Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3: Kerala Minister for Industries, Sports and Youth Affairs, E P Jayarajan, will inaugurate the construction work of Thomas Sebastian Indoor Stadium Complex at Edava on February 5.
The facility has been planned as part of the Government's policy of developing sports infrastructure across the state, giving a thrust to sporting aspirations at the grass roots.
V Joy, MLA , will preside over the function, to be held at Edava stadium ground near Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district at 5pm. Dr A Sampath(MP), will be the chief guest at the event.
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The indoor stadium, proposed in the 2016-17 modified budget, will come up at the 6.35 acre land of Kerala State Sports Council at Edava at an estimated cost of Rs 34.25 crore.
This district stadium complex will have a two-storied modern indoor stadium with 2,400 metre playing area, sevens football ground of FIFA standards, swimming pool, and gallery.


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No Religion to See Here — Move Along
A reader named Perla found the following article in Corriere della Sera and volunteered to translate it for Gates of Vienna.
It's notable that even though the culturally enriched assailant shouted "Allahu akhbar!" while attacking his victim, the police are certain that there was no religious motive for the crime. Perhaps they have availed themselves of the latest EU surveillance equipment, which not only scans retinas and recognizes faces, but also reads people's minds:
Sanremo: Tunisian assaults a friar in the street, while shouting "God is Great"
Father Riccardo, age 76, risks the loss of the use of an eye. But the attack was not motivated by religion.
Sanremo — While shouting "God is great," a north African beat a Capuchin friar with a bottle, furiously kicking and punching him, even when he had already fallen to the ground. Now the friar from Sanremo, Father Riccardo, aged 76, risks the loss of the use of one eye.
Arrest — The police headquarters of Imperia and the police station of Sanremo arrested a 20-year-old Tunisian illegal immigrant for the attack.
The man, an illegal who has been already expelled from the country and then arrested and released for drug possession, may have had a discussion with the friar about religious symbols before the attack. But the police, who tracked down the Tunisian thanks to images from a surveillance camera in the area, deny that the attack might have had religious motives. Instead the friar's refusal to give the Tunisian money could have caused the violence.
The Tunisian, who has been arrested for the crime of illegal immigration and is in a security cell at the police station, has refused to answer any questions. The police are waiting for news from the hospital on the condition of the friar.
It is possible that in the next few hours the Tunisian could also be charged with assault and battery. The police have learned that previously another Capuchin friar was the victim of a similar attack, which was never reported to the police.
Contrary to what the police assert, a refusal by the friar to hand over money can also induce a religious motivation, since payments by infidels to Muslims (jizyah) are mandated under Islamic law.
But no need to concern yourselves about such things. There's nothing to see here. Just move along.
For a complete listing of previous enrichment news, see The Cultural Enrichment Archives.
One of the tenets of the multiculti cult is that those wonderful Africans have so much to teach us because they (contrary to us) have a deep respect for old people.
As we can see in this instance of vicious assault of a 76-year old man by a 20-year old one.
Of course, this respect only applies to their own. White old people are fair game.
Sir Henry Morgan said...
The order's rules
the life was to be one of extreme austerity, simplicity and poverty
Neither the monasteries nor the congregation should possess anything
no large provision against temporal wants should be made, and the supplies in the house should never exceed what was necessary for a few days. Everything was to be obtained by begging, and the friars were not allowed even to touch money.
So he didn't have any to give the Muslim, and the Muslims are so up their own backsides about Islam, that it never occurred to him that assaulting a monk in the West is an unthinkable thing - like assaulting an Imam in Tunisia.
Worse - like a Christian assaulting an Imam in Tunisia.
Wonder what the punishment should be? Maybe they should find out and inflict the same on this bloke?
Good idea?
Should we legislate to do the same for Muslims for any individual crime? For instance in Britain, What would be the punishment in Pakistan for any Christian caught raping a 12yr-old Muslim girl? Then inflict the same on those Pakistanis that get caught for doing it to our non-Muslim 12yr-old girls?
In criminal cases involving Muslims where there is some sort of case law in the country of origin of the Muslim, shouldn't we bloggers find out and report it on our blogs? For each individual Moslem-committed crime that's reported, alongside the actual sentence, also publish what would have happened in the Muslim country.
Why am I being ignorant - my idea so a rod for MY back. It's not "you" bloggers is it? I do it too.
You, Baron and Dymphna, had the idea for GoV - so it became a rod for your back.
Same thing. Is it worth it as another sting for Islam?
Feedback needed.
You've just seen consciousness streaming.
SHM posted: Worse - like a Christian assaulting an Imam in Tunisia.
I really don't think one can find an equivalent. Imams are not monks or friars - they are in fact sergeants in a conventional army.
On the issue of Muslims given the same punishment for a crime as they would get in Pakistan for instance - that leads to a back door installation of sharia in the UK in the criminal field. Sharia is now operating for Muslims in family law. The last thing I would like is its implementation in the criminal field.
A better analogy
I really don't think one can find an equivalent. Imams are not monks or friars - they are in fact sergeants in a militia.
WAKE UP said...
Actually, the motivation wasn't "religious", it was insanity.
We are dealing with (mass) madness here - including the fact that this madman should not have even been in the SAME COUNTRY as the good friar.
spackle said...
Not that I am a big fan of "Hate Crime" laws. Crime is crime, period. The only way you can even get a hate crime prosecution for a non-white assault on a white is to have two different videographers film the assault from two different angles while the criminal during his savagery says in a clear loud voice (Hopefully in the host countries language as Arabic is always misinterpreted) "I am killing you because you are a white person and a Christian/Jew. I am a racist and I HATE YOU". There should also be a pre-signed confession in bold letters pinned to the back of his shirt. A valid passport or drivers license should be in his pocket along with a copy of Mein Kampf and a signed photo of Osama Bin Laden. Then maybe, just maybe they might choose to prosecute.
Excellent comment.
There is a way though that forces the authorities to sit up and take urgent action. It happened in Italy again, when the people, fed up with the crime of the Roma, took the law their own hands.
The authorities took fright, and started to take action. Even the EU did not say much, though the actions were against EU law.
And that is exactly why they want the death penalty to make it's great come back. So they can execute all that takes the law into their own hands. So that the citizens do not dare to interfere with the ongoing islamization of Europe. The saudis probably demanded it so it could easier pave the way for the coming sharia laws.
Many people have written that the EU is really the EUSSR, given its socialist bent.
SIOE was the first that pointed out that the EU were bringing in capital punishment. As is the custom of the EU, it is being done with deception.
I'm surprised though that the EU still pretend that they havn't, as EU countries routinely refuse extradition of criminals to the US, for crimes that may carry the death penalty.
EU's death penalty will ofcourse be for any who try to overthrow the EU/EuroMed.
I wonder how long it will take until they start to execute even small fish like myself? Such as Wilders and Dewinter will be the first off to the chopping block. Then the bigger bloggers perhaps?
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By Robert Trigaux
There's no polite way to put this. A growing cancer is infecting the backlogged legal process of foreclosing on hundreds of thousands of homes in Florida.
It's endangering the legal and economic stability of this state. And it's exposing an appalling lack of leadership, first for allowing such a breakdown in the legal system and, now, for failing to own up to this mess and get it fixed.
How bad is it? Laws governing who actually owns a foreclosed home are becoming so suspect a new buzzword is emerging: blighted titles. Even the tepid rebound of Florida's economy may face crippling delays in resolving hundreds of thousands of foreclosures in the Sunshine State.
What's wrong? The accuracy and truthfulness of an immense flood of legal documents and affidavits some lenders and their hired lawyers use to foreclose on homes have come under such critical attack that some major banks are suspending their court cases pending internal reviews.
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Here's a big one: Title insurance companies may be scared away from offering "clear title" guarantees on foreclosed homes. That would throw into doubt who actually owns many thousands of houses — those going into foreclosure and those purchased out of foreclosure — all across the state.
Who's going to buy a home if they don't have a guarantee that they will legally own it?
If the courts finally acknowledge that many foreclosure documents are inaccurate, people who have bought thousands of foreclosed homes may have to reassert their legal ownership. Some former owners already pushed out of their homes by foreclosure proceedings could find they still own their houses, only to face a second round of foreclosure just to get the ownership documentation right.
The impact of this mess is not limited to foreclosures, which make up a third of area home sales. It threatens Florida's mainstream housing market by making it harder to reach any sort of price stability. Wary buyers will remain on the sidelines until they know the value of what they intend to purchase won't collapse.
Even the credibility of the state's court system could be questioned. Pressured by legislators (who control the court system's budget) to clear Florida's huge foreclosure backlog, many judges employ what derisively are known as "rocket" dockets. They speed foreclosures by minimizing legal arguments. But in the name of expediency, they bend the rules governing individual property rights.
Ultimately, the foreclosure mess could stall Florida's still struggling economy and, worst case, revive the possibility of a double-dip recession.
Florida's foreclosure train is not slowing. Tampa Bay, Miami and Orlando are among the top five metro markets nationwide with the fastest-growing mortgage delinquency rates — a harbinger of coming foreclosures.
Last week, lender JPMorgan Chase said it was halting 56,000 foreclosures because some of its employees might have improperly prepared the necessary documents. All of the suspensions are in the 23 states where foreclosures must be approved by a court, including Florida. Chase mortgage supervisor Beth Ann Cottrell said in a court deposition that she was among eight managers who together signed without any personal review about 18,000 documents a month — including critical affidavits of indebtedness.
Last month, GMAC Mortgage, the country's fourth largest home lender, said it was suspending an undisclosed number of foreclosures to give it time to take a closer look at its own procedures. GMAC (majority owned by the federal government after a recent bailout) simultaneously began withdrawing affidavits in pending court cases, throwing their future into doubt.
GMAC employee Jeffrey Stephan said he and a team of 13 others signed an estimated 10,000 foreclosure-related documents a month. Similarly, Erica Johnson-Seck, an employee of OneWest Bank, estimated she signs about 750 foreclosure-related documents a week and spends about 30 seconds on each document.
And just Friday, Bank of America said it, too will delay foreclosures in Florida and 22 other states after disclosing a bank official signed off on 8,000 foreclosure documents a month without reading most of them.
Cottrell, Stephan and the other officials are now known as "robo-signers" — people who are supposed to know what's in the affidavits they sign off on, but are so under the crush of foreclosure volume that they are, in effect, robotlike signature-signers of key documents they never read.
A backlash to GMAC is already under way. Old Republic National Title last week instructed its offices not to provide title coverage to any properties foreclosed on by GMAC.
Already, Moody's says it may downgrade the servicer ratings of GMAC and Chase.
Sarasota lawyer Richard Kessler conducted a study that found errors in about 75 percent of court filings tied to home repossessions. "Defective documentation has created millions of blighted titles that will plague the nation for the next decade," he told Bloomberg News.
In the courts, a few judges worry about the problem.
"I don't want to say that every one of these cases is wrong and a fraud on the court, but it is a big concern for us," J. Thomas McGrady, chief judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Florida, which handles cases in Pinellas and Pasco counties, told the New York Times after GMAC's announcement. Pinellas County alone is dealing with 33,000 cases in the foreclosure pipeline. Statewide, there are more than half a million cases.
Yet many judges are fixated on clearing clogged dockets. Some lawyers gripe about "kangaroo courts" that have largely abandoned judicial process.
Some legislators are pushing for solutions. But most are eager to put a rush on foreclosures in a simplistic belief that speedy resolutions will quicken Florida's economic recovery.
Quite the opposite. If tens of thousands of foreclosures are proved bogus by shoddy legal process, many will have to be done over. Others may face additional litigation for screwing things up in the first place.
Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson of Orlando recently wrote the Florida Supreme Court, saying, "taking someone's home should not be done lightly." He asked the court to halt foreclosure proceedings for flawed paperwork brought by the most active "foreclosure mill" law firms in the state. Four firms are already under investigation by the Florida Attorney General's office. They are the Law Offices of David J. Stern, the Law Offices of Marshall C. Watson, Shapiro & Freeman and Florida Default Group.
In response to Grayson, the state Supreme Court punted, saying it lacked the authority to get involved. The court referred the official to the Florida Bar to investigate any allegations.
I won't hold my breath on that referral. We're beyond simple remedies or toothless inquiries. Watch the issue of "blighted titles" balloon into an economic nightmare that may require a larger-scale, legislative-legal bailout of its own.
Hey, we're getting used to such sweeping rescues, right?
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Written by Kate McDonald on 03 February 2019 .
The contract gives practices almost £1bn across five years to help fulfil ambitions laid out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
The deal expands access to MyDoc's virtual managed care platform to more than 14,000 UST employees across the Indian cities of Bangalore and Mumbai.
For the ninth year in a row, Epic earned the top score for Overall Software Suite in the annual Best in KLAS 2019 Software & Services report.
While booking a trip online to Disneyland, and searching for hotels and new rides for his children, a pop-up asked Dr. Michael Recht if he could use some help. "Why not," he thought, and found the virtual assistant to be just what he needed.
The Food and Drug Administration plans to exploit claims, clinical and patient-generated data – information not captured through traditional clinical trials – for post-marketing safety surveillance.
Digital health looms for the industry, but is it ready?
In its essence, digital health aims to use a blend of technologies and new approaches to get care to patients in convenient, cost-effective ways.
Dubbed Attain, the application allows users to set personalized goals, track activity levels and recommend healthy behaviors and actions.
Information about more than 14,000 HIV patients included in a Singapore health registry was exposed online, allegedly by a U.S. citizen whose partner was a Singapore doctor who had authority to access the data.
A healthcare sector advisory council released a new voluntary framework for improving the cybersecurity of medical devices throughout their lifecycle.
A lot has been written about AI over the last year, but much of what has been offered for public consumption has been superficial and, in some cases, misleading.
Proposed legislation in Oregon would ban the unauthorized sale of de-identified healthcare data and enable individuals to have control over their information.


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Ulica Ormiańska we Lwowie () – jedna z ulic śródmieścia Lwowa. W przeszłości była centralną ulicą dzielnicy ormiańskiej.

Zaliczana do najbardziej malowniczych ulic Lwowa, najstarsze kamienice pochodzą z XVI wieku (nr 31, 25 i 20). W Kamienicy Czterech Pór Roku nr 23 (nazwa pochodzi od związanych z porami roku scen z życia XIX w. włościan zdobiących fasadę) Janusz Witwicki stworzył Panoramę Plastyczną Dawnego Lwowa. Kamienica nr 33 ozdobiona jest herbami Lwowa, nr 21 płaskorzeźbami nawiązującymi do mitologii. Pod nr 7 znajdowała się dawna dzwonnica katedry ormiańskiej,obecnie przez bramę przechodzi się na tzw. Zaułek Ormiański.

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The Little Rebels Children's Book Award is a prize for radical fiction aimed at children aged 0-12. The 2019 winner was announced at a special ceremony on July 10th.
You can buy all of this year's shortlisted titles, as well as previous Little Rebels Award shortlistees and winners, from Letterbox Library.
FREEDOM by Catherine Johnson (Scholastic)
There's no escape – even when you escape. Where can a slave like Nat to run to? Forced to leave his family and move to England with his master, Nat can see only one silver lining. He's heard that once a slave sets foot on English soil, they're free. So Nat travels across half the world, from Jamaica to England. But when he arrives, he finds the rumour is false. He's still a caged bird. Unless he runs… A short, powerful and richly imagined historical novel exposing the UK's often overlooked participation in the slave trade.
THE GHOSTS & JAMAL by Bridget Blankley (HopeRoad Publishing)
Waking up in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, 13-year-old Jamal tries to piece together what has happened whilst simultaneously trying to evade capture by the attackers. It soon becomes clear that he has been living in a separate outhouse from his family on account of the "bad-spirits" – his epilepsy. In search of the 'ghosts' who brought death and destruction to his home, Jamal encounters exploitative adults and misguided attempts at charitable intervention. A powerful book which explores the impact of war on children, and holds up a mirror to violence-driven societies everywhere.
ACROSS THE DIVIDE by Anne Booth (Catnip Publishing)
When a new Army cadets unit opens near her school, Olivia wants to join, causing turmoil both at home and at school. Her ex-army grandfather supports her, but her pacifist mother is ardently opposed. And the students at her school are arguing over the issue too. When her mum is imprisoned for leading a pacifist protest, Olivia is forced to spend time with her dad who lives on Lindisfarne. The island feels far away and detached from the mainland, almost magical. And even William, a young boy she meets there seems different… A nuanced exploration of the legacy and impact of warfare, which shows the importance of independent thought amidst bitter social divisions.
RUNNING ON EMPTY by S.E. Durrant (Nosy Crow)
AJ's grandfather has always been the one to keep his unusual family together, so when he dies things start to unravel at the edges. AJ is worried about his parents but they don't really seem to notice. In order to deal with his grief and to keep his anxiety at bay, AJ does what he and his grandfather did best: running. Round and round the Olympic Park, aiming for the cross country trials, running to escape, AJ only seems to be heading ever closer to disaster. A sensitive and powerful story which explores the impact of financial hardship and a poorly functioning welfare system on young people.
THE KING WHO BANNED THE DARK by Emily Haworth-Booth (Pavilion Books)
There was once a little boy who was afraid of the dark. There's nothing unusual about that. But this little boy was a Prince, and he decided that when he became King, he would do something about the dark. He would ban it.But what happens when nobody can sleep, and the citizens revolt? Will the King face his fears and turn the lights off? A witty picture-book with a lot of contemporary relevance, which skewers government propaganda and the misuse of power.
TOMORROW by Nadine Kaadan (Lantana Publishing)
Yazan no longer goes to the park to play, and he no longer sees his friend who lives next door. Everything around him is changing. His parents sit in front of the television with the news turned up LOUD and Yazan's little red bike leans forgotten against the wall. Will he ever be able to go outside and play? A beautiful picture-book full of heart, and not without hope, set against the backdrop of the Syrian war.
THE NEW NEIGHBOURS by Sarah McIntyre (David Fickling Books)
When new neighbours move in to the tower block, what will the other residents of Pickle Rye think? They hop, trot and totter down the stairs to share the news throughout the building, and on the way learn just how important it is to leave judgements and prejudices far behind. An irresistibly smart and funny picture-book which satirizes contemporary fears and preconceptions about 'newcomers'.


Another long & full day in Haifa, Israel. Another sticky hot mess. The gardens were beautiful. Most of all, each day I love walking around Israel. I like seeing the houses, the stores, the streets. I like experiencing Israel.
We went to the beach! The weather was not as hot as other days. It was nice out actually. There was an abundance of dead jellies washed up on the shore. I was pretty scared to go in because I couldn't tell where they were! So I went only ankle deep.
There was a bakery in the mall leading to the sea. I got a chocolaty coconut ball; it was superb. It was an excellent beach day. I got a little tanner. There were chairs & cabanas for public use. A simple but fun day. I'm especially happy that I was able to experience a beach in Israel. We went to a supermarket, watched U.S. vs. Algeria FIFA. U.S. won in the last minute. Dinner was baked carrots & potato.
We went to Akka today or Akko as the locals call it. I always enjoy the 45-minute ride on the bus because it's so high up that I get a lovely view of the entire journey. The village is culturally diverse & enlightening to visit. It's mainly an Arab/Muslim area. The little shops had souvenirs. There were stores that sold rosebuds. Akka is really neat.
I like Israel very much; it's so different from other places. We went back to Bahji & stayed there for many hours. I took tons of photos & self-portraits (fine, they were selfies).
Once we finished with Bahji, we walked around Haifa & went to a Romanian dinner place. One meal option was the animal organ platter consisting of brain, liver, kidney, & spinal chord. It was a hilarious experience to decipher the menu.
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SMITE officially launches on Xbox One, and is the first MOBA for the console
By SAVING CONTENT (@SavingContent)
Hi-Rez Studios today announced that its free-to-play MOBA SMITE, the mythology-themed third-person action game, has officially launched on Xbox One. SMITE amassed over one million unique players during its Xbox One beta testing phase, and all purchases, progress and achievements from that period will carry over seamlessly. Newcomers can now access the complete SMITE experience* directly via Xbox Live.
"With over one million participants in our beta, there is clearly an appetite for the right MOBA on console. MOBAs have historically been a PC-only genre, but SMITE's action oriented gameplay is a great fit with the Xbox One controller. The strong player retention we've seen during beta makes us confident that this is just the beginning for console MOBAs and console eSports" " said Todd Harris, co-founder and COO of Hi-Rez Studios.
Additionally, SMITE will hold its first major Xbox One tournament at the Major League Gaming World Finals from Oct. 16-18 in New Orleans.Teams will compete for a spot in the MLG Pro League, as well as a $25,000 prize. The MLG Pro League consists of 6-8 teams, one of which will qualify for the SMITE World Championship presented by Xbox One from Jan. 7-10 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta. The SWC will feature two tournaments; the Season 2 PC championship made up of 10 teams from around the world competing for a $1 million prize pool and an Xbox invitational made up of 4 teams competing for a $150,000 prize pool. All further season ticket sales will go toward additional SMITE tournament winnings.
SMITE has become a world-leading eSports franchise through its rapid growth first on PC and now as the first MOBA to launch on Xbox One. Featuring a rich and continually expanding pantheon of playable gods, SMITE offers an engaging third-person camera that pulls players directly into the action. The game rewards quick reflexes and teamwork through its emphasis on strategic thinking and tactical moves. It delivers a wide variety of gameplay modes, from traditional 5v5 multi-lane battles to smaller, single-path jousts and wide-open arenas.
SMITE's in-game marketplace allows players to acquire new gods, cosmetic skins and more on Xbox One, and those who link their PC and Xbox One accounts will receive a free Zeus Xbox skin for use with both platforms. Additionally, players can still purchase the SMITE Founder's Packfor $29.99 through the Xbox Games Store until Aug. 31. It includes every god currently in the game (67 so far on Xbox One) and all future gods, 400 Gems, the exclusive Ares "Soldier of Fortune" skin, and the limited Ymir "Cacodemon X" skin. A one-time account merge option lets players copy select progress and items from their PC account to Xbox One until Aug. 31.
Hi-Rez's long-term plans to support SMITE on Xbox One include monthly new God releases, updates to content and gameplay, and UI updates including multiple language support, spectate support and much more.


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Coach Flores' Lawsuit Presents NFL With "Opportunity To Engage In Substantive Change"
by Trice Edney Newswire February 14, 2022 February 14, 2022
By Marc H. Morial | Trice Edney Wire
ANALYSIS (TriceEdneyWire.com) – "More than half the players in the NFL are Black, and most coaches have played the game at some level. That would seem to be the perfect recipe for Black coaches to find success. But most NFL owners have been white men, and they have seldom been willing to let African Americans or Latinos call plays—either on the field or from the sidelines. This is no different from when franchises presumed that Black players weren't smart enough to play quarterback and lacked leadership skills to command men. The league's paltry record of hiring minority head coaches comes from the same mind-set. And its primary effort to address the problem has been a failure, because a policy can't compensate for ignorance." — Jemele Hill
Three days before Brian Flores was scheduled to interview for the position of head coach with the New York Giants, he received a text from New England Patriots general manager Bill Belichick congratulating him on getting the job.
Except Belichick thought he was texting Brian Daboll. The Giants not only had decided to hire Daboll before even interviewing Flores, but already was sharing the information with others.
Belichick's flub illuminated what has long been an open secret in the NFL: too often, complying with the "Rooney Rule," which requires league teams to interview candidates of color for head coaching and senior football operation jobs, is an empty gesture – a fig leaf to conceal the owners' indifference to achieving racial parity among top coaching and executive positions.
As head coach of the Miami Dolphins, Flores led the team out of a 20-year slump to consecutive winning seasons between 2020 and 2021. Rather than celebrate his success, Dolphin's owner Stephen M. Ross fired him. And rather than leap at the chance to hire Flores – or at least seriously consider him – the Giants used his sham interview to create the false impression that a Black candidate had a legitimate chance at obtaining the job.
Flores' lawsuit against the NFL, the Giants, the Dolphins, and the Denver Broncos – whom he accuses of conducting a similar sham interview in 2019 – has brought to a head the League's shameful history of racial discrimination and persistent indifference to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Civil rights leaders, including myself, met Monday with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, challenging the league to establish specific recruiting and hiring procedures for executive and coaching positions, with meaningful consequences for teams that do not abide by the rules. We agreed to continue collaborating and advising the league to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion at every level of the NFL and its member teams.
The lawsuit cites some appalling statistics. While 70% of NFL players are Black, not one of its 32 team owners is Black. The only team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, employs a Black head coach. Only four teams employ a Black offensive coordinator – a position generally regarded as a steppingstone to head coach. Only 11 teams employ a Black defensive coordinator.
As Flores lawsuit alleges, this is not by chance. A 2016 study of the NFL found that white assistant coaches were 114% more likely to get promoted to the coordinator position than coaches of color with the same experience, education, and track record. The study found that it takes nine years before a white coach has a greater than 50 percent chance of becoming a coordinator, compared with 14 years for a nonwhite coach. The authors estimated that over a 20-year career, a white coach is likely to earn over $20 million more than his nonwhite counterpart.
These challenges are not insurmountable. Consider the success of a memorandum of understanding that telecom giant Comcast signed with the National Urban League and other civil rights organizations in 2010. Among other provisions, the memorandum committed Comcast to establish specific, measurable goals for diversity and inclusion in corporate governance, workforce retention and recruitment, procurement, programming, along with philanthropy and community investments. According to Comcast's most recent report, people of color make up 44.3% of its workforce, 18.8% of whom are Black. As part of its effort to increase diversity among top executives, the company established a boot camp for mid-level vice president candidates, including no less than 80% diverse candidates. More than 22% of positions of vice president and above now are filled by people of color, and the company has committed to a goal of 33% people of color at every level of its workforce.
There's no reason the NFL can't replicate this success. It simply requires a sincere commitment on the part of the owners and league executives.
As Flores' legal team has said, his lawsuit presents the NFL with an "opportunity to engage in substantive change." The National Urban League and our sister civil rights groups will do everything in our power to make sure that opportunity is not squandered.
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The Detroit Lions will be hosting a Thanksgiving day game tomorrow like they have for many, many years and at 3-7-1 it's a not make or break type of game. There has however been some interest in the Lions quarterback situation for tomorrow's game against the 5-6 Chicago Bears.
If healthy Matthew Stafford would no doubt be the Lions starting quarterback, but he's been out the last 3 weeks with what's being reported as broken bones in his back. The Lions haven't placed Stafford on injured reserve and seem to be taking his injury week by week.
Jeff Driskell has started the last 3 games for the Lions at quarterback. Detroit is 0-3 with Driskell as their starting quarterback and he's coming off of a 3 interception game last Sunday. It's being reported that Driskell is suffering from a hamstring injury and his availability for tomorrow's game is unclear.
Now if Driskell has to miss tomorrow's game the Lions will turn to 3rd string quarterback David Blough. Blough is an undrafted rookie out of Purdue University who has yet to take a snap in an NFL regular season game.
Now as soon as this news broke and I'm sure you can guess this there where quite a few media members who wanted to know why the Lions didn't go out and sign Colin Kaepernick.
Detroit was actually one of the six teams that stayed with the Kaepernick tryout and drove to that high school to watch him; so they at least wanted to see what he looked like in his workout.
Of course this opens the door to a ton of reasons why the Lions didn't try to sign Kaepernick. It's possible they didn't like what they saw at his tryout even though reports are he looked good. Maybe there was something they saw that they didn't think fit with what they do. Also remember that Blough has been with the Lions all season and even though he hasn't played he's been at the meetings and practices; so he should have a grasp of their offense. Kaepernick would be coming into a brand new system that he would know nothing about and have two or three days at most to be ready to play his first game in almost three full seasons.
It seems like every time a team passes on signing Kaepernick they're indicted for passing up on him, but if you look at what could be the reasons the Lions didn't bring him in it makes some sense. I'm also under the impression that Driskell is going to end up starting at quarterback tomorrow; so there would be no need to sign anyone.
The only real question about that might be out there about why the Lions didn't take a look at Kaepernick is the fact that they wanted to sign Josh Johnson. Now Johnson did play in four games for the Washington Redskins last season and he started three of those games; so he's not coming off of long term inactivity like Kaepernick is. It would be interesting to know why the Lions would look at Johnson first instead of Kaepernick, but of course there's no way to find that out.
Now even though the Lions where very interested in signing Johnson he had already signed a deal with the XFL and they where unwilling to release him so he could sign with Detroit.
I am a little surprised that the XFL wouldn't release Johnson from his contract. The XFL and the NFL aren't going head to head and it seems as though they could've released Johnson and then just resigned him after the NFL season ended.
The XFL season starts in February; so if a player signed with a team that made a deep playoff run it could hurt his preparation for the upcoming XFL season, but the Lions aren't even going to make the playoffs; so Johnson would be free to return to the XFL at the end of the NFL's regular season.
I haven't seen any quotes from Johnson on the situation, but by not being allowed to sign with Detroit he's missing out on a chance to make more money than he will in the XFL. You have to wonder if this might affect players signing with the XFL in the future.
It appears as though the Atlanta Braves had a plan going into this off season and they're making the moves they want happen early.
Yesterday they added another free agent when they signed catcher Travis d'Arnaud to a two year $16 million dollar deal.
d'Arnaud was a big time prospect when the New York Mets brought him up in 2013, but things never really clicked for him. He suffered a multitude of injuries when he was with the Mets and after playing in just 10 games for them last season he was released. He signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, but played just 1 game in the majors for them before he was purchased by the Tampa Bay Rays.
I'm not sure what goes on in Tampa Bay, but d'Arnaud like so many players seem to have found himself in a Rays uniform and had his best season. He played in 92 games and tied his career high in home runs with 16. He also posted his second best season in RBI's with 67 and batting average at .263. Of course the big question will be; can he put up similar numbers with the Braves?
d'Arnaud will share catching duties in Atlanta with Tyler Flowers, but I'm under the impression that d'Arnaud was signed to be the #1 catcher and Flowers will just spell him when needed. d'Arnaud has never caught more than 103 games in a season; so it makes a lot of sense for the Braves to have Flowers on the roster just in case.
There where three other catcher signed yesterday as well. The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Stephen Vogt while the Houston Astros signed Dustin Garneau. Mike Zunino also signed a one year deal to stay with Tampa Bay. Counting Flowers who's contract was re-worked by the Braves there have been six catchers signed already this off season.
With d'Arnaud signing yesterday and Yasmani Grandal singing last week with the Chicago White Sox there aren't really any top tier catchers left on the free agent market. There are quite a few veteran catchers available on the free agent market, but none of them are truly #1 type of catchers.
If your favorite team was looking for a catcher this off season they're going to have to explore the trade market to get something done.
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At the XII edition of the Congress of Pharmacy Students, one of the practical sides of the workshop includes a visit to an in vitro fertilisation laboratory at the reproductive medicine clinic in Alicante, as well as a tour of the laboratories. Instituto Bernabeu has collaborated with this congress since the initiative began at the University. The congress is organised by final year Pharmacy students and students from all over Spain participate. From its very early days, Instituto Bernabeu has opened its doors so that visitors can enjoy its facilities and so that it can share the latest innovations and research being undertaken.
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David Essex has a career which has combined concerts, records, theatre, composing, films and television. He has written, recorded and produced albums and singles that have sold millions of copies worldwide with twenty-three Top 30 singles in Britain alone.
David shot to fame when he went to an audition for the London production of the musical Godspell and was chosen for the role of Jesus. At the Roundhouse, and for two years in the West End at Wyndham's, David led a cast including who were Jeremy Irons, Julie Covington and Marti Webb.
Two years later he starred in the film That'll Be The Day (1973) and recorded his only international hit single, the self penned Rock On. It sold over one million copies and his second single, Lamplight also reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.
His biggest hits during the 70's included Gonna Make You a Star and Hold Me Close. He also appeared in Stardust which was the sequel to That'll Be The Day.
In 1978 he appeared on Jeff Wayne's concept album, a musical version of The War of the Worlds, as the Artilleryman. The arena tour of this musical extravaganza is about to start again, but this time with Jason Donovan playing the Artilleryman.
Also in 1978 Essex played Che (loosely based on Che Guevara) in the original production of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita. His recording of the show's Oh What a Circus reached Number 3. Two years later, he starred in the film Silver Dream Racer; and the soundtrack song Silver Dream Machine was yet another Top 10 hit in the UK singles chart.
In 1985 he co-wrote and starred as Fletcher Christian in the West End musical Mutiny! The score produced two more hit singles, including Tahiti which was his tenth Top 10 success.
David Essex tours regularly and appeared in the musicals Boogie Nights 2, Footloose and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects Of Love.
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CF Montreal, Canada defender Alistair Johnston heading to Celtic FC
CF Montreal and Canadian national defender Alistair Johnston is heading to the Scottish Premier League.
The Montreal MLS club confirmed the rumours that were circulating last week that Celtic FC was interested in the 24-year-old. CF Montreal said in a news release that the transfer will go into effect Jan. 1, 2023.
"I want to thank Alistair, the man, for his professionalism and his mentality in everything he has done with the Club, but also the player, who has brought us a lot on and off the pitch, for Montreal and the national team," said CF Montreal vice president Olivier Renard. "He's an example of the way we want a player to evolve once he joins our team; with clear ideas, while giving everything for the team. When an opportunity with a big club such as Celtic arises, we listen to our player."
The deal is reportedly worth around three million pounds (C$4.97 million), of which Johnston gets 10 per cent, according to the Glasgow Daily Record.
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Johnston joined Montreal in 2021 from Nashville SC. He secured his place as one of the top defenders in the league last season, scoring four goals and assisting on five in 33 regular-season games and two playoff games for CF Montreal.
The versatile defender/wingback was the starting right back for Canada at all three of the national team's games at the FIFA World Cup.
"Montreal welcomed me into its family from day one and helped me reach new levels that I didn't even know I was capable of," said Johnston in the CF Montreal news release. "I was lucky enough to come into a group with great leadership and talent, and most importantly, great people. Although it was only one season together, it was an unforgettable one."
Johnston is joining the reigning SPL champions. "The Bhoys" have won 52 Scottish league championships, including 10 of the past 11.
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou praised Johnston's character and ability saying the team was looking at him for a while.
"He's someone we identified pretty early on, somebody who we think can add to our club," he said. "He's had an interesting career path where he's had to work really hard to get where he's at and we're really happy to conclude the deal... He'll be a great fit in our dressing room, and will definitely add something to our football."
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A vibrant small and medium-sized enterprise sector is a vital ingredient for a healthy market economy. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up over 99% of the total number of businesses across the countries where we work. They are responsible for large contributions to value added and employment.
However, due to internal inefficiencies and constraints in the business environment, their contribution can be well below its potential.
SMEs also play an important role in the political economy, helping to promote and strengthen reforms. Economically, they have an inherent interest in promoting policies that favour a level playing field, while politically, a thriving SME sector empowers and grows a strong middle class, which can then serve as a constituency seeking democratic reform and sound economic governance.
While smaller businesses tend to be more flexible and quick to change than larger corporates, they are much more vulnerable to deterioration in the business environment. They are also more sensitive to harassment from government institutions and have fewer resources to draw on when times are hard.
One great challenge for small businesses is accessing the finance they need to develop and grow. Issues of collateral and alignment with international accounting standards affect SMEs disproportionately, while financial institutions have less experience lending to the small business segment and often perceive them as riskier than the evidence shows them to be.
At the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) we believe that creating the conditions for small businesses to thrive is fundamental for economic growth.
Alongside the restructuring of state-owned firms and by promoting greater competition, SMEs are essential for maintaining an economic balance in transition countries.
We are convinced that across the countries where we work a prospering SME sector lies at the heart of sustainable, inclusive economic growth.


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Comedian Maria Bamford is never predictable, but she's always fearless — which is maybe why she's the only one with the bravery to show us exactly how Netflix goes about greenlighting its new productions, as we see in the video below. Spoiler alert: Both algorithms and Ana Gastmeyer are involved.
Season 1 of the critically acclaimed comedy, created by Pam Brady and Mitch Hurwitz, premiered in May 2016, meaning that like many Netflix projects, "Lady Dynamite" has gotten to take its time with a follow-up. The first season, loosely based on Bamford's experiences as a performer battling mental illness, bended genre, format, and reality unlike anything we'd seen before, and Season 2 will hopefully reflect that same level of bonkers creativity.
The new season stars Gasteyer, Fred Melamed, Mary Kay Place, Ed Begley, Jr., Mo Collins ("Susan") and Olafur Darri Olafsson ("Scott").
"Lady Dynamite" returns November 10. Check out the clip below.


I've been experiencing achiness, redness and swollen joints (mainly my fingers). However, the pain started creeping into my ankles and toes along with muscle pain. I knew that I needed to see a DR to get tested for Lyme's. But also with going to the dr's office meant 'stepping on the scale'. The last time I weighed this much, I was pregnant with my son.
That's where I've Come Back to MyFitnessPal came into reality. I wanted needed to starting focusing on what I am eating - not so much as calories but the food.
I went to the DR a week later and weighed in .... 118lbs. I asked the nurse to please make a note for the DR not to mention it. (FYI I'm 4'10" so that weight is above my 'normal' weight range). First of all, my son was with me and I didn't want a 'weight' talk in front of my impressionable 4 year old. And second, well second, I just wasn't in the mood to deal with someone bugging me about my weight. I'm smart enough to know that I need to drop some pounds for my health.
Thankfully, nothing about my weight was mentioned. My test results came back negative, but on the flip side, nothing was 'resolved' which is frustrating.
I'm probably looking at an elimination diet, and I was looking for a probiotic that wasn't from dairy. I found Kombucha. I've never had it before but was intrigued.
The first one I tried was Grape Chia. I've moved on to Multi-Green, Trilogy and Gingerade.
I am in love. I like the fizz. The taste at first can be a little strong, but I honestly felt a difference from the first day in how I felt. And I plan to continue drinking it.
I've also increased the amount of water that I drink as I'm trying to flush out my system to try to help with any inflammation.
And since that DR visit I have lost 2lbs. I'm still above my 'normal' range, but I'm working my way back to a healthier weight.
I'm curious to see how all of this works out. Stay tuned.
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Q: Eliminate string elements in a list with double 'a' I've been trying to create a program that will verify if a string inside a list, or the element of that list contains 2 or more 'a', in case it doesn't it should save the element in a new list. This is my code so far:
ent = input("Ingresa un listado de palabras separados por coma: ")
lst_1 = ent.split(",")
lst_2 = []

def cuenta(lst_M):
    tmp = 0
    for i in range (0,len(element)):
        print(lst_M[i])
        if lst_M[i] == 'a':
            tmp += 1
            print(tmp)
    return tmp

for element in lst_1:
    lst_rev = [i for i in element]
    cuenta(lst_rev)
    print("Este es el valor de tmp:",tmp)
    if tmp <= 2:
        lst_2.append(element)
    print(lst_2)

print(lst_2)

The output looks something like this:
Ingresa un listado de palabras separados por coma: ana,another,person,ana
a
1
n
a
2
Este es el valor de tmp: 0
['ana']
a
1
n
o
t
h
e
r
Este es el valor de tmp: 0
['ana', 'another']
p
e
r
s
o
n
Este es el valor de tmp: 0
['ana', 'another', 'person']
a
1
n
a
2
Este es el valor de tmp: 0
['ana', 'another', 'person', 'ana']
['ana', 'another', 'person', 'ana']

As you can see I use a function to calculate the number of 'a' inside the element, but for some reason the variable tmp outside the function is always 0.
What am I doing wrong?

A: Try assigning the result of the function call to a variable. Currently you are calling the function which is returning a value but you aren't "capturing" the return value outside the scope of the function call.
tmp = cuenta(lst_rev)
print("Este es el valor de tmp:",tmp)

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El Estadio John Jairo Tréllez es el único Estadio Olímpico de fútbol de la región (con pista de atletismo) y ubicado en la ciudad de Turbo, departamento de Antioquia. El escenario deportivo lleva el nombre del reconocido exfutbolista de Atlético Nacional y la Selección Colombia, John Jairo Tréllez.

Historia

Llegada de Leones F.C.

En el año 2015, el equipo Deportivo Rionegro decide cambiar su sede pasando de Bello a Turbo. Al realizar el traslado, el equipo cambio de razón social y compitiendo con el nombre de Leones F.C.. La razón del traslado fue el déficit económico que estaba sufriendo el club durante su estadía en Bello y se buscó, como nueva alternativa, tomar como sede la ciudad de Turbo.

De esta manera, este equipo fue el primero en competir en la División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano en el estadio John Jairo Tréllez, durante las temporadas 2015 y 2016 de la Categoría Primera B.

Véase también
 Estadios de Colombia

Referencias

Turbo
Estadios de fútbol inaugurados en 2011
Arquitectura de Colombia de 2011
Turbo (Antioquia)


How ambitious are your goals really?
Well I don't know about you, but when I say I have ambitious goals, I mean traveling the world, becoming a billionaire, ending starvation and all the other stuff on my bucket list.
Everyone is different and I'm not saying your goals should be to make billions, build an empire and plan to end world starvation either.
I'm just showing you what I want out of my life to hopefully inspire you which is why I just linked to my bucket list above.
But, I'm guessing you're here because you wanna know how to achieve your goals and stop postponing them for later.
This article is about achieving your goals whatever they may be and making sure you do achieve them once and for all.
You can't get something done if you don't even know what it is.
Clarity is power. So get clear and write down EXACTLY what you want to achieve.
Frankly if you're not even bothered to write them down then how do you expect to even achieve them?
There's a difference between goals and your long term vision.
For example, all the stuff I said about becoming a billionaire and ending world starvation is all part of my long term vision. Which you should also write down.
Once you've written down your vision of what you want to accomplish in your life then it's time to set those annual and monthly goals.
What do you want to get done this month? Where do you wanna be in 12 months from now?
Be realistic and practical here. You can't become a billionaire or impact millions of life or do big things in a months time – but you can take steps and get closer to achieving them.
The key here is to work backwards.
I personally have 3 goals each month that I share in my monthly newsletter, where I also share the actions I am going to take to achieve those goals. Just put in your email address on the right hand side and I'll show you my journey to $100K.
Okay, so you've written down what you want to achieve in the next 12 months, set your monthly goals and the daily actions you need to take.
Again it is extremely important to be realistic and practical. How will you know?
Well if you're not achieving your daily goals then you're not going to achieve your monthly goals. And if you're not gonna achieve the monthly goals then you're definitely not gonna achieve the annual goals.
It's okay to go back and refine your goals to make them more realistic so don't feel bad if you're not able to achieve those daily goals regularly.
Now that you've written them down, stick them on your wall. Look at them every single day. Remember them. Remember why you woke up. And remember what you're working towards.
It's very easy to forget what we're trying to achieve if we're just running around doing things, trying to make a living and just putting off fires. So make sure you see them every single day and contemplate over them for a couple of minutes.
This is where reality kicks in. Can you see yourself doing these actions?
How are you going to take these daily actions? At what time?
If you don't schedule a specific time for it every day then it's not gonna get done. You'll end up relying on your willpower and that's a bad strategy.
Because if you're hoping you'll have the willpower then you're pretty much leaving it to chance.
We all have the same 24 hours. It's all about how you manage your priorities. If you don't give your goals a priority by assigning a specific time for them each they, then just ask yourself… is this goal really important to me? Am I willing to dedicate my time towards these goals? And am I willing to give them a priority in my daily life?
The power of accountability and saving face.
Tell everyone about your goals. Tell them that you're going to achieve X and X by [Desired Date].
Now your family, friends and people around you will expect you to achieve them.
Because how are you gonna look when you don't?
You're a man/woman of your word aren't you?
Hey guys, I'm gonna take my family to Hawaii on the 17 of July 2019 and we're gonna stay there for 5 days.
Now you can't talk yourself out of that. Because if you say this year.. then that could be anytime in the future.. they'll probably even forget.
But by being specific it's more memorable, they can hold you more accountable and you can hold yourself more accountable.
This is what I've done in my newsletter where I'm sharing my exact goals and actions for my journey to $100K. Because if I don't achieve 100% of what I say I'm gonna do in my newsletter then what does that say about me?
Raise the stakes for yourself and share it with the world.
Now that's how you set ambitious goals and guarantee yourself that you'll achieve them.
Chances are if you don't do this in the next 24 hours then you're not ever gonna do it.
So don't postpone till later – set a time today and let's start achieving those goals.
And if you want to kind of hold yourself accountable by seeing other people achieving their goals then join my journey from broke to $100K newsletter. I'll email you every month what I've done and what I'm gonna do – so you can see how it's done and maybe feel a sense of inspiration to do the same.
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You struggle with staying motivated and wonder if you're the only one with this problem or is everyone same?
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The most common advice is 2-3 liters of fluids, but no one ever told you the precise quantity.
You're probably thinking, does a precise quantity exist?
Yes and it's varies for each person.
The good news is… it's easy to calculate.
I'm about to show you exactly how much fluid you need to consume everyday.
For the past year I have been sitting for most of my days on a sofa infront of my laptop screen or staring out of the window. Although I did learn a lot of stuff online, I did much harm to my body as I sat down eating those chocolate muffins and croissants.
For the past 2 months, I have been working on my new startup called Foolishness File and I have found out that the best social media platform is Instagram.
Warren buffet was taught by Benjamin Graham, the author of the intelligent investor and the father of value investing. He was and still is Buffett's idol.
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Movie review: Satirical Cheney biopic 'Vice' gives us the darker side of 'Veep'
Ed Symkus More Content Now
Fans of former Vice President Dick Cheney (stray thought: Why does Chris Matthews insist on pronouncing it Cheeney?) will want to stay away from this movie, maybe even pretend that it doesn't exist. Detractors of him will find cause to celebrate Hollywood's decision to make it. Writer-director-producer Adam McKay ("The Big Short," "The Other Guys," "Anchorman") has crafted an unflinchingly nasty portrait of the 46th vice president, presenting him as an ambitious snake of a man whose lust for power guided his life.
But another factor in whether you'll want to see it or not is where Christian Bale sits in your choice of favorite actors. The film covers the period of 1963 to 2008, when Cheney's ages ran from 22 to 66 and Bale, who is 44, plays Cheney all through it. The actor is easily recognizable when portraying him as a drunken, brawling Yale student. But then he starts to age, with the script taking him through 1968 (lands a spot in Washington's Congressional Internship Program and goes to work for Donald Rumsfeld, as played by Steve Carell), then to 1973 (has become a political consultant and is on the way to being a Washington insider), and to 1978 (out of the national picture, he tries for a comeback, running in the Wyoming congressional race). And on and on.
By the time he became a well-known figure, running on the ticket with George W. Bush, he was recognizable around the country. But it's at that point in the film, long after it's already begun jumping around in time with flashbacks and flash forwards, that Christian Bale - there's no other word for it - vanishes. Making use of everything from putting on additional weight to donning a fat suit, and from getting balder and balder to nailing Cheney's voice and sneer and body tics, he disappears into the role.
The same goes for Amy Adams, playing his wife Lynne, at least physically. (Does anyone really know what Lynne Cheney sounds like in real life?)
As much as this is the story of Cheney and his strange and terrible rise to power, it also works as a history lesson, told in sometimes frenetic style, using footage of real people and events mixed in with actors portraying others around them. There's Nixon resigning on TV, there are the solar panels being put up at the White House when Jimmy Carter won the presidency (and being removed when Reagan did). There are the Twin Towers coming down.
While that kind of thing fascinates viewers, they're going to be more into the actors' contributions. It's always interesting to see what Carell does with his more serious roles, and he makes it easy to strongly dislike his Rumsfeld. It's kind of fun to see Tyler Perry giving us a straightforward presentation of recreating Colin Powell. But if movies gave out awards to supporting actors each time, this movie's would go to Sam Rockwell for his George W. Bush, who's introduced here as a sloppy drunk partygoer, and is later presented as someone who's in over his head and out of his element when he goes for and wins the presidency.
One of the film's best scenes has then-Governor Bush and a very reluctant Cheney discussing the idea of Cheney being his running mate. The back and forth dialogue sets that scene, but the actors' shared willingness to successfully go for uncanny imitation is what seals it.
Besides revealing the ugly side of politics in and out of Washington, "Vice" also shows off a snarky and winking and very dark sense of humor, some of it heading into areas of satire. And, as if it hadn't already done enough of keeping things real, when it comes around to Cheney's pet project of invading Iraq, it again dips into the well of having actual people show up onscreen, including Sen. Jeff Sessions, Rep. Mike Pence, Sen. Hillary Clinton, and Fox TV host Bill O'Reilly. And don't worry. Though the scene only takes a few seconds, the film covers the instance when Cheney shot his pal Harry Whittington in the face during a hunting trip.
Ed Symkus writes about movies for More Content Now. He can be reached at esymkus@rcn.com.
Written and directed by Adam McKay
With Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell
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I've just finished reading a 1001 nights like tale* set in 11th Century Sicily where the exotic Yasmina beguiles a Norman count in order to spare her condemned brother. As you can imagine it all resolves around the myriad of flavors that are the Sililian table: countless granita and sorbetti of lemons, mandarines and almonds. Beans flavored with wild fennel, tender involtini with the ripest tomatoes, a sweet and sour eggplant caponata with pine nuts and sultanas. Naturally the flavors of Sicily's Arab population form a cornerstone of la Cucina Siciliana, they dominated the island between the 831 and 1072 and Palermo is closer to Tunis that it is to Rome. So cous cous is not some recent arrival in the Sicilian kitchen, brought by immigrants from Tunisia and Morocco, but an age old ritual where the cous cous is prepared from scratch using a terra-cotta couscousiera and where the smell of the semolina cooking wafted out from kitchens along with the smell of tomatoes and fish of a sort of half soup half stew filled with a variety of fish and shellfish that is eaten with the cous cous.
I have only been to Sicily once, back in 2003 with my friend and then business partner Sarah Wilson. We called it a business trip; research and inspiration – in other words we ate quite a lot. The first photo was taken somewhere near Taormina, so the boats are actually probably more pleasure craft than real fishing boats. Unless they live in the interior, where grain and grapes are grown, where sheep and goats tended, Sicilians are by and large fishermen. Because no fish or part of the fish gets tossed away a seafood soup is one of the ways to use everything, the bones and heads get boiled for a good broth, smaller fish and offcuts are tossed into the soup. I originally found this recipe in Clarissa Hyman's Sicilian Food and have slightly adapted it over the years. It was recently published in the the very of the sea Great Ocean Quarterly in an article I wrote about Southern Italian Seafood.
I have to admit that unlike the good Sicilian mamma, I have never made cous cous from scratch, one day I will, but here I use packet cous cous.
Prepare the couscous according to packet directions. The absorption method calls for equal quantities of boiling water or stock to be poured over the couscous (i.e. 2 cups couscous, 2 cups boiling water), then stirred well, covered and left to absorb. Meanwhile fry the onion gently in a little olive oil until soft, add spices and mix with the couscous. Cover and keep in a warm spot while the soup is made.
Prepare fish by cleaning and cutting into small 3cm chunks. Shellfish need to be cleaned well and mussels de-bearded. Note that if using clams they should be soaked for at least half an hour to remove sediment. For the fish stock, use a pre-prepared home made stock or a store bought one. If using lots of mussels the cooking juices will be strong and salty and will add a lot of kick to the soup, in this case less fish stock will suffice.
In a large saucepan or casserole fry off the onion in a little olive oil until soft and translucent. Add whole garlic cloves and chilli and fry for a further minute before removing garlic and adding tomato paste. Stir well and then slowly add the water and fish stock, mixing diligently so that you have a good clear tomato flavoured broth. Bring the broth to a gentle simmer and then add fish pieces. Cook the shellfish separately in a pan with some white wine, filter juices and then add this liquid and the molluscs to the soup. Season with salt and pepper as necessary.
Serve a couple of spoonfuls of couscous into each bowl, ladle soup over the couscous and distribute fish and shellfish evenly between bowls. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve immediately.


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Join Us. Where it all started. 1969. Turmoil, seismic change. Response: Community – Development - Society.
Sound familiar? It's now 2019 - Back to the future!
The 50th anniversary of the international Community Development Society (CDS) is a golden opportunity to express and explore the extreme relevance and responsibility of the community development field and CDS to be proactive change agents, to help create conditions for and help foster shared and welcoming communities, and to cultivate a future in which community is the pathway through rising chaos and insularity across our world.
It's a chance for CDS members, and for any and all colleagues, to remember and re-embrace the ideals with which our founders also struggled, to articulate what was happening and what they could do to help amidst the chaotic change of the 1960s. The chaos then compelled them to join forces and form an association of people who believed in the pathway of community to help channel destructive anger into constructive, collaborative, and inclusive citizen-led community-building.
The theme for our 50th anniversary program calls upon on our own skills to reflect, collaborate, and then act to plant the seeds for our next 25 years, to cultivate our future, as CDS members, as community development researchers, scholars, practitioners, and, perhaps most importantly as ambassadors of CD in the many communities, organizations, and institutions in which we participate -- in life and in work. "Cultivating the Future" evokes an invitation for and creativity in research, practice, policy, and theory to be shared in 2019 that offer a glimpse of the next 25 years for community development research and practice. We also seek proposals that showcase what we've learned in the past 50 years that still inform our work now, and also what's ahead in the way of tools, insights, processes, challenges and opportunities. For example, 25 years ago, the Internet was barely on the horizon. Now it's totally changed how we process information, do business, and relate to one another (or not) within communities and across the world.
How do we hold onto our essential and long-standing roots – our guiding principles noted below -- to weather the storms of current day? What, why, and how do we research, teach, guide, and champion positive change for communities -- to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential, intentional seedlings necessary to be able to nurture and grow to maturity the sustainable community, economic, and environmental vitality we seek for all, amidst the tumults of 21st century geopolitical life?
Much is the same as 50 years ago: waves of radical action and radical grace in the face of community and world-wide disruptions. Much has changed. We are more fragmented even as we are more widely and thinly connected. Community is fragile, beloved, and yearned. How can we help cultivate a future seeking and needing community to thrive?
Jane Leonard, 2019 CDS Conference Program Chair.
to meaningfully influence the decisions that affect their lives.
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adversely affect the disadvantaged members of a community.
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Still riding the buzz from their 2012 breakthrough Forever EP, the sisters HAIM are set to release their first full-length album this September 30th. Entitled Days Are Gone, the LP will be available digitally via iTunes and on vinyl via Rough Trade Records.
Have a listen to the brand new track 'The Wire' below, and check out our coverage of HAIM @ Firefly 2013 here!