Championship party planning
Michelle Muellenberg / News Staff Writer
Your syllabus for Super Bowl Party 101: finger-lickin' grub, an ice-cold tub full of beverages, good friends and the biggest television you can lay your hands on.
Oh, and don't forget a win by the hometown team.
Whether hosting a party, or hitting one of the local sports bars, the ingredients making up a good Super Bowl party are all the same.
"Somebody with a big screen TV, plenty of food and plenty of beverages," said Natick resident Derek Aube.
For many locals, Super Bowl Sunday has turned into another American holiday.
"The Super Bowl has really become a once a year event," said Tom Marshall, store manager at Framingham's Temple Street Stop and Shop. "It has turned into its own holiday people go all out."
And just like turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce are synonymous with Thanksgiving, barbecue, buffalo wings, nachos and chili have become the choice food for the championship football game.
"It seems barbecue, beer and football is the ultimate Super Bowl party feast," said Steve Uliss, Ashland resident and owner of the Marlborough and Framingham Firefly's restaurants. "It is another American holiday along with Thanksgiving."
Restaurants and supermarkets across MetroWest are stocking up on the essentials to provide locals with the ultimate tailgate party.
Uliss anticipates Firefly's will make 200 take out orders for Sunday's big game featuring chicken wings, ribs, pulled pork and beef brisket.
"We already have 75 orders for Marlborough," he said. "We will sell 500 pounds of Carolina pulled pork."
Although many party hosts enjoy having their own homemade lasagna and pizza, several enjoy the added bonus of some barbecue.
"Barbecue seems to be the food of choice," Uliss said. "It is a main staple for tailgate. This is the ultimate tailgate bash."
And with the game in the Lone Star state, barbecue provides the perfect dish, Uliss said.
One of his most popular take out meal is the "Playoff Party Pack."
For $89.99, the meat lover's meal includes three slabs of ribs, 2 pounds of pulled pork, two pounds of beef brisket, barbecue chicken as well as side dishes such as cornbread.
"It is enough to serve eight to 12 people," said Uliss.
Firefly's employees have developed takeout into a science with the Patriots winning streak this season.
And the takeout employees will more than double for Sunday's game.
"It is going to be insane," Uliss said.
In line with the location of the game, Holliston resident Susan Markow is bringing some Texas warmth to her Super Bowl party.
"We've always done the theme of the area they play in," Markow said.
Although she didn't plan a Super Bowl party last year, the Patriots New Orleans trip to the Super Bowl featured jambalaya and the Southern's Hurricane drinks.
This year, Markow's menu includes more of a Tex-Mex variety including nachos, chiles, guacamole and margaritas.
Markow started planning her party just seconds after the Patriots beat the Indianapolis Colts on Jan. 18.
"My daughter and I were at home having a little party, the Patriots won and all of a sudden within six seconds after they won I got a call from one of my friends, Markow said. "She said, 'I smell a Super Bowl party. I'll be there at 6.'"
Several other calls came in after that.
"The tradition continues," she said. "The party has taken on a life of its own."
Markow plans on having around 40 friends and neighbors over and has even held a "committee meeting" the food for the party.
"We are going to have a great time," he said.
Even though the game is in Houston, many locals are sticking with the Cajun delights of New Orleans.
"Hot and spicy is the way to go," said Kevin Fry, store manager of Sudbury Farms.
"The jambalaya and Bourbon Street sirloin tips are still pretty popular," he said.
Employees had a tailgate party of their own last weekend in the store's parking lot.
The event was to help people decide what foods would make their Super Bowl party a success, Fry said.
For many, a Super Bowl party is like serving a multi-course meal, said Vengerflutta Smith, marketing team leader for Framingham's Whole Foods Market.
"Each part has food -- pregame, kickoff, half time and the end of the game," she said. "It goes from munching to more of a meal."
Locals are buying anything from the traditional deli, vegetable and fruit platters, to marinating and grilling different types of meats.
"This year it is going to be all about the families in New England," Smith said. "When it gets cold, we crave comfort foods. The classic favorites with New England being in the Super Bowl is there will clam chowder."
For people wanting the quick Super Bowl favorites, Marshall, Stop and Shop manager, said he will have a 20-foot refrigerated table with a variety of ready-made party platters.
The supermarket's bakery will also have decorated Patriots cakes for the after-game celebration.
Framingham resident Michelle Fallon doesn't plan on having a set menu for her party Sunday, but said finger foods are a must.
"I don't require (partygoers) to stick to any theme. If it's yummy, bring it, we'll eat it," she said.
Aside from the food and beverages, any festive Super Bowl party must have the right decorations.
Marlborough's Party Works had everything from No. 1 foam hands, to football toothpicks, to Patriots freezer mugs and balloons.
While some people stick with the traditional Patriots paper goods, others go all out, said manager Gail Lyons.
"Many people go for shiny and sparkling," she said. "More and more people are getting into the decorations. The more (the Patriots) win the more we sell."
By early this week, the store had already sold out of the official Super Bowl XXXVIII paper plates, napkins and cups.
However, one of the most vital parts of any Super Bowl party is the people. "No matter whether we win or lose, the importance is having friends with you," Markow said.
And no matter who is having the party or what foods are served, make sure champagne is ready and chilled for a Patriots win.
"I've got a bottle of Dom Perignon ready for as soon as they win the Super Bowl," Uliss said.
(Michelle Muellenberg can be reached at 508-490-7461 or mmuellen@cnc.com)
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Review: Hot Fuzz [2007]
Movie reviews Nov 10, 2018
a review by the Swan(!).
(curated by the Crow — a note is attached following our ratings.)
Opening Thoughts
You're probably wondering where I got the name "Swan(!)" from.
Well, it's not a memorable quote, but it's one I find one of the funniest to mention whenever I think of Hot Fuzz. The second instalment in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy (devised by Simon Pegg and writer/director Edgar Wright), this movie still holds up to date eleven years on and never fails to put a smile on my face.
So, as requested by the Crow, the Swan(!) decided to spend his Saturday (surprisingly not hungover) to try and coherently write some ramblings on the movie. This review will contain some moderate spoilers, so you have been warned.
Here Come The Fuzz
WARNING: This section contains MODERATE spoilers.
We first focus on the main character, Constable Nicholas Angle Angel (Simon Pegg). He's a very good officer. So good that it makes his superiors and colleagues look bad. To get rid of him, Angel's superiors decide to promote him to Sergeant and whisk him away to a village called Sandford in Gloucestershire. Sandford is a village that is "crime free" and has been known to win many "Village of the Year" awards.
When Angel arrives at Sandford, he feels somewhat out of place. Everyone is either committing petty offences, stupid or just extremely over-friendly. Naturally, Angel tries to take this in his stride, but can't seem to "switch off" whenever he seems something that isn't law-abiding. Whether its under-age children drinking in a pub, people pissing in public or stealing some biscuits from the local supermarket, Angel refuses to take that shit lightly.
Angel is also frustrated with how his new colleagues approach their job. From his perspective, they are very lazy and complacent and whenever he tries to fulfil the requirements of his job, he is met with some disdain. Furthermore, Inspector Frank Butterman (Jim Broadbent) is more than welcoming towards Angel, but to Angel's frustration, he too is very relaxed towards the petty crimes occurring in Sandford.
Fortunately, Butterman's son Constable Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) attempts to get on Angel's level, but it's not so easy to start with. A fan of the "buddy-cop" action movies, Angel finds Danny to be a bit dim-witted and naïve about what the job entails. To counteract this, Danny admires Angel for his exceptional skills and tries to get him to relax or in his own words "switch off". The story arc of how Danny and Angel become friends is interesting and relatable. It's a rocky friendship to start with, when Angel reluctantly decides to take Danny under his wing. Over the course of the movie, Angel can see that there's potential in Danny to become a good police officer and what they go through together strengthens their friendship all the way to the end of the film.
But I digress. It's not just the police force that gets on Angel's nerves. He also encounters various members of the NWA (Neighbourhood Watch Alliance). These interesting people consist of Simon Skinner (Timothy Dalton — my favourite Bond ever) who runs the local Safeway supermarket, Tom Weaver (Edward Woodward) who watches everything going in the village via CCTV, Joyce Cooper (Billie Whitelaw) who's an overfriendly hotel reception and Dr Robin Thatcher (Stuart Wilson). Other weirdos include journalist Tim Messenger (Adam Buxton) who tends to spell everything wrong in his newspapers and Lurch (Rory McCann; a.k.a. "The Hound" from Game of Thrones).
After an amateur performance of Romeo and Juliet, the two lead actors are murdered by a Grim Reaper figure. Angel suspects that there's something suspicious going on, but his colleagues and superior write off the crime as an "accident". It doesn't get any better as more people are murdered such as Tim Messenger, land developer and village piss-head George Merchant (Ron Cook) and florist Leslie Tiller (Anne Reid). With Danny's help, Angel suspects that the murders are linked to a recent property deal and that Skinner must be the one "who dun-it." But, with these sorts of movies (even though this is more of a comedy), things never seem to pan out the way we think. And as Angel finds out later, the motivations for the murders become a lot sillier, yet sadder at the same time.
There's nothing bad to say about this movie. It never fails to cheer me up and has some of the most quotable shit in history. Gems such as "A GREAT BIG BUSHY BEARD!", "The Greater Good" and "Crusty Jugglers!" It's also nice to confirm that this movie is part of a trilogy. We get call-backs from the previous film Shaun of The Dead where Pegg's character jumps over fences and that familiar jukebox sound appears somewhere in the movie. Even though the Cornetto references have the potential to get tiring, they're done subtly well in this movie and again just confirms that the movie is part of a trilogy.
There are some very good performances in the movie. Apart from the chemistry between Pegg and Frost, the actors playing the NWA members do a fine job. Broadbent's portrayal of Inspector Butterman makes me giggle from time to time and characters such as Joyce Cooper just tend to say some funny shit. Although, Dalton's character tends to get over-dramatic and hammy towards the end. In a lot of ways, it works and Timothy Dalton nails it.
The actors who make up the Sandford police force are pretty good too. I particularly like the detectives (Rafe Spall and Paddy Considine), as their casual, lackadaisical attitude towards what they do is relatable, yet funny at the same time. As for the action sequences, well it IS a comedy-action movie, but they're very entertaining and gives the movie the right balance of both genres.
Overall, Hot Fuzz is an entertaining movie. In fact, it's the best movie out of the Cornetto Trilogy. Shaun of The Dead will always be a classic and The World's End is okay. But, this movie just does it for me. Whenever there's a movie with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, I know I'm in for a bloody good ride!
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Final Ratings
THE SWAN(!): 8/10
THE CROW: 8.5/10
THE AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE: 9.5/10
THE BROWN-NECKED RAVEN: TBD/10
Note: Since this movie is loved across the board by every member of the team, I would like to announce that — in the very-near future…
HOT FUZZ will return
to The Corvid Review
— Crow out
Here's the official poster:
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9 thoughts on " Review: Hot Fuzz [2007] "
Great review for a great movie. The first half was a bit long, but the second half was awesome, especially all the crazy action shootouts and fights.
snufflord91 says:
Yeah, it's a great movie from start to finish. Thanks for reading 🙂
All the Corneto trilogy movies are brill. We need more films made by Pegg, Frost and Wright.
That would be the dream, right? The World's End finished on a disappointing note, I reckon. Still, that was a great movie too.
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Keepers' Diaries 2007 October Print This Page
Keepers' Diaries, October 2007
Select your unit:
Nairobi Nursery Unit Ithumba Reintegration Unit Voi Reintegration Unit
Nairobi Nursery Unit
Ithumba Reintegration Unit
Voi Reintegration Unit
It has been an eventful month at the Voi Reintegration Centre where Mweiga (the weak elephant) returns to the Night Stockades on a daily basis, being too fragile to be on her own during the hours of darkness. The compassion and caring nature of elephants is vividly illustrated in this month's Diary in that one member of Natumi's now wild unit of orphans is assigned "Mweiga Sitting Duty" so that Mweiga is NEVER without the company of another elephant. This month this important duty has been shared between two young bulls from Natumi's rehabilitated group, Burra and Morani. Burra was on duty at the beginning of the month until the 6th when Morani took over for a couple of days, leaving Burra to rejoin Natumi's group. However, he was back on the 8th to relieve Morani but Morani returned to this assignment on the 11th and did a long stretch that ended on the 30th when Burra returned to take over again! It is very interesting for us that it is Morani and Burra who have alternated for Mweiga-Sitting this month, because previously her closest friends had been Mweya and Sosian. Perhaps Natumi, as the Matriarch that took over in the wake of Emily, and who now in charge of those orphans not with Emily, is the one who assigns this duty!
Natumi's group joins up with Mweiga, and whoever happens to be with her, on an almost daily basis, either out in the bush to browse alongside them, or else either at the mudbath or back at the Stockades in the evening. However, there have been a few days in the month when Mweiga and her escort have been on their own without the company of any of the others, and instead enjoyed the company of a wild herd who joined them at their noon mudbath on the 13th and 14th, and spent time feeding with them thereafter. Natumi's group was joined by a wild bull on the 9th who shared the mudbath with the orphans, including Mweiga and Burra who was her escort on that day and on the 16th some of her group peeled off to join Mweiga and Burra, namely Edie, Irima, Mpala and Mukwaju, leaving the rest browsing up Mazinga Hill. Similarly towards the end of the month it was Mweya and Edie who peeled off from the others and returned to their Stockade Home base where they played around for a time before leaving again.
Emily has reappeared again several times this month along with the orphans under her Matriarch-ship, namely Aitong, Sweet Sally, Salama, Loisaba, Nyiro and Tsavo, but without Msinga who has obviously joined another group. However, having spent time with our orphans, this wild orphan knows where to come for help should she need it. Natumi's group, comprised of the rest of the orphans previously under Emily's Matriarchship, meet up with Emily's group on occasions often at the Stockades in the evening or out in the bush. When at the Stockades, both groups leave as one having seen Mweiga and her escort safely ensconced for the night. Likewise, 21 year old ex orphan Lissa and her three calves, plus Mpenzi, her Nannie (who lost her first calf to a pride of lions below the Voi Safari Lodge at the beginning of the year), have also visited the Stockades and spent time with the other orphans this month. They too sometimes arrive with either Emily's group or that of Natumi.
20 year old Big Boy Uaso turned up at the Stockades on the 24th, welcomed with joyous enthusiasm as usual, something that always takes place whenever ex orphans meet up with one another, even after only a brief separation. He intercepted Mweiga and Morani on their way out to the bush on the 26th, and was extremely alarmed when he spotted the orphaned zebra mare (Serena) in amongst them, taking to his heels! Then, finding that the other two were un-perturbed and quite relaxed, sheepishly he returned to join them, keeping a close eye on the zebra who he viewed as an unlikely member of the group! Obviously Uaso, during his perambulations out in the bush, must encounter wild zebras on a daily basis, he obviously found it very unusual to find one walking with his two elephant friends!
And for Serena the zebra, it has been a milestone month for her, and a joyous one for her Keepers, for on the 27th she fraternized with a wild herd of zebra for the first time and since then has been eager to make contact again, though a little shy. This will of course change as she fully matures. Up until now she and Rukinga the orphaned kudu have trailed Mweiga and her escort on a daily basis, not always welcomed by the other orphans, but Mweiga and her escort have become accustomed to their presence. It is only very recently that Serena has begun to pay attention to her wild kin.
Likewise it has also been a milestone month for Rukinga the orphaned kudu who was raised alongside Serena, and who on the 7th joined a small group of wild kudus and having tried to mount one of the female sub-adults, eventually went off with them. He reappeared briefly in amongst the wild group on the 12th, and again at the end of the month, so we are proud that he is now happily living a wild life along with his wild peers who frequent the vicinity of the Stockades. Our Elephant Keepers can be proud for having saved his life and returned him where he rightly belongs. They have also been responsible for rearing several buffalo orphans who, once stabilized, have been handed into the care of neighbouring ranchers in order to be able to to run with their domestic cattle.
The Keepers acquired yet another baby buffalo orphan on the 22nd, but this time a very unusual one, for it had been "adopted" by a lioness below the Voi Safari Lodge, its buffalo mother having fallen victim to lions. Astonishingly, in a similar event as to that which took in Samburu National Reserve a few years back, when a lioness made international headlines by adopting a newborn oryx, this Voi lioness chose to do the same though with a newborn buffalo, mothering it, protecting it and even trying to carry it as she would her own cub when the Keepers arrived to rescue it. This dramatic incident was first witnessed by visiting tourists, who motivated by compassion for the bemused baby buffalo, called in our Keepers to rescue the calf. This they managed to do, but it had suffered head injuries when the lioness tried to carry it away. Obviously, the mothering instinct occasionally masks the innate killer instinct of female Big Cats whose normal role in Nature is that of natural selection – to dispatch the sick, the weak and the maimed ensuring that only good genes perpetuate a species. Were such incidents not able to be verified photographically through modern technology, no doubt Science would remain exceedingly skeptical about the authenticity of lay-folk spoken word. Unhappily, this particular buffalo calf later died, the trauma it had suffered and the head wound being more than it could withstand.
October 2007 day to day
Burra was the one that was detailed to "Mweiga" sit today. He and Mweiga left the Night Stockades early and soon met up with Natumi's group, welcomed with a joyous reunion. Emily's group was absent today. Later in the evening Mweya, Ilingwezi and Edie accompanied Mweiga and Burra to the Night Stockades, and left once the two had settled in.
Burra & Mweiga


Articles for "TanDEM-X"
Space | 12. December 2018 | posted by Manfred Gottwald
TanDEM-X image of Hiawatha Glacier
Credit: DLR
TanDEM-X radar amplitude image of the region around Hiawatha Glacier. The apparent texture is due to the surface structure of the ice and its dynamics.
Glaciers abound on Greenland's coastline; fed by the Greenland ice sheet, they flow towards the Arctic Ocean. In the northwest, Hiawatha Glacier is located at 78.8 degrees north, 67 degrees west. It emerges from a semi-circular lobe at the ice sheet margin and forms a narrow tongue with a length of 10 kilometres extending onto the ice-free Inglefield Land. Hiawatha Glacier's northern neighbour, the large Humboldt Glacier, is much more widely known. The front of the Humboldt Glacier is over 100 kilometres wide where it flows into the Nares Strait. The TanDEM-X image shows the region around Hiawatha Glacier.
Recently, however, Hiawatha Glacier has received worldwide attention. Some years ago, radar measurements performed as part of NASA's Operation IceBridge, a campaign to monitor changes in the polar ice caps, revealed a circular depression in the ground underneath the ice where Hiawatha Glacier emerges from the ice sheet. Subsequent surveying by an international research team using a more advanced airborne radar system on board the Polar 6 aircraft operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) yielded a more detailed view of that bowl-shaped feature. With a diameter of 31 kilometres and a depth of more than 300 metres, it resembles impact craters on Earth or the solid surface of other celestial bodies. read more
Space | 09. August 2013
A diary of the TanDEM-X formation swapping
Between 6 and 9 August 2013, and after great preparation, the team of the TanDEM-X mission was excited and ready for the swap formation of the twin satellites TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X. read more
Space | 30. July 2013 | posted by Ralph Kahle
Formation swapping - Comic about the TanDEM-X mission
An exciting manoeuvre awaits us. In early August (6–8 August 2013), the two TanDEM-X mission satellites will be reversing their formation. Until now, the TanDEM-X satellite has been circling around its twin, TerraSAR-X, in an anti-clockwise direction; after the reversal, it will circle clockwise. read more
Where and how does ice move in the ocean?
TanDEM-X has now begun routine operations, and is working with TerraSAR-X in bistatic mode and recording data for its global digital terrain model. In this post, I look back at an earlier phase of the mission, when this satellite pair orbited the Earth separated by a mere three seconds or 20 kilometres, and each sensor acquired images independently. read more
Transport | 28. January 2011 | 3 Comments
Traffic monitoring with the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X satellite constellation
Traffic monitoring from space, day and night, from more than 500 kilometres up above; is that possible? Indeed it is! In fact, it has been demonstrated several times in the past – once with the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), and again with TerraSAR-X. The traffic processors used with SRTM and TerraSAR-X were and are still subject to considerable limitations. read more
Space | 19. October 2010 | 1 Comment
Baptism of fire for the satellite formation
Last Thursday, the two German radar satellites of the TanDEM-X formation finally reached their operational orbit configuration, with only a few hundred metres separating them. In this configuration, they act as a unique radar interferometer in space. The next day, on Friday evening, the instruments were switched on, after many careful checks, to acquire the world's first Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data using a free-flying bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite formation. That same night, the jointly acquired data were received and processed by our operational processing chain. read more
Space | 15. October 2010 | posted by Ralph Kahle | 4 Comments
The satellites have 'eye contact'
This is the moment we have been anticipating for a long time; TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X finally have 'eye contact'. The final manoeuvre to adjust the close formation was performed on 13 October. Now, the two satellites are orbiting at a distance of less than 400 metres from one another. read more


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ISM recipient of Rachel Corrie Award
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The Palestine Right to Return Coalition/ Al Awda
International Solidarity Movement is first recipient of PRRC/Al-Awda Rachel Corrie Award (given at the annual meeting in Toronto, June 20-22, 2003)
The first Rachel Corrie Award given to the International Solidarity Movement
About Rachel Corrie and the award in her honor
Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American college student, was the first non- Palestinian peace activist to be killed in the Occupied Territories by the Israeli Defense Forces. On March 16, 2003, Rachel was in the Al-Salam neighborhood of Rafah, in southern Gaza, where she had been for seven weeks as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement. In an effort to save the family home of a Palestinian pharmacist about to be razed, she interposed herself between the house and the Israeli military bulldozer. Photographs of the encounter, show her before the huge machine in a bright orange jacket, clearly visible. The massive machine rolled over her and then backed again. She thus shared the fate of some 2300 Palestinians (the vast majority of them civilians) who were murdered by Israeli troops or settlers since the onset of the Palestinian uprising for freedom (Intifada) in September, 2000.
PRRC (http://Al-Awda.org, Al-Awda is Arabic for "THE RETURN") is a broad-based non-partisan global democratic association of thousands of grassroots activists and organizational representatives concerned for the Palestinian Refugees Right of Return. The purposes for which PRRC is formed are educational and charitable and relate to human rights of Palestinian Refugees. With active chapters and committees in over 20 countries and 30 states in the U.S., PRRC is the largest grass-root network for Palestinian rights.
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition instituted the Rachel Corrie award to honor non-Palestinian individuals or groups who demonstrated exceptional dedication to the cause of Palestinian rights especially the rights of refugees. It will be awarded yearly at our annual convention.
The 2003 Recipient of the Rachel Corrie Award
The Rachel Corrie Award for 2003 will be conferred upon the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) at the annual convention held in Toronto, June 20- 22. The ISM has organized Palestinian and international activists of all ages and faiths to use nonviolent direct action in protecting the human rights and lives of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Since its inception two years ago, hundreds of ISM volunteers like Rachel, acted as witnesses and shields. They have escorted thousands of Palestinian children to safety in streets rendered dangerous by Israel's heavy military presence, protected many critically needed wells, and prevented the demolitions of numerous homes. The ISM also draws attention to the daily violence committed by the Israeli occupation forces. By attempting to mitigate the effects of the occupation, often at considerable personal risk, they fulfill an essential task which, in different circumstances, would be undertaken by more formal international bodies.
The surest sign of the efficacy of their work has been the response of the Israeli government, which has in the last year detained and deported many ISM members, hectored and harassed them, and attempted to sharply restrict their movements. After the death of Rachel Corrie, two more members have been shot, one lies in an apparently irreversible coma, while the other suffered severe facial trauma. The Israeli government has denounced the ISM as "interfering" with army operations, which, in the deepest sense, is precisely true, entirely consistent with their aims, and wholly in the spirit of Rachel Corrie, whose memory we honor with this award.
Protesters break through replica of Apartheid Wall in Bethlehem symbolic run
ISM Training in the UK


Toasting the Tea Party With a Beer
February 28, 2014 By The Central Standard Times in Politics Tags: activists, amateurs, Boehner, comics, conservatism, fifth anniversary, Pelosi, professionals, santelli, tea baggers, tea party	Leave a comment
Here's wishing a happy fifth anniversary to the "Tea Party," even if we're not quite convinced of the date.
This whole "Tea Party" phenomenon has never been defined to our satisfaction, much less given a precise time of birth, yet activists associated with the movement and their antagonists in the media both marked Thursday as an anniversary because it came five years to the day after CNBC reporter Rick Santelli delivered a stirring on-air rant against the "stimulus package" and the rest of budget-busting spending that was going on in the heady early days of the Obama administration and his Democrat-dominated Congress. So far as we can tell the "Tea Party" stands steadfast against debilitating public debt, even more steadfastly against attempts to eliminate it with higher taxes, and holds an instinctive suspicion of big government even when it is on solid fiscal footing, which is a perfectly sensible philosophy that pre-dates the invention of the on-air ran by several centuries and has been an essential component of America's politics since before the founding of the republic, but we suppose Thursday seemed as good a time any to take stock of the movement.
That such unfriendly media as The New York Times felt obliged to mark the more-or-less made-up anniversary with grudgingly respectful coverage indicates that the "Tea Party" packs a powerful political punch. The movement was responsible for the Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives in 2010 and holding it ever since, which has resulted in somewhat smaller deficits and thwarted further "stimulus packages" as well countless other attempts at Democratic mischief on issues ranging from gun control to immigration. Such modest accomplishments have not satisfied the "Tea Party" faithful, who are currently working to purge the party of House Speaker John Boehner and any other insufficiently rock-ribbed Republicans, but judging by much of the anniversary coverage they seem to have at least succeeded in forcing the party far enough to the right to infuriate the left. As moderate and weak as Boehner often is, and no matter how preferable a more conservative and confrontational leader might be, the "Tea Party" should take some solace in the certainty of how very much worse a Speaker Nancy Pelosi would have been. Boehner would have been worse without "Tea Party" pressure, too, and we happily predict it will continue to pull the party in a properly conservative direction.
It's an unusually good wind that blows no ill, however, and for all its positive effects on America's politics the "Tea Party" has caused occasional problems for conservatism. In the 2012 election the "Tea Party" was helpful in retaining the House majority and bolstering the totals of several Senate candidates, but also cost the party some winnable seats by choosing not-ready-for-prime-time candidates in Delaware and Connecticut and Nevada and Missouri and assorted House districts, and we suspect they were among the missing McCain voters who cost Mitt Romney a chance to defeat Barack Obama and thus make all things possible. The "Tea Party" infused the Republicans with a much needed spirit of amateurism in its very best sense of doing something for the love of it and not for financial gain, which of course is how a democracy is best achieved, but too often its newly-enthused candidates were simply amateurish in the worst sense of the word. The "Tea Party's" aversion to professionals is understandable, even laudable, but as it purges the ranks it would do well to remember that a certain amount of professionalism will be needed against such a formidable pro outfit as the Democrats. A characteristically high-minded notion of the "Tea Party" that it's better to lose to a radical leftist than vote for a less-than-pure conservative needs to be re-thought, too, as it is likely to result in a few more radical leftists surviving the upcoming mid-term elections that would have been otherwise necessary.
Also, the "Tea Party" is yet another one of those good ideas that have suffered bad marketing. That "Tea Party" moniker was always a bad choice, as the reference to the Revolutionary Era has little appeal to a younger generation that was taught the Howard Zinn version of history and only knows the Founding Fathers as a bunch of slave-holding 1-percenters in powdered wigs, and it also provided fodder for the late night comedians to make smutty "tea bagger" jokes and portray the movement as a bunch of crazy old white men in tri-corner hats. The brave defiance of the Boston Tea Party should remain an inspiration to any freedom-loving Americans, and the contemporary "Tea Party" isn't nearly so white as the environmental movement or feminism or most another liberal cause, even if whiteness were an inherent flaw in a political philosophy, and the late night comics can't possibly explain in their monologues why a $17 trillion dollar debt isn't a looming catastrophe, but that hasn't stopped the critics from making the term a pejorative to much of the population. Freedom is always a hard sell when the opposition is offering free stuff, and the "Tea Party" has often been clumsy in making the pitch.
On the whole, however, we think the "Tea Party" has had a salutary effect on America and is likely to do even more good between now and November's voting. The movement has stopped the Democrats from doing some very stupid things, pulled the Republicans kicking and screaming in the right direction, and perhaps even learned some of the lessons that their more weak-willed but wised-up intra-party opponents mastered long ago. We also hope those less steadfast sorts of Republicans have learned that the Tea Party's principles of fiscal sanity, limited government, and individual liberty must prevail before or after the looming disaster. If it doesn't, the alternative is unthinkable.
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AfDB approves US$86.72m funding for Lesotho Highlands Water Project
The African Development Bank has approved a loan of US$86.72 million to co-finance the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
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The multi-phase project will provide water to the Gauteng region of South Africa and generate hydroelectricity for Lesotho. The project entails harnessing the waters of the Senqu/Orange River in the Lesotho highlands by constructing a series of dams for the mutual benefit of the two countries.
The Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority, a state-owned entity in South Africa charged with financing and implementing bulk raw water infrastructure projects, will use the funds to construct the Polihali Dam and reservoir, a 38 kilometer-long water transfer tunnel, roads and bridges, telecommunications infrastructure, and to extend electricity and other development infrastructure to Lesotho. The new construction will complement facilities built during the project's first phase. The Lesotho Highland Development Authority will implement the part of the project that falls within Lesotho's borders.
"The two governments' partnership on this project around the shared water resources from the Orange-Senqu River Basin serves the interests of their mutual development agenda and also deepens regional integration," said Dr. Beth Dunford, African Development Bank Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development.
"The intervention will be the first major project to be financed by the Bank in the water sector in South Africa and it will complement the Bank's current support in the energy and transport sector, diversify the Bank's portfolio and consolidate the Bank's strong partnership with the country," she added.
Once completed, the project is expected to boost transfer capacity between Lesotho and South Africa to 1,260 million cubic meters/year, up from the current 780 million cubic meters/year, and enable additional generation of hydroelectric power in Lesotho. Expected project benefits include greater water security in South Africa's Gauteng region and a boost to Lesotho's socio-economic development due to infrastructure improvements and increased hydropower capacity.
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These developments are expected to positively impact 26 million people in South Africa and boost a region that accounts for 60% of the country's economic output. In Lesotho, the project will benefit more than 85,000 people in the project area, and generate more than 6,000 jobs over the next six years. Lesotho's economy will also receive a boost from the royalty payments it will receive for water transfers.
The project, with a total cost of $2.171 billion, is also receiving financing of US$213.68 million in loans from the Shanghai-based New Development Bank. The South African government will contribute US$1.871 billion as well as a loan guarantee. The first phase of the project was completed in 2003 and inaugurated in 2004.
Photo: Aerial View of Katse Dam, Lesotho Highlands Water Project (Lhda.org.ls)
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The era of digital transformation brings endless opportunities for businesses and society: opportunities powered by the advances in nanoelectronics and digital technology, opportunities that require cross-linking of expertises. Radical innovation can only happen by approaching the challenges our society is facing from new perspectives, with an open mind that gets inspired from unexpected fields. Radical innovation can happen. Innovation that will transform our health, mobility, environment, … Innovation that will transform our data-driven society into a sustainable data-driven society for everyone.
Luc Van den hove is President and CEO of imec since July 1, 2009. Before he was executive vice president and chief operating officer. He joined imec in 1984, starting his research career in the field of silicide and interconnect technologies. In 1988, he became manager of imec's micro-patterning group (lithography, dry etching); in 1996, department director of unit process step R&D; and in 1998, vice president of the silicon process and device technology division. In January 2007, he was appointed as imec's EVP & COO. Luc Van den hove received his PhD in electrical engineering from the KU Leuven, Belgium. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications and conference contributions.
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Throughout her career, starlet Raffey Cassidy has actually represented a number of different roles. She is best known for her roles in movies such as Creation (1995) and Celeste (1995 )
Throughout her teenage years, Celeste Montgomery (Raffey Cassidy) makes it through a Columbine-style high school shooting. She goes on to become a famous teenager pop star. However despite her fame, Celeste experiences a long list of scandals and a troubled off-stage life. Her newest album, Vox Lux, has actually been released, and she is on her newest tour.
Celeste's story is a sociocultural critique of the celeb culture. It's a two-part character research study centered around the singer's rise to fame. It likewise features a voiceover that interjects commentary on pop culture and political concerns.
The film is composed and directed by Brady Corbet, whose very first feature was The Childhood of a Leader. It also features a rating by Scott Walker. Walker's structures strengthen the movie's feel-bad aesthetic. He also adds Hitchcockian stress. By making familiar websites like the One World Trade Center, The New Yorker offices, and the Empire State Structure appear like antiques of a long-gone period, Walker helps destabilize the whole landscape.
Celeste's character is a composite of the elements of a number of musical super stars. Her pop tunes are appealing hooks and anthems about self-empowerment and survival. Her music also draws interest from a record label. Yet, Celeste's musical skill is hindered by her mental illness and absence of ability to handle the ruthless show business. She's likewise prone to partying and getting high on drugs. She's also the mom of a teenage daughter.
Raffey Cassidy is exceptional in her role of Celeste. She has a clear sense of character and vulnerability, and her performances vary from the naive and innocent to the negligent and self-destructive. Her character has numerous scandals, and she adopts a new Jersey dialect. Her character isn't redeemed by her flaws, however she is still intriguing. The film is a bit unequal, with many scenes and moments dragging out. Nevertheless, the movie's greatest strength is its arc.
The movie starts with a start that consists of an unsubtle reference to the Columbine High School shooting. The movie then shifts to a scene in which Celeste Montgomery is carrying out a song at a church service. The song is a hit, moving Celeste to fame. Nevertheless, Celeste has a psychological breakdown while carrying out. This results in a series of press interviews where she becomes increasingly unhinged. During among those interviews, she argues with her sister Ellie (Stacy Martin), who has actually been taking care of Celeste given that she was born. She likewise has sex with her supervisor (Jude Law).
The 2nd act opens with Celeste shooting a concert. It's an eerie series, and one that isn't totally believable. Celeste's press agent cancels most of the interviews. Throughout the last one, she ends up being significantly unsteady and unhinged. She likewise fights with physical rehabilitation.
Celeste's story is largely informed in flashbacks. It's likewise a really stylized film. There's a variety of amusing components, like an one-night stand with a rough-hewn difficult rocker, and there are a lot of psychological concerns that the film attempts to address.
Having a title role in a Star Wars themed film is an enjoyable one, however stepping up to the plate and into the role of a CIA operative was a whole other ballgame. The most excellent element of this endeavor was the fact that they in fact paid you for the effort. As a matter of fact, the movie was so costly that they paid you handsomely, which of course is the point of any big spending plan film. The motion picture likewise boasted of being the longest running in history. While the movie is not for the faint of heart, its sleazy outlining n' pushing has actually given delight for many a star.
As a matter of fact, the film also produced a slew of cloned clone clone sequels and spinoffs. While a few are more tame than others, the great times are bound to be discovered in the confines of the Empire State Building.
In spite of being just 17 years of ages, English star Raffey Cassidy has currently made his mark on the film and television industry. He has actually played in various tv shows, short movies and a few feature length films. He has actually starred in the similarity Vox Lux, The Other Lamb and The Killing of a Spiritual Deer. His most recent feature length movie, The Killing of a Spiritual Deer, was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. He will appear opposite Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell and Brad Pitt in this fascinating tale of a lady who looks for revenge after a family member is killed. The movie has garnered many awards and distinctions, consisting of the most chosen film at the BAFTAs and the prominent Golden Globe.
Raffey Cassidy began his acting career at the age of eight. He initially appeared in the television movie Spanish Flu: The Fallen Forgotten. He then starred in a short film, The Monster, as Mia. His movie qualifications continue to grow with a function in Mr. Selfridge, in addition to a supporting function in Allied, which was a remake of the traditional WWII film. He has actually likewise appeared in the television series 32 Brinkbun Street, in addition to the brief film The Magic Bullet. He likewise took part in a competition called the Grand Prize for the tiniest possible film, and went far for himself for his performance. He has likewise been acknowledged for his efforts on the stage, having actually performed in numerous shows. In fact, he has been named the youngest actor to ever be a part of the prestigious British Theatre Academy. He was likewise included in a Screen International magazine post titled "The Next Big Thing," which called the star to watch. He has likewise been featured in a number of other publications, including the New york city Times, and was also called among the leading Brits to watch in 2019.
Raffey Cassidy's other films consist of the sci-fi film Tomorrowland, directed by Brad Bird, and the feature length movie The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which is a YA unique inspired by true occasions that occurred during The second world war. Besides these roles, Cassidy has actually also appeared in the tv series Emmerdale and Stepping Up. He has also made his own video, The Beast, which was a homage to the television series.
Regardless of being the latest kid on the block, Raffey Cassidy has already made it to the big time. He has appeared in a variety of noteworthy films, consisting of The Killing of a Spiritual Deer, The Other Lamb and The Magic Bullet. He has likewise been chosen for various awards, consisting of the Oscars' Finest Supporting Star and the Golden Globe's Best Supporting Actress. He has also been included in a prestigious list of the top British stars to see in 2019. He is reportedly working on a number of jobs, including the big screen adjustment of his own book.
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Fitness - Nutrition
Unhealthy Food Served in Children's Hospitals
Author: University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Synopsis: Researchers assess food venues at 12 major childrens hospitals in California and found there room for improvement in offerings and practices.
Food served in children's hospitals rated largely unhealthy - Researchers from UCLA and the RAND Corporation assessed 14 food venues at the state's 12 major children's hospitals and found there was a lot of room for improvement in their offerings and practices.
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Childhood Obesity - A condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or wellbeing. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects it is being recognized as a serious public health concern. The term overweight rather than obese is often used in children as it is less stigmatizing.
Given the obesity epidemic among the nation's young, one would hope that children's hospitals would serve as a role model for healthy eating. But hospitals in California fall short, with only 7 percent of entrees classified as "healthy" according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics.
Researchers from UCLA and the RAND Corporation assessed 14 food venues at the state's 12 major children's hospitals and found there was a lot of room for improvement in their offerings and practices.
"As health professionals, we understand the connection between healthy eating and good health, and our hospitals should be role models in this regard," said Dr. Lenard Lesser, primary investigator and a physician in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program in the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "Unfortunately, the food in many hospitals is no better - and in some cases worse - than what you would find in a fast food restaurant."
The study authors developed a modified version of the Nutrition Environment Measures Scale for Restaurants (NEMS-R) as an assessment tool for rating the food offerings in hospital cafeterias. This measurement system takes into account pricing, availability of vegetables, nutrition labeling, combo promotions and healthy beverages.
Overall the average score for the 14 hospital food venues was 19.1, out of a range of 0 (least healthy) to 37 (most healthy). Of the total 359 entrees the hospitals served, only 7 percent were classified as healthy according to the NEMS criteria. And while nearly all the hospitals offered healthy alternatives such as fruit, less than one third had nutrition information at the point of sale or signs to promote healthy eating.
Among the other key findings:
All 14 food venues offered low-fat or skim milk and diet soda
81 percent offered high-calorie, high-sugar items such as cookies and ice cream near the cash register
25 percent sold whole wheat bread
Half the hospitals did not provide any indication that they carried healthy entrees
44 percent did not have low calorie salad dressings
Since no one has previously documented the health of food in these hospitals, researchers provided hospital administrators with their scores to encourage improvement. Since the study was conducted in July 2010, some of the hospitals surveyed have taken steps to either improve their fare and/or reduce unhealthy offerings. For example, some have eliminated fried food, lowered the price of salads, and increased the price of sugary beverages or eliminated them altogether from their cafeterias.
"The steps some hospitals are already taking to improve nutrition and reduce junk food are encouraging," Lesser said. "We plan to make this nutritional quality measurement tool available to hospitals around the country to help them assess and improve their food offerings."
Researchers said hospitals can improve the health of their food offerings by providing more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and smaller portions; shrink the amount of low-nutrient choices, and utilize low-cost options to promote healthy eating such as signage and keeping unhealthy impulse items away from the checkout stand.
"If we can't improve the food environment in our hospitals, how do we expect to improve the health of food in our community" Lesser said. "By serving as role models for healthy eating, we can make a small step toward helping children prevent the onset of dietary-related chronic diseases."
Hospitals the researchers surveyed were:
Children's Hospital Central California;
Children's Hospital Los Angeles;
Children's Hospital of Orange County;
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland;
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital;
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford;
Miller Children's Hospital;
Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego;
Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA;
University Children's Hospital at University of California, Irvine;
University of California, Davis Children's Hospital;
University of California, San Diego Children's Hospital;
University of California, San Francisco Children's Hospital;
Children's Center at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded this study. In addition to Lesser, researchers on this study were Dana E. Hunnes, Phedellee Reyes, Robert H. Brook and Lenore Arab of UCLA; and Gery W. Ryan and Deborah A. Cohen of the RAND Corporation.
The research findings presented here are those of the researcher and are not necessarily the views of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The UCLA Department of Family Medicine provides comprehensive primary care to entire families, from newborns to seniors. The department also provides low-risk obstetrical services and prenatal and in-patient care at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital and out-patient care at the Les Kelley Family Health Center in Santa Monica and the Mid-Valley Family Health Center, located in a Los Angeles County Health Center in Van Nuys, Calif. The department is also a leader in family medicine education, for both medical students and residents, and houses a significant research unit focusing on geriatric issues and health care disparities among immigrant families and minority communities in Los Angeles and California.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars® program has fostered the development of physicians who are leading the transformation of health care in the United States through positions in academic medicine, public health and other leadership roles for three decades. Through this program, future leaders learn to conduct innovative research and to work with communities, organizations, practitioners and policy-makers on issues important to the health and well-being of all Americans. For more information, visit www.rwjcsp.unc.edu.
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis.
Cite This Page (APA): University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences. (2011, December 1). Unhealthy Food Served in Children's Hospitals. Disabled World. Retrieved January 21, 2022 from www.disabled-world.com/fitness/child-obesity/hospital-food.php


The Tradition: The Name "Excalibur" was first used for King Arthur's sword by the French Romancers. It was not the famous "Sword in the Stone" (which broke in battle), but a second sword acquired by the King through the intercession of his druidic advisor, Myrddin (Merlin). Worried that Arthur would fall in battle, Merlin took the King to a magical lake where a mysterious hand thrust itself up from the water, holding aloft a magnificent sword. It was the Lady of the Lake offering Arthur a magic unbreakable blade, fashioned by an Avalonian elf smith, along with a scabbard which would protect him as long as he wore it.
Towards the end of his reign, during the troubled times of Medrod's rebellion, Excalibur was stolen by Arthur's wicked half-sister, Morgan le Fay. Though it was recovered, the scabbard was lost forever. Thus Arthur was mortally wounded at the Battle of Camlann. The King then instructed Bedwyr (or Girflet) to return Excalibur to the lake from whence it came. However, when questioned about the circumstances of its return, Bedwyr claimed to have seen nothing unusual. Arthur therefore knew that Bedwyr had kept Excalibur for himself and sent him back to the Lake once more. Hurling the sword into the misty waters this time, Bedwyr saw the mystic hand appear to catch Excalibur and draw it beneath the rippling waters for the last time.
The Name: The earliest Arthurian stories give the name of King Arthur's sword as Caladfwlch, a Welsh word derived from Calad-Bolg meaning "Hard Lightning". Later it developed to become the Caliburn of Geoffrey and Monmouth and finally the Frenchified Excalibur that we know today.
Ancient Origins: Legendary figures throughout the World are associated with magical swords, often the symbol of their Kingship. It is interesting to note that Curtana, a 17th century successor of the original sword of Ogier the Dane, is still used at the British Coronation to this day. King Arthur's tale has particular similarities to the Norse Legend of Sigurd, but even closer parallels can be drawn with the Irish hero, Cú Chulainn who also bore a sword named Caladbolg. Such swords were usually said to have been forged by an elfan smith. In Saxon mythology his name is Wayland, but to the Celts he was Gofannon. He is also to be identified with the Roman Vulcan and Greek Hephaestus who made magical weapons for the Muses to give to Perseus, and for Thetis to give to Achilles. The later surrender of the sword is well known as a universal symbol of defeat. Here it is emblematic of death itself.
The deposition of swords, weaponry and other valuables in sacred lakes and rivers was a popular practice amongst the Celtic peoples. Strabo records such rituals near Toulouse and notes that other sacred lakes existed throughout Europe. Gregory of Tours alludes to a three-day festival of deposition at Lake Gévaudan in the Cevennes. Some scholars believe that such rituals were part of Celtic funerary rites. Archaeolgical finds of exotic metalwork deposits at Llyn Fawr in Morgannwg include axes and sickles of around 600 bc. Further weaponry was discovered Llyn Cerrig Bach on Ynys Mon (Anglesey) dating from the 2nd century bc to the 1st century AD. Celtic Iron-Age deposits in rivers are too numerous to count. Especially well known are the superb Battersea Shield and Waterloo Helmet from the Thames. This major British River appears to have been particularly popular for swords like Arthur's.


Will the AG Let For-Profit Prime Takeover the Daughters of Charity Health System?
Last week, Health Access joined hundreds of allies, community organizations, elected officials and labor to oppose the sale of 6 hospitals operated by the non-profit Daughters of Charity Health System to the for-profit Prime Healthcare, Inc. California law requires the Attorney General's (AG) review and consent for any sale or transfer of a health care facility owned or operated by a nonprofit corporation whose assets are held in public trust. The AG held public meetings at each hospital every day this week and has until early-February to either approve or deny the proposed sale. The AG may also approve the sale with additional conditions (for details see the AG's web page for nonprofit hospital transactions). These meetings have garnered a lot of attention from print, television, and radio media.
Health Access is opposed to this deal because Prime Healthcare's commitment to keeping the hospitals open and maintaining hospital services is conditional and limited. In addition, these hospitals have had nonprofit charitable status, and we have questions about whether the valuation of their assets is accurate, particularly in light of changes brought on by the Affordable Care Act. Health Access is also concerned about assertions about Prime and its troubling history. A copy of our opposition letter, which describes all the concerns raised by Health Access, is available here.
Nancy Gomez, our Southern California Program Director testified in opposition to the sale at Monday's meeting at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, CA. The meeting began with a 10-minute presentation from Dr. Prem Reddy, owner of Prime Healthcare, Inc. detailing the terms of the sale and the merits of his company. The leadership of the Daughters of Charity echoed his sentiments. After that, a steady stream of opposition and supporters took to the podium.
Health Access offered testimony summarizing our opposition to the sale to a four-member panel of the Attorney General's Office. The hearing started at 10:00 AM and continued past 5:30 PM. There were 250 individuals slated to offer testimony in addition to individuals who signed up to speak, and each was limited to a two minute time limit. Prior to the meeting, a rally and press conference was held. Over 400 people were in attendance at the rally.
Tam Ma, Health Access' new Policy Counsel, testified in opposition at the public meetings held at St. Vincent's Hospital in Los Angeles on Tuesday and O'Connor Hospital in San Jose on Wednesday. These meetings followed a similar format to Monday's meeting, with representatives from Prime and Daughters of Charity making statements before community members weighed-in. Tam was quoted in in the San Jose Mercury News.
The following are some of the many news stories that have been written about the AG's hearings and the proposed sale of these non-profit hospitals.
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_27276300/hundreds-face-off-san-jose-meeting-over-sale
http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/01/05/49080/supporters-opponents-clash-over-proposed-sale-of-n/
http://abc7.com/business/health-care-workers-protest-sale-of-st-francis-medical-center/462919/
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Bangladesh politician sentenced to death
Former minister for Jatiya Party becomes 15th person to be convicted of atrocities in series of war-crimes trials.
Jamaat supporters clashed with police after the group's leaders were sentenced to death last year [Reuters]
Bangladesh's war crimes court has sentenced a former government minister to death for rape and genocide during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.
Syed Mohammad Kaiser became the 15th person to be convicted of atrocities by the International Crimes Tribunal, which found him guilty of heading an armed group that rounded up and killed about 150 people in the nine-month conflict.
The 73-year-old Kaiser, who uses a wheelchair, did not react as the judge read out the verdict and said he would be "hanged by the neck until his death".
Lawyers for Kaiser, a former minister with the Jatiya Party which forms part of Bangladesh's ruling coalition, have rejected the charges and say they will appeal.
The government of Sheikh Hasina Wazed created the International Crimes Tribunal, a domestic court, in 2010.
It has mostly focused on the trials of the leaders of the largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, although a former minister of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has also been sentenced to hang.
Prosecutors said Kaiser had raised a pro-Pakistani militia that carried out a series of murders, rapes and looting.
Judge Obaidul Hassan said the prosecution proved "beyond reasonable doubt" that Kaiser had established the militia, which created a "reign of terror".
Mohammad Ali, the prosecutor, said Kaiser led his armed group and Pakistani forces to attack 22 villages in the Brahmanbaria area near the border with India on November 15, 1971.
"At least 108 unarmed Hindu civilians were killed. Scores of their houses were looted and set on fire," he said.
Kaiser joined the centre-right Jatiya Party in the 1980s and was elected to parliament.
He was made state minister for agriculture by Hussain Muhammad Ershad, a former military ruler.
Kaiser's conviction is unlikely to prompt the kind of protests that plunged the country into deadly unrest last year, after Jamaat's leaders were sentenced to death for their roles in the war.
Thousands of Islamists clashed with police in nationwide protests that left about 500 people dead.
The BNP and Jamaat have called the trials politically motivated, aimed at eliminating opposition leaders rather than rendering justice.
Rights groups have said the trials fall short of international standards and lack any foreign oversight.
The government maintains they are needed to heal the wounds of the war, which it says left three million people dead.
Independent researchers dispute the figure.


She Turned Me Into a Newt!
 It's funny how life is--and Not because I was turned into a newt and got better. I'm getting ready to publish the 4th book in my Kate Warne Civil War Spy series, Iron Widow, when I get this offer to write a novel based on the life of Helen Duncan titled The Last Witch. Huh, you say? How's that funny? (I can hear you with my Mom Super Powers.) Well, it's like this….
Helen Duncan was the last woman convicted for witchcraft in England, long, long ago in 1944. Wait a minute! That's not long, long ago. That's barely 'ago.' It's a pretty weird story. Apparently she knew about a couple of ship sinkings before the British public, and she said it was because of her powers as a Spiritualist and Medium. OK. Well, yea sure, but no one really believes in that stuff, do they? I mean no one without a serious drug habit, right?
Turns out Spiritualism, the religion that believed the dead could be contacted, had two big historical moments. The first was the first half of the nineteenth-century and the second was between World War I and World War II. So Helen Duncan was this poor woman with too many kids and a slacker husband (what were the chances?) and after The Great War she quit her job and became a medium. She earned her money pretending to talk dead relatives (or really talking to them if you want to believe that), many of whom had died in the first World War.
Then in 1941 she knew about the sinking of the HMS Barham when she shouldn't have and she said it was because she saw it in a vision. The thing was, the Barham was sunk by a German U-boat and the Germans didn't know they'd sunk it so Churchill wanted the sinking kept secret. EXCEPT, he let the war department tell the families of the 830 dead sailors. So that's never very secret, right? NOPE! Helen probably knew because a family member told her—unless you believe some people can talk to the dead, then you go with that theory.
So come early 1944 and the English govt. is all worked up cause they've got D-Day planned, but they need to keep it secret from the Axis and some dumb ass gets it in his head that Helen Duncan, famous spirit medium, might spill the beans. Really dude? So they put her on trial, can't convict her of treason, cause there's no real proof, so they convict her of witchcraft and put her in jail until after D-Day. You know, so it'll be secret. The things men do to women….
So I'm doing that research this week, while at the same time doing final proofing and formatting for Iron Widow, which oddly enough is a book about 1860s Spiritualism. See? Funny how life is…. This latest Kate novel is based on a real case Allan Pinkerton had in the 1870s and wrote about in the 1880s, but I made it a Kate case and turned the
"Black Widow" Allan wrote about into a not-so-black widow, or Iron Widow--iron being a color of grey. Clever, huh? I certainly like to think so.
I think it's a pretty good book, so you know, you should read it. People always ask me where they can find my books? Where do you find everything? Amazon. Iron Widow will be out as a print book and an ebook (kindle book) Monday, July 15th. Look for it at an Amazon link near you.
Blessed Are the Cheese Makers
As I'm sure you know, you can learn all sorts of things if you've got an Internet connection (and find all sorts of Monty Python stuff). Four years ago I learned to write novels, three years ago learned how to publish my own books, two years ago I decided to teach myself to play the ukulele and now I'm been learning to make cheese. I'm like a crack addict, but with milk.
I made a cow's milk feta to start and then took what I learned from that experience to make it again with my daughter Emma in Bozeman. The Bozeman cheese turned out so good one day for lunch we shared it with the girl farmers where Emma works (the Montana State University farm, Towne Harvest).
I've got made a Colby, a beer infused Gouda, 4 small aged goat cheeses (one of which we at and wow, was it good), 4 double crème brie and another batch of feta (cause we at ours). Oh, and a cheddar, a Parm and a Gruyere and some other stuff…. I'm obsessed and the people at Sprouts think I've got a milk addiction. And I needed a cheese press and they're expensive, but guess what? There are videos on how to make your own—or how to get your husband to make you one. How great is that?
What's my point? It's possible to keep learning stuff, even when we're OLD. In fact, it's not just possible, it's essential to a quality life. Not calculus maybe (at least not for me), but stuff that makes your heart go pitter pat. I'm gonna be honest, I think there's a LOT wrong with our country right now and I think a lot of it can be marked down to people who decided they were done learning new things, done expanding their worlds, done thinking about their values in an honest, evaluative way. It's why we live in a 'facts don't matter' world. Except that we don't. Facts do matter because it's in facts we find ideas and ideas are the only real thing we have. The rest is bullshit that distracts us from meaningful lives. Of course, if you're reading this you already know all this stuff (cause readers are the smartest people in the world), but do you know where to by milk that's not Ultra-High pasteurized?
On a related note, my 4th Kate Warne book, Iron Widow (the one with the black widow on the cover!) has been delayed. Don't blame it on the cheese. I'm perfecting my editing process, which is easier said than done, but it will be out this month. I'm also writing about a late Renaissance woman painter and I just finished the first draft. You know what I like about writing about her? I didn't know anything about late Renaissance painting and I learned a lot.
So I gotta ask, what are you learning these days? And if the answer is nothing—WTF? What could you give yourself permission to learn and do? And how much greater would you be if you did?


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Twitter is a 'microblogging' system that allows you to send and receive short posts called tweets. … Twitter users follow other users. If you follow someone you can see their tweets in your twitter 'timeline'. You can choose to follow people and organisations with similar academic and personal interests to you.
Twitter is a social media site, and its primary purpose is to connect people and allow people to share their thoughts with a big audience.
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Step 1: Set Up Your Profile. Choose your profile name (aka handle). …
Step 2: Follow Some People. This is important for two reasons. …
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Step 3: Decide What Content to Tweet About. …
Step 4: Join Trending Hashtags. …
Step 5: Maintain Your Channel.
It's important to consider the different purposes of Twitter vs Facebook. Twitter is primarily meant for sharing ideas, while Facebook is meant for connecting with friends and family. Additionally, Facebook has a larger audience of various age ranges, while Twitter's audience is largely between the ages of 18-29.
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Twitter and Instagram are both social media platforms designed for sharing media and content. Instagram focuses on media content, while Twitter also allows text posts and polls. … Twitter's website has nearly all the same options as the app, while Instagram's desktop version is limited to photo posts.
Twitter has a 140-character limit to its posts, therefore, users must type tweets concisely. Users cannot tweet videos from uploading. Users can only allow send a maximum of 1000 tweets a day.
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Your username, or handle, is your identity on Twitter, and is preceded by the at (@) symbol. Ideally, as an individual, your username should be your real name. For example, if your name was John Smith, your Twitter username should be, in an ideal world, @JohnSmith.
After you protect your Tweets, only you and your followers can read your updates or see your Tweets in Twitter search. If you at one time had public Tweets (before protecting your Tweets), those Tweets will no longer be public or appear in public Twitter search results.
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Twitter is a secure website, as it requires password-protected accounts for all of its users. As long as you protect your password and adjust your privacy settings, your account should remain secure. After all, you wouldn't want someone commandeering your account and tweeting as if they were you.
In February 2021, it was found that 42 percent of adults in the United States aged between 18 and 29 years used Twitter. This age group was the microblogging service's biggest audience in the United States, followed by a 27 percent usage reach among 30 to 49-year-olds.
² Unsurprisingly, we found that Twitter uniquely provides its users the opportunity to discover what's happening in the world. That functional purpose translates into Twitter users operating in a different mindset when they're on the platform compared to other online environments.
It's addictive. Like other social networks, checking Twitter can be addictive. It can become the activity you turn to habitually whenever you're not occupied with something else. A Twitter addiction might not be as damaging as a drug addiction, but it's a compulsion you don't need in your life.
Celebrities like to be connected to their fans with no strings attached. Unlike Facebook where a person has to add someone as a friend to be connected to him Twitter allows people to update their fans without being friends with them.
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Car Sales May 2020: India's Auto Industry Starts Treading On A Recovery Path
June 2, 2020 | Arun Prakash
The coronavirus pandemic dealt a severe blow to the Indian car industry as it compelled companies to shutdown production and sales of vehicles. As a result, carmakers did not sell even a single vehicle in April 2020 for the first time. However, as the government eased restrictions last month and the vehicle manufacturers started resuming operations, there has been some action on the sales front, albeit not as significant as it was before the lockdown came into effect.
With most customers still preferring to stay away from showrooms or risking investment in a new vehicle amid the financial doldrum, sales figures for passenger vehicles in May shows it is going to be a long road to recovery for carmakers in India.
Maruti Suzuki Sales
India's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, reported that it sold only 18,539 in total, out of which 13,865 vehicles were sold in India last month. This is significantly low as compared to March 2020, wherein the company sold 76,240 units. To give you an idea, Maruti Suzuki had sold 1,33,702 units of passenger vehicle units in February 2020. Maruti Suzuki also noted that it exported 4,651 units and provided Toyota with 23 units of Glanza. According to the statement issued by Maruti Suzuki, the company exported 4,651 units following the resumption of port operations at Mundra and Mumbai ports.
Japanese carmaker Toyota has also revealed its sales figures for May 2020. The company sold 1,639 units last month as compared to 7,023 units in March 2020, noting a 76.6 per cent drop. But given that April was a drought month for the company, the figures for May are definitely encouraging on some level.
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Hyundai Motor Sales
Similarly, Korean car manufacturer Hyundai Motor announced it had sold 6,883 units in the domestic market in the month of May and that another 5,700 units had been exported in the same period. After what was a tumultuous April for almost every automotive manufacturer, sales figures from May come as some respite even if these are only a pale shadow of pre-COVID-19-times.
Commenting on the May sales performance, Tarun Garg, Director, Sales, Marketing and Service, Hyundai Motor India, said, "In an extremely challenging market environment, HMIL made a humble beginning towards normalcy by registering cumulative sales of 12,583 for the month of May 2020. This performance was made possible on account of strong customer interest and demand-pull generated by trendsetter brands like the All-New CRETA, Spirited New VERNA, VENUE, ELITE i20 and GRAND i10 NIOS. Drawing strength from Hyundai's vision of 'Progress for Humanity', we have prepared ourselves to welcome our customers back in this New Normal while ensuring adherence to safety guidelines at our showrooms and workshops and expedite economic recovery."
MG Motor Sales
In the same period, Chinese-owned British manufacturer MG Motor announced it had retailed 710 units in the month of May after resuming work at its Halol plant in Gujarat at 30% capacity utilisation. About 65% of showrooms and service stations across the country are also operational with reduced manpower.
According to Rakesh Sidana, director, sales, MG Motor India, supply chain disruption coupled with stricter credit financing along with non-operation of some dealerships due to the lockdown have impacted our sales in May. Commenting on business resumption and sales performance, Sidana added, "The production loss notwithstanding, our front-end retail operations continue to operate with less-than-normal staff strength. At these times, we remain connected with our customers waiting for delivery of the HECTOR and continue to prioritize deliveries with supply chain improvements in June. We hope to restore normalcy from July onwards. All of our vehicles' stocks across channels and dealership inventory are BS-VI units."
With the restrictions in the lockdown eased, businesses are set to resume gradually in a phased manner. The next couple of months will be very crucial for auto manufacturers to decide in which direction is the trend headed. After the long setback, automakers hope for a positive growth rate from here on.


Glimpsing Digital Publishing's Future at Codex Hackathon at MIT
Jeff Bauter Engel
Xconomy Boston —
[Updated 1/12/16, 10:22 a.m. See below.] For the past 20 years, the story of the publishing industry has revolved largely around the rise of e-books, tablets, and Amazon. Call it "Digital Publishing 1.0."
But what will "Digital Publishing 2.0" look like? If the ideas born at a hackathon at the MIT Media Lab this past weekend are any indication, the future of publishing is about stronger emphasis on design, interactive experiences, the human touch, and creating connections between literature and the real world.
The Codex hackathon, an initiative run by the literary studio Plympton, brought together over 150 software programmers, designers, entrepreneurs, teachers, students, writers, librarians, publishers, and more. They formed nearly 30 teams and spent the weekend creating rough prototypes of their ideas to advance publishing, reading, and education.
The projects included educational apps and games to help children and teens engage more with books and news articles, apps for making e-books more visually appealing, and software tools to help readers connect and collaborate. Some of the ideas tackled serious topics like censorship. Others were more light-hearted, like software that allows users to replace the names of characters in books with the names of relatives and friends, and then share the revised version of the text.
The diversity of Codex participants was impressive, especially considering the lack thereof in the broader tech sector. At the hackathon, there was a healthy mix of women and men, different ethnicities, and generations ranging from teens to people in their 50s. Participants traveled from as far away as Taiwan, Germany, Israel, and the western U.S., said Codex founder Jennifer 8. Lee.
The goal of the event wasn't necessarily to spawn ideas that could turn into successful businesses, but to form connections between people with "different skill sets" who view writing and publishing as a craft, said Lee, Plympton's co-founder and CEO.
"By having people of different backgrounds together, you get more innovative solutions," she said.
Teams prepare to present their projects at the Codex hackathon at the MIT Media Lab. Photo by Jeff Engel.
The first Codex hackathon was held in San Francisco last summer. The group's organizers are considering holding more hackathons in places like Berlin and New York, Lee said.
Unlike some hackathons, Codex isn't a contest where judges award prizes to the projects they deem best. At the end of the weekend, all of the teams got a few minutes to demonstrate what they had created, but there were no "winners" or "losers." In lieu of cash prizes, Codex used sponsorship money to subsidize many participants' travel and lodging expenses, Lee said. Also, all participants got free t-shirts from Out of Print and Litographs, paperbacks from Harvard Book Store, and posters from the Recovering the Classics project. [This paragraph was updated with additional details about free items for participants.]
One of Lee's takeaways from the event was how teams devised ways for individuals to customize their books. Examples included Replace the Characters' software allowing users to change names in the text and Rebook's software letting users make annotations and doodles in the margins of their e-books. "There's something really powerful in that," Lee said.
Although much of the teams' efforts were spent on building back-end technology that relies on natural language processing and open-source software programs, it was clear that many of them paid equal attention to aesthetics and user experience. For example, Infinite Library aims to put the plain text of the 50,000 free e-books on Project Gutenberg's website into a more visually appealing format.
"I had a sense there's an element of human touch coming back" to publishing technology, said Codex participant Robert Wenrich, a product developer with Bild, a German tabloid newspaper. Five years ago, the projects at a hackathon like Codex "would be just code," Wenrich added.
Mark Watkins agreed. "Some of those projects were art," not just a black screen with white letters, he said.
Watkins—an entrepreneur who currently leads The Hawaii Project, a book recommendation service that donates 10 percent of its revenue to literacy nonprofits—was a Codex sponsor and participant. He created software that … Next Page »
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Black Lives Matter movement has opened the door to the destruction of America
There's no denying that America is a very different place than it was just a year ago, even if you discount the coronavirus pandemic. We're seeing our cities transform, and not for the better. Writing for LifeSiteNews, Mary Ann Kreitzer explores how the Black Lives Matter movement and its protests have led to a situation where American cities now have new "mob bosses" who are essentially allowed to disobey police and create disorder.
"We are Democrat vs. Republican, law and order vs. chaos and rioting, black vs. white, tyranny vs. freedom, etc. Increasingly, disagreements result in 'mob' action promoted by 'progressive' politicians, liberal courts, and prosecutors who justify and enable rioting and violence both by their words and actions," she writes.
The Black Lives Matter protests quickly lost whatever semblance they may have had to "peaceful protests" and devolved into something far more sinister that is targeting everyone – even, sometimes, their own supporters. Rational thinking has gone out the window and has been replaced by emotional, impulsive mob mentality.
This is something Portland mayor Ted Wheeler recently learned the hard way, as Kreitzer points out. A vocal supporter of Black Lives Matter, he recently held a "listening session" on the city's streets. Instead of getting a warm welcome, he was jeered and hit by projectiles as rioters attacked and called for his resignation. And yet somehow, he still continues to condemn the presence of federal officers who are protecting the federal courthouse in his city.
Wheeler has also cut millions of dollars from the police budget and defunded its Gun Violence Reduction Team. Not surprisingly, the city noted its highest number of monthly gun murders in 30 years last month, and now Wheeler is considering reestablishing the unit.
The lack of support has the state police fed up. Oregon State Police Spokesman Captain Timothy R. Fox said that they did not wish to use their resources in counties where crime is waved off when they could be using them in counties that prioritize prosecuting criminal behavior.
Chicago is also suffering, with crime reaching new heights as the city becomes increasingly lawless. Kreitzer writes: "Chicago, once under the thumb of gangsters like Al Capone, has new mob bosses, Marxist overlords with their mob strategy."
Data released by the Chicago police shows that the city saw a 139 percent jump in murders and a 75 percent uptick in shootings during July 2020, and we're likely to see a lot more of these disturbing statistics across the country in the months to come.
It's all downhill from here
Media manipulation only makes the situation worse. Many mainstream media outlets are constantly rehashing incidents of police violence but don't cover cases where police have saved people or performed other good deeds. This has the effect of stoking the anger and ensuring the mayhem continues.
No one can tell what fact or fiction is, and some of those protesting have long lost sight of why they are even there. While these people talk about loving everyone, they assault people who express differing opinions. Their trained organizers are adept at whipping people up into a frenzy and inspiring them to attack perceived threats.
This hate becomes a convenient excuse for looting and burning businesses, and some business owners are finding themselves in the odd position of publicly supporting BLM even as their windows are broken and their shops are looted. Sometimes, they're afraid not to support them because it may make them targets for further looting, so we'll probably see them continue repeating the mantra that they support the movement while their shops are burned to the ground. Many people are just too scared to speak out against them.
Make no mistake: This "revolution" will destroy America, and that's exactly what they want. They've targeted statues of American historical figures and have even turned their ire toward Jesus Christ. Racism is unacceptable, there's no question about it, but supporting BLM and the antifa thugs that have been capitalizing on their movement is ruining our country, city by city.
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Publix Managers Honored at Retail Conference
LAKELAND, Florida, Feb. 22, 2019 — Last night, Publix Super Markets recognized 12 managers during the company's retail operations conference. Recipients received Publix's most prestigious recognitions — the George W. Jenkins Award and the President's Award.
The George W. Jenkins Award — named after Publix's late founder — was presented to one store manager from each of Publix's five divisions and one support area associate who perpetuate Publix's culture by exemplifying leadership and commitment to ensure that we can carry on our founder's vision for generations to come. The 2018 recipients are
Store Manager Ester Santillie, McDonough, Georgia
Store Manager Steve Payret, Glen Allen, Virginia
Store Manager Eddie Guzmán, Deltona, Florida
Store Manager Joe Bustamante, Winter Haven, Florida
Store Manager Richard Reynolds, Plantation, Florida and
Director of Tax and Treasury Chris Mesa, Lakeland, Florida.
The President's Award was presented to one district manager from each of the company's five divisions and one support area manager who embody the philosophies and spirit of growth and fairness Publix was founded on. Recipients have proven their dedication to maintaining the dignity, value and employment security of their associates. The 2018 recipients are
Atlanta Division District Manager Jasmin Ovcina
Charlotte Division District Manager Charles Gainer
Jacksonville Division District Manager Del Cragin
Lakeland Division District Manager Bryan Lanzilotta
Miami Division District Manager Jamie Laviolette and
Director of I/T Security and Compliance Bernie Kelly.
"Congratulations to these managers. We're so proud of their accomplishments and contributions to our great company," said Publix President Kevin Murphy. "Their leadership will help carry on the legacy of Mr. George for generations to come."