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Barrister fails in discrimination claims against chambers
Goldsmith Chambers: Relieved to put matter behind them
An employment tribunal has rejected all the claims of discrimination, victimisation and whistleblowing made by a barrister who also acted as the chambers manager.
But, in an 87-page ruling, it found that Karen Gillard lied to Goldsmith Chambers when denying that she had leaked a story to the website Legal Cheek, only admitting that she had done it 18 months later during cross-examination before the tribunal.
The case has generated a lot of negative headlines for the chambers over the past year.
Ms Gillard joined Goldsmith in 2014 after it took over Argent Chambers and was soon co-opted on to the chambers management committee (CMC).
Initially a regular tenant specialising in family law, in 2015 she started receiving an allowance due to the amount of time she spent doing project management work in chambers, and from January 2016 was paid monthly for chambers administrative work under a consultancy agreement, giving her standing to bring a claim.
She was suspended from chambers in October 2016 after complaints by the senior clerk and one of her staff. Goldsmith asked London law firm Withers to carry out an external investigation into Ms Gillard's conduct, which in turn instructed barrister Bruce Gardiner, who at the time was at 2 Temple Gardens, as the investigator. The tribunal said this was a "sensible" step.
He considered 10 allegations against Ms Gillard, upholding five in full: she made "serious" threats to report chambers or members to the Bar Standards Board; she failed to provide a business modelling report for which she was paid £17,000; she resolved a dispute between one barrister and a law firm over £2,000 in outstanding fees by paying the firm £1,000 and have it repay that money and the outstanding sum to the barrister without his knowing; she overcharged in relation to one invoice; and she failed to following the procedure for authorising her expenses, pushing them through without a countersignature.
Mr Gardiner said the payment in the fee dispute was the most serious act of misconduct which he had found proven. Ms Gillard sought to justify it by saying that it was a commercial decision on her part to seek to prevent the law firm from suing.
The tribunal said: "On our finding this was not just unorthodox. It was wrong and in breach of the Bar Standards Board Handbook upon which the claimant relied so heavily in these proceedings."
Mr Gardiner did not uphold the allegation that Ms Gillard leaked information about Goldsmith's use of family and friends as interns and work experience students to Legal Cheek, although the story ultimately did not run. She had been instrumental in recruiting the interns.
The tribunal said she "blatantly" lied about the leak in an email to the CMC, and did so on other occasions too: "We find that the claimant lied about the matter and was deceptive."
She even threatened action against anyone who repeated the allegation that she had been the source of the leak.
Mr Gardiner told the tribunal that, had he known that she was the source, he may have found differently on another allegation relating to bullying members of staff.
He also partially upheld an allegation that Ms Gillard had threatened to harm chambers.
Following the report, she was expelled from Goldsmith.
In her claim, Ms Gillard claimed that she had made 39 protected disclosures, but the tribunal only found that two were – both relating to a £5,000 fees debt arising from Argent.
But the tribunal said that, even if it was wrong on this, Ms Gillard was not subjected to any detriment because she made disclosures.
On direct sex discrimination, Employment Judge Elliott said Ms Gillard had not made out a prima facie case.
He said the gender composition of both Goldsmith Chambers and the CMC was roughly equal while it was clear that "women reached senior positions in chambers", including Charlotte Proudman, described by Ms Gillard as the 'resident feminist'.
Ms Proudman was the focus of a media storm in 2015 after condemning a 'sexist' LinkedIn message from a City partner. Judge Elliott noted that "high-profile press attention on an issue related to sex discrimination" proved no barrier to Ms Proudman's appointment to chambers soon after.
The tribunal said there was also nothing from which to draw any adverse inference of sex discrimination from the view of head of chambers Anthony Metzer QC that female counsel should be referred to as Ms, unless they specifically said otherwise.
On claim of sexual orientation discrimination from Ms Gillard, who was described as "openly gay", the judge said: "[The chambers] was well aware of her sexual orientation. She did not hide it. She attended social events in chambers with her partner, who also secured a place in chambers on a second application."
The judge said Ms Gillard said at first that she was expelled from chambers not because she was gay, but "because it was convenient". Later she changed her evidence, accusing head of chambers Mr Metzer of being "by definition" homophobic.
"We find that the claimant did not and does not genuinely consider Mr Metzer to be homophobic or anti-gay. We find that he is not."
Judge Elliott said Ms Gillard had failed to make out a prima facie case on sexual orientation discrimination.
On victimisation, he said Ms Gillard had failed to take the tribunal to "any specific complaint" that she made that there been a breach of the Equality Act.
He said Ms Gillard's "change of position" on the recruitment by chambers of family members was "directly related" to the breakdown of her relationships with Mr Metzer and treasurer Adam Gersch in September 2016.
Ms Gillard also relied on Mr Gersch contacting the police and making "false allegations of harassment against her".
He had asked that it just be reported for information only, in case the matter should escalate. The police investigated and closed the matter after deciding that no crime had taken place.
The judge ruled that the reason Mr Gersch went to the police was because "he felt harassed and it was affecting his health".
The tribunal heard that a "constant bombardment of emails" from Ms Gillard, some of them accusing him of mismanagement and fraud, had a "negative impact" on Mr Gersch. In addition to seeing his GP for high blood pressure, he was admitted to hospital for observation.
The tribunal also heard that, on the day that Mr Gardiner was instructed, Ms Gillard had a telephone conversation with Dingle Clark, the deputy head of chambers.
"He was at Cannon Street station waiting for a train. He made some notes of the call on his copy of the Evening Standard… Mr Clark's evidence is that the claimant said in relation to the Gardiner investigation that she wanted 'due process' and not 'Jew process'; Mr Metzer and other senior members of chambers are Jewish.
"The claimant denied saying this… We find on a balance of probabilities that she used the phrase noted by Mr Clark on his newspaper."
Samantha Owen, a solicitor at Irwin Mitchell who represented Goldsmith Chambers, said: "Ms Gillard made a string of serious and unfounded allegations against Mr Metzer QC and other senior members of the management committee and they have all been found to be false.
"Mr Metzer QC, the members of the CMC and a number of members of staff are now relieved that they can finally put this matter behind them."


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Donald Trump in Twitter feud with John Legend and Chrissy Teigen over justice reforms
He referred to the musician as 'boring' and said his wife was 'filthy mouthed'.
President Donald Trump has criticised musician John Legend for not playing a role in passing criminal justice reform following a TV special on the subject in which the star appeared.
Mr Trump also said he has not got enough credit for signing a law instituting some reforms.
Your country needs you, Melania
— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 9, 2019
The law reduced mandatory minimum sentences, among other measures.
In a series of tweets late Sunday and early Monday, Mr Trump called Legend "boring".
He also said Legend's wife model Chrissy Teigen as "filthy mouthed".
When all of the people pushing so hard for Criminal Justice Reform were unable to come even close to getting it done, they came to me as a group and asked for my help. I got it done with a group of Senators & others who would never have gone for it. Obama couldn't come close….
….musician @johnlegend, and his filthy mouthed wife, are talking now about how great it is – but I didn't see them around when we needed help getting it passed. "Anchor"@LesterHoltNBC doesn't even bring up the subject of President Trump or the Republicans when talking about….
…..the importance or passage of Criminal Justice Reform. They only talk about the minor players, or people that had nothing to do with it…And the people that so desperately sought my help when everyone else had failed, all they talk about now is Impeaching President Trump!
Legend responded by saying Trump is hungry for praise and asked Trump's wife Melania to step in.
Teigen wrote she did not appear on the special and used crude language to describe Mr Trump.
09 September, 2019 14:18 Entertainment

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A common problem that I often encounter in the behavioral health clinic these days is the difficulty that others have to let go or move beyond emotional blockages to growth. Typically, these are a root cause of the anxiety, stress overload, and depression that generally presents as the problem. Non-clinical populations also exhibit the common problem of letting go, and may never manifest all the symptoms that lead to presentation for treatment. It appears that cultural conditioning, the social mirror, and the myriad of expectations both internal and external contribute to the problem.
Today, there are many, many influences in our lives. Some of them are simply taking up emotional and mental space, and thus need to be cleared, so we can focus on the most important things in our lives.
In the business and organizational world, the problem of letting go, is pervasive. In our driven world steep in high expectations, and underlying demands – both internal to the person and from others, it is sometimes a hidden problem that keeps us hostage to the things that we can simply let go of.
These of course, are not exhaustive. But you get the point. The concept to remember is that: The items above are preventing positive movement ahead. They are holding us hostage emotionally, behavioral, or through our thinking patterns. They are dulling our senses.
1. Identify what needs to be let go – Is it a thought, behavior, or a change in your job?
2. Ask yourself: What impact on my life will this make? Why is it important to let go?
3. Identify your support system. Create an accountability system that can support you through the changes that will occur once something is changed. More difficult things to let go – require more support. Supports can be personal and professional. Perhaps consulting with a trusted colleague.
4. Stressors, personal slights, negative cognitions, require more fortitude. It may require us to stop our negative thoughts, change a self-sabotaging behavior, or simply apologize to someone and rebuild a relationship.
Finally, consider the enormous payoff you will feel and experience when you let go of unnecessary things and situations in your life that weigh you down. Sometimes thoughts about the prospective payoff can be very motivating to make the change. Having deeper values and mission about the why, will help drive you toward how and what of any change you make.


SMYRNA, Tenn. - Members of a church say God is punishing American soldiers for defending a country that harbors gays, and they brought their anti-gay message to the funerals Saturday of two Tennessee soldiers killed in Iraq.
About 10 church members protested near Smyrna United Methodist Church and nearly 20 stood outside the National Guard Armory in Ashland City. Members have demonstrated at other soldier funerals across the nation.
The funerals were for Staff Sgt. Asbury Fred Hawn II, 35, in Smyrna and Spc. Gary Reese Jr., 22, in Ashland City. Both were members of the Tennessee National Guard.
Hundreds of Smyrna and Ashland City residents and families of other soldiers turned out at both sites to counter the message the Westboro Baptist members brought.
The church members held protesting permits, and counterprotesters in Smyrna turned their backs to Westboro Baptist members until time expired on the protest permits.
"If they were protesting the government, I might even join them," Danny Cotton, 56, said amid cries of "get out of our town" and "get out of our country."
"But for them to come during the worst time for this family _ it's just wrong."


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The 18-hole "Desert Dunes" course at the Desert Dunes Golf Course facility in Desert Hot Springs, California features 6,876 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 73.8 and it has a slope rating of 142 on Bermuda grass. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., ASGCA, the Desert Dunes golf course opened in 2009. Jose Rivera manages the course as the General Manager.
On a day without wind, which I am told is unusal this was a pleasure to play. No hold ups at all and course in relatively good condition. Watch out for the unes on the first few holes and lots of scrub after that.
The weather was nice but the wind was a bit excessive. Pace was great. Didn't have to wait around for groups ahead. Teamed up with another single and had an amazing outing. Will go back when the wind isn't as bad.
Wildlife and views fantastic. Greens not so fantastic. What a shame! A friend of mine raved about this course as a must play a few years ago. Fix the greens and this course could be top rated again. Staff friendly. Slow play, nearly 5 hr round. Marshall non-existent. Fairways/tees great shape.
Great experience, but not when windy. The staff helped us get a time at another course on a windy day; we then came back and played here to our complete delight! Lots of trees, well groomed fairways with good grass, greens in great shape. Will play here again.
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beautiful golf course. well maintained. played on a saturday morning. teed off at 7:30am and was done by 10:30am. no traffic on the fairway. greens were fast. fairways were perfect. it felt bad taking a divot :) scenery was awesome. one of the best courses i have ever played. highly recommended.
FYI - I'm a 13 handicap and I've only played this course in the summer (I've played it 4 times in the past 3 years). First off, if you arrive at the course and the wind is howling, I would NOT recommend playing this course (you will NOT enjoy yourself). This course is one of my favorite courses in the Coachella Valley when the wind isn't blowing. The best thing about this course is that there are NOT any houses on the course - it's very scenic. The course is a really good value with summer green fees topping out at $25 - $30. Let me tell you that this course is pretty tough. If you aren't straight off the tee, you will accumulate a bunch of penalty strokes. The fairways are pretty wide but if you spray your drive, you're in the desert crap and you'll be hitting three off the tee on most occassions. The greens are always in great shape and they're pretty fast (probably a 9.5 - 10.0). Another good thing about this course is that you can finish a round here in under 3 hours. There are never many people on the course (probably because it can be pretty difficult) and this allows for a very quick round. When it's not too windy, I love this course. It's a really great challenge and I plan on going back this summer!!!


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Longform links: an editorial act
Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week's linkfest including a look at how our physical infrastructure was built with a different climate regime in mind.
"Selection is an editorial act, whether it is done with humans or algorithmically."
(Frederick Filloux)
Theodore R. Johnson, "Racism remains a national Achilles heel because it forces a confrontation with our identity and demands that the proper balance of liberty and security be available to all citizens regardless of their race or ethnicity." (nationalreview.com)
A 100 years ago, Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma was called the 'Black Wall Street.' That ended in a 'great racial cataclysm.' (theringer.com)
The reform of policing in America is important, but it is a small part of what has gone wrong. (newyorker.com)
Broadly speaking, technological innovation has slowed. Will the pandemic remove barriers to an acceleration in innovation? (ft.com)
Banks have skated so far in the pandemic. Will CLOs be their downfall this time around? (theatlantic.com)
The pandemic has put us in the midst of one of the world's biggest psychological experiments. (scientificamerican.com)
Friday links: deliberate indifference
Coronavirus links: just wear a mask


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The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival got off on the right, tapping foot thanks to its opening night screening of The Apollo, Roger Ross Williams' documentary about Harlem's iconic theater, in the legendary hall that inspired it.
To squeeze 85 years of performances — many of them debuts or career-launching sparks — from Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Lauryn Hill, Public Enemy, Chris Rock, Richard Pryor, Gregory Hines, Savion Glover and scores more into a documentary that doesn't span the course of an entire day is a feat. To do so while seamlessly incorporating the cultural, communal and political forces that wove and continue to weave strong threads throughout the Apollo's history and identity is herculean.
Williams succeeds in both respects, as The Apollo is a testament to the Apollo's significance as a touchstone for black entertainment and culture as rich as its source material. (It will eventually reach a wide audience when it airs on HBO.) This wasn't lost on the crowd who filled the theater's 1,683 seats on Wednesday night (April 24).
This mission was apparent in Williams' encyclopedic approach, as The Apollo is rife with reel treasures and testimony from pop, R&B and rock n' roll's most exclusive pantheon. Some of the pieces of footage, such as Hill's debut on the Apollo stage one Amateur Night, is familiar; others, like a 12-year-old Wonder leading a full-band MoTown Revue with nothing more than his voice and a harmonica, are rarities. Frank Schiffman, the co-founder of the Apollo, kept copious, cheeky notes on the talent who came through the stage door on 126th street, and snapshots of these cards were shared (along with boisterous commentary from Dionne Warwick). From its first Amateur Night to Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me, which was adapted for the stage for the first time at the Apollo in 2018, The Apollo packs in several lifetimes of history without overwhelming the viewer with information or putting them to sleep in between concert clips.
If he were to simply rely on the stuffed vault of archival material, he'd have a fine documentary on his hands, but Williams took The Apollo from great to extraordinary by stressing how necessary it is to study the connection between current events and the creators living through them, and how thhis impacts the theater as much the art that keeps it open. Several artists share stories of touring through the Jim Crow South and performing throughout the Civil Rights Movement, and Robinson and Patti LaBelle recall sleeping in station wagons, being denied service in Southern restaurants and facing various hostilities on tour.
These experiences were the polar opposite of what they found at the Apollo. James Brown's funeral was held there in 2006 after a lifetime spent performing at the theater (and recording some game-changing live albums, too), and Williams takes the time to connect the significance of 1968's "Say It Loud, I'm Black & I'm Proud" to the tumultuous period in which Brown released it. When footage of Billie Holiday singing "Strange Fruit" rolls, Williams anchors the somber protest anthem with a discussion about why Holiday's label hesitated to release it and how she was able to perform it, free of censorship and corporate interests, on the Apollo's stage.
The inclusion of Paul McCartney's voice is a potent move, one that attempts to right a wrong frequently perpetrated in the writing of rock history. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley and other white, guitar-slinging musicians are often dubbed the forefathers of rock n' roll in lieu of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the other black artists who actually laid the groundwork for American popular music at large. By putting McCartney in front of camera to share his adoration of black music — and specifically his insistence that the Beatles desperately wanted to make a pilgrimage to the Apollo when they first touched down stateside — Williams makes space for these artists while setting the record straight.
This all underscores the heart of The Apollo, which stresses that the theater isn't a shrine for the stars of yesteryear, but a blank canvas for new work and new stories — even in the toughest times. Footage of Between the World and Me's run opens and closes the documentary, with Angela Bassett, Common and more giving voice to Coates' words throughout the production.
Written as a letter to his young son in the wake of Trayvon Martin's death, Between the World and Me confronts the violent racism of the real world through the trauma of Coates' lived experience, and The Apollo shows discussions between the play's cast members as they unpack his text and its themes. Williams' lens then turns to Coates as he watches Bassett read from the wings. It's a moment as moving and incendiary as when Franklin brought the room to their stamping feet, or when Brown whipped himself into a frenzy, or when Hill returned to the Apollo alongside the Fugees after her Amateur Night debut.
And that, in a single shot, is the whole point: The Apollo trusts black voices to tell their stories in their vivid, brilliant, revolutionary ways, and The Apollo put that relationship under a much-deserved spotlight.
Before Williams came out, Tribeca Film Festival founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal delivered their opening remarks. "In these disturbing times, when the administration is promoting divisiveness and racism, by being here tonight, we're making a statement that we reject it," De Niro said to thunderous applause. It was just another night at the Apollo, and those nights are worth celebrating well into the next 85 years.
The Tribeca Film Festival in recent years has opened with documentaries about the soul and institutions that are pillars of New York City, whether with subjects like Saturday Night Live or local native and music mogul Clive Davis, and this year was no exception as the 18th Robert De Niro-Jane Rosenthal co-created event shined a spotlight on Harlem's holy entertainment venue: The Apollo Theater on 125th street, subject of the premiering Roger Ross Williams' HBO documentary The Apollo.
"Every time I set foot in this hall of art and entertainment, I can feel its incredible history. I hear the echoes of the artists who performed here, the audiences who came here to be entertained, to applaud, sometimes to jeer, and often to be moved. In these disturbing times when the administration is promoting divisiveness and racism, by being here tonight, we're making a statement that we reject it," said De Niro to great cheers.
"No you don't! Not in this house! Not on this stage!," De Niro shouted at the Donald Trump presidential administration.
"Amen!" responded attendees in the house.
Typically, Tribeca kicks off the festival at the Upper West Side Beacon Theatre which seats 2,894. With The Apollo, natch, premiering at The Apollo, attendance was smaller this year given the venue's three-tiered 1,506 seating capacity.
The doc, a six year journey in the making, covers plenty of ground, largely beginning with the theater's swing era (The Apollo was built in 1913-14) of Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie, moving to Ella Fitzgerald forgetting her lines in a song and finding her scatting voice, to a 13-year old Lauryn Hill getting rejected by the crowd (only to return years as an adult and knock their socks off), to James Brown being a beacon during the black-power revolution with his anthem "Say It Loud — I'm Black and I'm Proud" and to President Barack Obama becoming the first U.S. President to step onto the legendary stage of African American art and culture which has triumphed over racism and oppression through history.
One of the more current-day story lines running throughout the doc is the stage rehearsal and 2018 spoken word performance of Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me," the author's letter to his teenage son about the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being black in the United States and the racist violence woven into American culture. In the face of adversity, The Apollo was a safe haven for the voice, no matter how big or small, of African American culture.
Largely run by Frank Schiffman during the swing and Motown eras, he amassed a huge index card file on acts that played there, how much each grossed, and a brief and blunt critique of their performances. That said, while the Cotton Club and Savoy had white-only audiences, The Apollo was a venue that African Americans could call their own. Quite often more established black acts during the Motown era would forgo playing the establishment in favor of white only venues, but that changed when The Apollo reached out to Eartha Kitt, who made a point to absolutely play there.
It was through Schiffman's talent booker Ralph Cooper that The Apollo first launched its legendary Amateur Nights, giving a voice to fresh and burgeoning comedy and musical acts. New talent would come in from around the country, sometimes broke, for a shot to audition. The crowd at The Apollo was scary for any performer, as Richard Pryor explains in the film, being known to boo acts off stage. However, The Apollo wasn't a venue for button-down dramatic theater, but for passion and soul. Booing was a right of passage and for any act gracing the stage, it only served to make them better.
Keeping The Apollo alive financially was always a risky proposition (even with Gladys Knight & The Pips performing several shows from 11am to 11pm during their 1960s beginnings) and the business model couldn't sustain itself through various owners. In 1991 the state of New York bought the Apollo and created the non-profit Apollo Theater Foundation to run it.
The legendary Harlem show palace gets the documentary it deserves, a bracing and moving look at how a parade of extraordinary popular artists redefined black America — and America, period — from one stage.
Director: Roger Ross WilliamsWith: Pharrell Williams, Leslie Uggams, Jamie Foxx, Patti LaBelle, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Smokey Robinson, Paul McCarney, Charles Rangel.
You should never take for granted a documentary that fills in the basics with flair and feeling. Especially when the basics consist of great big gobs of some of the most revolutionary and exhilarating popular art ever created in this country. Roger Ross Williams' documentary "The Apollo," which kicked off the Tribeca Film Festival on a note of soulful celebration (at a premiere held, of course, at the Apollo Theater), fills in the 85-year history of the 1,506-seat show palace on 125th St. in Harlem that changed black culture and changed American culture (no, it was more than that — the Apollo changed black life and changed American life). The movie brings off that feat in a bracing and moving way: by flowing back and forth between past and present, performance and political activism, so that by the end we know in our bones how false it would be separate them.
Countless astonishing spectacles of black expression were experienced, for the first time, on the Apollo stage. But in "The Apollo," an event that stands out is the weekly gladiatorial talent show known as Amateur Night, an Apollo institution ever since the theater began its life in 1934. The glory of Amateur Night was at once aesthetic and existential. Anyone who wanted to could get up on stage, which meant that even the most marginalized members of a marginalized community could have a voice. The Apollo gave them access. You could say that the dream that drives every music-competition reality show was born, decades before, at the Apollo. And though the Apollo didn't have judges, it had something every bit as judgey (and dramatic): the audience. They were the toughest crowds on earth, and loved nothing more than to exercise their power by booing someone off the stage.
On Amateur Night, the excitement was in knowing that you could see just about anything (including an act that might change the world). And that's the excitement of watching "The Apollo." The movie, through its addictive and exhaustively researched film and video clips, salutes a shocking range of genius, from Duke Ellington leading an orchestra so tight that each note seems to glisten to Billie Holiday singing "Strange Fruit" with a bitterness so acidic it stings, from Little Stevie Wonder doing the apocalyptic version of "Fingertips (Pt. 2)" that became famous to Aretha Franklin performing a '70s rendition of "Respect" that makes the studio version sound shy, from Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins tap dancing with such exquisite synchronization that their simplest steps are hypnotic to Richard Pryor entering the mind of a white cop who "accidentally" kills a black citizen in a way that makes the laughter freeze in your throat.
Swing and bebop, funk and soul; crooners and torch singers; Motown and the avant-garde; blackface in the '30 and drag in the '60s; stand-up comedy and spoken-word poetry: the Apollo was a protean stage of the imagination, a place that stretched the limits, then reset and stretched them again. What was enacted on that stage, every night, was possibility.
Along the way, there are great stories, like Smokey Robinson talking about how first-timers got the cramped eighth-floor dressing rooms and had to work their way down, or Leslie Uggams recalling how after doing her first show there, and getting ready to leave the theater, she was told that she had four more shows to do that day. Performers typically did 29 shows a week. And if can't quite be said that all of them were underpaid, we do get a glimpse of the typed index cards that Frank Schiffman, the hard-nosed promoter who bought the place in 1934, kept on each and every act. He sounds like a utilitarian (but weirdly tasteful) Hollywood mogul as he grinds out notes that are tough, fair, and rooted in a financial paradigm. Yet at a time when the Cotton Club and the Savoy were whites-only venues, he was opening doors.
What did the Apollo in, ironically, was the mass success of the artists it helped launch. They'd gotten too big to play there, a situation exacerbated by the fact that there weren't enough seats. Part of the magic of the Apollo is its majestic intimacy; I saw Prince perform there from the balcony, and felt like I was practically on top of him. But by the mid-'70s, its days as a headline spot were over, and it closed its doors, as if succumbing to the general urban decay around it, as money got sucked out of Harlem and into the suburbs. The movie tells the happy-ending story of how the Apollo was renovated and saved, first by the former Manhattan borough president Percy B. Sutton (who, though he tried, couldn't make it a successful business), and ultimately by the State of New York, which set up the Apollo Theater Foundation to sustain it.
The Apollo remains a mythical historical attraction and a still-active theater that draws over a million visitors annually. The movie is framed with the rehearsal, and 2018 performance, of "Between the World and Me," a stage version of Ta-Nehisi Coates' incendiary, free-form manifesto written as a letter to his teenage son about the experience of being black in America. It's the only piece of non-musical, non-dance drama in the movie, yet its presence serves to coax out something essential: that every moment of stage performance the Apollo Theater ever saw was political — not because it carried some underlying social or political message, but because it represented, through the incandescence of its artistry, the assertion of blackness in the world. Malcolm X said that equality for African-Americans should be achieved by any means necessary. The Apollo demonstrated — and "The Apollo" deftly captures — how one of the means to achieve it was beauty.
Reviewed at Tribeca Film Festival (Gala), April 24, 2019. Running time: 98 MIN.
PRODUCTION: An HBO release of a White Horse Pictures, The Lagralane Group production. Producers: Lisa Cortes, Nigel Sinclair, Jeanne Elfant Festa, Cassidy Hartmann, Roger Ross Williams.
CREW: Director: Roger Ross Williams. Screenplay: Cassidy Hartmann, Jean Tsien. Camera (color, widescreen): Michael Dwyer. Editor: Jean Tsien, John S. Fisher. Music: Robert Glasper.
WITH: Pharrell Williams, Leslie Uggams, Jamie Foxx, Patti LaBelle, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Smokey Robinson, Paul McCarney, Charles Rangel.


A young boy deals with the passing of his close friend and his own questions regarding faith and mortality. Based on the short story "The Sisters" by James Joyce.
Robbie, dissatisfied covering 80's pop songs in his dad's band, sets out to finish the metal demo he started years ago.
A young midwesterner spends a day in Los Angeles to decide if he should move to the coast for college.
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Maya Moore is showing the world that she's a gamechanger in more ways than one.
Moore, one of the WNBA's brightest stars, helped prove the innocence of 40-year-old Jonathan Irons, a man whom she believes was wrongfully convicted of burglary and assault and a case she put her career on hold to champion.
A Missouri judge overturned Irons' initial conviction and ordered him to be released Monday, but there's still more work to be done to fight for his freedom.
"It is so sweet to see the redemption that came from stepping away and giving what I had to this case," Moore told The New York Times. "It feels like we are holding up that Final Four trophy, but there are still a couple of steps."
Irons spent 22 years of a 50-year sentence in prison after being convicted of burglary and assault of a St. Louis homeowner. His lawyers say no evidence connects Irons to the crime.
Moore stepped away from basketball last season and announced her plans to sit out for the upcoming WNBA season and the Tokyo Olympics to fight for Irons' release, providing support and creating a petition for a fair trial.
"She saved my life and I cannot say it better than that," Irons told the Times.
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Maya, who has been vocal about her Christian faith and how it informs her life and advocacy work, is doing what she can to address the world's brokenness through trying to change a criminal legal system that Equal Justice Initiative Director Bryan Stevenson says "treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent."
Her pursuit of justice gets her mentioned with names like Muhammad Ali, Tommy Smith, John Carlos and others who have taken culture-shifting stands, willingly and unwillingly sacrificing their careers in their athletic primes.
Maybe you're an athlete who wants to affect change. Keep these things in mind as you consider what your impact off the field will be.
ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOU'RE WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR YOUR CONVICTIONS
Putting your career on hold may or may not be an option for you, but you can ask yourself what you're willing to sacrifice to be faithful to your convictions.
Sometimes doing what is right takes courage and will require more of you than you initially think. You may experience isolation from friends or condemnation from peers who may discourage you from speaking up for deciding to take action based on your beliefs.
Standing up for something you believe in may cost you time, money, access, energy, relationships and popularity. Ask yourself what you're willing to fight for, how your faith in Christ informs your convictions, and how God is leading you to respond.
Athlete, how will you change the game?
LIVE OUT MICAH 6:8
Maya is modeling an embodied faith that drives her to act on what the Word says.
Micah 6:8 (ESV) says, "and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
What does it look like for you to right wrongs, to be compassionate and to live a surrendered life to Christ in your context?
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Whether it's criminal justice reform, education, mental health, poverty, reproductive care, equal pay, civil and human rights or a host of other issues that affect your communities and people across the globe, you can make a difference.
The proclamation of the gospel doesn't always have to happen in press conferences or postgame interviews. Tell the truth of Jesus Christ and who He is, not only in speech, but through action.
Take James 2:16-17 to heart. Do what you can where you are with the tools you have. Educate yourself on the issues you care about. Volunteer. Donate. Show up. Speak up. Pray. Use your privilege in ways that benefit others.
You have a part in God's redemptive plan not only for His people, but for the world.
You are a change agent. See yourself not only having influence on your team or in your sport, but having the potential to impact our culture because of the power God has placed in you.
If you are moved to make a difference, refuse to sit on the sidelines, stay in your lane, or "shut up and dribble."
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Erica Herman: Who is Tiger Woods' girlfriend?
Thu Feb 25, 2021 at 10:28am ET
By John Thomas Didymus
Tiger Woods and Erica Herman were first romantically linked in 2017. Pic credit: The Daily Stardust/BACKGRID
Erica Herman, Tiger Woods' girlfriend, visited him at the hospital on Wednesday after the golfer's horrific car accident earlier this week.
Erica visited Woods at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in West Carson, CA., where he is recovering after his SUV came off the road in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Monsters and Critics reported that Woods crash-landed in the hospital after sustaining multiple "significant orthopedic injuries" to his right leg, ankle, and foot in a single-car crash.
Woods was reportedly driving to meet NFL quarterbacks Drew Brees and Justin Herbert for a golf lesson shoot with GolfTV when he lost control of the car. The vehicle veered off the road and tumbled down a hill.
Since then, photos have emerged online showing Erica Herman arriving at the hospital, accompanied by Tiger's caddie, Joe LaCava.
The two were photographed arriving at the hospital wearing masks, but they were later seen without their masks on.
Erica Herman was first romantically linked with Woods in 2017
Erica Herman and Tiger Woods were first romantically linked in the fall of 2017 when they were seen publicly engaging in PDA at the Presidents Cup in New Jersey.
She was then spotted cheering Woods to victory at the 2018 PGA Tour Championship in September 2018. After Woods won the tournament, Herman was pictured kissing the golf legend.
She was also there to cheer Woods when he won his fifth Master's title in April 2019 at the Augusta National.
If you've been wondering who Herman is, then here is all you need to know.
Who is Erica Herman?
Erica Herman is originally from Riviera Beach, Florida.
Online claims about her age are conflicting. The Hollywood Life reports she is 36 years old, while the New York Post reports she is 44 years old.
Yet other sources report that she was born in February 1984, which would put her at 37 years old.
We are currently unable to independently confirm her age, but we'll update this page when we have information.
We know she's an educated woman as she attended the University of Central Florida, Orlando, where she obtained a Bachelor's degree in Political Science.
She worked as a manager at the Aura Bar and Restaurants in Orlando before becoming the general manager at The Woods Jupiter restaurant and bar in Jupiter, Florida. And yes, the restaurant is named after its owner, Mr. Tiger Woods himself.
Monsters and Critics previously reported that the pair met and started dating while she worked at the restaurant.
Herman faced controversy while working as a manager at Wood's restaurant when the family of a former employee, who was killed in a car crash in December 2018, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Woods and Herman.
The family alleged that Herman and Tiger could have prevented the employee from getting drunk and dying in the car crash. However, the case was later dropped.
Herman has since stopped working as a manager at Wood's restaurant. She lives with him at his mansion in Jupiter, Florida.
Herman reportedly has a good relationship with Woods' children
Herman reportedly has a friendly relationship with Woods' two children, Charlie Axel, 12 (born February 8, 2009), and Sam Alexis, 13 (born June 18, 2007).
Woods shares Charlie and Sam with his ex-wife Elin Nordegren.
Masters Champions Dinner quarantine style. Nothing better than being with family. pic.twitter.com/xPK769CWCf
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) April 7, 2020
Thankfully, for Herman, a source told People that she is well liked by the kids and that Woods' ex, Elin Nordegren, approves of her.
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Magnesium is an essential mineral that is involved in over 300 biochemical reactions in the body. Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body with approximately 50% of total body magnesium found in bone.
How much magnesium do I need daily?
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for adult males (19 to 30 years old) is 400 mg/day and for adult females (19 to 30 years old) is 310 mg/day. The RDA for adult males (31 years and older) is 420 mg/day and for adult females (31 years and older) is 320 mg/day.
What are the food sources of magnesium?
Magnesium is a part of chlorophyll, the pigment that gives plants their green color. Green leafy vegetables, like spinach, are therefore good sources of magnesium. Whole grains and nuts are also rich sources, including bran cereals, brown rice, peanuts and almonds.
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EDITORIAL: What is, 'Hold a second debate'?
Considering how carefully the format, structure and trappings of high-stakes debates are usually hammered out, it's surprising that Pennsylvania's one and only matchup between incumbent Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican challenger Scott Wagner went so surprisingly off the rails.
But the candidates have only themselves to blame.
Political faceoffs are customarily mapped out with a precision rivaling a space shuttle launch. Everything from the topic of questions, to the amount of time allotted to each candidate, to the venue, to the guest list comes in for scrutiny, negotiation and often, grudging compromise. Not least of which should be the moderator.
Somebody — or several somebodies — clearly mishandled the planning for the gubernatorial rivals' Oct. 1 debate at the Hershey Lodge in Dauphin County. Or misunderstood the needs of such an event. How else to explain the selection of game show host Alex Trebek as moderator?
The longtime emcee of "Jeopardy!" is clearly intelligent, and good at what he does. But what he does is read brief questions off of cards to contestants. Unless Messers Wagner and Wolf had planned to stand behind colorful podiums and buzz in with correct answers — and considering how the debate turned out, that might have been preferable — an experienced moderator was called for.
Instead, Trebek took center stage — again, this is what he's accustomed to doing — and monopolized the clock during what was already a dubiously brief debate. He spoke for more than 18 minutes of the 45-minute session — roughly 40 percent of the time.
To his credit, Trebek realized he had misplayed his role.
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"I thought that as moderator, I was to provide a certain light-hearted approach while still being able to challenge the candidates on their record or positions," he wrote in an apologetic statement. "I didn't realize I was to ask a simple question and then let the gentlemen go at each other."
Again, where were the debate organizers and campaign reps?
There is, of course, still ample time to rectify the situation. With the election still a month out, a second, more informative debate could be — and should be — planned. One with a seasoned moderator. And one that lasts a little longer than an episode and a half of "Jeopardy!".
Sitting comfortably on a double-digit lead in most polls, incumbent Wolf is looking to run out the clock. He's more likely to guest-host "Jeopardy!" himself than to agree to a second debate.
That may be politically understandable, but it does no good to Pennsylvania's undecided voters, who got very little to help them off the fence out of the Oct. 1 forum.
So, unfortunately, the Great Game-Show Debate of 2018 may have to be filed under "lessons learned."
The lesson: It doesn't do much good to invite a celebrity moderator to draw interest to a debate if the moderator then also draws much of the spotlight.


A bit of stress, and calendar.
It was a bit stressful yesterday in Santa Monica! As you might now, there was a shooting spree while our President was around. I was not a happy time.
We were safe and OK, but the schools were in lockdown for a pair of hours. I had to wait a century or two to get my son back .
We were all worried and looking for our friends and family because the shooting happened in a very quiet and busy area. Ambulances and firetrucks were running all around with sirens screaming and helicopters buzzed their loud songs very late at night. I am sorry for the families who lost cherished ones, for the ones who got hurt, for all of us who got a good fright.
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I wasn't going to post about it, and then I realized, I have something to say.
What do you do in this kind of hard times? Well, there is nothing much to do. I am no hero, and wasn't needed anywhere once I got my son back and thanked the teachers who took care of him during the lockdown ( thanks again guys, you are the real stars here). The best I could do was not to panic, and help my son to go through these moments. I explained what was happening in a minimum words and details.
When I was waiting in a cafe for the end of the lockdown?
When my son was getting antsy, and nervous because of the helicopters around the neighborhood?
We draw and cut out some fun bunnies for our walls, made decorating plans and mounted a nice little ikea cart.
When my son didn't want to sleep in his own bed and fell asleep on my lap with the helicopters still buzzing around?
Guys, I had a beer, listened to some punk rock on my headphones , and crocheted some amigurumi.
And all that crafting helped us going through the stress and the noise. In stressful times, the best things you can do is get out of the way, take care of your beloved ones, and craft!
I didn't realize how the fact I could make things was such a support in my life. Making things brought fun friends, things to share, and things to do to keep my hands and mind occupied. I like it. What a good excuse to find time to do more!
So go for it people : learn to do things. Get crafty. It's more useful than you think.


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Lakers News: Jason Kidd Calls Lonzo Ball Comparisons 'A Great Compliment'
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The Los Angeles Lakers ushered in a new era of optimism when they selected UCLA guard Lonzo Ball with the second overall pick in the draft. Magic Johnson is hoping that Ball's pass-first style and leadership will raise the level of play of his teammates, much like Magic himself did with the Showtime Lakers in the 80's. Player comparisons can be difficult, but one that seems to be fairly close has likened Ball to a modern-day Jason Kidd.
Ball is a big guard who excels at running a team, so one can see some validity to the Kidd comparisons. He is fairly unique as a player so it's not a perfect fit, but Kidd appeared to be flattered by the comparison when asked about it by Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times:
"It's a great compliment," Kidd said. "But everybody is different at the end of the day. There's always comparisons of the great players in this league. Of Magic [Johnson], Michael [Jordan], Larry [Bird]. There's always guys who come before for these young players to be compared to. It's a great compliment. We'll see."
Kidd is correct in that every player has their own style and ultimately puts their own spin on things. Kidd also believes that Ball knows how to win and make players around him better:
"He has a skill set," said Kidd, now the Bucks' head coach. "He can make the game easy for guys who can score the ball. He knows how to win. He has a very high IQ, basketball IQ."
The Lakers are currently playing in the Las Vegas Summer League, and with the small sample size of games, the highs and lows can be a bit of a roller coaster. One day Ball doesn't look great, the next he appears to be a future All-Star.
However, if Kidd's assessment is correct, then the Lakers have found themselves a very special player.
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>>   but the test files should be fine without the license IMHO.
> should have AL headers.
I guess we are talking about the archives here.
IMO that's taking it a little too far ...but well.
>>   for promotion/release by Jukka.  Doesn't sound too bad to me.


The current minimum land reform program involves the reduction of land rent and abolition of usury, and the setting up of mutual aid and labor exchange systems among the peasantry. In this connection, the wages of farm workers and the prices of agricultural products at the farm gate have also been improved.
For the past 20 years, the revolutionary movement has carried out this minimum program in ever-widening areas in the countryside. Even at this stage, far-reaching economic, political and social changes are being effected, including a substantial improvement in the livelihood of the peasantry.The growth of the revolution has also made it possible in certain areas for land to be confiscated from despotic landlords and landgrabbers and redistributed to peasants, for unjust debts to be condoned, for some peasant cooperatives to be organized, and for appropriate technologies to be introduced.
After nationwide victory of the revolution, it shall be possible to carry out the maximum land reform program, which involves the confiscation of landlord property and the equitable distribution of the land to the landless tillers at no cost to them. Comprehensive agrarian reform shall be completed under the people's democratic republic for all arable land, aquaculture, livestock and grazing lands with due consideration to ancestral lands of the Bangsa Moro and indigenous peoples.
Beneficiaries of land reform and other owner-cultivators shall be given support services and incentives to increase production and incomes in agriculture and side occupations. Agricultural cooperation shall be vigorously promoted and shall run ahead of mechanization. The process of cooperativization and mechanization shall be accomplished in stages and in connection with the development of industry. Rich peasants shall be allowed to retain their land. They will, however, have to rely on their own labor power rather than on hired labor.
Landlords who do not oppose land reform and cooperate with the people's democratic government shall be given adequate means of livelihood so their families can have a decent life.
Modern plantations owned and controlled by transnationals or their business allies among the big comprador landlords shall be taken over by the state. These capital-intensive and large-scale farms shall be run by the state or cooperatives of agricultural workers. Capitalist farm-owners who have supported the revolution shall be allowed to work with the state to raise agricultural production and modernize agriculture. However, farm workers in these enterprises shall form unions, participate in management and be assured of improved working and living conditions and a just share in the surplus generated.
Major refining, processing and marketing of agricultural products shall be undertaken by the state enterprises and agricultural cooperatives in accordance with the type of crop, its relative importance to the national economy and the people's livelihood, other factors specific to the product, and capabilities of the sector concerned. While local processing and marketing of a wide variety of agricultural products by individual households shall be encouraged, no enterprise shall be allowed to exploit the peasants and farm workers, engage in hoarding, or impose monopolistic prices. Production of farm equipment and tools, seed varieties, fertilizers, pesticides, and other agricultural inputs, and consumer products suited to local conditions shall be promoted. Industry shall be required to serve the producer and consumer needs of the working people, mainly the peasant masses.
Support services such as technical assistance, irrigation and distribution of water resources, credit, marketing and storage facilities shall be provided. The state shall rely on the cooperation of the peasant organizations and cooperatives. Livestock production, fishing and aquaculture shall be developed and their producers, especially the small ones, shall be encouraged to form cooperatives or associations and given state assistance.
The depletion, pollution and destruction of marine resources, especially by transnational firms and foreign fishing fleets shall be stopped. These resources shall be protected, rehabilitated and developed to benefit Filipino fisherfolk in particular and the people in general.
Programs to raise productivity and improve agricultural management and technology shall be instituted. These include research on and development of appropriate agricultural technologies and crop diversification.
Ecologically sound farming practices shall be promoted to ensure that agricultural production will be sustainable.
Agricultural development programs and appropriate technologies to be adopted shall give due recognition to conditions of rural women and shall enhance their capabilities in agricultural production as well as lessen the burden of household work.
Agriculture shall become the base of the economy, providing food and other necessities to the people as well as raw materials for industry.
With increased incomes from agricultural and non-agricultural activities, rural communities will provide an expanding market for goods produced by domestic industry. The state plan for rural industrialization shall utilize the expansion of rural markets and agricultural modernization to increase manufacturing activities in the rural areas and create greater employment opportunities there.


Is there an existing thread that discusses the costs (both financial and time) associated with pets in retirement? I haven't had a dog since I got married. Now that FIRE and an empty nest is on the horizon, DW and I have been discussing it, but we haven't done any planing budgeting for one. I know one cannot put a price on companionship - I'm just trying to look at the practical side of things.
There are health insurance policies available. Perhaps some members here have experience using them. Just getting some protection from the catastrophic expenses can make a big difference.
Yes, I've heard the insurance can be a good choice, but usually you need to get it when they are puppies or kittens to make the cost benefit make sense. I've never purchased it, because all of mine just showed up at one time or another as older animals.
Some raccoons are very clever.
There is a short commercial before the raccoon clip.
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I still don't see much difference in financial cost of pet ownership between w*rking & retirement, but as to time, we now have more of it to spend with good Ol' Furface... which has been to everyone's behoovement!
Yesterday, saw my first all-black squirrel. North Central Illinois. Not that rare, but a little unusual in this neck of the woods.
Also a pair of pied-billed grebes have taken up residence on our small lake, just as the ice went out. A fun experience, watching these guys dive down for 30 seconds or so, and then to watch to see where they come back up... a hundred feet away. Instead of popping up like loons or other diving birds, they just barely break the surface with the top of their heads, and look around to make sure it's safe to come up.
And that is the truth! I can't imagine life without my critters. They are such good company.
And now, to follow up on my post from 2 weeks ago: DH & I rationalized 9 ways to Sunday why we should NOT get another kitty. In the end, hearts trumped brains, and we brought home "Lucy". She is about 5 months old, and is a rescue. We have had her for a week.
We have 3 other cats. The 16 year old hisses and growls occasionally, and is mostly annoyed with her, but Lucy gets it and keeps her distance. The other two resident cats are both 2 years old. The one is scared of Lucy and hid for a few days. Now she's coming around, but won't get close yet. We have some hissing and growling there, too, but so far no contact. Lucy avoids her, too. The other 2 yo immediately designated herself as Lucy's immediate supervisor, and keeps a close eye on her. At first she just followed her around to make sure she knew what Lucy was doing every minute. In the past day or two, they have begun to play. I think it's all going to work out.
I don't know, 10-15 years from now when DH and I are 70-75, if we will be sorry we got the third cat. Probably so. But for now, she is a joy - sweet & cuddly, and loves to play.
Lucy is a beautiful addition to your family!
My wife's niece has an Airedale......calls it ALF after the TV show.
Love this. Such a lucky little girl.
My kitty, Gabby. The cat who likes to play 10 hours a day. She needs to do more of this!
She is beautiful! Is she a Russian Blue?
I can't decide if she is a Russian Blue. I got her from another student at college who found her as a stray so no one knows her complete history. The student found Gabby a new home because Gabby was driving her other cat nuts wanting to play ALL the time. Now Gabby drives two humans crazy wanting to play ALL the time!
The vet guessed she was 18-24 months when she went for her shots and check-up. You'd think she was a kitten. She woke up from that nap and chased wadded up paper balls for 30 minutes. If we don't play with her she paces and cries. We had already played with her for at least an hour during the day and taken her on two walks, one of them 35 minutes. She's a handful!
Gorgeous cat! Cats sure know how to crash when it's time. I can't remember if I posted this before, but when our Kizzy was young, she got into the cutest positions to sleep.
Now THAT is a lap cat!!!
I will settle for her doing a little more sleeping anywhere! She's a cool cat because she will sit in your lap, lay on your chest, and let you throw her over your shoulder and carry her around. DH has taken her out for a walk. She usually captures a gecko to play with but apparently today she has found herself a snake to carry around. I told him to take a picture with his phone.
Here is Gabby with her snake.
Here is our Mandy in the new little Toad Camper we just picked up. Mandy travels South with us for the winter, then back again. She settled right in the first night camping on our way home.


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I have been a University Assistant (postdoctoral researcher) at the Institute of Information Systems of the Vienna University of Technology since November 2014. Prior to this, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Oxford from October 2011 until October 2014. I received my Ph.D. in September 2011 from the University of Oxford under the supervision of Prof. Georg Gottlob. During my doctoral studies, I have made significant contributions towards the development of the Datalog+/- family of ontology and query languages. My main research interests are database theory with emphasis on query languages, knowledge representation and reasoning, complexity of reasoning, Semantic Web, and logic in computer science. I am a regular PC member and reviewer for international conferences and journals.
For more details please refer to my CV (last update: March 2016).
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Q: Consul Template variable assinging with condition I have to assign some variable depending on other variable and some conditions
I've tried to code this but with no luck
{{- $region_for_link := $region}}
{{- if eq $region "a"}} {{- $region_for_link := "AAA"}} {{- end}}
{{- if eq $region "b"}} {{- $region_for_link := "BBB"}} {{- end}}

I wanted to have value in $region_for_link AAA when $region is a, but after that $region_for_link is still  a. How to code that properly, probably it is obvious case, but I can't get it.
Please help, I'm waiting for your answer
Best Regards

A: Consul-template uses a version of the Go Template engine.  According to the documentation at https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#hdr-Variables :

A pipeline inside an action may initialize a variable to capture the result. The initialization has syntax
$variable := pipeline
where $variable is the name of the variable. An action that declares a variable produces no output.
Variables previously declared can also be assigned, using the syntax
$variable = pipeline

The below code, resulted in printing of AAA:
{{ $region := "a" }}
{{- $region_for_link := $region}}
{{- if eq $region "a"}} {{- $region_for_link = "AAA"}} {{- end}}
{{- if eq $region "b"}} {{- $region_for_link = "BBB"}} {{- end}}
{{ $region_for_link }}

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The Long and the Short of it: A Debate Over Longevity in Games.
Charles Hood
The essence of longevity in a game is something that most gamers strictly ask for, but do we really want a long game? A game that keeps us away from playing others because of its length? Does the fact that you spend sixty bucks on a game justify it having a certain length? Would you rather have a long game plagued with bugs and a disingenuous story or have a tight storyline that keeps you wanting more well after you've beaten it several times? These are questions I ask myself before buying a game. I am on the fence about the length being a deciding factor for a few reasons. The developers of many games often put what they want into a game whether or not it is playable for a certain amount of time and if I like the company, I do what I can out of respect and support them.
A prime example of this debate is Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. I beat the main story of the game in under one hour and suffice it to say, the game does justify my money with sufficient side quests and just being a lot of fun. Although for others, the game is a beautiful spectacle running on the gorgeous Fox Engine. The game looks stunning and was designed to be the appetizer for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, promised to be two-hundred times larger than its predecessor. and to be creative enough to release Ground Zeroes for his fans is saying a lot of his character, I think. With most game companies, you don't even get that. Sometimes, you get an arcade game to prelude into the final product; most developers don't give you a fully realized prequel running on a stunning and amazing looking engine. We should be so lucky.
On the other hand back in two-thousand eleven, I purchased The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and I am still playing that game. So, is longevity a problem? I don't think so. I don't think that a short game has any less quality than a longer one or vice-versa. With select franchises comes newer IP's (intellectual properties) just wanting in on the action and with some franchises you know what to expect as far as where they sit on the debate of quantity over quality. Although, with new IPs comes the fear that you will buy the game from a familiar company you love and not knowing where they are going with the game as far as length, graphics and gameplay. I admit that the Arkham games that have been previously released as new IP's are the perfect length for something new. Any author or scriptwriter can tell you that quality matters despite the length. The replayability also adds to a short games shelf-life.
My last point is the crucial wildcard: multiplayer. It seems to me that companies think this adds shelf-life to a game, but I beg to differ because most of them are tacked on. A few examples I can think of are Bioshock 2 and the Assassin's Creed games. I don't know if many people are a fan of the competitive aspect of the Assassin's Creed games, but I am not one of them. For other players, it's the other way around with Call of Duty and Battlefield; while most people thrive on the new multiplayer every year or two, a lot of players don't even bother touching the single player. I'm guessing that's what led to the absence of single player in Titanfall. Also, how long should a game like Call of Duty have after their yearly releases and their cut and paste downloadable content before the new entries in the franchise start to feel like just more downloadable content? How long can it really last?
So whether or not the length of a game matters to you when you purchase a game or if you are simply looking to enjoy it and have a good time, remember one thing: always have fun with the time you actually spend playing games. That's what they're for, regardless of length.
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at air temperatures below 15°C (below 70°F) my 1199 has reproduced at almost exactly 7,000 rpm and full throttle always a short misfire and somehow less torque in the range of 6,000 to 7,500 rpm. If I do open the gas only to almost full throttle, the engine runs fully normal!
And over 15°C/70°F air temperature the engine runs perfectly OK, not a bit jerky and full torque also with fully opened throttle.
Just the nature of the beast. Cold air needs more fuel and the richer mixture provided by the ECU can produce an afterfire.
I've noticed something similar that is pretty consistent if you open the throttle too quickly. I've wondered if I was invoking the traction control, but hadn't really investigated it.
How much time do your spark plugs have on them?
The bike has just 5,000 km/3,100 mls on the clock!
It's not about to open it quickly at 7,000 rpm, if I open it fully at e.g. 5,000 rmp in 2nd or 3rd gear and leave it fully open, at 7,000 rpm the misfire takes place.
asked my dealer about this problem, he recommended to do not only TPS-reset, but also a APS-reset.
TPS is the throttle position sensor. Don't know what the APS is.
My 1299 has this miss with the SC Project & the Term T-800 Up-Map.
I purchased 3 different up-maps from the slip on to the full system & the full system with DB killers. The slip-on map has no miss but the power is down, The full term map has the miss bad . The DB killer full system is best . I also found that the Sprint airlifted helped so then I bought the CF Sprint filter & it helped even more. I found by turning the TC & Wheelie Control off or down to 2 it all but goes away. I hope this helps you.
what is a ducati aps reset?


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