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Matthew McConaughey Is Running For Governor Of Texas
Date: March 12, 2021Author: bannedhipster 15 Comments
My plan is working.
Appearance reform is the politics of possibility. Some may dismiss this as cynicism but that is a simplification. Appearance reform is a transcendental process, it is "revelation of the method," it is the appearance of the Mahdi,it is the fulfillment of Jesus' prophecy in Luke 8: "For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light."
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/03/matthew-mcconaughey-considering-texas-governor-run.html
The only movie I've seen with Matthew McConaughey is Dazed and Confused, which is a great movie, one of my favorites. I have spoken to older people who went to high school during that time period and they said the film got everything right, and my experiences weren't all that different. Also his scene in Wolf of Wall Street which was pretty funny, although DiCaprio dragged him down, because DiCaprio just isn't a very good actor.
I've also seen lots of other actors "doing" McConaughey's accent and it's almost always funny and entertaining.
These days due diligence is just looking up Wikipedia, so who is the future Governor of Texas?
Matthew David McConaughey was born on November 4, 1969, in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen "Kay"/"KMac" (née McCabe), is a former kindergarten teacher and published author who taught him. She was originally from Trenton, New Jersey. His father, James Donald "Jim" McConaughey, was born in Mississippi in 1929 and raised in Louisiana, where he ran an oil pipe supply business; he played for the Kentucky Wildcats and the Houston Cougars college football teams. In 1953, Jim was drafted in the 27th round by the NFL's Green Bay Packers. He was released before the season began and never played an official league game in the NFL.
So far, so good – very good.
McConaughey's parents married each other three times, having divorced each other twice.
This is literally the plot line of a romantic comedy. Great stuff, sweet and romantic, great family story.
He has two older brothers, Michael and Patrick (who was adopted).
Something else we have lost due to Industrialization and diversity? 100 years ago a family adopting an orphan, a relative or someone local, would be praiseworthy and an indicator of character. Now, due to the mass media, we know that "Madonna" the celebrity literally buys children from Africa as pets, as a fashion accessory, and these days even worse than that. But let's just assume the best for now.
McConaughey got his start via director Richard Linklater, who as far as I can tell is the real deal. Literally an Austin hipster that, along with Spike Lee, all but invented "indie film" in the 1990's. You know why indie film appealed to us 90's hipsters so much? Because it was for us, by us. Not a hostile propaganda effort run from New York and Los Angeles by a population of alien foreigners who hate us. That goes for the black people too – give Spike his due.
Linklater lives in Austin, Texas and refuses to live or work in Hollywood for any extended period of time.
Very good sign, eh?
Linklater has been partnered with Christina Harrison since the 1990s
Very good. So if McConaughey was "discovered" by Linklater, we have an unsullied origin.
Texas is obviously its own thing, but it is Ground Zero for our sovereignty in North America. The oil business is primary economy thus Greater Texas has the capacity of autarky which seems to this writer to be a necessary condition for sovereignty.
Dad a self-made millionaire oil man – fantastic. "McConaughey's ancestry includes English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish, with some of his Irish roots being from the Cavan/Monaghan area. He is a relative of Confederate brigadier general Dandridge McRae. He had a Methodist upbringing."
Just keeps getting better.
What this tells us is that there is nothing openly problematic in McConaughey's background, like a Rhodes Scholarship, an aunt running a foreign espionage operation (like LBJ) and a normal Christian background, a Methodist, not some weirdo X-ian Zionist freakiness.
Obviously the Hollywood career is going to be full of red flags. He is almost certain to have worked with and been paid by foreign interests, Zionist interests specifically, and organized crime interests.
One of the best things about having someone like Matthew McConaughey is that there is very little possibility for blackmail. Any sex scandals would just make him more popular, "oh wow Matthew McConaughey had an affair with this smoking hot Hollywood actress." All the men would wish they were him, and all the women would wish they were her.
Ugly people are messed up sexually – that how the Zionists could get Rush Limbaugh to compromise himself with underage Dominican whores, of which sex your guess is as good as mine. Jeffrey Epstein literally flaunted jailbait sex slaves around the elites of America for 20 plus years and ensnared who knows how many ugly men with messed up sexual lives. If McConaughey ever wanted some strange, he just had to show up at a party and pick one.
Plus, we live in the post-Gawker, post-Hunter Biden, post-Jeff Bezos age.
Who was the last victim of New York tabloid publishers like David Pecker, "fixers" like Trump's Michael Cohen, and Republican blackmailers like Roy Cohn and Arthur Finkelstein?
Probably Jerry Falwell Jr. He thought he could run his father's old time Christian institution the way his father did. Not saying that Falwell Sr. was involved in anything sexual but he clearly loved the money and fame and flying around on that private jet the Israelis bought him. As far as the "official story" goes – they sought out him. Trump's "fixer" Michael Cohen just happened to be around when Falwell Jr. started getting sexually blackmailed, you know, to "fix" his problems. (Hint: if you can't figure out that Jamal Khashoggi, at least you can figure out the Falwell story. Falwell didn't just "happen" to have Israelis show up and buy him a private airplane. So little Jerry Jr. has been watched by the foreign intelligence agency since he was born. Michael Cohen didn't just "show up" one day to "help" Jerry Jr. fix his blackmail problem. Yet everyone ignores this stuff when it happens and they never incorporate this into their analysis. Even though it is business as usual, especially for the crowd that controls the media.)
Here, ask yourself this question. How does Lindsey Graham get elected in South Carolina? Because him being gay isn't made an issue of by the media. There was a Tea Party guy that said it, in a crowd of Tea Partiers, "hey is Lindsey Graham being blackmailed or something, because look at what he does."
If they wanted, there would be a "scandal." Online, in the Gawker sense, he's already been "outed" a number of times. But Lindsey Graham is allowed to stay "politely closeted" because he is 100% reliable on the "Israel thing" – as he puts it. Remember, Graham bragged about how he didn't have to do any fundraising for his Presidential run because of how much financial support he got because of the "Israel thing" – you know, from wealthy New Yorkers who were into "the Israel thing."
I'm sorry you don't want to talk about it. I'm sorry you wish you could talk about something else. But when you have a ruling class that is literally controlled by a foreign government – to the point where they have to make pilgrimages to a land thousands of miles away and perform a humiliating ritual of subservience to a foreign state – it's important.
Lindsey Graham could have been taken out at any time if the "Mainstream Media" – meaning, ABC, CBS, NBC, or Washington Post or New York Times – had chosen to do so. But he was protected by the media. He is a "conservative Republican." Yet also a "mainstream Republican" when he is doing the correct "bipartisan" thing.
When he flipped to Trump, it was a clear signal from Likud-friendly figures like the young dynamo Jared Kushner. Conservatives are utterly useless because they are all about never speaking the taboo, the "liberal media" like NBC New's Noah Oppenheim, or the New York Times' A. G. Sulzberger. You know, "liberals" who run the "liberal media."
Republicans from Glenn Beck to Alex Jones were telling us about the "Arab owned media" ten years ago and now they are talking about "Chinese influence." It doesn't matter how many times these "liberals" in the "liberal media" spit in their face, humiliate them, they just keep sucking up to them. It is astonishing.
McConaughey started the just keep livin foundation, which is "dedicated to helping teenage kids lead active lives and make healthy choices to become great men and women". On February 25, 2016, McConaughey received the Creative Conscience award from unite4:humanity for his work with his foundation. McConaughey rescued various pets stranded after the flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina. In 2019, McConaughey officially became a professor of practice for the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Moody College of Communication in his alma mater, UT-Austin; he had served as a visiting instructor since 2015. The first two sessions were about the filming of the movie Free State of Jones.
Anyone want to take a shot at this? At first glance this looks like typical NGO bullshit, one can assume CIA and/or Pentagon has been working with McConaughey for a while. The word "politics" does not appear in the Wikipedia page even once, so he either has amazing and astonishing discipline – to not go all Taylor Swift on us – or he's been planning this for a while.
Son of a millionaire Texas oilman who got into "communications" – i.e., propaganda. First generation aristocracy, raised with an eye to leadership. That is basically the sweet spot, Texas could get three generations until they revert to the mean.
I mean, whatever, do you have anything better? As of now I'm supporting Matthew McConaughey for President whenever he runs. It's either him or – god forbid – Beto O'Rourke who as a white male Democrat must resign to allow a Womxn of Color to run. Beto O'Rourke is a straight-up racist white supremacist, a Nazi who reminds people of Hitler.
Reading the comments at NYMag, people I assume are Texas expatriates sucking up to the New York crowd are in downright hysterics over it, so good. Anything that hurts them is good in this particular zero-sum game. Traitors are worse than enemies.
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Lisa the Infidel says:
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As a Republican?
@Lisa
I assume he was going to be a Republican because I figured if he was going to be a Democrat he would have said as much already – he'd already be praised by the media. But since he's keeping it quiet I assume he'll be GOP.
I could be wrong of course.
Apollonius says:
McConaughey's memoir Greenlight seems to be an engrossing, amusing read. His "himbo" image belies a striking thoughtfulness and intelligence, particularly displayed in that memoir.
But, he is no statesman or politician. He would probably end up as the Blue Team Ronald Reagan, which is a prospect that leaves me utterly disenchanted.
Kell says:
Another actor to play the role of politician? Anyone who plays lets pretend for a living, is uniquely qualified for that job. Strange how America has so many actors in politics. It hardley ever happens overseas.
Contact is one of my favorite movies. McConaughey and Foster were great in it.
@Kell
I'm perfectly satisfied with a shallow front man that is controlled by my allies.
I'm sure I've seen Contact but don't really remember it too much – I've loved Jody Foster since I was a little boy. One of the most beautiful women in history, and she's a bona fide genius, IQ wise, too.
Sure, she's a lesbian but guess who is the real father of her children?
Mr. Based Himself:
https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1544385.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Mel%20Gibson%20and%20Jodie%20Foster
Afterthought says:
March 12th 2021: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/03/12/matthew-mcconaughey-governor-texas-political-election/4663763001/
o Aggressive centrist
o Not sure which party
o Sounds like a MAGA type, Trump with a better personality, minus the immigration rhetoric
The base is not happy with Abbott who is nothing other than Bush in a wheelchair, but I do not see the strength to stop an incumbent in the primary. If we are serious about torpedoing him, it would have to be in the general and I'm not too excited about that. McConaughey's charisma and name recognition could seriously alter that calculus no matter which party he runs under.
2nd comment: I am posting this on Gab
3rd Comment: I would want you in a shadow cabinet overseeing HUMINT; this would be easier under the British system of MPs who take on portfolios rather than the US system of departments because we need a strong high council/senate/gerousia/altthing of non-elected peers rather than pure bureaucrats. Let's call this a medium-term project!
"Any sex scandals would just make him more popular,"
That's assuming the sex scandal was with an adult woman.
The only thing that bugs me about McConaughey is that he lies about that hair piece/transplant he wears on his head and says he regrew his hair with some snake oil product.
Otherwise, he's a decent actor. Check out "True Detective" if you haven't seen it. He nails it in this scene.
@Oliver
I remember what I learned from Amazing Polly and looked up his wife with three kids.
I'm getting a "Megan Markle" vibe … considering he could have any woman he wanted, she must have a really great personality. Even for a brown skinned Brazilian, her face … I mean she's a model, so obviously she is a "10" in whatever objective sense the global fashion industry has.
But in context I got the Prince Harry vibe from him. Will he wife and kids start some sort of "people of some light coloring" vs. pale people thing?
Any woman he wanted and he chose that? Maybe he does have some weird sexual thing I guess that would explain the hairpiece.
hillcountry says:
Enjoyed your romp in this one, but just in case you need a Willie Mosconi style masse-shot down the road aways, check out page 2 and 3 of this one by Mathis. Maybe you and Pirate Joe can get the full story. Lure McConaughey to Rack Daddy's and get him drunk over billiards.
Click to access muse2.pdf
@hillcountry
Mathis can be amusing and even sometime interesting but I'm not buying that McConaughey has anything more interesting in his background.
Yeah, they said the same thing about John Mackey. His dad was one 'spooky' guy, deep into the health "care" game. It could just be a natural evolution in many cases, but there's so much evidence of "pushing, guiding, opening doors, rescuing, connecting, funding" kind of stuff ever-present in the background of these characters, that it looks like the networks connecting these scions, these 'rebel' children, just keep spreading themselves out to define our "reality". That recalls the definition of scion – 'a young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting'. Could that spell it out more clearly how this all works?
I mean, who inserts a Lanny Davis into a John Mackey script, to the point of ghost-writing Wall Street Journal editorials about health-care in the United States? (Lanny must have had a few moments, in-between doing p.r. and legal-work for dual-citizens running Hondurus?) The mind scramble goes into over-drive. Is it real or is it memorex? Is it hippy-dippy or corporate fascist? Somebody's been keeping the velvet-on-the-glove considering Mackey's island-trips and sexual-profiling and conditioning of his employees going way back. What a wise-guy puke he is.
Mackey got into a pissing-match with the CEO of Wild Oats back in the 90's. They were out-bidding each other for Merchant of Vino, a small specialty grocer in the Ann Arbor and Metro Detroit suburbs. It's a funny story because they were both out-witted by the Jonna family, who after their 5-year non-compete went directly back into the game with Plum Market stores, more robust and competitive than ever. One Jonna scion, who had become a WFM regional wine-buyer in the transaction, literally walked out of his office when the clock struck.
https://localwiki.org/ann-arbor/Plum_Market
Or how about a Ted Nugent into a Rick Perry script? How's that work. (stayin' on the Tex-Gov topic here). Must have been something in the holy-water at St. Viator High School? That Catholic shit runs deep. Ted led more people astray than I could count. I attended his concerts at the East Town in Detroit. That was a full-on, wall-to-wall drug venue. Ted as carnival-barker was the fucking point, right?, duh. MK-Ultra etcetera. Now, try to figure out the guys that owned those clubs (like the Grande Ballroom) and supplied them with chemicals. And Ted "lords" his abstinence in our face this many years later from his overly-gated "ranch"? I don't doubt for a minute his dad was military intelligence. Him and Frank Zappa probably came out of the same test-tube. McGowen didn't mention him in Weird Scenes, but Ted was still busy swallowing his microphone at the Driftwood Lounge about that time and for some reason it seems they kept him mostly local for awhile, like a Bob Seger thing. Check out the 'Family' section at Ted's wiki. Ya need a good deep-state confessor for all of that stuff. Lucky he's Catholic.


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Randy Travis Maui 1993
Randy Travis was, easily, my favorite singer when I was country music critic of the Dallas Morning News – he still is. So when I went to Oahu in 1993 for my sister's wedding, I arranged a sidetrip to Maui. Randy was a great interview that day, didn't flinch or hold back at all, and Lib "Mrs. Travis" Hatcher was a perfect hostess to my wife, who came along because our room wasn't ready. I got a great story, earning that $500 in expense money from the DMN.
The article ran on a Sunday and Monday morning ruined my whole week when I played the most vicious voicemail, from Randy's publicist, that I've ever received. My guess was that I wrote too much about the gay rumors, but I thought that was something the Travis camp wanted to address. This publicist also handled Willie Nelson, so our paths would eventually cross, about three years later. I asked her what that voicemail was all about and she said I shouldn't have mentioned that Lib Hatcher had a speech impediment. OK, I could see that. (I brought it up as a subtle contrast to her goose with the golden voice). I imagine Ms. Hatcher lit into the publicist for vouching for me and she was just doing her job by passing along the rage, but, man, oh man, did she let me have it!
KAPALUA, MAUI, Hawaii – Randy Travis and his manager-wife, Lib Hatcher-Travis, live in a house that doesn't look like much from the driveway. Parked out front is a brand new red pickup truck, but you expect a Ferrari, or at least a Lexus. This is, after all, the place that Mr. Travis retreated to almost 10 months ago after eight solid years of album-tour-album-tour. You expect it to be a palace among the palms – a resting spot befitting the man who almost single-handedly resurrected country music with the brilliant Storms of Life LP in 1986. But Randy Travis doesn't even live beachfront.
As you descend the steps that lead to the front door, however, you realize that there's much more to this house than what you can see from street level. There's a beautiful tropical garden on the right and a swimming pool tucked in on the left, and huge picture windows frame a living room that is decorated like a Santa Fe daydream. Wrapping around much of the house is a sun deck where, in winter, you can look out and see the humpback whales, finding a warmer, kinder ocean to frolic in.
Randy Travis has a simple front – the "aw shucks" kid from North Carolina who rode his galloping baritone to the top of the charts – but when he unlocks and unwinds, you can see that there's much more to him. He opens the door, shirtless and muscular and pleasant, and then he scurries back to an unseen room to finish drying his hair. He looks different, better, really, without every hair in place.
Some singers undergo magical transformations when they hit the stage or when they warble into the pampered studio mike, but when Randy Travis talks it's almost like he's singing, but without a melody. His voice is so naturally resonant that he can almost rattle the cages of emotion even when we're just sitting there by the pool.
I've come to his home to talk about Wind In the Wire, his long-form video masquerading as an ABC television special, but after some perfunctory comments ("It's a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Western") and an anecdote about having to fight Chuck Norris over and over again in one scene ("I told the director that if he says `cut' one more time, I'm gonna be fightin' him next,") the conversation turns to deeper topics. Drugs. Evil. Sexuality. And how much it hurts when everybody's talking about your personal life when all you want to do is sing and ride horses.
After making Wind In the Wire, which comes off as a marriage between an Elvis Presley movie and one of Randy's old Coke commercials, Travis acted in the gritty drama At Risk. He's still wearing the beard from the role, a homeless person who watches two of his friends waste away with AIDS. It's a pretty brave undertaking for the man whose publicist had to fax press releases all over the country to assure the media that Randy Travis was just taking an extended break from touring. The word had gotten around that there would be no tour in 1993 and possibly even '94 because Mr. Travis had AIDS. The rumor was that he had gone to Maui to die.
"Yeah, I've heard that I'm supposed to have AIDS, that I'm supposed to be gay, that I'm supposed to be seeing Dolly Parton, all this ridiculous stuff," he says, shaking his head. "You know, you try not to let that stuff bother you, and usually it doesn't. I figure, I've got a good life. I've got my cows and horses and I'm happy, so let 'em talk."
He hesitates for a moment, then continues. "The only thing that really made me mad was when that gay article came out," he says. In 1991, the National Enquirer reported the rumors that Mr. Travis was a homosexual and that his relationship with Ms. Hatcher was strictly platonic.
"I was so mad that I actually thought about going to their office, to confront them in person. I wanted to sue them so bad, but my lawyer talked me out of it. They had the article worded in such a way that it would be hard to sue them, so we just let it drop."
Once a rumor has been printed it seems to grow wings, and the talk of Randy's sexuality just won't go away. He used to shy away from the topic, knowing that a denial gets the tongues wagging almost as much as an admission, but he talks about the rumors as freely as he does his new album, a collection of cowboy songs which is the soundtrack to Wind In the Wire.
"I could live to be 80 years old," he says, "and when I die there are still going to be some people that say, `He must've had AIDS. I told you he was gay.' "
When the Enquirer explosion hit, Randy announced that he had been secretly married to Ms. Hatcher a couple of months earlier (May 31, 1991). But news that he'd married his manager, 18 years his senior, only sharpened the blades of those who care how a singer sleeps.
A punk kid
Lib Hatcher met Randy Traywick (his real name) more than 20 years ago when the then 14-year-old won a talent contest at the country music nightclub in Charlotte, N.C., that Ms. Hatcher owned with her husband at the time. Randy was a bad kid, an admitted druggie and a petty thief, who could sing like a combination of his four idols: Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, George Jones and Lefty Frizzell. On stage, his heart soared along with his magnificent voice, but when "Randy Ray" came down to earth, he needed a little help from his friends to get a different kind of buzz. It's an old story. Just ask Merle, Hank, George and Lefty.
"I ran with people who used drugs, people who sold," he says. "You can't believe how many drugs there were in Marshville (his hometown, 40 miles from Charlotte) and how easy they were to get. I did anything I could get my hands on: PCP, MDA, LSD, THC."
The base for this dangerous alphabet soup was alcohol, which Randy says he couldn't handle very well.
"I'd be singing in some nightclub, a 14-year-old kid, and there'd always be somebody slipping me a beer. And I'd swig 'em down," he says. "Alcohol made me feel big and brave, and when I was drunk, I wasn't afraid of anything." When he was high, he'd steal cars and break things; when he wasn't, he'd commit burglaries to get money for drugs.
"I had a mean streak and a terrible, terrible temper that I inherited from my dad, but we've both gained control over it through the years.
"I'm real thankful that crack cocaine wasn't around back then," he says. "Also, I was scared of needles. I've held people off so they could run drugs up their arms, and I've stuck needles in them, but I could never do that. That and not having crack probably saved me from complete self-destruction."
Those two things and Lib Hatcher. In 1978, Randy was about to be sentenced to five years in prison for breaking and entering when Ms. Hatcher stepped forward and told the judge that she was about to hire Randy to sing full time at her club. He had a great future as a singer, she told the judge, please don't send him away.
"Some of my friends stood up there and vouched for me, too, saying that I'd quit drugs, which was a lie at the time, but the judge went for it," he says. " `The next time you come before this court, bring your toothbrush,' he told me."
"Nobody runs me," Mr. Travis says, "but Lib runs the business and she's done a hell of a job." She's in the kitchen frying up okra, this blonde who threw a lasso around the Voice and then the man.
Ms. Hatcher-Travis' own voice betrays a trace of a speech impediment and she, self-consciously perhaps, barely moves her lips when she speaks. "Here are pictures of two of the houses we own in Lahaina (Maui's hub)," she says, taking a break from her deep-frying to open a couple of interior design magazines. Randy and Lib also own ranches in Georgia and Tennessee.
"Lib loves to decorate," Randy says, then survives a sharp glance from his wife. "I keep saying, `That's enough already,' but then she'll come home with something else to put on the walls. Oh, well, whatever makes you happy. . ."
She feigns throwing the magazines at him, and they both smile.
Who's to say that Randy Travis and Lib Hatcher are not in love in their deceptively huge Maui hideaway.
(NOTE: The couple divorced in 2010 after 19 years of marriage. Travis fired Hatcher as his manager the next year, leading to suits and countersuits. It was messy. The singer suffered a near-fatal stoke in 2013 and lost the ability to speak due to aphasia.)
Lib Hatcher Maui Randy Travis

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Aerial view showing MTCC's dredger "Maha Jarraf" off the coast of HDh. Kulhudhuffushi.
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has officially launched the land reclamation project for the development of a domestic airport in Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi island.
Yameen inaugurated the project at a colourful ceremony held in the island on Saturday evening. He was warmly welcomed by the residents of Kulhudhuffushi as well as all the members of the island council, most of whom are members of main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
Six hectares are to be reclaimed from the western lagoon of Kulhudhuffushi while another nine will be reclaimed from the island's mangrove swamp.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC)'s CEO Ibrahim Ziyath announced that the reclamation phase will be completed within a month.
Land reclamation for the Kulhudhuffushi Airport is the first project for MTCC's newest and largest dredger 'Maha Jarraf', which was commissioned for USD 36 million. Measuring over 92 metres in length and 16 metres in width, the dredger can siphon sand from under 50 metres and can carry 3,700 cubic metres of sand.
Ziyath revealed that Maha Jarraf's next project will be reclaiming land for the domestic airport to be developed in Shaviyani atoll Funadhoo island.
"This vessel will bring joy to all of the Maldives," he declared, adding that MTCC will also increase the speed of its projects with its new dredger.
The prospect of reclaiming 30 percent of Kulhudhuffushi's mangrove swamp, which is one of the largest in the northern atolls and is known for its rich biodiversity including several endangered mangrove species, had recently sparked concern and outcry from the public and environmentalists across the nation. Addressing this issue, member of ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and Kulhudhuffushi South MP Mohamed Nasheed assured that the airport project will be carried out with minimal negative impact and damage to the environment.
Speaking at the inauguration, MP Nasheed declared that no one of Kulhudhuffushi island itself is against the airport, and that such objections may be being raised by those that have never visited the island.
He stressed that Kulhudhuffushi is the main hub of the north, linked to sectors such as business, education, health and transportation. He stated that from the perspective of progress, the presence of all these industries are beneficial to the island's people, and that an airport is currently required to take Kulhudhuffushi to another level.
Noting that he had participated in the discussions regarding the airport's location, he revealed that it was earlier considered to develop the airport on the eastern side of the island.
"But the truth is that, if we built an airport on the eastern side, it would affect around 80 homes. And by homes I mean the ones that are occupied, in addition to the empty houses," he said.
Nasheed emphasized that the findings of the research done on the area, such as the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, must be taken into account while developing the airport.
He further gave a guarantee that reclamation of 30 percent of the mangrove swamp will be undertaken such that impact and damages to the environment are kept minimum.
The MP, who had recently been disagreeing with some of the government's decisions, added that all members of the island council including MDP members are in favour of the airport. This decision, he declared, was made on an island-level as opposed to a political party-level as the airport is imperative to Kulhudhuffushi's progress. He assured that the council will cooperate with the government for the project.
He concluded his speech requesting the government, on behalf of all Kulhudhuffushi residents, to continue the project without any halts or bumps.
At the ceremony, tourism minister Moosa Zameer also moved to soothe public concerns over reclaiming the mangrove swamp. He vowed that the remaining 70 percent of the swamp will be left intact and protected, and available for the livelihoods of the people such as coir weaving.
Zameer also assured that the government is also considering solutions for the danger of flooding that may be caused as a result of reclaiming the swamp.
Proclaiming that the airport will bring about numerous indirect benefits, such as increasing resorts and guesthouse tourism in the area, the minister added that preparations are ready for the development of the airport's runway, which will measure 1,200 metres, as soon as land reclamation finishes.
"If the work proceeds according to schedule, the airport will be completed by mid-2018," he announced as he guaranteed the residents of Kulhudhuffushi that they will receive the promised airport, which was an electoral pledge of President Yameen.
Zameer added that the airport will provide all the services available from other domestic airports across the Maldives. However, he did not reveal to whom the project will be awarded or the project plan.


It's February 12th, I've been home sick from work for the past few days, and unable to completely concentrate on just about anything. Random thoughts keep passing through my mind, climbing, ORshow, gear reviews… Not to mention my day job and the pending skills review test I have up coming.
Climbing is the way I choose to clear my mind normally, but with the current Black Lung of Death cough and my wrist injury, I haven't been able to climb in almost 2 weeks. When I suddenly realize, it was 20 years ago that I started climbing. Flash back to winter 1994 – A young, skinny wrestler embarks on a relatively new sport called Rock Climbing. A love was born. I quit wrestling, and began climbing as much as possible. Though life became more important at times, I've climbed an accumulation of many routes, in many different places. But not nearly as much as I would have liked. Here is a list of my 10 worst climbing experiences.
10- Jump starting the car all the way home – In the summer 1994, my friends and I wanted to go climbing so bad, we drove a car to the canyon that had a bad battery. Once the car was started, we were able to get to the crag. But then needed to get jump started in the parking area, again at the red light we got stopped at getting onto the freeway and getting off the freeway. About a 4 blocks from my house, the car died one more time, Sean and I just pushed it home while Daniel steered. This was an act of desperation from some young, stupid climbers.
9- A friend quits climbing after frustration – During the same summer, my friend Tom quit climbing pretty much all together after being upset, or should I say really pissed off. His inability to send a route and another friend releasing frustration that he would now "have to clean the route in the dark", led directly to him quitting climbing. Sean came pretty unglued that Tommy chose to give the route a go in the dimming day light hours and failed to succeed. After we descended the trail back to the car, Tom offered to sell his climbing gear to our friend Jason, and has never since really resumed climbing. Kind of a bummer considering he is like a brother to me.
8- Falling clipping the Anchors on 5.12A – On my second trip to Mount Charleston near Las Vegas, Nevada. I was going for a send on my 3rd 5.12A Short Dog. A smooth bulging face with that flows from crimps to deep pockets to a series of shallow 2 and 3 finger pocket and a pinch that you clip the anchors from. After a few goes, I had the moves dialed and decided this was my time to send. I sail through the start crux V4 boulder problem, stopping to rest on the JUGS. A few good shakes, catch my breath and onward I go, powering through the shallow pockets and the tenuous hand foot match and bump hard to the final pinch. I drag the slack up and reach for the anchors, the death shake protruding through my ankles. My grip loosens as I struggle to secure the rope in the through anchor hooks… TAAAAAKE!!!! I hurl towards the ground and the slack tightens as I begin to swing, spinning like a top. And Sean says "That counts".
7- Food poisoning at Wild Iris – A few summers ago in 2009, my friend Sean and I went on a climbing trip to Wild Iris. On the way up there, we stopped at the Taco Time in Rock Springs, Wyoming for food and I got poisoned. It must have been the "meat" product I ate, as Sean doesn't eat meat and did not get sick. Needless to say, I had to visit the Port-o-John before taking the long hike out to W.I. Seemingly ok, I began climbing. But between routes, I ran back and forth from the crag to the woods, doing my best to bury the traceable evidence. After my last go, and sending my first 5.12A, it hit me and my gut plunged. I darted back to woods, getting out of sight just in time as I lowered my shorts and unintentionally "sprayed" the boulder I was hiding behind. I returned flush and a bit dehydrated, Sean asked if I was ok? My send had been a little over-shadowed by my situation. The worst part was that the International Climbing Festival was happening that weekend.
6- Infected zombie toe at Moes – Last February, I made a trip down to Moes Valley in StG to do some bouldering with Sean. Meeting up with now friends Cody, Bryan (the Professor) & Danielle, the trip started well. We began working on Underwhelmed, a steep roof problem rated V6. Doing almost every move under the roof, I was feeling pretty good about the next few days. That night, I removed an ingrown toe-nail and by morning, it was oozing pus and to painful to put weight on. I tried warming up, but could not even stand on my right foot, not too mention wearing my 1 size smaller climbing shoes. Hitting a low when my foot popped on a V3 slab and my toe kicked forward smacking the hard sandstone. I had to spot all day and watch everyone else send. Hard thing to do for a climber. I did however send a V4 the following day and 2 V5's two weeks later.
5- Falling and nearly decking on right pile – Two summers ago in 2012, I started climbing with a new partner. Steve and I did quite a bit of climbing that summer, sending a lot and getting know one anothers climbing abilities. Late in August, I took him up to the Dog Pile to give my long time nemesis route a go. After 2 warm-up goes on Dog Pile (I swear, the worlds hardest 5.10b), I felt good to get on Right Pile 5.11D. I had climbed this route more than any other route ever. I powered through the first 2 bolts trying to climb quickly to the JUG rest at the 4th clip. As I reached down to grab a length of rope and make a smooth 3rd clip, I missed the biner and draw began to swing. With a handful of rope in my left hand, my right hand popped off the hold. Being only 20′-25′ up my immediate thought was "DON'T DECK! DON'T DECK!" Luckily my belayer did an awesome job reading the mishap and the rope tightened with me landing around his shoulder height. Clearly I was shaken, and still had to make my way backup the route to finish and clean it. I had never felt so nervous on a climb before, but was able to finish after hanging on pretty much every clip ground to top. I still haven't sent Right Pile.
4- Dropping Kale Berg in the gym – I started climbing in the winter time, so we were limited with the weather how much we could get out. One day we decided to check out a brand new climbing gym in the valley 'The Wasatch Front Rock Gym'. I was relatively new to the sport, and still a little intimidated. I just met Kale Berg that day, he was the responsible for starting Sean in the sport. Kale roped up and handed me the belay and told me to belay him on lead in the cave. I had never lead belayed before, and should have said so at this point. But not wanting to feel stupid, I accepted the challenge. As he made his way up the wall, each tugging for slack at each clip. He tore off at the anchors yelling yeeehaaw as he took a 20′ whipper in the gym. I caught him about 5′ from the deck, clearly surprised by what had just happened. I stood there in awe, Kale just smiling and laughing. When Dan (the guy who was working the gym that night) said "WHOA! What? Are you the shittiest belayer in the world?" That really stuck with me.
3- Watching my youngest son struggle with heights on a descent – I took my boys climbing in Maple Canyon about 2 years ago, and both of them were natural at ascending up the rock. They were just on a 5.6, but Kemry literally crushed it, and Caelan was doing really good. I told him to just go up as far as he wanted and then he could come back down. He got about 20′ and said "Ok, I'm ready to come back down". When I told him to let go of the rock and I would lower him, he had a death grip on the cobbles. Poor kid wouldn't let go, he was scared to trust the rope to hold his 65lbs. It took me, Jeremy and my other son Kemry about 20 minutes to get him talked into coming all the way to the ground. It was really sad watching my child suffer because of his fear. And he hasn't been climbing since… But he has let me lower him on a rappel.
2- Seeing Kale Berg fall and hit a tree – The first summer that I was climbing, we advanced rather quickly through the grades. In just 6 months time, we were already pushing 5.12's. Young kids with nothing better to do than hit the crag 4-5 days a week. One day while climbing in American Fork Canyon, Kale decided to lead a route called The Premise 5.11C. I wanted to try to get a good pic of him sending, so I chose to hike around the back and take some top shots. When suddenly, I heard a loud thump. And I thought to myself, 'Did he just hit that tree?' I ran back to the base of the crag to find Kale screaming, and his leg covered in blood. A tree branch had protruded his calf when he came off the rock. We loaded him into the car and Eric drove him to the hospital as Sean and I recovered the gear. I asked Sean what had happened? He told me Kale was clipping the 5th bolt, had a lot of slack pulled up and was super pumped. When suddenly the hold he was clutching to broke off. Rope in one hand, rock in the other, he came crashing down into the tree full force. When brought firmly to the ground, he was still clutching the rock. Kale was ok, but was never the same climber again. Sean and I went back and sent that route years later after shock had worn off. In the new guide-book it is now rated 5.11C/D… I wonder why?
I think my belayer has fallen asleep..?
1- Get A Grip – I had only been climbing about 7 months. Our group within the group decided to do some climbing at the upper S-curve area that day. After a few quick warm up routes, we thought we would do some laps on the areas best 5.11A's. First one we got on was Get a Grip, a short 3 bolt bulgy slope session. After clipping the 3rd bolt, I had the long run out to the chains. Long enough were you could deck if you fell at the anchors. As I began to move upward, I froze… Down climbed. Rested. continued up, couldn't work my way past the slopers. Down climbed. Rested. Shook, tried to regain my composer. I started my final try, my arms were done. Still I couldn't make it through. I released my grip and the rope didn't tighten… I looked to the ground as I fell, my mind flooding with thoughts. I'm going to hit the F*CKING ground. It was like slow motion. Suddenly, I was spinning like a top, my feet dangling 3′ from the deck, my blood boiling, heart pounding. I had just fallen over 20′, and my belayers eyes were as wide as two $.50 cent pieces. His break hand holding firmly on the down side of the rope. Not understanding what just happened.? After my feet touched firmly to the ground, I removed my harness and learned that I had hit a boulder when I fell. My favorite 5.10 shirt was shredded and I had blood coming from a large cut on my left rib. Sean and Jeremy asked me if I wanted to go home? I decided to stay and watch them climb another route and just relax. A few things went wrong that day. I should have communicated better with my belayer. And he should have noticed my discomfort. Not to mention having control of his break hand. We were lucky that day, I was lucky that day. I didn't break any bones, but was left with a permanent scar and ruined shirt. The following year I went back and crushed Get a Grip… Though I've had some bad experiences climbing rocks, I've had so many more amazingly awesome experiences. I've dodged some bullets, both mentally and physically. But one thing has always been a constant… I love climbing.
My initial thought when I opened the Mountain Khakis postal package, was what a wonderful smell.. It had the scent of a freshly opened pack of gum. I'm not sure why? It just smelled wonderful. Upon inspecting the clothing articles sent to me, I noticed that I had ordered the MK Rendezvous Hoodie and the Original Mountain Pants that I had seen at this years summer #ORshow.
You see, I made this connection with a PR rep for MK, at OR. I was browsing around the tent section at OR by myself and I stopped to grab one of their awesome MK beer coozies (it sports the Wyoming flag on it). Laura and I began talking and she agreed to show me their line. We exchanged information, and she informed me of their ambassador program. I've always liked the appearance of their clothing line, a sleek casual look for the outdoor industry. But until now, I didn't know how comfortable they were.
After a quick back and forth through email, Laura gave me the info on the ambassador program, and asked if I would be interested in reviewing a couple of articles? I was thrilled at the opportunity, but being that these items were more cold weather based. I wanted to be sure to out them to an accurate test.
A sleek, classy looking hoodie. Stylish, with thumb holes and a comfortable hood. A zip up collar with rollover chin guard. It's 100% Merino Wool, easily washable and comes in 3 colors – Black, Clear Blue and Rooster Red. With 3 pockets that zip up, two for your hands and a 3rd Napoleon pocket at chest level. Wonderful for day hiking in cooler temps, keeping you comfortable at the crag, or just casual wear around the town.
Likes: Looks great, stylish and comfortable. Light weight, yet warm. And did I mention thumb holes. Fits excellent, exposing your personal physique.
Dislikes: The Price. Retails at $159.95. Definitely not for the dirtbag on a budget.
The other item I receive to do a review on is the Original Mountain Pants – Broadway Fit. A durable pant, that's comfortable and fashionable for any outdoors enthusiast. 100% cotton canvas , with reinforced heel cuffs and triple stitched seams. Making them extra strong. With plenty of pocket space and easy to wash because they are cotton. The fit is natural and flawless to size and you can also get them Flannel Lined for just a little bit more. Great for work and outdoor play. And they come in 5 different colors. But the price can be a bit steep at $79.95, they are worth it considering the durability.
Likes: Comfortable, strong and extremely sharp-looking. The reinforced heels work great since I prefer my pants a little longer at the inseam. And the cotton makes it breathable.
Dislikes: Because it is cotton canvas, they are not as stretchable. Until they are well-worn in, they can be a little stiff. Harder to rock climb in, but they will soften up after a few washes.
Overall: Worth the money spent if you have it. Great products.
I am not currently an ambassador for MK. I was asked to review a couple of articles as an independent blogger. In no way did Mountain Khakis offer anything or influence my review. The opinions expressed in this review are mine and mine alone.


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I know what you're thinking -- "MORDY! COME ON! OF ALL PEOPLE, THE LAST I WOULD EXPECT IS A LOOK AT QUARK!". Well, to be brutally honest, I am not only an author of several books on Adobe applications, I am also a consultant for many clients in the publishing sector. And in that capacity, I have to be aware of the technology that's out there. In addition, I have always felt that we -- as users -- need to be aware of the tools that are available to us. Which is why when I received an invitation to attend a QuarkXPress 7 launch event in NY, I marked the day off on my calendar. Today's launch event of Quark 7 (they are also shipping the PowerPC Mac version starting today -- the Universal Binary version will ship this summer) comprised of a keynote session, followed by a hands-on session where I got to play around with the app a bit.
Jurgen Kurz, Senior VP of Desktop Products at Quark gave the keynote and also did the demo. He didn't do that good a job doing the demo, but I give him credit for pulling off such a stunt. Someone like Bruce Chizen or Shantanu Narayen would never attempt a software demo and would instead leave it up to a professional evangelist. Even though it seemed akward to watch, I'll admit it had a Steve Jobsesque feeling. Kudos for standing up for your own product like that.
OK, on to the features. Obviously, Quark is touting transparency as the next biggest thing. They claim to have a "smart flattener" that figures out the best settings for each job. In the print dialog, I could only find one setting for the flattener, and that was for a resolution setting. But here's what REALLY gets me. Quark is making a HUGE to do about their ability to apply separate transparency settings to the fill and stroke of a frame. True, it's something that InDesign can't do (although Adobe apparently has "leaked" out that CS3 will have the ability to do so). Of course, this is something that Illustrator has been able to do since version 9. That's over six years ago folks. I'm not saying that Quark doesn't have the advantage over ID here (it does), but in their literature, they do make mention that no other program (and they oddly list both FreeHand and Illustrator in that list) has the ability to achieve this "brand new" ability. YAWN. I'm just surprised that Adobe has kept silent about this. I mean, Quark has been touting this feature for over a year now and no one from Adobe has once spoken up that Illustrator has always done it.
While Quark does have Opacity controls and soft drop shadows, they do not offer any of the Blend modes that appear across PS, ID, and AI. On the subject of drop shadows, the controls are pretty clunky, but Quark allows for the skewing of shadows (again, something that Illustrator can do with ease, but ID can't) and you can also choose to have a drop shadow knock out beneath a shape -- which is actually pretty cool and I would find that useful in Adobe apps.
The user interface still feels like it's from 1995. They've updated the "palettes" to have the ability to stack and collapse with eachother, but the implementation is extremely klunky and non-intuitive. They've also decided that the Measurements palette (aka, the Control Palette) is the end all and have added tabs to the top of it to allow you to access different settings. Again, the implementation looks like it was just stuck in there and it makes it nearly impossible to position the palette at the top of the screen, if you would prefer that setup.
They have something called "Composition Zones" which allow you to cordon off a section of a document and send it to someone else to work on. The theory is to allow multiple users to work on a single document. If you've ever used Smart Objects in Photoshop, it's quite similar in concept in that a section of a document becomes a "miniature" standalone Quark file that you can edit or send to someone else to edit. What's cool is that when someone else edits that zone, you see the update in your document. However, when using the feature myself, I found that once you create a composition zone, you can no longer edit it as a normal Quark element.
There were two other items that Quark made a big deal about. One was color management and the ability to preview your files on screen (soft proof) using ICC profiles. The ability to do this is nice, but again, AI, ID and PS have been able to do this since the turn of the century. In fact, I may post about this specifically in the near future. The other item was a Job Jacket feature that allowed users to embed information about the specs of a job into a file or a layout. They demonstrated Quark's ability to scan a document and check it against a profile to see if it matched or fell within the guidelines of the chosen spec. For example, one could check a document while they are designing it to see if it was PDF/X compliant. In my eyes, this is ludicrous. First, while I'm designing, why would I waste time checking compliance? I would do it once I get final approval and make any necessary adjustments at that time. Finally, PDF/X-1a is a flattened format and you don't WANT a flattened document while you are working on it. So while I'm designing, my document will never be PDF/X-1a compliant -- that's the format I expect it to be in when I transmit it to a printer. And if you've been to a transparency class that I've given, you also know that many workflows require unflattened PDF files (especially where trapping is done in-RIP). I don't know -- maybe I'm just not getting what Quark is trying to do here. Oh, and they still have that annoying issue where you need to choose the bold version of a font (or risk the wrath of faux bold).
In all, I think that Quark has certainly done their homework. The app is a lot better than ever before, and for those who are still using Quark, the interface hasn't changed much at all and that makes it easy to upgrade. If Quark keeps up the hard work, I think we'll see some really interesting things in the future. But I can't imagine that anyone who has already made the switch to ID would feel compelled to go back to Quark. If you use Illustrator and Photoshop, InDesign still seems to be the best choice out there for page layout. I know that for the kind of work that I do, I'll stick with InDesign and wait it out for the Universal Binary version thank you very much.
Strictly speaking Quark's transparency feature is different from Illustrator.
Illustrator doesn't allow you to apply opacity or shadows to individual characters in a text frame.
Of COURSE Illustrator can apply opacity to individual characters in a text frame. And while you can't apply drop shadows to individual characters in AI, you can't do it in Quark either -- I tried. You have to apply the shadow to all of the text in the frame.
And I realized that I can simulate Quark's ability to "knock out" the object shape behind a drop shadow by simply coloring my text white and setting the text object to multiply.
As Mordy mentioned, I never had a problem applying opacity or blend modes from the transparency palette to individual characters whether in be in area or point type.
While there is no one click solution to make a shadow of a single character, a lot of fun can be accomplished with the appearance palette.
I'm the anonymous up above.
RE: knockouts, Photoshop can do this, but what about "Knockout Groups" in Illustrator's and InDesign's Transparency palette?
RE: single character drop shadows, In InDesign select your character, choose Type>Convert to Outline, then apply your Drop Shadow settings. If you need to edit the text later, it's easy enough to select the outlined characters and retype them, then re-outline them.
David - the knockout group option simply keeps transparency active between items within a group, but that transparency doesn't affect objects outside the group.
Steve - the event pretty small. The decor was clean and bright and while I don't know how many people were in attendance, it certainly wasn't anywhere near the scale of Adobe's NY launch of the Creative Suite 2.


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Entain reported its 23rd consecutive quarter of double-digit online growth
By Liz Moreno / October 12, 2021
Entain, owner of betting brands Ladbrokes, bwin, and Gala, has reported its 23rd consecutive quarter of double-digit online growth in its Q3 trading update.
The group had strong growth from BetMGM, with a 23% market share in the US in sportsbook and iGaming in the three months to August. For the period from 1 July to 30 September 2021, group net gaming revenue (NGR) grew 4% year-on-year, with online NGR growing 10%. Excluding Germany, online NGR increased by 18%.
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Jette Nygaard-Andersen, Entain's CEO commented:
"These results demonstrate Entain's continuing ability to deliver sustainable, consistent and diversified growth," "Our powerful Entain platform provides customers with great products and experiences, which enables us to grow ahead of our markets."
"We are now challenging for the number one market position," he added.
The CEO commented Entain's total addressable market is expected to "more than triple" to over $160 billion, driven by the opportunity in the US, growth plans in other new and existing markets, and the company's strategy of entering into "new areas of interactive entertainment."
FY2021 Group EBITDA is expected to be in line with previous guidance of £850m – £900m, an uplift from strong Q3 trading performance offset by the previously announced impact of the licencing process in the Netherlands.
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Entain plc (LSE: ENT) is one of the world's largest sports-betting and gaming groups, operating both online and in the retail sector. The company has licenses in 27 countries, the Group employs a workforce of more than 24,000, in 20 offices across five continents.
The Group owns a comprehensive portfolio of established brands; Sports Brands include bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds International and Sportingbet; Games Brands include CasinoClub, Foxy Bingo, Gala, Gioco Digitale, partypoker and PartyCasino. The Group owns proprietary technology across all of its core product verticals and in addition to its B2C operations provides services to third-party customers on a B2B basis.
In the US the Group operates BetMGM, a joint-venture with MGM Resorts, created to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the regulation of sports betting and gaming.
In 2018 Entain completed the acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral Group PLC, the Group's first move into retail operations. This came two years after the acquisition of the international online operator, bwin.party digital entertainment plc, in 2016.
In December 2020, the London-listed gaming operator, rebranded their Group name from GVC Holdings to to Entain PLC as the company sets out a new strategy focused on "sustainability and growth."
Liz Moreno
Liz Moreno is a New Jersey based freelance writer and a huge US Sports aficionado. She keeps up to date with all things US when it comes to betting, casinos and regulations.
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Polish patriotism, which is essentially Catholic in character, is being equated by earthly 'principalities and powers' who hate the Faith with Nazism and with Islamic Jihadism.
Zionists have forcibly and murderously stolen much of the land from the Palestinian people, now they are trying to seize Church-owned buildings and land as well.
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The church is the holiest site in Christianity and is held to contain the two sites where Jesus was crucified then buried and resurrected.
It is highly unusual for the Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Catholic denominations, who all share custody of the church, to agree to a stance as dramatic as closing the whole site and tensions between denominations often run high over control of its various chapels and compartments.
But the separate leaders issued a joint statement saying the move was 'in protest at persistent moves to intimidate Christians and discriminate against churches in the Holy Land'.
The shock move comes amid a tense fallout with the Israeli government over a bill that would give the Israeli government power to confiscate church property. The 'Bill of Church Lands', sponsored by Israeli settler groups and signed by 40 members of Israel's Knesset, was branded 'discriminatory and racist' as well as 'abhorrent' in the strongly worded statement signed by Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land and Nourhan Manougian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem.


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Martine-van Hoogstraten, Charge De Affairs, Royal Dutch Embassy attended our 10th Policy Breakfast on Clean Cooking and SDGs held on 30 November 2016 in Dhaka. She feels that this topic is really important for the development of Bangladesh, not only for the global environment concern.
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Margot Robbie reveals Hooters job offer — while filming an ad at 16
They thought she was a hoot.
Margot Robbie, 32, revealed the popular, brazen Hooters chain — known for its bombshell waitstaff serving mugs and jugs — offered her a job in the aughts.
In a recent interview with NME, the "Babylon" starlet recalled the charming overture, which she said she received during a commercial shoot for the bare-all American restaurants when she was 16 — acting as a patron, not a "Hooters girl."
"At the end of the day, they offered me a job, and I was like, 'I think this is where my career is going, and I'm going to end up working at Hooters,'" Robbie remembered.
The Post reached out to Hooters for comment Wednesday.
In the interview, Robbie recalled her time acting in a Hooters ad when she was 16.
The Australian actress did the NME interview with her "Babylon" co-star Diego Calva, and they shared behind-the-scenes details of the movie that hit theaters last month.
While the film has been compared to the Hollywood version of "The Great Gatsby," making the drug-fueled, sex-riddled cinematic experience is praised by the co-stars in the NME sit-down.
The pair agreed the film's director, Damien Chazelle, never rejected ideas from the actors. Chazelle would always ask them for "more."
"I would give the most I could possibly give, and then his note would be, 'That was great, I just need more,'" Robbie recalled.
The A-lister is also slated to appear as the titular Barbie in the upcoming Greta Gerwig film, which has captivated fans well before its expected July 21 release.
Hooters reportedly wanted Robbie to fill the classic orange uniform.
Robbie even inadvertently spawned a fashion phenomenon known as "Barbiecore."
The neon-pink trend picked up speed over the summer and quickly became integrated into the 2022 color palette.
Author: Brooke Kato
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Profile of "hidden world" wins acclaim
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Toronto family physician and photographer Dr Mark Nowaczynski loves making housecalls. He also loves taking photographs. For the past 8 years he has made housecalls—entering the lives of the frail elderly—with a stethoscope in one hand and a camera in the other. Dr Nowaczynski's mission is to document the "hidden world" of the house-bound frail elderly to bring attention to the needs of what he sees as a growing and under serviced population. He has discovered that photography is a powerful tool for advocacy and education.
In November, the National Film Board of Canada documentary House Calls, featuring Dr Nowaczynski, received national acclaim (www.nfb.ca/housecalls). House Calls, Dr Nowaczynski explains, takes you into the world of the house-bound elderly and shows you first-hand the daily struggles that they deal with and the huge benefits of providing home-based care if you give people the option to age in place.
The film won the prestigious Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program at the 21st Annual Gemini Awards Gala in Vancouver, BC (the Geminis celebrate excellence in Canadian television). In 2005, House Calls was recognized with a Freddie Award (Caregiving) in New York, NY, at the International Health and Medical Media Awards.
Dr Nowaczynski has learned that many seniors would rather remain in their own homes, even if this means compromising their basic needs by living in difficult circumstances, isolated and house-bound with no help. Many have been lost to follow up or are unable to continue to make office visits to their doctors because they have become house-bound, too chronically ill, too frail, or too cognitively impaired. They have fallen through the cracks.
"When we are old we become invisible. We lose our health. We lose our mobility. We lose our independence. We are institutionalized or become house-bound and retreat into our homes, disappearing into a forgotten and hidden world," says Dr Nowaczynski, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Dr Nowaczynski spends a substantial portion of his week doing house-calls and regularly takes University of Toronto family medicine residents on calls. It's very important to train the next generation to see the benefits of housecalls first-hand, but it is also critical to be able to make a business case to them for doing this kind of work, he argues.
Providing home-based care to frail seniors is not only humane and necessary, it is also cost-effective, he says, pointing out that "aging in place" is much more cost-effective than any form of institutional care. Doctors should be given the tools and incentives to provide home-based geriatric primary care through alternative payment plans, he suggests, adding that providing this type of patient care is "hugely satisfying."
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Description Studies about diversity initiatives in academic libraries have primarily focused on large research libraries. But what kinds of diversity work occur at smaller libraries? This study examines the status of diversity initiatives, especially those aimed at students, at national liberal arts college libraries. Results from a survey of library directors reveal that, while diversity programming happens informally at most libraries, and while diversity is valued by library directors, diversity work has not been prioritized at the organizational level in any systematic manner.
Citation Gilbert, Julie. "Heroes and Holidays: The Status of Diversity Initiatives at Liberal Arts College Libraries" College & Research Libraries. Vol. 77(4) July 2016.
Rights Management © 2016 Julie Gilbert, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) CC BY-NC.


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Universities Canada welcomes research excellence funding
OTTAWA – Excellence in Canadian university research is getting a major boost with the awarding of $350 million to university research projects in the first round of funding from the new Canada First Research Excellence Fund. The initial announcement of $114 million in funding for the University of Toronto's "Medicine by Design" project in regenerative medicine was made today by Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology). Additional announcements are expected shortly.
CFREF was the largest budget commitment made in the federal government's Economic Action Plan 2014.
The fund will inject $1.5 billion over seven years into internationally significant research initiatives that advance Canada as a global leader in research excellence and innovation. From about 40 proposals submitted in this first round, funded projects were selected in an open, competitive and peer-reviewed process.
The applications for this initial funding demonstrate the readiness of Canada's universities to undertake large-scale research partnerships of global excellence and relevance. A second competition for up to $950 million in funding was launched today, providing increased opportunity for world-leading research teams to design projects that will fuel discovery and innovation.
"CFREF is a new initiative to advance Canadian research capacity and leadership in areas of global significance," says Paul Davidson, president of Universities Canada. "Canada's researchers are amongst the world's best. CFREF will ensure Canadian leadership in groundbreaking work to the benefit of Canadians and the world. We look forward to the next round of the competition which will offer even more opportunity to engage Canada's next generation of top researchers in world-leading research programs and networks."
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I want to talk today about two brave Japanese woman who share a lot in common. There were both announcers — in fact, they were represented by the same talent agency. They both suffered from cancer. They both lost their battles at approximately the same age. But most importantly, even though the disease consumed their bodies and ultimately took their lives, neither woman ever let cancer consume their spirits.
You may have heard of Koyabashi Mao (小林麻央). Her blog about her fight against cancer is well known in Japan, and her story was broadcast by the BBC and other Western media outlets. You've likely never heard, however, of Kuroki Nana (黒木奈々). As far as I could tell, she received no attention in the English speaking press. Even many Japanese people I speak with don't know her story. But her tale is an equally beautiful example of how a human being can live out her last days in love, laughter, and pride.
Kobayashi Mao was born in 1982 in the city of Odiya in Niigata Prefecture, north of Tokyo on the main island of Honshuu. She dreamed of being a famous actress like her idol, Suzuki Kyouka, who has starred in dozens of Japanese films and TV series since 1989.
But while she was in college, her older sister Maya encouraged her to appear on Koi Kara Sawagi (恋から騒ぎ; Much Ado About Love), a variety program where young women are brought on to discuss their luck (or lack thereof) in romance. Contestants told stories about their experiences, and one was selected for the host's 説教部屋 (Lecture House). Mao ended up being selected for confessing that, at age 19, she still hadn't done it with anyone.
The appearance convinced Kobayashi that she wanted to speak in public, and meet as many people as she possibly could. Soon after, she enrolled in announcing school and set about building a career as a free announcer and journalist.
Her career led to a job with Ni-Tere's NewsZERO where, in December 2008, she interviewed Ishikawa Ebizou (石川海老蔵), the son of a famous Kabuki actor who decided to follow in his father's footsteps and become the 11th person to take the stage name of Ishikawa Ebizou, a professional name in the Kabuki world dating back to 1660. Their marriage was described by one article on the site LiveDoor as a "speed marriage" (スペード婚); the two were revealed to be dating the next year, and by March 2010, they were happily married. The next month, her big sister Maya revealed on the variety program SMAP X SMAP that the two had only dated for half a year before heading to the altar. Maya said that Mao described Ebizou as "my destiny" (運命の人; unmei no hito), which made a quick marriage a no-brainer.
The two were happy married for four years when, in 2014, a routine medical examination found something that Mao's physician described as having a "50–50 chance" of being breast cancer. Follow up appointments confirmed that the disease wasn't only in her lymph nodes, but had advanced to her lungs and bones as well. "No way," Mao later reported thinking as she cried over the diagnosis.
The couple kept the news of Mao's disease under wraps until 2016, when it was divulged by a sports paper. Ebizou held a hastily arranged press conference to confirm the diagnosis.
But Mao also wrote about the more serious side of her disease, and also composed moving posts about how the disease had changed her perspective on life.
"But I really didn't have a chance to look!" I thought.
This was the first time I'd met someone who'd say things like that. I would smile as if saying, "Oh, yeah!", but I didn't really feel it deeply. But I smiled like I did (heheh).
Even though I looked at the sky from my hotel room every day, there was never a day it moved me.
But it seems to me the sky I see is fine even if it's all dark and stormy.
Unfortunately, Mao's struggle only became more and more difficult. Her cancer was diagnosed as Stage 4 shortly after her first blog post. On May 26th, 2017, she posted a photo in her blog (visible to blog platform members only) that showed a bandaged, malignant growth bulging from her chin. By June, she was reporting high fevers, pain, and an inability to sleep well.
Mao's final post was on June 20th, 2017 — a picture of fresh squeezed orange juice that her mother had made for her.
Good morning. These past few days, I've been drinking fresh squeezed orange juice every morning. To be precise, I don't have the strength to squeeze juice myself, so I look forward to when my mom wakes up and makes it for me.
Lately, the sweet, tart deliciousness of orange juice has triumphed over the pain of stomatitis! I can greet each morning with a smile. Sending my wishes that everyone else can smile today.
Kobayashi Mao passed away at her house on June 22nd, 2017, at the age of 34.
After her death, most of Mao's posts were translated into English — most likely by her husband, who occasionally posts in English on his Instagram account. Ebizou publicly grieved his wife's death in a highly emotional press conference shortly after her passing; many newscasters and commentators also openly wept in the ensuing days while discussing their memories and encounters with Kobayashi Mao.
In February 2014, a routine exam found a lump in Mao's chest. Her doctor, instead of recommending a detailed examination of the lump's cells as a next step, suggested a followup exam in six months. Mao's next exam was eight months later, by which time the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes. If she had taken treatment at this point her five-year survival outlook would have been 90%, and while the hospital recommended the standard treatment, it's said that Mao declined. The standard treatment consists of surgery, anti-cancer drugs, radiation, hormone therapy, and molecular therapy — in other words, the standard treatment anyone thinks of when they hear of a case of cancer.
Reports began to pop up in weekly celebrity magazines that Kobayashi — possibly at the urging of her husband, who was active in Feng Shui and other forms of spirituality — had refused standard medical treatment, and were relying exclusively on non — invasive (non-surgical) procedures.
Even a year later, comments and well wishes continue to pile up on Mao's blog, with people leaving behind their memories of the newscaster whose positive attitude inspired millions around the world. Just last week, on the one year anniversary of Mao's death, Asahi Shinbun published a piece on cancer blogger pumiy, who, inspired by Mao, is now sharing her story with an audience of thousands throughout Japan.
Like Kobayashi Mao, Kuroki Nana left behind an extensive written account of her battle with cancer. Much of what follows below is taken from Nana's book, I'll Leave the Future to My Future Self: The 31-Year-Old Newscaster with Stomach Cancer.
Kuroki Nana was born in 1985 in the city of Kagoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture. Nana knew from elementary school that she wanted to be an announcer, and she geared her schooling toward pursuing a career as a newscaster.
Nana attended Sophia University, where she studied French, and she attended school in France for a year as an exchange student. Prior to graduation, she attempted to land a job, but was rejected time and time again, leading her to a point of despair. After being rejected for a newscaster position by broadcaster MBS, someone from their HR department suggested that Nana consider taking up a job as a behind-the scenes reporter, and using that as a route to on-air newscasting. After considering whether to try for a newscaster position at a local affiliate, Nana opted to enter MBS as a reporter so that she could stay affiliated with a station in a major metropolitan area. One of her first jobs was the thankless position of がん首取り (gankubidori), which involved knocking on doors and contacting the relatives of people involved in accidents or crimes in order to secure head shots of them for use in broadcasts. It was exhausting work, and years later, Nana recollected how her boss would chew her out whenever competing stations managed to secure head shots before she could.
Nana eventually managed to land a job on NHK BS's International Report (国際報道) as a "sub-caster" (co-anchor). Three years later, her knowledge of English and French led her to a main anchor position alongside her colleague, Arima Yoshio, where she used her multilingual capabilities to interview experts from around the world.
A poster for International Report 2014, featuring newscasters Kuroki Nana and Arima Yoshio.
Suddenly a sharp pain bolted through my stomach. I instinctively cradled my stomach and doubled over in my chair. I was assailed by an overwhelming pain that felt like my organs were being directly crushed. "All of a sudden, some sort of pain…hold on, I'm gonna go to the washroom," I told my friends. If pressed, I can't say I can't drink alcohol; to the contrary, I love it. There's no way this pain came from a single glass of champagne. I forced myself to put on a cheery face, stood up from my seat, and headed for the washroom. I endured my pain in front of the sink. I saw a glimpse of myself in the mirror. My face had become so blue, I couldn't think of it as my own face. It was a color I'd never seen before. A cold sweat poured our and drenched me. What's wrong with me? I thought, as another piercing pain came, and just like that I lost consciousness, and fell with my body slumped against the sink.
"Will I not be able to return to work while I'm taking the medicine?" I asked, and my doctor responded, "It depends on the side effects." When I heard this, I didn't feel the same fear I had before about not being able to work. I think if I'd heard this a month before, I'd have sunk into despair. I wanted to get back to work, to recover and to see everyone in their top spirits. But I had no conviction that I'd absolutely be able to return to work.
I want to live so badly. I want to work, too. I want to get married, and have children. It may be greedy, but that's why I fight on.
Nana fought through her despair, and focused after the surgery on adjusting to life without a stomach. Her intestines now had to do the work her stomach had previously done. Surgeons had attached a supplemental bag to her abdomen so that she could receive nutrition at times she felt like she couldn't eat.
Slowly, Nana found her appetite begin to return. After talks with executives from the news station, everyone came to an agreement: Kuroki Nana would return to the airwaves on January 4th, 2015. Nana continued to rest as needed, and was careful about the foods she decided to challenge herself with, as she didn't want to eat anything that would put her return to the airwaves in jeopardy.
On January 4th, 2015, Kuroki Nana, looking to be the picture of perfect health, stood alongside Arima Yoshio, broadcasting international news as though nothing had ever happened.
In March 2015, Nana returned to the airwaves in a full time capacity, and did her job diligently until July. But at the end of July, she was forced to step down again. Her cancer was back, and this time, it was spreading. Once again, Nana tackled recovery and healing like it was her full time job.
Unfortunately, this time, cancer would get the better of her. Her condition continued to worsen.
On September 19th, 2015, Kuroku Nana passed away at her home. Arima Yoshio broke the news of her passing on air, choking back his emotions every step of the way.
Of course I have different things to worry about now, but I decided to believe that good things will come next for me, and I feel that, somehow, that's proving true. In the important words of my close friend: "If you leave the future to future Nana, everything will be all right." Just as she said, from here on, I'm leaving the future to my future self.
Cancer is a disease that knows no nationality or borders. Consider making a donation to the American Cancer Society to contribute to the battle.
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