Down the business end, that is, James May demonstrates. Are there any legitimate reasons whatsoever where you should look down the gun barrel or is factually accurate to say that you should never look down the barrel from the front for any reason?
I thought maybe cleaning it, but from what I’ve found on the YouTubes even then you work from the other end.
The Canadian Firearms Program safety training (recommended for the Canadian Possession licenses PAL, RPAL, and POL tests) instructs you to look down the barrel as the final check that a gun is safe.
The mnemonic is “PROVE”
Point the gun in a safe direction
Remove the ammo and magazine (if applicable)
Observe the chamber to confirm empty
Verify the feed path is empty
Examine the barrel for obstructions
The last step requires you to look down the barrel, or in the case of some revolvers (where you would only see black because the cylinder doesn’t rotate out of the frame), you would use a dowel poked down the barrel.
It feels a little uncomfortable at first, but if you follow the steps in the process, the gun barrel is safe to examine.
Just wanted to add that my instructors always directed me to look down the business end of the barrel, and not try to find an angle where I could see down the barrel from the chamber. Unless it was a break-action shotgun.
There are times that you do look down the barrel from the muzzle. Depending on the firearm and action type, it is often impossible to look down the barrel from the chamber end. I’ve looked down barrels from the muzzle when inspecting and cleaning. It is not necessary to look from teh muzzle end if you can see from the chamber end, as in some bolt action rifles (where you can remove the bolt) and swing-open over/under and double-barrel shotguns. If you can’t look down the barrel from the chamber, you always unload it, and then double- and triple-check that it is indeed unloaded and the action is open. What I mean by the action being open is: open the bolt (if bolt action); swing open the lever (if lever action); pull back and lock the bolt (if semi-automatic); pull the pump handle back (pump action); or swing out the cylinder (revolver).
Every gun I’m familiar with can be verified as unloaded, and rendered unable to fire (by opening the action). The partial exception that comes to mind is a muzzleloader. You can’t really open the action, and unloading typically means firing it. If you can’t or don’t want to fire a muzzleloader, it can be a bit tricky to tell if it is loaded or unloaded.
Those early steps are the critical ones, i.e. ensuring, immediately prior to retrograde barrel inspection, that there is no round in the chamber.
Don’t make the mistake of saying “if my finger isn’t on the trigger, it’s safe to point the gun at my face.” Witness this dumb-but-fortunate fellow, who experienced a hang fire event and decided to look down the barrel. Fortunately all he damaged was his hat (and probably his hearing).
Marine Corps Boot Camp, Firearm Inspection, M-14, no magazine, no ammunition, bolt locked back, thumb in chamber, thumbnail facing forward to create reflection, look down barrel for any dust/dirt. I’m still here.
The only good reason for looking down the barrel of a gun is to see why the bullet isn’t coming out when you click the clicky thing, preferably while pounding it on a table top. I’m sure I’ve seen this exact technique demonstrated in Saturday morning cartoons.
Of course you can look down the barrel. I always do when I am considering purchasing a gun. I want to see how clean the barrel is as well as how the lands and grooves look. I also want to see if I can spot any pitting in the barrel. I usually use a bore light for this. The catch is make sure YOU are the one holding the gun and make sure YOU have made sure the gun is not loaded.
You can’t just keep running a patch through the barrel until it comes out clean. You want to, at some time, take a look. Also you’ll want to see if there’s any pitting. Gum wrappers, pieces of white paper, thumb nails work also. Of course, if you’re running a cleaning rod through the barrel, it’s probably been disassembled enough that you don’t have to worry about an accidental discharge.


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This steakhouse is a classic in Lake Harmony. Featuring an awesome Small Plates Menu on Sundays from 4-7pm, it's perfect to get a taste of everything! Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
The closest Chinese food around, we at Lehigh Gorge can say we frequent this place when we're craving a good lunch.
Known for many years as The Log Cabin, this rustic mountain lodge was a boarding house for hunters and other outdoorsmen. After 36 years, Murphy's Loft and the Fern Ridge Motel are still owned and operated by the Lauff family. We embrace tradition, community, and family here at the Loft.
Nick’s Lake House is the latest edition of the first hotel and restaurant built in Lake Harmony. The original hotel and restaurant was opened on this site on July 4, 1923. Known as the Lake Harmony Hotel it catered to the local residents, both full-time and “week-enders,” and to the tourist trade.
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Boulder View Tavern is the perfect setting for any casual get together indoors or outdoors on our seasonal lakeside patio. Sunday Brunch Buffet - $12/person. Live Music on the Weekends.
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All of their cooking is done out front behind the coffee bar, just like the old fashion luncheon and dinettes used to do. This is the home of the Messy Mike Breakfast Sandwhich (one of our personal favorites). You won’t walk away hungry from that one!!!
This restaurant has been through many names and personas, but newly opened and under new management it is now the TrailSide. Check out this brand new addition to our local dining scene!
Family owned for years, starting with Charlie Weaver himself and now owned by the Allegrettos. This is a keystone in White Haven.
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A hidden dining gem in the Pocono Mountains. Twelve21 was named after its elevation of 1,221 feet. Join us for dinner or Sunday brunch.Family owned, but inside a hotel, supporting local businesses is always key!
Whether you're looking for a bite to eat and a drink or just down right thirsty, your going to love this bar. Try their very popular Bloody Mary using the Farmer's daughter's recipe, also they pride themselves on homemade meals. All of their food is made fresh daily. So go enjoy the atmosphere and relax.
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ince 1989, The former power plant from which we take our name has been transformed into a contemporary dining destination, welcoming patrons from throughout the country to our home in White Haven, Pennsylvania.
You like golfing, or at least pretending to be a golfer? Jack's Grill offers a formal dining room, casual dining area, and bar for all patrons. Their clubhouse offers beautiful views of the golf course. Everyone is welcome at Mountain Laurel, and their Thursday Night wing special is a locals secret!
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Nick’s Lake House is the latest edition of the first hotel and restaurant built in Lake Harmony. The original hotel and restaurant was completed and opened on this site on July 4, 1923. Known as the Lake Harmony Hotel it catered to the local residents, both full-time and “week-enders,” and to a steady tourist trade. On this site, prior to 1923, the Henning family operated an ice house business which stored ice cut from the frozen lake in winter.
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JACOBSEN, THEODORE (d. 1772), architect, was a merchant in Basinghall Street, London. His family was residing near the Steelyard at the time of the fire of London. Jacobsen designed the Foundling Hospital; the plan was approved in 1742, and was carried out under John Horne as surveyor. He became a governor of the hospital, and there is a portrait of him still there by Thomas Hudson. Jacobsen also designed the Haslar Royal Hospital for Sick Soldiers at Gosport (see Gent. Mag. 1751, xxi. 408, for an engraving of this hospital). He was a fellow of the Royal Society, the Society of Antiquaries, and the Society of Arts. He died on 25 May 1772, and was buried in All Hallows Church, Thames Street, London.
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Washington: US President Donald Trump’s administration has begun denying visas to unmarried, same-sex partners of foreign diplomats and UN employees, the media reported.
According to a report in Foreign Policy magazine on Monday, the policy affected same-sex partners of diplomats and staffers working at the UN global headquarters in New York. The partner must show proof of marriage by December 31 or leave the country within 30 days.
The majority of 193 UN member countries do not legalize same-sex marriage, meaning diplomats face a tough choice. The report said the new policy meant at least 10 unmarried UN employees currently in the US will have to get married in order for their partners’ visas to be extended.
Since the 2015 Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, the US policy has dictated that diplomatic visas are only extended to married spouses. The US mission to the UN reportedly notified couples of the decision in July and it took effect on Monday, according to the report.
“Same-sex spouses of US diplomats now enjoy the same rights and benefits as opposite-sex spouses,” read the announcement obtained by Foreign Policy.
“Consistent with the (State) Department policy, partners accompanying members of permanent missions or seeking to join the same must generally be married in order to be eligible for a diplomatic visa,” it said.
Former US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power blasted the move as “needlessly cruel and bigoted”.
Alfonso Nam, the President of UN Globe, a UN LGBTI staff advocacy organization, told Foreign Policy that same-sex couples were at risk of prosecution if they return to a country that criminalizes homosexuality or has not legalized same-sex marriages. Diplomats would be eligible for “limited exceptions” under the Trump administration’s policy if they can prove they are from countries that outlaw same-sex partners, the report said. That exception, however, reportedly does not extend to UN officials.

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Exa Corporation’s executive shares his view on the Model 3’s design and aerodynamics
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) Chief Elon Musk said during the Model 3 unveiling that the $35,000 vehicle will be able to travel at least 215 miles on a fully charged battery. Earlier this week, the company’s VP of Investor Relations Jeff Evanson confirmed that the automaker will be using a battery pack of smaller than 60kWh.
The small battery capacity implies that the compact sedan’s aerodynamic performance will be essential to achieve the expected range, similar to its predecessors, even with higher battery capacity. During the Model 3 event, Mr. Musk also stated that the vehicle will achieve 0.21drag coefficient (Cd), making it the most aerodynamic mass-market vehicle ever built.
The world’s most popular EV maker uses Exa Corporation’s digital stimulation to design its vehicles. Electrek reported Exa VP of Ground Transportation Applications, Ales Alajbegovic’s views on the Model 3’s aero innovation, after viewing the product prototypes on March 31.
According to the executive, the “turbine-blade styling” of the vehicle’s new wheel designs, which are expected to be included in the production model, not only look appealing and fresh; it also directs the air flow under the vehicle’s body to reduce drag.
He added: “That’s smart. Tesla could have used an active aero solution that closed the vanes on the wheels at speed, but they chose not to. In fact, it appears there are no active aero devices on the Model 3, which reduces the cost of making it.”
Model 3’s grille-less front fascia is similar to that of the Model X and the new Model S. Regarding the mass-market sedan’s aerodynamic features of the front-end design, Mr. Alajbegovic said:
“Here only the shape remains. A more wedged front end, such as used by rear-engined Porsches, might well be more desirable aerodynamically, but Tesla could be using the grille shape with its rounded edges to control the air flow over the top or round the sides of the car.”
He added: “The Model 3 also employs air curtains in the lower fender that exit ahead of the front tires to provide a drag-reducing air stream over the wheels, while helping the flow transition smoothly around the sides of the vehicle. The underbody is likely to be flat and smooth, ending with a rear diffuser to control the air coming from under the car.”
To illustrate the importance of aerodynamics, Ales estimates that by reducing the Model S drag figure from 0.32 to 0.24, Tesla managed to increase the range of the car by about 50 miles.


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Further enhance cooperation on child safeguarding through progress under the Overseas Territories Memorandum of Understanding and finalisation of National Response Plans and work towards extension of the Lanzarote Convention. During the conference we discussed cooperation on a number of important topics, including anti-corruption, transparency in the financial services industries in the Territories, child safeguarding, human rights, hurricane recovery efforts, criminal justice issues and support for the Territories’ good governance. We also had the opportunity to discuss the Territories’ interests in our Exit from the EU. We celebrated the extension to Bermuda and St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha of the UN Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women demonstrating our shared commitment to raising human rights standards across the Territories. We also welcomed continued work by the Territories with financial centres to support international efforts to tackle criminal financing and to promote tax transparency, in particular the implementation of bilateral arrangements on beneficial ownership, and the example set by the Territories as early adopters of the OECD Common Reporting Standard. We also highlighted important developments in anti-corruption, including ongoing work in Bermuda and the Turks and Caicos Islands towards extension of key conventions to their jurisdictions. Work with the Overseas Territories Criminal Justice Adviser and Law Enforcement Adviser and with in-Territory stakeholders to build the legislative framework necessary to support reform of the criminal justice system, improve efficiency in the investigation and prosecution of crime, as well as efforts to prevent crime, supported by UK programme funds where necessary. The Attorney General for England and Wales, Jeremy Wright QC MP, representing the UK Government, and the Attorneys General of eight of the UK’s Overseas Territories (Anguilla; Bermuda; the British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Montserrat; Pitcairn; the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; and the Turks and Caicos Islands), the Senior Advisory Counsel of Gibraltar, Solicitors General of the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey and Jersey, and a representative from the US Department of Justice met in Bermuda from 13-15 February 2018 to discuss a range of topics relating to the rule of law and administration of justice in the Territories and to enhance our mutual cooperation.The Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP said: Continue to support efforts by relevant Territory governments on hurricane preparedness and recovery, including continued coordination and support between Territories. Those in attendance committed to: Support the Territories to achieve extension of core Human Rights conventions where these have not been extended, and to complete a review of outstanding reservations against core UN human rights treaties. Continue involving the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies in negotiations for leaving the EU, ensuring their interests are taken into account as we move to Phase 2. The UK Government has also committed to supporting the Overseas Territories Governments and the Crown Dependencies in their preparedness planning for EU Exit. Continue to work in partnership with Territory governments to ensure that our financial sectors are hostile to illicit finances, to implement the bilateral arrangements on beneficial ownership, and to support each jurisdiction to adopt and implement international standards, including compliance with Financial Action Task Force standards, where they have not done so. Work in partnership with Territories to address gaps in legislation pertaining to maritime obligations.
Recording artist, concert performer, and philanthropist John Legend has been named Harvard University’s 2012 Artist of the Year. A nine-time Grammy award winner, Legend was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. He will be awarded the Harvard Foundation’s most prestigious medal, which bears the signature of the University president, at the annual Harvard Foundation Award ceremony on Feb. 25 during the Cultural Rhythms Festival. More than 1,200 students are expected to attend.“The students and faculty of the Harvard Foundation are honored to present multi-platinum artist John Legend with the 2012 Artist of the Year award,” said S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation. “His contributions to music and distinguished history of creativity have been appreciated by people throughout the world, and he is greatly admired for his excellent humanitarian efforts through his Show Me Campaign, an initiative that uses education to break the cycle of poverty.”Legend launched his career as a session player and vocalist, contributing to best-selling recordings by Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, and Kanye West before recording his own unbroken chain of top 10 albums — “Get Lifted” (2004), “Once Again” (2006), and “Evolver” (2008) — each of them reaching No. 1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop charts.Most recently, Legend and the band The Roots released “Wake Up!” (2010), a compilation of music from the ’60s and ’70s all with an underlying theme of awareness, engagement, and social consciousness, which won two Grammy Awards for best R&B album and best traditional R&B vocal performance.Throughout his career, Legend has worked to make a difference in the lives of others. He was awarded the 2010 BET Humanitarian of the Year Award, the CARE Humanitarian Award for Global Change in June 2009, and the 2009 Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare.“A champion for both social justice and quality education for all, Legend remains a true inspiration through his philanthropy work, and Harvard University is proud to honor his humanitarian efforts both domestically and internationally by awarding him with the Harvard Foundation’s Artist of the Year award,” Counter said.The Harvard Foundation, Harvard’s center for intercultural arts and sciences initiatives, honors the nation’s most acclaimed artists and scientists each year. Previous Harvard Foundation awards have been presented to several distinguished artists including Shakira, Quincy Jones, Sharon Stone, Andy Garcia, Will Smith, Matt Damon, Halle Berry, Jackie Chan, Denzel Washington, Salma Hayek, Wyclef Jean, and Herbie Hancock.For additional information about the Cultural Rhythms Festival, including ticket information, visit its website.
Salvadoran military personnel have begun to be trained by a business group to crack down on smuggling at clandestine border crossings on the borders with Honduras and Guatemala, the Defense Ministry announced Wednesday. The first military personnel to be trained by staff from the Salvadoran Distributors Association are those of the Sumpul Command, posted on the border with Guatemala, in the western department of Ahuachapán, the military specified in a statement. The training includes information on combating “illicit trade, falsification of merchandise, and piracy.” The military personnel are taught about the legal framework on which the authorities rely in order to suppress illegal trade along the borders. The products most readily smuggled are cigarettes, liquor, liquified natural gas, and toothpaste. On orders from President Mauricio Funes, the Salvadoran army is covering sixty-two “blind” (illegal) crossing points on the borders with Guatemala and Honduras. By Dialogo August 13, 2010
NCUA Division of Consumer Access Director Robert C. Leonard and NCUA Consumer Access – South Director Rita Woods will discuss the latest trends affecting credit unions’ fields of membership in a NAFCU webcast today at 2 p.m. Eastern.NAFCU Director of Regulatory Affairs Alicia Nealon will moderate the discussion; attendees can send her questions in advance at [email protected], or submit questions during the webcast.The discussion will center on how credit unions can amend their charters to meet growth and viability needs and the recent updates to field of membership rules made by NCUA. In April, the NCUA Board issued a final rule amending procedures for adding associational groups to federal credit unions’ field of membership – with 12 types of groups automatically deemed suitable for inclusion.Earlier this month, Nealon wrote NCUA to urge further streamlining of the process of applying for FOM expansions or conversions. She also urged the agency to remove non-statutory requirements imposing geographic- and population-based limitations on community charters. NAFCU will continue to monitor the issue and push for further credit union regulatory relief. continue reading » 7SHARESShareShareSharePrintMailGooglePinterestDiggRedditStumbleuponDeliciousBufferTumblr
Interdepartmental connection and communication are a prerequisite for a successful combination of culture and tourism
“Interdepartmental connection and communication are a prerequisite for a successful combination of culture and tourism. Efforts around the Action Plan for the development of cultural tourism have resulted in the fact that today we have a very rich cultural offer, which is also a quality tourist offer. All world trends are in our favor, our paradigm small is beautiful it works great and is becoming more and more attractive to the sophisticated world market. All stakeholders of domestic cultural tourism are aware of the heritage and space in which they live, they live from culture and therefore want to attract guests who can consume this culture in a suitable and sustainable way.”, She pointed out Suzana Markovic, President of the Cultural Tourism Association of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce. Suzana Marković, President of the Cultural Tourism Association of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce The session also presented the Lazarus project related to the revitalization of Croatian musical heritage, the work program of the Šibenik Fortress of Culture, the Nikola Tesla Network cultural route, the new Medvedgrad Visitor Center, work on preserving the underwater cultural heritage of the Adriatic by the Croatian Chamber of Diving Association. tourist positioning of Atelier Ivan Meštrović. Head of the Sector for Special Forms of Tourism in the Ministry of Tourism, Vesna Rajković, spoke about the implementation of the Action Plan for the Development of Cultural Tourism. “More investment is needed in the recognition and promotion of cultural routes in order to attract as many visitors as possible. As far as religious tourism is concerned, it will only come into strategic focus, but in the meantime we must develop guidelines for its development, educate guides for quality guidance on sacred facilities to be opened to tourists, discuss sustainable ways of financing these facilities and support religious events. tourism “, said Rajković, adding that one of the priorities will be a stronger involvement of creative and cultural industries in the ministry’s programs. “Today we had a meeting in the ministry on the topic of film tourism, it is a very interesting branch according to which we have been institutionally restrained so far, but it is becoming more and more recognizable in the world and brings concrete benefits to the local population.”, Concluded Rajković. Irena Kregar Šegota, Director of Partnership and Communications TD Rijeka 2020 presented in more detail the plans related to the project Rijeka – European Capital of Culture 2020. „This project is important for the whole country, not just for Rijeka. Our tourism has grown significantly and there is great interest in everything that is happening in the city. We will measure the effects of the project until 2025, although they are already visible now. We will address topics that are relevant to Europe, and there are three main ones: water, labor and migration. You know that we have problems with water, work occupies us from the aspect of modern shifts and trends, and we have been known for migrations for a long time because we are a port city. The program will have seven directions that are our narrative framework, and within them our guests will be able to enjoy art, gastronomy, city history, programs for the youngest, but also numerous concerts and parties.”, Explained Kregar Šegota. Yesterday, a session of the Cultural Tourism Association of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce was held at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, at which projects and examples of good practice of cultural tourism in the public and private sector were presented. By the way, the Cultural Tourism Association of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce was founded in 2004, and its goal is the development of continental areas of Croatia as a year-round quality and attractive destination, but also the development of new views and new coastal facilities. One of the main successes of the Community is the Museum Night initiative, which is still, years later, one of the most successful cultural projects.
Kemba Walker scored 27 points and hit a pair of clutch three pointers late in the game as the Boston Celtics stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 112-111 win over Oklahoma City.Advertisement Read Also: Congolese teen Kuminga awaits his chance at NBA stardomThe three Celtics who missed Friday’s win over Atlanta with various injuries – Jaylen Brown, Gordon Hayward and Daniel Theis – all returned for Sunday’s game.Hayward, Tatum and Theis each had double-doubles. Brown contributed 17 points.Thunder rookie forward Darius Bazley left the game in the first quarter after spraining his knee and did not return.FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail分享 Walker hit two threes from almost the exact same spot in the final three minutes to seal the win for Boston in front of a crowd of 18,200 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. With the Celtics ahead by four and the clock running down he nailed a three pointer to put the gap at seven.Thunder guard Chris Paul knocked down a jump shot at the other end but Walker answered with another three from the same distance a few seconds later as the Celtics regained control.Paul then made a three-pointer at the buzzer to cap the scoring and make it a one-point game.Jayson Tatum scored 19 of his 26 points in the second half for Boston who have now won 10 of their last 11 contests.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Danilo Gallinari scored 24 points each to lead the Thunder, who suffered just their second loss in 11 games.Paul and Dennis Schroder had 22 points each, but the rest of the Thunder players combined for just 19 points. Promoted ContentBirds Enjoy Living In A Gallery Space Created For ThemFrom Enemies To Friends: 10 TV Characters Who Became CloseWhich Country Is The Most Romantic In The World?Here Are The Secret Origins Of Famous FoodsThe Very Last Bitcoin Will Be Mined Around 2140. Read MoreWhat Happens To Your Brain When You Play Too Much Video Games?7 Ways To Understand Your Girlfriend BetterCrazy Expensive Things That Taylor Swift Owns2020 Tattoo Trends: Here’s What You’ll See This Year7 Universities Where Getting An Education Costs A Hefty PennyThe 10 Best Secondary Education Systems In The WorldThe Highest Paid Football Players In The World Loading…
TORONTO – Canada’s top Anglican bishop says he plans to retire next year.Fred Hiltz says he’s been a bishop for 23 years and has served as the national leader, or primate, for the past decade.In a letter posted to the church’s website this week, Hiltz says he hopes the announcement will help the congregation move beyond “whispered speculations” about whether or not he’ll retire as he approaches his 65th birthday.Hiltz says that as he nears his retirement, he’s considering a variety of issues the church will have to grapple with, including how it can respond to calls to action put forth by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the second reading of an amendment to the Marriage Canon.In 2016, under Hiltz’s supervision, the Anglican church narrowly voted to approve same-sex marriage.Hiltz says his resignation will take effect on July 16, 2019.
All the attention and adulation for last week’s National Signing Day went to the country’s top players, like Robert Nkemdiche of Georgia, who chose Mississippi.But for Kris Smith of Flowery Branch High School near Atlanta, who has signed with Indiana University, the occasion was just as important and exciting, despite there being no ESPN cameras or significant gathering of media.The 6-foot-2, 205-pound linebacker Smith gave up football after the eighth grade to focus on basketball. But the urge was too great to not return to the field, and he resumed his football career in his junior year. In just two seasons, he flourished enough to earn a scholarship, making last Wednesday a special day.“I just can’t wait to play football when I get to Indiana,” Smith said.Smith’s father, Sean Smith, credits Rodrick Clark — a former assistant coach at Stephenson High School near Atlanta who co-founded Athletic Trust Advisers with Cosey Coleman and Tim Mason — for his son landing a Division I scholarship.Clark’s and Coleman’s company helps parents and young athletes navigate college options.“We were lost,” Sean Smith said. “We were a little behind. (Clark) told us what we needed to do as far as training, education and eating right. Kids had been getting letters since their sophomore year. I didn’t know that kids had to be registered to be recruited through the NCAA Clearinghouse.”Kris Smith was surprised at how much he learned from Clark about training and diet and that Clark was as committed as he was in the recruitment process.“It’s a blessing,” Sean Smith said when he learned his son was being offered scholarships. “We give God the credit and he orchestrated Coach Clark in our life.”William Koen Jr., a 6-foot-4, 270-pound offensive lineman, signed his letter to play with Bethune Cookman University, a small school in Daytona Beach, Fla., that plays in the MEAC. For Koen, it was like he signed with Alabama.Coming out of Mt. View High, he earned looks from some Division I and I-AA schools. But offers were not coming in. Koen and his family were hooked up with Athletic Trust Advisers. There was some skepticism by William Koen Sr. — until Clark provided examples of others he had mentored.“Their family went 110 percent no matter what,” Clark said. “They trusted the process.”The family celebrated when they received word that their son would be receive a scholarship from Bethune Cookman.“It was a weight lifted off my shoulders,” Koen Sr. said. “One of the best things that could have happened to me. Me and my wife (Tracey) danced around the house and gave each other high fives.”It was similar for Archer High corner back Trevellous Cheek and his family. The 5-foot-10, 178-pound Cheek is expected to sign with California. Clark said Cheek’s work ethic has been his strength.“He would go 110 percent on anything,” Clark said. “Grades, working out. He would call and ask questions and was eager to learn. He wanted to be the best on and off the field, to the point where he would be drained.”“He not only encouraged, he kept my son reaching,” Leon Cheek said of Clark. “That guy is a blessing to me, my family and so many other families. He helped us build this young man.”Trevellous Cheek added, “I learned small things about what wide receivers don’t like, such as to be touched. Especially, if you keep (hands) on them all the way through five yards.”Cheek’s teammate Deondre Singleton, who played corner back and safety, signed with Duke. And the 6-foot-1, 175-pound Singleton said aside from football, he learned from Clark the importance of dressing properly and speaking clearly and with authority to coaches and the media.“I had to learn how to work on my body language,” Singleton said. “No matter what school it was, I had to show the same body language.”For Archer defensive end Antonio Riles, who signed with Florida, Clark’s work was more about helping him raise his grade point average to meet admission qualifications, which he did.Some other local Atlanta recruits who will be attending college in the fall on a football scholarship are: Ernest Alexander of Archer High (going to Navy), Sean Fowler of Archer (Shorter College), Jaypee Philbert of Archer (Alabama State), Brandon Goodson of Dacula (Wofford), Chris Palmer of Collins Hill (Navy), Kyle Simmons of Druid Hills (Stetson University), Jay Turner of Parkview (Coastal Carolina), Detavius Long and Demetrius McClendon of Tri-Cities (West Georgia Tech).Each player that Clark has helped has vowed to come back and be a testimony to other high school football players, but William Koen Jr. summed it up best as far the collective sentiments they had for Athletic Trust Advisers.“Without coach Clark’s help I wouldn’t be anywhere,” Keon Jr. said. “Without his help I would not be getting a scholarship to college. If you’re a good football player, with coach Clark’s help he will make you a great football player.”
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Amira Medunjanin was born on 23 April 1972, in Sarajevo.
From the very beginning of her musical career, she has been searching for a suitable approach to understanding and promoting traditional music of South-East Europe, trying to focus on that segment of Balkan art observed from the perspective of the modern world surrounding us.
Her fascination with the beauty of oral tradition of the region inspired her to dedicate herself to creating a specific artistic language which was neither subject to musical trends, nor a compromise between the existing musical stereotypes. Working with professional musical groups and performing in numerous concerts, she has successfully promoted the culture of the region, i.e., traditional music of the Balkans, on the world music scene.
Her solid knowledge of English made it easier for Amira to present her unique concept of projects both in and outside West Europe.
Music critic Garth Cartwright calls her „Bosnian Billie Holiday“, comparing the way Amira plays with sevdah and discovers a new context and form in this hundreds of years old tradition.
Amira won the prestigious Orange Foundation award «La plue belle voix feminine 2012» (Best Female Vocal 2012, (France, Marseille, Babel Med Music Festival).
She appeared on the album entitled Bal-Kan: Honey and Blood of the famous Catalan artist Jordi Savall, with whom she extensively works and performs all over the world.
Over the past decade, she released four albums featuring musical heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region.
In 2003, she appeared on the Mostar Sevdah Reunion album A Secret Gate, and in 2005 released her debut album Rosa for Snail Records. The album was met with wide critical acclaim in Great Britain and all over Europe. The Sunday Times music critic Clive Davis named Rosa Great Britain's Best Album of the Year, and, what is the most important, the album was a major contribution to the world-wide promotion of countries of the region and their musical tradition. Furthermore, the release of the album in West Europe facilitated the appearance of other musicians from the region on the world music scene. Thus Amira fully achieved her aim, which primarily focused on the promotion of the unique musical expression of the countries from South-East Europe.
In April 2009, she released her album entitled Live for Gramophone, featuring recordings from her concert at the 2008 Sarajevo Jazz Festival held at the Bosnian Cultural Centre.
That same year, she made another step forward and released her studio album Zumra, featuring the world renowned accordionist Merima Ključo. The album reveals her innovative approach to music tradition of the region, amalgamating the accordion sound with the arrangements of traditional tunes, verse and vocal style. Zumra was recorded at the CMP Studio, with sound engineer Walter Quintus leaving his unique imprint on it. The album won Bosnia and Herzegovina's Indexi Musical Award.
Amira's album Amulette, released in 2010/2011, won critical acclaim from The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times, The Sunday Times and The Observer. The British magazine Songlines announced it a Top of the World release.
Her most recent album Silk and Stone, released by Aquarius Records in May 2014, was recorded at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall studio.


The bite is worse than the bark
New regulation poses a threat to investment banks, and more is on the way
“THE MOOD AMONG investment banks that I talk to…is such that they expect that the regulation is over, they expect that they will be able to keep growing their balance-sheets, that they will be growing bigger than ever,” says Axel Weber, chairman of UBS, Switzerland’s biggest bank. As a former president of Germany’s central bank, he is well placed to take the temperature of both bankers and their overseers. “The mood among the regulators I talk with is more like ‘we haven’t even started’.”
Swiss banks such as UBS and Credit Suisse may have a particularly jaundiced view of regulation; after all, they have been subjected to some of the toughest capital rules in any rich country. Their central bank and regulator have made it clear that they would like the country’s two big banks to shrink and to trim their investment-banking arms. Yet the Swiss capital requirements that seemed so shocking when they were first introduced in 2010 now seem much less outlandish as regulators the world over consider imposing similarly high capital standards or other draconian rules.
The new medicine comes in three flavours, none especially palatable to bankers. All regulators are set to administer at least one, but some insist on two or even all three. The choices are higher capital and liquidity rules; restrictions on activities such as trading for their own profit; and structural changes such as forcing banks to “ring-fence” their retail banks from their trading businesses or to reorganise global businesses into national subsidiaries.
Start with the capital cushions that banks everywhere are being forced to plump up under the new rules known as Basel 3. These will require all banks to have equity buffers about three times larger than the minimum under the old Basel 2 rules by 2019. The world’s biggest banks, such as JPMorgan, Citibank and HSBC, which regulators consider to be the most systemically important (and thus capable of causing the most chaos if they were to fail) must have still thicker capital cushions.
The very biggest, most interconnected or complex of them must hold an extra 2.5% of equity capital on top of the 7% that is becoming mandatory for most other banks. This rule was designed to discourage banks from getting bigger or more complex and is likely to have a significant impact on their profitability. McKinsey reckons that the average return on equity for the world’s 13 largest investment banks may fall to 6-9% by 2017. This is well below the cost of equity (the return that shareholders would expect for investing in banks, say, instead of brewers).
Get it over with
Two unintended consequences of the new rules are already emerging. First, banks are boosting their capital much more quickly than regulators had expected. This may be making the banking system safer that much sooner, but it is coming at a cost: instead of asking their shareholders for more equity to boost the ratio, many banks are shedding assets and cutting back on lending instead. Second, banks and their investors seem to be ignoring the carefully calibrated scale of capital charges, and all big banks are now promising to increase their capital to reassure their clients and creditors. “It’s a race to 10% and beyond,” says Anshu Jain, a co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest bank. “By 2014 we will all be Basel 3 compliant,” almost five years ahead of schedule.
The new rules partly deal with an important flaw in the old Basel 2 regime: basing the amount of capital required only on the riskiness of a bank’s assets. This seemed sensible enough when the rules were first drafted, but soon led to perverse outcomes and has not yet been resolved satisfactorily. If banks held assets that were judged to be risk-free, they could have as many of them as they liked without worrying about the overall size of their balance-sheets or the thinness of their capital cover. That generated an insatiable appetite for highly rated bonds, issued by the most creditworthy governments or companies. When the supply of these ran out, which it soon did, the finance industry quickly set about manufacturing new forms of AAA-rated securities such as collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) that bundled inferior assets together, sliced up the risks associated with them and packed them into different tranches so that losses would first hit those holding the riskiest slices. By combining loans that were thought unlikely to default simultaneously and concentrating the risks of defaults into the dodgiest slices, banks had supposedly created a whole new class of ultra-low-risk investments. Rating agencies were complicit in this, too, as they helped banks structure these securities to attract the highest ratings.
A second pernicious outcome of the old rules was that they turned investment banks from intermediaries to proprietary traders. Two decades ago investment banks were in the money-moving business. They used capital markets to shift funds from savers to borrowers and generally avoided taking too much risk onto their own balance-sheets. Investment bankers would quip that a long-term investment was a short-term one gone wrong.
Yet over the decade before the financial crisis investment banks switched from the moving business to the storage business. Take the growth in Goldman Sachs’s balance-sheet between its IPO in 1999 and the financial crisis, which is fairly typical of what happened at investment banks at the time. The balance-sheet ballooned from $231 billion in 1999 to $1.1 trillion at the end of 2007. The bank’s value at risk (VAR), a (deeply flawed) risk-management measure of how much it might lose in any given day if markets turned against it, increased from an average of $39m in 1999 to $138m by the end of 2007.
At the time investors, far from being alarmed, were egging banks on. In 2005 Credit Suisse, among other banks, was pressed by investors to increase its exposure to residential mortgages. It also increased the number of people it employed in proprietary trading by 20%. To be fair to the bank, it reduced its risk and leverage before the crisis (and earlier than most of its competitors), which helped it avoid losses. Most other banks did not. Total holdings of corporate bonds by investment banks that are primary dealers (a who’s who of banks that are big in trading government bonds) increased from under $40 billion in 2001 to more than $230 billion just before the crisis.
The average return on equity for the world’s 13 largest investment banks may fall to 6-9% by 2017. This is well below the cost of equity
To be sure, at least some of this increase may have been offset by undisclosed positions elsewhere, and some was because banks were building up holdings of bonds to facilitate trades by their clients. Mr Dimon says that if he were running a shoe shop, he would have to stock a range of different shoes. Since he runs a bond shop, he needs an inventory of bonds. Yet much of the increase in banks’ holdings of securities was nothing more sophisticated than a massive “carry trade” in which banks borrowed cheaply using short-term money markets and put the money into riskier, longer-term and illiquid assets such as corporate bonds or mortgage-backed securities. This made the trading of bonds, currencies and commodities, usually known as FICC (fixed income, currencies and commodities), the biggest and most profitable part of investment banks’ business, of which more later. The risks to this strategy became clear when banks’ creditors stopped rolling over the cheap loans and banks could not sell their assets quickly enough to repay them. With the new regulations starting to bite, banks are now slimming down again.
Will Volcker rule?
The rules forcing limits on the businesses that banks can be in are generally less developed than those on capital, but they could have far-reaching consequences. Among these is America’s Volcker rule (named after Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve), which proposes to stop banks trading for their own profit. For now, many American banks are either ignoring the proposal or are thinking up clever ways to evade it. But even if banks find ways round it, it will still outlaw a range of activities that accounted for a good chunk of American investment banks’ profits in recent years. It is affecting European banks, too, as their executives sniff the political wind and close down businesses before they are made to. The threat of litigation is also significant, particularly in America and Britain, where banks are paying billions in fines and compensation for sins of the past.
The main barrier to the adoption of a Volcker rule outside America is its fiendish complexity: it forces regulators to second-guess whether a bank has bought a bond with the aim of keeping it, or whether it was hoping to sell it on to a client immediately but could not find a buyer. Yet regulators in Britain have said they are watching the evolution of the rule closely, and if it works they might impose something similar.
Another threat comes from rules that will force banks to standardise many of the derivatives they offer and to push them onto clearing houses and exchanges. This, along with capital rules that penalise complicated and long-dated derivatives written by banks, will cut deeply into FICC revenues.
Higher capital requirements and a ban on proprietary trading will reduce banks’ profits and force them out of businesses that they were never particularly good at, but they do not pose an existential threat to the future of big investment banks. The same cannot be said of two further sets of rules now on the drawing board which deeply worry European bankers. They could dash the hopes of Europe’s remaining big investment-banking contenders, Barclays and Deutsche Bank, of being able to go on challenging the dominance of America’s biggest banks.
The first of these is a proposal to separate investment banking from retail banking. In Britain the split will probably be a “ring-fence” in which the retail-banking arm is roped off, whereas continental Europe is debating variations of a plan by Erkki Liikanen, the governor of Finland’s central bank, to separate banks’ trading operations. Both proposals are meant to ensure that retail deposits cannot be used to finance investment-banking businesses. If implemented, both are likely to raise European banks’ funding costs. “Potentially Britain falls away [as a home to internationally competitive investment banks] because it doesn’t seem to want big global banks,” says the boss of one large universal bank. “The Swiss have already fallen away and Germany is still making up its mind. America has made it clear it wants to be in the game.”
Meanwhile in Washington, DC, another set of rules is taking shape that could have a serious impact on Europe’s investment-banking industry. These would force big foreign banks operating in America to establish local holding companies for all their American subsidiaries. These would have to have their own capital and liquidity, whereas the current arrangements allow foreign banks to operate through thinly capitalised branches or subsidiaries backed by guarantees from their parent companies. The rules seem to point directly at the American operations of Deutsche Bank and Barclays, both of which have shuffled assets and deregistered their main American holding companies over the past two years to sidestep new capital requirements.
For American regulators the proposed rules are perfectly sensible: if a big European bank collapses on their doorstep, they do not want to have to ask its home country for money. Yet the rules will impose huge additional costs. Huw van Steenis at Morgan Stanley reckons that Deutsche Bank had a capital deficit of $20 billion in its American business before it deregistered its American holding company. This shortfall could probably be reduced to $7 billion-9 billion over the next few years, he says, but the new rules could still trap a significant share of Deutsche Bank’s capital in America. And the worry is not simply about America. If other regulators were to follow its lead and force all foreign banks to hold capital and liquidity locally, the era of financial globalisation would be over.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline "The bite is worse than the bark"
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EU officials propose compromise between Israel and PA over tax revenue dispute
European Union officials met on Tuesday in Brussels in a bid to forge a compromise between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) over disputed tax revenues, as they bid to save the authority from financial disaster.
Israel collects around $175m each month in taxes on Palestinian imports and exports on behalf of the PA, but in February it said it would begin deducting around $11.5m from that amount.
Israel says the figure is equal to what the PA pays monthly to Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, the prisoners' families, and the families of those killed by Israel.
However, PA president Mahmoud Abbas has said that the PA "will not receive any money from Israel if it’s incomplete”.
“Israel is trying to legitimise the deductions from the tax revenues by all means, but we will not concede,” he told a cabinet meeting on Monday.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said that the PA has three times returned the tax revenues, reported to be around $163m following the deductions, deposited in its bank accounts by Israel, which Israel had hoped would be quietly received despite the shortfall.
EU officials have suggested that the families of Palestinian prisoners, or those killed by Israel, receive stipends based on their financial state and not the crimes they committed, while affirming that their proposal “does not constitute a legal or political endorsement of Israeli deductions”.
The officials also proposed that the PA consider accepting the deducted amount of tax revenues "on a provisional basis" to save the PA from a potential fiscal and humanitarian crisis.
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The total tax revenues collected by Israel account for more than half of the PA’s budget, and without its primary source of income, it has been paying partial salaries to employees, scaling back on services and increasing borrowing from local banks.
Tens of thousands of PA employees of the Ramallah-based government have been left out of pocket and are struggling to survive as the austerity measures are imposed to help balance the authority's books.
The law to deduct the funds was passed by Israel's parliament in July 2018, then put into effect in February.
According to data presented by Israeli defence officials, in 2018 the PA transferred $138.2m to Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, the prisoners' families, and the families of those killed by Israel.
The law states that every year the defence minister will submit to the security cabinet a report summarising the transfer of funds from the PA to the families involved.
This amount will be divided by 12, and the consequent sum will be withheld from the subsequent monthly transfers of tax payments that Israel makes to the PA.
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon reportedly held talks to find a solution for the crisis and discuss emergency plans in the event of financial collapse in the occupied West Bank.
The World Bank warned in an April report that the real GDP growth of the Palestinian economy is projected to hover around 0.5-1.6 percent between 2019 and 2021.


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Confirmed guests include: Gillian Anderson, Ricky Gervais, Russell T Davies, Mary Berry, Nicola Coughlan, Jenna Coleman, Mo Gilligan, Sir Lenny Henry, David Nicholls, Tom Hollander, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Sue Vertue, Anthony Horowitz, Dynamo, Anne Reid, Sally Wainwright, Philip Glenister,Robson Green, Nish Kumar, Michael Spicer, Rachel Parris, Desiree Burch, Eve Hewson, Himesh Patel, Ellie Bamber, Billy Howle, Sophie Raworth, Gareth Evans, Joe Cole, The Goodies – Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie
Previews and celebrations of:Giri/Haji, Hollyoaks, Last Tango in Halifax, The Serpent, The Luminaries, The Mash Report, Who Do You Think You Are?, World on Fire, Us, The First Team, The Sound of TV, After Life, Grantchester, Killing Eve, Gangs of London, The Serpent, Dracula, Strictly Come Dancing, Alex Rider, Belgravia
From the BFI National Archive: A tribute to iconic musician Prince; a celebration of Irish comedian and satirist Dave Allen; a 50th anniversary event with The Goodies
The BFI & RADIO TIMES TELEVISION FESTIVAL, the biggest, most exciting television festival in the UK, featuring the very best TV shows and on-screen stars, is returning for a third year at BFI Southbank from Friday 17 April – Sunday 19 April 2020. The Festival will celebrate the best of British television, as well as exclusive previews of some of the most anticipated programmes of 2020, with actors, directors and writers giving audiences a glimpse behind the scenes of some of television’s most talked-about shows.
This year’s Festival will see Russell T Davies, Mary Berry and Gillian Anderson inducted into the Radio Times Hall of Fame, alongside events with comedy legend Ricky Gervais, breakout star of Derry Girls Nicola Coughlan, Sir Lenny Henry in conversation with Alan Yentob, star magician Dynamo,comedian Mo Gilligan, andthe team behind The Mash Report including Nish Kumar.
There’s also events celebrating some of the UK’s most popular programmes, including: Last Tango in Halifax, Strictly Come Dancing, Hollyoaks(marking its 25th anniversary), Giri/Haji, Dracula, Grantchester, Killing Eve, Who Do You Think You Are? and World on Fire.
Exclusive previews of some of 2020’s most anticipated new dramas, including: series two of the critically acclaimed comedy-drama After Life created and starring Ricky Gervais who will attend the Festival; the team behind The Inbetweeners turn their hilarious gaze on the world of football in The First Team about the misadventures of three young football players; BBC Two’s adaption ofEleanor Catton’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries with stars Eve Hewson and Himesh Patel; new Sky Atlantic crime drama Gangs of London, from writer Gareth Evans (The Raid) and starring Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole; a sneak peek at the finale of Julian Fellowes’ prestigious new ITV drama Belgravia; and the new adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s hugely popular Alex Rider series. The Festival also offers first looks at the much anticipate series three of Killing Eve; the international crime drama The Serpent starring Jenna Coleman; BBC One’s forthcoming adaption of David Nicholls’ bestselling novel Us, starring Tom Hollander, who will appear on stage alongside Nicholls.
The Festival will also reunite Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie for The Goodies at 50! with material from the BFI National Archive, as well asa session featuring a bespoke compilation of dazzling footage of the one and only Prince, also drawn from the BFI National Archive. The Festival will remember the legacy of Dave Allen, the doyen of 70s comedy, with a compilation event featuring clips from all the varied parts of his small-screen career
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– After launching her TV career in 1993 as UFO sceptic Dana Scully in global sensation The X-Files, Gillian Anderson has redefined the role of the coolly intelligent hero across three decades of television drama. She played the haughty Lady Dedlock in Bleak House, portrayed an icy Miss Havisham in Great Expectations and played cat and mouse with Jamie Dornan in BBC1’s serial killer thriller The Fall, before coming to the attention of a new generation as therapist Jean Milburn in cult Netflix hit Sex Education. Ahead of her eagerly awaited turn as Margaret Thatcher in the next series of The Crown, Anderson reveals the secrets of her success on screen in a gala finale to the Festival.
– Since the early 1970s, Mary Berry has been championing cooking on TV, and 50 years on she remains the Queen of the kitchen. As a judge on The Great British Bake Off she put home-baking back on the menu and won a whole new generation of fans. Following recent hits such as Mary Berry’s Quick Cooking and Best Home Cook, we salute the nation’s favourite star baker, and consider the key ingredients of her enduring appeal.
– Writer Russell T Davies’ career has been diverse, ambitious and heartfelt. He broke taboos in Queer as Folk, rejuvenated Doctor Who for a new generation, gave a darkly humorous spin to a political crisis in A Very English Scandal, and presented a frighteningly plausible dystopian vision with Years and Years. The master storyteller joins Radio TimesTV editor Alison Graham to celebrate his life in television to date, and discuss his next project, The Boys – a 1980s-set drama for Channel 4.
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– A preview of the first two episodes of series two of the critically acclaimed, thoughtful and poignant comedy-drama After Life; creator, director and star Ricky Gervais will take part in a Q&A following the preview screening.
– Last Tango in Halifax creator Sally Wainwright, executive producer Faith Penhale and star Anne Reid will reveal all about the making of the BAFTA-winning hit that’s been hailed by viewers and critics alike as the warmest and most life-affirming drama on television.
– Strictly Come Dancing judges Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse, executive producer Sarah James and BBC Commissioning Editor, Entertainment Jo Wallace bring the glitz of the ballroom to BFI Southbank as the Festival celebrates the enduring appeal of the nation’s favourite entertainment show.
– As Hollyoaks celebrates its 25th anniversary, the Festival looks back at the cutting edge soap opera which has made it its mission to start conversations on big issues, with a panel including executive producer Bryan Kirkwood and cast members Gary Lucy (Luke Morgan), Talia Grant (Brooke Hathaway) and Rishi Nair (Sami Maalik). This event is presented in partnership with Pilot Light TV Festival, who will present a Hollyoaks session at HOME, Manchester as part of their Festival in May.
– A discussion and Q&A of one of the most acclaimed series of 2019, Giri/Haji, which turned the police procedural genre on its head, with writer Joe Barton, director Julian Farino and cast members.
– Bram Stoker’s Transylvanian Count recently got his bite back in a full-blooded adaptation by Sherlock writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. The creators of BBC1’s three-part Dracula are joined on stage by executive producer Sue Vertue to reveal how they transformed the gothic tale in order to thrill a new generation – and whether the anti-hero really can be resurrected.
– Villanelle may have left a trail of bodies in her wake on Killing Eve, but she certainly assassinates her victims in style and has become a fashion icon. The Festival is joined by executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle, director Damon Thomas, lead writer Suzanne Heathcote and music supervisor Catherine Grieves to talk about the soundtrack and costumes of TV’s sleekest, chicest drama – as well as offer a sneak peek of clips from series three.
– Recently named the Funniest Man in Britain, join comedian Mo Gilligan as he picks the best moments of his Channel 4 programme, The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan – a high-octane-packed series of free-wheeling comedy, sketches, music, celebrity guests, including the likes of Tyson Fury, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Anderson Paak.
– The team behind the award-winning satirical show The Mash Report, including Nish Kumar, Michael Spicer, Rachel Parris and Desiree Burch,will ask whether the world is now beyond satire; lookingback at some of the most bizarre and incredible moments from the series, as well as forward to what can possibly happen to surprise and annoy us in 2020.
– As Who Do You Think You Are? prepares to enter its 17th series, newsreader Sophie Raworth and the show’s producers discuss the research process and emotional impact of taking part.
– The intertwining stories of ordinary people caught up in WW2 were told to great acclaim in the epic World on Fire; star Julia Brown, writer Peter Bowker and designer Paul Spriggs will take part in a panel to discuss the creation of this powerful hit drama series and offer behind-the-scenes insights into the challenges of re-creating war-torn Europe.
– Darkness lurks amid the bucolic beauty of the Cambridgeshire countryside in period detective drama Grantchester; stars Robson Green and Kacey Ainsworth, plus writer Daisy Coulam and executive producer Emma Kingsman-Lloyd, discuss their parish’s ever-increasing murder rate and the reasons why the show’s cop-and-vicar crime-solving partnership remains so appealing.
Television stars in conversation:
– The Festival’s Talent Spotlight event will this year celebrate the meteoric rise of Nicola Coughlan, star of Derry Girls, who will next appear alongside Julie Andrews in period drama Bridgerton, the latest series frompowerhouse producer Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Scandal).
– Following his Imagine film for the BBC, Lenny Henry: Young, Gifted And Black, Alan Yentob interviews Sir Lenny Henry to discuss his rise to fame, from working-class kid from Dudley to one of Britain’s most celebrated performers. Having reinvented himself as a serious actor and a political activist campaigning for greater diversity in the broadcasting industry, Sir Lenny will discuss what really matters to him, followed by an audience Q&A.
– Award-winning magician Dynamo discusses his return to our screens after time away due to severe illness, and his new show for Sky, Beyond Belief, which promises to change perceptions of magic on TV.
First looks and previews of hotly anticipated new shows:
– Humour and heartbreak play out in BBC One’s upcoming four-part drama Us, adapted by David Nicholls from his bestselling novel; with preview clips from the drama, David Nicholls, star Tom Hollander and executive producer Greg Brenman talk about bringing the book to life.
– Jenna Coleman reunites with Victoria makers Mammoth Screen for BBC One’s upcoming international crime drama The Serpent, inspired by real events. Watch exclusive first-look clips and hear Coleman and co-stars Billy Howle and Ellie Bamber, as well as writer Richard Warlow and director Tom Shankland, shed light on the story of the elusive Charles Sobhraj – the killer who was sought on three continents in the mid-1970s for the unsolved murders of young Western travellers across the ‘hippie trail’ of South East Asia.
– A preview of the epic opening episode of BBC Two’s The Luminaries, an intricately woven, suspenseful tale of love, murder, magic and revenge set on the wild coasts of 1860s New Zealand at the height of the gold rush, followed by a panel discussion with stars Eve Hewson and Himesh Patel, who play the star-crossed lovers at the heart of the story, talking about bringing Eleanor Catton’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel to the screen.
– An assassination at the heart of the capital’s most powerful crime family sparks an underworld power struggle in Gangs of London, a visceral new nine-part drama from Gareth Evans (The Raid, Apostle), starring Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole. We preview the first exhilarating episode of Sky Atlantic’s latest high-profile series, which takes the audience on a journey into a city being torn apart by turbulent power struggles, with Evans and Cole on stage for a Q&A afterwards.
– We’ll preview exclusive clips from Alex Rider, based on the popular book series by Anthony Horowitz and hear from Anthony and star Otto Farrant about the exciting new series.
– Secrets and scandals in lavish, upper-class 19th-century London society await as we screen the latest episode of Julian Fellowes’ prestigious new ITV drama Belgravia and hear from stars including Philip Glenister, plus members of the creative team.
– The team behind The Inbetweeners turn their hilarious gaze on the world of football in The First Team about the misadventures of three young football players. Following a preview screening there will be a Q&A with co-writer and director Iain Morris and cast members Shaquille Ali-Yebuah and Jack McMullen.
– Musicologist and composer Neil Brand (The Sound of Cinema, The Sound of Movie Musicals) returns to the small screen with The Sound of TV, in which he casts his expert eye on the soundtracks and themes of the small screen. As well as showcasing clips from the upcoming series, Neil will be chatting on stage to David Arnold,composer of scores including Dracula, Good Omens and The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
Featuring rare material from the BFI National Archive:
– The Festival will celebrate The Goodies at 50! with very special guests Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, who came together 50 years ago to unleash sublime, often surreal, mayhem in The Goodies; the event will offer a rare chance to hear the group reminisce, and will feature material from the BFI National Archive.
– Following last year’s David Bowie extravaganza, the Festival presents another bespoke compilation of highlights from the BFI National Archive – this time looking at the one and only Prince; featuring rare dazzling footage of the star performing live as well as music videos and interviews.
– Irish comedian Dave Allen was the doyen of 70s comedy, taking a gentle aim at religion from his perch on a high stool; the Festival will remember his legacy in this compilation event featuring clips from all the varied parts of his small-screen career.
– The Year of the Sex Olympics (BBC, 1968) is a genuinely groundbreaking drama set in a near future where a ruling elite controls the masses with banal reality TV shows and pornographic contests. Starring Leonard Rossiter, Suzanne Neve and Brian Cox, The Year of the Sex Olympics was long thought lost, but luckily a print surfaced in the 1980s – the Festival will offer audiences a rare chance to see this seminal sci-fi drama on the big screen, preceded by an extended introduction with guests to be announced.
Also in the Festival will be a special session on the Channel 4 New Comedy Shorts Initiative, a platform for finding distinctive and diverse new talent, with a panel of comedy writer/performers Donna Preston and Verona Rose and producer/writers Guy Davidson and Daniel Clarke. Plus the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival TV Quiz returns for another bumper batch of rapid-fire rounds designed to find out who can tell their Poldark from their Picard, and their Mrs Brown from their Mrs Maisel.
Tickets on sale to BFI Champions and Patrons Mon 2 Mar 11:30, to BFI Members Tue 3 Mar 11:30, Radio Times readers on Wed 4 March 11:30 and to the public Tue 10 Mar 11:30 via https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/tvfest20
Co-programmed by the BFI and Radio Times, the festival draws on the expertise of both organisations, attracting a broad range of audiences from telly addicts and boxset-bingeing aficionados, to those who love to discover archive gems and people who love nothing more than coming together to watch the latest in prime-time entertainment.
The inaugural edition of the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival in 2017 welcomed stars including Tom Hiddleston, Claire Foy, Maggie Smith, Freida Pinto, and Thandie Newton, and saw Sir Michael Palin and Steven Moffat both inducted into the Radio Times Hall of Fame. In 2019 they were joined in the Hall of Fame by Dame Helen Mirren and Joanna Lumley, while the 2019 Festival also featured appearances from Keeley Hawes, Jed Mercurio, Josh O’Connor, Zawe Ashton, Charlie Brooker, Suranne Jones, Nadiya Hussain and the cast of Derry Girls. Both the 2017 and 2019 Festivals attracted more than ten thousand people over the course of the weekend. Prior to the partnership between the BFI and Radio Times, the Radio Times Festival took place at Hampton Court in 2015, where Sir David Attenborough became the first person to be inducted into the Radio Times Hall of Fame.
The BFI and Radio Times is a partnership that underlines how both organisations have played an essential part in British television heritage for decades; the BFI is responsible for maintaining the BFI National Archive, home to one of the most significant archives of film and television in the world and is the UK’s designated National Television Archive. This includes the largest accessible archive of British TV programmes, an estimated 750,000 titles collected since the late 1950s. In addition the BFI curates television seasons and events at BFI Southbank, providing public access to that TV heritage. Radio Times is the UK’s leading authority on television and radio and was the world’s first broadcast listings magazine when it was founded in 1923 and is the UK’s best-selling quality magazine.
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The BFI is the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image. It is a cultural charity that:
· Curates and presents the greatest international public programme of World Cinema for audiences; in cinemas, at festivals and online
· Cares for the BFI National Archive – the most significant film and television archive in the world
· Actively seeks out and supports the next generation of filmmakers
· Works with Government and industry to make the UK the most creatively exciting and prosperous place to make film internationally
Founded in 1933, the BFI is a registered charity governed by Royal Charter. The BFI Board of Governors is chaired by Josh Berger CBE.
The BFI Southbank is open to all. BFI members are entitled to a discount on all tickets. BFI Southbank Box Office tel: 020 7928 3232. Unless otherwise stated tickets are £13.75, concs £11.25 including Gift Aid donation. Members pay £2.20 less on any ticket – www.bfi.org.uk/southbank.
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The BFI Shop is stocked and staffed by BFI experts with over 1,200 book titles and 1,000 DVDs to choose from, including hundreds of acclaimed books and DVDs produced by the BFI.
BFI Reuben Library
BFI Southbank is home to the BFI Reuben Library which holds the world’s largest collection of books, journals and digitised material about film, television and the moving image. The library is free to access and hosts a year-round programme of talks and events. ‘Not just for movie nerds – this huge collection of film and TV books, periodicals, scripts, stills and posters is full of inspiration for anyone involved in the creative arts’ – Evening Standard Magazine
The BFI Reuben Library is open 10:30-19:00, Tuesday-Saturday.
BFI Bar & Kitchen
BFI Bar & Kitchenreflect the buzzing atmosphere of BFI Southbank. Terrific cocktails and craft beers in the lounge complement contemporary British cuisine in the restaurant, while The Drawing Room bar behind the secret bookcase door offers a more intimate experience. Film-goers can take advantage of a pre-movie menu or great value Movie and Meal Deal. The place to network, hang out, unpack a film, savour the best of Modern British or sip a cocktail.
With spectacular views of Waterloo Bridge and the River Thames, BFI Riverfront is the hottest spot on the South Bank. From stonebaked pizzas to homemade pastas, British classics to something sweet from the Gelato Bar. Upstairs the Balcony Bar offers a unique never seen before view of Waterloo Bridge, whose concrete structure forms the ceiling of the space. Visitors can come and enjoy a pre-cinema dinner or a lively DJ set with drinks on Saturday nights.
Free to access BFI Mediatheques offer users an opportunity to explore the digital collections drawn from the BFI National Archive and partner collections, at select UK-wide locations.
There’s more to discover about film and television through the BFI. Our world-renowned archival collections, cinemas, festivals, films, publications and learning resources are here to inspire you.
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When I first got my kids to school, I was already a bit overwhelmed by the many different ways rice is prepared.
But when my eldest was six months old, I thought I’d found the perfect rice cooker.
A few months later, we were having rice dinner, and our children started to fuss with the pots.
After the kids finished their meal, I’d put them back on the table and ask them to do a few more things before going to bed.
It was the perfect way to start the night.
The rice cooker has become a staple of many families’ lives.
Read More is a modern-day version of the old rice cooker with a lot of bells and whistles.
This was a bit like making a family meal with the same ingredients, and it came in a variety of sizes and styles.
We found it easy to buy a variety, which made cooking more fun and less intimidating.
It also offered a lot more options than I’d ever imagined.
The main difference is that you can use the rice cooker to prepare a wide variety of rice dishes from soups, stews, and more.
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Gentiva Health Services Inc. shares dropped Wednesday after the home and hospice care provider said it sees a drop in fiscal 2013 revenue and a cut in per-share income due to sequestration and what is becoming a likely drop in reimbursements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The news kept Gentiva on the sidelines during Wednesday's rally as shares dropped more than 4% to $12.10.
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Gentiva said sequestration could bring down revenue by $30 million, on top of a $21 million expected reduction in sales due to branches that were sold or closed during 2012. The company also said that sequestration could take a 60-cent bite in per-share adjusted income. These reductions are contingent upon sequestration affecting reimbursement rates for patients with service dates ending April 1 or later.
Full-year revenue now is expected to reach $1.69 billion to $1.73 billion, the company said, with adjusted income at 90 cents to $1.10 a share. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of $1.26 a share but sharply reduced that to $1.11. Sales were expected to reach $1.72 billion but that number too was reduced to $1.71 billion.
Raymond James analyst John W. Ransom said in a note to clients that Gentiva could show signs of growth were it not for the coming budget cuts due to the Congressional budget impasse.
"However, with sequestration, 2013 will mark the third consecutive of year of negative [adjusted earnings] growth, as the reimbursement environment remains challenging, particularly in home health," Ransom said. Gentiva's last full year of earnings growth was reported in 2010, when adjusted income came in at $2.82 a share.
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BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
More than three weeks before the May 9 elections, the election areas of concern in Negros Occidental, including highly urbanized Bacolod City, remains at 19.
Still under red category due to serious armed threats and previous election related cases of violence are Moises Padilla, Calatrava and Candoni, as well as Escalante City.
The local Comelec has, however, issued an appeal for the Regional Joint Security Coordinating Center (RJSCC) to downgrade the category of highly urbanized Bacolod from yellow to green.
The RJSCC cited intense political rivalries among candidates, which prompted placing Bacolod City under yellow category.
Despite a series of encounters between government security forces and the New People’s Army in the hinterlands of Himamaylan City, it remains under orange category, according to Provincial Comelec supervisor Roberto Salazar Jr.
The cities of Kabankalan, Silay, Sipalay, Victorias as well as towns of La Castellana, Binalbagan, Cauayan, Manapla, Ilog, Isabela and Toboso also remained at the orange category due to threats on security by the NPA.
The 13 remaining local government units in the province are under the green category, with no signs of violence or threats to the May 9 polls.
Salazar reminded candidates to refrain from campaigning on Maundy Thursday and Holy Friday.
“Take a rest and reflect,” Salazar advised the candidates.
Under Comelec Resolution No. 10730, he said it is unlawful for all candidates to campaign during Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, in connection with the celebration of the Lenten season.
He said that the campaigning will resume on Black Saturday.*


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Ubuntu Music is record label that is committed to bringing quality, accessible jazz and related music genres to increasingly wider audiences. rhythmbox music player linux The third entry on this list of best Linux music players is Rhythmbox, which is the default Ubuntu music player. We look as some of the best music player apps for Ubuntu, from feature-filled music managers to others that are lightweight and simple to use.
19 Jun - 9 min - Uploaded by PEDROMUSICMAN There is a kind of music played in South Africa which is the musical representation of that very. For all the music lovers, what better way to enjoy music and relax than to stream your music online. Below are some of the best Linux music. This post is for those Linux lovers who enjoys music & are looking for a music player for their UBUNTU & Linux Mint systems. Though there are.
A short list of less known yet best music players available for Linux distributions. Lollypop is available for Ubuntu via PPA. You will have to. Hands down Rhythmbox. It is true that you don't really have much of a choice when it comes to applications in Linux, but Rhythmbox is some relief to the ears. Conveniently, Ubuntu comes with its own music managing program called Rhythmbox. It is powerful, yet lightweight and simple. You can.


On December 6, I had the honor of taking photos an awesome benefit concert for Joey’s Song. The event at the Barrymore Theatre featured premier locally and nationally known musicians gathered to raise money for epilepsy research.
One of the highlights was Miguel Cervantes of Hamilton fame. Named “Chicagoan of the Year in theater” by the Chicago Tribune, Cervantes has starred for three years plus as Alexander Hamilton in Chicago’s production of Hamilton at the CIBC Theatre. Cervantes’s three-year-old daughter Adelaide died in October “after suffering from a rare and very severe form of early childhood epilepsy.”
Other musicians that performed included The Know-It-All Boyfriends (featuring Garbage drummer Butch Vig and guitarist Duke Erikson); Brian Ray, Paul McCartney’s guitarist; Kyle Henderson from The Producers; Trapper Schoepp; Cory Chisel; Chris Collingwood from Fountains of Wayne and Madison-locals Chaser.


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This smoker offers a massive 560 cubic inches of grilling area with a large-capacity pellet hopper. Even though it’s the perfect starter grill, it’s still packed with plenty of extras that even the pro chefs will enjoy. If the grilling space isn’t enough, the removable upper racks can be turned into extra cooking space. The smokestack behind the unit can also be converted into a prep area.
Whenever you want to smoke with a pellet smoker, you will have to make a choice: What type of wood pellets should I use? Well, the answer may sound simple – whichever flavor you like the best – but might be pretty difficult if you’re smoking for the first time. Unfortunately, the only way to know which flavor you like most is to try them all at least once and then decide upon which one floats your boat.
This post was EXACTLY what i was looking for! Have been longing for the ability to make the gooey delicate saucy brisket that we get out here at the chain Armadillo Willies, which i realize is not aiming for the stars… At Orchard Supply House last weekend saw a Traeger or two, and was thinking placing a smaller version $499 range (although $439 on the Traeger website) next to my gas Weber Spirit.
And #3, good bbq or grilled meats should taste great without a ton seasonings or sauce. Beef especially can be excellent with simple salt! Make sure your seasonings enhance flavor. Another great read, the late (and much grieved at our house) Paul Prudhomme’s ‘Louisiana Kitchen’ again available on Amazon used for a couple of bucks and a masterpiece! Paul was a master of seasoning. Don’t kill it with seasonings and sauce, enhance the foods flavors. Barks on meat are great if they are right. However burnt, sugar and many other seasonings detract from the meats natural flavor. I personally love a meat you can eat without a sauce and then sauce if you want some added flavors going on!
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Previous Names: Marquette Mall Theater
Plitt Theaters opened the Marquette Mall theater on Christmas Day, 1970 with “Love Story”. The theater is located behind the mall in the northwest corner. It became known for playing movies that were exclusive to Northwest Indiana and could be found only on one screen in Chicago, much like “Love Story”. “The Godfather” was another prime example.
On Christmas Day of 1973, a second screen opened with its premiere attraction being “Magnum Force”. The theater had a stronghold on the area until General Cinema opened a fourplex across the street in 1975. With films like “Jaws”, “Towering Inferno” and “Young Frankenstein” playing at Marquette, the crowds were still huge. In 1977 screen one was closed and cut in half to create two smaller screens. This left screen 2 as the prime auditorium.
When Plitt sold out, Cineplex Odeon took over and then Kerasotes purchased the Marquette in 1989. The theater was closed in June of 2006.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — AmIslamic Bank Bhd, the Islamic banking arm of AMMB Holdings Bhd, successfully issued its inaugural issuance of RM200 million Basel III-compliant Tier 2 Subordinated Sukuk Murabahah (Tier 2 Sukuk Murabahah) today.
In a statement today, AMMB said the sukuk is the world's first Basel III-compliant Tier 2 Subordinated Sukuk to be issued under the Shariah principle of Murabahah based on commodity trading (via a Tawarruq arrangement).
“The RM200 million Tier 2 Sukuk Murabahah, with a maturity of 10 years and callable at the end of year five, carries a semi-annual profit payment of 5.07 per cent per annum,” it said.
AmInvestment Bank Bhd acted as the sole Principal Adviser, Lead Arranger and Lead Manager for this Tier 2 Sukuk Murabahah (2014/2044) issuance which was made under the RM3 billion Subordinated Sukuk Murabahah Programme, it said.
AmBank Group Managing Director Ashok Ramamurthy said the successful closing of this landmark transaction represents a significant milestone for the Malaysian Sukuk market.
“At the same time, this issuance saw the engineering of a Shariah mechanism that is acceptable to both the regulators and the Shariah scholars.
“This is the first Basel III-compliant Tier 2 Sukuk issuance by a Malaysian issuer which demonstrates our capability in Sukuk structuring and profound track record in product innovation,” he added.
AmIslamic Bank was upgraded to AA2 by RAM Rating Services Bhd in November 2013 along with AmBank (M) Bhd and AmInvestment Bank.
The Tier 2 Sukuk Murabahah has been assigned an AA3 rating by RAM Ratings, one notch below AmIslamic Bank’s long-term financial institution rating, which reflects their lower ranking in the priority of claims upon bankruptcy or liquidation, relative to senior unsecured creditors.
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