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El túnel San Cristóbal, también llamado túnel El Salto-Kennedy o variante Vespucio-El Salto-Kennedy, consiste en un sistema de dos túneles carreteros paralelos que cruzan en sentido norte-sur el Parque Metropolitano de Santiago de Chile, conectando las comunas de Providencia y Huechuraba. Se puede recorrer en un tiempo de entre 3 y 5 minutos, lo que facilita el desplazamiento de los santiaguinos en automóvil al optimizar los viajes dentro de la capital. El Túnel que descarga hacia el norte en Huechuraba lo hace en autopista Vespucio Norte Express, conectándose con la bajada de La Pirámide. La descarga hacia la zona oriente, por su parte, se hará en dos sentidos, uno hacia el Eje Kennedy de la autopista Costanera Norte y otro por avenida El Cerro, evitando así la subida de La Pirámide, que hoy se ve colapsada.

La concesión, que representó una inversión de 70 millones de dólares, contempló la construcción de obras de vialidad superficial para la conexión directa entre el norte y oriente de Santiago. Ambos túneles unidireccionales cuentan con equipamiento de seguridad del más alto estándar, con dos pistas de 3,5 metros por dirección. La obra vial, que atraviesa tres comunas del Gran Santiago (Huechuraba, Recoleta y Providencia), contempla también servicios al usuario, tales como  vehículos y teléfonos de emergencia, grúas, cámaras con sistema de circuito cerrado, monitoreo de tráfico, detección de accidentes, vías de evacuación (8 galerías, 7 peatonales y 1 vehicular), sistemas de señalización variable, ventilación y detección de incendios, entre otros.

El túnel San Cristóbal opera bajo el sistema de free flow (cobro remoto de peaje), lo que implica que quienes accedan al Túnel deberán contar con su respectivo Televía.

El Túnel, en realidad, atraviesa el Cerro Tupahue y no el San Cristóbal, pero suele denominarse popularmente de esta forma a todo el Parque Metropolitano de Santiago, por lo que se utilizó el mismo nombre para el túnel.

Concesión

La obra fue adjudicada a la Sociedad Concesionaria Túnel San Cristóbal S.A., conformada por el Grupo ACS de España y HOCHTIEF de Alemania (que con 125 años de historia, es la empresa constructora alemana más importante y la tercera a nivel mundial).

Medidas de mitigación

El año 2004, el proyecto se adjudicó sin el diseño de los accesos y salidas y, por ende, sin haber estudiado su integración con la vialidad circundante, por lo que, desde sus comienzos, ha generado polémicas en el barrio Pedro de Valdivia Norte, debido a que, según sus vecinos, el sector no cuenta con la infraestructura adecuada para recibir entre 30.000 y 44.000 vehículos que circularán a diario bajo el parque Metropolitano. Y al número de automóviles que se calcula descargarán por las avenidas El Cerro y Kennedy, deberá sumarse la gran congestión existente en horario punta en la Rotonda Pérez Zujovic y avenida Andrés Bello que, además, se incrementará por los proyectos inmobiliarios en Santa Rosa de Las Condes y en el mall Costanera Center.

A fines de 2006, se concluyó que los accesos propuesto por la concesionaria en marzo de ese año, generarían un caos en Santiago Oriente y, por tanto, se definió un conjunto complementario de proyectos cuyos estudios de ingeniería debían iniciarse de inmediato. En particular, se propuso construir, bordeando el Mapocho, la Costanera Sur, dando continuidad a las avenidas Monseñor Escrivá de Balaguer y Bicentenario; eliminar parcialmente la Rotonda Pérez Zujovic, para dar continuidad a avenida Vitacura; rediseñar la salida hacia Avenida El Cerro para evitar la expropiación de viviendas; ensanchar la avenida El Cerro; construir dos puentes sobre el Río Mapocho, uno de ellos que prolongue hasta Andrés Bello la avenida El Cerro, frente al proyecto Costanera Center de Cencosud; extender la Línea 4 del Metro de Santiago hasta el Costanera Center con una nueva estación al interior de su edificio, para evitar que los peatones que se bajan del Metro interrumpan el tránsito de vehículos por avenida Apoquindo, y facilitar que más gente del oriente use el transporte público; permitir el viraje de avenida El Cerro Los Conquistadores sin semáforo; privilegiar la conexión del Túnel con Lo Saldes y Kennedy, antes que la conexión hacia avenida El Cerro], para reducir la congestión en esta arteria; y desarrollar una nueva conexión expresa entre Providencia Surponiente y el Túnel, para descongestionar Andrés Bello y El Cerro. Los vecinos de Pedro de Valdivia Norte alegaron, entonces, al verse perjudicados por las faenas en la aenida El Cerro.

El Ministro de Obras Públicas de Chile, Sergio Bitar, señaló:

La ubicación original del acceso norte también fue modificada para evitar las molestias que los ruidos iban a provocar a los vecinos del barrio El Salto, ya que la vía de entrada al Túnel pasaba por el área. El cambio de ruta tuvo, además, un gran beneficio ambiental, porque evitó intervenir cinco hectáreas vírgenes del parque Metropolitano de Santiago.

Comienzo de operaciones

El 21 de junio de 2008 era la fecha en que por contrato debía ser inaugurado el Túnel San Cristóbal. Luego, se aplazó para el primer trimestre de 2009. Esto se debió básicamente al retraso en la construcción de la infraestructura de mitigación necesaria para conducir el flujo vehicular que descargará hacia el sector oriente. Aplazar su apertura pareció ser la decisión más lógica si se quería evitar un desastre de proporciones por colapso vial.

Con el cambio de Gabinete a principios de 2008, el Ministerio de Obras Públicas (MOP) despidió a Eduardo Bitrán y recibió a Sergio Bitar, quien dijo, a pocos días de asumir, que el Túnel estaría listo en julio de ese mismo año, descartando así que los problemas de conectividad demorarían su entrega. Sin embargo, el 20 de junio, el día antes a la fecha original de la apertura, el MOP rechazó el inicio de su funcionamiento, informando que la concesión contaba con una serie de observaciones que impedían su apertura.

Ese tema fue superado los primeros días del mes siguiente y, finalmente, el viernes 4 de julio de 2008, Bitar encabezó la inauguración que dio inicio a la entrada en operación del nuevo Túnel San Cristóbal. La ceremonia fue fijada para las 10:00 UTC-4 y tuvo lugar bajo el Parque Metropolitano, al interior del Túnel. Según fuentes del MOP, esta ubicación fue solicitada para controlar el riesgo de manifestaciones. El acto fue bastante espectacular ya que incluyó audio, video e iluminación a nivel de grandes eventos artísticos. La obra estuvo habilitada para la circulación de vehículos a partir de las 21:00 UTC-4. Como aún no están terminadas las obras de ensanche de avenida El Cerro para darle conectividad hacia la ribera sur del Mapocho, sólo se transitará en sentido sur-norte, desde la zona de Providencia (por el sector de avenida el Cerro) hacia Huechuraba, y en horarios de baja congestión (de lunes a viernes desde las 10:00 hasta las 17:00, y entre las 21:00 y las 07:30 del día siguiente; y los fines de semana desde las 21:00 del viernes hasta las 07:30 del lunes, todas horas UTC-4) lo que fue comparado con la demora de una década del gobierno inglés en completar la infraestructura para trenes de alta velocidad en su lado el túnel bajo el canal de la Mancha. Estas restricciones inciden en los ingresos de la empresa a cargo, ya que de los más 30 mil automóviles que deberían usar la ruta en condiciones normales de operación (con los dos Túneles en funcionamiento), sólo circularán cerca de cinco mil usuarios. Esto implicó pagar indemnizaciones al concesionario.

Algo digno de destacar es que la empresa Túnel San Cristóbal S.A. donó todos los ingresos procedentes de la recaudación del fin de semana de la inauguración a una escuela que apadrinó en la comuna de Huechuraba.

En noviembre de 2008, al terminar las obras que permitirán la circulación de vehículos desde el norte a Providencia, la concesionaria aseguró que estaba lista para abrir el Túnel en ambos sentidos. De todas maneras, las autoridades prefirieron esperar los resultados de un estudio de tránsito, por lo que la empresa deberá ser indemnizada.

Fases pendientes

En una segunda fase, y de acuerdo al monitoreo de flujos de la primera etapa, podrá usarse el mismo sentido sureste sin restricción horaria.

En una tercera fase, sujeta a la ejecución de una pista de viraje en la salida del Túnel con Los Conquistadores, entrará en operación sólo una pista en el sentido norte-sur (desde El Salto a Los Conquistadores), con las mismas restricciones y horarios establecidos en la primera fase que comenzó con la puesta en servicio de la obra.

Con el propósito de mitigar los posibles efectos del tránsito restringido en horario y sentido, se implementarán una serie de medidas que orienten a los futuros usuarios de esta obra: señalización informativa en los lugares de aproximación a la zona, indicando los horarios de funcionamiento; y monitoreo de los tiempos de semáforos y las condiciones del flujo del tránsito en el Túnel y sus aproximaciones.

La operación normal del Túnel San Cristóbal, según algunos sitios de Internet, estará sujeta al término de las obras de ampliación de avenida El Cerro, entre Los Conquistadores y avenida Santa María, y del nuevo puente sobre el río Mapocho, frente a la calle Tajamar, lo que se estima ocurrirá durante octubre. Otros artículos mencionan que las restricciones durarán hasta que esté lista la Costanera Sur.

Fuentes

Blogs El Mercurio – Túnel San Cristóbal
Blogs El Mercurio – Túnel San Cristóbal
Coordinación de Concesiones del MOP – Bitar encabeza inauguración del Túnel San Cristóbal
FAUP de la U. Central – Túnel inicia operaciones con flujo sólo desde Providencia hacia El Salto
La Red de Luis Ramírez – Inauguración Túnel San Cristóbal
Plataforma Urbana – Buscando una salida para Túnel San Cristóbal
Plataforma Urbana – Túnel San Cristóbal en julio

Véase también
Barrio El Salto
Barrio Pedro de Valdivia Norte

Enlaces externos
Túnel San Cristóbal (sitio corporativo)

Rutas de la Región Metropolitana de Santiago
Autopistas de Santiago de Chile
San Cristóbal, Túnel
Transporte de Santiago de Chile
Arquitectura de Santiago de Chile
Huechuraba
Providencia (Chile)
Infraestructuras de Chile del siglo XXI
Arquitectura de 2008
Chile en 2008
Parque Metropolitano de Santiago


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Jen Gloeckner - Prayers
From the shores of Dubuque, Iowa's Mississippi River emerges Jen's hypnotically captivating, and spellbinding music. Her bedroom recorded diary of songs have received worldwide airplay and has been covered in top music publications, including MOJO Music Magazine (London), Blitz! (Portugal), Akustik Gitarre (Germany), Relix (USA) and Classic Rock Magazine (UK). "Haunt You", a track from Jen's 2nd record, Mouth Of Mars, was featured in the last film featuring the late Brittany Murphy, "Something Wicked".
Jen has released music through One Little Indian Records (Bjork) and has recorded with top artists, including the late Hector Zazou, Joseph Arthur and most recently Psychedelic Furs guitarist John Ashton for his latest solo project, Satellite Paradiso, which also includes members from the bands of Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Lou Reed. Her latest record VINE (set for release April 14) continues with another collection of atmospheric, mind-bending songs and includes appearances by John Ashton (Psychedelic Furs), Henry Padovani (original guitarist and founding member of The Police) and Angela Mattson (In The Valley Below). VINE was mixed by Brian McTear and Poirier at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia (Sharon Van Etten, Marissa Nadler, War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, etc.).
Jen signed with Visions From the Roof in January, 2017 for tv/film music placement.
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Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan (Hannover, 7 december 1861 - 12 januari 1959) was een Duits entomoloog.

Jordan studeerde aan de Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. In 1893 ging hij werken in Lionel Walter Rothschilds museum in Tring, alwaar hij zich specialiseerde in kevers, vlinders en vlooien. Jordan publiceerde meer dan 400 papers, waarvan veel in samenwerking met Charles en Walter Rothschild. Hij beschreef zelf 2575 nieuwe diersoorten, en nog eens 851 in samenwerking met de Rothschilds.

Jordan was de initiator van het eerste internationale entomologiecongres in 1910. Hij was lid van de Royal Society, en van 1929 tot 1930 president van de Royal Entomological Society of London.

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Dryden: Time for 'Game Change' when it comes to hockey, hits to head
By Neil Davidson The Canadian Press
Ken Dryden never met Steve Montador. But after hearing of the death of the NHL veteran defenceman at just 35, he wanted to know how and why.
"Game Change" is the result.
Subtitled, "The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey," the book documents what Dryden learned. Given the outcome, it's a sad, sad story.
But Montador, a larger-than-life character beloved by teammates for always doing "what needed to be done," is worth getting to know. And in intertwining his story with the history of hockey, Dryden brings the reader to a place where he can ask what can be done to prevent the type of brain trauma that Montador suffered.
Dryden has his suggestions. He hopes someone is listening.
"This is about diminished careers and diminished lives," he writes.
Montador, his body showing signs of a cocktail of drugs, was found dead on Feb. 15, 2015. A subsequent brain study showed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
Dryden said to understand Montador he not only needed the participation of family and friends but their "enthusiastic participation."
"And that's what happened," he said in an interview. "And I think in large measure because they felt so deeply about Steve and felt that Steve mattered … His story needs to be told."
In his acknowledgments, Dryden thanks 26 people by name "and many more" who fit that family and friends bill.
Montador, says Dryden, "got into their skin and stayed there."
While Dryden describes his subject's descent, he notes even Montador was unsure how many concussions he suffered during his 571 NHL games with the Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres and Chicago Blackhawks from 2001 to 2012.
For the rugged Montador, a concussion might have been couched in a broken cheekbone or a facial cut.
Dryden's initial reaction to Montador's many consultations with doctors was how thorough they were. But as the meetings piled up, his view changed.
"For heaven's sakes, he's not OK," he recalled thinking. "Your tests may say he's OK. You may be rigorous in applying them. They may be the best tests you have. But they are not picking up something that is there. He is not fine."
Dryden makes no secret of the fact that he believes NHL commissioner Gary Bettman could make immediate strides to help reduce brain injuries. He sent Bettman a copy of the book but has not heard back.
Dryden says hockey needs to eliminate the concept of finishing checks, arguing that it has led to more frequent and damaging collisions given the game's ever-increasing speed. The other change is even simpler, rewrite the league rule book to say: "No hits to the head."
Instead, the league is currently focusing on sorting out faceoffs and eliminating slashing.
For those who defend fighting as still having a place in hockey, Dryden says the brain doesn't distinguish what causes the trauma.
"This is about fists to the head," said Dryden, his voice rising. "Focus there … You justify why it is OK to hit somebody in the head."
Dryden, whose storied NHL goaltending career stretched from 1970 to 1979, says he has been aware of concussions to some extent throughout his life. He was 12 when he was knocked out playing football, after all.
But he acknowledges brain injuries were long misunderstood or ignored.
His awareness grew when he started reading obituaries of former football players Bobby Kuntz and Ollie Matson and the health problems they suffered later in life. More such articles followed.
"What started to become clear to me is that in terms of sports the big question for the present and the future had to do with head injuries," he said.
A member of both the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and Hockey Hall of Fame, not to mention a successful author and former NHL executive, MP and federal cabinet minister, Dryden began to see the issue of brain injuries in sports as falling into the category of "The big things we get wrong" and "How could we be so stupid?"
Some of the book's most chilling chapters tell the story of Keith Primeau and Marc Savard, whose careers were cut short and their lives made miserable by the abuse their brains took.
From anxiety to depression to "incredible fatigue," searing headache pain, sensitivity to light and movement, double vision, exercise-induced light-headedness, struggling with speech and the inability to process, the effects of brain trauma are massive and disruptive.
"Just because you retire doesn't mean you're healed," Primeau said. "My symptoms lasted for another seven years."
For Dryden, their stories were a hint of what might have awaited Montador. Given the player's mood swings and sometimes irrational behaviour, his present was already compromised. In a small but telling detail, Dryden writes how Montador had multiple sets of keys made up because he kept forgetting where they were.
"A hit to the head is a bad thing," Dryden writes. "Hard hits, frequent hits to the head, are very bad things. Head hits rattle the brain. They change the brain and change the person. Life becomes different.
"Steve Montador, as his dad said, lived 70 years in his 35-year life. But in the last year, except at brief moments, Steve wasn't Steve anymore. He was gone."
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins third baseman Miguel Sano's left hand remains bruised and sore after being hit by a pitch from Rangers reliever Tony Barnette on Friday, and he was held out of the lineup on Saturday.
The 91.6-mph fastball hit Sano near his left knuckle, which is a similar spot to when he was hit on the left wrist by a pitch from Dodgers reliever Josh Fields on July 24. That injury caused Sano to be held out the lineup for two games, but Sano said this one is worse. He said he's not sure when he'll return to action, but the Twins are hopeful he'll avoid the 10-day disabled list.
"I can close my hand, but when I try to grip it or do something, it hurts," Sano said. "When I woke up this morning I couldn't even make a fist, but last night I could."
Sano said he was glad to hear that an X-ray performed on Friday came back negative, because he feared it might've been broken when he went to the ground after being hit by the pitch.
"It's a relief because it really hurt when I first got hit, but there are no broken bones," Sano said. "There's just a little bruise in there."
With Sano out, Eduardo Escobar got the start at third base. He's expected to fill in for Sano, while Ehire Adrianza could also see action at third. Adrianza made his first start of the year at first on Saturday with Joe Mauer out of the lineup for a planned day of rest against lefty Cole Hamels.
• Left-hander Hector Santiago, on the 10-day disabled list since July 3 with an upper back strain, will make one more rehab start with Triple-A Rochester before being activated. Santiago is coming off a strong start, allowing one run over 5 2/3 innings on Thursday, but his velocity is still peaking at 90 mph, so the Twins want him to continue to build more arm strength.
"We originally talked about three starts, but we are still trying to build arm strength there," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "With the lack of pitching he has done over the last several weeks, I think that's the best course of action for him as well to refine some of his secondary stuff."
• Left-hander Glen Perkins, who is on a rehab assignment as he recovers from labrum surgery, returned to Target Field on Saturday. Perkins made a combined five appearances in the Gulf Coast League and with Class A Advanced Fort Myers, and will move up to Double-A Chattanooga next. He's in Minnesota for his annual charity race, Fifteen's 5K, which is Sunday.
"It was good to see him," Molitor said. "I'm encouraged by our conversation that he is feeling as well as he has in a really long time. He's also excited about the fact he's seen some of his stuff return. As much he is antsy to get back up here, I told him we have to go through the process of finding ways to extend his pitches on a given day. We have to pitch him back-to-back, all those things that we need to do before we get real serious about stepping it up here. He understands that."
• The Twins continue to shake up their front office, as they parted ways with Jack Goin, who was their director of baseball research and had worked for the team since 2001. Minnesota also dismissed area scouts Mark Wilson, Marty Esposito, Alan Sandberg and Ted Williams.


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Agustín Molina Martínez (Distrito de Capaya, Provincia de Aymaraes, Apurímac, 27 de marzo de 1953), es un político peruano. Ha sido electo Congresista de la República del Perú para el período 2011-2016 por el departamento del Cusco.

Originario de Apurímac, reside en el Cusco desde su juventud. En el año 1986 se graduó como ingeniero agrónomo en la Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco. Ha trabajado para Bayer Perú SA como representante de desarrollo, y para agroveterinaria La Granja Kayra SRL como representante de ventas.

Afiliado al Partido Nacionalista Peruano desde el 2006, ha desempeñado el cargo de secretario general departamental del mismo entre 2005 y 2006 y secretario general provincial desde 2010.

En las elecciones municipales de 2006 postuló al cargo de consejero regional por la Provincia de Cusco por dicho partido, no resultando electo. En las elecciones generales del 2011 parlamentarias postuló como candidato al Congreso por el departamento del Cusco por el partido Gana Perú. Obtuvo 17.108 votos preferenciales, resultando electo

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Feeding the Beast
April 22, 2013 by Michael LaBossiere Leave a Comment
As a runner who had friends at the Boston Marathon, I followed the news relating to the event with great interest and concern. Like many others, I was struck by the moral and critical defects in some of the coverage.
Not surprisingly, the New York Post led the way in terms of defective coverage. The Post started off by getting the death toll wrong and then proceeded to link a Saudi national to the bombing. The Post then topped it off by putting two innocent people on the cover with a heading ("bag men") that clearly implied they were involved.
While other folks in the media did not reach the depths explored by the Post, the coverage of the event was widely marked with factual inaccuracies and unfounded speculation. While it is reasonable to forgive the folks in the media for not having all the facts when a story is evolving, it is also reasonable for the folks to use proper diligence and critical methods to assess the alleged facts before committing to them. It is also reasonable to expect the alleged professionals to be clear when they are just speculating and to restrain such speculation to its proper scope.
I do understand why the media folks often engage in speculation and hasty judgments. News is a for-profit business and they need to keep people watching the news so that they are watching the advertising between the stories. If a media person honestly reports that they do not have the facts and refuses to engage in unfounded speculation, then people will tend to turn to other media sources in the hopes of getting the facts. If these sources do not have the facts, they obviously need to choose between the ethical course of being clear about the lack of facts or engage in unfounded speculation and unwarranted judgments. Obviously, the speculation and judgments have a better chance of keeping the audience's attention. After all, if one source reports that the suspects are not known and another claims that a Saudi national is a suspect, people will turn to the sources making the claim about the suspect-even if the claim is completely unfounded.
While this approach does make some sense from a business perspective, it can obviously be rather harmful. In the case of the two innocent people who appeared on the Post's cover, they have to worry about being harassed or harmed by people who bought what the Post was selling. There is also the concern that such misleading reporting can impeded investigations by leading the public to think that the suspects have been found and hence there is no need to keep looking. There is also the ethical concern regarding making claims when a person knows that they are not properly grounded in evidence.
In addition to the defects, I was also struck by the volume of empty chatter, such as the repeated statements of the very obvious and the vague filler comments. I do get why they talking heads have to do this-they need to stay on the big story to keep people watching, but when they have no actual facts to report and run out of unfounded speculation, they still have time to fill. To fill this time, they typically take the easiest route-empty chatter. Sometimes, as I saw on CNN, they even run out of empty chatter-the image of John King standing with two people desperately checking their phones for something to say nicely exemplifies this situation.
While the media folks could do the obvious and switch to another story that involves actual facts, that creates the risk of losing the audience. Presumably CNN believed that showing people standing around would keep the audience better than going to another story. There is probably also the concern of backlash-that going to another story might create the impression that the media folks do not care enough about the big story to remain focused on it even when they have not a damn meaningful thing to say.
Filed Under: Ethics, Philosophy, Reasoning/Logic Tagged With: Anderson Cooper, Boston Marathon, cnn, New York Post, Post, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Speculation
T. J. Babson says
East to pick on the Post, which is a Tabloid only a notch above The National Enquirer. Few people take it seriously.
Here is NPR in action:
WTP says
His picking on The Post is just a "look-over-there" to distract from this and other leftist media speculation about right-wing fanatics that turned out to be dead wrong. Not to mention the more eggregious of CNN's coverage last week. But remember, Mike's a "centrist" so none of this can possibly be true.
BTW TJ, curious but does it bother you that you pay taxes to support an institution like NPR that insults those of us who object to paying taxes to support institutions like NPR?
Paying for Obama to live a 1% lifestyle while he criticizes others for aspiring to a 1% lifestyle bothers me more…
Yeah, that doesn't bother me so much. Hypocrisy is everywhere and always has been. For all his faults he is doing a job that he was duly elected to perform. I don't think he deserves the job, but I could say that about a lot of people in a lot of jobs. It's a job that someone has to do either way. NPR, OTOH, is supported by money taken from me by implied force, to do a job that plenty of businesses already exist to do, and NPR does it with a political slant that is against the interests of myself and many others who involuntarily support them.
WTP The chart on this page may help you calculate your contribution to NPR.
http://www.npr.org/about/aboutnpr/publicradiofinances.html
As you say about Obama "He's elected to do his job." The representatives who determine how much money goes to various governmental agencies (many of which I'm none to happy with) were elected to do their jobs. We've got to get out there and vote for representatives who will vote for the money tht will fund our chosen interests. I'm interested in libraries and food inspection and renewable energy. . .
Folks tend to see their own devil in the shadows.
Yes, when leftists do it it's just humans being human. When conservative or libertarians do it, it's with malice aforethought. That's the "centrist" spin, anyway.
The Left always reverts to the Phil Hartman, "Caveman Lawyer" personality when it's wrong, which is often. Remember, the Left gleefully believes that Tea Party types are as dangerous as Islamic radicals. I'd like to ask Obama and Homeland Security "analysts" how many right-wing Christians they've targeted for drone strikes. If the answer is zero, then why is that? Certainly if they presented the biggest terror danger to America, we'd have had to kill off a lot more than we have.
ajmacdonaldjr says
On the subject of the "marathon" marathon coverage: I was SO relieved that the North Korean Threat disappeared.
Was the threat diffused by our support of the Japanese, our increased presence in the area, Chinese involvement, or the media's loss of interest in the subject? What's the latest?
The media shifted its cyclopean eye.
A meditation on the "progressive" media…
http://www.youtube.com/user/patcondell
Funny "To a progressive there is no other point of view." (around 2 minutes) I think that sentence probably fits conservatives as well as it does progressives.
For Krauthammer fans on here, something to read about the famous columnist/commentator. Note what is currently comment #11by Hazel Meade. "There are all sorts of people all over the world of journalism, not to mention government, who manage to keep having jobs despite being flagrantly wrong about all sorts of things. Why is Krauthammer special?" Can anyone think of an answer? I can. How about thousands of dead and wounded and billions of dollars committed to a war founded on speculation?
http://crookedtimber.org/2013/04/22/ten-years-of-krauthammer-days/
I think conservatives are far more aware of how progressives think than vice versa, because the media is saturated with lefty viewpoints.
29 of 50 Democratic senators (58%) voted for the Iraq war resolution.
As far as I know Krauthammer did not have a vote.
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As far as you know? 🙂
Are the Washington Times, Rush Limbaugh, Fox TV News, and the Wall Street Journal at all indicative of conservative(righty?/wingy?) viewpoints?
TJ: You really should read the Crooked Timber piece. It's brief. And it deals with credibility –CK's in particular– 'not' voting positions.
The following is relevant to the subject of Mike's article and deals with separating the cons from the libs by viewing some of their views on drone strikes—-where did these statements come from??
1/ "The targeted killing program violates both U.S. and international law,"
2/ "If the American people accept this blindly and casually, that we now have an accepted practice of the president assassinating people who he thinks are bad guys. I think it's sad,"
3/"It was entirely legal. If a citizen takes up arms against his own country, he becomes an enemy of the country. The president was acting entirely within his rights and I fully support the president,"
4/". . .we sure ought be mourning the fact that it happened, and that it's likely to happen routinely from now on."
References provided upon request.
Samir Khan (American) edited and published Inspire magazine where "How to Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom" was published. . Khan and Anwar al Awlaki (American) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki were killed in drone strikes.
I think we need a bit more evidence for such a general claim.
Watch this video, linked below. This isn't the media giving the public disinformation… this is the Boston Police Commissioner:
VIDEO – Boston Marathon Explosions: Police Detail Three Blasts in City – http://youtu.be/U23iBENMqq4
On September 11, 2001 law enforcement sources confirmed to ABC News that a car bomb had exploded outside the State Department:
VIDEO – ABC NEWS – Car bomb exploded State Department – ABC Live on 9/11 – http://youtu.be/D290n9pvUsE
See: Media Information-Disinformation Wars – http://wp.me/pPnn7-2dD
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I originally wanted to have a book study over blog. So, I am on vacation from April 30-May 6. But starting May 14 I would like to write a post of about 200 words on the book, The Grace and Truth Paradox by Randy Alcorn. I will start with chapter 1 on that date and then write a post every two weeks. You can comment freely and this way we can have an online discussion.
Have a great week serving Christ!
Good morning, I thought some may be interested in what I read and listen to. Now, this is not about what I am reading for sermon research; no, these are books and blogs that I try to read because I enjoy them and these readings aid me in continuing my education.
The following blog is written by Dr. Ben Witherington III. Dr. Witherington is a professor at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is quite extensively published having written commentaries on every New Testament book. Dr. Witherington writes book reviews as well as many other informative articles on his blog. You may also enjoy his blog.
Many times I will go to oneplace to listen to sermons. I particularly enjoy listening to Swindoll's Insight for Living, MacArthur's Grace to You, and James MacDonald's Walk in the Word. Living on the Edge by Chip Ingram is also very good.
Books specifically: Right now, I am reading several books at the same time. I really hope to finish these some day, hopefully soon.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Discipleship : This is a classic and I just began reading it. I am greatly enjoying this treasured book.
I am slowly working through President Clinton's autobiography.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was one of the greatest preachers of all time. In the 1800's he was one of the first mega church pastors of all time. He started a Christian school and would lecture to students on Fridays. Some, if not all, of his lectures are recorded in Lectures to My Students. I am slowly reading through this work.
Heaven by Randy Alcorn: This is book written all about Heaven. It is a wonderful book. It is about 500 pages long and very informative about our eternal home.
I am slowly trying to read the Pseudepigrapha. These are Old Testament extra Biblical writings in two volumes.
I am also reading a few books about church growth and Christian witness: one is called Outflow. There are various other books and articles that I try to read.
I also read a few chapters of the Bible many days of the week and various devotionals.
I don't post this to arrogantly write about things I am reading. Not at all. It is important that I am reading as a pastor and that I am always gathering information on church ministry and Biblical texts. I have posted links as some of these you may enjoy checking out. In the future, I will write book reviews on this blog. Have a blessed week!
An Easterner was being driven by a rancher over a blistering and almost barren stretch of West Texas when a large brightly-colored bird scurried across the road in front of them. The visitor asked what it was.
"That's a bird of paradise," said the rancher.
We may use the noun casually and we may even somewhat seriously use the word to talk about a place of relaxation that will be a temporary ideal state. I might use the word to talk about a Mexican restaurant or IHop. Maybe Chipotle is paradise. I love it, sitting there eating a burrito and the chips, they are so good. But it is only temporary! Eventually, I must quit eating, let my food digest and run 4 miles to make up for it. However, in the verse which I will speak on Jesus uses this noun to define an eternal state.
In this passage Jesus has already been crucified. If you listened to the first sermon Jesus had already asked forgiveness on those who crucified Him and I dare say you and I too. Jesus was crucified between two thieves. Now, in verse 42 one thief asked Jesus to remember him when enters His Kingdom. This brings us to verse 43.
Let's read that verse and talk about the observations and inferences we can take from it.
First, notice that Jesus answered the man. Now, you may be thinking, "of course Jesus answered Him." But remember that they are on a Roman cross. They are dying a slow death by crucifixion.
This was a very slow death by suffocation.
Arms were outstretched with and fastened to nails on the cross, he had to support most of the weight of His body with His arms. The Chest cavity would be pulled upward and outward. Making it difficult to exhale in order to draw a fresh breadth. But when the victim's longing for oxygen became unbearable, He would have to push himself up with His feet, thus giving more natural support to the weight of his body, releasing some of the weight from his arms, and enabling His chest cavity to contract more normally. By pushing himself upward in this way the criminal could fight off suffocation, but it was extremely painful because it required putting the body's weight on the nails holding the feet, and bending the elbows and pulling upward on the nails driven through the wrist. The criminal's back which had been torn open repeatedly by a previous flogging, would scrape against the wooden cross with each breadth. Thus, Seneca (First century A.D.) spoke of a crucified man "Drawing the breadth of life amid long drawn-out-agony" (Epistle 101 to Lucilius, sec.14).
Sometimes people crucified would survive several days nearly suffocating but not quite dying. This is why the executioners would sometimes break the legs as we see in John 19:31-33. So, this idea that they are able to talk is a big deal to me. I started exercising several months ago. Sometimes I will be running on the treadmill and my wife will come down to ask me something, but you know, it can be quite difficult to respond because I am gasping for air. In much the same way the words that Jesus spoke and the words the two criminals spoke to Him were probably spoke while struggling to breathe. However, they do talk and so we have these words.
Jesus tells this man, "Truly I tell you," let's stop right there. Jesus is saying that this is the Truth. Jesus is not making this up. Jesus is speaking a statement that is of the upmost importance. The truth may not stand out to us today. In today's day the truth has been stretched and sometimes we don't know who to trust. But we must always remember that the Bible is absolute Truth and that includes Jesus' words.
That is exactly why it is so very significant that Jesus says, "Today you will be with me in paradise." Surely, the crucified thief knows that sometimes people don't die so quickly. Even if he dies the same day as he is living in, what if there is some form of afterlife punishment? Jesus says, "Today you will be with me in paradise." That is significant. Later on in 2 Cor 5:8 Paul writes that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. I have said before that I am not scared of dying, I am scared of the process of dying. Seriously, I am. But as Christians we have no fear in death. This verse gives us great hope. If you have lost loved ones who were Christians we know that they are with the Lord. This is Truth. In case you doubted, Jesus even says that this is truth. This is truth and Jesus says that this same day the man will be in Paradise.
Oh, guess what else? Jesus will be with him in paradise. Wherever this paradise is Jesus will be there.
The earliest Greek translators of the Old Testament used the Greek term for paradise for God's garden (Gen. 2:8–10). [The Garden of Eden was called paradise] In the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha written between the Old and New Testaments, [these are extra Biblical literature written in the time period between the Old and New Testaments] "paradise" takes on a new meaning in Jewish thought. It becomes associated with the blessing of final judgment (see 2 Esdras 4:7; 6:2; 7:36, 123, 8:52). This meaning appears three times in the New Testament (Luke 23:42; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7).
So the thinking that would have impacted this term in Jesus' day would have been what developed in the time period in between the Old and New Testament. This man would have known that Jesus was talking about a place of eternal bliss.
It is interesting that the religious elite who had Jesus crucified didn't get it. They missed it. But they were the religious scholars of the day. Yet, this thief who deserved to die for committing a crime, he figured it out. Actually, by God's grace he was saved. He didn't do anything. He believed in Jesus as Lord and Savior. He recognized Jesus for who He was and He was saved into eternal life.
23:32-43. Luke did not state, as did Matthew and John, how the events of Jesus' death fulfilled Old Testament Scriptures. Luke's purpose, instead, was to show that Jesus was the forgiving Messiah even as He died. Jesus asked the Father to forgive those who were killing Him (v. 34), and He forgave one of the men sentenced to die with Him (v. 43). Even in death Jesus had power to make people right with God. And yet the rulers … sneered (v. 35) the soldiers … mocked (vv. 36-37), and one of the criminals crucified with Him insulted Him (v. 39).
Salvation is totally by grace, not of us but a gift from God. This demonstrates what Ephesians 2:8-9 teaches us. By believing in Jesus, accepting His free gift of forgiveness for our sins, confessing our sins and committing to Him we are saved and we will also enter paradise at death. This paradise will not be a temporary satisfaction of a burrito, nor an island resort. This will be eternity. I actually encourage you to do some study on Heaven. Interesting that this is our eternal home, but we don't talk about it enough. There is a book by Randy Alcorn called Heaven, it's very interesting. We'll be there some day, with Jesus and with this redeemed thief.
 Walvoord, J. F., Zuck, R. B., & Dallas Theological Seminary. (1983-). The Bible knowledge commentary : An exposition of the scriptures (Lk 23:32–43). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
Good afternoon, this is a Lenten lunch and many of you may be expecting a service that is specifically related to Holy Week. I want to forewarn you that this message is not one that specifically relates to this week. However, I do believe that this message will relate to the resurrection as every message should. We are called to be people living in the light of the resurrection all year long and this sermon relates to the idea of living as Spirit-Filled Christians all year long. Now, my style of preaching is generally teaching and generally teaching the Bible as you will see. Now, since I have given you that disclaimer, allow me to get to the message we are here for.
I have titled my message, Spirit-Filled Prayer, because in the passage which I will read I see the disciples prayer as Holy Spirit-Filled or at least Holy Spirit Filling. We must also seek the same in our churches and in our prayer life.
First notice that their prayer begins with worship and an acknowledgement that God is sovereign.
Now, allow me to let you know what is going on in this passage: At the beginning of Acts chapter 3, Peter and John are going to the Temple at the time of prayer. A lame beggar was there and asked for money. Peter said, "Silver or gold I don't have but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." The man is healed. This attracted a lot of attention and Peter preached a sermon. Peter's message reached about 5000 people with the Gospel, but this aggravated the Jewish authorities and Peter and John were thrown in prison for the night. The next day Peter and John spoke before the Jewish leadership and Peter again preached the Gospel (4:8 says that Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit). Eventually they had Peter and John released.
Now, following their release from prison, they come back to meet with their own people.
This term translated as "their own," usually means family but in this case it means the other Christians.But the point is they immediately went back to share with the other disciples what God had done.
They didn't go to take a shower first. They didn't go to catch up on business, emails, Facebook or other things. They went straight back to join their people.
They may have gone back to the upper room or a location where they knew the church would be at.
They shared about the chief priests. The Chief Priests were a small group of priest within the Sanhedrin. The Sanhedrin would be the Jewish Supreme Court. The Sanhedrin would be composed of 70 people plus the High priest. The chief Priests are composed of former high priest and members of influential priestly families.
Notice in verse 24: When "they", which I am thinking is the rest of the disciples" heard this meaning what God had done. They went straight to prayer.
We must always apply the Scripture to our lives. Let's apply this narrative for a moment. Do we do the same? They could have gone to rest, but no, they went to prayer. Their prayer includes allusions to Old Testament prayers.
They start their prayer acknowledging who God is in relation to who we are. We should do the same. God created everything that we see and feel. God created the stars in the sky.
Verse 24 starts their prayer as "Sovereign Lord." This means that God is in control. This means "absolute ruler." Actually the Greek word translated here is where we get the English word "despot."God is the absolute ruler and they acknowledged that as they began their prayer.
i. Let me also insert here that they were praying in unity. The Scripture says that they "raised their voices together in prayer…" This doesn't mean they all prayed at the same time, but that they were praying in unity.
ii. Too often I believe that our churches are hindered because of our divisions. Our prayers are hindered because of our divisions. Hence, I am going to say that our divisions hinder the Spirit's work in our prayer life. In a few verses we will see that this group of Christians experienced the Holy Spirit. I think we are missing the Holy Spirit because of our division.
iii. Another statement about division, I strongly believe that the devil starts and fosters our division in order to take our focus off of evangelism. I strongly believe that reaching the lost will heal our division. We will realize that the things we are divided over are not as important as sharing the Gospel with those who don't even know the Lord.
iv. One more comment about unity and divisions: I was part of a church plant several years ago. A church plant is a start up church. In this case a church sent out about 45 people to start a new church in a different location. Now, last week I had the opportunity to talk with someone who is starting a new church in Alliance. Some would say, "Why start new churches when there are so many existing churches?" I think that is a valid question. However, I also believe that so many existing churches are struggling because they can't work in unity; they are caught up in divisions. Consequently, God's way may be to start a new gathering of Christians, start a new church.
v. What we need to see here is that there prayer was in unity and God blessed them with a special baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Now, allow me to get back to their prayer and their acknowledgement of God as sovereign. Do we acknowledge that God is sovereign, I mean really acknowledge this?
Do you go about your day to day life thinking that God is in control? Or, are you in control?
Acknowledging God as sovereign includes the idea that we must surrender to His will too.
i. Notice they are saying the Lord's Prayer. If you read the rest of this passage they never say, "Now, we pray as you taught us to pray…" No, of course not. They are still praying the order, the pattern, which Jesus taught them to pray.
Then, their prayer includes Scripture. They quote Psalm 2:1-2 in reference to Jesus.
Lastly about God's sovereignty, their prayer acknowledged that God's plan included threats against Christians. Verse 27 references the crucifixion of Christ. Verse 28 references that in God's sovereignty this was planned beforehand.
But they never complained and that is my transition to their one request.
They never complained. We would expect that they would pray that their threats would stop, but they don't they prayed that God considers their threats. They had just been thrown in prison and they prayed nothing about that.
They ask that God allows them to preach God's Word with great boldness.
In 2 Timothy 4:1 and following Paul's dying words to Timothy are about preaching. Paul says that the time will come when people will want the preaching to be what their itching ears want to hear. Don't you think that time has come? Our preaching is looked upon as entertainment and if a pastor preaches truly what God has called him to say they are called "too preachy." If a pastor truly preaches the Scriptures they are considered too deep.
i. Today we need boldness in our pulpits. We need pastors who don't shirk their responsibility under God because of a responsibility under man. We need pastors that quit filling their sermons with stories and a Scripture that is equal to a foot note. The disciple's prayer in this passage is that they can Preach "God's Word" with great boldness. Notice, they will preach God's Word, not a few stories, poems and jokes.
I think that this got started because at one time many of the churches were so far away from their people that they were too irrelevant. But now the church has swung too far to the opposite end. We are now unscriptural in our preaching.
Peter and John were persecuted by unbelievers, today the Christians that do believe the Scriptures are persecuted from within the church for holding to the Scriptures.
The pastors that preach God's Word are persecuted from within the church.
Paul wrote with urgency, "I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction" (4:1-2). In other words, stick with the preaching plan God has promised to bless and use. Deliver the biblical goods! Be a man or woman of the Word!
Don't attempt to be so creative and cute that folks miss the truth. No need for meaningless and silly substitutes that entertain but rarely convict the lost and edify the saved. Teach the truth. Will you notice something here? This exhortation is not addressed to the hearer, it's for the speaker. The one who is to do this is the one proclaiming the message. Be ready to do it in season and out of season. Being ready implies being prepared both mentally and spiritually.
In essence, Paul says, "Don't be lazy. Do your homework. Don't stand up and start with an apology that you didn't quite have adequate time to prepare. That doesn't wash." And do so faithfully—when it's convenient and when it's not.
Sadly, in an alarming number of churches today, God's people are being told what they want to hear rather than what they need to hear. They are being fed warm milk, not solid meat. A watered-down gospel may attract large crowds (for a while), but it has no eternal impact. I've not been able to find any place in the Scriptures where God expresses the least bit of concern for drawing numbers. Satisfying the curious itching ears of our postmodern audiences is an exercise in futility.
The task of ministry is to deliver Truth. Frankly, I intend to continue doing just that, by God's grace, until the day He calls me home. And I think there is an ever-increasing number of believers who long for nourishing messages based on the Word of God, not human opinion.
The world urgently needs more Christians with the fervor and faith of Paul. Will you be one of them? Will you answer the charge? If so, there's no better time than now to begin.
Jesus said, "Go and make disciples of all nations . . . and I will be with you" (Matthew 28:19-20 NIV). There is no greater challenge and no more comforting promise. Believe it. Trust it. And by the grace of God, go do it!
We also need prayers that we can preach God's Word with great boldness.
Verse 30 is a prayer for miracles.
Do we pray for miracles? I must ask if I am praying for miracles. That is a challenge. We serve a God who brings about miracles.
Verse 31 is a confirmation of their Spirit filled prayer.
i. Did this really happen? It is possible it is metaphorical, but I favor that this is literal. God is so great that when He is present, I mean truly present there are consequences that defy natural laws.
They also speak the Word of God boldly. That is the answer to their prayer.
Notice this special revelation of God. God is present here. This really happened.
We eat and we want to be filled. We should pray desiring to be filled as well. We are New Testament Christians living in an increasingly secular world. Because of this we must go to the Word of God to be filled up with the Holy Spirit. Now, Christians are filled with the Spirit when we receive Christ as Savior and Lord; however, I believe as we grow in Christ we can experience special times of being filled with the Spirit. We should pray for this every day. I think this will mostly happen in small prayer circles and we need these as Christians. I think this will mostly also happen when our prayers are in the manner expressed in this passage. We must pray with worship acknowledging God as sovereign. We must pray in petition with our basic need, but also we must pray for the greater good submitting to God's sovereign will. This prayer is for the building up of the church and it is spirit filled. Verse 31 says that they were filled with the Spirit.
Christ followers, let's do the same. Whether or not you are a preacher, go forth and preach God's Word including the Gospel. Do this with boldness. Pray in groups of Christians, pray in this manner and experience the Holy Spirit and get ready. Lastly, set aside diversity and instead embrace unity for the cause of the Gospel. Then, you ought to really be ready for the Holy Spirit's work. Just last week in a small prayer gathering I experienced the gift of tongues being spoken and interpreted, though not by me. This confirmed God's message in that prayer meeting. We need the type of prayer illustrated in this passage. I certainly do. We need, I need, Spirit-filled prayer meetings in our churches.
Go and be Spirit-filled Christ followers, living as post resurrection Christians.
Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997. Page 201.
 Arnold, Clinton E. Acts. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary.
 We may be able to take 1 Peter 3:7 which references our relationship with our spouse as hindering our prayer life to also mean if we are divided as a church it hinders our prayer life. Psalm 66:18 talks about cherished sin hindering our prayers.


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Sam reviews The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood
I went into A. K. Larkwood's The Unspoken Name with no idea what to expect. I'd even say that I came to the novel feeling a little ungenerous, though I'm not sure I could tell you why. But despite this, The Unspoken Name caught me in the grip of its energetic story and engrossing characters until I surprised myself by finishing it in just a few days.
The book opens on a scene many fantasy readers will recognize: our main character, Csorwe, is a teenage girl raised to be sacrificed to a god of darkness by a religious order obsessed with death. Even without knowing that The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin is the author's favorite book, the inspiration is easy to spot. But by the time a well-spoken wizard from another world arrives to offer Csorwe a different life, I found I didn't mind the familiarity. I already liked the characters, and I wanted to find out what happens next.
What happens next, as it turns out, is a pretty good fantasy adventure. The book primarily follows Csorwe as she grows into her own in said wizard's service, though it occasionally jumps into the perspective of Csorwe's easily hateable rival Tal. I feel like Tal's chapters could be a dealbreaker for some readers, as he is an insufferable jerk, but the two play off each other well enough that I didn't mind (it helps that Tal, like Csorwe, is very gay). In fact, all of the characters in The Unspoken Name are deeply believable, as interesting as they are consistent. I felt like I got to know them as I read, which made any cliché or familiar story beats seem only natural in context. The entire book tends to play out this way, with every semi-predictable development arriving with a satisfying inevitability all the way to the end of the novel.
The book's setting is as believable and fun as its characters. Larkwood's collision of fantasy worlds connected by a shattered un-world in the middle is vibrant and imaginative, and all the better for its lack of defined borders and nitty-gritty details. I actually wish that the magic of the setting (which is rather plot-critical) had the same space to breathe; it's a bit of a personal nitpick, but I'd prefer there remained a bit more mystery to the magic system. It's saved by just how much the characters themselves believe in it—faith is a critical aspect of magic in The Unspoken Name, and Larkwood does a tremendous job selling the emotional weight of that faith to the reader.
Of course, being the romantic sap that I am, I spent a lot of time looking forward to a lesbian love interest to show up. The wizard-in-training Qanwa Shuthmili does not disappoint when she finally makes her debut. She's just as fascinating and enchanting to the reader as she is to Csorwe; it's obvious what's coming for the two of them, but just like the rest of the book, watching their relationship develop feels natural and exciting rather than trite or played-out. The fact that you can easily read Csorwe and Shuthmili as butch and fem also meant I had basically no choice but to love them.
I actually wish we got to spend more time with Shuthmili, or better yet, had a few chapters reading from her perspective. She's well written enough that it's not strictly necessary—her decisions and actions all make sense without hearing an internal monologue—but she's such an obviously complex character that I can't help but feel like we're missing out by only seeing this love story from one side.
The novel ends with the promise of more adventures to come, and I would certainly love to see more of these characters and this world. But if it turns out this was a stand-alone work, I'd be okay with that. There's no denying that The Unspoken Name is a fun, creative, and deeply satisfying gay fantasy book, and it's absolutely worth reading for that alone.
Content warnings: mouth/tooth injuries
Samantha Lavender is a lesbian library assistant on the west coast, making ends meet with a creative writing degree and her wonderful butch partner. She spends most of her free time running Dungeons & Dragons (like she has since the 90's), and has even published a few adventures for it. You can follow her @RainyRedwoods on both twitter and tumblr.
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This chapter may be cited as the Communications Act of 1934.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VII, § 709, formerly title VI, § 609, 48 Stat. 1105; renumbered title VII, § 709, Pub. L. 98-549, § 6(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2804.)
This chapter, Chapter 5 of Title 47, was in the original "this Act", meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, as amended, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which enacted this chapter, amended section 35 of this title, section 21 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, section 487 of former Title 46, Shipping, and sections 1, 2, 5, and 15 of former Title 49, Transportation, and repealed sections 484 to 487 of former Title 46. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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25 LYDIARD STREET NORTH BALLARAT CENTRAL, Ballarat City
GEORGE HOTEL SOHE 2008
Last updated on - July 2, 2004
The first hotel on this site, the George Inn, was built in 1853, and was among the earliest hotels in Ballarat. It was an imposing two storey building located in a key position on Camp Hill, and was a landmark of early Ballarat. It was patronised by the fashionable members of the mining community and was witness to many of the events that shaped early Ballarat, particularly the Eureka uprising of 1854, when it was the rendezvous point for the civil and military authorities. In 1902 it was replaced by the present building, designed by the Ballarat architects E & B Smith and built by J McGregor. The tender price was £8397, and the total cost including furnishings was £17,000. Although built after the boom period, its flamboyant design is akin to the styles of the late nineteenth century. It had seventy five rooms of which thirty were bedrooms. There were four bars, behind which were four sitting rooms, a reading room, complete with grand piano, which opened into the dining room by means of wide folding doors, a commercial room, a billiard room with two tables, and a grand stair hall with an elaborate timber reception desk and a fine walnut staircase. An unusual feature was the carriage way to the right hand side of the building, now closed off, which separated a suite of offices, the George Chambers, on one side from the bars and lounge rooms on the other. The stables at the rear were designed to accommodate both horses and motor vehicles. There were alterations in 1926 by Clegg & Morrow, mainly involving kitchen and bathroom facilities. Alterations in 1938 by L H Vernon involved the upgrade of bar facilities and their redecoration in the Art Deco style, the blocking off of the carriageway, and alterations to the facade. The interior, particularly the stair hall, was damaged by fire in 1988, but has since been restored.
The George Hotel in Lydiard Street North at Ballarat is a three storey brick building with a six bay wide cast iron double balcony verandah, which is unique to Victoria. Its cast iron is of a design common to Ballarat. Above the verandah there is a balustraded parapet surmounted by a decorative semi-circular tympanum above the name plate. The brick facade is treated in an elegant classical manner, with arched windows on the first floor and segmentally arched windows on the second floor. The ground floor has marble facings, white above sill height and red below; this was unusual at the time, as most hotel facades were then tiled. The thresholds have the words 'George Hotel' inlaid in white marble.
The George Hotel in Ballarat is of architectural and historical significance to the State of Victoria.
The George Hotel at Ballarat has architectural significance primarily for its three level cast iron verandah, which is unique in Victoria. The hotel and its verandah form an extremely important streetscape element in this part of Lydiard Street, which is the best surviving example in the state of the pre-boom period of provincial city development. The verandah, along with the verandahs of the Old Colonists' Hall and Alexandria Tea Rooms opposite, imparts a unique character to the streetscape.
The George Hotel at Ballarat has historical significance because of its association with its predecessor on the same site. The original George Hotel was one of the first such establishments in Ballarat, played a role in the town's early mining history, and a significant role in the events that culminated in the Eureka Rebellion.
City of Ballaarat. No. 113. George Hotel, 25 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat.
[Victoria Government Gazette No 100 Wednesday, October 9 1974 p.3648]
Federation/Edwardian Period (1902-c.1918) Free Classical
Smith, E & B
GEORGE HOTEL - History
Andrew C Ward & Associates, 'The George Hotel, Ballarat. Conservation and Restoration Guide', 1989.
GEORGE HOTEL - Permit Exemptions
General Conditions: 3. If there is a conservation policy and planall works shall be in accordance with it. Note:A Conservation Management Plan or a Heritage Action Planprovides guidance for the management of the heritage values associated with the site. It may not be necessary to obtain a heritage permit for certain works specified in the management plan.
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Sharia Court
Kano court sentences singer to death for blasphemy
byNasir Ibrahim
A court in Kano, Northern Nigeria, has sentenced a musician to death for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.
The Kano Upper Shari'a Court sitting at Hausawa Filin Hockey sentenced 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif to death by hanging.
The judge, Aliyu Kani, gave the verdict on Monday after finding Mr Sharif guilty as charged.
He was convicted based on Section 382 (b) of Kano penal code of 2000.
Mr Sharif, a resident of Sharifai in Kano metropolis, was accused of committing blasphemy against the prophet of Islam in a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March 2020.
Following the incident, protesters burnt down the singer's family home and led a procession to the Kano Hisbah command's headquarters.
The Hisbah is a Kano State-owned security outfit that enforces the Shariah law in the highly conservative state.
Mr Sharif's father, Aminu Sharif, had disowned him, saying he was not living at his house when he committed the crime.
He also said that he did not share his son's religious views.
"I want to categorically inform the general public that blasphemy is not my ideology, and I promise to arrest him (my son) and hand him over to security agents whenever he is found.
READ ALSO: Use your position to unite the North, Matawalle tells Kano emir
"If I had the authority to punish him by law, I will do that right away," Aminu Sharif had said of his son.
On Monday, the court also sentenced one Umar Farouq of Sharada quarters of Kano metropolis to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for making derogatory statements concerning the Almighty Allah in a public argument.
The judge said the convict committed the offence at a younger age, and his trial was delayed to enable him to attain adulthood as proscribed by Maliki Islamic jurisprudence and the administration of criminal justice law.
Both convicts have 30 days to appeal the judgment.
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Discussion in 'General flash photography, lighting, and technique' started by mrtac2man, Jul 26, 2009.
Tim, a lot of folks here at Nikon Cafe make their own but I like and use the "Big flip-it"
Watch his video's; check out the kits. Or Hobby Lobby, Michael's, Wallies (crafts dept) for "Foamies"(tm) or similar foam sheeting, plus Velcro(tm) "One-Wrap" & go to town!
demb flip-it looks really good. I've seen nothing but good reviews.
+1 - $0.79 at Michael's.
So how the quailty built on those Demb?
Having read all the good comments I bought the Demb but was very disappointed by the results. The area of light is still small, so you still get an effect very like direct flash.
I decided it was no better than the Nikon diffusion dome that comes with the SB-800.
I got better results with a cheap white bag thing from China (from eBay). You poiint the flash straight up and it goes on the end. It cuts out a bit too much light but gives a good result for closeups.
A larger card should be better then the Demb.
Simply pull out the white card built into the SB-800. Works great. It is my preference.
What a bounce card or plastic diffusion dome does is to provide some direct flat frontal spill for fill to assist the bounce. Also adds catchlights in the eyes, which is good thing. The size of this card determines how much fill. If you use a large card, all you get is lots of flat direct light, overwhelming the ceiling bounce. Might as well just use direct flash then, and save some wasted bounce power. People greatly overdo this, but "more is better" is not often true.
In greater distance cases where you need more reach, Walmart craft department (and other craft stores too) has 33 cent 9x12 inch sheets of thin white rubber foam, which is easily cut down and attached with rubber band. Works great. But not too large, leave something for the bounce to do.
Study your pictures, and think about it, and examine the degree of direct flat frontal fill added. A little goes a long way, and the SB-800 pull out card is perfect for many situations (at less than maximum subject distance). Sometimes pulled out half way is the answer. If you cannot see any shadows from the bounce itself, you used way too much card size.


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22nd of August. Saturday. My last day in Seoul. Decided to do some sightseeing instead of catching some films at CINDI.
The first place I went to was the Namdaemun market, which reminded me of Petaling Street.
Sadly, the historic gate of Namdaemun had been destroyed by arson last year. All I could see was this.
Hopefully the gate will be restored to its former glory.
As for the Namdaemun market, this is me giving out a dramatic cry of manliness.
Once again, like this cinnamon pancake thingie.
I then went to Insadong. A place well known for its cafes, art galleries, antique shops etc.
When I arrived at Insadong, there was a demonstration by activists to help North Korean refugees. I wondered whether the girl in the North Korean soldier uniform was really a North Korean.
I noticed a little girl in pink who hugged her mom happily and excitedly when the mom tried playing one of the ocarinas for sale. But they then went on to look at other stuff. Too bad I couldn't capture the earlier image with my camera.
I then headed to the Insadong Arcade (or rather, that's what I think it's called) for, er, some emergency that involved my bowels.
Here's me, trapped in a photo.
After that I headed to Hongdae again, there was the flea market going on at the park, and I wanted to visit this artist who could draw some kickass portraits. I wanted to have an awesome portrait done for myself.
I first saw the artist a week earlier, I wanted her to do a portrait of me then, but she was closing. I was disappointed.
When I was there, she was drawing this restless little child.
Unfortunately for me, when the artist was done with the little girl, she rejected me... again cos the child was supposed to be her last customer for the day (even though she recognized me, and was genuinely surprised to see me really visiting her one week after the first rejection). As cute and pedolicious the child was, I couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of resentment towards her.
Ming Jin then suggested a film idea of a man who decided to stalk a painter after getting rejected by her in two consecutive weeks, I might just do it... making the film, I mean, not the stalking.


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Sassy, smart, and subversive: this was She Named It Canada (SNIC), an early comic book or 'graphic novel' published in 1971 by the aptly-named Corrective Collective, a Vancouver-based feminist group dedicated to re-writing Canadian history for a popular audience. The Corrective Collective members included Karen Cameron, Colette French, Andrea Lebowitz, Barbara Todd, Cathy Walker, Dodie Weppler, Marge Hollibaugh, and Pat Hoffer: five of the women (Andrea, Barb, Marge, Pat, and Colette) continued on after SNIC, producing another iconic 'herstory' text of second wave feminism, Never Done: Three Centuries of Women's Work in Canada.
The Corrective Collective women were already active in other feminist work, including the Vancouver Women's Caucus, which was involved in publishing The Pedestal, a women's liberation newspaper produced in the same city. However, the idea for SNIC originally germinated in response to the upcoming visit of American and Indochinese women to Vancouver for an anti-Viet Nam war conference, purposely staged in Canada as a more accessible, neutral zone for women from the two warring nations. Canadian feminists, who had attended a pre-conference organizing session in Portland, Oregon, were amazed at how little their American sisters knew about their Canadian neighbours to the north: some Americans seemed oblivious to minor things like a different currency, let alone major issues like a different political culture and history. As Judy Tzu-Chun Wu notes in her book, Radicals on the Road: Internationalism, Orientalism and Feminism During the Vietnam Era (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2013), Canadian organizers returned home cognizant of the need to 'educate their sisters and curb their sense of entitlement' (237). The Canadian women resolved to create a popular introduction to Canadian history for conference participants who knew nothing about Canada.
The research, writing, and illustrations came together in a remarkably short space of time. Members of the Corrective Collective remember regular meetings where ideas were shared and the storyline was worked out, though five women took a leading role in the research, writing, and conceptualization. The illustrator, Colette French, an artist educated at Toronto's Central Tech's art program, who then taught art, managed art stores, and produced her own work, was not an 'add on' but was integrated into the planning and execution of SNIC from the beginning. SNIC was printed at Press Gang, a cooperative, left-wing press in Vancouver, but was then was picked up by Toronto's James Lewis and Samuel Publishers for distribution, though the Corrective Collective, unhappy with them, also did its own promotion. SNIC went through four editions, circulated through radical circles, and was used in some high schools: 16,000 copies were sold, a remarkable achievement for this kind of alternative, radical publication.
Two themes shaped the narrative of SNIC. First, it traces the changing forces of economic development and political rule from above, including the empires shaping Canada (from France to Britain to the U.S.), and the changing ruling class, from 'compact families' and the Chateau Clique in the nineteenth century to the twentieth-century military industrial complex. The close connections between political and economic power, the entrenched male power of the Church, (especially in Quebec), and imperialist wars are all documented. Second, the day-to-day survival of working people, and the creation of opposition from 'below' are detailed, stretching from the resistance of the early fur trade coureur des bois through to demands staged by working-class, poor, union, and farm peoples in the modern era. At the time the Corrective Collective created SNIC, there was very little women's history written; the authors drew on socialist, Marxist,and radical texts but attempted to integrate information on women wherever they could, always noting women's indispensable paid and unpaid labour and their role in popular resistance. The comic book reflects the ideals and concerns of the women's movement of the time – mobilizing the working class, recognizing revolutionary traditions, opposing American imperialism and war, and organizing against poverty – yet many of their historical observations stand up remarkably well over time.
The Corrective Collective worked against all odds to prepare the comic in time for the conference. The American author of Radicals on the Road claimed it was not done in time but circulated later through radical circles. In fact, the Corrective Collective remembers it differently: it was done at the last minute, ready to distribute on the very last day of the conference. A different American and Canadian version of women's history may still be relevant in our own time.


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HomeLatest NewsIsrael Latest NewsIsraeli Army To Flood Gaza Border With Water
Israeli Army To Flood Gaza Border With Water
October 2, 2016 MEO Staff Israel Latest News, Palestine Latest News
The Israeli army intends to flood Gaza border areas with water in order to destroy underground tunnels allegedly built by the Palestinian resistance. An Israeli military official told Maariv newspaper, on condition of anonymity, that the army plans to flood underground cross-border tunnels as Egypt has done on its border with Gaza.
60 miles of land extending along the border of Gaza will be flooded with water, according to the military official. He added that the Israeli army would also finish, within a few months, the building of its underground concrete wall to block attacks from Gaza.
A senior Israeli military official said a massive underground barrier being built along the Gaza border to defend against Hamas tunnels should be finished in a matter of months, dealing what he said would be a serious blow to the resistance groups.
The Southern Command official said the structure was at the forefront of a new effort meant to rob Hamas of one of its most potent weapons.
During a 2014 war, Hamas militants on several occasions made their way into Israel through a tunnel network, though they did not manage to reach civilian areas. Israel destroyed 32 tunnels during that conflict, and since then has made neutralizing the tunnel threat a top priority.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity under military briefing guidelines, said Hamas is now trying to restore its military capabilities, with its primary focus on building a subterranean warren of tunnels to hide from Israeli strikes and sneak into Israel to carry out attacks in a future round of fighting.
In recent weeks, Israel is believed to have begun work on a 60-kilometer (40 mile) underground barrier expected to stretch dozens of meters (yards) deep. Work crews have been spotted digging trenches and installing infrastructure in the ground.
In a briefing with reporters Sunday, the Israeli official showed video footage of heavy machinery raking the sandy border area, a series of holes drilled deep into the ground, a stretch of land the army has flooded, and some controlled explosions. The army also showed a photo of simulated tunnels where soldiers train for subterranean combat.
He declined to discuss specific features of the barrier being built, calling it a key strategic project. But he said the new wall will defend Israel's border with Gaza both above and below the ground. The army's goal, he said, is to turn the underground battlefield into a "death trap" for Hamas.
"It will take time to build it. It's a big project. But it is a main goal," he said.
Since the war, Israel has announced the discovery of several more tunnels. Israel has already surrounded Gaza with a sophisticated above-ground fence fortified with sensors, cameras, barbed wire and watch towers.
During the 2014 fighting, Hamas fired several thousand rockets and missiles into Israel. More than 2,200 Palestinians, over half of them civilians, were killed in the fighting, along with 73 people on the Israeli side.
The official said Hamas has been steadily rebuilding its capabilities since the fighting, though Israeli officials do not believe the group is looking for another round of hostilities for the time being.
Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas official in Gaza, said the Israeli efforts would fail.
"They must realize that they will not enjoy security as long as the Palestinian people don't enjoy it," he said. "The language of threats no longer terrifies our people."
Gaza border
underground wall
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Hamas rejects Al-Jubeir's claims, says Saudi push to isolate it 'regrettable'
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Rahul-led meeting fake attempt for unity, no wise party can join hands with Congress: Naidu
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday dismissed the Congress-led meet of eight parties against demonetization, as a "fake attempt for unity" and said it would never succeed.
"This is a fake attempt for unity and it will never succeed. No wise party can join hands with Congress. If they (some political party) are doing it, they are doing so at their own peril," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
Earlier in the day, Congress vice-President Rahul Gandhi and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee along with some regional parties at a meeting in Delhi sought to put up a united face raising the pitch against demonetization by demanding resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Taking a dig at Gandhi, Naidu claimed, "He has failed to bring unity in his own party. The strength of Congress (in Lok Sabha) has declined from 444 seats to 44 seats."
Referring to scams and corruption during the Congress rule, he claimed, "Earlier Opposition parties had to protest against corruption of the government. But now, the government is fighting against corruption and the opposition is fighting against the government."
Source: dnaindia.com


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Q: cpu usage multithreading java public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        LinkedList<Th> myThreads = new LinkedList<>();

        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
            myThreads.add(new Th());
            myThreads.get(i).start();
        }
    }
}

public class Th extends Thread {

    int myInt;

    @Override
    public void run() {
        while(true) {
           doSomething();
        }
    }

    private void doSomething() {
        switch (myInt) {
            case 0: {
               // System.out.println("comment part");
                break;
            }
            case 2:{
                System.out.println("2");
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

Hi,
I have trouble with a simple multithreading in java.
when I run this program, cpu usage is suddenly 100% and my computer crashes and I can't stop the program.
Here you can see the code.
when I un-comment the comment part, everything is ok! but I need to fix this without printing anything in the console.
PS. I already know that case 2 codeblock is never compiled.

A: This code has nothing wrong in its own.
It's your machine that can't cope with the amount of work you required it to do.
Your code spawn 100 threads which will print something to the standard output (costly operation, since you have to ask the OS to do that) as fast as they can. This is a lot of work even for a modern machine.
Try to give up the CPU voluntarily for a while adding a sleep after you have printed out your message.
switch (myInt) {
            case 0: {
                System.out.println("message");
                Thread.sleep(50);
                break;
            }

Plus, there is nothing wrong in having 100%usage of the CPU. You are simply using the whole computational power available. It is something that is good, especially in scientific computation.

A: Add a sleep. Simply call sleep method where the print is.
Your CPU should sleep for some milliseconds to avoid consuming it for 100%.
In your case the console-io acts as a sleep.
Try reducing the threads and use a round robin method to do the calculations.

Round-robin (RR) is one of the algorithms employed by process and network schedulers in computing. As the term is generally used, time slices (also known as time quanta) are assigned to each process in equal portions and in circular order, handling all processes without priority (also known as cyclic executive). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-robin_scheduling

Suggested Modification:
private void doSomething() {
    switch (myInt) {
        case 0: {
            try {
                sleep(100);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                interrupt();
            }
            break;
        }
        case 2:{
            System.out.println("2");
            break;
        }
    }
}

You should call the interrupt method to re-interrupt the thread.
Refer: Why invoke Thread.currentThread.interrupt() when catch any InterruptException?

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Lenders appear to be easing the way for lending in areas crucial to the home construction industry. The National Association of Homebuilders said its fourth quarter 2017 survey of builders and developers showed a net easing in conditions for funding acquisition and development of construction sites and for construction of single family homes.
The measure of overall AD&C funding on NAHB's tightening index was -15.7, compared to -7.3 in the fourth quarter of 2016 and -7.6 in the third quarter of 2017, indicating that the easing was accelerating rapidly. Individual readings also indicated that an acceleration of easing for both development and construction funding, there was a quarter-over-quarter change of 11 points toward the favorable in development conditions, while conditions for land acquisition tightened slightly.
The reason for the relatively large decrease in net tightening over the quarter across land development and single-family construction loans is because a larger proportion of respondents indicated that standards had gotten "better". While there was a large percentage increase in the share of respondents indicating that land acquisition loan standards had gotten better over the quarter as well, it was offset by a large increase in the portion of respondents saying that standards had gotten worse.
The net tightening across all three subcategories represents the difference between the proportion of respondents saying that conditions got "worse" and the share answering that conditions were "better". The Overall Index reading is the arithmetic mean across the three sub categories.
NAHB's financing survey had converged with the results of the Federal Reserve Board's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) for the two previous quarters. The most recent SLOOS however indicated lending conditions were tightening. The pace of easing and tightening recorded by each survey also accelerated so the two diverged.
The two surveys have different universes of respondents; NAHB queries consumers while SLOOS is a survey of lenders. Further, the Fed vehicle includes commercial real estate and other non-residential lending.


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Dubai Canvas 3D Art Award set up
Published Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Mona Al Marri, Director General of the Government of Dubai Media Office
Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Government of Dubai Media Office, today announced Dubai Canvas 3D Art Award - the world's first award that recognizes creative excellence in 3D art.
The new award was launched by the Director General of the Government of Dubai Media Office Mona Al Marri at a press conference held on the first day of the Dubai Canvas Festival 2016.
The Award, which carries a total prize money of Dh2.3 million ($650,000), invites submissions from artists all over the world under the theme of 'Happiness'. A jury comprised of renowned international and local artists will evaluate the submissions to name three winners.
The winners will be honoured at a ceremony at the next Dubai Canvas Festival to be held in 2017. Awards in two special categories – 'Best Emirati Participation' and 'People's Choice' – will also be given away at the event. The 'People's Choice' award will be based on votes from the public.
Mona Al Marri said: "The Award aims to promote creative excellence in 3D art not only by recognizing great artistic work but also by raising interest and appreciation for this unique art form. The initiative reflects Dubai's rising status as a global cultural hub and its keenness to provide a supportive environment for art and artists to flourish. This new initiative also complements one of Dubai Canvas Festival's key objectives of supporting the development of artistic talent both in the UAE and across the world."
To enter the Award, artists should submit original and fresh works of art never displayed before. The organisers will start receiving entries from 15 April 2016. A shortlist for the Award will be announced on 15 November 2016.
Al Marri further said: "The choice of 'Happiness' as the Award theme is inspired by the UAE's own focus on people's happiness as one of its most important goals. The theme also reflects Dubai's objectives of becoming a city of happy, creative and empowered people and a preferred place for people from across the world to live, work and visit."
Detailed criteria and guidelines for the Award, developed by the jury, will be announced soon. Technical specifications for the entries will also be published soon on Brand Dubai's website.
At the press conference, Arif Mubarak, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Properties' Asset Management, Dubai Properties Group thanked Brand Dubai for giving JBR the opportunity to host the second edition of the Dubai Canvas Festival.
This year's Dubai Canvas Festival will see over 60 works of 30 artists from countries across the world being exhibited in an area stretching over two kilometres in Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR). Some of the world's most renowned 3D artists are participating in the Festival including the inventor of 3D street art Kurt Wenner; New York-based artist and cyborg activist Neil Harbisson; Dutch pop-surrealist artist Leon Keer; Portuguese street artist Odeith; London-based graffiti artist Fanakapan; Chinese street artist Qi Xinghua; and Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra.
The public visiting the Festival will have numerous opportunities to watch master street artists at work. Various events on the Festival's sidelines will enable the public to interact closely with the artists and gain an understanding of their techniques, use of materials and creative approach. Leading international artists will also conduct workshops aimed at imparting both advanced and basic street art skills to artists and the general public.
The Festival is free to attend for the public. The two-week festival will run from 1 March to 14 March 2016 and will be open from 4.00 pm to 10.00 pm on weekdays and from 10.00 am to 11.00 pm on the weekend.


I live in one of the few countries where Almond Roca isn't readily available. The hardest thing about this recipe is waiting for the chocolate to set. Love this!
I have made this and it is AMAZING! So easy to make! I shared with co-workers and they ate it all. I'm going to have to make another batch!!