While I usually like her messages, I was especially smitten by this one – how friendly, open, and optimistic it feels: Let today be new.
And that's true. Every day is its very own blank slate, and many of us probably feel (or perhaps the more accurate word is "assume?") that we treat each day like the opportunity it is. But is that really true?
The person you are today is the sum total of your life experiences, traumas, relationships, stories, and beliefs about yourself and your capabilities, and this sum total can prove to be a major roadblock to truly letting each day be new (unless we have a whole lot of awareness). We've all experienced this phenomenon; even when we desperately want to veer off the beaten path and make a change, familiar patterns and habits we've built up over a lifetime magically show up and thwart our efforts to do things differently. It can be maddening.
It's hard to believe we're creeping into the end of January already. Many of us might be taking stock of how we did on any promises or intentions to "turn over a new leaf" come January 1. I've noticed that the practice of making formal New Year's Resolutions has faded a bit in recent years, and I think that's a good thing. Old school resolutions usually required us to set our sights crazy high and reinvent ourselves in ways that were drastic. This approach sets most people up for failure and then swimming in the guilt of having failed again. That's when that familiar creepy voice settles in and taunts us with nasty story lines like, "See? Who do you think you are for trying that? You knew you wouldn't be able to pull it off, didn't you?" Yeah, that isn't very helpful.
Making change happen can be tricky business, and since I'm in the business of helping my clients (and myself!) make changes in their lives, it's a topic that fascinates me.
A few years ago I wrote an article about the principle of Kaizen after reading a book by that title that a client so generously gave me. I think it's worth posting bits of it here again since we're talking about habits.
Kaizen is relevant to anyone wanting to change something in his or her life, whether that change involves one's health, relationships, attitude, or skills. Unlike dramatic change, which involves taking a jumbo leap to achieve massive results quickly, kaizen is a warm, generous, and subtle approach to change, giving the change-maker permission to take steps so small that, frankly, there are times we feel we are doing nothing at all.
It turns out that our chances of success are greatest when the steps are smallest.
In order for this to make sense, the author of Kaizen spends a significant amount of time explaining the brain and our body's fight-or-flight response. A quick recap of the fascinating science he presents goes like this: all change – even positive change – is scary at some level. The fear of change is rooted in the brain's physiology, and this is why most people fail when they strive for goals that are too radical. We heighten the brain's fear response, triggering a primitive part of the brain called the amygdala, which is responsible for controlling the fight-or-flight response. The fight-or-flight response is a life-saving response that shuts down rational thinking (among other functions) and sends the body directly into action. Make no mistake, the fight-or-flight response has immense value, but it can also be troublesome, setting off alarm bells unnecessarily when we want to depart from our usual, safe routines. This can prevent creativity, change, and success from unfolding, making us feel stuck and weak.
These are all examples of small steps that will add up to continual improvement. Make no mistake about it, all of these steps add up.
Just think: if you put a single new food on your grocery list each week, at the end of the year you will have tried 52 new foods.
If you worked out only 15 minutes a day, at the end of the month you'll have spent 7 hours moving your body. That's significant!
If you usually drink 3 cups of coffee (or soda, or booze) a day and you cut back to 2, that's 365 fewer drinks you will have consumed by the end of the year. Wow.
Since my very first day as a health coach I've been encouraging my clients to embrace the philosophy, "Small steps build lasting change," though back then I didn't fully understand the science behind the brain's fear of change. I learned this approach in nutrition school. We used the analogy that building health is like climbing a ladder. If you are committed to climbing the ladder one rung at a time, you will steadily make progress. If you try skipping rungs or taking too many at once, there's a greater likelihood you will slip and fall. When the change is too big to sustain, even people with admirable levels of discipline and willpower lose enthusiasm, peter out, and "fail." This failure can be devastating, and the motivation to begin again is lost.
In other words, it's not missing a single workout that screws up your goals, it's never getting back on track.
Start with steps as small as you need them to be, knowing small steps have a cumulative impact.
Schedule habits into your life; don't wait for them to magically happen.
Shift your focus from what you feel is hard to what is possible. I heard someone say once that his/her go-to mantra is, "I can work with this." This stuck with me. You might also try framing it as a question, "How can I work with this?" to get your creative juices flowing and create an attitude of openness and receptivity.
Good habits are built gradually. Start slow; get better along the way. Progress is a spectrum, so let yourself dance along that spectrum at your own pace. Let today be new.
P.S. This accompanying image of a sunrise is from a lovely trip to the Outer Banks in September 2016 with my family.
This came at a time when I had thrown out some healthy habits and was just coming back to what I know works for my physical health as well as my mental well-being. I might be adding too much back in but 4 days into planning my food each morning, hiring a personal trainer (for once a week), and taking a walk (just started today, even though it's very cold out), I'm excited to be back.
I liked the "one step at a time" approach in your newsletter, Claudine. Like I always say, "the first step is the first step" in a long journey. Just get going.


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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: Grants for Film
June 19, 2019 / Stacey Suver
OVERVIEW: One of the most prestigious awards in its field, the Guggenheim Fellowship is considered a mid-career award for those who are well established in their area of expertise.
IP TAKE: Grant seekers should be confident that they are at the absolute top of their field before applying for this fellowship.
PROFILE: Created in 1925, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded by United States Senator Simon Guggenheim to honor the memory of his son who died 1922. It seeks "to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed." There are two separate fellowship competitions each year, one for citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada and one for Latin America and the Caribbean, which has been temporarily suspended until the foundation better determines the specific needs.
The fellowship supports "men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Grant amounts vary according to the needs of each fellowship, depending on the resources required, and the purpose and scope of work, but past fellowships have averaged roughly around $45,000 each.
The foundation receives around 3,000 applications for their fellowships each year and awards an average of 200 fellowships out of these. The selection process for these coveted fellowships is incredibly rigorous. In the first round, applications are paired with an expert in the related field (art, science, history, etc.) from the Foundation's several hundred different advisors who are also former Guggenheim Fellows. These advisors rank the applicants and submit reports which are then forwarded along to the Committee of Selection, which then determines the ultimate number of grants to be made in each area.
Within the creative arts, Guggenheim routinely supports film/video, poetry, fiction, visual art, and the performing arts. The number of fellowships in each area depends on the determination of the Committee of Selection each year.
Application information for each year's competition is generally available in June, with applications due in September and work samples for those contacted due in November. The foundation announces final results and winners the following April. Grant seekers will need to provide everything from references, to supporting documents, to examples of past work in order to apply, and the list of what is needed is quite comprehensive, so those looking to apply need to do their homework before moving forward.
Fellowships support individuals only; organizations, institutions, and groups are ineligible. They also will not support the "creation of residencies, curriculum development, or any type of educational program, nor are they available to support the development of websites or blogs." View past grantees here.
Grant seekers should consult the website for further details about application resources and submission materials for the United States & Canada Competition, as well as FAQs.
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Christmas Festival Features
Check out Xscape Theatre's Christmas Festival Features, a collection of classic
Holiday movies available for private rentals through January 7th.
Book a Private Watch Party with your closest friends and family!
Up to 20 guests for only $100, tax included!
A CHRISTMAS STORY - PG
Set in the 1940s, Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift.
DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000) - PG
The curmudgeonly recluse Grinch, who hates Christmas, becomes annoyed with the out-of-control Christmas festivities in Whoville, the town lying below his cave dwelling on Mt. Crumpit. But after the Grinch conspires to deprive the Who's of their favorite holiday by sneaking into town on Christmas eve to steal everything associated with the holiday, he learns that the spirit of Christmas goes much deeper than tinsel and toys.
DR. SEUSS' THE GRINCH (2018) - PG
The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl's generous holiday spirit. Funny, heartwarming, and visually stunning, it's a universal story about the spirit of Christmas and the indomitable power of optimism.
ELF - PG
After discovering he is a human, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole decides to travel to New York City to locate his real father.
KRAMPUS - PG-13
When a disillusioned little boy, Max, turns his back on Christmas he inadvertently unleashes the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.
LOVE ACTUALLY - R
Everywhere you look, love is causing chaos. From the bachelor Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who, on his first day at 10 Downing Street, falls in love with the girl who brings him his tea, to a hopeless sandwich delivery guy who doesn't think he has a chance with U.K. girls, so he heads for Wisconsin. From aging rock stars to a stony headmistress, to a monolingual Portuguese housemaid - love arrives in many forms, shapes, and sizes. Here,10 separate - but intertwining - stories of love all lead up to a climax on Christmas Eve, proving that love is the driving force in all these people's lives.
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION - PG-13
It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY - R
When the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES - R
Two men embark on a cross-country adventure that includes various modes of transportation, hilarious mishaps, and unforgettable rental car shenanigans.
THE POLAR EXPRESS - G
On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.
SCROOGED - PG-13
A cynically selfish TV executive gets haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
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720 teenage girls give birth in Offinso Municipality
The Offinso Municipality recorded a total of 720 teenage pregnancies, last year, the Municipal Director of Health Services, Mr Francis Osei has announced.
He said 20 of the teenage mothers were aged between 10 and 14 years.
Mr Osei, who was addressing the annual performance review meeting of the Municipal Halth Directorate at New Offinso, said social and economic factors were to blame for the unhealthy situation.
Chiefs, heads of department, representatives of non-governmental organizations, nursing students and assembly members were among those present.
He touched on maternal deaths and said the Municipality recorded four cases during the period as against seven in 2009.
Mr Osei expressed worry about the increasing spread of the deadly HIV/AIDS infection in the area, saying, 604 people tested positive last year, compared with the previous year's figure of 575.
The HIV-AIDS death toll came to 30, four more than the 2009 figure.
He also spoke of the high prevalence of eye-related diseases, particularly glaucoma. In 2009, they saw 2,163 cases and this shot up to 3,460 in 2010.
He said they had stepped up community education on hypertension, diabetes and the sickle cell diseases.
Their main challenges included inadequate logistics, bad roads and low level of community participation.


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Kungsäter är en tätort i Varbergs kommun och kyrkbyn i Kungsäters socken i Västergötland och Hallands län invid sjöarna Fävren och Oklången.

Befolkningsutveckling

Samhället

Kungsäters kyrka är en rundkyrka (centralkyrka) och tillhör ortens sevärdheter.

I Kungsäter ligger även dansbanan Solbacken med utsikt över Fävren, byggd 1939. Här har bl.a. Snoddas (1953), Sven-Ingvars (1964), Lars Berghagen (1976) och Björn Skifs (1976) spelat. Publikrekordet var under Sven-Ingvars uppträdande 1964 med över 3 000 betalande.

Näringsliv
I Kungsäter ligger en matvarubutik från matvarukedjan Nära dig och elektronikbutiken Kungsäter El. I Kungsäter finns även en dörrfabrik och en nerlagd kökstillverkningsfabrik vid namn Kungsäter kök som gick i konkurs år 2009 på grund av ekonomiska svårigheter.

Idrott
Sedan 2000 har ortens idrottsförening samverkat med Karl Gustavs BK under namnet Karl Gustavs BK/Kungsäters IF. Den 8 december 2005 gav hovet sin tillåtelse till en länge önskad namnändring. Klubben, som under tre år avancerat från div VII till div IV Halland, spelar 2006 under namnet Kung Karl Bollklubb. Säsongerna 2008-2010 har klubben spelat i div V Norra

Referenser

Externa länkar
 Kungsäter, i Carl Martin Rosenberg: Geografiskt-statistiskt handlexikon öfver Sverige, Stockholm 1882-1883
 Kung Karl BK
 Kungsäters IF

Orter i Varbergs kommun
Tätorter i Sverige

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Mad Men: Season 7, Episode 4–The Monolith
"You have a fundamental misunderstanding of what went wrong here."
This week saw an episode of Mad Men that took the often fruitful approach of focusing on just a few of the characters, and juxtaposing plotlines both professional and personal. On the personal level, we had Roger Sterling's family crisis with his disappearing daughter. And while last week delved more successfully into the pit of Betty's soul than Don's, this week had more insight into Sterling Cooper & Partners' former alpha male. As is often the case, it wasn't pretty.
Despite being nominally the lead character in the show's ensemble, Don has been getting less and less sympathetic over the years. It's all very well introspectively examining your own existential crisis, but Don's streak of selfishness has increasingly dragged in everyone around him. He's occasionally struck by altruistic self-awareness and makes theatrical Big Sacrifices for those he's hurt; then he goes straight back to being a self-obsessed dickhead.
Having seemed chastened last week when he meekly accepted the admittedly punitive terms imposed by the partners so he could return to his beloved job, this week saw his nasty side flare up again. The reason? Caught up in Jim Cutler and Roger Sterling's power struggle, he found himself assigned to creative work on a new account, fast food giant Burger Chef. The catch? He was to do the work under the aegis of Peggy Olson.
Don and Peggy's relationship has, over the years, ricocheted from friendship to mentor/protégée to mutual respect to outright dislike. But this is the first time Don has been put in the position of being Peggy's subordinate. And however supportive he may have been in the past, he plainly couldn't cope with it.
As ever, Erin Levy's accomplished script left his motives somewhat ambiguous. Was he chafing at the situation because he was working under a woman? Or because he was working under, specifically, the woman who has seemingly overtaken him at the company he founded? Or (perhaps) both? Whatever was the case, his reaction did not paint him in a favourable light. Behaving like a petulant child, he ignored her, disobeyed her, and tried to get his foot back in the door with new business for the agency.
Don did not come off well this week, and richly deserved the putdowns he received from Peggy, Freddie Rumsen, and notably Bert Cooper. Bert has always been portrayed as genial on the surface, but ruthless beneath; here that surface was stripped away as he coldly dismissed Don's tentative attempt to introduce a new client, the freelance techies installing the agency's new computer.
If we (and he) been left in any doubt, Bert's brutal treatment of Don made it clear that the intention was that he should never return to the agency. His response to Don's protest that he co-founded the agency was jaw-droppingly cold: "along with a dead man. Whose office you now inhabit." Bert being a rather reclusive figure, it's always a rare joy to see veteran movie star Robert Morse bring him to life in the show; as the agency's elder statesman, it's always implied that his is the final word. And if so, for Don, it was not a good one.
Not that that excused his response, nicking Roger's vodka and drinking it neat from a Coke can like a naughty teenager at the high school prom. Don's been unlikeable in many ways before, but I think this is the first time I've seen him acting like a child denied what it wants. Given that drinking at work was one of the things explicitly forbidden in the terms of his return, this was like a kid's middle finger up to authority.
And of course, it fed into his recurrent problems with alcoholism. The show's been accused on occasion of glorifying the hedonistic use of booze all day long in 60s business culture, but Don's occasional lapse into full-on drunkenness have not been pretty. You may think he looks the epitome of 60s cool under most circumstances, but not when he's staggering around the office slurring his words and throwing random insults to virtual strangers.
Presumably his doomy, portentous remarks to computer installer Lloyd ("You go by many names. I know who you are. You don't need a campaign, you've got the best campaign since the dawn of time.") are the normally unspoken thoughts that lurk in Don's head all the time. If so, it's further evidence that his existential angst is best kept to himself.
It was significant that, of all people he could have called to join him for a drunken excursion to watch the Mets play at Shea Stadium, he chose Freddy Rumsen. As the show's most prominent recovering alcoholic, I've often found Freddy to be more of a cypher than a character (even his last name seems like a lame gag). He belongs to the same faded businessman archetype as Shelley Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross, or Ol' Gil in The Simpsons and has most frequently been used as an awful warning to the rest of the characters as to where they could so easily end up.
Nonetheless, Joel Murray is a talented actor and has done well with a fairly sketchy part. Levy's script this week gave him some unexpected backbone as he showed up at SC&P to be confronted with an obviously poleaxed Don, and like a sponsor from AA, took firm charge of him. I assume the implication of Don's call to Freddy was that, at some level, he knew he needed help, and Freddy was the most qualified to understand how.
So it's significant that it was the advice of Freddy – a recovering alcoholic usually held as an example pour encourager les autres – that finally got Don to belt up and act like an adult. Not Bert, not Roger, and certainly not Peggy, who he yet again treated abominably. Caught up in the usual power struggles, she wasn't naïve enough not to notice – "they don't want to give me Burger Chef, they want to give me Don". So she ended up facing her first real struggle with an insubordinate 'junior', and it was only Don's eventual realisation that he was acting like an ass that resolved the situation. That's a bit disappointing, and yet probably realistic; Peggy is hugely good at her job, but still a comparative novice at the poisonous office politics so dominant in the business.
All of this played out against an all-too-literal depiction of the show's frequent theme of obsolescence, as Harry Crane's much longed for supercomputer was being installed – where the Creative lounge used to be. Ben Feldman was at his hilarious best as the rebellious Ginsberg, trying to preserve some small (actually, too large) remnant of the old culture – "they're trying to erase us, but they can't erase this couch!"
Despite Don's semi-serious jibe (which foreshadowed later events) of "how many humans have you replaced?", this is a huge deal. So huge that Don's initial return to work found the office deserted like the Marie Celeste, in one of those portentous sequences the show does so well. But the staff hadn't deserted en masse – they were all upstairs watching Jim Cutler smugly use this innovation to further cement his power in the office. His summation – "why not let anyone who sets foot in that door know that this agency has entered the future?" – was also a reminder of the show's continuing preoccupation with the tumult of change.
Roger Sterling too was dealing with signs of the times in what, initially, seemed to be a typical 'B Plot'. That scene back in ep1 when his daughter mysteriously forgave him "everything" with a beatific blank smile was indeed a hint of things to come – Margaret had run off to a tumbledown hippy commune, abandoning her husband and son and taking the name 'Marigold'. Not surprisingly, this didn't sit well with her uptight mother, Roger's ex-wife Mona, who turned up at the office demanding that the more laid back Roger do something about it.
Their trip to the commune was both humorous and surprisingly revealing. With 'Marigold' refusing to leave, Mona took off and left Roger to bond with their daughter. Thing is, over the last few years, Roger has shown himself to be plenty open-minded to the emerging counter culture, so it was amusing to see how well he fitted in. Peeling spuds in his shirtsleeves, he commented, "I haven't felt this close to nature since I was in the Navy".
Initially amusing, the plot thread took a turn towards pathos when father and daughter had a bonding moment as they slept in a ramshackle barn, looking at the night sky through the broken roof. But it finally got actually serious the next day as Roger, refusing to let 'Marigold abandon her son – tried to bodily drag her home. Only to be confronted by a tirade about his own failings as an absent and negligent father, which clearly struck home.
Despite that he's frequently the show's most entertaining character, Roger is more than just a comic relief buffoon, and many of his actions have verged on beating Don for arrogant selfishness. Here, it was nice to see him brought up short by the realisation that he'd effectively 'abandoned' his daughter just as thoroughly as she was 'abandoning' her son.
I must say though, that hardly excuses her doing the same thing despite having that knowledge. Roger was thoughtless, his daughter came across as just plain selfish, complaining, "how he can he be happy when I'm not?" As Mona commented earlier, "she is a perverse child who thinks only of herself". And if you're so inclined, that could easily have summed up so many of the late 60s dropouts, however idealistic they may have been.
Where's Bob Benson?
I'm pretty sure now that we're not actually going to be seeing Bob this season, which is a shame. Nonetheless, his presence continues to hang heavy over the show, notably for old nemesis Pete Campbell. Smirking smugly after bagging the Burger Chef account, he triumphantly exclaimed, "let's see them give this one to Bob Benson!"
Nothing concrete this week, but there was a lot of talk of the impending Moon landings. Defending the new IBM computer, Lloyd pointed out to Don that you could hardly land on the Moon without such a thing; to which Don responded, "what man laid on his back looking at the stars and thought of numbers?" Roger and 'Marigold' were talking about it too, staring at the moonlit sky – "do you think we'll really put a man up there?" It's April 1969 now – by July, she'll have her answer.
Pete's new client Burger Chef were a very successful fast food chain at this point, but by 1996, they'd ceased to exist. Their competitor causing so much worry, H Salt Fish & Chips, are however still a going concern, should you ever feel the need for "Authentic English" food while in California.
In popular culture, Don avoided actual work with a copy of Philip Roth's satirical novel Portnoy's Complaint. Published that January, the book went on to cause a storm of controversy over its explicit depictions of sexuality, particularly amusingly bizarre examples of masturbation. Whatever else you may think of Don, his choice of reading material is always interesting.
Aside from the commune's rusty truck, there was only one car on display this week – Roger Sterling's Lincoln Continental. Not sure what year it's from, but it's not new; riding shotgun, Mona was heard to complain that "nothing works".
Amusingly, John Slattery has already advertised Lincoln in a genuine 2010 ad campaign.
Dedicated Followers of Fashion
Roger was as immaculate as ever in an exquisitely tailored blue suit. Until he fell over in the mud.
Floral dresses are very in at the office, usually with very short skirts and knee length boots. Here's the vapid Meredith modelling a couple:
Peggy, meanwhile, has plainly found a theme for the year – deckchairs with cravats:
Perhaps not up there with classics like The Suitcase, this was still a solid, entertaining piece of drama capably scripted by old hand Erin Levy. The Roger B plot felt a bit throwaway, but was, like everything involving Roger, hugely enjoyable. Don's plot, on the other hand, was a necessary slap in the face for the character (again). I doubt it will take, it never has before. Still, well played by Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss; I sympathised with Peggy, having been in similar situations myself.
The tangible arrival of the future, the looming new IBM computer, hung heavy over the episode, director Scott Hornbacher underscoring every office scene with the sound of hammers and drills as if to emphasise its all-consuming nature. As ever with Mad Men episode titles, the most obvious 'Monolith' to be seen was this new technolocigc al monstrosity. However, the other obvious reference is to the previous year's big movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, which featured not just a Monolith that transforms Mankind, but also a murderous computer. No wonder the staff at Creative feel threatened…
Author Simon FernandesPosted on May 7, 2014 Categories Mad Men reviewsTags Bert Cooper, Don Draper, Freddy Rumsen, John Slattery, Lincoln, Mad Men, Marigold, Peggy Olson, Robert Morse, Roger Sterling, The Monolith
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2.5D Musicals Continue to Develop! What are their charms?
Posted by info.fri | On 27 December,2017 | In FRI's eye
"2.5-Dimensional Musicals" are stage musicals that spring from an alliance between 2-D works like manga, anime, etc. and the 3-D world through musical theater. What is it about 2.5-dimensional musicals that have made them appealing enough to become a part of Japan's distinctive subcultures? What path have they taken, and how will they develop in the future?
■ The Popularity that Tennimu Built for 2.5-Dimensional Musicals
2.5-dimensional musicals are musicals and other kinds of live theater based on manga, anime, games, etc. Live theater based on manga goes back to 1947's Rose of Versailles.*1 The early shows emphasized girls' manga, but they haven't grown as much as one might think. There were several shows based on Weekly Shonen Jump titles, and the Prince of Tennis*2 Musical ("Tennimu" for short) launched in 2003. It initially was selling about 70% of its venues, but as female fans began spreading word of mouth it grew. Today it is one of the definitive 2.5-D musicals. In 2013 the number of 2.5-D musicals per year exceeded 60 titles, and the total attendance was more than 1.6 million.
(These figures are from the following pamphlet from the Japan 2.5-Dimensional Musical Association: http://www.j25musical.jp/user/download/J2.5DMA_pamphlet.pdf
■ Meet the Characters! Watch Them Grow! The Charms of 2.5-D
How are 2.5-dimensional musicals different from other kinds of live theater? The biggest difference is of course being based on manga, anime, and other works with 2-dimensional visuals. Many fans look forward to seeing how the 2-dimensional characters will turn out when brought to life in 2.5-D form. In a sense people come to these shows not just to "see" their favorite characters, but to "meet" them. The young performers aren't always excellent actors or singers, but the audience can enjoy watching them grow. Fans often turn out for performances to cheer their favorite performers and see how they develop. Those fans who seek a multifaceted experience can look forward to changes between performances, adlibbing, and talks after the show. These aspects have helped 2.5-dimensional musicals earn a place in audiences' hearts and cement their popularity.
■ Not Just Hot Guys! Expanding the Audiences and Offerings
When 2.5-D musicals first started, they emphasized young, attractive male actors on the stage and young women in the target audience. However, in recent years the Takarazuka Revue*3, whose core audience is women in their 40s and 50s, has expanded its casting to include actors of the same age range, and expanded its audience. The Naruto*4 Live Spectacle in March of this year, prominently features former Takarazuka stars. 2.5-D musicals already have traction in the marketplace, and not just with young people. In 2014 a 2.5-Dimensional Musical Association was established to promote 2.5-D musicals, and in April of 2015 they opened the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo in Shibuya, specifically for 2.5-D musicals.
■ The Future of 2.5-Dimensional Musicals: Expanding Overseas
With the aforementioned Association leading the charge, 2.5-D musicals are now reaching out to foreign customers, and aiming to export the musicals themselves internationally, particularly in Asia. The Association's website makes it easy to buy tickets from overseas, and the AiiA Theater is equipped with special glasses to provide subtitles in three languages (English, Chinese, and Korean). Furthermore, as a trial Death Note*5 the Musical was offered in South Korea, re-cast with local actors instead of the original Japanese performers. The result was a 2.5-D musical with a measure of traction in the local marketplace. Will they be able to win the hearts of people overseas? Only time will tell.
■ Experience a 2.5-Dimensional Musical!
Below is the main lineup for this year. If you see a show that interests you, we'd like you to take the opportunity to enter the 2.5-D world.
~ LINEUP ~
・Musical The Prince of Tennis 3rd Season SEIGAKU vs YAMABUKI
・Musical Hetalia -Singin' in the World-
*1)NHK anime world "The Rose of Versailles"
*2)The Prince of Tennis
*3)Official Website – TAKARAZUKA REVUE (English)
*4)NARUTO
*5)DEATH NOTE
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You don't have to be a spy to violate the Espionage Act – and other crucial facts about the law Trump may have broken
By Joseph Ferguson and Thomas A. Durkin, 22 Aug 2022
Joseph Ferguson, Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago and Thomas A. Durkin, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago are both attorneys who specialize in and teach national security law. While navigating the sound and fury over the Trump search, this article highlights important things to note about the Espionage Act.
Subjects: Criminal Law, Digital Archives, Government Resources, Legal Research, Public Records, United States Law
A bit about PURLs
By Ed Summers, 20 Jan 2022
Ed Summers, librarian, metadata expert, teacher, and computational expert, delivers an insighful lesson on the Persistent Uniform Resource Locator. PURLs were developed to make URLs more resilient and persistent over time. You could put a PURL into a catalog record and if the URL it pointed to needed to change you changed the redirect on the PURL server, and all the places that pointed to the PURL didn't need to change. It was a beautifully simple idea, and has influenced other approaches like DOI and Handle. But this simplicity depends on a commitment to keeping the PURL up to date.
Subjects: Archives, Cataloging, Digital Archives, Information Architecture, Information Management, Information Mapping, Internet Resources - Web Links, KM, Reference Resources, Search Strategies
Finding People Resources and Sites 2022
By Marcus P. Zillman, 30 Nov 2021
This guide by Marcus Zillman identifies a wide range of free and fee based resources from which to choose to conduct people searches as well as brand and company reputation research, for business or personal reasons. It is important to note that the largest and most prominent data aggregators resell their content to other sites. In addition, data on free and some fee based sites may not be cleansed and can include inaccuracies that range from minor to critical. Also, many sites offer free search but charge a fee to review the results. It is therefore advisable to use multiple sources in your research and compare and contrast results before pursuing the use of these data.
Subjects: Big Data, Business Research, Competitive Intelligence, Data Mining, KM, Legal Research, LEXIS, Reference Resources, Search Engines, Search Strategies, Social Media, Westlaw
RSS Feeds, PACER, and the Fight for Access to Federal Docket Information
By Rebecca Fordon, 27 Sep 2020
What is RSS and how do federal courts use it? Rebecca Fordon informs us that courts vary in the types of documents they provide via RSS feeds – only about 70% of bankruptcy courts and 50% of district courts provide full feeds. The effort urging courts to fully enable RSS feeds has many advocates and would have a significant positive impact for legal researchers in all sectors.
Subjects: Court Resources, Courts & Technology, Freedom of Information, Government Resources, Legal Technology, Public Records, RSS Newsfeeds, United States Law
Book Review: A Short And Happy Guide To Advanced Legal Research
By Nicole L. Black, 26 Sep 2020
Nicole L. Black's review highlights this book's breadth of coverage and its format, information about a variety of free online tools, including public records databases, newsletters, and encyclopedias, and case law and statutes, fee-based legal research tools, as well as traditional case law and statutory research tools, and cutting edge AI-based legal research and data analytics software.
Subjects: AI, Book Reviews, Legal Research, LEXIS, Online Legal Research Services, Reference Resources, Westlaw
Hands On with Lexis+, New Premium Research Service from LexisNexis
By Robert Ambrogi, 26 Sep 2020
Robert Ambrogi has authored the definitive review of Lexis+. His precise and expert review of the site, accompanied by relevant screen shots, is a must read guide for legal researchers as they consider whether to transition to this new platform. Ambrogi states: "The basic experience of conducting legal research in Lexis+ is not all that different from Lexis Advance. But the added features that I described above — Search Tree, Missing and Must Include, Search Term Maps, and Ravel View — are valuable in that they give researchers more control over their searches and results without requiring them to be power researchers."
Subjects: KM, Legal Research, LEXIS
The Future of PACER
By Emily Donnellan, 24 Apr 2020
Emily Donnellan updates readers on the lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit over what essentially boils down to the question: are PACER fees too high? Donnellan includes resources to track and monitor changes and issues related to Pacer in addition to user objections to fees.
Subjects: Courts & Technology, E-Government, Electronic Court Filing, Law Librarians, Legal Research, Legal Technology, Public Records
COVID-19, Copyright, and Library Superpowers Part II
By Kyle K. Courtney, 31 Mar 2020
If you work in any of the higher ed institutions that are preparing to move online – maybe your copyright world has exploded in a range of questions on fair use, e-reserves, online access, scanning, digitization, and more! Many in the library community are working towards the best solution for students, faculty, staff, and patrons in this time of crisis. To help you navigate this process, lawyer, librarian, copyright academic Kyle K. Courtney's Two Part article offers a wealth of guidance on the legal tools libraries have for copyright as "stewards of access" in our communities. [See Part 1]
Subjects: Copyright, Document Delivery, Education, Health, KM, Law Librarians, Legal Education, Legislative, Licensing, Reference Resources, United States Law
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues May 26, 2019
By Pete Weiss, 26 May 2019
Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Finland is winning the war on fake news. Other nations want the blueprint; Ari Mahairas and Peter Beshar on AI and 5G security risks; Age of fraud: Are seniors more vulnerable to financial scams?; Concern Growing Over 'Nefarious' Website Offering Individuals' Personal Information, Reputation Rating.
Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cyberlaw, Cybersecurity, Elder Law, Public Records, Technology Trends
Move to a paperless law firm with these scanning tools
By Nicole L. Black, 28 Apr 2019
Nicole L. Black discusses how e-filing mandates in many jurisdictions are causing lawyers to digitize their law firm's documents, and as a result more firms are moving toward a paperless law office—or at the very least, an office with less paper. She suggest some effective avenues to achieve this goal.
Subjects: Case Management, Computer Hardware, Legal Research, Product Reviews


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Not a single Democrat voted for the "Green New Deal," proving they don't actually believe what they say
In what obviously came as a shock to many, the Senate recently voted on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (AOC) so-called "Green New Deal," and wouldn't you know it – not a single member of Congress, including Democrats, voted in favor of it.
With a final vote of 0-57, with all 43 Democrats simply voting "present," the cow fart-banning, fossil fuel-eradicating, economy-destroying socialist mess was finally put to rest – much to the chagrin of AOC, who almost immediately chastised all of her colleagues for not supporting her pipe dream legislation.
The non-binding resolution quite obviously failed to reach the 60 votes that would have been necessary for actual debates to begin, revealing the utter ridiculousness of the proposal right out of the gate. It's also now obvious that AOC and her ideas exist on the absolute fringe, garnering total bipartisan opposition.
Even avowed socialist Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who technically identifies as an "independent," voted "present" on the Green New Deal, suggesting that he, too, thinks it's just plain crazy and will never work.
"The vote had been teed up by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in a bid to make Democratic senators – including several 2020 presidential candidates – go on the record about the measure," Fox News reported.
"McConnell had called the proposal 'a radical, top-down, socialist makeover of the entire U.S. economy.'"
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Even Democrat Senator Ed Markey, who co-authored the Green New Deal, didn't vote in favor of it
Hilariously, even AOC's partner in crime, Democrat Senator and Green New Deal co-author Ed Markey, reportedly gave a "present" vote rather than support his own bill, leaving AOC all alone in her quest to stop the world from allegedly ending in 12 years due to cow farts.
"The American people will see," McConnell stated confidently before he put the Green New Deal up for a vote. "They'll see which senators are so fully committed to radical left-wing ideology that they can't even vote 'no' on self-inflicted economic ruin that would take a sledgehammer to America's middle class."
Even more hilarious was AOC's post-vote claim that she somehow "encouraged" her colleagues to vote "present" rather than in favor of the Green New Deal – offering no explanation as to why she would do this – only to proceed into a typical rant about climate change.
"McConnell tried to rush the #GreenNewDeal straight to the floor without a hearing," AOC whined on Twitter. "The real question we should be asking: Why does the Senate GOP refuse to hold any major hearings on climate change?"
And leave it to Leftist Democrats still in favor of the Green New Deal to double down on their support for it, even going so far as to claim that it's still very popular and that people just love it.
Sean McElwee, writing for the failing New York Times, actually published an article entitled, "People Actually Like the Green New Deal," that tries to whitewash the rejection of the Green New Deal by both aisles of Congress, insisting that the plan somehow has bipartisan support.
"McElwee's finding is that people love greenie-weenie schemes if you emphasize the benefits and promise that the costs will be minimal and paid for by someone else," writes Kevin D. Williamson for National Review. "One wonders whether McElwee ever has met a conservative."
For a more in-depth analysis of how the Green New Deal would not only bankrupt our country but also starve people to death, check out this analysis by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger.
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Climate change scientists tout "benefits" of geoengineering (chemtrails) in renewed push to pollute the atmosphere, dim the sun and freeze the planet
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Leftists demand a climate debate "for those who have died" but would never hold an abortion debate for the millions of dead babies they've left behind
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Methane emissions from oil and gas exploration wildly overestimated in "scientific" studies, new report finds
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Corporate media accidentally admits higher CO2 levels were present on planet Earth millions of years before humankind ever existed
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China caught emitting ACTUAL greenhouse gases that are harmful, while ignorant AOC claims U.S.A. is the problem
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Sweeney is a musical masterpiece
SWEENEY Todd is, quite simply, a dramatic and musical masterpiece.
It forces anyone who has Jason Donovan down as a performer who should stick to pop music and kitsch musicals to change their mind — at knifepoint.
He was cogent to the point of being menacing as the demon barber of Fleet Street, his singing voice expertly expressingly Sweeney's vacillations between murderous rage and vengeance, romance and tenderness.
Donovan's gaunt face expressed every sneer and sinister grimace with such conviction through the performance that more than a few bottoms could be heard to shift in their seats as the music ebbed.
Although Donovan's performance was impeccable it would be an injustice to overstate his role at the expense of the rest of the cast. The piece was a triumph of the ensemble. Every cast-member, each of whom played an instrument and never left the stage, shone and deserves recognition.
The lighting, set and props were simple but effective. When Donovan used his murderous blades, piercing whistles ripped through the tense atmosphere, all was lit in bright red and blood was symbolically passed from one bucket to another.
Once dispatched by Donovan, his victims donned a white, blood-smattered cloak and retreated to the shadows to play their instruments and stare mournfully at the audience.
The production would also make anyone with a penchant for home-made pies think again before dashing into an inner-city pie shop to sate their appetite — especially if it happened to be under a barber's shop. I for one will never touch gala pie again.
Imagine a gothic Pat Butcher with hair extensions and you are getting close to Harriet Thorpe's characterisation of Mrs Lovett — the purveyor of the play's famously delicious pies with a hard-to-place taste.
She consummately trod the razor-thin line between the maternal and the mercenary and convincingly played the role of inner city matriarch, rubbing her hands with avarice and offering up her sizeable bosom for comfort.
The object of Thorpe's motherly instincts and heaving bosom was James Spilling's Toby — the abject underling. As violinist he provided the most delicate musical moments in the play and lolling around the stage as a disturbed and vulnerable street urchin his character inspired laughs and pity.
Joanna Hickman had an unsettling stage-presence as she stared dolefully out at the audience as the ghostly white-clad cellist. Her powerful voice demanded attention when she stepped up as Sweeney's daughter Johanna, apple of the eye of Anthony, again consummately played by fellow cellist Greg Barnett.
Oliver Beamish was brilliant as the true demon of the play — the lip-lickingly lascivious and conniving Judge Turpin. Gemma Page's clarinet was sublime and her performance as a beggar woman was at times hilarious.
Susan van den Berg's ululating performance as Pirelli was effective enough for me to have to suppress a cheer when she became Sweeney's first victim and then retreated to the shadows to continue with the music. Peter Head's portrayal of the brash Beadle inspired similar levels of loathing and his piano playing was divine.
You have until Saturday to see Sweeney Todd at the New Victoria Theatre. Book a seat now.


A wife survived a 40-mile terror ride clinging to the hood of a minivan with her husband behind the wheel speeding at 100mph.
She hung on to the windscreen wipers and a side mirror as Christopher Michael Carroll raced between Manteca and Pleasanton, California.
Finally, the terrifying journey ended with his arrest and he now faces a charge of attempted murder.
The drama began after midnight on Saturday when 36-year-old Carroll quarrelled with his wife at their Manteca home.
When he stormed out of the house and into the family minivan, she stood in front of the vehicle trying to stop him driving off.
Carroll allegedly sped off through through the streets of Manteca until he reached the Interstate 205 highway and hit 100mph.
Motorists raised the alarm before Carroll pulled over in Pleasanton where his wife slid off the hood.
She was treated for hypothermia by emergency crews due to the 45 degree temperature and high winds.
Carroll is in custody in the San Joaquin County Jail.


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Judge Lloyd James Brooks was sworn in by Illinois Supreme Court Justice P. Scott Neville on December 21, 2018 and is currently assigned to hear civil matters in the Richard J. Daley Center. Judge Brooks' appointment was bittersweet, it is the pinnacle event in his career to date. However, he was unable to share it with his mother who passed away after a lengthy battle with colon cancer in December of 2014.
Judge Brooks is the only son and oldest child of James and Mary Brooks. Judge Brooks spent his childhood in Harvey, IL and has spent his entire life living in the South Suburbs of Chicago. Judge Brooks recently had the honor of returning to his elementary school to perform his first swearing in for the board members of the Harvey School District #152. The event was made extra special as Judge Brooks' 4th grade teacher was there to observe the event. He graduated from Thornridge High School in Dolton, IL and then on to the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana where Judge Brooks graduated in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in Finance.
In 1997, Judge Brooks decided to attend Northwestern University School of Law where he graduated from in 2000. At Northwestern, Judge Brooks made the dean's list and became a Senior Editor of the Journal of International Law and Business.
After working at two Chicago area insurance coverage firms, in 2004, Judge Brooks decided to open his own firm. His first office was located in his apartment in Dolton, IL where he saw his first clients in his living room. Almost immediately, Judge Brooks began specializing in the defense of the rights of consumers. As an attorney, Judge Brooks fought for equal justice for homeowners facing foreclosure.
Judge Brooks has fought for and won appeals on behalf of his clients, which have resulted in court decisions that have shaped consumer's rights in Illinois and in some cases around the country. Judge Brooks now used his knowledge of debtor/creditor laws to handle his call presiding over post judgment collection matters. Judge Brooks now presides in the Jury Trial Section of the First Municipal District. He hears all matters leading up to trial in civil cases where damages are less than $30,000.
Judge Brooks has been found recommended or qualified to be a Circuit Court Judge by the 12 Chicagoland area bar associations.
Judge Brooks continues to live in the South Suburbs of Chicago with his wife, Jamilla, his children and his granddaughter.
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Keke Palmer Opens VMAs With Emotional Tribute to Chadwick Boseman
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Wakanda forever. Keke Palmer paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. The former Nickelodeon star opened the 37th annual VMAs with an emotional speech dedicated to the Black Panther star two days after the world learned of his tragic death.
"Before we get into the music tonight, we need to talk about the devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman, an actor whose talent and passion is a true inspiration to all the fans he touched and everyone he encountered," she said at the VMAs, which were held on Sunday, August 30, in New York City. "We dedicate tonight's show to a man whose spirit touched so many. He is a true hero. Not just on screen but in everything he did. His impact lives forever."
The VMAs also paid tribute to Boseman later in the awards show with a package featuring videos and photos of the actor. Boseman's team confirmed his death on Friday, August, 28, with a post on his social media accounts. The Marvel star died at 43 years old after a four-year battle with colon cancer.
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"It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman.  Chadwick was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and battled with it these last 4 years as it progressed to stage IV," read the statement, which was accompanied by a black-and-white photo of Boseman. "A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much. From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and several more, all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy."
The statement continued, "It was the honor of his career to bring King T'Challa to life in Black Panther. He died in his home, with his wife and family by his side. The family thanks you for your love and prayers, and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.
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Trudeau Is Blowing His Party's Second Chance
May 18th, 2019 | RR
Canadians decided to give the Liberal Party a second chance in 2015, but Justin Trudeau is blowing it. After a devastating corruption scandal that involved an advertising program in Quebec that ended up funnelling money back to the Liberal Party in several illegal ways, the Liberal Party was left reeling from its own, self-inflicted beating in 2006. From there, the party elected a series of aloof, arrogant and out-of-touch leaders who made the damage worse. With no hope left after the 2011 election, which saw the NDP replace the Liberal Party as the official opposition, Liberals had one last trick up their sleeve to win back Canadians. That trick was Justin Trudeau, but after nearly four years of the same old corruption, Canadians are seeing the party's true colours rise back up to the surface.
Stephane Dion was a disaster. Michael Ignatieff was a disaster. Justin Trudeau is a disaster. Canadians gave the corrupt old Liberals a second chance in the last federal election, but in return, Justin Trudeau is giving them a whole new series of corruption scandals that make the Sponsorship Scandal look like a normal day at the park. First, the Trudeau government tried to kill a naval ship-building deal in order to rewrite and award a new contract to its friends at Irving Shipbuilding. That whole fiasco came to light from the Mark Norman Affair, which was yet another act of impropriety by the Trudeau government.
Admiral Mark Norman was charged with breach of trust for allegedly leaking documents, particularly pertaining to the above ship-building deal. The RCMP investigation into his alleged leak was purportedly influenced by Justin Trudeau himself, but we'll never know for sure how the whole thing unfolded.
Mark Norman's trial was supposed to begin in August, just a couple of months before the next federal election. The trial would have likely dragged on into October and become the focus of unwanted media attention, particularly regarding some backdoor dealings involving the Trudeau government. When lawyers for Mark Norman's defence requested documents from the Trudeau government, the Trudeau government stonewalled and refused to hand them over. Clearly, there was something in those documents they didn't want Canadians to see and within a month or two, charges against Mark Norman were mysteriously stayed, citing "new information".
Go figure. No trial during an election. How convenient for the Trudeau government.
Suddenly, Mark Norman is innocent. However, it's being alleged that Justin Trudeau went out of his way to destroy Mark Norman, but when it became clear that the media and Norman's lawyers weren't about to let the trial unfold quietly, someone, somewhere put the whole thing to rest. It was strangely convenient for the Trudeau government, considering the upcoming Mark Norman trial was being referred to as Justin Trudeau's very own Mike Duffy Affair by journalists and reporters who just received a massive $600M bribe from the Liberals.
Ouch. The bribe didn't work. The details of the whole Mark Norman Affair were way too tantalizing and juicy for journalists to ignore. No one was willing to just let it slide, not Conservatives either. The opportunities provided to journalists and Conservatives by the whole Mark Norman Affair was a career booster. Any new information a journalist could uncover would most definitely lead to a higher profile, credibility and a better future in the field. For Conservatives, the whole affair is an opportunity to win votes. The Mark Norman Affair was turning out to be a big win for everyone but Justin Trudeau. Hence, the quickest way to end it was to drop all charges and hope for amnesia to set in.
How about that SNC-Lavalin scandal? Same story. The details are way too juicy to ignore, no matter how much bribe money the Trudeau government can offer. The whole scandal is starting to fade, but poll numbers aren't showing a quick recovery for Justin Trudeau or his party. Even the Nanos weekly tracker is showing a decline that doesn't seem to be rebounding quickly, if at all. I still think the rebound will happen, especially after Trudeau starts to campaign, but this slump seems less temporary and harder to ignore than I had expected. Without question, Justin Trudeau has damaged his own brand and possibly blown the second chance his party was given by voters.
"The details of the whole Mark Norman Affair were way too tantalizing and juicy..."
Since the end of February, Nanos has been showing a consistent slump for the Liberal Party with Andrew Scheer's Conservatives ahead. The Nanos margins are never very high for Conservatives, even when other polls contradict the results, so seeing a sustained slump for Liberals in a Nanos tracker is significant.
Even Nick Nanos sees gloom.
Other polls are even less generous to Liberals. An Angus Reid poll from April 30th shows the Liberals at 25%, with Conservatives in majority territory. A poll from Campaign Research shows the Liberals at 31% and the Conservatives at 35%.
On May 10th, though, the Liberals sank to 29% for the first time in the weekly Nanos tracker. If these numbers stick until October, Justin Trudeau won't be prime minister. With even a Liberal leaning pollster predicting the worst, it looks like Canadians are having some buyer's remorse.
The Liberal promises of more transparency, better ethics and a trustworthy government are all but a fart in the wind. The poll numbers are consistent enough to show that Canadians aren't necessarily willing to give the Liberals a third chance. If the latest Green Party wins and surges in polls across Canada are any indication, it looks like Canadians are still left-wing at heart, but the Liberal Party just isn't giving them what they want. Instead, Canadians are abandoning both the NDP and Liberals in favour of something new and exotic. Canada hasn't ever had a Green government, nor has any province. PEI came close to electing a Green government, while slapping the provincial Liberals down into third place. It was historic and unprecedented, but it was also a possible sign of things to come. The federal Greens now have two seats following a by-election in BC and their national poll numbers are breaking records.
If Justin Trudeau is accomplishing anything, it might be the diversification of Canada's left-wing. For Conservatives, that's a good thing. A divided left is already a problem for Liberals when the NDP surges, so a Green surge putting the party into relevancy is probably the Liberal Party's worst nightmare. It won't just be the NDP that Liberals have to worry about, they'll have a second rival on the left if this Green Party surge keeps going.
If all of this holds and the Trudeau government does fall in October, I can't see the party ever making another comeback. This was it. This was the party's second chance to prove it isn't the corrupt, malignant party Canadians thought it was in 2006. Both the Greens and NDP will capitalize on the party's losses and make it more difficult for them to re-emerge. Justin Trudeau was the Liberal Party's last hope, but he blew it.
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Initial import PP and PE prices for June have been announced with significant reductions from May in Southeast Asia, as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Players attributed the reductions in June prices to lackluster regional demand and softening upstream costs.
Two Southeast Asian producers announced their initial June prices with decreases from May this past week. One producer lowered their prices by $60/ton for PP, $60-80/ton for LDPE and $40-60/ton for HDPE, while the other producer implemented larger decreases of $200/ton for LDPE, $220/ton for homo-PP and $170-220/ton for PP copolymer, as per ChemOrbis. "We decided to reduce our prices for June as we had not been satisfied with our sales for May. We feel that prices still have some additional room to move downwards as buyers are delaying their purchases whenever possible these days," commented a source from one of the producers.
A source from a Saudi Arabian producer stated that they announced their June prices to Southeast Asia late last week with decreases of $170/ton for HDPE film, $210/ton for LLDPE film, $180-210/ton for homo-PP and $210/ton for PP copolymer. "We are waiting to receive feedback from our customers regarding our new price levels," the source reported. "We feel that we will be able to sell at our new prices as our offers are competitive when compared with other overseas sources," the source added.
A converter manufacturing plastic films reported that they received offers for Saudi Arabian LLDPE film with $210/ton decreases from May. "Demand for our end products is not doing very well these days. We plan to stick to the sidelines for now as we expect to see further price reductions in the coming weeks. We believe that LLDPE prices will drop another $150-160/ton before reaching the bottom of the current declining trend," the buyer commented. Another converter reported receiving new Middle Eastern LLDPE film offers with decreases of $130-140/ton from last month. "We are not interested in purchasing at this level as our buy ideas stand around $50-80/ton below our supplier's prices," the buyer reported.
A Vietnamese converter manufacturing plastic containers told ChemOrbis that they received new homo-PP offers from both Middle Eastern and Indian sources with month over month decreases this week. "We are in no rush to purchase these days as upstream costs are still moving lower and demand for our end products is not all that encouraging," the converter reported. A Vietnamese distributor added, "We received import homo-PP prices for Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian origins with decreases of $50/ton. We plan to offer these materials to the local market with deferred payment terms and will be willing to give discounts to customers placing firm bids. In spite of the fact that our offers will be attractive, we are not all that confident about achieving satisfactory sales volumes for next month," the distributor stated.


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RØDE Microphones supports drought-affected kids as sponsor of 2019 Schools Spectacular
RØDE Microphones has announced its support of drought-affected kids from rural New South Wales as a sponsor of the 2019 Schools Spectacular, a world-class Australian youth variety event produced by the New South Wales Department of Education.
Every year in November, over 5,000 students from 370 schools across the state perform, with an audience of over 40,000 people and over 1-million viewers tuning into the TV broadcast.
This year, RØDE was the Rural Initiative Sponsor of the show, assisting with the costs of the 'Wish Upon a Star' program. The initiative brought over 150 students to Sydney to enjoy a weekend away from the difficulties of unrelenting drought.
"Everyone at RØDE was proud to be involved in the Schools Spectacular as the Rural Initiative Sponsor," says RØDE CEO Damien Wilson.
"We are in the midst of the worst drought Australia has seen in recorded history, and the communities that these kids are from are some of the most impacted. To give them the chance to take a break from these challenges to enjoy the Schools Spectacular and have a mini-holiday was an absolute pleasure."
Podcasting was also an important feature of the 2019 Schools Spectacular show. In addition to the podcasts produced by students in the lead up to the event, the RØDE Mobile Podcast Studio was also present on the Schools Spectacular red carpet entrance, recording interviews with students, government ministers, VIPs and dignitaries in attendance.
The 2019 Schools Spectacular will air on Channel 7 in Sydney at 7pm (AEDT) on Saturday, December 7, 2019, and will be available to stream via 7Plus thereafter.
Find out more about RØDE's involvement with the 2019 Schools Spectacular here.
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Iraqi troops exchanged the remains of nearly 250 soldiers killed during the eight-year Iraqi imposed war on Iran. ( 18:30:39 - 2008/12/01)
Iran to Stage Naval Exercise in December
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Navy Force commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that his country will stage a naval drill in and around the Strait of Hormoz next month. ( 18:17:45 - 2008/12/01)
Army Commander:
Enemy Warships Good Target for Iran's Rapid Response
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Iranian army viewed enemies' heavy warships as a proper target for a rapid response by his troops. ( 18:31:59 - 2008/11/30)
Commander: Iran Powerful Enough to Close Hormuz Strait
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Islamic Republic Army's Navy Force Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said here that the Iranian Navy is capable of blocking the Hormuz Strait. ( 15:57:34 - 2008/11/30)
Iran Tasks Air Force with Guarding Nation
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Air Force will be the 'ultimate bulwark' against foreign threats in the event of war, a senior military commander said. ( 14:58:26 - 2008/11/30)
Commander Highlights Preparedness of Iranian Air Force
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Iran's Air Force said here Saturday that his forces have displayed their actual combat readiness and capability in several cases in the last few months. ( 19:52:15 - 2008/11/29)
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Analyses Linking Arrest of Spies with Israeli Attack on Iran Incorrect
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Iran, Tajikistan Stress Implementation of Defense Deal
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received Iranian navy commanders here in Tehran Wednesday morning. ( 20:37:53 - 2008/11/26)
Israel: US No Impediment to Strike against Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- The United States has not pressured Israel to rule out military action in order to halt Iran's nuclear program, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday after talks with President George W. Bush. ( 19:09:55 - 2008/11/26)
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International co-curating through Skype – how Manchester Museum created its Jallianwala Bagh massacre exhibition
Curated by Dana Andrew on May 20, 2019
This article was written by Adrian Murphy and first appeared in Museums+ Heritage Advisor online https://advisor.museumsandheritage.com/features/international-co-curating-skype-manchester-museum-created-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-exhibition/
Manchester Museum has recently opened its latest major exhibition, Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab under Siege, which has seen it create an international partnership with The Partition Museum in Amritsar, India to curate the exhibition by using Skype and Google Drive
Using the internet, the two museums have managed to develop the six-month exhibition for under £30,000 and have demonstrated how an international collaboration can flourish through a series of scheduled video calls, online file transfers and the use of shared online documents
Manchester Museum's exhibition is inspired by and uses information and images from The Partition Museum's Punjab Under Siege – The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Centenary (1919 -2019) exhibition, which opened on 11 August and is the result of its director, Esme Ward's visit to the museum last year where she met the museum team.
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, which took place on 13 April 1919, is said to be a turning point in the fate of the British Empire after troops of the British Indian Army, under the command of Acting Brig-Gen Reginald Dyer, fired rifles into a crowd of Punjabis who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab resulting in the recorded deaths of 379 and more than 1,100 injured.
Last month Prime Minister Theresa May stated the British government's 'deep regret' for the massacre calling it a "shameful scar on British Indian history". However, no formal apology has ever been made.
Now the massacre is being remembered at Manchester Museum in an exhibition that explores how the British came to be in India, what led to the massacre, and its ramifications for the British Empire.
Manchester Museum is currently building a new South Asia Gallery in partnership with the British Museum and its director, Esme Ward received a grant from the British Council to visit India and pursue a youth exchange programme between Bangaluru and Manchester.
However, just before she left in late summer last year she met author, Lady Kishwar Desai at the British Library, who was involved in developing The Partition Museum, which opened in August 2017. Desai, whose books include, Jallianwala Bagh, 1919: The Real Story on which the exhibition is based, told Ward to visit the museum in Amritsar and see the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre displays.
"And of course, when she said it, I knew that this would be something we could explore as Manchester is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre this year and Jallianwala Bagh happened 100 years later in 1919," says Ward.
"I was thinking how museums in the UK could build different relationships with museums internationally and what that looks like. Often this revolves around a touring exhibition or an international exchange programme, but that's only individuals, that's not building a relationship between museums. So I travelled to Amritsar to visit the Partition Museum and meet the people there and will now build a partnership for the longer term, in relation to our new South Asia Gallery, which will open in 2021."
But she says they couldn't just take the show as it was in Amritsar to Manchester as much of it was about being in that place and being able to visit the garden and memorial.
This led to the idea of a six-month co-curation of a new version of the exhibition that would be facilitated via Skype. Ward says that both Manchester and Amritsar are two cities deeply affected by colonialism in very different ways and this was a chance to show a global perspective rarely explored.
As a sector, Ward says museums are extraordinary well placed to do this work. "Very early on I was thinking about the skills we needed to curate this exhibition and I asked someone who had never curated a major show before but who is an educator and extremely good at collaborations and public engagement."
She chose Catherine Lumb, who has spent her career working on programmes with secondary school children to understand some of the ethics and issues around museum collections.
Lumb was introduced over Skype to Priyanka Seshadri, The Partition Museum's Museum Associate for Curation, in late November and the two of them had regular online meetings.
"This was a real challenge but an exciting one – international partnerships can be difficult –and I was concerned about not being able to go over there before the exhibition and see everything and meet people was going to be a barrier, but it actually hasn't been," she says.
Lumb says that all The Partition Museum exhibition text was put into Google Drive and her and Seshadri were able to edit and make live comments and save changes. The space at Manchester Museum is smaller than its Amritsar counterpart, which means that they condensed the text from more than 5,000 words to 1,500.
"All of the content the Partition Museum had we went through week-by-week, section-by-section. Pryanka put all of the photography and images and audiovisual content for each of the sections on Google Drive. We decided which bits were vital, which we could lose and which bits we could condense and re-edit."
Manchester Museum has also been able to use The Partition Museum's witness accounts from the Disorders Inquiry Committee report on the massacre. Some of those accounts have been recorded in Hindi by The Partition Museum and are played in the background of the exhibition. They have also used interviews from descendant that will be played on screen, which have been subtitled into English by The Partition Museum.
"We also have versions of some of the court lines read out by actors from Dyer's interview, where he tries to explain some of the rationale for why he decided to do what he did.
The exhibition, says Lumb, is a capsule of what is on show at The Partition Museum and they are hoping to digitally support the content so visitors will have access to the wider resources.
"I think when the international collaboration was first mentioned I found it quite intimidating but myself and Pryanka found it a lot easier than we thought it would be," said Lumb. "Skype has been a fantastic resource and being able to have conversations, as much as the telephone is a fab invention, and being able to see each other's faces and talk face-to-face has been far more beneficial and it something that we will utilise a lot more in the future."
Leading up to the launch of Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab under Siege exhibition on 11 April, Lumb also conducted a video conference with Seshadri's team and her own visitor team so they would feel confident talking about the exhibition's content.
"So, it has been a really enlightening experience seeing the possibilities of this process. Obviously there are a few things we learnt along the way with regards to being very clear about deadlines, especially given the time difference. And also that we gave each other enough time to respond to requests. I think on the whole this is going to encourage us to do more partnerships like this and I would encourage other museum colleagues to not be afraid of developing their own partnership in this way."
Manchester Museum has supplemented its exhibition with loans from its partner museums. It has loaned a Lee-Enfield Rifle from the Fusiliers Museum in Bury, which is the same type of rifle used in the massacre, textiles from the Whitworth which highlight the cotton trade and one in a series of five Empire Marketing Board posters from Manchester Art Gallery, highlighting the tea trade.
There are also botany samples from its own collection that help explain why Britain was in India. The museum has also collaborated with the Singh Twins to create a new large-scale artwork for the exhibition depicting the massacre. Manchester musician, Aziz Ibrahim has also created a new piece of music in response to the tragedy.
A larger partnership within the UK has also been created with smaller versions of the exhibition being displayed at the Library of Birmingham and the Nehru Centre in London.
And a legacy of the exhibition will be the museum's new relationships with its community, including work with gurdwaras in the area, which has involved recording the stories of descendants of those individuals who were present at Jallianwala Bagh, which will be shared with The Partition Museum.
"I love the way this partnership and exhibition has given us a different lens to look at our collection," says Ward. "For me there is a lot of talk about decolonising museums and about restitution but the conversations regarding restitution are often framed in legal language around ownership, and what I'm interested in is how we can be more relational. How do we shift this to be thinking about our relationships? And for me that means our relationships with museums and with people in India."
Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab under Siege will have a closing ceremony on 2 October, a date that marks the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birth and it is hoped that following this, parts of the exhibition will find a permanent home in some of the local gurdwaras.
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Austin 10HP Light Utility
by: Jim Rae [ JIMBRAE ]
Capricorn Publications have been doing a good job since their inception with a series of excellent publications dealing with a variety of Softskin and light AFVs. This new book comes into the really 'topical' category coming as it does after the release of SKP Model's Tilly and just before the same vehicle is released by Tamiya. It also comes after the release of another book on the Tilly dealing with the wide variety of color schemes which the vehicle carried during its extensive service career. The essential difference in this book are the two focal points - Technical Details of the Vehicle and, coverage of the vehicle in its service with the Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade.
The book's Specifications
Most publishers have established a 'standard' format and Capricorn Publications is no exception. Similarily to the the other books in their 'Army Wheels in Detail' series, the book consists of 40 pages and is softcover. Broadly speaking (more in a minute) the book is split into Four Sections: History, Focus on the Technical aspects, Color Profiles and 1/35th scale Plans.The book is written by Petr Brojo who has done a considerable amount of technical research on numerous vehicles and subjects.
I'll do an overview of each section individually and complete the Review with and evaluation of its value to the modeler.
History. Consistng of just six pages, the author presents a series of excellent contemporary images of the Tilly at War with the Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade. the photos are of very good quality and show detail and markings clearly. For those of a 'Convertible' turn of mind, the star of the show is undoubtedly the Tilly converted into a Mobile Canteen - looking more like a small furniture removal van than anything else.
Addendum: Mike Shackleton has just e-mailed me to say thet the image I commneted on was NOT in fact a Tilly after all. In fact, it's actually an Austin 10 saloon. As Mike pointed out, It doesn't have the gills in the side of the bonnet, it has the narrower driver's door of the saloon (the Tillys were lengthened for easier rear passenger access) and it has completely different wheels and a car bumper with overriders. Thanks to Mike for his update!
The photos are all of good size and are meticulously captioned.
Within the section 'Focus on the Technical aspects, the author uses a combination of two reliable sources - the Original technical Manuals along with photos of several preserved examples. The running order for this section is:
• Exterior
• Chassis
• Exterior Details (lights Fenders etc.)
At this point, being aware of the 'liberties' which are taken in the preservation of military vehicles (particularly those in museums), one's initial reaction is to be cautious over details. However, with the vehicles that are used this is NOT the case. Using a 'Parallel' presentation, Brojo presents images of the actual vehicle and links it to reproductions of the original manual. This serves to dissipate any doubts as to the accuracy of these vehicles. Not once did I see a piece which was incorrect or inappropriate. For those who are taking a basic model to the 'next' level certain areas of the coverage, in my opinion, are vital. These are: Engine (adding areas such as wiring), Interior (Color of the seats, details of the dashboard and areas such as gearstick or steering wheel) The Tilt (attachment points), or the Radiator Muffler (standard on all vehicles although there were differences in design). The presentation in this section is, once again, superlative. The only thing which is missing, are images of the bed of the cargo bay although the Tilt Hoops and their attachment points ARE present in the scale plans. Using this section as a guide, you really could spend hours of harmless fun rebuilding and super-detailing a Tilly model.
Regarding the Color Profiles, three vehicles are featured. Two of them are Czech, the third the famous vehicle with the 'Caunter' scheme. As a wide variety of schemes are covered in Mike Shackleton's book, this didn't bother me too much although perhaps another page would have been welcome. The value of these profiles is that they show two VERY typical color schemes covering Early and Late coloration and are linked to the correct British Standard Color References.
The final section is a page of nicely-drawn and detailed 1/35th plans. These will be of particular value for the form of the Tilt and its supports.
As I said before, this book is the perfect companion volume to Mike Shackleton's 'Tilly Colours'. Rather than duplicating the research it goes off in an equally valuable direction by looking (almost) exclusively at the Technical Details of the vehicle. In this, the modeler is very fortunate as it's a small and low-priced book but absolutely packed with PRACTICAL details for the modeler. All too often books reproduce huge chunks of workshop manuals without any consideration for their practicality. In this book, the reproductions from the Tech Manuals are very useful.
I would have liked to have seen more coverage in the Color Profiles - there again I would have liked another 100 pages of the Wartime photos! As it is, the author has balanced the book beautifully with a good, practical and tested format.
Even though the Austin Tilly is not a vehicle with the complexity of a larger subject such as an M5 Halftrack, it nevertheless has some interesting 'depth' and with this, comes many possibilities for super-detailing and existing and basic model. Fortunately now we have three Injection-moulded Austin Tillys (two in 1/35th) and another in Resin. Possibilities abound!
My thanks to Petr Brojo of Capricorn Publishing for the opportunity to Review this excellent and informative book!
Highs: The subject; the Tilly has so many possibilities for the modeler it could have been invented for us.
Lows: The color profiles. Another page or two would have been welcome along with those wartime pics we ALL need...
Verdict: To give so much info in only 40 pages is an impressive accomplishment. Combining the 'Original' Users manual with contemporary images is also a well-thought out production. Excellent.
Scale: Other
Mfg. ID: AW 07
Related Link: Publisher's Website
Our Thanks to Capricorn Publications!
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Self-employed English teacher living in NW Spain. Been modelling off and on since the sixties. Came back into the hobby around ten years ago. First love is Soviet Armor with German subjects running a close second. Currently exploring ways of getting cloned to allow time for modelling, working and wr...
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Thanks for getting that posted James!
AlanL
Hii folks, This is a hand little reference book for the Tilly. A logical follow on would be the Austin 10hp Saloon (Staff Car) An opportunity for SKP/Tamiya too after their Tilly? Al


Mothers Day Haul for the Scottish Mum Household from the Kids and Warner Bros.
Mothers day is a good day for some, and not such a good day for others. Motherhood came to me by adoption, but a mother I am. Warner Bros. came first with a fabulous box of feel good movies for me to watch (when the kids are not here) and sent through Doctor Zhivago, An American in Paris, Gone with the Wind and The Blind Side.
From the kids, came a lovely bunch of flowers, a box of Ferrero Roche chocolate, a little make up bag and a prettily decorated daffodil from my middle boy who made it at his special school. The teachers had spent time to help him write out the card himself, and he is as proud as punch of it.
There were two little golden oscar chocolate figures in the Warner Bros. pack, of which one was a little broken, but it still ate well.
Yum said littlest who was a little worried at first by the gold coating, but it was tasty.
The home made cards are lovely to get, so much work goes into them.
Happy Mothers' Day! Looks like your boys and WB truly spoilt you.
Nice haul, Kiddo! You truly ARE a mum to be honored today and every, single day to come. You are so very special. Enjoy all of life's gifts!
Thank you Lois. Thats a lovely comment. Is about time we had a catchup soon, and properly when kids are not around. Chicago time is so different to ours. Hope you are doing something nice today too.