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Henrietta Davis-Wray
Acting Chairperson
Mrs. Henrietta Davis-Wray is a Justice of the Peace; and is a graduate of the Jamaica Commercial Institute, School of Business Education and the Management Institute for National Development. She is one of the founding members of the Combined Disabilities Association (CDA), an organization that advocates for the rights and development of persons with disabilities. Mrs. Davis-Wray is on the Board of CDA and has also served as the Chairperson of the organization for 2 consecutive terms. As a long-serving member, she has been instrumental in several of its advocacy achievements. Mrs. Davis-Wray has served on various Government Committees, including the National Advisory Board on Disability. She is recognized as a specialist in the requirements for physical accessibility and is called upon occasionally to inspect buildings for renovations and provide guidance to contractors and engineers.
Ekaete Judith Umoh
Deputy Chairperson (Human Rights)
Ms. Umoh is an international disability rights advocate, a social inclusion expert, particularly on gender, disability and development issues. She has served as disability and social development consultant to a few international development agencies, helping them include issues of people with disabilities in their programmes and projects. Currently, Ms. Umoh is on the Board of African Disability Forum representing interest of women with disabilities; Member UN Women CSO Advisory Group, Nigeria; Ex-Board Member of Women Trust Fund Nigeria; National President of Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD); Founder and Executive Director, Family Centered Initiative for Challenged Persons (FACIP); among others. A social inclusion expert, her passion is to see increased visibility, improved access and holistic approach to promoting inclusive development for people with disabilities in Africa and around the world. Ms. Umoh is a Microbiologist and holds a postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) and masters degree in Social Work (MSW).
Sylvana El Lakkis
Deputy Chair 2
Ms. Lakkis is the Chair of the Arab Forum for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (AFRPD), and the President of Disabled People's International (DPI) Arab Region. She is also the President and CEO of the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union (LPHU). Ms. Lakkis has led a series of campaigns for promoting rights of persons with disabilities in Lebanon, particularly for the enforcement of the Lebanese Disability Law; the ratification of CRPD; and promoting disability inclusion mainly in the areas of environmental accessibility, employment, inclusive education, political participation, and access to information. Between the years 2008 to 2012, she was appointed as a disability advisor for the Minister of Social Affairs in Lebanon. Ms. Lakkis is also recognized as a disability rights expert internationally by several agencies such as the International Labour Organization, The Employers Forum on Disability, The Zero Project Initiative, Civicus, The World Congress on Inclusive Tourism, and many others. She has spoken at major regional and international events and has also authored many articles and book chapters on issues of disability inclusion.
Ayassou Komivi
Mr. Komivi has a Bachelors' degree in English and a Masters' degree in Public Law from the University of Lomé (Togo). A visually impaired person, Mr. Komivi is a disability rights activist and is well known at the regional and international circles. Currently, he is the Chairperson of Togo Blind Association, Chair of the Board of the Togo Federation of the Associations of Persons with Disabilities, the Secretary General of West African Federation of Disabled, the member of the Executive Council of the African Disability Forum representing the minority groups and elderly people, member of the Management Committee of ICEVI Africa and the West African administrator of the Francophone Union of the Blind. Professionally, he is serving as a Civil Servant at the Department in charge of the persons with disabilities within the Togo Ministry of Social Action, Empowerment of Women and Literacy.
Shudarson Subedi
Mr. Subedi is a leading international disability and human rights promoter. He is credited with pioneering the trend of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) in the area of disability rights in Nepal that have benefitted persons with disabilities across the country. Mr. Subedi is the Chairperson of Disabled People's International (DPI) South Asia, and Vice Chairperson of DPI Asia Pacific region. He is the Founder President of Disabled Human Rights Centre, Nepal (DHRC-Nepal). He is also the Ex-President of National Federation of the Disabled Nepal (NFDN) and is an expert on training on disability and human rights promotion and protection, supporting people with disabilities through legal aid, and liaising with international organizations, among others. He has recently led the campaign for inclusion of disability in the new Nepalese Constitution for greater political participation of people with disabilities. Mr. Subedi has several awards to his name, including the Champions of Change award from the government of Nepal (2005), and the UNESCAP disability rights promoter award (2012). He is also an Ashoka fellow.
Trevor Carroll
Information Officer
Mr. Carroll is a trained musician and former Secondary College Principal. He holds a Masters in Education and has completed this thesis focusing on intellectual disability and music education. Mr. Carroll acquired an incomplete spinal cord injury in the mid 1990's and has since experienced disability discrimination first-hand. He uses his lived experience in his role as CEO of Disability Justice Australia to protect the rights of people with disability under the UNCRPD. Currently, he is also the Vice Chairperson & International Coordinator for Australian Federation of Disability Organizations (AFDO). Mr. Carroll is passionate about protecting and enhancing the human rights of people with disabilities.
Alzouma Maiga Idriss
DPI West Africa Regional Chair
Mr. Idriss is a Director of Disabled People's International (DPI) and the President of West African Federation of Persons with Disabilities (WAFOD). He is also the Chair of the recently formed African Disability Forum. He has extensive experience of promoting disability rights and inclusion in Niger as well as in Africa and internationally. Mr. Idriss holds a degree in taxation and is currently serving as Head of Taxation at Niamey Centre in Niger.
Julio Wilfredo Guzman Jara
DPI Peru National Chair
Mr. Guzman-Jara is the past Chair of DPI and the Regional Chair of DPI Latin America Region. He is also one of the founders as well as the current President of the National Confederation of Disabled People of Peru – CONFENADIP. He was also the President of the National Council for Integration of Persons with Disabilities or CONADIS. Mr. Guzman-Jara has a PhD from the Graduate School of the National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle, a management degree from the Universidad Nacional Federico Villareal, and a degree in law and political science from the National University of San Marcos.
Wilber Torres Morales
DPI Latin America Regional Chair
Mr. Morales is the President of Organización de RevolucionariosDiscapacitados (ORD) in Nicaragua. He has thirty-five years of experience in the field of disability rights, having worked at the municipal, national, and international level. His areas of expertise include rehabilitation, skill development, policy making, law making to promote inclusion in industry, and project formulation. Mr. Morales is also the Chair of DPI Latin America.


According to the organisers the recent concurrent staging of Tube India INTERNATIONAL 2012, the fifth "All-Indian Exhibition and Conference for the Tube and Pipe Industries" and Metallurgy India 2012 – "4th International Exhibition & Conference on Metallurgical Technology, Material Handling and Services", in Mumbai was the largest in the trade show's history.
172 exhibitors from 26 nations displayed the latest technologies for the sector occupying 2,800m2 of net exhibit space. There were 10.500 trade visitors recorded (Combined figure including visitors to Wire & Cable India and Essen Welding & Cutting). Tube India INTERNATIONAL/ Metallurgy India 2012 featured official country group exhibits from Austria, China, Germany, Italy and France.
Both events were organised by Messe Düsseldorf and its subsidiary Messe Düsseldorf India – Tube India INTERNATIONAL 2012 once again receiving the full support of the International Tube Association (ITA) and its Indian Management Board, both of whom played important roles in the establishing of the first exhibition in Hyderabad eight years ago before its move to Mumbai. Messe Düsseldorf is renowned as the organiser of Tube Düsseldorf and for the first time in 2012, having moved Tube India's traditional date in the calendar from February to the end of October, was able to offer its well established global model of concurrent tube and wire shows for the first time in India.
"Tube India 2012 went very well for us…. we received 12 new member applications for our association. We work very well together with Messe Düsseldorf who had attractive offers for our members and we in turn help our members to take part at the Messe Düsseldorf events. I am convinced that Messe Düsseldorf has the perfect platform for tube trade fairs and the ITA will of course be back for the next Tube India staging." Peter Byroslawsky, ITA executive secretary.
The next staging of Tube India INTERNATIONAL and Metallurgy India is scheduled for October 28 - 30, 2014 in Mumbai - again concurrently with the Wire & Cable India trade show and the India Essen Welding & Cutting trade fair. More information about the next editions of these important exhibitions will be published in forthcoming ITAN newsletters and on the ITA website.


Holdings: Ecclesiastical characteristics: or, The arcana of church policy.
Early American imprints. no. 10804.
Church of Scotland > Controversial literature.
Ecclesiastical characteristics or, the arcana of church policy. Being an humble attempt to open up the mystery of moderation. Wherein is shewn a plain and easy way of attaining to the character of a moderate man, as at present in repute in the Church of Scotland.
Ecclesiastical characteristics or, the arcana of church policy. ... wherein is shewn a plain and easy way of attaining to the character of a moderate man, as at present in repute in the Church of Scotland.
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Health Centers Use Cost Effective Improvements to Reduce the Risk of Tuberculosis
The Coatepeque Health Center in Guatemala treats on average 60 new tuberculosis (TB) cases a year, a figure which might in fact be higher, since the search and detection of respiratory symptomatic cases is still very limited. The risk of contracting TB was an infection concern for patients and staff crowded in poorly ventilated waiting rooms and hallways. Located inside the center was the TB Clinic surrounded by corridors through which approximately 100 people pass per day, including patients, staff and visitors, factors which favor TB transmission.
Infection control was also a significant challenge at the Coatepeque hospital's HIV Clinic which received about 50 HIV patients per day, including about 5-7 that were "coughers" and potentially infected with TB. Tuberculosis is an airborne disease that is endemic in Guatemala and a common coinfection among people living with HIV.
PEPFAR, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded HIV/Co-infection Surveillance Strategies for Program Planning in the Central America Region project, implemented by University Research Co., LLC (URC), which addresses the infection concerns by providing training mentoring and educational materials to hospital staff for all PEPFAR prioritized clinics in Guatemala, specifically on TB infection control in health facilities, to improve accidental transmission in treatment settings.
"Having received the course, the training to teach it and having co-facilitated with the URC team gave me examples, tools and methodologies that have been useful for my professional practice," said Paola Meléndez, a laboratory expert with the National TB program who through training has gone on to co-facilitate courses aimed at educating key personal at hospital level in Guatemala.
Following training in TBIC, both facilities addressed TB infection control issues by implementing triage and screening processes in January 2016.
With little to no increased direct cost, the Coatepeque Health Center has successfully applied training to decrease the risk of TB transmission at the clinic creating a safer environment for personnel and patients.
"There have been improvements to reduce the risk of tuberculosis, both to staff and users," said Vilma Hernández, Head of the TB Clinic at the Coatepeque Health Center.
In the Coatepeque hospital the most noticeable change is the location of the HIV clinic itself. The new space allows for sufficient ventilation and exposure to fresh air limiting the exposure of other patients to infected aerosol particulates. Patients are also provided with surgical masks and staff are trained to enforce proper cough etiquette.
A more open and safer environment for personnel and patients at the Coatepeque Health Center
HIV Co-Infection Surveillance Strategies for Program Planning in the Central America Region
Read: http://tinyurl.com/y3nqfu8w @urcchs | Health Centers Use Cost Effective Improvements to Reduce the Risk of Tuberculosis

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Resident Evil 3 Remake – First Impressions
By Amy Walker 25 March 2020 24 March 2020
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I'm a fan of the Resident Evil series, have been since the very first game on the original Playstation. I've got multiple copies of some of the games spread across various different platforms (thank you Nintendo Switch for making me rebuy all my games so I can play them on the go). Resident Evil 3 has always been something of a favourite of mine, and is probably the one I like the most on the Playstation, so when it was announced that a remake was coming I was more than excited.
Friday April 3rd sees the release of the Resident Evil 3 remake. Thanks to the Resident Evil 2 remake hitting homes a year ago, and some impressive trailers, fans had a pretty good idea of what to expect. However, those expectations have shifted somewhat with the release of the demo last week.
Dropping you some way into the game, the demo has lead hero Jill Valentine meeting up with some members of the UBCS (the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service) who are trying to restore power to the subway to get survivors to safety.
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It's already clear from the first few minutes that this is going to be a very different game to the original. The characters are already quite different, with Jill being much more assertive and sure of herself than in the original. She doesn't take crap from the guys in the UBCS, and it's great. Jill's always been one of my favourite Resident Evil characters, and I love whenever you get the chance to play as her, but she never really had much of a personality during her early appearances. This looks to be the first time that she's really given the spotlight and the chance to shine.
Outside of this brief look at the characters, players get to experience a small part of the apocalyptic Raccoon City. One of the best things about the Resident Evil 2 remake was how it updated the environments and made them new and dynamic, but other than the police station you really didn't get a chance to see much of the city, with large sections of the game set in the sewers and underground labs. This seems to have changed with this game, with the streets and shops.
The demo really surprised me by how it expanded Raccoon City. It's not just the fact that you can run around the streets, but that you can enter almost every building you come across. Raided shops, ruined pharmacies, and abandoned cafes litter the broken and ruined city. Some of these places have important items you need, like a fire hose that you'll use to get past a burning alley, but some just hold a few supplies and zombies.
You'll also find that there's a lot more zombies littering the streets too. This means that action is more of a focus than last year's remake. Whilst there are more enemies around, and more ammo to fight them, as well as Resident Evil 3's ammo creation system, it's not a gun heavy game by any means. The enemies are tough, and can move and sway in a way that often makes hitting them harder than you think. Combat is definitely going to be something of a challenge in the game, one that will require you to think through your tactics.
The biggest thing in the demo, however, is Nemesis. Arguably the second biggest star in the game after Jill, he's one of the most memorable boss monsters in the entire franchise. What always made him great was his ability to show up at unexpected times, and his near invulnerability made fighting him a hell of a challenge. Well, old Nemesis was a joy compared to this one.
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This version is fast, really fast. He can run what looks like three times your speed. He can jump around the environment, landing in front of you and blocking your escape. He's tough as hell and can knock you to the ground with one hit. He's got tentacles that can grab you and trip you up. And it looks like he can change zombies into even worse enemies. Seeing Nemesis was both the best and worst part of the demo. It was great to see him in action, but made me seriously worried about having to fight him multiple times in the actual game.
The demo was short, basically getting you down one street and past one obstacle, but it gives you a good taste of what the game is about. It highlights how Capcom have taken what was in the last remake and really built on it. Just from first impressions Resident Evil 3's remake is set to be one of the biggest and best Resident Evil games in years.
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A pleasant day, providing you don't mind the occasional soaking. A number of walkers out on the moor. Birds are busy building nests; lambs to all points of the compass. Mrs G. is salting and skinning calves tongues.


Any posts with steps on how to do a Crossfire glitch will be quoted up here for easy access.
ok meet at high point spwn *area where the car parking lot is* ok there is a bun you can jump on here..
jump on it then onto the little brick wall its against..
while there you jump on the wooden studs on the side of the wall then look up jump into the wooden window seal..
there ya have it happy sniping.
You know the ladder you go up to get into the building in crossfire?
ok meet at high point spwn *area where the car parking lot is* ok there is a bun you can jump on here.. jump on it then onto the little brick wall its against.. while there you jump on the wooden studs on the side of the wall then look up jump into the wooden window seal.. there ya have it happy sniping.
what is the ladder glitch?
haha classic spots styleZ but i dont reccomend them especially the first 1 mainly because this wud directly collide with the NO SPAWN CAMPING rule??
yeah true.. oh and the ladder glitch that you jump on balcony.. well jump oon the second balcony infront of you.. once there jump on like a thin white pipe going across the wall to the left of you.. good sniper spot.. ill have to show you!


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For cleaning glass, the best product to use (that you can come across easily) is pure white vinegar, and �full-strength� vinegar if available. When sprayed on, it can help eat away at some mineral deposits and soap scum. It also cuts grease and leaves a streak-free shine. Stay away from abrasive products too.... I think my glass-topped tables on the covered veranda are the most difficult to clean due to the constant outdoor grime. Plus, all of the light makes every streak and all the haze visible.
Your cleaning actions should be gentle, and followed by wiping with a dry cloth to remove any streaks or remaining solution. To wipe the glass, use a micro-fiber cloth if one is available. As much as possible, do the cleaning away from direct sunlight, because uneven drying of the glass surface tends to leave streaks.
Here, we focus on how to clean mirrored furniture and how you can make your mirrored furniture look its best for longer. Think no streaks, no cracks and no chips. Think no streaks, no cracks and no chips.
12/01/2008�� Newspaper works well on mirrors, but I'm having a hard time and getting streaks on my glass top table, even when I use a paper towel and windex, and even vinegar and water.


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Kristy Swanson Signed Our 'Deadly Friend' DVD and You Could Win It!
Kristy's autograph on the "Deadly Friend" DVD cover.
We fired a lot of basketballs at "Deadly Friend" during our Fall Donation Series, but Now Playing Podcast will always have love for its star, Kristy Swanson. She's our first Buffy. She's Christie Boner. She's the mannequin in "Mannequin Two!"
Kristy proved she's also a friend of the show by signing our "Deadly Friend" DVD at Days of the Dead Chicago, and now it could be yours!
Enter to win the signed DVD by going to the Now Playing Podcast forums and leaving a post about one of the 16 films in our Fall Donation Series. Supporters have heard us review all five films in "The Fly" series and our "Horror of '86" reviews will lead into our "Re-Animator" retrospective before year's end. Tell us which of the films we've covered is your favorite and why, and you could be our winner!
The contest runs through Dec. 31, when our donation series comes to an end, and a winner will be contacted shortly thereafter. You don't have to be a donor to participate, so don't miss your chance to win!
This signed "Deadly Friend" disc could be yours!
Thanks for the autograph Kristy!
Kristy signs a "Deadly Friend" disc at Days of the Dead Chicago.
November 19, 2016 Posted by Jason Latham | Conventions, Movies, News	| Arnie Carvalho, Chicago, Days of the Dead, deadly friend, kristy swanson, Now Playing Podcast | 2 Comments
Freddy Fans Delighted at Flashback Weekend
Freddy Kruger (Englund) on stage with three costumed back-ups at the Flashback Weekend Horror Convention
Rosemont IL – Despite being known for his Nightmares, actor Robert Englund made fans' dreams come true last weekend at the Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention.
Three Freddy fans patiently wait to meet their idol
Making a rare midwestern appearance, star of the Nightmare on Elm Street movie series Robert Englund was Flashback Weekend's headline guest. Englund spent all day Saturday and Sunday meeting fans, signing their memorabilia, and sharing stories of his life from the making of A Nightmare on Elm Street to The Mangler and more. Fans lined up for hours to meet this horror icon.
Though the staff at Flashback Weekend had a convenient ticketing system to minimize wait times, Englund's autograph line still wound out of his private room. Even those with $110 "priority line placement" tickets stood in line for nearly three hours. Once the fans reached the front of the line, though, the experience was rewarding. Englund is known to have a slow autograph line as he spends a few minutes talking with each fan. I watched as he fawned over one fan's Japanese theater program promoting the release of 1989's A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. "You have some cool shit," he said to another fan who brought a DVD collection covered in autographs from other stars.
The long line may have had its advantages. One congoer recounted his experience in Englund's autograph line seven years ago at Flashback Weekend: he met his wife in that line. Now he, his wife of five years, and their daughter returned to again visit their horror hero.
The cost of Englund's autograph was $50.00 per item–a very reasonable price for con-goers. (For comparison, at the upcoming Wizard World Chicago convention The Incredible Hulk's Lou Ferrigno is charging $40.00, Marvel Comics' Stan Lee $80.00, and, at New York Comic-Con in 2013, Sylvester Stallone charged $395.00). While some celebrities rarely look up from their tables, their hands furiously signing item after item, Englund ensured each fan felt they had their moment with him and a story to tell as they left.
Arnie seized the opportunity to get a once-in-a-lifetime photo with Englund in the Freddy makeup.
While the chance for Robert Englund's autograph was welcomed by the fans, the far more publicized event was Friday's exclusive photo opportunity with the star–in full Freddy make-up. While celebrity appearances and photo opportunities are regular occurrences at conventions, rarely do the stars dress up for the occasion. On Friday, however, Englund underwent a two-and-a-half hour make-up application transforming him into the onscreen persona of Freddy. The latex prothetics that turned Englund into his on-screen persona were created and applied by 30-year Hollywood makeup effects artist Robert Kurtzman, who worked with Englund on the fifth Nightmare film.
The cost was very high– the photo opportunity, consisting of a professionally lit shot done by Celeb Photo Ops, a single 8″ x 10″ photo printout, and weekend admission to the convention (for one person) cost $365.00. Up to two people could be in the photo, but the guest would have to pay admission separately. The night of the event the photo itself could be purchased separately for $295.00. Additional prints and digital download options added to the cost of the photo. By comparison, at Wizard World Chicago photos with a single celebrity, also done by Celeb Photo Ops, range from $40 to $125, with the average being $55. A photo with all seven stars of Star Trek: The Next Generation is in the same price range, at $299.00 (not including convention admission).
The cost was not due to organizer or celebrity greed. Flashback Weekend started in 2002, run by Mike and Mia Kerz. The event is held annually in the Chicago area., and all proceeds from Flashback Weekend, including the Freddy photo op, go to the preservation and operation of the Midway Drive-In located in Dixon, IL. The Flashback Weekend web site states the philanthropic efforts are to "[provide] a theatrical outlet at the Midway Drive-In for new independent horror films [and maintain] a venue at the Midway for the screening of 35mm horror films." Englund cited this cause as a motivator behind his decision to appear in full make-up.
Despite the high cost, hundreds of fans lined up for this once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity. Fans came from across the country, some traveling from Tuscon, Pittsburgh, and Texas, for this chance. Englund was in full-on Freddy mode, speaking in the gravely voice and sometimes letting out his trademark scream–acts which must be second nature for the actor who's portrayed the dream killer for thirty years. Fans hoping for a moment with their idol, however, needed to go to the autograph area as the photo op was a workman-like assembly line. Englund seemed to have four key poses: for photos with one person he would put his blade to their throat. For photos with two people he would attack one–usually the female. For families that snuck a third person, a child, into the photo Englund would grab the young one's hair, and for those who were wearing their own Freddy glove Englund had a crossed-blades pose.
Englund demonstrated on-stage the problems with wearing his trademark fedora in photos.
The entire photo experience gave fans about thirty seconds with the star before the man behind the camera shouted "next" and fans were escorted out. Englund seemed to barely have time to acknowledge any fans individually, it was enter frame, pose, picture, done.
However the result is a well-lit, framed, and shot photo. Yes, the cost is high, but, as shown to the right, the result is a photo that cannot be gotten anywhere else.
In the weeks leading up to the convention several fans complained online about Englund wearing the makeup and glove, but eschewing Freddy's trademark sweater and hat. On stage that evening, in a private event for those who purchased the photo opportunity, Englund explained the hat created numerous lighting problems that plagued the filming of all the Nightmare films. For the sake of a good photograph the hat had to be skipped. As for the sweater? Englund explained that fans could find convincing Freddy characters in front of Mann's Chinese Theater and other locales, and that by wearing the official T-Shirt of Flashback Weekend fans could prove their photo was with the star himself.
Also in that evening panel Englund stated that this was perhaps not, as claimed on the Flashback Weekend web site, the final time the actor would don the make-up; the 68-year-old actor may not yet be ready to hang up his hat and glove. Whether for other fan events or professional Hollywood productions fans may not have seen the last of Englund as Freddy after all.
And Englund wasn't the only Nightmare on Elm Street star on hand for Flashback Weekend. Also at the event were Amanda Wyss (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Better Off Dead), Robert Rusler (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Weird Science, Sometimes They Come Back), Jennifer Rubin (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Bad Dreams, Screamers), Monica Keena (Freddy vs. Jason, Dawson's Creek), Katharine Isabelle (Freddy vs. Jason, Ginger Snaps) and Ronee Blakley (A Nightmare on Elm Street and Nashville, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award). Unlike Englund, lines to meet these actors were often short, and autograph prices ranged from $20.00 to $40.00. Some would pose with fans for photos if you purchased an autograph; others had a separate photo charge.
A Nightmare reunion at Flashback Weekend 2014! From left to right: Rusler, Rubin, Blakley, Wyass, and Keena
But like Englund each of the stars were approachable and friendly, engaging with their fans in the short time allotted.
In total, over two dozen celebrities attended the convention, including actress/musician Traci Lords, Gremlins star Zach Galligan, and character actor William Forsythe. These actors filled the end of the convention's exhibit floor, and while, at peak times, lines became difficult to navigate, the average wait was short.
Aside from Englund, the two most popular celebrities at Flashback Weekends seemed to be Lance Henriksen and Angus Scrimm.
Henriksen is a science fiction fan favorite with appearances in three of the Alien films, as well as Terminator and the TV series Millennium. In total the actor has over 200 on-screen credits in a career that spans more than 50 years. Yet Henriksen engaged fans eagerly, sharing stories of knife-practice on the set of Aliens or "alimony movies" he had to make like The Mangler 2. He had a dry wit which left interviewer "Svengoolie" Rich Coz nonplussed during the Friday night panel.
Scrimm, an actor best known for the Phantasm horror series, had a autograph line second in length only to Englund's. The actor, who is celebrating his 88th birthday next week, had a health issue that caused him to cancel an Indianpolis convention appearance in 2013. Fans, not wanting to miss this opportunity, stood in a line that at times stretched the length of the convention hall.
Scrimm headlined a 35th Anniversary Reunion of Phantasm stars at Flashback Weekend, which also included Reggie Bannister, Don Coscarelli, Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, and Kathy Lester.
Outside of celebrity appearances, Flashback Weekend had a bevy of costumers and revelers. In addition to Svengoolie, local personalities Kitty Zombie, WGN Radio's Nick Digilio, and Daily herald film critic Dann Gire helped host the event. While the convention's exhibit floor was one of the smaller ones for Chicago conventions, fans still could buy toys, T-Shirts, DVDs, and more. For those whose tastes run outside the norm there were also taxidermied animal heads, lifelike silicon werebabies, and replica Freddy gloves.
Details for next years event are expected in the coming months at the official Flashback Weekend website.
See photos from the event in the galleries below.
View of the Exhibit Floor at Flashback Weekend 2014
More vendors on the Exhibit Floor of Flashback Weekend 2014
You could buy this Werebaby at Flashback Weekend 2014
You can buy these old trading cards at Flashback Weekend but, as the company name states, Don't Eat The Gum!
You could buy a Nightcrawler bust or, a couple aisles over, buy petrified nightcrawlers.
What did the fox say? Nothing after they cut off his head and taxidermied it for sale at Flashback Weekends.
It's a small brain after all with Zombie Mickey Mouse!
A fan tries on a prop replica Freddy glove on the Flashback Weekend exhibit floor.
The slide before the start of the photo-op only Friday night panel
The translator for the hearing impaired seems to have had some bad dreams
Svengooli hosted the interviews Friday night
Svengooli interviews Robert Englund at Flashback Weekend
Svengooli interviews Lance Henrickson
Lance Henriksen has some fun with Svengooli on stage
Freddy vs Jason's Monica Keena laughs with Amanda Wyss at Flashback Weekend
Nightmare on Elm Street 2 actor Robert Rusler on stage with Dream Warrior Jennifer Rubin
A Nightmare on Elm Street stars Amanda Wyss and Monica Keena get serious.
A Nightmare on Elm Street star Amanda Wyss at Flashback Weekend
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warrior Jennifer Rubin at Flashback Wekeend
Freddy got his Revenge on actor Robert Rusler in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Robert Rusler asks probing questions of Jennifer Rubin at Flashback Weekend
Freddy vs Jason's Monica Keena at Flashback Weekend
Hollywood Monster Robert Englund signs a photo for a fan at Flashback Weekends in Chicago, IL
Nancy Booth and Robert Englund greet fans, and their dogs, at Flashback Weekend
Lance Henriksen signs a photo for a fan at Flashback Weekends in Chicago, IL
Behind Lance Henriksen's table stood an Alien prop; one of the must-sees on the exhibit floor of Flashback Weekend 2014.
Costumed guests at Flashback Weekend, 2014
A Jason costumer claims his next victim at Flashback Weekends 2014
Freddy vs Jason on the exhibit floor of Flashback Weekend
A demonic zombie-girl really plays the part at Flashback Weekend in Chicago
Killer Klowns from Flashback Weekend
August 11, 2014 Posted by Arnie C | Conventions, Movies, News	| Alien, Chicago, Chicago IL, Children of the Corn, convention, Flashback Weekend, horror, Horror Movie, Lance Henriksen, Movie, Movies, Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund, Traci Lords | Comments Off on Freddy Fans Delighted at Flashback Weekend
Film Fans of All Types Can Enjoy Days of the Dead
Nightmare on Elm Street star Wilcox poses with the man of her dreams. (Photo by Jeff Flynn)
To someone who's never been to a horror convention the thought could be as frightening as the blood-soaked splatter fests that appear on screen. One could imagine pale, pierced social misfits and psychopaths standing in line to meet their favorite serial killer. Many may feel if they aren't into the gory or the grotesque then a horror convention is not for them.
That impression is totally false as shown last weekend at the Days of the Dead horror convention in Indianapolis. Of course it was a blast for those into fright films, but it also had entertainment to offer any movie lover!
One of the big draws of the convention were the large number of celebrity guests in attendance. The stereotype of a celebrity on the autograph circuit is an actor with his career on the decline, clinging to former fame. Days of the Dead proved that image wrong by bringing in several A-list celebrities promoting current films. Some of the headlining guests have big movies out soon included Danny Trejo (Machete Kills in October), Keith David (recently in Cloud Atlas and a dozen more films in production), and Academy Award Nominee Gary Busey (Behaving Badly due out this year). This is an amazing roster for a con only in its third year, besting some of the other national companies who host conventions in the Midwest.
Access to the celebrities was incredibly easy. At many conventions fans have to wait in line for four hours or more to meet their idols. At Days of the Dead my wait time to see Trejo was 10 minutes, and only 15 minutes for Busey.
More, the prices were very reasonable. At conventions such as Dragon*Con or San Diego Comic-Con I've paid over $100 for signatures from actors who have not worked in several decades. At Days of the Dead the majority of autographs were $20 and headliners Busey and Trejo were just $40. Trejo would take a picture free with an autograph, while Busey charged only $10 additional for a photo; at some conventions photo opportunities start at $20 and can be as high as $150.
While all of the celebrities have horror films on their resumes, Trejo would sign a copy of the comedy Bubble Boy as rapidly as the vampire film From Dusk 'Til Dawn, and Busey had available photographs of his roles in Lethal Weapon and Point Break. I did not see anyone asking Keith David to sign their copy of Requiem for a Dream but I doubt he'd have declined.
All the guests were not just polite but completely engaged with the fans, having short conversations and truly making the con attendee feel appreciated. This is far better than the assembly-line like atmosphere found by some guests at Wizard World or New York Comic Con. In fact, the longest line to see a celebrity seemed to be A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 star Lisa Wilcox who would spend up to 5 minutes talking with her fans while signing their items. (Unfortunately for Wilcox one of those fans I observed was a socially awkward male in his twenties regaling her with a story about a specially lit photo he had of Wilcox in his bedroom…so while some of the stereotypes were present at the con most of the attendees were overwhelmingly normal).
Even the guests whose primary work was in horror had non-horror items available. For example, Wilcox is best known for starring in A Nightmare on Elm Street but the actress also had available a wide selection of photos from her single-episode guest-starring role in Star Trek: The Next Generation. As she rarely appears in the Midwest, Wilcox was a draw for Trekkers and horror fans alike. Original Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp also had a minor role in this summer's Star Trek: Into Darkness.
Of course, the horror fan had much to celebrate. Icons of the genre including Tony Todd (Final Destination, Candyman, Wishmaster), Derek Mears (the Friday the 13th reboot, 2007's The Hills Have Eyes II), Tyler Mane (Michael Myers in both Rob Zombie's Halloween films), Leslie Easterbrook (Zombie's Halloween and The Devil's Rejects), several stars of Cabin Fever, and over a dozen more horror film character actors were also there.
The vendor areas of the convention were a shopper's delight. While the non-horror fan would find less that appeals to them in the vendor booths, there were plenty of superhero toys and Star Wars collectibles to choose from. I bought an original painting based on the Howard the Duck movie!
Many booths catered to all children of the 80's, including Don't Eat the Gum – a company that sells trading cards from the 1980s and 1990s (and my wife should have listened to the company name as she almost broke her tooth on a stick of gum from Howard the Duck trading cards…the gum was made in 1986). Also there was Adjust Your Tracking selling movies on VHS that were never officially available on DVD.
Of course, being a horror convention, slasher-film fans could buy items not found anywhere else. Many booths offered DVDs of horror movies, including bootlegs of some incredibly rare films like Fright Night 2 and Silent Night, Deadly Night: Initiation.
"They're coming to get you, Leia!" – a custom zombie stormtrooper by vendor Curious Goods
There were also custom T-Shirts, paintings, and other original expressions of creative horror. At one booth Curious Goods offered custom action figures, including Rob Zombie, and Deathtroopers–Star Wars Stormtroopers turned zombies.
The exhibit floor was split into two small ballrooms, a sign that Days of the Dead is quickly outgrowing the space offered by the Wyndham Indianapolis West hotel. Having Days of the Dead split among several walled-off areas did make the convention feel smaller than it was. While it were ever too crowded, as is often found at larger conventions, the lines often crossed and merged, making celebrity areas hard to navigate. This is likely the product of becoming incredibly popular in only three years, and something I'm sure will be corrected at future conventions.
Overall Days of the Dead Indianapolis was an incredible experience, and I will certainly be attending their Chicago convention this November. While the only guests announced thus far are stars of the Return of the Living Dead and The Blair Witch Project it's sure to be fun!
When not attending conventions across the globe Arnie can be found hosting the movie review podcast Now Playing, which has reviewed hundreds of movies of all genres, as well as the toy collecting podcasts Star Wars Action News and Marvelicious Toys. He also reviews books on the Books & Nachos podcast.
The author poses with Machete and Desperado star Danny Trejo
Point Break and Celebrity Apprentice star Busey poses with an adoring fan
Gnomes protect your flowers…by eating the babies that crawl by! Another gory custom from Curious Goods.
July 12, 2013 Posted by Arnie C | Comic Books, Conventions, Marvelicious Toys, Movies, News, Now Playing Podcast, Podcasts, Reviews, Star Wars Action News	| Chicago, Comics, Curious Goods, Danny Trejo, Days of the Dead, Gary Busey, horror, HorrorCon, Illinois, Indiana, Indianapolis, Movie, Movies, News, Now Playing, Review, Television | Comments Off on Film Fans of All Types Can Enjoy Days of the Dead
How to throw a Cougar Town Party (and why you should)
Last Saturday night Chi-town became Cougar Town for an evening at the Racine Plumbing Bar and Grill in Lincoln Park. No, older women were not out prowling for young men, but rather a bunch of fans of the low-rated critically-acclaimed TV series Cougar Town showed up for free drinks and the chance to meet some of the talent behind the show.
Cougar Town is a show from Bill Lawrence, who also created Spin City and Scrubs. Plagued by a title that Lawrence regularly mocks on the show itself, Cougar Town has struggled in the ratings. When ABC did not include Cougar Town in its fall 2011 schedule, fans became concerned despite ABC's assurances that it would return to the air as a mid-season replacement. A low-rated show going on hiatus is often the death knell of that series.
As we now enter the second half of the 2011-2012 television season, Cougar Town still has not had a return announced. But that is not stopping Lawrence and the rest of the cul-de-sac crew from using social media and local gatherings to mobilize Cougar Town fans and fight for the show to continue.
The creators of Cougar Town have had a greater level of interaction with viewers than most shows. In Season 2 they put a telephone number in the show. If you called the number in real life, you'd sometimes be greeted by a voice mail, but some lucky callers could find themselves talking to some of the show's creators or stars.
Now Lawrence is taking this interactivity on tour to major cities like Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Through Lawrence's Twitter and Facebook pages fans were invited to come out, watch some as-yet-unaired episodes of Cougar Town, and mix and mingle with the show's stars and creators. And drink for free on Lawrence's dime.
The Chicago party was hosted by Busy Phillips (Dawson's Creek, White Chicks) who plays party-girl Laurie Keller, and series writer Melody Derloshon. Derloshon worked the room well, introducing herself to attendees and sharing anecdotes about the behind-the-scenes goings on of a sitcom. Phillips was also gracious to fans, stopping several times to pose for photos, and sharing stories about her co-stars (In Season 3 when Dan Byrd, who plays Travis on the show, wears a helmet it's due to the actor's real-life aversion to washing his hair). Phillips even showed grace when a somewhat creepy fan (also named Travis) seemed unable to separate fact from fiction, repeatedly pulling his shirt down to expose his chest and openly hit on the married actress.
Busy Phillips Poses with Cougar Town Fans
Phillips also provided a running commentary during two episodes of Cougar Town shown to the partiers. The first episode shown was the Season 3 premiere which promises a surprise change in the show's status quo. The second episode of the evening will be the fifth episode of Season 3, one no Scrubs fan should miss. That episode guest starred Sarah Chalke (Scrubs, Roseanne) as well as Sam Lloyd reprising his Scrubs role of Ted. While hard to hear all the dialogue of the episodes, it seems like Cougar Town's strongest episodes may be those yet to air.
Ted and his band from Scrubs
Phillips and Derloshon encouraged Cougar Town fans to be vocal with their support, and to use social media to spread the word about the show. And, perhaps, have their own Cougar Town viewing parties when the show does return to the air. And the Chicago party provided the perfect template for your own Cougar Town viewing party:
Start with plenty of alcohol. The characters on the show are borderline alcoholics with the amount of wine they consume. (Sadly the Racine Plumbing Bar and Grill did not have Big Carls for us to drink from, and our wine was sipped from mason jars)
Put out a Penny Can or two for people to test their aim on. Don't have a Penny Can? You can buy the limited edition Blue Penny Can at Cafepress. (The Green Penny Can is now sold out)
When people start to tire of Penny Can, have some Cougar Town trivia, such as the name of the town in which Cougar Town takes place.
Watch an episode of Cougar Town.
Continue to drink
The Cougar Town tour is set to continue with dates announced in Austin, TX as well as New York. If in the area, it's a unique opportunity to interact with television stars and creators, as well as get free drinks, and support the best show that's not currently on television.
For future dates on the Cougar Town tour, follow the cul-de-sac crew on Twitter:
Bill Lawrence (series creator)
Kevin Biegel (series producer)
Nicki Maron (Lawrence's assistant)
Melody Derloshon (series writer)
Cougar Town Writers
Busy Phillips (series actress)
Laruie Keller (the Twitter account of Phillips' character on Cougar Town)
January 12, 2012 Posted by Arnie C | Conventions, News, Reviews, Television	| Bill Lawrence, Busy Phillips, Chicago, Cougar Town, Illinois, Party, Review, Television | 1 Comment
Duran Duran Rocks Chicago
When I found out Duran Duran was touring in support of their new CD, I returned to my fangirl roots and literally squealed with delight. Duran Duran was coming to Chicago! I roped my husband into going along, regaling him with useless Duran Duran trivia.Opening for Duran Duran was the Neon Trees. I can't decide if I was disappointed or respected them for not wearing a stitch of neon clothing. A lot of their songs sounded similar but I think that is a hazard of being a relatively unknown opening band. Their music sounded like retro pop – they would have fit in well during the New Wave explosion in the 80's. It's hard to judge an opening band on one show alone. I didn't hate them but I'm not running out to buy their CD.
After a brief intermission, it was time for my childhood fantasies to be played out. I had no idea what to expect. Previous concerts by 80's bands have been let downs. Given that I paid higher than average for the ticket and that they were still selling out shows, I felt there was only a slight chance at disappointment. By the time they finished their first song, Before The Rain, any doubts I had were gone. These guys were good. They played well and they sounded great.
The set list was a mixture of their well known hits like A View To A Kill, The Reflex, Careless Memories, and some newer songs such as All You Need Is Now. Throughout the years, they have kept the same sound – something to be said for a band that formed in 1978. New songs blended in perfectly with their classics.
The first song to really get the crowd going was View To A Kill. That song seriously rocked live. While Duran Duran's original guitarist Andy Taylor no longer tours with the band, his current replacement Dom Brown filled the vacancy well. He played every note like it was his own. After this point, the concert only got better. The Reflex was played to an astounding sing a long as was Hungry Like The Wolf.
Simon LeBon really knows how to work a crowd. He was engaging and all eyes were on him. Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor appeared to be mostly behind the scenes. I think the only time I saw both of them look engaged with the audience was when Simon announced the band individually. They looked serious, but not like they were having a bad time. The clear cut stage leaders are John Taylor and Simon. Both worked the crowd and spent time on both sides of the stage appeasing fans.
Their stage was not the elaborate sets of the 80's. This was simple, with three video screens, lots of lights and four weird video screen faces. We might have been too close for the full effect but the video screen faces made Simon look like Terrance Stamp in Superman 2.
All in all, Duran Duran's music, as well as themselves, have held up well in the thirty-something years since they formed. Their music is solid and they play one hell of a live show.
Watch Duran Duran perform Notorious
October 25, 2011 Posted by Arnie C | Music, Reviews	| Chicago, Concert, Duran Duran, Illinois, Review, Rock | 1 Comment


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Two important reminders for Friday, March 8th.
"Cozy Up with a Good Book" – Wear your pajamas and favorite book to read! Families- please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately with pajamas. For students who have Physical Education class, please make sure your child has sneakers. Sneakers are encouraged for all day, especially during this cold time of year.
PTO "Family Movie Night!" Showing: "Ralph Breaks the Internet" Doors Open At 5:30 PM to the CM Gym. Movie starts promptly at 6:00 PM. Your child is welcome to again wear PJs if he/she would like. Bring blankets & chairs to relax and watch the movie on our big screen. PTO will be selling food & drinks to enjoy during the movie. **Important Note** This is not a drop off event, every child must be accompanied by an adult.


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Filling Station Themes
This "Filling Station" ain't pretty. We find out right away how dirty it is, and Bishop doesn't ever let it go. Of course some amount of grease should be expected in a filling station, whose main service is oil changes. But Bishop seems to think it's worth explaining that this place is the greasiest of the greasy; the oil has permeated every object and every person (and pet) in the joint. Though the place is pretty gross looking, that doesn't necessarily make it altogether awful, though. While the opening judgment never really fades, Bishop makes room for a more complicated verdict on the station.
Questions About Appearances
Why make such a big deal about how dirty the filling station is? Aren't they all dirty? What's so special about this particular filling station?
Do you think Bishop exaggerates the filth at all? If so, when? And why would she do this?
For a poem about a filling station, there seems to be very little description of mechanical things like pumps, and tools. Why do you think Bishop focused on seemingly less important details, like the furniture or the begonia, for example?
What effect did the description of what the father was wearing and what the sons looked like have on forming your opinion about the people in the filling station
Does the speaker judge a book by its cover, or does she look past the dirty appearance?
Bishop makes such a big deal about how dirty the filling station is, in order to make a proper contrast with the home element. She intentionally trashes the place in order to make the small, sweet spots really shine.
The speaker never changes her opinion about the place. From beginning to end she thinks it's a nasty hole, not habitable for human beings.
Lo and behold, a family lives under that layer of grease. And things only get greasier with each passing day, as these folks continue to pour it into ailing automobiles on a daily basis. The "Filling Station," we find out pretty early on, is family-run, by the father and his sons. The women in the family (if there are any) seem to be steering clear of the grease trap. Signs of family and home trickle their way down the poem: there's a porch, some furniture, a plant, and even a pet dog. If this place didn't look like the site of a huge oil spill, it might look like a normal house and home. Almost.
Questions About Family
When you find out the filling station is family-run, does it change your opinion of the place? Why or why not?
Do you think the absence of any women in the family picture is intentional? Suspicious? Are we supposed to think she's died or something?
Besides the mention of the father and sons, what are some other indicators of family in this poem?
Given the information in the poem, would you guess this is a happy family, or an unhappy one? Why or why not?
The speaker is romanticizing the relationship with the young men and the owner of the station; they're actually not related at all. It was the speaker's assumption that the filling station was family run, just so she can make it seem nicer than it is.
The whole point of this poem is to show that even though this place is run down, a family lives there, so there's actually a lot of love and happiness.
On first read, the last line of "Filling Station"—"Somebody loves us all"—seems to come out of nowhere. The majority of the poem's energy is spent on depicting the overall trashiness of the place. But after a closer look, you'll see the foundation for this last line had been building very quietly from early on in the poem. It begins when we find out it's a family-run station. And when the close of the poem starts up with the "Somebody" repetition, we see the care taken to make this nasty old place a home. What keeps it together (even if in a filthy state), it seems, is the love and care of the people living there.
Questions About Love
Are there specific items or images in the poem that give you the first hint of love in an otherwise critical poem? Which are they? And how do they achieve that effect?
Between people in the poem, are there any acts of love that you can identify? Where? ]
What kind of love is there in this poem: romantic, familial, friendship? All of the above? How can you tell?
In your opinion, does the final line come out of nowhere or has it been properly built up?
The last line comes out of nowhere. It's the speaker's unrealistic fantasy that there's any love in this place. She should have stuck to the grease and grime rant that she was on in the first place.
The love (last) line has been built not explicitly upon showings of love in the poem, but small showings of care—watering the plant, decorating the doily—and it's a perfect last statement to end the poem on.
The speaker of "Filling Station," believe it or not, admires this place. The admiration unfolds slowly, and even secretly, as if the speaker doesn't really want to own up to it. Bishop doesn't pull any punches in highlighting what is wrong with the place, and though it doesn't seem the speaker could love a place like this, it seems she clearly admires the family for making a home from it, for caring for the plant and the lazy dog. She might not love this joint, but she thinks it's pretty cool that they do.
Questions About Admiration
If we assume the speaker admires this place, why do you think she insults it so much?
Do you think the speaker's admiration for the filling station only comes toward the end of the poem, or do you think it's been with her all along? How can you tell?
What do you think there is to admire about this place and these people? Anything?
The speaker admires the people in the filling station because they are capable of caring for a place that she could never appreciate (because it's too dirty and run-down).
The speaker doesn't admire the family at all; in fact, she thinks she's superior to them.


The Best Paleo Green Bean Casserole will shock you that it has zero grain or gluten! Find out how to make it in your home below!
I am gonna shoot straight with you, I'm REAL picky when it comes to green bean casserole. And I don't mess around with some of the gluten free cream of mushroom soups out there. You'll get a cart full of side eye if we're ever together shopping for Thanksgiving fixins and you try to pull that one on me.
What I will tell you is that if you are gonna go to the trouble of making green bean casserole, really go for it and make it memorable. It's not that hard once you've made it from scratch a few times and you'll be so glad you did. Plus you can let the rest of your family eat that slop they've been swearing by for years and you can save the best part for yourself. Oops, I let a little Grinch slip out.
This recipe is actually from my first cookbook, Down South Paleo, and I still use this as my go to Green Bean Casserole recipe! It tastes way better than family drama at the Thanksgiving table and won't give you the reflux Uncle Jim Bob will have later either.
Preheat the oven to 350F. To make the casserole, in a large stockpot, saute the mushrooms and diced onion in the olive oil over high heat for about 5 minutes, covered. Remove the lid and allow teh veggies to cook for another 5 minutes.
Add the broth and seasonings and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and puree the soup in a blender, adding in the coconut milk at this time. Once the ingredients are well blended, return it back to the stockpot and raise the heat to high. In a small bowl, make a slurry with 1/4 cup of the soup mixture and the flour. Stir to combine then return the slurry to the stockpot.
Bring the soup to a simmer for 5 minutes while you transfer your steamed green beans to a casserole dish. Ladle 4 cups of the mushroom soup over the green beans and bake for 30 minutes. You will have a little ofthe soup left over and can eat it as a soup or use it as a gravy.
To make the onion topping while the casserole bakes, place the sliced onion in a large zip-top bag. Pour the coconut milk into the bag, seal the top and shake to coat the onion. Next sprinkle in the seasonings, flour and starch. Seal the top and shake again to coat the onion slices with flour.
In a skillet heat the cooking fat over high heat and fry the onion slices until nicely browned, about 8 minutes, stirring and flipping them to brown all sides. Once the casserole has baked for 30 minutes, remove the dish from the oven and top with browned onions. Return the casserole to the oven once again and bake for additional 10 minutes. Serve warm.
Is there anything I could sub for the potato starch?


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Weekly Geopolitical Report – Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Gibraltar Dilemma (April 24, 2017)
by Thomas Wash
Days after Theresa May triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, Brussels issued a nine-page document outlining its guidelines for Brexit negotiations. One of the guidelines gave Spain the authority to veto any deal between Gibraltar and the European Union (EU). The U.K. is currently recognized as holding sovereignty over Gibraltar and thus took exception to this provision, vowing to defend the will of the people of Gibraltar.
The provision is likely the result of heavy lobbying by the Spanish government, who would like to end this 300-year dispute once and for all. A war of words between Spain and the U.K. has already started in response to the announcement. Former Tory leader Michael Howard stated that the U.K. is willing to fight for Gibraltar. Although not responding to the threat, Spain has hinted that it would not block Scotland if it were to apply to the European Union upon a potential Scexit.[1]
Despite the bravado, it is likely that the two countries will come to some sort of agreement as they have deep trade ties. In fact, Spain has been the most vocal backer of a soft Brexit. That being said, the people of Gibraltar are stuck at a crossroads regarding the dispute. On the one hand, they voted 96% to remain in the EU, but on the other hand, they voted 99% against joint sovereignty with Spain. The situation becomes even murkier when its economy is taken into account. Gibraltar is dependent upon the U.K. for trade and Spain for labor. Nevertheless, it is unlikely that Gibraltar would have emerged from Brexit unscathed as its labor force is dependent on the free movement of immigrants permitted under the EU. Ironically, it was the free movement of immigrants that mostly caused British voters to leave the EU.
In this report, we will focus on the significance of Gibraltar, its historical context and the impact of the current dispute. We will conclude with possible market ramifications.
[1] During the run-up to the Scottish referendum, it was believed that Spain would oppose any immediate transition by Scotland into the EU if it decided to leave the U.K. because it could encourage Catalonia to move toward independence as well.


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Mayor Daley in the News
By Kevin Robinson in News on Mar 6, 2008 10:20PM
Mayor Daley sure is busy. Or at least chatty.
Yesterday Mayor Daley said he asked the Cook County Board of Review to reopen the appeals process for a special two-week period, March 17-31, for homeowners who feel that their property tax has been assessed too high as a result of the downturn in the housing market. The City has given the board of review data about which areas have seen declining home values, and it will also assist owners of homes and small apartment buildings with their appeals. "For years we've argued that Cook County's property-tax system is broken and puts property owners who are struggling to make ends meet... at a disadvantage," Daley told the press yesterday. "That's why in these tough economic times... I believe our leaders in Cook County can be even more aggressive when it comes to protecting struggling homeowners and businesses."
Daley also weighed in on the controversy surrounding the sale of Wrigley Field, rejecting the notion that the historic ballpark's landmark status needed to be removed in order for the state to acquire and renovate the structure. "I'm not going to be the mayor saying, 'OK, we're going to relax on the historic aspect of Wrigley Field. Mayor Daley says it'll be torn down.' That'll be a great headline for the Sun-Times," Daley told the paper. "I'm not going to do that. You're not going to get that from me. . . . I'm a White Sox fan. I'm not going to say, 'We're going to change Wrigley Field.' That would be the end of me."
The mayor's demands that the city crack down on motorists that endanger bikers cleared a City Council committee yesterday, but not without some demands from aldermen. Traffic Committee members said that they would like to see the city take a hard look at renegade bikers that flout the law. "One of the things that highlighted was the fact that laws should also be obeyed by the bicyclist. Here, we're highlighting the motor vehicle obeying the law. Are we also going to insist that bicyclists obey the rules of the road?" said Ald. Bernard Stone (50th).
And finally, the Daley administration announced yesterday that it has signed a new, two-year, $21.2 million deal with a firm to manage Midway Airport. Skyline Management is replacing Midway Airport Management, who has managed the airport since 2001, and who's senior management includes Elzie Higginbottom, Daley's a top fundraiser for the Mayor. Skyline Management is an equal partnership of three firms, Chicago-based Diverse Facility Solutions, Florida-based AvAir Professional Services and Houston-based Linc Facility Services. The city issued a Request for Qualifications (PDF) last month, setting in motion a process for the long-term concession and lease of the airport. That lease could yeild the city billions of dollars to shore up pensions and make infrastructure improvements.
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We're into the home stretch of the regular season, folks, and the races for the final playoff spot in both the Western and Eastern Conferences are getting really exciting. However, we will avoid talking about the four teams involved for another week. It's good to get another couple of games in to see if the margin has widened or if things will go down in the final week of the season.
So for now, let's talk about another four set of teams and each one of them has either failed to maintain their high standards or have not let their analytics better translate their win-loss record. On that note, Carolina is officially eliminated as we dive into this week's edition of the Nerdy 30.
Even after seeing them eliminated from the rankings months ago, it still feels like complete vindication that Calgary, a team whose puck possession was among the worst in the league and still found a way to make the playoffs last year, miss the postseason entirely this year. However, just not having great puck luck isn't the only reason Calgary has struggled this season. Remember, this team still has crummy goaltenders Jonas Hiller and Karri Ramo.
If anything, it was their fantastic special teams that got them into the playoffs. Last season, the Flames had the highest penalty differential at +71, had a 12th-best power play at 99.9 shot attempts per hour and had an eighth-best penalty kill at 93.4 shot attempts per hour. This year, things are different. While the penalty differential is still really good at a third-best +35, Calgary's power play has dipped to 94.9 shot attempts per hour and a fifth-worst shooting percentage at 11.6-percent.
While shorthanded, the Flames are even worse in that department now that they are giving up a fourth-worst 103.2 shot attempts per hour and an eye watering 83.1 save percentage. No other team in the NHL has been able to come within a percentage point close to Calgary's league worst figure in stopping pucks from going in the net shorthanded. One immediate solution to fix the penalty killing woes is to stop playing their supposed best player in that department. Like the Capitals with Brooks Laich, Calgary seems to have an extremely false love affair with Lance Bouma being a penalty killing specialist. In over 361 shorthanded minutes in the last three years, the 26-year old has given up a team worst 110.6 shot attempts per hour while he has been on the ice.
With the season coming to a close, it is important to note that the Flames could come in to next summer's draft with nine picks, including four of them within the first two rounds. General manager Brad Treliving may have sold Jiri Hudler short considering he scored 30 goals last season, but Florida was able to ship their 2nd round pick for this year and their 2018 4th round pick in return for an aging skilled player on the last year of his contract. Meanwhile, Kris Russell could deliver Dallas' first round pick back to Calgary if the Stars make the conference finals and the defenseman plays over 50-percent of their games. Otherwise, it will be another second round pick, plus a cheap young defensemen in training in Jyrki Jokipakka. Who knows if the Flames will be able to make this group of players work, but the sense has to be that this summer will be a critical one for the future of this hockey team.
If you thought Calgary gave up Jiri Hudler too easilly, check out how desperate Carolina was in giving up probably the greatest player the team has ever had. Yes, Eric Staal is 31 years old and on the last year of a very expensive contract, but to still get one second round pick each for the next two years from the New York Rangers seems quite small for a player that constantly plays like a top line forward when it comes to his shot generation.
Like the Flames as well, though, Carolina will be coming into this summer with plenty of draft picks to work with at 11. Of that massive bundle, seven of them will be from the first three rounds of the draft. Along with the pick in return for Eric Staal, Carolina will also use Los Angeles' first round pick from the Andrej Sekera trade, Boston's third round pick from the John Michael-Liles trade and Winnipeg's third round pick from the Jiri Tlusty trade. If there's a season where general manager Ron Francis can finally flex his muscles, this has to be it.
The coaching has been in place now for two years thanks to well-worked system under Bill Peters. Now is the time for the Hurricanes to pick up some talent and keep them for years to come so that they can wake up a franchise that has been catatonic for too long.
Last year, I wrote plenty of posts about how Boston's underachieving and how their salary cap struggles were preventing them from reaching the heights of 2011 and 2013. This year, it's the same old situations except Claude Julien's system might officially be going down the tubes after being the head coach for nine seasons. If the season were to end today, the Bruins would finish outside the top ten in either even strength shot generation, shot suppression or save percentage for the first time ever. In fact, Boston is sitting in their worst rankings under all three categories in the Claude Julien era at 18th, 26th and tied for 16th, respectively.
There are two main reasons for Boston's struggles at five-on-five: the absolute gulf in talent at forward and the decaying talents of the mainstays on defense. First, the likes of Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci and Loui Eriksson have continued to contribute tremendously on the Bruins scoresheets every night. It's the extreme lack of talented bottom six forwards that has troubled Claude Julien in putting together a strong lineup. Things haven't helped when Chris Kelly was forced to miss the rest of the season to a broken leg, but even he has always been a poor possession forward and was in the last year of his contract at age 34. Ryan Spooner has been able to produce great offensive numbers, but has failed to generate good puck possession with Matt Beleskey and Brett Connolly on the team's third line.
In defense, Zach Trotman is nowhere near good enough to be the team's top pairing defensemen with Zdeno Chara and even the captain himself is playing like someone that should be out of the league fairly soon. Torey Krug has been Boston's best defensemen for two years now and it hasn't even been a contest. With the correct deployments, he should be able to rival Erik Karlsson as the best offensive defensemen in the world. Instead, he is given third pairing minutes with another ghost of Stanley Cup Champions past in Dennis Seidenberg.
While Lee Stempniak has been a positive influence in the puck possession game since the trade deadline, John Michael-Liles has not and it's been amazing how so many teams still consider him to be an NHL caliber defenseman.
Even if Boston makes it into the playoffs this year, they shouldn't be able to go anywhere beyond the second round unless groups of players improve drastically. Until then, the Bruins have to come into this summer getting younger and signing at least two new defensemen that can be positive mainstays for the team for years to come. If they can find a way to keep Erickson from signing elsewhere via free agency, that is even better. If that isn't achievable, it is guaranteed the Bruins will be in the middle of a rebuild as early as next season.
After looking like things were never going to change with the Blackhawks, they have now gone 6-9-3 since February 9th. For most good hockey teams, this is a slump that shouldn't be that much of a big deal and eventually their above average possession numbers would have them progress to the mean. For Chicago's case, they have to deal with Dallas, St. Louis and Nashville being in their division: three teams that have a strong core group of players and are among the most well run teams in the NHL. So even one slip up will be enough for them to go from being Central Division champions to having no home-ice advantage in any portion of the playoffs.
Even worse for the Blackhawks is that their advanced statistics have been dipping since their February 9th swoon. Throughout the entire season, Chicago has been 12th in score-adjusted shot generation at even strength at 54.0 shot attempts per hour. However, that number has dipped to 51.7 since their recent slump. Along with that, the team's penalty kill has gone from bad to worst. Before February 9th, their shot suppression was sitting at 100.9 attempts per 60 minute, but that number has skyrocketed to an even worse 117.8 attempts per hour since then and their shorthanded save percentage is at an embarrassing 82.5-percent.
For starts, Andrew Ladd is going to have to be a perfect fit for Chicago. Otherwise, his 49.8-percent puck possession and two goals in 11 games is really going to drag the rest of the team down. Also, Brent Seabrook has got to stop playing with Trevor Van Riemsdyk because he is making the former Norris Trophy sleeper look like an ECHL player. When together, the pairing have suffered an abysmal 41.7-percent puck possession in almost 391 even strength minutes together. When apart, Seabrook's puck possession increases to 51.2-percent. Otherwise, things are starting to look dark in Chicago and we may need to see more en-masse changes in order for this team to return to Stanley Cup contention.


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Georgia releases Russian officers
The Russian officers at the centre of a diplomatic spat between their government and Georgian authorities have been freed and are heading back to Moscow, Georgian officials say.
02 Oct 2006 16:48 GMT
The Russian officers being handed over in Tbilisi on Monday
The four officers, who earlier on Monday were released from custody and handed over to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, boarded a Russian government aeroplane in Tbilisi that was headed for Moscow, said Viktor Beltsov, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman.
They were joined by two other officers sought by Georgian authorities on spying charges, who had been hiding in the Russian military headquarters.
It has rejected Georgia's bid to defuse the crisis by releasing the officers.
The arrests of the men last week infuriated Russia, which has put its troops in Georgia on high alert, recalled its ambassador and evacuated its citizens, in the worst bilateral crisis in years between Russia and the former Soviet state.
Links snapped
Earlier in the day, Russia said it would impose travel and communications sanctions on Georgia, and suspended transport and postal links.
The transport and communications ministries said that all air, road, rail, sea and postal links with Georgia would be suspended.
Georgia wants to join Nato and reduce Russian influence
Russian carrier Aeroflot said it would stop all flights to Georgia from Tuesday.
The measures came despite the imminent release of the Russian officers.
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, had accused Georgia of "state terrorism with hostage-taking" by arresting the army officers.
Putin's comments were interpreted by Georgia's foreign ministry as a threat to use military force.
Georgian response
The Georgian president has, however, dismissed reports that Russia is planning to use military force.
"I don't think they are irrational enough to use military force," Mikhail Saakashvili said on Sunday.
Georgian has forged close military ties with Western states
"It is an over-reaction caused by nervousness that they have created by themselves."
Putin had also suggested on Sunday that Saakashvili should not count on his "foreign sponsors" - a reference to the US - for support in the confrontation with Russia.
Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief, and the 56-member OSCE had urged a solution to the crisis.
Saakashvili, who swept to power in a popular revolution in 2003, has angered Russia by forging close military ties with Western states and saying that he wants to take Georgia into Nato.
Iran's Khamenei defends Revolutionary Guard in rare Friday sermon


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From July 13 through July 31, 2015, Tru Vue will accept online submissions for the contest, asking store owners to explain their need for the consultation. Entries will be judged on need, feasibility, growth potential and creativity. The winner will be announced on August 21, 2015.
Three one-of-a-kind wall displays, customized for the winner's shop, featuring pieces glazed with Tru Vue® premium products Museum Glass® and Optium Museum Acrylic®.
How-to training on the custom designs by Glasgow, including in-person assistance with the final execution of the display pieces.
Employee training on using the new wall displays as sales tools to help staff communicate the value of upgraded materials and techniques for higher average ticket prices.
"We've had an overwhelming response to our Retail Makeover from last year, and while we cannot provide a full makeover to as many shops as we would like, this is something we can do to continue to support custom framers in growing their own businesses," said Jen Gramm, director of marketing for Tru Vue.


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Q: ArcGIS Server Manager (10.2.2) - permissions applied to folder not "sticking" I was able to do this before updating to 10.2.2, because I have several other folders with specific permissions applied via local role store.  User store is Active Directory.  Data store is flat files via UNC to shared drive.
Each time I edit the permissions of a newly-created folder, I choose private, un-check allow access to all users, & add the role to allowed roles.  Saving says that, "permissions applied successfully," but the lock icon remains open, & checking the permissions shows that the folder is public.
I have tried deleting & re-creating the folder in the server manager.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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Q: How can I properly pass a child class to a Swift 'inout' method for updating? I would like to create a generic 'refreshInBackground' method for my project that allows updating of my various PFObject subclasses.  I can't just use PFObject.refreshInBackground because I want to 'include' several 'keys' (pointers to other objects)
The problem is that when I pass my subclass as an 'inout' parameter I am told

Cannot pass immutable value as inout argument: implicit conversion from 'ParseUser' to 'PFObject' requires a temporary

1) Why is 'currentUser' immutable??  Is that because it is trying to do the implicit conversion?
My subclass is simple
class ParseUser : PFUser {
    @NSManaged var teams : [ParseTeam]           // Teams that the user is a member of

    ..more stuff..
}

The call to update it
var currentUser : ParseUser?
if currentUser != nil {
    // utilize the local user cache... but refresh the user
    // to get the teams
    self.refreshInBackground(parseObject: &currentUser!, withKeys: ["teams"], withCompletion: nil)
}

Finally, the generic update function:
// fetch and refresh an object in the background, including various pointers to included keys
// this is necessary because the native Parse fetchInBackground does not allow 'includeKeys'
func refreshInBackground(inout parseObject object : PFObject, withKeys includeKeys : [String]?, withCompletion completion : ((error : NSError) -> Void)?) {
    // make sure our object has been stored on the server before refershing
    // if it has an objectId, it has been stored
    if let objectId = object.objectId {
        let query = PFQuery(className:object.parseClassName)
        query.whereKey("objectId", equalTo: objectId)
        if let keys = includeKeys {
            query.includeKeys(keys)
        }
        query.getFirstObjectInBackgroundWithBlock({ (updatedObject, error) in
            if error == nil, let update = updatedObject {
                object = update
            }
            completion?(error: error)
        })
    }
    else {
        // oops the object hasn't been saved yet, so don't refresh it
        completion?(error: NSError(domain: "xxxxx", code: 911, userInfo: ["message":"Object Not saved"]))
    }
}

I tried working around it by setting a temporary variable, casting it and passing it in, but that of course doesn't update the currentUser pointer... just the temporary variable
// Clearly doesn't work as the assignment is made to a placeholder
var user = currentUser! as PFObject
self.refreshInBackground(parseObject: &user, withKeys: ["teams"], withCompletion: nil)

Lastly, this can be solved by just returning the updated object and then setting it in the completion handler... but I would like to understand how to do this in Swift such that I don't have to do that each time.  Ideally the 'refresh' call is self contained.
thanks

A: The reason that you can't pass a derived type as an inout parameter of the base type is that this would allow the caller to break type safety. Consider this example (that doesn't work):
class Base {}
class Derived1: Base {}
class Derived2: Base {}

func updateFoo(inout foo: Base) {
    foo = Derived2()
}

var derived1: Derived1 = Derived1()
updateFoo(&derived1)
// derived1 is of type Derived2???

As far as error messages go, Swift's error messages are not great yet. You will often get misleading messages and it's possible that you're hitting one of these cases.
The other thing that cannot work is that inout arguments shouldn't be included in an escaping closure. Your inout reference of a variable is only valid until the end of the function that accepted it, and my understanding is that getFirstObjectInBackground will easily outlive refreshInBackground (and violate the lifetime of the reference). SE-0035 explains why it doesn't work right now and how it will work with Swift 3.
In summary, inout parameters create a "shadow copy" of the variable and assign that potentially modified copy back to the original at the end of the function call, so any modification that you want to make to the variable must happen before the end of the function call (which is incompatible with background tasks, that are meant to end at an indefinite point in the future). It will be a compile-time error in Swift 3 to use an inout parameter in an escaping closure. It currently compiles but it doesn't work.

A: You could perhaps rewrite this using generics which would let you do what you want (I've not actually tested this, but it should be close):
func refreshInBackground<T: PFObject>(inout parseObject object : T, withKeys includeKeys : [String]?, withCompletion completion : ((error : NSError) -> Void)?) {
    // make sure our object has been stored on the server before refershing
    // if it has an objectId, it has been stored
    if let objectId = object.objectId {
        let query = PFQuery(className:object.parseClassName)
        query.whereKey("objectId", equalTo: objectId)
        if let keys = includeKeys {
            query.includeKeys(keys)
        }
        query.getFirstObjectInBackgroundWithBlock({ (updatedObject, error) in
            if error == nil, let update = updatedObject as? T {
                object = update
            }
        })
    }
    else {
        // oops the object hasn't been saved yet, so don't refresh it
        completion?(error: NSError(domain: "xxxxx", code: 911, userInfo: ["message":"Object Not saved"]))
    }
}


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