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Dallas Wins The ArtPrize: A Conversation With Ariel Saldivar
by Anne Bothwell 3 Dec 2014
Ariel Saldivar quit her job at Goss Michael Foundation to head up the effort to bring ArtPrize to Dallas. What will it look like? Who pays for it? And how can you be involved?
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This year, the ArtPrize jury and the public agreed this piece, "Intersections," was a winner. The artist is Anila Agha, who got her MFA from UNT and now teaches in Indianapolis.
The small town of Grand Rapids, Michigan has made a splash in the art world, thanks to ArtPrize. Over a thousand artists from around the world compete every year for two huge cash prizes, and the event attracts almost a half million visitors. Last week, it was announced that Dallas will be the first city allowed to replicate the Grand Rapids model. Ariel Saldivar quit her job as assistant director of Goss Michael Foundation to work on ArtPrize Dallas. She lays out the plan to turn office buildings, restaurants and other venues in and around downtown into venues for an art festival and competition in 2016.
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Here are some excerpts and extras from our conversation:
Mark the calendar: ArtPrize Dallas will launch its web site, with details about the process for submitting art work, and for hosting an art venue, in March. The event itself is targeted for April 2016.
Ariel Saldivar. Photo: Eric Morales
So, how does it work? So one $200,000 prize is decided by a jury vote, and that's a panel of expert jurors, curators from all over the world. And then the public votes for the other 200,000 cash prize. [The jury also awards smaller, but significant, prizes in a number of categories, such as venue, or three-dimensional work.]
On the role technology plays: Rick DeVos did an incredible job. He's a venture capitalist [and scion of the family that founded Amway.] He has a company called Start Garden, up in Grand Rapids. He had this technology that was originally going to be used for a film festival. So he took the risk. He invested millions of dollars in this technology. And it's seamless, it's really easy to use. This can really put Dallas on the map in terms of using this audience engagement tool. [It's an app called ArtPrize, via iTunes]
Grand Rapids is relatively small, but the event is huge. It's massive. They've had over 400,000 people descend upon the city and it just becomes alive and vibrant. I was just there a few weeks ago – I participated as a juror this year for their installation category – and going out every night to two bars and restaurants, there's art everywhere, all over the city. People are sitting at dinner and talking about their favorite art that they saw that day and what they're going to vote on. It creates this excitement and experience that people can't get enough of there. They just completed their sixth year, and for the first time, the public vote and the expert jury picked the same artist as the grand prize winner, [Anila Agha] who, I'd like to add, got her MFA from UNT. [She now lives in Indianapolis].
How will the festival benefits area artists? It benefits in several ways. Just one being exposure. How many times are you going to get your work in front of potential half a million people for 19 days. That's incredible. I'm hoping to start an artist grant program for Dallas artists under ArtPrize, so they can participate and do larger projects.
It's got to be expensive: Right now, I'm looking at $1.5 million a year. Half a million we give away. But when you look at in terms of an economic impact value, I mean, $27 million in Grand Rapids. The potential of that, and then what the potential could be here for this city, it's going to be a good thing. I'm optimistic. There's a non-profit that's been established called ArtPrize Dallas. I'm not asking the city for any money. I'm just asking for city participation in terms of utilizing buildings and public safety officials and things like that. I didn't want to take from the existing arts funding, which was very important to me. I wanted to add to it and utilize businesses in a civic-engaged event that can attract other corporate sponsors.
An ArtPrize crowd in Grand Rapids.
It costs $50 to be an artist at ArtPrize and anyone over 18 can sign up. Surely there's going to be some bad art: You're absolutely right about that. But that's what's so great about this conversation. That's what's great about this environment. Because art is so many things to so many different people. You're utilizing art prize as this environment to see things like that, see things and be exposed to things you've never seen before. I mean talk about the power of education. Using that as an educational tool. Not just to be able to look at something and say, well, that's interesting. But why is it interesting? Let's give people the tools to determine and discover why an artist makes something a certain way.
Quality control or curating comes from the venues that participate: So say you're Bank of America and you want to give your lobby, downtown on Main Street, for an art installation; so someone there, at Bank of America, would get online and say, 'You could use 10 square feet of this space.' An artist sees that and they look at the location and they look online and they realize that they've got an idea for that space and they can use that space. So there's a connections period that happens when this artist makes a connection with the venue. The venue can then decide if they do or don't like the artist's idea. Usually what happens in Grand Rapids, is they have around 40 artists apply for that space, and that space gets to curate and they have curatorial control. So you're giving the power to the business itself to become their own curator, which makes them engaged as well. When you think about different buildings and spaces – there are awards given for best venue and that creates that type of competition and excitement. So the venue can be just as excited as the artist because they want to make that connection and make it a success.
There's been some criticism of the ArtPrize concept, and that ArtPrize Dallas won't benefit our arts community. There's always going to be criticism with any new idea that comes to town. We'll just have to wait and see what that looks like in 2016. That's a part of the risk, you know? It's a civic event engaging different demographics of people of all ages to come in and discover their city and using visual art as the tool. And then being able to give away this spectacular cash prize. How exciting is that? This idea will definitely take time to gain momentum. But I'm very optimistic that people will catch the vision and see the potential of what it can do for our city and for artists.
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Mel Aulds.
This is so exciting! What a wonderful addition to Dallas!
David Lozano
I hope that organizers think outside of the Grand Rapids model which is a good start but how are we going to include the entire city in a way that leads to long-term impact? Considering the cost, it should impact local artists more substantially and nourish the cultural deserts in Dallas which make up probably 80% of Dallas. For 1.5 million, it must have long-term impact and beyond the economic. ArtPrize will be a hit for politicians and the business community because of extraordinary economic impact. But can we stop claiming that the Dallas arts community will benefit simply because of economic impact? Let's bring artists together and arts advocates (and include those outside of the Arts District) to discuss what can be possible. Otherwise, this is a purely private capitalist enterprise with very little impact on the starving cultural needs of the majority of our city. This runs a dangerous risk of not "democratizing the arts" as Mayor Rawlings has claimed it would.
Alan Carriero
Please please please don't do this to us Dallas. ArtPrize is a sham that uses artists. It's not an art contest. It's an art marketing contest designed by a super rich guy from a family that owns a big chink of our city. What kind of legitimate art competition make artists compete to get the best spot in town so they can get the most votes. Please, art is sacred to many of us. Don't get involved in a game of pretending that you're doing something good for artists and for art. Sure, let artists display and let the public enjoy but please don't make a mockery of fair art competitions with unfair voting. Please look at our website http://www.artistsagainstartprize.com Thank you, Alice, Grand Rapids, MI
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On Friday, September 14, 2012, at 8:00 pm, the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago will host the world premiere of Band of Sisters, a documentary produced in Chicago about the journey of Catholic sisters in the United States from sheltered "daughters of the church" to citizens of the world. Band of Sisters will screen five evenings at the Gene Siskel Film Center during the week of September 14-20, with local director Mary Fishman in person at select screenings.
The work of two nuns outside a Chicago-area deportation center serves as an introduction to the tumultuous and engaged world of American Catholic nuns in the 50 years following Vatican II of the 1960s. Band of Sisters follows the story of Catholic sisters from different congregations across the U.S. in their work for civil rights, women's rights, immigration reform, environmental justice, and a host of other causes. Becoming increasingly relevant and visible in aid of the poor and disenfranchised, and in working to change the structures that cause poverty and inequality, the sisters now increasingly find themselves on a collision course with the conservative elements in their own church.
"I did exactly what the church asked me--and now, the church is looking at me like, where have you come from...who are you?" says Sister Nancy Sylvester, Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (known as IHMs), in Band of Sisters, about the remarkable transformation of Catholic sisters since the 1960s and the reaction of some members of the church hierarchy who oppose their changes. This disjuncture between sisters in the U.S. and Rome recently came to the world's attention with the Vatican's April 2012 release of a severe critique of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), which is the umbrella group representing more than 80 percent of the 57,000 sisters in the U.S.
The film's release also coincides with the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, a 1962-65 council meeting in Rome of all the world's Catholic bishops, convened by Pope John XXIII to bring the church into the modern world. Perhaps more than any other group, U.S. nuns embraced Vatican II's call to serve where there was the greatest need, and were inspired to become activists on the front lines of causes for social justice.
Four of the main characters in Band of Sisters are well-known for their current work in Chicago, with many years of social justice activism, educational and charity work to their credit. Sisters Pat Murphy and JoAnn Persch, both Sisters of Mercy, are featured in their efforts to assure basic human rights for immigrant detainees and deportees. Sister Kathleen Desautels, a Sister of Providence and a staff member of the Chicago-based 8th Day Center for Justice for over 25 years, has been arrested many times in nonviolent protests, and has served time in jail for her beliefs. Avis Clendenen, a former Sister of Mercy, continues her relationship with the community as a Mercy Associate and her service to students as a professor of pastoral and practical theology at Saint Xavier University.
Other sisters featured in the film include Carol Coston, Elise Garcia and Pat Siemen, Adrian Dominicans; Madeline Gianforte, a Sister of St. Agnes; Margaret Brennan, a Monroe IHM; Yolanda Tarango, a Sister of Charity of the Incarnate Word; Lillian Murphy and Theresa Kane, Sisters of Mercy; Margaret Galiardi, an Amityville Dominican; and Miriam MacGillis, a Caldwell Dominican.
Mary Fishman, the producer/director of Band of Sisters, is a native Chicagoan who was educated by the Springfield Dominican Sisters at St. Walter School and the Sisters of Mercy at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, both on the city's southwest side. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, she led a career as an architect and urban planner (including 10 years with the City of Chicago's planning and building departments), before switching to filmmaking. She began work on Band of Sisters in 2004.
Band of Sisters was edited by Bernadine Colish, a New York-based editor. The score was composed and recorded by Miriam Cutler of Los Angeles. Laurie MacMillan edited the trailer in Vancouver, British Columbia. Many Chicago professionals were instrumental in completing the film, including David E. Simpson, creative and tech advisor; Ines Sommer and Bill Glader, cinematography; Benjamin Steger, sound; Jenine Early, titles and animation; Nolo Digital Film, high definition finish; Vagabond Audio, audio post-production; Dizzy Giant, poster, DVD and website design; and Holland & Knight, attorneys. The film was co-produced by Pat Fishman and Regina Wilkinson.
Major funding for the film was provided by the Sisters of Mercy Agatha O'Brien Ministry Fund. Additional funding came from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly; a West Midwest Mercy Ministry Grant; the SSIHM Ministry Fund; a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council; from 40 women's congregations; and from close to 600 generous individual donors.
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Band of Sisters will be presented at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, located at 164 N. State St. Tickets are $11/general admission, $7/students, and $6/Film Center members. Groups of 20 or more are eligible for the group rate of $8 per ticket. Please call 312-846-2073 in advance to make arrangements for your group.
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"The Chicago Fire Mobile App Powered by Cricket" will be available to download via Google Play for Android on Saturday, August 18. September 15, 2012 is the app release date for iOS. Soccer fans can also download the app online at Chicago-fire.com/app.
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Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that single tickets for Emerald City Theatre's production of the beloved classic tale CINDERELLA will go on sale to the public Aug. 17, 2012 at 10 a.m. CINDERELLA is coming to the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St) Nov. 23, 2012 – Jan. 6, 2013.
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Art Platform — Los Angeles is pleased to announce the 2012 exhibitors for the second edition of the modern and contemporary art fair. The fair, to be held on September 28th – 30th, 2012 with a preview on September 27th, will take place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica and will feature a roster of over 70 significant national and international galleries. In a specially designed exhibition space by renowned architecture firm, Frederick Fisher and Partners, the Californian tradition of indoor/outdoor environments is considered in a series of structures at The Santa Monica Airport. With this year's combination of new and returning galleries, Art Platform — Los Angeles promises to deliver a fully comprehensive and exciting display of modern and contemporary art.
We are delighted by the strength and breadth of the Art Platform — Los Angeles exhibitor list. The confluence of galleries, participants in the VIP program, the arts organizations and our sponsors, reaffirms the important position Los Angeles has within the current international art world. We are fortunate to be able to present this program to such a broad audience and look forward to welcoming art lovers to our city. By having so many quality galleries in one place, Art Platform — Los Angeles will help art enthusiasts understand the rich list of artists, dealers, collections and museums that make Los Angeles one of the most vibrant centers for art making today.
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Art Platform - Los Angeles art fair demonstrates the rich and diverse cultural landscape of Southern California and underscores Los Angeles' influential position within the contemporary art world.
Bringing together both local and international artists, dealers, collectors, museums and art enthusiasts that play important roles in the vibrant Southern California art community, Art Platform – Los Angeles emphasizes the increased recognition of greater Los Angeles as an international art capital. In pursuit of such emphasis, Art Platform – Los Angeles 2012 will both continue to provide unprecedented access to the art, galleries, institutions and collections that define the Los Angeles art scene, and to contextualize them within a broader, international framework.
Art Platform — Los Angeles will serve as a platform to encourage and deepen the dialogue between the talent of greater Los Angeles and that of the international art community around the globe.
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Storm surge and waves completely eroded and breached a low, narrow spot on Cape San Blas, creating two new inlets and severing the only road access to T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. (Courtesy NOAA)
Hurricane Michael tore a path through Panama City, Mexico Beach, and Port St. Joe, Florida in October 2018. The storm devastated the area and created a new pass along the St. Joseph Peninsula, just north of the entrance to T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. The Bay is a Florida Aquatic Preserve and supports vast meadows of seagrass and a rich assemblage of animals that live in these grass beds. Scientists from the Sea Lab at Dauphin Island are working to understand the ecological impact this new connection to the Gulf of Mexico may have on the Bay's plant and animal life.
Past research shows that hurricanes are able to move many types of marine species across large distances. Some of these shifts can be short-lived, but there is potential for a permanent stay if the conditions are right. That's where tropicalization factors into this study.
Tropicalization is the expansion of tropical species into what were formerly temperate climate zones, such as the northern Gulf of Mexico. The warming of ocean temperatures and decline in the frequency and duration of severe winter storms reaching the coast are now making these areas suitable for tropical plants and animals to become established.
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At age 18 Alysia Sawchyn was diagnosed with bipolar I. Seven years later she learned she had been misdiagnosed. A Fish Growing Lungs takes the form of linked essays that reflect on Sawchyn's diagnosis and its unraveling, the process of withdrawal and recovery, and the search for identity as she emerges from a difficult past into a cautiously hopeful present.
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Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby indicted on Federal perjury charges
January 14, 2022 BFH Uncategorized 3
Baltimore???? No way!!!!
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A Maryland grand jury on Thursday indicted Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby on two counts of perjury and two counts of filing false mortgage applications.
Mosby faces a hearing at an unscheduled date in the U.S. District Court of Maryland in Baltimore. If convicted on the charges, Mosby faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine for each count of filing a false mortgage application and up to five years in prison for each perjury charge.
The perjury charges stem from Mosby's application for pandemic relief money in May and December of 2020, when the attorney filed for federal relief dollars even though she "had not experienced any of the enumerated financial hardships she claimed to have experienced," according to court documents.
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Dry gulched January 14, 2022 at 3:21 pm
"Mosby faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine for each count of filing a false mortgage application and up to five years in prison for each perjury charge." Right. It'll get dragged out, she'll have to pay restitution which will never be paid and end up with a job with the DCCC or the biden administration.
The corruption is a naturay perk to democrats, especially the most 'progressive' ones: Pelosi, Biden, and the likes of this cooze.
The shocker is that the attorney is a black female whose husband is the city council president !!


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Is Cadillac making a smart play by returning to endurance racing? Poll results
Joel Feder December 9, 2016 Comment Now!
Cadillac made headlines recently with the surprise announcement it plans to return to endurance racing for the first time since 2002.
The question on our minds is whether Cadillac is making a smart play by heading back into endurance racing.
We asked you this very question in a recent Twitter poll. The results? A landslide with 53 percent of you saying, "Heck yes!' it's a smart play.
Is Cadillac making a smart play by returning to endurance racing?
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Not everyone was convinced, of course, as 18 percent of you said, "Nope. Waste of time." Another 18 percent of you aren't so sure.
Interestingly, 11 percent of you responded by saying, "What's endurance racing?" We encourage those people to click here.
The justification for automakers racing was always the old adage, "win on Sunday, sell on Monday." We're guessing that's not the scenario here given how few Americans follow endurance racing.
Another logic that's thrown around is the trickle-down effect. Test future technology on a race circuit, perfect it, make it reliable, get the cost down, and then put it into mass production. That could be the case, but the major components don't fit that bill. The new Cadillac DPi-V.R is powered by an engine with the same basic design as the supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 found in the production CTS-V sedan, and a sequential transmission won't be coming to a street near you.
So what's the logic here? Your guess is as good as ours, though, it probably wouldn't be a stretch to say Cadillac CEO Johan de Nysschen simply wants to participate at the pinnacle of modern-day racing as Cadillac continues climb its way back up the luxury car ladder.
It's even convinced Jeff Gordon, yes, that Jeff Gordon, to come out of retirement and pilot the new race car. No matter the logic, we're happy to see it and to see Gordon behind the wheel.
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Gijs Offringa Spring 2019
Gijs is a 18-year old boy from Hollandsche Rading, The Netherlands. He is a motivated, enthusiastic and very social individual who likes to spend time with his friends.
Besides tennis he is also interested in others sports and he played soccer until the summer of 2016. He has been a goalkeeper almost his whole career, but he also played as a field player in his last year. Despite of his passion and love for soccer Gijs decided to focus completely on his tennis career when he made the decision to go to play college tennis in the USA.
Gijs graduated high school at the highest level (VWO) with a 3.2 GPA in June of 2018. He achieved a total score of 1170 on his SAT test and scored an 80 on his TOEFL test.
Playing college tennis in America has been a dream for Gijs since he heard about it. Multiple players at his tennis club have played college tennis and they motivated him to train harder and push himself to prepare himself as best as possible to go to America in an excellent shape.
Gijs started playing tennis in his hometown Hollandsche Rading at the age of 6. At the age of 12 he made the move to TC Bilthoven which is a very big and well-known club in the Province Utrecht. Since then he started playing tennis more intensively and has been training for at least three times a week with good players on a high level.
Gijs is a tall, physically very strong (6'5 ft, 198 lbs) right-handed player who loves to play aggressive and come to the net whenever he gets the opportunity. When the situation requires he also can be patient and he can easily alternate heavy topspin with a slice backhand or dropshot. His biggest weapons are his big serve (often plays serve and volley) and double handed backhand.
During his Junior career Gijs played the national ranking tournaments but switched to the Men's open tournaments at the age of 14. This summer Gijs started to play national open ranking tournaments and achieved a highest ranking of 302 in the Dutch open mens ranking. He has a projected UTR of 10.43
The past 4 years Gijs has been practicing about 7 hours a week of tennis and about 3 times a week strength/conditional training.
Word from his coach
"I have been coaching Gijs for about 5 years now and during that time, I have seen Gijs develop as a person and player. Gijs is a very social with a positive attitude who loves to compete but also practice to train. Due to the fact he increased his hours spent on the court the last few years, his playing level increased tremendously.
This year Gijs has taken the next step and obtained his first Dutch national open men's ranking. At the moment he has a category 3 rating but I expect him to become a category 2 player in the near future.
Gijs is an aggressive player with a strong backhand, good service and a good net game. In addition, he has a great work ethic and is mentally strong what helps him a lot during matches."
Arjen van den End
Head coach TC Bilthoven
Best result in the past year:
6-4 7-5 win over Juan Verberne, Embry Riddle University, National open mens ranking of 219 (August 2017)
3-6 6-4 1-6 loss to Fons van Sambeek, UTR 12.23, National open mens ranking of 212 (August 2017)
6-4 1-6 6-4 win over Sam Bakker, UTR 10.74, Southern Wesleyan University, National open mens ranking of 272 (July 2017)
7-6 6-3 win over Sam Bakker, UTR 10.74 Southern Wesleyan University, National open mens ranking of 272 (January 2017)


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Convicted wife killer Scott Peterson 'anxious' about upcoming hearing that could see him get a retrial
KNEWZ.COM|Connor Mannion
Peterson is reportedly concerned about what it would be like if he re-entered society after years behind bars.
As he awaits a possible retrial, convicted wife killer Scott Peterson is reportedly "anxious" about potentially becoming a free man for the first time in years.
Crime-Online reported the decision on whether convicted killer Scott Peterson will receive a new trial is due on August 24.
Peterson is serving a death row sentence for the murder of his wife Laci and their unborn son in 2002.
The man was eventually identified as the prime suspect and arrested after investigators caught him in numerous lies over the course of their inquiry.
With the chance of becoming a possible free man rapidly approaching, Scott Peterson is reportedly feeling anxious as he awaits a retrial decision.
Scott Peterson: As retrial decision nears, wife killer is 'anxious' at possibility of being free again
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According to KRON in San Francisco, convicted wife killer Scott Peterson's defense plans to argue that a pair of burglars were responsible for Laci's death.
Peterson himself has long denied involvement in Laci's death and has contended he went fishing the day that Laci vanished.
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The argument for a retrial is based on the conduct of former juror Richelle Nice, who is accused of lying in order to be picked for the jury in order to convict Peterson.
Nice's attorney has said previously that his client is being unfairly "vilified."
A judge could make her decision as early as August for granting or denying Peterson a whole new trial.
Scott Peterson feeling anxious waiting for retrial decision
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Nice's attorney, Elliot Silver, said, "She's stuck in the middle here. No matter which way she can turn, she's going to appear to be the monster."
A number of letters Nice apparently sent to Scott Peterson in prison after he was convicted as wife Laci's killer will be used as evidence in the upcoming hearing.
"What pushed you so far to the limit, where you felt that you needed to kill someone who not only loved you so much, but someone who was carring [sic] part of you inside her? My heart aches for your son," one of the letters reportedly read.
According to The Modesto Bee, the Stanislaus County District Attorney had been seeking to have the man re-sentenced after his death sentence was overturned by the state Supreme Court in 2020.
Based on his 2004 murder conviction, Peterson would be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
District attorney wants Scott Peterson sentenced and off death row, she tells court
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Convicted killer Scott Peterson has been in a legally unique position as he currently sits on death row but does not actually have a death sentence.
"Our position is that the defendant currently sits on death row and he's not eligible to be on death row and it's appropriate to set the formal sentencing," Stanislaus County District Attorney Birgit Fladager said in a previous hearing.
Although prosecutors had argued for Peterson to be re-sentenced prior to the decision on whether he will receive a retrial, his attorney succesfully argued that it could impact him actively participating in the case.
"Mr. Peterson needs easy access to his attorneys. If he's moved, he could end up anywhere, he could end up down in San Diego. He needs to be able to participate in this case," Harris told the judge.
"This has been with them every single day," a source close to Laci Peterson's family told People. "Their only comfort has been that Scott has been where he belongs, on death row. That he was going to pay for what he did to Laci. It was closure."
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On January 16th, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 17Ad-17 for Lost Securityholders and Unresponsive Payees to implement the requirements of Section 929W of the Dodd-Frank Act. That section directs the SEC to revise Rule 17Ad-17, by extending the requirements of Rule 17Ad-17 to search for lost security holders from not only recordkeeping transfer agents but to brokers and dealers as well. The SEC is also adding a requirement that "paying agents" notify "unresponsive payees" that a paying agent has sent a security holder. a check that has not yet been negotiated. The amendments will become effective on March 25, 2013. The compliance date will be January 23, 2014.
For the most part this rule does not affect transfer agents. However, the unresponsive payees will now need to be notified on any checks that have not yet been cashed for transfer agents that act as payment agents.
Broker dealers now are required to comply with the same lost security holder rules that transfer agents must comply with, per this rule. This includes conducting address searches for lost security holders or shareholders that have bad addresses.
The implications embedded in this rule will be beneficial for shareholders who would have had some form of payment sent to them but would not have received it due to a bad or unknown address. Normally, once the bad address is updated by the transfer or payment agent, the account could be updated and the check would be sent out. If a new address was not obtained, the transfer agent would need to escheat the funds to the appropriate state of which the shareholder last resided. Thus, it is evident that adding a requirement to send additional notices to shareholders that have not cashed their check will not only help locate these shareholders' addresses and avoid escheatment but will remind shareholders to cash their checks. This will improve efficiency of the paying agents' responsibilities and protect shareholder's interests.
However, shareholders who hold shares at a brokerage should be weary that their shares could get escheated. How could this happen? If a shareholder moves and forgets to update their address after several years (most states 2-5 years), then the entire brokerage account could be escheated to the state they last resided in. Why would this happen? Since brokerages hold shares electronically under their nominee name, they are required to escheat shares if the shareholder cannot be found. Again, escheatment would not be required if the shareholder held onto the property themselves, but this is not possible since the shares are in electronic form. Therefore, since the broker is holding onto the property through electronic means, they would be required to escheat the shares after the shareholder is deemed as lost for a certain period of time. On the other side of the spectrum, transfer agents who keep an electronic record of physical certificates, cannot escheat the shares even if the shareholder cannot be located or the certificate is lost because the transfer agent is not technically in possession of the shares. Thus, with the new rules, it may be more beneficial to hold physical share certificates rather than electronic certificates.


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Pirates of the Caribbean At Disney's Magic Kingdom
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Classic dark boat ride
15 December 1973 ( Confirmed )
On this eight minute boat ride, guests travel through trecherous waters and a village raided by pirates and brought to life by special effects. This Disney classic is still ahead of its time and has been updated to feature unforgettable moments from the films.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.
First, Walt Disney World's Pirates of the Caribbean is terrible in comparison to the Disneyland version. But I suppose that doesn't make it a bad ride. My real issue with the attraction is that it may have once been 5/5 stars even in the Magic Kingdom; however, I feel that the incorporation of Jack Sparrow really hurt the ride (every animatronic is either Jack Sparrow or WON'T SHUT UP ABOUT HIM) and with the incorporation of political correctness, it makes for some very awkward scenes. At least the smells are nice and I suppose the atmosphere still works but this attraction has seen much better days.
Pirates Life for Me
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Friday, November 22, 2013.
As a kid, I was more interested in going on the Mountains when at Magic Kingdom. Now that I'm older, I prefer the rides like Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion. Ironically both having been the base for movie adaptations, with Pirates clearly being the better of the two.
Pirates of the Caribbean is a slow moving boat ride through what I assume is now re-themed as Tortuga from the movie. Although I have been on it before Pirates came out in 2003, I don't really remember it too much before Jack Sparrow and Barbossa was introduced to the ride. The classic elements are still there, and various pointers to the films, but overall the ride has improved in recent years due to the films success.
By no means a thrill ride, but it's the theming and attention to detail that makes this one of my favourites in Magic Kingdom.
Yo-Ho! The Pirate's Life For Me....
Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 4, 2013.
Of all of the Walt Disney World theme parks, in my opinion the Magic Kingdom boasts the most "must see attractions" and Pirates of the Caribbean is most definitely on that list.
Today's generation of Disney World-goers and Disney fans may only know of the film versions of "Pirates of the Caribbean", thanks to Johnny Depp and his "Captain Jack Sparrow" character......but to set things straight, the ride has been around far longer than the movies. It was the film series based upon the ride, not the ride based upon the films. Although today that may be harder to tell since updates to the attraction have included the mysterious Davy Jones (played by Bill Nighy - also from the films), the evil Captain Barbossa (voiced by actor Geoffrey Rush), and even Captain Jack himself (voiced again by Depp) popping up in several spots throughout the attraction.
The attraction is housed in a building designed (impressively) like an old Spanish fort, and the basic plot to the ride (updated in recent years) has Barbossa and his scurvy crew of miscreant pirates attacking a coastal town in search of Jack Sparrow. The animatronics employed here may be old, but they're still very impressive, from the facial features of the pirates all the way to the meticulous details of their hairy legs dangling off the side of a bridge. In one of the first scenes, after a small drop in the dark (don't worry, you may only get literally 1 drop of water on your arm at most), you come upon Barbossa firing his cannons on the town. You can really feel the air-cannons at work, in time with the firing of the pirate cannons so that it seems like you're feeling the rush of a cannon ball soaring past your head.
Little ones may be briefly scared during the darker moments, which primarily are at the beginning of the ride (and include a skeleton steering a ship in stormy seas) but that can quickly be overcome because the rest of the ride is light. Part of the fun you can have as a rider is to see how many moments in the ride you can recall as showing up in the films (and there are quite a few, too).
One of the things I miss about the ride (having ridden it before and after the inclusion of elements from the movies) is that in the beginning there was a talking skull & crossbones, and even though you still hear its voice, they took it dow for some reason. It would be the one saying "dead....men....tell....no....tales".
Pirates of the Caribbean is by no means a thrill ride, but it is always fun. It's well air-conditioned in there (maybe too much for some) and that can make it a welcome break from strolling around the Magic Kingdom in the hot Florida sun. Disney has also seen fit (yeah, as if they wouldn't) for you to conveniently exit the ride into a gift shop where you can buy your little ones (or maybe even yourself) a variety of piratey knickknacks.
Oh, and it's almost assured that you'll find yourself whistling, humming, or singing softly under your breath "yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me" afterwards, maybe when you least expect it.
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Lewis Ferrier, a Dutch dj located in Amersfoort (033), The Netherlands. Inspired by the sounds from Soul, Jazz, Disco, Hip-Hop and R&B, Lewis heard the infectious groove from house music back in 1988 which got him convinced that the world needed to hear more sounds that represented love and happiness. When he saw DJ's play records together into one flawless mix (like Dutch dj-legends Marcello and Dimitri) he bought two turntables to get familiar with the techniques and created his own style of mixing. From playing Techno in the early years, commercial Clubhouse after that he discovered Deep, Soulful and Groovy house music that got him affected. Nowadays he is well known for his dj-sets that can be deep with a slight tech-vibe
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It is a healthy way to meet nutritional needs and lose weight, where only foods of plant origin are included, and the proteins consumed are vegetables. No meat or fish are consumed, except for eggs and dairy products in some cases.
It is a short diet, which serves to cleanse the body, eliminates toxins and promotes weight loss; It is very suitable to begin a diet plan.
Maple sap syrup diet lasts 7 to 10 days, and is part of a fast, where only maple syrup is consumed.
It is a more varied alternative to the classic fruit diet. It is a cleansing and detoxifying diet that in most cases helps to lose weight, and aims to cleanse the body, and achieve a body balance.
Menus are rich in vitamins and minerals, using foods with depurative properties; although it must be taken into account that this diet should not be used for more than three days, without being under the supervision of a specialist.
The dissociated diet helps you lose weight quickly. It is based on combining food in such a way that certain nutrients are not put together in the same food to favor weight loss.
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It is a semiayuno based on artichokes for two days, although some experts advise to prolong it for 7-10 days; It is a monodiet with which you can get a considerable weight loss, around 3 or 4 kilos.
In this diet, it is necessary to know the calories contained in the food you are going to eat and to know the maximum number of calories that are allowed, so that you do not pass, thus making a personalized plan.
– Phase of short attack, hyperprotéica, with pure proteins of animal and vegetal origin, like meat, fish, eggs and soya, among others.
– Cruise phase, where new foods are introduced, such as vegetables and vegetables that are added to proteins to reach your fair weight.
– Consolidation phase, with which the rebound effect is avoided and where carbohydrates and fats are incorporated gradually.
– Stabilization phase, avoid the yoyo effect with the 4 phases of this diet, keeping only one day a week of proteins.
It is a diet designed to lose weight and is aimed at removing inches from the waist, to also improve health. As with all diets, it is important to exercise every day.
Organic food or "eco": is it worth putting them in your shopping cart?


Most transportation-related problems are ultimately attributable to the high kinetic energy of fast, heavy motor vehicles. The challenge is to find a way to lower the kinetic energy of personal travel dramatically, without compromising any of the benefits of motor vehicle use or suburban living. I believe that the only way to achieve this is to create two autonomous and universally accessible travel networks: one for fast-heavy vehicles, the other for low-speed, light transportation modes.
The town plan and transportation system proposed here offers a safe, convenient, clean, and pleasant environment. It should be attractive to households without requiring economic or regulatory incentives or injunctions. The requisite technologies, and analyses of their economic and social impacts, are available now.
An additional benefit, somewhat ancillary to the motivations of most urban planners, is a positive impact of such systems on sustainability. Dual-mode systems have the promise of reducing demand for certain nonrenewable resources, of decreasing the energy use in transportation, and of ameliorating transportation-related impacts on water quality. Because sustainable actions are ultimately personal choices, two-mode systems encourage choices that simultaneously improve both perceived quality of life and sustainability. This approach may thus serve as an example of the sort of more general planning that can ultimately enhance links between society and sustainability.


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Bay Sails Marine is also the exclusive dealer for Alcar boats, manufactured by CB Boatworks. As a pioneer in the pumpout boat industry we developed the Alcar Environmental, the original pumpout boat. Alcar pumpout boats help keep the water clean along the Eastern seaboard and across the country. Now we've adapted our Alcar boats to create the ideal line of salt water recreational boats. So come in and visit us for Alcar boats and all your boating needs.
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In Europe, there is a little slow-down in RevPAR performance in 2018. It was stronger in 2017. This slow-down is particularly strong in Spain which had experienced a strong "remontada" since 2014.
Italy is behind its European competitors. The impact of terrorist attacks in France is clearly visible, as it is in Brussels for Belgium.
If you look at the key markets, key European economic gateways in Europe, sampling a long cycle from 2007 to 2018, comparing the average annual growth in the RevPAR, the evolution is between -3.3% for Rome and -1.1% for Madrid while it reaches +3.5% for Nice and Cannes. So, did Europe outperform inflation? Not really.
Looking at a short term period of analysis – 2012 to 2018 – the situation is much more interesting and stronger. There is a difference between the segments, but very strong growth in the RevPAR is evident at all the key European destinations.
Construction costs in 2018 in France, are higher than average cost observed since 1986. Real estate prices in urban areas and construction costs are inflating. For instance, for The Ritz, the cost per room is 1.6M€, for the Cheval Blanc project in the La Samaritaine building it is 1.8M€ per room.
In order to stand out in this very competitive environment, to create value, to guarantee the value creation of the asset you own in the next, 10, 15 or 20 years is strong, differentiation is very important, as is knowing how to achieve it and how to secure cash flow to drive yield. This is resulting in the birth of many "lifestyle" projects.
Investors are looking for EBITDA per square meter and Return On Equity because project costs are increasing. Should we have a unique destination in a building, or shall we create mixed use to generate more cash-flow and secure a higher return on investment?
In key urban cities, it makes sense, for a program with retail, social housing, offices, art gallery, a hotel. Revenues will then be generated through many services plus the hotel rooms. The approach of having operators specialized in managing real estate to maximize the yield of the asset is going to be a strong trend.
There is clearly a strong development in this new way of operating square meters for asset owners and investors.
Wework, now WeCompany, is among the leaders of "co" worldwide. It is the largest owner of private offices in Manhattan, Washington D.C. & London. Members of Wework locations grew from 80,000 in 2017 to 400,000 in 2019.
Development is very strong and is expected to grow from 522,600 coworking space members to 5,100,000 by 2025, representing a 38.5% increase in just a few years. When we look at the trends, it becomes clear how important it is to understand how we need to combine revenue generation within one asset.


Himanshu Roy (Bengali - হিমাংশু রায়, born 1892 at Cuttack, Orissa Presidency, died – 16 May 1940), one of the pioneers of Indian cinema, is best known as the founder of the Bombay Talkies studio in 1934, along with Devika Rani. He was associated with a number of movies, including Goddess (1922), The Light of Asia (1925), Siraj (1926), A Throw of Dice (1928) and Karma (1933). He was married to actress Devika Rani Chaudhuri (1908-1994).
Born in an aristocratic family, he spent several years in Santiniketan for his schooling. After obtaining a law-degree from Kolkata, he went to London to become a barrister. There he met a playwright and screenwriter Niranjan Pal. That association led to making of a film The Light of Asia, which he co-directed with Franz Osten. Rai was also one of the main actors in this film. While making his third film, A Throw of Dice, he met and fell in love with beautiful Devika Rani, a great-grandniece of the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Before this film was complete, he married her.
At Bombay Talkies studio, Rai partnered with Sashadhar Mukherjee, and Mukherjee's brother in law worked as a technician in the studio. Due to suspected romantic liaisons between his wife and the leading man in one film, Himanshu sacked the leading man and cast the gawky, awkward-looking and reluctant brother-in-law Ashok Kumar as the leading man. Kumar went on to have a successful career in films.
After Rai's death, there was a struggle for studio control. His widow Devika Rani was in conflict with Sashadhar Mukherjee. Eventually there was dual control and alternate production of films by the two camps. During this era Mukherjee produced the studio's biggest hit Kismet in 1943. Then Mukherjee broke away to form Filmistan Studio in partnership, and Devika Rani, fully in charge of the studio, did not have as much success.
In 1945 Devika Rani married Svetoslav Roerich and moved away from Bombay and films. Ashok Kumar and Mukherjee made a bid to revive Bombay talkies and produced one big hit in Mahal. Eventually the studio shut down and is now a decrepit property in Malad.


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With 597 people, 61049 is the 999th most populated zip code in the state of Illinois out of 1,382 zip codes. But watch out, 61049, because 60470 with 592 people and 61432 with 594 people are right behind you.
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In 2017, the median household income of 61049 residents was $62,143. 61049 households made slightly more than 61375 households ($62,031), 62027 households ($62,083), and 62297 households ($62,031) . However, 16.6% of 61049 residents live in poverty.
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"The army and the police are not interchangeable. The military forces are trained to use force against an armed enemy and defeat it."
On April 12, 1963, eight Rastafarians were killed in a state-sanctioned attack; over 100 more were rounded up, beaten and humiliated by having their dreadlocks forcibly cut.
Tatyana Zelenskaya's powerful drawings tell the story of five kidnapped women, each with a very different destiny.


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Today he is the President and Co-founder of GestureTek Inc. (www.gesturetek.com), the company that invented, patented, pioneered, and evangelized the power of video gesture control technology with both Standard 2D Cameras, and 3D Depth Cameras, around the world, over the last 25+ years. GestureTek has over 16+ patents, and is the world leader in video gesture control. They have installed, or sold, well over 5,000 systems involving various applications of this technology in public installations, and they have licensed the technology IP out for Home PC's, Laptops and Tablets; Game Consoles; Toys; Mobile Phones, and other Electronic devices. Well over 100 million consumers have purchased the technology that the team at GestureTek created.
Vincent was at the U of Waterloo attaining a degree in psychology, while pursuing a career as a Psychotherapist, using the creative arts as a therapeutic tool. As a dancer, musician, juggler and artist himself, Vincent was highly influenced by the burgeoning computer revolution of the early 1980's ( U of Waterloo is a world leader in computer studies ), and sought to use computers to immerse the user in virtual dreamscapes where they could interact within the computer animation worlds surrounding them, to explore their creative expressions. He and Francis decided that by using a video camera they could passively capture people's live real-time video image, and chromo key them out of the real world, and place them in the middle of a real-time fully interactive computer animation virtual world. Eventually the Amiga computer would hit the market in 1986 and Francis would start by writing a basic version of a program for full body video gesture analysis and control, as well as an interactive animation engine, while Vincent would create the computer art assets and program the computer virtual worlds. By 1991 this Immersive Full Body Gesture Control World would emerge, and become known as the Gesture Xtreme Virtual World System, (Gesture Xtreme Virtual World System). At this same time (around 1990) the idea of "Virtual Reality" was just forming in various computer communities, and the GestureXtreme system would become a part of this revolutionary new wave of computer interface and experience.
Because of the flexibility of a camera interface to focus on the whole or different parts of the body Vincent and Francis also pioneered the GestureXtreme system as a "World First in Education" to be used for applications for "Immersive Experiential Learning" for the World of Disabilities, as well as a video games for "Immersive Virtual Rehabilitation and Fitness". Over 30 studies have been conducted with a variety of injuries and ailments, and all have shown a minimum of 2 to 3 times increase in both the length for which users are willing to do their rehabilitative exercises, as well as their willingness to engage in the rehabilitative practice, and thus a 2 to 3 times increase in recovery time. This system would eventually evolve into GestureTek's revolutionary system for Immersive Virtual Reality Rehabilitation, the IREX (Interactive Rehabilitative EXercise) System, (IREX) which is currently being used in over 500 locations around the world.
In 2000, after taking their first investors (an Angel Investor Group including David Bowie and RZO, music business managers for leading Rock Groups and Acts ) Francis and Vincent would create technology to fulfill the need they foresaw for accurate control of computer screens from a distance. Their growing company would invent GestPoint, (GestPoint) the "World's First Point and Control Off Screen Video Gesture Control" technology , with two 2D cameras or a single 3D depth camera. This technology would let the user point either on the surface of a display, or from any distance and control the on screen content of any display. This technology would be the inspiration for, and popularized in, the movie Minority Report a few years later.
Seeing that interaction with projections on any surface could be a powerful technology, in 1998 they had turned the GestureXtreme system on its head to invent the "World's First Interactive Projected Surfaces". The GestureFX, (GestureFX) system turned any surface (floors, walls, tables, counters, windows) into interactive displays that could be controlled by multiple people at the same time through gestures with any part of the body. Thousands of systems have been installed as entertainment and digital signage around the world, including the CUBE, (CUBE) the "World's First Turnkey Plug and Play Interactive Projection" system in a box. These early systems that allowed multiple users to touch and control with multiple parts of their bodies became the pioneering work for the multi touch tables and multi touch vertical panels, which GestureTek sells around the world today. This technology would also lead into GestureTek's innovations in Multi-Touch Tables and Displays. The Illuminate Multi-Touch technology, (Illuminate) was "One of the First Multi-Touch Technologies" and it is still the Industry leading technology because of its flexibility. GestureTek has sold both standard MT tables and Free Standing MT Displays, but they have also created countless custom large Multi-Touch tables and walls up to 80 feet long.
Among other consumer products that Vincent and Francis's company has been the "First in the World" to invent is the use of video cameras for "Gesture Control of Mobile Phones". Creating and surpassing the same capabilities as an accelerometer GestureTek's EyeMobile (EyeMobile) engine is a software add on for phones that tacks how it is moved in space and gives the user virtual joystick control like a Wii remote. MoMo, (MoMo) is an immersive engine to put the user's live real-time image into interactive worlds on mobile and stationary devices with front facing cameras. There are over 60 million mobile devices around the world and over 300 applications that use these technologies from GestureTek.
Maestro 3D, (Maestro 3D) is today's leading edge innovation that Francis and Vincent and the team at GestureTek are working on. It involves gesture control for the "3D Depth Camera Technology" they were the "First in the World" to invented, patented, and have pioneered since 2000. Multiple Trackers for hand and full body gesture control have been launched and libraries of gesture control continue to grow. Applications have been created and licensed for: Game Consoles; Digital Signage; PC Monitors; Home TV Remote Control; Intelligent House Control; Stage Presentations; Hands Free Roller Coaster Interaction: Surgery and Rehabilitation and Fitness; In Car Heads up display and Dash Gesture Control, just to name a few . Recently for a rollercoaster pre-show for Universal Studios in Japan, an array of 16 X 3D depth cameras in a row were linked together to track a crowd of 40 people in front of a 70 foot long screen. The systems knows where each person is in the room and sends them a personal animated character out to play with them and tracks the users individual unique gestures as they play with their characters. Vincent recent gave the "World's First Live Stage Presentation Talk Control by 3D Gesture Technology" at TEDx Waterloo, (TedX Waterloo).


What if the whole internet died?
This time last week storm Ophelia blew our electricity and thus our internet away, which basically meant that to all intents and purposes, to us the whole world wide web had disappeared in a puff. Obviously it was still there but because we couldn't access it, it may as well not have existed at all.
So then after a few agonising moments of not being able to check what the storm was doing to the rest of Ireland via Twitter or Facebook I quickly moved on to worrying about the world inside these four walls and started hunting for candles and sending hubby to dig out a camping cooker so that we could have a hot dinner.
The night before the storm was eerily quiet, I woke up several times, listening and waiting for the inevitable onslaught, visualising this great force of wind blasting at 160kms an hour across the ocean towards us. I wondered whether this is what people on death row feel like.
The day dawned and we warily watched the gently swaying trees that surround our garden, wondering whether any of them would be lost in the course of the day and whether our house would fall victim to one of them. The storm was expected to reach it's full ferocity around 1:30pm. Because we had been warned not to send the kids to school that day, we were all at home. My husband went in to work briefly and came back when he was the only one who had made an appearance at the office.
As the day wore on, the wind started to pick up. I strangely decided to stick to my Monday morning house cleaning routine as well as write a thousand words on my book (feeling the mental pressure of the ChapterBuzz Challenge here. The kids played with one thing after the next without packing things away while hubby relaxed on the couch with his phone.
I started to feel a little bit jittery as things were getting stranger. I saw a bird flying upside down backwards across the garden. My hubby offered to vacuum upstairs. Then the power went and I said 'typical'! The kids hollered what about the internet?
By the early afternoon, as the wind shrieked at fever pitch outside, and the inside of my house looked as if Ophelia had been here first.
Stupidly (or optimistically depending on your angle) I had planned pizza for supper. It's not easy to cook pizza without an oven. Not to be overcome by my lack of foresight, my clever husband poured me a glass of wine and then offered to cook the pizza. He plucked a frying pan off the hook and tenderly nursed the pizzas one after the other over the single ring camping gas cooker. It wasn't half bad – rather it was half good, ie the bottom half was nice but I didn't complain as the glass of wine had magically transformed me into a nicer person.
We were all in bed by 9pm because it was dark and we were worn out by chatting to one another.
The next morning I had to dig our way out of the front door through the wall of fallen leaves and our lawn was textured like a 1970's carpet of brown, green and gold. During the next few days I popped over to one of my generous friends a couple of times just to continue being able to 'work from home'. She had electricity so therefore also hot showers, washing machine and internet (jeals) .
Our electricity was returned to us three nights later, by then the novelty of candle lit board games had worn off. At one point I noticed fruit flies coming out of our fridge and knew it was time to throw away what was left inside it. I tried to pretend that it was like camping, only on nicer beds, but when the water started to run out too it wasn't fun anymore.
There was a moment on Friday when a little cavalcade of yellow Electricity Supply Board vehicles trundled into our small village to restore the last few homes to their former pre-storm state. I was so excited I wished I had little flags to wave for our home coming heroes. Our water came back that evening too.
As it turned out none of our trees were lost but hundreds of thousands of homes were without power due to trees falling on lines. Teams of men had to be brought in from England and France to help fix all the broken wires which took up to a week of work.
Suddenly the entire invisible world of blogging and social media had become meaningless and futile. The day to day nitty gritty of finding enough water to wash the dishes, basic clothing and possibly ourselves as well as getting just enough food to store without having to use a fridge took up most of my leisure time and energy. In the evenings all I was good for was sitting on the couch with my family to chat about the day.
Billions of the people on this earth live like this all the time. It's a constant struggle for them to keep clean, warm and free from pests. Gathering water to drink can take hours and it may not even be safe to consume. The internet and all it's insubstantial intrigue holds absolutely no meaning, neither does it contribute any value to their lives. Blogging would be just a mysterious and pointless enterprise (probably true for plenty of bloggers too). If there is any leisure time left after the daily business of survival then people gather to entertain one another with conversation and laughter.
In our Western world we have other burning questions such as: Did teenagers die from boredom before the internet was invented and, what would happen to us if we had no power ever again – how would we eat? I would more than likely not be writing anymore, I think I would be scratching animal shapes onto the walls of our cave.
It is a serious question though! It's hard to imagine but what if we were to wake up tomorrow morning with no internet, and more seriously, no electricity?
I am now extremely grateful for my taps inside, clean water and a power supply.
Thankfully my blog is not super famous and I'm not in it for the money.
Maybe I should spend a bit more time growing our own food, just in case.
My family is ok at storytelling but we fight a lot when we play games. Perhaps we just need a bit more practice?
A little adversity is sometimes one of the best reminders we can have, although it is seldom fun….but yet, treasured memories long term for your kids of half baked pizzas, board games by candle light and swatting fruit flies coming from the fridge!! Welcome back to the rat race!!
Thanks, I missed you guys!!
Glad you guys are safe and sound!!
No storm Ophelia here in Chicago, but we have had our share of big winds. Tornados do some nasty damage. I do not know what the infrastructure is like in Ireland, but I am grateful ComEd gets things up again pretty darn quick around here when the lights go out. A generator helps, too! Oh, I am way to spoiled on the goodies of modern life. Glad to hear you all made it through!
Many people are unaware of just how vulnerable the internet really is and yet how resilient it is at the same time. Quite a dichotomy of what controls our modern tech.
I'm not sure we fully understand its extent. It has made life so much easier in many ways and yet also brings nasty stuff into homes that children have unlimited access to. I guess each generation has something new to navigate.
Very true. My neighbours did not give their kids phones with internet access until they were older.
"The internet and all it's insubstantial intrigue holds absolutely no meaning, neither does it contribute any value to their lives." My daughter spent a year on the Mercy Ship in Africa, as well as five years at Charity:Water in NYCity. Quite an eye-opening part of her life. I also live in a small town (8300) in Midwest America (Missouri), which has its own challenges along with its own charms. Glad you all are okay!
Thanks! We're not used to big weather here, only gentle rain ☺. I'm sure your daughter's life has been greatly enriched by her experiences. When we go back and visit family in South Africa the contrast in the way many people live there is always an eye opener for my kids too and I think it's so important for them to develop an understanding of how poverty impacts lives.
I laughed so much as I read this, loved the pizza on a camping stove idea (especially that wine makes you nicer too, it's not just me)! I really loved the Chapter Buzz reference too – never heard of it but know I am definitely going to be checking that out in more detail.
I'm glad I made you laugh! I think you'll enjoy ChapterBuzz too it's a great way to prioritise writing.
Yes, it is hard to keep away from the pests, Liberty.
And a billion people do it – it is *humbling*!
It really is, especially when we are tempted to complain about what we lack instead of be grateful for what we have.
I grew up without the Internet *shock, horror* and we had to endure many power cuts due to the strikes of the 70s, so I'm a dab hand at coping when we lost our electricity (which has happened at least 5 times in the last 4 years and I'm not sure why, although the first two years we were living on a building site.) The Kids adapt quite well without Internet and we have found lots of things to do by candle light. Cooking and keeping the food fresh is another matter though….,BBQ in the middle of winter anyone? I'm glad you remained safe during the storm though, it must have been a worrying time.
Oh thanks for choosing me, you are so kind! 🙂 🙂 The safety aspect was slightly concerning, so grateful the damage was minimal. It is funny that electricity is such a big deal for us and now for our kids' generation when I have friends in Africa who laugh at us when we lose it and run around like headless chickens for a few days or hours even. On another note, we BBQ in the winter even when we do have power – South African heritage coming through!! Thanks again.
Yes that's right. It must be fairly awful living permanently in a hurricane zone like in the states.
Our water was out for a day during the summer. It's amazing how that sort of thing makes you reevaluate. We're so used to having our basic needs met effortlessly that it's easy to forget about the poor souls who don't even have clean water within walking distance.
Kids are good at finding fun in any situation I think! It's true a bit of suffering can make one more aware and hopefully more compassionate and moved to action too.


The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced that their second annual search for Afrika's top female technology innovators and entrepreneurs is now open. Applications are said to be open to any female entrepreneur whose business is less than three years old, uses innovative technology or business models, and has at least one year of revenue generation. Added to that, the business must also be able to demonstrate social and economic potential.
Applications for the 2017 search for Africa's top female innovators can submitted on the WEF website.
"We want Africa's top female tech entrepreneurs to join us so we can celebrate them as role models and so they can help governments and policymakers create conditions for others to flourish." said Elsie Kanza, Head of Africa at the World Economic Forum.
The 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa will take place on 3-5 May 2017 in Durban, South Africa, under the theme "Achieving Inclusive Growth". The meeting will convene regional and global leaders from business, government and civil society to explore solutions to create economic opportunities for all. It will provide insight from leading experts on how Africa will be affected by the onset of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, particularly in terms of safeguarding the region's economies from negative disruption and exploiting opportunities for further growth and development.
The closing date for application submissions is 17 April 2017.


The Art Beasties collective spans continents, with members in Seattle (Junko Yamamoto, Yuki Nakamura, and Paul Komada), New York, London, and Tokyo who collaborate via Skype. For this exhibition, inspired by the metaphorical passage of the Olympic flame from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics, the members have created art about the beloved/notorious international competition. According to their sensibilities, the artists depict the effect of the next summer games as "positively enthusiastic to pessimistically dystopian." Odds are you won't be able to see Art Beasties' show at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum this June, so catch them here as they ponder whether the sporting ceremonies will burden or elevate the city.


This art course is about using the knowledge of art to create my own masterpiece.
Critical Questions: The following questions represent the "big ideas" in which this course is based upon. Throughout the course students and teachers will re-examine these questions in order to formulate comprehensive, detailed responses.
1. How do I use art materials, processes, and technology to create a work of art?
2. How do I use the elements and principles of art to create a work of art?
3. How do I interpret a work of art and make a judgement about it?
4. Why do people value art?
5. How do I assess my own artwork and identify areas for improvement?
6. What are the steps to solving a problem and why is this skill so important?
7. What does a piece of artwork represent?
8. How do I create an expressive piece of artwork?
9. How do I mix / create colors?


This Celtic animals coloring page shows swans tying the knot in Gaelic art form. Print for children and adults. This PDF prints to 8.5x11 inch paper.
These two Celtic swans look like they're tying a string in a knot.