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Pennsylvania Legislation Infuriates Leaseholders Group
A national organization that supports oil and gas leaseholders is furious that Pennsylvania legislators passed a bill that its members contend will weaken landowners' ability to negotiate lease terms, and are urging people to contact Gov. Tom Corbett to get a veto.
According to the Pennsylvania chapter of the National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO), the group was repeatedly told over the last two weeks that SB 259, which passed on Sunday, did not contain a provision allowing forced pooling.
SB 259 and HB 1414 both contain Section 2.1, which addresses apportionment. The bills stipulate that "where an operator has the right to develop multiple contiguous leases separately, the operator may develop those leases jointly by horizontal drilling unless expressly prohibited by a lease." The section continues, "in determining the royalty where multiple contiguous leases are developed, in the absence of an agreement by all affected royalty owners, the production shall be allocated to each lease in such proportion as the operator reasonably determines to be attributable to each lease."
Dale Tice, an attorney with the firm Marshall, Parker & Associates LLC, said NARO was surprised the language contained in Section 2.1 was added to the bills. He said many landowners hold old oil and gas leases that allowed pooling of formations below the Onondaga Horizon, but not the Marcellus Shale. Others hold oil leases now held by shallow gas production with vertical wells, but which don't include a pooling provision and pay the state's minimum royalty of 12.5%.
"My concern is that Section 2.1 may be construed to allow these old leases that don't have a pooling provision — but don't expressly prohibit it — to be included in [a] production unit that will be developed with horizontal drilling, without the lessor's agreement to amend the lease to allow Marcellus pooling," Tice stated on NARO's website. If that happens, the Pennsylvania General Assembly "will have effectively eliminated the impacted landowners' ability to negotiate landowner-friendly terms or a higher royalty into a lease amendment."
Trevor Walczak, vice president of NARO's Pennsylvania chapter, also railed against Section 2.1. "If the legislature wants to expand our antiquated and predatory pooling laws, we should do it in the light of day with the people who will be most affected, not behind closed doors with the people who will benefit the most by it," he said. "This is the fox watching the hen house. It's bad business and bad politics."
SB 259 passed the state Senate unanimously on Feb. 5, 50-0. It was then sent to the state House of Representatives, and referred to the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. The committee amended the bill and passed it, 24-1, on June 25. The amended bill then passed the House on June 28 (167-33), and the Senate on June 30 (48-2), before being sent to Gov. Tom Corbett for his signature.
HB 1414 unanimously passed the House on June 11, 200-0, but it was not introduced in the Senate.
Steve Forde, spokesman for the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC), told NGI that SB 259 was designed to give royalty owners more information, and to add transparency to the royalty payment process by categorizing various deductions. "Additionally, this piece of legislation provides for ongoing development of existing leases in the most efficient and environmentally sensitive manner while guaranteeing fair compensation to the landowner. The MSC supports this bill, as it will provide royalty owners with additional information, while also addressing challenges with existing leases that already allow for natural gas development."
SB 259's primary sponsor, State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) told NGI that Section 2.1 was added during House deliberations.
"This language has no relation to forced pooling, as some have suggested," he said. "It simply allows for combining properties already leased by the same company into a larger tract. In other words, one company must own 100% of the leases involved. This will dramatically reduce the amount of surface disturbance while still allowing the royalty owner an opportunity to more efficiently develop their mineral interests."
Although Corbett has been a vocal opponent of forced pooling (see NGI, May 2, 2011), the Republican governor's energy adviser Patrick Henderson told NGI that the administration agrees with Yaw's interpretation of the bill. "Nothing in SB 259 requires someone to lease their land; changes the terms of a lease; or reduces the royalties paid to landowners," Henderson said. "SB 259 is not forced pooling and has no relation to forced pooling."
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Less than a year after the release of her first record, Britain's Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle now presents the world with her second effort, a holiday release entitled The Gift. One can only imagine that her staggering level of fame, added to the tried-and-true trope of a holiday album, will lead to mad sales for the Scottish songbird. If you're anything like me, though, you're bound to be skeptical of anyone whose rise to musical prominence comes via a television show. And for us, the question stands: is The Gift actually any good?


Any kind of ready project is a challenge of maintaining discipline. When the writing project involves a group of authors, the challenge is even more complex. To move us along, we spent 3 days of our spring break in a rented house on Lookout Mountain, Georgia. In our time together, we generated over 35,000 words. We are well on track to our goal. Our next writing retreat will be in the middle of May in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
We hope to have a complete draft by early June. People seem to be taking an interest. When we made a brief post on LinkedIn, we generated over 4,800 hits. It's not exactly Big Pink, but it's close.


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Front Royal embarked on a five song cover album leading up to the release of new original music. Song number one? Taylor Swift's "cardigan."
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Daryl Elaine Stenvoll-Wells is an artist, educator, and community arts organizer with over 20 years of professional experience in the field. A native Angeleno, she started her public art career as an assistant to legendary muralists East Los Streetscapers, and was soon designing her own commissioned murals through city-funded programs in underserved communities.
Daryl's first exposure to teaching involved working with at-risk youth on murals for the Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance. She continued building her experience working with inner city youth during periods teaching art in East L.A., Washington, D.C. and the South Bronx.
Eventually, a thirst for more global perspectives led Daryl to Paris and later London, where she became art instructor and coordinator for service learning programs at The American School in London. This international position led to many leadership opportunities, including a collaboration with a school in Pondicherry, India, plus an MA (with Distinction) in International Education and Development at the University of Sussex. During this period she spoke at several international education conferences with a focus on integration of social justice concepts across arts curricula at every stage of learning.
Daryl settled in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2010 and resumed her career as a teaching artist. But personal and public events, including the death of her older brother in 2013 and the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown in the summer of 2014, inspired her to recommit her focus to using art to memorialize the victims of police brutality and fight for criminal justice reform. She founded Art Responders, a social media community for artists to share creative responses to police brutality, in November of 2014. She also began creating animated digital 'paintings' of police victims in 2015, and has published calendars each year to raise awareness and funds for organizations that support communities dealing with racism and violence in law enforcement.
In 2015, Daryl re-launched Art Responders with a broader mission of developing cultural engagement projects with a social justice focus. Beginning with the first AR exhibition, VIRAL: 25 Years from Rodney King (2016), she has conceived and curated programming for Art Responders in the US and UK, including the event series ANTIVIRAL (2017) and the upcoming COLORISM: The Spectrum of Internalised Bias.
Julia Zeuli has over 20-years' experience in program design, popular education, and youth leadership development. Her career has prioritized working on issues related to equity and the elimination of racial, ethnic, and socio-economic disparities.
Julia grew up in San Francisco, is the daughter of immigrant parents, and is a native Spanish speaker. Her passion for lifting the voices of oppressed communities, particularly youth of color, come from her deep family roots in social justice and activism. She specializes in working with marginalized youth of color, having developed and implemented trainings that incorporate popular education, art, and theater in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and the United States. Using a social justice lens, she guides participants through a process where they critically exam, identify, and address social issues in their communities.
Her passion for social justice and digital media art, led Julia to work with youth on digital storytelling, where participants use digital media to tell their personal narratives in order to impact social change. Through the use of oral history, participatory media, and popular education strategies – her goal is for youth to use their stories to educate and advocate for social transformation in their communities.
Julia joined Art Responders in 2015 where she facilitates intersectional efforts with community-based organizations, school districts, government agencies, and community coalitions to implement community-based initiatives.
In her spare time, she is developing a Spanish language podcast of culturally relevant children's stories, gardening, and designing protest signs with her 7-year-old son.
In 2017 Art Responders welcomed Elena Mencarelli to the organization as Assistant Curator and Regional Project Manager for the Bay Area, Europe, and Australia. Elena is an art critic and curator who graduated with a Master Degree in Visual Arts from the University of Bologna, Italy. She moved to San Francisco after previous work and study experiences in Italy, France and Australia.
Ms. Mencarelli's curation experience began with exhibitions in 2014 in Melbourne, first for the Make Your Mark Art Collective and then as freelancer. Between 2014 and 2017 she has organized and curated projects in Italy, Australia and San Francisco. Literature, Philosophy and History are important elements of her curatorial activity, enriching her work with an intense conceptual component.
Through her engagement with Art Responders Elena hopes to sustain and promote cultural projects focused on reshaping society through the creative, interactive and upending-subversive approach. She strongly believes in art's power to drive communities toward constructive change.


If you're like most people, you've experienced neck pain and discomfort. According to one study, four in ten Americans suffer from neck pain on a regular basis. Whether it is mild, moderate, or severe, neck pain can interfere with your everyday activities, work, and sleep. While pain relievers can temporarily alleviate aches and pains, they don't necessarily target tight muscles or increase flexibility. Whether you prefer a light touch or deep tissue massage, receiving regular therapeutic massage treatments from our friendly, experienced therapists at Hopkins Health and Wellness can help relieve your neck pain and stiffness, while increasing circulation and range of motion. Additionally, massage therapy encourages relaxation and reduces stress, while helping you manage your pain.
What are some of the causes and symptoms associated with neck pain? While many experts suggest that, aside from sleeping in the wrong position, poor posture, repetitive motion, arthritis, pinched nerves, and of course, injuries, stress is one of the main causes of neck pain. Stress causes the muscles in the body to tense up, making the neck, shoulder, and upper back muscles tight and taught. This increased muscle tension pulls joints out of alignment, affecting posture, spinal alignment, range of motion, and can even trigger painful headaches. Pain levels vary from mild to excruciating, and can affect one local area or cause sharp, radiating pain to another region of the body. Sometimes, neck pain also causes numbness and/or tingling in the shoulder, down the arm, and into to the fingertips.
There are different massage techniques that help alleviate neck pain. Our experienced therapists apply light, moderate, or deep continuous hand movement techniques that help reduce muscle pain and discomfort. Using a variety of massage techniques, therapeutic massage improves circulation and blood flow that warms the muscles and soft tissues (tendons and ligaments). Increasing circulation delivers oxygen and nutrients that stimulate healthy muscle function and help rehabilitate injured or over-worked muscles. Additionally, stimulating circulation and fluid flow helps muscles discard lactic acid that collects in the muscles, which can trigger painful muscle spasms and stiffness. Along with pain relief, therapeutic massage increases relaxation, decreases stress, and minimizes anxiety, leaving the client feeling rejuvenated and refreshed. What is more, combining therapeutic massage with chiropractic adjustments can greatly reduce neck pain, while prolonging the benefits of both treatments.
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Valve aims to release a new Dota 2 hero by the end of November 2020
The Fall update deployed by Valve last night brought a lot of information and plenty of content for Plus subscribers and all the players alike.
From Plus subscribers exclusive treasure, new Guild ranking system and shards rewards available to all players, to optional seasonal MMR reset, the latest update has something for everyone. But more importantly, Valve brought news that each Dota 2 player was looking forward to.
For the past several years, The International also meant the announcement of a new hero. With the event being postponed this time around due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Valve kept quiet about their plan regarding a possible new hero.
Last night, the Dota 2 developer announced that they aim for a new hero release by the end of November 2020 and plans involve another hero to be revealed sometime in the Spring of 2021.
In its latest blog update, Valve acknowledged the rift created between the company and the players by their lack of communication and promises to "balance that approach with the desire for some information to the community."
With that in mind, the company apologizes to the community for not sharing more of their plans stating that "there are a variety of reasons we don't tend to get into those things until something is ready to release, because sometimes plans change, or an idea doesn't develop into something solid, etc. Sometimes we also aren't sure about dates yet, and don't want to set up false expectations for either the scope for an update or to create disappointment if estimations are wrong."
Nonetheless, the bit of information that Valve can share at this moment is the decision of changing the way new content will be released for Dota 2. The new approach means that big updates will be spread along the year instead of being centered around The International.
"We are hoping a steady state of content will prove to be more engaging to users than the previous approaches," said Valve.
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Marjoram: popular all through the Western world and most commonly found in Italian, Mexican, Greek and French -- especially Provencal -- cooking, it's easily my most favourite herb -- after garlic and basil, of course! It is very similar to oregano, but has a more delicate flavour. Add it to your tomato dishes, especially sauce; it's great in bean and meat dishes; marinate vegetables in it for grilling or add it to your favourite vinaigrette. Use it in a bouquet garni or add it to favourite meat and stuffing recipes, you'll like the subtle flavouring it gives.
Marjoram is a perennial, growing into a bush about 30cm (12in) high. A well established plant could spread as much as 45cm (18in) and makes an attractive addition to a garden. It has wonderfully aromatic dark green foliage and when in bloom, produces masses of tiny pink flowers. Really a pretty plant too!
Let's see, my compendium suggests that a marjoram tisane is a great aid to digestion. Probably, this is why it works so well in all tomato based dishes; helping to offset the acidity sometimes found there.
Here's a really different side dish recipe. I'm not much for cooked carrots, but done this way, they're not half bad! I found it years ago in an old book called The Herb Bible, unfortunately, I didn't make note of the author!
This makes an excellent vegetarian main course too.
Steam the carrots and lima beans till just tender. Reserve the cooking liquid for later. Toss the vegetables in the butter and stir in the marjoram and honey, making sure to coat everything evenly. Pour into a baking dish and drizzle the reserved liquid over all.
Mix together all the crisp ingredients, season to taste with salt and pepper and spread over the vegetables. Bake at 375 for 20 to 25 minutes, until the topping is golden brown.
Sometimes, when I make these, I'll substitute jalapeno peppers for some of the sweet red peppers.
Add the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper; stir in the herbs. Cover and allow it to simmer for ten minutes.
Stir the beaten eggs into the vegetable mixture. Cook over low heat for three or four minutes until the eggs have set. Remove from heat, let stand covered five minutes and serve straight from the pan with a loaf of crusty French bread and a crisp salad.
And, just because it's tomato season and you really should be enjoying them, here's my favourite summer pasta sauce, quick easy and tasty!
Okay, this is something I do by eye, so proportions may be off, use your judgment and experiment. It's truly the best way and the ingredients are so basic, you can't really go wrong.
In a medium sized terra cotta sauce pan, heat the olive oil till smoky. Add the peppers and sauté till soft and slightly browned. Remove the peppers from the pan and add the garlic to the pan. Allow to sauté a few minutes then add the tomatoes. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until almost all of the juices are gone. Add the herbs, the sautéed peppers and salt and pepper to taste.
Allow the whole to come just to the boil again and remove from heat.
Serve over a pound of rigatoni cooked al dente and sprinkle with fresh Parmesan cheese.
Before I leave you for another month, I wanted to mention that marjoram has long been considered the symbol of happiness and joy. So, go out there and spread some happy, happy around!


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Masquerades in Igbo and Yoruba Cultures
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Masquerade is defined as a party or group of people with masks. In Nigeria, masquerades appear during festivals, ceremonies or rituals. They dance, sing and recite incantations. Majority of the masquerades are youths with strength to make dance moves and jumps. Some performs unexplainable actions like somersaulting, bringing out fire from the mouths. They are mostly known to flog people. This act is rooted in the culture and a cultural heritage practiced by the tribes in Nigeria. Masquerades are different from each other in terms of functions, structures and festivals. A masquerade that will come out during the harvest period is different from the one that will display during the carnivals or during the death of a king.
It is part of our tradition that is recognized by the society and passed down from one generation to another. In Nigeria, some families are known to be masqueraders and some even bear a name related to masquerades. Masquerades are known to have spiritual powers, magic and charms. The masks and clothes worn by the masquerades are seen as totem- sacred objects which should not be touched by an ordinary being. There is another belief that they represent the ancestors.
Masquerades In Igbo Land
The Igbo people see masquerades as people from the soil, ancestors or the dead spirits. They are called the Mmanwu and they have special features such as spiritual power, magic and acrobatic abilities. Masquerades come out during yam festivals, harvest period, burial, coronation of a king/chief, traditional marriage or New Year festivals. They are dressed in heavy and colourful attire or raffia with wooden masks which can be scary at times.Most masks depict the kind of masquerades, events and origin. They can appear as a team or single entity.
During harvest period, gratitude is given to God for the bountiful harvest and masquerades come out to amuse the people. Masquerades majorly serve as a means of amusement, a way to appease the gods for bountiful harvest and prosperity, protectors and security agents They can also serve as law-maintaining and enforcing agents. In the olden days, anyone with bad or wicked deeds runs away from masquerades because they expose the unclean people.
Being a masquerade is like being in a secret organization. The association consists of men, majorly those in their youthful age. They are being initiated and membership is kept as a secret from the villagers or members of the society and only known by those in the group. Examples of masquerades common among the Igbo people are the Ojionu, Agbada, Ogogwu masquerades.
Masquerades in Yoruba Land
The Yoruba people refer to their masquerades as "Egungun" while the singular form is "Egun". They have a period or festival once in a year dedicated to the masquerades known as the "Odun Egun" which serves as a way of honouring their dead forefathers and deities. Masquerades come out during the festival known as the "Egungun festiva" (which usually take place in the dry season), death of a ruler, It is a tradition and custom that is peculiar to families, clans and tribes. They also wear colourful robes and they drum, dance and perform magic. The robes signify wealth, status and are believed to have ancestral powers in that as soon as a person wears it, he is being transformed and connected with the ancestors or deities. Only the men wear the masquerades clothes and masks.
During the Egungun festivals, the masquerades prays, warns and give message to the rulers and the society as a whole with the voices that are believed to be that of the ancestors. They go about with whips and flogs anyone that stands in the way of the sprits. Examples include elewe, alapansanpa etc.
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Northern Ireland To Make Gambling Regulation Changes after 35 Years
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Liam Hoofe · 14 Jun 2021
Northern Ireland is set to experience the first significant change to its current gambling regulation in 35 years. This will see companies make adjustments to the way they operate in the coming weeks and months. Both Britain and Northern Ireland have undergone legislation changes recently as the entire United Kingdom examines its gambling industry.
New Rules for Online Gambling
Northern Ireland is currently regulated under the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries, and Amusements Order which was introduced all the way back in 1985. The country's Community minister, Deirdre Hargey has confirmed that change will finally be put into place. She also confirmed that there will be new legislation regarding online gambling put into law.
Talking of the change in law, Hargey acknowledged the fact that the country has not been able to keep up with the rest of the industry due to the lack of legislation. This is something that Northern Ireland is committed to changing. The first stages of these changes will happen in the coming months.
This will just be the beginning though. A second, longer phase is due to start once these changes have been implemented. This second period will introduce a new regulatory framework that will also regulate online gambling. There is no indication yet as to how long this second phase will take.
Big Changes for Operators
While it is not fully clear exactly what the new legislation will implement, Deirdre Hargey did confirm that it will contain a mandatory code of practice that must be followed by all companies offering gambling services. Implementing these changes and getting companies up to speed is expected to take some time in itself.
Allowing children to use gambling machines could also be made illegal under the new act. Plus, the definition of cheating will also cover those caught attempting to cheat.
Another issue that has been brought up is the introduction of statutory levies on operators. This was a topic that was raised in the Department of Digital Culture, Media and Sport's (DCMS) Gambling Act review. Both GambleAware and YGAM have drawn attention to it. This would certainly be a significant change that would impact the operator's pockets.
Industry-Wide Changes in the UK
A positive change for bookmakers would be a proposed move to allow them to open up their shops on Sundays and Good Friday. This proposal was met with positive support at a public consultation in 2019. 66% of the participants considered that working hours for bookmakers should be relaxed, and there was a positive response to being open on Sundays. As of right now, shops are not permitted to operate at all on Sundays.
Northern Irish ministers have been seeking advice and guidance from their counterparts in Westminster for these new bills. The United Kingdom as a whole has been undergoing a generational review of the 2005 Gaming Act. Furthermore, the British government is also looking to implement several changes.
The gambling industry, on the whole, has come under close scrutiny in the UK since the Covid-19 pandemic started last year. Figures are suggesting that more British people have turned to online gambling since being locked down.
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LONDON, January 21, 2019 – Genel Energy has agreed to acquire stakes in two Kurdistan Region of Iraq blocks, the company announced on Monday.
Genel will acquire from Chevron a 40% operating interest in the Qara Dagh licence as well as 30% equity in the Sarta licence, the company release added. The price tag of the former deal was not disclosed, while Genel estimated that it would spend about USD 60 million on the latter acquisition through 2020.
"We are delighted to have been chosen as a partner to Chevron," said Murat Özgül, Genel's CEO. "The agreement provides access to a phased development opportunity with significant growth potential at Sarta, and an exciting appraisal opportunity at Qara Dagh."


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BOT's Top 100 Movies of All Time - Hindsight is 2020 Edition
By The Panda, July 15, 2020 in The Speakeasy
9 minutes ago, baumer said:
Name a movie that John Ford directed that has hit the zeitgeist. Films like citizen Kane, gone with the wind, wizard of Oz our films are pretty much everyone has seen. I think stagecoach might be his most famous film it's not exactly a film that many people have seen we're born post 1980. I think the reason he's not on this list is because people just haven't seen his movies.
...which is on us BOTers, a community of film lovers.
In addition to Stagecoach and How Green Was My Valley, these films of his are all famous and legendary:
Grapes of Wrath
The Quiet Man
Mr. Roberts
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Searchers
1 hour ago, Plain Old Tele said:
I agree with you 100%. but if you took a poll here at the forums out of those six movies that you mentioned my guess is most people here have not seen those. I know there are exceptions of course but I mean the vast majority of the members here. Out of those sticks that you mention I've only seen three of them. Again that's on me as well.
1 hour ago, baumer said:
I know, I'm just saying it's on us, since we're all movie buffs.
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6 hours ago, baumer said:
Sure, I know he is not a director of blockbusters or extremely famous movies. It is just that it is a pity that people do not know what he did.
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For additional archival purposes here was the list revealed in telegram chat which used the lists of our telegram users.
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Do the Right Thing
4. Back to the Future
5. Schindler's List
6. Goodfellas
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
8. Jaws
9. The Dark Knight
10. The Godfather
11. Jurassic Park
12. Titanic
13. Lawrence of Arabia
14. T2: Judgement Day
15. 12 Angry Men
16. The Wizard of Oz
17. Alien
18. The Incredibles
19. Heat
20. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
21. Star Wars
22. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
23. The Godfather Part II
24. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
25. Singin' in the Rain
26. The Social Network
27. Parasite
28. Seven Samurai
29. Spirited Away
30. Inside Out
31. The Shining
32. Taxi Driver
34. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
35. Inception
36. Casablanca
37. The Matrix
38. Before Sunrise
39. North by Northwest
40. Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
41. Once Upon a Time in the West
42. Citizen Kane
43. Silence of the Lambs
44. Apocalypse Now
45. The Shawshank Redemption
46. Pulp Fiction
47. Toy Story
48. Saving Private Ryan
49. Princess Mononoke
50. Finding Nemo
51. Rear Window
52. The Lion King (1994)
53. Psycho
54. Aladdin (1992)
55. Die Hard
56. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
57. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
58. It's a Wonderful Life
59. Ratatouille
60. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
61. Toy Story 2
62. Pan's Labyrinth
63. Rocky
64. Rashomon
65. A Clockwork Orange
66. The Truman Show
67. Wall-E
68. Aliens
69. Mulholland Drive
70. Children of Men
72. 2001: A Space Odyssey
73. Gravity
74. Get Out
75. Inglourious Basterds
76. The Big Lebowski
77. Blazing Saddles
78. Blade Runner
79. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
80. The Sixth Sense
81. The Princess Bride
82. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
83. Network
85. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
86. Nashville
87. Amadeus
88. The Terminator
89. Whiplash
90. Sunset Boulevard
92. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
93. The Bridge on the River Kwai
94. Forrest Gump
95. Before Sunset
96. Memento
97. Chinatown
98. Duck Soup
99. Bambi
100. The Third Man
101. Batman Begins
102. The Iron Giant
103. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
104. Ran
105. Fargo
106. Boyhood
107. The Elephant Man
108. There Will Be Blood
109. Call Me By Your Name
110. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
111. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
112. On the Waterfront
113. Creed
114. Hot Fuzz
115. Coco
116. Mary Poppins
117. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
118. Spider-Man 2
119. Fight Club
120. The Sound of Music
121. The Manchurian Candidate
122. Lady Bird
123. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
124. No Country for Old Men
125. Some Like it Hot
126. Reservoir Dogs
127. Pinocchio
128. Unforgiven
129. Casino Royale
130. My Neighbor Totoro
131. The LEGO Movie
132. The Young Girls of Rochefort
133. American Honey
134. Eyes Wide Shut
135. Shrek 2
136. Good Will Hunting
137. Apollo 13 (tie)
138. (500) Days of Summer
139. When Harry Met Sally
140. The Departed
141. City of God
142. Malcolm X
143. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
144. The Battle of Algiers
145. The Wolf of Wall Street
146. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
147. The Searchers
148. L.A. Confidential (Tie)
149. The Bourne Ultimatum (tie)
150. Little Women (2019)
151. Raging Bull
152. The Wrestler (Tie)
153. Roma (Tie)
154. Bicycle Thieves
155. The Thing
156. Cabaret
157. The Prestige
158. The Prince of Egypt
159. The 400 Blows
160. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Tie)
161. Her (2013) (Tie)
162. Black Panther
163. Arsenic and the Old Lace
164. In the Mood for Love (Tie)
165. Life of Brian (Tie)
166. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Tie)
167. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
168. Ocean's 11
169. Avengers: Endgame
170. Zootopia
171. The Treasure of Sierra Madre
172. Ben-Hur (1950) (Tie)
173. Barry Lyndon (Tie)
174. The Black Stallion
175. Before Midnight
176. Superbad
177. Raising Arizona
178. Airplane!
179. The Royal Tenenbaums
180. 8 ½
181. The Fugitive
182. Predator
183. Your Name
184. Dazed and Confused
185. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
186. Gladiator
187. Minority Report
188. The Last of the Mohicans
189. Stalker (1979) (Tie)
190. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (tie)
191. Rosemary's Baby (tie)
192. Come and See (Tie)
193. Oldboy (2003)
194. Akira
195. Life of Pi
196. The Intouchables
197. The Best Years of Our Lives (Tie)
198. Young Frankenstein (Tie)
199. If Beale Street Could Talk
200. Zodiac
201. Chariots of Fire (Tie)
202. Life is Beautiful (Tie)
203. The Graduate (Tie)
204. All the President's Men
205. Spider-Man (2002)
206. Dunkirk
207. A Star is Born (2018)
208. The Favourite
209. Modern Times
210. The Grapes of Wrath
211. Umbrellas of Cherboug
212. Breathless (Tie)
213. You Can Count on Me (Tie)
214. Pather Panchali (tie)
215. Big Fish (Tie)
216. Only Angels Have Wings (Tie)
217. Se7en
218. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
219. The Wild Bunch
220. Manchester by the Sea
221. Paths of Glory
222. The Hustler
223. Aguirre, The Wrath of God
225. Ida
226. Brazil
227. Groundhog Day
228. All About Eve (Tie)
229. Gone with the Wind (Tie)
230. Anatomy of Murder (Tie)
231. The Italian Job (Tie)
232. The Dead (Tie)
233. Harakiri (Tie)
234. Blade Runner 2049
235. The Sting
236. Days of Heaven
237. Moonlight
238. Ikiru
239. Arrival
240. Glengarry Glenn Ross
241. The Naked Gun
242. Brief Encounter
243. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
244. Escape From NY (Tie)
245. Mystery Men (Tie)
246. Au Hasard Balthazar (Tie)
247. Dog Day Afternoon (Tie)
248. Almost Famous (Tie)
249. The Fiddler on the Roof (Tie)
250. The Music Man (Tie)
Also worth comparing both of our lists to the IMDb Top 250 to see how our user's tastes differ from the general internet
https://www.imdb.com/chart/top?ref_=tt_awd
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Bonded labour, child labour: Manual scavenging in India far from being eradicated
(Down to Earth: Governance)
Dec 14: Bonded labour, child labour – https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/governance/bonded-labour-child-labour-manual-scavenging-in-india-far-from-being-eradicated-80673
GS-2 – Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
Context: The Union government, in response to a question in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session, said it has achieved the target of abolishing manual scavenging. But this seems far from reality – manual scavengers in the country are not only working as contractual, migrant and casual workers and labourers but also as bonded labourers in Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tripura and Bihar.
What are the issues?
The State with the highest numbers: Jharkhand, with 763 manual scavengers working as bonded labour — the highest in India — puts the new labour codes to shame. Over 30,356 children in the state still work as labour engaged in direct scavenging; sweeping; railway track, sewer and septic tank cleaning; and assisting jobs.
Lack of categorization: The government not only cannot distinguish between "manual scavenging – a caste-based practice of people cleaning human excreta by hand — and the practice of cleaning sewers and septic tanks, but also needs to add newer categorisations in The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation (PEMSR) ACT, 2013."
Insanitary places: Manual scavenging also persists due to the continued presence of "insanitary latrines," where human waste has to be cleaned physically and not by a machine or sewage system. The majority of such latrines are dry latrines, which don't use water. According to the 2011 Census, there are about 2.6 million dry latrines in India.
Lack of Protective Gears and lack of proper definition for it: Protective gear like gloves, gas masks and boots are often not provided by employers, in violation of the 2013 law, leading to diseases and even death. There is no proper accountability system in place. The 2013 Act allows manual scavenging if the employer provides 'protective gear'; However, the Act does not define what constitutes 'protective gear,' creating a possibility for employers to exploit this provision.
Forced employment: Sanitation workers below 16 are also twice more susceptible to be forced to work from time to time as manual scavengers. Girls suffer the most and even receive rape threats if they refuse to clean the dry latrines. The newer dry latrines also become the hotbed for illegal contractual pre-conditions and arrangements, with children forced into labour. This makes manual scavenging one of the largest employers of children in India, with a share as high as the agricultural sector. But what makes it more severe than the agricultural sector is that over 97 per cent of all these children belong to scheduled castes.
Social Welfare schemes: The assistance programme for rehabilitation has failed lakhs of manual scavengers in India who are still waiting for any kind of primary support, even as the government states that the identified and eligible manual scavengers have been provided assistance for their rehabilitation.
More than 20 per cent of the manual scavengers were never recorded through the PEMSR Act.
In the last five years, over 600 people have died during the hazardous cleaning of sewer and septic tanks.
Over 40 per cent of these 58,098 manual scavengers have not received any form of one-time cash assistance (OTCA) or compensation.
Only 17,660 below the age of 21 have received OTCA.
Re-Evaluating the State of Toilets: The dependence on unimproved water sources in rural India even within sanitary toilets increases the need to re-evaluate the obsession with toilet construction in India.
Reforms for Sanitation Labours: The sanitation system needs to go hand in hand with the water system, combined with an assessment of sanitation behaviour and sanitation labour reforms in India, at every single step.
Eradication of Dry Latrines and Hanging Toilets: The usage of both dry latrines and hanging toilets puts the communities around them at high risk of illness, beyond Covid-19. Therefore, both the construction and usage of these units needs to be eradicated.
The mere circulation of a national policy on mechanisation does not ensure the implementation on the ground. The questions that arise are:
What steps has the government taken to ensure implementation?
If manual scavenging is abolished, who are these people still forced to clean these 1.2 million dry latrines?
The government also needs to give a response on manual scavengers working forcefully as bonded labour in India and how will the new labour code fix it?
Mahatma Gandhi: "Everyone must be his own scavenger."
Can you answer the following question?
Human dignity remains a far-fetched utopia unless and until the poorest of all are forced to adopt manual scavenging as a means to subsistence. Comment.
Why even after complete ban and strict penal provisions, the demeaning practice of manual scavenging persists in India. Examine.
Elaborate upon the measures adopted for the betterment of manual scavengers.
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All that's happening in the world… MLK Jr. Day, January 16, 2017 just seemed more profound, more resonant than ever. The day before, Carla and I sat in our kitchen and recorded a demo of Bob Marley's great tune "Redemption Song." One of the last songs he ever wrote.
Not many songs about "redemption" – the process of off-setting, compensating, making better. That's our job right? To make things better? A better world, a better heart, a better head? Be better human beings. And try to help make the world a kinder, gentler, more understanding and compassionate place.


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Icer's Inc
In October of 1980, a 35 year old from Fredericton, Ross Hanson, was driving home from work when his car suddenly blew a tire and ran into a ditch. When he came to, he was in a hospital in Saint John, paralyzed from the neck down. He was told he would never walk again. It only took Hanson 3 years to prove them wrong. He relearned everything from sitting to writing to walking. Walking became easier as time progressed, but he still found it hard to get around in winter's icy weather. He searched the market for good quality antislip footwear, but only found highly specialized products for mountain climbing and nothing suitable for the average consumer. He visualized a product that was of simple design, easy to attach, provide a stable, level platform, remain flexible in all conditions, comfortable to wear, extremely durable, and above all, are effective. With the help of his longtime friend, Peter Baldwin, he was determined to build his own. Hansen knew a little about business, and his friend Baldwin was positive they were onto something.. In 1987, they pooled their savings of $5000, and incorporated their company called SuperSoles.
Icer's Inc.Two years of intense research, and development resulted in the production of 26 working prototypes based on the principle of studded tires. Friends and Neighbors were enlisted to test the product. Finally they reached a prototype that they knew was superior, so they applied for, and obtained their first patent. Following that, Hansen took out a 100,000 dollar loan after mortgaging the equity on his house.
By the fall of 1989, production was well under way. With a staff of five, they cut and assembled all the pieces by themselves in a rented church basement. At first, Hansen thought his product would be limited to the elderly and disabled, until he was able to crack the safety market. He signed a major contract with Canada Post to outfit all it's letter carriers, and soon his company had established market credibility. Hansen saw his profits double in his second year of production to over $150,000.
As more orders poured in, Hansen had to find more space. He took out another loan of $50,000, to lease a warehouse and purchase new machinery. He set his sights on expanding into foreign markets. He achieved that goal in 1991, after licensing a manufacturer in the U.S., and finding a distributor in Norway. He got more than he bargained for when he found it hard to keep up with all the new business.
He leased a larger warehouse, and crammed it with more supplies and machinery. His sales continued to increase, as he broke into more cold climates such as Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and Japan. By 1995, SuperSoles, now renamed to "ICER'S INC.", had reached close to $1 million in sales. Today there are more than 500,000 pairs in use in 9 countries! Hansen, who has been everything from janitor to CEO, draws his strength from knowing his product is helping people around the globe as well as right here in Canada. "ICER'S" were used by hydro companies during the terrible ice storms which ravished eastern Canada in January 1998. Sales are expected to jump again this year.
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Although I'm just an amateur photographer, I feel like that this is my best deviation yet. It captures an essence of a "heavenly" or "hopeful" light in the midst of a really dark time. And I just took this picture randomly too . . .
Summary: You are your own strength. And even if you don't believe in yourself, there is always someone who will believe in you. So keep the faith, and keep going. Third person narrative, one-shot (one chapter).
Shizuka Sendou was busily cooking away for her two children – Aichi and Emi – when she looked out the window in the kitchen and noticed that the sky was becoming darker at an alarming rate. She looked at the clock and noted the time: 8:00 P.M. on the dot. When she realized what time it was, she became worried. Emi had made it home safely at 4:00 P.M. with her friend Mai, so that wasn't the issue for her. She knew that her son, Aichi, had his Cardfight Club after school, but he normally came home at around 7:00 P.M.
Summary: All I wanted . . . All I wanted was to be accepted. Not as a rival, not as the strongest Vanguard player, but as your friend. If it takes acquiring this force for you to see that, then I'm willing to take the risk. Third person Contains spoilers.
Kai watched in horror, bullets of sweat pouring down his face, as the card on top of his deck flew from the impact of Takuto's attack. The breeze coming from the impact flipped the card over, revealing that it was not a trigger. The damage was 6 – 4.
"D-Damn it . . ." He muttered, clenching his cards tightly as if to crumple them together. "How could I have lost to you? Again?" As soon as he said this, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, causing him to clutch the neck of his shirt.
The rain continued to pour heavily on the concrete as Kai walked briskly on the street by the Sendou residence. Carrying several "Get Well!" cards written by Aichi's friends, including Naoki and Shingo, his new found friends from Miyaji Academy, Kai constantly had to stop to exhale a sigh of irritation. The event at Miwa's house which forced him on this journey constantly played inside his head over and over.
"And I have to do this … Why?" Kai had inquired with a hint of slight irritation in his voice when Miwa handed him the handmade cards.
"Because you're the only one who knows where he lives." Miwa responded slyly, his face having one of mischief. "Besides, you'll make his day." Turning around, Miwa muttered under his breath, "Or make him faint. Whichever comes first."
"What?" the brunette asked, his irritation becoming more obvious.
not instantly, but gradually? Painfully? Do you remember those feelings, Aichi?
Months passed by before another Dark Signer conference was held. In between the last couple of months, I've learned a lot about the Dark Signer organization that I had never thought I'd learn, along with how to use my new deck, the Dark Feathers. Long story short, turns out I was completely wrong about the Dark Signers. Granted their method of "world peace" was a bit ironic, and I was still not comfortable with having to kill people in order to achieve it, but I really did understand the Dark Signer mission clearly now and how I was supposed to carry it out.
3. Do this 50 times.
Meme . . . SUTATO!
A wise man once said . . . "I will avenge my cup ramen!" (Thinking pose) Such an inspiring quotation. Even supports Goal 6 of the Sacred Heart. Let's get on with business, shall we? Today, I will be teaching you how to recognize the common elements of anime writing, or Japanese animation writing, that actually mean something to humanity, which, in turn, make anime very successful. As a writer AND an avid anime watcher for approximately ten years, I feel that by now, I have some sense of what a good anime looks like and the effects it should have on people, no matter what the genre is. *Coughs* Thank you very much, Shin Yoshida. Therefore, the three main points that I will cover in this presentation will be how to recognize good characterization and plot in an anime and how anime is a very integral part of society, even to those who would rather not even bother with it.
Inside, you will find literary crack. No. Not twilight. Crack that's actually good for your soul. You will also find more crack. Proceed with caution.
It's literally been more than a year since I last updated this thing.
To be honest, I have been on dA since the last time I wrote a journal entry (and as you can see, I've submitted some things), but keeping up with this journal hasn't exactly been my number one priority.
Junior year wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
As of two days ago, I am now a legal adult. Lord send help.
Crying over fictional characters has become a weekly habit. Didn't used to be, believe or not. And you know how I used to be so emotional over 5D's? Yeah. Cardfight!! Vanguard is that anime for me now. Especially the third season like what the fudge.
I can't promise I'll be more active on dA from here on out, but I figured I'd have to let you guys know that I'm not completely dead.
Dec 8, 2012 Three months later . . .
Jul 12, 2012 Erryday I'm tumblin'.
Your icon/Avatar of Crow is adorable!
Thanks for the llama bag!
Thank you so much for the fave!! I love your chibi crow avatar he's so cute !
Hey! It's me AnimeQueen20, only with a new account.
thanks for your fav again!
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a good one!