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Archive/File: imt/tgmwc/tgmwc-18/tgmwc-18-170.06 Last-Modified: 2000/09/11 [Page 59] THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal will not sit in open session on Saturday next, nor will it sit in open session on any Saturday in the future unless it gives notice that it is going to do so. Yes, Dr. Thoma. DR. THOMA (counsel for the defendant Rosenberg): Mr. President, yesterday I mentioned an affidavit of Dr. Heinz Oppert, Reichshauptstellenleiter. I have now received this affidavit, and I have also already conferred with Mr. Dodd about it. I now beg the permission of the High Tribunal to submit this affidavit. Mr. Dodd has no objections to the submission of this affidavit. May I read a very brief passage from this affidavit, Mr. President? THE PRESIDENT: Can you tell us what the affidavit is about? DR. THOMA: Yes, Mr. President. This Dr. Oppert had the Office of Ideological Enlightenment in the office of the Fuehrer's deputy for the supervision of the entire ideological and intellectual training of the Party. Concerning this activity and this office he testified that it involved almost exclusively a reporting and registration of events in this sphere. Any active interference in the Church policy of the State or the Party would not have been possible even if they had wished it, for this office had no executive powers of any kind. There were constantly very intense differences with the State and Party organizations which participated in this sphere of activity, between the Propaganda Ministry and the Church and the SD and Party Chancellery. The suppression of certain ideological groups and sects as well as the measures taken against individual clergymen, as far as I know, were taken by the SD or the Gestapo, without the knowledge or authority of this office. I am asking the High Tribunal to take judicial notice of this document. THE PRESIDENT: Very well. DR. THOMA: Exhibit R-57. THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Fritz: On behalf of Fritzsche - is anyone representing Dr. Fritz? DR. SCHILF: Dr. Schilf for Dr. Fritz who is absent, representing the defendant Fritzsche. Mr. President, Dr. Fritz applied in writing last Monday concerning two affidavits which are still outstanding, one an affidavit by the journalist - the English journalist, Sefton Delmar, and the other affidavit by His Excellency Feldscher, Ambassador of the Protective Power, now in Berne. Neither of these affidavits has arrived yet, and we are asking the High Tribunal if we may submit and be allowed these documents later. I have no further comments. No other applications have been made. THE PRESIDENT: Have you - I did not hear the name of the second one. Was it Feldscher? DR. SCHILF: Ambassador Feldscher, ambassador of the Protective Power. He is now at Berne in Switzerland. THE PRESIDENT: Have these affidavits been placed before the prosecution? DR. SCHILF: No, Mr. President, they are not yet available. They have not arrived yet. THE PRESIDENT: I see. Are they affidavits or interrogatories? DR. SCHILF: They are two interrogatories, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: Interrogatories, I see. Well, then, when the interrogatories come back answered, they can be shown to the prosecution in case they want to put in cross- interrogatories, and then they can be translated and submitted to the Tribunal. [Page 60] Dr. Schilf, there was an application - I am not sure whether it was in writing or whether it was only oral - with reference to Schorner and Voss, and one other man, whose statements were used in cross-examination by the prosecution. I think they were affidavits; I am not sure, and there was an oral application, I think, to cross-examine those persons. Do you want that to be done, or have you withdrawn that? DR. SCHILF: Mr. President, that application has not been withdrawn, but it was put in only as an auxiliary application, to have effect only if the interrogation notes submitted by the Soviet prosecution - it seems to me that these interrogation notes cannot be considered as affidavits, but only interrogation records, more of a police character. And Dr. Fritz made application to this effect, that if these three documents were to be used as documents of evidence, we cannot waive the cross-examination. These three documents were used in the examination of the defendant Fritzsche only in part, and only short passages were submitted to the defendant in his examination. Every detail there he has - THE PRESIDENT: What you were saying is that if the prosecution do not want to use the whole of those documents, but only the parts which were put to the defendant Fritzsche in the course of cross-examination, they do not need to have those persons Voss and Schorner called for cross- examination, but if the prosecution wish to put in the whole document, then you want to cross-examine them. Is that right? DR. SCHILF: Mr. President, that is correct. THE PRESIDENT: Are you meaning that you are asking the Tribunal to strike out the passages in the defendant Fritzsche's evidence which deal with these statements or are you merely meaning that if the prosecution wish to use not only the parts which they have put to the defendant in cross- examination but other parts of the document, that in that event you would like to cross-examine the deponents Voss and Schorner? DR. SCHILF: Mr. President, we only want the cross- examination to take place in case the Tribunal should regard the three interrogation records as a whole as documentary evidence. THE PRESIDENT: Yes, then you do mean what I first of all put to you. Well, perhaps the prosecution, General Rudenko, would tell us whether he is wanting to put in the whole document or whether he has put enough of it in. GENERAL RUDENKO: Mr. President, as I have already stated to the Tribunal when these written statements were submitted and the transcripts of the interrogations were written down in accordance with the procedure which is in existence in the Soviet Union, the prosecution will only use those parts which were read here before the Tribunal and on which the defendant Fritzsche was cross-examined. THE PRESIDENT: Very well, then it is not necessary to have those witnesses brought here for cross-examination. Very well. DR . SCHILF: Yes, indeed, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: Then that brings the Tribunal, to the end of the evidence for the defence, with the exception of two witnesses who are to be - who are here and to be called on behalf of the defendant Bormann. DR. FLAECHSNER: Mr. President, on behalf of the defendant Speer may I submit in addition a document which has already been translated and is known to the prosecution. This is the Fuehrer protocol of 4th January, 1943. This shall have the number Exhibit Speer 35. I had already listed it as Exhibit 35 in the index of the documents submitted by me which I gave to the Tribunal. Only at that time it had not yet been translated. I should like to submit it now. [Page 61] THE PRESIDENT: Yes, certainly. What I wanted to say was that that concludes the whole of the evidence on behalf of the defendants with the exception of the interrogatories which have already been granted, the answers to which have not yet been received. Of course, those interrogatories, subject to their being admissible, will be admitted when the answers are received and that applies also to anything in the shape of an affidavit which has been allowed by the Tribunal, but otherwise the evidence for the defendants is now closed with the exception of Dr. Bergold. DR. SERVATIUS (counsel for the defendant Sauckel): Mr. President, I have another question regarding the appearance for testimony of the witness Walkenhorst. In case he is not called as a witness, I have an affidavit at my disposal which I have received and I assume that I may submit this in case this witness is not examined here before the Tribunal. It deals with but a very brief question, namely, the telephone conversation which Sauckel had regarding the evacuation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Walkenhorst happened to be the man at the other end of the wire. I have an affidavit on this one question. Of course, if the witness is being questioned here in Court I shall ask him but in case he is not examined I request that this be held open. THE PRESIDENT: You are speaking of Walkenhorst? DR. SERVATIUS: Yes, the witness Walkenhorst. THE PRESIDENT: Well, he is just going to be examined now. DR. SERVATIUS: I hope so, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: But - I believe he is here. I have before me a list of supplementary applications but I think they have all been dealt with in the discussion which we have had during the last two days. And if there is any other matter which the defendants' counsel wish to raise they should raise it now. Well, then, I take it then, that as I said, the evidence for the defence is now concluded, subject to the reception of documents which I may describe as outstanding, either interrogatories or affidavits. DR. MARX (for the defendant Streicher): Mr. President, may I be permitted, please, to introduce three more documents. They concern the following questions: When considering what influence the weekly paper published by Streicher exercised on the German population, it is of decisive importance to know how the circulation of this paper was formed and to what circumstances the fact is to be attributed that within a certain period of time there was a marked increase in its circulation. I set myself the task of determining from the records of the weekly paper, Der Sturmer, how its circulation developed. THE PRESIDENT: But - we have already dealt with this application. We have had the application before us and we have considered it and we have refused it. DR. MARX: Yes, I beg your pardon, Mr. President; it concerns the following: Quite by accident, when looking at various issues of this newspaper, I ascertained that in the year 1935 a marked jump in circulation took place and the defence counsel would like to prove that this increase is not to be traced to an increased demand by the German people but rather to the fact that high Party offices became connected with it at this time, and that this, together with a new publishing policy, brought about a threefold increase. Naturally, it is of essential significance whether a threefold increase results from a demand by the people, or whether, as in this case, the German Labour Front intervened in the person of Dr. Ley and a special edition was published, which was then circulated by using the huge organization of the German Labour Front. That is something I want to prove and I am of the opinion that it is of extreme significance to the defence. [Page 62] I have three documents along these lines, Mr. President, and with the permission of the Tribunal I shall read a directive and I ask that I be allowed to introduce it as evidence. From this it appears that Dr. Ley, as the Director of the German Labour Front, gave the order to all the offices of the German Labour Front to circulate this special edition and to see to it that it was extensively circulated in the factories, and so forth. For, indeed, it is one of the essential points of the indictment that the German people were influenced against the Jews by Der Sturmer and by the defendant Streicher, and thereby were later made ripe to support the measures in the east, even to the extent of mass extermination. Therefore, I ask that this evidence be admitted and that it be declared relevant. THE PRESIDENT: You said you have got three documents. The first one is a directive from Ley? DR. MARX: Yes, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: Yes. What are the other two? DR. MARX: One is an excerpt from the newspaper Der Sturmer published in May, 1935, No. 18, which reads as follows: "Bernhardt, who fled from Berlin to France, writes in the 'Paris Daily News' of March 29, 1935, under the heading 'Sturmer circulation increases threefold' as follows: "The support which the pornographer Streicher received from the highest offices of the Reich in circulating his Sturmer helped him to triple its circulation within less than one year .... " THE PRESIDENT: Wait. You have already told us that the circulation of Der Sturmer went up threefold. It is not necessary to repeat it all again. We only want to know what the documents are. The first one is a directive of Ley. The second one is an issue of Der Sturmer What is the third one? DR. MARX: And the third, the third is a summary of the circulation from January, 1935, until the middle of October, 1935, and from this it appears that within the period of one year, the circulation increased from I 13,800 to 486,000. Anybody will probably - THE PRESIDENT: Well, that is quite sufficient. We do not want to know any more about it. DR. MARX: Very well, Mr. President. Then, may I be permitted - COLONEL PHILLIMORE: My Lord, I - it is entirely in the hands of the Tribunal, but we can see no objection from the prosecution's point of view to the admitting of these documents. The first would appear to link directly the defendant Streicher with another of the conspirators. It would be a most important document. THE PRESIDENT: Very well, Dr. Marx. Then the three documents will be admitted. DR. MARX: I should like to submit the documents under Exhibit numbers 19, 20 and 21. THE PRESIDENT: Very well. DR. MARX: I beg your pardon, Mr. President. May I make one more remark? This matter came about in this way and was so delayed because I personally did not know anything about it. It was only by accident that I came across this in Der Sturmer's records, which were previously unknown to me, and considered it to have probative value. I ask to be excused for not submitting it before now. DR. SAUTER (counsel for the defendants Funk and Schirach): Mr. President, I naturally do not wish to submit any further evidence, but I should like to ask you to clarify a question, a question of law. At this time continuous interrogations are being carried on by the Commissions in order to gather evidence with regard to the organizations. Witnesses are being [Page 63] interrogated there whom we here do not know, and documents are being submitted which we have not yet seen. It will be several weeks before we know the results of this gathering of evidence about the organizations. Now we defence counsel who are working here are thinking of the following possibilities. It could happen, for instance, that one of these defendants could be incriminated by some new testimony about the organizations, or documents might be submitted which we, as counsel for these defendants, would absolutely have to take into consideration in our pleas, or to which we would have to offer evidence in rebuttal. Now we are agreed that the evidence here should be concluded, but we would naturally like to reserve the right in such cases to - THE PRESIDENT: I think you will find when you look carefully at the order which the Tribunal made, that this matter was provided for, and that if there is any matter in the course of the hearing of the case against the organizations which in any way materially or directly affects any of the individual defendants, the Tribunal, of course, has discretion to hear counsel for the defendant upon the matter, and I think that is specifically dealt with in the order that we have made.
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Cooking time: 1 ½ hour
Type of meal : | Main Courses | Main Courses
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4 lamb shanks (about 3 lbs/1.5 kg)
3/4 tsp (3 mL) salt
1/2 tsp (2 mL) black pepper
3 tbsp (45 mL) all-purpose flour
3 tbsp (45 L) olive oil
1 large yellow onion, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 cup (125 mL) dry white wine
2 cups (500 mL) canned tomatoes, chopped with their juice
2/3 cup (150 mL) canned reduced-sodium chicken broth
3 strips orange zest (each 3 inches by 1/4 inch)
1/4 cup (50 mL) orange juice
1/3 cup (75 mL) chopped fresh basil
2 cups (500 mL) cooked white kidney beans OR 2 cans (15 oz/450g each) white cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
With a sharp paring knife, remove membrane (fell) from lamb shanks and discard. Sprinkle shanks with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, and pepper. Dredge in flour, shaking off excess.
In a 6-quart Dutch oven over moderate heat, heat oil for 1 minute. Add shanks and cook, in batches if necessary, until browned — about 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Add onion and garlic to the Dutch oven and cook, stirring frequently, until soft — about 5 minutes. Add wine, increase the heat to high, and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly to loosen browned bits. Add tomatoes, stock, orange zest and juice, basil, and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and bring to boil. Add reserved lamb and return to a boil.
Transfer the Dutch oven to the middle rack of the oven and bake, covered, for 1 hour. Turn lamb, add beans, and bake, covered, until lamb is tender — about 40 minutes more.
Makes 6 servings.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Minutes of May 20, 2010, Telecom Board
Telecommunication Board Meeting Minutes
May 20, 2010
Chairman Aubrey Shepherd called the meeting to order. Present were Marvin Hilton, Aubrey Shepherd, Justin Tennant and Brandon Leder. Not present were Russell, Bosseau and Cusanelli.
Also present were Fritz Gisler, the Government Channel Manager; Mark Warren, Interim Administrator at Community Access Television; and CAT Board member Roger Henry.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Tenant moved to approve the minutes from the April meeting and Hilton seconded. All approved the agenda.
ADOPTION OF MAY AGENDA
Hilton added recommendation of the franchise fees (item#14) and consideration of two letters to newspapers concerning listing of the PEG channels. (attached to item #11) . He also added discussion whether or not the recommendation that subcommittees not be televised was a decision in accord with the current Government Channel policy.
Hilton moved and both Leder and Tenant seconded. All approved.
UA TV REPORT
Hilton pointed out that this is the second year without a contract. Shepherd said UATV is attempting to separate from PEG and get on a higher tier which would take a new contract.
Shepherd said he has been assured by the City Attorney that he is communicating with COX and the City effort is to maintain what they have and possibly improve. COX disagrees with what the law states. Shepherd was assured that the City is making efforts to negotiate.
Hilton said a formal Needs and Interest study is needed to back up negotiations and suggested the Board consider a letter requesting one.
Gisler clarified that the placement of the PEG channels on the lowest tier level is the legal situation being considered. The City is committed to keeping them there. He added that the Government Channel is repeated on a digital channel as a gratis.
Hilton said AT&T is still not available in his neighborhood.
GOVERNMENT CHANNEL REPORT
Gisler talked of the catastrophic failure of an essential piece of the telecast system and the subsequent replacement which is underway. He stated that the new system will be more efficient, stable, & reliable. It will reduce staff time in preparing for telecast. Gisler said there was already money for this in the Capital Improvements in the budget. Tenant complimented the staff for the transition.
COMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISION REPORT
Mark Warren, Interim Administrator for community Access TV, invited the Board to the Fat Cat Awards Ceremony and explained what it is. It was discussed to make the tickets be tax deductible. Warren expressed satisfaction with the new telecast system.
Roger Henry, Cat Board member, pointed out the ULR address included in his letter to the Board and explained that all CAT Board communications were going to now be available to the public. He spoke of revisions of wording in the CAT bylaws which bring them up to what the contract dictates and which confirmed that the CAT Board wants to comply with FOIA laws.
Henry reported that 10 people have applied for the Executive Director position and interviews will be the second week of June. Gisler suggested interviews be held in the FPL Walker Community Room and Hilton added that the FPL Ann Henry Board Room would also work.
Henry reported that CAT Board membership is up to 8.
Henry asked for news of the status of the RFP. Hilton directed the question to Gisler who said he’s not been told but that the last one was late July.
Hilton stated a desire for the Telecom Board to see it before it goes to City Council. Gisler told Hilton to let Lindsley Smith, Director of Communications, know.
Hilton moved to send a letter to Smith inquiring about when the Telecom Board would have the opportunity for their input on the RFP for Public Access. Leder seconded and all approved. Henry agreed that it was a good idea.
Henry pitched to the public that people apply for the Executive Director job and/or Board positions. He gave the web address. catfayetteville.org
The target number for Board members is 15-16 and registered voters from the four county area can apply.
TELECOM BOARD MEMBER REPORT ON PEG CHANNELS IN HOTELS, MOTELS,AND APRTRMENTS
Leder reported that the Courtyard Marriot has all three channels.
Hilton reported that three hotels didn’t have CAT and suggested encouraging hotels to remedy this because PEG channels are a sign of a progressive City. Shepherd agreed that it would be a good idea and that the information that the City has the three channels should be added to City promotional information.
Hilton reported that three apartment complexes have all three channels.
It was agreed that discussion about reception of the stations should be at the next meeting because of the current situation of installing new equipment. Hilton did report that Government Channel meetings from room 326 look better than from room 219 and that sometimes audio is low and that UATV audio varies a lot.
REVIEW OF GOVERNMENT CHANNEL POLICY PRIORITIES CONCERNING FOIA MEETINGS
Tenant said he had no issues right now because he believes every effort is being made and there is no other reason than budget.
Hilton disagreed and stated that Government meetings requested are number one priority according to policy, over informational shows. He stressed following the policy to insure open, participatory government.
Shepherd added that he believes in the necessity to follow policy. He also said the public must be reminded of the importance that someone record meetings.
Tenant agreed about the need to let people know when, where meetings will be held and that hopefully more meetings can be recorded later when the economy improves.
Hilton said the new policy strengthens the requesting process and that the real problem is not money but apathy. He said the charge of the Telecom Board, through the Government Channel, is to help encourage a participatory government by putting some of the power in the hands of the customers. He mentioned that Informational shows use approximately fifty percent of the resources and is an adjustable item done at the discretion of City staff. He reiterated the importance of following policy.
Shepherd said the Government Channel has the capability to record meetings and there are many reasons to keep the ability for residents to be able to request. He said the policy was weakened two years ago and should not have been.
Hilton talked about that when he read the FOIA laws he found that if it meets the FOIA laws it fits the policy and it does not matter what the name of the meeting is, regarding subcommittee meetings.
Tenant asked if Hilton agreed that there is a difference between advisory and government meetings. He too would like to see all televised and restated the need to publish meetings which are to be held, make them accessible and have after the fact information made public. He said the question is the telecast question.
Hilton asked if the interpretation, that announced no subcommittee be televised on the Government Channel, was the reason he got no answer about dates for the Brainstorming Session. Gisler responded that he has not gotten a production plan and that he is involved in the installation of the new equipment and doesn’t know when it could be set.
Shepherd suggested that setting a July date might work and to start planning. Hilton agreed and asked for as soon as possible because of the time needed to get the people involved together.
Hilton asked the Board if they would make a formal request for a production date. Tenant asked if they could just follow the same procedure as they do when they request a meeting. Gisler answered that the preliminary production plan is more complex than that. Gisler said he needs a more complete production plan.
Hilton and Leder agreed to produce a production plan.
The idea of a live call in was discussed and Tenant said that that often was a “train wreck”.
Hilton stated that they should be fundamental as they make it participatory for citizens. Tenant added that multiple means of communication are needed.
Leder moved to table the item, setting the date for the Brainstorming Session, until next month. Tenant seconded. Shepherd, Leder, Tenant said aye.
Leder and Hilton set the date to establish the production plan - Monday, May 24 at 9:30 a.m., possibly in Room 111, City Administration. Hilton restated the topics as the CAT RFP and the Government Channel policy.
GOVERNMENT CHANNEL POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT
Shepherd reminded the Board that they had previously voted to forward it to City Council.
Hilton said he had made two minor changes. Section One, Items A, B, C. He said these changes clarify that requests be followed in order of the priorities set.
Shepherd and Hilton asked Gisler for his opinion of the changes as he had requested the revision.
Gisler stated that he had no issue with that verbiage but that the Director of Communication and the Chief of Staff would need to review it.
Hilton’s other change was to Section 12 and he added that the complaint process should be in writing. He added that the Government Channel Manager needs to respond in writing to Jim Bemis’s complaint concerning the cancellation of CAT Board coverage by the Government Channel. Hilton said Gisler should write why the meetings are not televised.
Gisler relayed that Chief of Staff, Don Marr, requested that this item about Government Channel Policy be tabled until next month.
Tenant moved to table. Hilton commented on the fact that this has been being worked on since 2008 and that the problem is with the Telecom Board’s not taking any action. He cautioned not to delay for ever. He spoke of two kinds of Government Channels. 1. No policy - which is basically the informational arm of the City Administration. 2. Has a Telecom Board which stands between Administration and the citizens and gives a neutral platform to operators of the Government Channel. He called this one a stronger, more progressive policy which helps create an open, participatory government.
Tenant reiterated that it would only be for one month and Leder seconded the motion. All approved.
INTERNET POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT by Tennant.
Tenant said the next meeting has not been set. He reported that the City has applied for Broadband funding and should know the results at the end of June. He will let the Board know when he hears. Blanche Lincoln wrote a letter on behalf of the City.
RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON PEG FUNDING
Hilton referred to the submitted packet item which suggested a 5% increase of the collected franchise fees going to the Television Center with 3% going to Government and 2% going to CAT for operational budgets. He suggested that Public Access get more because they have been at $93,000 for so long and they need to cover inflation.
Gisler pointed out a typo about those percentages. Hilton said he’d forgotten to include the corrected form but he intended 2% to Government and 3% to CAT. He also asked Gisler if July or August would be timely for inclusion in the City’s budget considerations. Gisler said yes.
Gisler explained that the operation budget for the Government Channels operates the entire TV Center: utilities, cameras, maintenance, everything. CAT pays only their salaries and office supplies. He asked the Board to keep that in mind when considering the funding split.
Hilton asked that Gisler give any suggestions for different figures. He also said that some cities give all of franchise fees to Public Access.
Gisler clarified that franchise fees go to the General Fund and operational budget is not tied to franchise fee or based on percentages.
Shepherd agreed that more funding is needed.
The compliment to staff of both stations was restated.
Shepherd said Bemis should be back
COVERAGE AREA RESIDENTS COMMENTS
AGENDA FOR JUNE 17 MEETING
Shepherd asked Board Members to e-mail him ideas.
Hilton brought up consideration of the letters to newspapers concerning the PEG Channels’ listings asking that they include the channel station names but not have to list specific show schedules.
Hilton moved to send the letters and Leder seconded. All approved.
OTHER BUSINESS BY BOARD MEMBERS
Hilton announced that 2 Board members are needed and the deadline to apply is May 28 at 5p.m.
Leder requested an excused absence from the June meeting


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It seems like a long while since I have posted a photo from The Palouse. This amazing area in eastern Washington and western Idaho is so different from the typical landscapes that you think about when the western US is mentioned. Rolling farmland as far as the eye can see is typical of the Palouse. Every hill and mound gives a different look and feel, especially when the sun is low and casting some warm light and creating shadows. Add to that abandoned farmhouses, grain elevators, and farm equipment that just add to the ambience of the area.
Just when you think you have seen all that the area has to give, you come upon something unique. An old barn has been renovated and used as a home for artists to display their work and offer it for sale. The Artisans of the Dahmen Barn is well worth a visit to see some amazing art. The most unique part of the barn is the wheel fence that surrounds the property. Constructed over a period of 30 years by artist Steve Dahmen, this fence is a site to see, with all shapes of wheels from various items. I decided to post this very small section of the fence to give you an idea of the detail and work that went into this. I have some wider views, and I will feature them in future posts.

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Recent photos from Palau de La Música Catalana, Barcelona
Since 2014 young Italian pianist Elia Cecino regularly performs in Italy and Europe in solo and chamber recitals and with orchestra.
Recent winner of the 28th New Orleans International Piano Competition (USA), Elia Cecino won the first prize at the international competitions “James Mottram” in Manchester (UK) and “Ricard Viñes” in Lleida (Spain).
He has also won important international awards at the Ciudad de Ferrol, Pozzoli in Seregno, Schumann in Düsseldorf.
At 18 he won the XXXVI Premio Venezia at Gran Teatro La Fenice.
Elia Cecino, of Italy, took gold medal honors recently at the New Orleans International Piano Competition with a program of

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This timeless colonial, in one of Bedford's most sought after neighborhoods is beautifully sited at the end of a cul-de-sac. As you enter you are greeted by a grand open foyer with a music room to your right and dining room to your left. The chefs kitchen features a viking gas cooktop, double ovens, granite countertops and an oversized island with a prep sink with an abundance of storage. The family room features a wood burning fireplace, hardwood floors and lots of natural light. To complete the first floor you have a private office that can be closed off by glass doors for privacy. There is a double staircase to the second floor with tons of natural light. The primary suite has dual walk in closets a separate office space and a beautiful tray ceiling. The spacious primary bath features double vanities, walk in shower and tub. All the bedrooms have their own private bath. The finished lower level walks out to a private backyard that is fully fenced in. The lower level offers spacious rec room, a separate gym, and two separate toy rooms.
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With the MLB trade deadline just over two weeks away, the hot stove has officially started to flicker on.
The Braves announced Thursday they had acquired outfielder Joc Pederson in a trade with the Cubs. Chicago will receive first baseman Bryce Ball, who's spent the season at the High-A level.
Pederson, 29, signed with the Cubs this offseason on a one-year, $7 million contract with a mutual option for 2022. In 73 games, he hit .230/.300/.418 with 11 home runs and 39 RBIs.
The Braves are in need of outfield reinforcements as they try to run down the Mets in the National League East. Ronald Acuña Jr. is out for the season with a torn ACL, while Marcell Ozuna's status is currently in limbo following his arrest for domestic battery in May.
Atlanta enters the second half in third place in the NL East, trailing the Mets by four games. Current outfield options include Guillermo Heredia, Ehire Adrianza, Abraham Almonte and former Brewers shortstop Orlando Arcia.
For the Cubs, the deal is the first in what could be several cost-cutting moves as the deadline draws nearer. Chicago has several star players in their final seasons before free agency, a group that includes Kris Bryant, Javier Baez and Anthony Rizzo.
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Manhyia Palace has turned down the imminent appointment of the 2019 Ghana Football Association elections Presidential candidate as the Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko.
Founder and Bankroller of Division One League club Phar Rangers, Nana Yaw Amponsah who was in line for top position at the Ghana Premier League giants has been rejected.
Earlier last week, Nana Amponsah had an interview with the newly constituted Board of Directors in Accra after being emerged as the possible candidate for the position.
Asante Kotoko has been without a Chief Executive Officer after the George Amoako led management team was dissolved few weeks ago by the club’s Board of Directors.
Special Assistant to the Chief of staff of the Manhyia Palace, Kwame Aboagye Mensah revealed in an interview with Opemsuo FM that Nana Yaw Amponsah is not a candidate for the vacant Chief Executive Officer job at Asante Kotoko.
“We have heard the news circulating in the media that the Board of Directors have settled on him [Nana Yaw Amponsah]. It’s not true and I repeat it’s not true,” Kwame Aboagye Mensah told Opemsuo FM in an exclusive interview.
“Everyone should take note that Asante Kotoko is a big brand and it can’t work with someone who is not secretive”
“Being interviewed by the Board of Directors and the next hour everything said during the meeting is in the media….how can we work with such individual” he quizzed.
“If people have forgot, let me remind that of Osei Kuffour who publicly said he’s the new President of Asante Kotoko. Was Osei Kuffour appointed to lead Asante Kotoko after all the interviews. It’s a big no”
“We have plans for the club and announcements are not to be made by the public but His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II” he concluded.


text: Afrobeats music we have for you on this one here. HKN Gang signed act Danagog releases new music for our listenng pleasure. It’s a euphoric dance anthem titled “Koba” and he features YBNL’s “Shoki” crooner Lil Kesh. Both of them on this one here is a hit song already. The video for this song will be released soon and it will make it much more exciting. J Fem who was the brain behind Davido’s Owo Ni Koko is on the production for this one as well. Listen up and share your comments with us.

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Robert Arneson. Inspired by the ceramic sculptures of Joan Miró and Peter Voulkos, Robert Arneson turned to that medium in the late 1950s. He quickly developed a humorous style of portraiture, especially self portraits, in punning, ironic, or mocking modes. After confronting a diagnosis of cancer, the artist redirected his art in the early 1980s to address nuclear holocaust at a time of escalating armament by the two superpowers. Conceived when the United States and the Soviet Union t...
Johannes Itten, Ascent and Pause, 1919. Johannes Itten was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus school. The Bauhaus succeeded in breaking down hierarchal notions of art disciplines, and believed that there was no difference between the artist and the craftsmen.
Combine this with the egg toss, and a better design
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There are millions of items to choose from when it comes to the holidays. We are bombarded by ads and choices. The ads can overload our senses. People often choose to give the gift of health for the holidays so that they can start the new year with an action plan to get into shape or to stay on a healthy path. Whether buying for yourself, friends, or family, you can select from some of these holiday gift ideas for a healthy new year.
Holiday Gift Ideas for a Healthy New Year
- Insomnia is often an ongoing or recurrent concern for many people. Sleeping pills become habit forming. The ancient science of Ayurveda advises that putting herbal oil on the soles of the feet and scalp helps provide restful sleep. There are also non habit forming herbal supplements to give you a good night’s sleep. Using both together will help put you into a deep slumber.
- Another method to improve your sleep is to use a diffuser in your bedroom. Essential oil diffusers alleviate stress, improve our energy, and improve respiration, to name just a few benefits. You can buy a diffuser with holiday themed essential oils.
- Despite healthy diets, we still ingest toxins by using the wrong cookware. Certain non-sticks create cancer. Aluminum has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The safest cookware for stoves is ceramic and cast iron. Green Pan Ceramic cookware is free of PFAS, PFOA, lead and cadmium – the dangerous materials found in other types of cookware. You can also use various sizes of cast iron skillets in your daily cooking.
- One way to remove allergens, promote sleep and naturally ionize your air is to use Himalayan salt lamps. They are made from naturally mined pink Himalayan salt. Additionally, these lamps also add a festive decor to any room.
- If you or a loved one have asthma, allergies, asthma, mold, dust or smoke in your homes or offices, invest in an air purifier. Some top rated brands are: Germ Guardian for your home or office, BlueAir for allergies, IQ Air which is medical grade, and the Austin air purifier.
- We often overindulge during the holidays, with holiday travel and parties. After the holidays, you may want to do a cleanse. Here is a kit designed for a gentle cleanse which you can easily do at home.
- One way to relax and get healthier skin is with the use of body oils. Oils can penetrate into the deeper tissues where stiffness and dryness originate. Try the Weleda brand kit of sustainable, environmentally friendly, natural oils.
- Essential oils have specific properties that impact our emotions and our physical bodies. You can use a whole body healing kit of essential oils. They can be diffused or applied topically. See which one is your favorite.
- One important way to make sure we keep ourselves healthy is to use safe hair products. Often our shampoos and conditioners create artificial ingredients and even toxins which enter our bodies via our scalp. Use locally made, organic Innersense Beauty hair products to keep your hair luxurious and in top glowing condition.
These are some holiday gift ideas for a healthy new year. You can use them at anytime for yourself or others. Here’s to a healthy, happy, and harmonious 2019!

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Saudi Arabia’s attorney general has freed two sons of the late King Abdullah from their detention as part of the kingdom’s anti-corruption crackdown, according to Reuters.
Prince Meshaal bin Abdullah and Prince Faisal bin Abdullah are among some 200 other royal family members, government ministers and businessmen who have been detained since the government began an “anti-corruption purge”, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in November.
The pair were released from Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton hotel after they agreed financial settlements with the government, a senior Saudi official told Reuters.
A decision on whether to release a third brother, Prince Turki bin Abdullah, has not yet been reached, the source said.
Nearly two dozen other individuals were released earlier this week, as reported by Saudi newspaper Okaz on December 26.
Detainees who have not reached agreements with the government are set to face trial, the report said.
The kingdom is preparing to channel billions of dollars of seized funds from the anti-graft campaign into economic development projects, a Saudi minister said on December 4.
A special Ministry of Finance account has been opened to receive such funds, which the public prosecutor’s office has estimated should eventually total between $50bn and $100bn, Minister of Commerce and Investment Majid bin Abdullah al-Qasabi said.
Last month, senior Saudi prince and former head of the National Guard, Miteb bin Abdullah, was released after reportedly agreeing a $1bn settlement with the government.
Miteb is another son of the late King Abdullah, and the cousin of Crown Prince Salman.
The shake-up of the Saudi government came just months after King Salman replaced his nephew Mohammed bin Nayef with his son Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom’s heir to the throne.
The dramatic “anti-corruption purge” is the latest in a series of measures by the crown prince viewed as a move to assert power over the country and its previous leaders.
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Review by Dan Skip Allen
Superhero movies are a dime a dozen these days. Disney and Warner Brothers have cornered the market on them recently with the MCU and DCEU, respectively. Occasionally a film will come out from another studio, or even a little indie film. Lately, Netflix has gotten into the superhero business with The Umbrella Academy, The Old Guard, and now Project Power. Project Power has a soft spot at its core despite all the blood and violence on the surface.
Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and written by Mattson Tomlin, Project Power has a lot of things in it that go right, and not much that goes wrong. These directors are known for Nerve and the last two Paranormal Activity films. They know how to make visual effects work in their favor. The visuals are gorgeous in the film. The cinematography from Michael Simmonds (mostly shot at night in New Orleans) is spot on as well. The city plays as a nice backdrop for this action thrill-ride of a film.
I mostly understood the story by Tomlin. If there was one flaw I could point out its the script. The story could have used being fleshed out a little more. That might have to do with the financial aspect of the budget. A lot of money was used on the visuals and getting top-notch talent like Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordan Levitt to star in the film. Both actors and their co-stars Dominique Fishback, Kyanna Simone Simpson did a serviceable job. They are the heart of the film. Without their performances, this film would fall apart.
Project Power focuses on three main characters. One is an ex-military man (Jamie Foxx), one is a New Orleans police detective (Joseph Gordon Levitt) and the other is a teenage drug dealer. They all have different motivations for why they are trying to get to the center of a drug ring surrounding an experimental pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes. The results can vary from turning them into a ball of flame or giving them the ability to stop a bullet. Let's say these pills give the user unimaginable abilities, to say the least.
The strengths of Project Power are its cinematography, its visual effects, and the performances from the three leads. The weaknesses are its script and runtime. This film needed to be more fleshed out. That being said, the story was engaging enough to keep me interested in this concept throughout the film. The three main characters were very entertaining to watch. Project Power isn't the best superhero film, but it's not the worst either. I look forward to seeing what these filmmakers do next.
Project Power is now streaming on Netflix.
Review by Dan Skip Allen
An American Pickle is an interesting look at how a person can come to America and make their own way. This film uses a time travel element to send a Polish immigrant (Seth Rogen) from 1919 to the present day. He was preserved perfectly in pickle brine for a hundred years and was eventually discovered by two boys in an abandoned warehouse. Now he must face a world he doesn't know and or understand and make his way in it once again. He is notified that he has a distant relative (also played by Rogen). They have to develop a relationship with one another despite their hundred-year age difference.
As far as movies about immigration go, An American Pickle isn't the best film available. Rogen is trying to get a message across about how sticking together and how family matters even in difficult times. The message of commerce is another good storyline in the film. It's not easy to make a living especially trying to build your own empire. Herschel finds it very difficult to navigate in a new world he doesn't know or understand. He reverts back to some old things that have helped him in the past, whether or not they are acceptable in today's society.
Rogen has made his name in Hollywood doing raunchy comedies like Superbad, Knocked Up and This is the End. Once he became successful he decided to produce television shows like Preacher and movies like 50/50 and Long Shot. This way he has been able to get messages and themes into his movies and make things he believes people will like and enjoy. Over the years he has made films about illness and politics. This time out he deals with immigration and free commerce. Having his platform in Hollywood has allowed him to do this despite if the projects succeed or if they fail.
Brandon Trost has primarily been a cinematographer in Hollywood with his brother Jason. They've worked on several Seth Rogen projects including This Is the End, The Interview, and Neighbors. An American Pickle is his first film in the directing chair. It's obvious that he is a good cinematographer because this film looks gorgeous from that point of view.
An American Pickle has some great messages of succeeding and failing in life. It has some beautiful cinematography. Trost captures Brooklyn and New York perfectly from that perspective. The problem with the film is the relationship between Hershel and Ben. They both shouldn't have been played by Seth Rogen. This is him just trying to be greedy and do both roles. Maybe it was part of the pitch. Who knows? It didn't work for me. The fish-out-of-water stuff was quite awkward and off-putting as well. It didn't get the laughs it was intended to achieve.
An American Pickle is now streaming on HBO Max.
Review by Dan Skip Allen
Image Comics is known as the company the "big five" — Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Mark Sylvestri, and Eric Larson — formed back when they all left Marvel back in the '90s. They all started their own brands within Image but the company has transcended that initial launch. They have expanded in fun, interesting and groundbreaking ways. Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead was the first breakout hit from the new Image, turning into a hugely successful show on AMC that is still on the air after 10 seasons and spawned a second show. The Old Guard is another live-action adaptation of an Image comic from creators Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez.
The Old Guard is an elite group of mercenaries who are immortal. Andy (Charlize Theron), Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts), Nicky (Luca Marinelli), and Joe (Marwan Kenzawi) work for whoever can afford their services. One century they can be bad and another they can be good. After being set up by an employer, Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) they get word of a new immortal. Nile Freeman (Kiki Layne) is a marine that discovers her new ability to not die the hard way.
On the run from Merrick (Harry Melling, best known for his role as Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter franchise), The Old Guard tries to do what they do best, to survive. He wants these gifted individuals for himself. And will stop at nothing to get them. Andy has to help her group survive and stop Merrick from his maniacal scheme. As comic book adaptations go, The Old Guard is quite different than anything I've seen before. As far as movies and TV shows go, it's just a different take on the Highlander movies.
Gina Prince-Bythewood is a writer/director of some renown. She had directed a few movies before this one, Love & Basketball among them. Her movies have a depth of character and emotion to them. The Old Guard tries to add the same kind of depth to it. It creates a backstory for the main characters of Andy and Nile. This way the viewer will care about these characters. Although I applaud her for the good try, I wasn't really invested in these characters or their backstories to care that much about them. Even though the concept of the movie was intriguing to me. I just wasn't drawn in enough to be that taken by it.
The Old Guard is an old concept with a relatively new twist on it. It has a good cast that makes the movie more interesting to watch, but in the end, they are wasted. Gina Prince-Bythewood is hamstrung by the source material. The source material had a bunch of comics to tell this story not a two-hour movie. I'm sure these actors were fascinated by that source material and the prospect of working with Prince-Bythewood. In the end, they were let down and so was I. The film had a lot of bloody scenes and some action. I wish there were a lot more of both in the film. That might have made it more entertaining all the way around. Melling was just a mustache-twirling villain I've seen a thousand times before. This film is all over the place! In better hands, it may be more focused and cohesive.
The Old Guard is now streaming on Netflix.
Review by Dan Skip Allen
When people think of spy movies, they think of Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig, and others portraying Ian Fleming's iconic character, James Bond. However, the spy genre has many other films in its ranks. Quite a few of them are comedies, like Spy starring Melissa McCarthy, the Johnny English films, starring Rowan Atkinson, and the Pink Panther films starring Peter Sellers and later on Steve Martin. My Spy is another comedic spy film. The problem is all the funniest scenes are in the trailer.
JJ (Dave Bautista) is a CIA Agent. He likes to do things his way. He works alone and gets the job done. When he gets discovered surveying a nine-year-old girl named Sophie (Chloe Coleman) and her mother, he has to make a deal to train her to be a spy. This doesn't go so well because she is smarter than him. This film has an interesting spin on spy movies but the humor isn't that good apart from the scenes in the trailer. The chemistry is good between Sophie and JJ, but that's not the entire movie.
Peter Segal is known for a couple of other comedic spy movies: The Naked Gun 33 ⅓ and Get Smart. In the latter, he also worked with an ex-pro wrestler, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. I guess he was trying to capture that magic he got in the previous films, this time with Dave Bautista. The problem is those other films were much funnier than My Spy was. The story was bland and not fascinating or interesting at all. The comedy was solid but not overwhelmingly funny since the trailer has the funniest scenes.
Dave Bautista has come a long way since his days as a WWE Superstar. He has even done some funny roles in the Guardians of the Galaxy films and Stuber last year, in which he co-starred in a similar role with Kumail Nanjiani. Those films have a lot better action and the comedic moments were more enjoyable than those in My Spy. The script is the problem with My Spy.
Many had big hopes for this film, especially after so many funny and entertaining outings in Dave Bautista's recent past and because the director has done some fun films in the past himself. The biggest mistake in a comedic film is when it's not that funny and all the best scenes are given away in the trailer. The chemistry between JJ and Sophie wasn't enough to save this film. Just like Dwayne Johnson, Dave Bautista has now got a dud in his filmography. If you're looking for a funny spy film, this isn't it.
My Spy hits Amazon Prime on June 26.
Review by Dan Skip Allen
Jason Blum has perfected a formula of low-budget horror films that entertain the masses but don't have much substance to them. He is a producer who has helped resuscitate this dying horror genre. He uses different writers, filmmakers, and actors in his films, but the result is the same: most of them aren't very good, with a few exceptions. You Should Have Left isn't one of those.
In the film, Kevin Bacon plays a stay at home dad. He is financially set so he doesn't have to work. His wife, Susanna (Amanda Seyfried), is an actress and they have a young daughter (Avery Essex) together. Susanna has an acting job in England so they move to Wales while she is working. They rented a beautiful house on a hill in a sleepy town in Wales. Little did they know they rented the infamous Stettler house. It's full of surprises of its own and threatens to tear this family apart.
Bacon has come a long way from his early Footloose days. He has been in some good roles over the past thirty-five or so years, including Jack Swigert in Apollo 13, Sean Devine in Mystic River, and Capt. Jack Ross in A Few Good Men. His career has run the gambit of all kinds of films. He has even had a good TV career as well. You Should Have Left is not one of the best roles in his career, but in the right hands, it could have been. The reunion between him and Koepp goes disappointingly wrong. It's very sad — this role and film had potential, but it's wasted in the end.
Amanda Seyfried has had a lot of potential in her career ever since Mean Girls. She's done some good work in Les Misérables as Cosette, Sylvia Weis in In Time, and Mary in First Reformed. Similar to Bacon, she's squandered a lot of good opportunities. She's settled on these one notes characters such as Susanna in You Should Have Left. A few romantic comedies here and there have helped her develop some range in her career. Sadly, she hadn't branched out for more substantial dramatic roles. Or maybe she hasn't been offered them and settled on these lesser roles instead. Who knows? The fact of the matter is she needs to pick better roles.
David Koepp has been a prolific screenwriter over the past twenty-eight or so years. He broke onto the scene with big hits including Death Becomes Her, Jurassic Park, Carlito's Way, and Mission: Impossible. He even worked with Kevin Bacon on Stir of Echoes back in 1999. This partnership is probably very familiar to both men involved. Koepp's directing credits haven't been so good though. I think he should just focus on writing rather than directing. For our sake and his. He has cranked out some very good scripts in his day. It doesn't mean he should direct everything he writes. This film is a dud.
Based on the not-so tried-and-true formula of haunted house films, You Should Have Left left me wanting more. This film had so much potential. It started great — I was very interested in these characters and their lives, and when they got to the house in Wales it even got better. Then all of a sudden, it just went off the rails. For such an acclaimed screenwriter as David Koepp, this film and script were a big letdown for me. Maybe it was the budget. Who knows? Something went wrong with the end product. It just didn't deliver on its promises from the entertaining trailer or screenwriter Koepp.
You Should Have Left is now available on VOD.
Review by Dan Skip Allen
The young adult genre has only been around for about twenty or so years. Kicked off by the witches and wizards in the Harry Potter films, a series of very successful book-to-screen adaptations, the genre has had some highs — The Hunger Games and Twilight Franchises, among others — but also a few lows — like the Divergent and Maze Runner trilogies. It's safe to say this genre has been all over the map over the last twenty years. Artemis Fowl is the latest attempt to capitalize on the genre and it's from the house of mouse.
When the news hit that Disney had bought the rights to the popular young adult book series from Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, people were excited but very hesitant. This was going to be a huge undertaking, to say the least. They chose an established director who has worked in worlds of fantasy mixed with real-life before with Thor in 2011. Artemis Fowl has a similar mix of a fairy world and the house and grounds off of the coast of Ireland of Artemis Fowl. Real people being mixed with fairies, trolls, and dwarves is not going to be easy to accomplish by anybody's standards. If anybody could do it, it would be Kenneth Branagh.
Eoin Colfer created a very magical world different than most young adult adaptations. The Percy Jackson and Harry Potter films are the closest to resemble what he has done, but they aren't close in scope. Similar to the first book, the first and probably last movie, falls into the same trap: they try to introduce too much too soon. The viewer hardly gets to know the lead characters before they are thrust into this fantasy world they know nothing about. Characters are introduced so fast you can't catch your breath before the story and movie moves on. That being said the film is a little convoluted at times, even to the point of being hard to follow. For those who didn't read the book, I can imagine they were pretty lost moving forward.
Branagh assembled a pretty good cast of established supporting actors such as Colin Ferrell, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, and Nonso Anozie. That said, real stars of the film are Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, and Tamara Smart. The cast is not the problem with this film, though. They do the best they can with this difficult dialogue and script. The script is pretty closely adopted by a handful of writers.
With Branagh's experience with melding real-world aesthetics with fantasy worlds, he accomplished the impossible of creating the fairy world of Haven City. It looks amazing. Having the fantasy aspects not come out right would have been a fail right off the bat. Like the acting, the visuals were not the problem with the film. Flying fairies, tunneling Mulch Diggums, trolls, and time warps all look very authentic. The film succeeds in placing the viewer in the world Eoin Colfer created very effectively.
Besides the script adapted from the source material, the real problem with this movie is as a viewer you're not invested in these characters enough to care about them. Even having read the book I wasn't invested in them at the end of it either. Why should the movie be any different?
Branagh rushes the story along so as to not get to know the leads very much. The children actors aren't anybody I've seen before so I didn't care about them very much. The biggest mistake is that Artemis Fowl is billed as this criminal genius and I didn't believe for one second he was evil. They don't establish that very much in the movie except for a little dialogue at the end of the film. These kids were good in the movie, but I cared more about what the established stars characters were doing and not the leads of the film. I didn't go in with high hopes and I still came out disappointed.
Artemis Fowl is now streaming on Disney+.
Review by Dan Skip Allen
Netflix is usually known for its groundbreaking tv shows and mini-series. But they would change the game when they started attaching big-name talent in the director's chair, such as Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh, and Michael Bay. With that comes high-profile actors and actresses as well. In the past year films starring Ben Affleck, Robert De Niro, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Meryl Streep, and Ryan Reynolds have premiered on the streaming service. With the Russo Brothers, Joe and Anthony, forming a production company, it was a natural fit for AGBO to work with Netflix. They are usually hands-off and by now they have earned that based on their reputation from working with Marvel and Disney. Their second project out of the gate is Extraction starring Chris Hemsworth.
Hemsworth plays a black market mercenary who likes to drink a little too much. His group gets a job where he is tasked with rescuing a boy who has been kidnapped. He's the son of a big international crime lord. The film is set in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It's teeming with people and obstacles for Rake and his team to get the kid out safe and sound. Most films like this have well thought out action set pieces and Extraction is no different. The problem is when the action isn't hot and heavy the film grinds to a halt. Based on a graphic novel Ciudad, from a script from Joe and Anthony Russo, the film just isn't that interesting until the proverbial shit is hitting the fan. A few subplots are meant to keep the viewer interested but are just a distraction from the action.
With the MCU, the Russos had decades of comic books to fall back on, in addition to two proven writers, Markus and McFeely, with whom they worked on all of their MCU Films. This time out they are only the writers and not the directors. Sam Hargrave is prominently known as a stuntman on the Avengers and Thor films. In fact, Sam has been Chris Evans's stunt man on the Captain America and Avengers films. This is his first film as director, although The Russos must have had trust in him. The sixty-five million dollar budget shows in the production value and cinematography as well as a serviceable cast.
Along with Hemsworth, David Harbour shows up as Gaspar, a friend to Rake who has his own agenda. An all-Indian supporting cast rounds out the film aside from Hargrave that plays a sniper on Rake's team. Co-star Rudhraksh Jaiswal is the breakout star of this film as the kidnapped boy. He holds his own alongside Hemsworth and company. Also in a supporting role is Golshifteh Farhani as a liaison to Rake who has an interesting relationship with him. There might be more to her than meets the eye. As advertised, the stunts and choreography are first-rate. Hargrave's background is in stunt work, so they better look real. Filmed on location in Ahmedabad, the film looks like it is in a different world from our country. That brings authenticity to it like it takes place in an actual war.
Hargrave and the Russos do their best to make Extraction seem as real and authentic as possible. Getting realistic actors to the roles and a bankable star like Hemsworth doesn't hurt either. First-rate production value, cinematography, and stunt work goes a long way to making the film accessible to all viewers. A manageable budget, 65 million, is just enough to get what they needed from this film. Where this film falters, though, is its script and character-building. The script doesn't flesh out the characters enough to make the viewer care that much about them. A boy gets kidnapped and a special team gets hired to get him home to his father. I just didn't care about whether or not he got home or not. The protagonist isn't that interesting either. All in all, this film has some good parts, but as a whole, it is an uninteresting film.
Extraction is now streaming on Netflix.
Review by Dan Skip Allen
It is widely known that the United States went to Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein and take over the country for themselves so they could have a foothold in the Middle East and to have a better negotiating tool for oil. The problem is that the US can't just go into countries and take over — they use words like "elections" to make their take-over make sense in the eyes of the people. They also face the obstacle of getting the blessing of the United Nations, and in this case, the UN sends their own man to evaluate the situation in Iraq: Sergio Vieria de Mello (Wagner Maura).
In his career, de Mello has been in this situation before, having faced a similar situation in East Timor. He's definitely the right man for the job. But the US isn't going to let some United Nations diplomat get in their way of taking over and controlling Iraq for their own selfish reasons. George W. Bush was trying to get revenge on Hussein for his father who failed in Iraq back in the early '90s. Yet de Mello isn't going to be pushed around. He decides it's his job to let the UN know what the US is up to. He writes up an entire dossier and is about to send it to the United Nations when an explosion blows up the hotel he is headquartered in. Is this fate or on purpose?
In East Timor, he starts up a relationship with a colleague named Carolina (Ana de Armas) who follows him to Iraq as well. Ana de Armas is coming off of her biggest role to date in last year's Knives Out. She's had a few other roles before that as wives or girlfriends in such films as Blade Runner 2049, Hands of Stone, and War Dogs. She plays a similar character in Sergio as well, back to being typecast in these kinds of roles. Though with the success of Knives Out, that will hopefully change for her very soon.
Wrapped in a film about war and diplomatic games is a romance that helps the film flow. I do care about these two people and their love affair. The diplomatic struggles are okay, but not great. The East Timor stuff is essential to develop this budding relationship, but it takes away from the real story of what happened in Iraq, which is where the meat of the story lies. This film had a chance to focus on the real issue of this story, but it lacks vision and a linear narrative. This director, Greg Barker, has done similar political films based on topics that are touched on in this film, including Ghosts of Rwanda, Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden, and The Final Year. He has a knack for telling these types of stories. The problem is Sergio lacks any vision and focus. He doesn't know if he wants to tell the Iraq story, the East Timor story, or the relationship story. This film is all over the place.
Sergio is now streaming on Netflix.
Review by Dan Skip Allen
Sally Potter is a self-made filmmaker. She wrote and directed seven films before her latest, The Roads Not Taken. She takes a personal stance in many of her films, but this seems to be her most personal yet. A film about a man who needs constant care is not something you see every day. It's a topic that is difficult to talk about in a film, and The Roads Not Taken doesn't take a straightforward approach to it either.
Leo (Javier Bardem) is a man that needs twenty-four-hour care for his dementia. His daughter, Molly (Elle Fanning) watches him sometimes, but she has a career of her own to consider. While taking Leo out to his appointments, she notices that he goes in and out of consciousness, causing her to become concerned about his well-being. While in his subconscious mind, he spends time with his former lover, Dolores (Selma Hayek). Molly asks her mother Rita (Laura Linney), Leo's ex-wife, for advice on his problems, but no one has any answers.
Bardem has had a great career so far. He has had many iconic roles, including Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men (for which he won an Academy Award), fan-favorite villain Silva in Skyfall, and Juan Antonio from Vickie Christina Barcelona. His career is as varied as the many different roles he has portrayed. He is an actor that can choose any role he wants, allowing him to work with any filmmaker he chooses. This is a very different role for him. He gives it his all, but he is not the problem with this film.
The story should have just focused on Leo and his dementia and not gone off in such a strange direction. The actors all turn in a noble effort with the dialogue and script, but even they can't save a film with no direction. If Potter had focused more on the relationship between Molly, Leo and his ex-wife Rita, it would have been more interesting.
Films about dementia should move the person watching them. Films like Still Alice and What They Had capture what family and friends are going through dealing with a person with dementia. The emotions they feel are palpable. It becomes a situation where they don't want to deal with this person anymore. The Roads Not Taken unfortunately didn't have that effect at all. Though the acting was really solid, this film is mostly disappointing.
The Roads Not Taken is now streaming online as part of a virtual cinema initiative.
Review by Dan Skip Allen
Like many other people, I was a wrestling fan as a kid. I loved watching Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, Macho-Man Randy Savage, Sting, and Rick Flair. Their characters were bigger than life. I watched religiously for thirty years. WWF and WCW were a way to think about that world Vince McMahon created on the USA Network on Saturdays and eventually on Monday Night Raw. The Main Event is like going back in time to when I was a kid, dreaming of being a WWF/WWE Superstar.
Leo (Seth Bane Carr) is an 11-year-old kid in middle school who goes through the normal middle school routine. He gets picked on by bullies at school every day. One day while on the run from them, Leo hides in a wrestling museum where he finds a musty old mask hidden in a box. He puts the mask on and soon realizes it gives him superpowers. With his newly found powers, Leo enters a wrestling competition to be the next WWE Superstar.
The competition is full of WWE Superstars such as Otis (Heavy Machinery), Keith Lee (as Smooth Operator, the holder of the NXT North American Championship), and Sheamus, Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, and Leo's childhood idle, Kofi Kingston from The New Day. Cory Graves and Rene Young from Smackdown are the announcers. Leo's newfound powers help him become popular at school and he even gets a new girlfriend, Erica (Mamona Tamada). His wrestling name is Kid Chaos and he becomes the talk of his town. Of course, the question now becomes whether or not he has become too big for his friends.
The Main Event has its usual sense of teen angst and family drama as well. Leo's struggling relationship with family and his friends cause him personal trouble. He needs to decide what's most important, his life with his friends or his newfound wrestling career. Leo has tough decisions ahead. A lot of films like this have similar plot threads. Live-Action Disney films have used these types of tropes for decades. They put the main character in a position where he or she has to decide what's right or wrong in their life and who and what is most important to them. Like all those Disney films from the past, The Main Event tackles those topics perfectly.
The Main Event deals with many topics and themes we've seen a thousand times before. The thing is it doesn't get old. I found myself caring about Leo, his friends, family, and this underdog story. The subplot of his relationship with his father intrigued me as well. This is a feel-good story for today just like those Disney films were back in the day. Wrestling fan or not, The Main Event is a film anybody can get behind. Jay Karas has crafted a fun family film. Especially inspiring is the message that you can overcome the odds in life with or without superpowers. Family and friends are what matter most in life.
The Main Event is now streaming on Netflix.


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When using frying as a cooking method, the oil has to withstand high temperatures, over the 300ºF. A very important factor to use this technique is to know the smoke point of the oils. But what is the smoke point?
The smoke point is the temperature at which the oil begins to smoke. Warm the oil up from its smoke point until it reaches its flash point causes the oil to burn. When reusing the same oil, with each fry cycle the smoke and ignition points decrease, which causes a loss of quality for the product and as a consequence the same oil can be used less times.
Depending on the oil composition, some oils are more resistant to frying than others. For this reason, even if EVOO has a much lower smoke point compared to other oils, its composition makes it more resistant to frying than others, so it can be used more times than other oils.
This is due to the high content of antioxidants in Extra Virgin Olive Oil, than prevents it from degrading less and more slowly than other vegetable oils. Furthermore, it is more stable preserving all the nutrients for a longer time. Compared to canola or peanut oil, the EVOO produces less toxic compounds when frying and they take longer to appear, due to this high content of antioxidant compound.
When frying you have to take into account that the food itself absorbs oil, but the EVOO has a higher density that any seed oil, so that the food doesn’t absorb as much oil.
The benefits that Extra Virgin Olive Oil has compared to other oils used for frying are also due to the lower percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids and even higher percentage of monounsaturated fatty acids, such as oleic acid, one of its main components.
Furthermore, olive oil has a high nutritional value and therefore, it is of greater use for our body.
These are the smoke points of some oils:
|Extra Virgin Olive OIl (EVOO)||320ºF|
|Virgin Olive Oil (VOO)||419ºF|
|Olive oil (refined)||464ºF|

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In March 2009, it was reported that New Jersey, already a Mega Millions member, sought permission to join Powerball. Shortly after, discussions were revealed about allowing each US lottery to offer both games. On Oct 13, the Mega Millions consortium and MUSL reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball. In Nov, MUSL signed an agreement to start streaming Powerball drawings online.
Wednesday’s jackpot might have been the second-biggest, but many expected it to actually surpass that $1.6 billion record if that lucky Massachusetts ticket-holder hadn’t hit on the right numbers. That’s because of what Kelly Tabor, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Lottery, calls “jackpot chasers,” casual players who rush out to buy a ticket when the jackpot gets big enough.
On June 2, 2010, Ohio won a Powerball jackpot; it became the first lottery selling either Mega Millions or Powerball (when 2010 began) to provide a jackpot-winning ticket for its newer game. The ticket was worth a $261 million annuity; it was sold in Sunbury. Ohio's second Powerball jackpot-winning ticket, sold for the June 23, 2010 drawing, was part of another first; since Montana also provided a jackpot winner for that drawing, it was the first time a jackpot was shared through lotteries which sold competing games before the cross-selling expansion, as Montana sold only Powerball before the expansion date.
In 2005, Mega Millions was the target of a mailing scam. A letter bearing the Mega Millions logo was used in a string of lottery scams designed to trick people into providing personal financial information by cashing bogus checks. The letter, which had been sent to people in several states via standard mail, included a check for what the scammers said was an unclaimed Mega Millions prize. If the check was cashed, it bounced, but not before the bank stamped it with a routing number and personal account information and sent it back to the fraudulent organization, providing them with the recipients' financial information.
The American Powerball,known as "Lotto America" made it debut way back in 1988, which makes it one of the oldest Lottery games around today. In 1992 they changed the name to the Powerball lottery, with the first official Powerball draw being held on April 19th, 1992. The game has grown and evolved over the years now totalling 44 States and various changes being applied to the ball and prize structure from the game back in 1988. These include a change in the annuity prize payments from 20 yearly payments to 30, and the addition of a cash option for the jackpot as the jackpot is massive averaging around $100 million.
Even though some scratch cards costing as much as $50 in Texas and $30 in Massachusetts, state lotteries are exempt from Federal Trade Commission “truth in advertising laws” The Federal Communications Commission prohibits the broadcast of lottery advertisements, but has exemptions for lotteries “conducted by a state acting under the authority of state law. Hence, TV commercials like “The Possibilities are Endless.” (Lotteries raise over $70 billion a year, according to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries. Profits from the Powerball are used to fund public projects approved by state legislatures.)
In spite of the huge popularity of this lottery draw game it is still an unknown to many that you can buy Powerball tickets online, whether you are in the US or not. To be clear, this doesn’t even mean that you have to be a citizen of the US either. No citizenship & not based in the US? You can still play powerball online and buy lottery tickets online for a number of different lottery draw games.


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NEW YORK — Nikki Haley, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations and a strong defender of Israel in the world body, will leave her post by the end of this year.
President Donald Trump in an Oval Office appearance with Haley on Tuesday morning praised the former South Carolina governor and said that about six months ago, she told him that she was ready to leave by the end of this year.
“She’s a fantastic person, very importantly, but she’s also somebody that gets it,” Trump said.
Haley, a moderate on Trump’s foreign policy team, had a warm relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who frequently praised her for criticizing what she saw as bias against the Jewish state at the United Nations.
The most consequential actions she took had to do with Israel: She pulled out of UNESCO, the United Nations cultural affiliate, and pushed for the defunding of UNRWA, the agency that administers assistance to Palestinian refugees and their descendants. She threw a party for countries that did not vote to condemn the United States for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Haley at the Oval Office event said Trump earned international respect by delivering on his warnings, including on Iran and Israel.
“They get it when the president says he means business,” she said. “If you look at the anti-Israel bias and the strength and courage the president showed in moving the embassy” to Jerusalem.
She especially praised Jared Kushner, Trump’s Jewish son-in-law. “Jared is a hidden genius that no one understands,” she said. haley recently joined Kushner in shaping his Middle East peace proposal, which
no one outside the small team has seen. “It is so unbelievably well done,” she said of the proposal.
Ivanka Trump, Jared’s wife and Trump’s daughter, returned the compliment on Twitter.
“She is a bold reformer and has been an unwavering champion of truth, principled realism and integrity within the United Nations,” Ivanka Trump said on Twitter. “Jared and I are grateful for her friendship — a true blessing in our lives!”
Haley was a star in the center-right pro-Israel community, consistently earning the loudest plaudits at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference.
“Her departure was unanticipated and took the pro-Israel community by surprise,” Matt Brooks, the Republican Jewish Coalition CEO, said on Twitter. “Stunned and shocked by the surprise resignation of @nikkihaley as UN Amb. She was a consequential and impactful force at the UN.”
She was the rare Trump Cabinet official who earned praise from Democrats.
“I want to thank Ambassador Haley for her willingness to express moral clarity to the world and to President Trump, and promote American values and leadership on the global stage, even when she lacked the backing of the White House or State Department,” Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., a pro-Israel leader in the party, said in a statement.
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Epoxy is an excellent choice for your basement floor and a significant upgrade from concrete floor paint or stain. It provides a tough, seamless finish, resists water penetration from below, and is impervious to spills. It can take the weight of vehicles, so exercise equipment and furniture are not a problem.
Epoxy is an easy-to-use product for most DIY types. It’s non-flammable and adheres well to concrete. But, unfortunately, it is not perfect. Here are the pros and cons of epoxy basement floor coatings.
The Pros of Epoxy Floor Coatings
Epoxy floor coatings are one of the easiest types of finishes to install. Plus, they last a long time–some products for over 20 years.
Epoxy is also very cost-effective. Material cost for a DIY project averages between $3.00 and $5.00 per square foot. The national average of material and labor costs to have professional installers do the job is between $3.00 and $7.00 per square foot.
Here’s a more in-depth look at the pros of using epoxy on a basement floor.
Keeps Moisture Out
Basements are often damp and humid. In part because moisture can seep up through the floor. Epoxy creates a hard, impenetrable coating over the floor to block moisture.
Note: Epoxy does not solve all of your moisture problems. Water can still come in through the walls and window frames.
Epoxy will not chip or crack. It resists scratching–making moving furniture easier. Epoxy coating in residential basements can last over 20 years.
Note: If the floor begins to show wear, you can bring it back by adding another coat of epoxy.
Who knew that mold spores had roots? Epoxy coatings are 100% non-porous, making them mold-free. Mold can grow under rugs and on furniture if it gets damp. It will not adhere to the epoxy.
Easy to Clean
Epoxy resists liquid spills–including chemicals and rarely stains. Scuffs and skid marks come off with mild detergent and water. Occasional sweeping and/or vacuuming keeps this low-maintenance floor covering clean.
Although liquid epoxy produces vile fumes, once it dries and hardens, the California Department of Health Services declares it “almost non-toxic.” You will never have to dispose of epoxy coating. So, unlike other flooring products, no epoxy will ever get to a landfill–except for the containers.
Only solid epoxy requires professional application. Applying either of the other two products is a simple DIY project. Fill the holes and cracks with hydraulic cement or caulking, acid-etch or machine-etch the concrete for greater adherence, clean the floor, and apply epoxy.
Other Pros of Epoxy Floors
- Ideal for concrete floors with in-floor heating.
- Great looking finish. Multiple color options.
- Withstands extreme temperatures–up to 200 degrees F.
The Cons of Epoxy Floor Coatings
Even products as good as epoxy floor coatings have a few problems. You should consider everything when making a significant decision, like flooring.
Lots of Preparation
Preparing your concrete floor for epoxy application can be time-consuming. You must start by removing all lumps and bumps, filling large holes and cracks with hydraulic cement and smaller cracks with caulking. (Not silicone caulking.) You must remove all furniture and rugs and etch the concrete for better adherence.
And since epoxy does not stick to moist surfaces, you must dry out the basement. You should not apply it in extremely cold or humid weather conditions. The epoxy might not adhere or dry properly if applied in adverse conditions. The following YouTube video provides a concise explanation of the preparation and application process.
72-Hour Curing Time
Plan not to use your basement for at least 72 hours after applying the epoxy. That is the average length of time for the product to cure. It may appear dry to the touch before that, but putting down rugs and moving in furniture could cause imperfections.
Epoxy Emits Toxic Fumes
Epoxy emits toxic fumes while wet and curing. Wear a respirator during the application process, get everyone out of the house, open all the windows, and turn off the HVAC system to keep from spreading the fumes throughout the house.
The fumes are not only vile but could be toxic. Anyone with asthma should stay away while the product cures.
Slick When Wet
You want epoxy’s waterproof qualities to keep moisture out of the basement. But because it is non-absorbent, any little bit of liquid spilled on it makes epoxy very slippery and dangerous for everyone and a high risk for the elderly, kids, and pets.
Types of Basement Floor Epoxy
All three types of basement floor epoxies provide excellent sealing and protection to your concrete.
Water-based epoxy–like latex paint– is the most straightforward product. It also makes for the easiest water cleanup. It contains 40% – 60% solids but has no or little hazardous solvent fumes. It provides excellent adhesion to concrete and metal with high resistance to water and chemicals.
Water-based epoxy dries to a gloss finish and has a large range of pre-tinted color options and metallic coatings, including colored flakes that create a speckled pattern. Allow the first coat to dry completely before applying the second coat.
Note: Water-based epoxy does not require mixing. Just pour it out of the container and spread.
Solvent-based epoxy also contains 40% – 60% solids and has been the “go-to” floor epoxy product for years. It adheres very well to concrete and is available in many colors. Besides providing better durability and performance than Water-Based epoxy, it is more tolerant of petroleum-contaminated concrete.
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) contained in this product mean you need to get everyone out of the house–including pets, open the windows, and wear a respirator when applying it. The VOC problem and regulations are reducing the use of solvent-based epoxy.
Solid epoxy does not contain solvents or water to off-gas or evaporate during curing. It is the most expensive option and should be applied by professional installers. The product begins hardening in the pail within 30 minutes, so it is mixed in small batches and applied with a trowel.
Properly installed, solid epoxy lasts over 20 years. Although drying times vary by product, solid epoxy takes hours to dry compared to days for solvent-based and water-based epoxies. It is available in multiple colors and finishes.


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January Tour Dates in New England
New England, I’m headed your way again this winter! Looking forward to seeing you again for a few shows…
Jan 7 - Hanover, NH @ The Skinny Pancake 8pm
Jan 8 - Portland, ME @ Blue 6pm
“This Holiday” FREE Download
It’s officially the holiday season again and I’m giving away my 2 recorded holiday songs for free on Noisetrade.
The download includes my original holiday song “This Holiday,” as well as my cover of “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” (which you can’t get anywhere else)
“This Holiday” is also available on Spotify & iTunes, etc.


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Is it safe in Johannesburg South Africa?
Johannesburg has a reputation of a lawless city and very high crime levels, so the sight of police and security guards is very common.
However, though crime rates are very high, tourists are seldom victims, since the crimes occur in areas rarely frequented by tourists..
Why is Cape Town so dangerous?
Cape Town is an extremely cool city that is mostly known for its natural beauty. … The reputation for safety in Cape Town has been one marred by theft, muggings, assaults, carjackings, gang violence – often, if not always, fuelled by poverty. Years of Apartheid have contributed to current social issues.
What is the safest city in South Africa?
The towns of Yzerfontein, Churchhaven and St. Helena Bay on the sparsely populated west coast are among the safest areas for expats to live in South Africa. These areas are an ideal place for expats in search of a peaceful lifestyle.
Is Cape Town or Johannesburg safer?
Downtown Cape Town is also much safer than downtown Johannesburg or Durban. Cape Town is by far the most beautiful and cleanest of the three, and it is a wonderful city for tourists. For the poor, Cape Town is as dangerous as Johannesburg or Durban, probably more dangerous.
Why Cape Town is better than Joburg?
Joburg’s cost of living is lower than Cape Town, while the economic hub also has a higher urban work score and sits higher on the finance and housing index. Cape Town is an easier city to settle in as an expat, while the quality of urban living is higher.
Is Johannesburg worth seeing?
Joburg or Jozi, as the locals refer to Johannesburg, is the capital of the richest South African province, Gauteng, and not only the biggest city in South Africa but also one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. … Johannesburg isn’t as pretty as Cape Town but it’s totally worthwhile visiting it.

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