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A strong Europe needs the support of national, regional, and local politicians, as much as strong municipalities in Europe need a strong umbrella like the EU. Unfortunately, the EU's credibility has been increasingly suffering due to the Euro crisis of the early 2010s, the migration crisis of the mid-2010s, and now the pandemic of the early 2020s. European citizens were unsatisfied with the results and the work of the EU in managing these three crises.
Especially when it comes to COVID-19, the Commission has faced severe criticism for the slow vaccine rollout. According to recent data, less than 20% of EU citizens have so far received their first jab, compared with 60% of British adults and more than 50% of US citizens. From an economic perspective, the EU also lags behind: in the last quarter of 2020, the US economy grew by 4,1% and China's growth was 6,5%, while our economy was still shrinking. If the EU does not start doing a better job, we will soon face the next crisis – a crisis of the European political system, which is losing the confidence of its citizens and even of national parliamentarians.
What do we need for a stronger Europe? And what can municipalities do to help build it? To begin with, the EU needs more democratic legitimacy. Mayors and regional parliamentarians have a great deal of legitimacy, enjoying a higher level of citizens' trust than either national or EU authorities. Therefore, the European Commission, which is appointed, also needs the support of national parliaments and regional and local entities such as municipal governments to get legitimacy. Moreover, the EU needs more transparency in all phases of the legislative process to re-establish its credibility. Finally, the EU needs a stronger involvement of citizens but also of national parliaments and regional representatives in the legislative process. In other words: the EU needs more subsidiarity!
However, we currently see the opposite: the influence of national and regional parliamentarians has decreased year by year, as proven by two examples. First, we have more and more EU regulations, with less and less directives. In the year 2000, we had sixteen regulations and thirty-nine directives. In the year 2017, we had fifty-two regulations and only fourteen directives. In the year 2020, the numbers were forty-six regulations and only five directives. Directives, unlike regulations, give national parliaments and regional legislative assemblies the chance to be fully involved as lawmakers in the legislative procedure. This means that, over the last 20 years, there was a silent but important transformation, weakening national and regional legislation and transferring power to Brussels. We see three times more regulations than in 2000, a development that threatens the principle of subsidiarity and causes more centralism and overregulation.
Second, we observe the same upward trend in the number of delegated acts, which are not subject to subsidiarity scrutiny by national parliaments. The number of delegated legal acts increased from thirty-eight in 2012 to a hundred and sixteen in 2018, reaching a hundred and twenty-five in 2020. National parliaments and regions are not involved in this procedure and with such delegated legal acts, the EU Commission intervenes in national politics with far-reaching consequences without solid controls about the added value of its actions.
We should also mention that there has been a strong reduction of 'subsidiarity complaints' by national parliaments. National parliaments have the right to submit a reasoned opinion (a 'subsidiarity complaint') whenever they consider that draft legislative acts do not comply with the principle of subsidiarity. The Commission must take account of the reasoned opinions it receives and, if they exceed a certain number, must review its proposal. This is known as the 'yellow card' procedure. In 2013 there were eighty-three such opinions, in 2017 forty-eight, in 2018 forty-three, while they had dropped to zero in 2019 and amounted to only twelve in 2020.
The reason is simple: national parliaments have realised that this 'yellow card' procedure does not work properly. So far, there were no direct effects on the outcome of any legal act, even in the few instances when the 'yellow card' threshold was reached. Therefore, we should rethink the procedure if we really mean it to work and are serious about strengthening the role of national and local parliamentarians in EU decision-making.
I am a strong supporter of European integration. Those who, like me, care about its prospects should agree that we could bring the EU much closer to citizens by putting the principle of subsidiarity into effect in more practical ways. In 2018, the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and 'Doing Less More Efficiently', of which I was a member, already elaborated valuable recommendations in this regard, especially with a view to better involving the regional and local levels. Mayors and municipal council members should play – like national parliamentarians – a more important role.
Unfortunately, preparations for the Conference on the Future of Europe, which is scheduled to start soon, in May 2021, confirm my scepticism. Subsidiarity is not a priority on its agenda. The Committee of the Regions is not invited to participate as a member in the Executive Board but is only represented by an observer. National parliaments too can only take part in an observer capacity via the COSAC troika. I am an optimist by nature, but, as far as the real importance attributed to the principle of subsidiarity in the EU goes, I cannot help feeling increasingly pessimistic.
Reinhold Lopatka EU Institutions European Union Subsidiarity
Reinhold Lopatka
Strong Subsidiarity, Strong Europe
Miriam Lexmann Subsidiarity
Net@Work Day 1 – Panel 2: The State of Subsidiarity in the EU, 90 Years After its Naming by Pope Pius XI
Federico Ottavio Reho Subsidiarity
Net@Work Day 1 – Panel 1: Strong Municipalities, Strong Europe
How to design a federation? The European federation is plagued with crises, and these can be linked to our understanding of the basic principle on which any federation is based: subsidiarity. The Treaties present subsidiarity as a legal separation of tasks between the national and EU levels. This interpretation assumes that removing tasks from member states is possible and desirable. Yet attempts to define a legal Kompetenzkatalog failed. Moreover, EU policies based on centralisation—in economic governance, for example—have also failed, and centralised enforcement has not stabilised the euro. Multilevel governance requires an organisational approach to subsidiarity that starts with the recognition that safeguarding the integrity of the member states is essential. However, the EU lacks an administrative model. Subsidiarity may help to fill this gap by recognising that the EU is not about delegating tasks but about managing interdependence between the member states. The organisational understanding of subsidiarity has important implications for the tasks of the European Commission. Rather than being a hierarchical body that focuses on legislation and supervises member states, the Commission needs to focus on the managing of networks: identifying bottlenecks in EU cooperation, supporting team-based inspections and supervising the quality of multilevel networks.
EU Member States European Union Subsidiarity
EU Subsidiarity as an Antidote to Centralisation and Inefficiency
The issues of subsidiarity and member state autonomy in asylum and migration policymaking have been present in the background of the political and legal conflicts among the EU member states. This paper demonstrates that treaty provisions on subsidiarity have been ineffective as safeguards of member state autonomy on immigration and asylum.
Nevertheless, the treaties do endow the members with expansive autonomy in this policy area. The paper argues that this autonomy manifests itself in two different regimes that govern decision-making: intergovernmentalism and supranational consociationalism. Outside the scope of the treaties, inter-governmentalism has been effective in preventing irregular migration movements from outside the EU territory. Within the framework of the Lisbon Treaty, member states developed supranational consociationalism, an ultra-consensual decision-making regime that was first introduced in deeply divided societies. Applying this method in the EU context, the national elites have bypassed majority voting on asylum in the Council and resorted to consensus on 'sensitive' matters, where it is the governments affected that decide whether a given issue is sensitive.
This paper argues that the current combination of intergovernmentalism and consociational arrangements should be maintained as it upholds political peace between the members. Nevertheless, given the ongoing problems with the rule of law in the area of immigration and asylum, the European Commission should limit member states' non-compliance with the existing legislation.
European Union Future of Europe Migration Subsidiarity
A Brussels-Based Dictatorship or a Paradise of Subsidiarity? National Prerogatives and EU Migration Policy


Actress Sara Gilbert and singer/songwriter Linda Perry have married in California.
The happy couple became engaged last year after two years of dating, and exchanged vows in a private ceremony on Sunday.
The news was confirmed by Gilbert's "The Talk" co-hosts when the daytime show aired on Monday, with guest presenters Carnie Wilson and Marie Osmond filling in for the former child star, who has taken the week off to enjoy a honeymoon.
No further details about the nuptials were available as WENN went to press, although actress/rocker Juliette Lewis was among the guests in attendance for Gilbert and Perry's big day.
Gilbert was previously in a longterm relationship with TV producer Allison Adler, with whom she shares two young children.


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ISLK USA to offer Free giveaway to Instagram followers every month
ISLK will be rewarding its loyal active Instagram followers with a special contest that will allow winners to order merchandise from ISLK's online store – completely free of cost.
Chicago, IL – August 28, 2018 – Great news for fashionistas on Instagram. Rising urban clothing brand, ISLK, has announced they will offer FREE merchandise to active Instagram followers who leave comments on specially chosen Instagram posts. The free reward will be awarded based on a contest that will be run every month, beginning in September.
According to ISLK's social media manager Algeria Torres, the company will post a contest once a month. The brand will release an Instagram story that will show the merchandise being rewarded, and the story will offer a pre-warning window to the followers about the dates of the contest: at least 2-5 days prior to the creation of the actual contest post. Winners will be chosen randomly from the contest post comments through the "EasyPromos" randomization service. Only followers are eligible to win. The merchandise that will be given away and the name of the winners will be announced in another Instagram Story post.
So, how do winners receive the free giveaway? Torres informed 5Hout Media that ISLK will reward the winners with a handy 100% off code that they may use to order the merchandise from the company's website. The offer also includes FREE shipping.
"It's our humble effort to give back to our followers. We have gained a huge number of followers on our Instagram page and we truly appreciate their faith in us. Now, we wish to give back to them as a token of our gratitude and appreciation."
ISLK's innovative giveback for followers is a FIRST for clothing brands on Instagram. In fact, ISLK is the only clothing house till date to use the popular social media site in this manner.
Winners of the new ISLK contest are welcome to post a video or photo of the awarded merchandise on Instagram. If the winner uploads a high-quality post, upon the winner's approval, ISLK will re-post it on its Instagram page and provide a link to the winner's page. Not only that, if the winner sends ISLK a copy of the photo or video, the brand will also buy Instagram Advertising for that post, linking the post to that winner's Instagram page.
"We are hopeful our followers will appreciate our efforts in making them feel special, bolstering their confidence, and potentially assisting them in increasing their own followers."
Founded in 2017 by popular American DJ Feti D, ISLK is a rising urban clothing brand that aims to present head-turner apparel and accessories for both men and women. The company is driven by the slogan "Confidence is Sexy" and it encourages its customers to feel confident inside and out- no matter what others think or say about them.
ISLK has come up with a trendy collection of casual clothes. Men can choose from a wide range of tops and headgears. For women, there is a versatile assortment of tops, leggings, skirts and swimwear.
"ISLK is the abbreviation of 'I See You Looking'. Our style is all about the unique panache that will compel the onlookers to stare at your clothes, aura and swag in complete awe!"
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Company Name: ISLK USA
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City: Chicago
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LIVONIA, Mich., May 2 -- Valassis, the leading company in marketing services and Connective Media(TM), recognized outstanding employees during the eighth annual Vision Awards. Formerly known as the Make it Happen Awards, the Vision Awards honor employees that exemplify the company's Vision of being an innovative, integrated marketing solutions company focused on customers in a broad range of industries. Winners were recognized on May 1, 2003 at an awards ceremony and received a specially designed crystal award along with shares of Valassis stock. "Changing the name to the Vision Awards is very appropriate because in order to be nominated for these awards, an individual must have keen insight into our business," said Alan F. Schultz, chairman, president and CEO. "One theme that has remained constant is that the recipients have a unique understanding and passion for our vision of success." This year the following awards were given: Innovator of the Year: Karen Peplowski - Marketing Manager of Customer Marketing Services Karen Peplowski is the architect of the company's revolutionary targeting tool, Consumer Navigator(TM). She spent countless hours developing and implementing this tool that has enhanced the company's consultative selling abilities, built more credibility and value with customers and given Valassis the competitive edge. Risk-Taker of the Year: Michelle Murad - Marketing Senior Product Manager Michelle Murad left a comfort zone for a new job in a new environment at Valassis. Always willing to try new things and armed with a conviction that she could make a difference, Michelle moved to Connecticut and accepted the challenge to lead the marketing department of a subsidiary company. Within the year, she found herself in a new role and back in Michigan with additional responsibilities. Collaborator of the Year: Todd Wiseley - Valassis Relationship Marketing Systems (VRMS) Director of Finance for Valassis subsidiary VRMS Todd Wiseley is a "jack of all trades" one may say. Outside of his financial duties, Todd takes the initiative to lead employee training programs, prepare legal documentation or simply answer the phones when the receptionist is unavailable. Todd is trusted by fellow employees and is someone who isn't afraid to roll up the shirt sleeves and dig into any situation. Employee of the Year: Tim Pink - Durham Printing Division MAN Roland Press Startup Liaison Tim Pink has helped facilitate positive change with his high level of commitment, great work ethic, ability to prioritize and persuade. The success of $30 million Valassis investment to replace an aging arsenal of printing presses would not have been possible without Tim's direction. Tim took the lead to make sure that performance expectations were met and the necessary employee training took place. An important element in any "100 Best" company is the recognition of its champion employees. Over the years, there had been numerous employee recognition programs, and rewards for ideas and suggestions, but until 1995, Valassis did not have an award program for all employees. In honor of Valassis' 25th anniversary, the award program was announced. Winners are nominated by their coworkers throughout the year and are selected by an employee committee based on their dedication, accomplishments, ingenuity and motivation.


On the eve of 2014, I think it's a good time to inventory how things went this year. It's a great place to start for making goals for the year to come. 2013 was an interesting one — more mellow than 2012, which included our wedding and the purchase of a new home, but it was still full of surprise and adventure.
Between my husband and I, we spent 30 days total in Yosemite, including a 5 day trip for the 4th of July with close friends and a 4 day trip with our dads — it was so awesome to see our dads climb! They did great! We climbed almost every one of those days either in the Valley or in Tuolomne Meadows. We also took a trip to Bishop over President's Day weekend and headed to local day spots like Mt. St. Helena, Castle Rock, Pinnacles, Cragmont, and Mt. Diablo. For me, this year represented a few major climbing "firsts." I graduated from 10s to 11s in the gym, maxing out at 11c. I learned how to make, and started using tape gloves for climbing crack outside and (not well) in the gym — doing it well in the gym will be part of what happens in 2014. I led my first trad climb at the Grack in Yosemite, experienced my first hanging belay freakout on Seneca Rock in West Virginia (where Loren and I had our first epic dehydration and hunger fest due to lack of preparation on the rock), and followed Loren up my first real multi-pitch climbs.
Last year's New Year's Resolution was somewhat related to climbing — be able to do at least one pull-up by the end of the year. I accomplished that goal mid-year and maxed out at 4 in a row. This year, my new goal is to do 10 by April 1st. It's a much more aggressive goal, but I'm confident that if I stick with it, I'll make it happen. We have a hang board in our house, which I use to practice, doing reps assisted by giant rubber bands and then doing a few on my own. To be honest, I've been slacking the last month or 2, but I was able to do a pull-up this morning, so technically I accomplished my goal, even if I've backslid slightly — quite a bit has happened this holiday season, including 2 unexpected trips to Houston and losing my firecracker of a grandmother to ovarian cancer. Losing Mawmaw was a huge blow, but knowing she's at peace is the most I could ask for.
This year was also the Year of the Garden in my world. Having never had a yard of my own (when I lived in a rental house in Baltimore, the whole backyard was literally concrete with cinder block walls for fences. True story.), I was so excited to get started on the beautification and "food-ification" of my back yard that I got huge chunks of it done while Loren was away for solo trips and bachelor parties. I had a terrible eucalyptus tree removed from the corner of our yard, dug out all of the pointless shrubs that lined the fencing, decorated the concrete "art" the previous owner of our home left behind with potted plants, and built a small hill for a succulent garden. Building the garden itself was a one-weekend project. On another weekend at home alone, I decided it was time to start growing food. I totally went for it, building my very first ever planter box, mixing and pouring my very first ever concrete to secure the posts, and growing my own food for the very first time. It was such a feeling of accomplishment to build something like this all by myself! (well, I had a little help from the Worm.) After such awesomeness ensued in the back yard, Loren's creative juices started flowing, and he designed a more complicated box for us to put in the other corner of our yard. We had to get rid of a large, tree-like shrub first (which involved a chain saw!), and we were able to snag some wood from an old deck at Loren's dad's house to repurpose for the project. This garden required careful calculation so that everything would fit together properly — as I've said before "precise" and "patient" aren't on the list of the first 10 ten words to describe me, so at some point, I just started screwing boards together, and we completely forewent pouring the concrete. It turned out great though! We more than doubled our food production with this new beauty! It's so fun to see how quickly things grow — our tomato plants are deceptively large. The front plant yielded a decent amount of heirloom fruit, but the back one gave us about 8 not-so-great Early Girls. Next year, we'll water less and fertilize with less nitrogen and more potassium.
The other major event of the year for me is the creation of this blog. I'm so thrilled to finally be doing this! Thanks to everyone who's reading and sharing, and please continue to do so!
I've already stated a goal on my Facebook page to have 300 likes by my birthday — please help me make that happen, in addition to officially subscribing here on the actual blog! In the meantime, Happy New Year and stay safe and healthy!
This entry was posted in DIY and Fulfillment, Gardening and Wellbeing, Life Lessons and tagged adventure, climbing, gardening, New Year's Eve, raised beds, resolutions.
Great year in review report! I especially liked the mention of Battle of the Bulge in Tuolumne! You rocked it!
Thanks friend! That was your birthday weekend!
thanks honey! ditto! We've done a lot of awesome stuff together this year.


Reps. Tom Reed (R-NY) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) have introduced the Credit for Caring Act of 2016 (H.R. 4708). The bill supports family caregivers by offering a federal tax credit of up to $3,000 for those who qualify. The tax credit would provide eligible family caregivers caring for loved ones of all ages with some financial relief and help them pay for services such as home care, adult day care, respite care, and other supports. The Arc supports this legislation that will help to ensure the financial security of family caregivers of persons with disabilities.


Pray for open hearts to God's Word, as we minister in churches.
Pray for new meetings. Currently we are scheduled through the third first week of October.
Pray for our health, as both of us have struggled with several health issues. Seems to be the season for it!
Pray for our ministry team in Peru, that the Lord would continue to prepare those with whom He would have us work.
*Much needed items for our travel trailer, such as: new propane hoses (no leaking!!!), tire covers for the trailer, water-pressure regulators, filling our propane tanks…and the list goes on!
Praise the Lord for continued financial gifts, one of which has allowed Becky to begin her Masters in Biblical Counseling program, as well as enrolling in the Missionary Medical Course this October.
Praise the Lord for hundreds who have committed to pray for us daily. We don't take this lightly and are so grateful for this most-worthy gift.


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The 1971 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors for their All-Atlantic Coast Conference ("ACC") teams for the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Selectors in 1971 included the Associated Press (AP).

All-Atlantic Coast Conference selections

Offensive selections

Ends
 John McMakin, Clemson (AP)
 Don Bungori, Maryland (AP)

Offensive tackles
 Ed Newman, Duke (AP)
 Jerry Sain, North Carolina (AP)

Offensive guards
 Ron Rusmak, North Carolina (AP)
 Bill Bobbora, Wake Forest (AP)

Centers
 Bob Thornton, North Carolina (AP)

Backs
 Larry Hopkins, Wake Forest (AP)
 Larry Russell, Wake Forest (AP)
 Lewis Jolley, North Carolina (AP)
 Paul Miller, North Carolina (AP)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends
 Bill Brafford, North Carolina (AP)
 Wayne Baker, Clemson (AP)

Defensive tackles
 Andy Selfridge, Virginia (AP)
 Bud Grissom, North Carolina (AP)

Linebackers
 John Bunting, North Carolina (AP)
 Ed Stetz, Wake Forest (AP)
 Larry Hefner, Clemson (AP)

Defensive backs
 Ernie Jackson, Duke (AP)
 Rick Searl, Duke (AP)
 Steve Bowden, Wake Forest (AP)
 Bill Hanenburg, Duke (AP)

Special teams

Kickers
 Ken Craven, North Carolina (AP)

Key
AP = Associated Press

See also
1971 College Football All-America Team

References

All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team
All-Atlantic Coast Conference football teams

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Q: How to manage profile of Powershell and make it faster to load? While executing python file conda said
CommandNotFoundError: Your shell has not been properly configured to use 'conda activate'.
If using 'conda activate' from a batch script, change your
invocation to 'CALL conda.bat activate'.

To initialize your shell, run

    $ conda init <SHELL_NAME>

Currently supported shells are:
  - bash
  - cmd.exe
  - fish
  - tcsh
  - xonsh
  - zsh
  - powershell

See 'conda init --help' for more information and options.

So I used conda init powershell which made profile for powershell which takes more than 2 seconds every time it load, if there is way to reduce the load time for this profile please help.

And one more thing, when I am not dealing with python but using
powershell for executing some command or running file of other
programming language that time is also load profile that is made by
conda for example while I am practicing java it always starts with(base) PS E:\Java> and
it always takes more than 2 second.

The conclusion is I want use profile which is made by conda only when I am dealing with Python and load time should be faster.

And I am completely happy if there is completely different way to use environment made by conda easily in VScode.

A: Open powershell and type $profile it will give path of current using profile ,go to that place and open .ps1 file and replace the following code with code already present.
 if(($pwd.path -eq "PATH OF PYTHON PROJECT" )-or ($pwd.path -eq "PATH OF OTHER PYTHON PROJECT")){

        #region conda initialize
        # !! Contents within this block are managed by 'conda init' !!
        (& "C:\Anaconda\Scripts\conda.exe" "shell.powershell" "hook") | Out-String | Invoke-Expression
        #endregion
    }

This will cause powershell to use profile that is made by conda init will only when you are in particular folder (in the script "PATH OF PYTHON PROJECT")

At least by doing this is will prevent powershell form using the profile where you do not need it.

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The Bridges we Burn - a Numenera Adventure $9.99 $7.99
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The Bridges we Burn - a Numenera Adventure
Publisher: Janek Sielicki
by Alessandro V. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 06/09/2017 23:06:24
This is by far the best self published Numenera campaign I ever came across and it is better of many official ones. The basic plot is based on classic tropes (kidnap of a noble lady, devious religions, attack of an apparently unbeatable beast to a big city...) and for this reason it is very easy to reskin this campaign or to play only parts of it, but to tell you the truth you will get the very best of it playing it after The Devil's Spine official campaign, that is the ideal prequel.
The author must have studied very in depth Numenera, both its mechanics and its feel, as the adventure adapts perfectly to the game under every point of view and I guess this campaign is a labour of love aimed at being above all a tribute to Monte Cook and his masterpiece.
Without going into the plot detail, what I loved of this campaign is that it "forces" you to use your brain and not to act carelessly, hoping that a kind game master will allow you to do anything without retribution: every stupid, or careless, or blindly violent action will "burn a bridge" behind you and you won't be able to go back anymore to get the best from that specific encounter or situation. That's what I ask to my roleplay games nowadays, as if I wanted to play continuous fights I'd go for a wargame or a boardgame where there is no real background story but just allows me to have fun with fights. In particular I appreciated the presence of an enemy impossible to win with direct attacks, no matter how strong you are. Only using your brain, investigation, diplomacy to find allies, strategy and planning will give you a chance of success (and only then you may start rolling dices).
If you played The Devil's spine and really enjoyed it (as many did), then you need to follow it up with this campaign!
[5 of 5 Stars!]
by Jula S. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/07/2017 15:08:55
The theme is universal, I'm going to use it with The Strange!
by Colin W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/07/2017 10:39:02
This review originally appeared at Mephit James' Games blog: https://mephitjamesblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/the-bridges-we-burn-review/
The Bridges We Burn is a five-part adventure series for Numenera written by Janek Sielicki intended for Tier 3 characters. It's a Cypher product, meaning that groups in other Cypher games might find a lot to use in here, but it should be most exciting to Numenera fans. And excited you should definitely be.
Disclaimer: I was given a complementary copy of this product by Janek to read and review. I'm not being paid, but it's pretty sweet to get a free product and I want to give him credit and be up front about it. I also want to credit Filip Gutowski with all the artwork in this post, snipped out of the adventure pdf.
The first adventure series to come out for Numenera was the quasi-horror story The Devil's Spine. For many, this was their first venturing into the Ninth World and it certainly doesn't disappoint: criminal organizations, gruesome cults, hive mind infections, deadly tombs, deep-sea diving… it's got it all.
The Bridges We Burn sets itself up as the spiritual successor to this series both in terms of location and in terms of wide-ranging, genre-mixing adventure. It's set in the city of Uxphon (the cramped, canyon-of-pipes city located on the edge of the Cloudcrystal Skyfields north of the Steadfast) and this book both expands upon the city and makes use of the information in The Devil's Spine and Numenera core book. It doesn't have to be run in conjunction with The Devil's Spine but the start of The Bridges We Burn fits nicely with the ending of the first adventure.
There is also a similar spread of ideas and scenes in this adventure. Characters will find themselves in a royal ball, a seedy undercity, and a cultish temple while facing off against scheming nobles, doomsday zealots, and horrible monsters. If The Devil's Spine is quasi-horror then this adventure is quasi-heroic quest. The chapters follow a linear flow of one to another, but your players are unlikely to find the breath to even wonder if they're being railroaded along given the breakneck pace of the plot.
If you have The Devil's Spine you have lots of useful information about Uxphon to bring into this adventure, but you don't really need anything except the Numenera core book's description of the city. Likewise, there are several creatures from the Ninth World Bestiary but in each case there are alternatives from core Numenera suggested. Other than that, the more Numenera products you bring to bear the more you can make it your own but all the details you need are in The Bridges We Burn.
That concludes the spoiler-free review of the book. I'm not going to post anything too revealing below but if you plan to be a player in this adventure I'd stop reading now. If you don't… Well you won't know what's coming when but you will have some idea of where things are headed.
Just the GMs now? Good.
The main enemy in this adventure is the Convergence (Numenera core book, p. 223-224), one of my absolute favorite groups in the Ninth World. They are complicated and everyone has their different take on them but they have the twin advantages of being master numenerists and master assholes. They gather together numenera devices for personal gain and power (as opposed to the Aeon Priests who gather it for knowledge… which sometimes comes with power) and in The Bridges We Burn they've found a doozy.
A nano who is part of the Convergence has found a machine that could allow them to take control of the entire city of Uxphon. Whether they live in Uxphon or are just visiting, the players should immediately smell a Heroic Opportunity (TM) when they see one. They are initially hooked into the adventure with an invitation to a party in honor of the nevajin Eenosh from "The Mechanized Tomb" (Part 3 of The Devil's Spine) where the Convergence muscles in.
The key to starting their machine is a poor young noblewoman who has just the right genes to get things going. As the author states "it is a 9th world take on the classic story of the hero, the princess, and the dragon." This makes The Bridges We Burn a great intro to Numenera if you want to go that route… You could even use this adventure (classic fantasy tropes) to introduce a group familiar with D&D to the Ninth World, and then run them through the darker The Devil's Spine series of adventures.
The biggest criticism I have about this series is that it's very linear. Once the Convergence breaks up the party the PCs track them down, then fight them and rescue the ingenue, then defend Uxphon from the bad guys' secret weapon, then cheer and party. It would only take a group of player characters a little messing around and dallying to get off track. What if they go to the Steadfast for help from the Aeon Priests? You have to come up with a reason why the Convergence doesn't do anything with their captive until they return. What if they continue to explore the undercity where the Convergence was holed up? They might come topside to find the entire city leveled.
This isn't such a big deal if your players are good at picking up on clues or they don't mind you giving them a firm push when they start to wander off-track. It's also not a problem if you are used to improvising and rolling with things as this adventure comes with eleven pages of NPC write-ups for you to work with. You can adjust on the fly using the biographical information there and the author has provided some excellent tools in an appendix for managing the players' actions.
There are notes for running the scenarios separately as stand-alone adventures, which might provide some means for regaining control if the story starts to spiral because of wandering PCs. There are also some nice charts for each part of the story giving the location and status of major NPCs at the beginning of that chapter and providing space for you to note where they end up. If you modify the story because of crazy decisions the players make you can glance back at these to remind yourself when they last saw Mr. So-and-So and what state they left him in.
Either way, this is an excellent adventure that can be used for a range of GMs. For beginners, the story is straightforward and you have lots and lots of information to help you craft a fantastic world for your story. For experience GMs, you can use the tools that Janek has provided to really make the story yours and deal with flighty PCs or unexpected twists with a modicum of control.
by Agnes L. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/06/2017 12:15:38
Probably the best looking self-published title I've ever seen. The adventure is very open-ended, it sets the stage and guides the GM through the events. It's actually much better than any published Numenera adventure to date!
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Happy Motivational Monday! The past several days, I've wanted nothing more than to just curl up under my electric blanket and not move a muscle all day thanks to the crazy cold weather, but thanks to Joey, I've been getting out for at least one walk each day.
I still really miss running, but I am proud of myself for staying active even though I can't run. I'm still doing the deep water running (about four times a week), and I've been walking a LOT. Hopefully I'll be running on ground again soon!
I have another short but sweet Motivational Monday this week. Enjoy!
Andréa had a week filled with some pretty great milestones! 1) On Wednesday, she ran her longest distance yet--10K; 2) On Friday, she and her husband celebrated Valentine's Day a little early to beat the oncoming storm, and and she was able to wear a size 10 dress--down from a 16/18 in August! and 3) On Saturday, she hit a new 5K PR--knocking 1:12 off of her previous best time! She said she felt like she had hit a plateau with her weight loss and running, but this past week has showed her that if she sticks with it, good things WILL happen.
Rikilynn and her husband took a big step by signing up for their first half-marathon! The couple is going to do the 500 Festival Mini Marathon in May (I'll be there, too!). Rikilynn is proud that they've been training despite the bitter cold Michigan winter.
If you haven't seen this on the news, it's a really inspiring story about a woman who literally crawled on her hands and knees to finish the Austin Marathon yesterday, and took third place! Her body just shut down with about 50 yards to go in the race and she collapsed, but she was SUPER determined to finish, which you can see in the video.
Love all these stories! They are always so inspiring. Maybe one day I can be featured here.
Such an incredibly inspiring group! Thank you so much for sharing. I love reading the stories, it gets my week off to a great start.
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These folks are all such inspirations! I look forward to the Motivational Monday posts all week!


Credit union professionals gathered at the League office and virtually over the internet at Jersey Shore FCU last week for free HR management development training. This two-day "Supervisory Symposium" training is available to NJCUL member credit unions through a partnership with Rutgers University, underwritten by an $89,000 educational grant from the State of New Jersey secured by the League earlier this year.
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Medtech firms have vital role to play in defusing health time bomb
Doreen McKeown is Enterprise Ireland Senior VP Life Sciences in Boston
Doreen McKeown
Recently in these pages we wrote about the crucial role of Irish agri-food and agri-tech in coping with the global demographic time bomb.
https://www.independent.ie/business/medtech-firms-have-vital-role-to-play-in-defusing-health-time-bomb-35152748.html
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Food availability is only one of the critical issues arising from growing populations. Providing for an ever-greater cohort of aging people with chronic diseases is widely regarded as the single greatest challenge for healthcare into the future.
While Ireland has one of the lowest age profiles in the developed world, Chronic Disease Management (CDM) is an increasingly pressing financial and logistical challenge.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) profile for Ireland attributes 88 percent of deaths to chronic illness such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and respiratory disease.
Meanwhile, the HSE estimates that the number of adults with chronic disease will be around 40 per cent of the by 2020. More efficient and cheaper-per-capita health services are vital to stop this reaching crisis proportions.
And here's where Ireland comes in again. As global leaders in medtech, we have over 450 companies employing nearly 30,000 people, developing the technologies to bring about lower-cost, more localised treatments.
Ireland is one of the five emerging global hubs with 17 of the world's top 25 MedTech multinationals; a vibrant indigenous industry with over half the country's medtech companies founded here; and a world-class innovation and research ecosystem.
For instance, Curam at NUIG is a dedicated medical devices research centre with six academic partners and over 35 from industry developing lower-cost solutions for chronic illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes through cutting-edge research into biomaterials, stem cells and drug delivery. Curam is one of many medtech initiatives in Ireland. A great deal of work at universities throughout Ireland in areas such as bioengineering and novel materials is orientated towards medical devices and the same can be said of ICT.
Information is crucial to managing health services costs effectively. Big data and electronic health records can improve resource allocation, clinical protocols, diagnostics and treatment. Consumer-based health education and innovations such as telemedicine and home monitoring create new possibilities for self-management.
Apart from healthcare benefits, this is also economically beneficial, generating huge revenues with the potential for even more.
Ireland is the second largest medtech exporter in Europe, supplying 95 of the world's top 100 economies with over €12.5bn of product.
Another economic benefit comes from the sector's regional focus. The Irish Medical Devices Association estimates that up to 80pc of companies in this space are start-ups or SMEs, with clusters in Cork, Limerick, Shannon and in particular, Galway.
Some of these companies were recently looking for business at another medtech hotbed, Minneapolis/St Paul in the US, as part of a life sciences trade mission led by Minister of State for Employment and Small Business, Pat Breen.
The delegation's regional spread was evident with the likes of Bellurgan Precision (Louth), Firefly (Sligo), Prior PLM Medical (Leitrim), Innovative Polymer Compounds (Athlone), Irish Micro Mouldings (Galway) and CompuCal (Cork) among those on the trip.
There are significant opportunities in the US with medical device companies and providers under pressure to find innovative solutions in healthcare. For instance, under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals are penalised for poor patient outcomes and readmission.
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The Attkisson File
By Scott W. Johnson
About Scott W. Johnson
(Portrait via SharylAttkisson.com)
The reporter's computer was hacked, possibly by the feds, but the DOJ and the media turn a blind eye.
Sharyl Attkisson was one of the most distinguished investigative journalists in television news, covering everything from the dangers of certain prescription drugs to mismanagement at the Red Cross to TARP to K Street. Over a career that spanned more than 20 years at CBS News, she received numerous awards for her work, including multiple Emmys.
In her memoir Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington, Attkisson looks back on the final years of her network career. One concludes from her book that Attkisson encountered more difficulty practicing her profession at CBS News during Obama's tenure than at any other time. She reached an agreement for her departure from CBS News in March 2014, well before her contract was to expire.
The book's subtitle refers to the difficulties Attkisson encountered in "Obama's Washington." The term is in part a euphemism for the Obama administration, but it also reflects the support for the administration within CBS News. The head of CBS News is David Rhodes, brother of Obama national-security adviser Ben Rhodes.
Attkisson is a dogged reporter, and Stonewalled is a gripping book, organized around the Obama-administration scandals she covered at CBS News. With the exception of the IRS scandal, she covered just about all of them: Fast and Furious, green-energy crony capitalism, Benghazi, and Obamacare. Attkisson devotes a chapter to her work on each one.
Each of the scandals falls into a larger pattern of scandal management practiced by the Obama White House. (The reader can infer how the IRS scandal fits the pattern precisely to a T.) Her book is invaluable for how it analyzes and exposes this pattern, combining her reportage and her behind-the-scenes work at CBS News.
The pattern begins with blatant denials — bald lies — and stonewalling. Attkisson deftly articulates one of the bona fide occupational qualifications for service as a spokesperson in the Obama administration. Referring specifically to HHS spokeswoman Joanne Peters, whom Attkisson had caught lying to her, she writes: "It takes a certain kind of person to be untruthful and then display utter lack of contrition when caught."
Next in the pattern, when the lies fail, comes the attribution of responsibility to the lowest level of bureaucrat. Also, rather than responding to straightforward inquiries, administration spokesmen pump reporters for the information they have so they can undermine it. Attkisson calls this technique "pump and mine." The administration then plants slanted leaks to friendly bloggers and reporters; next, it characterizes any advances in the story as "old news."
Attkisson also shows how the administration, using a technique she calls "controversialization," disparages any sources and reporters who move the story forward. As she recounts in the book, Attkisson has extensive personal experience being at the receiving end of this technique.
She singles out Media Matters as the main outlet that moves administration spin into the mainstream media. As Attkisson demonstrates, however, the power of Media Matters derives from the complicity and cooperation of its many allies in the media, i.e., the many Obama allies in the media.
Perhaps the greatest PR coup of all is that the administration's expert spinners successfully lead the media by the nose down the path of concluding there's no true controversy unless there's a paper trail that lays blame directly on the president's desk. Time and again, with each scandal and each damaging fact, Democrats and the White House read from the script that says, "there's no evidence President Obama knew" or "there's no evidence of direct White House involvement." Anything short of a signed confession from the president is deemed a phony Republican scandal, and those who dare to ask questions are crazies, partisans, or conspiracy theorists. . . .
Under President Obama, the press dutifully regurgitates the line "no evidence of White House involvement," ignoring the fact that if any proof exists, it would be difficult to come by under an administration that fails to properly respond to Freedom of Information Act requests, routinely withholds documents from Congress, and claims executive privilege to keep documents secret.
Stonewalled covers two kinds of scandal: first, the various scandals within the Obama administration; second, the scandalous treatment of these White House scandals by CBS News. With each White House scandal, Attkisson demonstrates the success, more or less, of the Obama administration's scandal management inside the newsroom at CBS.
Her account of CBS's journalistic dereliction culminates in her description of how CBS suppressed a portion of the September 12, 2012, 60 Minutes interview with President Obama — the precise portion in which Obama clearly explained why he did not characterize Benghazi as a "terrorist" attack. The release of this interview might have been of interest, shall we say, in the aftermath of the second Obama–Romney debate, during which Obama successfully promulgated the line — the lie — that he had very quickly characterized Benghazi as a "terrorist" attack, with a timely assist from CNN moderator Candy Crowley, who broke with debate-moderator protocol and backed up Obama's lie. It was only after Attkisson and others inside CBS News belatedly discovered the relevant portion of the 60 Minutes interview, and after they kicked up some dust about it, that CBS News posted the segment, online only, the weekend before the election — far too late to matter.
Attkisson bookends her accounts of the Obama-administration scandals she covered with the story of what she describes as coordinated intrusions into her telephones and computers. She was working on the Benghazi story when a friendly source "connected to a three-letter agency" offered a surprising observation. "The administration is likely monitoring you — based on your reporting," the source advised her. She had, in fact, been having troubles with her phones and computers, which were behaving oddly.
Three sets of experts — including experts hired by CBS — examined her computers. All reached the same conclusion: She was the victim of computer intrusion and monitoring. One expert found classified government documents secreted in her hard drive, though she had not placed them there and had nothing to do with them. She believes that they were placed there by the intruders for use against her at an appropriate time.
CBS issued this statement on the intrusions:
Attkisson's computer was accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions in late 2012. . . . [F]orensic analysis revealed an intruder had executed commands that appeared to involve search and exfiltration of data. The party also used sophisticated methods to remove all possible indications of unauthorized activity, and alter system times to cause further confusion.
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The experts retained by Attkisson concluded that the intrusion into her computers was probably perpetrated by a government agency with highly sophisticated software that is proprietary to the government.
The Department of Justice has issued two statements on Attkisson's case. In response to Attkisson's first public mention of her experience, in the course of a radio interview, the Department of Justice said:
To our knowledge, the Justice Department has never "compromised" Ms. Attkisson's computers, or otherwise sought any information from or concerning any telephone, computer, or other media device she may own or use.
Attkisson has called this Justice Department statement "a quasi-denial." Who is the "we" encompassed in "our"? she asks. She continues:
The entire Justice Department? Did officials really, in the blink of an eye, conduct an investigation and question 113,543 Justice Department employees? That's impressive! I'm still waiting for answers to Freedom of Information Act requests that I filed with them years ago, but they're able to provide this semi-definitive statement within minutes of the question being posed.
Oklahoma senator Tom Coburn, just retired, sent Attorney General Holder a letter making broad inquiries on behalf of Attkisson. Attkisson quotes the response submitted to him by the DOJ:
Your letter asks whether the Department is responsible for incidents in 2012 in which the computer of Sharyl Attkisson, a CBS reporter, was allegedly hacked by an unauthorized party. The Department is not. It also does not appear that CBS or Ms. Attkisson followed up with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for assistance with these incidents.
Coburn's letter to Holder had sought information regarding actions taken "[d]uring your tenure as attorney general," not during 2012. Attkisson drily observes: "Instead of answering the questions at hand, the administration had posed an entirely different question and chosen to answer that one."
Coburn issued a follow-up letter to the Justice Department pointing out that none of his questions from the previous July had been answered in its December response. The Justice Department has provided no further response.
Attkisson has not let the matter rest. In January, she filed an administrative claim against the government as a predicate to bringing a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act; separately, she also filed a lawsuit against the government for violation of her constitutional rights.
One does not need to be a seer to predict that the Obama administration will do its level best to ignore Attkisson and her complaints through Obama's last day in office. Attkisson will no doubt have to await a new administration before she can obtain legal resolution, but perhaps it would not be amiss for Congress to look for answers right now.
— Scott W. Johnson is a Minneapolis attorney and a contributor to the website Power Line.


I feel the need to clarify in any post that I am not announcing a pregnancy. Among life FAQ's, "How's married life?" barely tops "Are you pregnant?" Good and no, respectively. Thanks for asking.
But back to our big news: We've been trying to adopt a dog for a few months now, but have always been beaten to the punch by other families for the last three dogs we've applied for (all rescues). Because we live in a two-bedroom duplex, a larger dog would make things... busy. We also wanted a dog that didn't shed a ton. With these things in mind, our options were surprisingly limited.
On Saturday I was driving home from running errands, and I passed the Minneapolis Animal Control building, which is near our house. Outside, a volunteer was walking the cutest dachshund mix, and it was love at first sight. I knew nothing about MAC, or if they even adopted animals out of their location, so I drove home and told John that I had just seen "our dog". He was in the middle of putting the final latch on the fence he just built. Perfect timing! While he was finishing up, I Googled MAC to find out that yes, they did adopt dogs out of their building, and that they were open until 3:30 that day. We were on our way minutes later.
When we walked in, a volunteer asked us what we were there for, and I told her about the dog I had just seen, and asked if "it" was available for adoption. She knew exactly who I was talking about, and confirmed that she was available. We walked past cages of barking dogs (so sad, I wanted them all!) but came to find "our dog" sitting quietly in her kennel. She licked us through the gate until the volunteer opened it.
It only took a few minutes in the play room to realize that she was perfect, and exactly what we'd been looking for.
What we know about her: She's roughly 8 months old, not fully house-trained (yikes!), was surrendered by a family that could no longer afford her, and is currently named "Sassy" (yikes again!). She had not yet been spayed, so that's happening today and we'll be able to get her tomorrow.
Now, instead of just cat pictures, you can expect to see some of our newest little lady, and probably an epic video of her introduction to Carl, who will likely just stare at her from the highest perch he can find. We're still working on his social skills.
Pet name suggestions? Potty-training advice? Go.
Awwww! She's adorable! Looks like she could be part vizsla?
Hit her if she pees.
Yes! What a cutie (this coming from someone who doesn't like animals!).
But, oh, that Carl picture almost takes over the post, love it!


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L'ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni en République du Zimbabwe est le principal représentant diplomatique du Royaume-Uni au Zimbabwe et responsable de la mission diplomatique britannique à Harare.

Le Zimbabwe (anciennement la République de Rhodésie) est devenu une nation indépendante en 1980 à la suite des accords de Lancaster House du . Initialement, le Zimbabwe était membre du Commonwealth britannique, de sorte que les représentants diplomatiques britanniques étaient hauts-commissaires. Le Zimbabwe s'est retiré du Commonwealth en 2003, depuis les représentants du Royaume-Uni sont des ambassadeurs.

Liste des chefs de mission

Hauts-commissaires

1980–1983: Robin Byatt
1983–1985: Sir Martin Ewans
1985–1989: Sir Ramsay Melhuish
1989–1992: Sir Keiran Prendergast
1992–1995: Sir Richard Dales
1995–1998: Martin Williams
1998–2001: Peter Longworth
2001–2003: Sir Brian Donnelly

Ambassadeurs

2003–2004: Sir Brian Donnelly
2004–2006: Roderick Pullen
2006–2009: Andrew Pocock
2009–2011: Mark Canning
2011–2014: Deborah Bronnert

2014–En cour: Catriona Laing

Controverse

L'ambassadeur Pocock, ainsi que d'autres diplomates étrangers, ont été brièvement arrêtés et menacés par la police du Zimbabwe le , alors qu'ils tentaient d'enquêter sur les violences commises contre la population rurale du Zimbabwe depuis les élections de .

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des ambassadeurs du Royaume-Uni au Viêt Nam
 Liste des ambassadeurs du Royaume-Uni au Yémen

Liens externes

Royaume-Uni et Zimbabwe, gov.uk

Références

Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Relations entre le Royaume-Uni et le Zimbabwe
Liste en rapport avec le Zimbabwe


We had the pleasure of working with Target on a series of illustrations to celebrate the launch of Target stores in Canada. Each location was revealed throughout the day on Target Canada's social media pages, first by showing a tight crop of the illustration and then revealing the entire image at the end of the day. There's more to come in this series so check out Target Canada's Facebook page for updates and see if you can guess where Bullseye will show up next!


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Film: Special Features
Story of Detroit's Walking Man, James Robertson, to be documentary
By Bill Laitner - Detroit Free Press (TNS)
Have you heard of Walking Man?
He's the factory worker who walked 21 miles to work — from a rooming house in Detroit to a suburban job and home again, day after day, because buses took him just part-way.
He'd arrive covered with snow or soaked with rain sometimes, his boss said. But James Robertson was never late, never absent, in a dozen years.
Hearing of his plight in the Free Press last year, so many people rallied to help Robertson — from around Detroit and across the country — that within a week he had gifts amounting to $360,000 and a new car.
Now, the story of the Walking Man is going from print to the screen. Robertson, 58, of Troy is to star in a documentary film that he hopes will make a difference in the November election.
It's being produced by Detroiter Jean-Claude Lewis, who met Robertson last summer when Lewis coached a 55-plus baseball team they both play on. The two hope to get the documentary out soon, in time to have an effect on the Nov. 8 election, when voters in southeast Michigan will decide on a transit tax. To Robertson, that's the big deal on the ballot.
"They should have this millage pass so people won't have to go through what I did," he said last week, standing on Woodward Avenue in Highland Park, steps away from his former path to work, and where some of the film's footage has been shot.
Lewis, a former Navy videographer, has done a short film on Martin Luther King Jr. and other projects. He said he hopes the "Walking Man" film plays in community centers, libraries, city halls and club meetings, to spark discussion.
"Both James and I are in favor of voting yes for transportation," said Lewis, 57, who lives in Detroit's Corktown area. "I hope this movie will impel people to rethink this thing, that we do need mass transit here," Lewis said.
Amid last year's publicity, Robertson's story became a symbol for all that's wrong with Motor City transit: sky-high car insurance required of Detroiters, a need for low-income workers to reach distant jobs, and a checkered map of bus routes that leaves many stranded, especially those in suburbs not served by the suburban regional bus system known as SMART. Those suburbs include Rochester Hills, where Robertson punches in five and sometimes six days a week to run a plastic injection-molding machine.
Megan Owens, executive director of the nonprofit TRU — for Transportation Riders United — said it was "fabulous" to hear that Robertson was making a movie proclaiming support for the ballot measure. The measure would enact a 1.2-mill property tax to support a greatly expanded bus system in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties. As part of the expansion, suburban communities whose leaders until now chose to "opt out" of the SMART bus system — such as Rochester Hills — would at last be part of a regional bus system. The proposal also would add rapid buses to major thoroughfares, making it feasible for commuters to match or beat the travel times they achieve in their private vehicles.
Last year, TRU gave Robertson the Face of Transit Award. Robertson, so dedicated to his afternoon factory shift that he skipped the presentation, had the Free Press stand in to receive the heavy glass award that now sits in his living room — over the large-screen TV perpetually tuned to Major League Baseball. A film on Robertson could be persuasive, Owens said.
"As I've gone throughout the region over the last year and a half and talked to people about transit, almost everyone recalls his story. And I do remember last year when Mr. Robertson did say, he's just one, and there are thousands more like him. I think it's fabulous if he's got this filmmaker to help him share his ideas," Owens said.
Director and cinematographer Brian Kruger is partnering on the film. Kruger, who doubles by day as a salesman for an auto supplier, is best known to film buffs as director of "Black and Blue: The story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward and the 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech Football Game." The 57-minute film is in scores of Michigan schools, libraries and youth centers after the Battle Creek-based Kellogg Foundation decided it conveyed a vivid lesson for young Michiganders about the history of segregation, Kruger said. The film's debut in 2011 earned a highlight by drama critic John Monaghan in the Free Press.
Kruger, 54, of Grosse Pointe, joined Robertson, Lewis and several assistants early one October night on Woodward Avenue in Highland Park to shoot scenes of Robertson foot-slogging in the same outfit he'd worn for the Free Press' February 2015 article: slightly ragged red sweatpants, a well-worn gray vest/jacket with black sleeves, a knit cap and the same shoulder bag in which Robertson always lugged his snacks and a Mountain Dew.
"So far, we've shot him playing baseball in Hazel Park. And now we're getting him walking on Woodward. We're having fun," Kruger said.
Documentaries are challenging when it comes to making money, he said.
"This movie I'm making for Jean-Claude. I met him, heard what he wanted to do, and I volunteered my time to help him," Kruger said. But the duo is running up expenses, so they're using the same technique that outstripped all expectations for Robertson — an online GoFundMe site.
A Google search with the terms "James Robertson movie" instantly brings up a GoFundMe page showing Lewis behind a movie camera as he films an interview with Blake Pollock, 48, of Rochester, the banker who brought Robertson's story to the Free Press last year. Pollock said he'd been driving up and down Crooks Road in Rochester Hills and Troy almost daily and, after months of spotting Robertson trudging through all kinds of weather, finally pulled over, opened the door of his Chrysler 300 and offered the stranger a ride. Many rides later, the two had become close friends, Pollock said.
Pollock helped Robertson to choose an apartment and financial advisers who oversee Robertson's donated nest egg, and he has brought to Robertson numerous offers of movies, television shows and books. The movie plugging a yes vote for the transit millage "is the first thing he's wanted to do," Pollock said.
The movie makers' GoFundMe goal is to raise $12,000, which would finance the short documentary and also kick-start funding for a longer film, to be made next year, that would focus on Robertson's character virtues — perseverance, punctuality, perfect attendance, loyalty and love of hard work.
As the fillmmakers and a small crew of assistants adjusted camera gear on Woodward Avenue recently, Robertson stood alone up a side street a stone's throw away, looking exactly like the foot-slogger he used to be. Kruger called out to him.
"When I say action, you're just going to walk toward Woodward," Kruger yelled. "OK, action!"
Robertson began striding, wearing the same blank expression he said helped protect him from predators on his years of walking through high-crime areas. Half a minute later, that segment was done. Kruger turned to a reporter and chuckled.
"We're calling him one-take James. Every time we shoot him, he's solid," Kruger said.
Robertson grinned and turned to a reporter: "You know something, I've had a lot of practice, walking out here. Yes, I have."
©2016 Detroit Free Press
Article posted on 10/27/2016
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Come here to see 'King Lear' this year
Adam Williams, Staff writer
On Oct. 10 at 12:55 p.m. in Taylor Little Theatre, the National Theatre Live series will present its first simulcast of the semester, William Shakespeare's famous play, "King Lear."
"King Lear" tells the tragic tale of the titular character, his three daughters and all those near the king.
Elderly and in need of retirement, King Lear steps down from the throne and decides he will divide his kingdom among his three daughters.
To divide his kingdom, he tests each of his daughters' love for him, portioning out his land based on their response.
He ends up splitting the kingdom in two, giving his eldest daughter, Goneril, and his middle daughter, Regan, each a half of his realm.
He leaves out his youngest daughter, Cordelia, for failing his test.
Unbeknownst to King Lear, these actions set into motion betrayals, suffering and a slow descent into madness, played out over the remainder of the production.
Legendary screen actor Sir Ian McKellen brings the title character of King Lear to life on the stage.
His performance is being hailed as setting the bar for future productions.
The cast also includes Claire Price as Goneril, Kirsty Bushell as Regan and Anita-Joy Uwajeh as Cordelia, among other distinguished play-actors and actresses.
Tickets will be $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and $12 for students and youth.
Mercyhurst students can get in for free with their IDs.


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We had the pleasure this past weekend of checking out the newest restaurant in Orange Beach, Alabama. Playa at Sportsman Marina is located at 27842 Canal Road just a short distance down the road from the legendary Doc's Seafood Shack. I had been following the restaurant's opening progress on their social media outlets and was just as thrilled to check out the interior design as I was to check out their menu!
The restaurant had just opened their doors on Monday, May 21st. I was happy that our trip down to visit relatives coincided with the opening of this new place. My excitement could hardly be contained, especially after finding out they had my favorite cocktail, frosé. We had an early dinner Saturday evening with friends on our way to the Florabama to hear another friend's band play on the tent stage.
When you first pull off Canal Road into Sportsman Marina all you can see is the large boats and live oak trees that lead you down toward restaurant, which is perfectly situated dockside. You can also reach Playa by water, finding the docks just beyond Robinson Island in Terry Cove. We are fortunate to have family that lives right in Terry Cove, and I can see us spending many dinners here in the future.
Upon entering the restaurant, you will immediately be transported into a beach haven, with art deco flair, and coastal comforts. Johnny Fisher, the owner of Playa and Fishers also in Orange Beach, did an excellent job with the design of the space; from the tile details on the floors to the nostalgic cocktail glasses. Playa exudes character and charm. Our group was seated at a long booth with the prettiest vinyl palm leaf upholstery, and a classic "Woodie" car painting done by a local artist and friend of Fisher's, Lila Graves.
The food and cocktail menus are divine. I was thrilled to see my favorite, frosé (frozen rosé), on the cocktail menu. They even have frozen coke or Topo Chico for those who do not want an alcoholic beverage. The food selections ranged from fresh guacamole, street tacos, oysters, conch fritters, and whole snapper, to mainstay dishes like cheeseburgers, steaks, and chicken. There is absolutely something here for everyone. We enjoyed trying the guacamole, jerk butter oysters, and baked crab dip during our first visit.
I highly recommend that you put Playa in Orange Beach on your list of places to check out next time you are in town!
Fun upholstery and local art by Lila Graves.
Exquisite Interiors. Lots of bright light.
Beautiful Bar with lots of unique details.


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NDLEA nabs Lagos politician with cocaine worth millions of naira
by KakakiOodua Media Services in Crime, Lagos, News
A notorious drug baron and former vice chairman of Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Asekun Kehinde Sakiru, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
Asekun has been on the wanted list of the Agency following the recent arrest of some traffickers and drug seizures linked to him.
It was gathered that the long arm of the law however caught up with the wanted baron at about 9.40p.m on Friday May 7, while trying to board a Virgin Atlantic airline flight to London, United Kingdom at the Lagos airport.
According to the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), who spoke in the arrest, at the point of his arrest, Asekun was caught with a kilogramme of cocaine concealed in five pairs of palm slippers packed inside his suitcase.
Marwa said he has been on the wanted list of the MMIA Command of the Agency in connection to a case involving one Azeez Adeniyi Ibrahim who was arrested with 6.45kg of cocaine in December, 2020.
"During preliminary investigation, it was gathered that the London based baron is a seasoned politician. He was at different times between 2004 and 2014 the vice chairman of Lagos Island East LCDA.
"He had also contested and lost elections for House of Representatives in 2007 and Lagos State House of Assembly in 2015.
Although, he claims to be an international businessman who deals in automobiles, investigation is yet to confirm that to be the source of his acquired wealth.
"In the course of tracking him, the sum of N131million was seized from his account and another N14 million also blocked in the account of one of his traffickers, Azeez Adeniyi Ibrahim, bringing the total sum so far recovered from him to N145 million," he said.
While commending the officers and men of the MMIA Command of the Agency for resilience and dedication to duty, Marwa said with the support of all stakeholders, the problem of drug trafficking and abuse in Nigeria will be drastically reduced very soon.
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San Angelo Police make arrest in 2008 cold case murder of Jordan Holden
Alana Edgin
San Angelo Standard-Times
SAN ANGELO — DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a Katy man in connection to a 2008 San Angelo cold case, according to a police news release.
Just before 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2021, police announced an arrest had been made in the shooting death of Jordan Holden, who was slain more than a decade ago in a friend's home.
Police arrested Patrick Stewart Jr., 33, in Katy and charged him in connection to the case. He was a person of interest during the investigation and identified through "familial DNA" evidence, according to the release.
San Angelo Police Chief Frank Carter praised efforts by investigators leading to Stewart's arrest.
"The investigation has proven that you cannot escape justice or outrun the horrific things that you have done to a human being in our community," Carter said. "This investigative effort and arrest sends a strong message that we will not forget the victims and families of our remaining cold cases and that we will continue to work tirelessly to solve each and every cold case."
More:UNSOLVED DEATHS: Here are the cold cases still being investigated in the San Angelo area
'Armed intruders' and a call for help led to the death of Jordan Holden
Nearly 13 years ago in July 2008, a group of four friends arrived at a residence in West Harris Avenue, where they were ambushed by "armed intruders," records state. A struggle ensued and the friend who lived there called out for help.
Jordan Holden, 22, answered his friend's call and met gunfire as he rushed into the home. Another friend was shot in the leg, according to previous reports.
Police arrived to find Holden unresponsive. Though his friends survived, Holden was pronounced dead at the hospital. He left behind his girlfriend, who was 4-months pregnant at the time.
"Jordan Holden had a child on the way when he was murdered," Carter said. "We cannot give that child his father back, but we hope this arrest brings peace and closure to the family."
Alana Edgin is a journalist covering Crime and Courts in West Texas. Send her a news tip at aedgin@gannett.com.


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