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In March 1916, hundreds of thousands of young Australians found themselves in north-western France—on the Western Front, where they would soon go into battle in this, the war's main theatre.
The Western Front stretched some 700 kilometers from the Belgian coast, through France to the Swiss border. It exposed soldiers from both sides to a new, industrialised kind of war, one with new levels of battlefield technology including powerful artillery, machine guns, aircraft, tanks, and gas.When Australian troops arrived in France, the war was bogged down in the stalemate of the trenches, which meant troops had to adapt to conditions of extreme danger and discomfort.
Australian forces were initially organised into the 1st and 2nd Anzac Corps made up of Australian and New Zealand formations under British command, a situation that prevailed until the establishment of the Australian Corps in 1918. The Australians' baptism of fire came at Fromelles on 19 July 1916 where the 5th Division suffered one of the heaviest losses in Australia's wartime history. Shortly afterwards the 1st, 2nd and 4th Divisions joined the fighting on the Somme.
Australians quickly developed a reputation as tenacious fighters and took part in significant battles including those at Bullecourt, Messines, 3rd Ypres, Amiens and Mont St Quentin. After two years on the Western Front, by the time of Villers-Bretonneux, the Australians had developed the experience and battlefield skills that cemented their reputation as a formidable fighting force during the war's final battles.
In the first battle of Villers-Bretonneux on 4 April, 1918, the Germans narrowly failed to capture the village, but in the second battle on 24 April they succeeded, forcing the town's British defenders to withdraw.The Germans now threatened the city of Amiens. If they captured it and pushed on to the coast, they would split the British and French armies. It was vital that Villers-Bretonneux be retaken quickly.
The plan was relatively simple – a surprise night attack, with no preliminary artillery bombardment.The 51st and 52nd Battalions would attack south of Villers-Bretonneux while the 57th, 59th and 60th Battalions would attack to the north and then swing south-east to the old Roman road heading out of Villers-Bretonneux. The attack began late on April 24, and despite heavy casualties, the Australians swept on toward their objectives, reaching the Villers-Bretonneux–Le Hamel road. By the morning of 25 April, 1918, Australian and British troops, almost encircled Villers-Bretonneux. A day later, the town was secured and a new front line was established. The immediate German threat to Amiens was over.
The new Sir John Monash Centre, just outside Villers-Bretonneux, gives visitors a unique opportunity to imagine what life was like for Australian troops on the Western Front. With its 360-degree theatre, visitors will be able to experience immersive films depicting the battles of Villers-Bretonneux and Hamel, like never before.
You can register your interest to visit the Sir John Monash Centre here.
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https://www.army.gov.au/our-history/history-in-focus/wwi-the-western-front
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Göksel Demirpençe, kurz Göksel genannt (* 25. November 1971 in Istanbul), ist eine türkische Popsängerin.

Leben und Karriere
Nach einem abgebrochenen Philosophiestudium an der Bosporus-Universität sang sie zunächst als Backgroundsängerin für verschiedene Musiker, u. a. Sezen Aksu und Sertab Erener. 1997 erschien ihr Debütalbum Yollar mit dem Hit Sabır. 2001 wechselte sie zu Sony Music und veröffentlichte ihr zweites Album Körebe mit dem Hit Depresyondayım (ich bin deprimiert).

Neben ihren Soloalben arbeitete sie auch mit verschiedenen anderen Künstlern zusammen, z. B. der griechischen Band Omega Vibes (Karşı kıyıya) oder maNga (Dursun Zaman). 2006 gab sie ein Konzert in Bochum, 2008 in Mannheim.

2007 erschien ihr Album Ay'da yürüdüm (Ich bin auf dem Mond gelaufen). In dem Stück Taş Bebek wird sie von Teoman und Ferman Akgül (Sänger von maNga) unterstützt.

In ihrer bisherigen Musiklaufbahn machte sie mit zahlreichen Hits wie Kurşuni Renkler, Dursun Zaman, Bi Seni Konuşurum, Dudaklarında Arzu, Uzaktan, Denize Bıraksam oder Bu da Geçecek auf sich aufmerksam.

Diskografie

Alben
 1997: Yollar
 2001: Körebe
 2003: Söz Ver
 2005: Arka Bahçem
 2007: Ay'da Yürüdüm
 2009: Mektubumu Buldun mu?
 2010: Hayat Rüya Gibi
 2012: Bende Bi' Aşk Var
 2015: Sen Orda Yoksun

Weitere Alben
 2008: Alternatif Müzikte Yaz Serinliği
 2009: The Best of (Kompilation)

Musikvideos

Einzelveröffentlichungen
 2022: Sen Varsın
 2022: Canım
 2022: Haklıydın
 2021: Çölde Bi' Vaha
 2020: Lütufsuz Yaz
 2020: Ben Fena Aşığım
 2019: Hiç Yok
 2019: Bu da Geçecek
 2017: Tam da Şu An
 2005: Bi Seni Konuşurum (Remix)

Zusammenarbeiten mit andern Künstlern
 2018: Duruyor Dünya (mit Hey! Douglas)
 2017: Gözleri Aşka Gülen (mit Yaşar Gaga)
 2017: Nasıl Yaptın (mit Yaşar Gaga)
 2016: Rüya (mit Erol Evgin)
 2016: Unutamadım (von Ayşegül Aldinç - Hintergrundstimme)
 2015: Fena Halde Bela (von Mabel Matiz - Hintergrundstimme)
 2015: Ahu (von Mabel Matiz - Hintergrundstimme)
 2013: İki Gölge (von Rashit - Hintergrundstimme)
 2012: Sabır (mit Ozan Çolakoğlu)
 2012: Aşkın Sırrı Bilinmez (mit Ahmet Koç)
 2010: Beşiktaş Üsküdar (mit Melih Ünen)
 2010: Goodbye My Love (mit Gökcan Sanlıman)
 2004: Dursun Zaman (mit maNga)
 2003: Karşı Kıyıya (von Omega Vibes - Hintergrundstimme)
 2000: Sensiz Şarkı (von Turgut Berkes - Hintergrundstimme)
 1997: O'nun Şarkısı (von Yavuz Çetin - Hintergrundstimme)
 1997: Rengarenk (von Yaşar Gaga - Hintergrundstimme)
 1997: Aşka Yalan Dedirtmem (von Yaşar Gaga - Hintergrundstimme)

Beiträge auf Compilations
 2018: Gidelim Buralardan (Original von Nazan Öncel)
 2017: Unutulmaz (Original von Mirkelam)
 2016: Karlı Kayın Ormanı (Original von Zülfü Livaneli)
 2016: Bir Demet Yasemen (Original von Zeki Müren)
 2007: Kedim (Original von Ezginin Günlüğü)
 2004: İstemeyerek İstemeyerek (Original von Murathan Mungan)

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Einzelnachweise

Popsänger
Person (Istanbul)
Musiker (Türkei)
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Geboren 1971
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Former President Rawlings has stated that he is solidly behind his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings who is set to bear the flag of the newly born National Democratic Party to the December polls.
If anybody thought that former President Rawlings recent appearances at NDC functions were an indication that he will lead the party's campaign as he has done in previous elections, the person must be wrong.
Mr Rawlings made this disclosure in an interview with Joy News' Beatrice Adu on the sideline of a lecture delivered by Fetus Mogae, former President Botswana, on credible elections.
"I will support her as I do, you know, [to] a good number of other candidates," he replied when Beatrice asked if he will support the wife.
Mr Rawlings also counseled the wife that it would be "wise" for her to resign from the NDC if she really want to bear the flag for the NDP.
Pollster Ben Ephson has suggested that NMrs Rawlings would not make any significant impact in the 2012 elections without the husband's support, but the former president, after questioning the credibility of Mr Ephson's polls, simply said "we just have to wait and see".


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How the Grinch Stole COVID Expectations
Brief: Global Economy, COVID-19 Insights
Only successful vaccine distribution can tame pandemic and allow economy to roar back to life.
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Optimism abounds, despite surging COVID-19 cases nationwide.
The U.S. economy is recovering, stock markets are at all-time highs and interest rates are at record lows. Two COVID-19 vaccines are on the way, and several others could be ready in a few months.
All this good news seems to have made some folks giddy and a bit lax when it comes to pandemic precautions. Infection rates, hospitalizations and fatalities are steadily climbing.
Not to go all Grinch, but the pandemic is not over and a return to normalcy, at best, lies many months ahead. And expectations of a smooth recovery might be too good to be true. Getting the vaccine to 300 million Americans is a monumental task. Consider this:
Transportation and storage of the Pfizer vaccine must be frozen to minus 70-80 degrees Celsius—colder than Antarctica. No one has experience with such a mass-distribution conundrum. The Moderna vaccine, expected to be available later this month, is a bit easier to handle, requiring minus 20 Celsius —more like a regular freezer.
After thawing, Pfizer vaccine batches of 1,000 or 5,000 doses must be administered within five days. Trying to organize and administer that many doses within such a tight time frame could lead to a lot of wasted vaccines. Moderna's vaccine can last up to 30 days after thawing.
Both vaccines require a booster shot that is given three or four weeks after the initial shot. Getting recipients to return for the booster in a timely fashion might prove a logistical mess.
Currently, four out of 10 Americans say they will refuse the vaccine. Scientists estimate 60-70% participation is necessary to achieve the herd immunity needed to stop COVID-19's rapid spread.
No one knows with certainty how long the vaccines will be effective. A year or just several months?
Optimism is good, but let's not forget this deadly virus is merciless, and everyone must do their part to defeat it. We all have a duty to continue pandemic precautions until we all get vaccinated—a cause we all should champion.
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24th Division, PLAAF, based at Yang Cun AB, Tian Jin.
Bird strike, engine FOD, and crashed, at Wu Qing Nan Hu Park, Tian Jin.
August 1st Aerobatics Team, 24th Division, PLAAF, based at Yang Cun AB, Wu Qing, Tian Jin.
Morning, above Wu Qing, during training, "two aircraft rolling" manoeuvre, two J-10s collided.
One or both J-10s were two-seaters.
Two pilots ejected from one J-10 that crashed, at a field, southwest of Da Yang Pu Village, Chen Jia Pu, Yu Tian County, He Bei Province.
Back-seater, woman, reportedly she, or her seat, or her parachute, collided with aileron of wingman, and she was killed.
31st Group Army, PLA, based at Tong An, Fu Jian Province.
About 7 PM, crashed, at Xia Zhu Wei Village, Jie Shan Town, Quan Gang District, Quan Zhou City, Fu Jian Province.
Pilot was Major ZHANG Hao.
Joined army in 2001 September.
Wife was eight months pregnant.
Co-pilot was Captain WANG Xiao Dong.
Joined army in 2008 September.
At least four houses damaged.
At least three villagers wounded and rescued.
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Took off from an AB in Bo Hai area.
Flight control system malfunctioned, couldn't recover, and pilot ejected, two seconds before crash.
CAO Xian Jian was critically wounded, hospitalised for 419 days, including two surgeries, and returned to active duty.


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Hundreds of Arabs have protested in the Mediterranean port city of Haifa against the controversial "nation-state" law that was recently passed by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset.
The protest took place on Sunday, with several Arab and Israeli lawmakers voicing anger at the legislation. The protest has already engulfed the Druze community in the occupied territories.
Arab member of Knesset Aida Touma-Sliman, who is known for her criticism of the regime's measures, called the legislation "an Apartheid law," The Jerusalem Post wrote.
"This struggle must be not only of Arabs but of all those who looked for the words equality and democracy in the legislation and didn't find them," she said.
Israeli parliamentarian Mossy Raz complained that the law says "the land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people and not the Palestinians as well," the paper reported.
"This legislation should end up uniting the citizens – against the law," he said.
The Knesset adopted the bill on July 19 declaring the occupying entity "the nation-state of the Jewish people," in what is widely criticized as a measure that could lead to discrimination against the Arab population in the occupied lands.
Knesset approves apartheid 'Israel for Jews' law
Israel's parliament sparks anger among the Arab population by adopting an apartheid law that declares the occupying entity "the nation-state of the Jewish people."
The law prioritizes "Jewish" values over democratic ones in the occupied territories and declares Jerusalem al-Quds the "capital" of Israel.
It also allows existence of Jewish-only communities, and sets Hebrew as the official language, relegating Arabic from an official language to one with "special status."
Speaking moments after the bill passed into law, however, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the vote as a "defining moment in the annals of Zionism."
Critics and members of Israel Palestinian minority which constitutes 20 percent of Israel have likened the legislation to apartheid.
Palestinians living in Israel have long said they are treated as second-class citizens, suffering from discriminatory legislation and radically inferior access to public services and infrastructure compared to Jews.
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the law showed that Israel is "the most Zionist, fascist and racist" entity in the world, where the spirit of Adolf Hitler has re-emerged.
Erdogan said Israel had shown itself to be a "terror" regime by attacking Palestinians with tanks and artillery, adding that the move would "drown the region and world in blood and suffering."
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This year's entry to the Best Foreign Language film at the 2019 Academy Awards from South Korea is Burning.
Burning is a slow, noir-style thriller, with a great soundtrack, a frustrating but well-suited lead performance and a story-line that, slowly, weaves its way to an explosive finale.
Ah-in Yoo ("Six Flying Dragons (TV)", "The Throne") as Lee, a loner and the most lackadaisical man you'll likely ever meet, if he moved any slower he'd go backwards in time.
One day he appears to catch the eye of a pretty woman performing marketing outside a store. Hae-mi, Jong-seo Jun, used to live near Lee, but he doesn't remember her.
They strike up a friendship that escalates to something more, but then Hae-mi decides to take off to Africa to "find herself" and, on her return, brings with her a new friend Ben, Steven Yeun ("Okja", "The Walking Dead (TV)").
Ben isn't like Yoo and Lee, although a little older, he's considerably wealthier. A strange, three-some, relationship emerges between the trio with Hae-mi at the centre of these two, very different men. The good-looking, wealthy, sure of himself Ben and the shy, retiring, introverted Lee who works on the family farm.
When Hae-mi stops returning Lee's calls, and then her phone is switched off altogether, Lee goes on the hunt for her, consumed by this woman who once showed an interest in him. A desire that burns deep within, means he'll do all he can to find out where she is.
There's no getting away from the fact that Burning is slow, really slow. A nearly 2.5 hour run time does not help matters and, as beautifully-stark and industrial as some of the shots are, I could have done with less.
That said, Burning is a great thriller. Ah-in Yoo plays Lee with a frustrating air of relaxation and plodding through life that you just want to grab him by the collar and shake him till something happens. It can be frustrating, but it's perfect for the movie.
Newcomer Jong-seo Jun plays the ever fascinated, almost hippy-like Hae-mi with an air of innocence and playfulness. She strikes you as a woman who doesn't know what she wants, but is fine with that, willing to see what happens in life.
Burning will delight and frustrate in equal measure. It's a stunning piece of film-making, very well shot, an excellent trio in lead roles and a story that keeps you guessing, though you will figure it out early enough for the frustration to raise its head again.
It's best to go into the movie knowing little about it, let the slow noir gently wash over you and experience the film makers vision in all its glory. Some have said the movie is about how women are portrayed or valued in South Korea. I don't know if that's true or not. I do know that, whilst slow (have I mentioned it's slow?), Burning is a film you'll want to see.
Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood as him, who asks him to look after her cat while on a trip to Africa.
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How often do you hear these everyday workplace problems? Travel restrictions are in place, budgets must be cut, no client expenses for the next quarter, how can we pull in biz from the next quarter into this one, can you get that completed in less time, we need it now or we'll lose the client. We are all familiar with the current workplace mantra: we have to do more with less.
No doubt, time and money are scarce, and there is a drive to be more innovative in how we work. While most of us understand the logic behind scarcity in our workplace resources, it is still emotionally stressful. And when we can't get what we need to do our job, it's easy to look over at your boss, another co-worker or department and compare. We wonder why they get more while we get less.
However, doing more with less gives us a chance to be creative: perhaps we can make lemonade from lemons, as the saying goes. Maybe we can find more efficient ways of doing business.
What if, rather than competing for scarce resources, we became curious and collaborated? What if we asked each other questions? The following fable explores the power of asking why do you need it, and what could happen if we did that.
Two sisters found themselves in the kitchen both reaching for the last lemon in the house. Neither one wanted to make the effort to buy more – besides, they had no money. Neither one wanted to exert power or manipulate the other so each did the honourable thing and compromised. Each begrudgingly took their half of the lemon to their spot in the kitchen. With much chagrin, one sister grated the rind to make a half of a lemon cake. The other, feeling resentful, squeezed a half a glass of lemonade.
Neither got what they wanted. But had they asked each other why they needed the lemon, they could each have had the whole.
When we get fixed on what we want rather than why we want it, we miss creating opportunities for innovation and win-win solutions.
Next time you find yourself in a budget meeting negotiating for resources, try to set aside what you think you need and ask the other why they need what they are asking for. You never know… sometimes you might both walk away with a whole lemon.
This is the second in a series of fables from the 1-degree blog that are meant to help us see things differently. They are inspired by my sister, who is my chief story listener.
Read Lorella's first fable, The Case for Optimism at Work.


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Hotel Baron, Aleppo
This post is dedicated to all who have suffered and sacrificed for freedom of expression and democracy in Syria.
(Regular New York Neon programming to resume with the next post.)
Hotel Baron, Aleppo. July 16, 2009. (T. Rinaldi)
Hotel Baron, Aleppo, by day. July 16, 2009. (T. Rinaldi)
Near Al Marjeh Square, Damascus. July 15, 2009. (T. Rinaldi)
Hotel Al Hamra, Damascus. July 15, 2009. (T. Rinaldi)
Hotel Alaa Tower, Damascus. July 15, 2009. (T. Rinaldi)
Cinema Al Zahraa, Damascus. July 14, 2009. (T. Rinaldi)
Cinema Amir, Damascus. July 14, 2009. (T. Rinaldi)
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Losing Lascoff's
A none-too-optimistic update on the ancient sign at Lascoff's Drugs: the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati offered to make arrangements to have the sign brought to its sign heaven in Ohio, so on Saturday (July 21) I went up to the store to leave a note asking the owners to contact the museum if they were interested in working something out.
Lascoff's incredibly historic sign, with lettering removed, July 21, 2012. (T. Rinaldi)
No one contacted the museum. Then, on Monday (July 23) I learned (via Wayne Heller at Lite Brite Neon) that the sign had been listed for sale on Craigslist.
Lascoff's "museum quality" sign could have been yours via Craigslist. (Craigslist)
The ad was posted on July 16 with the caveat that the sign had to be removed by the next day, but the listing remained online through the 23rd (it's gone now) and the sign was still there as of Tuesday the 24th (though most of its lettering has been carefully removed, apparently for salvage). I replied to the ad but once again got no answer, so, sadly, we are left to watch and wait.
Lascoff's gutted: Saturday, July 21, 2012. (T. Rinaldi)
EXTRA FEATURE: SYLVIA, ELAINE AND FEDORA
What can I say that hasn't been said already, except - three lovely lady restaurateurs, three lovely signs. Let's hope Sylvia's will be here for a long time to come.
From top: Sylvia's at 328 Lenox Ave.; Elaine's, formerly at 1703 Second Ave.; and Fedora, in its old guise, at 239 West Fourth Street. (T. Rinaldi)
• On a happier note, Debra Jane is back on the road, making daily posts brimming with vintage sign porn par excellence through mid-August.
• By way of JVNY - Manganaro's closed back in March and now the sign is gone too: replaced, at least, with a well-intended approximation of its predecessor. (The new business looks promising as well.)
• Special thanks to the Postcards from Hell's Kitchen blog for the shout-out this week!
• From the Up-For-Grabs department: Duke's Bar on East 19th Street is entertaining bids for a c. 1950s liquor store sign that has decorated its back room for the past decade or so. Photo here.
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Labels: Lost Signs, Manhattan, Upper East Side
J. Leon Lascoff & Son
I have scrapped my planned blog post this week to run yet another obituary piece, this time for J. Leon Lascoff & Son, "Apothecaries," on the Upper East Side. The news comes via the blog Jeremiah's Vanishing New York. Sorry to say, I never patronized Lascoff's, so I'll (mostly) leave the memorializing to others and get down to neon business.
Lascoff's, at 82nd and Lex. The business served New Yorkers from 1899 until this past weekend. The sign dates to 1931. (T. Rinaldi)
Suspended over Lascoff's storefront is one of the oldest neon signs in New York, installed in 1931. The tubes vanished years ago, but the rest is there: raised letters, both serif and sans-, bead-and-reel border molding, and - best of all - that superb, pre-deco, symmetrical silhouette. It's one of the most significant neon signs in the city.
Lascoff's sign exemplifies typical details common among neon signs of the late '20s and early '30s, including raised lettering, stamped sheet metal border moldings, and a symmetrical silhouette. (T. Rinaldi)
Lascoff's is (was) one of those neighborhood institutions that had been around so long (113 years) it seemed immune from the pressures that have done in so many businesses like it. The shop was already old when the writer and painter Charles Green Shaw featured it in his book New York, Oddly Enough, back in 1938. What caught Shaw's eye was not Lascoff's neon sign - then quite ordinary - but an old wooden mortar and pestle that hung just beneath it. "Established in 1899, Lascoff's has served the Yorkville community ever since, and recently filled its millionth prescription," Shaw wrote.
Lascoff's as pictured in Charles Green Shaw's New York, Oddly Enough, in 1938. The bottom of the neon sign is visible at top left. (NYPL)
The old mortar and pestle disappeared at some point, leaving just the metal bracket that held it in place. I called Lascoff's last year to enquire about both signs, but the man I spoke with knew nothing about either. By appearances, Lascoff's wooden sign was not quite 40 years old when Shaw photographed it. The store's neon sign (which is featured the neon book) turns 81 this year.
Lascoff's, elevation sketch. (T. Rinaldi)
Someone needs to save this sign - do it for New York, do it for cultural heritage, do it for neon - but please, someone, save this sign! If anyone has any information regarding the owner's intentions for the sign or a means of contacting them, please drop me a line.
Save This Sign. (T. Rinaldi)
• News of Lascoff's closing at JVNY.
• Lascoff's profiled in-depth at Forgotten NY.
• Lascoff's profiled in print in "The Historic Shops & Restaurants of NY" by Ellen Williams.
• A heads-up from my uncle: in Western NY, the landmark Batavia Downs sign has made way for a LED replacement.
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Da-Nite Neon Signs
One of the more nagging frustrations of researching the neon book was how little information I managed to find on Da-Nite (pronounced "day-night") Neon Signs. Despite being one of New York's most prominent illuminated sign shops for more than fifty years, I have thus far come up with almost nothing on this company. A similarly-named Da-Nite Sign Co. has operated in Columbus, Ohio since 1954, but a nice young woman who answered the phone there assured me that the two firms are of no relation.
"Sign Architects since 1915," "Manufacturers of Brilliant Neon as Used at the World's Fair," and "The Finest Neon Showroom in New York." Da-Nite display advertisements from the Manhattan Classified Telephone Directory, from top - 1935, 1950 and 1960. (NYPL, N-YHS)
Based on Da-Nite Neon's classified advertisements in the Manhattan yellow pages, one gathers that the company operated from 1915 to the mid-1970s. Neon signs themselves didn't show up in New York until the 1920s, leaving one to wonder what the firm might have called itself in its earlier years. After 1965 it seems to have changed its name to "Day & Nite Neon Signs". Its distinctive advertisements began to appear in the phone book by the early 1930s, and remained there complete with the company's very deco-style lettering for the next forty years.
Da-Nite's mark at 79th Street Wine and Spirits. (T. Rinaldi)
At least two Da-Nite signs can still be found in Manhattan, both on the west side. If these examples are any indication, the firm's body of work must have been very impressive indeed. 79th Street Wine and Spirits, at 230 West 79th Street, retains simple but handsome vertical and fascia signs once typical of midcentury liquor stores throughout the city. Only the vertical sign bears Da-Nite's marking, but the two signs are very well matched, suggesting the same provenance for both.
79th Street Wine & Spirits. I especially enjoy the "Q" in "LIQUOR" on the fascia sign. (T. Rinaldi)
Records at the Building Department fail to indicate an installation date, but their style implies something from the Truman administration. The ensemble is complemented by the older blinking sign of the Dublin House bar across the street, making the corner of 79th and Broadway one of the most memorable in the city – at least for the neon aficionado.
79th Street Wine & Spirits. (T. Rinaldi)
A still more pleasing bit of Da-Nite's handiwork can be found on Eighth Avenue and 44th Street, at Smith's Bar and Restaurant.
Smith's Bar and Restaurant, 701 Eighth Avenue. (T. Rinaldi)
This especially appealing set of signs served as the backdrop for my recent interview on WNBC's "The Debrief with David Ushery." The signs were installed in 1954. 22 years later they enjoyed a brief cameo in the closing credits of Martin Scorsese's 1976 film "Taxi Driver."
Smith's Bar looks much the same today (above) as it did more than 30 years ago in "Taxi Driver." (NBC Universal; "Taxi Driver")
The Smith's Bar signs are painted black now, but until recently their sheet metal remained in its original unpainted glory, though the aluminum (?) sign faces had begun to look a little worse for wear. Vacant electrode housings within the letters BAR indicate that these once enjoyed an additional set of tubes.
Smith's Bar, before (above) and after (below) the paint job. (T. Rinaldi)
For the past year or so, the lettering BAR and RESTAURANT has flashed on-and-off in alternating sequence. Probably not many passersby wonder, as I do, whether the sign flashed originally or if this new blinking act simply recalls a flashier era in New York neon. This is a secret Da-Nite seems to have taken to the grave.
Schematic sketches of the Smith's Bar signs accompanied their original permit application at the Department of Buildings in 1954. (New York City Department of Buildings)
• Da-Nite Neon at nyneon.org.
• At the Lost City blog, parsing out the history of the Hotel Roger Smith (one of NYC's last hotels neon).
• By way of John Anderson at Mega Volt Neon, an almost hypnotic Parisian apocathary sign.
Labels: Da-Nite, Manhattan, Sign Company Profiles
The Neon's Red Glare
July 4th: a good day for bar-b-cues, parades, not going to work, and - that's right - American flags rendered in neon.
I spotted this little darlin' some years ago at a newsstand in the Union Square subway station. It has since disappeared, I am sorry to report. But as a quantity item, there seem to be others around. Keep an eye out and drop me a line if you spot one!
If that doesn't get your patriotic juices flowing, there's also this handsome jobber, which caught my eye from the window of the New York Nail salon on Route 9 in Hyde Park, New York.
Illuminated Engineering Practice, 1916. (NYPL)
In researching the neon book, I found that electrified displays of patriotism are nothing new. Precedents go back to the earliest days of incandescent bulb signs. William Hammer, the Edison-associated credited with creating the world's first electric sign, is said to have mocked-up animated electric flags as early as 1889. In the years leading up to America's entry into WWI, animated flag signs became profuse: Betts & Betts, then the industry's most prominent maker of "flasher" mechanisms for electric signs, even introduced a special automated switching device intended for animated flags by 1916.
Stars and Stripes aglow, around the time of the First World War. (Signs of the Times magazine, Feb-Mar 1916)
Illuminated patriotism seems to have subsided somewhat during the interwar years, but made a come-back during WWII, by which time Americans had turned to neon as their illuminant of choice. Today one can still find a few neon iterations of Old Glory out and about. But here as with so many other displays, the trend is toward LEDs, as the recent conversion (from fluorescent lamps to LEDs) of the illuminated flag at the Times Square Armed Forces Recruiting Station attests. Proof thro' the night that our flag, if not our neon, is still there.
The Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square, before (above) and after (below) LED-ification. (T.Rinaldi)
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Things haven't looked so good to Milwaukee Bucks fans for a while. Six months ago the Bucks finished a season that produced a 12-game improvement and a playoff series they probably should have won. Oh yes, and a cool new slogan: "Fear the Deer." Center Andrew Bogut's rise to stardom, rookie Brandon Jennings' flash at point guard, the February arrival of shooting guard John Salmons and coach Scott Skiles' insistence on better defense made the Bradley Center rock.
But the Bucks didn't stop there. General manager John Hammond acquired proven scorer Corey Maggette, power forwards Drew Gooden and Jon Brockman, shooting guard Chris Douglas-Roberts and point men Keyon Dooling and Earl Boykins. This Milwaukee roster has the most depth and variety in, well, a long time. Which means the Bucks need to reach the next level—the postseason's second round, at minimum—to make this season worthwhile.
Frank: The good news is the Bucks have a great shot at winning the Central Division. The bad news is it ain't much of a division.
Artie: Hey, a division title would be their first since 2000-'01, the year they almost went to the NBA Finals, and only the second since 19-freakin'-86!
Frank: But it won't mean much if they don't win a playoff series, which also hasn't happened since '01, and before that in '89.
Artie: Can do! They had a 3-2 lead on Atlanta last spring, and that was after Bogut got multi-injured in that horrible fall. Some so-called experts still rank the Hawks above the Bucks, but it ain't so.
Frank: Sports Illustrated pegs the Bucks as fifth in the Eastern Conference, with division rivals Chicago and Detroit sixth and seventh. Indiana and LeBron-less Cleveland should be no trouble.
Artie: Wow! SI gives Detroit a No. 7? The Sporting News has the Bucks and Bulls at 6 and 7, but dumps the Pistons to 12th in the East. And USA Today has 'em 28th out of 30 in the league.
Frank: So it looks like Bucks-Bulls for the division. Chicago's big addition, Carlos Boozer, will be out at least a few weeks with a broken hand. But the Bucks haven't been at full strength either.
Artie: Salmons missed every exhibition game with a knee problem, Maggette only played in the final exhibition and Bogut is still working up to full speed. But there's a lot to be said for taking their time. It's a long, long season and it's much better to be healthy late than early, ain'a?
Frank: The same thing applies to Michael Redd, whose twice-rebuilt knee isn't expected back until February.
Artie: By then Salmons or someone else might be hurt and Redd's three-pointers could be desperately needed. Hey, they've gotta pay him his $18 million no matter what.
Frank: Redd said all the right things to the Journal Sentinel. "Any role, any role, just to play basketball..." He knows that on this team he needs to be a role player.
Artie: Which applies to lots of guys. Hammond stocked the roster all right, but a game is still 240 minutes of available time.
Frank: Guys like Carlos Delfino, Ersan Ilyasova and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, who all had lots of starts last season, will have to wait their turn. One key last season was the Bucks' unselfishness, and now it'll be even more important.
Artie: The No. 1 priority is having Bogut healthy because his inside game and Jennings' speed complement each other so well. But No. 2 is Skiles being able to work in all these new players effectively. Not just in terms of minutes, but the chemistry of all the new combos.
Frank: And No. 3 is that Jennings avoid a sophomore slump. As last season went on, his outside shooting fell off.
Artie: The Bulls have a transition issue too, with a new coach in Tom Thibodeau, the former Boston defensive guru. And I think they have big weaknesses. At shooting guard they have either Ronnie Brewer or Keith Bogans, who are nothing special. They do have that three-point specialist, Kyle Korver. But there's an awfully big load on Derrick Rose at the point. He's terrific, but they're going to miss Kirk Hinrich a lot, just for his savvy and defense.
Frank: Speaking of defensive gurus, Skiles seems to qualify. In points allowed per game and opponents' field-goal percentage, the Bucks were among the league's 10 best teams last season.
Artie: One thing they didn't do well—getting to the free-throw line—improved a lot in the preseason.
Frank: The guy who's supposed to help the most, Maggette, showed why in the final exhibition by taking 20 free throws. This stat from SI floored me: Maggette has scored 34.9% of his NBA points from the line, the second-highest mark among players with 10,000-plus points in NBA history!
Artie: But he's a good outside shooter, too. Salmons isn't shy about driving and Maggette and Douglas-Roberts are two more "slashers."
Frank: Who can help take the pressure off the "dump it inside, kick it outside" stuff.
Artie: It'll be interesting to see the dynamic between Maggette and Skiles. The rap on Maggette has been that when he gets the ball he never lets it go. But consider the teams he played on—Golden State and the Clippers. Who'd he have to pass it to? Another rap was that Maggette often didn't play defense. But again, if you're down by 25 in the third quarter, what's your incentive?
Frank: Skiles is a guy who, no matter how Maggette is scoring, will sit him if he doesn't play D.
Artie: Another big difference this season is that for the first time since Bogut's been here, they have a complementary power forward in Gooden. He knows how to rebound and score, and if Bogut's hurting Gooden can still provide a threat down low.
Frank: Last year if Bogut was out it was almost exclusively outside shooting.
Artie: And don't forget Brockman. This guy plays like his pants are on fire, total effort.
Frank: As for the overall NBA outlook, seems like the usual suspects, right?
Artie: When it comes to teams that have a realistic shot at the championship, it's Lakers, Celtics, Spurs, Heat, Magic. And maybe Oklahoma City because of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
Frank: Seems like the South Beach Trinity of LeBron, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are happy to be the targets for everyone.
Artie: I'm not conceding anything to them—even their division, with Orlando in it. Injuries can wreck any team, and Bosh and Wade have been vulnerable before. And their bench? The Bucks' bench is way better!
Frank: A pleasant football weekend for you?
Artie: Any time the Badgers and Packers both win, that's good. When the wins put them on track for conference and division titles, that's excellent!
Frank: Wisconsin slugged it out all day with Iowa and parlayed a blocked extra point and several fourth-down conversions into a one-point win. The Packers had to battle almost to the last second, but they held off Brett Favre and the Vikings.
Artie: Man, on that big sack near the end I thought, "Who the hell is this Jarius Wynn?" Shows how battered the Pack is. But the defense came up with Badgers intensity.
Frank: I guess it was sweet to see Favre throw three interceptions.
Artie: Then he hobbles around with that ankle thing, doing the wounded hero bit. I thought he'd start spitting out teeth.
Frank: Wow, no love left for Brett. Didn't we learn the ankle has fractures?
Artie: Fractures, schmactures. I ain't buying it. This act is right out of Tennessee Williams. He was always a diva; now he's Blanche DuBois!
Frank: I would have liked to see a World Series replay of 1962 with the Yankees and Giants, but since the Yanks won last year I think it's fine to have Texas add some new blood. Besides, the Yankees sure didn't deserve to win the ALCS.
Artie: The Giants have always been my favorite team except for the local guys. In the '60s I loved to see Mays, McCovey, Cepeda and Marichal play the Braves. Color me black and orange!


WageWorks, the nation's leading provider of consumer-directed health care, wellness, commuter, and employer-sponsored benefits for FORTUNE 1,000 companies, announced today that its Compliance Officer Jody Dietel has been named president and chair of the Special Interest Group for IIAS Standards (SIGIS).
SIGIS is the industry group responsible for the establishment and maintenance of an industry standard for operating an inventory information approval system (IIAS) solution, which is required by the IRS for flexible spending account (FSA) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRA) cards to continue to be used at non-health care merchants. The group's members include more than 5,000 retailers, acquirer processors, payment card networks, issuer processors, and third-party administrators.
"Jody has played a significant part in the tremendous accomplishments SIGIS has achieved to date, and brings great perspective to her new position as president and chair for the organization," said Stacy Pourfallah, SIGIS secretary. "Her expertise, effectiveness and enthusiasm will be key to this frontline role, helping to expand usability of employee benefits card programs across the United States."
As president and chair, Jody will leverage her expertise and experience while working with the board of directors to guide the group's ongoing efforts in managing the SIGIS standard approach to IRS requirements, for the use of health care payment cards. Prior to being named president, Jody served as SIGIS' vice president. In her new role, Jody will continue to chair the SIGIS List Review Working Group, which is responsible for determining which items and services are and are not eligible for purchase using a health care debit card under the IRS rules. Jody also sits on the board of directors for the Employers' Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC), a non-profit organization dedicated to the maintenance and expansion of private employer benefit programs on a tax-advantaged basis.
"My interest is really for the millions of Americans who use these accounts. I got into this business because I really believe in these benefits, but if they're going to work as intended, we need to have a broadly deployed approach; this is where SIGIS comes in," commented Dietel, compliance officer at WageWorks and newly appointed SIGIS president.
With health care reform at the top of the government's agenda, Jody hopes to use her industry cachet and influence at WageWorks to help shape the debate in Washington D.C., to ensure concerns of Americans - especially those with FSAs or HRAs - and their employers, are heard.
Dietel continued, 'several of the options proposed by the Senate Finance Committee for funding Health Care Reform would remove much of the behavioral changes that have occurred as a result of account-based plans. Eliminating or limiting account-based plans is really counter to the goal of health care reform, which is to lower costs and make coverage more universally affordable."
SIGIS was formed shortly after the release of IRS regulation and guidance governing the use of health care payment cards for employer-sponsored tax-based accounts such as FSAs and HRAs. Because of the group's work, a broad range of companies and consumers enjoy the convenience and security that comes with having consistent systems in place for transaction processing and data retention.


Welcome to the 2018-9 Ski Season! We have already seen snow throughout parts of BC so here's to an early start.
Specific event details and registration will become available closer to the event dates. If you plan to attend events this season, we strongly recommend BOOKING YOUR ACCOMMODATIONS NOW!


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Q: Why does Chrome Dev Tools not show "computed" tab? I'm learning about Box Model in Dev Tools, but I'm unable to see the "computed tab" when navigating through developer tools. I re-downloaded Chrome and Canary 2 but neither of them made a difference in showing the computed tab between "styles" and "event listeners". Has anyone come across this issue in the past?
*I've attached a screenshot of what I'm seeing.
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A: Since Chrome 85, the Computed section is always displayed as a tab.
What's New In DevTools (Chrome 85)

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If you leave "Panel Layout" at the defaul "auto" setting, you can only see the computed tab when the dev tool window is greater than a certain width.

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If it is not wide enough it shows up below the 'layout'

It appears as a tab if the panel is wide enough

A: For anyone confused like me, this took me months to find..! (unless it was just added in an update)
Click and it shows the computed tab like it always used to

A: This worked for me . Now i can open style/element/computed at the same time.

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Is it Safe for Women to Travel in Colombia Alone?
That was the usual reaction after telling my family and friends I would be spending a month traveling through Colombia. But as a girl who almost always travels alone I'm used to people thinking I'm nuts.
I learned all about the possible dangers and scams and was borderline crazy cautious once I arrived. Butafter thirty days of traveling alone from the Caribbean to the Amazon on planes, buses, taxis, vans, and boats, I'm happy to say that I left Colombia with all of my stuff, a ton of new friends, and zero stab wounds.
It's impossible not to notice the heavy military and police presence throughout the country. Groups of camouflaged men stand on street corners and roadside checkpoints clutching machine guns and grenade launchers. At first it was kind of intimidating to see so many young guys with such massive weaponry, butbefore long I was casually greeting them (okay, flirting with them) at every passing.
As cliched as it sounds, the Colombians I met were some of the warmest, most inviting people I've met in all of my travels. Not only were they proud to share their country's history and culture, they also seemed genuinely welcoming and intrigued as to why a woman was out traveling on her own.
One evening I stopped by a pizza shop in Salento run by a young couple who were clearly drowning in takeout orders. Despite being 'hangry' I started conversing with a two-year-old while waiting to place my order. I'm usually painfully awkward with kids, but since we were both pretty much at the same level of Spanish, the conversation involved lots of shouting random nouns while pointing and making faces. Once her parents (who also spoke zero English) realized I was alone, they insisted I join them for a slice, and offered to walk me back to my hotel so that I wouldn't be alone after dark.
At first I worried that stuttering my way through my high school level Spanish vocabulary would make me an easy target (as if my pasty skin and blondish hair didn't already) but it ended up being a great way to learn the language. Everyone seemed open for a conversation, and unlike other countries where they'd switch to English the second they heard me struggle, Colombians were incredibly patient in teaching me. Sure they laughed when I messed up—like the time I tried to tell a woman I liked her shirt but ended up saying I liked her chest—but they'd always teach me the proper way to say whatever I was trying to say.
Another good thing about traveling alone in Colombia is that there are plenty of other travelers to meet and hang out with, but there aren't so many that it feels touristy. In Medellín I met up with two other Americans to find the house where Pablo Escobar was killed. When we asked a guy on the train for directions I figured he'd shrug us off as some dumb American tourists trying to seek out the violent past that Colombians are trying to shake off. But he ended up taking us to the house and on a short walking tour around the neighborhood himself, telling us all kinds of stories about its history. I challenge anyone to get this kind of treatment from a stranger on a New York subway.
Another concern for a lot of female travelers is street harassment. Maybe living in New York has desensitized me a bit, but aside from the occasional kissy noise this was a total non-issue for me in Colombia. It could also be that my language skills left me blissfully oblivious, or the fact that I'm older and no longer in my prime, but I dealt with more harassment on the streets of Manhattan in one day than I did during my entire month in Colombia.
I also saw a local man get robbed on a busy street in Bogotá. Just as quickly as it happened an entire city block of people started shouting while at least 20 men ran after the thief. They chased him right across the street where a police officer was waiting to tackle and arrest him. So while there were definitely acts of petty crime, they certainly weren't targeted towards solo women.
It's clear that there are still many problems throughout the developing country so it doesn't hurt to be a little extra cautious. But as a woman traveling alone, I didn't feel any less safe being a female in Colombia than I would in any other place I'm unfamiliar with. I'd definitely go back on my own – in fact I'm already planning my next trip!


The first issue of "Millar & McNiven's Nemesis" was insultingly dumb, but at least it had the absurd feel of unfettered comics. It wasn't so much a movie pitch in comics form -- although it is apparently that -- as it was a declaration of the madness of old-fashioned comic book illogic. The characters: archetypal. The situations: explosive.
Issue #2 attempts to "explain" things, and that's where the story goes not only off the rails, but careening into the lava traps of exposition, where anything worthwhile is burned away, and what's left is the charred remains of what might once have been a story. Or an attempt at one.
Unlike the first issue, this isn't even gleefully ridiculous. It's just block-headed and abrupt. I wouldn't call issue #1 elegant, but this one is page after page of inelegance, corrupt ideas, and it suffers from something so many other Mark Millar comics have avoided: it's boring.
It's not boring because its slowly paced, or because it doesn't conform to my idea of what a self-proclaimed evil Batman comic should be about. It's boring because half of the issue is directly lifted from other stories, and the other half is full of explanations of things that we aren't mean to care about. At its essence, "Nemesis" is a cat and mouse game between the super-crook and the super-cop, but this issue feels tired and stale. Its twists are not twists and its turns are not turns. It's just a comic filled with things that happen. And we're maybe supposed to care because some of those things are violent? I don't.
The issue opens with the origin story of Nemesis. His mom and dad had been operating a hunting club involving teenage runaways. It might make you think of Grant Morrison's "Invisibles," probably because that's where it's from. Later in the issue, Nemesis' car sheds its outer layer to reveal a wide-tired motorcycle. This scene's from a little movie called "The Dark Knight." It's pretty famous.
You could argue that Millar is recombining these pop culture references and playing off their intersections -- and the juxtaposition of these things with other genre archetypes -- but he doesn't do anything with the samples he takes. He just sticks them together here, like an unimaginative collage.
Steve McNiven, whose art looks more angular and craggy in this series than it has in the past -- even "Old Man Logan," with its excessive linework, felt smooth -- handles himself nicely in this issue. He uses the widescreen page layouts effectively. If this issue has any charms, and it does, they belong to a few images drawn by McNiven: the antiseptic lair of Nemesis, the arrogant posing, the steam floating off the laser blade as Nemesis climbs out of the water. Dave McCaig's colors don't work particularly well on some of the wrinklier inhabitants of Nemesis's world -- too many sickly oranges and greens for my taste -- but he provides subtle shading on the white-clad title character.
This isn't Millar or McNiven's best work, and with two more issues to go, I suspect it won't have time to turn itself around.


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Police are investigating a shooting that left a 20-year-old man from Fremont dead on Friday, Oct. 3.
Police said officers responded at 5:08 p.m. to a report of a shooting in the 1100 block of Laurel Avenue and located Mark Madden, 20, of Fremont, suffering from gunshot wounds.
Madden was pronounced dead at the scene.
East Palo Alto police are asking anyone with information on the homicide to call 650-321-112. Anonymous tips can be emailed to epa@tipnow.org or text or leave voice message at 650-409-6792.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO young. Condolences to his family and friends.
What were the circumstances of this murder - was it a random shooting, robbery, drug deal gone bad, carjacking, disagreement ???
5:08 PM, not even the wee hours, when shootings often happen. Sad.


The coalition government's recent announcements cancelling Building Schools for the Future capital programmes has deprived Brent schools of £80m funding allocated last January to rebuild, remodel and expand four secondary schools initially and a further £300m for the remaining secondaries.
This is an enormous setback for the children, teachers and indeed communities who have invested in the plans, been inspired and had their expectations raised by the promise of a 21st century learning environment. And judging by the stories emerging at the recent rally of parents, schoolchildren and unions to lobby MPs at Westminster, this is the tip of the iceberg across the country. It means that children will be taught in buildings not fit for purpose and in larger classes as there will not be enough school places for Brent's children, as a result.
The announcement, which initially did not name the four schools accurately, came on top of £1.8m government cuts in grants affecting Brent's children's services, meaning less funding for youth projects and activities, less for careers and other advice and less for improving nursery places, just at a time when young people need more help to achieve their potential and to get a job and families need more help accessing quality childcare, especially if both parents want to work.
Over the last 13 years, Labour invested in Brent's schools, year-on-year, producing higher standards with results above the national average and narrowing the achievement gap. Fewer schools have been in special measures and more children have stayed in education or training including apprenticeships. But instead of building on success, the Lib Dem/Tory government has put all this is at stake with no alternatives for capital investment as it rushes through the Academies Bill inviting schools to opt out of local authority control.
This coalition government option is initially for 'outstanding' schools in contrast to the original model, meaning that schools already doing well could opt to attract additional funds from local authority central services leaving less to support Brent's family of schools. These new 'academies' would not be accountable to the local authority (and taxpayer) and there is some doubt whether their admissions criteria would be subject to its approval. As the school year ends in a policy vacuum, it is important to thank teachers in recognition of their enormous contribution and to collaborate in the interests of all Brent's children in the future.


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Dallas Cowboys Tyron Smith Out Indefinitely With Avulsion Fracture
Chaz Published: August 25, 2022
The Dallas Cowboys received some horrible news today as star offensive lineman, Tyron Smith, suffered an avulsion fracture on his knee and will be out indefinitely. Well, this sucks.
According to NFL.com, Smith suffered the injury during practice on Wednesday, August 24th. Smith was hurt on a running play and went down as he was trying to block Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch.
Initially, the Cowboys thought the injury had something to do with his knee, but tests indicated his ACL was good to go. However, this morning, it was confirmed that Smith has an avulsion fracture, which basically means he tore his hamstring off of the bone. Ouch!
Here's footage of Smith hurting the knee in practice
The injury is a huge blow for the Cowboys as Smith was one of their most decorated lineman and responsible for securing quarterback Dak Prescott's blind side.
The Cowboys were already thin on the offensive line and have been trying to address their depth issues. They drafted Tyler Smith (no relation) to help secure an offensive line that has had several issues over the past few seasons. They have also played Josh Ball in place of Smith during practice but the second-year lineman is no Tyron Smith.
The good news for the Cowboys is that they do have some cap space so they do have some options to go after another lineman. The question is, will they try to go after a veteran lineman, or will they try to make it work with the guys they have?
All I know is that this is a huge loss for an already questionable offensive line. Nope, this is not good news at all.
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From the late 1870s, when Thorne Waite became an increasingly active participant at the annual exhibitions of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, his landscapes appeared to many commentators to be part of a revival of the broad, sketchy style of David Cox and Peter DeWint, both of whom had been prominent and longstanding members of the Society in the first half of the century.
Yet at the time of his admission in 1876 to associate membership of the Society of Painters in Water Colours (he became a full member in 1884), Thorne Waite's productions displayed a stronger affinity with the escapist idylls of Myles Birket Foster – the older artist even complaining in the press that Thorne Waite was copying him.
Despite the subsequent development of Thorne Waite's technique towards a more direct and broader handling that aimed to preserve the transparency of the medium, and which avoided the faintest touch of bodycolour, his vision of the countryside and rural life nevertheless remained essentially rosy. His halcyon imagery was remarked upon by critics repeatedly, as in 1887 when he submitted to the Society of Painters in Water Colours a large-scale exhibition piece illustrating the old custom of cheese rolling, with a group of children about to run down the hill to catch the cheese.


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Coffee House General Election 2017
Sunday political interviews round-up: Theresa May says Conservatives will not raise VAT
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Theresa May – Conservatives will not raise VAT
Touring both the BBC and ITV studios today, Theresa May tried her best to avoid giving specific answers about the Conservatives tax policies after the election. However, during an interview with Robert Peston, the Prime Minister appeared to disown David Cameron's 'triple lock' and make a commitment that a Conservative government would not raise the level of VAT above 20% over the next Parliament:
Peston: Given what you say your record as a party is on taxes, do you need to repeat David Cameron's triple lock – no rise in VAT, no rise in National Insurance, no rise in income tax – do you need to repeat that?
May: Well, I'm clear that we have no plans to raise the level of tax.
Peston: What does the level mean? I'm not sure what that means.
May: In relation to specific taxes, we won't be increasing VAT, but what I do want to ensure is that we are able to have the strong…
Peston: You definitely won't raise VAT? That's a 100% commitment.
May: …But what I want to do is to ensure that when we do look more widely at the tax system, that what we say on the tax system, we're absolutely clear we can deliver on it for people. And also as I say, I want to see us able to reduce taxes on working families and that can only be done with strong and stable leadership. It can only be done with a strong and stable government building that stronger economy.
Peston: But it does sound to me like what really matters to you, apart from VAT, is the overall burden of taxation rather than micro managing at this stage, individual tax rates.
May: I think it's important that we look at that overall burden of taxation. As I say, my desire, my instinct, and what I absolutely want to do is to be able to reduce taxes on working families. But we are only able to do any of this if we can build that stronger economy, and that's why it's important to have that strong and stable government that can deliver on that strong economy. I think Jeremy Corbyn's economic policies are nonsensical, I think they just don't add up.
She also defended her government's record on taxation, stating:
'What we've done by raising the threshold of the personal allowance is of course taken 4 million people out of paying income tax altogether. So, 4 million people who were on the very lowest earnings not paying income tax any longer. And the changes we've made mean that a basic rate tax payer is about £1,000 a year better off, as a result of those changes… If you look at the percentage of tax that's being paid by the very richest, the top 1% of people are actually paying a higher percentage of tax… they're paying a higher percentage of the burden than they did in any year under the Labour government.'
John McDonnell – Labour will end zero hours contracts
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell also made an appearance on Peston's show, where he set out Labour's vision for the economy after the election. In particular, McDonnell pledged to outlaw zero hours contracts, a policy also closely associated with Ed Miliband in 2015:
McDonnell: We're going to end zero hours contracts, we're going to introduce what they call the New Zealand model, where you can be assured of the hours you're going to work, and the reason for that is – I just give examples from my own constituency of families that don't know what hours they're going to work that week, what incomes they'll have, can't tell their kids whether or not they can afford that new coat next week or whether they can go on holiday next year. We're trying to give them security, and do you know, it's not asking the Earth and interestingly enough you know, on this particular issue companies like McDonalds now are beginning to move…
Peston: Now there are some people in Britain, who like the flexibility of not being tied to a formal contract. Are you going to say that they simply can't have – let's just say they want zero hours contracts – are you saying they simply can't have them?
McDonnell: If you look at the various pieces of research on this, most people want to ensure that they have the hours guaranteed. And you can negotiate then with your employer any additional hours and you can come to a reasonable agreement. There'll always be some who need special preferences obviously, but we still want to be sure that people have guaranteed hours and they're negotiated properly and wages match those hours as well. It's not asking for the Earth you know, and the way it's balanced at the moment is that people can't tell what hours they're working, don't know what income's coming in, they're falling back on debt and in some instances this growth in dependence on food banks in, what, the sixth richest country in the world.
He went to attack the government by declaring that 'We need to have a fair taxation system and there's no doubt about that. The issue for us is that… this government has made the choice to give away tax giveaways to corporations and the rich. We would not make those choices.'
Tim Farron – Theresa May is heading for a 'colossal coronation'
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron appeared on the Andrew Marr show and told Marr, in no uncertain terms, that Theresa May is heading for a 'colossal coronation' after the 8th of June and that the real question is 'will she be properly opposed?' Farron ruled out any sort of coalition with either the Conservatives or Labour in the unlikely event of a hung Parliament, arguing that:
TF: We all know it's the truth, the Prime Minister is heading for a colossal coronation on the 8th June… so let's not pretend there's going to be any hung Parliament…
AM: A colossal coronation?
TF: That's how it looks to me, and she expects the British people to turn up in their Sunday best and wave the flag. That is not how a democracy works and we are determined to turn the coronation she expects into a contest that Britain desperately needs…
Marr: You sound to me that at the beginning of this campaign you have in effect, given up. It's all Theresa May's, we might as well walk away and pick up our business afterwards.
TF: We're the only people not walking away… Britain desperately needs a strong decent opposition. For the sake of democracy – you don't need to agree with me on everything to agree that Britain needs a strong opposition, and the Liberal Democrats are determined to provide it.
He continued: 'I think people around the country are beginning to realise that a Conservative majority is not in question, but a Conservative landslide means that they will take you for granted wherever you live.'
When challenged by Marr that his ambition to supplant Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the opposition was a 'complete fantasy' that was without historical parallel, Farron responded:
'These are time when politics in the Western hemisphere at least, has never been more unpredictable… If you cannot be ambitious at this point to allow those millions of people who are appalled by the direction the Prime Minister is taking us in… If you want to end the calamity of hard Brexit, you have one option.'
However, he also described himself as 'a bit of a Eurosceptic', stating that he is someone 'who challenges people in power', but that 'Britain is better off in the European Union'.
Emily Thornberry – 'I don't think Trident is a top priority'
Interviewed on Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry appeared to contradict official Labour party policy on Trident while discussing the potential threat from Russia. Thornberry signalled that she had made peace with the will of the party, but that personally she was much closer to the leader's views than those of the PLP:
Thornberry: I think that the party has decided that we continue to renew Trident and the decision has been made, and generally the public seems to be in favour of us having a nuclear deterrent.
Ridge: What's your view though?
Thornberry: I think that we need to look at 21st century threats and I don't think that Trident is a top priority for me. I think that the biggest threat from Russia is things like cyber attacks. I mean I was saying this a year ago. You know, actually the cyber capability of Russia is in terms of 21st century threats a much more immediate problem for us and the way in which they try to undermine democracy in the West, through their propaganda, through funding all sorts of organisations… This is the modern stuff.
Ridge: So you personally disagree then, with the party policy on Trident?
Thornberry: I'm not getting involved in any more fights about this. Party policy is party policy. My view is that we should not take our eye off the main game, which is that the real threat from Russia is actually much more modern, much more subtle, much more nuanced, and real now.
Salmond – This election is about backing Holyrood, not independence
And finally, appearing on the Sunday Politics, Former First Minister Alex Salmond argued that there was no difference between him and Nicola Sturgeon on whether this general election will be fought on the issue of independence, clarifying (or arguably contradicting) his previous comments on the issue. Andrew Neil put the question directly to him:
Neil: Is this general election about independence as you say it is, or not about independence as Mrs Sturgeon says it is?
Salmond: I've said exactly the same as Nicola Sturgeon on that. The issue of independence will be decided in a national referendum of the Scottish people. The mandate for that referendum was gained in last year's Scottish elections. What this election is about is the right of the Scottish Parliament to exercise that mandate and also providing a real opposition to this Tory government, and of course allowing the Scottish Parliament to resist austerity and some of the public expenditure cutbacks that you've been talking about. That is what this election is about – backing our Scottish Parliament.
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Special Guests For Ep. #60: Screenwriting Team Marianne & Cormac Wibberley!!
Posted on July 27, 2017 by seanwathen in Featured, Guests // 0 Comments
The Cinema Squad is very excited to welcome new special guests for Episode #60:
Screenwriting Team Marianne & Cormac Wibberley!! Let's meet them:
Marianne & Cormac Wibberley (@dottiehudson)
Marianne & Cormac Wibberley are a married writing team. They both grew up in Southern California and attended the University of California, Los Angeles.
After graduation, Marianne went on to receive her masters degree in film from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Cormac became an executive in children's programming at ABC. It was during this time that the two began to collaborate as writers.
In 1993, they sold their first spec script to Disney, although it was never produced. The 6th Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, was their first major motion picture. Their credits also include I Spy, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Bad Boys II, The Shaggy Dog, G-Force, National Treasure, National Treasure: Book of Secrets and the short-lived USA Network television series Common Law.
They are currently working on projects for STARZ and Netflix.
The Wibberleys sometimes teach screenwriting at UCLA's Graduate School of Theater, Film and Television where they were the 2014 recipients of the Hunter/Zakin Chair Holder Screenwriting Award.
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Sean Wathen is a screenwriter from Louisville, Kentucky who moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to pursue a writing career. While working in production offices such as "House, MD," "24," & MTV Studios, Sean pursued his love of writing. In 2016 his screenplays "Iron Dragon" & "Timegate" were optioned to Fotocomics Productions, and his contained horror/thriller script "The Gotham Hotel" was optioned to Anacapa Pictures. In 2015, his screenplay "The Field" was optioned to Dune Entertainment & Stormchaser Films, his screenplay "ALICE" was optioned to Array Pictures, and his screenplay "Second Shot" was optioned to Status Media & Entertainment. In 2014, he was named on Tracking Board's 'Young & Hungry List – Top 100 Writers on the Verge," and he was hired to adapt graphic novels for State & Cabrillo Productions, Inc. as well as Solipsist Films.
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HomeIndiaBCCI Demotes Pujara, Rahane, Pandya After Poor Performances
BCCI Demotes Pujara, Rahane, Pandya After Poor Performances
MUMBAI (IANS) – In a major blow, veteran India batters Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane and all-rounder Hardik Pandya were demoted in the latest central contracts list of the BCCI that was ratified by the Board's Apex Council on Feb.2.
The BCCI has four categories – A+ which have annual remuneration of Rs 7 crore while A, B and C categories are valued at Rs 5 crore, Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore respectively.
Both Rahane and Pujara had produced underwhelming performances in the last season and were eventually dropped from the India's Test squad. As a result, they have been downgraded from Grade A to Grade B in the latest central contracts list.
Meanwhile, Indian captain Rohit Sharma, former skipper Virat Kohli and pace-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah are the three players in A+ category, as per sources.
On the other hand, injured Hardik Pandya, who has not played for India since the 2021 T20 World Cup, has been dropped from A category to C category. Similarly, opener Shikhar Dhawan, who presently is considered for ODIs only by the team management, has been demoted from A category to C as well.
Wicket-keeper batter Wriddhiman Saha, who was recently involved in an off-field controversy after being dropped from India's Test side for the home Test series against Sri Lanka, has been demoted from B category to C category.
Pacer Navdeep Saini and chinaman Kuldeep Yadav have been excluded from the list. Earlier, they were in the C category.
Full list of players in each category –
A+ category – Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah
A category – Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Rishabh Pant
B category – Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Ishant Sharma
C category – Shikhar Dhawan, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryakumar Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha, Mayank Agarwal


Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Jacob (Jack) Joseph LewOvernight Finance: US reaches deal with ZTE | Lawmakers look to block it | Trump blasts Macron, Trudeau ahead of G-7 | Mexico files WTO complaint Obama-era Treasury secretary: Tax law will make bipartisan deficit-reduction talks harder GOP Senate report says Obama officials gave Iran access to US financial system MORE on Friday called on the Senate to quickly fill a vacancy on the Export-Import Bank's board.
Lew said that getting the 82-year-old bank running at full speed is a top priority for the Obama administration, but the effort faces an uphill battle thanks to opposition from Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.).
"Given the critical role that Ex-Im plays in supporting U.S. exports, getting the bank fully back in business has been a priority for this administration," Lew said at the bank's annual conference in Washington.
"And it should be a priority for the Senate, as well, which is why I urge the Senate to approve a new member to Ex-Im's board of directors as soon as possible," Lew said.
In December, Congress reauthorized Ex-Im's charter, which has expired in June, until September 2019. The bank helps U.S. firms finance overseas projects.
Shelby, who is opposed to the bank, is still showing no interest in taking up the nomination of John Mark McWatters, a Republican who worked for House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas).
Hensarling has tried to shutter the agency, calling it a reflection of old-school "crony capitalism."
Ex-Im needs to fill one of three vacancies on the five-member board to have a quorum.
Without a quorum the bank can't approve transactions over $10 million, which is making it difficult for many U.S. firms — large and small — to get the financing they need.
On Thursday, bank President Fred Hochberg and Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg urged the Senate to fill the vacancies.
Hochberg said he remains optimistic that Shelby will move forward because the panel has started to consider several long-stalled nominations.
But the odds remain low at this point that Shelby will move McWatters unless he can work out a way forward with the White House.
Mullenberg said that Boeing is at risk of losing business overseas without the bank's export-credit guarantee.
"This deserves a vote," he said.
Since President Obama took office in 2009, Ex-Im has financed nearly $235 billion worth of exports, nearly twice a much as the previous administration, supporting more than 1.4 million jobs during that time, Hochberg said.
Hochberg noted that the bank also has reduced its operating expenses by 30 percent in seven years. The default rate, which is reported to Congress every 90 days, stands at 0.248 percent.
Lew also touted the administration's economic record of recovery from the financial crisis and urged passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that "once passed by Congress and signed by the president will open vital markets in the Asia-Pacific region to the goods and services produced by U.S. workers."
"Exports played an important role in the U.S. recovery from the financial crisis," he said.
"They also are a major contributor to U.S. jobs, supporting nearly 12 million of them in 2015."


Why does Mexico want to make it so easy for its citizens to leave their country and immigrate into the the United States? Are these illegal immigrants criminals or people who are largely unemployable they are trying to get rid of?
There's obviously a problem here in that it certainly does not speak well of a nation when sizable numbers of their citizens are willing to risk arrest in the United States just to get out of Mexico? Why is Mexico engaging in this act of self-humiliation?
Anyway, sanctuary cities in the U.S., which are desirous of hiding illegal immigrants from federal border control authorities are suing Texas to overturn the law that makes such actions by local officials a crime in Texas. Mexico has just filed a brief with the court in support of the position of the sanctuary cities.
It sounds like Mexico wants nothing to stand in the way of their getting rid of some of their citizens, whatever their motivation might be for such a position.
"Mexico filed an affidavit Monday in support of a lawsuit against the implementation of a Texas law to punish sanctuary cities and allow police officers to inquire about the immigration status of someone they have arrested or detained.
"The Mexican government said in a statement that the law could increase racial discrimination and create an environment of persecution.
Race is irrelevant in this case. Mexicans and other Hispanics are most welcome to apply to enter the country legally, and many do.
If Mexico were such a desirable place to live, you would think Americans would want to pour into the country. But apart from a couple of nice vacations spots Americans visit briefly, that is certainly not what is happening.
Perhaps the best conclusion would be to presume that Mexican leadership is offended or insulted by the fact that the U.S. might find some of their citizens to be undesirable residents in the United States. They might go so far as to accuse us of racism, which has nothing to do with it.
What we've got hold of here is a case of Democrats wanting to flood states like Texas with voters who will no doubt show their gratitude to those Democrats who have led the way to giving these illegals sanctuary by voting for the Democrats in upcoming elections. So these unfortunate souls are really political pawns.
The court should send a note to the government of Mexico thanking them for their helpful suggestions after which discarding the affidavit without further consideration.


The Transcommand came programmed and since it worked well, I did not mess with it.
If someone has the full Banks, I do not understand what a 5 Star would add. As far as I know, it is a tuner.
I think your approach (your video), will be a much more realistic test of what the Banks did/does. Actual dyno testing seems to be a little hard to fit with real life results on the road.
Good luck with whatever you do. I'll be anxious to see what your real-life test shows.
that's what I think also...banks doesn't mess with the timing... so you still run reg gas..
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do you have dyno results of a 2014/2015 f53?
will 5 star add 30 more hp??