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Most Talented Celebrities Childrenby BatBanks | created - 26 Sep 2013 | updated - 26 Sep 2013 | Public
1. Jane Fonda
Actress | Klute
Born in New York City to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, Jane Seymour Fonda was destined early to an uncommon and influential life in the limelight. Although she initially showed little inclination to follow her father's trade, she was prompted by ...
Daughter of Henry Fonda
2. Jeff Bridges
Actor | The Big Lebowski
Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, the son of well-known film and TV star Lloyd Bridges and his long-time wife Dorothy Dean Bridges (née Simpson). He grew up amid the happening Hollywood scene with big brother Beau Bridges. Both boys popped up, without ...
Son of Lloyd Bridges
Actor | Wall Street
An actor with over forty years of experience in theatre, film, and television, Michael Douglas branched out into independent feature production in 1975 with the Academy Award-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Since then, as a producer and as an actor-producer, he has shown an uncanny ...
Son of Kirk Douglas
Actress | Coriolanus
On January 30, 1937, renowned theatre actor Michael Redgrave was performing in a production of Hamlet in London. During the curtain call, the show's lead, Laurence Olivier, announced to the audience: "tonight a great actress was born". This was in reference to his co-star's newborn daughter, ...
Daughter of Michael Redgrave
Actor | Two and a Half Men
Charlie Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estévez on September 3, 1965, in New York City. His father, actor Martin Sheen (born Ramon Antonio Gerard Estevez), was at the time just breaking into the business, with performances on Broadway. His mother, Janet Sheen (née Templeton), was a former New York art ...
Son of Martin Sheen
Actress | The Witches
Anjelica Huston was born on July 8, 1951 in Santa Monica, California, to prima ballerina Enrica "Ricki" (Soma) and director and actor John Huston. Her mother, who was from New York, was of Italian descent, and her father had English, Scottish, and Scots-Irish ancestry. Huston spent most of her ...
Daughter of John Huston and Granddaughter of Walter Huston
Actor | 24
Kiefer Sutherland was born in London, England, UK, to Canadian actors Shirley Douglas and Donald Sutherland, who moved to California shortly after his birth. His maternal grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who was a Premier of Saskatchewan for over 17 years and led ...
Son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas
Soundtrack | Cabaret
Liza Minnelli was born on March 12, 1946, the daughter of Judy Garland and movie director Vincente Minnelli. She was practically raised at MGM studios while her parents worked long hours there and she made her film debut at fourteen months of age in the movie In the Good Old Summertime (1949). Her ...
Daughter of Judy Garland and Director Vincente Minnelli
Actor | Ordinary People
Timothy Hutton was born in Malibu, California, to Maryline (Poole), a teacher, and actor Jim Hutton (Dana James Hutton). He set Hollywood ablaze when he burst onto the acting scene in the early 1980s. After only a small number of significant roles in TV movies, he bagged the part of Conrad in the ...
Son of Jim Hutton
10. Mia Farrow
Actress | Rosemary's Baby
Mia Farrow is the daughter of the director John Farrow and the actress and Tarzan-girl Maureen O'Sullivan. She debuted at the movies in 1959 in very small roles. She was noticed for the first time in the film Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski. She showed her talent also on TV and at the ...
Daughter of Maureen O'Sullivan
11. Tatum O'Neal
Actress | Paper Moon
Tatum O'Neal was born on November 5, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Tatum Beatrice O'Neal. She is an actress and producer, known for Paper Moon (1973), The Runaways (2010) and The Bad News Bears (1976). She was previously married to John McEnroe.
Daughter of Ryan O'Neal and Joanna Moore
12. Josh Brolin
Actor | No Country for Old Men
Rugged features and a natural charm have worked for Josh Brolin, the son of actor James Brolin. He has played roles as a policeman, a hunter, and the President of the United States.
Brolin was born February 12, 1968 in Santa Monica, California, to Jane Cameron (Agee), a Texas-born wildlife activist,...
Son of James Brolin and Stepson of Barbra Streisand
13. Sean Astin
Sean Astin is well known for his film debut portraying Mikey in Steven Spielberg's The Goonies (1985), for playing the title role in the critically acclaimed Rudy (1993), and for his role as the beloved Sam Gamgee in the Academy Award winning trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the ...
Son of John Astin and Patty Duke
14. Juliette Lewis
Actress | Natural Born Killers
Juliette Lewis has been recognized as one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile actors of her generation since she first stunned audiences and critics alike with her Oscar-nominated performance as "Danielle Bowden" in Cape Fear (1991). To date, she has worked with some of the most revered ...
Daughter of Geoffrey Lewis
15. Jamie Lee Curtis
Actress | True Lies
Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She got her big break at acting in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). After that, she became famous for roles in movies like Trading...
Daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis
Actress | The Handmaid's Tale
Natasha Jane Richardson was born in Marylebone, London, England, to director and producer Tony Richardson and actress Vanessa Redgrave. She was the sister of actress Joely Richardson, the niece of actors Corin Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, and the granddaughter of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel ...
Daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and Director Tony Richardson; Granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Niece of Lynn Redgrave and Corin Redgrave
17. Gwyneth Paltrow
Actress | Shakespeare in Love
A tall, wafer thin, delicate beauty, Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of noted producer and director Bruce Paltrow and Tony award-winning actress Blythe Danner. Her father was from a Jewish family, while her mother has German, and some English and Irish, ancestry. When ...
Daughter of Blythe Danner and Producer Bruce Paltrow
Actress | Hable con ella
Geraldine Leigh Chaplin was born in Santa Monica, California, to Oona Chaplin (née O'Neill) and legendary entertainer Charles Chaplin (A.K.A. Charlie Chaplin). She is a granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill and a great-granddaughter of stage actor James O'Neill. She attended the Royal Ballet ...
Daughter of Charlie Chaplin and Granddaughter of Eugene O'Neill
19. David Carradine
Actor | Kill Bill: Vol. 2
David Carradine was born in Hollywood, California, the eldest son of legendary character actor John Carradine, and his wife, Ardanelle Abigail (McCool). He presided over an acting family that included brothers Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine as well as his daughters Calista Carradine and ...
Son of John Carradine
20. Angelina Jolie
Actress | Maleficent
Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who became popular after playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become prominently involved in international ...
Daughter of Jon Voight
21. Candice Bergen
Actress | Murphy Brown
One cool, eternally classy lady, Candice Bergen was elegantly poised for trendy "ice princess" stardom when she first arrived on the 60s screen, but she gradually reshaped that débutante image in the 70s both on- and off-camera. A staunch, outspoken feminist with a decisive edge, she went on to ...
Daughter of Edgar Bergen
22. Laura Dern
Actress | Jurassic Park
Laura Dern was born on February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. Dern was exposed to movie sets and the movie industry from infancy, and obtained several bit parts as a child. Her parents divorced when Dern was two and Dern lost contact with her father for ...
Daughter of Bruce Dern and Diana Ladd
23. George Clooney
Actor | Up in the Air
George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney ...
Son of Nick Clooney and Nephew of Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer
24. Lynn Redgrave
Actress | Gods and Monsters
Actress of both the English and American stage and screen, Lynn Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, England, into one of the world's most famous acting dynasties. As the daughter of Rachel Kempson and Sir Michael Redgrave, sister of Vanessa Redgrave and Corin Redgrave, and granddaughter of Roy...
Daughter of Michael Redgrave
25. Natalie Cole
Soundtrack | Pretty Woman
Growing up and living under the huge, daunting shadow of a singing icon can intimidate a son or daughter enough to want to look anywhere else to find their station in life. Those who dared to try to follow in their footsteps, such as Frank Sinatra Jr., found success branching out in other areas of ...
Daughter of Nat King Cole
26. Beau Bridges
Actor | The Fabulous Baker Boys
Beau Bridges was born in Hollywood, and is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife, who was his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Bridges. Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his ...
Son of Lloyd Bridges
27. Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor | Nightcrawler
Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, California, to producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner (née Achs) and director Stephen Gyllenhaal. He is the brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who played his sister in Donnie Darko (2001). His godmother is actress Jamie Lee Curtis. His mother is from...
Son of Director Stephen Gyllenhaal and Writer Naomi Foner
28. Emma Roberts
Actress | We're the Millers
Emma Roberts is the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Eric Roberts, and the niece of Oscar-winner Julia Roberts. She was born in Rhinebeck, New York. Emma was a baby when her parents separated, and she grew up living with her mother, Kelly Cunningham. She was educated at Archer School for Girls in ...
Daughter of Eric Roberts and Niece of Julia Roberts
Actress | Bewitched
Elizabeth Montgomery was born into show business. Her parents were screen actor Robert Montgomery and Broadway actress Elizabeth Allen. Elizabeth graduated from the Spence School in New York City and attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. After three years' intensive training, she made ...
Daughter of Robert Montgomery
Actress | Blue Velvet
Isabella Rossellini, the Italian actress and model who has made her home in America since 1979 and holds dual Italian and American citizenship, was born cinema royalty when she made her debut on June 18, 1952 in Rome. She is the daughter of two legends, three-time Oscar-winning Swedish-born actress ...
Daughter of Ingrid Bergman
31. Carrie Fisher
Actress | Star Wars
Carrie Frances Fisher was born on October 21, 1956 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, to singers/actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. She was an actress and writer known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: ...
Daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher
32. Laurence Fox
Actor | The Hole
RADA-trained Laurence Fox is the third son of the actor James Fox and his wife Mary. He is a rising British actor who has appeared in several important films, plays, and television programs.
He comes from a theatrical family and promises to have an illustrious career ahead of him.
Son of James Fox and Nephew of Edward Fox
33. Jared Harris
Jared Francis Harris was born in London, England. He is the son of Irish actor Richard Harris and Welsh actress Elizabeth Harris (Elizabeth Rees), and brother of Damian Harris and Jamie Harris. Despite his lineage, Jared showed little interest in becoming an actor, until he was cast in a college ...
Son of Richard Harris and Stepson of Rex Harrison
34. Amanda Plummer
Actress | Pulp Fiction
The daughter of Canadian actor Christopher Plummer and American actress Tammy Grimes, Amanda Plummer was born in New York City on March 23, 1957. Her breakthrough role came when she starred opposite Robin Williams in The Fisher King (1991). However, Plummer may be best remembered for her work in the...
Daughter of Christopher Plummer
35. Miley Cyrus
Soundtrack | Hannah Montana
Miley Cyrus was born in Franklin, Tennessee, the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife, Letitia Jean "Tish" (Finley). She has five siblings - two half-brothers, a half-sister, and a younger brother and sister. Her birth name is Destiny Hope Cyrus, because her parents hoped she ...
Daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus
36. Nancy Sinatra
Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Nancy Sandra Sinatra was born the first child of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbato Sinatra on June 8, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Her first television appearance was with her father and Elvis Presley in 1959. She first appeared as a film actress in For Those Who Think Young (1964) and Get ...
Daughter of Frank Sintra


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Regional Forages Program Scheduled
Written by WKTN Staff on July 9, 2019
Hardin County – Many alfalfa and forage stands across the state took a beating this winter and the wet spring has added insult to injury. Forage stands were damaged this past winter, and the wet spring has further deteriorated stands that appeared they might recover. So what are the options to assuring a forage supply for the future?
A Forages for the Future Program will be held on July 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the St. Henry H.S. Commons located at 391 E. Columbus St. in St. Henry, Ohio. During this program discussions will be held addressing the current forage situation and to look at best practices for forages. Discussions will include alfalfa variety selection and establishment, forage options other than alfalfa, weed control in alfalfa and other forages, forage harvesting best practices, and feeding considerations with a varied forage inventory.
Presenters include Dr. Mark Sulc, OSU Extension Forage Specialist, Dr. Jeff Stachler, OSU Extension Educator from Auglaize County, and Dr. Maurice Eastridge, OSU Department and Animal Sciences. The program is free to attend but registration is requested by July 22 by contacting Denny Riethman at Riethman.email@example.com or calling the Mercer County OSU Extension Office at 419-586-2179. The St. Henry FFA, Mercer Landmark, and Dairy Farmers of America are sponsoring supporters of this program.
Article written by Denny Riethman, OSU Extension-Mercer County and edited by Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension-Hardin County.

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Pot is illicit in Granger. Even in Netherlands it is prohibited… it’s just tolerated. Don’t get killed or kidnapped over it! It is not worth it.
Growing weed in Granger, IN can save a lot of frustration and money.
It provides safety and reliability, but you have to prepare yourself.
Where to grow weed in Granger, IN?
Light is the single most important ambient condition of what you can provide your plant with - more than water. Without adequate light your weed will die. And without bright light, don’t plan on getting crop. The most important issue is to protect your cannabis plants from discovery. So indoor growing is the safest way of growing pot in Granger, IN.
The best growing practices
Growers often argue about which cultivation method gives higher yields.
Hydroponics is a system of growing cannabis plants in nutrient solutions without soil.
Hydroponic system excludes insects.

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The Notice of Race is posted, and registration is open for the 2018 J/22 World Championship hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club in Maryland from September 10-14. Annapolis Yacht Club had a devastating fire during the holiday season 2015, and this World Championship will be the first major regatta to be hosted in the new venue. Racing will run from Tuesday, September 10 through Friday, September 14. Plan on leaving Saturday, as the Friday night awards bash will be one for the books. Measurement will take place Sunday and Monday prior to racing getting started. Once you are measured in, be sure to take in the many historic sites that Annapolis has to offer, including the US Naval Academy, and the historic downtown waterfront. Keep in mind that Washington DC and Baltimore are only a 20-minute car ride away. If you are looking to get to know the venue a bit better, come early for the Annual Labor Day Regatta the weekend prior. Information for this event will be shared as the regatta date nears. You will be able to leave your boat between the events.
International teams, please contact Brad Julian (firstname.lastname@example.org) for charter boats and logistics.
Most importantly, come ready to have a great time! AYC has a top Race Committee on hand, some awesome evening events planned, and is one of the best fall sailing venues around. For complete event details and to register, visit https://www.annapolisyc.com/racing/2018j22worlds.

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A few links to reviews, articles, sites, etc. of the Diversity in Literature concern from around a small portion the blook blogosphere, accumulated over the past week or so.
–Elyse Dinh-McGillis reviews a mystery/thriller for Shelf Awareness: Dana Haynes’s Gun Metal Heart (Minotaur 2014). “Daria Gibron–former agent for Israel’s Shin Bet (secret service) and now freelance operative–is recovering from injuries incurred during her previous escapade, Ice Cold Kill. […] the cinematic action is fun, and a crash course in the history of the former Yugoslavia helps make this a smart summer thriller.”
–Kerry McHugh reviews Beneath the Darkening Sky by Majolk Tulba (One World 2013, orig. 2012) for Shelf Awareness. “is as heartbreaking as it is beautiful, giving us the story of a young boy who must fight to defend himself against conditions worse than any human–let alone a child–should ever be forced to endure. As a novel of resilience and identity, and of what lengths we are willing to go to survive, it is at once harrowing and haunting, shedding light on the continuing horrors of child soldiers.”
–Edi at Crazy QuiltEdi reviews Jacqueline Woodson’s brown girl dreaming (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin 2014) a Middle-Grade fiction, arguably for anyone. “For me, a Black woman of the same generation who grew up in Ohio with a mother from Mississippi, I quite often found myself pausing and connecting to the story while I daydreamed about my own life. But, this book wasn’t written for me. Will teens relate? Will they find themselves in the spaces Woodson creates when she talks about teeth, not being as smart as, about grandpa’s love and forever friends? I think that they will not only find themselves in these nuances, but they’ll also see how they fit into the larger stories of their family, community and history itself.”
—Publisher’s Weekly looks at Scott Westerfield’s latest Afterworlds (SimonPulse 2014). “During National Novel Writing Month, Darcy Patel, 18, pounds out a “Hindu paranormal romance” that earns her an advance hefty enough to fund a college education. Alas, Darcy has other ideas, moving to Manhattan to do rewrites and deferring admission to Oberlin. What follows are two stories, told in alternating chapters: Darcy’s path to publication, and the final draft of the book she wrote, also titled Afterworlds. […] An ambitious concept, well executed. Ages 14–up.”
–Grace at Books Without Any Pictures reviews How to Be Black by Baraturnde Thurston (HarperCollins 2012). “Race is one of those taboo topics that people (myself included) aren’t comfortable talking about. Since Baratunde Thurston writes for The Onion, I hoped he’d be able to talk about racial issues with humor and levity. I’d consider it a success.”
–Grace also reviews The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (William Morrow 2013). “So, The Ghost Bride was a really weird book. I can’t say that I loved it, but I will say that it was rather unusual and stands out from many of the other books I’ve been reading recently. The whole book is rather surreal, and reminds me rather strongly of the Hayao Miyazaki film Spirited Away (which I loved, don’t get me wrong). […] I’d recommend The Ghost Bride if you’re in the mood for something out-of-the-ordinary. Yangsze Choo sculpts a Chinese afterlife that as fascinating as it is macabre.”
—Books Speak Volumes reviews Virgins by Radhika Sanghani (Berkley 2014).”Virgin is a fun read, for what it is. It’s not the most literary thing I’ve ever read, but it was light and funny and relatable. Ellie’s obsession with losing her virginity is a bit annoying at times, but by the end of the novel, she comes around to a healthier attitude toward sex, realizing that it’s okay to be a virgin, and it’s okay to be a slut (not my choice of word) — that women should do as they please and not be ashamed about it — whatever it is.”
–Lee & Low features an article on “Thoughts on Ferguson and Recommended Resources.” “There are no easy ways to teach children about what’s happening in Ferguson, but here are couple links we’ve come across that help illuminate the issues and, perhaps, let us find teachable moments.”
—Poets & Writers shared a film/trailer-–Winter in the Blood–Sherman Alexie has invested in. Looks excellent! “This forthcoming film by Alex and Andrew Smith is based on the James Welch novel of the same title, published by Harper & Row in 1974.”
–YAY!! “Louise Erdrich wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s Distinguished Achievement Award“!! “The Dayton prizes are meant to recognize literature’s power to foster peace, social justice and global understanding, and the distinguished achievement award is given for body of work.”
—As[I]Am! presents “Deaf Brown Gurl:” An Interview with Sabina England. “In this interview, we sat down with deaf South Asian writer and performance artist Sabina England and discussed working in different languages and media, navigating multiple marginalized identities, and Sabina’s latest film called Deaf Brown Gurl.”
—Harriet shares how “Archipelago Books will honor Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o at its upcoming ten-year anniversary. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is a writer of novels, plays, journalism, essays: his contributions to African literature are far-reaching into the realms of many genres of African literature, including poetry.”
——Booklists, sites, etc.——-
—“It’s time to sign up to participate in A More Diverse Universe!” BookLust is hosting an important and easily doable challenge. go here to sign-up. “For those who have not heard about #Diversiverse before, it’s a very simple challenge. For those of you who have participated in the past, it’s even easier this year. The criteria are as follows: Read and review one book; Written by a person of color; During the last two weeks of September (September 14th – 27th).
–Have you heard about Willow Books (the literary imprint of Aquarius Press)? “The mission of Willow Books is to develop, publish and promote writers typically underrepresented in the literary field. An independent press with a woman of color at its helm, Aquarius Press/Willow Books is recognized as an industry leader for its commitment to artistic development.”
I shared the other Behind the Book lists last week, here is the High School (NY-centric) recommended reads.

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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
HONOLULU (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a binder containing sensitive court documents in a prison gang case was found at a Honolulu restaurant.
They say in a court filing that defense attorney Marcus Sierra should have to explain how the binder ended up there Tuesday. Sierra says he doesn't know if the binder is his or how it ended up at the restaurant.
A former Halawa Correctional Facility guard was convicted last week of taking bribes from the "USO Family" prison gang to smuggle drugs to inmates. A Halawa inmate was found guilty of leading a brutal assault for the gang.
There was testimony during the trial that gang members use court documents to try to find out who's snitching.
Prosecutors say if the binder fell into the wrong hands, it would have dangerous consequences.


Systems and topology overview
IBM® UrbanCode® Deploy includes several systems, including a server and one or more agents. You can configure multiple topologies, including ones that use high availability, disaster recovery, and so on, to meet your needs.
The following system topologies, including diagrams, are shown. For explanation of the system components, see the Description of systems.
Core topologyThe core installation of IBM UrbanCode Deploy includes a server, agents, and a license server. Clients access the server through web browsers, the REST API, or the command-line client. Agents can be installed on cloud environments, virtual machines (VMs), containers, or physical systems; the agents are shown on cloud systems in the following diagrams, but they can be installed on many different systems.
With this topology, the server can create environments on clouds that use virtual system patterns (VSPs), such as IBM Cloud Orchestrator and IBM PureApplication® System. To create environments on other clouds such as Amazon Web Services, SoftLayer®, VMware vCenter, and Microsoft™ Azure, you must install the blueprint design server and at least one engine, as described in the blueprint design topologies.
For more information about supported clouds that use VSPs, see Modeling environments for clouds that use virtual system patterns.
To install the core components, see Installing IBM UrbanCode Deploy.
Blueprint design topologiesTo work with blueprints on clouds via OpenStack Heat, including OpenStack-based clouds, Amazon Web Services, SoftLayer, VMware vCenter, and Microsoft Azure, you must apply a topology that includes the blueprint design server and engine. (In previous versions, these systems were part of IBM UrbanCode Deploy with Patterns.)
Installing a standalone engine
Extending Heat orchestration engines
To install and configure an agent relay, see Installing agent relays.
High-availability clustered topologiesHigh-availability topologies use multiple servers. These servers can all be running at the same time to share the load (as in a clustered topology), or they can be waiting for another server to fail (as in a cold standby topology). The following diagram shows a clustered topology in which a load balancer distributes connections to three servers. Users connect directly to the load balancer, which sends them to an active server. Agents connect via HTTP and HTTPS to the load balancer. The servers store their files on a shared database and file system.
To configure a cluster of servers, see Setting up clusters of servers.
You can also cluster blueprint design servers and engines. In this case, you install one or more blueprint design servers and engines, and set them each to access the same database and shared file system. Similarly, a load balancer distributes traffic to the blueprint design servers and engines. The following diagram shows a clustered topology with three engines and three blueprint design servers, connecting to one or more non-OpenStack clouds:
To connect to OpenStack-based clouds, the topology is different because the Heat engines are installed via the OpenStack server, not via IBM UrbanCode Deploy:
Disaster recovery topologiesOne way to prepare for disaster recovery is to have a cold standby system, including a stopped server and a replicated copy of the database and file system. The following diagram shows a simple topology with a cold standby server and related resources on standby.
To configure a cold standby system for the server, see Adding cold standby servers.
To configure disaster recovery for the blueprint designer, see Configuring disaster recovery for the blueprint design server.
For more information about ports, see System requirements and performance considerations.
Description of systems
- IBM UrbanCode Deploy server
- The IBM UrbanCode Deploy server stores components, processes, and other elements with which you model automated application deployments. You run automated deployments from the server.
- Web browsers
- Web browsers are the main way that users interact with the server and blueprint designer. The IBM UrbanCode Deploy browser-based GUI is a Rich Internet Application (RIA) that maintains much of its functionality in the browser. Clients interact with RESTful (representational state transfer) services on the server as needed.
- Command-line client
- The command-line client provides access to the server through the command line. It can automate functions on the server, such as creating components and applications, and provides most of the features that are found in the browser-based GUI. The command-line client is also built on top of RESTful services. See Command-line client (CLI) reference.
- REST API
- The REST API provides access to the server through HTTP. Like the command-line client, it can automate functions on the server, such as creating components and applications.
- The server and the blueprint design server have separate REST APIs. Each command in the server REST API has an equivalent command in the command-line client; however, commands in the blueprint design server API do not have command-line equivalents. See Extending product function.
- The agents run processes on target systems. Agents can run on physical computers, virtual systems, or cloud systems. See Agents.
- Agent relays
- An agent relay is a communication proxy for agents that are located behind a firewall or in another network location. See Agent relays.
- Blueprint design server
- This server hosts the blueprint designer and controls access to blueprints, the files that describe network topology for applications that you provision to different clouds. It also hosts the cloud discovery service, which provides information about the available cloud resources to the blueprint designer. (In previous versions, this system was the IBM UrbanCode Deploy with Patterns design server.) For more information about using the blueprint designer, see Modeling environments for clouds through OpenStack Heat.
- The Heat engine is an installation of the OpenStack Heat orchestration engine with IBM extensions. The engine manages cloud infrastructure, provisioning resources from clouds, updating those resources, and deleting them. To connect to non-OpenStack clouds, you install the Heat engine that is provided with IBM UrbanCode Deploy, which includes the extensions. To connect to OpenStack clouds, you extend an existing Heat engine by adding the extensions to it. (In previous versions, this system was the IBM UrbanCode Deploy with Patterns Heat engine.)
- Rational® Common Licensing License server
- The license server provides licenses to the server.
- For more information on the license server, see IBM Rational Common Licensing.
- Keystone Identity Service
- This service provides authentication tokens to the OpenStack system. The blueprint design server requires it. If you do not have a Keystone service, you can use one that is provided with the Heat engine.
- The clouds host virtual resources. When you create environments with blueprints, the server or engine provisions resources on the target clouds. For information about supported clouds, see Integrating with cloud systems.
- CodeStation stores component versions and artifacts. It is part of the IBM UrbanCode Deploy server.


FORMER Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro’s lawyers had no sooner let it be known that she was suing the club for constructive dismissal before she was spotted among footballers at an awards evening…
Mail Online posted these shots from a Sky Sports report after Carneiro was spotted on parade at the Best of Africa Awards in central London. She was there alongside players such as England women’s star Eniola Aluko and former Arsenal, Birmingham and Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba.
Former Chelsea boss Avram Grant was also there to pick up an award, while Yaya and Kolo Toure, Yannick Bolasie Louis Saha and Odion Ighalo were honoured at the event.
She seemed in good spirits at the awards night.
Carneiro and physio Jon Fearn treat Eden Hazard – the incident that angered Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho in August’s draw with Swansea – and led to her being demoted from first team match-day duties.
After Liverpool increased the pressure on Jose Mourinho by beating his Chelsea side 3-1 at Stamford Bridge, Reds defender Mamadou Sakho tweeted this picture along with the message: “Great victory today.”
Liverpool striker Christian Benteke, 24, came off the bench to score the third goal in that game. He tweeted: “Hard Work Pay Off!!! Thank you to all the fans all your Great support!! YNWA.”
Manchester United legend George Best’s boots are to be given the same treatment ancient artefacts dug up at archaeological digs get – in a bid to preserve them for future generations at the National Football Museum. (Sunday People)


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So-called “ESG investing” or “sustainable investing" exploded over the last decade. But with it came significant confusion as to what businesses actually mean by “ESG” or “sustainable,” and how and to what extent these concepts are actually being put into practice. The absence of government regulation or agreed metrics led to two basic concerns: first, that investors and other stakeholders cannot compare ESG claims across funds and companies; and, second, that investors and other stakeholders might be inadvertently or deliberately misled by “greenwashing.” These concerns prompted, at recent count, over 300 proposed voluntary ESG disclosure standards and metrics. Such standards have been proposed by, among many others, the Global Reporting Initiative, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, the United Nations Global Compact, the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, and the Climate Disclosure Project.
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) was formed to bring some uniformity to these overlapping frameworks. At the COP26 conference in Glasgow in late 2021, representatives from the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change announced their intention to create a set of global ESG disclosure standards. In June of this year, the ISSB made good on its promise by announcing two new sets of standards for ESG disclosures (the “Standards”). These standards are an explicit attempt to provide a “comprehensive global baseline” for corporate ESG disclosures and represent a potential resolution to several outstanding issues in the ESG space—particularly when it comes to climate-related disclosures.
I. Overview of the Standards
After 18 months of input gathering, the ISSB released the new standards on June 26, 2023. The Standards are quite broadly applicable and, in principle, purport to cover the ESG disclosures of nearly any entity that provides regular financial disclosures “irrespective of whether the entity’s related general purpose financial statements are prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards or other generally accepted accounting principles or practices.” The Standards carry forward the original structure envisioned in an ISSB working paper published soon after the body’s creation. Specifically, there are two separate sets of standards relating to different sets of disclosures: (1) general disclosure requirements for all sustainability-related risks and opportunities, and (2) specific climate-related disclosure requirements. These standards are respectively labeled International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) S1 and IFRS S2. Each standard includes within it several key policy determinations intended to clarify outstanding points of confusion in the ESG space.
IFRS S1: General Disclosure Requirements
IFRS S1 is the broader of the two standards and sets forth a generally applicable method for identifying the subjects that should be disclosed and the content of those disclosures.
First, IFRS S1 prescribes what a business should disclose. The standard requires disclosure of all “sustainability-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity’s cash flows, its access to finance or cost of capital over the short, medium or long term.” The term “sustainability-related risks and opportunities” is intentionally broad. It covers all risks and opportunities that “arise out of the interactions between the entity and its stakeholders, society, the economy and the natural environment throughout the entity’s value chain.” This is intended to include both a business’s “dependencies” and “impacts”—meaning, that businesses should disclose both how environmental and other socio-political issues will impact them and how they will impact the environment and society. To date, one of the most troubling issues with ESG has been that investors often expect ESG disclosures to address the latter set of considerations, when in reality many disclosures address only the former. IFRS S1 attempts to clarify this issue by providing that both facets of ESG must be considered and disclosed.
To balance this broad applicability, IFRS S1 includes a materiality threshold similar to Rule 10(b) in the United States, which requires public companies to disclose information that would impact a reasonable investor’s decision to invest in the company. However, the definition of materiality under IFRS S1 is arguably even broader. Under the standard, information is material if it would “influence decisions that the primary users of general purpose financial reports” would make, rather than just a “reasonable investor.” No further clarification of these terms is provided, and given that materiality is an entity-specific inquiry, the standard seems to leave some ambiguity as to what businesses must uniformly disclose.
Second, IFRS S1 sets forth broad guidelines for the content of disclosures. For each risk or opportunity as defined above, the standard prescribes that businesses should disclose four categories of information:
- Governance: How risks and opportunities are identified and managed, including the governing body and officer(s) responsible for identifying risks and opportunities.
- Strategy: A summary of the risks and opportunities faced by the business (see above) and a summary of its strategy for addressing them.
- Risk management: How risks and opportunities are incorporated into the larger corporate strategy.
- Metrics and targets: Metrics and progress toward any internal targets set by the business to address risks and opportunities.
Of these four categories, metrics and targets are the most important. IFRS S1 does not mandate any particular ESG-related goals. But it does require businesses to disclose how they measure progress toward their own goals and the methods underpinning the analysis. The standard requires disclosure of how each metric used by the business is calculated, defined, and whether it has been validated by a third party (and, if so, which third party). Where a business uses qualitative metrics and targets to measure its progress toward ESG-related goals, Appendix D of the standard sets forth several requirements, such as comparability to alternative metrics or targets and verifiability with corroborating evidence reviewed by the business’s board. The standard does not clarify what a qualitative target may be, but the ISSB likely contemplates that companies will use external rankings or evaluations that are not easily quantified. These requirements are the ISSB’s chief attempt to limit “greenwashing,” a practice where companies make unverifiable or inflated claims about their environmentally and socially conscious practices.
Overall, IFRS S1 sets forth a two-step approach to ESG disclosures. First, the definitions of “sustainability-related risks and opportunities” and “materiality” are designed to create a uniform but flexible standard for identifying ESG-related issues that should be included in a business’s disclosures. Second, the four categories described above clarify the content of required disclosures. Rather than mandating specific disclosures, IFRS S1’s focus is on making disclosures verifiable. Arguably, this is consistent with the ISSB’s intention of creating a global baseline, rather than a complete, universally applicable set of disclosure requirements.
IFRS S2: Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements
IFRS S2 relates specifically to a company’s climate-related disclosures. While IFRS S2 deals with a narrower subject matter, it requires broader disclosures for the risks and opportunities that fall under its umbrella. And the standard provides more specific guidance than IFRS S1 on what businesses must disclose when it comes to climate change.
While both IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 require disclosure of “risks and opportunities,” IFRS S2 further breaks out climate-related risks into two categories. First, the standard requires disclosure of climate-related physical risks, which relate to how the business’s operations may be affected by the physical results of climate change (e.g., sea level rise). Second, the business is required to disclose “climate-related transition risks,” which detail how its operations will be affected by its own efforts or any legislative/regulatory action to mitigate climate change. Notably, the standard lacks a materiality threshold, and instead provides only that businesses need not disclose risks and opportunities that “could not reasonably be expected to affect an entity’s prospects.” This is somewhat more rigid than IFRS S1, in that it is not dependent on what a primary user of the company’s disclosures (the standard under S1) would consider. It reflects an apparent policy judgment by the ISSB that climate impacts are always material, as opposed to the broader set of risks that could be disclosed under IFRS S1. Nonetheless, the standard does attempt to balance the burden of identifying climate-related risks and opportunities by requiring only that the company consult “all reasonable and supportable information that is available to the entity at the reporting date without undue cost or effort.”
In several key respects, IFRS S2 is more specific than IFRS S1. While IFRS S2 requires the same four categories of disclosure as IFRS S1 (governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets), the metrics and targets requirements in IFRS S2 are significantly more prescriptive in terms of scope and methodology. IFRS S2 requires disclosure of the business’s progress toward its own climate targets, as well as a summary of all the business’s carbon emissions, including Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions. The standard requires several specific disclosures about the business’s internal emissions reduction targets, including the scope of emissions (1, 2, and/or 3) covered by the target; the year the business expects to reach its target; and whether the business intends to use carbon credits to satisfy its target. The inclusion of Scope 3 emissions requires the business to disclose all emissions caused by other actors in the business’s value chain, which has previously been controversial in the ESG space. This is because it can be extremely burdensome—if not infeasible—for a business to reliably estimate all emissions throughout a complex supply chain. To address this uncertainty, the ISSB has also promulgated industry-specific supplementary guidance on what Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions a company must disclose.
Equally notable, IFRS S2 prescribes how business must measure the impact of climate change on their operations. Namely, the standard requires an exact calculation of the amount and percentage of the business’s assets that are exposed to identified climate-related risks and opportunities, as defined above. The business is also required to disclose how it calculates its internal carbon price, and how the price factors into its costs and pricing analyses.
The inclusion of specific climate-related metrics in IFRS S2 is a further policy choice on behalf of ISSB. While many other environmental and political issues are covered in IFRS S1, the second standard represents a determination that a business’s relationship to climate change is among the most important factors to many ESG investors, and therefore warrants more detailed treatment with a more specific set of disclosures
II. Impact of the Standards
The ISSB expects that businesses will begin implementing the climate-related disclosure standards in 2024 but Scope 3 emissions will not need to be calculated under IFRS S2 until 2025 and no aspect of IFRS S1 will need to be implemented until 2025. Given that the ISSB has no regulatory power, the standards’ impact will depend on how broadly they are adopted and the size of the markets that adopt them. Right now, those prospects seem mixed. An impressive list of large economies has indicated that they are strongly considering adopting the standards, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore and the United Kingdom. However, while both the United States and European Union have announced that they will align with the ISSB, they appear unlikely to adopt the standards because of their own approaches to regulating ESG disclosures. For instance, the EU has already implemented a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive which came into force on 5 January 2023, and adopts a ‘double materiality’ standard. Further, in the United States, the SEC appears on pace to finalize ESG rules that will take a different approach from the ISSB in some material respects. For example, unlike IFSR S2, the SEC’s proposed rule would require disclosure of Scope 3 emissions only if they are material or already considered in the company’s internal emission-reduction goals. Given growing political opposition to regulation of ESG investing in the United States, it is uncertain whether the SEC’s final rule will require the disclosure of Scope 3 emissions.
Nonetheless, there is reason to think the standards may become an informal benchmark across the global economy. First, they were developed with significant input from many of the world’s largest asset managers and owners, which would suggest that many prominent businesses support at least large portions of the standards. Several voluntary reporting organizations have also expressed their support for the Standards, such as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (which was folded into the ISSB). Second, within the United States, political considerations have made the future of ESG disclosure rules uncertain. A large number of stakeholders have voiced opposition to the current draft of the SEC climate disclosure rule and litigation challenging the rule is almost certain. Third, and perhaps most importantly, global ESG disclosure standards may be more appealing to businesses than a patchwork of inconsistent national regimes. Therefore, even if the standards do not obtain sufficient international buy-in to become truly binding, there is a likelihood that many businesses will treat them as a useful tool.
Indeed, this appears to be a result that the ISSB has anticipated to some extent. The ISSB has announced the creation of a “Transition Implementation Group,” which is designed to assist entities using the standards to prepare their first ESG disclosures. Therefore, while the standards’ path to widespread implementation by national governments may be unclear, there is a good likelihood that they will become a common voluntary baseline for ESG disclosures.
If widely adopted, the standards could be a meaningful step towards more consistency and transparency in ESG-related disclosures. Currently, many investors are forced to rely on a plethora of ESG metrics published by different companies and rating agencies that employ inconsistent methodologies.
However, while IFRS S2 prescribes a relatively detailed set of climate-related metrics and targets, IFRS S1 (covering other ESG considerations) is more nebulous and may not lead to a truly uniform set of disclosures. For example, IFRS S1’s failure to prescribe when qualitative or quantitative metrics should be used could allow businesses to select between them—and their different disclosure requirements—to conceal or accentuate certain ESG factors. Ultimately, while the standards should provide more consistent disclosure—and therefore reduce opportunities for business to make misleading ESG-related statements—they are, alone, unlikely to eliminate the risk of confusion and greenwashing.
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 See generally Karin Rives, Even As ESG Market Narrows, Money Managers in the Space Prioritize Climate, S&P Global (Dec. 14, 2022), https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/even-as-esg-market-narrows-money-managers-in-the-space-prioritize-climate-73499895. While in 2022 the amount of capital under management dropped for the first time since the emergence of ESG investing, in 2022 $8.4 trillion were still under management in ESG funds in the United States alone.
Quinn Emanuel, ESG and Its Critics (Oct. 22, 2022) https://www.quinnemanuel.com/media/5xynejp0/client-alert-esg-and-its-critics-final.pdf
 For a fuller comparison of these standards, see David A. Cifrino, The Rise of International ESG Disclosure Standards, Harv. L. Sch. Forum on Corp. Gov. (June 29, 2023), https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2023/06/29/the-rise-of-international-esg-disclosure-standards/.
 IFRS, IFRS Foundation Announces International Sustainability Standards Board, Consolidation with CDSB and VRF, and Publication of Prototype Disclosure Requirements (Nov. 3, 2021), https://www.ifrs.org/news-and-events/news/2021/11/ifrs-foundation-announces-issb-consolidation-with-cdsb-vrf-publication-of-prototypes/.
 IFRS, ISSB Issues Inaugural Global Sustainability Disclosure Standards (June 26, 2023), https://www.ifrs.org/news-and-events/news/2023/06/issb-issues-ifrs-s1-ifrs-s2/.
 IFRS S1- General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information ¶ 8, available at https://www.ifrs.org/issued-standards/ifrs-sustainability-standards-navigator/ifrs-s1-general-requirements.html/content/dam/ifrs/publications/html-standards-issb/english/2023/issued/issbs1/ [hereinafter “IFRS S1”].
 See IFRS Tech. Readiness Working Grp., Summary of the Technical Readiness
Working Group’s Programme of Work at 6-8 (Nov. 2021), available at https://www.ifrs.org/content/dam/ifrs/groups/trwg/summary-of-the-trwg-work-programme.pdf.
 IFRS S1 ¶ 3.
 IFRS S1 ¶ B2.
 Id. See also IFRS S1 ¶ B3 (“For example, if an entity’s business model depends on a natural resource—such as water—the entity could both affect and be affected by the quality, availability and affordability of that resource.”).
 John Quinn, How The Lack Of Unified ESG Metrics Creates Litigation Risk, Forbes (Mar. 15, 2022), https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/03/15/how-the-lack-of-unified-esg-metrics-creates-litigation-risk/?sh=28b8d9d35522.
 Compare IFRS S1 ¶ D8 (“Information is material if omitting, misstating or obscuring that information could reasonably be expected to influence decisions that the primary users of general purpose financial reports make on the basis of those reports, which provide information about a specific reporting entity.”) with Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano, 563 U.S. 27, 38 (2011) (“[the] materiality requirement is satisfied when there is a substantial likelihood that the disclosure of the omitted fact would have been viewed by the reasonable investor as having significantly altered the total mix of information made available.”) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
 IFRS S1 does, however, incorporate by reference prior industry specific ESG standards like those of the Sustainability Standards Accounting Board to assist companies in evaluating materiality. See, e.g., IFRS S1 ¶¶ 58(a), B20.
 IFRS S1 ¶ 25.
 Id. ¶ 50.
 Id. ¶¶ D17-D24.
 See, e.g., id. ¶ 50(b) (providing examples of qualitative metrics, including “such as a red, amber, green—or RAG—status”).
 See, e.g., BBC, Oatly Ads Banned Over 'Misleading' Environmental Claims (Jan. 26, 2022), https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60128075.
 IFRS S2- Climate-related Disclosures ¶ 1, available at https://www.ifrs.org/issued-standards/ifrs-sustainability-standards-navigator/ifrs-s2-climate-related-disclosures.html/content/dam/ifrs/publications/html-standards-issb/english/2023/issued/issbs2/ [hereinafter “IFRS S2”].
 IFRS S2 ¶ 3
 IFRS S2 ¶ 4.
 IFRS S2 ¶ 11 (emphasis added).
 IFRS S2 ¶ 29(a).
 IFRS S2 ¶¶ 33-37.
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scope 3 Inventory Guidance, https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-3-inventory-guidance (last visited Aug. 17, 2023).
 See IFRS, Accompanying Guidance on Climate-Related Disclosure (June 2023), available at https://www.ifrs.org/content/dam/ifrs/publications/pdf-standards-issb/english/2023/issued/part-b/issb-2023-b-ifrs-s2-climate-related-disclosures-accompanying-guidance-part-b.pdf.
 IFRS S2 ¶ 29(b-d).
 IFRS S2 ¶ 29(f).
 IFRS, ISSB Decides to Prioritize Climate-Related Disclosures to Support Initial Application (April 4, 2023), https://www.ifrs.org/news-and-events/news/2023/04/issb-decides-to-prioritise-climate-related-disclosures-to-support-initial-application/.
 See IFRS, supra note 5.
 Rochelle Toplensky, Forget the SEC, International Climate Reporting Standards Could Become the Global Baseline, Wall St. J. (June 26, 2023), https://www.wsj.com/articles/pro-take-forget-the-sec-international-climate-reporting-standards-could-become-the-global-baseline-ea01d05a.
 See SEC, SEC Proposes Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (Mar. 21, 2022), https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-46. However, as discussed above, IFRS S2 does not have a materiality standard.
 Nat’l L. Rev., ISSB Takes The Lead On Global Sustainability Disclosure Standards – Will The U.S. Follow? (July 6, 2023), https://www.natlawreview.com/article/issb-takes-lead-global-sustainability-disclosure-standards-will-us-follow.
 IFRS, supra note 5 (“The ISSB developed IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 with the benefit of extensive market feedback and in response to calls from the G20, the Financial Stability Board and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), as well as leaders in the business and investor community.”).
 SASB, SASB Standards and Other ESG Frameworks (last visited Aug. 16, 2023), https://sasb.org/about/sasb-and-other-esg-frameworks/.
 Mike Scott, Investors Hail End to ‘Alphabet Soup’ of Sustainability Disclosure with New ISSB Standards, Reuters (July 31, 2023), https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/esg-watch-investors-hail-end-alphabet-soup-sustainability-disclosure-with-new-2023-07-31/
 See IFRS, About the Transition Implementation Group on IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 (last visited Aug. 8, 2023), https://www.ifrs.org/groups/tig-ifrs-s1-and-ifrs-s2/.
 Kelly Anne Smith, Greenwashing And ESG: What You Need To Know, Forbes (Aug. 25, 2022), https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/greenwashing-esg/.

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Did you know that time-outs can potentially lead to psychological and emotional problems in your children? Research has shown that time-out is ineffective, and does not improve behavior. I will be sharing alternatives to time-out that helps your child calm down, learn to regulate their emotions and develop problem solving skills.
What is time-out?
Time-out happens when your child is removed from the fun, isolated to a corner where he doesn’t receive any attention from anyone.
Why is time-out ineffective in the long run?
Think about what goes on in your child’s mind when he is at time-out:
“Mummy only loves me when I do the right thing.”
“Daddy doesn’t understand me.”
“I feel scared.”
“I hate mummy!”
“It’s not fair!”
When your child is emotional, he is not able to access his prefrontal cortex (the part of the brain that does decision making, problem-solving, etc) and reflect on his actions. During the time-out session, he is probably feeling fear, resentment, frustration… there is no reflection going on!
NO TIME-OUT, WHAT DO I DO INSTEAD?
What can you do then? How do you react when your child misbehaves and refuses to cooperate?
“Connection moves a child from reactivity to receptivity.”– Dr. Dan Siegel
Remember, we want to connect with our children before teaching them.
5 alternatives to time-out that actually work
Instead of leaving your child alone at the corner, bring him close to you. Supportive relationships can help develop neural connections and calm your child down. When he is ready, attune to his emotions, and work to fix the problem together.
2. Positive time-out
The difference between time-out and positive time-out is that the kids CHOOSE to go to their own space to calm down. This calming corner is filled with their favourite things and helps them to relax, gain control of their upstairs brain while they learn to reason and rationalise. (For children under 3, parents are highly encouraged to join them in the positive time-out and teach them soothing techniques)
3. Draw a picture, do some art
You don’t have to be an artist to try this out. Grab a paper, doodle or write words about what happened. Provide simple art supplies and paper, allow your child to express his feelings. Work on problem solving together.
4. Provide a second chance
Believe that your child is capable of good behaviour. Tell him that he can do the right thing, and give them the opportunity to try again. Let them deal with the natural consequences of their actions. Children like to receive positive affirmation, encourage your child when he makes an improvement in his behavior.
5. Hold family meetings
Use this opportunity to gather family members and talk about the family’s values and rules. Address the misbehaviors and set boundaries as a family. I suggest involving your children while setting the rules so that they can take ownership. In addition, this is suitable for kids who can verbalize their thoughts (3 years and up should be a good age.)
Note: Only carry out meetings when everyone is calm and connected, not when kids are crying or when you are fuming mad.
TIME-OUT FOR PARENTS, TIME IN FOR CHILDREN
When we are overwhelmed, it is important to remember that the children need you to be a role model and stay calm. Hence, I recommend a time-out for the adults, to breathe, reframe the mind, and then help your dysregulated children.
The next time you are tempted to send your kids to the time-out corner/ naughty corner/ thinking chair… try out one of these tips. My favourite is time-in for sure. Its the fastest way for me to connect with my children.
Do you have other effective discipline tools, do share them with me in the comments below!
To find out more about how to manage children’s outbursts, sign up for my free Managing Meltdowns 5-day email series, where I provide authentic case studies and step-by-step suggestions on how to share your calm instead of joining in the chaos.
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The Buccaneers have announced several roster moves on Tuesday. The team signed tight ends Cameron Brate and D.J. Williams to the active roster. Tampa Bay also waived wide receiver Marcus Thigpen, tight end Ted Bolser and cornerback Quinton Pointer from the practice squad, per the team's official website.
The Buccaneers have released cornerback Quinton Pointer on Saturday, according to NFL.com. Pointer spent his first two seasons with the Rams and appeared in only eight games over that span before signing with Tampa Bay in the offseason. He has registered six total tackles.
The Rams ruled receiver Tavon Austin (ankle), guard Harvey Dahl, offensive tackle Mike Person, defensive end Sammy Brown, running back Daryl Richardson (thigh), cornerback Quinton Pointer and defensive tackle Matt Conrath inactive for the game at Seattle.
Among the Rams inactive list for Week 16 are two offensive players who are sidelined by injuries. Wide receiver Tavon Austin (ankle) and running back Daryl Richardson (thigh) headline the team's inactive list, as unveiled prior to kickoff Sunday against the Buccaneers. Additionally, offensive linemen Harvey Dahl, Mike Person (illness) and Brandon Washington, defensive lineman Matt Conrath and defensive back Quinton Pointer are all out of uniform for Sunday's game.
Wideout Tavon Austin (ankle) and guard Harvey Dahl (knee) highlight the injury report produced Sunday by the Rams. Also among the injured on the list is running back Daryl Richardson (thigh). The healthy scratches are defensive tackle Jermelle Cudjo, tackle Mike Person, defensive back Quinton Pointer and guard Brandon Washington.


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The Dayton Metro Library is presenting The Color of Law Community Conversations, Wednesday, September 15, with two sessions: 12 - 1 pm and 7 - 8 pm.
Faculty from the Wittenberg University and the University of Dayton will lead this free, Zoom discussion about the notable book,The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein. Rothstein’s book offers insight into how the U.S. became so racially segregated, and how policies such as redlining continue to shape our lives and experiences today. Free copies of the book are available for checkout at Dayton Metro Library Branches and the Clark County Public Library.
This program requires advanced registration. To register, or for additional information on this program click here, or contact the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.


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January 16th, 2014
Episode 517 of 1329 episodes
Matthew Sweet talks to director Steve McQueen about his new film '12 Years A Slave' and assesses this year's Oscar nominations, among them Gravity starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, and The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonardo Di Caprio and directed by Martin Scorcese. Plus the poet Fred D'Aguiar, anthropologist Kit Davis and the historian Madge Dresser discuss slave narratives.
In a time where we're all threatened by a rhetoric of hate from the people in power; A Gay And A NonGay challenges many of our differences head on and promises that no matter who you are, or what you're into (Bruce Springsteen or Britney), love is love and gay and nongays can be friends.

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When Lord Freud’s remarks about disabled people and the minimum wage became public, many people, myself included, reacted quickly and with anger. Did we over-react? Taking his words in context, was Lord Freud being "compassionate" as some of his defenders claimed, in wishing to find ways of getting severely disabled people into work?
When the banks wrecked the economy, people were angry: angry with politicians, bankers, and super-rich tax dodgers. Movements like Occupy questioned the very foundations of our global capitalist economy. Voters needed a party or a leader who would understand their anger, who would reject business as usual politics and teach the establishment a lesson. So what did that establishment need?
Welfare reform: fixing broken Britain, or an abuse of human rights?
As Iain Duncan Smith was being lauded at the Conservative Party Conference for ending ‘a culture of dependency’ through welfare reform, one wondered how many people present knew or cared about one significant but unmentioned fact.
A war between Christians and Muslims which seems never-ending. Religious leaders who tell the faithful that if they die fighting a ‘holy war’ they will have eternal life. This was the scenario in the Crusades of the mediaeval period, and the religious leaders who promised such rewards for martyrdom were the Popes, the leaders of Christendom.
The Chancellor’s Conference speech contained a statement about disabled people and benefits which was misleading, but went largely unchallenged by the mainstream media. Mr Osborne promised a two year freeze on working age benefits if the Conservatives are re-elected but made a point of saying, "disability benefits will be excluded". Is that true?
Democracy: let's take a leaf out of Scotland's book
In the Scottish referendum, people voted who had never voted before, often in areas where the status quo means foodbanks and poverty. The prospect of a record turnout shook Westminster politicians out of their complacency, forcing them to rush up to Scotland in a panic. Imagine if we could make this happen throughout the UK, at the next General Election?

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Lair's controls might've kept you from loving the game, but shouldn't have affected your appreciation of the soundtrack, which you can now download from iTunes. The soundtrack, which just received a BAFTA nomination for Best Original Score, is an unlockable extra in the game, but why go to that much work when you can just snag it with a click?
You'll have to do a search for "John Debney Lair" to find the soundtrack in the iTunes store. Hopefully this trend of releasing game scores on iTunes becomes standard practice for all games, not just a few high-profile titles here and there.
Lair Score Now on iTunes! [Playstation.Blog]


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C. Northcote Parkinson earned modest fame with his axiom that Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. While generally used to explain bureaucracies, we might attempt to apply it to other spheres of public service as well.
Elsewhere in this edition, Bainbridge Island City Council members ruminate on the demands some would argue, the evolution of local elected office. Our inquiries were piqued by a recent council contemplation of how to get younger citizens to run for office. Implicit is the notion that, given the amount of work that comes with council service, only retirees, those of independent means, or folks from households with a second breadwinner can afford to serve. Other working professionals are said to be excluded by virtue of their career and other personal demands.
Is more expected of todays council members, or do they expect more of themselves? Asked another way, the question might be whether there are really are more problems in search of solutions, or whether this council simply has more solutions.
Ample evidence exists to support either argument. The number of ordinances introduced an extremely rough measure of output, given the many aspects of council work has fluctuated over the last decade, but has remained stable at 53 per year for the past three years. (By comparison, the 1999 council floated 71 ordinances, the 1997 council just 39). If output isnt increasing, is the council tackling tougher problems, or are the problems themselves taking more time?
There does seem to be an urge to tinker, both by council and city staff. Much time and effort has been thrown at required updates to our various long-range plans. But do we really need zero-based reviews, or might we not simply determine whether existing plans have major flaws, and if not, call it good?
The mayor also suggests that this council feels a need to involve itself in administrative matters that ought to be left to the mayor and career management. But the fact that some candidates ran and won on a platform of improving city services suggests that island citizens shared a perception that Something Must Be Done. Its hard to fault council people for trying to do what they promised.
Council demographics do seem to be changing. The first post-annexation council had four working professionals two attorneys, a financial manager and an environmental planner. But even then, the group often relied on its retired members for the daytime work. And were not sure changes since then have to do with the demands of the council job, or the demands of careers in an increasingly difficult economy.
One suggestion has been higher pay for the council. But aside from the financial implications which could also involve office space, equipment and staff support we wonder whether a $20,000 annual stipend would induce many folks to take four years out of a high-paying career.
Looking at our city council, our friend Parkinson might have asked: Which comes first the problem, or the desire to fix something? And our community may have to consider how much fixing it wants.
We generally query council hopefuls on their experience and qualifications, their views on the issues of the day. As candidates begin lining up for the four council seats that will be up this fall, voters may also want to ask candidates how they hope to define the job itself.


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Are you looking for a way to make blogging easier? With little bits of planing and effort along with a few tips, you’ll be well on your way to making your blog run smoother. Today’s blogger is striving to help you achieve blog-balance with her six tips to help make your blogging life easier!
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Two folks had been killed and every other injured when a passenger trainer collided with a bike close to the Indus Freeway toll plaza in Punjab’s Rajanpur Monday evening.
Rescue volunteers showed that the sufferers had been shifted to a district headquarters medical institution. The deceased had been known as Shahzad and Mohammad Ali. They had been each from Balochistan’s Dera Bugti.
The passenger trainer used to be on its approach to Rawalpindi from Rajanpur.
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Many people love their Chihuahuas and want to spend as much time with them as possible. The lifespan of a dog is 10 to 13 years and depending on the type of dog, you might get a little more than this. I did some research on the lifespan of a Chihuahua and came across the following answer:
So what is the lifespan of a Chihuahua? How long can you expect to enjoy their company? Chihuahuas live for about 12 to 20 years, which is significantly longer than the lifespan of an average dog. And in some cases, Chihuahuas have been known to live up to 22 years.
I know the thought of spending two decades with your Chi has you jumping for joy. And you should be since these tiny and energetic dogs make for great pets. However, for them to live long, there are a few things you need to know, and we will cover them in this article.
Why Do Chihuahuas Live So Long?
The exact reason why Chihuahuas live so long is unknown, but there is some speculation as to why this is the case. The secret to their longevity is believed to be their small size. Basically, since they grow at a slower pace, the progression of age-related diseases is slow as well.
As you know, dogs age at an accelerated pace compared to humans.
For example, a 10-year-old Chihuahua in human years is actually 53 years old, and a similarly-aged Great Dane is actually 66 years old. So if you consider how long Chihuahuas live in human years (12 to 20 years), their Chihuahua years come to 61 to 93 years.
As for what age a Chihuahua dies, it largely depends on how well you’re taking care of the little pooch. There are many factors that affect the lifespan of a Chihuahua. Here are the most important ones to look out for:
- Overall Health: A healthy Chihuahua with great oral health, is vaccinated, neutered and goes for regular check-ups will live longer.
- Diet: A well-balanced and nutritious diet will prolong the lifespan of your furry friend.
- Weight: Maintaining a healthy weight for your canine buddy will prevent life-shortening conditions like diabetes and heart disease.
- Levels of Activity: Activities, such as playing fetch or taking a walk, will not only make your Chihuahua happy, but they will also prolong the canine’s life.
- Gender: Female Chihuahuas usually live one to two years longer than males.
- Genetics: “Good genes” will prolong the lifespan of your Chihuahua.
What Health Problems Do Chihuahuas Have?
As your Chihuahua grows, health problems will start to rear their ugly head. Due to their small size, there are specific problems that you have to be aware of. So what are Chihuahuas prone to? Here are their most common health problems:
Also known as a luxating patella, a dislocating kneecap is a common problem among Chihuahuas and other small dog breeds. Your pooch might limp or hang one foot in the air to avoid the pain. This health problem will greatly affect your Chi’s quality of life.
When your Chihuahua’s tracheal (windpipe) collapses, your little doggie will have trouble breathing. The biggest sign of this problem is a honking cough. A collapsed windpipe is an emergency, requiring you to act immediately to prolong your furry friend’s lifespan.
Low Blood Sugar
Also known as hypoglycemia, low blood sugar can cause anything from your Chihuahua feeling weak and dizzy to shivering and shaking a lot to having fainting spells. You need to act quickly when you notice symptoms of hypoglycemia before it becomes diabetes.
Chihuahuas and other small dog breeds are also prone to a particular heart disease known as valve disease. If left unchecked, it can lead to heart failure. Early detection and treatment is the key to extending the Chihuahua’s lifespan.
Common during the cold season, you might find yourself asking: why is my Chihuahua shaking so bad? Their small size and high metabolism cause rapid heat loss in their body. Although this is not really a health problem, this is something that can lead to one if you don’t warm up your pup.
What Can I Give My Chihuahuas For Their Health Problems
When your Chihuahua is experiencing health problems, there is usually something you can do. The quicker you act, the more likely it is that you will save your pup’s life. And even when they develop chronic conditions like arthritis, you can still give them something to improve their quality of life.
While severe dislocating kneecap will require surgery before it develops to arthritis, many Chi owners have found that a leg brace helps delay the process. A leg brace, such as the AGON Small Dog Leg Brace, will keep your Chihuahua’s kneecap (patella) in place. This significantly improves their quality of life.
Supplements also help with conditions like luxating patella (dislocating knee). A good supplement is Doggie Dailies Glucosamine. This supplement contains all the minerals, vitamins and nutrients needed to keep your pup’s joints strong and healthy. And since they are soft chews, your Chihuahua will definitely love them.
A Trip To The Local Vet Or Animal Hospital
For conditions like collapsing windpipe and low blood sugar, you need to visit the local vet or animal hospital when you notice the symptoms. If the collapsing windpipe is severe, the dog will require surgery. As for low blood sugar, a change of diet is what usually does the trick.
When it comes to valve disease, your Chi needs to get on a treatment plan immediately once they have been diagnosed. The vet will prescribe various drugs to keep your Chihuahua healthy. However, none of them are cures, as this is a chronic and progressive disease.
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In the case of shivering, just put a dog sweater or throw a blanket on your furry friend to keep them warm.
How To Take Care Of Chihuahuas? Preventive Care For Chihuahuas
With the numerous health problems that your Chi can experience, it can be worrying. However, there are a number of things you can do to ensure your pup lives a long and healthy life.
Every dog requires a specialized, dog-specific diet to live healthily. Ollie has got you covered on this front. They make nutritious meals with human-grade ingredients for dogs using a profile based on the information you provide.
Ollie’s meals contain high-quality meats, fruits and veggies, and superfoods filled with omega-3s. Plus, the food has zero preservatives and artificial flavors. They deliver regularly to your doorstep so your Chi always has enough to eat while maintaining a healthy weight and lots of vibrant energy.
Your little four-legged friend should be taken to the veterinary for regular checkups and vaccinations. Vaccinations, in particular, are a good idea since they prevent your pup from getting sick. Your pup will be around people and other dogs, making it easy to catch something if unvaccinated.
A sedentary lifestyle is not good for your Chi, as this type of lifestyle is known for decreasing lifespans in both humans and pets. Little-to-no physical activity can harm your Chihuahua’s health, from causing obesity to compromising their immune system. Take your pup out for a daily walk for 20 to 30 minutes.
Oral care for Chihuahuas is crucial. Due to the small size of their mouths and the presence of many teeth, their mouth is overcrowded. This makes it hard for your dear Chi to clean their own mouth, making it easy for plaque to build up.
The end result? Tooth and gum disease will develop. To avoid this from happening, brush your Chihuahua’s teeth at least twice daily.
What Do Chihuahuas Usually Die From?
There are a number of things that can cut the life of your beloved Chihuahua short. I know that if we lived in a perfect world, you wouldn’t be on the lookout for signs that your Chihuahua is dying. This just makes it all the more important to make sure that they remain healthy and safe.
One of the biggest killers of Chihuahuas is heart disease. This disease will appear in many Chihuahuas once they reach their advanced years – 14 years old or older. Heart disease can come in the form of heart failure, arrhythmia and heart valve problems.
Excessive Trauma Or Impact
Another big killer of these lovely pups is some form of excessive trauma or impact. If you don’t watch your pooch closely, they can get into fatal accidents. Someone can step on them, a car can run them over or they can fall or be dropped from a dangerous height.
Bacterial And Viral Infections
Bacterial and viral infections have also robbed many Chihuahua owners of their beloved pets. The most common ones (for all dogs) include rabies, parvovirus, distemper, sepsis and leptospirosis. Any of these can lead to the untimely departure of your furry friend, so don’t take them lightly.
Infections From Tooth And Gum Disease
Chihuahuas and other small dogs are extremely vulnerable to tooth and gum disease, most commonly the Periodontal disease. While tooth and gum disease won’t kill them, if left unchecked, the resulting infections will. One of the biggest infections is pneumonia with its high death rate among dogs.
Can Chihuahuas Die From A Broken Heart? Dogs, including Chihuahuas, are extremely loyal and can feel intense grief when separated from their owners, especially due to death. But can they die from this? Yes. Such grief can be intense that the dog will stop eating and their immune system will become compromised due to stress, contributing to the dog’s death.
What Is The Longest Living Chihuahua? One Chi has earned the title of the oldest Chihuahua in human and canine history. The honor of the longest lifespan of a Chihuahua goes to Megabyte. This 20-year-old Chihuahua lived a long and happy life. Megabyte almost made it to 21 years, too – Megabyte died at 20 years 265 days.
How Long Do Teacup Chihuahuas Live? A Teacup Chihuahua is not some special type of breed; it is just a Chihuahua that is smaller than a regular-sized Chihuahua. With that said, you can expect a Teacup Chihuahua to have the same lifespan as any other dog of its breed. That means these mini Chihuahuas still live for about 12 to 20 years.

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Cambodia: Join the campaign to free jailed union leaders
Rong Chhun, President of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU), was arrested on 31 July for incitement to commit felony by making comments on farmland losses and border irregularities between Cambodia and Vietnam. Sor Saknika joined protests demanding his release, and she was arrested for incitement on 7 August.
The global trade union movement and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have launched an online campaign with LabourStart to gather support to free the two jailed union leaders.
More information is available on the EI Website
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Digital out of home company Inlink has launched lifestyle content platform, CityLife which will focus on consumer engagement.
Check out the full release below for all the info.
“Inlink Breathes Life into the City with New Content Platform
Inlink, Australia’s largest and fastest growing digital-out-of-home media company, will today launch CityLife, a first of its kind, lifestyle content platform.
A national audience of 1.5 million viewers will now be updated with the new “Live, Work & Play” lifestyle content channels both online (www.citylife.com.au) and also via a network of 2500 digital screens installed across 850 city locations including office towers, cafes and fitness centres.
CityLife focuses on consumer engagement and was established after surveying the existing audience, which enabled Inlink to develop content relevant to their major interests.
On developing the project, Managing Director Oliver Roydhouse commented “CityLife is a natural evolution for our business, aiming to enhance the experience of CBD professionals in captive moments as they go through their day. Providing updates on health, fitness, inner city entertainment, and all things lifestyle will ensure deeper engagement across all our platforms.”
Inlink has secured global partnerships with key industry leaders in lifestyle content to bring together a premium selection of content. As a leading health and lifestyle content producer in the U.S, and with over 4.5 million monthly views, Greatist.com is highly regarded for delivering fresh market leading content in the fields of fitness, health and happiness. CityLife will localise Greatist’s forwarding thinking and thought provoking content for the Australian market.
Similarly, CityLife’s tag team partnership with Australia’s iconic, cutting edge and comprehensive guide to all city happenings, Timeout Australia will optimise CityLife’s ‘Play’ content with reviews of bars, restaurants and upcoming events tailored specifically for each city.
A combination of its fast growing online community and the ability to nationally broadcast content to thousands of digital screens across multiple CBDs ensures the presence of CityLife is one that is felt across Australia; bridging the gap between virtual and physical reach.“
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Laser therapy has been used for years in humans and has recently been adopted in veterinary medicine. It helps relieve pain and discomfort; many pets usually show significant improvement. This form of therapy is pain-free, non-invasive and completely safe for your loyal companion.
What is laser therapy?
Laser therapy uses light energy to target areas of the body and stimulate healing. A Class 4 Laser is used to penetrate deep tissues. The light encourages good changes in the cell, which promotes healing, increases blood flow, and reduces pain. To discuss laser therapy for your pet, please reach out to us at 604-856-7707.
What conditions can be treated with laser therapy?
There are many conditions that can be treated with laser therapy. It has proven to be very useful in pets who are sensitive to medications, not fit for surgery and in arthritic cats who don’t want to swim or exercise. Here are the conditions that can be treated with laser therapy:
- Open wounds
- Ligament tears
- Nerve and spinal cord injury/surgery recovery
- Hip dysplasia
- Post-surgical treatment
- Kidney stones
How many sessions of treatment will my pet need?
We usually start laser therapy treatment with six sessions over three weeks (although the amount varies depending on the patient). During the first treatment, your pet will feel immediate results. We continue treatment with monthly visits to reduce the need for medications.

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Please help Ruby!
Ruby is a project that is independent and free. I (Irana Douer, an illustrator from Buenos Aires Argentina) started it 6 years ago just for fun and little by little has become bigger and more serious. Last year I had the amazing opportunity of getting Ruby’s book (Ruby: Otherworldliness) published by Gestalten and this year i had the pleasent surprise of being selected for ArteBA, which is Argentina’s biggest art fair. It is a great opportunity to make a further step and luckily make Ruby not only an online project buta n actual real one. I would like Ruby to get a space, have an exhibition room and a store section for artists to show their work and also make a living out of it by selling what they do.
ArteBA is a 5 day art fair in which all the major galleries have their own booth and there’s a special area called Barrio Joven (“Young Neighbouthood”) in which 17 new projects get a chance to have their own booth and show young new artists. It is an amazing opportunity to show collectors, gallerists, curators, critics, etc, what the project is about and also show them , what we believe are, the new promises in art.
The thing is that, as you may know, Ruby is for free. I don’t even pay for the web space because it was generoustly donated by our good friends of unaradio.com.ar, and the art fair booth costs money: the rental, the lights, the security insurance, etc.
So here is where you participate. If you have been enjoying of Ruby’s issues for the past years and you believe it is a project that has something different to offer, please give us a hand! You can donate whatever you can (everything is appreciated it) or I have made different offers for you to get something in return.
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Using Kerala’s conventional puppetry in a music video by director Emcy Joseph throws open a world of prospects for the artwork type
Kochi’s metro practice gliding over tracks, a visitors sign, the Biennale, a Royal Enfield bike or for that matter a soccer match don’t function in Tholpavakoothu, a type of shadow puppetry historically carried out in Kerala temples. Director and advert filmmaker Emcy Joseph made an uncommon resolution when he selected to make use of Kerala’s artwork type in his music video, ‘Mindi Meettam’. The video is receiving rave opinions for its crossover enchantment.
Conventionally Tholapavakoothu makes use of leather-based puppets to inform tales from the Kamba Ramayana.
“COVID-19 protocols place restrictions on filming with one having to work with a decreased crew. It made me consider alternate options,” says Joseph of utilizing the medium. With this video the director of the Malayalam movie Vikruthi turns singer and composer. That is his maiden music professionally and the lyrics are by Shahul Mezhathur.
The music required extra folks to speak a way camaraderie regardless of all that’s being missed because of the pandemic — busy roads, folks, the sights and sounds. “I wished a medium that would specific motion, present issues that transfer,” he says, disclosing that he did toy with the thought of utilizing sand artwork and determined in opposition to it due to its managed actions.
He zeroed in on Kerala’s shadow puppetry and its practitioners in Kerala at Tholpavakoothu Kalakendram, Palakkad. “It was a brand new, trendy expertise for us as properly,” says Rajeev Pulavar, a member of the workforce of puppeteers who collaborated with Joseph. Utilizing the shape in a music video got here with its set of challenges: the primary was if it might be executed. Particularly with its references to modernity, soccer gamers and their actions had been a problem, Rajeev confesses.
Joseph concurs, “The first concern, on each side, was ‘will it work?’” The idea demanded a completely completely different set of not solely puppets but additionally a brand new repertoire of actions. Rajeev agrees, “Every minute motion needed to be proven. We had been making changes whilst filming was on.”
Since making puppets out of leather-based takes time, cut-outs of the metro practice, soccer, gamers and cell phone had been fabricated out of thick paper and board. “We used leather-based for a couple of, and are actually changing extra from this into leather-based to make use of it for different initiatives,” Rajeev says.
The filming was executed at Palakkad, on the Tholapovakoothu Kala Kendram’s theatre over the course of 24 hours, with seven puppeteers working in tandem. Your complete course of — from making puppets to the ultimate video — took a month. The time Joseph spent on the mission helped him perceive the potential for the medium and the scope of puppetry.
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- Rajeev Pulavar hails from a household of practitioners of the artwork type, within the custom for the final 13 generations. His father, Kalashree Ramachandra Pulavar, a Sangeet Natak Akademi award-winning artist led the workforce. His grandfather, additionally a Sangeet Natak Akademi award winner, KL Krishnan Kutty Pulavar launched the capsule type of tholpavakoothu for the stage, encapsulating the 10-hour lengthy performances to smaller codecs of an hour or an hour-and-a-half for stage.
- “Though the artwork type has moved out of temples and is carried out on phases, being utilized in a music video was a brand new experiment. It has been tailored to inform secular tales, theatre and for Authorities consciousness campaigns reminiscent of COVID-19 and ‘Break the Chain’,” says Rajeev.
With post-pandemic restrictions, content material creators are looking out for different and conventional artwork types reminiscent of this. Joseph feels this can be a viable choice. “Using conventional artwork types works on two ranges — it will generate employment for the practitioners and the fee could be low-cost. In regular circumstances the artwork is confined to temple festivals, with many of the income coming from there. What a couple of scenario like now? You’ll be able to create genuine animation utilizing puppetry,” Joseph provides.
Says Rajeev, “So long as puppetry was seen as a standard, narrative-based artwork type, folks noticed restricted potential. However this video has modified the notion. Individuals see it as an efficient medium of visible communication.”

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