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'Stranger Things' season 3 breaks Netflix record
18 October 2019 | 1:13 pm
Within the first month after the third season dropped on July 4, views were counted in over 60 million households.
Netflix love story marries Nollywood and Bollywood
It's not just boy meets girl but also Bollywood meets Nollywood in a film released by Netflix on Valentine's Day, and created by an Indian-Nigerian restaurateur.
Madonna putting together Madame X tour documentary for Netflix
Madonna is set to release a Netflix documentary featuring extensive footage from her troubled Madame X tour, according to new reports.
'Netflix treats its employees like adults, that's what gets speed and innovation going'
Imagine working for a company where you don't have to apply for holiday time or seek prior approval for expenses. Imagine giving feedback to your boss – in public! Imagine being trusted to make major decisions without clearance from line managers. The flipside? If you perform anything less than excellently, you lose your job. Freedom and "talent density" are the two key ingredients of Netflix's corporate culture. The formula has driven the company from a humble DVD rental service 20 years ago to one of the world's most successful entertainment corporations.
Netflix shares plunge as growth slowdown spooks investors
Shares in Netflix plunged by almost nine percent in after-hours trading on Wall Street on Tuesday, after the streaming giant announced a major slowdown in subscriber growth. Netflix added just four million new customers in the first three months of 2021, compared to 16 million in the same period last year. The company is hoping that new seasons of hit shows like "Sex Education" will help boost growth later this year. Also today, we hear how French employers are struggling to recruit seasonal workers for this summer.
Netflix gives Cameroonian films a boost
U.S. streaming service Netflix has bought two Cameroonian films, including a drama about a young Cameroonian girl determined to go to school.
Netflix shares drop after slowdown in subscriber growth
Steven Spielberg inks multi-year deal with Netflix
The deal, which was announced on June 21, is likely to solidify Netflix as the top streaming service in the market.
Netflix loses subscribers in North America as pandemic effect wears off
Netflix has seen its number of subscribers drop in North America, as the streaming giant faces increased competition from rival platforms. While the company's global subscriptions rose between April and June, they fell in the United States and Canada. Netflix says it still expects to see growth in the coming months, as more new shows will be released. The company is the largest player in streaming worldwide, but the market has become increasingly crowded, particularly in the US.
Netflix re-edits scenes in hit show "Squid Game"
Netflix is set to edit its new original series, Squid Games after a South Korean woman complained of getting phone calls and texts from fans of the show. Some of them believe it was intentionally included in the Netflix series. However, producers have made it extremely clear that's not what happened.
'Squid Game' hands win to Netflix as subscriber numbers jump
The South Korean drama 'Squid Game' is the most successful original Netflix series to date, and has helped boost the streaming giant's subscriber numbers. The company added 4.4 million paying customers between July and September, according to its latest financial results. The platform is also expecting a further influx of viewers as it releases new episodes and films later this year. Meanwhile, we see another boost to the price of Bitcoin from the launch of a Wall Street fund.
Netflix staff walkout, join trans activists to protest comedy special
Dozens of Netflix employees joined protests outside the company's Los Angeles office. Counterprotesters soon showed up to pushback against the rally.
Protestors rally at Netflix over Chappelle special's 'transphobia'
Angry protesters gather outside Netflix in Los Angeles, over a new Dave Chappelle comedy special that has sparked accusations the comedian is trampling transgender rights and profiting from hate speech. A few dozen staff walked off the job and were joined by a similar number of trans activists and their supporters for a demonstration calling for better representation at the Hollywood streaming giant.


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Pirates des Caraïbes : La Légende de Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow) est un jeu vidéo d'action développé par 7 Studios et édité par Bethesda Softworks en 2006 sur Windows et PlayStation 2.

Se déroulant entre La Malédiction du Black Pearl et Le Secret du coffre maudit, ce jeu vidéo met en scène Jack Sparrow.

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Jeuxvideo.com : 10/20 (PS2) - 8/20 (PC)

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Jeu vidéo sorti en 2006
Jeu PlayStation 2
Jeu Windows
Jeu vidéo Pirates des Caraïbes
Jeu Bethesda Softworks
Jeu Ubisoft
Jeu vidéo développé aux États-Unis
Jeu vidéo avec une musique composée par Inon Zur

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Our Faith - Our Hope: Re-Imagine Church
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Please note that this campaign has been completed and funds have already been distributed. For more information, please contact the Stewardship Development Office at 416-363-6021 (1-800-886-8932).
Every parish has needs and a primary objective of this campaign will be to strengthen parishes financially – in unison with the Diocesan effort. Each parish is asked to raise funds for its own identified specific projects.
Forty percent (40%) of funds contributed to the campaign in each parish – up to its goal – will be returned to the parish to meet the needs it has identified. In addition, each parish that exceeds its campaign goal will receive 75% of funds raised over its goal.
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Tom Nelson, the team doctor for the Nazareth football team, has a patent pending on the Activation sticks he uses to treat players before each game.
Julian Love was skeptical the first time Tom Nelson, the team doctor for Nazareth's football team, approached him about treating a quadriceps injury with a plastic stick.
Love, the Notre Dame-bound senior defensive back from Westchester, was entering his freshman year when he injured his leg during a summer camp workout.
Nelson pulled out an 18-inch PVC pipe and used one of the ends to apply pressure to the side of Love's leg.
"It hurt at first," Love said. "I was confused as a freshman. I didn't know what was happening. I was just going to trust and believe it. Now I'm getting used to it."
Nelson recalled:"I pushed on his side for 15 seconds. He ran away and was gone."
Love was one of the first Nazareth athletes to receive the cutting-edge treatment. . Now he owns his own activation stick and performs the technique before workouts nearly every day in preparation for the football season.
He is one of the football players featured in YouTube videos on Nelson's website, activateanddominate.com.
"I do it almost every day. Obviously, I work on my core. It makes me feel great; I feel loose. I love activation," Love said. "It's a new thing. I think colleges will start to do it and each team at the next level, the pros."
As Nazareth prepares for defense of its Class 6A football state championship, only one quarterback is taking snaps for the Roadrunners this summer.
Senior Carson Bartels has taken over as the full-time starting quarterback during the football team's 7-on-7 scrimmages.
The activation method borrows from chiropractor techniques and acupuncture principles. The treatment was developed in the 1990s by South African therapist Douglas Heel, an amateur surfer who travels around the world teaching his methods.
Nelson, an osteopathic surgeon with a practice in Westchester, underwent one of Heel's treatments in 2012 and became convinced of the process.
SAT involves a series of breathing exercises as athletes take the stick and apply pressure to areas behind their head and ears. The stick also is used by Nelson, who is entering his 12th season as Nazareth's team doctor, and the athletic training staff to apply pressure to other parts of the body to treat injuries.
Nelson introduced Heel's program to the Nazareth football team in 2012, but three years later developed the Self Activation Technique. In the beginning, Nelson said players were trained to use the activation sticks on teammates, but they felt uncomfortable. That's when he came up with stimulating their own pressure points.
The activation process has become a ritual for Nazareth. Each player will grab a stick before practice and undergo the nearly 10-minute technique under the guidance of trainer Andrew Wyman or strength coach Steve Gray.
On game days, Nelson takes the team through an activation just before on-field warmups. At home games, the team meets on the nearby softball field at least 20 minutes before kickoff to undergo SAT.
Before each 7-on-7 session on Wednesday mornings this summer, Nelson, Wyman or Gray guided the team through an activation. The sticks, which are $17.50 and can be ordered on Nelson's website, are kept in a bucket on the sideline for any player wanting to treat sore muscles during workouts.
"I started using it during my freshman year,"said Devonte Dunn, a junior defensive lineman. "At first, it hurt a lot. Afterward, it felt good. I felt like a new guy, fresh and focused on the field. It showed on the field."
According to Nelson's website, Nazareth's Class 6A championship team in 2014 decreased injuries by 45 percent from a 2008-11 average. The site also claimed concussions decreased 30 percent last season.
While many coaches prefer to have their football players ready to run through a brick wall before games, activation has the opposite affect.
"The biggest thing on my mind, especially on game days, is activation gets you in sync with your body. It's more about breathing, but it (settles) your mind as well," said Nazareth coach Tim Racki, who underwent an activation process last season before a Thursday practice.
"They are not jacked up before games," Nelson said. "This gets them relaxed and breathing on the sideline."


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Q: Unable to delete row in codeigniter I want when the timing date in CodeIgniter is less than current date then it should delete the row auto.
I have a table named doctor . The fields are id(int), crated_at(timestamp) timings(varchar), name(varchar).
I use to insert the timing in mm/dd/yyyy format. I want when the date is less than the current date then is should delete the row auto.
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public function delete_book(){
    $date  = date("m/d/Y");
    $this->db->where("timings < (".$date." - INTERVAL 1 DAY)");
    $this->db->delete("doctors");

}

Please let me know about the fault of my code

A: Use this
$this->db->where("timings < DATE_SUB(curdate(), INTERVAL 1 DAY)",NULL,FALSE);
$this->db->delete("doctors");

A: You should use NOW() function of MySql. NOW() returns the date of the system and it is also compatible with MySql query.
public function delete_book(){
    //$date  = date("m/d/Y");
    $this->db->where("timings < (NOW() - INTERVAL 1 DAY)");
    $this->db->delete("doctors");

}

A: Will work may use
$this->db->where('timings BETWEEN NOW() - INTERVAL 1 DAY AND NOW()', "", false);
$this->db->delete("doctors");

Hope fully works.

A: You may use DATE_SUB function
public function delete_book(){
    $this->db->where("timings < DATE_SUB(curdate(), INTERVAL 1 DAY)");
    $this->db->delete("doctors");

}

above function produced query is :-
DELETE FROM `doctors` WHERE `timings` < DATE_SUB(curdate(), INTERVAL 1 DAY)

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A total of 43 member federations of the Confederation of European Baseball and the European Softball Federation gathered in Athens, cradle of the modern Olympics, to give birth to WBSC Europe on Saturday, 2 February, 2019.
The merge, which had started by delegates agreeing on the process during the 2018 inaugural WBSC Europe Congress in France, entered a new phase this year with the approval of the constitution and the election of an interim Executive Committee which will oversee the development of this new continental body until 2021 when CEB and ESF are set to dissolve.
Composition of the Executive Committee: co-Presidents Didier Seminet and Gabriel Waage, Secretary General Krunoslav Karin, Treasurer Eddy van Straelen, Vice-Presidents Mette Nissen-Jakobsen, Youri Alkalay, Kristian Pälviä, Petr Ditrich, Roderick Balk and Marco Mannucci.


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Rodzaj został utworzony przez Léona Candèze jako monotypowy. Zoolog umieścił w nim wtedy gatunek Elius prionocerus Candèze, 1859. W 1891 r. ulokował w nim już 8 gatunków. Zarówno Schwarz w 1906, jak i Schenkling 1925 umieścili w rodzaju po 11 gatunków. Ich liczba zwiększyła się ponownie w 1928, kiedy to Fleutiaux opisał cztery nowe. Obecnie wyróżnia się 6 gatunków.

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On MSNBC's Morning Joe today, conservative columnist John Podhoretz offered a postmortem on the election and the state of the GOP that really offered nothing new on the matter. It was his virgin experience on the show, and while Podhoretz is a goof by some standards, it came as a surprise to learn that he has spent more time in the Saturday Night Live offices than on the Morning Joe set of 30 Rock.
Podhoretz confirmed that his wife, Ayala Cohen, had worked at Saturday Night Live "for almost 20 years." A June story in The Wire says Cohen ran the talent department.
"She's moved on to other pastures," Podhoretz said, diplomatically. "She's now a talent agent at ICM." He looked around the studio with a twinkle in his bespectacled eyes. "It's interesting. I've been on many other floors of 30 Rock. But not this one," he said.
We extend our sincerest congratulations to Podhoretz for covering yet another floor of the famous 30 Rock building.


Your pharmacist can advise you on common health problems.
Diet: Pharmacists can discuss healthy eating with you. Many stock health foods, fibre, vitamins and minerals. They can also advise on specialist diabetic or gluten free diets.
Mouth and teeth: Pharmacists can help with problems such as mouth ulcers, bleeding gums and expfain good oral hygiene.
Footcare: Pharmacists keep a wide selection of footcare products and will advise on home-treatments.
Of course, your pharmacist will always refer you to another health professional, for example, your doctor, dentist or chiropodist, if he thinks it necessary.
Duleek Pharmacy have a large library of free leaflets on a wide variety of health topics - just ask for what you need.


Ever year I anticipate receiving one of my favourite packages, a curated beauty box from The Kit that they claim are One-Minute Miracles. Being in the beauty/lifestyle space here on the Internet, I'm fortunate that I get to try a lot of these products (and more) throughout the year, but I can definitely see how it would be valuable for readers when they are choosing what to spend their money on.
After spending the last few weeks giving a lot of these items a try, I've narrowed it down to the five that I truly loved and have now added to my must-have beauty + skincare products.
Smashbox Insta-Matte Lipstick Transformer: This one sounded to good to be true. Everytime I've tried a lip product that changes it's consistency or look, it either causes a lot of cracking or doesn't last throughout the day. However, you dab a little bit of this on your shiny lipstick or gloss, and it will instantly begin to mattefy! I've played with a few different formulas now and I love how it turns the colour into a stain, making it long-lasting and moisturizing as well.
Stila Lush Lips Water Plumping Primer: I'm a big believer of primer; for the face, eyes and even hair! I came across this lip primer at a Shoppers Drug Mart event a few weeks ago and was sad that I didn't purchase it that day. As soon as I saw it in my goodie box from The Kit, I began using it basically the next day. The formula is smooth and glides on nicely. I usually apply my lipstick as soon as I noticed that my lips have soaked it all up to avoid mixture of the two products. I do find the primer a bit sticky, especially if I don't wait for it to dry properly, but it helps my lips stay hydrated and moisturized.
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Masks: Firstly, I want to point out that these masks are NOT cheap. For 4 in a pack, you'll be paying more than $80. But considering the quality ingredients and how it's dermatologist-tested, it's one of those products you should think about splurging on. It's recommended that you use the mask once a week (at night), leave it on for 10-15 minutes, remove it and then massage the remaining liquid into your skin. You will notice great results almost immediately, and it will leave you and your face feeling so relaxed that you'll look forward to doing it again the week after!
Sephora PRO Press Full Coverage Complexion Brush #66: While I'm obsessed with my beauty blender, I still like to explore other options when looking for a flawless finish, and I was VERY impressed with this all-in-one brush. You can use it to apply your foundation by tapping it on your skin, but it doesn't absorb or wear out like your typical foundation brush or sponge would. It feels really gentle on your face too!
Philips BikiniGenie Trimmer: Okay, I know we don't often talk about body hair here on SummerxSkin, especially what happens down there, but I absolutely had to share how impressed I was with this trimmer! It works well (even in water), doesn't itch or hurt, and is so reasonably priced that I encourage you to pick one up as soon as possible.
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The United States is the only developed country in the world which fails to provide its citizens with universal health coverage. Despite its shortcomings, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) represented an important step towards the goal of universal health care. Thanks to the ACA, an estimated 20 million people have gained health insurance - more than 9 in 10 Americans now have health insurance. The law allows young adults to stay on their parents' health plans until they're 26 and protects all Americans against lifetime coverage limits and exclusion from coverage because of pre-existing conditions.
Instead of building upon the success of the ACA to achieve the goal of universal health care, the Trump administration and its allies are committed to repealing the act. In the face of intense pressure from constituents, however, a large number of lawmakers have begun to back away from a plan to repeal the ACA without replacement. We must continue to apply pressure to lawmakers, and demand that they not only preserve the protections that currently exist within the ACA but improve upon them. 29 million Americans still do not have health insurance, and millions more struggle to pay the premiums, copayments, and deductibles charged by private insurance companies. Other industrialized nations are making the morally principled and financially responsible decision to provide universal health care to all of their people. It is time the United States does the same.
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Q: Fatal error: Call to undefined function logged in I have this error in my code:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function com_is_logged() in

The function is:
// Check if user is logged
function com_is_logged()
{
    //Here you need to check if the user is logged into your website and then return TRUE or FALSE
    if (isset($_SESSION[sforum_.'sforum_logged_in']))
        return true;
    else
        return false;
}

These are the session variable:
$_SESSION[sforum_.'sforum_logged_in']

Any help will be thanked

A: "Undefined function" means that the function doesn't exist. You showed us the function, but that doesn't help. What is happening is that your code is trying to call the function somewhere and the function hasn't been created yet.
This probably means that you didn't include the right file or have a syntax error. Finding the place where you call the function and see if the function has been included. If the function has been included or is on the same file, check that all of your code is correct and you aren't missing and semicolons or closing brackets.


Most energy products and services don't make enough of an impact on consumers' lives to capture their attention. Rehashing 'energy engagement' and incentivizing energy programs (at levels that are rarely meaningful) will continue to have low adoption rates.
Smart home can help the utility industry achieve energy goals without engagement in two ways. (1) automate as much as possible of the journey from identifying an energy savings opportunity to acting upon it, and, (2) engage consumers at a level they care about – their homes, their comfort and their finances (in bigger dollar numbers than energy savings).
They will enable #1 and #2 in the previous question!
Meyers will speak on the session "Incentivizing the Smart Home: Demand Response and Engagement" on Tuesday, February 21 at 9:00 a.m. Other speakers on the panel include SCE, Gulf Power, Nest Labs, and Reliant/NRG.
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Home > Session > 2012 > House Bill 977
CS/CS/HB 977: Military Support
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee ; Economic Affairs Committee ; Nelson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Corcoran ; Hukill ; Smith ; Steube ; Williams, T. ; Young
Military Support; Revises definition of "exceptional meritorious service" with respect to Governor's Medal of Merit; authorizes Florida Defense Support Task Force to recommend to Legislature specified changes in military installations & local governments under Community Planning Act; clarifies & revises procedures related to exchange of information between military installations & local governments; authorizes servicemembers who receive homestead exemption & who are deployed in certain military operations to receive additional ad valorem tax exemption; provides deadline for claiming tax exemptions for qualifying deployments during 2011 calendar year; provides procedures & requirements for filing applications & petitions to receive tax exemption after expiration of deadline; provides application; creates Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame Council; provides for membership & terms of appointment; revises legislative intent with respect to proposed closure or reuse of military bases; creates Military Base Protection Program within DEO; provides for use of program funds; revises provisions relating to award of grants for retention of military installations; eliminates Florida Economic Reinvestment Initiative; establishes Florida Defense Reinvestment Grant Program to be administered by DEO; etc.
Last Action: 3/6/2012 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159), CS/HB 45 (Ch. 2012-162), CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch. 2012-181), CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/HB 7041 (Ch. 2012-96), HB 7075 (Ch. 2012-98), CS/HB 7081 (Ch. 2012-99), CS/HB 7097 (Ch. 2012-193), SB 276 (Ch. 2012-199) -HJ 1118
Related Bills (33)
12/8/2011 House • Filed
12/21/2011 House • Referred to Economic Affairs Committee; Judiciary Committee; Education Committee; State Affairs Committee; Appropriations Committee -HJ 96
1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 95
2/6/2012 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Economic Affairs Committee, 02/08/12, 8:00 am, Reed Hall
2/8/2012 House • CS by Economic Affairs Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 632
2/15/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Economic Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 627
2/17/2012 House • Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary Committee; Education Committee; State Affairs Committee
• CS referred to Appropriations Committee
• Now in Appropriations Committee -HJ 682
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/21/12, 3:00 pm, Webster Hall
2/21/2012 House • CS/CS by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 -HJ 815
2/23/2012 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time -HJ 800
2/24/2012 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 833
3/5/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/12
3/6/2012 House • Substituted CS/CS/SB 922
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159), CS/HB 45 (Ch. 2012-162), CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch. 2012-181), CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/HB 7041 (Ch. 2012-96), HB 7075 (Ch. 2012-98), CS/HB 7081 (Ch. 2012-99), CS/HB 7097 (Ch. 2012-193), SB 276 (Ch. 2012-199) -HJ 1118
S 922 (er) Military Support Bennett Similar Last Action: 4/29/2012 Chapter No. 2012-159, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 45 (Ch. 2012-162), CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch. 2012-181), CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), HB 7075 (Ch. 2012-98), CS/HB 7081 (Ch. 2012-99), CS/HB 7097 (Ch. 2012-193), SB 276 (Ch. 2012-199)
Location: Became Law
H 11 (c1) Transportation Facility Designations Bembry Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Economic Affairs Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
Location: In committee/council (EAC)
H 17 Motor Vehicle License Plates Jenne Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Economic Affairs Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
H 45 (er) Postsecondary Education Course Registration for Veterans Smith Compare Last Action: 4/29/2012 Chapter No. 2012-162, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
H 117 (c2) Veterans and Servicemembers Nelson, Abruzzo, Gaetz Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Judiciary Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
Location: In committee/council (JDC)
H 221 Business Enterprise Opportunities for Wartime Veterans Nehr Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
Location: In committee/council (MS)
H 235 Designation of State Transportation Facilities Thompson Compare Last Action: 10/31/2011 H Withdrawn prior to introduction, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159) -HJ 25
Location: Withdrawn from consideration
H 289 (e1) Transportation Facility Designations Renuart Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Transportation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
Location: In committee/council (TR)
H 469 (c1) Recognition of Military Personnel and Veterans Smith, Burgin Compare Last Action: 3/6/2012 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 276 (Ch. 2012-199), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159) -HJ 1116
Location: Laid on Table
H 599 (er) Transportation and Mitigation Programs Pilon Compare Last Action: 4/29/2012 Chapter No. 2012-174, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 887 (Ch. 2012-72), CS/HB 1197 (Ch. 2012-83), CS/HB 1207 (Ch. 2012-111), CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch. 2012-181), CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/HB 7043 (Ch. 2012-27), HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159), SB 1998 (Ch. 2012-128)
H 1223 (er) Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Albritton Compare Last Action: 4/29/2012 Chapter No. 2012-181, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 393 (Ch. 2012-18), CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), HB 763 (Ch. 2012-110), CS/CS/HB 1101 (Ch. 2012-151), CS/HB 1287 (Ch. 2012-86), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159), SB 1998 (Ch. 2012-128)
H 1399 (e2) Transportation Brandes Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Transportation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), CS/CS/HB 887 (Ch. 2012-72), CS/HB 1197 (Ch. 2012-83), CS/HB 1207 (Ch. 2012-111), CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch. 2012-181), CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/HB 7043 (Ch. 2012-27), HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159), SB 1998 (Ch. 2012-128)
H 7039 (er) Transportation Facility Designations Transportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/6/2012 Chapter No. 2012-228, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
H 7041 (er) Governmental Reorganization Economic Affairs Committee Compare Last Action: 4/8/2012 Chapter No. 2012-96, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7027 (Ch. 2012-30), HB 7075 (Ch. 2012-98), CS/HB 7081 (Ch. 2012-99)
H 7075 (er) Military Installations Community and Military Affairs Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 4/8/2012 Chapter No. 2012-98, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7041 (Ch. 2012-96), CS/HB 7081 (Ch. 2012-99), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
H 7081 (er) Growth Management Community and Military Affairs Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 4/8/2012 Chapter No. 2012-99, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7041 (Ch. 2012-96), HB 7075 (Ch. 2012-98), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
H 7097 (er) Administration of Property Taxes Finance and Tax Committee Compare Last Action: 4/30/2012 Chapter No. 2012-193, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
H 7113 Additional Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Deployed Servicemembers Finance and Tax Committee Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7097 (Ch. 2012-193), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
Location: In messages from House
S 94 Postsecondary Education Course Registration for Veterans Fasano Compare Last Action: 3/8/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 45 (Ch. 2012-162), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159) -SJ 965
S 138 Military Veterans Convicted of Criminal Offenses Bennett Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
Location: In committee/council (BHA)
S 152 Business Enterprise Opportunities for Wartime Veterans Latvala Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
Location: In committee/council (BC)
S 276 (er) Recognition of Military Personnel and Veterans Sachs Compare Last Action: 5/6/2012 Chapter No. 2012-199, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
S 310 Motor Vehicle License Plates Evers Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
S 372 Road Designations Wise Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Transportation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
S 406 (e1) Transportation Facility Designations Dean Compare Last Action: 2/29/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
S 500 USS Stark Memorial Drive Thrasher Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Transportation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
S 528 Combat Infantry Badge License Plates Bennett Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch. 2012-181), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
Location: In messages from Senate
S 784 Veterans Memorial Highway Oelrich Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Transportation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
S 842 (c3) Growth Management Bennett Compare Last Action: 3/7/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7081 (Ch. 2012-99), CS/HB 7041 (Ch. 2012-96), HB 7075 (Ch. 2012-98), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159) -SJ 916
S 1122 (c2) Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Latvala Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch. 2012-181), HB 393 (Ch. 2012-18), CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch. 2012-174), HB 763 (Ch. 2012-110), CS/CS/HB 1101 (Ch. 2012-151), CS/HB 1287 (Ch. 2012-86), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159), SB 1998 (Ch. 2012-128) -SJ 1155
S 1256 (c2) Administration of Property Taxes Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7097 (Ch. 2012-193), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159) -SJ 1329
S 1776 (c1) Transportation Facility Designations Evers Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch. 2012-228), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159)
Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar
S 2076 Florida Defense Support Task Force Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Compare Last Action: 3/5/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7041 (Ch. 2012-96), HB 7075 (Ch. 2012-98), CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch. 2012-159) -SJ 792
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Remove lines 551-599 and insert: Nelson 2/29/2012
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14.34 Governor's Medal of Merit. Page 5 (pdf)
163.3175 Legislative findings on compatibility of development with military installations; exchange of information between local governments and military installations. Page 6 (pdf)
196.173 Exemption for deployed servicemembers. Page 8 (pdf)
265.003 Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame. Page 10 (pdf)
288.972 Legislative intent. Page 13 (pdf)
288.980 Military base retention; legislative intent; grants program. Page 13 (pdf)
288.984 Florida Council on Military Base and Mission Support. Page 20 (pdf)
288.985 Exemptions from public records and public meetings requirements. Page 21 (pdf)
288.987 Florida Defense Support Task Force. Page 22 (pdf)
295.187 Florida Service-Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Opportunity Act. Page 23 (pdf)
320.089 Members of National Guard and active United States Armed Forces reservists; former prisoners of war; survivors of Pearl Harbor; Purple Heart medal recipients; Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Veterans; special license plates; fe Page 29 (pdf)
320.0892 Page 34 (pdf)
394.47891 Page 36 (pdf)
683.146 Page 35 (pdf)
948.08 Pretrial intervention program. Page 36 (pdf)
948.16 Misdemeanor pretrial substance abuse education and treatment intervention program. Page 38 (pdf)
948.21 Page 42 (pdf)
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It was a monotonous thing, applying for jobs. Everyday he'd check online to see if there were any new opportunities; everyday he'd spend hours, okay minutes, scrolling through pages of job postings; everyday he'd hear nothing from potential employers. It felt like a terrible waste of time, applying for jobs, especially knowing that he wasn't going to be making real money. What was the point of doing a simple minded factory job for minimum wage? Personal time was much more valuable than that, according to his logic anyways. But didn't that make sense?
Lamar often had these interior monologues where he would convince himself that he was happy and not wasting time and doing the right thing and that his opportunity just didn't happen yet. He was currently playing video games, not applying for jobs; he was thinking about it, though. At least, right? And it was the morning, he practically just woke up. His father didn't buy it, he only saw what he wanted to see, which was his unemployed, adult son, sitting at home playing video games. Lamar knew that but there wasn't anything he could do about it, he was only himself, he couldn't allow himself to get caught up in other peoples perception of him, not even his fathers.
Speaking of; Lamar's father was approaching his room, he could sense it and hoped he'd just walk by. Then his door opened.
"Morning, Lamar. What are you doing today?"
"I'm ju-"
"Nothing as usual. Why don't you ever do anything productive?"
Lamar paused his game, already beginning to tense up, and ripped his headphones off his head.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Asked his father. "Don't you have anything to say?"
"I was just waiting to see if you were done," said Lamar. "So you don't interrupt me."
A look of bewilderment flashed across his fathers face before turning into a frown. "Listen, son. I'm only trying to help you. It can't be easy just sitting at home, you'll go mad."
"You think I want to sit at home all day? I don't have a job and you need money to go out."
"Get a job then. You're 27 years old."
"Am I? Wow, I had no idea." Lamar knew he shouldn't be talking to his father like that but he wanted this conversation, or whatever it was, to end so he could get back to the game. "I apply for jobs everyday. Either no one calls me back, or there's nothing that I see myself doing."
"All I'm saying is that of course it's easier to sit at home playing video games than getting a job but it doesn't change the fact that you need to get a job."
"I will. I know something will come along. Trust me, dad, I look everyday." Lamar changed his tone from annoyed to reassuring. "Don't worry, I'm a positive person."
"Alright, Lamar. Well have a good day, I'm leaving for work now, and I'll probably be back around 8."
"When you get back, can I use your car to go to the gym?"
"Yes, I suppose you can. At least you go to the gym." His father smirked, shook his head, and closed the door.
Thank god that was over. Lamar and his father had the same conversation around 7 days a week. It was only them two, his mother ran away when he was very young and his three siblings had already moved out. He was the second youngest sibling but they were only a combined 7 years apart. Lamar put his headphones back on, and continued doing what he was doing. Five minutes later he heard his father get in his car and drive out. Home alone at last, Lamar let out a short sigh. He paused the game again, but this time he reached underneath his bed and pulled out a large beige shoe box. It was Larger than most shoe boxes because Lamar was a size 13. There weren't shoes inside the box, though; he took the cover off and smiled greatly looking at his stash of cash. It was good that Lamar was size 13, having huge shoe boxes; they could hold more money.
Hours later, when the sun went down and the full moon rose, Lamar heard his father pull into the driveway. He arrived home just after 8, like he said, and Lamar immediately got ready; he didn't want to appear like he was rushing his father so he waited for a bit before running down stairs, gym bag in hand.
"How was work, dad?" Lamar called out on his way down the winding stair case. His father was in the kitchen, making a sandwich before he'd take his leave to his living room recliner to watch his new favourite T.V show, Living The Life. Lamar loved the show, too, he's the one who told his father about it, but he couldn't watch it right now.
"It was great, thanks for asking," said Lamar's father, who was a doctor at a hospital downtown. Being a doctor meant that Lamar's father was rather wealthy, not rich; they lived in a well decorated, large house in the suburbs and his father drove a new Mercedes, which was leased. After his wife left, he was still able to take care of all four of his kids and provide for them in excess when he felt like they deserved it. Lamar's two older sisters, and his younger brother all did well at school, because they worked hard, and when they finished they found careers; because of this, Lamar's father helped them buy a car and a nice suite in a condo downtown. He could've done so for Lamar, too, as a matter of fact he wanted to, only he didn't feel like Lamar deserved it. Lamar didn't mind that much because he knew what decisions he was making and he knew what he wanted to do. He was determined to make it in the music industry, a profession that his father didn't care to take seriously.
"Anything out of the ordinary happen?" Asked Lamar.
His dad chuckled. "So, I was writing a prescription in my office and a couple of nurses barged in saying that a patient was out of bed galloping around his room yelling at the top of his lungs that he wasn't going to eat because the nurses poisoned his food. I started laughing and I asked them if they did poison his food and they said yes!" His father stopped the story to laugh out loud. "You had to be there, Lamar, but it was funny. Anyways, they didn't actually poison his food, and I had to go talk to him to calm him down. I brought him something fresh from the cafe and we ate together."
Lamar laughed at his fathers story. By this time his father was on his recliner with his sandwich about to press play on the episode. "So are you going to the gym or what?"
"Yeah, I'm gonna get going now. I might go see my friends after so I don't know when I'll be home."
"Alright, have a good workout."
Lamar left his father in the living room and walked to the front door. He put his shoes on, said bye to his father and walked out into the warm, late spring night.
Lamar loved his fathers Mercedes, and was at least grateful that he was allowed to drive it. He started the engine and drove out quickly to soothing, nighttime hip hop music.
He didn't mind staying home because he'd rather invest time into improving himself and his art than waste time being a low level employee at a low level company that didn't deserve his skills, but his favourite time of day was at night when he could leave the house and do his business. His real business; he didn't like lying to his father but he couldn't tell him what he was really doing when he went out so late at night. The entrance to the gym was upcoming, and when it came time to make the turn, Lamar drove right by it; he wasn't going to the gym. He had no job, but yet he had a shoebox full of cash underneath his bed. How, you ask? You see, Lamar sold marijuana. Right now you're probably judging him; how could he do such a treacherous and amoral thing like sell marijuana? It was simple: he could, and it wasn't treacherous at all. He began while he was still in college, selling to kids on campus, and since then he's made roughly ten thousand dollars. He figured, if he were to work at a mediocre job, which he never seriously considered, there was a chance that by now he'd have saved up more than ten thousand dollars but by selling marijuana he could make his own hours, and have more time for himself. Selling marijuana wasn't something he could just apply for, and it wasn't easy, he had to get customers and use word of mouth, he also had to have top notch products, with variety. His father, much like the rest of society, had a misconception about people who sold drugs, but based on what you know about Lamar, does he seem like an unethical person? He just had different goals.
Anyways, at this moment he was driving into the parking lot of the local mall; this was his spot; a neutral location, in front of the movie theatre, where he'd reverse park his fathers Mercedes, take his phone out and wait for calls or texts, and also try to find people walking to the mall who looked like they were into smoking marijuana. He unzipped his gym bag revealing, not gym attire, but an assortment of zip-lock bags of many different sizes, with his products inside them. The fresh scent filled his fathers Mercedes. Lamar took in a deep breath then rolled down the window to air it out.
In the next thirty minutes Lamar received several texts from his customers who knew that this was the time to reach him; of course he even had hours of operation, and even though he 'opened' late his buyers were glad to wait because they knew they couldn't get anything as good as what Lamar had. Six of them were on their way now.
He finished sending a reply to another one then tossed his phone on the passenger seat then he spotted two people walking towards the movie theatre, and he noticed they were smoking a joint. He waited until they got closer to his fathers car then he called out to them.
"Yo, boys," he casually called out. The boys looked around and pointed at themselves. "Yeah, you guys. Come over here for a minute." They took a last toke from the joint and tossed it, then made strides towards Lamar, who rolled his window down all the way. "You boys smoke weed?"
They were two tall, fit gentlemen; one was dressed in a hoodie and a red cap and the other had a smooth denim jacket.
"Did you just see us smoke that?" Asked Red Cap.
"Yeah," said Lamar. "I did."
"Alright, alright, I was trying to get you guys over here." Lamar thought Red Cap was a smart ass. "How was that weed?" He asked Denim Jacket.
"Nothing great, man. Pretty pathetic, but it works."
"Damn, eh, nothing's worse than bad weed. How often do you guys smoke or pick up at a time?"
"As much as possible, so quite often," said Denim Jacket. Red Cap chuckled.
Lamar smirked, these guys were just who he was looking for. He reached over to the passenger seat and took a dime bag out of his gym bag. "Listen, guys, here's a gram of my stuff. Free. It's called Goldmine." Lamar saw two pairs of eyes light up with joy.
"Really!" Exclaimed Red Cap.
"Yeah, it's top notch stuff, you won't find anything better." He handed it to Red Cap. "Take my number down."
They both wasted no time taking their phones out of their pockets. Lamar gave them his number, and said to enjoy it, then said he looks forward to hearing from them, like it was a job interview. In a way, it was a job interview; he wanted those boys to call him so he could make well earned money. He didn't usually give away free grams, but he was highly confident in what he had, and those boys smoked a lot, and he liked them. He watched them as they dashed up the stairs to the entrance of the movie theatre.
Lamar stayed at the mall for another hour, until the texts and calls stopped coming in. Tonight wasn't the most lucrative but he still made around two hundred dollars. He considered a good night to be five hundred dollars, which he made more often than you think. Notwithstanding, he was happy, plus, he found two new customers.
Lamar wasn't much of a marijuana user himself. Anymore. As he got older, he slowed down; that was the reason, getting older, but it was Friday night and he was starting to run low anyways, so, even though it was wrong to 'get high on your own supply', he rolled a nice baseball bat and enjoyed it immensely. Then he called his supplier to order more. It was like Costco, he bought, in bulk, at a discounted price. Then, of course, he'd resell it, then profit.
His weedman said now was a fantastic time to pick up. Anytime was a fantastic time. It was 11PM, Lamar was wide awake and still really high; he put his fathers car in drive and left the mall, heading to The Flower Dome.
The music was playing loudly in the Mercedes; it served as background music to Lamar's active thoughts. The one thing that was specifically on his mind was a gold chain he's had his sights set on for months; he was trying to justify spending almost half his savings to buy it. The money wasn't his only concern, though, he wasn't sure if he earned a gold chain because after buying it he'd still be Lamar, just with a gold chain, which he knew wouldn't matter. He wanted to be someone, and he believed he was getting there, and when he got there, that's when he'd buy it. But he wanted it now. Then the music cut off, and his ringtone started playing. Annoyed, Lamar looked at the display screen in the Mercedes and saw that it was his sister, his second oldest sister. He lightened up, and answered.
"Hey, little brother, what's up?" His sister was only a year older than him. Her voice was coming through the speakers of the car.
"Not much, Trish, just driving around. What's up?" Lamar was speaking in an elevated voice.
"I figured. That's why I called. Can you drop by with an eighth? Elliott and I feel like getting high this weekend." Elliott was Trish's boyfriend, who was a clerk at a law firm in the city, he was trying to become an associate and eventually partner, but that was down the road. Lamar couldn't stand Elliott, he was the type to smoke weed but be condescending to who he bought his weed from, which was Lamar, because he was a drug dealer and Elliott was a law clerk. Trish heard Lamar roll his eyes. "Don't roll your eyes at me, little brother. Please, can you drop by with an eighth?"
"Sure. It'll be fifty bucks."
"Fifty!? You raised your prices, huh."
"What can I say. Times are tough. I'm sure Elliott can afford it," Lamar said dryly.
"You're right, he can," said Trish with sass. "When are you going to be here?"
"Five minutes."
"Alright, see you in a bit."
Lamar's father didn't know that Trish used weed. As a matter of fact, all his siblings occasionally partook; and he supplied all of them. Lamar also knew that if it was ever found out, he's the one who would be blamed even though his siblings have been making their own decisions for years.
Trish's condo was on the way to The Flower Dome; actually, they were two blocks away from each other. Lamar turned into the pick up, drop off area and saw Trish and Elliott waiting in the lobby. Good thing they didn't make me wait Lamar thought. He wasn't sure why they both had to get in the Mercedes but Trish and Elliott jumped in the backseat.
"Thanks, little brother," Trish said.
"Yeah, thanks, Lamar," said Elliott. He gave Lamar a crisp fifty dollar bill. "Say, is this your car?"
"I see. You need to get your own car, man."
"You don't even have your own car, man."
"I don't need one, seeing as I work downtown. It's all about the train."
"I guess you're not a good enough driver to drive downtown, then."
"All I'm saying, Lamar, is that you shouldn't be selling weed out of your dad's car."
"But you're the-"
"Okay, okay, that's enough," Trish blurted out before Lamar could finish; she knew he was getting hot. "Get out, Elliott."
"See you around, Lamar," Elliott said, now trying to sound like the nice guy. He opened the door and got out.
Lamar handed the bag of weed to his sister. "Thanks, Lamar," she said. "And don't let him get under your skin. Relax."
"Sorry, I know, but he friggin pisses me off."
Trish could only laugh. "Love you, little brother. See you." Trish got out of their fathers Mercedes and joined Elliott in the lobby.
Lamar knew better than to let Elliott get to him but he was just so goddam maddening. But with that now out of the way he took a deep breath and let out a long exasperated sigh. His high was also wearing down, and he was beginning to feel burnt out. Lamar took his eye drops out of his bag and carefully dropped a couple dabs into his dry, red eyes and blinked away the water. Then he put the Mercedes in drive and continued his late night journey to The Flower Dome.
The Flower Dome was just a bungalow styled house; it wasn't really a dome. It was inside a typical looking quiet suburb where typical people with typical jobs lived. The Flower Dome had neighbours on either side of it, too, just like any neighbourhood; all the houses had more than a decent amount of space between them, and the front yards were very spacious but not large enough to warrant having a lawnmower they had to drive.
The owner of The Flower Dome, who you'll soon meet, bought the place before he had intentions of turning it into what it is now. Years ago when he was a somewhat successful businessman, he found out he had cancer, thankfully he's cured now but during his treatment, he was introduced to weed as a way to ease his pain; needless to say it did a lot more for him than ease his pain, but he won't go on the record to go so far as to say it cured his cancer. He was thinking it, though. After he was cancer free, he quit his job and discovered his purpose: marijuana. He figured out how to grow it masterfully, starting with one plant and eventually over a hundred. He used his skills in business to get word out and soon he was rich.
Lamar was now parking his fathers Mercedes on the opposite side of the road directly across from The Flower Dome. He shut it off, grabbed his gym bag, and got out. He jogged across the street, up the steps, and knocked softly on the door. A short while later, the door opened.
"Look who finally showed up."
"I know, Christian. I had to stop at my sisters place on the way here."
"How's she doing? Still dating that bastard?"
"She's well. And Yes. She is." Lamar shrugged. "You look good, though. How've you been?"
Christian was now 65 years old, but you wouldn't be able to guess that if his hair wasn't grey; his back was straight, his voice was loud and clear, he looked better than ever. You'd also never guess that he once had cancer, granted he'd been cured for almost twenty years now. Lamar knew all about Christian and Christian knew all about Lamar, they had a kind of mentor, mentee relationship; Lamar confided in Christian what he couldn't tell his father, which, to be honest, was most things. "Never better, sonny. Come on in, wait till you see what I've got for you."
Lamar stepped inside The Flower Dome, removed his shoes and followed Christian through the sanctuary. The main floor looked like a regular house; living room, kitchen, dining room, bathroom, couches, TV, ect, and there was smoking paraphernalia around in every location mentioned above. Christian led Lamar down the steps, into the basement; Lamar's favourite place in the world.
He squinted when he reached the bottom steps but his eyes quickly adjusted, then it was like he was taken to a different planet. A planet that had nothing but Marijuana, and smelled like nothing except Marijuana. It was like he was inside a jungle, marijuana plants stood taller than him, and arched in several directions, the automatic timers went off and sprayed the younger plants will a splash of water. Christian smirked when he saw Lamar drop a single tear, and step forward into the Marijuana Jungle.
"Okay, Lamar, so this is what I've got ready for you tonight," Christian said. He led Lamar to the back with the seven feet high plants. "Take your pick." Lamar dropped another single tear. "This one is called 'Red Machine' see the hairs on it, sativa, very strong. This one is called 'The Lord's Morphine', indica, also very strong. This one is called 'Dr. Seuss', hybrid, look how frosty it is, again very strong."
Lamar wondered how Christian came up with these names for his strains, smoking them might make him insane, in a good way, like going crazy from fame, there wouldn't be shame, wow, that 'Dr. Suess' strain is even messing with my brain.
He sniffed the 'Red Machine' and 'The Lord's Morphine' and was left with less nostril hairs.
"I'll take all three, equalling a pound."
"How'd I know you'd say that? Check it out, I've already got them pre packed for you." Christian was someone special. He had 3 separate Tupperware containers on a desk to the side and handed them to Lamar. Then Lamar took a wad of cash from his gym bag and handed it to Christian; it didn't need to be counted.
"Look around some more, I know you love it here. I'm going to head up stairs and get the vaporizer ready, and make some tea, you want some?"
"Yes, please, I'll be right up."
Christian took his leave, leaving Lamar alone in the basement. He walked around, just eyeing the flowers and the buds, wishing he could live here with Christian. That was only exaggerated thinking, though, he loved his father and his house. Lamar was mostly thinking of his plans for tomorrow, he had time in the studio booked; it'd be his first time ever in a studio recording something of his own and he was getting nervous. He took his music just as seriously as he did selling Marijuana, and he was just as good at writing songs as he was at selling Marijuana. It was just much harder to make money doing the former, which was a fact that depressed him. He followed the path back to the stairs and met Christian sitting on the couch with his feet up and a large, inflated plastic bag in his hand. He sucked in from it and then passed the bag to Lamar who joined him on the couch. He then took a sip of tea, which, go figure, was infused with THC oils. There were two cups on the table; Lamar took the other after taking his hit from the vaporizer and took a short sip. He wasn't a huge fan of tea to begin with so he grimaced a bit after like he just took a shot of tequila, then he chugged the rest to get it out of the way.
"Talk to me, Lamar. What's on your mind?"
"Well, tomorrow I have studio time booked."
"That's great! Congratulations."
"Thank you. And it is great. I'm just a bit nervous, you know. It's my first time ever."
"Well nerves are a natural thing, I'd think something was wrong with you if you weren't nervous."
"You're right. I guess I'm just scared that I'm not going to be successful doing what I want, now that I'm getting close, and I'll have to give in to the pressure and listen to my Father."
"You know what you want to do, Lamar. Don't make it your mission to become rich doing what you want to do, make it your mission to be the best. You wont be recognized after a month, or a year, or maybe even ten years, but you definitely wont be recognized if you give up. If you work to be the best, you'll be recognized and probably at a time where you least expect it. That's how life is."
Lamar nodded.
"And don't live your life for other people; only listen to other peoples suggestions, even your fathers, if it's what you feel is best for you. Your father will be gone and you'll be stuck doing what he wanted."
"I used to think my purpose was to be a businessman, wear a suit everyday to work. I was hardly happy, just complacent with where I was. Then I was hit with cancer and my life flipped. Now I'm not complacent, I'm happy."
Lamar nodded as Christian took another hit from the vaporizer. Lamar declined.
"I don't know if I have a year, let alone ten years," said Lamar. "Everyday that goes by I just feel pressured."
"I can imagine. It'll be hard to get your father off your back, but I'm sure you know he's on your back because he wants you to be alright. He doesn't want you to rely on him all through your adult years."
"How about this: get a song done tomorrow and bring it home to your father to let him listen."
That thought made Lamar even more nervous and Christian could tell.
"I know, it'll be tough doing that but perhaps once he hears for himself, he'll have more faith in you and ease up, you know what I'm saying, Lamar?"
Lamar nodded. "That's a fine idea. He's reasonable enough, too, that he would probably ease up. If it's good."
"Are you good?"
"I'm the best."
"That's my boy." Christian yawned. "Alright, Lamar, it's passed your bedtime."
Lamar smirked and got up from the cushiony couch. He took his Tupperware containers with the 'Red Machine', 'Lord's Morphine', and 'Dr. Suess' and carried them to the front door. Christian held them while Lamar put his shoes on and handed them back.
"Thanks again, Christian. I'll see you in a while, and I'll tell you how it goes."
"Good luck, Lamar, I have complete faith in you." Christian slapped Lamar's shoulder in a loving manner and they shook hands. Lamar jogged back down the steps, across the street, got inside his fathers Mercedes and drove home.
Lamar had a feeling of Deja vu the next morning when his father came into his room asking him the same questions as he did the morning before, the only difference was Lamar wasn't playing video games, and he reacted in a much more diplomatic way; instead of being annoyed with his father, he listened to what he had to say and responded respectfully. His father knew that he wanted to get into the music business but he wasn't seeing Lamar make any moves in that direction; up until now he was only talking about it, so when Lamar brought up that he was going to the studio today his father was surprised. Pleasantly surprised.
His father sincerely wished him luck; he wanted Lamar to do something besides stay home, and if it wasn't a job, at least he was doing something that made him happy, and that's also what his father wanted for Lamar; he knew staying at home all the time could lead to a feeling of isolation, and it could get depressing. Lamar wasn't looking melancholy, though, and rarely did. His father told him he'd be home earlier tonight, because it was Saturday, then he left.
In order to make sure he was completely serious about going into music he scheduled his studio time during the day, while his father was at work, so he wouldn't have the car to use; he'd have to journey by public transit. He wanted to prove to himself that he'd do what it takes, even if it was as simple as taking the bus. His appointment was later in the afternoon, though; Lamar was still in bed. He opened his laptop and checked the website for the jewelry store, which he had bookmarked. He saw the gold chain and stared at it longingly, it wasn't bezelled, it wasn't huge, it was just pure gold and he knew it could be his if he wanted but it wasn't time yet. He closed the tab, closed his laptop, and took out his notebook with his poems, and lyrics inside, and began to ponder new verses, while humming beats that he thought of.
He wrote and hummed for the next few hours, until it was time to leave. Somewhere in between, his phone vibrated; it was from one of the boys he met last night, Jeans Jacket. Lamar was anticipating a text from one of them and the text said exactly what he was expecting it to say: 'Hey it's Jeans Jacket from last night. Your weed is fire, you'll be hearing from me.' That made Lamar smile. Anyways, Lamar put on some comfortable, but presentable clothes, packed his bag with his notebook, water bottle, a couple sandwiches for lunch, and, just in case his studio friends wanted, an eighth of the 'Dr. Suess'.
The trip there wasn't too terrible. It was forty minute ride, on two busses; Lamar passed the time, once again, by thinking of lines to write. He got to the studio on time, and paid his fees in cash, which made him feel like a baller. He imagined himself walking in with that gold chain. The complex the studio was in was a small building, but had several other businesses there; the space that the studio occupied was the largest, and had three recording rooms. Lamar had to wait some time before his session because he was there too early, but his time came, the receptionist called his name and told him where to go; he anxiously stood up and followed her directions to Studio B.
Lamar walked out of the studio three hours later feeling like he just woke up from a dream; a wonderful dream where he was doing what he loved. It was completely real, though, and because of that, Lamar couldn't wipe his smile off his face even if he wanted to. He finished his first song.
Later that night, when his father got home, he asked Lamar how it went.
"Fantastic," exclaimed Lamar. "The studio is state of the art; it's really high quality."
"I'm happy to hear that," his father said, smiling. "Did you finish a song yet? I'd like to hear it."
Lamar began to feel butterflies in his stomach; hitherto, he was the only one who heard his music; his father would be the first person to hear it, and give him feedback. He wasn't sure he was ready. "I did." But he knew he needed to hear criticism or positive feedback; that's how he'd improve. "It's on my phone, I just have to connect it to my speakers." Lamar took a deep breathe in, and exhaled. "I'm a bit nervous." He fidgeted with his phone and speaker, then the music started playing.
During, and after it played, Lamar's father had a puzzled expression on his face.
"Was that you?" His father asked.
"Well, who else would it be?" Lamar's heart was racing.
"No, I mean, I thought you wanted to be a rapper. What genre was that?"
"It's Indie."
"Wow, my son, eh. Surprises me everyday. So you sing?"
"That song was out of this world, Lamar! Send it to me, I can't wait to hear what you make next."
Once again Lamar couldn't stop smiling, his first positive review. Of course, he knew that if he ever became famous, there'd be negative reviews, too. He wasn't focusing on that, though, he wanted to celebrate. His father left his room and said to come down for dinner in a bit. Lamar jumped onto his bed, buried his face into his pillow and screamed into it out of pure joy. Then he rolled over, opened his laptop, and clicked 'purchase' on that gold chain.
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Death and ballots
Filipino vote marks end of a decade with 1,000 political killings
News by Christopher Curtis — Published June 11, 2010 | Comments
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Thousands of tonnes of garbage are dumped on the towns surrounding Manila each year. Photo by Stefan Christoff.
A grassroots political poster hangs above a Payatas home. Photo by Stefan Christoff.
A new day dawns with new leadership, but will it be enough to change the lives of the millions living in poverty. Photo by Stefan Christoff.
Children cycle through Payatas, one of the Philippines' most impoverished communities. Photo by Stefan Christoff.
The Manila skyline, a mix of poverty and wealth. Photo by Stefan Christoff.
More than half of the Philippines 94 million inhabitants live below the poverty line, millions of whom assemble their homes from the garbage found in their communities. Photo by Stefan Christoff.
Two armed men enter a crowded laneway. They make their way past a small concrete building to the sound of screams from women and children.
The first brandishes a pistol, extending it towards the crowd with his left arm, and a man who scans the building's rooftop through the sight of his assault rifle follows him closely.
The gunmen, both dressed in blue military garb, double back to the street and out of sight. Seconds later, screams echo through the laneway once more. While shots ring out at a distance, a few civilians barricade themselves inside a classroom and wait for the violence to let up.
This video footage was captured at a polling center in Lanao del Sur, Philippines during the country's 2010 elections. It's a real reminder of the rivalry between political factions vying for municipal seats on local ballots.
During outgoing Filipino President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's administration, violence has played a vital role in the political process. Amnesty International reports that as of May 7, at least five candidates and 16 campaign organizers were murdered during this year's campaign.
Since 2001, when Arroyo took office, there have been over 1,000 political killings in the Southeast Asian country. Politically motivated violence was just one of many challenges facing the Filipino people leading up to the polls on May 10.
In the past decade, five million people have fallen below the poverty line. The poor now make up over half of the country's 94 million citizens. While poverty ravages communities across the Philippines, the war between the U.S-backed Arroyo government and the New People's Army—a communist insurgent group that has been fighting the Filipino government since the late 1960s—continues to claim lives.
Political killings and military aid from Canada
Stefan Christoff, a Montreal-based activist, was part of the People's International Observers Mission, a watch group that spent most of May in the Philippines reporting on human rights abuses in an effort to curtail election-related violence.
Christoff, who also took part in the PIOM during the Philippines' 2007 mid-term elections, said that the gunfight in Lanao del Sur illustrates just how casual political violence has become in the Philippines.
"If the Armed Forces of the Philippines is carrying out politically motivated assassinations against progressive activists—which according to Amnesty International is a fact—and there is no legal accountability, as few soldiers have ever been brought before a court of law to be held to account for the killings, then violence in a polling centre like in Lanao del Sur becomes normalized," he wrote in an email to The Link.
"Some priests won't leave their church," he said. "They have been labeled progressive and fear for their lives if they leave their church. Some priests have even been killed in their own church… It's comparable to the situation in Latin America in the 1980s."
Since 1997, Canada's Military Training Assistance Program has provided the Filipino Army with support operations and staff training.
"[Providing training to the AFP] is against Canadian policy," said Christoff. "Our government's policy forbids the [Canadian] military from providing military aid to countries with human rights abuse records."
The army has not limited killings to progressive activists, added Christoff.
Christoff noticed the military at polling stations across the Philippines. Voters were often flanked by armed soldiers, which Christoff said disrupted the democratic process.
"The people of the Philippines know what the army is capable of," he said. "They see soldiers near the ballot boxes and they wonder, 'Is my vote really secret?' If they doubt the secrecy of their ballot then you can't really call it a true democracy."
During his time in the Philippines, Christoff also spoke to Ariel Delgado, a community health worker who said the military had occupied a daycare centre outside of Manila in 2009. Delgado said the army used the daycare to interrogate local activists and discourage people from voting for left-leaning political parties.
"The [army] also uses its conflict with the NPA to scare voters away from leftist or progressive parties," said Christoff. "The army would often spray paint NPA next to grassroots political posters," he said, adding that it effectively creates an artificial link between political parties and the insurgency. "It sent a pretty clear message to the voters when they did that."
The Filipino government's war with the insurgents has also contributed to political bloodshed in the months leading to the election. Executive Order 546, which President Arroyo issued in 2006, essentially allows for individuals to have private armies "for the suppression of insurgency and other serious threats to national security."
On Nov. 23, in the Maguindanao province, a gang of over 80 gunmen halted a convoy of opposition gubernatorial candidate Esmael Mangudadatu's supporters. The gunmen then forced the supporters out of their vehicles and murdered them. Of the 57 victims—which included Mangudadatu's wife, sisters and 12 journalists—at least five women were raped before being killed while others were tortured and beheaded.
Along with members of his father's private army, the Maguindanao provincial governor's son was subsequently arrested and charged with the murders. According to Amnesty International, the governor's troops were just one of 117 private armies that operate within the Philippines.
The electric ballot
This year, the Philippines became the first Asian country to hold fully-automated elections, outsourcing the management of ballot counting to a multi-national corporation.
"The government outsourced the whole administration of the electronic vote to a private corporation," said Christoff. Smartmatic, the Venezuela-based corporation that administered the vote, have since been criticized for providing minimal technical support along with their voting machines. In some cases, Smartmatic would only employ one technician for a polling station that served over 10,000 voters.
"There is a whole tradition of poll watching and civilian observers being at the different precincts as the votes are tallied," continued Christoff. "That whole [culture of] civilians participating in the count of the vote was usurped by the electronic process.
"We're talking about a country where millions of families don't have electricity," he said. "The gap between their knowledge of technology and the electronic voting system is huge."
Although he hasn't officially been proclaimed president by a joint session of congress, Benigno Aquino is projected to win the Filipino presidency by a wide margin.
While power changes hands in Manila, the urban poor living on the outskirts of the Filipino capital are still among the world's most marginalized. Millions of families live without access to healthcare, education or clean drinking water, often subsiding on the scrap metal collected from the mountains of garbage that are dumped in their neighborhoods each year.
"The real test will be what he does about the political violence," said Christoff. "If he admits there have been at least 1,000 murders and takes steps to bring back activists that have been disappeared, it will go a long way towards earning the trust of the people.
"But anything will be a welcome change from Arroyo."
This article originally appeared in The Link Volume 31, Issue 1, published June 11, 2010.
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Our Top 10 Queens of the Stone Age songs list takes a look at an American alternative rock band founded by guitarist Josh Homme in 1996. Previously several members had been in the stoner metal band Kyuss including guitarist Josh Homme and bassist Nick Oliveri. Queens of the Stone Age came out of the demise of Kyuss. The first Queens of the Stone Age material was released on a split album with the last Kyuss songs titled Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age. The Queens of the Stone Age sound and lineup has changed considerably from album to album. Guitarist and vocalist Josh Homme is the only member of Queens of The Stone Age to appear on every song.
Queens of The Stone age are known for using guest musicians and vocalists such as Mark Lanegan from The Screaming Trees, Dave Grohl from Nirvana and The Foo Fighters and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top to name a few. Mark Lanegan even joined Queens of The Stone Age as a regular member for several years. Their sound was influenced by early grunge, punk and stoner metal bands such as Kyuss, The Screaming Trees, Black Flag, Nirvana and Judas Priest. The Queens of the Stone Age sound is characterized by repetitive hard rock riffs, melodic and harsh vocals and a heavy driving rhythm. Later Queens of The Stone Age songs branched out into different genres such as noise rock, funk, acoustic and experimental music.
10. Burn the Witch
The third single from 2005's Lullabies to Paralyze . "Burn the Witch" is a blues influenced hard rock song. "Burn the Witch" was written by Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen and Joseph Castillo. "Burn the Witch" has a definite heavy blues rock style aided by the presence of ZZ Top guitarist and vocalist Billy Gibbons who plays guitar and does backing vocals on "Burn the Witch." Homme sings in falsetto on "Burn the Witch" while Gibbons and Mark Lanegan sing baritone backing vocals creating a unique harmony. "Burn the Witch" peaked at number forty on the US Alternative Songs chart.
9. In My Head
From 2005's Lullabies to Paralyze. "In My Head" was the second single from the album. "In My Head" features Josh Homme on vocals and bass, Joey Castillo on drums and piano, Troy Van Leeuwen on lead guitar and Alain Johannes on rhythm guitar. "In My Head" cemented Queens of the Stone Age's growing popularity despite their radical lineup changes. "In My Head" hit number thirty nine on the US Mainstream Rock charts, number thirty two on the US Alternative Songs chart and number forty four on the UK Singles chart. "In My Head" brought Queens of The Stone Age to the attention of international fans.
8. Sick Sick Sick
First appeared on the 2007 Queens of the Stone Age album Era Vulgaris . "Sick Sick Sick" was written by Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Chris Goss and Joseph Castillo. "Sick Sick Sick" features harsh, noisy guitar riffs and intense screamed vocals. Julian Casablancas of The Strokes makes a guest appearance on "Sick Sick Sick" playing synth guitar and singing backing vocals. "Sick Sick Sick" hit number thirty seven on the US Mainstream Rock chart and number twenty three on the US Alternative Songs chart. "Sick Sick Sick" is noisier than a lot of other Queens of the Stone Age songs. "Sick Sick Sick" shows a definite noise rock and post-punk influence with its abrasive sound.
7. Make It wit Chu
The third single from 2007's Era Vulgaris. "Make It wit Chu" represents a major departure from Queens of The Stone Age's earlier sound. Instead of being based around hard rock guitar riffs "Make It wit Chu" features a sound influenced by blues rock, funk and soul. In contrast to many other Queens of the Stone Age songs in "Make It wit Chu" Homme sings in falsetto. "Make It wit Chu" proved popular due to its catchier style and more accessible sound. This allowed "Make It wit Chu" to reach number two on the UK rock and Metal Charts. "Make It wit Chu" features piano and multiple backing vocals in a major departure from the typical Queens of the Stone Age sound.
6. A Song for the Dead
From 2002's Songs for the Deaf. "A Song for the Dead" was written by Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan of The Screaming Trees. Mark Lanegan sings the lead vocals on "A Song for the Dead." "A Song for the Dead" is a heavy, riff based hard rock song with major influences from punk rock, grunge and metal. Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters plays drums on "A Song for the Dead" while Josh Homme plays guitar. "A Song for the Dead" is particularly influenced by early hardcore punk band Black Flag.
Released on 2002's Songs for the Deaf . "Go With The Flow" was written by vocalist and guitar player Josh Homme and vocalist and bass player Nick Oliveri. The lyrics of "Go With The Flow" contain sexual undertones. "Go With The Flow" is one of the most popular Queens of the Stone Age songs. "Go With The Flow" was nominated for a grammy for best Hard Rock Performance. The single for "Go With The Flow" hit number twenty four on the US Mainstream Rock charts and number seven on the Billboard US Alternative Songs charts. "Go With The Flow" combines heavy yet catchy hard rock riffing with more melodic vocals to create a unique sound.
4. Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
The opening track to Queens of The Stone Age's second full length release 2000's Rated R . "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" was written by frontman Josh Homme and bassist Nick Oliveri."Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" is a heavy hard rock song beginning with an an ominous bass riff from Oliveri. The lyrics to "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" are simple yet controversial with Homme singing a repetitive list of drugs such as "nicotine valium Vicodin marijuana ecstasy alcohol and cocaine" over an almost robotic guitar riff.
"Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" was pulled from Walmart shelves over it's lyrical content. Despite this "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" was critically acclaimed by both NME and Rolling Stone. Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford provides backing vocals on "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer." "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" has a clear punk and grunge influence and it has often been compared to music by Rage Against the Machine and Nirvana.
3. Little Sister
The first single from Queens of The Stone Age's fourth album Lullabies to Paralyze. "Little Sister" is a hard rock riff based song with a repetitive wood block keeping rhythm along with the drums. "Little Sister"features a metal-style guitar solo played by Homme. Homme also sings the melodic vocals on "Little Sister." "Little Sister" was the first Queens of the Stone Age single not to feature bassist and vocalist Nick Oliveri.
"Little Sister"was commercially successful, reaching number thirteen on the US Mainstream Rock charts and number two on The US Alternative Songs chart."Little Sister" is a bit more accessible and pop influenced than Queens of The Stone Age's early work but lacks the trademark aggressiveness of Oliveri's bass playing. "Little Sister" has been covered live by former Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder.
2. First it Giveth
From 2002's Songs for the Deaf . "First it Giveth" peaked at number thirty three on the UK singles chart. "First It Giveth" was written by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri. "First It Giveth" has a dark, grungier sound than much of Queens of the Stone Age's other work. According to Josh Homme the lyrics of "First It Giveth" are about the relationship between drug use and creativity. "First It Giveth" discusses how drugs can both give and take away creativity. Musically "First It Giveth" is an alternative hard rock song with major grunge and metal influences. The title of "First It Giveth" refers to a verse in the bible in the book of Job which reads "The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away."
1. No One Knows
The first single from Queens of The Stone Age's critically acclaimed 2002 album Songs for the Deaf. "No One Knows" was written by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan. "No One Knows" is based on a driving rhythm and repetitive hard rock riffing. "No One Knows" presents a metal influence in the guitar solos especially. "No One Knows" is also heavily influenced by grunge music as Mark Lanegan's Screaming Trees are one of the most well-known grunge groups.
"No One Knows" also features Foo Fighters frontman and Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl on percussion. Longtime Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri plays on "No One Knows." "No One Knows" is Queens of the Stone Age's most commercially successful song. "No One Knows" peaked at number one on the Modern Rock Charts. "No One Knows" also received a grammy nomination for best Hard Rock Performance. "No One Knows" has been covered by the likes of Mark Ronson, Razorlight and The Section Quartet.
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Uncle Bill (Tung Piu) and his nephew (Hung Leung Shek) have worked in many odd jobs. The two lead a comical and adventurous path hustling their way from one amusing scenario to another. The nephew on underground boxing matches to raise money for his wedding but loses. In an attempt to recover the money he lost, he resorts to fighting for money. After losing again, his only recourse is to have Uncle Bill train a top fighter (Bruce Leung) with hope of retrieving his money and more.
A low level gangster in Hong Kong gains new respect after saving a boss's life in a gang fight. Despite his wife's death in this attack, he appears to be moving up in the Triad family until he discovers the other bosses are not looking out for him when he is double crossed and the gangster he previously hospitalized in the gang fight comes back for revenge.
A workplace drama about young people chasing their dreams. The main couple is the successor of a clothing factory and an independent designer.Ding Wenxiao (Wang Jia) is the director of DI Group. In order to fulfill a promise that he made to his father, he takes on the responsibility of running the company. Every step he takes is according to his father's plans, and his success and years of hard work hinge on an important event, a fashion show by designer Mu Lingshan (Hsin Ai Lee). It is this fashion show that changes the life of Yan Xia (Xing Fei), the young owner of a clothing shop from a fishing village. After being double crossed by those around him, the tables turn on Wenxiao who becomes overnight and Yan Xia becomes the ray of sunshine to help him walk out of the shadows.