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January 2, 2016 January 2, 2016 Dan O.
Carol (2015)
Once you work in retail, you'll fall right out of love with everyone.
In New York City, during the 1950s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) works as a sales-clerk for a department store that excels during the holiday season. While she does aspire to be a photographer, most of her life surrounds this job, and the possibility that she and her boyfriend (Jake Lacy), may be heading out for Europe some time soon. However, Therese's life gets turned upside down when she meets an older woman by the name of Carol (Cate Blanchett). Though Carol is currently going through a divorce with her husband (Kyle Chandler), she's still tied to her child and doesn't want to lose her in the proceedings, due to claims of affairs she had with other women. Despite this, Carol is still drawn to Therese and vice versa, so because of that, the two decide to see if they can make something of this relationship, despite it being the 50's and time hasn't quite caught on yet. But no matter what, Therese and Carol decide to leave their former lives behind for a little while, head out on a road trip, and eventually, see if they should be together and make this thing work, if it's just another sordid fling for Carol that she wants to try out with a younger woman.
She's faking it.
Given the relationship, as well as the nature of it, Carol could have easily just been one crazy sex ride from beginning to end. Wistful glances from afar? Slight breezing of hands? Curious smell of perfume? Oh man! Already sweating just typing it all!
But surprisingly, but at the same time, unsurprisingly, writer/director Todd Haynes handles it all with ease, care, and above all else, delicacy.
See, for one, Carol concerns itself with a romance tale that most people, new and old, may already feel square-ish about – not due to the fact that it concerns two women, but one who is much older than the other and clearly looking for some hot, young meat to sink her teeth into. And from the very start, that's exactly what Carol seems like; while our titular character definitely has enough reason for wanting to experience something younger and much more lustful, there's also a good enough reason why she may just be after Therese in the first place and that's just for a little bit of fun sex. No shame in that, however, Haynes makes it perfectly clear that to Therese, this is no game.
In fact, if anything, it might be love.
And from here on out, Carol takes a wide turn away from being infatuation, to deep, dark and heavy romance that, despite being seen as constant HLA, is actually very far from. In fact, if anything, it's plenty more subdued that, despite one key scene that's not just beautiful, but perfect in describing how it is to make love to someone you actually love for the first time, the whole movie's just a lot of shared-looks and beating around the bush (pun intended, I'm sorry). Nobody in Carol outright declares their love for one another, nor do they ever make it clear just what they're full intentions are; all that they do know is that they're feeling something and going wherever it takes them next.
Which is to say that yes, the two people I'm talking about the most is indeed Carol and Therese, as portrayed both perfectly by Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, respectively. Much has already been made about who is the lead character here and who isn't; no matter how you put it, both characters are given just as much as attention, detail and focus as the other, so regardless, they're both fully-developed, well-rounded characters who you get a sense of from the very start and gradually continue to know more about, as the story progresses. Haynes could have easily left these characters at just the surface-level, but instead, takes more steps into showing us how they are together, as well as when they aren't together, which is perhaps what matters most.
And by the same token, allows each actress to dig deeper and deeper into who these characters exactly.
As the titular Carol, Blanchett finally feels as if she's really building a character here and not just "acting", with a capital A. Don't get me wrong, Blanchett is an amazing actress who can never not be good, but lately, it seems like most of her roles have just been about placing her in a spot and letting her do her thing. Nothing wrong with that, but after awhile, it starts to get tiring and, in a way, boring for the actor themselves. That's why, as Carol develops, we get to see Blanchett go down certain avenues with this character that we don't expect and get to witness for the first time, which not only makes her seem fresh to us, but also real and believable. While we want to be upset with her and judge her for leaving her family and giving into temptation, to see how truly happy she is in her own skin, when she doesn't have to hide or shelter herself, is a perfect reason to think otherwise and that's why Blanchett's performance truly is amazing.
As is she.
As for Mara playing Therese, she's even better. Therese, on-paper, seems like a meek, mild-mannered girl who doesn't have much to say or do with her life, and generally seems to be just floating about. However, as we start to understand more and more about Therese as the movie progresses, we see that she's just a sad, little confused girl who has no road to lead her on, nor a person to fully lean on; she's just going with the flow, but desperately in need of a plan that it's making her depressed. Mara's great in making us feel the sympathy for this character, but never overdoing it, and it's why her performance, while maybe not as showy, is perhaps the most effective.
Together, the two have great chemistry, from the beginning to the very end.
Because Carol is a movie that deals with a relationship, as its developing, its interesting to see it from the initial, building stages, to what it eventually becomes, if anything at all. There's no real form of chemistry; there's just a lot of awkward pauses, phrasing and stutters that don't really go anywhere, except to show that you're just as flustered as the other person. You're getting a feel for the other and you're just seeing to where it all could go. That's why, when Carol and Therese first meet, get together and see what they can do about the spark between one another, it feels honest and believable – not like a "meet-cute" scenario where they hit it off right the bat.
This is mostly due to the fact that, yes, both Carol and Therese have issues of their own going on, which basically all just boil down to being about men. However, what Haynes does well here, is that he fleshes out these two character's stories well enough to where they're not just worth caring about, but sympathetic. Kyle Chandler's Harge seems like a genuinely upset and heartbroken man who was lied to and sort of toyed around with, only to just now realize that he's got no direction in life and basically hopeless. Same goes with Jake Lacy's Richard, a guy who so clearly and desperately wants Therese in his life, but doesn't want to overthrow his hand, nor get forgotten about, either – he just wants to be with her, love her, marry her, have kids with her, and do whatever else couples do.
If that doesn't sound at all sweet or romantic, then go elsewhere and stay away from Carol, you heartless wench.
Consensus: Elegant and beautiful, in both its visuals, as well as its story, Carol features a lovely, but compelling romance, as portrayed perfectly by both Blanchett and Mara.
But together, neither is! It's just love, baby!
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9-9.5/10
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Everyone seems to like this one more than me! Nice review Dan.
Brittani says:
Great review! I read the book it was based off of and it was so slow. I'm hoping the film is a bit more lively.
pooja@falcon1925 says:
Rooney Mara has a reputation of carrying the characters written for Novels brilliantly ahead as an actor. Looking forward to this one.
Excellently written reviews I need to see this movie as it sounds very good.


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Actually, the exact German equivalent to "hi" is, well, "hi". It's not really German, as you might assume, but Germans adopted it and it's quite usual among younger and less conservative people.
From "hallo" to "na", learn the different ways to say "hello" in the German language. You'll fit right in regardless of where you are in the country.
This is the simplest way to say "hello" in German. It's a friendly, all-purpose greeting that can be used in pretty much any situation, formal or informal.
Guten Tag is the German "hello" that's best-known to English speakers. It's slightly formal, but only slightly.
A common question: why is it guten Tag and not gut Tag? I.e., why is it guten (the accusative form of the adjective) and not gut (the nominative)?
First of all, note that Morgen, Tag, and Abend are all masculine nouns, so we know that gut must be masculine in all three phrases. But what case are the nouns?
Think about it like this. When you say "good day" to somebody, what are you actually saying? Probably something like "I wish you a good day". In German that's ich wünsche dir einen guten Tag.
In that sentence the word Tag is the direct object of the verb wünsche, so it (and any associated adjectives) must be accusative. Therefore we must use the masculine accusative form of gut, i.e. guten. Simple!
If you live or travel in Germany, you'll hear people saying alles klar all the time. It means "everything (is) clear!".
It can be used as a question (alles klar?) a statement, or merely to fill empty space. What we care about here is that it's also used as a greeting, especially by young people.
Greeting someone with "alles klar?" is a lot like greeting someone with "what's up?" in English. The best way to answer alles klar? is with a simple ja, meaning "yes". You could also reply with "Ja, alles klar, danke, meaning "Yes, everything is good thanks.
Was ist los? is hard to translate directly.
The adjective los roughly means "separate" or "free". Asking someone was ist los? is like saying "what's up?" or "what's going on?", very similar to greeting someone with alles klar?
The confusing thing is that was ist los? can also mean "what's the matter?", i.e. it implies that you perceive that something is strange or wrong.
However, from the context and the tone of voice it's usually obvious which meaning of was ist los? is being used.
It's similar to how some English speakers, especially Brits, use "are you alright?" (or just "alright?") as a greeting. Depending on the context, "are you alright?" may be a genuine question and a sign of concern. But when used as a greeting, it probably doesn't require a thought-out answer.
When you use dir, it's informal. In a more formal situation, you should probably say wie geht es Ihnen?
When informally addressing a group, say Wie geht es euch?
The phrase is often shortened to wie geht's? The easiest response is a simple gut, danke – "good, thanks".
Within and between the German-speaking countries, there's a lot of linguistic and cultural diversity.
Not every greeting is in equal use across the entire Germany. So for the next few items on this list, we'll look at some greetings that are unique to certain areas.
Grüß Gott is an expression that's mainly used in Bavaria (south-eastern Germany) and Austria. Literally, it means something like "greetings (from) God". A better, less literal translation is "God bless you". It's a very formal way of saying hello.
Bavarians also use Grüß dich!, which essentially means "greetings to you!". This is less formal, but it tends to be used more by the older generation than the younger.
Servus is Latin for "servant", and its use as a greeting comes from a Latin phrase meaning "at your service".
Like Grüß Gott, servus is mainly used in Bavaria and Austria. It can also be used to say goodbye.
Let's move to the other end of the German map. Moin is a common greeting in northern Germany, especially in and around Hamburg. You also sometimes hear people doubling it up: moin moin!
The origins of the word "moin" are uncertain. Many think that it comes from a regional pronunciation of Morgen ("morning"), but it's possible that it also comes from a Low German word meaning "good".
Whatever the case, you can use moin at all times of day. The people of Schleswig-Holstein will love you for it.
Na is another regional German greeting. It's common in the north, and people from Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland tend to struggle with it.
There's no easy way to translate na into English. It's best explained by example: when two (northern) Germans meet, one might say "na", to which the other replies "na" – and then the conversation begins. It's like "hey", "how are you?", and "fine, thanks" all rolled into one versatile syllable. Germans are famous for their efficiency, after all.
This one might not technically count as a greeting, but it's still worth including, because you're likely to say it when meeting someone… but only if you're not meeting face-to-face.
Imagine you're calling, texting, emailing, or otherwise communicating at a distance with someone who already knows you. If they don't recognize your voice/number/address, what do you say to let them know who it is?
This is a subtle detail, but it's absolutely something you should know!
Now let's look at some ways to say "goodbye" in German. Probably the most common way to do this is to say Tschüss – "bye"!
Don't be intimidated by the spelling. The cluster of consonants "tsch" is pronounced just like a "ch" in English.
Ciao is Italian in origin, but it's common in Germany, as it is in many other parts of Europe!
While this is a well-known phrase that every German will understand, it's very formal-sounding and a bit old-fashioned.
This literally means "until soon". So it's like saying "see you soon!". It's a friendly, informal way of saying goodbye.


Exploding Takata air bag claims 11th victim in U.S.
A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of defective air bag inflators from auto industry supplier Takata.
The agency said the woman died Sept. 30 in Riverside County, Calif., near Los Angeles. Honda confirmed the woman's death and said she was driving a 2001 Civic.
"Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the family of the driver during this difficult time," the automaker said in a statement.
Takata air bags can inflate with too much force, which causes a metal canister to rupture and spew shrapnel into the vehicle. Tokyo-based Takata, unlike other manufacturers, uses the chemical ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion that inflates air bags in a crash. But the chemical can deteriorate when exposed to prolonged high heat and humidity and can burn faster than designed. That can blow apart a metal canister designed to contain the explosion.
Honda said the vehicle involved in the California crash had been included in multiple recalls since 2008. The company said it mailed more than 20 recall notices to the car's registered owners, but its records indicate the vehicle was never repaired.
In June, NHTSA urged owners of 313,000 older Hondas and Acuras to stop driving them and get them repaired, after new tests found that their Takata inflators are extremely dangerous. The agency said it had data showing that chances are as high as 50 percent that the inflators can explode in a crash.


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Tools Down, Camera Up: Video Business Biography Service Launched
Your Story Here LLC Video Biography announces the introduction of the video business biography. Designed to capture the career and business stories of America's retired entrepreneurs and business executives, the video business biography fills a niche long ignored by most custom documentary production companies.
"It's hard to explain a career. But a video business biography can makes the whole subject come alive and accessible to future generations," says the LA-based Dorfman.
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For the entrepreneur or executive who has everything, now comes the video business biography: custom-ordered, TV-quality, video documentaries celebrating a career in business.
Speaking yesterday to one of the country's most successful chapters of SCORE, the small business training and mentoring organization, Your Story Here CEO Jane Shafron said that it was time that America's business men and women recorded the story of their successful careers, and the bumps along the way.
"Business is all consuming when you are running your own company, or are in the full throes of an executive career," Jane said outside the meeting. "There's not much time for anything but work. When they retire, many entrepreneurs simply put those experiences aside and move on to the next challenge. But I believe they have a duty to their families and future generations to pass along their wisdom and lessons learned in a video profile of their career," she said.
Jane Shafron, still in the early stages of her own documentary production business career, was speaking to a meeting of more than 70 volunteer counselors from the celebrated SCORE Chapter 114 office – based in Southern California. Jane had been asked to address the group as a "SCORE Success Story" (Your Story Here Video Biography) and she found herself thinking more and more about the SCORE counselors who had helped her own business double sales in each of its last three years.
"America's retired entrepreneurs know so much. I have learned this first hand. But who ever tells their stories? Many of our most successful business people are first or second generation Americans. They found this to be the land of opportunities made possible through hard work, entrepreneurial spirit and a strong desire to succeed. They built up their own businesses and in doing so helped build up this country.
"My field is recording stories on video," Jane continued. "And most of my work centers around personal stories of love and family, ancestors and immigration, and war experiences. But hardly any attention is paid to the guy who went out and built a business and made it a success. And put the bread on the table.
"So I am launching a new service line called the 'video business biography,'" Jane Shafron concluded.
It may be a new idea, but does it have legs?
Tom Patty, former President and Worldwide Account Director of Advertising behemoth Chiat/Day, and highly esteemed SCORE 114 counselor, thinks it does.
"We all have stories to tell," Tom said. "And those of us who have been in business have a lot to share. Some of our deepest insights about life come from our business experiences so they are well worth recording in a video business biography."
One-time Vice Chairman of Hughes Electronics and satellite communications executive Steve Dorfman agrees. "It's hard to explain a career. But a video business biography can makes the whole subject come alive and accessible to future generations," says the Los Angeles based Dorfman.
So for the entrepreneur or executive who has everything, they can now pile the business video biography right on top. And more than one of them will be mindful of the words of Winston Churchill who said, "History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it!"
Your Story Here is an award winning boutique video production company based in Southern California and specializing in video biography. Their short films have won awards including at the Lake Arrowhead Film Festival and the Big Bear International Film Festival. They have made over 60 documentaries for people who wish to preserve their story for future generations. "Your Story Here" is a registered trademark of Your Story Here LLC.
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Your Story Here Video Biography

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Former Georgia choir teacher accused of sexual battery against student
By Chelsea Prince, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A former high school chorus teacher is facing charges of sexually assaulting a student.
Ryan Parker McKendrick, 36, was arrested Saturday on charges of sexual battery against a child under the age of 16, sexual assault while a teacher, attempted sexual exploitation of a child and tampering with evidence, as well as four counts of distributing obscene material.
McKendrick resigned his post as director of the Woodstock High School chorus and orchestra on Oct. 15, according to the Cherokee County School District. He had been employed with the district since 2007.
He is the third metro Atlanta teacher to be accused of sexual misconduct involving a child in the last month. Two teachers, one employed with the DeKalb County School District and the other a music instructor who gave lessons out of his home, were found dead after the allegations were brought to light. Authorities said both men appear to have killed themselves.
Related: Teacher accused of sexually abusing sixth-grade boy found dead
"The Cherokee County School District takes the safety and security of our students very seriously," district spokeswoman Barbara Jacoby said. "After conducting an immediate investigation into allegations of inappropriate and unprofessional conduct, our CCSD School Police Department filed charges against the former teacher. We want all students, parents and staff to know that inappropriate behavior by staff toward students will not be tolerated."
According to an arrest warrant obtained by AJC.com, over a period of two years McKendrick allegedly inappropriately touched a girl on multiple occasions while she was in his class. The student took McKendrick's class from fall 2016 to spring 2018, during her freshman and sophomore years.
Related: Piano teacher accused of child molestation found dead in jail cell
In incidents as recent as September, McKendrick is accused of showing a student an obscene photo of a sex act while the student was in his office. He also allegedly asked a student to take nude photos of the student's friend and jokingly suggested he would pay for them.
"We appreciate those who reported these allegations," Jacoby said, directing others to report such behavior to school police or administrators.
McKendrick was arrested by Roswell police and was briefly held in the county jail before he posted a $34,306 bond, a Cherokee Sheriff's Office spokesman said.
As conditions of his bond, McKendrick must remain under house arrest and cannot contact anyone with the district or anyone under the age of 18, except his own children. He may have supervised visits with his children if another adult is present, court records show.
Chelsea Prince, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


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Tag: American Evacuation
We have now received some news and know that South Vietnam has surrendered. Wednesday, April 30, 1975
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[Martindale, continued]
After a pretty good night's sleep, I was up at 7:00 A.M. Men have the head for the first 30 minutes of every hour (7:00-7:30) and women and children the second 30 minutes. We heard that all Vietnamese would eat breakfast first because they would be flown by helicopter to other ships, possibly even landing craft that would go directly to Guam or Wake Island. It was about 9:00 A.M. before we could go to eat. Everywhere we go, we have to be escorted. For breakfast , I had scrambled eggs, shrimp, sweet roll, plums, with Sprite and coffee to drink.
The Captain came by before we ate. He said some Marines from the Embassy compound had been withdrawn. Ambassador Martin had been evacuated and the evacuation was about over in Saigon. During the morning, we heard that the Embassy had been hit pretty hard after everyone left and was on fire. It seems that about 20 minutes after we were lifted off last night, there was a riot in front of the Embassy and resulted in Marines fighting ARVN soldiers. We heard that 5 marines had been killed but don't know where or how. Of course, it could only be a rumor (Apparently, it was a rumor).
This morning, several S. Vietnamese helicopters landed bringing the families of crew members. We probably evacuated a lot of Generals' families, so I guess its every man for himself. After landing, some of the helicopters were pushed over the side for lack of room. I heard of only one who went back to Saigon to evacuate more.
Since 1:30 p.m., we have been having some excitement. A Cessna with a Vietnamese major, his wife and 4 or 5 children on board, wants to land on this carrier. The ship is speeding up to give him more landing room. As many as can crowd into a small room in our quarters area are watching deck action on a closed circuit TV.
Now he has made it O.K. The ship sped up so he was going only about 15 knots over the deck. Late today several South Vietnamese helicopters, including Chinooks, have landed. We have now received some news and know that South Vietnam has surrendered. Where we earlier thought the helicopter pilots had deserted, we now know they got away from the North Vietnamese with their copters
All kinds of rumors of where we are going–one rumor says we will stay on this ship and go to Subic Bay, Philippines, about 3 days away. Another says we will be transferred by helicopter to another ship, probably a cruiser, that will get to Subic faster.
Wednesday night and all the Vietnamese have been transferred to other ships, supposedly to go directly to Guam or Wake Island. And now we have been told to go up for boarding helicopters to go somewhere. Everyone lined up once and then, in about 5 minutes were told to fall out. We were told to report ot the foksel (that seems to be how the sailors pronounce it; as an ex-air force pilot I don't know what it is. But I vaguely remember reading in various books of a word, something like Fo'c'sle, which I took to mean forecastle). At about 11:00 p.m. everyone lined up again. Bill Rice and I have been after the medics to get a stretcher for Clarence Combs, because of his bad feet, and we said we would wait for him. It was just as well because most of the line moved out toward the flight deck, and then everyone was sent back in again. And flight operations have shut down for the night. Apparently something was "Fokked up" on the "FOKSEL". We thought the weather (rain) might be the reason but found later that it apparently was not. We have now been told that we will get off tomorrow, Thursday, and should indicate our choice of (1) helicopter to a commercial ship for passage to Guam or Wake Island; (2) Stay on the ship as it goes south, past Vietnam, and then go with the Air Force helicopters to their base in Thailand, or (3) Stay on board the ship until it reaches Subic Bay. We decided that all AID people should go to Bangkok. Incidentally, all five of our ADFM people are on this ship. In Bangkok, we can get travel orders and take a week's TDY somewhere to buy clothes and rest. If Jennie* left Bangkok, as scheduled, on Wednesday, I may go by way of Guam on my way home. Anyway, another late meal, about 12:30 a.m.
*Tom's wife
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We proceeded pretty well on schedule and moved out of the bowling alley to an area next to the gym, probably around 4:30 A.M. I should say about one-half of our group did. I had made arrangements with the people at the processing gate to stage our people in this area, in the order that their names appeared on the manifests, so the processing could proceed in an orderly manner. When I notified our people in the bowling alley to get ready to go to the staging area, this excited another group into action. The group scheduled directly ahead of us, unknown to me, was also in the bowling area. They hadn't been told to get ready and consisted of only about 40 employees of the American radio station. They moved out very quickly into part of our staging area. So I moved only one-half of our people, and left the others in the bowling alley in two groups.
Our people waited very patiently in the staging area as, first daylight, then sunrise, came. If I had not already known them, I would have had to admire them then. We had all been up since the early morning before, and God only knows how much sleep they had that night, with the excitement of getting ready to leave their country. But here, as the sun came up, 65 and 70-year-olds seemed to have more energy than I had; and I knew they had sat up all night, seemingly as tense and nervous as could be.
At this point I should state that, of all the people processed, it seemed that USAID had a very low percentage, considering the number of people in the country from various organizations. That is, other than SAAFO personnel. SAAFO people were a breed apart, and though ordinarily shown as AID personnel, they reported primarily through the Special Assistant to the Ambassador for Field Operations, hence the initials SAAFO. These Vietnamese weren't even AID employees after June 30, 1974 (although we still paid them and supervised them) but were nominally GVN employees. Vietnamese personnel of DAO contractors, such as P, A and E, were being evacuated. And on the last day a lot of voluntary agency local personnel were evacuated. I don't know as AID contractors' local employees were ever evacuated, and a lot of our own direct-hire Vietnamese never got the chance. And so many others were secretly evacuated; supposedly many GVN officials' families, and those of high ranking military officers had to be, in order for us to be able to safely evacuate our people. I know the night our people were waiting in the bowling alley, at about 10:00 P.M., I saw two U.S. government officials that I knew, who said they had just brought in 600 people. It was so secret they couldn't tell me who they were. But they didn't wait anywhere near 16 hours. And the next night they were to send out 600 more.
At about 6:30 A.M. we were next in line for processing, when a halt was called. I was told that we would hold until 8:00 o'clock, I told our people to relax until 8. Some bought coffee and bread from the soldiers through the adjoining fence. Some of these warriors had been on duty all night, hawking their wares through the fence. They had samples of newspapers, cigarette packages, etc. stuck to the fence. Up until about 2:00 A.M. there was a virtual army of Military moonlighters manning the fences. Come daybreak, there was also an army pushing bread and coffee. I accepted some French bread from some of our people. After a while, shortly before 7:30 A.M., I went to the men's room in the gymnasium. I came out about 7:30 and found that our people had been called to go in for processing. It didn't go as smoothly as I thought it would. I had told our people that we would start processing at 8:00 A.M. (as I had been told). So when I came out, they were not in their proper order, and, at first, there was a bit of confusion. and now there was new Defense Attache Office (DAO) man at the gate, a civilian who had either been a top sergeant or had nurtured delusions of being a top sergeant. His yelling and cursing at the Vietnamese created more disorder. I had designated a Vietnamese to be in charge of each of our four groups. By having each of them line their people up and bringing them into the gate in their regular turn, we finally convinced "Napoleon" that we could organize them better than he could.
As our 300 some-odd USAID employees were processed through, our 89 Controller Office personnel dwindled to 86. Chi's mother decided at the last moment that she couldn't leave her country. And another employee, who was also the second wife of the USAID Director's driver, tried to get her sister through with her. Her sister was over the age limit of 20 but somehow she had gotten onto a bus. When the count was made at the gate (there they only checked numbers of people) of "employee and one other," the sister also breezed inn. "Napoleon" was alert enough to count three people when there should have been two, although the employee's baby was quite small. So she had a choice of going with her baby only or not at all. I guess her sister had been taking care of the baby because the employee elected to stay behind with her baby. I vowed to see that all three were put on a later manifest, now that I knew how the system worked.
I followed our employees through the baggage-checking process and the body searching. I wanted to see how the entire operation worked. There was no check on baggage weight, although we had religiously told our people that they would be allowed 20 kilos per adult and 10 kilos for others. And they were well below those limits. Some were apprehensive about the body searching. After being paid accrued leave and severance pay in greenbacks, and being allowed to convert up to $2,000 worth of piasters into U.S. currency (although many would have preferred dollar checks), some employees had a few thousand dollars on their bodies. Some had sold all of their property (houses, automobiles, Hondas, etc.) and had converted the piaster proceeds into gold and jewelry, at unfavorable rates. But even these Vietnamese, or most of them, probably didn't have as much wealth as the U.S. newspaper reporter, who made headlines by reporting on the wealthy Vietnamese refugees, has just in the equity on his home. They had to carry what they could out with them. Apparently the American guards were concerned primarily about anyone carrying firearms. The solder who checked them was a very personable, outgoing type, who did a great deal to ease the tension among these people who had been waiting in the processing area for more than 16 hours. I saw more smiles in ten minutes there than I had during the entire 16 hours. Of course, they were near the end of the line too. Hien, our ex-receptionist, ex-secretary, was so happy after she got through the metal detector. She said the detector went "rrr, rrr" and the sergeant asked her what she had on her person. She told him she had some jewelry and she was passed on through.
I wanted to see our people through to the airplane but the sergeants overruled the Navy Lt. Commander, who had given me permission. They cited anti-hijack regulations. So I saw them all aboard the busses at 9:20 A.M. headed for the airplanes. I don't think they were delayed further because they had been held up awaiting busses. It seemed a shortage of drivers had developed, as drivers were getting out also. I felt glad for our employees but was very sad, knowing I would probably not see a one of them again. Parting with some close friends such as Hien and Cam Van was especially hard. I was so choked up I couldn't say goodbye to them as I was turned back at the gate, but could only wave goodbye.
During my tour through the processing cycle I found that no check was made of the relationship and age requirements when employees and their families boarded the busses. Bus monitors should have made this check but did not have time. And an American couldn't have made heads or tails of the Vietnamese names, not to mention the second and third wives and their children. The employees could have held to the original number of family members they had reported, and we would never have know the difference. Then when the manifests were turned in, the number of persons listed was allowed to go through the gates. The employee's name was called plus, say, 4 others. Five people were counted as they went through the gate and were as good as in Guam. We were given the rules and put the fear of God into our employees. And I think we did right; otherwise, fewer of our employees could have gone. But I don't know how many others did likewise.
After I saw our people off I went home, took a shower and grabbed two hours of sleep and a snack and then back to the rat race. I found that another list of 120 had been prepared and the people were being processed. Based on our money exchange experience, Bill Rice got permission for USAID to make the exchange for its employees and to accept piasters, with dollar checks to be sent ot the employees on Guam, or wherever they went. A list of personnel turning in piasters was kept, and I don't know whether the employees were given receipts on the spot or not.
We had the usual rush of employees seeking us out and citing their particular problems. Vietnamese officials sought out anyone they knew in the U.S. Mission for help. Colonel Vuu, a very knowledgeable Accounting major, with an MBA from Syracuse University was getting out of the military on April 30th and was looking for help. Mr. Truong, Director General of DGBFA who had been of so much assistance to us, and had probably done more for the U.S. Government than any of our own employees, was seeking help. He was most vulnerable in case he couldn't get out. All we could do in such cases was refer these people to the Director's Office, as we were only authorized to make arrangements for our own people and their families. But these were also good friends and we had to take the time, which we didn't really have, to talk to them. I don't know whether Col. Vuu got out or not but I'm pretty sure Mr. Truong did not. But again, I'm not sure, as some of these people surprise you with their ingenuity.
I was surprised that afternoon to find that Mr. Au was on the job. I found that he had told Paul Kostamo that his family had gone out in the group that I had shepherded. I told Paul, who was not aware of the case, that Mr. Au must have decided that there was more money around to be stolen. And then I found that he had been helping to count the money that was turned in for payment by dollar checks. I told Bill Rice that he was on the job, so we called him into the office. He told me that his family had gone out, and then we told him that we knew better because Bill Rice was monitor of the bus that his family was supposed to board and that I had stayed with the group all night and had a list of all the people that boarded the plane. We told him that everything would be O.K. if he just brought $2,000 the next day to turn back in. He made some lame excuse about his son being in an accident, but we told him we still expected the money the next day. I bet Bill 1000 piasters that he would never come back to work again. I guess I won the bet because the next morning there was a 24-hour alert and before the day was over we had all left Vietnam.
I went to CRA to eat but found they were serving only sandwiches. Then I drove to the Guest House in the USAID I compound. While waiting to be served, and while sipping on a cold beer, at about 6:30 P.M. all hell broke loose. That was when the U.S.-built planes hit Tan Son Nhut airport, but we didn't know that then. We heard all kinds of shooting outside. Our waitress became so agitated that she was literally jumping up and down and running around between tables. We made her go into the kitchen as she was making everyone more edgy and nervous. People were running around out in the lobby and the firing outside sounded as though it was in our compound. I fully expected someone to rush through the door firing a gun at any time.
In time things quieted down, our waitress reappeared and served us and we left. I took Bill Ward home to 259, and he lent me his curfew pass in case I didn't make it home before curfew. When I got home I found that a 24-hour curfew was in effect.
At about 9:00 P.M. I went to Bill Austin's apartment to see if there was an alert for evacuation. Bill was our building warden. While I was there he received a call from the Mission Warden's Office wanting three drivers to go to Tan Son Nhut to drive busses back to our apartment. It seemed all the drivers deserted when the shooting started at the Air base. Bill asked me if I was a bus driver, I said I'd never driven one in my life. He told the Mission Warden he had one volunteer right there in his apartment.
A little later Bill Austin, Al Dominguez and I were taken out to pick up some busses. There were probably 8 or 10 other drivers there also. We picked up the busses in front of the DAO headquarters where 5 or 6 hours later rockets hit, killing 2 marines and destroying some other vehicles. After learning where the various gears were, I was able to drive alright. I was more afraid of possible trouble from the ARVN or National Police than anything else and at one check point the did come on board and check for passengers. With the tension of driving around during curfew, going through road blocks, etc. I found that my clothes were almost all entirely wet with perspiration when I reached home. I called Jennie in Bangkok before going to bed somewhere around 1:00 A.M.
Posted in UncategorizedTagged American Evacuation, American Withdrawal, Northern Attack, Tan Son Nhut airport, Thomas K. Martindale, Vietnam
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On Sunday morning there was a meeting of Americans to learn the rules for taking the USAID people to the evacuation center at Tan Son Nhut airport. I was going to stay with them until they left for the airplane. Bill Rice escorted one bus load to the airport. Ron Pollock had ADFA people; Dr. Bill Oldham was with Public Health and ADLD people; and Bob McCandless escorted ADPROG and ADEPP people. There was a total of 305 people to report to USAID II at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, including 123 from ADFM. We worked in the Office all morning as usual and then met at 2:00 P.M., as scheduled. Only 89 ADFM people boarded the busses. I had been told by a Vietnamese employee that morning that some employees, who had not intended to leave, put their names down so they could convert $2,000 worth of piasters to dollars. I was told of 3 employees in this category: Mr. Au (who had supposedly changed his mind about leaving); Mrs. Kim Hong (dollar accounts); and Miss An (dollar accounts). By turning in 1, 510,000 piasters they could get $2,000 in cash, which they could convert on the black market to 9 million piasters (4,500 to 1). None of the three I had been warned about showed up at the busses. As a result of people not showing up, 30 other people of ours were deprived of the chance of getting out.
The busses were 30 minutes late. One scene I'll never forget was that of tall Bill Rice escorting a small old Vietnamese woman with short hair through the gate. She was crying uncontrollably. I asked Bill who he had there and he said "she wants to see her family." Those not leaving were not supposed to enter the area but it was so heartbreaking to see this little old woman crying that Bill took her in with him. I believe she was Mr. Phuoc's (analysis branch)_ mother.
After loading, our bus went to Tan Son Nhut, reaching the processing area at 4:00-4:30 P.M. After loading my bus, one of the men coordinating the loading asked if he could put 4 or 5 more people on our bus. I don't remember whether he said they were related to Americans, or had American passports, or what, but he gave some such reason. I told him they could board our bus but I wouldn't put them on my manifest. I didn't hear any more from him and never saw them.
On the way to the airport, my bus was the last one in a five-bus convoy and did not have diplomatic license plates. We also lagged a bit behind the others. The National Police had set up two check points just outside the main entrance to Tan Son Nhut. They stopped my bus at each one–the other four busses were not stopped. They seemed to pick out the more prosperous-looking Vietnamese where the husband was within draft age. At the first stop they took Mat's husband and Mrs. Luong's husband off. Mat and her husband returned last year from 4 years in American Universities. He was draft-exempted and worked for Esso. Mrs. Luong's husband worked for NBVN (National Bank). The police pretended to be questioning their draft status and took them back to their jeep. I followed them and asked the name of the top man in the jeep. He got excited and started yelling about Americans, how they were no good and should all get out. As he appeared to be having trouble controlling himself, and had a gun, as soon as I safely could I discreetly high-tailed it back to the bus, an waited for them to leave with their prisoners. In the meantime, Mat and Mrs. Luong were very agitated and were constantly traipsing between the bus and the jeep. To my surprise, a few minutes later the two men came back to the bus. Later that night Mr. Luong told me that the three National Police in the jeep were: (1) the driver; (2) the boss, who was yelling; and (3) another man who was sweet-talking them into parting with some gold.
About 50 yards up the road we were stopped again by more National Police. This time they got Chi's husband (Chi and her husband also had returned last August from four years in American Universities); Mr. Phuoc (analysis branch); and again Mrs. Luong's husband and son. They thought the son was 17 years old but, as shown on his papers, he will be 17 in September. They had to send for another boss to figure out his age. At this point I was so disgusted I made a few intemperate remarks to all and sundry on the buss to the effect that they should consider themselves very fortunate to be getting out of a country run by such as these and that I regretted very much that we had spent millions of dollars training the National Police, who apparently were devoted primarily to stealing from their own people but still hadn't even learned to add. They all seemed to agree. But I didn't make the mistake of antagonizing the police again. I even gave the chief a cigar and we were finally on our way. That night I learned that it had cost Chi and Mat 100,000 piasters worth, or one million piasters worth, of gold (after the last week's happenings I just don't remember which, although I believe it was the lesser amount) and Mrs. Luong's family twice as much. At the last exchange rate of 755 to 1, that would be $130 (or $1,300) for Chi and Mat, and twice as much for Mrs. Luong. I don't think Phuoc had to pay, whether because his family knew President Huong I don't know. The next day after a SAAFO man had heard about this incident, and called me, he was furious because he said the National Police had been paid off, beforehand, to avoid this happening at those check points.
Our people were sent to the bowling alley to wait. Our 300, plus baggage, took up 3 lanes, so there were at least 1000 people there. The air conditioners were working but it was still hot, and the bright lights blazed away all night. I went over to the gymnasium to register and it took two hours to get registered on the flight schedule. We figured that if the boarding continued at the recent pace, our people would leave the bowling alley at about 4:00 A.M. and be processed for boarding at 6:00 A.M.
When I went into the gymnasium, I found that Miss Nhe, one of our single cashiers who wanted to go out first at any cost had beat me there. One of the Americans, who was working there, took me aside and told me that Miss Nhe's roommate was his best friend, and asked if I would put her on my manifest. I told him that I couldn't and gave the excuse that a lot of people knew the number and names of those on my manifest.
Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1975, American Evacuation, American Withdrawal, Thomas K. Martindale, Vietnam
On Saturday our 5 Americans got together and started getting names of people to evacuate. As different crises came up, people left to handle them. I was finally working alone, which was actually faster even though I was continually diverted. We told our employees that if ineligible people were included, such as overage children, we had been told that the entire family would not be allowed to leave. As a result, when making up the list on Saturday, I found that families were much smaller than had been indicated. Mr. Huu's small children, brothers and sisters, it turned out, were all over 20 years old. He was really crying when he admitted it, but probably only because they couldn't go. A lady employee had listed a 53 year old brother. What started out as more than 120 watered down to less than 90. Then I took more names and finally ended up with 123. We found late Saturday that this group would not leave until the next day. We told the employees to convert money if they wished and to alert their families.
Posted in UncategorizedTagged airport, American Evacuation, American Withdrawal, bus, checkpoints, soldiers, Tan Son Nhut, Thomas K. Martindale, Vietnam
Martindale, Short Intro
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Thomas Kinton Martindale (1921-2000) was born in Tennessee. He flew "The Hump" in the Army Air Corps during WWII. The GI Bill helped put him through the University of Michigan and there he took a bachelor's and master's in accounting and secured his CPA. After some accounting jobs in the mid-west, he joined the U.S. State Department's Agency for International Development (USAID) where he worked until retirement. He was controller in the mission in Saigon and was there as South Vietnam collapsed under the advance of the North. Martindale remained in Saigon until the last day and participated in evacuation efforts.
In following posts, I will transcribe notes about the final days, notes that he wrote for his family, notes that are now archived and of interest to more than his family alone.
Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1975, American Evacuation, Saigon, Thomas K. Martindale, Vietnam
Thomas K. Martindale. Leaving Vietnam
I started writing this on Wednesday, April 30, 1975 while on board the USS Midway east of Vietnam. I hadn't been able to write home very often during the preceding two weeks so I wanted my family to know what I had been doing during those hectic days. They couldn't understand why I hadn't gotten out of there.
I also thought there should be some recollection of events for the record. Even a week later, days had tended to merge with one another. Note that I said Vietnamese employees were paid on Wednesday, or maybe earlier. I have since talked to an American who helped stuff the envelopes Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. They were then paid Thursday afternoon.
I continued writing this in Bangkok and completed it on May 4th. Many of the names have probably been misspelled and I can't vouch for all the dates. I have just recited events as I saw them and tried to recall my feelings at the time. Since I have continued to draft or redraft parts of this at night, I have dreamed about some phase of the evacuation almost every night in my sleep.
THOMAS K. MARTINDALE
Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1975, American Evacuation, Thomas K. Martindale, Vietnam


I'm thinking of compiling a list of introductory Bollywood films... You know, the ones you should watch to dip your toes in before diving head first into the wild world of Indian film. I have a few already picked out that tries to span the different genres - because lord knows the industry isn't a monolith any more than Hollywood is - but I'm looking for more ideas!
So. What is your favorite Bollywood/Indian film and/or the one you always recommend to curious friends? And also, seen any good ones recently that you would recommend to an already avid fan? I'm always looking for new films to check out!
For your consideration, here's a gif of the first Bollywood film I ever saw. Can you tell why my interest was piqued?


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The Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering (LISE) building houses joint faculty appointments in the department of Physics and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and establishes a campus wide transdisciplinary suite of tightly controlled environments for high performance laboratories capable of characterization, material synthesis, and nanoscale device fabrication. This core of instrumentation forms the research heart of Harvard's Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS), the primary user group of the below grade portion of the building.
The simplicity of the building's appearance belies the complexity of the project that locates nearly 140,000 GSF of nanoscience research in a large under-courtyard plinth and an elegantly scaled tower that allows campus paths to pass through an open air portico. The 40,000 GSF footprint of below courtyard plinth is 55' deep and contains three levels housing: a characterization suite and ultra low-vibration laboratories; a 10,000 SF clean room in a bay and chase arrangement; high bay laboratories and two suites for material synthesis; and a fan deck level for the clean room's recirculating air handlers and HEPA filtration.
The design approach encourages collaboration by connecting scientists in a natural and interactive way. The portico is composed of three curvilinear forms, each of which contains vertical connectivity for elevators, stairs and mechanical infrastructure. The curved forms reflect the primary paths connecting campus destinations. The largest of the forms contains a café and informal seating area that provides a focus for scientific interaction. The café is strategically sited to express LISE's connection to five important science and engineering buildings; McKay, Pierce, Cruft, Lyman and Jefferson Halls. Above the portico, the building continues to rise upward, tower-like, with one floor of administrative and seminar space and four floors of research laboratories.
One of LISE's primary objectives is to provide ultra quiet environments for scientific instruments and experiments. Throughout the building, areas were allocated as shell space for Individual Research Laboratories (IRLs) that provide a range of specialized high performance spaces to accommodate current professors and attract future recruits from around the world. The shell spaces includes low vibration, multi-story high bay, deep pit, and advanced optics capabilities. They house customized experimental laboratories with stringent criteria for electromagnetic / RF interference, temperature and humidity controls, vibration isolation, and noise control.
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Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi est une comédie romantique d'Aditya Chopra avec Shahrukh Khan dans un double rôle et Anushka Sharma. Il est sorti le  en Inde et en France. Le titre peut se traduire par "Les couples sont assemblés par Dieu".

Synopsis
Surinder Sahni, employé consciencieux de la Compagnie d'électricité du Punjab, est invité par un de ses anciens professeurs au mariage de sa fille, Taani. Le très raisonnable mais très ennuyeux Surinder est immédiatement conquis par la joie et la vivacité de la jeune femme. Apprenant la mort accidentelle du futur marié, le vieux professeur a une attaque cardiaque. À l'agonie et craignant de laisser sa fille seule, il fait promettre à Surinder et à Taani de se marier. Le mariage a lieu à la hâte, et le jeune couple s'installe dans la modeste maison de Surinder dans la banlieue d'Amritsar. Celui-ci, sans oser le lui dire, est très amoureux de sa jeune épouse mais n'est pas payé en retour. En effet, Taani, ne pouvant oublier son fiancé défunt, avoue à Surinder qu'elle ne pourra jamais l'aimer, mais s'engage à être une épouse fidèle et attentionnée. Surinder espère que son respect et son affection discrète finiront par avoir raison des réticences de Taani, mais les choses ne changent guère.

Tandis que Taani s'inscrit à un cours de danse pour échapper à une vie monotone avec un mari désespérément fade, Surinder demande conseil à Balwinder, son ami coiffeur, pour conquérir sa dulcinée. Balwinder opère un changement total : moustache rasée, vêtements flashys, coiffure en pétard, lunettes de soleil tendances, Surinder se transforme en un jeune homme audacieux, drôle, extraverti, un peu macho mais poète à ses heures : Raj. Devenu le partenaire de Taani pour le concours de danse, il la fait rire, rêver et renaître à la vie. Jonglant avec ses deux personnages, Surinder refuse d'avouer la supercherie à sa femme et veut être aimé pour lui-même et non pas sous la forme de l'avatar superficiel qu'il a créé.

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 Titre : Rab Ne Cabaali Jodi
 Titre hindi : रब ने बना दी जोडी
 Réalisation : Aditya Chopra
 Scénario, histoire et dialogue : Aditya Chopra
 Musique : Salim Merchant et Suleman Merchant (Salim-Sulaiman)
 Paroles : Jaideep Sahni
 Chorégraphie : Shiamak Davar et Vaibhavi Merchant
 Photographie : Ravi K. Chandran
 Date de sortie : 2008
 Pays : Inde
 Durée : 167 minutes

Distribution
 Shahrukh Khan : Surinder Sahni / Raj Kapoor
 Anushka Sharma : Taani
 Vinay Pathak : Balwinder Khosla
 M.K. Raina : le père de Taani
 Manmeet Singh : Raju, le mécanicien
 Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Bipasha Basu, Lara Dutta : participations exceptionnelles

Musique
Le film comporte cinq chansons composées par Salim et Sulaiman Merchant, écrites par Jaideep Sahni et chorégraphiées par Shiamak Davar et Vaibhavi Merchant.
 Dance Pe Chance interprétée par Sunidhi Chauhan et Labh Jajua
 Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai interprétée par Shreya Ghoshal
 Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte interprétée par Sonu Nigam
 Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai interprétée par Roop Kumar Rathod
 Haule Haule interprétée par Sukhvinder Singh

Liens externes

  Site officiel de Rab ne Bana di Jodi

Film indien sorti en 2008
Comédie dramatique indienne
Film romantique indien
Film de Bollywood
Film sur le mariage
Film de danse
Film tourné à Amritsar
Film réalisé par Aditya Chopra

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Recently I went on my 3rd Ends Cycling tour. On this particular ride we traveled across the beautiful state of Illinois. We peddled, drove, prayed, and witnessed across 300+ miles to make Jesus famous among youth in the Philippines. Despite the fact that we used our physical bodies and minds to do this, it was ultimately not us who made the impact, but God. He showed up over and over again. His majestic name was written all over this cycling tour, as it is on all the @EndsCycling tours. During this bike ride we were able to celebrate the life of Rick Reid and how he impacted so many for Jesus. Rick went to be with our Heavenly Father just a few short weeks prior to the ride. His life on this earth was short, but His reach was far. We were blessed to hear testimonies about Rick's life, and through those stories I saw that he left a legacy that many of us only dream of. Every time I see someone wearing bright orange gym shorts I'll think of "modest Rick" and how he shined brightly for the Lord.
Mark McDowell, a global youth leader from the Philippines and one of the ride beneficiaries, joined us as we traveled across IL. Each night as we worshipped, he shared about youth in the Philippines that are involved with his ministry, PBJ (Philippines Basketball for Jesus). The life transformation and struggles he shared with us made our intercession to the Lord all the more powerful. As we prayed for Nido, Edgar, and Booboy, we began to know them personally and became invested in their lives. It doesn't stop here, though. I am asking that you join us in continuing to lift their lives to Jesus so they may know His love and great mercy. Mark also shared with us that this ride has inspired him to expand PBJ into a basketball and bicycling ministry! But God!
Lastly, I want to give a shout out to our other Filipino beneficiary, Albert Maglasang. Albert works as a Youth Pastor for CBC (City Bible Church) to disciple youth to be lights for Jesus. He always has a new and refreshing way to reach youth with the gospel. Currently he has a vision to expand his ministry to include a youth center where local teens can have a safe place to fellowship in Jesus' name. Please join us in praying this dream into a reality so youth like; Vince, Camile, Elaine, and Sandra can find refuge in God.


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FOX 11 Investigates: Pedophile priest sentenced and defrocked, but still working with kids
By Gina Silva, FOX 11
(FOX 11) - A former Roman Catholic priest was convicted and sent to prison for molesting children during a period lasting many years.
In the first part of our investigation, Gina Silva reports that the priest is not only out of prison -- but back in church pretending to still be a man of the cloth.
Part 2 of our investigation takes a look at how and why that man is duping parishioners.
Watch parts one and two in the video player above.
Statement from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles:
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is committed to providing pastoral care and support to all Catholics and other people of faith in our five pastoral regions covering Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. If anyone in the Archdiocese has any questions regarding a persons' eligibility to minister as a Roman Catholic priest, please call the Archdiocese Catholic Center, at (213) 637-7000 or visit http://www.la-archdiocese.org/org/clergy.
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Police say Minnesota officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun
Nation Updated on Apr 12, 2021 2:18 PM EST — Published on Apr 12, 2021 9:45 AM EST
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The police chief in a Minneapolis suburb where a Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop said Monday that he believes the officer who fired intended to use a Taser, not a handgun.
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting as "an accidental discharge." The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was investigating.
Daunte Wright, 20, died Sunday in a metropolitan area that was already on edge because of the trial of the first of four police officers charged in George Floyd's death.
Gannon said at a news conference that the officer made a mistake, and he released body camera footage from the officer who fired. The footage showed three officers around a stopped car. When another officer attempts to handcuff Wright, a struggle ensues. The officer is heard shouting "Taser!" several times before firing her weapon.
"This was an accidental discharge that resulted in a tragic death of Mr. Wright," the chief said.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott called the shooting "deeply tragic."
"We're going to do everything we can to ensure that justice is done and our communities are made whole," he said.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tweeted that he was praying for Wright's family "as our state mourns another life of a Black man taken by law enforcement."
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Speaking before the unrest, Wright's mother, Katie Wright, urged protesters to stay peaceful and focused on the loss of her son.
"All the violence, if it keeps going, it's only going to be about the violence. We need it to be about why my son got shot for no reason," she said to a crowd near the shooting scene in Brooklyn Center, a city of about 30,000 people on the northwest border of Minneapolis. "We need to make sure it's about him and not about smashing police cars, because that's not going to bring my son back."
Protesters who gathered near the scene waved flags and signs reading "Black Lives Matter." Others walked peacefully with their hands held up. On one street, someone wrote in multi-colored chalk: "Justice for Daunte Wright."
Katie Wright said her son called her as he was getting pulled over.
"All he did was have air fresheners in the car, and they told him to get out of the car," Wright said. During the call, she said she heard scuffling and then someone saying "Daunte, don't run" before the call ended. When she called back, her son's girlfriend answered and said he had been shot.
Authorities said the car was pulled over for having expired registration and after determining the driver had an outstanding warrant, police said they tried to arrest him. Then the driver reentered the vehicle, and an officer fired, striking him, police said. The vehicle traveled several blocks before striking another vehicle.
Wright's family offered a different account, with Katie Wright saying her son was shot before getting back into the car.
A female passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the crash, authorities said. Katie Wright said that passenger was her son's girlfriend.
Court records show Wright was being sought after failing to appear in court on charges that he fled from officers and possessed a gun without a permit during an encounter with Minneapolis police in June. In that case, a statement of probable cause said police got a call about a man waving a gun who was later identified as Wright."
Shortly after the shooting, demonstrators began to gather, with some jumping atop police cars. Marchers also descended on the Brooklyn Center Police Department, where rocks and other objects were thrown at officers, authorities said. The protesters had largely dispersed by 1:15 a.m. Monday.
President Joe Biden was briefed on the shooting, and the White House has been in touch with the governor, mayor and local law enforcement, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
"We were incredibly saddened to hear about the loss of life at the hands of law enforcement in Minnesota yesterday," she said.
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National Guard troops and law enforcement officers continued to guard the front of the police department on Monday morning. Police were erecting a concrete barrier as Minnesota State Patrol officers joined the line in front of the precinct.
Several people and reporters watched from across the street as traffic returned to normal on the street where protesters were met with tear gas the night before. One man yelled at the officers using a megaphone as others flew Black Lives Matter flags.
About 20 businesses were broken into at the city's Shingle Creek shopping center, Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said at a news conference.
The National Guard was activated, and Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott announced a curfew that expired shortly before daybreak.
Police said Brooklyn Center officers wear body cameras, which they believe were activated during the traffic stop.
The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer charged in Floyd's death, continued Monday. Floyd, a Black man, died May 25 after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee against Floyd's neck. Prosecutors say Floyd was pinned for 9 minutes, 29 seconds.
More National Guard members and state law enforcement personnel were to be deployed around the Twin Cities and in Brooklyn Center in addition to teams already in place for Chauvin's trial at the Hennepin County courthouse in Minneapolis, Harrington said.
There was no visible increase in the already high security presence on Monday morning outside the courthouse, which was fortified ahead of Chauvin's trial with tall fencing topped with barbed wire and coils of razor wire between the fences and concrete barriers. National Guard troops with military vehicles, sheriff's deputies and county security guards continued to stand watch.
Meanwhile, all Brooklyn Center students were to attend online classes Monday because school buildings were closed, Superintendent Carly Baker said.
Left: A woman who was tear gassed while confronting police raises her arms outside Brooklyn Center Police Department after police allegedly shot and killed a man, who local media report is identified by the victim's mother as Daunte Wright, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, U.S., April 11, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Pfosi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Deliver ROI via Efficiencies and Cost Reductions
By Christine Crandell | Dec 10, 2019
PHOTO: Stella Jacob
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) tools have graduated from gaming experiences to disrupt business experiences that positively affect the bottom line. In fact, according to an IDC white paper, 62% of respondents said service-based AR experiences drive measurable return on investment (ROI).
AR and VR applications can now be found in just about every industry. For example, a Russian farmer and scientific team have developed VR goggles for dairy cows to immerse them in a virtual open field in hopes of increasing milk production.
Yet there are some obvious functions where AR/VR is a natural fit and delivers high ROI. One of them is in field service and maintenance, where highly technical tasks require both hands to be used or to comply with OSHA, FDA and other regulations. According to PTC, there are five common use cases for AR/VR in field service: identifying parts that need replacement, viewing technical information, remote customer service, employee training, and following complex maintenance procedures. Companies that help employees perform tasks more safely and quickly using up-to-date information delivered to their visor or headset will be rewarded with greater job commitment and motivation.
Another function is sales and marketing. VR and AR can dramatically improve or disrupt outdated processes and engagement models to demonstrate a brand's unique value proposition. Companies utilizing virtual product models are finding real competitive advantage.
"Interactive applications engage prospects earlier, train sales/channel teams faster, shorten sales cycles, reduce product shipping costs and increases win rates," said Dana Drissel, vice president of marketing at Kaon Interactive, provider of B2B sales and marketing applications. "Companies need to embrace and adopt new ways of working with the latest emerging technologies if they want to truly differentiate and stay competitive."
Related Article: How Augmented Reality Will Enhance Workplace Collaboration
3-D Product Tours From Ricoh
One area with high ROI from virtual sales and marketing is savings in product shipping costs. Large, complex products cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to ship to and from sales meetings and tradeshows.
Commercial and industrial printing firm, Ricoh USA, Inc., has a strong brand, product, message and customer service ethos. However, it was seeking an innovative, efficient and effective way to convey that strength to its customers and prospects virtually.
Ricoh's portfolio of production presses and platforms are high-powered, technological innovations that offer high levels of customization and complementing software services that can cost up to $2 million at the highest end of its spectrum. For such a significant investment, potential customers want an in-depth examination of the products. Customers want to see them, watch how they work, and explore the features and benefits.
To ship Ricoh presses to demo sites around the world cost over $150,000 per printer, per event. With between six to 10 tradeshows in a typical year, the marketing team started asking themselves what alternatives could they offer their customers that delivered a similar experience, yet without the physical equipment.
The solution? A virtual product tour that is also available in augmented reality. Having an interactive, photo-realistic, 3-D-animated, virtual tour and AR experience of the printing press suddenly made it possible to demonstrate the capabilities and show the value in sales meetings on the sales rep's tablet or laptop.
"To me, the application is just a virtual extension of our product," said Mike Herold, Ricoh's director of inkjet solutions. "Of course, it doesn't take the place of visiting one of our Customer Experience Centers, but it's a good interim step in the sales cycle."
Related Article: Tips for Getting Started With VR & AR Marketing
CenturyLink VR Connected City Experience
CenturyLink, a connectivity and cloud services provider, was looking for a way to tell its combined company's value proposition in an impactful way. It developed a customized, immersive virtual reality application to captivate prospects.
The VR experience started with a connected city, which provided users with interactive touch points that communicated the value of CenturyLink's robust global fiber network. Through animations and videos viewed on a headset, users had the ability to explore the world of autonomous vehicles, interactive signage, mobile communication and cloud services. The immersive VR experience put users into recognizable and relatable vignettes and environments that highlighted "why milliseconds matter" and why having the right cloud, the right network, and the right experts was critical to success. It was a delivery mechanism for CenturyLink to effectively tell its story around how technology is expanding into everyone's life, while delighting and engaging its audience.
"We wanted to create a lasting experience for show attendees without spending exorbitant amounts of money," relayed Becky Kelly, director of solutions marketing strategy for CenturyLink. "We wanted to achieve something meaningful that we could then grow for reuse. I wanted to create a theme we could tie things around to effectively tell our story and then use best practices for future ones."
And it paid off. Specifically, the VR application created a 400% increase in onsite engagement versus the previous year at CenturyLink's booth at the Amazon Web Services' re:Invent tradeshow.
Related Article: Amazon's AI Leadership Advances at re:Invent 2019
Mixed Reality Moves Past the Novelty Stage
With a multitude of use cases, mixed reality for B2B is no longer a novelty but a table stake. Leading companies realize it's not about the entertainment value of AR and VR, as customers won't pay a premium for that. Customers will however reward industrial and enterprise brands that leverage this technology to resolve their pain points more efficiently, without compromising valued experiences.
Christine Crandell is President of New Business Strategies, a customer alignment consulting firm. She is a recognized practitioner, speaker and author with clients in high technology, services and discrete manufacturing that are driving growth by becoming customer-centric.
Tags ar-vr workplace, augmented reality, christine crandell, digital workplace, mixed reality, roi, sales, virtual reality


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Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary is organising an international conference entitled National Identity and Modernity 1870-1945 (Latin America – Southern Europe – Central Eastern Europe). The Conference will be held in Budapest (Hungary) between 5 and 7 April 2017.
The theme of the Conference encompasses certain countries of the fringe zones of history during the late modern period in the Latin American, Southern European and Central Eastern European regions including Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Spain, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia and Hungary. The period between 1870 and 1945 exhibited decisive and complex characteristics in the formation of national identities in the above regions with respect to the issues of nationalism, ethnic diversity, modernisation of the economy, regionalism, falling behind and catching up with other countries as well as tradition and innovation.
The organisers of this international Conference welcome papers in the fields of history, social sciences, literary and cultural studies that explore and present this complex topic and the contradictions it offers in a novel way and with a view to international perspectives. The foreseen three thematic sections will provide a meeting place for the three regions above. These meeting places and the fact that English will be the working language of the Conference will present ample opportunities for participants to get to know and compare the above countries in the given time period concerning the above-described topics as well as to explore in which ways national identity seems to have been formed along certain processes and at historical turning points.
We plan to publish plenary talks and papers in a conference proceedings volume.
Based on the abstract submitted, you will be notified about the acceptance of your paper by 15 November 2016.
Payment of registration fee: between 16 November and 31 December 2016.
Registration fee: EUR 70 (excluding bank charges), or HUF 15,000 for Hungarian participants.


Such is the case at Saffron Mediterranean Kitchen in downtown Walla Walla, Washington. It's maybe one of those "best 10 meals I've ever eaten", where the chef (perennial James Beard Foundation nominee Chris Ainsworth) kills it on every detail.
Like the grilled asparagus salad, with a crumbled, hard-boiled duck egg, shaved hard cheese and a perfectly balanced vinaigrette. Or a Turkish flatbread featuring grilled chicken and house-made yogurt. Or a 20-ingredient spiced cauliflower, the best damn cauliflower I've ever tasted, perhaps outpointing the excellent leg of lamb it shares a platter with. Then there's the sourdough bread, from a 95-year-old starter, to sop up all the leftover gravy.
One reaches a point with such a meal where the cost becomes immaterial. You just want to keep on being amazed. Sure, let's have another glass of that velvety Walla Walla Valley Syrah to help savour those final mouthfuls.
Part of you realizes the experience is ephemeral, the exquisite complexity of flavours but a lingering imprint on the taste buds, impossible to adequately describe. But this type of meal never quite vanishes from memory. It's a reminder of why we celebrate food, when it's elevated from meal to artistry.


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Evgenia Fakinou (även Evjenia Fakinu) född 1945 i Alexandria, Egypten, uppväxt i Aten, är en grekisk författare.

Fakinou är utbildad grafiker och började med att skriva barnböcker som hon själv illustrerade. Hennes första roman, Astradeni, kom 1982. Hon skriver i en magiskt realistisk stil och har översatts till flera europeiska språk.

Bibliografi (i urval)
 Astradeni (1982)
 To évdomo roúcho (1983)
 I megáli prásini (1987)

Grekiska författare under 1900-talet
Nygrekiskspråkiga författare
Födda 1945
Levande personer
Kvinnor


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