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Glee è l'album di debutto del collettivo musicale canadese Bran Van 3000, pubblicato nell'aprile 1997 in Canada per la Audiogram Records. L'album fu disco d'oro in Canada nel 1998 e vinse un Juno Award come best alternative album. Il singolo Drinking in L.A. fu anche inserito nella colonna sonora del film Scherzi del cuore.

Nel marzo 1998, sull'onda del successo in patria è stato pubblicato in edizione internazionale con alcune modifiche: le tracce passarono da 17 a 19 (tre nuovi brani: Rainshine, Carry On e Old School, venne eliminata Hardrockin' Cincinnati), Ceci n'est pas une chanson divenne uno strumentale chiamato semplicemente Une chanson, nella canzone in francese Forest, furono inseriti numerosi versi in inglese, e parallelamente fu pubblicato il secondo singolo Afrodiziak in cui i Bran Van 3000 duettavano con il gruppo hip pop statunitense Gravediggaz. Il disco ottenne un buon successo di pubblico e critica anche all'estero, in particolare grazie al singolo Drinking in L.A. che nel luglio 1998 raggiunse la posizione #36 nella U.K. Top 40 chart, diventando la loro prima hit internazionale. Nell'agosto 1999 il singolo fu ripubblicato dopo che la canzone fu inserita in un popolare spot televisivo per Rolling Rock e arrivò sino al #3 in classifica. L'ultimo singolo estratto dall'album è Couch Surfer.

Nell'estate 2008 Hit List Italia classificò le migliori summer hits di sempre e Drinking in L.A. fu classificata alla #18 posizione.

Lista tracce
Tutti i brani sono stati scritti da E.P. Bergen eccetto dove indicato.

Versione Canadese
 Gimme Sheldon - 5:31
 Couch Surfer - 2:51
 Drinking in L.A. (Di Salvio, Larson) - 3:56
 Problems (Di Salvio) - 1:42
 Highway to Heck - 1:00
 Forest [French version] (Bergen, Leloup) - 4:13
 Hardrockin' Cincinnati - 1:09
 Afrodiziak - 3:50
 Lucknow - 2:29
 Cum On Feel The Noize (Holder, Lea) - 3:24
 Exactly Like Me! - 3:33
 Everywhere (Chaki) - 3:56
 Ceci n'est pas Une Chanson - 6:47
 Willard (Di Salvio, Hodge) - 2:26
 Supermodel - 5:24
 Oblonging - 2:56
 Mama Don't Smoke (Grauer, Johnston) - 1:55

Versione internazionale
 Gimme Sheldon - 3:59
 Couch Surfer - 2:50
 Drinking in L.A. (Di Salvio, Larson) - 3:56
 Problems (Di Salvio) - 1:38
 Highway to Heck - 0:55
 Forest (Bergen, Leloup) - 3:44
 Rainshine - 3:29
 Carry On - 4:57
 Afrodiziak - 4:38
 Lucknow - 2:09
 Cum On Feel The Noize (Holder, Lea) - 3:21
 Exactly Like Me! - 3:33
 Everywhere (Chaki) - 3:54
 Une Chanson - 2:35
 Old School - 2:47
 Willard (Di Salvio, Hodge) - 2:25
 Supermodel - 5:24
 Oblonging - 1:37
 Mama Don't Smoke (Grauer, Johnston) - 1:56

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The establishment of physical maps of chromosome 22 made it possible to determine the position of the common recurrent breakpoints associated with chromosome 22q11.2 rearrangement disorders (Fig. 1). Probes used to screen filters containing large genomic insert bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones identified clones mapping to several locations on 22q11.2 including clones in the vicinity of the breakpoints. LCRs have been noted already on 22q11.2 over 16 years ago (Heisterkamp and Groffen [78]) and in the general vicinity of VCFS/DGS locus over 10 years ago (37), but the connection between them was not made until integrated physical maps were generated (9,26).
Interchromosomal recombination events lead to the 22q11.2 deletion and a reciprocal duplication, both associated with congenital anomalies. Using microsatellite genetic markers and screening more than 150 VCFS/DGS patients and their unaffected family members, it was possible to narrow the region containing the common recurrent 1.5- and 3-Mb deletions (23). Further analysis of the breakpoints occurring in VCFS/DGS and CES patients suggested that they occurred in the same regions (38). More recently, the constitutional t(11;22) breakpoint on 22q11.2 was placed in the vicinity of the distal deletion breakpoint in VCFS/DGS patients with the nested 1.5 Mb deletion (34).
Blocks of region-specific segmental duplications or LCR22-2, LCR22-3a and LCR22-4; also known as LCR22-A, -B, and -D, respectively were found to map to the three regions of breakage, associated with VCFS/DGS, CES, and der(22) syndrome, all 1.5 Mb apart, implicating them in their etiology (Fig. 1) (9,24,25-27,34). The LCR22-2 and LCR22-4 are more than 240 kb in size and more than 99% identical in sequence. This suggested that misalignment of nonallelic copies of the homologs could occur during meiosis and through the mechanism of nonallelic homologous recombination (NAHR) resulting in a deletion.
Both intrachromosomal and interchromosomal unequal crossover events were found to be responsible for the 3-Mb deletion (Fig. 2) (26,38,39). This was determined by performing haplotype analysis with microsatellite markers, of three generations, the patient, parents, and grandparents. For interchromosomal events, which are more predominant (Baumer et al. [38]; Siatta et al. [39]), there should be individuals with the reciprocal duplication, dup(22)(q11.2q11.2). An analogous mechanism has been described for chromosome 17p11.2 for Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) (40). Indeed, interchromosomal unequal recombination events between two misaligned chromosomes 22 during meiosis resulted in a reciprocal duplication, dup(22)(q11.2)(11.2), (Fig. 2) (11,12,26). Unrelated dup(22)(q11.211.2) patients had been ascertained based on suspicion that they had VCFS/DGS. Dup(22)(q11.2q11.2) disorder is associated with some clinical findings occurring in VCFS/DGS, but also with other features which are distinct including characteristic facial features with mild craniofacial anomalies, hearing loss, and urogenital malformations (9,11,12).
Thus, based on mechanisms proposed, a newly recognized genetic syndrome was identified. Interestingly, unlike for VCFS/DGS which are characterized by deletions between LCR22-2 and LCR22 (LCR22-A-D), the size of the duplications vary in size, extending to more distal LCR22s (11) suggesting that larger duplications are more tolerated than larger deletions or that the mechanism for deletion and duplication may involve other sequences within LCR22s.
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Today's choice was a hard one - I took mostly very good photos today. Still, this one won on being more interesting - I had a few flowers, which are beautiful, but flowers are a pretty common subject matter. Taking my dark, gloomy stairwell and making a decent photo out of it, on the other hand, is much more satisfying.


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Published May 27, 2019 at 8:00 am (Updated May 27, 2019 at 8:03 am)
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The first night of the 16th Bermuda Guitar Festival was a sell-out on Thursday.
Presented by the Bermuda School of Music at Daylesford Theatre was filled with an enthusiastic and appreciative audience to hear Steve Crawford on guitar and LaTannia Ellerbe on violin's interpretations of an eclectic gathering of music ranging from the 1960s to the present.
Both musicians are highly qualified, technically perfect, and content to have the unadorned, unamplified natural beauty of their instruments speak directly to us.
At the same time, both musicians invest a large measure of emotion in the music, which enriches our experience of it.
Standout interpretations included Clapton's 1970s Layla, which featured Ellerbe playing expert tabla-like riffs on the soundboard of the violin using the back of her right-hand fingers, and the use of pizzicato violin/guitar riffs in close unison.
There was a lively Beatles medley and the haunting 1987 Fragile by Sting, which featured highly emotive guitar solo work punctuated with furious dual instrument rasgueado — which Steve quite rightly pointed out owes a lot to Rodrigo's 1939 Concierto de Aranjuez.
The second half included numbers by Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Queen, Kansas and HER.
I find that, however well played or interpreted, the music from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s has a certain melodic sameness about it, perhaps just because of the musical conventions and expectations of the time, perhaps because of the way we all remember it. Offsetting this trend, Steve and LaTannia ventured further afield to give us two completely different musical experiences.
First, an extract from Charles Gounod's 1859 opera, Faust, which features a setting of the canticle Ave Maria played as a melody over the arpeggios of the first prelude of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier. The piece enabled both musicians to showcase technical and emotional depth in fusing Protestant intellectuality (Steve) with Catholic emotion (LaTannia).
Second, Steve morphed into Django Reinhardt and LaTannia into Stéfane Grappelli for a tribute to depression-era gypsy jazz, Reinhardt's 1940 composition, Nuages. Deservedly, a standing ovation was the response from the audience.


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De Montfort University e-theses
Iconic conductors for solid state battery systems
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Hackwood, Susan
In this project, it has been demonstrated that cuprous iodide -sulph.onium iodide double salts, similar to the silver iodide systems previously studied by other workers, are suitable for use in ambient temperature batteries for low current applications. A number of potential solid electrolytes, in which the mobile species is calcium, have also been investigated, and areas for further work have been defined. The relavent section of the thesis is confidential as patent proceedings are possible. The project has involved not only a search for new electrolytes, but also the development of a search strategy. In view of the limitations of direct conductivity measurements on compacted materials, arising from electrical contact problems, considerable use has been made of indirect methods. A critical review of standard electrochemical techniques, often adapted from aqueous methods, has been carried out. This has highlighted shortcomings in the measurements of such para.meters as electronic conductivity, where the self-discharge rate, a pare.meter used by battery technologists, has been found more meaningful than the results obtained from Wagners blocking electrode technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD), and differential thermal analysis (DTA) have been used to disprove the common assertion that the effect of addition of organic dopant materials to silver iodide ha.s the effect of stabilizing the high temperature high conductivity alpha phase. CuI based electrolytes have been found to differ significantly from the AgI analogues in several respects. No simple structural criterion, such as the Group Weighting Coefficient for AgI systems, could be found to predict the effect of addition of organic sulphonium iodide dopants. Battery cells based on Cul did not give the expected thermodynamic open circuit voltage (OCV), and three electrode measurements failed to elucidate this anomaly. The possible involvement of the cupric ion was explored in several ways, including the first application of Auger electron spectroscopy for this type of electrolyte system. The battery discharge characteristics showed a fairly low efficiency, but indirect evidence including the inadvertent involvement of a novel solid state aurous system, pointed to the majority of the anode material being unavailable for reaction.
This is a Leicester Polytechnic dissertation.
https://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/19208
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14:59 looking a bit perkier. Due to POO? or something else?
07:54 You do wonder what FAR's game plan is. To delay development, whilst they find a buyer?
19:18 http://far.live.irmau.com/irm/PDF/2323_0/FARfilesforarbitration It is FAR who have filed for arbitration re pre-emption rights. This will take at least a year and can only delay the development of SNE. If CNE can get a decent offer here they should take it at once IMHO.
15:32 From The Oil Man blog on Interactive Investor:- The blog comes to you this week from Africa Oil Week in Cape Town, the plan is to watch the presentations and hopefully chat with the speakers and report back what's fit to print. Eric Hathon, exploration director of Cairn Energy (CNE), gave a very positive speech to the conference this morning and I was able to have a one to one meeting with him afterwards. Whilst Cairn haven't changed their numbers at all, and readers will know that I think that the numbers will book a lot higher in due course, it is the language that is being spoken that to me is more positive than before. It is clear now that the appraisal process is now complete with the results from all the wells coming in way better than expected. There is no doubt whatsoever that as the partners go into the development process, all options remain on the agenda. These are what will determine the timings to first oil, but it is a massively profitable, substantial and to quote Woodmack "a world class asset by any standards". The question that most would want to ask and of course I did without expecting an answer, is whether or not Cairn will sell all or part of the Senegal asset. The answer is again, what I had been expecting, the field is fully financed at current oil prices, and lower I suspect and there is no pressure whatsoever to sell up. The second part of the answer is equally predictable, ie if we were to receive a bid that was simply too good to be true, the board would have to consider it for understandable reasons of financial rectitude. It is worth noting that Cairn have a record of giving money back to shareholders so would be comfortable if that scenario played out. All this makes the valuation of Far Limited to be not just difficult to understand, but impossible to justify, whatever happens with all the possibilities open to the partners old and new, at A7c the shares are a steal. Today I am interviewing Cath Norman, so expect another update soon.
12:03 "Providence and Sosina have signed an Option Agreement (the "Option") with Capricorn Ireland Limited ("Capricorn"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn Energy PLC ("Cairn"). Under the terms of the Option, Capricorn has the right to farm-in to a 20% working interest in LO 16/27 from Providence & Sosina. The Option can be exercised by Capricorn within 60 days of the completion (plugging and abandoning) of the upcoming 53/6-A well on Frontier Exploration Licence 2/14". Total have now completed farm in to 16/27 (Avalon), 2/14 was finished 26th Sept, will be interesting to see if CNE take up their option. There were great hopes for 2/14 Druid/Drombeg, sadly disappointed, but Avalon is a different prospect. Any drill there would be some way off though!
09:17 Thanks for the recent posts Rogerlin - I'm out currently, due to the push back on the settlement of the Indian fiasco, and nagging doubts over Kraken (contrast the commission dates in the PMO presentation with the information provided by Enquest), but the improving demand backdrop for Oil has certainly lifted the SP, I guess the major incentive for buyers is seeing the Senegalese assets maturing into commerciality.
08:40 BW Catcher now on site at Catcher field.
17:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfBBlUC7cec Some comments by Cath Norman of FAR re SNE reserves (2 min 17) and arbitration (following on).
23:27 Maybe their watch is of? or on? of? Cairn was defrauded of millions by HSBC. Read how below. HTTP://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-06/my-watch-hsbc-traders-used-code-words-trigger-front-running-trades "My Watch Is Off": HSBC Traders Used Code Words To Trigger Front-Running Trades Tyler Durden's picture by Tyler Durden Oct 6, 2017 3:50 PM 0 SHARES According to prosecutor Carol Sipperly, former HSBC currency trader Mark Johnson used just four words to trigger a massive, international front-running operation that netted his firm some $8 million in illicit profits: "my watch is off." The bank's former global head of foreign exchange alerted the traders around the globe via a phone call in December 2011 that was recorded, a prosecutor said Thursday. The gambit was designed to take advantage of a $3.5 billion client order to buy sterling, the U.S. says. After Johnson's trial recessed for the day, prosecutor Carol Sipperly asked that the jury hear the recordings on Friday, in which Johnson allegedly tipped off a trader in Hong Kong. That signal eventually reached others on both sides of the Atlantic, she said. Johnson was in New York that day, speaking to Stuart Scott, the bank's former head of currency trading in Europe, who was in London, just before the transaction for its client, Cairn Energy Plc. Prosecutors say Johnson and Scott, along with other traders, bought pounds before the transaction. Johnson is on trial in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, accused of a scheme that produced a $8 million profit for his bank. "We actually have Mark Johnson telling Stuart Scott 'Tell Ed my watch will be off,'" Sipperly said. "We have communications where the word 'watch' is used, and then within seconds, 20 seconds of 'my watch is off,' we have all that trading that's been described. The word is instrumental in getting the information to the traders when it comes to their early front-running trades." Rob Sherman, an HSBC spokesman, and Peter Carr, a Justice Department spokesman, declined to comment. According to the original DOJ complaint, HSBC was selected by Cairn Energy Plc to execute a foreign exchange transaction – which was going to require converting approximately $3.5 billion in sales proceeds into British Pound Sterling – in October 2011. But, before executing that trade, he tipped off a bunch of HSBC traders who loaded up their proprietary accounts with Pounds just before the massive trade sent the currency higher. "As alleged, the defendants placed personal and company profits ahead of their duties of trust and confidentiality owed to their client, and in doing so, defrauded their client of millions of dollars," stated United States Attorney Capers. "When questioned by their client about the higher price paid for their significant transaction, the defendants wove a web of lies designed to conceal the truth and divert attention away from their fraudulent trades. The charges and arrest announced today reflect our steadfast commitment to hold accountable corporate executives and licensed professionals who use their positions to fraudulently enrich themselves." "The defendants allegedly betrayed their client's confidence, and corruptly manipulated the foreign exchange market to benefit themselves and their bank," said Assistant Attorney General Caldwell. "This case demonstrates the Criminal Division's commitment to hold corporate executives, including at the world's largest and most sophisticated institutions, responsible for their crimes." Of course, we're almost certain that if you pump a couple of beers into any trader on wall street and then ask for their opinion on this particular case you'll quickly be informed that it's just an effort to "criminalize behavior that is normal"...at least on wall street anyway.
09:00 BW Catcher entering the Bay of Biscay.
17:02 What an absolute disgrace. Who in their right mind would invest in India?
14:57 The arbitration decision's deferral until August was in yesterday's RNS.
08:55 Kraken's first oil offload in progress. Key will be seeing when the next one will be. 30kbd will required one in around 16 days.
08:04 http://uk.advfn.com/stock-market/london/providence-resources-PVR/share-news/PROVIDENCE-RES-Providence-Resources-P-L-C-Oper/75614238 Water at Drombeg, a blow for the prospects in the Porcupine.


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Returns the size of the given container c or array array.

1-2) Returns c.size(), converted to the return type if necessary.
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So calling std::size(x) and x.size() has the same effect, where x is a std::string.
(This function can also accept an array, but that's not relevant when it comes to a std::string).

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We have just observed the 43rd anniversary of the Imposition of internal Emergency that constituted a blot on our development as the world's largest democracy. But one was startled to find petty politics being played by our national leaders on this occasion. On June 26 (the Emergency was proclaimed on that day in 1975) one of the major newspapers in the country had this headline in its second lead on the front page: "Jaitley compares Indira to Hitler, PM backs him".
The existence of direct contacts between the representatives of the [Italian] Fascist regime, including Mussolini, and Hindu nationalists demonstrates that Hindu nationalism had much more than an abstract interest in the ideology and practice of fascism. The interest of Indian Hindu nationalists in fascism and Mussolini must not be considered as dictated by an occasional curiosity, confined to a few individuals; rather, it should be considered as the culminating result of the attention that Hindu nationalists... focused on Italian dictatorship and its leader. To them, fascism appeared to be an example of conservative revolution.
This being the background of the RSS, which is the parent body of the BJP, does it behove Jaitley and Modi to compare Indira to Hitler? Especially when the "dynastic" Congress, which both are pledged to root out from this country's soil, had all along since the days of Jawaharlal Nehru fought against European fascism without any equivocation?
The ferocious attacks by the BJP leaders, headed by Modi, on the Congress at this juncture brings out the manifold problems that the ruling BJP is facing on the political front. That is why it is trying to divert public attention.
The divisions in the BJP's traditional vote-banks are becoming increasingly glaring. In Maharashtra the Shiv Sena has declared that it will fight the 2019 elections on its own and not in alliance with the BJP. In Rajasthan a five-time BJP MLA has fallen out with the CM, resigned from the BJP to launch his new party that is expected to cut into the BJP's traditional upper-caste vote-bank. Besides, Praveen Togadia, the International Working President of the VHP, incurred Modi's displeasure and was expelled from the organisation; he has now floated his own party, the Antar-Rashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP). Having a large following, he will cut into the BJP's vote-bank.
These are definite pointers. True, Opposition unity is facing hurdles in many places, but the BJP is far from being in a comfortable position. Its difficulties are bound to mount in the coming days. This ground reality in today's India cannot be ignored in any way (despite frantic attempts by sections of the electronic media to distort this reality).


Can you feel it? In the air? IT'S SPRING!
Yes, people, the dreaded winter is finally coming to an end. Although I spent a great deal of time inside this last week due to an international design jam I was part of, I did make sure to take some time off and go outside. Spring is my second favourite season (after Autumn) and I love the cool breezes, the soft rain, and the fact that I can shove that fat winter coat away for a long time.
Something else that spring offers is growth. Spring symbolizes fresh starts and new life. I try and take advantage of this concept and apply it to different aspects of my life. Maybe some new jeans or trying new health regimes + products.
This spring I've taken advantage of new health regimes and purchased a jade facial roller and a dry face brush. Your face is the first thing people see and I wanted to start really taking care of my face in more ways than just a good skincare routine. I'll be uploading a video soon about my skincare routine in the spring/summer but for now, let's talk about face care.
During cancer treatment, your body swells and retains all kinds of fluids and poison. Typically, cancer patients get this thing called "moon face" which essentially just means your face gets very round and puffy, loses its natural glow for some nice red splotches. I wish I knew about these tools during my treatment. What I did know was that massaging my face really helped with the swelling and just relaxed all my muscles. For anyone going through treatment, I would highly recommend both or either of these tools!
Jade rollers are a Chinese skincare tool that promotes de-puffing and tightening your face. The tool dates back to traditional Chinese Medicine and is used today by Alternative Medicine Doctors. The cool jade on your skin will help in your efforts to increase circulation, drain clogged skin and promote the detox of body toxins. It's also said to help produce collagen balance your chi and help with sinus issues. For some extra healing, the tool helps your facial muscles relax and reducing inflammation. The best way to achieve this is to put the roller in the fridge for 10 minutes before use.
Now I know what you're thinking, "Can I just use a small paint roller?"
Well, I guess there's no reason you can't but you won't get the actual benefits of using the jade crystal on your face which ward off stress and anxiety. Personally, I'll pay the extra 10$ for this added benefit. I've only been using the roller for 2 days, and I do notice a difference in my face as well as my eye bags which are massive.
Dry brushing is amazing! Let me tell you, you can do this on your face but also your body and it is great for cancer patients and survivors because it helps promote the flow of blood throughout the body and more importantly it aids in lymphatic drainage and helps reduce cellulite. Now, a facial dry brush is different than a body dry brush so make sure you buy the right one.
A dry face brush is soft and gives your skin a very subtle massage. It's comparable to a stiff makeup brush. I personally like the one from Sacred Wildwood on Etsy, but they also have a store on the East side of Toronto.
Same as the body, a dry face brushing can help stimulate the lymphatic system and promote the detox of toxins or other blockages from your body. Dry brushing has another added benefit: exfoliation.
"Dry brushing is very useful for increasing circulation and exfoliating the skin,"
"It's a really affordable and easy way to keep skin free of congestion at home."
- San Francisco–based cult aesthetician Kayla Franzblau.
It's better for the environment than all those little exfoliating beads which wash down the drain and into our water and when used regularly it makes your skin glow! I have been using mine for a month now and wow, all I can say is that it is amazing.
You want to make sure that you're starting with totally clean skin, that way you're not opening up all your pores only to clog them with makeup or other irritants.
Step 2: Start at the chin and work your way up.
Like with body dry brushing, you should always brush with gentle upward motions, away from the direction of your heart (to encourage circulation). Brush from your chin to your hairline on one side of the face, and then move to the other side. Light, gentle strokes will do the trick. This should not hurt.
Step 3: Give your neck and decolletage some love.
As any facialist will tell you, your neck is part of your face too. Repeat your gentle brush strokes up from your chest, across your neck to the bottom of your chin.
Step 4: Finish with a nutrient-rich oil or serum.
If you have time, you could apply a mask after dry brushing. If not, go straight to the moisturizing step. I recommend an oil because it will penetrate deep into those newly opened pores and lock in all the moisture and nutrients. Top it with a serum for an added dose of hydration.
As a side note, Sacred Wildwood makes the BEST natural dry shampoo if you're in the market for something really special and chemical free. Using all-natural ingredients this dry shampoo makes it so easy to get up and go on days where I don't wash my hair!


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Tomi Lahren Says: Californians Are 'Waking Up,' Opposing Sanctuary Law
Tomi Lahren slammed California Governor Jerry Brown (D) and Democratic lawmakers who don't support the federal immigration law.
Lahren stated that every American citizen should be angry with the leaders who support the sanctuary policies and do not support measures to protect the border crossing, as with President Trump's proposal for a border wall between Mexico and the United States.
'It's a slap in the face,' Tomi Lahren said on "Outnumbered" on Friday. 'I think Californians are waking up. I've said this time and time again because I live there and I see it every day: They're tired of this. The partisanship is going out the window, and safety is coming first.'
Latest research from UC-Berkeley's Haas Institute found that the majority of Californians want illegal immigrants to be deported and nearly half of them support President Trump's travel ban.
.@TomiLahren: "You have the Republicans that are saying, 'We want a wall, we want to protect Americans,' and you have Democrats that are saying, 'What we really want to do is protect illegal immigrants.'" #Outnumbered pic.twitter.com/jOGtpcewKK
Tomi Lahren pointed out that President Trump expressed his willingness to compromise on a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in exchange for border wall funding, but the Democrats seemed unwilling to reach that agreement.
'You have the Republicans that are saying, 'We want a wall, we want to protect Americans,' and you have Democrats that are saying, 'What we really want to do is protect illegal immigrants,' Lahren said. 'Those are the competing agendas. Let the American people decide which one's more important.'
'This president cares about America first,' she added. 'And guess what? Americans have a right to put ourselves first in our own country. Radical position, I know.'
Ex-Obama administration official Marie Harf admitted that she doesn't support building of a border wall, but since President Trump was elected on the issue, she said that Congress should come together on a deal to build the border wall and protect Dreamers from deportation.
'Why is that a compromise Congress can't get to?' Former Obama official Marie Harf asked, arguing most American citizens would support it even though the President promised voters that Mexico would pay for the wall, not taxpayers.
Posted on April 20, 2018 April 20, 2018 Author Michael J. HowardCategories Politics
George HW Bush's Love Letter To Barbara From World War 2 Goes Viral
Many journalists and historians reminded us on Tuesday of the hand-written love letter that future President George H.W. Bush sent to his then-fiancée Barbara Pierce back in Dec. 12, 1943.
Presidential historian Michael Beschloss posted a tweet stating that George H.W. Bush was a U.S. Navy pilot at the time during World War II. The letter begins with "My darling Bar." written in blue ink on Navy stationery.
George H.W. Bush begins the letter by telling his fiancée how happy he was to read their engagement announcement in the newspaper.
'I love you, precious, with all my heart and to know that you love me means my life. How often I have thought about the immeasurable joy that will be ours someday. How lucky our children will be to have a mother like you,' said in the letter.
The lovely couple met at a Christmas dance while they were teenagers. The future President was an 18 years old naval aviator in training, and Barbara was 17.
The only love letter Barbara Bush kept from George HW during World War II (the others were lost). It is dated December 12, 1943. "How often I have thought about the immeasurable joy that will be ours someday. How lucky our children will be to have a mother like you—" pic.twitter.com/9n9GDx7lAM
— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) April 18, 2018
Barbara Bush, died Tuesday, at age 92, shortly after her family announced she was in bad health and would decline further medical treatment in favor of "comfort care." There were no further details of her health problems.
One of her sons, former President George W. Bush, made a statement about his mother calling her 'a fabulous First Lady and a woman unlike any other.'
George and Barbara were married on Jan. 6, 1945, four months after the elder Bush was shot down over the Pacific.
In the letter, the young pilot goes on to mention the war and the mission, but also how he couldn't wait to return in her arms. The former first lady kept the letter in her scrapbook.
'As the days go by the time of our departure draws nearer. For a long time, I had anxiously looked forward to the day when we would go aboard and set to sea. It seemed that obtaining that goal would be all I could desire for some time but, Bar, you have changed all that,' – he wrote.
'I cannot say that I do not want to go—for that would be a lie. We have been working for a long time with a single purpose in mind, to be so equipped that we could meet and defeat our enemy. I do want to go because it is my part, but now leaving presents itself not as an adventure but as a job which I hope will be over before long.'
'Even now, with a good while between us and the sea, I am thinking of getting back.This may sound melodramatic, but if it does it is only my inadequacy to say what I mean. Bar, you have made my life full of everything I could ever dream of — my complete happiness should be a token of my love for you.'
School Shooting Victim's Father Slams The Media: It's Not About Guns, It's About Safety In Our Schools
We've all witnessed how mainstream media has put politics over the unfortunate children who died and their grieving families in the Florida school shooting.
Andrew Pollack is the father of Meadow Pollack, who was among the 17 individuals killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida.
Pollack couldn't just stand by and watch how the media makes everything about politics, and decided to put them on blast.
The grieving father went on Fox News Sunday and blasted the media for focusing on gun control and not the safety of our children in schools. He stated that gun control is a big issue in America and that polarizing these tragic events on that question won't bring the American people together.
'I just had to listen to you and Governor Scot polarizing this event and talking about gun control… Gun control is a big issue, no one in America is gonna come together on Gun control Chris, and you didn't say one thing about fixing it.'
Andrew Pollack then stated that American people can get together on school safety and the security of our children. 'The American people, we could get together on school safety… But when you and every other media polarize this event, we don't care about gun control rite now, that's a big issue on the country and you're not going to get everyone together on it…'
'But, we're going to get everyone together on fixing our schools' Pollack added.
He then continued to slam the media on how they use gun control to get more ratings 'I've just listened to you and you didn't mention one question to Gov. Scot about what are we gonna do about the security for our children and how will it be done… Instead you just talk about gun control that's just gonna give you more ratings'
'Today it's not about guns, Its about the safety in our schools' said Pollack. 'My kid is not here because the schools weren't safe, that's the main thing'
At the end of the interview Andrew Pollack explained that 'If you go into a court house, the judge is safe, they're not worried if someone is coming in with a gun because they can't get in with a gun.'
'The American people just want their schools safe… We don't wanna talk about guns rite now!' said the grieving father.
Father of school shooting victim slams the media: It's not about guns, it's about safety in our schools pic.twitter.com/yLhh7mHRbl
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) February 25, 2018
He's speaking the truth that the media won't cover. It's not about guns right now, it should be about protecting the schools. This is a True American – Every single one of us should be absolutely proud of this gentleman. His family (as well as all of the other families) need our prayers and support. He is fighting to protect our children – amidst his terrible pain. May God bless him and his family.
Posted on February 26, 2018 Author Blaze SemaCategories Politics
List of 7 Simple Steps That Can Stop School Shootings Overnight
After countless arguments, social media trolling from people saying whatever comes to mind, it is a time we as Americans to begin a real discussion on how to stop the next school shooting from happening.
In 2017, Americans owned 300,000,000+ guns in their hands, 15,549 deaths happened that year. This is actually half the number of people that died of automotive deaths even though there are less cars in existence than guns. About 253,000,000 cars were in existence in 2017, and the auto deaths count was 41,000.
That being said, Americans are still divided on gun control, and there are genuinely good people on both sides of the issue. Pro-gun people believe that owning a gun ensures the safety of their families and serves as a threat to the government from becoming too tyrannical. Anti-gun people, on the other hand, believe that the existence of a gun is a danger to every American. But we must note that both sides desire safety in general.
A few days ago, we decided to use our research abilities and search for all possible solution that could be acceptable to both sides of the discussion. Here is a list of few simple steps that can be implemented across our country in no time, and should result in eliminating school shootings. This list can be a starting point where good-willing Americans can come together and make a real difference to our country.
1. Metal Detectors In Every School in America: Our courts, airports, government buildings, conventions, sports stadiums, and plenty of other public gatherings demand metal detectors on their access points. Why do the largest schools in America (Stoneman Douglas is one of them with over 3,000 students) don't have access points controlled through a metal detector daily?
2. Reinforce Windows, Doors, Locks, Busses: Though few of these were installed and still did not stop the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter in Newtown, Connecticut, they were able to stop some of the carnage. At the Stoneman Douglas high school shooting, the attacker tried to shoot victims outside the building, but was unable to because of the reinforced glass windows. That piece of glass saved many lives that day.
3. Enforce Everything: Usually, people calling for more laws regarding firearms do not realize just how many laws already exist. With a simple enforcement of the existing laws we could cut down the numbers of people that own and utilize guns. This is particularly important in the area of those suffering from mental health issues. We must begin enforcing our laws, and we must do it like our children's lives depend on it.
4. Regular Performing of Active Shooter Drills: In many schools through America earthquake drills are performed even though no children have died from an earthquake in years, still, the drills go forward. 'Sequester and Hide' (and then get your cell phone out and begin 'facebook-LIVE-ing') can be replaced with 'Barricade, Attack, & Survive.' Young students should be aware of how fast they can move their desks to protect themselves against a shooter. This should be practiced at the minimum in comparison to earthquake drills.
5. Recruit Retired Military & Law Enforcement: We have a surprising number of people who are qualified as experts in public safety who also live in our communities. These are our neighbors and friends who already have received weapons training and certification. Most of these people (unless they become criminals) are already allowed to possess, own, and carry firearms. If we have them to operate the access points at all schools, check every backpack and bag carried onto the premises, and engage in every threat, be it a firearm, a pocket knife or something else similar – would not only make it a safer school campus but also a more rule-following, law-abiding one.
6. Arm All Appropriate Personnel: Giving teachers, administrators, and coaches (only the ones who wish to) the right to protect themselves on campus is a backstop to all other methods. There would be no threat at all if only 5-10% of staff were also armed, properly trained, and certified. Coaches and teachers instead of sacrificing their lives by taking a bullet for their students would be ready to confront any threat that made it to their area of the campus.
7. Publicize Consequence: The mere knowledge of this list of obstacles to any attacker may not completely dissuade them. But since it was readily apparent that this list of steps would have actually saved some if not all of the lives in Florida this week, one thing can be easily understood. If any individual decides to try to do something under these guidelines, he runs a much larger threat of being caught, captured, and killed if he tries it. So talk about it openly. Do the drills, teach the kids to fight when their lives are endangered, tell the attackers in advance that if they choose to attack a school it is open war on them, and they have no chance at all.
After putting some of these steps into practice, Israel has almost zero school attacks. None of the steps on this list infringe upon law-abiding people's Second Amendment rights and all of them would make an immediate impact on every school district that adopts them.
There is no common sense American that can deny their effectiveness. Our children are worth it!
Posted on February 23, 2018 February 23, 2018 Author Michael J. HowardCategories Politics
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Perched on a leather armchair in his Yorkville atelier and showroom above the intersection of Avenue Rd. and Davenport Ave., Marlon Durrant is rocking a creamy natural-toned, three-piece bespoke suit of his own design. Opening up his jacket he reveals the secret pleasures of his craft, the impossibly detailed piped finishing on the unlined inside, as well as the silk backing to the vest. But the best detail is what you can't see: this top-drawer suit is made from hemp.
Hemp fabric has long been associated with coarse, drab, duds, a feel-good impulse purchase you might make at a patchouli-scented hippie scarf shop. But new, more refined manufacturing techniques have the higher fashion world starting to embrace hemp. And Durrant has emerged as a keen early adopter.
Over the past 18 years, he has built MD Bespoke into a full-service operation.
Today hemp is an up-and-coming sustainable superstar in the textile world. And hemp as lightweight and refined as this has the look of fine linen with more versatility. It "crushes" artfully around the joints of the body, but doesn't crumple, so you don't look like a used Kleenex, say Durrant.
Important when $2,800 is the starting rate for a bespoke suit.
Hemp shirts and suits make up about 20 per cent of Durrant's business, the rest is made from high-end European wool and cotton for shirting.
With the legalization of cannabis, hemp could finally be having its high fashion moment. Hemp has always been connected to marijuana because they are both a species of cannabis. However, only marijuana has enough THC to induce psychoactive effects. And legalization has started the process of destigmatization not just for marijuana but for the eco-friendly hemp fibre, too.
"It is a pretty exciting time, with the global fibre gap," says eco-fibre advocate Kelly Drennan, who as the executive director of Fashion Takes Action has been working in fashion sustainability sector for 12 years and has watched acceptance grow. The gap refers to what will happen when resource-heavy fibres such as cotton run out of sufficient space and water to meet demand. "There is a huge opportunity for hemp." Drennan says hemp can be used in any fashion, decor or industrial purposes as a lower-impact choice than cotton.
Hemp is one of the rare fibres that can grow in Canada, she says. Flax, used to make linen, is the other. She adds that textile hemp has many standout qualities: it holds its shape and is long lasting, with no degeneration in the light. In fact, it gets softer and better with wear, she says.
The use of cotton is expected to fall out of favour. It is resource intensive, requires the use of pesticides, and it sheds causing both water pollution and pollution in the air through the release of micro-particles, Drennan says. Also it doesn't grow north of the 49th parallel.
"Hemp, by contrast, is a higher fibre yield, and uses 50 per cent less water than cotton to grow," she says. It needs no pesticides and it is biodegradable. It can be blended with silk, linen and flax, to make softer, finer and more pliable textiles.
There was a hemp moment, some six or seven years ago, Drennan says, when high-street designers as well as Versace, Armani and Stella McCartney were experimenting with hemp. That was around the time Durrant began incorporating hemp into his work.
You can find hemp products as perennial favourites among fast fashion initiatives, such as H&M's Conscious Collection. But the designer-level experimentation with the fabric appears to have waned. However, Durrant kept the faith and has been spreading the word, one suit at a time.
Drennan points to two Canadian labels that are doing interesting and sophisticated things with hemp, Wallis Evera and Nomad, both based in Vancouver. Both do sophisticated womenswear; Wallis Evera is a bit more grown-up polished for work and Nomad is more for chilling to appeal to a festival-going constituency. She says hearing about Durrant's pioneering work in fine menswear is encouraging.
"Consumers are demanding sustainability, but traditionally not so much in menswear, where there typically aren't as many options," says Drennan.
Durrant says clients of all ages are woke to the eco movement and many want their suits to reflect that.
"The discerning client," he says, diplomatic as always, "shows interest in every aspect of the experience. That includes their environmental footprint. Hemp has been a more popular subject of conversation," since legalization, he adds. Clients look like they stick around to chat in the elegant private showroom, equipped as it is with deep seating and an array of top-shelf liquor and fine wines.
When he started out, he came up with the concept of a "tailor's dozen" of shirts — one better than a baker's dozen; clients get 14 shirts, but pay for 12. They arrive in a custom box, handmade by Durrant's father in the garage.
Now bespoke does cost — $325 per shirt, so it's not chump change — but "these will last you forever," says Durrant.
He offers detachable collars and cuffs and orders extra fabric to hold onto to make replacements. Clients can mix in tux shirts, if black tie is a regular occurrence in their lives. And they can mix in hemp shirts, with specially made venting under the arms and at the back to provide extra coolness for both tropical climes and tough days at the office. For travelling safely, there is a little hidden pocket inside the hemp shirts, to hide cash.
Durrant has a factory in the Toronto suburbs for his shirts, and of course the suiting is done on site. Thus most everything is locally made. His wools are from Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. But the hemp is from Canadian sources.
As Canada is now on the leading edge of the recreational cannabis frontier, perhaps our homegrown hemp will become synonymous with the thoughtful fashion frontier, too.


Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research in Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, presented his paper on 'An Overview of Islam and Muslims in Australia' at the Australian National University's Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies' (Middle East & Central Asia) Political Islam Seminars on 27 November 2018.
He provided an overview of Muslims in the 'West' and beyond the area traditionally considered as 'the Muslim world', as well as specifically examined the case of the Muslim community in Australia. Concerns in/among some of the community, such as inter-generational differences, and changes over time in the profile of Muslim immigration; and the question of radicalisation of Australian Muslims were also addressed.


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HRF support for financially vulnerable young people across the UK
The Hymans Robertson Foundation has confirmed the charity partners receiving multiyear funding over the next 3 years. We are continuing our partnerships with Barnardo's, the Prince's Trust, MyBnk, FARE Scotland and Works +. New partners include London Screen Academy and St Basil's. Our funding supports a range of employability, education and financial education services focussed on young people across the UK.
In addition, the Foundation will provide 2-year funding to LifeLink. Our new partnership with LifeLink is a response to the growing need of young people to access support for their mental health and wellbeing. Support will also be extended to charity partners' staff.
Our total committed funding to our charities over the next 3 years is more than £470,000. For our smaller and mid-size charity partners, we are also providing an unrestricted grant towards their core costs.
The Foundation's CEO Marcella Boyle said, "We recognise the challenge of the cost-of-living crisis, particularly the impact and added stress to communities across the UK. Our support for our charity partners enables them to focus on supporting low income and financially vulnerable young people, and we are proud to continue to work with these vital organisations."
In addition, the Foundation continues to fund the Hymans Robertson Bursary for young people. The bursary offers up to £300 for eligible young people across the UK to support them to stay in or achieve a positive destination in education, learning and employment. Over 100 young people have already been supported in 2022, with bursaries meeting the costs of travel, clothing for work, examination costs, IT and data kits, fuel and care costs.
One of the bursary recipients told the Foundation, "The bursary has really helped me feel like I can go to college and maybe get a career I like, and it also gives me a break from caring responsibilities."
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Hot tropical sun, immodestly green foliage and colourful, fluttering wings form the backdrop to the appropriately named Butterflies Garden Restaurant, probably one of the most charming places I've ever breakfasted in. The quiet garden restaurant is tucked away on the eastern banks of the Siem Reap river, under a canopy of green netting that houses hundreds of live butterflies flitting around as you sip a fragrant cup of Cambodian coffee or devour a fruit-and-syrup doused pancake.
In and around the area: Early morning strolls along the banks of the narrow river, shopping for tourist tat and hidden gems among the piles of silk cushions, paper lanterns, Buddha prints and ornate opium pipes that tumble out of the stalls at Siem Reap's Old Market.
These sweet rice cakes moulded around a piece of banana and cooked in a banana leaf are the perfect snacks to fuel a morning of Angkorian temple discovery. Some versions are better than others, so try a few before settling on your favourite roadside rice cake vendor.
In and around the area: Take your pick - from the ruins of Ta Prohm, woven through with giant roots and tree trunks, the sprawling Preah Kahn complex, the enigmatic face towers of Bayon or the jewel in the crown of Angkorian architecture - Angkor Wat, there are hundreds of stunning temples, ruins and monuments to explore in what used to be the seat of the mighty Khmer Empire.
Pop back into town for a quick lunch on Cambodia's quintessential dish - fish amok. This coconut curry spiced with chilli, lemon grass, kafir lime and turmeric, steamed in a banana leaf bowl typifies exactly what's right with Cambodian food - all your favourite Asian flavours presented with a twist. Bar the super-touristy name (Pub Street), Siem Reap's main restaurant strip has a great collection of places where you could try this dish. My top pick would be Khmer House Restaurant for a homely vibe and generous portions served on pretty blue & white crockery.
In and around the area: Tuk tuks to take you back to the temples for some more photo ops and poking around impressive ruins.
Escape the crowds at Bakheng Hill waiting for the "best sunset over Angkor Wat" and perch in relative solitude on the banks of the moat surrounding the majestic temple to soak in the magic with a drink and some nibbles. Many hotels will pack you a sunset picnic (we got a bottle of wine, chicken satay, cheese & olives). You will find few other evenings compare to the experience of witnessing dusk falling over Angkor Wat.
In and around the area: You won't really feel the need to do much else other than sip and stare.
Frog, snake, crocodile... you can find them all on the menu back on Pub Street and a crocodile bbq may be a good bet for the sake of sheer novelty. For those keen on catching a traditional Apsara Dance performance, the Temple Club puts on two nightly shows that can be enjoyed with dinner on the upper level of this slightly touristy haunt. The food's decent enough and although you could possibly find half a dozen better restaurants in town, the entertainment trade-off may be worth it (the Apsara shows here are free unlike a dozen other overpriced places).
In and around the area: The fairy-light strung night market a few minutes away for more impulse buys and a tickly "fish massage".
You couldn't get more French Colonial than this if you tried - an elegant old dame of a building, awnings stretching over the pavement and dark oiled wood inside - grab a cocktail or a cognac and waste away what's left of the evening watching the world go by.
In and around the area: $2 reflexology massages to soothe away temple hopping-induced aches and pains.
Well this is another place that we would love to visit - the $2 reflexology massages are so tempting!
Cambodia is one of the countries in Asia I really wish to visit. I love to see the Angkor Wat myself and try some of Cambodia's traditional delicacies. I wanted to try the crocodile bbq to find out what a crocodile taste like. Thanks for the post.
I concur with you that the Temple Club is the best to witness the Apsara dance. The food here is pretty good too. The night market is a great place to just wander around.Cambodia is a country that will always remain close to my heart! Beautifully written article on what is my favourite country!


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This tip will help not just because a tripod is good, but all 4 of the other tips will rely on a tripod for maximum effectiveness as well. Tripods are a pain to carry around, I get it, but if you are not using a tripod you are not getting the sharpest images your camera and lens can capture. Make sure when you purchase a tripod that you get a good quality one. Buying a cheap tripod is almost useless as they do not offer solid support. One of the most important points of using a tripod is to prevent camera movement during the exposure.
Ideally, using hyperfocal distance or a "Depth of Field" calculator/app can help ensure your scene is properly focused. However, many lenses do not have "hyperfocal distance" markings, and many lenses may not even have a distance scale on them. By focusing about 1/3 into your scene you will generally be close enough to where hyperfocal distance is measured and it can be much easier to focus at this point rather than relying on a distance scale that may not be very accurate or marked at the exact distance you need.
I love polarizing filters for a lot of reasons, but landscape photography is where they really excel. Most photographers use them to enhance the blue skies, but polarizers will also help the tru color of foliage come out in your photos and they will also cut out the glare on non-painted metallic surfaces. And for a bonus they will overcome a slight amount of haze in the atmosphere.
Keeping your images level and the horizon straight is a challenge, especially when you are composing through a small viewfinder. using a bubble level will help to ensure your horizon stays straight and level. These are best used with a tripod since it is pretty much impossible to compose with your eye to viewfinder and the bubble level sitting on top in your hot shoe. Some cameras feature a built-in level and if yours is one, be sure to use that.
As mentioned above, set your camera's ISO to it's lowest base ISO. Some cameras such as the Canon EOS 6D have an extended ISO of 50, but it is not a true ISO 50, but instead it is an overexposure of an ISO 100 exposure than it then processed to compensate. I don't use ISO 50 even though my favorite film was Fuji Veliva 50.
Due to the smaller aperture, lowest ISO and the polarizer filter all contributing to a longer shutter speed for a proper exposure, using a remote shutter release will help to ensure your camera does not move. Pressing the shutter button can induce a slight amount of camera shake that can lead to a blurry image. If you don't have a remote release, using your self timer can help as well.
some cameras include a feature known as "Mirror lock up". What this mode does is pre fire the mirror when you press the shutter button intially, and then opens the shutter when you press the button again. When the mirror flips up for the exposure this can lead to a slight vibration in the camera. by locking the mirror up and waiting a few seconds you eliminate this vibration that can cause a slight blur in your images. For best results use a remote shutter release to ensure no external movement in your camera.


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Dean Cyril Reed (Lakewood, 22 de septiembre de 1938 - Distrito de Dahme-Spreewald, 13 de junio de 1986) fue un cantante, actor y compositor estadounidense. Vivió durante parte de su vida en Sudamérica y en Alemania Oriental hasta su muerte. Fue apodado «Red Elvis» (El Elvis rojo) por haber granjeado la mayor parte de su éxito en países del campo socialista.

Biografía
Dean Reed nació en Lakewood, Colorado (Estados Unidos), aunque residió en varios lugares de su país natal. Después de estudiar meteorología en la Universidad de Colorado, Reed se trasladó a California para intentar comenzar una carrera como músico. En 1958 firmó un acuerdo con la casa discográfica Capitol Records, que intentó hacer de él un ídolo juvenil y se encargó de la producción de varios singles como "I kissed a Queen" o "Our summer romance". Además Reed hizo sus primeras apariciones en TV como estrella especial en algunas telecomedias. Aun así, Reed no llegó a triunfar en los Estados Unidos como superestrella, logrando una mediana fama.

Sin embargo, a pesar de que Reed nunca logró grandes posiciones en las listas de éxitos con sus temas en su país natal, algunos de sus temas como "Our summer romance" habían logrado los primeros puestos en las listas de Argentina y Chile. Reed aprovechó la ocasión para iniciar una gira por Sudamérica, donde llenó estadios en Chile y Perú y logró la popularidad que no obtuvo en su país. Reed se estableció en Chile, aprendió español, grabó varias películas para el mercado sudamericano y llegó a tener un programa en la televisión argentina.

Mientras vivió en Sudamérica, Reed hizo numerosos álbumes, películas, e incluso apareció en programas de televisión en Buenos Aires Argentina; como Sábados Continuados con la conducción de Antonio Carrizo. Deen Reed vivió en Argentina durante aproximadamente cuatro años. Durante ese período, ofreció varios conciertos en vivo. Durante estas actuaciones, Dean Reed fue acompañado por el grupo "Los Dominantes". Los Dominantes fue una banda de rock de Lanús, formada por Juan Luis Bhe "Ricky" (teclados), Carlos Reale "Charly" (bajo), Dardo Rivero (1.ª. guitarra), Juan Chiarello (2.ª. guitarra), Jacinto Atencio (batería).

Asimismo, comenzó a ponerse en contacto con intelectuales y artistas de izquierda latinoamericana como el cantante chileno Víctor Jara, y empezó a hacer declaraciones y discursos apoyando sus teorías políticas, tocando gratuitamente en los barrios pobres, o criticando acciones realizadas por el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos como la guerra de Vietnam.

Tras ser deportado de Argentina en 1966, se estableció en Roma un par de años, rodando películas de spaghetti western, hasta que fue invitado por la Organización Juvenil Socialista de la Unión Soviética para viajar a Moscú y comenzar una gira por el país, donde tuvo bastante éxito y se usó su acto con fines propagandísticos, motivo por el cual durante varios años no pudo regresar a los Estados Unidos. Su postura a favor del marxismo se radicalizó tras la muerte de Salvador Allende y el asesinato de Víctor Jara, cantante al que admiraba e interpretaría más tarde en la película alemana El cantor. Volvería a Chile recién en 1983, en plena dictadura militar, con visa de turista, pero fue expulsado tras actuar en un par de escenarios.

Vida en la RDA
A partir de 1970 Reed se estableció de forma definitiva en la República Democrática Alemana, más concretamente en Berlín Oriental. Durante su estancia nunca se afilió al Partido Socialista Unificado de Alemania –él se definía como marxista antes que comunista– y nunca renunció a su nacionalidad estadounidense, afirmando que era "un patriota" al que no le gustaba el sistema político capitalista, pero que conservaba un gran afecto por los Estados Unidos, a pesar de que fuera considerado por muchos de sus compatriotas como un traidor. De hecho, hasta el final de sus días siguió enviando declaraciones de impuestos al Internal Revenue Service. En 1976 se convirtió en colaborador informal de la Stasi, con el alias «Victor».

En 1986 pudo volver a su país invitado por el director Will Roberts, que había grabado un documental titulado Dean Reed: American Rebel, y concedió una entrevista para el programa 60 minutes de la CBS, entrevista donde mostró su apoyo a la construcción del Muro de Berlín y la guerra de Afganistán, lo cual motivó su ruptura personal con los amigos y familiares con quienes aún se contactaba en su país. Al mismo tiempo, antiguos admiradores estadounidenses le enviaron cartas llenas de insultos e injurias, tachándolo de traición y reclamando que se haga ciudadano de la RDA.

Reed tuvo a lo largo de su vida tres esposas: entre 1964 y 1971 una mujer estadounidense llamada Patty Hobbs, con quien se estableció en la RDA hasta su divorcio y quien fue madre de su primera hija, de nombre Ramona, la modelo alemana Wiebke Dorndeck, con la que tuvo a otra hija, Natasha, y hasta su muerte con la actriz alemana Renate Blume.

Muerte

Dean Reed iba a comenzar el rodaje de una producción cinematográfica sobre la Masacre de Wounded Knee. La noche anterior al inicio del rodaje debía a reunirse con el productor, sin embargo, nunca llegó al sitio y desapareció. Cinco días después su cadáver fue encontrado flotando en un lago de Zeuthen. La policía atribuyó su muerte a un accidente, aunque se ha teorizado que se trató de un suicidio. Algunas fuentes señalan que el gobierno de Alemania Oriental no computaba los suicidios.

Existe cierta controversia sobre su muerte al no haber sido completamente esclarecida; mientras que sus amigos alemanes y su esposa Renate afirmaron que Reed tenía un cuadro depresivo, provocado posiblemente por la añoranza de su país y el dolor de perder contacto con sus compatriotas tras la entrevista en 60 Minutes, y quiso suicidarse, su familia y amigos de los Estados Unidos afirmaron que podía haberse tratado de un asesinato y acusaron a su esposa de haberlo espiado como agente de la policía secreta.

Repercusión posterior
Además de los documentales y biografías sobre su persona, está previsto el rodaje de una película estadounidense basada en su vida. Según el diario berlinés B.Z. la película se llamará "Comrad Rockstar" y estará protagonizada por Tom Hanks, que le compró los derechos de cualquier filme a su viuda Renate Blume.

Carrera

Filmografía
 Adiós Sabata (1970) dir. Gian Franco Parolini Yul Brynner
 La ley del karate en el oeste (1973) dir. Toni Ricci
 Mi primera novia (1966) con Palito Ortega y Evangelina Zalazar
 Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola (1965) dir. Enrique Carreras
 Guadalajara en Verano (1964) con Alicia Bonet, Claudio Brook, David Reynoso

Discografía
 The Search, Capitol Records, 1959
 I Kissed a Queen, Capitol Records, 1959
  Anabelle, Capitol Records 1959
 He Besado A Una Reina, Capitol Chile, 1959
 Our Summer Romance, Capitol Records, 1959
 Nuestro Amor Veraniego, "No te tengo" Capitol Chile, 1960
 Don't Let Her Go, Capitol Records, 1960
 I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know, Imperial Records, 1961, Once more (side A)
 El amor es la fuerza más poderosa RCA Victor Chile 1962
 Muñeco de trapo", RCA Victor Chile 1962
 Como Un Niño Soy, Odeon Chile, 1964
 La Bamba, Odeon Argentina, 1965
 Hippy Hippy Shake, Odeon Chile/Argentina, 1965
 Simpatía, EMA 1966
 Dean Reed, Melodija, Lp, URSS, 1967
 Dean Reed, Melodija, 1969
 my way" sello desconocido, 1969
 if you go away sello desconocido, 1969
 Las Cosas Que Yo He Visto, Odeon Chile, 1971
 No nos moverán!, sencillo, FA, Uruguay, 1971
 Dean Reed, Lp, URSS, 1972
 Mississippi-Line, Melodija 1972
 Wir sagen ja..., Amiga, 1972
 Dean Reed a jeho svet, Supraphon, 1976
 We Will Say Yes (Ïîåò Äèí Ðèä), Lp, URSS, 1978
 My Song For You, Supraphon, 1978
 Rock 'n' Roll, Country & Romantic, Supraphon, 1980
 Dean Reed Country, Supraphon, 1981
 Dean Reed, Supraphon, 1986
 Akter i Pesnya, CD, Rusia, 2001
 The Red Elvis (The Very Strange Story Of), CD, Alemania, 2007

Álbumes posteriores a su muerte
 Akter i pesnja: Dean Reed, Vostokchim, 2001
 The Red Elvis: The Very Strange Story Of Dean Reed, Bear Family, 2007
 Seine Amiga-Erfolge, SONY BMG, 2007

Para Televisión
 1978: El Cantor (Grabada en la RDA, basada en la vida de Víctor Jara)

Bibliografía
 Reggie Nadelson: Comrade Rockstar. The search for Dean Reed. Chattoo & Windus, London 1991, ISBN 0-7011-3472-0
 Chuck Laszewski: Rock 'n' Roll Radical: The Life & Mysterious Death of Dean Reed, Beaver's Pond Press 2005, ISBN 1-59298-115-1

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Web de Dean Reed (alemana, también disponible en español e inglés)
 Web de Dean Reed (rusa)

Músicos de Estados Unidos
Comunistas de Estados Unidos
Cantantes masculinos de Estados Unidos
Compositores de Estados Unidos
Estrella de la Amistad de los Pueblos
Emigrantes estadounidenses hacia Argentina
Expatriados estadounidenses en Alemania
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