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Springsteen Ode Blinded by the Light is Predictable if Powerful
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By Stephen Porzio Last updated Aug 9, 2019
There are crowd-pleasers that tug on the heartstrings. Then there's Blinded by the Light, a film which tugs on them so hard, you'll leave a screening with an empty chest cavity.
The coming-of-age drama is based on the story of British journalist and life-long Bruce Springsteen obsessive Sarfraz Manzoor (who co-wrote the script). A terrific Viveik Kalra stars as Javed, a slightly fictionalised teenage version of the writer. Aspiring to be a poet in Thatcher's Britain, his stern traditional father Malik (Kulvinder Ghir) – who moved the family to Luton from Pakistan for a better life – believes it's not a career, pushing his kid towards being a doctor or a lawyer.
If that wasn't bad enough, Malik has just been laid off, putting a massive strain on him and his family. Meanwhile, in scenes which sadly feel relevant today, there's a rise in xenophobia courtesy of the fascist far-right National Front skinheads. One particularly grim moment sees a group of white teens urinating through the letterbox of a Pakistani friend of Malik. This is such a regular occurrence that the mate's family are forced to keep a special plastic mat by the front door.
All this combined leaves Javed feeling hopeless. However, one day his pal Roops (Aaron Phagura, charming) passes him on two Bruce Springsteen cassettes. Wandering out into a storm after a fight with his family, he falls in love listening to the tracks of Darkness on the Edge of Town. Despite being oceans apart, The Boss' lyrics about the working-class struggle and that urge to escape a dreary existence feel like they were written for Javed. Realising people can take their anger and sadness and turn it into something beautiful, the teen decides to follow his new idol's lead.
All of this unfolds in a fairly standard manner, touching upon every coming-of-age genre trope there is. There's a romance with an edgy girl (Nell Williams), an inspirational teacher (Hayley Atwell), moments where Javed quotes The Boss to help him out of certain situations and most creaky of all a writing competition where the prize is a trip to New Jersey – home of Springsteen! What are the chances our protagonist wins and that his Dad will finally respect his son's wishes?
On top of this, at two hours – the movie feels quite long. It's bogged down in subplots, some of which go nowhere. This includes the aforementioned romance or Javed falling out with his white friend Matt (Dean-Charles Chapman) over nothing except maybe to add some stakes.
However, while you could watch Blinded by the Light and roll your eyes at all the predictable beats it hits, it's still emotionally affecting. Director Gurinder Chadha's evocation of 80's Britain is palpable, capturing the drab dreariness of Luton's council estates – one's given an unsettling edge on account of hate speech graffitied on the area's walls and the streets filled with anti-immigration rallies.
You completely understand why Javed would take so strongly to Springsteen's music. It offers a brief release from the starkness of his living situation. Walking down the street, he risks being spat at. Meanwhile, at home he's told to put his pen down because it's pointless. It's only when he has The Boss blaring in his ears, he feels he can escape – born to run. Indeed, Chadha shoots these moments where Javed listens to Springsteen – specific tracks which help inform the narrative similar to the recent Rocketman – like music videos. Lyrics are scribbled across the screen. Cast members sing and dance. You can't help but get caught up in the ecstasy of these fantastical passages.
It's these euphoric moments that leave you teary eyed at the emotional scenes and pumping your fist during the inevitable happy ending. All in all, Blinded by the Light will either have you cringing at its mawkish sentimentality or grinning for the same reason. I did a bit of both. But it did make me want to throw on some Bruce though.
Blinded by the Light is in cinemas from August 9
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Stephen Porzio
Stephen is a film writer and journalist. He is co-editor for the film section of HeadStuff, a writer for Travel Ireland Magazine and a regular contributor to Hot Press. He has also had work published in The Times (Ireland Edition), The Irish Sun and Film Ireland. He graduated with a BA in English and Film from UCD and an MA in journalism at DCU.
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The Rams have waived running back Daryl Richardson, according to the NFL's transaction wire (Twitter link via ESPN.com's Adam Caplan). It was one of a handful of cuts made official by the Rams, who also parted ways with defensive lineman Jermelle Cudjo and offensive tackle Emmanuel McCray (Twitter links via Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun).
Richardson, 24, started the 2013 season as the Rams' primary running back, but saw most of his carries usurped by Zac Stacy over the course of the year. There was some speculation that Isaiah Pead's time in St. Louis could be over after the Rams drafted another running back (Tre Mason) last weekend, but it seems that Richardson is the odd man out instead. The former seventh-round pick accumulated 690 rushing yards on 167 carries and also added 38 receptions over the course of his two seasons with the Rams.
As for the Rams' other two cuts, Cudjo saw part-time action over the last four years as a reserve on the defensive line, while McCray was just signed earlier this week as part of the club's undrafted free agent class. Cudjo became expendable after the Rams added Alex Carrington in free agency and drafted Aaron Donald.


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Carly Rae Jepsen Says She Needs Someone to Show Her the ICP Video
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| August 30, 2012 - 9:30 pm | Updated 8 years ago
Home » News » Carly Rae Jepsen Says She Needs Someone to Show Her the ICP Video
SPIN pals Insane Clown Posse got some shine earlier this week when a clip of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope watching, and commenting, on the video for Carly Rae Jepsen's smash hit "Call Me Maybe" went online. The best part? It's when the Michigan horror-core champs' lose it over the surprise phone-number swap at the end. Something this weird was guaranteed to get on a lot of people's radars. Including Jepsen's.
"I haven't watched it yet, but I think one of my friends posted it on Facebook," says the Canadian pop star, whose second album, Kiss, is due out September 18. She's as curious as anyone. "Is it good?" she asked SPIN. Oh, it is. When told about J and Shaggy's response to her video's twist ending, Jepsen deferred credit. "[The ending] was [MC-comedian] Tim [DeLaGhetto's] idea," she said, laughing. "Every week a new remake or spoof [of the ending] pops up. I get a total kick out of it."
As Justin Bieber, who offered his own impromptu "Call Me" cover, can likely attest, spoofing the song is a lot easier than singing it. "She's gonna kill me for saying this," says Jepsen, "but my personal assistant and I will be in the car together, and the radio will come on and you'll just hear her wailing away. I'm like, 'Almost' [Laughs]." Jepsen also has good vibes for Bieber. "He really sparked the whole 'Call Me Maybe' video-spree," she says. "It was a game-changer for me."
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The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 17: What To Do About Huawei? – Christopher Parsons Unpacks One of Canada's Most Challenging Policy Issues
What to do about Huawei? The Chinese telecom giant has emerged as one of Canada's most challenging policy issues, raising concerns involving competition, communications, security, and trade not to mention kidnappings and arrests of corporate personnel. The government has repeatedly promised to articulate a policy on the use of Huawei equipment in Canada's next generation wireless networks only to regularly delay doing so. Dr. Christopher Parsons, a senior research associate at the Citizen Lab, the world-famous cyber-security lab located at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, joins the podcast to help sort through fact from fiction when it comes to Huawei.
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The Issues Surrounding Subscriber Information in Bill C-30
Christopher Parsons offers a detailed analysis of the issues around subscriber information, providing a persuasive case on the need for court oversight.
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Lawful Access and Data Preservation/Retention
Christopher Parsons has posted an exceptional new report on Lawful Access and Data Preservation/Retention which contrasts policies and experiences in several jurisdictions, providing a timely contribution to the Canadian lawful access debate. The report comes as rumours circulate the bill will be introduced next week.
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Lawful Access, Its Potentials, and Its Lack of Necessity
Christopher Parsons has a great post on lawful access that provides background on what it contains and the reaction from many experts and stakeholders.
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How To Rein In Lawful Access
Christopher Parsons has an excellent op-ed on how to rein in the forthcoming lawful access bill. Parsons points to four steps: (1) dedicated hearings on lawful access; (2) strong independent audit, oversight, and enforcement powers; (3) judicial oversight; and (4) sunset clauses.
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Coca-Cola has unveiled its marketing plans for its multi-million dollar tie-in with the Harry Potter movie, including a drive to get children reading.
The soft drinks giant won the race to link up with eagerly awaited first film to the tune of $150m (�102m).
As part of the deal Coca-Cola will give $18m (�12m) to the US Reading is Fundamental (RIF) campaign to encourage literacy in children.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, as it is named in America, goes on general release in both the US and UK on 16 November.
It will premi�re in London under the British title Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Filmed at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, it stars John Cleese, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Dame Maggie Smith and Zoe Wanamaker.
The central characters of Harry, Ron and Hermione are played by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
Coca-Cola's marketing strategy will see television adverts, in-store promotions, giveaways and reading tours.
Around 100 families in the US could win free trips to England as part of the Hogwarts Castle Adventure promotion.
More than 850 million Coca-Cola, Minute Maid and Hi-C promotional packages are being produced with Harry Potter imagery.
But a specific detail of its marketing deal was that no images of Harry Potter or any characters from the books or film can be used.
Author JK Rowling was keen that her young wizard would not be over-exploited as part of the campaign.
She also insisted that the soft drinks giant donate money to community projects as part of the deal.
Coca-Cola said it had tried to link its campaign to the positive messages contained in the Harry Potter books.
The donation to RIF will see more than 100,000 books head to schools and community centres.
As many as five million children could benefit from the literacy programme.
The company is also sponsoring a mobile three-year cross-country reading tour, featuring puppet and magic shows and story telling.
Links to more Film stories are at the foot of the page.


Indie rockers LastWatch are looking to make a big splash in today's scene. They may be a small band from Palm Beach, but they managed to hook up with the well-known Travis Wyrick to produce their chunky rock debut, Leave a Light On. These newcomers have been out touring and trying to make a name for themselves since the January, 2013 release of their debut album. The band recently came off of a tour featuring Tooth and Nail's Nine Lashes and, former Hawk Nelson frontman Jason Dunn. The female-fronted band will likely draw stereotypical comparisons to those like Fireflight or Icon For Hire, but musically, LastWatch is much more modern rock in sound.
"Long For You" kicks the record off nicely and it doesn't take long to realize that this isn't just another "girl rock band." The guitars are chunky and the music sounds similar to something Nine Lashes or RED would do -- this is undoubtedly Wyrick's handywork. The title track follows and sounds just as good. The remainder of the album carries a similar vibe with tracks like "The Countdown" and "In His Hands" also highlighting the record. There are lightly implemented electronic elements throughout, but they aren't overbearing, nor do they feel forced. The album, however, might actually be at its best when it slows down. "Guiding My Way" has a nice opening chorus and captures singer Ashley Miller's soaring vocals perfectly. "Somehow" is so simple lyrically, yet it's powerful and relatable. Ashley ponders why God loves her so much despite her failures and shortcomings. Though it's not understood, she realizes that none of it is about her; it's only about God.
Looking over the landscape of Christian music, and the niche of the female-fronted band, LastWatch find themselves in excellent shape. With Lacey dropping out of Flyleaf, LastWatch may very well have the most potential out there. The band carries a straight-forward modern rock sound and basically none of the cliches found with some other female-fronted bands; they are actually more comparable to a group like Gretchen than anything released in recent years. Hopefully with some touring and hard work, LastWatch will find themselves on the big stage and rewarded for following God's plan of giving up successful careers for His ministry. Their high-energy live show is definitely worth checking out if they come to your home town.


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Nicole Kidman's Latest Campaign
By Ally Batista
Countless brands have undergone serious adjustments this past year. Creative Directors were hired and fired left and right in 2012, so 2013 is bound to be a year full of new and exciting campaigns and design ideas. One such campaign is that of Jimmy Choo, who has just tapped Nicole Kidman to front their Fall 2013 collections.
Designer Sandra Choi took over as the luxury shoe and accessory retailer's Creative Director this February, so this campaign is the designer's first artistic stamp on the brand.
The campaign, which was shot by Mikael Jansson, has been self-described as having a "cinematic feel that hints at the power and seduction of the Jimmy Choo woman." The decision of which Hollywood starlet encompasses power and seduction wasn't too difficult, as Nicole Kidman was first to come to mind.
When asked about the brand, Kidman responded:
"I've always loved fashion, and often use it as a way to get into character. There is a lot of complexity, mystery and feminity to the Jimmy Choo woman."
The campaign, which will be revealed this August, is of crucial importance to designer Sandra Choi and the prominent brand. Whenever a fashion house undergoes a major change, such as hiring a new creative director, public scrutiny is at an all time high. You may think of a fashion campaign as a nuisance when flipping through pages of a magazine, or as just another pretty picture, but it's so much more than that.
A campaign is the greatest way to ensure that the public knows that your designs are beautiful, powerful and relevant. Without a strong campaign, a designer has nothing.


Sunburst Chutes is an advanced ski run at the Loveland Basin Ski Area, which starts along Zip Trail, and most commonly ends in Splashdown. If you prefer, you can stay skier's left, and enter the West Ropes tree run.
If you allow some speed to build up on Zip Trail, you can get a little bit of air leaving the Zip Trail catwalk and jumping into Sunburst Chutes.
On a powder day, Sunburst Chutes is a good high-speed powder cruiser. It's slightly above treeline and doesn't really develop moguls, and you can maintain a good speed on the moderate pitch, wide open terrain.


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Doodling Helped This Artist Deal with Depression
Instagram artist Chuck Mullin shares her mental health journey.
Rakshitha Arni Ravishankar
Chuck Mullin is a London-based comic and creator of @chuckdrawsthings – a collection of doodles of pigeons.
Her artwork has been an avenue for her to talk about her experience with anxiety and depression, and to take care of her mental health.
In this interview with HBR Ascend, Chuck shares her story as well as what she hopes to achieve with her comics.
HBR Staff/ Courtesy Chuck Mullin
Job and life advice for young professionals. See more from Ascend here.
Mental health and pigeons together probably don't make much sense at first glance. But, if you were to search for @chuckdrawsthings on Instagram, you'd see how thousands of people relate to these quirky, little birds.
With over 68,000 followers, Chuck Mullin, a London-based comic and creator of @chuckdrawsthings doodles pigeons to talk about her own experiences of living with anxiety and depression and taking care of her mental health.
Chuck spoke to HBR Ascend about what it's like to live with a mental illness, how art helps break the taboo around mental health, and what she aims to achieve with her comics.
Rakshitha Arni Ravishankar: I know you use the "pigeon" as an illustration because you find it a quirky and fun bird. How do you relate to the bird, and does it in any way describe your own mental health struggles?
Chuck Mullin: I think the pigeon is a great underdog figure. They used to be revered for their letter-carrying abilities, to use in racing, and as a source of eggs, but since more modern equivalents have emerged, they've just been kind of cast to the wayside. They get a lot of unfair hatred. As someone whose brain often yells horrible things at me that I know to be untrue but can't help believing sometimes, I can relate a lot to the poor pigeon!
You've been very open about dealing with depression. What has your journey with your emotional health been like?
It's been strange in a sense because I've essentially been regularly charting it for the past two years in a very public way. It is scary publicizing your mental health across the internet, but it's opened a very supportive community, and I think overall it has been a great help. Most importantly, I think I've learned that improvement is not linear, which means I no longer feel as guilty when I'm having a bad day.
How cathartic (or otherwise) is the process of creating comics on an issue you feel so strongly about?
It can be very cathartic, but at the same time, when you're depressed and have absolutely no energy, it can be extremely difficult to try and produce art. Sometimes it takes a couple of days to make a comic, and every now in then it may not even help at all, but I think it's important to try and channel feelings out any way you can.
How does it feel to share something so personal to you with people online? What has the response been like and how does that impact the work you do?
It's very terrifying. Sometimes the responses I get are of the ignorant, rude type that makes me wonder why I bother because some people just won't understand mental illness no matter how hard you try. But that's a very small percentage of the response – it's mostly been extremely positive! I've made a lot of wonderful friends and seeing people open up about their own experiences as a result has been very humbling.
Being a content creator on social media today can be a highly stressful process. How do you deal with the pressures of constantly being creative, unique, and consistent with your work online?
Not as well as I'd like, to be honest! I work a full-time job in an office, so sometimes it's hard to stick to my discipline of making at least two comics a week because I'm often just so physically exhausted. That doesn't even cover the mental exhaustion! There's a delicate balance between pushing yourself to produce something creative and burning out. I just try and remind myself to always put my own health first.
What's your day job like and how did you decide to start doing webcomics on the side?
I work a standard 9-to-5 in an office, so it can be exhausting feeling the pressure to create art when I get home at 6 and have to do real life admin like cook and clean as well. I just try and keep a schedule where I set time aside a few times each week, where I try and at least make a little doodle. I started my Instagram around 3 years ago just for posting silly scribbles I made at my retail job, and then it developed into something I consistently use!
Do you ever feel like an imposter when you look at the webcomic landscape today? Does that ever get in the way of your own creative process?
Sometimes, yes, especially because, as I said, creating comics isn't my main job. It's hard not to feel like I'm way behind where I "should" be after so long of drawing. It can dissuade me from even bothering, sometimes, but thankfully that rarely happens.
A lot of your art is about unpacking what self-care and resilience mean. Is there a reason you feel gravitated towards it? What has your own experience of taking care of yourself been?
I'm not a very verbal person when it comes to talking about feelings, and I think that hindered my ability to figure out how to take care of myself for a long time. I'd repress my need for self-care because my thought process was "Well if I don't talk about it, there's nothing to do about it." There's only so long you can do that, though, before you must start taking care of yourself to survive. I guess I like making comics about it because it's been a monumental aspect of my emotional growth.
What's your plan ahead? Are you working on any new projects currently?
Nothing right now! My book, Bird Brain, is shipping out to those who pledged to it in a few weeks, so I'm taking a break from long-term projects. Right now, I'm just focusing on attending conventions and enjoying myself!
What is the one thing you'd like people who're reading this to know about dealing with their mental health?
You are not alone, and you are worth taking care of, no matter what your brain might tell you.
What artists would you recommend for people to check out for positive mental health messages on social media?
Ruby Elliot (@rubyetc), Aditi Malim (@goodbadcomics), Emma Friel (@moodypidge) and Hannah Daisy (@makedaisychains) on Instagram and Matt Haig (@matthaig1 on Twitter) are some of my favorites!
You can check out Chuck's work on Instagram @chuckdrawsthings, Twitter @charlubby, Tumblr, and on Facebook at Chuckdrawsthings.
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Rakshitha Arni Ravishankar is an Assistant Editor at Ascend.


Wow, I can't believe it is November already! As I type this the snow is gently falling outside so we hauled out the winter jackets this morning.
For those of you who celebrate Halloween I am sure you have a few photos on your cameras just waiting to be downloaded and have pages created. This month's Title Talk Challenge is to use one of the following word art pieces on your layout. Please post your finished layout below and I will send you a November Loyalty stamp.
That looks great Nadia, the kids look adorable. Sending your loyalty stamp now.
That is an adorable photo and a great layout.


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Sonetti lussuriosi è una raccolta di sonetti a sfondo erotico del poeta toscano Pietro Aretino, risalenti al 1526. L'opera consiste in due libri che raccolgono rispettivamente sedici e tredici composizioni. I sonetti sono ispirati dalle incisioni erotiche, ritenute ai limiti della pornografia e realizzate dal pittore Marcantonio Raimondi su disegni di Giulio Romano, pubblicate una prima volta nel 1524 sotto il titolo I Modi o Le 16 posizioni e successivamente, insieme ai dipinti ed ai Sonetti, nel 1527.

L'opera

Libro primo
 Fottiamci, anima mia, fottiamci presto
 Mettimi un dito in cul, caro vecchione
 Questo cazzo vogl'io, non un tesoro!
 Posami questa gamba in su la spalla
 Perch'io prov'or un sì solenne cazzo
 Tu m'hai il cazzo in la potta, e il cul mi vedi
 Ove il mettrete voi? Ditel' di grazia
 E saria pur una coglioneria
 Questo è pur un bel cazzo lungo e grosso
 Io 'l voglio in cul. - Tu mi perdonerai
 Apri le cosce, acciò ch'io vegga bene
 Marte, maledettissimo poltrone!
 Dammi la lingua, appunta i piedi al muro
 Non tirar, fottutello di Cupido
 Il putto poppa, e poppa anche la potta
 Sta cheto bambin mio; ninna, ninna!

Libro secondo
 Proemio: Questo è un libro d'altro che Sonetti
 Veduto avete le reliquie tutte
 Madonna, dal polmone è vostro male
 Dunque, ser Franco, il Papa fé davvero?
 Morendo su le forche, un Ascolano
 Per Europa godere, in bue cangiossi
 Questo è un cazzo papal; se tu lo vuoi
 Ohimè! la potta! crudel! che fai
 Non più contrasto, orsù, tutto s'acchetti
 Spectatori gentil, qui riguardate
 Spingi e respingi e spingi ancora il cazzo
 Miri ciascun di voi, ch'amando suole
 Sta su, non mi far male; ohimè, sta su
 Questi nostri sonetti fatti a cazzi

Trasposizione musicale
Michael Nyman, compositore famoso soprattutto per la colonna sonora di Lezioni di piano, nel novembre 2008 ha musicato otto sonetti in un CD intitolato 8 Lust Songs: I sonetti lussuriosi, interpretati dal soprano Marie Angel.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Componimenti poetici di autori italiani

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Home | Magazine | Winter 2020
IN AN ESSAY that appeared in these pages forty-five years ago, Tomás Rivera wrote: "For me the literary experience [of Chicano literature] is one of total communion, an awesome awareness of the 'other,' of one's potential self. I have come to recognize my 'other' in Chicano literature, but by this I do not mean to say that I find or reflect or faithfully render the Chicano experience. As a matter of fact, I would hope that what I write goes further. To claim that my own writing is representative of the Chicano experience is not my intention. Rather, I should like to focus on Chicano writing as a ritual of immortality, of awe in the face of the 'other'—a ritual of the living, in a sense, a fiesta of the living" ("Chicano Literature: Fiesta of the Living," Books Abroad, Summer 1975). Rivera, who received his PhD from the University of Oklahoma in 1969, had returned to his alma mater in fall 1974 to give the keynote talk at a symposium that featured papers by Arturo Madrid, Rolando Hinojosa, Frank Pino Jr., Luis Dávila, and Charles M. Tatum as well as a book display at the main library and an art exhibition featuring the work of San Antonio–based Con Safo artists Rudy Treviño, Felipe Reyes, and others. The Chicano Renaissance, known early on as El Movimiento, then in the early years of its emergence, would go on to inspire the work of generations of Latinx writers throughout the United States and beyond.
For Margarita Engle, who spent her formative years in LA and Berkeley—and whose work we celebrate in the cover feature—the movimiento of the 1960s and '70s had a formative influence on her decision to become a writer. In the late 1970s, while serving as the first female professor of agronomy at Cal Poly, Pomona, Engle began working toward a PhD in botany at the University of California, Riverside, but then enrolled in a life-changing creative writing seminar taught by Tomás Rivera. For years Engle had been writing poetry and short stories inspired by Cuban culture, history, and nature, sparked by visits to the island to meet her mother's side of the family in the 1950s. Following three decades of Cold War hostilities, Engle finally began returning to Cuba in the 1990s and wrote her first adult novel, Singing to Cuba (1993), before becoming a master of the verse novel form for young adults in such acclaimed works as The Surrender Tree (2008) and Enchanted Air (2015).
While the Chicano Renaissance has mostly been perceived through the lens of the Mexican American experience, in recent years RC Davis-Undiano and others have begun to emphasize the historical and cultural setting of the Americas as the appropriate hemispheric backdrop for understanding the Latinx community. Engle's work is an important addition to that broader understanding of the importance of the Caribbean and Latin America in understanding the "buried mirror," to draw on Carlos Fuentes's term, that reflects the Americas back to itself. Not only are we constituted by the gaze of the other, but our "ritual[s] of immortality, of awe in the face of the 'other'" contribute to our understanding of the increasingly hybrid nature of twenty-first-century identities.
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North America to dominate water taxi market over 2018-2024, growing environmental concerns and the e...
North America to dominate water taxi market over 2018-2024, growing environmental concerns and the expanding tourism sector to propel the industry growth
The rise in the interest for adopting ecofriendly means of transportation has been a pivotal driving force for water taxi market. Water taxis have played a major role in promoting tourism and are specifically used as vital means of transportation in cities like Venice and Amsterdam, where waterways form a significant section of the transit system. Indeed, this has been the reality for most of the harbor towns that gained commercial popularity and success due to their access to shipping during the 19th century.
U.S. Water Taxi Market, By Product, 2017 & 2024, (Units)
Currently, the revival of water-based transit has been occurring at a robust pace, as cities across the globe are burdened with traffic congestions, rising pollution and the detrimental impact of carbon emissions from fuel-based vehicles. Therefore, it does not come as a surprise that services like the inter-borough ferry in New York are being applauded by the public and facilitated by authorities. The passenger and bicycle carrying vessels are planned to operate in all the boroughs in New York and will have 22 landing in 6 different routes. The waterborne transit system which costs around $325 million is estimated to carry more than 50 million passengers on an annual basis, paving the way for the progress of the regional water taxi industry.
Close to half a decade earlier, a study had been conducted by several counties along the Potomac River in Maryland, U.S.. The findings revealed that the area's notable population and the employment of a significant number of people in places located along the river will be able to encourage people's foray from cars onto boats, which would massively propel the regional water taxi market share. Despite the fact that these water taxis are fueled by diesel, it is vital to remember that they are still considerably less detrimental to the environment than diesel cars. This is because they can carry several commuters in a single trip unlike cars, most of which are used on a private basis. Indeed, diesel taxis are expected to hold around 58% of the overall water taxi industry share over 2018-2024, driven by their long-standing deployment in the marine sector.
The rising penetration of the green movement has lately spurred manufacturers to shift their focus toward building more hybrid boats. As such, these boats cause a substantial improvement in the levels of noise and water pollution as compared to diesel water taxis and are expected to be widely in demand in the future. On these grounds, hybrid-based water taxi market is anticipated to register a 5% CAGR over 2018-2024.
North America has been touted to emerge as one of the most remunerative grounds for water taxi market, primarily owing to the presence of a robust marine industry and leading companies that have their base in the region. With enthusiastic players striving to make marine transportation attractive to a wider commuter pool and the increasing inclination toward luxury outdoor recreation activities, the continent is expected to register substantial growth in the ensuing years. Indeed, as per estimates, North America will emerge as the dominant region in the overall water taxi market with a projected size of $287 billion by 2024.
Along with North America, Asia Pacific will also register a significant growth in the water taxi market with cities like Hong Kong set to revive its water taxi facility to boost the tourism industry. The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of Hong Kong passed the proposal of bringing water taxis to the city that will not only offer tourists a better experience of the island city but also put Hong Kong on the map alongside cities like Venice, Bangkok and Sydney that already have an established water taxi service. Additionally, the authorities are planning to introduce significant technological inputs and operate the water taxis in the same way as Uber, that is, passengers can hail their water rides with the use of their smartphones.
Water taxis have been paving their way across Europe, especially in cities such as Paris where hydrofoil taxis have become an added attraction for tourists. Called Seabubbles, these taxis are being designed to run on electric power on the river Seine. Reportedly, if the Seabubbles are a success in Paris then a similar types of hydrofoil taxis may commence operations on the Thames in London. The use of hydrofoil technology will mean that the boats will be lifted off the surface of water, decreasing the drag factor and resulting in a smoother ride. Other technological additions such as sensors for detecting obstacles on the water and an auto-mooring system are also being planned to be added to the Seabubbles, making them truly futuristic water taxis. It is thus rather overt that the expansive tourism industry will add lucrative growth prospects to water taxi market.
Increasing concerns for the environment and the subsequent interest to find less congested transport routes will be the pivotal driving forces for water taxi market over 2017-2024. Powered by a slew of initiatives undertaken by authoritative bodies to bring forth some effective changes in the transportation system and reign in the cumulative problems green house gases in the air are causing, water taxi industry size is expected to be valued over $500 billion by 2024.
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Anu is a climate adaptation practitioner and a PhD candidate at the Department of Geography and Environment. Her research sits at the intersection of domestic finance, community vulnerability, and climate adaptation in South Asia. Specifically, her thesis focuses on physical climate risks to socio-economically vulnerable borrowers in India and its implications for financial institutions involved in priority sector lending and financial regulation in the country.
Prior to commencing her PhD, Anu worked with Acclimatise – now part of the Climate and Resilience Hub, WTW – providing technical assistance on climate adaptation and resilience projects in South and South-East Asia. Before that she worked for the New Delhi-based think tank Centre for Policy Research (CPR) where she undertook research on state action plans on climate change in India. She kickstarted her career as a business and environmental journalist. Given her past role as journalist, Anu periodically works on critical discourse analyses of climate change in the media and has contributed to book chapters on the topic.
Anu holds an MSc in Environmental Change and Management (distinction) from the University of Oxford. She is a Chevening Scholar and fellow of the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Programme. She is also the recipient of the WTW Research Network grant and continues to collaborate with the Network on her research.
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Home NEWS National Herman Cain defends Ben Carson in letter: 'House negroes stand up'
Herman Cain defends Ben Carson in letter: 'House negroes stand up'
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Herman Cain is lending his support to HUD Secretary Ben Carson in a letter titled "House Negroes stand up!"
Days after his letter stating that Confederate statues shouldn't be taken down, the 2012 Republican presidential candidate posted the message on his website Wednesday in response to a Michigan Chronicle story that referred to Carson as a "house Negro" for defending the president's comments on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Cain said since the historically black newspaper called Carson a "house Negro," he must be one as well because of his accomplishments. "Because that's one of the names you get called by other black people when you are a success at something, and you do not buy into 'black group think,' or act and say what they want you to say," he wrote.
Cain said that he's responding to the story because the former neurosurgeon, who called poverty a "state of mind" and referred to slaves as immigrants, is "too nice" to do so himself.
"Being called a 'house Negro' is just one of the insulting names I have been called as an ABC (American Black Conservative), simply because I do not subscribe to the black liberal backward-looking narrative of black identity politics," he continued.
He attributed this to his "multiple successful careers" and thanked Carson for his "sacrifice."
"If being called a 'house Negro' is what some of us must endure for succeeding in this nation and thinking for ourselves, then let all of the 'house Negroes' stand up and be counted," he wrote. "Wow! There are too many to count, but there's Dr. Ben Carson standing tall among millions, and doing something great again."
Cain, like Carson, ran an unsuccessful Republican presidential campaign. During his 2012 bid, Cain faced a series of sexual assault, harassment and adultery allegations, which he denied. In December 2011, he suspended his campaign.
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The Key Pieces of Digital Transformation Roadmaps
By Centric Digital
On Digital Transformation
About: Financial Services Government Healthcare Retail & Apparel
Operating digitally is operating in the age of buzzwords, and it can be hard to separate ambiguous concepts from concrete initiatives. Here are tips for creating a tangible and adaptive roadmap.
Digital transformation projects have become nearly ubiquitous among the major players in every industry, but it can often be unclear what exactly "digital transformation" looks like. In reality, it isn't a nebulous project business leaders can wish into existence — it's made of discrete, tangible projects carried out by employees, and businesses need to play their cards intelligently to get it right.
We've covered the process of digital transformation extensively — building a clear roadmap can go a long way towards building an effective, agile strategy. But as with every big ticket digital idea, small details can spell either success or failure. Here are a few essential pieces every business must consider when implementing a digital transformation roadmap.
CHARTING A COURSE
1) More than anything, your plan needs to be flexible
Even in the past few years, the face of digital has transitioned from user engagement social networks like Facebook and Twitter to life-engagement platforms like Snapchat and Uber. Experience is now of the utmost importance — but the way experience manifests itself in the digital space may yet change once again. Adoption of new services and apps is drastically increasing. It took Facebook four years to reach 100 million active users. Instagram went from one million active users to 300 million in just one year.
Imagine launching a digital transformation roadmap on the precipice of this latest progression in social without any flexibility. Sure, uncertainty is a threat most businesses face — and the task of implementing a roadmap in such an environment is daunting — but without room for change in a digital transformation strategy, companies will find themselves starting from scratch every few years as digital continues to evolve and even change course.
2) Measurability from start to finish
Another concept we talk a lot about at Centric Digital is benchmarking for success — establishing a baseline from where you can assess and audit your position to find out where you need to go. This baseline must be comprehensive, insightful, and industry specific. If a bank launches a new product and the baseline for social engagement is a comparison to a cosmetic product launch, then success will seem utterly unattainable. 14 shares or tweets may seem low, but if the nature of the industry tends towards low social engagement, then it may in fact be a success.
"Benchmarking" itself doesn't simply begin and end with a project, roadmap, or initiative. Along with understanding the obstacles at the start of a project, including against the competition, companies must understand what success will look like once the digital transformation kicks in. The first 100 days can make or break perceptions of success, which means that companies should benchmark early and often when implementing a total digital overhaul.
3) People, people, people
There's endless commentary about how "digital" is IT, product, and data — but that's not really the whole picture. As is the case with most efforts that require creativity, insight, and strategy, digital is the people behind the strategy. The more digital becomes about real-world engagement, the more the thought leaders in the digital world matter — a ship is nothing without a rudder.
And while ownership of digital transformation projects rests mostly with executives, the entire enterprise needs to not only be behind the initiative, but be ready and willing to compromise and collaborate in support of a mutual goal. Allowing individual employees to maintain their course while the rest of the crew works towards a new goal will only result in false starts and half-measure projects.
4) Socialize it
Digital transformation roadmaps often boil down to good communication. Every moment that follows the initiative to take that step into digital transformation relies heavily on communicating goals, strategies, approaches and responsibilities from the moment you get started.
To that end, socializing the various moving pieces of digital transformation roadmap becomes one of the most daunting tasks. In an organization with potentially thousands of employees, what's the best way to make everyone feel up-to-date, and, more importantly, included in the digital maturation of a company? Don't forget, people want digital experiences because it's an immersive, enjoyable feeling to be on the cutting edge of tech — and that same feeling will go a long way toward getting people to understand the tasks you've set before them.
Long story short, getting the messaging out across the entire organization couldn't be more important to guaranteeing that no one feels left behind or in the dark when digital transformation becomes a priority. Young or old, employees will want to know exactly how the face of the company they are representing is changing for the better in the digital age.
5) Remember, content is king
Digital transformation opens endless routes for interacting with and exploring new experiences across a multitude of digital channels and touch points. However, all the innovation in the world would be nothing without content worth "touching."
That's why it's so vital to make a plan for more than just the structure of your digital transformation — transformation leaders must also be prepared with the content or content strategy to fill the new digital platforms they're building.
Content has been and will continue to be king on digital platforms wherever and whenever they're accessed. Without the meat and potatoes of digital — aka all the "stuff" — the roadmapping and planning can go underutilized. Moreover, having actual content ready to go once the digital strategy is fulfilled can meaningfully influence strategic decisions.
SUM OF ALL PARTS
The upshot of this is that companies need to coordinate with more than the IT department. As digital moves into every sphere of the business, open communication must likewise branch to those areas.
In fact, the concept of digital transformation can be an effective driver of better overall inter-departmental and line-of-business collaboration. When road-mapping a digital transformation, companies must anticipate these changing internal dynamics and adapt the business to be agile enough to let this collaboration between employees flourish. And sometimes, this teamwork may require leaders and workers to come out from behind their devices once in awhile.
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Lawsuit: BLM protesters say they were treated more harshly than pro-police demonstrators in Kenosha
Kenosha unrest
Adam Rogan
A woman who had been banging on street light and trolley poles with a metal object is taken into custody on the night of Saturday, Aug. 29, at Kenosha's Civic Center Park.
PETE WICKLUND, Lee Newspapers
KENOSHA — A class-action discrimination lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court by four people who were arrested for breaking Kenosha's curfew during protests, alleges that their rights were inappropriately infringed upon while pro-police demonstrators were allowed to "roam" without harassment by law enforcement.
Read: Kenosha civil rights lawsuit alleging discriminatory treatment
The lawsuit points out that more than 100 protesters were arrested "for violating the County imposed curfew order, yet in spite of the presence of pro-police protesters and militias, NOT A SINGLE PRO-POLICE demonstrator has been arrested" for violating curfew.
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Adelana Akindes, left, reacts after being released from a day in police custody on Aug. 27 in Kenosha.
Morry Gash, Associated Press
The lawsuit alleges that the Kenosha Police Department and the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department used the curfew "to silence the voices of those who peacefully demonstrate against police brutality while allowing pro-police activists and militias to roam the streets without fear of arrest." Unrest unfolded in the city after the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha police officer.
Curfew arrests became more common starting Aug. 26, the night violence became less common. The night prior, three people were shot — two of whom died — allegedly by 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois. Rittenhouse, who is claiming self-defense in both cases, identified himself as a member of a "local militia" who was in Kenosha to protect lives and property.
Video shared widely on social media shows law enforcement officials thanking militia members, including Rittenhouse, for being in the streets on Aug. 25, despite the curfew being in effect. Within that same video, other officers on loudspeakers can be heard telling Black Lives Matter demonstrators to clear the streets.
"The video makes clear that there are two sets of laws — one for those whose message the police support, and one for those who message the police oppose," the lawsuit alleges.
Police in Kenosha shared water, said they 'appreciate' armed group before two killed
It's one of several moments in which plaintiffs are claiming BLM demonstrators were treated more harshly than others in Kenosha over the past two weeks.
The day after the video was posted, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said "our deputies would toss a water to anybody" who asked, including Black Lives Matter demonstrators. He later said that the views expressed by those officers do not represent the views of all law enforcement in Kenosha County.
After the Rittenhouse shooting, leaders in Kenosha called on armed groups and militia to stay away from the city to avoid further violence.
The four plaintiffs are all Wisconsin residents: Two from Kenosha (Adelana Akindes and Victor Garcia), one from Milwaukee (Oscar Walton) and one from Wauwatosa (Danica Gagliano-Deltgen).
Kenosha resident Victor Garcia, 23, a UW-Parkside student, speaks to the media on July 28 about his 24-hour stay in jail after being arrested for a curfew violation. Garcia is among those suing the city and county of Kenosha in federal court over the incident.
DAN TRUTTSCHEL, Lee Newspapers
'A caged bird'
Garcia, who is a 23-year-old University of Wisconsin-Parkside student, said last week that he was arrested by federal agents who "didn't announce themselves (and had) guns drawn ... I was tackled to the ground, I had a gun in my face. From there, I was handcuffed, and it became clear they were law enforcement, and we were swarmed by seven other cars. Then we were all separated, taken and eventually handed over to Kenosha County police."
Garcia said he wasn't processed until the day after he was arrested. "You're put in that situation (in jail) as a caged bird, all because you wanted to go out there and have a voice for people who no don't have voices. They strip you of your freedom, and you are treated like an animal. I was no longer a free American, I had a number, I had no name, I wasn't a person."
"I love this community, and that's how I was rewarded (for) standing up for people who are being unjustly killed and taken down by law enforcement," he said. "I was locked in a cage.
The defendants in the lawsuit are listed as the City of Kenosha and the County of Kenosha.
The lawsuit notes that "some demonstrators have engaged in destructive activity" but claims that "these incidences have been remote when compared to the hundreds of otherwise peaceful protesters."
The plaintiffs also are claiming that the curfew directly infringes on their First Amendment rights of speech and assembly. The curfew has since been lifted.
"By commencing the curfew at such an early time each day and providing no room for any free expression," the lawsuit states, "the curfew has the effect of crowding out much of Plaintiffs' and Plaintiff Class's opportunity to exercise their rights."
Last week, Garcia said "I had spent 24 hours locked in a cell against my will, and I had not committed any crime other than (breaking) a made-up curfew by the U.S. government because they don't want us exercising our First Amendment rights."
Oscar Walton speaks to fellow protesters while marching on Aug. 26 against the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha police officer.
David Goldman, Associated Press
The offices of the Kenosha County District Attorney and the Kenosha City Attorney did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday.
More than 120 photos from Aug. 25 protest in Kenosha, from peaceful speeches to deadly end
SEAN KRAJACIC and ADAM ROGAN
Civil unrest in Kenosha Tuesday
Demonstrators sit on Sheridan Road in front of a line of law enforcement after being forced to leave Civic Center Park late Tuesday night.
KENOSHA NEWS PHOTO BY SEAN KRAJACIC
A demonstrator stands in front of an armored vehicle at Civic Center Park on Tuesday night.
Demonstrators light a US Flag on fire at Civic Center Park on Tuesday night.
Demonstrators crowd around an armored vehicle at Civic Center Park on Tuesday night.
A woman stands in front of an armored vehicle at Civic Center Park on Tuesday night.
CIVIL UNREST AFTER OFFICER SHOOTING - TUESDAY
Clyde McLemore, founder of the Black Lives Matter Lake County Chapter, leads a non-violent protest to the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Law enforcement blocks off 63rd street after a shootout on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Law enforcement shoots a paint gun at protestors' vehicles in a parking lot on 63rd Street on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A woman yells at law enforcement through a barricade at the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A man holding a makeshift plastic shield taunts law enforcement to shoot him during a protest at the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Protestors get behind makeshift shields at the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A woman leans on an armored vehicle in front of the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A woman has her head bandaged at a medic station after being hit in the head with a rubber bullet on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Demonstrators gather around Reuther High School after being forced out of Civic Center Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Law enforcement takes aim on protestors through a window at the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Demonstrators chant during a non-violent protest at the courthouse on Tuesday.
Demonstrators chant during a non-violent protest before the curfew on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A man stands with non-violent protestors near the courthouse on Tuesday.
Protestors clash with an anti-protest group at a gas station on Tuesday.
A man responds to the civil unrest Tuesday night, volunteering to help put out a fire in a dumpster.
SEAN KRAJACIC, KENOSHA NEWS
A woman has her eyes irrigated after being teargassed on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Protestors hold signs at the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A member of law enforcement looks out the courthouse doors upon the demonstrators on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A protestor looks at his phone behind an armored vehicle in front of the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Protestors use makeshift shields against projectiles at Civic Center Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A demonstrator stands in front of an armored vehicle at Civic Center Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Demonstrators sit on Sheridan Road in front of a line of law enforcement after being forced to leave Civic Center Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A woman stands in front of an armored vehicle at Civic Center Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Demonstrators light a US Flag on fire at Civic Center Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Demonstrators participate in a non-violent protest at the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A man burns a US Flag in front of the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Protestors screamin front of the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Protesters gather in front of the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Demonstrators crowd around an armored vehicle at Civic Center Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Law enforcement blocks off 63rd Street where a gun fight occurred on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Law enforcement blocks off access to a burning vehicle on 63rd Street on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A woman douses her face with water after inhaling tear gas and being bit with a firework on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A protestor screams at law enforcement on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Protestors use makeshift shield and take cover behind a dumpster at Civic Center Park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Demonstrators gather at the courthouse on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Law enforcement moves south on Sheridan Road on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
A woman bleeding from the head after getting hit with a rubber bullet is looked over by medics on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Man in BLM shirt talks with TV news crew
Garbage trucks, tear gas, protesters
Street medics stand at the ready to respond
Armed individuals stand outside gas station
TV news reporter edits and files a story
Crowded Civic Center Park minutes before it is cleared
Medic in Civic Center Park
Backlit by police lights in Civic Center Park
Backlit by police vehicles
Holding hands during a protest
Sign says "If you are not angry you're not paying attention"
Time for change=Racial Justice Now
Drone in the sky
Group stands silently just feet away from fence
Man, who was asking protesters to "stop throwing" stuff, stands up close to the fence
At right, man scampers back after approaching law enforcement and then being peppered with less-lethal munitions
Approaching the fence
Press photographers find their spot
On a bike, on their phone, during a protest
Holding a sign in the area between the park and police
National Guard behind the fence
Law enforcement fires less-lethal munitions from the roof
A man carries a cross across Sheridan Road toward Civic Center Park
Protesters up against the fence
Window smashed before protests heated up Tuesday
Red white and blue above protesters
Photographers and videographers commandeer garbage truck
National Guardsmen behind the fence
Protesters beside burned out garbage truck
Street medics
Street medics have a group huddle
Medic station at the ready
The street medics' station in Downtown Kenosha in the days following the Jacob Blake shooting was usually set up near Civic Center Park and the Kenosha County Courthouse, although it moved several times to avoid tear gas used by law enforcement. The setup included stockpiles of donated hand sanitizer, masks, gauze, water and other supplies.
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Bob Goss pleads for no looting
Bob Goss, of Kenosha, sits smiling next to his "Please No Looting" sign at around 8 p.m. Tuesday. Of the Black Lives Matter movement, Goss said that the idea behind it "is good, it's really good," but he hates to see the property destruction and decimated livelihoods caused by destroyed small businesses.
"No lives matter until... Black Lives Matter"
Listening to the man in the middle
Gloved fist in the air
Pup tired at protest
Jacob Blake mask
Sign holding and driving
Young kid holds sign that signs "Hold cops accountable"
"Save Kenosha" reads boarded up building
Roller skating during the early protest
Spray paint saying "Justice for Jacob Blake"
Armed men move toward police line
Chants of "Hands up! Don't shoot!"
Man stands with hands up as officers repeatedly tell him and others to "clear the roadway"
Law enforcement pushes forward to clear Civic Center Park of protesters
Smoke and law enforcement
Street medics respond to injured man
Kenosha protest, Aug. 25-26, 2020
The street medics' setup on Aug. 25 in Kenosha was just east of Sheridan Road, near Civic Center Park, near where demonstrators clashed with law enforcement but still distant enough to avoid the majority of the fireworks and tear gas.
Protesters stand in defiance of police orders to clear Sheridan Road
Officers march forward on Sheridan Road, prepared to push protesters back
"Hands up! Don't shoot!"
"Hands up, don't shoot"
Smoke and tension
Blocking Sheridan Road
Men stand armed atop business
Armed individuals outside of gas station chat with BLM demonstrators
Sign: "He was unarmed #BlackLivesMatter"
Boarded up Black-owned business
Smashed window from night before
Fire allowed to burn in already smashed-up car lot
Dumpster set alight
Dumpster being pushed toward law enforcement; it ended up serving briefly as a barricade
On fire dumpster rolls down SHeridan
Demonstrators build a short-lived fire
A man attempts to put out a car fire with buckets of water on 63rd Street on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.
Fire on Sheridan Road
Fire burns behind short-lived barricade
Demonstrators use a blue umbrella to distract law enforcement, who later used less-lethal ammunition to damage umbrella and push back those holding it
Sitting underneath damaged umbrella
Skull mask
Blake makes court appearance
Jacob Blake makes a court appearance from his hospital bed Friday, pleading not guilty to criminal charges that predated his shooting by Kenosha Police. Page A3.
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Two cryptocurrency traders arrested in Shangla
Two members of what they are calling the country's biggest cryptocurrency firm have been arrested by the authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla.
According to the security forces, they arrested two men for making and selling cryptocurrency. The mining firm, where the crypto-currency was made also traded Bitcoins and took commission.
As per details, the arrested members hail from Lahore and Okara, cities of Punjab.
The Shangla DPO told that the firm used to sell cryptocurrency through websites and was being controlled from Okara. They earn in dollars as well as take commission.
Disclosing more information, the DPO said that State Bank of Pakistan has already banned the purchase and trade of cryptocurrency. He said the firm had 65 servers and each server had 12 different channels. Talking about the electricity bill, the DPO said, the firm's monthly bill was Rs 20,000.
Muhammad Rizwan, the FIA's assistant director of cyber crime said that one of the two members had also been arrested in December 2018 with eight Bitcoin machines from Lahore.
He explained that the Bitcoins which were confiscated worth Rs 2 million and were means of money laundering. He was granted bail in February 2019.
It is pertinent to mention that the use and trade of cryptocurrency is banned and illegal in Pakistan.
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Writers / Artists: Jack Abel
1977 Comic Art Convention program book
PublisherPhil Seuling
Writers / ArtistsPhil Seuling, Bernie Wrightson, Bruce Jones, John Stanley, Don Phelps, Gil Kane, Tony DeZuniga, Al Milgrom, Keith Pollard, John Romita, Joe Staton, John Severin, Bob Dunn, Hy Eisman, Mike Vosburg, Marshall Rogers, Don Perlin, Howard Bender, Arvell Jones, Bob Wiacek, Dick Giordano, Ken Barr, Paty, Dave Cockrum, Alex Toth, Robert Kline, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Ed Manley, Larry Hama, Jack Abel, Trina Robbins, Pablo Marcos, Keith Giffen, Mort Leav, Gray Morrow, John Buscema, Jack Kirby, Ed Hannigan, Walt Simonson, Herb Arnold, Mike Nasser, Carl Potts, Nick Cardy, Ted Key, Bill Griffith, John Liney, Joe Sinnott, Neal Adams, Stan Goldberg, Frank Brunner, Bruce Patterson, William Stillwell, Terry Austin, Bil Maher, Tim Kirk, Ernie Chan, Frank Thorne, Jim Burns, Michael Kaluta
Profile of Bernie Wrightson by Bruce Jones, profile of John Stanley by Don Phelps, auto-bio by Frank Thorne, article about the annual costume parade by Jim Burns.
A.C.B.A. Sketchbook, The 1975
Writers / ArtistsBernie Wrightson, Bruce Jones, Mike Grell, Bob Brown, Archie Goodwin, Dick Giordano, Pat Broderick, Marie Severin, Bill Everett, Gil Kane, Terry Austin, Tom Sutton, P Craig Russell, Ed Davis, Jim Steranko, John Fuller, Joe Barney, Herb Trimpe, Val Calaqulan, Al Milgrom, Rick Bryant, Frank Brunner, Neal Adams, Bob Wiacek, Lee Marrs, John Byrne, Duffy Vohland, Billy Graham, John Allison, Mike Vosburg, Wally Wood, Michael Whelan, Larry Hama, Ralph Reese, Russ Heath, Don Perlin, Paul Kirchner, Walt Simonson, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Abel, Steve Harper, Howard Chaykin, Mike Kaluta, Sergio Aragones, Nick Cuti, John Romita, Gray Morrow, Jeff Jones
Big 5 #8: 50 Years of DC War
Writers / ArtistsArchie Goodwin, Sergio Aragonés, Jack Kirby, Mort Drucker, George Evans, Russ Heath, Ric Estrada, Irv Novick, Irwin Hasen, Joe Kubert, Dick Ayers, Sam Glanzman, Tom Sutton, Norman Maurer, Henry Boltinoff, Chas Cuidera, Neal Adams, Ross Andru, Mike Esposito, Gray Morrow, John Severin, Alex Toth, Walt Simonson, Wally Wood, Frank Thorne, Dan Spiegle, Tom Yeates, Alfredo Alcala, Jack Abel, Jerry Grandenetti, George Pratt, Don Mangus, Mike Hill, Steven Fears, Travis Pullen, Peter Jones, Geoff Schroeder, Dan Ripoll, Brian Sheppard, Matt Caruso
Fanzine celebrating 50 years of war comics as published by DC. The wraparound cover is loaded with cartoonist portraits and self-portraits. Many of those artists also get one- and two-page articles inside about their military experience and comics work (plus new artwork).
There's also a full-color centerspread painting of the USS Stevens by Sam Glanzman.
There may be other contributors not listed above.


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Non-spoiler alert: The Lars von Trier flick about the end of the world is one of the most depressing movies you'll ever see.
For a director already known for wrist-slittingly bleak films like "Dancer in the Dark" and "Antichrist," this one may be his masterpiece.
The film opens on a shot of a gaunt Kirsten Dunst looking on wearily as dead birds fall from the sky. Things don't exactly perk up from there.
At a lush estate, friends and family gather for the wedding of Justine (Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgard). And, as often happens at weddings, family tensions start to reveal themselves.
These tensions center on Justine's sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), wound tight as a drum, and her disapproving husband John (Kiefer Sutherland).
Oh, and adding to the tension? A mysterious planet named Melancholia is about to pass near Earth. Scientists say it won't hit, but scientists are sometimes wrong.
Von Trier ruminating on apocalyptic angst isn't going to be anyone's idea of a feel-good film. He paints more with tone than plot points, and some may find it dry. I found it entrancing.
Dunst's bipolar performance is rightly garnering Oscar buzz. Gainsbourg deserves the same.
"Melancholia" feels like a nice counterpoint to Terrence Malick's similarly polarizing "The Tree of Life" earlier this year. Maybe I'm just a melancholy guy, but this is probably the best film I've seen in 2011.


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Former state school employee Lavine paid in $21K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $1.04M in retirement
by Local Labs News Service | Apr 1, 2016
Former state school employee Mary Lavine, who retired in March 2016, saved $20,815 toward a pension over 12 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.
Over 30 years of retirement, Lavine would collect as much as $1.04 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes Lavine received $21,775 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 1 years of retirement, Lavine will have already received $21,775 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.
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