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- What makes writing good or bad?
- How I improve my writing?
- What are the qualities of good writing?
- What are the 5 elements of good writing?
- What is voice in writing traits?
- What are strong writing skills?
- What is the most important prerequisite for a good piece of writing?
- What are the 6 traits of good writing?
- What is strong writing?
What makes writing good or bad?
Better-than-competent writers — good writers — examine their effects before they put them down: They think that way all the time.
Bad writers never examine anything.
Their inattentiveness to the detail of their prose is part and parcel of their inattentiveness to the detail of the outside world.”.
How I improve my writing?
Summary: How to Improve Your Writing SkillsBrush up on the basic principles of writing, grammar and spelling.Write like it’s your job and practice regularly.Read more so you develop an eye for what effective writing looks like.Find a partner. … Join a workshop, meetup, or take a writing night class.More items…•
What are the qualities of good writing?
The following is a brief description of five qualities of good writing: focus, development, unity, coherence, and correctness. The qualities described here are especially important for academic and expository writing.
What are the 5 elements of good writing?
CENTRAL IDEA. This element of good writing involves focusing on a clear, manageable idea, argument, or thesis around which to organize your material. … ORGANIZATION. … SUPPORTING MATERIAL. … EXPRESSION, WORD CHOICE, AND POINT OF VIEW. … SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND PUNCTUATION.
What is voice in writing traits?
Voice. Voice is the writer coming through the words, the sense that a real person is speaking to us and cares about the message. It is the heart and soul of the writing, the magic, the wit, the feeling, the life and breath.
What are strong writing skills?
Top 5 Writing Skills Every Professional Writer Should HaveMake use of wide vocabulary. Having a wide vocabulary is an asset of a successful writer. … Get a writing partner. Even if you write incredible, it is always better if we have a second opinion about our content. … Express your Thoughts confidently. … First drafts are never perfect.
What is the most important prerequisite for a good piece of writing?
The writing context requires writers to have a sense of the reader’s expectations and an awareness of conventions for a particular piece of writing. The context of the piece further determines the appropriate tone, level of vocabulary, kind and placement of evidence, genre, and sometimes even punctuation.
What are the 6 traits of good writing?
The Six Traits of writing are Voice, Ideas, Presentation, Conventions, Organization, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency. It creates a common vocabulary and guidelines for teachers to use with students so that they become familiar with the terms used in writing. It develops consistency from grade level to grade level.
What is strong writing?
Strong writing means no dull moments. It doesn’t mean you have to write an action-packed story in the strictest sense of the word, but it does mean things need to happen in every chapter, and there needs to be a “hanger” at the end of each chapter that will keep your reader reading.


text: T-Mobile has finally launched its LTE network today in seven different markets. The markets are Baltimore, MD; Houston, TX; Kansas City, KS; Las Vegas, NV; Phoenix, AZ; San Jose, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. and New York will be on the way in early summer. The Uncarrier is planning on rolling out its LTE with expectation of reaching 100 million Americans by midyear and 200 million by the end of 2013. But it can’t be a LTE launch without phones to support the network, the Blackberry z10 is the first LTE device and is available today for a $99 down payment. On April 12th, iPhone 5 will be coming to T-Mobile at $99 down payment with the HTC One coming later in April. And on May 1st the Galaxy S 4 will also be coming on T-Mobile LTE network. Current T-Mobile owners of the Galaxy Note 2 will be able to connect to LTE via Software update and the carrier will re-release the Galaxy S 3 with LTE. Those who don’t have LTE in their area yet can still purchase the phone, you’ll just be connected to their HSPA+ network which is still good. T-Mobile looks to be on the rise right now and with the possible merger with MetroPCS looking more and more to happen it can only it get for them.

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Google is understood to be looking for a head of advertising for Europe, as it ramps up its marketing activities in the UK and Europe.
It is believed to be talking with senior executives from television and media agencies about the role. One insider says the search engine giant is looking for someone who can talk to major multinational brand marketers “in a language they understand”.
It is understood that personalities such as former ITV Sales managing director Graham Duff are being considered for the role.
A Google spokeswoman says: “Google continues its recruitment drive to hire the brightest and best people across all functions of the business. We are looking for candidates who are smart, motivated and focused. We’re also recruiting for senior positions. We are looking for highly dynamic and proficient individuals with tremendous sales and people skills to build our European team.”
The news comes as Google opens a new office in Manchester to service clients in the Midlands and North of England, and sets up a new “inside sales” operation at its European headquarters in Dublin. “Inside sales” will incorporate all sales operations conducted at a distance, including telemarketing, fax marketing and online sales. Face-to-face selling is now being called “outside sales”. Google is hunting for a director of European inside sales.

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Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Current Town: Iowa City, Iowa
Q: Tell me about Christopher Marlowe's Chloroform Dreams.
A: We're calling it an Elizabethan noir fairy tale - it lives in a kind of collage universe that plays around with genre, myth, legend and language. Moments reinterpreting myths and fairy tales mingle with tropes and familiar noir characters, the legend around Kit Marlowe's own turbulent biography and the mythology of the play itself - which is on its own a very loose adaptation of Marlowe's poetic rendition of the myth of hero and leander. It's being produced by Lunar Energy Productions, a company Phil Gates and I started in 2009, out of a love of myth and magic. Phil is directing this show and The Red Room Theater used to be a speakeasy, so the stars are aligning...
Q: What else are you working on now?
A: I've just started rehearsals for a play called ondine which will be presented as part of the 2012 Iowa New Play Festival this May. It's a kinda medieval romantic fairy tale that cracks and breaks down in form and content as the speakers in the frame go longer and longer without sleep. My director, David Hanzal is all about the beautiful and visceral, and we're planning one hell of a show. I'm really interested in form right now - we just took this awesome class on structure with Mead Hunter, and right now I'm pretty obsessed with how form and content are the same thing - how structure is story. It's informing everything i'm writing.
I'm also working on another play in the Marlowe trilogy, christopher marlowe's mystery play, which was developed at wordBRIDGE playwrights laboratory last summer - it's fun to know a character and stay with him as he's plopped down into an entirely different linguistic and aesthetic universe. And how the forms of those plays work towards telling those different stories as well.
Q: Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a person.
A: I was really shy and sensitive and didn't speak until I was three even though I already knew how, and then when I was caught and forced to use my words I did so in these long and apparently perfectly grammatical sentences, and I was this tiny little baby-looking thing being all, 'I am doing very well this morning, thank you for asking, how are you?' and people would just laugh. And then I would burst into tears and run away. And now it's like, where my writing kind of lives is in the language.
At one point I had a running list on a piece of paper divided into columns that served as my review system of episodes of Full House - like, date it was on, episode title, story synopsis, and my 'rating' of the episode out of ten, sometimes with what I would've liked to see happen in the episode. I'd like to say that shows my early grasp onto the importance of character and narrative and all that but it also might mean I really liked Full House
Q: If you could change one thing about theater, what would it be?
A: Expectations - like, ideas in minds of what a play is, and the reverberations of those expectations. Also, money
Q: Who are or were your theatrical heroes?
A: Caryl Churchill, Jose Rivera, Mary Zimmerman, Charles Mee, August Strindberg, Federico Garcia Lorca, Henrik Ibsen, Jean Cocteau, Sarah Kane, Antonin Artaud, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Pedro Calderon De La Barca, Robert Lepage, Suzan-Lori Parks. a few that come to mind in other disciplines: Hans Christian Andersen, Arthur Rimbaud, James Tate, Gregory Crewdson, Edward Hopper, Greer Lankton.
Three films also had a huge impact in shaping how I see theater - Ingmar Bergman's The Magic Flute, Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, and Baz Lurmann's Romeo + Juliet. I saw that when I was ten and it changed everything.
Q: What kind of theater excites you?
A: Onstage I love to see magic, beauty, any and all kinds of virtuosity, transformation. I want it to be visceral, powerful, a punch in the stomach that hurts even harder because you're so close. Shows that lean towards being multidisciplinary. Shows that use form and structure to tell stories in different and exciting ways.
I'm also really excited by pieces that are undeniably theatrical - that could not be done in any other medium, that take advantage of the community of actors and audience, that really use the fact that we are all humans here together breathing the same air. Whether that's casting the audience in a role, turning the piece into a ritual - I've been thinking about ritual and narrative a lot lately, actually - about how a lot of rituals we know have narratives that they're built around - so why shouldn't we just flip it and have there be a ritual surrounding whatever narrative it is that we're telling in the theater.
Q: What advice do you have for playwrights just starting out?
A: Love what you do.
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A: christopher marlowe's chloroform dreams - playing at The Red Room in the East Village April 18-may 5. info, tickets, and some stuff to look at here - www.lunarenergyproductions.com
ondine - Friday, May 4th at 5:30 & 9:00. Tea parties, sequins, heartbreak, leeches. It's one of four productions, a workshop presentation and five readings in this year's Iowa New Play Festival. It's going to be grand so if you're in or near Iowa City come check it out! Informative things here: http://theatre.uiowa.edu/production/new-play-festival
Also this June is the third annual Hollywood Fringe Festival - there's going to be some really cool and innovative stuff, art of all kinds so I totally recommend checking it out if you're in California - it's June 14-24 of this year. everything you need: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org. Two shows in this year's fringe that i know are going to be excellent:
Nostalgium, by Matt Benyo, directed by Alex Scott - http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/743 and
Eggshell, written and directed by Søren Olsen - http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/921
Last plug: wordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory is up there with the best people you will ever meet and what they're doing is incredibly important. Check em out: http://www.wordbridge.org/

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Disney's real life adaptation of Cinderella follows the beloved animated film significantly, so audiences can't dislike this film if they tried, unoriginal as it is.
The fairy tale of Cinderella should be well known by now, with the Grimm’s folk tale, Disney 1950 original, the Drew Barrymore “real” adaptation, the Hillary Duff tween modernization, and now recent release. A fair and true maiden is left to a life of poverty and servitude by her horrid step mother when her father unexpectedly passes away, and she meets and falls for a handsome prince and they live happily ever after.
Thankfully Disney finally took an adaptation of its successful animated films seriously by getting actors who could inhabit and bring to life their much adored characters. Lily James is Cinderella; she is sweet, sincere, kind but not in a saccharinely unbelievable sort of way. Her relatively unknown persona significantly adds to her ability to pull off playing such a wide-eyed wonderess. The real casting masterstroke is having Cate Blanchett play the wicked step mother in this cinema telling of Cinderella. With the talent of a seasoned veteran she finds the harmonious balance of evil and yet never turns into a caricature.
The criticisms for Disney’s Cinderella are few and far in between. With a real life adaptation of animated source material from sixty-five years ago, one hopes that a new spin from the inclusion of humanity will be added to the film in some way, and it is not. Especially in regard to the villainous step-mother: villains always have a two dimensional perspective to their character that one hopes will be fleshed out, pun intended. Besides a fleeting conversation nearing the conclusion of the film, Cinderella does not even bother to illuminate the cause for the step mother’s malevolence and it is a pity and a misstep.
Its faithfulness to the original plot is both a catalyst and hindrance to the film’s success. Had Cinderella deviated too far from the 1950 original, fans would be outraged, but the 2015 version has nothing to add to the story which leaves fans asking ‘besides being beautiful and perfectly acceptable film, and for financially beneficial reasons, why?”
Tickets on sale now! Cinderella opens March 13th.
Cinderella (2015) – Review


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By Tim Cottle
April is Community College month and we here at the Clinton Community College Business & Industry Center are proud of our community and our contribution to it!
The Clinton Community College Business & Industry Center supports the economic future and vitality of our area manufacturers, businesses and industry by providing business services and workforce training. No company is too big and no company is too small.
We are here to meet our community’s needs.
Today’s business arena is a fast-paced, highly competitive world. Markets are changing, customers are demanding higher quality standards, and technology continues to advance at record speeds. In order to compete in today’s marketplace, business and industry must keep up with the changes. At the Clinton Community College Business and Industry Center, we understand the demands they face.
Whether a business is large or small, established or new, we have the ability to provide business services and training resources specifically designed to meet each company’s individual needs. So far this fiscal year, we have provided training and services to more than 100 area businesses and more than 1,500 of their employees.
Ready, Set, Launch! Clinton Community College Business & Industry Center, the Eastern Iowa Small Business Development Center and the Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce are partnering together to energize and support prospective entrepreneurs in our community.
“Start-Up Clinton” is coming this September. This strategic partnership of training, consulting, and support is designed to encourage and promote entrepreneurs as they move their dreams to reality. We will continue to build on this partnership and are excited about its unlimited possibilities.
Many of our community members also need to keep up with the changes in today’s economy. We are also actively involved in reskilling our area workforce and filling this need. Two new programs have begun over the past few months and more will follow. The very first Clinton Community College Truck Driving classes are currently being held at the Clinton Community College Tech Center.


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Here you have some suggestions for tonight!
Space presents “Enter”.
The show of Richie Hawtin and friends is back for another amazing episode.
In few weeks “Enter” has become the cult show of Thursday night, and tonight with Richie Hawtin will play Damian Lazarus, Nina Kraviz, Matador plus other guests..
Here you have the complete program!
For further informations and costs: http://www.spaceibiza.com
Pacha presents F*** me I’m famous! And tonight for the supershow of David Guetta the line up includes Guetta plus Zedd, Albert Neve and the Italian team DAddy’s Groove!
Amnesia presents Cream! one of the most appreciated show of Thursday!
Tonight the line up includes Paul Van Dik, Gareth Emery, Calvin Harris, Hardwell and more…
Here you have the complete program of the night!
For further infos: http://www.amnesia.es
Pacha Hotel presents: Houseland..with Jey Indahouse, Dj Salinas and the Master.. Joan Ribas!
Today, starting at 4,00 p.m. until midnight, Loco Dice and friends are back at Ushuaia!
Used+abused, who hase become the cult show of Thursday night, return with a brilliant line-up!
In consolle will play Dj Tennis, Timo Maas, Davide Squillace, one of the most appreciated Italian dj in the island and, of course, the landlord, Loco Dice…
Used+abused, week by week, has grewed up and now is the best way to start Thursday night, with excellent sounds, performances and a perfect organization!
This is the poster of the event!
For further infos: http://www.ushuaiaibiza.com
Credits: Thanks to Ivan Terrenzio for the support to Ibizabynight 😉
Tonight, starting at 20,30, at Ontherocks iBiza will be celebrated the Italian aperitf plus a special party!
The new amazing club created at Ibiza town by Alfredo Magrini presents a new concept for Thursday night: the project was born by an idea of Sergio Cerruti (A & R Just Entertainment, Dj and Producer) with the host of Radio 105 INDAKLUBB (Radio 105 is one of the italian top radio), and Daniela Biagetti, one of teh most eclectic p.r. of the island, also cooperate to the event.
The music is provided by Lello Mascolo and Andrea Belli, and in the club there is a selected atmosphere… and at Ontherocks is also possible to have a dinner with a selected menu….
As explains Alfredo Magrini:”The concept is an Aperitivo late noon with typical italian dishes and cocktail party, after a dinner with the sound of best deep music…see you on the rocks“.
Are you ready for an elegant night ?
For more infos: Ontherocks Ibiza, avenida de la paz s/n tel +34661443302
This is a poster of the event!


Assessment of Large-Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Round Jets Using Low-Order Numerical Schemes 2017-01-0575
The basic idea behind large-eddy simulation (LES) is to accurately resolve the large energy-containing scales and to use subgrid-scale (SGS) models for the smaller scales. The accuracy of LES can be significantly impacted by the numerical discretization schemes and the choice of the SGS model. This work investigates the accuracy of low-order LES codes in the simulation of a turbulent round jet which is representative of fuel jets in engines. The turbulent jet studied is isothermal with a Reynolds number of 6800. It is simulated using Converge, which is second-order accurate in space and first-order in time, and FLEDS, developed at Purdue University, which is sixth-order accurate in space and fourth-order in time. The high-order code requires the resolution of acoustic time-scales and hence is approximately 10 times more expensive than the low-order code. It is shown that the high-order code is able to accurately capture both the potential core length and the radial spreading rate, whereas the low-order code over-predicts the potential core length by 200% and the spreading rate by 15%. A systematic study of the influence of the SGS model and the amplitude of the inflow perturbation is then performed with the low-order code to determine if its results can be altered to more closely match those of the high-order code. Based on this study, the recommendation is to increase the amplitude of the inflow perturbation by 10 times to predict the correct potential core length and to use the dynamic structure (DS) SGS model instead of the Smagorinsky model to more accurately predict the radial spreading rate. It is also shown that by employing the DS model, the low-order code is able to correctly predict the energy cascade from the resolved scales to the subgrid scales. The low-order code is then employed to simulate a non-isothermal turbulent round jet with a Reynolds number of 250,000 which is relevant for gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine applications. It is shown that using the recommended values for the vortex ring amplitude and the choice of the SGS model, the low-order code is able to predict the correct potential core length and spreading rate for the jet.


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The state Senate returns to session this week with a new roads funding bill on its agenda this week. A funding bill was merged with another one in a Senate Finance Committee meeting last week where it received broad support.
Finance Committee Chairman State Sen. Hugh Letterman, R-Florence, said it does not solve everything, but it’s a start. “I see this as a terrific shot in the road problem arm,” he said during last week’s meeting. “I think our citizens can see as soon as DOT can get the plans together, they’re going to see an awful lot of work in their highway system around this state.”
Leatherman’s bill would leverage $200 million a year into a one-time, $2.2 billion bond to improve interstates, roads and bridges. The proposed legislation would then free other gas tax money that would have gone into those improvements to be used for other repairs without raising South Carolina’s 17 cents per-gallon gas tax or other vehicle fees.
State Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, said the legislation would provide two sources of funding. “I think that’s an important distinction to realize is that there’s a difference between one time money and then recurring dollars being appropriated on a basis that this combined bill would appropriate it,” Davis said.
Senators are trying a different tack after a previous road funding effort became mired in debate about restructuring the state Department of Transportation. Gov. Nikki Haley has been pushing for more control of the massive agency by her appointed secretary, rather than the legislative-appointed commission that has the final say over roads construction projects.
Under the Senate version, the governor would choose all commissioners, with approval from the Senate. The House amended the bill last week to include themselves in the confirmation process, too.


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U.N. official urges U.S. to stop CIA drone attacks on al-Qaeda and Taliban
Thursday, June 3, 2010
A senior U.N. official said Wednesday that the United States should halt the CIA's drone campaign against al-Qaeda and Taliban forces in Pakistan, charging that the secrecy surrounding the strikes violates the legal principle of international accountability.
But a report by Philip Alston, the United Nations' special rapporteur for extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions, stopped short of declaring the CIA program illegal.
"It is an essential requirement of international law that States using targeted killings demonstrate that they are complying with the various rules governing their use in situations of armed conflict," Alston said in a news release. "The greatest challenge to this principle today comes from the program operated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. . . . The international community does not know when and where the CIA is authorized to kill, the criteria for individuals who may be killed, how it ensures killings are legal, and what follow-up there is when civilians are illegally killed."
Alston said some commentators have argued that CIA personnel involved in drone killings are committing war crimes because, unlike the military, they are "unlawful combatants." But, he said, "this argument is not supported" by international humanitarian law.
George Little, a CIA spokesman, said: "Without discussing or confirming any specific action or program, this agency's operations unfold within a framework of law and close government oversight." He added: "The accountability's real, and it would be wrong for anyone to suggest otherwise."
In a speech in March, Harold Hongju Koh, the legal adviser to the State Department, said: "The U.S. is in armed conflict with al-Qaeda as well as the Taliban and associated forces in response to the horrific acts of 9/11 and may use force consistent with its right to self-defense under international law."
Alston said that Koh's statement was "an important starting point" but that it did not address some central legal questions, including the scope of the conflict, who can be killed, and the existence of safeguards to ensure the "legality and accuracy of killings."
He added that the U.S. military has a relatively public accountability process. But he observed that states are permitted to attack only civilians who directly participate in hostilities, and he argued that the military's targeting of drug traffickers in Afghanistan is inconsistent with international humanitarian law.
Alston said states' failure "to disclose their criteria" for directly participating in hostilities "is deeply problematic, because it gives no transparency or clarity about what conduct could subject a civilian to killing." He said key military states should address the issue with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
And he argued that it is in the interest of the United States to have clear international rules on targeted killings as more states obtain drones that are able to fire missiles.
"I'm particularly concerned that the United States seems oblivious to this fact when it asserts an ever-expanding entitlement for itself to target individuals across the globe," Alston said. "But this strongly asserted but ill-defined license to kill without accountability is not an entitlement which the United States or other States can have without doing grave damage to the rules designed to protect the right to life and prevent extrajudicial executions."

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In a July 28th post, I reported that United States District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton ruled that the FBI did not conduct a warrantless search by placing electronic eavesdropping devices outside two courthouses in the San Francisco area to capture conversations of bidders at real estate foreclosure auctions. See, Cartel Capers, FBI Bugging on Courthouse Steps (Not Very Nice) But Not a Warrantless Search). But, as noted in that post, the same issue was also before a second judge in another upcoming real estate foreclosure auction trial in the same district. Ten days later US District Judge Charles R. Breyer (brother of Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer) found that, “The government has utterly failed to justify a warrantless electronic surveillance program that recorded private conversations spoken in hushed tones by judges, attorneys and court staff.” The full story by Bob Egelko of the SF Gate can be found here.
The difficulty for the government will now come in establishing that none of the evidence that they will seek to use at trial is the “fruit of the poisonous tree.” It is simple for the government to agree not to use any of the recordings at trial (as they had already agreed to in the case before Judge Hamilton), but now the prosecution must establish that the evidence that they do seek to use at trial was derived independently from and is “untainted” by any information learned from the recordings. The judge scheduled a status conference for Aug. 10 regarding a taint hearing concerning the recordings.
Warrantless or not, and two judges disagreed on the issue, the bugging of the courthouse steps was clearly overkill and has created an enormous amount of extra work for the resource strained San Francisco office. This reminds me of a saying of one of my former bosses at DOJ when staff (and/or myself) would plead to be authorized to bring a small case: “There are no small cases.”
More to follow. Thanks for reading.

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August 20, 2013
By Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
“Are you now, or have you ever been, a conservative?”
No, that’s not how Internal Revenue Service officials worded it when they demanded reams of detailed information about various right-leaning groups applying for tax-exempt status over the past few years. But they might as well have. As more details emerge about this scandal, the more it sounds like a modern-day witch hunt.
That hunt began shortly after the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the 2010 case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Unhappy that the highest court in the land had vastly eased restrictions on independent political speech, certain government officials began to give greater scrutiny to groups whose political views were at odds with the current administration.
According to retiring IRS lawyer Carter C. Hull, this was no accident. In testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, he said that such groups were subjected to what House documents call “an uncommon multilayer review” that involved a top adviser to Lois Lerner, the former head of the IRS‘ tax-exempt division, as well as the chief counsel’s office, led by presidential appointee William J. Wilkins.
Who was targeted? Groups with names that included “Tea Party,” “patriots” or “9/12” in their names. Groups “worried about government spending, debt or taxes, and even ones that lobbied to ‘make America a better place to live,’” The Wall Street Journal said. Another red flag, according to Fox News: doing any “education on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.” Scary, subversive documents, those.
What did the IRS want to know about such groups when they applied for tax-exempt status? The “training materials” they were distributing. The political affiliation of any group mentors. The positions they took on a range of issues. The material their members were reading. The content they posted on social-networking websites. Copies of their communications with legislators. The names of any student members, many of whom were minors. And more.
The Coalition for Life of Iowa got this request: “Please explain how all of your activities, including the prayer meetings held outside of Planned Parenthood, are considered educational as defined under 501(c)(3). … Please explain in detail the activities at these prayer meetings. Also, please provide the percentage of time your group spends on prayer groups as compared with other activities of the organization.” At least they said “please.”
A Tea Party group in Ohio was hit with 35 detailed questions, such as: “Provide a listing of all your past activities. Indicate the percentage of your time spent conducting the activity (total of all activities should equal 100 percent) and the percentage of your funds spent conducting the activity (total of all activities should equal 100 percent).”
The IRS was essentially playing a waiting game. It’s hard for any group formed to advocate a particular point of view to raise money or conduct any normal business while its tax status is in doubt, and that’s what these groups faced: an indefinite delay as they coped with burdensome documentation requests.
Understandably, some gave up. Dealing with the IRS “was frightening, and that’s why I shut it down,” Jennifer Stefano of Pennsylvania told ABC News of her plans to start a Tea Party group.
It wasn’t just the IRS. The latest round of emails released by congressional investigators shows that it took Ms. Lerner all of nine minutes to tell agency attorneys to share information the Federal Election Commission requested about one organization.
Singling out any groups for such abuse should concern all Americans, no matter what their political views. The idea that the levers of government can be pulled at will to harass one’s ideological opponents is “intolerable and inexcusable,” as President Obama initially said of the IRS‘ actions. “Regardless of how this conduct was allowed to take place, the bottom line is, it was wrong.”
He was right, even though he has lately been calling it a “phony” scandal. Congress and the FBI are investigating the matter. Will they expose the whole truth — and in a timely fashion?
-Ed Feulner is founder of the Heritage Foundation (heritage.org).
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Twenty-four states have not expanded their Medicaid programs, according to USA Today. In the states that did expand Medicaid, about 3 million people with a mental health or substance use disorder, who were formerly uninsured, now are eligible for coverage. The findings come from the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA).”
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The Sfera Foundation was set up in May 2009 by four Hispanists from Poznań. It is registered in the National Court Register (Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy) under N° 0000333676.
The Foundation’s mission is to promote and support various forms of cultural and linguistic cooperation and exchange. Its primary interests are directed to the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America and other Romance countries. The Foundation carries out different projects and organises events. It also presents a linguistic offer in such spheres as education, translation and interpreting and business.
Journalist, graduate in Hispanic studies, film addict and city enthusiast. She has cooperated with Gazeta Wyborcza, Radio Merkury and Pmedia platform. Since always she has had a great interest in editing independent school magazines and organizing media projects covering cultural and social issues.
She directs her passion to scriptwriting, creating exhibitions’ programs, documentary and artistic photography. Fascinated by the multicultural world and interpersonal communication she has been volunteering for Spanish organizations (ARED Foundation for socially excluded women and Málaga Acoge – an association for immigrants). She also explores the space between media and everyday life, as well as foreign and acquired languages. And her recent obsessions? Capoeira Angola and contemporary culture of Arab countries.
Currently, she holds the office of the Chairwoman of the Foundation’s Board.
She graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań obtaining degrees in both Political Science and Hispanic studies. She is fascinated by the politics and cultures of Latin America and is fond of the Basque Country and Aquitaine.
For several years she has been uncovering the cultural richness of Spanish-speaking countries, promoting European integration, as well as organising educational mobility. If there is an opportunity, she travels. Her areas of interest include foreign language teaching, interculturality, theatre and film. She loves audiobooks. She fulfils herself as an organiser of various events and as a Spanish teacher. Linked to the Institute of Romance Studies of Adam Mickiewicz University and co-organiser of Spanish Language Olympics (a national project that supports talented pupils in Poland).
Currently, she holds the office of the Vice Chairwoman of the Foundation’s Board.
An Adam Mickiewicz University graduate in Psychology and Hispanic studies. As a Spanish teacher, she works mainly with teenagers. In the future she considers going back to being a student and join one of the schools of psychotherapy. She’s a loyal listener of Radio Nacional de España and a great fan of rock climbing. In the Sfera Foundation she helps to organise various events and does translation work.
An Adam Mickiewicz University graduate in both cultural and Hispanic studies; a photograph-amateur and travel enthusiast that fell in love with the mysterious Balkan lands and whose dream is to travel to South America; fascinated by works of Juan Goytisolo and Michael Haneke, Erik Truffaz trumpet and pop culture; co-organizer of the República Femenina Festival and the Foundation’s project “Hiszpania do 4. Potęgi” (Spain to the power of four).
An Adam Mickiewicz University graduate in Hispanic studies, admirer of the Catalan language and culture, teacher of both Spanish and English. In her opinion, the cultural aspects during classes are as important as the grammar exercises. Her passions cover all literary genres (fantasy and science fiction included) and cycling in Poznań; an organiser of events who gained experience as a volunteer for the Transatlantyk Festival in Poznań and the UN Climate Change Conference; in the Sfera Foundation, she is responsible for the webpage administration and helps to organise the República Femenina Festival.
Weronika Śmigielska – after obtaining a Bachelor degree in Hispanic studies at Adam Mickiewicz University she started her Master studies in contemporary culture at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow; a feminist, activist, cyclist and reader who enjoys the Mediterranean parts of Europe because of their languages and cuisine; also an honest admirer of contemporary French music and comedy (Jamel Debbouze, Florence Foresti, Dionysos, -M-); in the Foundation, she is the one who fixes microphones.
Aleksandra graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University with a degree in Translation studies (French, English) and completed a postgraduate program in Business Administration at Poznan University of Economics. She combines her passion for languages with a career in French-Polish institutions and companies. Her interests include the French-speaking provinces of Canada, cultural translation and travelling in the East. She has been cooperating with the Sfera Foundation since 2010 (cultural projects like Republica Femenina and mobility projects, such as LEFE).
Graduate from International Relations at the University of Economics in Poznań and the European Academy of Diplomacy in Warsaw. Sfera member since 2010, initially volunteered for festivals, then became involved in the two-year Leonardo da Vinci LEFE project. She rediscovered the Spanish world when telling a story at the CuentaCuentos festival. Interested in diplomacy and art of all kinds. She enjoys creating, coordinating and managment especially in the international context. Currently in love with Caucasus.
She graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University obtaining a degree in Hispanic studies and from the School of Tourism in Málaga. She is ardently connected to Spain, above all to Andalusia. For many years she has been promoting Spanish and Andalusian culture in Poznań. Recently, she has cooperated with the organization Promotour which deals with a student exchange between Europe and South America. In the future, she aims to promote the culture of Spanish-speaking countries in Poland as well as to teach Polish language in Spain.
Translation and interpreting are her great passions. She also loves film, theatre and literature, is an enthusiast of football and travelling.
Currently, she holds the office of the President of the Foundation’s Council.


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3. Brief History of the Filipino Womens Struggle for Participation in Politics
The struggles of Filipino women have always been intimately linked with the broad, popular struggles for social justice and sovereignty.
During the Spanish period, women joined the underground resistance movement KATIPUNAN in the struggle against colonialism. They fought alongside the men and acquired significant political skills and know-how. Such struggle enabled women to go beyond the traditional roles (i.e of homemaker and caregiver) which the highly patriarchal Spanish regime had imposed upon them.
Despite the dearth of literature on the contributions of the masses of women in the revolution against Spain, some records reveal that women indeed played significant roles in that part of Philippine history. In these records, the heroic deeds of women are well noted. Teodora Alonzo, mother of national hero Jose Rizal is recognized for her independent political views which drew the anger of the Spanish friars. For refusing to pay land taxes, she was made to walk under heavy guard for some 10 kilometers to the provincial jail and imprisoned for two and a half years. 6
Dona Leona Florentina defied the conventions of her time by loving a man inferior to her class and having his child out wedlock. The child, Isabelo de los Reyes, grew up to become one of the fiercest leaders of the Philippine revolution against Spain, founder of the Philippine Independent Church and "father" of Philippine trade unionism. 7
The list of prominent Filipino women in history include Gabriela Silang, Gregoria de Jesus, Agueda Kahabagan, Teresa Magbanua, Melchora Aquino, Trinidad Tecson among others. These women did not only attend to the sick and wounded or solicit food and money for the revolution; they also served in the more dangerous tasks of transmitting messages and hiding documents. A few actually fought and reached the rank of general in the revolutionary army. 8
Another key struggle was for womens right to education, particularly for a school where women could learn Spanish. Such school was deemed important because the ability to speak Spanish was crucial to education mobility. 9
By the time of the American occupation (1940s), a significant number of Filipino women had become educated. In the hope of further shedding off their status as second-class citizens, these women enjoined and organized other women to fight for the right to suffrage. Until then, only the literate men were allowed to vote and run for office.
The Suffragist Movement provided inroads for women to get into politics. In 1937, women were finally granted the right to vote. The constitution of 1935 had stipulated that the right of suffrage would be extended to women only if 300,000 women voted in its favor during a national plebescite. A General Council of Women (whose forerunner was the National Federation of Womens Clubs in the Philippines) was then established in Manila to direct the plebescite campaign. Its aim was to draw the support of the broadest number of women and launch various forms of campaign through media and personal connections. As it turned out, 447,725 women voted yes in the 1937 plebescite. 10
The American period also witnessed the re-emergence of women and children already working during the Spanish period. According to the 1918 census, 696,699 Filipinas (roughly 26% of the total female workforce which numbered
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2,690,331), were engaged in "industrial pursuits". Womens entry into the workforce was yet another venue for politicization and political action. They started joining trade unions to fight for their rights and for " mutual protection and benefit". 11
When World War II broke out and the Japanese occupied the Philippines, women again fought alongside the men. After the war, these same women attempted to participate in the postwar government that was consolidated by the national elections in April 1946 and the proclamation of Philippine Independence of July 4. Not too many women, however, were visibly present in mainstream politics. Between 1946 1971 (the last year of free elections before Martial Law), only 26 women were elected into public office: 11 Representatives, 7 senators, 6 governors and 2 city mayors. In 1951, women attempted to form a National Political Party of Women but the project never got off the ground. Instead, in the same year, a separate group launched the Womens Magsaysay-for-President Movement to support the presidential bid of Ramon Magsaysay. 12
In the early 70s, Filipino women joined the popular resistance against Marcos dictatorial rule. By this time, more and more women had become politicized. Quite a good number even joined ideological groups while others became combatants of the rebel movements.
At the height of anti-dictatorship activism, a new form of womens organization emerged. In 1970, the Malayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan or MAKIBAKA (Free Movement of New Women) was established with an explicitly feminist agenda, as manifested by its initial activity an all-women picket of the Bb. Pilipinas coronation night on April 18, 1970. Unfortunately, MAKIBAKA abandoned such agenda when Martial Law was imposed in 1971 and instead merged with the Communist Party of Philippines to struggle for class issues and national liberation. 13
MAKIBAKAs brief existence, nonetheless, proved to be of major significance to the womens movement. It was able to "set-up a model for Philippine womens liberation the first organization that stressed on the strategic import of womens organizing toward defeating both elite and male rule. Accordingly, it began to forge a comprehensive alliance with peasant, working class, and urban poor women on the basis of gender oppression as well". 14
Another significant group at that time was the Katipunan ng Bagong Pilipina or KABAPA (Collective of New Filipinas). Closely linked with the old communist party, the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas, KABAPA was launched on March 8, 1975 as a mass-based organization by some 2000 rural women. The group sought, not only political empowerment but also socio-economic empowerment for women. Aside from engaging in mass-based organizing and capability-building, KABAPA also took the streets and joined mass actions on national issues such as agrarian reform, debt moratorium, nationalist industrialization, and equitable distribution of wealth. 15
Still during the Martial law years, two other groups emerged and presented themselves as being "feminists": the Kilusan ng Kababaihang Pilipina or PILIPINA (Movement of Filipino Women), initiated in 1981 with the main purpose of mainstreaming gender issues in the social development sphere and the Katipunan ng Kababaihan para sa Kalayaan or KALAYAAN (Womens Collective for Freedom), founded in April 1983 aimed at advancing feminist discourse within the national liberation movement. PILIPINA was and continues to be identified with the social democratic movement while the KALAYAAN is said to have connections with the (communist-leaning) national democrats. 16
When Ninoy Aquino (a leading opposition figure during the Marcos regime) was assassinated on August 21, 1983, womens groups bearing anti-dictatorship positions proliferated. Among the more prominent ones were the Alliance of Women for Action and Reconciliation (AWARE), the National Organization of Women (NOW) and the womens wing of the United Democratic Opposition (UNIDO). 17
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On October 28, 1983, women from these groups staged the first broad-based womens march. An organizing committee, composed of representatives from the broad political spectrum, was formed to prepare for such an event. This committee later paved the way for the formation of the General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership and Action (GABRIELA) in March 1984. 18
For the next two years, GABRIELA would take under its umbrella womens groups from different sectors and ideological leanings (i.e liberal and leftist). Their basis of unity then was anti-fascism. Such unity, however, was put to the test in 1986 when GABRIELAs member organizations went into a debate over the Snap Elections. The group also confronted the issue of whether or not to support Corazon Aquinos candidacy. 19
GABRIELA, unfortunately, was not able to reach a consensus. Many of its members opted to par-ticipate in the Snap elections and support Corazon Aquino who at that time was gaining popular support as an opposition candidate. Womens groups identified with the national democrats, on the other hand, wanted a boycott position. Some argue, however, that it was not the lack of consensus that broke GABRIELAs unity, but more the manner by which the national democrats within the alliance allegedly manuevered decision-making processes in favor of the boycott stance.
Unity of womens groups under GABRIELA was short-lived. Such experience, nevertheless, paved the way for various forms of womens groups to proliferate and develop in the following years. The story of GABRIELA and those of all other groups in the century-long struggle of Filipino women prove that womens organizations have indeed been schools where women acquire knowledge, orientation, and skill necessary to advance womens interests in the public arena.
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Turkey have named 10 athletes that will represent them at the 2019 Women’s U25 World Championships in Suphanburi, Thailand, between the 23rd – 28th May.
The team selected to make history and be the first Turkish team to play at an U25 World Championships, include Rabia Akyürek and Meryen Tan, both already have experience of playing with the senior team at the European Championships and were part of the team that won the Women’s European Championships Division B in 2018.
Turkey’s Head Coach, Murat Saltan, said, “My team will participate in a World Championships for the first time in its history, for this reason the entire staff and I are very excited. Taking part in such a competition will be a great experience for all of us.
“There is a prejudice against women athletes in our country and our athletes do not get time in the national leagues, only if the points are being played for the advantage. This opportunity is a chance to break down these prejudices.
“We have had a good preparation period. For us, every game will have a different story. We want to end the tournament in as high a ranking as possible. Whatever the outcome, we will enjoy the tournament.”
Turkey’s U25 Team Roster
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Murat Saltan – Head Coach
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Önder Yurdagül – Team-Manager
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Even though it somehow feels as if it was introduced just yesterday, the Hyundai Santa Fe has actually been around for almost two decades now, having first been released onto the roads of the world in 2000, and it looks like it will be with us for many more years to come. The Korean automaker has just revealed the first images showing the fourth generation of its top-of-the-range SUV, due to arrive in showrooms this year, together with some more information on what we can expect from this car.
The actual vehicle will be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March, but these images already give a taste of what’s coming—namely, a new design derived from the smaller Nexo and Kona crossover SUVs, with thin headlights and a large grille dominating the front of the car. The new model has also grown a little and now measures 4,770mm in length and 1,890mm in width, giving it a longer wheelbase and more space for rear-seat passengers.
Hyundai would not say yet what engines will live under that huge hood, but the company has mentioned that its latest SUV will make use of its latest active safety features, such as rear cross-traffic collision-avoidance assist, a system that warns the driver and automatically stops the car when a vehicle is approaching while the car is reversing under low-visibility conditions, and a feature called Safety Exit Assist, which checks if any vehicles are approaching from behind and temporarily locks the doors so passengers don’t get run over while exiting the car.
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The Reykjavik International Baroque Orchestra
The Reykjavík International Baroque Orchestra (RIBO) is comprised of excellent musicians from around the world, most having studied at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague in the Netherlands, one of the leading academies in historically informed performance.
Since their graduation, members of the orchestra have established themselves as highly sought-after musicians all over the world, regularly performing with leading ensembles and orchestras that specialise in historically informed performance such as Les Arts Florissants, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium Japan, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Collegium Vocale Gent, and with world-renowned conductors including William Christie, Ton Koopman, Masaaki Suzuki and Philippe Herreweghe.
The members of RIBO have been frequent guests in Iceland ever since they came together for the first time to participate in the performance of Bachs’s Christmas Oratorio in the Friends of the Arts Society’s Christmas Music Festival in Hallgrímskirkja in 2004 and again in 2005. The group performed at the Festival of Sacred Arts in 2005, 2007, 2015 and 2019, and played in the Motet Choirs’s 30th and 35th anniversary concerts.
Last 2 concerts with RIBO took place in Eldborg Harpa- the lauded performances of the Christmas Oratorio with the Motet Choir conducted by Hörður Áskelsson in Harpa November 2021 and the Messiah 40 years anniversary concert of the Motet choir and The Reykjavík Friends of the Arts Society November 20th 2022.
The orchestra has received great reviews for its performances and has played an invaluable part in introducing the instruments of the baroque and historically informed performance practice in Iceland. About a third of the members of the orchestra are Icelandic musicians that have specialised in the performance of early music. Concertmaster of the orchestra is the Finnish violinist Tuomo Suni.
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As the credits roll at the end of Wonder Woman, you will be left with one burning question: just WHY has it taken so long for this particular superhero to get her own film? She has been around almost as long as both Batman and Superman, yet those beefy blokes have had a number of big-screen outings dedicated to their derring-do (there have been nine Superman films and 12 for the Batman – plus quite a few TV series and the odd cartoon outing here and there). Yet apart from the much-loved 1970s show that starred Lynda Carter, and animated appearances as a member of the Justice League or the Super Friends, Wonder Woman has been pretty much left on the (comic shop) shelf.
So yes, it's been a long time coming, but the wait has been worth it – Wonder Woman is a sensational success.
It's an origin story, and in many ways Wonder Woman will remind you of Richard Donner's marvelous 1978 Superman, with Christopher Reeve in the starring roles. The film opens not long after the events of Batman vs Superman, and Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) is working at the Louvre as a curator. A briefcase arrives addressed to her from Wayne Enterprises. and inside is a certain photograph that viewers of that aforementioned film will recognise. We then flash back to more than 100 years earlier where we meet a very young Diana, a child living on the island of Themyscira with the rest of the Amazons. She is a princess, daughter of Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen), but she longs to be a warrior like her aunt, General Antiope (Robin Wright). Her mother reluctantly lets her start training, and as she grows older she becomes stronger, more adept, more agile and more skillful. One day the now-adult Diana sees a plane crash off shore, and she dives in to rescue the pilot, American spy Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) who has stolen some information form the Germans that he believes will put and end to World War I. When she learns of this global conflict, Diana is convinced that it is the work of Ares, the God of War, and so armed with her shield, bullet-deflecting bracelets, the golden Lasso of Truth and the God-Killer sword, she heads to London with Steve to do what she can to put a stop to this War To End All Wars.
First, let's get the bad out of the way, shall we? As with most origin stories, Wonder Woman is a tad overlong and is, on occasion, weighed down with exposition. The action, when it comes, is exhilarating and beautifully shot and edited – but you are left wanting more of it. And as with all the other DC and Marvel superhero films, there is an over-reliance on CGI effects. Small quibbles, yes, but most superhero films (especially those from DC) seem to commit these faux pas.
Now on to the positives, and it's a thrill to report that these far outweigh the few negatives. And the two biggest positives in Wonder Woman are star Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins. Israeli actress and former model Gadot first came onto the international scene with her role as Gisele in four of the Fast and Furious films, and she's appeared in a few other Hollywood productions as well, but it's Diana Prince that is going to make her a global star. She seems so comfortable in Diana's skin that it is almost as though she has been playing this character for decades rather than just a couple of years. It goes without saying that Gadot is a stunningly beautiful woman, but she also has that undefinable charisma and brings a magnetic personality to her performance; when she is on the screen, you simply cannot take your eyes off her. And her Diana, when she is in full flight, is a true hero – she is fighting for truth, justice and what she knows deep down in her heart to be right. And this film has plenty of heart, along with loads of humour and warmth.
Much of that humour and warmth comes from Diana's initial interactions with the outside world. She has grown up on a hidden island with only women for company, so the ways of early 20th Century mankind – and men in general – are quite alien to her. She's a headstrong, take-no-nonsense character who won't be told that she can't do this, and can't go there – a perfect example being when she stuns the assembled military types and politicians, all male of course, by entering the war room in Westminster. It's sweet and charming to see her discovering things for the first time, such as ice cream, and reveling in the pleasure they bring. And it's heartbreaking to see her realise that she has come out into a world that is full of pain and misery and horror on a massive scale, and that she is the one person on Earth who can possibly stop it. Gadot's performance is brimming with confidence throughout the film, and a lot of that clearly comes down to smart, assured direction from Patty Jenkins – who, until now, had only one feature film to her name, that being 2003's Monster, which just haopened to win Charlize Theron an Oscar. Based on those two films alone, why has this woman only been directing television in between? (And while we're at it, why is Jenkins the first woman to helm a superhero flick?) With Wonder Woman, Jenkins knows exactly what she is doing, and knows just what her star is capable of doing, and makes the most of it.
The supporting cast is also first rate. It's lovely to see an A-lister such as Chris Pine happy to play second fiddle for a change, and do a bang-up job with the role. And everyone else, from Wright and Nielsen as Diana's family on Themyscira to Lucy Davis as Trevor's secretary, to Saïd Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremner and Eugene Brave Rock as her frontline allies and Elena Anaya and Danny Huston as the boo-his German villains, all are on top form and having great fun with the splendid material. And splendid it is; such a change to see a movie set in the current DC universe being a little more light-hearted for a change. It seems that the team behind Wonder Woman may have been watching the terrific DC televisions series such as The Flash and Supergirl for inspiration.
And Supergirl is a great example of just how far we've come. The last female-led superhero film was the blindingly awful Supergirl in 1984 (I don't count 2005's Elektra because she does not have super powers). But since then we've seen the rise of great superhero shows on TV, the best of them being Supergirl, with the marvellous Melissa Benoist in the title role proving to be a strong, complex and interesting character as well as being a wonderful feminist icon and an inspiration to girls and women the world over. Wonder Woman too is an inspirational, feminist film – but more than that, it's a film that should appeal to both men and women equally; in fact, to anyone who loves a great superhero saga (along with a surprisingly decent war drama). It's bold, powerful, hugely entertaining and about bloody time.
EXTRAS: There are five Extended Scenes (9:04); the Alternate Scene "Walk to No Man's Land" (1:04); a decent (but censored) Blooper Reel (5:37); the Epilogue: Etta's Mission (2:41); the featurette Crafting The Wonder (16:26); the five-part featurette A Director's Vision (24:41); the featurette Warriors of Wonder Woman (9:53); the featurette The Trinity (16:05); the featurette The WOnder Behind The Camera (15:34); and the featurette Finding The Wonder Woman Within (23:08).


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08/04/1975 Frank Robinson becomes the first African American MLB manager
Frank Robinson Talks About Becoming The First African-American Manager In Baseball History
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Frank Robinson made history when he became the first African-American manager in the major leagues. Still active as a player, he made the day even more memorable by hitting a home run in his first at bat, giving the Indians a 1-0 lead on their way to a 5-3 win.
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Abstract: Knowing the thermophysical properties of insulating building materials is essential in understanding heat loss. In this study, the thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of five marble samples were measured using the transient plane source (TPS) technique and compared to results obtained through the transient hot strip (THS) method. The TPS technique is nearly twenty times the initial resistance of the THS method and does not require small sample sizes or time measurements. Additionally, the thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and specific heat per unit volume can be obtained from one recording.
Reference: Heat Recovery Systems and CHP (1991), 11(4): 249-254


Feis Lebowski Returns To Cork This Weekend
Cork's little Big Lebowski festival returns this weekend.
Feis Lebowski, organised by RedFM's own Ruairi O'Hagan, is back at the Roundy Bar, Castle Street on Saturday.
On the night there'll be a screening of the movie, a Big Lebowski quiz, White Russians and a costume competition, while DJ El Duderino (not into the whole brevity thing, bears a striking resemblence to Ruairi but his real identity has never been confirmed) will be playing music before and after.
"This is the third year we've run Feis Lebowski", says Ruairi. "It's our second year at the Roundy which is an amazing venue right in the heart of Cork City. We're hoping to see people dress up as their favourite character from the Big Lebowski - we had some great costumes last year and we're hoping to see even more this year. And even if you just want to rock up in a bathrobe and a pair of shades, that's cool too! The prestigious Feis Lebowski trophy is on offer for the best dressed person on the night. That's something you could stick on your CV. "Won best costume at a Big Lebowski night".
There'll also be the Big Lebowski Raffle, with all the money raised from it going to A Home For Baby Kate. And yes, one of the prizes will be a rug. It really ties the room together.
"We're raising money for Baby Kate Flynn on the night. As the father of a young daughter myself, Kate's story has really resonated with me ever since I heard it on the Neil Prendeville Show. So the money we raise on the night from the raffle will be going to Kate's family to help with the costs associated with her care. We've raised money for good causes every year at Feis Lebowski, and we're delighted to be raising money for Baby Kate this year.
"It's not a proper night out in Ireland without a raffle really, is it?! We have loads of Big Lebowski related prizes to give away. And at what other event could you potentially come home from with a rug?"
"Doors are open at 8pm, and we'd advise people to get in early. Last year it filled up pretty quickly and we're hoping for the same again this year."
Feis Lebowski, Cork's little Big Lebowski Festival, takes place on Saturday night at the Roundy Bar, Cork City. Tickets are €10 on the door, space is limited.
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We've reviewed portable GPS tracking devices before. We've also reviewed installed vehicle GPS tracking devices. However, what makes LiveViewGPS' Live Trac EZ interesting are its ease of installation and its level of integration with the vehicle.
The smallish device only measures about 1.8 inches long by 1.5 inches wide by 0.86 inch thick and plugs directly into your vehicle's onboard diagnostics (OBD) port. When plugged in, the EZ only protrudes about 1.5 inches. Depending on where your vehicle's port is located, the Live Trac EZ's low profile will most likely keep it well hidden from casual observers when plugged in. However, I've seen OBD ports located in some odd places (some Volvo vehicles I've driven that put the port right next to the driver's right foot spring to mind) so you'll want to check out your vehicle's port placement to be sure that the EZ won't be in danger of being struck by a swinging leg during driving or entering and exiting the vehicle. In our test vehicle, a 2012 Jaguar XKR-S, the OBD port was located just beneath the dashboard, about where many vehicles locate the hood release lever.
The OBD connection that makes the Live Trac EZ ridiculously easy to install also makes the device ridiculously easy for a clever thief to find and disable. A device such as themay be harder to install, but its two-wire connection means that it can also be hidden anywhere in the vehicle.
Web interface and features
Once installed, the Live Trac EZ establishes a connection with your vehicle's diagnostics system, determines its GPS position and speed, and communicates all of that data via a GSM data connection to LiveViewGPS' servers. A trio of LED lights indicates when the EZ is accessing any of these three connections. After registering for a service plan, you can then track your vehicle via a Web interface. Position data is grabbed once every 10 seconds on the default service plan, allowing users to watch and replay the vehicle's position on a live updating map at any time at live.liveviewgps.com.
The historical playback function is particularly interesting, for example, for parents who want to keep an eye on the comings and goings of a teen driver. After selecting March 16, for example, I was able replay my trip where I accompanied CNET's Eric Franklin to a midnight iPad launch, followed by a few hours in which the vehicle remained parked while I slept, and ultimately along a twisty back-road route that I took with fellow Car Tech editor Wayne Cunningham to put the Jag through its paces.
At each of the 10-second data points, I was able to view vehicle position, speed, and direction of travel, but you can get that level of data from any GPS tracker. The Live Trac EZ's OBD connection gives it access to even more data, including more accurate speed data, fuel economy information, and vehicle fuel level--so you can double-check that the tank actually was full before you loaned your keys to that friend.
Although we didn't have any problem navigating the LiveViewGPS Web site, the interface can be a bit cluttered and overwhelming for less "tech-savvy" users. Because LiveView's site is designed to be used with the variety of devices that it provides for personal and fleet vehicle management, there are a lot of leftover elements and dialog boxes that the Live Trac EZ user simply will have no use for. For example, clicking on the vehicle icon on the map displays options for starter disable, door unlock, and remote start, among others. None of these functions are supported by the EZ. We'd like a more content-aware interface that edits out inaccessible features.


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Hong Kong is top city for international visits
November 8, 2017 - Hong Kong remains the world’s most visited city by international travelers, highlighting the growth in Asian tourism according to Euromonitor International’s report on the top 100 city destinations.
Hong Kong’s arrivals in 2017 are expected to top 25.7 million, down 3.4 percent compared with 2016, mostly because tensions with China have grown this year as Beijing sought more control on the territory.
Visits to London rose 3.1 percent in 2017, mainly due to a “Brexit bounce” caused by a 15 percent fall in the value of the pound.
Greece is set for a record-breaking year, with the Cretan city of Heraklion the fastest-growing in Europe in the top 100, with arrivals up 11.2 percent this year to more than three million.
“Asia Pacific is the standout region that has driven change in the travel landscape over the past decade and is expected to continue doing so in the coming decade,” said Wouter Geerts, Euromonitor’s senior travel analyst and author of the report.
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The loss of a woman's breast to cancer can affect your sex drive, self-esteem and how you feel about yourself as a woman. A mastectomy is an essential tool in fighting breast cancer. However, it can take a serious emotional toll on a woman. It helps to understand the fight to overcome cancer does not stop after surgery. Read on to find ways to feel better about yourself and your body after a mastectomy.
Consider Breast Reconstruction
Plastic surgery to reconstruct your breast can help your body feel more familiar and improve your self-esteem. Breast reconstruction is a surgical procedure for women who have had all or part of their breast removed. This surgical procedure rebuilds your breast mound to match the shape and size of your other breast.
To rebuild your breast, your surgeon can use your breast tissue, breast expanders, implants or a combination to improve appearance. Another option is to use a prosthetic breast. A prosthesis is an artificial breast that can be worn under your bra to give you the appearance of a natural breast.
Keep A Positive Attitude
Stay positive may seem like simple advice. After going through breast cancer, it helps to focus on the positive. Keeping a good attitude has keep many cancer survivors sane.
You have to look at the big picture. If you are having reconstruction surgery, then you get a say in reshaping your breast. Currently, there are more than 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. You are now in this group. It should feel good that you have overcome such a serious illness and won the fight.
Communicate With Your Spouse
Many women are worried about their physical relationship with their spouse after having a mastectomy. You may be concern that your spouse will not find you physically attractive any more. If you have concerns, then you need to talk to your spouse about your fears. However, there are other things about you that make you womanly and attractive to your spouse.
A mastectomy does not change a woman's ability to enjoy sex. Communicating with your spouse can help with maintaining a happy, healthy sex life.
Breast cancer can take a physical and emotional toll. It helps to get support as you make the next step to recovery. This support should not just come from loved ones. It could help to talk to other breast cancer survivors. Contact a doctor, such as Sam W Huddleston IV, MD, for more information.Share
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'With more people taking to two wheels and their two feet following the coronavirus pandemic, we have taken the decision to reimagine and rebrand our initial cycling plans.’
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The aim of the service is to reduce emissions in highly polluted areas such as cities and urban environments.
‘Enabling active travel is going to be fundamental to delivering rejuvenated neighbourhoods and creating brilliant places with stronger local economies.'
'Now is the time to ask whether the government can seize the opportunity presented by the crisis to further green the economy.'
The directory lists 69 regional, national, and membership organisations who can provide help for farmers who might be in crisis.
'Londoners have improvised offices in their bedrooms or at their kitchen tables – but may need spaces they can go to, when the building work outside is too noisy.'
The first of the zero carbon homes are intended to be complete by summer 2021.
'Our aim is to help support stronger and more viable voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, capable of achieving truly sustained impact.'
‘We want to show that this plan is ready for adoption and implementation by local authorities and will contribute significantly to alleviating fuel poverty.'
‘It’s vital that our education system gives everyone an understanding of the challenges we face, but more importantly, prepares tomorrows workforce with knowledge and skills to develop solutions for a sustainable future.’


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- A recent report titled, The Global Alliance for the Future of Food, has recommendations for how policymakers can utilize food systems knowledge to approach to climate change.
- What can donors do to help cut emissions through changes to the food systems?
- Read more about food systems as solutions for climate change.
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The Global Alliance for the Future of Food recently released a toolkit to help countries adopt a food systems approach to climate change through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
“We are seeking to get all governments to recognize and start to act on the opportunity to use food systems transformation to bring emissions down,” Patty Fong, Program Director of Climate and Health & Well-being at The Global Alliance, tells Food Tank.
The toolkit is for policymakers, climate advisors, and other stakeholders. It contains a summary report, 14 country assessments, an assessment framework, and case studies. The Global Alliance aims to showcase the opportunities for governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through food systems transformation and reap additional health, environmental, and social benefits.
“There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach,” Fong explains. “Our toolkit includes a framework that any country can use to assess the gaps and opportunities for including food systems transformation in its own climate plans, enabling decision-makers to account for their local context and needs.”
NDCs represent each country’s efforts to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. NDCs also serve to track global progress on climate goals. The Global Alliance designed the Assessment Framework to help policymakers and policy advocates identify opportunities for food systems.
Read the full article about food systems and climate change by Elizabeth Rhoads at Food Tank.


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Q-How can I get my tuberous begonias to grow well and bloom in the summer? Those that manage to get through the heat bloom a little in early fall and then seem to go into rapid decline.
A-If you will place the pots in a shady spot that is protected from hot winds and where the surrounding soil can be kept moist, the plants will do fairly well.
Tuberous begonias need soil that is always moist, yet they will rapidly rot off if left standing in water, and they will wilt to the point of collapsing if allowed to dry out severely on a hot day. So it pays to grow them in a humus-rich potting soil, with plenty of sand, such as a mixture of 2 parts well-rotted oak leaf mold to 1 each of peat moss, garden soil and clean, sharp sand. Apply fish emulsion or liquid seaweed fertilizer at half strength every 7 or 10 days.
Q-What are some vegetables that will grow well from seeds in warm weather? I have just moved to a new apartment that has a big sunny balcony.
A-These are some of the vegetables that do well in hot weather; be sure to keep the soil nicely moist throughout the period of germination, and for some weeks afterward, until the young plants have established root systems:
lima and snap beans, popping and sweet corn, squash, tomato, pepper, cucumber, eggplant, melons, pumpkins and okra. Some of these you may find in packets, others may be available as transplants.
Q-I was surprised to hear that basil can be grown in pots. Is there a special variety?
A-Yes, there are about 20 different basils that can be grown in pots indoors or out. They need at least half a day of direct sun or can be kept about 6 inches directly beneath the tubes in a fluorescent-light garden. Perhaps the single basil best adapted to growing as a houseplant is the one called Spicy Globe. It is naturally self-branching and quickly grows from a little seedling to a rounded plant the size of a tennis ball-eventually to the size of a basketball.
Q-How can I get my African violet plants to come back into bloom? They have a lot of small plants growing among the larger leaves.
A-It sounds as though your African violets have suckers, small plants that develop at the base of older leaves, often as a result of letting the roots be too dry between waterings. What you need to do is take a knife or fingernail file and remove each of these small plants, then perhaps transplant the parent into a size larger pot. Fill in with fresh potting soil.
In the future be sure to water your violets so the soil is never dry more than 1/4 to 1/2 inch from the surface. Violets that are consistently grown on the dry side bloom little if at all.
African violets also need a good bit of fertilizer to bloom well. Buy a product labeled for use on them and follow the directions.
Q-Why do the buds on my gardenia get just to the point of opening but instead fall to the ground?
A-Your gardenia is probably becoming too dry between waterings. Be sure to water thoroughly, so the entire rootball and soil are moistened. Repeat this kind of watering when a pinch of the surface soil tells you that it is barely moist or just about dry. It also will help to give your gardenia some fish emulsion fertilizer every two weeks.
Q-How come the leaves of my gardenia are a yellowish green? I am careful not to overwater.
A-You need to water your gardenia more and also give it an acid-type fertilizer, such as 30-10-10 or fish emulsion. Yellow leaves on a gardenia are a sure sign that the soil is not acid enough or that it is being kept so dry that the roots are not able to assimilate the acidity. You also could water your gardenia with plain tea water or a quart of water to which you have added about a teaspoon of cider vinegar. All of these treatments are designed to acidify the soil and help the gardenia`s new leaves be the usual healthy, glossy, dark green.
Elvin McDonald cannot answer all questions individually, but he will respond to questions of general interest in this column. Write to him c/o The Chicago Tribune, Room 400, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611.

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