All donations will go to Amnesty International to support their work!
This film is being shown in partnership with Amnesty International. We're proud to welcome Jim McDonald, the Sri Lanka Country Specialist for Amnesty International USA. He has served in this volunteer position since 1990. He has appeared before Congress on behalf of AIUSA and has coordinated several campaigns by AIUSA members on Sri Lanka. Jim works as a lawyer in Chicago. We're also hoping one of the film makers will be able to participate as well, either in person or via web video.
Carefully evidenced and powerfully measured, 'No Fire Zone' is a feature length film about the final awful months of the 26 year long Sri Lankan civil war told by the people who lived through it. It is a meticulous and chilling expose of some of the worst war crimes and crimes against humanity of recent times - told through the extraordinary personal stories of a small group of characters and also through some of the most dramatic and disturbing video evidence ever recorded.
This was supposed to be a war conducted in secret. The Government excluded the international press, forced the UN to leave the war zone and ruthlessly silenced the Sri Lankan media – literally dozens of media workers were killed, exiled or disappeared. While the world looked away in the first few months of 2009 around 40,000 to 70,000 civilians were massacred – mostly by Sri Lankan government shelling, though the Tamil Tigers also stand accused of war crimes.
The film starts in September 2008. An air of deep foreboding hung over Kilinochchi– the de facto capital of the Tamil homelands of Northern Sri Lanka. The armed forces of the ultra-nationalist Sinhalese government of Sri Lanka were on the move, and the brutal secessionist army of the Tamil Tigers was on the retreat. After a twenty-six year revolt – the scene was set for the final awful endgame.
We have looked at and translated hours of raw footage which captures the day-to-day life of the people who lived and in many cases died – during the 138 days of hell which form the central narrative of our film. This footage is an incredibly intimate account of human suffering.
But the film is also built around compelling personal stories. There is Vany - a young British Tamil who was visiting relatives in Sri Lanka who became trapped along with hundreds of thousands of other men, women and children, desperately fleeing the government onslaught. She had trained as a medical technician in the UK, now she found herself helping in a makeshift hospital while doctors tried to treat hundreds of desperately injured people, in some cases performing major surgery without general anaesthetic.
Other people who tell their stories include two of the last UN workers – Peter McKay and Benjamin Dix – forced to leave on the orders of the UN which, they feel, was betraying its fundamental duty to protect.
Inevitably too, this film is the personal story of some who didn't make it.
'No Fire Zone' also brings the story up to date. The Sri Lankan government still denies this all happened in what they describe as an "humanitarian rescue". The repression and ethnic restructuring of the Tamil homelands in the north of Sri Lanka continues – journalists and government critics are still disappearing. The government will tolerate no opposition and have even turned on their own judiciary, impeaching the Chief Justice of the country when she found they had acted unconstitutionally.
Without truth there can be no justice in Sri Lanka. And without justice there can be no peace. We hope our film can be part of that truth-telling.
We offer this film, not just as the definitive film of record, but also in the hope it will jolt the international community and audience to call for action.
The film is 90 minutes long. We invite everyone to stick around for discussion afterward. We'll wrap up at 9:30pm if not before.
Transit/Parking - While we encourage the use of public transit (Red Line, #29, #62 and other buses are close), limited parking is available in the rear of the building on a first come first served basis. Bring $5 for your spot. No one will be in the lot to take it. You can pay at the ticket check-in table.
As part of the campaign, we have a global petition to the Sri Lankan government; see http://campaigns.amnesty.org/campaigns/security-with-human-rights/tell-the-truth. The petition asks the Sri Lankan government to implement our six-point agenda before CHOGM in November.
Our goal is to get at least 10,000 signatures on the petition by September 1. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could sign the petition and encourage everyone you know to sign it as well. Thanks for your consideration.


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BLM Protesters Bring A Shotgun To Officer's Home
Image Screenshot From TMJ4 News Youtube Video Below.
Officer Joseph Mensah and his partner were attacked on the 8th of August, at around 8 PM. The incident was caused by 60 protesters from the Black Lives Matter community. Mensah and his girlfriend live in their house at Wauwatosa. This place is found a few minutes away from Milwaukee. The duo was assaulted and violently attacked by the protesters. The primary goal of the BLM protesters was to vandalize the entire residence, as was reported by the local leader of the BLM community. Nevertheless, there was one protester who held a shotgun, which makes the entire situation much worse than it should have been.
However, it is quite interesting to note that the actual hypocrisy doesn't stop there.
A shift of blame
The Black Lives Matter leader claimed that the vandalizing took place in a peaceful manner. The entire incident happened only in the residence of the officer. In fact, he continued to quote that the shotgun was held by the protesters in a peaceful manner, too. It was never fired intentionally. Instead, it was shot accidentally. According to some sources, the only truth in this description was the fact that the shotgun blast missed the officer by several centimeters. It was a very close miss for Officer Mensah.
Wauwatosa officer Joseph Mensah attacked in his own home. @MilwSpinny pic.twitter.com/Yle6btgrnZ
— Vicki McKenna (@VickiMcKenna) August 9, 2020
The incident
A famous leader of the BLM movement in Milwaukee is Vaun Mayes. He revealed that the protesters went into the officer's home to put up a crime scene tape with toilet paper. However, Mensah chose to come out. It is important for the victim to stay indoors, while the protesters vandalize a place. However, Mensah didn't abide by these rules. Instead, he decided to step out and disturb the entire process, mainly because the act of vandalizing is childish and inappropriate.
The police station incident!
Mayes was in jail before the above incident. The leadership of the Black Lives Matter movement needs to be carefully thought out. For instance, Vaun was previously involved in another incident that took place at the police station. This was when the station was attempted to be brought down using a fire bomb. Vaun is still not free from his federal charges. In fact, there are several other cases against him in federal courts. Most of these cases are linked to the previously mentioned fire bomb incident at the Milwaukee Police Station. This happened in the year 2016, and is yet to receive a verdict.
A few days after the fire bomb incident, Vaun was charged for intimidating witnesses who acknowledged his involvement in the case. Details about this incident can be extracted from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The concept of vandalism is never peaceful. Even if the purpose is vandalizing and is given the term "peaceful", it would be inappropriate to call bringing a shotgun peaceful. There is no peace in this act! Mayes tried to carefully lower the intensity of the actual event by saying that the "gun fired accidentally". Yet it is quite interesting to note that Mayes never described how holding a gun can be peaceful in any way. Also, he doesn't describe why a gun was carried to the police officer's residence to begin with. These are several unanswered questions around the whole incident.
Hypocrisy, and More!
Mayes has been given many interesting names. He is believed to be much more than a leader who played a crucial role in the protest at Officer Mensah's residence. David Bowen, the State Representative, reveals that Mayes was one of the few members to consider carrying a shotgun as peaceful. He was also an important "passionate" person in the crowd. Bowen quoted that it was the officer who chose to pull the trigger. However, he didn't use his own gun, and instead picked up the shotgun of the BLM member.
The above statement is yet to be backed with any evidence. The Wauwatosa Police Department doesn't have any video recordings to ascertain on this claim. In fact, the actual video recording does not match with the claims made by Bowen.
When Mayes spoke to Heavy.com, he said, "Taking advantage of the moment." The BLM leader believes that Mensah took advantage of the vandalism to grab the protester's weapon and fire a random shot.
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President Trump's tariffs, explained: Who really pays them?
May 14, 2019 Economy
Sen. John Thune on China trade talks: Farmers want to see Trump succeed
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., on U.S. trade negotiations with China and efforts to take on robocalls.
President Trump frequently repeats that in the U.S.-China trade war, it's Beijing that ultimately pays for the hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs he's imposed.
That's not necessarily the case, however.
In actuality, a tariff — a tax applied on goods entering the country — is borne by American importers of foreign goods (think automakers or tech companies that depend on China for semiconductor supplies), who most likely will pass the cost of the tariff along to the consumer.
"It is like a tax on the finished products," Chris Gaffney, the president of TIAA Bank World Markets, told FOX Business. "It drives up the cost of production, and ultimately the price of the product."
The correlation isn't always immediate; if the tariff is temporary, some manufacturers are more willing to see their profit margin squeezed for a short period of time. But Trump's tariffs have been in place for more than a year, and there's no real end in sight as the U.S. and China continue to escalate their tit-for-tat battle. Now, the U.S. is preparing tariffs on another $300 billion of imported Chinese goods, after Beijing retaliated on Monday.
"You're going to see that as it works through the system, you're going to see prices rise in the U.S.," Gaffney said. "But we don't expect to see that for another month or two as we work our way through the process."
That's not to say there isn't some economic impact on China from the tariffs. Gaffney pointed out that Beijing has let its currency depreciate, compared to the U.S. dollar. As a result, the country's purchasing power has also fallen.
And although Trump has lauded the tariffs as a huge boon to the U.S. economy — "I am very happy with over $100 Billion a year in Tariffs filling U.S. coffers…great for U.S., not good for China!" he wrote in a tweet last week — tariffs rarely generate a big boost in federal revenue, according to the Tax Policy Center.
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Miay was born in the Temple of the Moon and studied hard to one day become a worthy sacrifice to the moon god. But when the fires of war of the race of men and ores reached the moonlit shores of the moon elves' lakeside habitat, Miay rose up and led forth her countrymen in defiance of foreign invaders. Despite their best efforts, Miay and her fellow elves were finally forced by the countless enemy horde to make a last stand in the Temple of the Moon. As Miay knelt in the center of the temple to offer prayers for one last time, just as the great army of men and ores were about to destroy this sacred place, a miracle occurred. The moon god answered Miay's prayer and blessed her longbow with an ancient and powerful blessing. Miay grasped the bow and fired an arrow, which was transformed into an eagle spirit by the power of the stars, splitting the enemy army asunder. Miay led her countrymen out of the temple, raining showers of star-wrought arrows upon the enemy with each pull of her bow. Meanwhile her eagle hovered over the enemy, singling them out and attacking them. Like a falling tide, the humans and ores quickly started to retreat. Miay and her countrymen retook the shores of the Moon God, and the moon elves recognized Miay and her spirit eagle as the Moon God incarnated. The young Miay knew in her heart that if this problem was not stopped at the root, the wars would never end. With the Moon God's blessing, she set out on a journey to the land of dawn, hoping to find a king who could bring peace and order back to this world.
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The following heavenly angels statements are extracts from the first spontaneous paranormal survey conducted by Psychic Revolution. These accounts have not been edited but any information that may identify the original contributor has been removed.
Short version: a spirit that looked like the grim reaper told me that either myself or a friend of mine (who was very ill and who I knew was going to die at some point in the near future) was going to die that night and asked me to decide which of us it was going to be.
I should point out that both myself and my friend (like most of my friends) were involved in a form of black magic called chaos magic. I started telling the spirit that I didn't believe my answer would make any difference and then an alien voice spoke through me and said 'Such decisions are man's to make not God's so I suggest you go and ask him' at which point the 'reaper' disappeared. I was confused by what 'I' had said because I didn't at that satge believe in God. I wrote the experience off as a hallucination (I had smoked a joint or 2 of hashish). However, the next day, I was informed that my friend had died in the middle of the night, a few hours after this incident. This had a considerable impact on me; I was convinced that I was going to die next and at his funeral a week later, I prayed for the first time in a long time if ever and asked God for help. I felt that that prayer was answered and have been a convinced believer ever since. Indeed, I am now an Anglican priest.
At this time, I was living alone, in the country. Neighbours were about 1/4 mile away. It was about 2:00 am and I was laying in bed reading a romance novel. I felt that someone/or something was watching me. I had two dogs in the house and neither had made any reaction of anyone or anything else being present.
I looked at the bedroom window on two different occasions and there was no thing there. The third time I looked up an alien face was in the window. This did not scare me, he (?) looked curious, in my head I heard, What are you doing?, mentally I replied that I was reading a book. I continued reading – looking up a couple of more times and the face was still there.
Later, when I looked up (he) was gone. The face/head shape was similar to a human with the brain being extended out past the back of the neck quite a long way. Also the back of the head as opposed to the front looked like a human brain with no skull covering. Where the (human) ear would have been, was a lacing fern (like from under the sea) no visble mouth or nose the front of the face seeming quite flat, eyes somewhat human shaped. I viewed this from what we would know as the left side. Overall the shape was comfortable to view and colored grey/mauve with features (ear) in a deeper shade of the same color.
One last note – I do not drink and have never used drugs.


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Understanding Camera Shooting and Exposure Modes
Last Updated on 24th May 2019 by Tim Trott
Cameras have a multitude of camera shooting modes and settings which can be confusing at first. Once you know what they mean they are very easy to use and this guide shows you how.
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Choosing a camera shooting mode gives you the freedom to start concentrating on taking great shots. Your camera will offer a number of automatic settings, including modes that help you shoot action, closeup and portraits, which offer a compromise between full auto and full manual.
Get to grips with your cameras semi-automatic and manual settings and you'll soon see an improvement in the results.
Camera Settings Dial
The camera shooting modes pretty much the same across all camera types and makes and are generally accessed using the mode wheel. Some of the common modes are explained below.
Common Camera Shooting Modes
These are the common camera shooting modes found on most Canon cameras. Other manufacturers may use slightly different symbols or abbreviations, so check your manual if you can't locate a mode listed below.
A-DEP
Canons A-DEP mode is an automatic depth of field calculation. To use the function simply pick a point in the foreground, then pick a point in the background, then refocus one more time and take the picture. The camera will work out exactly what aperture setting you need to use to get everything in between those two points in focus.
(Manual) - In this mode you have complete control over all settings. You must work out the balance between shutter speed, aperture and ISO.
(Aperture Priority) - In this setting you control the aperture and the camera will work out the shutter speed and ISO to get the correct exposure. This is useful for controlling depth of field and not worry about shutter speed.
(Shutter Priority) - In this mode you control the shutter speed and the camera will calculate the aperture and ISO to get the correct exposure. This mode is useful for controlling the shutter speed for example capturing motion or freezing motion.
(Auto) - In Automatic mode the camera will make a best guess at what you are photographing and adjusts the settings accordingly. You have no control over the settings. Your DSLR is effectively a point and shoot camera, with all the settings taken care of.
(Program Shift) - Similar to automatic mode, but allows you to change some of the parameters. As you adjust shutter speed the camera adjusts the others, and vice versa. Automatic mode does not allow this.
(Portrait) - The camera increases aperture to blur out the background and balances ISO and shutter speed to give a effective portrait image.
(Landscape) - In landscape mode the camera will select a narrow aperture to maximise depth of field increasing sharpness of the landscape around.
(Macro) - Similar to portrait mode, macro mode opens up the aperture and allows close focusing. By controlling the shutter speed and ISO, the camera will try and calculate the best exposure.
(Action) - In action mode the camera will try and work out what settings give the fastest possible shutter speed to capture action shots.
(Night) - Night shot mode the camera will increase the ISO and open the aperture as wide as possible and decrease the shutter speed to try and capture night or low light portraits without the use of flash.
(No Flash) - No flash mode functions like automatic mode, except that at no point will it attempt to use flash. This is particularly useful in situations where flash is not permitted such as museums or galleries.
Let's have a more detailed look at the four most useful camera shooting modes - auto, program, shutter priority and aperture priority.
Auto Exposure Mode
This is the mode that most people use and is the default mode for all cameras regardless of whether it is a smartphone or DSLR. In this mode, the camera's software fully controls all aspects of the photograph, from the shutter speed to the aperture setting to the focus. If you are starting out in photography there is absolutely nothing wrong with using the automatic mode, despite what other people may say.
While it is true you may not have the same creative control over shutter speed or aperture automatic mode does a very good job of guessing what you are photographing and adjusts the settings itself to suit the scenario. This allows you to concentrate on more important things, like composition.
A step up from automatic mode, if your camera supports it, are the scene selection modes. These are typically preset modes for landscape, portrait and macro. These are automatic modes, however, when you select landscape the camera will be trying to reduce the aperture to maximise the depth of field. In portrait and macro, the camera will try to make the aperture as wide as possible to create a nice background blur or bokeh.
Shutter Priority (S or Tv)
Shutter priority is the first of the semi-automatic modes we are looking at. In this mode the camera allows you to select a shutter speed and it will adjust all the other settings accordingly to get the best exposure.
You can use this mode to control shutter speed, from long exposures where you capture the motion of your subject through to very fast, freezing the subject's motion.
Shutter priority is especially useful for subjects like sports and moving animals as it gives you sharp images freezing the action. On the other end of the scale, you can set long shutter speed to blur the motion of waterfalls or create a timelapse.
Shutter Priority is commonly abbreviated to Tv on camera settings. Tv stands for Time Value and is the old name for shutter speed dating back to film cameras.
Aperture Priority (A or Av)
Aperture priority is similar to shutter priority, however, in this mode the camera allows you to control the aperture. You can open the aperture to create pleasing background blurs or set a narrow aperture for landscapes. The camera will automatically adjust the other settings to get the best possible photographic exposure.
When the light is good, you don't need to worry about motion blurring in your photos. The shutter speed is always going to be fast enough to eliminate camera shake and motion blur. You are then free to play with the aperture settings to control your depth of field and make your photos as sharp as possible.
If you are shooting portraits, aperture priority will allow you to open up the aperture to create a more pleasing blur in the background whilst the subject is in sharp focus.
You shouldn't use aperture priority in low light scenarios, where you may think you'd need to make the aperture as wide as possible. This is because the camera may still set a shutter speed too slow to eliminate camera shake. Instead, select shutter priority yourself and the camera will automatically adjust the aperture and ISO to compensate.
Program Mode (P)
Automatic Program Mode is partway between full auto and priority modes. The camera still retains some control of the settings, however, you get more control than in full auto. The camera lets you set the ISO then works out the shutter speed and aperture. It then lets you change these two settings to get the results you want.
Normally this is done with the control dial. Rotate it one way and the shutter speed increases whilst the aperture decreases. Turn it the other way and the shutter speed decreases and the aperture increases.
As an example, you may be shooting outdoors. You select an ISO of 100 to keep noise to an absolute minimum. The camera will select the best settings it thinks are appropriate, but you may want to photograph your subject with a background blur. You can use the control dial to widen the aperture a bit and the camera will adjust the shutter speed accordingly.
Alternatively, you may wish to adjust the shutter speed to freeze motion or blur a waterfall. By using the control dial you can adjust the shutter speed and the camera will adjust the aperture.
These two settings are linked, so as you turn the wheel one goes up and the other goes down. Simply keep an eye on the one you wish to change.
In Program mode you can also set parameters within Program like white balance, metering mode (full/centre/spot), select which focus point to use, and even tell your camera to use the flash or not. We'll see these settings in a future tutorial.
Manual mode is often touted as the king of shooting modes, something to aim for, like achieving ultimate enlightenment, and that you are not a proper photographer unless you have mastered manual mode.
Rubbish I say.
Manual mode is just another tool at your disposal. The secret to mastering manual mode is to know when to use it, and when not to.
In manual mode, you take full control of every setting. The camera will not try and adjust or compensate for anything. It is all up to you.
This can seem intimidating to new photographers, but by keeping a few simple rules in mind you can master manual mode.
Shutter speed, aperture and ISO still function in the same way to control the exposure so as long as you understand the relationship between them the rest is easy.
When to use Manual mode
Manual mode is most useful for when you cannot use any other mode or the camera finds it too difficult to work out the settings. These are typically for long exposures or very short, such as astrophotography or night time photography. The camera does not have enough light to evaluate the scene so it cannot give you any settings to use.
Manual mode is also essential for when you want to achieve a specific creative effect, such as the light trails from cars over a long exposure, or the motion of the sea in rock pools. While you can use the shutter priority for these, the camera will not set the best settings for these specific scenes. The camera can only take the best guess at what you are trying to achieve, only YOU know what that is.
If you are photographing sports in an indoor arena then the manual mode is very useful as it allows you to set the shutter speed to freeze the motion, the aperture to blur the background and the ISO to reduce the noise. In this scenario the lighting is not going to change so you can be confident of getting a consistent exposure each time.
If you're shooting in a studio with strobes and flashes manual mode is the only one you can even use. We'll cover studio work in a later tutorial.
When NOT to use Manual mode
Using manual mode takes time. You must set each setting correctly and unless you can accurately calculate the required exposures and adjust the settings each shot in a fraction of a second, you risk losing an opportunity. For landscapes, this isn't too much of an issue as the hills are not going anywhere, but for wildlife, action, candid or any other subject that can possibly move it's best to switch to a semi-automatic mode.
Manual mode is also affected by changes in lighting, meaning you have to compensate manually for each change or you risk over, or under, exposing. Imagine you are outside and get the exposure setup for a sunny day. As you take photos a cloud goes past the sun. All of a sudden you're massively underexposing because you forgot to increase the shutter speed.
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Yes you do. The cache is based on the file's url, including those extra parameters.
Adding those parameters doesn't actually remove the file from the browser's cache, it more or less sees it as a new, different file.
This also answers point 2, since having to do it on all pages means you can't do it on only one page.

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Q: Mongoose: How to query objects inside populate? I have this route for searching partial user input for orderId.
ordersAdminRouter.route('/searchorder/:term')
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        term = req.params.term;
        console.log(term);
        Orders.find({orderId: new RegExp(term)})
            .populate({ path: 'userPurchased products.product', select: '-username -password' })
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Now I need to search for the firstname and lastname inside userPurchased which I only get when I populate. How can search it?

A: I could not understand what kind of information you are saving in the 'userPurchased' field. I assume the users are in a different collection and you're only persisting the id of the user in the userPurchased. If you are just placing the id, you can search using the following query:
orderSchema.find({userPurchased : 'id'})

If you're putting an object with fields, there's no mystery either. Just use the . operator. For example:
orderSchema.find({userPurchased.firstName : 'name'})

Hope it helped you


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Edith Klestil (nascida Wielander; 13 de novembro de 1932 - 29 de março de 2011) foi a primeira esposa de Thomas Klestil, ex-presidente federal da Áustria.

Edith Klestil nasceu em Viena, a único filha do funcionário dos correios Leopold Wielander e sua esposa Rosa. Em 8 de junho de 1967 Edith se casou com Thomas Klestil, que ela conheceu quando ambos tinham 17 anos de idade. Ela deixou o emprego para dar apoio à carreira do marido como diplomata e acompanhou-o até Paris e Los Angeles. Quando seu marido foi eleito presidente da República em 1992, ela se tornou a primeira-dama da Áustria. Dois anos mais tarde, Thomas Klestil tornou público que ele teve um caso de amor com a jovem diplomata Margot Löffler. Edith deixou o marido e eles se divorciaram em setembro de 1998. Três meses mais tarde, Thomas casou-se com Margot Löffler.

Edith faleceu de câncer em abril de 2011.

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Archeological evidence suggests that the Ktunaxa people may have prospered here more than 5,000 years before the first explorers arrived. In 1864, mountain men and prospectors followed the Dewdney Trail, which had been constructed the previous year from Hope to the gold fields of Fort Steele, through the valley. But it wasn't until 1892 that the town of Creston was born. By 1895, when the railroad came through, our town boased 26 hotels and eateries, one of which still stands today. Later, when the mines grew silent, forestry and agriculture provided livelihoods for those who remained. Reclaimation of the Kootenay River flood Plain by a system of dykes resulted in 20,000 acres fo today's Creston Valley area. Ceston is not far from Cranbrook on Crowsnest Highway 3.


The Grand Mesa, Uncompaghre, and Gunnison National Forests 1996 PIT project was a resounding success. Volunteers helped conduct oral interviews to document the history, stories, and lifestyles of local ranching, logging, and mining families that settled this area in the late 1880s. The original settlers are no longer with us, but many second-generation family members remain in the area. The goal of this project was to document family and community histories, many of which have never been recorded and which are in danger of being lost. With the help of PIT volunteers, descendants like Leonard and Helen Burch of Olathe, Colorado (see photograph) were interviewed; as a result, we have been able to preserve the wonderful stories and some of the history of the area.
Volunteers interviewed descendants of the original settlers about their family histories in the Oral Histories project at Grand Mesa, Uncompaghre, and Gunnison National Forests. Here, Leonard and Helen Burch of Olathe, Colorado, stand in front of a mound of miscellaneous objects collected by their family since the late 1930s.


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The United States Supreme Court in 2007
According to the October 2007 docket, the United States Supreme Court will hear 76 cases in the docket year (supremecourt. gov, 2008). Though there is an option for the court to hear cases which are filed without filing fees, those called "in forma pauperis", this year will not be an exception to the longstanding rule that almost none of the Supreme Court cases reach the court that way.
"Empirical analysis of the United States Supreme Court's docket has, in the past, focused almost exclusively on the paid docket to the exclusion of the unpaid petitions, also called in forma pauperis, or IFP petitions-those petitions filed by litigants who assert that they are too indigent to pay the Court's filing fee (Caldeira and Wright, 1988, 1990; Teger and Kosinski, 1980). This is true despite the fact that, between 1948 and 1986, roughly half of the petitions filed with the Supreme Court were filed by indigent petitioners, and since 1986 the proportion of filings by indigent petitioners has skyrocketed.
Indeed, during the 2004-05 Supreme Court Term, 7,496 petitions were filed with the Court, and 5,755 (nearly 77 percent) of those were IFP petitions (Bureau of National Affairs, 2005:3076). " (Watson, 2006). In fact, none of the cases which the court has agreed to hear this year came before the court in this manner. Most court observers speculate that this is because there are so many valid and important cases which come before the court through other means. "Scholars justify the exclusion of IFP petitions from analysis on the assumption that these petitions are generally frivolous and unimportant (Tanenhaus et al., 1963; Segal and Spaeth, 1993:192).
The categorical dismissal of IFP petitions by academicians reflects a prevailing bias within the legal community as a whole. Even Justice William Brennan, whose liberal ideological stance and activist perception of the Court's role likely would have rendered him particularly receptive to the petitions of indigent petitioners, considered the overwhelming majority of IFP petitions to be unworthy of full Court review (Brown v. Herald Co. (1983) (Brennan, J. , dissenting)). " (Watson, 2006).
The perception is that many people want to waste the Court's time with cases that should have more rightly been determined by a lower court. Whether or not this is true, it seems that in recent years the Court has maintained a certain predilection for cases which involve constitutional issues or in which the appellate courts have ruled differently depending on the appellate court handling the case. Cases which represent differing applications of the law by various appellate courts have generally held the most appeal.
In addition, the Court often chooses to address cases where there is a clear Constitutional question. For instance, in Kennedy v. Louisiana, there is a clear issue regarding the Constitutionality of the death penalty when it related to rape cases. According to the Court, the specific questions brought forth in this case are: "1. Whether the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause permits a State to punish the crime of rape of a child with the death penalty. 2.
If so, whether Louisiana's capital rape statute violates the Eighth Amendment insofar as it fails genuinely to narrow the class of such offenders eligible for the death penalty. " (supremecourt. gov, 2008). It is logical to argue that one reason the Court may have accepted this case this year is the growing concern nationally regarding the use of the death penalty. Several times in the past the Court has been asked to rule regarding the possibility that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
Generally speaking, the Court has chosen not to rule regarding the overall constitutionality of the death penalty, but has narrowly constrained many of its opinions to indicate that some forms of the death might be considered cruel and unusual and that certain people should be excluded from the death penalty including children and the mentally ill. This particular case involves a man convicted of aggrevated rape of a child under 12 years old. The decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Louisiana based largely on procedural issues rather than a reviewing of the facts in the case or the applications of the law. That court wrote,
"For the reasons assigned herein, the defendant's conviction and death sentence are affirmed. In this event this judgment becomes final on direct review when either: (1) the defendant fails to petition timely the United States Supreme Court for certiorari; or (2) that Court denies his petition for certiorari; and either (a) the defendant, having filed for and been denied certiorari, fails to petition the United States Supreme Court timely, under its prevailing rules, for rehearing of denial of certiorari; or (b) that Court denies his petition for rehearing, the trial court shall, upon receiving notice from this Court under La.C. Cr. P. art. 923 of finality of direct appeal, and before signing the warrant of execution, as provided by La. R. S. 15:567(B), immediately notify the Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board and provide the Board with reasonable time in which: (1) to enroll counsel to represent the defendant in any State post-conviction proceedings, if appropriate, pursuant to its authority under La. R. S. 15:149. 1; and (2) to litigate expeditiously the claims raised in that application, if filed in the state courts. AFFIRMED. " (LASC. org, 2008)
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The Curation Generation: Why Gen Z Loves These Top 7 Apps
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Gen Z's technical preferences show a desire for personalized experiences. We've dubbed them the "curation generation." Here is a short list of the apps that they love.
As Generation Z —those from approximate age 9 to 24 — continue to age and obtain buying power in the economy, companies of all shapes and sizes should be paying more attention to their technological preferences. These differ in some ways from Millennials and significantly in comparison to Gen X and earlier generations.
This is because Gen Z (also known as the "Zoomer" generation) differentiates itself as the first generation to grow up in a world where the internet permeates nearly every aspect of everyday life. From school to shopping to entertainment, to even dating, these "digital natives" practically do it all online, and usually through the use of apps. All of this translates to more time spent on smartphones and comparable devices. Take a recent report cited in Forbes, for example, which says Gen Z spends an average of nine hours a day in front of a screen. In other words, that's nearly 2/3 of their waking lives.
And their deep connection to technology and lifelong ability to access the internet shows through their behavior and preferences. At Feed Media Group, we have observed that teens and young adults prefer specialized messages to those aimed at mass audiences. As we mentioned in an earlier Feed.fm blog, this huge demographic also places great value on anonymity and privacy, freedom of self-expression, experiences over material ownership, and the ability to send specific messages to specific groups. This desire for more personalized experiences is why we have dubbed them the "curation generation."
Some other notable differentiators about Gen Z include:
They want to feel authentically connected. According to Sasha Lazimi, founder of the app Yubo, a major takeaway from last year's pandemic lockdown is that teens are looking for more authentic communication and connection, and especially real-time experiences. She says that "everything needs to be genuine, because these generations can spot inauthentic behavior by brands and platforms."
Games are the "golden goose" if you want to reach younger generations. A recent Deloitte survey purports that the next wave of disruption may lie with Gen Z, which prefers to play video games, stream music, and engage on social media, rather than just watch TV or movies. According to the survey, 87% of Generation Z, 83% of Millennials, and 79% of Generation X said they play video games on devices such as smartphones, gaming consoles, or computers at least weekly.
Gen Z users spend more time on average in non-gaming apps than older generations. While Gen Z loves games, they similarly spend more time on average in non-gaming apps. In fact, they spend 4.1+ hours more per month in top non-gaming apps, or 10% more in comparison to other generations.
With all this in mind, what are the top 7 apps used by Generation Z? The digital landscape is constantly evolving, but here is our latest roundup:
TikTok – Having initially gained global notoriety for its viral dance videos, this Chinese-owned juggernaut has grown into one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with an exceedingly diverse range of content. From day one, music has always been integral to TikTok's success and continues to be a key way it engages users.
Snapchat – Like TikTok, the app initially known for its "disappearing" messages has evolved significantly since it came onto the scene in 2011. The app's highly customizable messages, which include options to add music and special effects (an overlapping theme present in many popular social media apps), and anonymity-friendly features keep Gen Z engaged with the platform.
YouTube – Since launching in 2005, Google's signature video sharing platform has revolutionized online entertainment and is one of Gen Z's most used platforms. According to Google's own user statistics, Gen Z says YouTube is the "number one platform they turn to when they want to relax or cheer up." And unlike TikTok and Instagram (see below), YouTube offers a way to consume more longform content like podcasts, documentaries and full-length music videos with equal ease.
Instagram – Used widely among almost all generations, Instagram is also incredibly popular with the "Zoomers" for its intuitive interface, endless customization and privacy options for user profiles and messages. The app's story feature is one of its main attractions, which allows for customization with rights-cleared music tracks and other effects. Being an image-centered platform also appeals to Gen Z, which has a shorter average attention span (about 8 seconds) than even Millennials.
Twitter – Now considered a classic among social media sites used by all generations, Twitter continues to hold its own among Gen Z users, who utilize the platform to follow the latest news and trends (although Instagram and YouTube are winning out in this area), and to voice their own opinions. In these ways, Generation Z uses Twitter as the modern equivalent to the public square. The app offers greater immediacy than some other platforms, which meshes well with the generation's reduced attention span.
Spotify – Along with YouTube, this music streaming platform is where Gen Z goes to discover new music. Spotify's curation algorithm allows users to choose the songs they want to play, when they want to play them. And like previous generations, music is important to them, with 69% of American Gen Zs reportedly feeling "more centered and generally happier" when listening to their favorite music regularly.
Reddit - Another platform popular across many generations, much of Gen Z favors the messageboard-style Reddit to consume and share a seemingly endless variety of information...while also, interacting with others users. While Reddit does not have the same level of music sharing functionality of other apps, this doesn't stop users from sharing links to the tracks and videos they want to discuss with each other.
While all of these apps differ in design and functionality, nearly all encompass music integration, which is our expertise at Feed Media Group. Our team of top-notch engineers and curators, launched Adaptr to bring the magic of personalized music to startups worldwide. As such, we are closely attuned to these tech habits of Gen Z, while keeping an eye out for the next in line, Generation Alpha.
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Newsroom / News Releases / Associated Bank colleague in Wausau contributes to 47,000 volunteer hours
Associated Bank colleague in Wausau contributes to 47,000 volunteer hours
Thursday, March 20, 2014 | General Release, General Releases, News Releases
Associated's top 20 volunteers recognized for 2013
WAUSAU, Wis. – March 20, 2014 – Associated Bank recently acknowledged the efforts of its top 20 volunteers for 2013, including Alfred Nakhla, vice president – commercial banking, who volunteers with Operation Christmas Child through Bible Truth Chapel. Nakhla was awarded with a $1,000 grant for the non-profit organization.
"Thousands of children never have the opportunity to receive even a small gift, let alone a shoebox full of fun toys, candy and personal care items," said Nakhla. "That's what gives me the greatest pleasure and satisfaction, seeing the smiles on their faces. The expressions of love and care show these children that they are loved and cared for."
In 2013, Associated employees across the three state footprint volunteered more than 47,000 hours. The top 20 volunteers donated more than 10,000 hours (at least 290 each), and another 253 employees each logged more than 50 volunteer hours.
"Colleague volunteer hours in 2013 topped 47,524, exceeding 2012 by 10,000 hours," said Cliff Bowers, director of public relations, Associated Bank. "Associated is committed to giving back to its communities, and hundreds of colleagues do just that — by serving as donors, organizers, leaders, inspirers and doers."
Associated's philanthropy reflects the people, the culture and the spirit of the company. Colleagues are actively engaged in the charitable process to help identify nonprofit organizations and causes that best address the unique needs of communities across Associated's footprint. Associated encourages and supports colleague volunteerism efforts by providing the internal resources that help connect colleagues with the nonprofit organizations that meet their personal passion for community involvement.


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Trump's 1776 Commission Is an Effort to Make Sure White Folks Don't Get Their Feelings Hurt
Nehemiah Frank
Trump's cultural war tactics have me ready to catch a case. The President couldn't resist sticking his supremacist, colonizing nostrils into the educational-sphere at another maskless campaign rally.
Amid a sea of Confederate-red hats, Trump trashed The New York Times' "1619 Project" as unpatriotic, implying the curriculum is harmful to the civic development of American children. It appears he's seemingly concerned about the social-conscious growth of white children — after all, having empathy for Black people would be a sign of weakness in his eyes.
Trump is fully cognizant that teaching American history thoroughly, the good and bad, puts the white supremacist infrastructure at risk. And his supporters are aware of this, too. It's why at the podium in Wisconsin on Thursday, he said, "There is no more powerful force than a parent's love for their children — and patriotic moms and dads are going to demand that their children are no longer fed hateful lies about this country," in reference to his disapproval of the "1619 Project," a literary artifact that educates students about the African American journey.
It's quite clear that this President doesn't want white kids catching the white guilt bug, which often comes when confronting their nation's wickedly savage history.
Trump can't even conceive thinking about how Black Americans feel when their nation's leadership actively promotes the burial of Black history in such a public and demeaning way because he is racist.
And his base thanks him for sheltering their whiteness from having to deal with the guilt of being descendants of the colonizers.
I'm sure if Trump were a history teacher, he would have been the type of instructor who would have replaced the term "slave owner" with "planter," "overseer" with "farm manager," "slave" with "indentured servant" then romanticized the entire history of chattel enslavement; therefore, depriving his students of the truth regarding American history in its totality. Unfortunately, there are teachers in this nation doing this right now and stripping whatever chance white children would have at building any type of empathy for the plight of their Black classmates.
There was nothing positive about the inception of this nation; it was dark, violent, and wicked. And to the 5 million Black human beings living in legal bondage under the American government, slavery was a real-life hell-on-earth situation. There were enslaved Black people who lived and died on plantations without ever stepping so much as a foot of the property.
The thought of looking back and imagining what Black Americans, my ancestors, went through is painful and is equally painful when teaching to a classroom full of innocent Black children that their country didn't love them as much as their white classmates. Nevertheless, it has to be done. Why? Because they deserve the truth, and they must understand that the seeds of racism planted in America's earlier years created the outcomes we currently deal with today.
So, now, I ask: How can a man with such little empathy bring the nation together? He can not.
He is too concerned about taking the easy way out because he's used to cutting corners. To shield America's white children from the white guilt bug, he declared he'd be taking a propaganda approach and introducing plans for American students called the "1776 Commission," a complete waste of time, as most primary and secondary students can tell you the year of our nation's birth.
But what most American students can't tell you is that the first enslaved Black bodies arrived in this nation in 1619. And most teenagers and adults are incapable of telling you that upon the white colonists' win of the American Revolution meant the continued enslavement of Black people under a new US government. They are also probably unable to tell you that it was 1862 that Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and 1865 that the last enslaved person was loosened from their masters' chains in Texas; and that until then, it was the multitude of Black hands that were the economic engine that lifted this nation to the powerhouse and mighty land it is today.
As a former teacher and assistant school principal, I know the value of having a curriculum that thoroughly tells the story of history. I helped create academic materials that teach America about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
And American students are owed the "1619 Project."
This article was first posted on theblackwallsttimes.com
Nehemiah Frank is a fierce advocate for charter and community schools. He has public policy experience and is the founder and editor in chief of the Black Wall St. Times. Frank is also a middle school teacher at Oklahoma's top performing charter school, Sankofa Middle School of the Performing Arts a member of the Deborah Brown Community Schools.
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Why no Waterfall support in Relative Chart?
Relative Chart appears to be the only way to get an hourglass of descendants and ancestors. Does anyone know why this report doesn't support the Waterfall feature, including selecting how many generations the waterfall kicks in at?
One of the most important layout features for managing "tree sprawl" and for emphasizing one generation of siblings over the ones that follow them are the above mentioned waterfall settings. Is there a good reason we don't have this in the Relative Chart?
While it's the subject of a different post, I do agree that Tree View, which is awesome, could benefit from a few enhancements.
Yes, developing graphical display is challenging. But the request here doesn't involve technology that hasn't already been built and used in other views. I'm just asking for it to be available here. I understand that waterfall takes on a different meaning when going "up". So either you disable waterfall on the top of the hourglass. Or you fully invert it so it falls "up".
Would you care to share how you got waterfall behavior in your Relative Hourglass chart?
Sorry...I did not mean to be secretive. I did a lot of manual dragging of boxes.I also used the alignment features (left, center, right....). Lots of effort as I said. Lots of time. I also started looking at the other kinds of charts and found them to be very easy and fast to use. They will work for every family I have that has only one marriage for the source person. That is not ideal, but it is so much easier that I might just compromise and combine multiple trees in another ap (OmniGraffle). I really like the hourglass chart and I hope it can be developed a little more in the future.
Yes if we we are willing to spend all day dragging boxes around, maybe we're also willing to draw the whole darn tree by hand. The point of the software is to automate these chores for us.
Whats the right approach here? Should I post this into a feature request list somewhere?
If there's a feature you'd like to see added to Reunion, the proper approach is to post a request for that feature to the Wish List forum. We consider any and all requests posted there, though we can't promise to implement them.


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'Only God Forgives' Movie Review
With films like "Drive," "Bronson," and "Valhalla Rising" on his resume, anything Nicolas Winding Refn does immediately leap frogs to the top of my must see list, especially when it involves teaming up with his handsome man muse Ryan Gosling. You can imagine that as soon as I heard about their new collaboration, "Only God Forgives," described as a Muay Thai spaghetti western, my anticipation meter went through the roof. The trailers, posters, and pictures, all indicate a quiet, tense film, punctuated by sharp bursts of brutal violence.
When the film premiered at Cannes back in May, the reaction wasn't exactly what most of us expected. It felt like the entire critical world took a collective shit on "Only God Forgives," and the movie received a vicious pummeling on par with some of its fight scenes. Claims of style over substance are plentiful, and warranted to a degree, but oh what a style. This is a stunning motion picture to look at, calm on the surface, boiling underneath, an artistic take on what is essentially the story and subject matter from a sleazy exploitation flick. There are hookers, brawlers, drug dealers, and criminals of all stripes. There is blood and sex and violence and revenge, all pulled out of the muck and mire by Winding Refn's gorgeous aesthetic approach.
At times "Only God Forgives" functions like a silent film. There are long stretches with no dialogue that rely exclusively on score, lighting, and camera work to do the heavy narrative lifting. Though the film lacks some of the emotional connection of its spiritual precursor "Drive"—that film had more characters to prop it up—this evokes a raw, visceral response to the violence that is so much more affecting, that packs a more substantial emotional wallop. Even when there is dialogue, the bulk of it is inconsequential, there is so much subtext. The whole film is an exercise in nonverbal storytelling, of eliciting a response without resorting to words. Imagine lots of shadows, color-coded lighting, long shots that gradually pulling into focus, and characters saying ominous things, like "Time to meet the Devil." "Only God Forgives" is all tone, all feel, all atmosphere.
Scenes that in other films would be full of banter and posturing, here are silent. When Gosling's Julian circles stoic cop Chang, a brutal and terrifying Vithaya Pansringarm—he's even frightening when belting out karaoke ballads—any other movie would have them throwing tough guy lines at each other in an attempt to gain a psychological advantage. Here, however, the two never utter a word. These are violent men who live in a violent world, and this confrontation is a matter of fact affair, a mundane part of life. There is no point in talking, words won't change anything.
Kristen Scott Thomas' Crystal, Julian's bitter, incestual shrew of a mother—and no, I'm not falling into that trap of thinking any strong female character who speaks her mind is a bitch, Crystal is a straight up mean, nasty human being—is the only character who utters more than a few syllables in succession. She shows up on the scene in Bangkok after her oldest son, Billy (Thom Burke), is murdered, shrieking for vengeance. Julian had a chance to avenge his brother's death, but upon discovering the grizzly chain of events that lead to his sibling's demise, opts to sit this one out.
As a mother, and psychotic international drug importer/exporter, Crystal is having none of that. Scott Thomas is a bang on as a cold-hearted snake, guilting, threatening, and cajoling Julian into doing her bidding, and ultimately sealing his fate. Hopefully your mother doesn't call you a pussy quite as often as she does, or refer to your dinner date a cum dumpster. The plot is little more than an excuse to throw Julian and Chang into each other's orbit, an escalating series of events that can only lead to a violent, brutal collision. It's a simple, vicious, but beautiful trip.
Julian is a character very similar to Gosling's nameless protagonist in "Drive"—introspective to the point of near mute status, kind but with a capacity for stunning violence—and you may ask yourself how such like characters can result in such very different critical reactions. In my mind, the answer is pretty simple, Gosling's "Drive" persona had more of a supporting cast to prop him up. He had relationships with Bryan Cranston, and Carry Mulligan and her son, which painted him in a positive light. "Only God Forgives" is missing that. All he has is his family, and both his mother and brother are vile, so there's no help there. Julian carries a fascination with a prostitute (Yayaying Rhatha Phongam), but it is a transactional infatuation more than a relationship. Julian is a passive character, one that sits back, allowing the world to act upon him rather than the other way around.
It is this lack of emotional depth and absence of any legitimate connection that sinks "Only God Forgives" in many eyes. The chants of style before substance ring loud in your ears. I don't buy into that, I love it regardless. This is a gorgeous film to look at, hypnotic in presentation, with a forceful, deliberate pace that propels you deeper and deeper into this dysfunctional criminal world. Maybe it doesn't live up to "Drive"—those are big shoes to fill—but it certainly doesn't deserve to be booed.
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We spent a weekend in July up north in Maine in the beautiful Bar Harbor/Acadia National Park area and it was just the refresher we needed. Maine was the ideal place to take the kids on short hikes and enjoy the scenery with no agenda or pressure to be anywhere else.
Day 1: We went to the Jordan Pond area, ate a delicious brunch at the Jordan Pond House restaurant, and then went on a mini hike - as much as the girls could handle at least. There were some serious hikers and bikers but we enjoyed a more leisurely walk as our girls pranced around, splashed the only bottle of water we had on each other, and of course had a great time!
Day 2: We drove on the Park Loop Road, located next to Ocean Path. We parked our car, walked around to explore the area, and climbed the rocks to get as close to the cliff as possible. We were able to sit by the water for quite sometime, soaking in the sea breeze and watching the seagulls. The views were spectacular, soul soothing even.
We couldn't have asked for more perfect weather for our mini getaway. Low 70s both days with a light breeze - what a treat! It was so relaxing to be surrounded by nature and away from the hustle and bustle of the city for awhile. Another summer memory I was happy to share with my family - this time in the one and only Vacationland.


This is either a bracelet or a hinged cuff ~ either way it's a beautifully made piece of Jewellery and I think very well priced. The Spiral Silver body is reminiscent of a Celtic Torc and the detail around the oval faceted gemstone is really lovely. The style echoes Ancient Cultures.


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Jessica Alba - Biography
Stereotyped as a Latin beauty and often awarded parts on the strength of her looks, Jessica Alba has struggled to make her mark in Hollywood and win roles that don\'t include a bikini.
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The actress" exotic looks are thanks to her Mexican, French and Danish heritage and, despite the fact she doesn\'t speak Spanish, she is widely regarded as a Hispanic actress something which is a source of frustration. "My father is Mexican and very dark, my mother is very fair. I always used to get (script) breakdowns for things like Maria, the janitor\'s daughter who hangs around with white kids. I was born in the United States. I never thought about it until the industry made me think about being a Latin girl. It seemed like such a bizarre thing."
Her parents Mark and Cathy married in their teens and brought Jessica, born on April 28, 1981, in Pomona, California, and her brother Joshua - also an actor - up in a town just south of LA. School didn"t suit the aspiring actress, it seems. "I stopped going to regular school at seventh grade," she recalls. "I had big dreams. I was focused at a very young age. I hated school. I didn\'t have any friends. I couldn\'t wait to leave." Jessica enrolled in acting classes at the Atlantic Theater Company, set up by playwright David Mamet and William H Macy, and picked up an agent.
She soon won her big screen break in 1993 with comedy Camp Nowhere. Originally hired for just two weeks, she was promoted to a principal role after another actress dropped out - although Jessica admits it was the similarity between her hair and that of the original actress, rather than her acting talent, that clinched it. She was soon racking up small screen credits, too, in The Secret World Of Alex Mack , and in 1996 as Maya Graham in Flipper, filming the pilot for the popular series. She spent 1995 shooting the first season of the dolphin drama in Australia and getting to indulge in her love of swimming.
During her later teens she enjoyed a steady flow of work in series such as Beverly Hills 90210 and films including Never Been Kissed with Drew Barrymore and Punks with Randy Quaid. But it was the action-packed sci-fi show Dark Angel that got her noticed - not only in the States but the UK, too. Soon she was topping \'most beautiful\' lists and magazines were putting her on their covers.
She wasn\'t always happy with the way she was portrayed, however, and made moves to sue Playboy magazine when it used a promotional shot from her film Into The Blue on the cover, saying it misled people to believe she appeared nude in the edition. "It was against who I am and what I represent. I\'ve been working so hard to be somebody else, and it just wasn\'t cool." She dropped the case after receiving an apology and donations to charity. Jessica also insists on a no-nudity clause in her contracts, and refused the chance to bare all in her role as a stripper in Sin City.
In Hollywood she has said she feels a connection with her Fantastic Four character Sue Storm, who has the power to turn invisible. "(I feel invisible) when I\'m in a room with men in the business who are heads of studios and have agendas to sell me as a sex symbol, and I\'m telling them I have a brain and I\'ve been acting for 12 years."
Protective of her privacy she has largely kept her love-life out of the headlines, despite some high-profile liaisons. After breaking off her engagement to Dark Angel co-star Michael Weatherly in 2003, she had a brief fling with Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia.
Then in may 2008, Jessica married Cash Warren - son of actor Michael Warren whom she met when he was a production assistant on Fantastic Four. The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Honor Marie on June 7 2008.


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Empires brings indie rock vibe back to Philadelphia
By Anna Clay
The real rock 'n' roll dream is not fame; it is the ability to do something you love for a living. Music is about sharing what you create and building something bigger than just the men with the instruments. There doesn't seem to be a present-day band that understands this more than Empires. The Chicago-natives brought their indie rock to Philadelphia's Union Transfer April 6 and are proving they have the do-it-yourself-ethic and passion to create what makes a rock band.
Empires is no stranger to Philadelphia. Since the band formed in 2007, it has played at venues such as The Fire and North Star Bar multiple times. Opening for A Silent Film this past weekend at a bigger venue was another step forward for the band, a result of hard work and the passion of Philly fans.
"[Philadelphia] is actually one of the few markets that we've always done well in that when we go out on the East Coast we can always count on it being a very strong market for us," guitarist Tom Conrad said. "So we love it. [It's a] second home."
Empires introduced its music by releasing its debut album, "Howl," online for free May 2008. Without a label, the band has grown through the musicians' own efforts. The band writes its own music, and guitarist Max Steger produces and mixes all of the songs. Additionally, Conrad creates the band's artwork. Every aspect of the band is either created or directed by the members themselves.
Indie rock band Empires performed at Philadelphia's Union Transfer April 6. Band members include guitarist Tom Conrad, vocalist Sean Van Vleet and guitarist Max Steger.
Through the Internet and by word of mouth, the band has gotten its music out to the public. Empires has offered EPs for purchase as well as free songs here and there. Conrad revealed that the group feels strongly that being in a band is about sharing, not making money.
"I think we're all big believers that music's free. We download. If you want to consider it stealing, we don't. We're still artists ourselves, and we feel like it's a very sharing process. It's everything from ideas to final projects to whatever it may be. We don't hate on it; we do it ourselves. We've always kind of looked at it as, 'If it's good, it will come back to you.' I always feel like our band should be giving as much as we can. The more you give, it will come back to you," Conrad said.
The growing support and dedication of their fans is more than enough proof that it does come back to you. Most recently, Empires released the EP "Can't Steal Your Heart Away" for free, and a common reaction from fans was that they would have been willing to pay for it.
Part of the band's appeal is its dynamic classic-rock vibe that ranges from ballads to dance numbers. Empires' sound has gone from the more polished rock to a rougher sound that fans were given a taste of in the latest EP. However, according to Conrad, the pending release is different.
"I feel like it does lead toward the record and sets up 'Garage Hymns,' but it's still not what people would expect it to be. So, there's more to come."
Whatever their new release will bring, fans can expect it to be well crafted. Without the pressure of a label, they take time to write music they are proud of. In addition to their big rock sound, singer Sean Van Vleet's lyrics are complex and refreshing. They go beyond breakups and pining after girls and take a more mature approach to love and life.
"I think all of us have been through so many [relationships] at this point in our lives, [and] relationships come and go. You learn from them, you grow from them, and it's just another part of life," Conrad explained. "Life can surprise you in a lot of ways, but you keep staying on your toes, and I don't think we try to have too many things weigh us down. We just keep moving on. Regardless of relationships or anything, we're a pretty quick-moving band."
With an upcoming release and lots of touring, they are definitely moving fast. They will return to Philadelphia June 24 at Kung Fu Necktie. They plan to visit more cities across the U.S., create more music and prove that the true rock 'n' roll dream is being good at what you do.


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There is poor coordination between services, one often interfering with another. Like collecting bulky items on the same day as collecting trash.
No one understands how to recycle properly. An educational campaign with PSAs would really help. They should be offered free by the stations." t:any_final_comments_on_this_exercise_or_the_city_of_austin_s_budget="There should be incentives for city staff to find ways to economize. Budgets should be newly considered each year, and last minute spending should be prohibited." t:city_council_district="District 10" t:parks_libraries_comment="Given the thousands of dollars paid, we should not have to also pay to get into our city parks or pay parking to go there. The city is double dipping and not everyone out here is rich." t:austin_water_comment="Do not place restrictions on what days of the week we can water when there is no water shortage. Mandatory restrictions should only be applied to large water users." t:health_housing_comment="Free adoption for pets may ease the load.
Get the homeless off the streets.
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