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TUSCOLA — A huge day for a sophomore marked the end of a season for the Wall Lady Hawks.
Early pitcher Makayla DeLeon scattered six Wall hits and helped herself with a three-run homer to give the Lady Longhorns a 7-1 win in Game 2 of a Region I-3A area-round game on Saturday at Jim Ned High School.
The victory completed a two-game sweep for Early (22-10), which now advances to face Colorado City (26-7) in a regional quarterfinal series beginning at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Abilene Christian University's Wells Field. Game 2 is slated for 11 a.m. on Saturday at ACU.
Taylor Bickford led the way for Wall, finishing 2 for 3 with a double and a run scored. She also worked three-plus innings in the circle, taking the loss after allowing six runs on seven hits.
'(Friday) we were all over the place defensively,' said Early coach Alfonso Chavez, whose team committed only one error on Saturday. 'Today we tightened it up a little more and that's one of the things we'll work on next week. Plus, Makayla is going strong in the circle right now.'
Early gave DeLeon all the support she would need in the third inning when it erupted for three runs on four hits, including a two-RBI single by Laiken Reagan.
With DeLeon in command of all her pitches on Saturday, Wall coach Steve Bain quickly recognized that the Lady Hawks had a serious challenge at that point.
'It definitely put a lot of pressure on us,' Bain said of the 3-0 deficit. 'It makes you adjust a little bit and try to play a little small ball and change your approach.
'But you still have to go out and hit her. She never got rattled, she stood out there and did a great job.'
The Lady Longhorns ended the suspense an inning later, with four runs on two hits and two walks — including DeLeon's three-run round-tripper off Wall reliever Kenzee Smith with one out.
DeLeon's shot, which cleared the left field wall by a considerable distance, gave the Lady Longhorns a 7-1 edge which Wall never threatened.
'(Friday) we had to get all of our nerves out — especially me because I was all nervous,' said DeLeon of a 16-7 Early win in Game 1. 'So today we talked about going out and winning the first game and not letting it go to a third game.
'Our defense was incredible and I'm very proud of all the girls for that.'
Through seven inning of work, DeLeon walked three and struck out 10, not allowing an earned run.
Wall's lone run came in the fourth when Bickford singled, advanced on a base hit by Lexi Valles and continued home on an outfield error.
'DeLeon is not only very active, making the ball move, but she throws it hard,' Bain said. 'When you have a pitcher like that, it takes a while to get used to it and she definitely pitched really well.
'Our hats are off to Early. They're well-coached, their pitcher does a great job and that's a very good team.'
REGION I-3A AREA ROUND
Early 7, wall 1
Wall 000 100 0—1 6 0
Early 003 400 x—7 9 1
Taylor Bickford, Kenzee Smith (4), Madison Herrera (4) Tara Weber. Makayla DeLeon and Sydnee Shea. W — DeLeon. L — Bickford. 2B — Wall: Bickford. HR — Early: DeLeon.
Records — Wall 20-8; Early 22-10.
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A day ago the Cannes Film Festival unveiled its Official Competition selection, and I thought I would comment on some films that were selected to compete in the main category. I will comment on roughly half of them – nine out of nineteen, and that does not mean that others are not great or will not win and become big, and I am merely guided by my own personal interests. The first thought is that I am impressed that the selection is varied (a comedy, a science-fiction film, a war movie, a period drama and a psychological thriller are all competing alongside other drama films), and I am also pleased to see Pedro Almódovar, Terrence Malick, Ken Loach, Dardenne Brothers and Xavier Dolan competing in the same category. The expected name of Quentin Tarantino and his film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was not announced because the film is still, apparently, being edited. The films below are listed in no particular order.
I. Pain & Glory by Pedro Almodóvar
This film by Almodóvar stars Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, and is about a film director who "reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him" (IMDb). I love Almodóvar, but he has not been too even in quality regarding his latest films – though I thought The Skin I Live In (2011) was great, his film I'm So Excited! (2013) was misguided. It is nice to see Almodóvar pairing again with his muse – Penélope Cruz, and something tells me this movie could be good since the director again is in the territory of drama. The trailer certainly looks both artful and moving, and perhaps comparisons will be drawn with Federico Fellini's 8/12 (1963).
II. Parasite by Bong Joon-ho
The synopsis of this movie, which comes from the director of Okja (2017), is as follows: "Ki-taek and his unemployed family…take a peculiar interest in the Park family, which leads them to get entangled in an unexpected incident" (IMDb). This movie looks interesting to me and the story is definitely something I love to see on screen – it is marketed as drama, but I also see in this trailer some psychological thriller elements and doses of the strange and the unexplained. South Korean cinema has certainly shined in recent years with excellence and bravery (see the work of Chan-wook Park (The Handmaiden (2016)) or Chang-dong Lee (Burning (2018), a movie I criticised, but found beautiful regardless)).
III. Matthias & Maxime by Xavier Dolan
Now, Xavier Dolan, what are we going to do with you? All kinds of emotion run through me when I think of that name. For me, he is either totally brilliant (Laurence Anyways (2012) or pretty bad, actually (The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018)). Dolan's very "personal" cinema may not appeal to everyone, but it is always artful, experimental and emotional. Dolan is also an actor and the fact that he plays one of the lead roles in his newest film may either be a bad or a good thing. I hope the new film will not be too self-indulgent and Dolan will try to go out of his comfort zone, though looking at the title this seems unlikely.
IV. Portrait Of a Lady On Fire by Céline Sciamma
Since I heard about this period drama some months previously, I have been very curious about it and am now glad to see it made into the selection. Portrait of A Lady on Fire does have an interesting story: "Brittany, France, 1760. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Heloise, a lady who has just left the convent. Heloise is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing…Intimacy and attraction grow between the two women…" (mk2films). I love that it is set in Brittany, France and stars a talented cast, among which are Adèle Haenel (The Unknown Girl (2016), 120 Beats Per Minute (2017)) and Valeria Golino (Rain Man (1988)). This movie is also from the director of Tomboy (2011) and Girlhood (2014), and the writer behind animation My Life as a Courgette (2016), so there is the expectation to meet. For my list of great films that feature paintings, see here.
V. The Dead Don's Die by Jim Jarmusch
This comedy/horror film by Jim Jarmusch (Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Paterson (2016))) will open the festival, and the premise here is that "the peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves" (IMDb). I love the idea of a "supernatural" comedy with dark humour. I am a bit of a fan of Shaun of the Dead (2004), which has some of the most hilarious film scenes I have ever seen, and I believe The Dead Don't Die will have some of this very funny vibe too. The cast is also good: Chloe Sevigny, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray and Caleb Landry Jones (Antiviral (2012)), and even Tom Waits and Selena Gomez found their way into this film.
VI. Frankie by Ira Sachs
I am not too familiar with the work of Ira Sachs (though I have heard of her movie Love is Strange (2014), which includes among its cast Alfred Molina and John Lithgow), but if Frankie has magnificent Isabelle Huppert (Elle (2016), The Piano Teacher (2001)) in it, it seals the deal for me and I am going to watch it. The story is also intriguing enough: "three generations grappling with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in Sintra, Portugal, a historic town known for its dense gardens and fairy-tale villas and palaces" (IMDb). I love in particular that Huppert plays the title role, and the film also stars Jeremie Renier (L'Amant Double (2017) and Greg Kinnear (You've Got Mail (1998)) – that combination sounds both dramatic and fun.
VII. A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
This movie by Terrence Malick's changed its title. We had "Radegund" and now we have "A Hidden Life". In this movie, "the Austrian Franz Jagerstatter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in the WWII" (IMDb). I am not into war movies generally, but I sometimes I love them, an example is Hacksaw Ridge (2016) (which also features a conscientious objector), so I am anticipating this one as well and it will be Malick after all, event though he apparently did not use the services of his usual cinematographer. The film is now known as featuring the last performances of Michael Nyqvist and Bruno Ganz, and, perhaps, given the subject, comparisons will be drawn with Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998).
VIII. Sorry We Missed You by Ken Loach
After masterful I, Daniel Blake [2016], which won Palme d'Or in 2016, I am anticipating Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You, which will also deal with working class struggles in modern Britain. This time the premise will involve "a hard-up delivery driver and his wife [who] struggle to get by in modern-day England" (IMDb).
IX. Little Joe by Jessica Hausner
I could be talking here about the Dardenne's brothers dealing with extremist Islam in Young Ahmed, but instead I am talking about lesser known Jessica Hausner and her film Little Joe. The premise really intrigued me: "A genetically-engineered plant scatters its seeds and seems to cause uncanny changes on living creatures. The afflicted appear strange, as if they were replaced – especially for those, who are close to them. Or is it all just imagination?" (IMDb). The book/film The Day of the Triffids somehow comes to mind, and I would love to see how this unusual science-fiction element involving plants will play out on screen. The film will star Emily Beecham and Ben Whishaw (The Lobster (2015)).
Other films that are selected to compete as part of the official competition are Young Ahmed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Oh Mercy by Arnaud Desplechin, The Traitor by Marco Bellocchio, Atlantique by Mati Diop, Sibyl by Justine Triet, It Must Be Heaven by Elia Suleiman, Bacurau by Kleber Mendonca, Filho & Juliano Dornelles, The Whistlers by Corneliu Porumboiu, Les Misérables by Ladj Ly and The Wild Goose Lake by Diao Yinan.
Are you excited to see any of the films listed? What are your impression of the official selection films?
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Genki Jason says:
The Dead Don't Die looks like it should be fun and it has a fantastic cast. Everyone I showed the trailer to was really excited.
Agreed on Almodovar.
No Japanese films but the Asian ones come from auteurs worth watching, not least Bong Joon-ho whose filmography is incredible. The trailer for Parasite is really good.
If you haven't seen Diao Yinan's film Black Coal, Thin Ice, give it a go.
I loved the trailer for Parasite. It reminded me of the work of Lanthimos. And, thanks, I will look up the films you mentioned.
Phantom Paper says:
Little Joe and The Dead Don't Die sound interesting to me! Good list 👍
Good choices! Thanks for stopping by!
Sam Simon says:
I'm really excited about the new movies by Jim Jarmusch and Ken Loach! I already watched the last one by Almodóvar, and the only thing I can tell you (apart from redirecting you to the review I wrote on my blog) is that if you love his cinema, you'll probably love this Pain and glory!
Sounds promising, thank you for your opinion on Pain and Glory! Now, I am really interested.
We are pretty much on the same page as to which Cannes films we are looking forward to though of course the line-up usually has late additions (Tarantino looks possible). Little Joe & Frankie are new-to-me and sound interesting. I read a blog davesmoviesite which predicted Bacurau for the Palme d'Or but who knows!
Bacurau? That is interesting. I will certainly welcome that decision too. Actually, now I read the plot, it sounds fascinating. For starters, I am now compiling a list of films set in Brazil, and it fits in, and secondly this theme of local people not being who they appear to be is rather curious. I think I read some literature recently on that, was it by Hanya Yanagihara? Probably.
Yes, Bacurau does sound intriguing, especially for those interested in different cultures. Pleased to see Sônia Braga in the cast, she elevated Aquarius with her performance. Bus 174 is prob the best Brazilian film I've seen(technically a doc) Haven't read Yanagihara but googling her I see her most popular on goodreads is Little Life
Sônia Braga there as well? Well, that's a film worth seeing then! I have not seen Bus 174, but it looks something I will be interested in because it is a documentary and about a hostage-taking situation. Thanks for the recommendation! 🙂
My list of Brazilian films will only include five films and not "best films", but simply those I watched recently – some obvious ones, like City of God, and also animation and comedy. Sometimes I like watching those to expand my "cinematic" horizons a little, heh, if I can say that, and I thought I would share 🙂
I have been thinking more about books recently. I believe Yanagihara's debut book The People in the Trees is about a strange tribe in Micronesia that apparently discovered immortality. Her second book is A Little Life and it is long and quite disturbing, well – very disturbing, but also brilliant in a way. It is about four friends in NYC and one of them – Jude – is inwardly battling his own horrific past.
Dude the cleaner says:
Ok you beat me to it. I did not have the time to even write the post. Good one. And thank you.
John Charet says:
Great post 🙂 I am especially most interested in seeing numbers one, five and eight (eight because I loved Loach's last film I, Daniel Blake). Anyway, keep up the great work as always 🙂


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CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. — In a time when underage drinking and drug abuse is prevalent, some teens from Shenendehowa High School are taking a stand.
At a discussion organized by the school PTA and the Shenendehowa Community Coalition Wednesday night, a panel of seven students completely opened up, answering any and all questions parents had about alcohol and drug abuse in their school.
A survey done in 2008 shows the "past 30 day alcohol use rate" for Shen's seniors is much higher than the national average: 64 percent, compared to 43 percent.
The binge drinking rates also exceed the state numbers: 43 percent, compared to 28 percent.
Those who attended this meeting are hoping to find answer to change those figures.
Twelfth grader Joe Kelly suggested, "Maybe put drug classes into the school itself, not just health class. If you get suspended, you now have to attend this class, this amount of days, because you did this, you know, something with a little more background behind it, like problems it leads to the body, not just what you did and now you're gone."
Craig Masterman is a member of the Shenendehowa Community Coalition and also has three children attending school in the district.
"I think it's important we educate parents. Parents have to be actively involved in their children's lives. If they're not, then there's not a lot of hope in the world," Masterman said.
The Coalition also hopes to implement "social host legislation" in the state, which would penalize hosts who have underage drinking on their property. With winter break on the horizon and the potential for more underage drinking parties, the group is urging families to be aware of these issues.
To learn more about the Shenendehowa Community Coalition, visit www.preventioncouncil.org.
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Ha vinto quattro medaglie olimpiche nel nuoto. In particolare ha conquistato la medaglia d'oro alle Olimpiadi di Barcellona 1992 nella gara di 100 metri stile libero femminile, una medaglia d'argento nella stessa edizione dei giochi nei 50 metri stile libero, un argento sempre a Barcellona 1992 nella staffetta 4×100 metri stile libero. In precedenza aveva ottenuto una medaglia di bronzo alle Olimpiadi di Seul 1988 nei 100 metri stile libero.

Ai campionati mondiali di nuoto 1991 ha conquistato una medaglia d'oro nei 50 metri stile libero e una medaglia di bronzo nei 100 metri stile libero.

Nel 1989 ha vinto una medaglia d'oro (100 metri stile libero) e una medaglia di bronzo (200 metri stile libero) ai giochi PanPacifici.

Inoltre nel 1991, alle Universiadi, ha ottenuto un oro nei 100 metri stile libero e un argento nei 50 metri stile libero.

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For those who've wondered or asked, yes, I have dated other women since Cindy's passing more than a decade ago. If you got to know Cindy really well, you'll recall her father died in the mid-1990s and her mother later remarried. Now that our marriage ended under the articles of "'til death do us part" before we could celebrate the births of children or grandchildren, I'm searching for my next success story in the relationship world. Cindy's mom and stepdad have encouraged me to search for same.
It's true Cindy and I met online. However, as we got to know each other, we realized we had mutual friends — some of whom I hadn't seen in years. As our relationship leveled up, we realized there was a higher power in play.
In what I call postmarital dating, the internet hasn't helped. You name any legitimate website or app — and the odds are good I tried it and have nothing to show for it (save for wasted time, wasted effort, perhaps wasted energy and, at times, wasted money).
It appears social networking doesn't help much either. It is here I must expose a fake.
Earlier today, I learned about the story of one lady's apparent search for love. I give you, or perhaps loan you for the moment, @MaryDennisDoyl1 on Twitter.
Mary Dennis Doyle notes she's in California and looking for a long-term relationship. Would she be willing to travel and find her Mr. Right? Time will tell.
…she doesn't say her name is Mary; she says her name is — Amber.
In case the above clip has been deleted by the time you read this (and, for that matter, her Twitter account in its entirety), here the transcription. "Hey, guys. This is Amber," she said in the bathroom selfie video right at the start. Automatic fail. "I am totally wasted," she continued — with an unintelligible end to her sentence due to low volume and, well, the admitted fact she's drunk. "I am having a really, really, really great time," she noted. Then, she told viewers she was drinking champagne out of what looked like a Dixie cup.
How authentic is the clip? Judge for yourself. Is it a good idea to post drunk selfie videos? I'd say no. But when you have the name "Mary" in your profile, "Amber" in your video and "Amber" is nowhere else to be found in said profile, odds are good you're faking all this.
Bottom line: When you're looking for love, online or offline, be honest about things.
Doug's Place Flashback: I still remember the time Roseanne Barr performed — check that, butchered — "The Star-Spangled Banner". What people usually don't know, realize or recall is that happened before Game 2 of a Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres doubleheader.
I lived in Dayton, Ohio, at the time and listened to the ballgames on the radio. 'Twas a magical time in 1990 to follow the Reds. They started the regular season with a nine-game winning streak, stayed atop the standings through, and including, the last day of said regular season and went on to win the World Series in a stunning sweep of the Oakland A's.
Not every day and night that season was joyous. (Anyone remember Lou Piniella's disagreements with the umps? Stuff of legend.) On that night in late July of '90 in San Diego, the radio announcers were perplexed as everyone was standing for a second performance of the national anthem. The legendary Marty Brennaman of the Reds' network quickly criticized Barr's performan– er, uh — butchering of the song.
Fast forward to the here and now. A racist tweet from Barr has resulted in ABC's immediate cancelation of the revival of her eponymous sitcom. There's word other networks that aired reruns of the original series have removed said original series from their schedules. There's slim hope it can live on, and see the light of day, on a streaming service. Don't hold your breath — unless you really like the color blue.
Then as now, there's a lesson for all of us here. Think twice before you post, tweet or lampoon once.
My heart sank after I read Tom Russo died over the weekend. If you lived in the Pine Belt in the mid 1990s, you likely remember he co-anchored the news at 5 and 10 on WDAM-TV. From time to time, he was also a guest of what was then WQIS Talk Radio 890.
Tom's career took him to other stations in Mississippi and Alabama. His last job was assignment manager at WPMI-TV in Mobile, Alabama.
Based on my own recollection and other online accounts, when Tom took on a new professional assignment, he brought his keen sense of humor with him to the newsroom.
Thomas David Russo was truly one of the good guys of the news business — and left this life much too soon at the age of 56.
Long before I came to the Pine Belt, my family and I called Ohio home. When we arrived there in 1983, it was home to a state lottery. It still is.
If you ever wondered how a lottery helped school systems elsewhere — particularly my former neighborhoods in and near Dayton, Ohio — here's your answer. Not much. In the eight years between our arrival and our departure for Mississippi, the schools in and near Dayton still put levies and bond issues up for votes.
…okay, it's an episode from a short-lived revival of the classic word search quiz show "Now You See It". At the 6:37 mark, you'll see the start of a 30-second commercial for the Ohio Lottery from 1989. The leader clearly states the lottery doesn't do a lot financially for the school systems of Ohio. If anyone ever tells you how a lottery would do wonders for Mississippi's school systems, please take it all with a grain of salt.
Yes, in the here and now, it would be tough to see our friends and neighbors leave Mississippi and go on day trips, perhaps even mini-vacations, to states with lotteries when certain jackpots reach leviathan levels. But, considering the odds of winning any prize much less the jackpot, most of the money they'd take with them would most likely be added to fund prizes. And, yes, tourism out of state might see a slight bump thanks to our friends and neighbors dreaming of winning that leviathan jackpot. But the residual effects really wouldn't extend much beyond that.
If a lottery bill comes up this legislative session, or any time after this year, my sincere hope is that the legislature will vote in the negative.
I lived in a lottery state. The lottery didn't help the schools in Ohio. I can't see how a lottery would help our schools here.
Hi. Remember me? Long story short, 2017 was quite a busy one. Much of my free time was spent seeking new work and, ultimately, changing TV jobs. You can see the basic details at DougMorris.net if you'd like. The rest of the story is best saved for another blog entry or, perhaps better yet, my memoir that comes out in another two decades or so.
One thing I can go in-depth without much fear of retribution is this. Near the end of one year and/or the start of another, when I was a TV newscast producer, I would get showered with e-mails from certain representatives of certain products that would be on display at a certain Consumer Electronics Show in a certain Nevada city. Certainly, I've used "certain" more times that necessary.
These e-mails would invite stations (read: beg and plead) to book satellite interviews from Las Vegas as their products would be on display for stations' viewers to see. If you're a local newscast producer and you've already booked an SMT along these lines, bail out ASAP.
Broader picture: If you ever get a satellite interview request and the phrase "SMT sponsored by (insert company's name here)," or something to that effect, is included therein, forward the e-mail to your news director and sales manager immediately. That company is looking to avoid buying up commercial time on your station and is taking a supposedly cheaper route (read: PR companies and representatives of products of company's labors).
If the SMT request doesn't have obvious commercialism, discuss the matter with your news director – who's probably going to say no anyway. If the SMT is health-related, odds are good your boss will recommend a reporter speak with a doctor on the proposed matter at the local level.
Now — back to the Consumer Electronics Show. At my previous TV job, I had access from the feed services of two broadcast networks and CNN. History has shown correspondents from those feed services would be sent to Vegas to cover the CES – without endorsing specific products. I'm reasonably certain (there's that word again) the 2018 CES will be no different in terms of news coverage.
As for said previous responsibility, my interest in satellite interviews was at an all-time low. The number of times I actually signed up for an SMT over a two-decade-plus-span I can count on one hand. About a year after I started producing a morning newscast, I would hear from several people on the phone wanting to book satellite interviews. Those calls would evolve into e-mail messages that would clog up my inbox.
I usually would respond with something to this effect: "Unless you're offering an interview with strong Mississippi ties or a strong connection to a program that airs on our station, and it has *zero* business involvement, no dice." In one of those rare moments of interest, I still remember actually booking an interview with Jillian Michaels, one of the original trainers on "The Biggest Loser".
Michaels had written a book full of tips on exercise, weight loss, nutrition, etc. As I saw it, it was a golden opportunity to promote a then-popular show. Worries of product placement were minimal at best.
Days before the interview, I had to cancel. Change of heart and/or head? No. Mandate from the bosses? No. Technical issues? No. I still remember writing the companies that set this up that it was with major regret we had to cancel the arrangements in late August of 2005. We had to bail out because Hurricane Katrina was on the way.
The organizers were totally understanding. As consolation, they sent a DVD of generic clips from Michaels on her book. We ran a few of them months after the new normal settled in after the storm.
Bottom line: Thanks to evolving technology and evolving resources at the local level, TV newscast producers really don't need satellite interviews. Local experts, feed services and content from sister stations should adequately pick up where SMTs leave off. Best to leave those SMT organizers – dare I say it – hurtin' for certain.
As the old saying goes, the show must go on. My radio friends and I are working to make this a productive 2017 — as we will always mourn the passing of our friend Joe. He died December 12, 2016, after he was injured in a wreck in November.
Please click/tap here for a statement from Blakeney Communications, the parent company of Rock 104.
Please click/tap here for his obituary.
Joe's family thanks everyone for their love, prayers and sincere generosity during this time. Many of you have expressed a need to help in some way. In lieu of flowers, a special account has been set up for Joe and Rachael's children's future education. Memorial contributions may be mailed to: Joe Stianche, 5 Neil Road, Ellisville, MS, 39437.
An appearance on a classic quiz show with a comedy element, apparently, helped William Peter Blatty further his writing career.
Blatty, who as you probably know by know passed away recently, was a contestant on the game show "You Bet Your Life", hosted by comedy legend Groucho Marx. Early on, Blatty is introduced as an Arab prince — but the truth would come out.
Looking to connect a Marx brother to "The Exorcist"? Here you go.
Calling all filmmakers. Elton John and longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin are holding a contest for videos of John's hits such as "Rocket Man", "Tiny Dancer" and "Bennie and the Jets".
John and Taupin request the "Rocket Man" video feature animation, "Tiny Dancer" feature live action and "Bennie and the Jets" feature choreography.
You have until January 23, 2017, to get your video together. Visit www.eltonjohn.com/thecut for more details.
Got $26,000 or so to burn? That's the expected selling price at an upcoming auction for a long-lost demo Paul McCartney recorded for Cilla Black.
Black turned the song "It's For You", written by McCartney and John Lennon, into a top ten hit in the U.K. in 1964. The demo was lost for more than half a century — until Black's family found it after her passing last year.
The surviving relatives assumed it was just a copy of Black's single and took it to a Beatles expert. Stephen Bailey, the aforementioned Beatles expert, says he was speechless and shaking with excitement when he realized it was McCartney singing on the demo and not Black.
The Beatles Liverpool Auction house will sell the demo August 27th.
Visit www.beatlesauction.co.uk for more details and to hear a 20-second clip.


Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores May 14, 2008. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.
This list was last updated May 13, 2008.
I hear you. Kirkman has been leaving us hanging for far too long. I can only hope that TWD #50 ships early June.
It wouldn't be so bad except that, repeatedly, on his site he's said "Oh, the next issue is already done and at the printers and it'll be out either next week, or the week after at the latest" and then it'll be 5-6 weeks before it actually appears.
If he'd just come out and said, "Hey, it'll ship in about a month" there wouldn't have been any problems, but don't tell us it is going to be out next week unless it's actually going to be out next week.


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Q: Dynamically "unload" a Processing JS sketch from canvas I'm using some javascript to allow users to dynamically load a sketch on click to a canvas element using:

Processing.loadSketchFromSources('canvas_id', ['sketch.pde']);

If I call Processing.loadSketchFromSources(...) a second (or third...) time, it loads a second (or third...) .pde file onto the canvas, which is what I would expect.
I'd like for the user to be able to click another link to load a different sketch, effectively unloading the previous one. Is there a method I can call (or a technique I can use) to check if Processing has another sketch running, and if so, tell it to unload it first?
Is there some sort of Processing.unloadSketch() method I'm overlooking? I could simply drop the canvas DOM object and recreate it, but that (1) seems like using a hammer when I need a needle, and (2) it results in a screen-flicker that I'd like to avoid.
I'm no JS expert, but I've done my best to look through the processing.js source to see what other functions may exist, but I'm hitting a wall. I thought perhaps I could look at Processing.Sketches.length to see if something is loaded already, but simply pop'ing it off the array doesn't seem to work (didn't think it would).
I'm using ProcessingJS 1.3.6.

A: In case someone else comes looking for the solution, here's what I did that worked. Note that this was placed inside a closure (not included here for brevity) -- hence the this.launch = function(), blah blah blah... YMMV.
/**
 * Launches a specific sketch. Assumes files are stored in
 * the ./sketches subdirectory, and your canvas is named g_sketch_canvas
 * @param {String} item The name of the file (no extension)
 * @param {Array} sketchlist Array of sketches to choose from
 * @returns true
 * @type Boolean
 */
this.launch = function (item, sketchlist) {
    var cvs = document.getElementById('g_sketch_canvas'),
        ctx = cvs.getContext('2d');
    if ($.inArray(item, sketchlist) !== -1) {
        // Unload the Processing script
        if (Processing.instances.length > 0) {
            // There should only be one, so no need to loop
            Processing.instances[0].exit();
            // If you may have more than one, then use this loop:
             for (i=0; i < Processing.instances.length; (i++)) {
            //  Processing.instances[i].exit();
            //}
        }
        // Clear the context
        ctx.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
        ctx.clearRect(0, 0, cvs.width, cvs.height);
        // Now, load the new Processing script
        Processing.loadSketchFromSources(cvs, ['sketches/' + item + '.pde']);
    }
    return true;
};

A: I'm not familiar with Processing.js, but the example code from the site has this:
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas1");
// attaching the sketchProc function to the canvas
var p = new Processing(canvas, sketchProc);
// p.exit(); to detach it

So in your case, you'll want to keep a handle to the first instance when you create it:
var p1 = Processing.loadSketchFromSources('canvas_id', ['sketch.pde']);

When you're ready to "unload" and load a new sketch, I'm guessing (but don't know) that you'll need to clear the canvas yourself:
p1.exit();
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas_id');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
context.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
// Or context.fillRect(...) with white, or whatever clearing it means to you

Then, from the sound of things, you're free to attach another sketch:
var p2 = Processing.loadSketchFromSources('canvas_id', ['sketch2.pde']);

Again, I'm not actually familiar with that library, but this appears straightforward from the documentation.

A: As of processing.js 1.4.8, Andrew's accepted answer (and the other answers I've found in here) do not seem to work anymore.
This is what worked for me:
    var pjs = Processing.getInstanceById('pjs');
    if (typeof pjs !== "undefined") {
      pjs.exit();
    }

    var canvas = document.getElementById('pjs')
    new Processing(canvas, scriptText);

where pjs is the id of the canvas element where the scrips is being run.

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Arts Funding Troubles, part 1: How We Got Into This Mess
WFAE
Published July 11, 2013 at 6:05 AM EDT
Briana Duggan
Carolina PR
There's a group in Charlotte called the Cultural Life Task Force meeting every couple of weeks with a charge to save the city's cultural sector. The traditional way arts and culture is being funded in the city is no longer working, and as a result, Charlotte's arts institutions face an uncertain future.
There's no real mystery to the funding crisis Charlotte's arts groups find themselves in.
Lounging on a blanket at the Symphony's Independence Day Pops Concert, Brett Miller answers simply: no, he has never donated to an arts group. "We've never sought to specifically give," he says, "But if asked, we probably would."
Then his wife Susan, who is also in her late-twenties, chimes in, "I think we contribute by attending performances and being totally willing to come to events as this when we can support the arts."
The Millers are not alone; across the crowd, concert-goers echoed two themes. "I do my part by buying tickets to see shows in Charlotte," and "I haven't given because I haven't been asked."
But no one at the concert had any idea that most of Charlotte's arts groups cannot survive on ticket sales alone. Exhibition costs tend to cover only a fraction of real costs, such as the Mint Museum's exhibits last year. While the exhibits attracted 30,000 visitors, each paying $10, the real cost of the ticket would need to be $200 to cover all expenses.
Symphony concert tickets, too, cover a fraction of the actual cost of production. The average $45 Classics ticket would have to cost more like $120 to pay for musicians salaries, marketing, and production costs of the show.
Credit Julie Rose
Source: Most-recent available nonprofit reports filed with the IRS for the period July 2011 - June 2012.
And, if you're thinking this is a terrible business model, you're right, but it is actually how most arts non-profits work. Arts groups rely heavily on donations to subsidize tickets so that everyone can enjoy art, not just the rich.
But as to why people say they have not been asked, that goes to the crux of Charlotte's current arts funding crisis.
Back in the 80's and 90's, during what some in Charlotte call "the golden years," a tight-knit group of corporate leaders worked alongside civic leaders to shape everything in Charlotte.
Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl was the ringleader, and according to Laura Meyer Wellman, who briefly worked at the bank back then, says McColl's ability to get things done was legendary.
"Being able to, at breakfast, decide that X amount of money was needed to do something and it got done," she says. "Legendary because he looked out of the window of his office and saw north Tryon and said it was a blighted landscape and it needed to be fixed."
It was decided that the Arts and Science Council would be the official fundraiser for culture in Charlotte, a kind of broker to do big donation drives, mostly through workplace giving, and then dole money out to arts groups. Companies like McColl's bank only had to deal with one entity, the Arts and Science Council, while arts groups didn't have to run around asking for money from everyone in town.
Credit Arts and Science Council
The plan worked. At its peak in 2007, the Arts and Science Council raised $11.6 million, most of that coming from workplace giving. Around 20 percent of the money is held back by the ASC, with most of the rest supporting basic operations at arts groups, large and small.
Serious Cracks
But the Great Recession exposed serious cracks in the system. Everybody tightened their belts, especially the banks. And that left the Arts and Science council especially vulnerable, as it had come to rely on a few large companies in Charlotte for more than half of its fundraising every year.
The ASC quickly realized it needed to diversify its funding streams and start raising money in ways other than just workplace campaigns at big companies. Online, for example.
"It does take a wake-up call sometimes to step back and say, 'geeze,' it would have been nice if we had this ten years ago," says the ASC's former president, Scott Provancher, who just stepped down from the position earlier this month.
The online thing worked well, but it doesn't raise nearly what the ASC used to get from workplace giving. And the really bad news is that while the economy has turned around, workplace gifts to the ASC have not. They are down 40 percent since 2008 and have basically leveled out. Provancher says Charlotte's big corporations are different; today they're global.
"So whether it's in St. Louis or San Francisco or New York City, their community engagement strategy, they're trying to apply it across an entire footprint of a much larger company, so it makes it harder to have a kind of unique campaign like the Arts and Science Council."
And the employees of those companies have changed, too. Fewer and fewer are willing to allocate a portion of their paycheck each month to the ASC. A study done by the Foundation for the Carolinas in 2010 found that many workers were plain burned out and sick of being guilt-tripped by their bosses to give.
It's also an issue of connection; many people said they don't feel like they are connected to Charlotte's arts institutions. This is a city of transplants, after all. People like Monty Ridenhour, who moved to Charlotte several months ago.
"I have to somehow feel like I relate to them," says Ridenhour, "we were pretty active in the art museum up in Martinsville (Virginia) and that's the reason we gave there."
The big arts groups in Charlotte admit they've not done enough to connect with their patrons. Partly because they didn't feel the need, says Kathleen Jameson, CEO of the Mint Museum, "The ASC was doing such a great job that I think a lot of folks, including at the ASC and throughout the community thought that that would just continue to grow."
But the problem was also the system itself. To preserve the fundraising power of the ASC, arts non-profits were prohibited until recently from approaching individual companies for donations. These constraints have had consequences, says John Mackay, Discovery Place CEO, "There's not really a lot of opportunity to have access to your patrons and your corporate partners, it makes it very difficult, I think, for us to be as responsive, as resilient, if you will."
"All for one, one for all," is great when times are good, and potentially devastating when they're not.
The Symphony is scraping by on emergency gifts from some anonymous donors who say they'll only keep giving if the Symphony gets its financial house in order.
The Mint Museum was forced to tap its cash reserves for the first time in recent memory and just announced it'll be closing an extra day each week to save money.
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art says it can only afford to do a big art exhibition every other year until things improve.
A handful of smaller arts organizations are going under - or merging in hopes of keeping their offerings intact.
And while this Cultural Life Task Force will spend the next six months looking for system-wide solutions, individual arts groups need money now.
And they're looking at you.
Find out what Charlotte's cultural institutions say it'll take for them to survive this arts funding crisis in part two of our series.
This story is produced through the Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance, a consortium of local media dedicated to covering the arts.
Charlotte Area CAJAArts & Science Council
Arts Funding Troubles, part 2: What It Will Take To Survive
New Exhibit To Boost Mint's Randolph Road Location
Task Force Discusses Future Of Arts Funding


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Yay for Herbalism! I really wish I was Undead, because I have the funniest mental image of an Undead ranger skipping through the flowers with a trusty fox sidekick. *sigh*.... if only I was better at drawing, I could share this image with the world.
Herbalism in Legion looks awesome. Can't wait to see what they are doing with Mining and Fishing, and of course all the crafting profs.
I know right? I keep seeing really cool new stuff coming that I would use on my Hunter (the Bow skins, Herbalism, etc), and my wallet is trying to flail itself at the computer monitor, and I yell "TOO SOON Мажордом Экзекутус!"
I am sooo sad! The MM bow\/crossbow is as beautiful as the BM gun\/crossbow is fugly! I want to do the quest line for the bow, but I really dislike playing MM. What to do? Do the quests for a weapon I can't show off or do the quests for a weapon I will NOT show off? Especially if changing specs will costs something. So far I am having a hard time finding anything in legion to get excited about! So sad :-( .
Tanking changes sound great. I would mention something about fearing the loss of Blood God Mode but I'm pretty sure they can't remove that. They tried in Warlords but they couldn't do it.
Ugh, this herbalism stuff looks so cool but but I don't want to get rid of my engineering. =\/ What if they made gathering professions accessible to all. :o I've always loved my alchemy\/engineering set up for my main.
I am a dwarf Hunter, i want a rifle ! Not a bow for hippies !
the fact they are thinking swapping spec should cost something is mildly annoying.
dual spec was designed in part to provide QoL to tanks and healers.
Sometimes I want to not look at what's coming in expansions so I have more surprises waiting. That's not working out for me.
why are you asking us these questions? I thought you were telling us what you do.
Removing this feature would a huge step backwards for me, and significant loss of QoL in my regular gameplay. I'm not looking forward to it.
Woah now, Take your Boomstick, Sir Dwarf. If I ever get any guns their yours, the noise drives me crazy.
I have always maintained Tank or Heal offspec to fill the roll as needed when pugging. If they are going to make it harder to change specs mid dungeon\/raid, that's gonna be a pretty big QoL setback.
I wish they'd add quivers to bows, I have a quiver on my bow, functional and cool looking.
Also please update fishing. Make it more like a profession. Take away the need to click the bobber.
I agree completely. Every additional headache and hassle they create for healers and tanks is just going to make more people throw up their hands and switch to being only DPS. That happened to me in fact, I'm just now getting back into hybrid classes after years of mostly DPSing. I hate switching gear sets (and having to manually update them every time I get a new piece), I hate losing all my mana whenever I switch specs, and I hate having to port to Moonglade every few days because my druid can only have two active specs at a time. I picked a druid back in vanilla specifically because I liked the idea of having a versatile character, but it's always been a pain and never lived up to the idea. I don't mind having to switch specs for different roles, but going from Resto to Guardian to Feral to Balance should be a single click between specs, without switching armor and without having to stop and drink. There are already restrictions on when you can spec switch, everything else is just overkill.
The crafting materials are not bound on pickup. This is already a thousand times better than Warlords.
The changes to herbalism sound neat. Hopefully Archaeology will get some updates, too, because right now it's brutally tedious. Working on getting the pristine versions of each artifact requires you to get lucky with three steps of RNG: A. get the right faction's dig sites to spawn, B. get the right project to come up, and then C. hope it's pristine. Ugh. There has to be a better way, like having a couple dig sites in each zone at all times or something.
yeah, having a spec swap cost gold is a bad idea. Making it harder for a tank or healer to have a secondary spec isn't going to encourage more people to play those roles.


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Le Gamin au vélo () é um filme belga de 2011 escrito e dirigido pelos irmãos belgas Jean-Pierre Dardenne e Luc Dardenne, estrelado por Cécile de France e Thomas Doret. Situada em Seraing, o filme conta a história de um menino de onze anos de idade que se aproxima de uma mulher depois que seu pai o abandonou.

O filme foi produzido por produtoras cinematográficas da Bélgica, França e Itália. A obra não se afasta do estilo naturalista das obras anteriores dos irmãos Dardenne, porém foi empregada uma  estética mais brilhante do que a de costume, um roteiro de estrutura linear e a inclusão de trilha sonora. Ele estreou no Festival de Cannes 2011 e ganhou o  Grande Prêmio do Júri.

Sinopse
Cyril, um garoto de onze anos, foi deixado em um orfanato, algo que seria temporário, e prepara-se para encontrar o seu pai que o deixou lá. Ele não quer acreditar que seu pai o deixou, mudou do apartamento onde viviam e vendeu até mesmo sua bicicleta. Por acaso ele conhece a cabeleireira Samantha, que compra a sua bicicleta de volta e devolve a Cyril. A pedido do menino, ela permite que ele viva com ela nos finais de semana. Juntos, Samantha e Cyril encontra o pai, mas ele não quer mais ver o menino e pede que Samantha o adote.

Elenco
 Cécile de France ... Samantha
 Thomas Doret ... Cyril
 Jérémie Renier ... Guy Catoul
 Fabrizio Rongione ... Livreiro
 Egon Di Mateo ... Wes
 Olivier Gourmet ... Proprietário do café

Ligações externas

Filmes de drama da França
Filmes da França de 2011
Filmes de drama da Bélgica
Filmes em língua francesa
Filmes premiados com o Grand Prix (Festival de Cannes)
Filmes dirigidos pelos irmãos Dardenne
Filmes distribuídos pela Imovision


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Trump once welcomed a visit from immigrant 'Dreamers.' Now, they anxiously await his next move
A group of "Dreamers" meet with now-President Trump at Trump Tower in 2013.
(Diego Sanchez)
By Lisa Mascaro
Gaby Pacheco strode into Trump Tower's gilded lobby on a mission to convince the businessman to back immigration reform and help young people like her who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Back in that summer of 2013, Donald Trump was just beginning to flirt with a presidential run, and others warned her that he might be using the visit for publicity. But she and other Dreamers, as the young immigrants are called, coveted the star power he might bring to the cause.
Almost an hour later, she and a few colleagues departed the surreal encounter with doubts about Trump's understanding of the issue, an inkling of his future political ambitions, and, most oddly, parting gifts of chocolates, jewelry and neckties from his famous brands.
But they also left with a reason for optimism. When Trump walked his young visitors to the elevator, he turned and nodded: "You convinced me," he said.
Soon they will know whether they did.
Of all of Trump's campaign promises, one of the thorniest to navigate will be deciding what to do with the approximately 700,000 young immigrants who are here illegally, but have been temporarily allowed to work and avoid deportation under an executive action by President Obama.
Trump made promises to blue-collar voters. Democrats plan to make sure he follows through »
Among the first big tests of his administration will be whether to immediately cancel Obama's program, allow it to gradually expire or expend some of his political capital to help the Dreamers, who have lived in the U.S. most of their lives and whom Obama has said are essentially "American kids."
What Trump decides may provide one of the clearest signals yet of his commitment to the hard-line immigration policy he advocated during the campaign.
As a candidate, Trump repeatedly vowed to end Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, threatening to deport the young immigrants along with the 11 million others who are living in the U.S. illegally.
As president-elect, Trump has softened his tone, saying he wants to "work something out" for the Dreamers, whose inspiring stories have captured public attention, including his own.
"They got brought here at a very young age, they've worked here, they've gone to school here. Some were good students. Some have wonderful jobs. And they're in never-never land because they don't know what's going to happen," Trump told Time magazine this month. "We're going to work something out that's going to make people happy and proud."
But any leniency by Trump risks blowback from those who embraced his tough stance against illegal immigration and might view such an accommodation as "amnesty." That includes top advisors and Cabinet picks, not to mention the crowds who still chant "Build that wall!" at Trump rallies, echoing his repeated campaign promise to erect a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
In Congress, a growing bipartisan group of senators is offering Trump a way out.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) have introduced legislation that would allow Trump to essentially keep his promise to end Obama's executive action while also creating a new, similar program that would allow young immigrants to remain temporarily in the U.S.
The so-called Bridge Act would give DACA-eligible young people "provisional protected presence" for three years, providing work permits and deferring deportations if they continue to be law abiding.
"What would make America great would be to deal with these kids humanely," Graham said.
Trump and the GOP are charging forward with Obamacare repeal, but few are eager to follow »
Theirs is a carrot-and-stick approach — nudging Trump toward a compromise while also warning him that mass deportations of Dreamers would probably be unpopular with lawmakers and most Americans. Obama, too, counseled Trump during their first meeting at the White House not to deport Dreamers.
For the young people who have gained DACA status — becoming "Daca-mented," as they call it — any disruption in the program would be devastating.
DACA provides young immigrants with temporary legal status, which allows them to work, apply for driver's licenses and travel. Many now have healthcare through their employers. All of that would be gone if DACA is terminated.
"Everything we worked so hard for," said Diego Sanchez, 26, an immigrant who was at the 2013 Trump meeting and is now in law school in Miami.
DACA permits are currently valid for two years, so every day some are at risk to expire. Many young people are rushing to get them renewed before Trump takes office, but the soonest they can apply is 150 days before their expiration date. A backlog has developed, officials said.
"It's just a matter of waiting," said Cesar Vargas, 33, an attorney in New York, who is hoping his own permit, scheduled to expire Feb. 17, is renewed before Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. "Hopefully, it comes before."
For Maria Isabel Vazquez, it's the ordinary things, like being able to drive, that has made life so much easier since she qualified for DACA four years ago. Most weekdays, after computer science classes at community college in New York, the 20-year-old meets her sister at a bus stop and climbs behind the wheel of the family's minivan. First she picks up their younger sister from school and then she collects her mom from her work cleaning houses. Their dad comes home later from his job as a restaurant cook.
On the days she doesn't have school — Friday, Saturday and Sunday — she works 12-hour shifts earning $12 an hour as a home health aide, bathing and cooking for an elderly widow she has cared for since 2015. She earned a certificate for the job, and pays taxes.
Maria Isabel Vazquez's family depends on the driver's license that DACA allowed her to obtain.
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But without DACA, all of that could be at risk, costing her the job and the driver's license that much of her family relies on to work and study.
Her DACA permit will expire in April, and she is already preparing the renewal — saving up the $465 application fee.
Some immigrants have been afraid to apply for DACA protection, worried about submitting their name, address and biometric fingerprint data as required for the federal government background check. They're afraid the Trump administration could use that information to more easily find and deport them.
But Pacheco, the Miami Dreamer whose 2013 meeting was arranged by an advocacy organization, hopes the impression the young immigrants made during that visit to his skyscraper will convince him to help.
She recalled being whisked into his office, where Trump showed off his impressive view of the Manhattan skyline.
To their surprise, even as they lobbied him, Trump also seemed to be pumping them for information. He peppered them with questions about the upcoming presidential campaigns — whether Latinos would support Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio for a run. He did not mention his own plans.
But as the young people steered the conversation back to immigration reform, they noticed many of his questions resembled those they'd heard from ordinary Americans at town hall meetings that summer.
Why can't they just get legal, he asked? If you have enough money, can't you just hire an attorney and file the paperwork?
They emphasized that the U.S. was the only home most of them had ever known. And due to immigration policies that give priority to those with family members legally in the U.S. or with special skills, there was virtually no way for Dreamers to go back and wait in line because they would never meet the criteria for legal immigration, or could spend many years waiting.
Jose Machado, 21, another immigrant who was part of the group and is now a property manager in Miami studying to become a lawyer, said it was like "teaching an Immigration 101 course."
When the meeting ended, Trump rode in the elevator with them to the lobby gift shop. He told them to take what they wanted, helping pick out jewelry, ties and signed copies of his book.
Initially they were optimistic that they had won him over. But last summer when Trump announced his candidacy for president, Pacheco watched as he called many Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists.
She felt fooled. "He's a salesman," she said. "I didn't know that then, but now I see it clearly. We went in there and he sold us what we wanted to hear."
Still, she and the others remain hopeful they made a lasting impression.
"To this day, I continue to hope the conversation we had, the sharing of our stories, it penetrated, it stuck with him," Machado said. "I still continue to hope that."
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Narcos: Idle Cartel is an idle clicker based on the hit Netflix series
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Narcos: Idle Cartel is an upcoming idle clicker from Tilting Point, Gaumont, and developer Big Wolf Games. It's not the first video game adaptation of Netflix's hit American crime show, with the popular Narcos: Cartel Wars still going strong, but it is the first to portray the series' world and its inhabitants in a grumpy, cutesy cartoon fashion.
Seriously, I'm a big fan of just how disgruntled almost everyone looks in the screenshots – all crossed arms and furrowed brows. I get that the production and selling of Class A drugs perhaps isn't the most romantic of lifestyles, but the way in which the game's artists have weaved the show's dour tone into the cutesy cartoon designs is perhaps a little jarring.
The game sees you introduced to the deadly world of cartels after inheriting a questionable family business. You'll gradually be confronted with the difficult choice of whether to keep your hands clean or throw all that out the window and do whatever it takes to survive.
You'll partner with the legendary smuggler El Patrón and work to gradually build your empire from the ground up. As time goes on, your increased production speed will boost your profitability, and you'll be able to train and expand your workforce to create a thriving international cartel.
What's perhaps most interesting about Narcos: Idle Cartel is the way it's structured like a TV show. You can expect episodic gameplay where you'll be meeting new characters, experiencing fresh storylines, and gradually become immersed in the show's world.
If that all sounds like a grand time to you, you'll find Narcos: Idle Cartel available for pre-registration now over on Google Play. It's set to launch for both iOS and Android later in the year. Just look at their sad wee faces and tell me this doesn't look at least a little funny.
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if I wanted to gain some real hands-on teaching experience, it would probably be best to volunteer in a classroom! This gave me the idea of going back to my co-op placement I did in grade 11!!!
I surprised my co-op teacher, Lijana and various staff members this morning and their reactions were priceless and so welcoming!! When I assisted my co-op teacher in grade 11, she was teaching grade ones and now she's teaching Kindergarten! She told me that she actually needed extra hands and we planned out the days I could come in to help her out. I'm so thankful for this oppourtunity again and I'm actually so excited!!!!
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His ease and fluency in several languages enabled him to attract a range of nationalities to the institute and begin multilingual activities from the very start. More strikingly still, he could immerse himself in the culture of the tongue in question, bringing to life four or five national perspectives in a single speech. It was no coincidence that he aimed for a web of institutes in different EU cities rather than a set of spokes from a single central hub. This fitted both the environmental and the cultural message.


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New Screenings for Childhood Trauma Raise Hopes, Questions
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett • Dec 20, 2019
California health officials are gearing up for the launch of a statewide screening effort that aims to help doctors measure children's exposure to trauma and their risk of related health problems.
Starting Jan. 1, California will become the first state in the nation to reimburse health care providers who screen patients enrolled in the Medi-Cal program for "adverse childhood experiences" or ACEs.
The $40 million effort has been hailed as a revolutionary change in California's approach to health care, particularly within Medi-Cal, the state's health program for people with limited incomes. At the same time, it's raised questions about whether the state and health care providers are adequately prepared to act on the information the new screenings reveal.
"It's a pretty big deal," said Lishaun Francis, associate director of health collaborations with the organization Children Now. "We see (the screenings) as an opportunity for physicians to have a better understanding of what's happening with children and families, and what impact that might have on their wellbeing,"
But, Francis said, "The state hasn't quite rolled out a comprehensive plan on how providers can connect with community resources if families do say yes to any one of these adverse childhood experiences. That's something we've been highlighting as the missing piece."
ACEs are stressful childhood events that can include being homeless, not having enough food, being neglected or abused, having a parent who's incarcerated, experiencing discrimination, and having parents who separate or divorce.
Children exposed to these types of trauma are at higher risk for physical, emotional and mental health problems as they grow and when they become adults, research shows. The more trauma a child experiences, the greater the risk for short- and long-term health problems, ranging from asthma, allergies, heart disease and obesity, to learning difficulties, depression and drug abuse. That's because children's brains and immune systems react physically to the trauma, a response known as toxic stress.
To screen children for adverse experiences, the California Department of Health Care Services selected a screening tool developed by researchers and pediatricians at UC San Francisco and the non-profit Center for Youth Wellness. California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, who is leading California's initiative to implement ACEs screening statewide, founded the center, which is a pioneer in the field.
The idea is that, by screening for ACEs, doctors can take steps to mitigate their harmful effects, and also educate families about how to prevent toxic stress in the first place. Burke Harris has said she wants to cut ACEs in half within a generation.
"To say that it's groundbreaking would be an understatement," said Dayna Long, who co-developed the screening tool and serves as medical director for the Department of Community Health and Engagement at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. "California is leading the way to address trauma as a public health crisis, and the first step is universal screening.
"We are transforming the practice of medicine across the state and my hope is that other states will follow," Long said.
Both adults and children enrolled in Medi-Cal can be screened for ACEs. The state will only reimburse providers for a one-time screening of adults, but children can be screened annually.
The screening tool for children is a questionnaire to be filled out by caregivers or—if a child is 12 or older—by the child. It asks about exposure to abuse, neglect and household dysfunction, including whether the child has been separated from parents because of immigration issues or foster care, whether they've witnessed violence in their homes or communities, if they've lived with a caregiver who died, or with someone who has a serious illness or disability.
Health providers review the answers and calculate a child's ACEs score. If a child has suffered four or more adverse childhood experiences, or if they've experienced at least one and have a health problem that could be related, providers are advised to link them and their families to support services, such as social workers and mental health care. Even if a child is at low risk for toxic stress, the state advises doctors to educate families about the problem and how to protect against it.
Adverse childhood experiences are extremely common, Long said. Screening of low-income children and their caregivers in Oakland revealed that around 80 percent of children had experienced at least one ACE by age five, and over half had experienced four or more, she said.
"What that's telling us is ACEs are ubiquitous, particularly in the population that are served by safety nets," she said. "ACEs are happening every day in the lives of our children and we as a health care system need to understand that these upstream factors are actually directly influencing the health of the children that we see."
Long agreed more work must be done to develop and fund interventions to help children experiencing adversity. But she said simply getting doctors to screen for adverse childhood experiences and talk about them with families is a first preventive step.
"The fact that we're able to get reimbursement from (Medi-Cal) for screening and asking hard questions and having to raise conversations is a huge win for the state of California," she said.
Ultimately, "if as a state we can prevent that trauma from happening, we can improve the health outcomes for millions of kids, and that is remarkable," Long added.
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New Screenings for Childhood Trauma Raise Hopes, Questions

by Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report
December 20, 2019

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California health officials are gearing up for the launch of a statewide screening effort that aims to help doctors measure children's exposure to trauma and their risk of related health problems.

Starting Jan. 1, California will become the first state in
 the nation to reimburse health care providers who screen patients enrolled in
 the Medi-Cal program for "adverse childhood experiences" or ACEs.

The $40 million effort has been hailed as a revolutionary
 change in California's approach to health care, particularly within Medi-Cal,
 the state's health program for people
 with limited incomes. At the same time, it's raised questions
 about whether the state and health care providers are adequately prepared to
 act on the information the new screenings reveal.

"It's a pretty big deal," said Lishaun Francis, associate director of health collaborations with the organization Children Now. "We see (the screenings) as an opportunity for physicians to have a better understanding of what's happening with children and families, and what impact that might have on their wellbeing,"

But,
 Francis said, "The state hasn't quite rolled out a comprehensive plan on
 how providers can connect with community resources if families do say yes to
 any one of these adverse childhood experiences. That's something we've been
 highlighting as the missing piece."

ACEs are stressful childhood events that can include being
 homeless, not having enough food, being neglected or abused, having a parent
 who's incarcerated, experiencing discrimination, and having parents who separate
 or divorce.

Children exposed to these types of trauma are at higher risk
 for physical, emotional and mental health problems as they grow and when they
 become adults, research shows. The more trauma a child experiences, the greater
 the risk for short- and long-term health problems, ranging from asthma, allergies,
 heart disease and obesity, to learning difficulties, depression and drug abuse.
 That's because children's brains and immune systems react physically to the trauma,
 a response known as toxic stress.

To screen children for adverse experiences, the California Department of Health Care
 Services selected a screening tool developed by researchers and
 pediatricians at UC San Francisco and the non-profit Center for Youth Wellness.
 California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine
 Burke Harris, who is leading California's initiative to implement ACEs
 screening statewide, founded the center, which is a pioneer in the field.

The idea is that, by screening for
 ACEs, doctors can take steps to mitigate their harmful effects, and also
 educate families about how to prevent toxic stress in the first place. Burke
 Harris has said she wants to cut ACEs in half within a generation.

"To say
 that it's groundbreaking would be an understatement," said Dayna Long, who co-developed the
 screening tool and serves as medical director for the Department of Community
 Health and Engagement at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. "California
 is leading the way to address trauma as a public health crisis, and the first
 step is universal screening.

"We are
 transforming the practice of medicine across the state and my hope is that
 other states will follow," Long said.

Both
 adults and children enrolled in Medi-Cal can be screened for ACEs. The state will only reimburse providers for a one-time
 screening of adults, but children can be screened annually.

The
 screening tool for children is a questionnaire to be filled out by caregivers
 or—if a child is 12 or older—by the child. It asks about exposure to abuse,
 neglect and household dysfunction, including whether the child has been
 separated from parents because of immigration issues or foster care, whether they've
 witnessed violence in their homes or communities, if they've lived with a
 caregiver who died, or with someone who has a serious illness or disability.

Health
 providers review the answers and calculate a child's ACEs score. If a child has
 suffered four or more adverse childhood experiences, or if they've experienced
 at least one and have a health problem that could be related, providers are
 advised to link them and their families to support services, such as social
 workers and mental health care. Even if a child is at low risk for toxic
 stress, the state advises doctors to educate families about the problem and how
 to protect against it.

Adverse childhood
 experiences are extremely common, Long said. Screening of low-income children
 and their caregivers in Oakland revealed that around 80 percent of children had
 experienced at least one ACE by age five, and over half had experienced four or
 more, she said.

"What that's telling us is ACEs are ubiquitous, particularly in the
 population that are served by safety nets," she said. "ACEs are
 happening every day in the lives of our children and we as a health care system
 need to understand that these upstream factors are actually directly
 influencing the health of the children that we see."

Long agreed more work must be done to develop and fund interventions to
 help children experiencing adversity. But she said simply getting doctors to screen
 for adverse childhood experiences and talk about them with families is a first
 preventive step.

"The fact that we're able to get reimbursement from (Medi-Cal) for
 screening and asking hard questions and having to raise conversations is a huge
 win for the state of California," she said.

Ultimately, "if as a state we can prevent that trauma from
 happening, we can improve the health outcomes for millions of kids, and that is
 remarkable," Long added.

This article first appeared on California Health Report and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


«MUST» is a premium steak house in the center of Kyiv, designed by design studio YOD in collaboration with the architectural bureau of Victor Zotov «Zotov & Co». Our studio was responsible for design decisions, accordingly the architectural bureau – for architecture.
The style of facility is modern and not like a classic steakhouse, but it fully complies with the declared level of premium. We strived to show visitors processes of maturation of meat and cooking steaks as well as interpret this in the design of restaurant. By analogy with steaks here have been used heat-treated finishing materials and charred tree. Lighting has an effect of flickering fire, and in design of chandeliers and fixtures have found the reflection accompanying components of meat – bones.
Wood, leather, glass, stone, metal are typical materials for the classic steak house, but in MUST they are presented atypical that distinguishes it and makes more modern. By analogy with carbonized grilled steak we used a burnt blackwood in the interior. Like burnt on steaks from grill grates the charred boards cover walls and its texture creates a delicate and restrained basis for lighting. On floor – oak boards from the century-old deadwood, which has undergone a heat treatment.
Light in restaurant is soft and accentuated, so every table turns out to be zoned in twilight. Hanging lamps, filed by garlands over groups of tables, made according to our sketches in the form of pelvic bones. They are made from ceramics and covered with gilded glaze, so warm spectrum light is further enhanced and arises an impression as if flame is burning.
The accent of main hall is a huge chandelier with diameter of 3 meters from glass bones and skulls of different animals, made specifically for this object by a Czech partner.
On the second floor there is a bar with myxology, unique light show and music. Its atmosphere is complemented by the installation of 28 thousand coins, which is in constant motion thus creating dynamics suitable for bar.


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Pastor Lopez has been on staff at Eagle Heights Cathedral since July 2004. As Assistant Pastor he oversees various ministries and leads Men's, Prison, and Prayer ministry. He also teaches for the undergraduate EHC Bible College and serves in missions.
Pastor Michel has proudly called Eagle Heights Cathedral his church home since 2011. After becoming a member, he spent 5 years serving in the Children's Ministry and cultivating his servant leadership traits. Pastor Michel's zest for the Word made him enroll at Eagle Heights Bible College where he completed his Associates and Bachelors' Degrees in Bible. Pastor Michel owes Bishop Collins a debt of gratitude for his mentorship, recognition of the call of God on his life and the subsequent appointment as the Children's Pastor at Eagle Heights Cathedral. Pastor Michel also serves in missions. Pastor Michel is joined in ministry with his awesome wife, Chanel and his four children: Adiella, Jayliella, Michel and Jadiel.
Pastor Mike served at Teen Challenge for 12 years. He studied at Teen Challenge Ministry Institute, Global University/Berean School of the Bible, and received his diploma in 2008 and became a licensed minister. He is also a credential holder from Crossroads Community International Fellowship as of 2013.