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Narendra Modi Convenient Action Continuity for Change (English) (Hardcover)
By: Narendra Modi
ISBN: 9789351436829 Publisher: Lexis Nexis	Year of publishing: 2015 Format: Hardcover No of Pages: 206 Language: English
Convenient Action-Continuity for Change written by the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, contains initiatives taken by his government post May 2014 at the national level. Mr. Modi has given substantial...Read more
Convenient Action-Continuity for Change written by the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, contains initiatives taken by his government post May 2014 at the national level. Mr. Modi has given substantial emphasis on two important aspects of climate change, i.e., Climate Ethics and Climate Justice. By quoting various examples in the book, the author has drawn the correlation between ancient Indian knowledge and the need to conserve nature. The book gives a snapshot of all the latest developments in India relating to climate change, including a brief on India's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). This signifies a big leap forward in the multi-dimensional efforts that India has been taking to transform itself into a low-carbon economy.
In order to reach the masses, the author has kept the language simple and avoided complex technical details. While the reader can relate and easily understand the contents of the book by a greatly popular national leader, this book also connects with international community and provides a great deal of inspiration to various cross sections of the society to join in the global drive to deal with the challenges of climate change.
Climate Ethics
From Water Riots to Water Security
Powergudas of Gujarat (Small is Beautiful)
Big is Also Beautiful (Sardar Sarovar Project)
Silenced River Springs Back to Life (Reviving Sabarmati River by Inter-basin Water Transfer)
In Search of Better Alternatives (Panam High Level Canal Project)
Reducing Urban Warming
Switchover to Gaseous Green
From Carbon Credits to Green Credits
Energy Reforms Essential for Mitigation
The Eternal Power of Sun and Wind
Coastal Sustainable Livelihoods
Continuity for Change
About the author: Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi has been the Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy, India, since May 26, 2014. Prior to that, he served four straight terms as the Chief... Read more
Narendra Modi has been the Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy, India, since May 26, 2014. Prior to that, he served four straight terms as the Chief Minister of the State of Gujarat in Western India. Under his visionary leadership, the Government of India has initiated wide-ranging and far-reaching reforms that aspire to take the fruits of progress to every section of society. From financial inclusion, Skill India, Digital India Mission to Soil Health Cards and Start up India, the Indian Government under Mr. Modi has ushered in unprecedented changes in governance. The Government of India has also taken a number of initiatives in the last eighteen months to ensure a cleaner and greener India. Nature and environment have always been close to Narendra Modi's heart. He has advocated a complementary relationship between man and nature, which is embodied in ancient Vedic literature. Climate Ethics, which envisages a sustainable future for our planet, has been the core of his thinking. Mr. Modi has moved from Climate Ethics to Climate Justice in his writings emphasizing sensitivity towards nature and natural resources, keeping in mind the interests of poor and downtrodden. He has been consistently calling upon the entire community of world leaders to take concrete action for dealing with climate change without any delay.
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Gabe Heffernan is a man of all seasons. He and I are like Frodo and Sam at St. John Paul II Catholic School, together we defeat the Eye of Mordor. He is witty, clever, sarcastic, an impressionist, an actor, fluent in Spanish, virtuous, an avid reader, personable, Christ-like, and bearded. Whether we are at home, at school, or hanging out, Gabe never fails to showcase these qualities. With him, there is never a dull moment. Often, he'll come home from school with a story of one his interactions with a student or two. One time, he told the story of how a first grader asked him about his beard. In a high pitched impersonation he repeated their words, "Mr. Heffman, why do you have a cat on your face?" Sometimes, Gabe will go up to me and give me a random hug. Other times, he steals my lightsaber chopsticks for a saber fight, pretending to stab me.
Despite his silliness, Gabe is Christ-like. As a community, we strive to place Jesus Christ above all things. I see Gabe live that out each day. He lives a Christocentric life by praying each day, attending Mass, and placing others before himself. I see this most evident when he interacts with our community, his students, and fellow teachers. For him, every encounter is an encounter with Christ.
His day usually begins with a small voice pleading, "Mr. Heffman, when are we going to the gym?" These words typically come from one of the younger students in Kidstop, JPII's before and after school program. In Kidstop, he gets to interact with students from K-8th. I witness Gabe going above and beyond in developing relationships with students. Often, he shoots hoops with them and joins in various games. Gabe has determination. I often see him helping middle school students despite math being his weaker subject. In all things, he desires to see his students succeed in and out of the classroom. Together, we work with the 6th-8th graders, where his role includes assisting 6th-7th grade Math groups, Social Studies, 7-8th English Language Arts, Recess duty, and 1st grade.
What is most evident in Gabe is his missionary spirit and desire to serve. On a daily basis, he receives Christ and brings Christ to students and staff alike. With the efforts he puts forward, it is easy to see Christ through him. He gives so much of his time and talent for the students and teachers he serves. Many teachers have mentioned how it would be near impossible to provide the scaffolded learning for students without his help. As a colleague and housemate, Gabe has become a close friend and I see Christ working in and through him every day. He is truly a good man in Christ and a man of the Church.


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For the 4th year in a row, I'll be riding in the Bike MS: Deception Pass Classic, captaining the KISW team! Considering I hadn't been on a bike since childhood until I started training in the summer of 2015, I am excited to share my newfound passion with others, from fellow first-timers to the experienced riders!. All are invited to join the most scenic ride ever, and for a great cause - supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society!
With routes ranging from 22 to 100 miles, there is something for everyone. The first two years I rode, I chose the 22 mile ride as a beginner, but last year I did by first 59 mile ride and was SO proud of my efforts!
This year, I am hoping to achieve either the 80 mile or my first century ride, but that is still to be determined... Any words of encouragement are welcome!!
Our team camps out for the weekend, we drink victory beers, we eat WELL and there are all sorts of events to check out.
If you're interested in the ride, this is a GREAT time to get sigend up. Join the KISW team and upon checkout, use discount code TEAMUP for 15% off your registration fee!
Don't be shy about it! If you have any questions, shoot me an email, and I hope to train with you this summer!


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Counterpart partners with TOMS to protect children's feet in Azerbaijan
Arlington, VA (Nov. 21, 2012) — From their one-room mud brick house in the Agdam region of Azerbaijan, 11 year-old Huseynzade Sahibe and her mother collect discarded glass and pots to earn money selling the shards. But it's not enough for them—just two of the many displaced and impoverished people settled here—to keep clothed and fed.
"Though I am not so old, I have seen much hardness in my child world," said Huseynzade. "Sometimes we couldn't find bread. Sometimes we couldn't find a dress, and even I was wearing shabby dresses thrown by people."
For a girl used to scrounging for cast-offs, the gift of a new pair of comfortable shoes gave Huseynzade the gift of warm, safe feet and a chance to feel like a kid again.
Counterpart International distributed tens of thousands of new TOMS shoes in August, September and October to school-aged children in 14 regions of Azerbaijan – a country with one of the highest numbers of displaced people in the world.
"This successful distribution is a great example of what we can achieve when the private and nonprofit sectors partner to help communities," says Counterpart President and CEO Joan Parker. "Something as simple as providing a pair of shoes changes a child's life in terms of health, education and dignity."
A partnership that delivers
The partnership between TOMS Shoes and Counterpart enables both to fulfill their missions: TOMS' of giving a pair of shoes to a child who needs it for every pair purchased under its famous One for One™ model, and the nonprofit of helping communities in need of humanitarian assistance. (www.TOMS.com)
This is the first time Counterpart and TOMS Shoes have partnered together.
The shoes will allow poor children in these villages to attend school comfortably, and relieves a financial burden on their parents, most of whom cannot afford to replace their growing children's footwear.
"My old shoes were in very poor condition," said Huseynzade. "Now I can easily walk around, go to school, and play with children in the yard. For this reason this present has made easy my life."
TOMS Shoes started its movement in 2006 because many children in developing countries grow up barefoot. "Whether at play, doing chores or going to school, these children are at risk," the company said.
Immediate need, long-term commitment
In Azerbaijan, as in other developing countries, soil-transmitted diseases such as hookworm can penetrate the skin through bare feet – one of the leading causes of infection, TOMS Shoes reports.
Wearing shoes can help prevent these diseases, and the long-term physical and cognitive harm they cause.
"TOMS Shoes and Counterpart share a commitment to sustainability," says Parker. This will not be a one-time engagement with these displaced communities."
Counterpart has provided humanitarian assistance in Azerbaijan for more than 15 years under the U.S. Department of State-funded Community and Humanitarian Assistance Project. That program, which ended Sept 30, provided commodities such as school and medical supplies, clothing, tents, tarps and sleeping bags.
Counterpart's commitment to improving the lives of Azerbaijan's communities extends beyond immediate needs.
Its many reconstruction projects have renovated schools, medical facilities, and community centers in villages across the country. Its Women's Participation Program works to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations to raise public awareness of issues that affect women, and empower more women to engage in political processes.
Counterpart International helps people build better lives and more durable futures, community by community. For 50 years, Counterpart has been an innovator, changing the way people look at, and solve, global development challenges. Today, we are working with more than 3,500 local organizations, and more than 150,000 leaders — including women and youth — in 24 countries around the world. Learn more atcounterpart17.wpengine.com.
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From April, Transport for Buckinghamshire (TfB) will be trialling 'Smart Tab' parking sensors in limited-waiting parking bays across Marlow.
New elements are being added to the Learning Programme at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) on Bletchley Park thanks to funding from Issured, the digital transformation and cyber specialists.
The 2019 Relaxed Opening sessions for people with autism at The National Museum of Computing are already proving highly popular and visitors are advised to register promptly for the increasingly popular sessions.
Delwyn Holroyd, a volunteer at The National Museum of Computing, is celebrating the award of an Emmy to the company he co-founded and of which he is now Technical Director.
On Thursday 8 November five Year 10 students from John Colet School delivered an assembly to Year 5 and Year 6 students at Wendover Junior School promoting e-safety and responsible internet usage.
Seventy-five years after the first Colossus was under construction, the original tools and tool bag of an engineer who maintained the code-breaking Colossus computers are on display alongside the working rebuild of the computer at The National Museum of Computing.


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The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1984. Their discography includes eight studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the following year. The follow-up, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, reached the top of the Billboard 200 in 1992. After a hiatus between 2002 and 2005, the band regrouped and toured for several years before releasing Warpaint in 2008, which hit number 5 on the Billboard chart. After the release of a greatest hits/acoustic double album Croweology in August 2010, the band started a 20th anniversary tour that was followed by a second hiatus. After touring in 2013, the band announced another break-up in 2015. The band reformed in late 2019 to announce a 2020 tour in support of the 30th anniversary of Shake Your Money Maker.
The band sold more than 30 million albums, and is listed at number 92 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. They were labeled by Melody Maker as "The Most Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World" and the readers of Rolling Stone voted them 'Best New American Band' in 1990.
Formation: 1984–1989
The first incarnation of the band, "Mr. Crowe's Garden," named after Leonard Leslie Brookes children's book Johnny Crow's Garden, began in 1984 in Marietta, Georgia. Influenced by contemporary local acts like R.E.M., 1960s psychedelic pop and classic southern rock, they gradually evolved into a revivalist band dedicated to 1970s-era blues rock. Although the band has had a high turnover rate throughout their history, the driving force behind the band has always been brothers Chris and Rich Robinson who initially formed the band while attending Walton High School.
The first professional demo the Robinson brothers did was for A&M Records in 1987. The band's manager at the time, Dave Macias, got in touch with A&M rep Aaron Jacoves, from Los Angeles, who offered the band a 'demo' deal and arranged the band's first of several demo sessions. It was held at Steve Gronback's studio in Carrboro, North Carolina. They were paid $2,000 by Jacoves to cover production costs. Jeff Sullivan (of Drivin' 'n' Cryin' fame) played drums on the first demo, while subsequent demo recordings featured Steve Gorman on the drums.
Steve Gorman played on the subsequent A&M demos in Carrboro, N.C. during mid and late 1987, although as a guest drummer at first until he officially joined Mr. Crowe's Garden later that year.
The band was originally offered a record deal in 1987 under the label "Dog Gone" by Jefferson Holt (of R.E.M. fame) but held out. They eventually met George Drakoulias through A&M, when the band was playing as a quartet later in New York City at a club called "Drums." The band also played at CBGB's in New York later in 1988. Drakoulias turned the band on to music it had not heard before like The Faces and Humble Pie. Up until then the band did not cover Stones songs and Rich did not play in open-G tunings for Mr. Crowe's Garden songs.
Height of fame: 1990–1995
The band released its first studio album, Shake Your Money Maker, in 1990. Supported by singles "Hard to Handle," "She Talks to Angels," "Jealous Again," "Twice As Hard," "Sister Luck," and "Seeing Things," the album received multi-platinum certification and eventually sold more than five million copies. Their cover of Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle" and acoustic ballad "She Talks to Angels" both achieved top 30 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991. The band opened for ZZ Top on a tour sponsored by Miller Beer, from which they were fired in March 1991 after Chris Robinson's verbal tirade aimed at Miller. The band launched its own tour that May and later took part in a Monsters of Rock tour in Europe, where they opened for Metallica, AC/DC, Mötley Crüe and Queensrÿche.
After replacing guitarist Jeff Cease with Marc Ford from blues-rock power trio Burning Tree, the band released its second album The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion in 1992. The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The effort spawned the singles "Remedy," "Sting Me," "Thorn in My Pride" and "Hotel Illness," all of which topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. "Remedy" and "Thorn in My Pride" also charted on the Hot 100 in 1992.
Because of the prevalence of studio musician (and former Allman brother) Chuck Leavell's piano and organ parts on the first release, the band hired a keyboardist of its own, Eddie Harsch. He became a permanent member of the group beginning on the "High as the Moon" tour.
In 1994, the now six-piece band released Amorica after scrapping the unreleased album Tall the previous year. The album eventually achieved Gold status, selling over 500,000 copies. The cover featured a picture of a woman's crotch wearing a US-flag thong with visible pubic hair, which was taken from a 1976 issue of Hustler magazine. As some stores would not carry the album because of the cover, a different version was released simultaneously with a solid black background, showing only the triangle.
Middle era: 1996–2001
Three Snakes and One Charm was released in July 1996. The band's support tour included a summer stint with the 1997 Furthur Festival, along with Ratdog, Bruce Hornsby and others. During this period, the band recorded an album called Band, which was scrapped. Guitarist Marc Ford was fired and bassist Johnny Colt subsequently left the group, dissolving the Crowes lineup of the previous three albums. The unreleased tracks from Tall and Band surfaced among tape trading circles and were later officially released on The Lost Crowes (2006).
The band regrouped, adding Sven Pipien on bass prior to its next recording sessions. By Your Side was released in January 1999; the album stripped away the more adventurous sounds of Amorica and Three Snakes and One Charm in favor of leaner, soul-influenced songs. Guitarist Audley Freed, formerly of Cry of Love, joined prior to the recording of By Your Side but was not included in the recording sessions.
In October 1999, the band was joined by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page for two pairs of shows in New York and Los Angeles, and also Worcester's Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA, USA on October 16, 1999, yielding a live release, Live at the Greek on TVT Records. Due to contractual issues with Columbia, Live at the Greek did not feature any of the band's songs performed with Page. The collaboration led to a more extensive tour with Page and The Who in summer 2000, during which Pipien was replaced by Greg Rzab. Following the tour, singer Chris Robinson married actress Kate Hudson, before heading back to the studio to record the band's sixth studio album.
In May 2001, the band released Lions on Virgin mogul Richard Branson's V2 record label; the album peaked at number 20 on the charts. The band launched its support of the album with the month-long Tour of Brotherly Love with Oasis and Spacehog in May and June 2001. Throughout the rest of 2001, the band embarked on the "Listen Massive" headlining tour in support of Lions, which spanned Europe and Japan before concluding with 36 US shows. The band effectively dissolved in January 2002 with the departure of drummer Steve Gorman and an announcement that the band was "taking a hiatus."
First hiatus and reunion: 2002–2005
A live album pieced together from two 2001 shows performed at Boston's Orpheum Theatre was released in August 2002. In 2004, some members of the band did reunite to play "Sometimes Salvation" with Gov't Mule at the 2004 Jammy Awards. During the hiatus, Chris Robinson released albums New Earth Mud in 2002 and This Magnificent Distance in 2004. Meanwhile, Rich Robinson formed a short-lived band called Hookah Brown before releasing his own solo album, Paper, in 2004.
In early 2005, the Robinson brothers and Eddie Harsch reassembled the band, bringing Marc Ford and Sven Pipien back into the fold and in the absence of founding member Steve Gorman, recruited drummer Bill Dobrow, from Rich's solo band. Dobrow's tenure was short-lived, however, as Gorman rejoined the band during a four-night stand at The Tabernacle in Atlanta. The reinvigorated band continued to tour throughout 2005, including a summer tour opening for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and five nights at The Fillmore in San Francisco. The second show at The Fillmore was filmed in high definition and released later in 2006 as Freak 'n' Roll into the Fog on DVD, Blu-ray and audio CD.
Changing lineup and renewed success: 2006–2009
In fall 2006, Eddie Harsch and Marc Ford left the band. Replacing Harsch and Ford were Rob Clores and Paul Stacey, respectively. In August 2007, the band replaced Clores with Adam MacDougall. Stacey's tenure was never intended to be permanent and when the band invited guitar player Luther Dickinson from North Mississippi Allstars to perform on their upcoming record, entitled Warpaint Dickinson officially replaced Stacey as guitarist. Stacey continued to work with the band, however, as producer of Warpaint.
A live album entitled Live at the Roxy, culled from the 2006 Brothers of a Feather performances (featuring Chris and Rich Robinson performing mostly acoustic sets) was released on July 10, 2007. The album featured performances of old and new Black Crowes material mixed with covers, taken from a three-night run at The Roxy in Los Angeles in early 2006.
The Black Crowes' first album since reforming, Warpaint, was released on March 3, 2008. Warpaint was critically acclaimed and the album landed at number 5 on the Billboard 200, the band's best debut since The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion topped the charts. The band launched an international tour March 24 when they played the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival in Australia. The band continued its Australia and New Zealand tour—the first since 1992—through April 5, before departing for a European trek. A US tour began in May and concluded in December with another five-night stand at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Also that year, the Black Crowes filed a lawsuit against country singer Gretchen Wilson, claiming that she infringed upon their copyright for the song "Jealous Again".
In April 2009, the band released a two-disc live album entitled Warpaint Live. The first disc consists of the Warpaint album played in its entirety, while the second disc is made up of catalog classics and cover selections. The entire performance contained on the set was recorded on March 20, 2008, at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. A DVD of the same performance was released on June 30, 2009. The band released its eighth studio album, Before the Frost...Until the Freeze, later that year. A CD purchase of the album is accompanied with a download code to receive the album's companion release, ...Until the Freeze. The vinyl version is a double album that includes all of the songs but in a different running order. These albums resulted from five days of recording at Levon Helms Studio in Woodstock, and presents a combination of new material and a few new cover songs recorded live in front of an audience. Continuing the trend set with the previous album Warpaint the Crowes incorporated more of their country and bluegrass roots in these recordings as well as venturing into new avenues such as disco in the song "I Ain't Hidin'". A DVD of these sessions, including some interview and backstage segments, was released named Cabin Fever.
"Final" years: 2010–2015
On April 21, 2010, the band announced an August 3 release date for a double, all-acoustic album Croweology, as well as tour dates for the "Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys" tour, which featured two 90-minute sets at the majority of shows: one acoustic and one electric. After the tour, the band went on another "indefinite" hiatus.
On November 26, 2010, the Black Crowes released a special edition Record Store Day Black Friday 10" vinyl picture disc w/download card called, Say Goodnight to The Bad Guys/Remedy (acoustic live) for independent record stores.
After ending the U.S. tour at The Fillmore in December the Crowes played nine Goodnight to the Bad Guys shows in Europe in July 2011. These included festivals in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as a few headlining shows where, comparable to the US tour, they played a 90-minute acoustic and 90-minute electric set. The final four shows included two in London (the second of which featured a Jimmy Page-led encore), followed by two that saw them return to Amsterdam's Paradiso.
On December 25, 2012, it was announced that the Crowes would embark on a five-show UK trek in March 2013, followed by a 21-date US tour from April to early May. Instead of Luther Dickinson, Jackie Greene would play guitar and provide backup vocals.
On March 19, 2013, the band released its fourth live album titled Wiser for the Time. The album was released as a digital download and as a four record vinyl set. The album was recorded during the band's 2010 series of concerts in New York City. On April 23, 2013, the Black Crowes returned to their hometown of Atlanta and played at The Tabernacle in front of a capacity crowd.
In July 2013, the band kicked off a tour with the Tedeschi Trucks Band. In December 2013, the band returned to hiatus.
On January 15, 2015, Rich Robinson announced the final breakup of the band due to a disagreement with his brother Chris Robinson over an alleged proposal regarding ownership of the band. In an interview, drummer Steve Gorman indicated that prior to the breakup, the Black Crowes had been discussing a tour.
Post breakup: 2015–2018
Following the Crowes' most recent breakup, band members moved on to other musical projects, some of which were active prior to the band's disbandment.
Chris Robinson has continued performing with the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, a band he formed in 2011 which also includes Adam MacDougall. He released his third studio album with them, Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel, in 2016, followed by the EP "If You Lived Here, You Would Be Home By Now" later the same year. In 2017, the CRB released "Barefoot In The Head." The CRB has also released 4 Live Albums, "Betty's Blends Volumes 1, 2, 3", and "Betty's Midwestern Magic Blends." Chris Robinson has performed a few solo acoustic shows during which he played several Black Crowes songs, including "Hotel Illness" and "Bad Luck, Blue Eyes Goodbye."
In 2018, Chris Robinson formed the band "As the Crow Flies" which performs songs from the Black Crowes catalogue. Robinson noted, "I'm not out to redo the Black Crowes or outdo the Black Crowes or anything like that. I just want to sing the music." The band includes former Crowes Audley Freed and Adam MacDougall and Andy Hess as well as Marcus King and Tony Leone.
Rich Robinson has continued his solo career, recording his fourth solo album, Flux, in 2016. In late 2016 he announced the formation of The Magpie Salute which also includes former Black Crowes members Marc Ford and Sven Pipien. The band performs original songs, Black Crowes songs, covers, and selections from Robinson and Ford's solo careers. The band released a live album, The Magpie Salute, in 2017, and their debut studio album, High Water I, was released on August 10, 2018.
"High Water II is due for release in 2019.
Steve Gorman has continued to perform with Trigger Hippy, a band he co-founded in 2009 (which also featured Jackie Greene until late 2015 when he left to focus on his solo career). He recently finished a book about his time in the Black Crowes which will be published on September 24, 2019.
Former keyboardist Eddie Harsch died November 4, 2016, at the age of 59.
Second reunion: 2019–present
In late 2019, during an interview on The Howard Stern Show, Chris and Rich Robinson announced a 2020 tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Shake Your Money Maker. The tour will have 46 dates and feature an entirely new backing band including guitarist Isiah Mitchell, bassist Tim Lefebvre, keyboardist Joel Robinow, and drummer Raj Ojha.
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Kirk Herbstreit Tests Positive for COVID-19, Will Call Sugar Bowl From Home
Bygeorgeleyva on December 31, 2020
Kirk Herbstreit is the latest media personality to contract the coronavirus. On Tuesday via Twitter, the ESPN college football analyst announced he has tested positive for COVID-19. Herbstreit, who is scheduled to call the Sugar Bowl between Clemson and Ohio State on Friday, said he would work from home.
"Earlier this week, I tested positive for Covid," Herbstreit wrote. "Thankfully, I feel good & my family is okay, but going through protocols that will keep me home. I will be working from home, Jan. 1 on (College GameDay) & later that day, on the call for the (Sugar Bowl) with Chris (Fowler), Maria (Taylor) & Tom (Rinaldi). Can't wait for the rematch between (Clemson) and (Ohio State)." Herbstreit has ties to both schools as he played quarterback for Ohio State from 1989-92. His father, Jim, also played for the Buckeyes, but Kirk's sons, Tye and Jake, play for Clemson.
Herbstreit is ESPN's top college football analyst. He has been on College GameDay since 1996 and has helped the show win eight Sports Emmys. He has also been nominated for three Sports Emmy Awards for Best Studio Analyst (2010, 2011, 2019). In a recent interview with PopCulture.com, Herbstreit talked about the future of the College Football Playoff.
"If there's ever been a year where it needs to be eight teams or it needs to be 12 teams, this would be a great year for that," Herbstreit said. "Marshall is going to have a very hard time coming out of Conference USA being recognized as a team that should be considered for the playoffs. …I think it's awesome that Coastal Carolina is having the year that they're having. It's fun to watch, I'm a big fan of these teams and I'm a big fan of them getting the attention that they deserve. But at the end of the day, it's not about the most deserving teams, it's about the four best teams."
During his time at Ohio State, Herbstreit was the team captain his senior year. He threw for 1,904 yards that season and led the team to an appearance in the Florida Citrus Bowl. Jim played at Ohio State from 1958-60 and went on to be an assistant coach. He was a member of the Ohio State coaching staff that led the team to a national title in 1961.
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In the days when V. S. Naipaul could still bring himself to praise somebody else, he wrote of C. L. R. James's Beyond a Boundary that it gave 'a base and solidity to West Indian literary endeavour'. James's opus, he remarked, was 'one of the finest and most finished books to come out of the West [...]
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The movies arrive
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
The Movies get moving
Early filmmaking in Hollywood (LAPL)
By Jim Bishop
Hollywood wasn't always an open air asylum. It was founding in 1887 by retired bluenoses as a prohibition town. No drinks, no excitement. A horse could not turn a corner at a speed greater than six miles per hour. It was a nice place if you were an orange.
Movies were unheard of in Hollywood, even in 1900. The flickering shadows were devised in a place called Fort Lee, N.J. It had forests, rocks, cliffs for cliff-hanging, and the Hudson River.
The movie industry had two problems. The weather was unpredictable, and Thomas Edison sued producers who used his invention. A romantic two-reeler could be made in three days for $1,000 if the rain stopped and if the process servers got lost on the Dyckman St. ferry.
The Selig Polyscope Co. heard from a director, Francis Boggs, that a tiny town called Hollywood, Calif., had everything. There was perpetual sunshine, palm trees, the Santa Monica Mountains for westerns, a beach for provocative mermaids, and an ocean for sea stories.
William Selig, the owner, went to see Edison. They organized the Motion Picture Patent Co. Selig was ready to go west. All he had to move were a couple of hand-cranked cameras, a director, a leading man and a leading lady, and a dozen unemployed actors.
In March 1909, Selig arrived in Los Angeles. He didn't have to bring scenery. It was all in place. His two-reelers created envy in the East. In the autumn, Biograph and D.W. Griffith moved to Los Angeles. By spring, Pathé, Vitagraph, Lubin and Kalem had gone west.
Strangely, they not select the small town of Hollywood. The studios were in Glendale, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, San Diego and Santa Monica. It was not until 1911 that David Horsley moved his Nestor Co. west. The prohibition town, Hollywood, had an abandoned saloon at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street.
The prohibitionists learned too late that, while it was desirable to have no booze, Hollywood also had no water. The little town was forced to incorporate itself with Los Angeles. Local ordinances became invalid.
At the same time, the suburban towns yanked the welcome mat from the movie people. William Fox moved to Hollywood. Carl Laemmle bought the Nestor studio. Essanay and Vitagraph made it unanimous.
Mack Sennett shot his comedies at the beach or in the middle of the street. His actors pushed their way into public parades and skidded automobiles over dusty roads to create excitement.
Millions of people were paying a nickel a head to see these epics. Charlie Chaplin arrived. So did Harold Lloyd. A teen-ager named Mary Pickford was seen in a nightie, yawning and holding an automobile tire with a credo: Time to Retire.
The brought her out. And Mabel Normand, Tom Mix and William Farnum could actually ride a horse. So could William S. Hart. Movie plots became longer, more intricate. High-ceilinged studios were built. The prohibitionists left Hollywood in dismay. To them, it became a place of sin.
Cecil B. DeMille heard that Griffith had spent $100,000 on The Birth of a Nation, featuring the Gish sisters. He decided to spend more on sophisticated movies like Why Change Your Wife? and Forbidden Fruit.
The movie-goers admired certain actors. This led to the star system. In 1909, a star was paid $5 a day. Five years later, Mary Pickford was earning $1,000 a week. An English comic, Charlie Chaplin was paid $150 a week in 1913 by Mack Sennett. Two years later, he was getting $10,000 a week.
What had started as nickel theater became a gigantic industry. Some studios built their own theaters across the nation. Movies seduced the emotions of America two hours at a time—laughter and tears.
Where there is big money there are fights, consolidations and codes. The independent producer was squeezed out or bought out. Movie magazines, which pretend to purvey the private lives of the stars, flourished.
Pretty girls in Iowa and Maine were told "you ought to be in pictures." They went out west and, with few exceptions, became hash slingers or worse. Hollywood became the magic Mecca of make-believe.
It was, in those days, a sparkling city of fame and light. Today (1979) it is smog and freeways, freaks and drugs, cults and sexual religions, front money and mortgages, stupendous hits and duds, economic knifings and gossip columnists, movie agents and press agents.
Baby, you've come a long, long way.
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Filmmaking in Hollywood approaching 100 years
Filmmaking in Hollywood celebrates 100 years
This year marks the 100th anniversary of when producers first made films in Hollywood. Back in 1911, when Hollywood Boulevard (then Prospect Avenue) was lined with orange trees and Sunset Boulevard was all lemon trees, Hollywood citizens scoffed when they saw films being made in the streets. According to Al Christie, pioneer film producer, the people of Hollywood used to regard the film people as lunatics. Over the next year, Hollywoodland will profile the historic people and events from Hollywood's first year. The following is a remembrance of Christie, who along with David Horsley, opened the first motion picture studio at the northwest corner of Sunset and Gower on October 27, 1911.
By Al Christie, 1928
"Motion pictures are a business now, but they were a 'freak' when we came out to Los Angeles in 1911. Hollywood was a sleepy little town of dusty roads and yellow orchards, pepper trees, and a profusion of flowers. Hollywood Boulevard seemed all orange trees, Sunset all lemon trees. The flowers and fruit were so beautiful that we tried to use them as background in every picture.
"In those days we had no rushes. The films were shipped east before we saw them, to be developed. We saw the first picture we made in California three months later and we noticed, to our disappointment, that the oranges photographed black.
"On one of those first days, when we were shooting a comedy scene on a Hollywood street corner, one of the town's good citizens came along, walked into camera range and stood there stiffly. I asked him if he would mind moving, and he replied, hotly, 'I'm a taxpayer, sir, I've a right to stay her, and I'm going to!'
"'Going to stay right there?' I asked him.
"'Yes, sir, right here!'
"'That's fine, were going to move across the road and you will be out of vision,' I rejoined. He was pretty mad.
"None of us had heard of Hollywood before we came west. There were other companies in Los Angeles. D.W. Griffith was working at the corner of Georgia and Pico, where the car bars are now. Fred Balshofer was in Edendale and Selig in Glendale. A real estate agent told us he had a fine lot in a place called Hollywood. He took us out on Sunset Boulevard and while he was showing it to other members of the party I wandered away from him and across the street to what we decided upon as our first studio location.
"There stood an old abandoned roadhouse [Blondeau Tavern], a low, rambling building with a big veranda and many private dining rooms. There was a big bar which we made into a carpenter shop. Margarita Fischer and Harry Pollard were given the little dining rooms for dressing rooms. A lot of others who weren't so fortunate dressed in the old bard, where the horses had formerly been kept. Russell Bassett, the eminent actor, now dead, once said, 'That I should come to see the day when I should dress with the horses!' And he was serious.
"Location trips meant work for everyone. Every actor used to know how to hammer and saw. In addition to doubling, loading props on and off the wagons, painting the legs of the horses when we wanted to double them, the actors build all the sets. In the winter we would stop camera shooting a half past three. Could the actors go home? No! We would say, 'All right, boys, now we'll put up the house for tomorrow.' Even the women helped in their spare time. My mother made all the curtains for the sets.
"There was one motion picture theater in town. It was nothing extra, and not many people went to it. As a result, no one was much interested in what we did, except to think of us as a bunch of 'nuts.'
"What a contrast to conditions today. Everyone in Hollywood knows almost as much about pictures as those of us in the business. If we took a company down Hollywood Boulevard today to make a street scene with a man jumping on and off a moving street car, we would get 100 per cent cooperation. I would be willing to wager that without knowing our plans, the first motorman who came along would slow up to let our man make his jumps. They're all movie actors now."
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One-hundred years of filmmaking in Hollywood
The 100th anniversary of Hollywood's first movie studio
The above photo is reportedly a photo of David Horsley and his troup taken at the train station upon his arrival in Los Angeles, one-hundred years ago today on October 27, 1911. Horsely is on the far right with mustache and bowler. The boy with the camera is his son. Al Christie is over Horsley's right shoulder.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first movie studio located in Hollywood. There were other companies in Los Angeles by this time–D.W. Griffith was working at the corner of Georgia and Pico. Fred Balshofer was in Edendale and Col. William Selig in Glendale but no one had yet set up shop in Hollywood, which would become the film capitol of the world.
Brothers David and William Horsley formed the Centaur Film Company on the east coast. By 1910 their operation was producing three movies a week, including the Mutt and Jeff comedies. Along with other movie independents, they succeeded in defeating the monopolistic hold on the industry of Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company. However, weather conditions became so bad during the summer and early fall of 1911 that it was impossible to make motion pictures in the vicinity of New York City. The camera depended entirely on sunshine and there just wasn't any sunshine to speak of. Frustrated, David Horsley took his three companies and loaded them on the train and moved his operations to California.
Horsley arrived in Hollywood with Al Christie, director and cameraman, and actor Thomas Ricketts and others. Hollywood was a sleepy little town of dusty roads and yellow orchards, pepper trees, and a profusion of flowers. Hollywood Boulevard seemed all orange trees, Sunset all lemon trees. Reportedly some footage was shot in the orchards of one of Hollywood's early founders, H.J. Whitley. The following day, October 27, 1911, Frank Hoover, a local photographer with a studio at the southeast corner of Hollywood and Gower, introduced Horsley to Marie Blondeau, a widow who owned a closed-up roadhouse down the street on Sunset and Gower. The tavern was a low, rambling building with a big veranda and many private dining rooms.
Blondeau Tavern
After lunch they went poking around in the backyard of the roadhouse. The tropical foliage and orange groves so entranced them that they rented it that day from Mrs. Blondeau for $40 a month—backyard and all. As a result the Nestor Company opened the first motion picture studio in Hollywood on the site of a deserted tavern. The next day they started shooting The Law of the Range, starring Harold Lockwood.
At the new studio, Horsley had three units working simultaneously—one was under the direction of Milton H. Fahrney, who made one single reel Western picture every week; another was directed by Thomas Ricketts who made one single reel dramatic picture every week; and the third was under the direction of Al Christie, who made one single reel Mutt and Jeff comedy picture every week.
In those days there were no rushes. The negatives were developed after dark on the old screen porch of the tavern, and sent to Bayonne, New Jersey, to the laboratory for printing. The cast and crew did not see Law of the Range until three months later and they noticed, to their disappointment, that the oranges photographed black.
The above help-wanted ad, looking for actors, appeared in the Los Angeles Times on November 4, 1911, one week after Horsley set up shop in Hollywood
The old tavern had to be remodeled in order to meet their needs. There was a big bar which was made into a carpenter shop. The house was turned into offices, the barn into a property room. A stage was built in the yard—with muslin over it to diffuse the light. Margarita Fischer and Harry Pollard were given the little dining rooms for dressing rooms. A lot of others who weren't so fortunate dressed in the old barn, where the horses had formerly been kept. Russell Bassett, the eminent actor, once said, 'That I should come to see the day when I should dress with the horses!' And he was serious.
Location trips meant work for everyone. Every actor had to know how to hammer and saw. In addition to doubling, loading props on and off the wagons, painting the legs of the horses when they wanted to double them, the actors built all the sets. In the winter they would stop camera shooting at three-thirty. Could the actors go home? No! The director would say, "All right, boys, now we'll put up the house for tomorrow." Even the women helped in their spare time. Al Christie's mother made all the curtains for the sets.
Christie / Nestor Studios 1913
On one of the first days of filming Al Christie was shooting a comedy scene on a Hollywood street corner, and one of the local residents came along, walked into camera range and stood there stiffly. Christie asked him if he would mind moving, and he replied, hotly, 'I'm a taxpayer, sir, I've a right to stay her, and I'm going to!'
"'Going to stay right there?' Christie asked him.
"'That's fine, were going to move across the road and you will be out of vision,' Christie said. He was pretty mad.
Above is the site of the former Blondeau Tavern, Nestor Studios and Christie Studios on the northwest corner of Sunset and Gower. In the late 1930s it then became the home of CBS. The building is now abandoned.
The studio was operated by David Horsley until May 20, 1912, when Universal Film Company was formed and took over every one of the independent companies then operating and each one took stock for his studio, laboratories and other picture interests. Horsley received $175,000 in preferred stock and $204,000 in common stock in the Universal Company. He also was elected to the office of treasurer of Universal at $200 per week salary, a lot of money in those days.
Throughout the next few months I will continue the story and post about the people and places of those early days of filmmaking in Hollywood.
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The Culture of the Fighter Pilot: Brotherhood (Part 2)
by Scott Wolff Sep 7, 2014
The fighter community has dirty laundry — there's absolutely no denying it. Their world has been turned inside out for the mistakes of an incredibly small percentage of the people flying fast jets. However, the careers of some of the best people and the best combat leaders of our time were destroyed by a few questionably-motivated individuals who know nothing about leadership or what it takes to deliver the air dominance they thoughtlessly take for granted, and I make that statement without apology.
Please don't misunderstand me: I do not condone the crimes that were committed against Smith and others. I firmly believe that those responsible for those offenses should be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent possible by the UCMJ, whether those parties are still in the military or have moved on to civilian life. There's no excuse for behavior that knowingly and purposefully degrades another person, in private or in front of their peers, or results in a crime of physical and emotional violence. There is a line there and when one crosses it, that individual should be prepared for the consequences. Period.
But if we're going to be throwing the book at folks and making an example of them, can we at least make sure we're crucifying the correct ones?
"Vegas," "Rocket," "Mach," and "Shooter" step to their aircraft in preparation for an Airpower Demonstration at Shaw AFB, SC.
Six of the officers who were assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw have received disciplinary action: letters of reprimand or counseling, follow-on assignments pulled or delayed, and early removal from current assignments. In today's environment of "zero defects" within the Department of Defense, those in positions of leadership at Shaw when the plight of Smith made the headlines were the easiest targets. Keep in mind that none of those men were commanding squadrons at Shaw when the alleged offenses occurred.
Someone had to pay, right? So let's take great men and fantastic leaders with recent combat experience, experience where they and officers under their charge absolutely overwhelmed and annihilated their enemy and accomplished time-sensitive national objectives, and make them scapegoats for the rest of the world to see. Awesome job. Well done.
"SHOT," an F-16C Fighting Falcon pilot with the 187th Fighter Wing, Alabama Air National Guard.
The fighter community is expected to carry out their share of this nation's dirty work, and trust me, there's nothing politically correct about dropping bombs on people, giving an enemy radar operator a tungsten kiss on the chin, or giving a MiG pilot the business end of an AIM-9X.
Domestically, they sit on alert 24-7-365 waiting for an enemy to approach our borders, or for another situation like 9/11/01 to take place. Should a similar attack happen again, who will be the ones potentially shooting down an airliner full of innocent people to defend a target like our nation's capital? Fighter pilots. When our ground troops are in trouble engaging the enemy in Afghanistan, who will roll in and deliver ordnance on the enemy position? Fighter pilots.
Do you really mind if they have a beer in the squadron after the flying is done? Does it really matter if they use the f-bomb in a briefing? When ISIS is in the process of slaughtering men, women, and children in Iraq for nothing more than their religious beliefs, this nation's fighter pilots are killing as many of them as possible to stop their aggression. Do you really mind if they throw a rowdy party or sing dirty songs in the bar after work? Does it somehow affect their ability to execute their assigned mission?
"Stitch," an F-15C Eagle pilot with the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard.
Unfortunately, the politically correct in this country would answer many of these questions with an unequivocal "Yes."
Because of that "yes" from the clueless out there, fighter pilots will be under the proverbial microscope. As if 12-hour days, upgrades, TDYs, deployments, schools, and other specialized education (U.S. Air Force Weapons School, for example) aren't enough pressure, right? The job is not easy. It's not all fun and games and it requires the stamina of an ironman triathlete.
I have tremendous respect for General Mark A. Welsh III, the current U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, but to the largest degree, the man's hands are tied. He's only able to do so much to keep the USAF's internal enemies in D.C. at bay and reverse the damage done by his predecessors.
As a fighter pilot himself, General Welsh understands how important morale is in this community, and his efforts to help restore some of the mystique to the fighter pilot persona are reaping big dividends. Without push coming from the top, fighter pilots would continue the be just another bunch of guys and gals in green footie-pajamas, stripped of everything that sets them apart and makes them special. It's unconscionable to me that some people out there, even some wearing U.S. Air Force uniforms, would prefer it that way.
"Nails" goes through his pre-flight checks prior to launching for a Red Flag mission at Nellis AFB, NV.
Put in long hours while doing your non-combatant finance job downrange? Here's a Bronze Star Medal for your efforts. So you're a non-aircrew NCO who stares at a scope all day long? Your working uniform is now a flightsuit–complete with its own set of "special" wings. The list of completely asinine accommodations goes on, ladies and gentlemen. It's like athletics for grade-schoolers – even though you didn't do anything to earn it, here's a trophy for just showing up. Congratulations. Is it any great mystery as to why the U.S. Air Force's fighter community is hemorrhaging talent at such an alarming rate?
Some may view this as insulting to other AFSCs, but hear me on this point: EVERYONE in uniform is worthy of honor, respect, and praise for what they do and I am very grateful to one and all; however, I do not for a second believe that it's okay to strip away the uniqueness of ANY community, be they fighter, mobility, special operations, finance, space, cyber, or whatever…in an effort to make everyone else feel good about themselves.
Female F-15E Strike Eagle pilots and weapon systems officers (WSOs) at Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.
The culture that thrives in the fighter community is special, and it was fostered by men like General Robin Olds. Without that culture, the brotherhood and sisterhood (God bless the CFPA!) that fighter pilots share would cease to exist, and the results they've delivered over the last 60 years would also abruptly end. It would, in effect, deny today's fighter pilots to celebrate their rich heritage and carry forward the legacies of greats like "Bud" Day, "Boots" Blesse, "40 Second" Boyd, and others.
These men and women need to have the ability to beat the hell out of each other in debrief, and yet share some fun times together so they know, without question, that when it comes time to FENCE IN, they have each other's back. Not exactly your Monday through Friday, Nine-to-Five kind of existence, is it?
As long as there are fighters to fly, fighter pilots will fly them. Their culture will carry on, and I will continue to believe that the best thing about flying fighters has nothing to do with flying, but everything to do with the pilots who fly them. They can take the booze out of the squadron bars, they can force pilots to push their sleeves down and wear green boots, they can forbid the wearing of Friday shirts and morale tabs, but they will never kill the spirit of the fighter pilot.
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Baseball: Tampa Bay finds some Rays of hope at Fenway Park
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon spends most of his time giving signs.
On Thursday night, he went searching for one.
"You're always looking for signs, man. You're looking for signs from the baseball heaven and the baseball gods," he said after the Rays followed a fluke play with a three-run homer and beat the Boston Red Sox 9-2 to cut their deficit in the A.L. wild-card race to three games. "They've got to throw you signs once in a while. They've got to give you something to further the belief."
Evan Longoria hit a three-run homer, and B.J. Upton and Casey Kotchman each hit two-run shots for the Rays, who had trailed the Red Sox by nine games in the wild-card race on Sept. 3. But Upton's broken-bat RBI single snapped a scoreless tie and convinced the Rays that luck could be on their side.
With two on and two out in the third, Upton hit what would ordinarily be an inning-ending ground ball toward shortstop Marco Scutaro. But the barrel of Upton's bat arrived at the same time as the ball, and when Scutaro jumped to avoid the pointy shard, he allowed the ball to go through his legs.
"Believe me, when I saw that I thought, 'Hey, let's see what's going to happen for the rest of the game,' " Maddon said. "And then the home run followed it right up."
The Red Sox dropped to 3-11 in September to fall from first place in the division to 41/2 games behind the New York Yankees and into a race with the once-dismissed Rays for the wild card. Boston and Tampa Bay play three more times at Fenway Park this weekend. "I think enough things haven't gone our way, so I'll take it," Upton said.
Cardinals: Cleanup hitter Matt Holliday will miss four or five days with an injured right hand, hurt while taking practice swings in the on deck circle.
Reds: Right-hander Johnny Cueto will miss his next start because of a strained muscle in his back but has not been shut down for the season. Cueto is a close second in the N.L. ERA race (2.31). He would need to pitch again to have enough innings to qualify for the title.


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Jai Gangaajal failed to light up the North American box office in its opening weekend. From March 4-6, 2016, it earned $118,758 from 93 theaters ($1,277 average). Jai Gangaajal's earnings were by no means terrible, just lower than one expects from a movie featuring Priyanka Chopra, Bollywood's most recognizable star in the United States.
Also keep in mind that Jai Gangaajal was only the second highest-earning Hindi film of the weekend in the U.S. and Canada, finishing behind Neerja in its third week of release. Neerja earned $167,727 from 113 theaters ($1,484 average), bringing its total to $1,526,679.
Other Hindi movies showing in North America include:
Airlift: Week 7; $965 from one theater; $1,857,440 total
Tere Bin Laden – Dead or Alive: Week 2; $420 from five theaters; $85 average; $25,893 total
This entry was posted in Box Office and tagged 2016, Airlift, Bollywood, Bollywood Box Office, box office, Earnings, Hindi, Indian, Jai Gangaajal, March 4-6, Movie, Neerja, Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive on March 7, 2016 by Kathy.
Opening March 4: Jai Gangaajal
Quantico's Priyanka Chopra plays a different kind of law enforcement officer in Jai Gangaajal, opening in Chicago area theaters on March 4, 2016.
Jai Gangaajal opens on Friday at MovieMax Cinemas in Niles, AMC South Barrington 30 in South Barrington, and Regal Cantera Stadium 17 in Warrenville. It has a listed runtime of 2 hrs. 25 min.
Neerja carries over for a third week at all three of the above theaters, plus the AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18 in Skokie. MovieMax also holds over Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive for a second week.
Other Indian movies showing in the Chicago area this weekend include Kalyana Vaibhogame (Telugu) at the Muvico Rosemont 18 in Rosemont, plus seven other films at MovieMax: Monsoon Mangoes (Malayalam), Pokkiri Raja (Tamil), Kshanam (Telugu), Maheshinte Prathikaaram (Malayalam), Puthiya Niyamam (Malayalam), Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (Telugu w/no subtitles), and Action Hero Biju (Malayalam).
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The weekend of February 26-28, 2016, provides a good picture of the state of the Bollywood market in North America. Attendance is often all or nothing, with audiences flocking to certain movies while avoiding others like the plague.
Neerja is a perfect example of a high-demand film. In its second weekend of release, Neerja actually added 47 new theaters. It earned $450,086 from a total of 135 theaters in the United States and Canada, a per-screen average of $3,334. Its North American total stands at $1,248,463, which is already more than double what it earned in its opening weekend.
On the flip side is the weekend's new release, Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive. It earned a mere $18,450 from 62 theaters, an average of just $298 per screen. Considering that my local theater ran the movie 12 times over the weekend with an average ticket price of $10, that per-screen average means that most showings had an audience of fewer than three people.
TBL 2's failure was so predictable that it makes the decision to release it into 62 theaters here mind-boggling. But this year has been replete with bad decision upon bad decision, and we're only two months into 2016. It seems that the lessons of 2015 have already been forgotten.
Last year was noteworthy because 42 Hindi films released in North American theaters, a drop of about 20% from 2014's peak of 52 theatrically released Hindi movies. Yet the total box office returns for all Bollywood fare in North America grew steadily, increasing by approximately 11% on movies released in 2014, which itself improved on 2013's total by 12%. Total theater count also grew at a similar pace, up by about 8% from 2014, which itself grew by approximately 5% from 2013. It's evident that overall industry growth depends more on increased access to theatrical releases, not an increased volume of titles available.
Another key point is that, in 2015, just five theatrical releases failed to earn at least $30,000 in their opening weekend. That was down from 13 titles in 2014 and ten in 2014. Yet, just two months into 2016, we've already had five titles earn under $30,000 in their opening weekends! How many more obvious duds have to bomb before studios and distributors realize not every Bollywood movie merits an international theatrical release?
Airlift: Week 6; $7,771 from six theaters; $1,295 average; $1,854,787 total
Fitoor: Week 3; $2,171 from five theaters; $434 average; $513,879 total
Loveshhuda: Week 2; $200 from two theaters; $100 average; $1,787 total
This entry was posted in Box Office and tagged 2016, Airlift, Bollywood, Bollywood Box Office, box office, box office trends, Earnings, February 26-28, Fitoor, Hindi, Indian, Loveshhuda, Neerja, Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive on February 29, 2016 by Kathy.
Movie Review: Tere Bin Laden – Dead or Alive (2016)
The comedy sequel Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive starts out strong, but the story doesn't have enough momentum to sustain laughs. Two films in this franchise are enough.
Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive (TBL 2, henceforth) begins in 2009. Manish Paul plays Abhishek Sharma, the real-life writer and director of both movies. Abhishek (the character) gets the greenlight to make his first film — Tere Bin Laden — after he spots Paddi Singh (Pradhuman Singh), a dead ringer for Osama Bin Laden. There's a helpful refresher on the first film, which proved to be enough of a hit to merit a followup.
Shortly after production on the sequel begins, the real Bin Laden is assassinated by the United States. This puts the kibosh on Abhishek's movie but not Paddi's career as a lookalike. With no body or video proof of Bin Laden's death, an inept terrorist organization in Pakistan wants Paddi so they can claim that Bin Laden is with them, alive and well. Meanwhile, the US wants to recreate the assassination, substituting video of Paddi's murder as footage of Bin Laden's death.
The early stages of TBL 2 are full of great bits. Ali Zafar — the star of Tere Bin Laden — appears in a funny cameo, playing an egomaniacal, womanizing version of himself. The Pakistani terror organization stages its own version of the Olympics, with games like the Bomb Relay and Landmine Jump. If you blow yourself up, you win!
The sharpest barbs are reserved for the Americans. Their drone control room is set up like an arcade, complete with coin-operated remote weapons. The "Chief of Invasions" is a man named David DoSomething, played by Sikander Kher in white-face makeup and a blond comb-over wig. Kher's southern accent is deliberately hilarious.
In order to dupe Paddi and Abhishek, David dons brown-face makeup to pose as David Chadha, an NRI Hollywood producer. He quickly masters Hindi, though he mispronounces his last name as "cheddar."
The movie acknowledges just how racist this is gambit is, with David consulting a makeup chart featuring a range of ethnically appropriate skin tones. When President Obama (Iman Crosson) sees David in his desi avatar, he quips, "I see you painted your white-ass face brown." Considering that TBL 2 released on the same day as Gods of Egypt — a Hollywood film featuring no Egyptian actors — the digs seem deserved.
Though supporting characters like David, his female assistant Junior (Mya Uyeda), and President Obama are funny, they often feel better suited for a sketch comedy show rather than a feature film. There's something missing from TBL 2 that causes it to slow down as soon as all of the characters are introduced.
One potential explanation that there's no B-story in the plot. Elements such as Abhishek's abandoned career as a confectioner and his fraught friendship with Paddi are introduced but don't go anywhere. The story needs an anchor or emotional hook of some sort. Jokes aren't enough.
TBL 2's strongest attribute is its subtitling and localization. It's among the best I've ever seen in a Hindi film. For example, the Hindi word "jalebi" is translated as "churro," substituting a piped, fried sweet popular in India for one popular in the U.S. Kudos to the TBL 2 translation team, the real stars of the film!
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This entry was posted in Reviews and tagged 2.5 Stars, 2016, Abhishek Sharma, Ali Zafar, Bollywood, Hindi, Iman Crosson, Indian, Manish Paul, Movie Review, Mya Uyeda, Pradhuman Singh, Sikander Kher, TBL 2, Tere Bin Laden, Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive on February 26, 2016 by Kathy.
Opening February 26: Tere Bin Laden – Dead or Alive
One new Hindi film opens in the Chicago area on February 26, 2016, and it's unfortunately not Aligarh. Instead, we get the comedy sequel Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive. I liked the 2010 original, but its leading man — Ali Zafar — is replaced in the sequel by Manish Paul.
Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive opens on Friday at MovieMax Cinemas in Niles, AMC South Barrington 30 in South Barrington, and Regal Cantera Stadium 17 in Warrenville. It has a mercifully short runtime of 1 hr. 44 min.
After a stellar opening weekend, the great biopic Neerja expands in its second week into three more local theaters. In addition to all three of the above theaters, Neerja opens on Friday at the AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18 in Skokie, Regal Round Lake Beach Stadium 18 in Round Lake Beach, and Century Stratford Square in Bloomingdale.
The South Barrington 30 holds over Airlift for a sixth week.
Other Indian movies showing in the Chicago area this weekend include Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (Telugu w/no subtitles) at the Muvico Rosemont 18 in Rosemont and MovieMax, which also carries Kanithan (Tamil), Aarathu Sinam (Tamil), Kshanam (Telugu), Maheshinte Prathikaaram (Malayalam), Sethupathi (Tamil), Api Kapyare Kootamani (Malayalam), Miruthan (Tamil), Puthiya Niyamam (Malayalam), and Action Hero Biju (Malayalam).
This entry was posted in Weekly Theater Updates and tagged 2016, Airlift, Bloomingdale, Bollywood, Chicago, February 26, Friday, Hindi, Indian, Malayalam, Movie, Neerja, Niles, Rosemont, Round Lake Beach, Runtime, Skokie, South Barrington, Tamil, Telugu, Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive, Trailer, Warrenville on February 25, 2016 by Kathy.


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NFL Punishes Tom Brady in Deflategate Scandal
News >NFL Punishes Tom Brady in Deflategate Scandal
By: Bence
The National Football League's controversial decision about the Deflategate scandal has been attacked by several NFL participants.
Representatives of the National Football League keep getting into controversial cases. They had a case about child-abuse last year and now it is time to talk about something else – the Deflategate scandal.
• Brady broke his phone on 6 March
• NFL believes he wanted to hide evidence
• Brady can return against Indianapolis
The football league's jury blames Patriots star Tom Brady and have suspended him for 4 matches. However, the player believed it was an empty and careless thing to do from a serious jury. Continue reading to find out more about the Deflategate scandal!
Brady is insulted for being accused in the Deflategate scandal
According to the reports of online gambling sites in the US, The NFL was questioned about Tom Brady's ban. The quarterback of the New England Patriots has been banned for 4 match for destroying a cellphone which contained more than 10,000 text messages. By doing that, he made the investigation of the Deflategate scandal go slower.
The world famous American football player believes that he is innocent and he openly criticized the decision. Tom Brady's verified Facebook page has posted the following statement: "To suggest that I destroyed a phone to avoid giving the NFL information it requested is completely wrong."
Online betting sites report that team owner Robert Kraft has also declared his disagreement towards the decision of the NFL. They held a press conference in the club's training camp, where Kraft said "I was wrong to put my faith in the league." Then he added how much he regretted cooperating with the NFL in the investigation.
NFL believes Brady is guilty of hiding evidence
The internet went wild with the affair
The Patriots have clinched victory over Indianapolis Colts in January in an AFC championship game, which is the reason why the Deflategate scandal erupted. The club was accused of knowingly using under-inflated football in order to get an unfair advantage. However, Super Bowl champion Brady says none of this is true.
Tom Brady's 4-match ban has been confirmed on Tuesday by Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner. US gambling news declare that the Commissioner reasoned for keeping up the ban for the player because new pieces of information proved that Brady was trying to hide evidence when he destroyed his phone.
Representatives of the National Football League have asked New England Patriots' hero Brady to show them his phone. They wanted to go through his text messages in order to find proof of the scandal. However, they lacked the power to force the player to cooperate, and that is the reason why the text messages are gone by now.
Deflategate scandal is full of theories but little facts
It's hard to say how soft the balls were
Brady's appeals hearing was due on 23 June. The player has been requested to show his phone's data to the board for 4 months, however he never did. In addition, on 18 June, 5 days before his hearing, Brady's lawyer announced to the league that his client cannot show his phone's data because it got destroyed.
Tom Wells, who has led the investigation, has said that Brady had to have at least some general knowledge about how the balls were deflated. Brady protected himself by saying he destroyed his phone because that is what he usually does whenever he gets a new phone. He also disagreed with lawyer Tom Wells, he said it was sad and disappointing that NFL bans players based on something that was "probable."
According to the reports of the investigation, NFL accuses two people of helping the Deflategate scandal. One of the perpetrators might have been equipment assistant John Jastremski, while the other, Jim McNally, is accused of carrying the ball from the lockers to the field. Both of them are suspended for an indefinite time by the Patriots.
Deflategate scandal is not the only controversial NFL decision
Vikings RB Peterson faced much more serious charges, now he's collecting the pieces of his career
Brady is one of the most successful, most famous and riches athletes in the world. He can decide to go to court against the decision. This one is a possible choice for the star player as NFL filed a complaint against the players' union. The main purpose of this complaint was to ask the federal court in New York to upheld Brady's suspension.
Mobile betting sites report that Adrian Peterson, running back of Minnesota Vikings, has also been suspended last year in February. He was accused of being participant of a child abuse case. However, he asked the players' union to help him on court. Peterson won his case and is allowed to go to trainings, but NFL's appeal decision is still pending.
He was said to have disciplined his 4-year-old son too hard when he hit him with a stick. That is why the 30-year-old football star has been suspended in November and is still disallowed from playing in the NFL. If Brady accepts his ban, he will be able to make a return on 18 October against Indianapolis.
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North Korea versus the United States: Who are the Demons? North Korea Lost 30% of Its Population as a Result of US Bombings in the 1950s | Global Research – Centre for Research on Globalization
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North Korea versus the United States: Who are the Demons? North Korea Lost 30% of Its Population as a Result of US Bombings in the 1950s
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, September 25, 2017
Global Research 24 December 2011
Region: AsiaTheme: Crimes against Humanity, HistoryIn-depth Report: NORTH KOREA[print]This article was first published in December 2011.
Does the DPRK constitute a security threat to the USA? The American people should, in the words of Vietnam War Veteran Brian Willson "place themselves in the position of people living in targeted countries. That North Korea, a nation of 24 million people, i.e., one-twentieth the population of the U.S., many of them poor, a land slightly larger in area than the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, continues to be one of the most demonized nations and least understood, totally perplexes the Korean people."What most people in America do not know –and which is particularly relevant when assessing the "threats" of the DPRK to World peace– is that North Korea lost thirty percent of its population as a result of US led bombings in the 1950s. US military sources confirm that 20 percent of North Korea's population was killed off over a three period of intensive bombings: "After destroying North Korea's 78 cities and thousands of her villages, and killing countless numbers of her civilians, [General] LeMay remarked, "Over a period of three years or so we killed off – what – twenty percent of the population." It is now believed that the population north of the imposed 38th Parallel lost nearly a third its population of 8 – 9 million people during the 37-month long "hot" war, 1950 – 1953, perhaps an unprecedented percentage of mortality suffered by one nation due to the belligerance of another." (quoted in Richard Rhodes, "The General and World War III," The New Yorker, June 19, 1995, p. 53.)In comparison, during the Second World War the United Kingdom lost 0.94% of its population, France lost 1.35%, China lost 1.89% and the US lost 0.32%. During the Korean war, North Korea lost 30 % of its population, which means that every single family in North korea lost a loved one in the course of the Korean War.These figures of civilian deaths in North Korea should also be compared to those compiled for Iraq by the Lancet Study (John Hopkins School of Public Health). The Lancet study estimated a total of 655,000 Iraqi civilian deaths, following the US led invasion (March 2003- June 2006).The US never apologized for having killed 30 percent of North Korea's population. Quite the opposite. The main thrust of US foreign policy has been to demonize the victims of US led wars.For more than half a century, Washington has contributed to the political isolation and impoverishment of North Korea. Moreover, US sponsored sanctions on Pyongyang have contributed to destabilizing the country's economy.North Korea has been protrayed as part of an "axis of evil". For what?The unspoken victim of US military aggression, the DPRK is portrayed as a failed war-mongering "Rogue State", a "State sponsor of terrorism" and a "threat to World peace". These stylized accusations become part of a consensus, which we dare not question. The Lie becomes the Truth. North Korea is heralded as a threat. America is not the aggressor but "the victim".Washington's intent from the very outset was to destroy North Korea and demonize an entire population. The US has also stood in the way of the reunification of North and South Korea.People across America can put politics aside and relate to the suffering and hardships of the people of North Korea. War Veteran Brian Willson provides a moving assessment of the plight of the North Korean people: "Everyone I talked with, dozens and dozens of folks, lost one if not many more family members during the war, especially from the continuous bombing, much of it incendiary and napalm, deliberately dropped on virtually every space in the country. "Every means of communication, every installation, factory, city, and village" was ordered bombed by General MacArthur in the fall of 1950. It never stopped until the day of the armistice on July 27, 1953. The pained memories of people are still obvious, and their anger at "America" is often expressed, though they were very welcoming and gracious to me. Ten million Korean families remain permanently separated from each other due to the military patrolled and fenced dividing line spanning 150 miles across the entire Peninsula. Let us make it very clear here for western readers. North Korea was virtually totally destroyed during the "Korean War." U.S. General Douglas MacArthur's architect for the criminal air campaign was Strategic Air Command head General Curtis LeMay who had proudly conducted the earlier March 10 – August 15, 1945 continuous incendiary bombings of Japan that had destroyed 63 major cities and murdered a million citizens. (The deadly Atomic bombings actually killed far fewer people.). (…)
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Consider the following possibility: All of the people in your church have recently begun to see their entire lives as ministry. They're seeing their occupations as places where they can represent Christ. They have reflected on the character traits they need in order to best represent Christ to coworkers and are starting to implement changes. Individuals who previously were only receivers of ministry at church are now serving there as well. Families also are being transformed. Parents, sons, and daughters are ministering to one another.
Can you imagine a community of believers living like this? How would they affect the broader community? Imagine the influence in a company in which ministry-minded Christians are scattered throughout the organization, from the top leadership down to the lowest-paying position. Imagine what church events and programs would be like. When a visitor came to a church event, what would he observe? Imagine the impact in a community if all the families in your church body had a ministry mindset. What would be the effect on neighborhood gatherings, Little League games, and birthday parties?
The point here is not that your culture can become entirely Christian, a paradise on earth. Rather, the point is to consider the impact Christians can have. All too often, believers leave their faith locked away in some private part of their heart. This approach is inconsistent with the Christian faith. Christ calls us not only to forgiveness from sin and acceptance by God but also to repentance, transformation, and active love for others. His call involves adopting the attitude of a servant (see Philippians 2:3-11).
Christ's servant attitude and behavior led to His exaltation. Because we have become identified with Christ, we too are called to take on a servant attitude that leads to Christ's exaltation. If our Christian communities reflect this attitude, our neighbors will take notice and some will be drawn to enter the community of faith.
While our ministry of love (others-orientation, sacrifice, honesty) in the world might lead to the conversion of unbelievers, their conversion is not our responsibility. God is the One who draws persons into relationship with Himself. When people are reconciled to Him and when believers' lives are transformed by His love, God is glorified. He is the agent of reconciliation and transformation. Yet He is exalted when His children cooperate with Him in His work.
Not only is ministry part of our calling but it also leads to the most fulfilling life we can have. May you experience the fullness of Christ's love, and may your experience of that love overflow in service to others. Johann Sebastian Bach signed all of his compositions Soli Deo Gloria, which means "to God only be glory." May all that we do be signed with those words.
Read Romans 15:1-13. Also, review "A Method for the Biblical Exercises" beginning on page 17.
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1. What is the timeless truth in the passage? In one or two sentences, write down what you learned about God from Romans 15.