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By Nick Worth
Prospect Global Resources Inc. officials announced last week that a team of engineering and consulting firms has completed work on a pre-feasibility study for the company’s potash project in the Holbrook Basin.
The study was performed by Tetra Tech Inc., a leading provider of consulting, engineering, construction management and technical services worldwide.
Some of the highlights of the pre-feasibility study include:
* 1.42 million tons per year operation, based on average production from years six through 10.
* $825 million estimated capital cost.
* $1.4 billion net present value at an eight percent discount rate. This is based on prices of $430 per tonne freight on board (FOB) Vancouver for standard product, $450 per tonne FOB Vancouver for granular product and $480 per ton delivered to the U.S. Midwest for granular product.
* 27 percent after-tax internal rate of return.
* Initial mine life of 26 years.
* Life of mine operating costs of $115 per ton.
* Peak production of 1.55 million tons, expected to be reached in the seventh year of the mine’s operation.
* Approximately 1.3 million tons per annum of production over the 26-year life of the mine.
According to a press release announcing the pre-feasibility study, it includes two cases. The first is a “base case,” which evaluates only “measured” and “indicated” resources. The second is referred to as a “de-velopment case,” which includes the anticipated conversion of “inferred” resources into measured and indi-cated potash deposits. These results are expected to be converted in Prospect Global’s upcoming infill drilling program and form the basis of the results in the press release.
“The completion of the pre-feasibility study represents a significant milestone in the development of our Holbrook Project,” said PGR President and Chief Executive Officer Damon G. Barber. “The goal of our work was to lower the risks of financing, development, construction and mining operations while simultaneously increasing returns on capital. The PFS shows the results of that effort.”
Barber went on to state that PGR has optimized the operation for the current resource and significantly reduced the risks of the project for investors.
“The PFS estimates confirm our view that the Holbrook project has the potential to become a high quality, long-life, conventional potash mine with robust economics,” Barber said. “We look forward to completing our definitive feasibility study as soon as possible and developing a scalable, low-risk, mining operation.”
PGR commissioned a team of engineering and specialized consulting firms to prepare the pre-feasibility study, including:
* Tetra Tech Inc., which prepared the processing plant and site engineering, mining, permitting, cost esti-mating and project economics.
* North Rim Exploration, which handled the geology and resource estimation.
* John T. Boyd Company, owner’s engineers, professional mining consultants.
* Novopro Projects Inc., owner’s engineers, processing and surface facilities.
* Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, which prepared permitting, land and offsite infrastructure.
* Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), which performed metallurgical test work.
* Huffman Laboratories, which performed assaying and ore characterization work.
* Advanced Terra Testing, Inc., which performed rock mechanic test work.
* RESPEC, which performed rock mechanic test work and mine design review.
The study states the potash in the Holbrook Basin lies in two primary seams within the Supai Formation, the KR-1 and KR-2 seams. The KR-1 seam lies above the KR-2 seam and is unevenly distributed throughout the basin. The KR-2 seam is the primary target for mine development.
North Rim reported the KR-2 seam has a total of 5.7 million tons of KC1 potash, an indicated resource of 44.2 million tons and an inferred resource of 52.8 million tons for a total on 102.7 million tons of finished potash. The KR-1 seam has an additional 38.8 million inferred tons of KC1.
The report also gives some specifics about the character of the mine and its operation. According to the pre-feasibility study, the mine access will be via shaft, and the mine design incorporates room and pillar min-ing techniques utilizing continuous miners.
“The shaft locations were sited to maximize the flexibility for underground development and to minimize the time from seam access to full production, thereby accelerating revenues and cash flow,” the report states. “The mine orientation is based on the results of rock mechanic analysis, and is intended to enhance opera-tional efficiency, underground stability and employee safety.
Once fully operational, the mining production rate is expected to be approximately 9.5 million tons of ore per year. Plans call for this to be achieved by running eight continuous miner units on a DuPont rotating shift schedule to provide 24/7 coverage.
Start-up capital expenditures are estimated at $825 million over a 2½-year construction schedule. Within mining, mine labor accounts for 33 percent of operating expenses, followed by equipment O&M, 27 percent; roof support, 17 percent; hoisting and ventilation power, 13 percent; and conveyance, 10 percent.
PGR also said the company has selected drillers for its upcoming infill drilling program and will begin drilling in early August. The company also expects to complete a new resource estimate by end of 2013 that will include the results from the infill drilling program.
The company said it will complete the remaining rock mechanic and metallurgical test work required for the definitive feasibility study, with core samples obtained from the infill drilling program. Once that step is done, PGR will optimize the mine plan and plant engineering based on the new resource estimate.
PGR officials have also stated they will put together a build-out management team, to which key additions have been identified, and will complete their definitive feasibility study by the third quarter of 2014.
By Nick Worth

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On April 9, 1931, a white judge in northern Alabama summarily sentenced nine black male youths to death after local all-white juries had convicted the young black men of raping two white women on March 25, principally on the women's testimony. In vain the young men insisted upon their innocence. A long-term and ultimately successful struggle to save the youths' lives and, in time, to exonerate them led to one of the most dramatic and revealing civil rights struggles in U.S. history.
A stalwart defense effort led initially by the International Labor Defense (ILD), the legal wing of the Communist Party, combined with international as well as domestic support campaigns to keep the young men's cause alive. On one hand, the word-of-mouth reportage and extensive newspaper coverage played upon the intertwined psychosexual and interracial aspects of the alleged crime. On the other, the youths' defense teams and innumerable supporters consistently emphasized how those very same aspects combined to render a fair trial virtually impossible in the white supremacist social order of the Jim Crow South.
Olen Montgomery, Clarence Norris, Haywood Patterson, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Charley Weems, Eugene Williams, and Andrew Wright found that as black male youths in the Jim Crow South, neither innocence nor adolescence protected them. Leroy Wright, a thirteen year old and a ninth accused youth, was never sentenced to life imprisonment due to his young age. Nevertheless, the inflammatory allegation of having raped white women, especially in such a high-profile case, haunted forever all of their lives.
In the April 1933 retrial of Haywood Patterson, Defense Attorney Samuel Leibowitz demonstrated that Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, the alleged victims, had fabricated the rape charge as a way to avoid being charged with vagrancy and prostitution. At that same retrial, Ruby Bates went so far as to recant her testimony against all the defendants and to speak out on behalf of the innocence of Patterson and the other Scottsboro Boys. White male juries in Alabama, however, refused to accept Bates's retraction and new story, and continued in their legal persecution of the Scottsboro Boys. As a result, a series of defense appeals kept the cause alive. In Powell v. Alabama (1932), the Supreme Court ordered new trials for all eight defendants, ruling that in capital cases defendants merited a real, as against a pro forma, defense. In Norris v. Alabama (1935), the highest court overturned the convictions of Norris and Patterson and demanded that the state court retry the case because of the systematic exclusion of blacks from the juries.
The saga of the Scottsboro Boys demonstrated the deepseated, racist, white fear of the alleged black male rapist, in this case in the guise of youth. It likewise illustrated the power of this fear to override evidence and reason in the determination of guilt and innocence. Indeed, the issue was neither guilt nor innocence; rather, it was the maintenance of white supremacy and the repression of black freedom. Nevertheless, the concerted and inspiring efforts to undo the wrongs against the Scottsboro Boys contributed significantly to the ongoing African-American Freedom Struggle and the interrelated struggle to defeat Jim Crow.
Carter, Dan T. 1976. Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South, 2nd ed. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
Goodman, James. 1994. Stories of Scottsboro: The Rape Case that Shocked 1930's America and Revived the Struggle for Equality. New York: Pantheon.
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Does where you live affect your ability to cope with financial and employment stress? That question is on the minds of policymakers with limited dollars to spend on social services. The answer could help them determine how best to support struggling individuals.
The question was also on the mind of Washington State University psychology professor Tahira Probst. It seems logical that people with access to more services would fare better. But Probst wondered whether, instead, people might compare their situations’ with their neighbors’ in a “keeping up with the Joneses” fashion. If so, those struggling economically in communities with fewer resources might actually feel better than those in similar straits living in a supposedly “healthier” community.
With a grant of $50,000 from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps program, Probst and her collaborators are examining nationwide data compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation along with interviews conducted by Gallup Polling.
Preliminary results are intriguing. They suggest that while a more prosperous, healthier community can help mitigate certain types of stress related to income (such as inability to pay bills on time), employment-related stress is a different matter. If your neighbors are happily employed while you have lost your job or are worried about layoffs, you may have more trouble coping.
“Community well-being definitely matters, but in surprising ways,” Probst said. “It can help people to cope better with private sources of stress such as financial struggles, while resulting in worse outcomes for those facing more public stressors such as unemployment.”

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An Accra Circuit Court has ordered Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) to produce the call records of a conversation between Mahama Ayariga, the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central and an officer of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
According to the Ghanaian Times, the court gave the order on January 22 at the request of Special Prosecutor (SP) Mr Martin Alamisi Burns Kaiser Amidu.
Mr Amidu told the Accra Circuit Court “2” presided over by Mrs Ruby Naa Adjeley-Quayson that the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) had already obtained an order to conduct a forensic examination on three mobile phone numbers from the Director General of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
He urged the court to exercise its powers under the Electronic Transaction Act, Act 2008(Act 772) of Section 100, 101 and 103.
Mr Amidu who is known for his tough stance against corruption recently hinted that he would soon start prosecuting corruption-related cases.
In moving the motion for an order directed at the telecom giant to produce records of the conversation between the lawmaker and the officer at GRA, the SP said the information he wanted was between December 2018 and January 2019.
Consequently, the Presiding Judge, Mrs Ruby Naa Adjeley granted the order and asked MTN to produce the said records dated December 1, 2018, to January 6, 2019.
At the time of filing this story, a staff of the OSP was in court to take the order and serve on MTN.
In August 2018, Mr Amidu reported the legislator to the Economic and Organised Crime Organisation (EOCO) for allegedly attempting to block his investigation on him.
Mr Amidu alleged that the Bawku Central MP had sent chiefs, pastors and opinion leaders to intercede on his behalf.
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Don’t get it twisted. its not a continuously variable transmission, but the name of their newest set of wheels, the CVT. The guys at Vossen haave taken a twist in their wheel designs by adding a stylish new set of directional wheels to their popular monoblock CV series. With the 2014 IS F SPORT being the hottest Lexus out right now, they’ve slapped on a set of their newest shoes on the newest Lexus.
Entitled CVT, Vossen will offer this monoblock 10 spoke design in 20″ and 22″ fitments. Since these wheels are directional, there will be two sets specific to each side of the car. The only color will be in an exclusive silver gloss metallic finish to help enhance the look of the wheel while in motion.
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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has shared six tips for the general public to secure their mobile handsets, which were issued by others several years ago.
TechRadar issued 10 tips to make mobile phones more secure in 2014.
However, it is still a good decision in the right direction by the telecom regulator. PTA has started a campaign to create awareness among the general public about the use of mobile phones and other telecom services.
The general public appreciates PTA’s latest campaign, which would help avoid harm and ensure the beneficial use of mobile services.
With the latest development, PTA issued six tips to secure mobile handsets which are given below:
- Lock your phone using a “Pin/Password” to avoid its misuse.
- Install apps only from “trusted app stores”.
- Turn-off Bluetooth after use.
- Always encrypt your data on internal and external media.
- Install updates/patches in a timely manner.
- Always use a VPN on public Wi-Fi/un-trusted network.


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Happy Monday! Less than 3 weeks until Christmas Day! I am going to be super organised and attempt to sort out my meal plans until the new year this week, so I don't have to do any planning over the festive period. Wish me luck!
Last week we did well, we missed one meal but we are having it this week instead. On Sebastians birthday we ate SO much, wehad pancakes for breakfast, lunch at Frankie and Bennys then some food at the German Market and then a curry in the evening from local restaurant The Cinnamon Lounge. I actually managed to fill my children up and they turned down birthday cake! I was so pleased with how the cake turned out, he asked for a chocolate cake and I think I delivered what he wanted!
This week I am trying a Gousto Box, as I had an offer to try for £9.99. I am really looking forward to trying the meals and I will attempt to blog about it if I get the chance. I am going to tidy my freezer a bit too, everything is shoved in at the moment so I want to get it organised.
Monday Cheesy Fish Pie
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Wednesday Herby Pancetta Carbonara with Chives
Thursday Ikea meatballs with homemade gravy and chips
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Matthew McConaughey says he really enjoys being a father of two.
The actor told People his three-step plan from bachelorhood to parenthood: “Plants, dogs, kids.”
McConaughey, 41, shares that he’s still surprised at the effect that his partner, Camila Alves, as well as children, Levi, two-and-a-half, and Vida, 14 months, have had on him.
“It’s kind of hard to explain, he said at the L.A. premiere of his new movie, but it feels good. When you have kids then you’ll know what I’m talking about,” McConaughey said at the LA premier of his new film, The Lincoln Lawyer.
McConaughey also shared that being a father has changed his perspective on career choices.
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So much of the work I do now is inspired by being a mother. I want to leave the world a better place for my children. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, I want to share with you some words from my ‘Letter to my Unborn Daughter,’ the entirety of which can be found in my 2010 book Nomad:
“Life holds so much promise for you. Please take it with both your little hands, and live it well. Live, laugh, love, and give back with a broad grin.”
Despite all of the chaos and horror in the world today, I hold on to these words. It is so important to affirm the lightness of life in the face of darkness, and to pass on this mindset to our children, and to fight for a world in which that lightness triumphs.
Part of raising the next generation is inspiring them to think for themselves, rather than be constrained by any kind of dogma. This, too, I try to pass on to my children, and it informs the work of AHA Foundation.
Last month, my friend Peter Boghossian began his ‘Reverse Q+A Tour’ at Purdue University, where he encouraged inquisitive young minds to pursue the best for themselves. In our blog this month, he spoke to AHA Foundation about his Reverse Q+As, the importance of free speech, and the necessity of kindling the spark of inquiry in the young. Read it here.
Also in the blog this month, AHA Foundation spoke to Emanuela Zuccalà, the director of a short documentary about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Liberia. It is my hope that her documentary raises awareness of the fight of the daughters of Liberia against the cruel and inhumane practice of FGM. Read our interview with her here and sign up for our live screening of the documentary on June 16, where Emanuela will discuss her work, here.
Emanuela’s work reminds me again, as Mother’s Day approaches, that so much of my work comes down to fighting for the young, and I am proud to say that AHA Foundation is doing its part to combat FGM. Today, in fact, our federally-funded anti-FGM program in Chicago North Side is hosting a training for mental health professionals co-led by the esteemed psychologist and FGM specialist Joanna Vergoth. Find out more about our previous Chicago trainings here.
In June, I, alongside various other experts, begin teaching a summer course at the University of Austin (UATX). My teaching will be focused on free speech, religion, and women’s rights. If you are interested in taking this class or know of young individuals who might be interested, you can apply here.
Finally, I would like to thank everyone who has already given to our spring matching campaign. Our generous donor Bill Miller has pledged $15,000 in matching funds, meaning that when you give, your impact will be DOUBLED. We are halfway to unlocking these funds, and you can help us reach our goal. If you want to help AHA Foundation in its vital work and make a real difference in the lives of women and girls and, indeed, in the fight for liberty for all, please give a gift now.
Warmly and with gratitude,
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Founder


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Marking a partial breakthrough in the crisis crippling the Venice Film Festival, respected exec Davide Croff was confirmed Thursday as head of the Venice Biennale, the event's parent organization.
"Law & Order" will preem on Universal Studios Networks' German digital channel 13th Street in March with the help of Michel Friedman, the controversial TV talkmeister and Jewish leader disgraced last…
Bankrupt German mogul Leo Kirch filed a lawsuit against Liberty Media and Deutsche Bank in New York on Wednesday, accusing them of conspiring to destroy his vast media empire.
Warner Bros. Intl. TV Distribution has promoted Simon Kenny to exec VP, Europe, and Jose "Pepe" Abad to the new position of senior veep, Southern Europe, it was announced Thursday by WB Intl. TV…
Film production levels rose in Spain in 2003 with 126 locally produced films released, up from 2002's 114 pics, according to a study presented Thursday by Spain's Academy of the Motion Pictures Arts…
Nancy Meyers' comedy "Something's Gotta Give" has been added to the strong lineup of U.S. movies at the Berlin Intl. Film Festival, screening out of competition in the fest's main section.
Chinese broadcasters' plans to go digital have suffered a setback, as new figures show digital cable ended 2003 with just 201,000 subscribers, way behind the 1 million target.
MTV Brasil, the Portuguese-language arm of the international music feevee, will start to produce feature films for theatrical release next year, said the net's general director Andre Mantovani.
The National Theater once again dominated the 2004 Laurence Olivier Award nominations, honoring the finest in London theater, opera, and dance during 2003. The South Bank complex garnered 20 noms…
Hector Babenco's prison drama "Carandiru," Brazil's submission for foreign-language Oscar, will kick off the Mar del Plata Intl. Film Festival.

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The Bahamas: Ultimate dream destination
The Bahamas stretch out between the Cuban and Florida coasts. It has 700 islands and 2500 islets scattered over 259,000 km² of ocean. Almost all of the islands are bordered by coral reefs and white sandy beaches, either flat or slightly undulating. It is a true paradise for sailing enthusiasts.
You can visit all year round even if the winter months are the most popular (mid-December to mid-April).
The islands' landscapes vary between dominant pines, palm trees, ferns, mangroves, marshes and gorgeous colourful flowers such as the spectacular Blue Mahoe. You can even find bears on some of the bigger islands. There are also many birds to observe - the 24 reserves are home to 230 species of bird which will delight bird watchers.
On many of the islands, there are huge, majestic water holes which plunge into the ocean and thrust into underwater caves.
Meeting point for golfers
The Bahamas offer a vast playground for golfers. The fairways of its eight golf courses roll across backdrops of greenery, white sand and turquoise waters: New Providence, Paradise Island, Grand Bahama Island, The Exumas and The Abacos. Several are classed as Championship courses and host many competitions.
It is also a paradise for divers and fishing enthusiasts - the archipelago is full of underwater wonders.
Furthermore, it is the perfect diving and snorkelling destination with exceptionally clear waters, warm enough all year round that there's no need for a wetsuit. Divers can marvel at many species such as moray eels, stingrays, turtles, barracuda, swordfish, pike, parrotfish, sharks or even dolphins. For example, spotted dolphins are regularly observed on the Bimini Islands.
Moreover, according to some Bahamians, the "Lost City of Atlantis" can be found off the coast of the Bimini Islands. New Providence, Clifton Wall, Balmoral Island or Elbow Cay are highly recommended for diving and snorkelling.
As well as diving, water sports enthusiasts will have the opportunity to try out windsurfing, waterskiing or surfing. The national surfing championships take place in Freeport (Grand Bahama) in January. The Bahamas are also popular with fishing enthusiasts. The archipelago's clear waters are particularly good for bonefish. Fishing is also possible here, in waters abundant with blue and white whitings, tropical sea bream and tuna.
Many destinations in a single archipelago
This archipelago offers no less than 16 destinations, the main islands being Nassau, Paradise Island and Grand Bahama Island. Those who love untouched nature will prefer the Out Islands, which offer a magnificently preserved beauty. For example, the magnificent Island of Eleuthera is well-known for its pink sandy beaches that will take your breath away. Cat Island, home to the boiling lake at certain tides and which has fuelled many sea monster legends, is one of the few islands in the archipelago to have been protected from tourism.
Nassau is the capital of this heavenly archipelago - this highly American town will surprise you with its colonial charm and coloured houses. However, the archipelago also features less visited destinations such as the Exumas and the Abacos.
You will find most of the boat rental bases in the Abacos. Constant trade winds, relaxed sailing, perfect diving spots, kilometres of remote beaches, many marinas, charming villages and ports, first-class gastronomy and welcoming people make for an unforgettable cruise. It has an immense sailing area and experienced sailors will tell you that the best place for a catamaran or sailing boat cruise is the central part of the Abacos to the north and Marsh Harbour to the south!
Take advantage of the tourist entertainment on the main islands such as Grand Bahama and New Providence, or enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the Out Islands. This destination will surprise you both on the ground and at sea, with its high-quality tourism, beautiful fine, sandy beaches, warm, clear sea and diving sites with coral reefs that will take your breath away.
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Salgueiro’s drum queen, Viviane Araujo, showed off her barefoot samba.
OR here comes the carnival and the rehearsals are in full swing. Queen of the willow battery, Viviane Araujo fell to samba on the club ground down to earth this Thursday night (3). After the sandal broke, the actress took off her shoe and danced comfortably next to the muses rebecca AND Dandar Mariana. Excited, Viviane squandered her sympathy when she posed for pictures of her.
Wearing a top and shorts look, Viviane proved it he is regaining the body he used to have before the baby is pregnant, which will complete five months, and shocked showing flat abdomen. Two weeks after the birth of Joaquim, the artist he had already lost 11 kg, reaching a weight of 68.1 kg.
Salgueiro will be the fifth school to parade on the first day of the special group in Rio de Janeiro, at dawn from Sunday (18) to Monday (19), and will bring the samba story “Delírios de um Paraíso Vermelho” to Sapucaí .
I am Amanda Gans, a motivated and ambitious professional in the news writing industry. With over five years of experience in this field, I have developed an eye for detail and an ability to craft stories that captivate readers. I currently write for Gossipify, where I specialize in beauty & celebrities news. My passion lies with exploring the world of beauty through writing, interviewing experts and developing articles that are both informative and entertaining.


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text: Some Americans are angry. On Wednesday, thousands of Michigan residents \u2014 in their vehicles \u2014 brought traffic in Lansing to a standstill. A spokesperson for Operation Gridlock said there\u2019s a clear message for the governor who has locked down the state: \u201cInstead of talking about what\u2019s essential and nonessential, let\u2019s talk about what\u2019s safe and not safe.\u201d Some Americans are simply saddened. Dallas\u2019 beloved Khao Noodle Shop will close its doors and stop serving its acclaimed Laotian meals. Owner Donny Sirisavath explains, \u201cWe\u2019ve exhausted our minds, our bodies, and we\u2019ve exhausted our bank accounts.\u201d Throughout the nation, Americans are ready to get back to work. We\u2019ve upended our lives in recent weeks; we\u2019ve adopted the habits, from hand-washing to social distancing, that will help ensure that the coronavirus takes as few lives as possible. And it has worked. All signs say we are flattening the curve. But new data isn\u2019t resulting in new approaches from our elected officials. Indeed, in some places, the lockdowns are getting even more restrictive. When residents of Raleigh, N.C., objected, the Raleigh Police Department broke up a small and socially distanced rally, dismissively saying on Twitter, \u201cProtesting is a non-essential activity.\u201d The economic hardship being inflicted now will be lasting \u2014 and every day we keep our shops and manufacturers shuttered, we prolong the suffering. It\u2019s time to reopen the U.S. economy. Let\u2019s enact sensible policies \u2014 made at the state and local levels \u2014 based on safety and the very best data available. As economist and George Mason University Professor Tyler Cowen points out, \u201cThe lockdown is the No. 1 feature of just about everyone\u2019s life at the moment \u2014 even in states not officially or completely locked down.\u201d The first step is to change our mindset \u2014 let\u2019s flip our assumptions. From the early days of this crisis, we have operated under the assumption that all activities and gatherings deemed \u201cnonessential\u201d are unsafe. Yet throughout these long weeks of staying at home, there have been notable exceptions. Grocery stores, some big-box retailers and fast-food joints have been open (if only for drive-thru), and we have dutifully tried to maintain our social distances. And we\u2019ve all made our own risk analyses for things like trips to the craft store and walks in the park. For the most part, we\u2019ve made the adjustments we\u2019ve felt were necessary \u2014 and that we\u2019re comfortable with. So now, let\u2019s make the logical and supportable assumption that most activities, when combined with our well-practiced social distancing and hygiene measures, are safe. We can make allowances for certain regions (looking at you, Manhattan), populations (such as the immunocompromised) and activities (no stadium concerts yet, Mick and Keith). In other words, instead of shutting it all down, and making exceptions for essential goods and services, we should be ready to open up the economy, making exceptions to protect those who are truly at risk. What would that look like? We\u2019d reopen the struggling retailers who are losing ground every day to the online giants. We\u2019d open the stores and shops and offices and manufacturing plants that all have next month\u2019s rent looming over them. We\u2019d let restaurants host gatherings of families and friends again. Americans can be trusted to practice those habits we\u2019ve all learned so well in recent weeks. It\u2019s time for government to get out of the way and let us get back to work \u2014 when and where the best data confirm for us it\u2019s safe. Some of us are angry; some of us are sad. We have all suffered in recent weeks \u2014 not least because lives have been lost to this illness. But we need not prolong suffering through a painful, self-inflicted recession. America is ready to move forward. Kevin Roberts is the director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation.


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Boston Scientific Donates Bicycles for Kelly Hall YMCA Youth
The Kelly Hall YMCA is grateful to Boston Scientific for donating bicycles to youth in its programs.
Recently, members of the Boston Scientific leadership gathered the day before their national conference in Chicago for a special day of team building. They wanted to partner with the Y to assemble and donate 10 bicycles for our youth. One of the youth who attended this day of community service said, "I now have a bike that I can share with my brother!"
Boston Scientific representative Elliot O'Neil said, "On behalf of all of us at Boston Scientific, I want to thank each of you for making this day an amazing event. Thank you. Those words clearly cannot convey exactly what we mean, but trust that this event was better than we could have ever expected."


Frank Gaffney Demands Obama Cut Foreign Aid To Central America As A Way To Curb Immigration
Conservative pundit Frank Gaffney has a great idea to dissuade young migrants from escaping violence and economic hardship in countries like El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras: cut off their foreign aid!
In today’s “Secure Freedom Minute,” Gaffney says the Obama administration should declare that such countries “are not eligible for our foreign aid” until the immigrant “invasion” ends.
We can’t see how that could possibly go wrong.
Barack Obama visits Texas today, but not its border areas. He’s not interested in evidence that his policies have encouraged an ongoing invasion by tens of thousands of illegal child and other aliens. The President just wants Congress to give him nearly $4 billion to “manage” the resulting crisis. Unfortunately, he would spend much of it in ways that will encourage more such invaders to come here. For example, lots of this emergency funding would go to provide housing, food, transportation and lawyers for the illegal aliens. These would be inducements for further invasion. Congress should just say “No” to such spending and ensure that the countries enabling the invasion – namely, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico – are not eligible for our foreign aid until they stop it, and repatriate the invaders.
Phil Robertson: 'Rid The Earth Of' Gay Marriage Supporters
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Sandy Rios: Beyoncé Ushering In The Antichrist With Her 'Black Racism' And 'Lawlessness'
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Michele Bachmann: Obama Seeks Global Domination As Battle Of Armageddon Approaches
2/1/16 @ 2:00pm
Nearly Everything Ted Cruz Said At Saturday's Debate Was A Lie
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Louie Gohmert: We Got Sanders Because We Let 'Hippies From The '60s' Become Teachers
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Arrival Story: my husband got him for me from a one of his friends. we had him for 6 months, then one day he dissapered. we live in the counrty so we though the worst had happened to him. then two months later, we got home around 7 pm and there was a cat sitting on my husbands packed car, and it was oakley. somehow he came back to us. he was covered in oil,and it still hasnt came out all the way yet (2months later). we are so happy to have him back.
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You do not have to have "talent" to be successful in theatre. A good attitude, determination to keep trying, and an openness to learning art is all that is needed to be successful.
Both beginners and experienced performers can find a place in Goodnight’s Theater Arts program, where emphasis is placed on personal growth through taking creative risks. Theater is a place for students to explore their emotions, expand their imagination, build their confidence, and develop their own, unique voice.
In addition to theater-specific skills and knowledge, students learn life skills in public speaking, interpersonal communication, creative problem-solving, and collaboration, as well as develop social-emotional skills such as empathy, focus, and resilience. In the process, students gain a greater knowledge of themselves, and develop deep relationships with friends and teachers that often continue long after eighth grade.


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Clown around with everyone in this cute Sassie the Clown teen costume trimmed with colorful ribbons and lots of net ruffles. Pull any prank you want when you wear this multicolor, beribboned dress, complete with attached apron, collar, mini hat, tights and glovelettes.
Walk like a zombie through the neighborhood or the party in this distressed Zombie Skeleton teen costume. The beige tattered shirt of this zombie costume features an exposed skeletal chest and comes complete with matching pants, black and white skeleton gloves along with an intricately detailed…
Support your team, or just have a bear of a good time when you wear this Bear Mascot Teen Costume. The fuzzy plush jumpsuit comes complete with a matching headpiece. Go Bears!
Set children and adults alike screaming in fear in this classic Scream costume! Straight out of the frightening film, this scary kids costume includes a midnight-black robe with tattered sleeves and hem, matching belt, and the infamous ghostface mask--everything you need to haunt and horrify the…
Win your surfer boy's heart wearing this officially licensed Teen Beach Lela Child Costume. Just remember to keep it your biker chic look in this faux leather pink character jacket that will keep you on the right side this Halloween. The shimmering pink playsuit with bow detail and black belt is…
All the boys will chase you in this officially licensed Sonic The Hedgehog Teen Costume. Too bad they won't be able to catch up. Dress includes character's signature colors, spikes, and tail and comes with matching ears. Shoe covers are also included so you'll have a supersonic look from head to…
Did you know "Green" was the very outspoken mascot for mint and dark chocolate M&Ms? Deliciously sassy, the officially licensed Green M&M Poncho teen costume will make you the party mascot. The green, 100% polyester tunic comes complete with matching white gloves.
Chomp them to bits this Halloween in the Officially Licensed Sharknado 3-D T-shirt Teen Costume. If you can't get enough of these tornado riding sharks, this shirt is for you. Features white t-shirt with 3-D shark popping out of the front with blood splatters surrounding his head.
Pay homage to Jerry Garcia and his band when you decide to wear this officially licensed Grateful Dead Blue Dancing Bear Teen Costume. Blue jumpsuit comes complete with a matching headpiece.
Pay homage to your parents favorite band when you decide to dress in this officially licensed Grateful Dead Green Dancing Bear Teen Costume. Green jumpsuit comes complete with a matching green headpiece.
Make your parents proud when you pay homage to the late and great Jerry Garcia by wearing this officially licensed Grateful Dead Dancing Orange Bear Teen Costume. Orange Jumpsuit comes complete with a matching headpiece.
You won't hear the boys calling your name while you're traveling faster than the speed of sound in this Sonic The Hedgehog Tails Girls Teen Costume! Dress is made of character's signature colors, spikes, and tail. Gloves, shoe covers, and ear headpiece finish your supersonic style!
Here's a witch that's actually got soul! Gobble up kids while still looking like a rock star on Halloween in this Rockin Teen Witch Costume. This two in one gothic punk look includes black tutu dress and hat. Who said a wand only had one purpose? That's why you're killer at the drums!
It doesn't take science to achieve this freaky zombified goth look! Funkie Frankie Teen Costume gives you hints of Frankenstein while offering a spin off the traditional look when you wear this layered tutu dress with jagged edge sleeves and printed stitches, black gloveletes, footless tights with…
Bring it on in this Cheerleader Teen Costume complete with classic high school color dress, matching pom pom and iron-on monograms. Black and red colors suggest you may be cheering on the devils this Halloween.
You'll entertain them with a good scare wearing this Spider Geisha Teen Costume. Black pleather robes and jacket with blue spider detail offer a scary twist on the classic Asian look.
Light up the night in this fun and festive Switch Witch teen costume. Your smile may brighten the room on its own, but with this illuminated witch costume you'll be sure to dazzle the crowd. The purple and black, satiny skull print top has peasant styling and adjustable purple laces.


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By Yahya Habil
As the death toll rises amid the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, and as the world continuously witnesses the dehumanization of Palestinians, Africans should take a step and ponder about what the Palestinian cause means to them.
Many African nations have shown sympathy and solidarity with the Palestinian people.
In fact, African countries were the backbone of the UN General Assembly’s resolution 3379, which had declared Zionism as a form of racism and racial discrimination.
However, to some Africans, the Palestinian cause doesn’t signify much importance. They feel the Israel-Palestine conflict does not directly affect Africa and Africans. This is perhaps due to geopolitical factors and their view that the Palestinian cause is an ‘Arab cause’.
It is important to understand that the Palestinian cause is not just an Arab cause - it is a human cause.
Being an Arab might only increase familiarity and sympathy with the cause, but it is the cause of all oppressed peoples.
Moreover, if there is any group of people that should have and can easily acquire sympathy towards the Palestinian cause, it is the Africans.
This is because Africans know colonialism and its evils too well, and colonialism is exactly what Palestinians are currently fighting.
The idea that colonialism is a pre-WWII or pre-1960s phenomenon is a highly warped one. Many think of colonialism in context of the Scramble for Africa with little focus on the Israeli settler colonialism, which is an ongoing phenomenon in Palestine.
It is about time we change this way of thinking, and Africans can spearhead this change since most of colonialism’s worst episodes occurred in Africa.
The new way of thinking and perception should not differentiate between Colonial France and Israel, as they are both colonial entities.
In fact, and probably to the surprise of many Africans, Israeli colonialism is much more aggressive than its French counterpart was, as Israel is not solely a colonial entity, but an exclusionary one too.
As conveyed through the UN Resolution 3379, Israel’s exclusionary identity molds it into an apartheid state, something Africans are very familiar with.
Israel’s current regime is very reminiscent of Apartheid South Africa, where racial segregation was the law of the land.
This is further supported by South African diplomat Nalendi Pandor’s statement in July 2022, over a year before Operation Al Aqsa Flood, through which she said that “the narrative of the Palestinian people’s struggle evokes experiences of South Africa’s own history of racial segregation and oppression”.
The South African regime as a whole understands this very well, and that is why South Africa always expresses solidarity with Palestine.
The country has condemned Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and even filed a referral to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, seeking an investigation of Israel’s recent actions which South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called ‘’genocidal’’ and ‘’war crimes’’.
South Africa’s recent actions indicate that there is in fact a strong shift towards the aforementioned new, collective perception.
Israel is increasingly categorised alongside colonial entities such as Colonial France and Britain, and alongside apartheid regimes such as the defunct white-minority Apartheid regime of South Africa.
After all, it speaks volumes when one of the continent’s biggest economies and once the racist state takes such a stand.
Stand up against oppression
And just as the apartheid era ended in South Africa with the establishment of a state that provides both white and black South Africans with equal rights, Israeli apartheid can and should also be abolished.
Africans should continuously call for a binational, egalitarian state that provides both Palestinians and Israelis with equal rights.
In other words, Africans should heed the lessons of their continent’s past experiences.
The lessons learned from the horrors of colonialism and the oppression of Africans would be in vain if today’s Africans do not stand up against all forms of oppression across the globe.
The author, Yahya Habil, is a Libyan freelance journalist focusing on African affairs. He is currently working with a think tank in the Middle East.
Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the opinions, viewpoints and editorial policies of TRT Afrika.
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Presenting a list of the upcoming movies of Johnny Lever by Dekh News. As you all know, Johnny Lever is the funniest hero in the Bollywood film industry and he is only included in the movies to play the role of comedian, his funny character draws the attraction of people. Johnny Lever has been a character of fun from the very beginning and people want to see him in the films too, and this form of his has been overshadowed in the entire Bollywood industry. Johnny Lever is a well-known comedy actor in Indian films, he is loved by innumerable groups of people. By telling you all, Johnny Lever will be seen in the upcoming films and will be seen in the character in which he is known or not. The villain role of the funny Johnny Lever has never been successful and even he got very little villain role.
Johnny Lever Upcoming Movies Release Date
According to the reports we received, Johnny Lever was unable to study due to poor financial conditions. he also used to sell pen in the streets of Mumbai, he used to sell pen while dancing to Bollywood songs and then mimicking actors. But who knew how this way of selling his PEN would work in films, in the same way, Johnny Lever started working in films with this talent, then slowly he appeared in films and then he slowly came Took a clot in the film industry.
Johnny Lever Next Films List in 2020, 2021 & 2022
According to the news, Johnny Lever will also be seen in Coolie No 1, this film is being directed by David Dhawan, who is the father of Varun Dhawan, in this film, Varun Dhawan, who is playing the main role, will tell you once again. Let us know that the upcoming films of Johnny Lever will also play a comedy character which will be very much liked by the people. The film will be released on May 1, 2020, and in this film with Varun Dhawan By Ali Khan, Karishma Kapoor and Johnny Lever will be seen.
Mungilal Rocks is a Bollywood film in which Johnny Lever will also be seen in this film, apart from Johnny Lever, Boman Irani will also be seen by Satish Shah. The film is directed by Shashi Ranjan and the music director of this film is Shashi Ranjan Seema Khan. Fans are willingly waiting for this upcoming top-notch movie which will star the top-most comedian Johnny Lever. The film is scheduled to be released in July 2020 this year.
According to the reports that we have received, this film is a comedy-drama film that will dominate the entire Bollywood industry.
Aap Jaisa Koi Nahin
It is good news for you that Johnny Lever is going to be seen in another new film, the name of which film is Aap Jaisa Koi Nahin. the film will be released on 4 August 2020. Fans are willingly waiting for this movie. If it comes to that Johnny Lever’s nature has attracted to all people.
Friends, we have given full information to all of you, then you are requested to like these upcoming films and do not forget to watch them and then give your important support to this channel also so that we Bring new news to you.
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Two Canadian scammers defrauded a Bitcoin investor over $ 140,000 by impersonating HitBTC. They may face two years in jail for HitBTC Twitter Fraud Case.
17 December, 2019 | AtoZ Markets – According to court records on 16 December, brothers Jagroop Singh Khatkar and Karanjit Singh Khatkhar pleaded guilty of conspiracy to commit a Twitter scam in July 2018.
Two Canadian Scammers Stole About 23 Bitcoins
The two brothers stole about 23 bitcoins (valued at around $ 157,000 today) from a 63-year-old Oregon woman. They were also setting up a fake Twitter account to impersonate HitBTC in Hong Kong. Karanjit and Jagroop trapped the woman to share her login credentials. And then they used this information to remove 23.2 bitcoins from the woman’s HitBTC account on Karanjit’s Kraken account.
Karanjit was arrested in July, and Jagroop surrendered on Monday, the report said. Each also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit electronic fraud and money laundering. The two may serve a two-year sentence when authorities announce the sentence on 17 March. Jagroop is still finishing his university studies, awaiting his sentence.
The woman will get her money back because prosecutor assistant Quinn Harrington received a check for $ 142,349 from the brothers. She said she was pleasantly surprised to learn that she may get her money back. She also added:
“I feel sorry for them. And, I have a 27-year-old son. I hope that they can turn their intelligence into something more beneficial.”
HitBTC Twitter Fraud Case Originally Came to Light in July this Year
The case was first revealed in July of this year, according to documents filed with the United States District Court in Portland, Oregon.
Earlier CCN Markets reported on 23 August 2019, that two Indo-Canadians are facing charges of fraud and money laundering in the US. They ripped an Oregonian off their Bitcoin valued at more than $ 200,000. In a statement, Oregon district attorney Billy J. Williams said that Karanjit Singh Khatkar and Jagroop Singh Khatkar had committed electronic fraud, money laundering and severe identity theft. Moreover, it was to steal bitcoin from an Oregonian whose identity was hidden.
Crypto Scams Continue to Grow
Highly sophisticated scams involving cryptocurrency are increasing all around the world. Earlier this month, three men were arrested for allegedly implementing a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors for $ 722 million. South Korean crypto exchange company Upbit was the victim of a significant hack. Hackers managed to steal $ 50 million worth of ETH from its hot wallet.
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This is my first time making this for dinner and I must say that my children loved it. Its so easy and fast to prepare.
1 lb ribeye or sirloin steak
1 medium onion, small diced
8 slices american cheese or provolone cheese
2 large hoagie rolls (the ones I used were about 10" long)
2 TBSP canola or vegetable oil
salt and pepper
garlic powder (optional)
I also added some red and green bell peppers ( cooked them till they are soft)
- If your steak was not already sliced by your butcher, place it in the freezer for about 45 minutes. Remove the steak from the freezer and use a sharp knife to cut the meat as thin as possible, making sure the cut against the grain. Set aside.
- Cut the rolls down the center and place 4 slices of cheese each in the rolls.
- Meanwhile, preheat a skillet over medium-high heat. Once the skillet is hot add the oil to the pan. Add the onions to the pan and season with salt and pepper. Saute for a few minutes until slightly caramelized.
- Keeping the pan over medium-high heat, add the steak to the pan with the onions and season well with salt and pepper and a bit of garlic powder if desired. Cook just until cooked through, this should only take a couple of minutes. You do not want to over cook the meat. Most often, cheesesteak cooks shred the meat even further while cooking it by breaking it up with your spatula.
- Immediately divide the meat and onions between the two rolls.


The past decade suggests an encroaching — or, perhaps at this point, arrived — renaissance in Indigenous art. Regardless of the medium, native voices are becoming not only pervasive, but essential to the spectrum of modern American art. Authors like Tommy Orange, Brandon Hobson, and Stephen Graham Jones have arrived to both critical and commercial acclaim; in 2019, Joy Harjo became the first Native American writer to serve as United States Poet Laureate; and, of course, Louise Erdrich, author of one of the more impressive bibliographic runs of the past century, continues to deliver vital work. There seems a clear causality in the literary community’s boom of Indigenous storytelling and the subsequent, relatively more recent suit-following in the visual mediums. Filmmakers like Sterlin Harjo, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, and Sky Hopinka have all delivered fantastic efforts in the past couple years alone, and both more middle-American, mainstream efforts like Rutherford Falls (from Parks and Recreation creator Michael Schur) and the Taika Waititi-produced Reservation Dogs (from creator Harjo) have not only platformed Indigenous narratives, but have mounted their productions with an almost entirely (Dogs) or heavily represented (Falls) crew of native actors, writers, and technical artists. Which is to say, it’s only right that one should meet War Pony, a film about two Oglala Lakota boys growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with skepticism, directed as it is by two white women: Riley Keough and Gina Gammell. The question of who has the right to tell a story isn’t a new one, but in a country literally built upon the exploitation and displacement of Native populations and in the context of an industry with an unsavory history of Indigenous representation on screen, everyone should feel a bit squeamish at this proposition.
It’s a significant relief, then, that the film proves to be a conscientious and measured affair. The Hollywood Reporter offers a nice primer on the production process: the gist being that Keough befriended co-screenwriters Franklin Sioux Bob and Bill Reddy while filming American Honey in South Dakota, and returned regularly over much of the last decade, Gammell in tow, at first as friends sharing in each others’ lives, and then as artistic collaborators. Indeed, much of War Pony’s narrative fodder is influenced by Bob and Reddy’s own experiences growing up, which likely has everything to do with the film’s refusal to trade in the lurid or sensational. Instead, the poverty and substance use and economic hardship that is too often used only to reinforce and conventionalize facile notions of the Native American experience are here treated with a judicious nonchalance; despite the directorial duo, this isn’t a narrative filtered through the white gaze. Where something like Andrea Arnold’s aforementioned American Honey leans into a certain brand of romanticized miserablism — which is about as your-mileage-may-vary as it gets in critical discourse; poverty poor-n for detractors, the height of modern melodrama for adherents — Keough and Gammell’s film instead opts for an unembellished authenticity, its familiar grimy texture suggesting a pulpiness that thrillingly never arrives. In War Pony, a father sharing a blunt with his tween son can be an endearing moment, tragedies can be self-preservationally flattened in the continued, delirious march into one’s future, and a night full of felonies can be both a celebration and a declaration of self.
But, of course, a film doesn’t succeed because of what it’s not, and where War Pony most immediately succeeds is as an unassuming character study. XXXTentacion-listening Bill (Jojo Bapteise Whiting, in an immensely charming screen debut) is 23, genial, and jobless, and as the film opens, he is looking for $400 to bail his baby mama and ex out of jail. His first plan is to breed poodles; he also tries his luck working for a smarmy white rancher. 12-year-old Matho (LaDainian Crazy Thunder) spends his days horsing around with friends, getting up to all mess of petty and felonious activity with the casual confidence of the young. Both are trying to learn how to be the men they want to be: Bill by achieving financial stability and providing for his two young sons; Matho by willing himself into the masculine shape he so desires. But the quartet of collaborators here smartly refuse any inane narrative mirroring or contrived entanglements, instead letting these two stories twist and twine together organically: one exceptional and visually articulate sequence tracks Matho and his cohorts through a gas station as they buy candy and snacks with their just-earned drug money, accepting help from a local “auntie” when they try to slip out without paying enough, only for the camera to linger near the counter as Bill enters, inquiring about a potential job. It’s in this lived-in, modest tenor that War Pony’s intelligence and sensitivity can be most felt, taking care to anchor plot threads that could otherwise be spun into high drama to the hardscrabble but grounded realities of these two lives. Even the film’s female characters, who on a superficial glance might seem thinly sketched or overlooked, are instead subsumed into a dialectic on the exploitation of Indigenous women. Nothing is incidental.
It seems, too, that this delicacy extends to War Pony’s collaborative process. Keough and Gammell leveraged their industry cache, and the result, almost miraculously, avoids all whiff of exploitation or exoticization. The pair seem fully content to take a backseat, acting as stewards for voices they value: it’s hard to imagine the moving image of four young boys lying and laughing in a shared bed, a respite from the hardships we’ve seen, coming from anything but experience. The directors supplement Bob and Reddy’s contributions with some sleek photography of the Pine Ridge area, again undercutting any narrative of the reservation’s extreme poverty by instead capturing the land’s considerable beauty — reservation dogs dotting grassy plains as they descend upon a lone house, gorgeous Black Hills vistas of expansive, variegated sky — just another in a sequence of the filmmakers’ surprising but essential decisions. In this way, even within the lineage of recent Indigenous visual media, War Pony is a unique offering: perhaps the closest reference point would be Chloe Zhao’s Songs My Brothers Taught Me (though Keough brings more Hollywood to her project than did Zhao at the time), and while the latter’s work was a likewise respectful and understated endeavor, War Pony is the far richer, more nuanced film. Of course, ideally representation would be left to the hands and voices of the represented, and space will need to continue to be carved from the white cultural hegemony to accommodate such necessary (r)evolution. But what Keough, Gammel, Bob, and Reddy have collaboratively accomplished here is an impressive, expressive film, one that will hopefully open more eyes to and wallets for the remarkable Indigenous art currently making inroads into mainstream moviemaking.
Writer: Luke Gorham
Sons of Ramses
There’s an elusive, ephemeral quality to Clement Cogitore‘s Sons of Ramses, a sorta-thriller that unfolds like a half-remembered dream. It’s only his second feature, following 2015’s The Wakhan Front, but Cogitore is also an accomplished documentarian, video artist, and has even staged a full-scale opera. All of these disciplines inform the odd tenor of this newest project, a portrait of a charlatan psychic traversing the dark underbelly of a neighborhood haunted by the specters of the dispossessed. The psychic is Ramses, played with a hulking, somnambulist quality by the very good Karim Leklou. The film begins with a staged reading, as Ramses purports to reveal the words of the recently deceased to a grieving woman. But it’s all smoke and mirrors, an elaborate ruse that finds Ramses and his associates hacking into people’s phones and scrolling through their photos and social media to find details about their lives. Business is good, until a group of feral kids break into Ramses’ apartment and begin stealing stuff. Ramses assumes that they were sent by his rivals — apparently there are multiple psychics in the area, and they’ve cordoned off sections so that all can thrive. But Ramses ignores their entreaties to respect the old ways, and discovers that the kids are actually immigrants from Tangiers that have been abandoned to the streets. Cogitore spends much of the first half of the film establishing the neighborhood, the Goutte D’or area of Northern Paris. It’s a cloistered, if vibrant milieu, a series of back alleys, apartment high rises, and basements. There’s bustling street activity, but also a huge construction site that cuts through the area. After the street kids find that one of their own has gone missing, they accost Ramses and demand that he use his “powers” to locate their friend. Ramses plays along, fearing for his safety, and then has what can only be described as an actual vision. He finds the missing boy’s body at the construction site, removing it from a pile of rubble and placing it under a tarp.
From here on, Ramses and the boys are tethered together. While the boys risk becoming problematic racial caricatures, Cogitore eventually fleshes out their stories and humanizes them. Ramses, too, is given more depth, as we meet his father, a devout believer in the supernatural. It’s an interesting enough narrative, but what fascinates most is Cogitore’s approach to storytelling — just slightly off, a hint of abstraction that stretches traditional realism into something more fluid and opaque. Ramses’ vision is particularly strange; he is performing his act for a crowd, seems to notice something offscreen in his peripheral vision, and then a cut instantly places him at the construction site. It’s momentarily destabilizing, a fact commented upon by Ramses himself, suggesting the presence of something has actually ruptured the film’s diegesis. Later, a minor supporting character is revealed to actually be a set of twins who share a job and a uniform, essentially performing as each other at all times. This doesn’t add anything literal to the proceedings, but it is another blow to Ramses’ understanding of the world around him. The film isn’t successful as a thriller, although it eventually moves so far away from that particular form that it hardly matters. Instead, it becomes a halting, desperate grasping for profundity in an otherwise mundane, quotidian reality. Grace notes abound in Cogitore’s nighttime reverie. Working with cinematographer Sylvain Verdet, he finds a muted, hazy quality in the images; long, handheld tracking shots in the Dardenne brothers’ style are juxtaposed with quiet moments of introspection, closeups giving way to more expansive views of the area and its denizens. In a way, it reminds one of Leos Carax’s early work, or even Bertrand Bonello, not in terms of an exact influence but in the sense that we are witnessing a fully formed worldview that requires the viewer to tune in to its wavelength. Sons of Ramses feels major, a bold film announcing a vital voice. Let’s hope there’s a distributor willing to take a chance on it.
Writer: Daniel Gorman
Boy From Heaven
A spy thriller about a curious subject — the power struggle to replace the Grand Imam of al-Azhar — Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven is set at Al-Azhar University, the second oldest university in the world and the most renowned center for Islamic learning. Adam, the devout, studious son of a fisherman, accepts at the film’s outset a scholarship to the school to further his studies, with no idea of what he’ll be wrapped up in when he gets there. Not long after his arrival, the Grand Imam is dead, and operatives of the state meet to discuss the election of his successor, wishing to control the variables so that an Imam with the same values as the president will be chosen. And so, Boy from Heaven immediately marks itself as interested in the collapse of the space between church and state, the area in which religious morality and government interest collide. It’s a wonderfully intriguing set-up, one that makes for a thriller in which allegations of sin carry as much weight as a bullet, but the stuffy genre clothes the film comes dressed in keep it from being as textually rich as it could have been and, what’s more, Saleh never manages to fashion the conventional proceedings into anything truly gripping.
An undercover State agent befriends Adam on orders to find his own replacement before he is killed. When he meets a brutal end, his handler, Colonel Ibrahim (Fares Fares), approaches Adam to bring him into the fold and asks him to spy on students at dawn prayer, a solution to his father’s health problems dangled like a carrot in front of a horse. From there, he infiltrates a group of radicals and begins a journey deeper and deeper undercover, forced to work for political ends he likely has no interest in, though the character is largely ill-defined, his motivations and beliefs sometimes hard to parse. Though all the pieces for satisfying intrigue are present throughout, the largely linear A-to-B progression of the plot denies the pleasure of a truly labyrinthine espionage movie, and as we watch Adam move into new positions, each seems like a foregone conclusion. It’s not quite predictable, but it is surprisingly simple, and it can be hard to connect with Adam’s own confusion without being totally thrust into the thick of it as well.
Boy from Heaven is at its best when its generic and theological concerns work in harmony, like in one of the film’s most memorable scenes in which Adam must decide whether to betray a friend in order to earn the trust of an enemy during a recitation competition where religious debate over the appropriate methods of reciting the Quran threatens to boil over. But the conventional, unexceptional methods of filmmaking here so under-serve all of the film’s thorniest elements. More often than not, the Boy from Heaven’s setting and the backdrop of religious discourse feel like nothing more than a pretense of quality for this otherwise uninspired thriller.
Writer: Chris Mello
Users of the Letterboxd movie review site may be familiar with a guy named Neil Breen. He’s a fellow with a vague background; some believe he made some money in real estate. But he is infamous for a group of self-made, self-financed action thrillers in which, time and time again, he plays a computer genius with super-human powers who single-handedly saves the world from destruction. Breen’s unique combination of technical incompetence and unbridled hubris has made him a cult figure of sorts, gaining a cadre of fans who ironically appreciate his terrible films.
Money can’t buy talent, of course. But while watching The Mountain, I had to wonder. What would someone like Breen accomplish with a full film crew and the financial backing of a large European nation? Thomas Salvador’s second feature, improbably selected for this year’s Quinzaine, is a vanity project in all respects. 2014’s Vincent, the actor-writer-director’s previous film, was about a man (Salvador) who became a superhero when he came into contact with water. The Mountain, meanwhile, is about Pierre (Salvador), a robotics scientist turned mountain climber who discovers hidden powers atop a glacier in Chamonix Mont Blanc. (Perhaps fire and wind will follow, forming a states-of-matter tetralogy.)
The first three-quarters of The Mountain are not preposterous, merely bland. During a presentation for investors, Pierre is distracted by the snowy mountains outside. He then decides to abandon his old life and stay in Chamonix, purchasing all the gear he needs to scale the glaciers there. This extended introduction is methodical, and it is undeniably well shot. More than a character study, it resembles one of those winter sports documentaries that are a subgenre for climbing and skiing enthusiasts. Granted, The Mountain does feature a meet-cute with Léa (Louise Bourgoin), a chef at a ski resort restaurant, and a brief and awkward visit from Pierre’s mother and brothers who attempt to stage an intervention and bring Pierre back to his normal life.
But overwhelmingly, the first 90 minutes of The Mountain are a close observation of Pierre gearing up, pitching tents, and climbing the face of the glacier. This would appeal to specialized tastes even in the best of circumstances, but Salvador (who has appeared only in his own films) is a virtual black hole of charisma. His impassive gaze and immobile features could charitably be called “recessive,” but considering how Salvador the director places Salvador the actor front and center at all times, charity is quickly in short supply.
This frustration is only compounded in the final thirty minutes, when Pierre’s obsession with the glacier brings him face to face with a set of oozing, igneous creatures who, for reasons unknown, welcome him as one of their own, bestowing upon him a mysterious “gift.” I won’t spoil this ludicrous twist, save to say that if Vincent found Salvador casting himself as a would-be Aquaman, The Mountain concludes with the multi-hyphenate mutating into a bizarre combination of Doctor Manhattan and Mr. Freeze. Maybe you’ll find it funny. I, however, did not.
Writer: Michael Sicinski
Over the course of his three-feature film career, Japanese filmmaker Juichiro Yamasaki has been at pains to elucidate and track the situation and situatedness of contemporary Japanese rural life under the terms of socio-historical relations and economic development. 2011’s The Sound of Light related its protagonist’s struggle between following a path of modern urban living and pastoral life as a dairy farmer; while 2015’s Sanchu Uprising: Voices at Dawn explored in a formally avant-garde, genre-honoring and -defying manner the prescience and lingering relevance of class struggle and peasant revolt for rural Japanese society as related in the film from the Edo period of the 1700s through to the present day. And in Yamabuki, Yamasaki’s IFFR-competing and Cannes 2022-programmed third feature, the director demonstrates that such raw socio-political concerns continue to fiercely persist in his mind.
The film — whose name references a yellow flower native to Japan, Korea, and China, as well as the name of one of its principal actors (Kilala Inori) — may in its structure and plotting remind viewers of a similarly botanically inclined work, Magnolia, encompassing as it does the intersecting and weaving, happenstance-laden narrative threads of struggling, quarry-working Korean migrant worker and former Olympic equestrian Chang-su (Kang Yoon-soo) and his de facto but precariously footed Japanese family; secondary school-attending Yamabuki’s nascent interest in political activism and search for identity, each of which affects and causes friction with her widowed policeman father (Yohta Kawase) and high school love interest; and, at the margins, more besides, in a gang of money-robbing criminals and bar-owning organizers, alongside communities of itinerant workers and social justice organizers activated on issues related to almost any cause of contemporary relevance.
Elucidating the story’s business is useful here in that it makes apparent the sheer amount of concerns and interests Yamasaki brings to the work; which, unlike the 180-minute aforementioned American film, clocks in at just over 90 minutes before credits. While this observation may shape out the dimensions of a criticism that the work is too busy — and it almost certainly is — or that the director has bitten off more than he can chew, it’s the view of this writer that the director’s achievements outweigh such commentary. Yamasaki’s approach, if anything, displays a sense and awareness of the complexity that rural living contains, and that it may indeed be at the forefront of some of, the most stirring and existentially charged elements of modern living; and in this it is likely no mistake that the director has found and imagined this in shooting in his hometown in western Japan.
Beyond such stated success, the film boasts in Kilala Inori an excellent performance that pensively threads through the narrative over-load and -lap, giving expression to the spiritual substance and perhaps even optimism of a work that — in subtly rejecting nationalism and bringing a multiplicity of international experiences present in Japan to the forefront — champions youthful discovering and knowing in the face of seemingly overwhelming propaganda. And it’s for all this that perhaps a more apt Western reference point may well be less Magnolia and more Twin Peaks in how Yamasaki resolves his thoughts on how spirituality inflects his narrative and informs the interactions of grace and despair in his characters, as some are left with loss while others find all they want returning to them beyond reason. All this and more in 90 minutes is quite an achievement, and it speaks to the promise of the director who, much like in Sanchu Uprising’s black-and-white, Jidaigeki genre and New Wave-honoring experimentation, is here no less interested in formal richness, as the final moments of this washed-out, 16mm work give way to time- and medium-bending psychological editing and match cuts that throw into question all that has been and is being seen. Yes, it may be the case that ultimately all of this is decidedly too much — but, much like life itself, things often feel just too much. If nothing else, Yamasaki perfectly captures the nature of this experience here.
Writer: Matt McCracken
Little Nicholas — Happy as Can Be
In an interview with The Independent, famed French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé stated, “there are terrible things in the world but I am not sure that it is the cartoonist’s job to address them.” Such frankness is appreciated, and makes sense: his career has been filled with everyday depictions of people and places that can be described as cozy and pleasant. Those in the United States may primarily know him for the work he’s done for The New Yorker’s cover illustrations, but in France he’s the artist behind Le Petit Nicolas (Little Nicholas), a comic strip centered around the titular character’s childhood. Over the decades it’s become a graphic novel, a live-action film, and now an animated feature by Benjamin Massoubre & Amandine Fredon. Fredon is the daughter of René Goscinny, the writer and co-creator of Little Nicholas, and one can view Little Nicholas — Happy as Can Be as a tender love letter to her father’s life and work.
Much of Massoubre and Fredon’s film stays faithful to the source material, embodying the looseness, low-key humor, and amiable atmosphere of the comics. The film, however, constantly hovers in noncommittal modes: it largely wants to maintain carefree depictions of boyhood in 1950s France, but it refuses to be just like those original comics. At first, we watch as animated versions of Sempé (voiced by Laurent Lafitte) and Goscinny (Alain Chabat) discuss the creation of Nicholas himself. It all happens in the span of a few minutes: the two talk over red wine, decide on the boy’s name after reading it on the side of a bus, and the rest is history. Initially, it feels like we’re given charming if slight historical context, but we periodically watch as Nicholas talks with Sempé, adding a nostalgic tenor to the film that doubles as a meditation on what art means and does. At the film’s conclusion, we hear that Sempé & Fredon’s life will live on through Nicholas — an obvious point, but made a bit more potent given that Fredon died in 1977.
Musings such as these are sweet but far too explanatory. It makes sense that these things are clarified in direct terms since this is a film targeted at children, but the result is a muddying of the film’s goals. It’s certainly not trying to have the deeper pontifications on creator and creation as found in Jean-François Laguionie’s Le Tableau, but it also isn’t comfortable to simply be a filmic expression of the Little Nicholas comics, like Winnie the Pooh (2011) or Ernest & Celestine. This tug of war makes the film’s varying, sometimes unrelated stories feel more disjointed than they should, as if they should have more of a structure à la Isao Takahata’s My Neighbors the Yamadas. The end result, then, is wistful longing about wistful longing — Little Nicholas was, in some ways, about an idealized life that its creators wished they and others could’ve had (during one sequence, we’re told about the Nazi occupation of Paris and how it impacted Goscinny’s life). The film separates the Little Nicholas parts from those featuring Sempé — there’s splotchy watercolor in the former — but it really wants to communicate the interconnectedness of all this. This contrast between an idealized vision of boyhood with real life only results in a feeling of being constantly interrupted. Little Nicholas — Happy as Can Be’s biggest fault is that it’s never as purely pleasurable as the material it draws from.
Writer: Joshua Minsoo Kim


Hyliion, a leader in electrified powertrain solutions for commercial vehicles, recently announced the formation of the Hypertruck Innovation Council, and Ruan was invited to participate. This select group of fleet, logistics, and transportation companies will collaborate on Hyliion’s current and future commercial electric vehicle (EV) solutions.
“Achieving a net-carbon zero commercial transportation industry relies heavily on close collaboration between experienced and innovative minds,” said Ruan’s Vice President of Fleet Services Brad Gehring. “We’re excited to participate on the Hyliion Hypertruck Innovation Council to help deliver on the needs of fleets while working together toward a more sustainable future.”
The Council will first actively support the commercialization of the Hyliion Hypertruck ERX, a fully electric powertrain for class 8 tractors designed to provide superior performance, emissions reductions, and reduce fuel and operating costs. The Council will also be pivotal in reviewing initial prototypes of the solution, providing fleet and driver feedback, as well as operating the initial demo trucks. Ruan is joined by the following companies on the Council: Agility Logistics, American Natural Gas, Anheuser-Busch, GreenPath Logistics, NFI, Penske Truck Leasing, Ryder System, Inc., Schneider, Wegmans Food Markets, and Werner Enterprises.
“Our customers have always been at the core of our business,” said Thomas Healy, founder and CEO of Hyliion.“Their feedback and collaboration are crucial to the success of our Hybrid solution, which has already logged millions of real-world miles. That’s why we have brought together the Hypertruck Innovation Council, a group of commercial transportation industry leaders, who will be the first to test and review demonstration units of the Hypertruck ERX and whose feedback will be essential as we improve upon our technology. The Council will also help us ensure that the unique and diverse needs of today’s fleets continue to be reflected in our products as Hyliion develops the next generation of industry-leading, environmentally conscious technology and powertrain solutions.”
In addition to our membership on this new Council, Ruan is always determined to make our trucks run more effectively and efficiently. We work with manufacturer partners to develop longer-lasting, lower-emitting engines with improved performance and lower fuel consumption. We continually strive to design supply chain solutions for our customers that emphasize and take advantage of environmental efficiencies. Ruan has our first zero-emission, 100 percent battery-powered electric yard tractor deployed in Minnesota with plans for more at other operations, and we’ve reserved several fully electric heavy-duty tractors to add to our fleet in the coming months.
The transportation industry must work together to drive toward a cleaner future. Ruan believes environmental stewardship is more than a good business decision; it’s a moral obligation.


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The players’ union headed by Harrison Jalla has petitioned the Serious Fraud Office in the UK to investigate an alleged fraudulent acquisition of NPFL commercial rights belonging to Next TV by Redstrike Sports Marketing Agency.
On September 1st 2020 the LMC/NPFL presented Redstrike as their new commercial rights owners even though Next TV had acquired these same rights last year.
“Redstrike had formally indicated an induced interest to acquire the NPFL commercial rights from the owners Next Digital Broadcasting through a letter dated 20th April 2020 only to fraudulently collude with the LMC to acquire the commercial rights the LMC has no powers to sell after huge sums of money was alleged to have changed hands,” Jalla stated in a press release.
“The NANF is therefore inviting the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to investigate this matter in which Redstrike, a British corporate citizen, is involved in a fraud that is likely to jeopardize and negatively impact on the game of football for a very long time bringing the game and the image of Nigeria into disrepute.”
REPRODUCED BELOW IS LETTER BY REDSTRIKE REQUESTING TO COLLABORATE WITH NEXT DIGITAL BRAODCASTING ON THE NPFL COMMERCIAL RIGHTS
The Executive Chairman
Next Digital Broadcasting
38 Ahmed Musa Crescent
Jabi, Abuja, F.C.T Nigeria.
ATTN: Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim
DATE: 20 April 2020.
*RE: LETTER OF INTEREST PERTAINING TO THE ACQUISITION OF THE ENTIRE SHARE HOLDINGS IN NEXT DIGITAL BROADCASTING LTD (NEXT TV)*
The above subject matter refers.
Following our preliminary discussions with respect to a potential collaboration between Redstrike and Next TV on commercial opportunities arising from Next TV’s acquisition of the commercial rights around the Broadcast of the Nigeria professional football league and others, we have consulted extensively and we are now ready to advance matters.
We are therefore writing to advise that a redstrike-led consortium of investors/financiers is interested in developing all the commercial opportunities currently held by Next TV including but not limited to the NPFL commercial rights.
To this end we under the guise of this letter, submitting a formal interest in acquisition of the entire shareholding of Next Digital subject to
(a) the Agreement with LMC being in place,
(b) Satisfactory due diligence,
(c) Agreement on Commercial terms.
This letter does not constitute a binding commitment. The proposed acquisition shall be governed by definitive documentation and due diligence to be determined Redstrike its sole discretion.
This letter and its contents shall remain confidential and Next Digital hereby consents to a 45-Day Exclusivity period during which you will not engage in any discussions with third party pertaining to the sale, divestment of Digital or transfer of NPFL commercial rights.
Please confirm your willingness to open discussions on these terms. We attach our due diligence questionnaire.
We would be very grateful if you could arrange to have the questionnaire completed at your earliest convenience alongside your letter confirming Next Digital’s interest in advancing discussions.
This letter of interest shall be subject to English law and the exclusive Jurisdiction of English courts.
We look forward to your response.
Chief Operating Officer, Redstrike.