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An enjoyable first rodeo
Fantastic Negrito at Saturday's Interstellar Rodeo. /DOUG KRETCHMER
TicketMOMster review: Interstellar Rodeo @ The Forks (Day 2)
August is a busy month for me. Family events and birthdays prohibit me from attending all the festivals and summer concerts I want to see. Perhaps if this was my job, it would be easier. "I have to work" sounds much more acceptable than "I know it's your birthday, but I bought a ticket to a show and I'd rather do that than almost anything else."
(To any family members reading this review: I don't mean you. OF COURSE I want to come to your birthday, don't be ridiculous).
The stars must have been aligned because I managed to sneak away for seven and a half hours to attend my first Interstellar Rodeo.
Attendance is up for this year's Interstellar Rodeo at The Forks. /DOUG KRETCHMER
I arrived just in time to see Skydiggers and while I enjoyed their set, I think I enjoyed the woman in green and brown dancing to their music more. I'd forgotten how integral people watching is to the festival experience. She was behind the crowd in an open part of grass and she must have had some sort of Contemporary Dance training because she moved in the most unique ways. It was hard not to watch her.
The Skydiggers on stage at Interstellar Rodeo. /DOUG KRETCHMER
After their set, Sean McManus from Manitoba Music spoke with a curator about which wine would go best with the music we were about to hear. A wine curator at a festival. How civilized! If I drank alcohol I might have been all over that.
Fantastic Negrito on stage at Interstellar Rodeo. /DOUG KRETCHMER
I saw Fantastic Negrito open for Chris Cornell last month. He performed an acoustic set with his guitarist that blew me away.
As I watched the techs set up for Fantastic's set, I wondered if the crowd knew who he was and what a treat they were in for. He's such a performer and I'm such a fan. I love his tone and his range and I love his energy and his unpredictability; I never know what he's going to say.
This is a bit of a double edged sword, though. I'm afraid the next two sentences out of his mouth will be so offensive I'll have to stop supporting his music. And I think he knows he's offensive because between songs he yelled "Ladies and Gentlemen, if I've offended you, I don't apologize."
You can tell he's been through some hard events in his life; you can hear it in the lyrics for Rant Rushmore ("b#$@& eat my cancer").
It's also in his cover of In The Pines which he dedicated to his Mother, who buried his brother; heavy stuff. And yet he's so entertaining and commanding on stage, you can't help but be riveted.
I liked Fantastic Negrito acoustic as well as with a full band. I loved the addition of the organ and the wah wah pedal in Hump Thru The Winter and Lost In A Crowd was so hard that it chased the clouds away.
I thought he stopped the songs a bit too much which killed the momentum, but otherwise, a strong set by Fantastic Negrito. I'm sure he gained some new fans with that performance.
Fantastic Negrito performing at Interstellar Rodeo on Saturday. /DOUG KRETCHMER
Margo Price took us to the country with a solid set; her voice and her band were great. They played all toe-tapping tunes, but in general I don't usually listen to her type of music. It's not bad music by any means, it's just not the kind of music that turns me on. The largely male audience standing in front of the stage seemed to like it though.
The sun went down and the crowd grew in front of the stage for Wilco…
IF YOU'RE A FAN OF WILCO, THIS REVIEW HAS COME TO AN END. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND ENJOY YOUR DAY!
Wilco on stage at Interstellar Rodeo. /DOUG KRETCHMER
I don't know anything about Wilco. I've heard of them, but I couldn't tell you any of their songs. I'm on a musical journey and that journey includes discovering "new" bands that have apparently been around since 1994.
My first impression was that I liked their music and the very large crowd in front of the stage liked them too. I decided to go closer to the stage to get the full Wilco experience. The crowd swayed and bobbed their heads around me.
I'll never get tired of being a non-fan in a crowd of fans. I love being an outsider looking into what makes people tick and how they express the things they love, the things they relate to, the things that mean something to them. Wilco certainly had that affect on them.
Usually when I go to shows where I don't know the artist or band, I'll hear at least one song and I'll think: "Oh they sing THIS song! Okay…"
I kept waiting for that to happen with Wilco and IT NEVER HAPPENED. I don't know what they played at all.
One song that stuck in my mind was mid/slow tempo with a nice feel and then all of a sudden the drummer and guitarist went insane and ripped through the song while the other members kept playing. I was so stunned that I almost fell into the guy behind me. It happened another time but I was more prepared and grounded my feet.
Wilco stayed on stage for their one song encore and then the show ended.
So what did I think of the Interstellar experience? I'm at the age now where I appreciate three things: smaller events, assigned seating and toilets that flush. Interstellar is definitely a smaller festival…and I made do with the rest.
There was always room on the bleachers, so I camped out there and the lines for the porta-potties weren't too long. Weather-wise it was a perfect day to be outside enjoying a music festival.
I can't go back Sunday, but I'm looking forward to the artist line up next year and I'm hoping I can sneak away again.
Wilco says good night to their fans at Interstellar Rodeo. /DOUG KRETCHMER
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The Scottish Classic Motorcycle Club held a "Wee Smokie Meet" which started and finished in Arbroath on Sunday.
Starting off at the end of Victoria Park the motorcycle club toured around Angus taking in Ferryden, Forfar and then finishing at the Meadowbank Inn.
The vintage motorbikes vary in age from the 1930s up to the 1990s and our picture shows a few of the enthusiasts.


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To make privacy simpler we made some changes including creating this new tool, removing and updating some settings, and giving you a clear, inline control for who sees your posts.
Upon selecting the option to take the tour, the beautiful tour of the new feature began. You can view the images below to see the step wise tutorial for the new control feature rolled out by facebook at the end of August 2011.
Use this button to tag people to say who you're with. You can tag anyone. When you (or others) add tags, the people tagged and their friends may see the post too. You can choose to review tags others add to your stuff.
I can add my location in it too if i wan't you to know the place I am at.
Add location to your posts?
To easily say where you are, you can add your current city or neighborhood to your posts, or add a specific place. You can turn this on or off at any time.
Next is when it allows you to select who to share this status with and who to hide it from, in a much improved way now.
Use this to manage who can see and comment on posts you share, including ones with location, if you add it. When you change this setting, it will stay how you set it for future posts until you change it again. Posts (including check-ins) from old mobile Facebook apps will use your new default privacy setting.
Also, we've changed the label for "Everyone" to "Public," but your posts will still reach the same people.
Press done and the tutorial is done!
Hopefully the new update to facebook will be positive, and now a nightmare to the users!
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The research, supported by us, found that Greece, Italy and Spain could improve their performance with online bookings. On average, some 49 percent of hotel bookings in the European Union,are made on the web. In Greece, by contrast, online bookings account for only 10 percent. In Spain, it is 26 percent, and in Italy, 43 percent.
In addition, the three countries enjoy great opportunities to market their rich cultural heritage. Culture-related searches account for 45 percent of all tourism-related searches on Greece, 31 percent for Italy, and 44 percent for Spain. Greek Italian and Spanish museums, art galleries, historical sites and cultural events will be able to move more traffic online.
If full advantage is taken of the Internet, Oxford calculates that Greece could see a 20 percent expansion in its tourism business, boosting GDP growth by an astounding 3.2 percent. Italy's GDP would increase by 1 percent, and Spain's by 0.5 percent. Some 50,000 jobs would be created in Spain, 100,000 in Greece, and 250,000 in Italy.
Encourage tourist businesses to build websites in multiple languages across multiple online platforms - travel apps, travel apps, search, sales portals, travel reviews, travel guides.
Update the content frequently - and given the significant role that culture plays in tourism in Europe, pay special attention to online cultural content.
Motivate government agencies to work with the private sector to provide complementary destination and cultural online content.
Use social media and encourage feedback from customers. This will allow businesses to build relationships with their customers as well as improve service offerings over time.
Fortunately, we're seeing signs that the Mediterranean tourist industry is embracing these opportunities. At the report's recent launch in Athens, the president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, Andreas Andreadis, pointed to the Discovergreece.com website that serves as a platform for online reservations. Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said the VisitGreece.gr had attracted 7.3 million unique visitors and reported that her Ministry has launched a web-based communication campaign to promote Greece. Carlos Romero, from Spain's government tourist innovation agency Seggitur, spoke of the success of spainisculture.com.
Let's hope that the research will encourage additional investments in online tourism.


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Fear Wins Big in Britain
Last night the British Labour Party's moment of triumph turned into a car crash—and the recriminations have already begun.
By D.D. GuttenplanTwitter
Ed Miliband announces his resignation as Labour Party leader at a news conference in London on May 8, 2015. (Reuters/Neil Hall)
London—Anybody who says they saw this coming is lying. When the London bureau went out to cast its ballots at lunchtime yesterday, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and 11 separate polls were confidently predicting a photo finish with neither Labour or the Conservatives winning enough seats to form a government on their own. And since the same polls also all agreed that the Scottish National Party, whose leader, Nicola Sturgeon, had already pledged to "lock out" the Tories from Westminster, were on course for a historic victory in Scotland, it seemed as if the only question was whether Ed Miliband would have the stomach to claim the prize whose legitimacy David Cameron and the right-wing press were already beginning to attack.
When the polls closed at 10 last night, and the results of the BBC's exit poll showed not just a larger-than-expected Labour collapse in Scotland, but also a failure to gain any significant number of Tory seats in England or Wales, my first thought was "This must be wrong." To steady my nerves, I went on Nate Silver's web site to remind myself that the wizard of odds had predicted 278 seats for the Tories, 267 for Labour, and 53 for the SNP—easily enough, with a little help from the Greens and the Welsh nationalists to put together a left-wing majority. If the exit polls were right, even my gloomy Labour insider, who on Saturday told me he thought a minority Tory government a real possibility, was too optimistic.
Of course, the reality turned out to be much, much worse. When I went to bed last night it looked like the Tories and Lib Dems together might just have enough seats to govern. I woke up to a Tory majority, the certainty of five more years of cuts to social services, and the very real prospect—especially given the 4 million votes across the country for the UK Independence Party—that Britain will leave Europe. By lunchtime the former Nation intern Ed Miliband was also the former leader of the Labour Party, though he was beaten in resignation by former Nation intern Nick Clegg, who saw his party reduced to just eight seats in the new Parliament, where in any case the Tories now have no need of Lib-Dem support.
How did this happen? Though some pollsters have apparently already identified the "shy Tory" factor—personally I'd have thought "shame" entirely appropriate—the more searching debate ought to be about what happened to the Labour Party. Since the recrimination and finger-pointing has already begun, let me sketch out my own sense of what went wrong—and begin by saying that although Miliband was far from a natural campaigner (and the Tory press ruthlessly underlined every awkward gesture) Labour's defeat did not stem from any of the candidate's personal failings. Indeed in the past few weeks the conventional wisdom was that the Tories had fatally underestimated Miliband's quirky charm.
There are, however, a few factors which, taken together, account for much of Labour's difficulty, not just in this election but going forward:
Globalization has hollowed out the British working class. Thirty years after Margaret Thatcher broke Britain's miners' strike, the Labour Party still has not come to terms with the loss of the industrial unions who founded the party and remained its base. Tony Blair briefly offered a neoliberal vision of a consumer paradise, but the global financial crisis put an end to politics as an aspirational lifestyle choice, and Miliband—perhaps out of a desire to postpone the conflict that a real debate would require—never came up with a convincing alternative. The novelist James Meek offers much the most sensitive, and acute, diagnosis of this issue here.
Given the choice between austerity-lite and austerity, voters opted for the real thing. Among the many sickening sequelae of this latest defeat one of the most egregious has been the parade of freshly exhumed Blairites complaining that Labour was too slow to defend the party's record in power, thus allowing the Tories and the right-wing press to embed firmly within the body politic the notion that it was Labour's profligacy—money squandered on schools and hospitals—rather than the contagion from Wall Street, that caused Britain's deficit to balloon. Like many half-truths, this is precisely half-true; under Miliband the party never effectively challenged the Tory narrative about the deficit. How could it, since it clearly accepted the Tory premise that, despite Britain retaining sovereignty over its currency, and even though Britain can currently borrow at historically low rates, the country was still somehow so much at risk of going the way of Greece or Ireland as to require a "triple lock" on spending. Every time Ed Miliband hummed a vaguely populist tune on the economy, Ed Balls, his shadow chancellor, would break into a rousing chorus of "No new spending." (Watching Balls go down to defeat was one of the day's few compensations.) The only politician to confront the austerity con head-on was Nicola Sturgeon—and look where that got her.
Scottish voters felt betrayed. For decades the Labour Party has treated Scotland like a plantation, where constituency parties of a few dozen members could be easily bullied—or bought—by London. And when the Scottish National Party began to challenge that docility, both in Westminster and in Edinburgh, Labour responded by making a Faustian bargain with the Tories to put down the cause of Scottish independence. In a referendum debate notable both for the unseasoned optimism of the "Yes" side and the naked appeals to fear by the "No" camp, Labour never made the positive case for a solidarity across nations, or for the sharing of risk and reward as part of a commitment to the common good. Instead, in a grim lockstep with the Tories—and the big Scottish banks—the party put its money on fear. That, it turned out, was the deal that broke Scottish Labour—and with it the party's hopes of achieving a majority, perhaps in my lifetime. Labour may well come back into power in five years—but only as part of a coalition. Unless the Tories, who ruthlessly stoked up English resentment as a weapon against the prospect of a Labour-SNP coalition, drive Scotland out of the Union.
Mobilizing and organizing are not the same thing. In the anthology Blue Labour, the veteran American community organizer Arnie Graf writes that "building public relationships precedes power." For a time last year it seemed as if Labour, which hired Graf as an organizer (without bothering to apply for a work visa) was going to really do the hard work of reinventing itself. But the key to Graf's method is finding, identifying, and empowering new leaders—enough of a threat to the party leadership that someone leaked his visa status to the Sun. And until this morning, that leadership had no reason for regret, since there were plenty of bodies to be mobilized—as I saw myself. Mobilization is task-oriented: stuffing envelopes, canvassing voters, handing out literature. Organization involves listening, and responding, and being willing to change—a process anathema to Labour's apparatchiks.
Fear is the right's home-field advantage. Asked why, after five years of grinding austerity, real-wage stagnation, and an economy that was outperformed in Europe not just by Stakhanovite Germans but by the joie-de-vivring French, so many English voters lined up for more of the same, one politician quoted Hillaire Belloc:
And always keep ahold of nurse
For fear of finding something worse.
That was a strategy Labour never seemed able to counter, whether out of failure of political imagination or fear of appearing fiscally irresponsible. As in Scotland in September, Labour let the Tories define the contest as a battle between hope and fear. Fear won, both times.
In the next few days the media here will be filled with arguments between those who insist that Labour needs to lurch left and those who urge a swerve right. It will be ugly. And there will be blood. But this argument, which Ed Miliband worked so hard to avoid, needs to happen. Not because either side is correct—although my own sympathies are mostly with the left—but because some time in the Blair era Labour stopped standing for anything, and defeat on this catastrophic scale may just prompt a renewal from the ground up, rather than (as happened after 2010) from the top down. Nicola Sturgeon's triumph in Scotland shows what can happen with idealism and energy and a genuine openness to change. But before Labour can again serve as a vehicle for change, the party itself will have to change, to decide not just where it stands but who it claims to speak for. And to do that, it will first have to do a lot of listening.
D.D. GuttenplanTwitterD.D. Guttenplan is an editor at large at The Nation and the author of The Next Republic: The Rise of a New Radical Majority (Seven Stories Press).

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In today's world, no one has time to sit and read lengthy instructions or pages full of information. The emphasis is placed instead on convenience and efficiency. Individuals, be they students or professionals, are busier than ever. They have more on their plate than they ever have before. Students, for example, tend to be taking more credit hours, working more hours, and spending more time on extracurricular activities than in the past. They don't have the time or desire to spend their precious free time on anything that is less than compelling. Professionals are in the same boat: today's professional works more hours than in the past, in part thanks to the ever-changing methods of communication. They are almost always able to be in contact with customers, coworkers, and loved ones.
Today's world is increasingly a digital one, complete with services that cater to instant gratification. It's no longer necessary to go to the movies in order to see a new flick, for example, or spend time at a video rental shop searching for an old favorite. Many providers offer new movies on-demand, even while they're still in theatres, and on-demand digital video rental services have erased the need for brick and mortar shops. Music streaming services have done the same for the audio industry, with the production of physical albums dropping along with digital sales of entire albums in favor of on-demand streaming programs. Is it really a surprise that communication methods are being perceived in the same way?
From professional communication providers to every day contact, today's consumer wants an interesting, dynamic, and useful experience. Sometimes it's useful to look at popular mediums in order to figure out how to best serve your clients, including the use of audio and web conferencing. In this article, we're taking a look at how audio conference providers can take lessons from the current podcast trend. If you're not sure what that entails or how to get there, keep reading for our top four tips for creating more compelling audio.
Almost nothing is more painful than listening to a presentation that continues to be broadcast long after the relevant information has been covered. By the same token, however, trying to keep up with a presentation where the information is being rapidly rushed forward in order to cut down on minutes is equally as frustrating. Don't waste your time or your information: create the presentation you want to give, and then decide on an appropriate length of time in which to give it.
This is great advice for service providers, as well as customers looking to take full advantage of their services. Don't rush a 60 minute presentation into a 20 minute time slot: ensure that you're looking at key items that need to be discussed, and don't worry so much about keeping a "standard" time length.
Podcast hosts often provide supplemental material such as photographs, court files, or videos on their websites in between episodes. This keeps their fans interested and ensures that they're constantly anticipating the next episode.
Consider distributing additional information before and after your instant conferencing presentations. Maybe you have an interesting or informative infographic that you think will help your employees keep track of new information. Consider sending out an agenda before the meeting begins and the infographic after the conference ends.
Many of today's most popular podcasts, particularly those that focus on the news, have only a single host. Some of them might have more than one host, but only focus on a single story. These programs have followings despite what might be perceived as a traditional, somewhat boring plot because their creators understand the importance of switching up the format every now and then. Instead of narrating about a recent event for an hour, for example, hosts might incorporate interview recordings, music, or audio clips in order to keep the story dynamic.
You can do this in your web meetings, too! Instead of spending the entire time going over key issues, consider breaking up the information with mini question and answer sessions. Keep your employees engaged and thinking about the information.
Create conferences that incite broad discussions. Send out information ahead of time to catch the interest of the attendees, and ensure that everyone understands what they need to do after the conference ends. Don't end your presentations on a definitive note, either – always look forward, and mention possible future agenda items as they come up.
With today's technology, there's no reason why your presentations should be anything other than compelling. Take the time to craft something amazing rather than just reading from a traditional agenda.
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This course will help preschool teachers and directors better understand the three major learning styles―visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (hands-on)―as well as how to identify preschoolers' dominant learning styles. Emphasis is placed on teachers using teaching techniques and strategies that meet their preschoolers' learning needs.
1. Do you have a desire to become a more effective teacher?
2. Are you self-motivated, self-determined, and self-disciplined?
3. Do you want to learn for the sake of knowledge itself?
4. Do you have enough computer literacy to follow directions?
5. Do you have access to the Internet and e-mail?
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5. It provides practical knowledge that can be transferred to the classroom.


This China-based pharmaceutical company has a mission to "help people enjoy healthy lives with superior and pure natural products". Kanion realizes the important roles of both ancient Chinese medicine and modern-day techniques. As the world changes and grows so must the ideas and products that play essential roles in our health. That is why Kanion has worked so diligently at making it their company goal to bring TCM to the market in a most technical and technological revolutionary way.
Proving to be staunchly competitive in scientific research and new product development, Kanion has solved the age-old problem of content preparation of herbal medicines and used these techniques to prepare Chinese medicine in GMP-Certified, highly controlled and scientifically sound facilities. It is this manner in which Kanion has produced over 50 kinds of medicinal and healthcare products and under which they have received Chinese government approval on 13 New Drug Certificates of their Chinese medicine products. Kanion now finds itself manufacturing at an annual capacity of 1.5 billion tablets, 170 million soft capsules, 1.2 billion hard capsules, 1000 tons of granules, not to mention the large exportation of Kanion products to Japan, South Korea, and other areas in Southeast Asia, and now America!
Kanion works in collaboration with over 10 Chinese colleges, universities, and research institutes in both Western and traditional Chinese medicine fields in order to firmly plant itself at the cutting edge of pharmaceutical research. They house over 20 labs wherein they posses a series of advanced herbal extraction, preparation, and test facilities. Their center also adopts the advanced technologies such as HPLC and GC-MS to establish "finger print" of medicinal botanicals. All of this gives Kanion a large advantage to be one of the 50-strongest companies in the Chinese medicine industry in China.
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On the Saturday before the election, a historical political demonstration took place on the grounds of the Washington Monument. It was a gathering of Freepers, people who regularly read and post on the Internet web site, FreeRepublic.com, whose common purpose was to express their outrage at the corruption of the Clinton administration and to call for Clinton's impeachment. Having come from all across America, almost everyone there knew virtually no one else when they arrived, except through cyberspace and by handles, or self-given nicknames.
FreeRepublic represents a new found freedom to spread information. 10,000 individuals post articles taken from various publications and their own comments. Once the articles or comments are posted, other Freepers step in to elucidate, criticize, contradict, ridicule or make jokes about the posted articles and prior comments. The commentary by Freepers responding to an article and each others postings can often go on for 10 pages or more, and usually reveal a savvy and sophisticated observer of the news.
The driving force and creator of FreeRepublic.com is Jim Robinson, founder and CEO of a software development and internet company. A progressive case of Muscular Dystrophy put Robinson in a wheel chair and forced him to give up the business. Besides being the operator for and guardian of FreeRepublic, he now owns and operates an internet web site development company.
The demonstration drew a prominent line-up of speakers involved in various legal actions and with inside knowledge of some of the more corrupt activity of the administration. Between two and four thousand attended, depending on who was doing the estimating, and C-SPAN gave it live national TV coverage for more than four hours. Matt Drudge covered it on his show. There was very little other TV coverage of the event.


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Tony Plana, född 19 april 1954 i Havanna i Kuba, är en amerikansk skådespelare och regissör. Han var regissör för filmen The Princess and the Barrio Boy (2000).

Filmografi

 Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret (2013)
 Hacia la oscuridad (2007)
 The Lost City (2005)
 El Muerto (2005)
 Vampire Bats (2005)
 Dagbok från en revolution (2002)
 Half Past Dead (2002)
 Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)
 The Princess and the Barrio Boy (2000)
 Noriega: God?s Favorite (2000)
 Picking Up The Pieces (2000)
 Million dollar knockout baby (2000)
 My Little Assassin (1999)
 Justice (1999)
 Santa Fe (1997)
 Sub Down (1997)
 187 (1997)
 Primal Fear (1996)
 Veronica Clare: Slow Violence (1995)
 Eldprovet (1995)
 Nixon (1995)
 The Burning Season - Berättelsen om Chico Mendes (1994)
 Streets of L.A. (1993)
 A Million To Juan (1993)
 Veronica Clare: Naked Heart (1992)
 Veronica Clare: Affair With Death (1992)
 One Man's Justice (1991)
 JFK (1991)
 Lagens väktare (1991)
 Sweet 15 (1990)
 FBI morden 2. den inre kretsen (1990)
 Havana (1990)
 The Hillside Stranglers (1989)
 Romero (1989)
 Medan dagen gryr (1988)
 Varför just jag (1988)
 Born in East L.A. (1987)
 Dödspatrullen (1987)
 Salvador (1986)
 Tre Amigos (1986)
 Latino (1985)
 City Limits (1985)
 Lyssna till ditt hjärta (1983)
 Mardrömmar (1983)
 Valley Girl (1983)
 Dödförklarad (1981)
 The Streets of L.A. (1979)
 Olhar Estrangeiro

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I have pledged to help stop puppy smuggling. It is a cruel and awful crime that needs to be stopped. Some puppies are travelling 1,416 miles and over 31 hours in cramped conditions. They have no exercise, not toilet breaks, little food or water. They are smuggled through our borders meaning there is insufficient checks at the border.
The Dogs Trust are doing excellent work in highlighting this issue and working to combat it. I support their campaign. This is an issue we can and should do better on, and I urge the Government to listen to the Dogs Trust.


The Chronicle says George Gascon will recommend to the police commission that the worst offenders be fired. The chief says he will offer most officers "light penalties" to get them back on the streets.
20 officers altogether were initially suspended for creating joke videos that played on racial, sexual and homeless stereotypes.


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (Helena Frederica Augusta; later Duchess of Albany; 17 February 1861 – 1 September 1922) was the daughter of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Helena of Nassau, who became a member of the British Royal Family by marriage. She was born in Arolsen, capital of Waldeck principality, in Germany. She was the sister of Friedrich, last reigning Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont; Marie, the first wife of William II of Württemberg; and of Emma, Queen consort of William III of the Netherlands (and mother of Queen Wilhelmina). Her maternal grandparents were William, Duke of Nassau and his second wife Princess Pauline of Württemberg. Pauline was a daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Paul was a son Frederick I of Württemberg and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
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STAR WARS Meets Louis C.K. in CHEWIE
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UPDATE 2: It appears that, like most stories, there is a second side to this one. Earlier today, a commenter named "chazlip" left a fascinating message in the comments below:
"You have your facts wrong. I am Charles Lippincott, and I marketed Star Wars. I made the deal with Marvel. Since the first issue of Marvel Star Wars Comics #1, Thomas has exaggerated his role in the deal. I was not rejected by Stan. The deal was a lengthy legal contract signed by George and Stan."
Immediately I was curious as to whether this was, in fact, the real Charles Lippincott, who served as marketing director for the original 1977 Star Wars film. A few other commenters affirmed that this was indeed the real Lippincott, and I did some sleuthing of my own on Facebook and determined that "chazlip" is, in fact, the real deal. I reached out to Mr. Lippincott for comment, but have not heard anything back as of the time of this writing.
My original script for today's episode was based on four primary sources: 1) Jim Shooter's blog post, "Roy Thomas Saved Marvel"; 2) Sean Howe's Marvel Comics: The Untold Story; 3) Dana Jennings' New York Times article, "How 'Star Wars' Saved Marvel From Financial Ruin"; and 4) Keith Veronese's io9 article, "How Star Wars Saved Marvel and the Comic Book Industry". Though a few of these articles mention Mr. Lippincott's name in passing, they do not credit him with being the primary dealmaker in this scenario; as a result, I did not mention him by name in today's episode. It was not something intended to diminish Mr. Lippincott's considerable accomplishments or glaze over a piece of Star Wars history. Rather, it was a truncated version of events based on existing published sources to make sure today's video fit certain parameters and time constraints to which I am made to adhere.
So, while I do not have an official comment from Mr. Lippincott, I do have words that he wrote elsewhere on the matter. Mr. Lippincott has published a series of candid articles on his personal blog, which I will excerpt here to give you another side of this very fascinating story from a man who was actually there.
On the idea of turning Star Wars into a comic book:
"From the very begining [sic], it was my intention to market Star Wars using comics. The reason why is very simple – its the same audience. That's a no-brainer today, when Comic-Con is used to premier a lot of Hollywood product, but in 1976, films weren't marketed that way. Basically, films were conventionally marketed through ads in newspapers, radio and TV spots."
On deciding to go with Marvel:
"Marvel had come out with Conan and other characters which we felt were in line with what we wanted to do with a Star Wars comic series."
"Marvel's aggressive expansion of characters was important because we needed to be with a company who was actively building a science fiction base."
On pitching the project to Stan Lee:
"I used the hotel's phone book and found Marvel's number. I tried calling Marvel cold to see if I could get a meeting with Stan Lee. I couldn't. No, Stan Lee didn't have any appointments free that day, the next day or even next week. So what was I going to do? How was I going to get in?"
"I called Ed [Summer, George Lucas' partner at Supersnipe, a comic book store] to see if he could arrange a meeting with Roy Thomas, who had been the editor at Marvel previously."
"Ed knew Roy and set up a meeting that evening. We went to Roy's house and I pitched him the star wars comic books. Roy loved it. Roy wanted to be involved! Great! I mean, Roy was a legend! It would be a phenomenal team — Roy writing and Chaykin drawing. the two would do a great comic book. Roy then set up a meeting with Stan."
On the details of the deal:
"Besides the typical publicity route, I would arrange for us to get put on San Diego's 1976 Comic-Con's schedule, and even bring Roy and Howard out for a presentation. We would do a Chaykin poster that would be sold for a minimal fees to give the fans something they could take away with them until the comic book came out."
"While the idea of getting fans reved [sic] up and interested in Marvel's Star Wars Comics thrilled Stan and Shukin, what excited them even more was they weren't going to have to spend a penny licensing the comics. We were giving them the rights free. And to top it off, we would not only give them the first 5 issues free, they wouldn't have to spend a nickle [sic] promoting it. We would foot the bill, from Comic-con to ads. This was an offer Marvel couldn't refuse."
"After my meeting with Stan and our coming to an agreement for the first 5 books being free, with payment on the 6th, Marc Pevers then took over the legal contracts."
"Marc Pevers and the lawyers at Fox worked out the deal with Marvel which included 6 comics, the first 5 of which were royalty free for the first 100,000 issues, with royalties thereafter. Starting on the 6th, STAR WARS would be licensed by Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox to Marvel Comics. The deal was the first two issues had to be out before STAR WARS was released, with the 3rd being out the week of the film's release, May 25, 1977. There after, the comics would come out monthly."
So, from Mr. Lippincott's account we can draw a few conclusions:
It was his idea to adapt Star Wars into a comic book for marketing purposes.
Marvel was chosen due to its reputation for developing licensed characters (e.g. Robert E. Howard's Conan/Solomon Kane) and Roy Thomas' stewardship of licensed titles.
Roy Thomas was not originally intended to write it; they had only decided on Howard Chaykin due to his work on Cody Starbuck.
Stan Lee never shot the project down. Lippincott used Ed Summer's connections to Marvel to get a foot in the door and a meeting with Roy Thomas. Then, they pitched the project to Lee, who signed off on it. After lengthy legal negotiation with Marc Pevers, 20th Century Fox's attorney, the contracts were signed by Lee, Lucas, and all parties.
The nature of the deal was for a 6-issue series with 2 comics coming out prior to release. The first 5 issues were royalty free for the first 100,000 issues sold, then royalties kicked in. Afterward, the comic would be licensed by Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox on a monthly basis.
Howard Chaykin, who he initially championed for the project, turned out to be a bit of a "flake", leading to additional artists and people doing "ghost work" for him.
It seems as though Roy Thomas has been unfairly or overly credited for his role in shepherding the Star Wars comics from concept to completion.
The Star Wars comics did indeed save Marvel Comics. However, it doesn't seem like Star Wars got nearly as much out of the deal as the House of Ideas.
You can read Mr. Lippincott's complete articles here:
Part II Summary
Star Wars Insider #122 Interview w/ Lucas, Lippincott, Chaykin, and Thomas
Thank you to Mr. Lippincott for reaching out in the comments below and giving me pause put this fascinating story in a larger historical context. Thank you to the commenters for helping me verify Mr. Lippincott's identity. Lastly, thank you to Star Wars for helping ensure that we would have a Marvel Comics to this day.
UPDATE: What impeccable timing! Marvel not only announced today that they'll be bringing over 500 Star Wars digital comics to Marvel Unlimited, but that they're offering new and returning subscribers their first month free. Can we read all 500 before The Force Awakens' release later this year? Challenge accepted. More details here.
In the year 2015, the two biggest films of the year are Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. However, what many people don't know is that without Star Wars, the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and Marvel Comics as we know it — probably wouldn't exist. It was the late 1970s and things were looking bleak for the comic book industry, but then a little property called Star Wars arrived on the scene and gave Marvel a new hope in the form of a licensed comic book adaptation. Okay, bad jokes aside, today on The Dan Cave, I'll explain how the galaxy far, far away turned Marvel's financial fortunes around and kept the House of Ideas alive during what was arguably its most tumultuous period.
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University Fees Battle: Unions
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Education unions are urging education minister Christopher Pyne to reconsider further pursuing university fee deregulation, with some calling him to "get off his ideological high-horse".
On March 17, the Senate rejected proposed higher education changes, including the deregulation of university fees, for the second time in three months.
However, Mr Pyne has vowed on multiple occasions to continue fighting for fee deregulation even if the Senate voted down on the bill.
In an Age report on March 18, Mr Pyne was quoted as saying "You couldn?t kill me with an axe", referring to his stance on the policy.
University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) Education (Public) Officer Conor Serong expressed concern about threats from Pyne and government MPs about the policy's comeback.
"[These threats] show that the Coalition government hasn't been listening to students, that they're trying to pursue an ideological agenda without any concern for who that impacts," said Mr Serong.
When asked what he would possibly say to Mr Pyne, Mr Serong believed he had a few "choice phrases", but ultimately called the minister out on his ideological stance.
"I'd tell Chris to get off his ideological high-horse," said Mr Serong, "to recognise that his reforms aren't positive and re-evaluate his position on the front bench."
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) University of Melbourne branch president Steve Adams has also called on Mr Pyne to have a "complete rethink" about his stance on fee deregulation.
Mr Adams noted that while the education minister tried to centre the debate on higher education's benefits towards students' careers, Mr Pyne ignored reviewing the societal value education had.
"Christopher Pyne has tried to make it about the value to the student, and put the onus on them in a user-pay system," said Mr Adams.
"But we need these people to be doctors, lawyers, and more. If everyone shirked their responsibility because the cost of paying for university is too high, where would we [society] be?"
While Mr Adams acknowledged that there needed to be a review on how universities are funded, he did not believe deregulating university fees was the right choice.
?I agree that universities are underfunded, but to deregulate university fees is not the way to go,? said Mr Adams. ?It is unfair, and society thinks so too, which is why it didn?t pass.?
Australian Liberal Students? Federation (ALSF) secretary Matthew Lesh agreed that higher education reform was vital, but believed the status quo was unsustainable.
"Rejecting necessary reform means dooming our vital higher education system," said Mr Lesh. "It means our universities will be less dynamic, worse funded, and ultimately less able to compete."
Mr Lesh also questioned whether the poor must subsidise higher education for graduates who would come out to earn "on average $1 million extra" throughout their lifetimes.
The reform bill, which would allow universities to set their own undergraduate fees, was defeated by 34 votes to 30, with the government three votes short of six crossbench votes needed.