now I might have gone for a view down the line of parked cars and tried to do something with converging lines perhaps.
Overall, I enjoyed the discipline that the Challenge imposed. With hindsight I would not have chosen such an oft-trod route, especially for my first go, but hindsight is a wonderful thing. For my next attempt I will chose somewhere less well known. Accepting Mr C’s further challenge I will also shoot in colour, out of my comfort zone, but to ensure I comply I’ll shoot JPEGs which can be posted as-shot.
If you’ve not tried the Challenge then I urge you to give it a go!


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It should have been a simple case of Dragon Pox, but instead it's a window into the daily lives of the characters you know and love.
This story was started (and nearly finished) nine years ago as an expansion of the DH epilogue. I needed closure, and I was happy to share my attempt with the world. But nine years of writer's block brings me back, this time seeking a new beginning.
Genres: Fluff, General, Romance Era: Post-Hogwarts Characters: Ginny, Harry, Hermione, OtherCanon , Ron Pairings: Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny
Advisory: Contains profanity, Scenes of a mild sexual nature, Spoilers
Published: 2007.07.22 Latest Chapter: 2016.09.08 Updated: 2016.09.08 Status: WIP (50473 words)
Harry/Ginny. Ron/Hermione. They’re the perfect couples. Quidditch stars and Ministry of Magic agents. But for Harry, something’s missing. Someone. Someone’s always been missing. Haunted by his past and attempting to move on with his future, Harry struggles with his job, his girlfriend, his best friend and his...Hermione.
Genres: Romance, Angst Era: Post-Hogwarts Characters: Ginny, Harry, Hermione, OC, Ron Pairings: Harry/Hermione, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Ginny/OC, Ron/OC
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I recently (like 4 days ago) adopted a kitten from the local shelter and I just love him. He’s doing very well adjusting to his new home except for one little problem… He won’t shit in the litter box. He pees in there just fine but when it comes time to go poo he keeps going to one corner in the house to do it.
What would cause this? I’m kinda thinking that his litter box might be too small for him but I’m not sure about that. We got him a small litter box to start with because he is so small. I’ve tried spraying the corner with repellent but that didn’t work so now I come to the great QT3 hive mind to ask the question.
What would be the problem here? Is the litter box too small? He does pee in there because we scoop out pee and its not that the litter box is dirty because we clean it after he pees. I don’t think its a matter of him forgetting where the box is because again he does pee in there. Suggestions anyone?
In my experience, kittens are pretty adaptive, so I wouldn’t think that moving the box would cause a disruption to his peeing habit. My first strategy would be to move the box to where he’s pooping.
If he poops next to the box, you might try moving the poop into the box & showing him the box + poop during the day, so his little brain makes the connection.
The only other thing I have to offer is to praise him every time you see him using the litter box for any purpose. Kittens aren’t quite as responsive to human praise as puppies, but the little tyke likely still wants to impress you, so letting him know you’re proud will help.
Put the box where he’s currently pooping, then move it a foot or so each time he poops, toward where you want it to end up.
Take his poop and put it in the box, and then show it to him.
Change the type of litter he’s using–some cats just don’t like using certain types of litter. I’ve recently changed our two cats over to pine-sawdust based litter, for environmental reasons, but I have to put a light coating of clay on top of one of the boxes, because one of my cats refuses to use it otherwise.
I used kitten-specific litter when I had a kitten last October. Darn cute thing showed up on our stoop one day and as my girlfriend was leaving for work the cat ran into our house.
The kitten was clearly a stray, but after bringing home a litter box and filling it with kitten litter and setting the kitten in front of it, the kitten didn’t blink and used until we were able to find it a proper home.
Another thing to consider is getting some spray/cleaner that removes smell. A lot of sporting goods places will have that for hunters (removes suspicious smells from clothing so that deer, etc can’t smell them as easily) or trying placing the kittens poop in the box afterwards so that the little guy knows that’s where it goes.
It’s also a good idea to have multiple boxes at start, or at least a larger one.

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