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This will be the first of what I hope will be many more articles by John C. Egertson. This one is about Pat Clark who I remember because I skated CCCC and also went to University in D.C. in the late 80's and early 90's. I honestly recall the band Coathanger Delivery which I was surprised to find out after reading this he was the drummer…too cool Pat…too cool.
P.S. If you have any "Superb" pictures of CCCC, Annondale, and Trashmore please send them to me (email@example.com) ASAP you will have the opportunity to see them included in genuine skate mag print within John's latest article ….SO if you got em send em quick!
Now onto the show……..
By John C. Egertson
Originally appeared in Concrete Waves and posted with their permission here becuase CW is cool like that (jason)
Pat Clark, backside air, Wanchese Bowl, NC Photo by Scott Foster
I think it was around 1978 or 1979. Skateboarder Magazine was sacred, and skating was all that mattered. Dreams began coming true for skaters in the Washington, D.C. area when the first wave of concrete skateparks were built. The first two, as I recall, were in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Springfield, Virginia, but they were very poorly designed. Much better parks came along close behind, and they were good. Damn good. Skateworld Skatepark in Alexandria, Virginia had moguls and half-pipes and the holy grail for Dogtown wanna-be's like myself, a pool. Another killer park was constructed in Crofton, Maryland.
At Skateworld, the team members were idols, and they could seriously rip. Names like Miles Rolf and Connor Mulroney come to mind. But there was one kid who came down from Crofton to compete in Skateworld contests, and he consistently left our local heroes vying for second place. His name was Pat Clark. Pat's runs in the Skateworld pool are burned into my memory. Pat could blast the highest airs, carve the longest grinds, find the best lines, and turn in the most flawless runs imaginable. He seemed to never fall. I would watch Pat skate and I honestly couldn't believe that anyone in California or anywhere else could possibly be any better. That was my introduction to Pat Clark. He was all of 15 years old. But that was 1979. Pat is a veteran now. The reason I'm writing this article is that Pat represents what skating is truly about. He has ripped for over 25 years now, and counting. Pat hasn't ever made a lot of money skating. He's in it for the love of the sport, and take my word for it, he's not lacking in talent. I have put Pat on my list of east coast skateboard legends.
The sign at the long-gone Skateworld Skatepark in Alexandria, VA
The author (John Egertson), carving the pool, 1979 Photos by Michael Alexander
I was skating a ramp in Culpeper, VA recently and met an old school skater who had just returned from Nags Head, North Carolina where he saw "a guy named Pat Clark absolutely killing it" at the YMCA park down there. Just the mention of the name Pat Clark brought back a flood of great memories, and I was inspired to track him down and write this article. I don't know Pat personally, but his name comes up whenever skating in the mid-Atlantic region is the topic. As it turns out, he was pretty easy to find. A quick search of the white pages online and a few wrong numbers later, I found the Pat Clark I was looking for. I initially reached Pat's wife, who, when asked if her Pat was an avid skateboarder, responded, "Yep, that's my husband." The following interview should give you some insight into who Pat Clark is and why he deserves some serious accolades for what he has accomplished. He's a heck of a representative for our sport.
Q: So Pat, let's get the formalities done first. I talked to your wife on the phone, so I know you're married. Any kids, and do they skate?
Yes, I am married. My wife's name is Carolyn, and we have a son, Ryker. He's 18 months old and has been skating for 17 months!
Q: I'm guessing you were about 15 years old when I saw you at Skateworld. How old are you now?
I'm 41 years old.
Q: And you grew up in Virginia, right?
Yes, Sterling Park, VA.
Q: Was Crofton kind of your 'home' park?
I was sponsored by Airflow, and they owned Crofton.
Q: Alright, let's start way back and move forward. I found a photo of you doing a picture perfect invert at Skateworld, and it had to be one of the earliest ones. Did you just see a picture of Bobby Valdez in the magazine and then go for it, or what?
My brother Willy was the first person I knew who could do one, I did one a week later.
Q: After they bulldozed Skateworld, we all started building ramps. What about you, where did you take your talents, and tell me about the 1990's when vert was dead.
We had a half-pipe and a ditch in my backyard, and around that time Mark Hooper built Cedar Crest with Mike Mapp. I was also in a metal band that was part of the D.C. skate scene. We were called Coathanger Delivery. I was the drummer.
Pat doing an invert on his backyard half pipe, 1978 Photo by Bobby Fulk
Q: Have you ever quit skating for any extended period?
No. (I already knew the answer to that one…)
Q: Yeah, Tommy Guerrero said 'how do you quit skating, you just skate until you can't physically do it.' Is that your plan – go until you can't?
Yes. I'm hoping for an Advil sponsorship.
Q: Are you purely a transition skater, mostly vert, or do you street skate – I guess Nags Head is a little lacking on hills to bomb?
We have one hill, so it's all roundwall for me.
Q: What's the best skate spot you've ever ridden, pool, ramp, park, or whatever?
Cherry Hill (New Jersey), Marina Del Ray, Winchester, and Wanchese Bowl
Q: Do you still compete a lot?
Just locally, however I still aspire to beat Duane Peters.
Q: List for me some recent contest wins you've racked up.
I tied for 1st with prodigy Packy at the 2005 Roundwall Roundup, and took 5th at the 2003 Virginia Beach Soul Bowl contest against Dave Duncan and lots of other great skaters.
Pat, frontside rock n roll Photo by Rob Nelson
Nags Head YMCA, Roundwall Roundup 2005 Photo by Rob Nelson, Eastcoastaholic
Q: You've got a YMCA park in your town now that's pretty hot, one of the only Grindline designs on the east coast I think. What's your take on the new wave of concrete parks? Do you prefer ramps, or pools over the new parks?
Pools rule and parks are cool as long as it's vert. The YMCA park in Nags Head is awesome. Grindline did a great job even though there isn't enough vert.
Q: Concrete pool coping or metal coping? Take your choice.
I prefer metal coping, and skatelite over concrete, it's more forgiving.
Q: Did you ever make any real money skating, or has it been primarily just a passion, don't quit your day job type thing?
The closest I came to full time skating was earning 600 dollars a week around 1988 doing a skateboard show in Tennessee.
Q: Do you have any current sponsors? Past sponsors?
Grind Syndicate and Nags Head SK8 are my current sponsors. In the past, I've had Belair Boards, Airflow, Gullwing, Independent, and Walker.
Q: What kind of set-up do you ride? Are you riding a wide deck with an old school feel to it, or staying modern?
I'm currently riding an 8.5 deck with Indy 169's and nothing but Type S wheels.
Q: What's the worst injury you've suffered?
My worst accident was at Cedar Crest in the early 1990's. My wheel fell off on an invert. I hit my head and went into convulsions, it was pretty sketchy, I bit Josh Marlow's finger while he was trying to help me. I learned the hard way to always check my board.
Q: The scene on the Outer Banks seems pretty vibrant. Has it been that way for a long time? How long have you lived there?
I've been living here in Kill Devil Hills, NC for about ten years. I love it – beach life with plenty to skate. The skate scene here on the Outer Banks has really blown up, 3 pools, 1 park, with two more being built, and Mark Corbett's skate sensation, the Cheese Bowl.
Pat, lien air, YMCA Nags Head Photo by Rob Nelson, Eastcoastaholic
Pat Clark, backside footplant, Carolina Beach, NC Photo by Carolyn Clark
Q: Anything else you want to say, or anyone you want to thank – maybe your wife for supporting your skating at age 41?
Yeah, definitely, my wife Carolyn and son Ryker for supporting me and being my number one fans. Also my Mom and Dad for letting us build a half pipe in our backyard and opening a skate shop in the 1970's. My brother for always skating better than me and of course Bruce Walker.
Pat, I want to thank you for talking to me. It was an honor to interview a skater of your stature. You're a truly dedicated skater – people like you are great ambassadors for the sport. Keep skating, and good luck nailing down that Advil sponsorship!
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This model of Italian brand Lemàt is our favorite this season! The loafer has been crafted in Italy from silver metallic leather and embellished with matching stones over the toe, this style has also an incorporated black knitted sock to keep you chic and warm during cold months of the year. We would style it with mini dress or skirt. You can also wear it with leggings or skinny jeans rolling the knit sock down.
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Reading for Pleasure
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
Dr. Seuss
In school, you will find things which celebrate authors – including our author of the half term book displays in classes, inspiring reading corners and spaces, children's favourite book, authors, genres and recommended reads along with our library full of fiction books and a smaller library which holds non-fiction. Our school librarians take care of the libraries.
At Middlestone Moor Primary, we celebrate reading throughout every phase: we offer book exchange/swap for Nursery children and parents, weekly Stay and Read sessions for parents in Nursery and Reception and monthly sessions for Y1-Y6 children, every class has an author of the half term, as well as having a book-led English curriculum with challenging and engaging texts used in all phases. This includes fiction, non-fiction and poetry. In addition, throughout the school year the importance of reading is enhanced through World Book Day, author visits, book fairs and sponsored reading challenges to further enrich our English curriculum.
Each week, we spend time enjoying reading for pleasure in our classrooms during reading time. Pupils are able to choose the books/texts they wish to read and enjoy, can choose to share a book with a peer, read comics, 'Picture News' newspapers (to find out more about the world around them at Upper KS2), or choose to read topic books related to our wider curriculum.
Additionally, there are regular times across the week when adults read a class book aloud to the children to further promote a love of reading.
Reading at Middlestone Moor Primary
Reading is a high priority area of our English curriculum at Middlestone Moor Primary. Reading is a fundamental skill, used to stimulate children's imaginations and give them a love for books. A centralised aspect of our book-led English curriculum across school, reading influences the thoughts, feelings and emotions of all of our learners. We dedicate a lesson at the start of our English planning cycle to developing reading skills, along with many other opportunities to develop reading across each week. We carefully monitor the children's reading at home and encourage parents to be fully active and engaged with us in this in order to support their child's ongoing development.
In EYFS, reading skills are taught in phonics lessons initially, followed by whole class, small group and 1-1 lessons done with a teacher or teaching assistant. At Key Stage 1, reading is a combination of whole class, group and 1-1 reading sessions depending on the year group and time of year. Some children will access Lexia, an online program to develop reading skills. At Key Stage 2, reading is done in whole class reading sessions, three times per week. For these sessions, Year 5 and 6 use a reading program called Reading Plus (or sometimes Lexia), which helps them develop a fluent reading speed, wider vocabulary and good comprehension skills. If any child in school is working below the expected standard, targeted intervention and support is put in place with additional phonics and extra reading with adults. Some children will also read with additional adults who come into school, for example a Beanstalk charity volunteer or parent helpers. Children in all classes have story time and have a class book which their learning is based upon: this ensures that reading is correctly modelled to children by reading 'experts' (the teacher/TA), as well as giving them the opportunity to enjoy being read to! Each half term, our classes have a new 'author of the half term' and are able to read a wide variety of texts written by specific authors.
For Reception and Key Stage 1, we use a phonics scheme called Sounds-Write which is a quality, highly-structured phonics programme. It is a multi-sensory, incremental and code-oriented, instructional approach to teaching children to read and spell. The Sounds-Write programme provides fast and effective teaching for children at all levels. Teachers use lesson plans that are clearly structured and easy to follow within a systematic, synthetic phonics programme. They teach all key elements of conceptual understanding, factual knowledge, and the three essential skills of blending, segmenting and phoneme manipulation necessary for learning to read and spell and they do so on a daily basis until all children achieve the automaticity that underlies the fluency of every successful reader. Teachers send home reading books which closely match this programme and which are fully decodable (and in Year 2 children bring home an additional book at a more challenging level to read with parents). Once children are reading more accurately, they can access the other reading scheme books. For more information on Sounds-Write, please visit https://www.sounds-write.co.uk/
Middlestone Moor Phonics LTP – Guide
Useful weblinks
Take a look at the recommended texts for your child's year group on this website https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/
Another great website for parents is https://www.booktrust.org.uk/ There is a bookfinder section, which can help you find age-appropriate books for your child.
Language Acquisition & Vocabulary Development
We endeavour to ensure we provide our pupils with a 'language rich' environment; one way we do this is with our links to the Durham Learning Resource service, which ensures we have a wide range of texts displayed around our school and these correlate with our wider curriculum. We work closely with parents to ensure we share the importance of reading with them. Within our classrooms, we explore ambitious vocabulary with dedicated English lessons covering this. Alongside that, across the wider curriculum, subject leaders have thought about key vocabulary which will need to be taught to ensure our children can access all subjects at a higher level, and staff are expected to develop subject-specific vocabulary during those lessons. We feel this is especially important for our children in Upper Key Stage 2 who will soon be entering Key Stage 3, where they will be expected to use disciplinary literacy knowledge and skills in specific subject lessons.
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Bengaluru: Riding high on confidence after notching an innings win in the one-off Test at Mysuru last week, the Mithali Raj-led Indian women's cricket team will seek to carry the momentum into the one-day series against South Africa commencing here Monday.
All three One-Day Internationals (ODI) will take place here Nov 24, 26 and 28 as part of the seven-round ICC Women's Championship, which is a qualifying tournament for the 2017 ICC Women's World Cup.
The series doubles up as the second round of the ICC Women's Championship and India are currently placed sixth while South Africa are fourth.
Coached by former international cricketer Sudha Shah, who has played 21 Tests, India performed exceedingly well in the one-off Test and have retained almost the same squad for the ODI series.
Skipper Mithali, who is ranked No.1 in the ICC ODI women's rankings for batters, is expected to play a key role for India along with seamer Harmanpreet Kaur, who claimed nine wickets in Mysuru and off-spinner Rajeshwari Gaekwad.
South Africa seem to have warmed up nicely for the series going by their comprehensive win in Saturday's practice game against India A.
The visitors put up 300 on the board with opener Lizelle Lee belting out 128 as they went on to win by 120 runs, though one cannot overlook the fact that they could take just three wickets in 50 overs when the home team batted.
The individual performances in the series will also impact player rankings. India's new ball bowler Jhulan Goswami will be aiming to reduce the 22-point deficit with second-placed Jenny Gunn of England.
In the absence of their highest-ranked bowler Shibnam Ismail, South Africa will look to Sunette Loubser (13th) and Dane van Niekerk (15th) who both have India's 12th placed Gouher Sultana in their sights. Sultana's rankings lead over Loubser is just three points.
The consistent Marizanne Kapp is ranked a career-high third position in the rankings for all-rounders following her exploits in the recent series victory over Sri Lanka, 42 points adrift of Australia's Ellyse Perry.
Kapp's teammate Dane van Niekerk is tied for fifth place with India's Goswami on 219 points heading into the series.
The teams:
India: Mithali Raj (Captain), Jhulan Goswami, Punam Raut, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, M.D. Thirushkamini, Vanitha V.R., Rajeshwari Gaekwad, Ekta Bisht, Sushma Verma, Poonam Yadav, Sneh Rana, Swagathika Rath, Shubhlakshmi Sharma, Dipti Sharma.
South Africa: Mignon du Preez (Captain), Savanna Cordes, Trisha Chetty, Yolani Fourie, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Lizelle Lee, Marcia Letsoalo, Sunette Loubser, Nadine Moodley, Nonkululeko Thabethe, Chloe Tryon, Dane van Niekerk.


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The British Virgin Islands have a great system to protect our reefs and make it easier on boats to stay put while enjoying the aquatic world. They use a mooring system!
The amazing thing about this system is that you don't have to drop anchor, which protects the underwater marine environment from physical damage and helps maintain it. The BVI National Parks Trust is responsible for this great system and wast implemented in 1991. Since then they have installed more than 200 moorings for day time us on the dive sites in the BVI. The BVI National Park Trust was founded in 1961 and is responsible to safeguard the BVI's natural assets. They manage 21 protected areas such as of course the Wreck of the Rhone, but also the Baths and historical sites like Mt Healthy Windmill and the Botanical Gardens in Road Town. The National Park Trust also tries to help out others who are trying to make a difference; they sponsor the Reef Guardians.
What is a mooring? A mooring is a surface buoy which in this case is attached to a stainless steel pin which gets drilled into the ocean bed. These moorings can hold vessels up to about 55 ft or 35 tons. In some locations you will find larger yellow moorings to hold bigger boats. Even though they should be secure it is recommended to always check the painter and downline when you pick a mooring up to check the integrity. As far as we are concerned, we always set a safety line when we go diving. One of our guides will enter the water first and take a line down which will get connected to the bottom of the mooring. Like this, if the mooring line was to break, we have a second line attached to the bottom, just in case… These moorings have a 90-minute time limit, to give everyone the possibility to enjoy these beautiful locations and they work on a first come first serve basis. You are only allowed to use them during the day as they are often located in areas which are unpredictable and sometimes rough seas, in areas where it is shallow or they are close to rocks and reefs.
A small fee is charged to everyone in order to be able to maintain these moorings. All charter boats should obtain a permit and as far as we are concerned, we pay an additional fee for each diver we take out. Because of this additional fee we get preference on the yellow moorings. As far as we are concerned, everyone can pick up the yellow moorings and if can we will go somewhere else if the mooring is taken. However, if that really is the dive site we have to do, because our divers have been everywhere else, or the other sites are not suitable for the divers onboard, then we might have to ask you to leave.
The buoys are color coded; The red buoys are non-commercial moorings for day use only and can get picked up by anyone. Like mentioned earlier the yellow buoys are for commercial dive vessels only, so when we come along, you might have to move…Larger yellow buoys are for the larger vessels. Blue buoys, are for dinghies only, often because they are in shallow water or not on such a secure mooring.
Overnight moorings are found throughout the British Virgin Islands. You will find them in protected anchorages such as at the Bitter End Yacht Club in the North Sound of Virgin Gorda or Machioneel Bay at the Cooper Island Beach Club. These overnight moorings are normally white and marked by a sticker or a number. In most of these places run a shuttle and will come by to collect the mooring fee. Mooring fees range from $30 to $35 and can come with free ice or water, depending on the location.
The main advantage of the moorings is that they eliminate reef damage. Sadly not everyone uses the moorings or on heavier visited sites all of the moorings are often occupied and then sadly people still anchor on the reef.


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|The boundary element method (BEM) has become a powerful method for the numerical solution of boundary-value problems (BVPs), due to its ability (at least for problems with constant coefficients) of reducing a BVP for a linear partial differential equation (PDE) defined in a domain to an integral equation defined on the boundary, leading to a simplified discretisation process with boundary elements only. On the other hand, the coefficients in the mathematical model of a physical problem typically correspond to the material parameters of the problem. In many physical problems, the governing equation is likely to involve variable coefficients. The application of the BEM to these equations is hampered by the difficulty of finding a fundamental solution. The first part of this thesis will focus on the derivation of the boundary integral equation (BIE) for the Laplace equation, and numerical results are presented for some examples using constant elements. Then, the formulations of the boundary-domain integral or integro-differential equation (BDIE or BDIDE) for heat conduction problems with variable coefficients are presented using a parametrix (Levi function), which is usually available. The second part of this thesis deals with the extension of the BDIE and BDIDE formulations to the treatment of the two-dimensional Helmholtz equation with variable coefficients. Four possible cases are investigated, first of all when both material parameters and wave number are constant, in which case the zero-order Bessel function of the second kind is used as fundamental solution. Moreover, when the material parameters are variable (with constant or variable wave number), a parametrix is adopted to reduce the Helmholtz equation to a BDIE or a BDIDE. Finally, when material parameters are constant (with variable wave number), the standard fundamental solution for the Laplace equation is used in the formulation. In the third part, the radial integration method (RIM) is introduced and discussed in detail. Modifications are introduced to the RIM, particularly the fact that the radial integral is calculated by using a pure boundary-only integral which relaxes the "star-shaped" requirement of the RIM. Then, the RIM is used to convert the domain integrals appearing in both BDIE and BDIDE for heat conduction and Helmholtz equations to equivalent boundary integrals. For domain integrals consisting of known functions the transformation is straightforward, while for domain integrals that include unknown variables the transformation is accomplished with the use of augmented radial basis functions (RBFs). The most attractive feature of the method is that the transformations are very simple and have similar forms for both 2D and 3D problems. Finally, the application of the RIM is discussed for the diffusion equation, in which the parabolic PDE is initially reformulated as a BDIE or a BDIDE and the RIM is used to convert the resulting domain integrals to equivalent boundary integrals. Three cases have been investigated, for homogenous, non-homogeneous and variable coefficient diffusion problems.
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Echolocation, the ability to "see" the surrounding landscape by interpreting echoes, allows blind teachers Daniel Kish and Brian Bushway to use tongue clicks and echoes to get around. In many cases, sighted people have 20/20 vision to blame for not being able to pull off the same stunt. At least that's the working theory being pursued by University of Western Ontario researchers who have studied the brains of the human echolocators.
MRI scans show that Kish and Bushway "process the echoes of their clicks with parts of their brain that are usually devoted to vision, rather than hearing," writes Ed Yong at Discover.com (May 25, 2011). In contrast, sighted men showed zero activity in that part of the brain when they were listening to the same echoes.
The preliminary findings are exciting. Scientists know that the loss of one sense can sharpen the others. Until now, though, no one pursued the theory that certain senses may be mutually exclusive. The MRIs suggest that "echolocation and vision compete for the same part of the brain–the calcarine cortex," writes Yong. "Maybe, in humans at least, [the two] senses cannot coexist easily." (Presumably dolphins and bats, renowned echolocators, don't struggle with the overlap.)
Kish and Bushway teach echolocation through World Access for the Blind, opening up activities like soccer, basketball, hiking, and mountain biking to students. As Yong explains, "echoes are loaded with information, not just about the position of objects, but also about their distance, size, shape, and texture."
The MRIs speak to the powerful adaptability of the brain when a person is deprived of one of the senses. And while Yong concedes that the new study is too small to be conclusive, he notes that "echolocators aren't exactly easy to recruit in large numbers."
Have something to say? Send a letter to firstname.lastname@example.com. This article first appeared in the September-October 2011 issue of Utne Reader.


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Apple Watch Series 3 to land in the second half of this year
Are you a fan of Apple's wearables yet not impressed by the recently unveiled spring band collection (pictured below)? Are you anxiously waiting to hear anything about a third-generation Apple Watch? Well then, read this.
The Apple Watch Series 3 will be launched in the second half of this year, according to unnamed sources from the upstream supply chain. The features of the upcoming model haven't been detailed in this report, but previous rumors did talk about an unveiling taking place in the fall.
Also from past leaks we know that the Series 3 should come with enhanced performance and battery life compared to its predecessor. The Series 2 got official at Apple's September event last year alongside the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, so the Series 3 will probably be outed at the same time as the iPhone 8, 7s, and 7s Plus.
LTE connectivity might be the big new addition to the Apple Watch this year, according to several analysts. As for looks, the next smartwatch is expected to be very similar to its predecessors.
The Apple Watch Series 2 will remain on sale even after its successor launches, and some of the orders for last year's model will be given to Compal for the first time starting in the second half of 2017. The new wearable will be manufactured by Quanta, which right now is the sole producer of the Series 2 models.


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MSC Cruises has announced it will bring two ships to South Africa's shores for the 2020/2021 cruise season.
This will mark the first time that two different classes of MSC Cruises' ships will be deployed in South Africa, MSC Opera (Lirica Class) and MSC Musica (Musica Class).
Ross Volk, managing director for MSC Cruises South Africa, commented: "The deployment for the first time of two classes of MSC Cruises ship to South Africa for the local 2020/2021 cruise season will allow us to meet more fully the growth in demand we have experienced over the past few years.
"As such, it is also as a further sign of MSC Cruises' long-standing commitment to this key market and its tourism."
From December 2020 MSC Opera will homeport in Cape Town, joining MSC Musica – which will be based in Durban as of November.
MSC Musica and MSC Opera, which was completely refurbished in 2014 as part of the Company's Renaissance Programme, will together offer over 60 cruises next season.
The two ships will serve alternate routes, providing South African and international cruisers with a wider choice of cruise options to suit their needs.
Highlights of these itineraries include: Pomene Bay in Mozambique, a marine safari experience, complete with its own beach club, the MSC Pomene Safari Beach Club, exclusively for MSC Cruises guests; and, Portuguese Island, a small, uninhabited island set between the African coast and the Indian Ocean, Maputo, the capital of Mozambique and Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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Alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the United States, according to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD). One in every 12 adults, 17.6 million people, suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence. Several million more engage in risky, binge drinking patterns that could lead to alcohol problems. Looking into the reasons individuals become addicted to alcohol is why Dr. Mark Fillmore came to the University of Kentucky 17 years ago.
Fillmore's research is a combination of psychology, behavioral neuroscience, biology and pharmacology. Looking at the differing ways individuals react to drugs of abuse, whether the drug be alcohol, marijuana, or some other drug of abuse, may give clues to why some people become dependent on a drug over time.
For more information about psychology department go to: psychology.as.uky.edu/
Learn more about opportunities to study at the University of Kentucky at as.uky.edu/2plus2
Why 2+2 Programs? * Students receive the advantages of studying abroad without any loss of time or the risk of credits not being counted. * 2+2 programs allow qualified students to transfer to University of Kentucky's campus in their third year, thereby saving the cost of a U.S. undergraduate degree. * Students with a desire to study in another country, understand another culture, and interact with professors and students working in a different policy and problem context see many advantages of a collaborative program over an exchange or semester-abroad experience. * It allows for students to benefit from a program that draws on the teaching, curricular, and research expertise of two institutions located in two countries. * The opportunity to be part of a program that offers an undergraduate degree in a different country enhances employability prospects and career path. * Multinational companies are interested in hiring multilingual students who have studied in both countries and understand the similarities and differences in the regulatory and cultural contexts.
In the summer of 2014, several undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Arts and Sciences received a grant from the National Science Foundation. This NSF grant gave them the means to pursue research in various fields as they explored their interests and prepared for their potential futures.In this podcast, Josiah Hanna, a recent graduate in Mathematics and Computer Science, tells us about his research interests and the impact that the NSF grant will have upon his future.
This podcast was produced by Casey Hibbard.
Planning Under Uncertainty: The NSF Grant with Josiah Hanna by UK College of Arts & Sciences is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


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Cliente (Client) (A French Gigolo)2008
Cliente (Client) (A French Gigolo) (2008)
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In "Cliente," Judith(Nathalie Baye), 51, divorced, runs a successful home shopping business with her sister Irene(Josiane Balasko, who also wrote and directed) who is holding out for love with a man with an advanced degree. Judith is so busy that she has no time for a relationship herself, and instead has sex with younger gigolos. One of them, Patrick, ne Marco(Eric Caravaca), she takes a special liking to. Judith is not Marco's only client, as he has a few other women he services and receives gifts from which he turns over to his family. They have no idea where he really gets them nor does his wife of four years, Fanny(Isabelle Carre), whose hair salon he personally keeps afloat through his moonlighting. "Cliente" is about the crazy things that love and money drive people to do but as Tina Turner once sang, what's love got to do with it? The movie gets off to a promising start but goes nowhere quickly while telling its story from the vantage points of Judith, Fanny and Marco. This might have looked good on paper but here it falls flat as the combination of broad comedy and kitchen sink drama never quite gels. The movie might have had a chance if told solely from Marco's point of view, allowing the details of the lives of his customers to subtly work their way into his story, which is the most compelling of the three. While Nathalie Baye is a wonderful actress and there is a worldwide shortage of movies about older women, Judith's story simply reeks of cliche.
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MUSE – Wembley Stadium 11/09/10
So. I'm sitting here, thinking "What can I write about?" So I thought – ah! I could do some gig reviews!
And since Muse are my favourite band ever ever EVER, it seems like a good start to write about the show that I had been anticipating for almost a year.
November 2009 and the tickets were booked. In 10 months' time, a few of my friends (also fellow Musers) were to experience the most immense show known to mankind. Or at least, to my ears. Funny that – my first ever gig and it was an outsold show put on by one of the most influential bands of my generation, at Wembley Stadium, attended by near to 80'000 people. What bloody high expectations I were to have for any future bands I were to see!
Anyway. 10 months flew past like dust particles in a hoover, and around August the real countdown began. One month to go… less than a month…. 2 weeks… 1 week… 3 days… SEPTEMBER THE EFFIN' 11TH.
With every tube change that we made en-route to Wembley, more and more Muse t-shirts appeared. Very soon on the last change-over, not only the tube was filled with fans, but when we arrived at the glorious arch the whole path leading to it was crowded with Muse fanatics. I was in heaven.
Walking into the actual stadium was really something. Never before had my young eyes seen a venue so huge; it was vast. We walked up the stairs to find our seats (row effin' 43 – the very last! But we had a whole area to ourselves, I'll give them that!). Sat, waited, sat, bought food, sat, waited, got drinks, waited… I Am Arrows!
They were… alright! Well. Good enough to get me interested further. Not the best, but "Nun" is a great song! A nice little show then… more waiting.
White Lies were certainly worth the wait, however. I thank Muse so much for introducing me to this awesome band (whom I will be seeing next Feb 😀 Expect another review!). There is something about their songs that really moves me, can't quite put my finger on what it is. Maybe because most of them are about death? Idk. I'd recommend "Death" – what an epic song. Linkage? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTh9IuSTOY0v=gnoOwEmFaVw And even better? The Chase & Status remix of it in 720p. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdfbJMimqGw JIIZZZZZ.
*Ahem* anyway, back to the concert. Biffy Clyro up next: shirtless and hairy. Not a sight you want to see, but at least the music is brilliant! I was never really a fan until Wembley – perhaps Simon Neil's Jesus-like appearance convinced me? Or perhaps not…
More waiting. And waiting. And wai..- oh wait. It's UPRISING, and the stadium growls in uproar! The trio take their places on the funny-shaped stage (current background of this blog btw) whilst random people with random flags walk around it and off into the standing throng. The show has begun. And what a show!
Supermassive Black Hole up next – my heart sinks. Fantastic song, but when you're a girl at a Muse concert and dancing to it, everyone around you automatically assumes you're just another Twihard. Hell. At first I refused to rave to it but before I knew it the bass penetrated my heart and my body just gave way to it. It was GOOD.
Then some not-so loved new stuff from their latest disappointment of an album, The Resistance. It's okay though – the song being played was MK Ultra, which has a riff to die for! …okay, so it's not quite Plug In Baby, but it's enough to get the audience and myself into a good mood. My mood was soon bettered by Map of The Problematique – possibly one of the best songs out there! I was elated.
"Bllluulupulllupulbblulupulp" <– Yup, that's the sound of Bliss. And what bliss it was ;D (ahh lame puns :'D) It was pretty hardcore while it lasted, however soon killed by… Guiding Light. D:
You hear the drum. You hope for CE but…. nope. It's GL. Mehmehmehmeh. But I suppose the lovely display of random ribbons and confetti that flew up in the middle of it made up for the shiteness of the song. But do not worry! The awful song (which actually sounded better live than on record and made me rate it one star up on my iPod!) was followed by various riffs I'd never heard off, smoothly plunging into the bass-hype of Hysteria. Nomnomnom. Chris. Nomnomnom.
My elation then lifted. Because not only Hysteria is a beautiful, beautiful song, but also because something even more beautiful followed it. Yes. It was Citizen Erased – only a track with 7 minutes of musical heaven trapped inside. It was enough to suddenly make me so proud to be a Muser :')
Then Chris is at it again, throwing some sexual basslines in Nishe, which, apart from Fury, for me is the best B-Side EVER. Intense, but… unfortunately not for everybody and the trio quickly had do perform something a bit more… grand by their standards.
And grand it indeed was. The Queen-esque United States Of Eurasia then woke up the stadium, pleading for punches to be thrown into air, screaming "Eura…SIA – SIA – SIA – SIA". What I wouldn't have done to be one of the standing lot then…
Sticking with the piano but turning a tad more melancholy, Ruled By Secrecy reverberated through the venue, bringing me to tears. Bellamy is not only the master of piano, guitar, vocals, lyrics and every other aspect of music that has ever existed. He is also very clearly GOD.
Feeling Good was a MUST, and I was happy to hear it being played! There is nothing better than singing an off-key "YEAH freedoooooom is maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaine!" when no one around is able to even hear it. Win.
MK Jam? Or something along those lines, according to muse.mu. To be perfectly honest, I fail to remember this section. Anybody attending the gig – care to fill me in? I must have disappeared into my own world again. Eek. I'm sure I came back fairly quickly though – just in time for Undisclosed Desires and the weird, flying platform that levitated above the standing audience. Again, I would have killed to be them D:
Then came a monster of a track – one of the more decent ones of The Resistance – Resistance. (Sorry, couldn't help myself!) I actually do quite love this track, it's so catchy! Showbiz-speaking, not so great – but great in The Resistance terms. The little piano riff was followed by another piano riff; this one from Starlight. Yay – the return of THE FLIP in THE VOICE! "Hoooooooooold you in myyy arms" is one of the best-sung Muse lyrics ever.
Then I made out the House Of The Rising Sun riff, executed with perfection, as expected. The booming Time Is Running Out followed it, making everybody scream along with the "How did it come to this? ooooohwayy-aaay-aayyy-ayy-ayyaayaaay". Teehee ^.^Then the funkay sounds of Jimi Hendrix's Voodo Child and…
Unnatural Selection. Yaayayay! A slightly Stockholm-Syndrome orientated track with a darker feel to it than most of The Resistance which really set the bass going once again!
Unfortunately, the concert is coming to a close. Fortunately, one of the two encores are played! First up, to soothe the throat of the audience (as well as Matt's), Exogenesis Pt. 1 (Overture) is played – and accompanying it is a UFO. Yeah. Wait, WHAT!? Yes. You heard it. A UFO with an acrobatics person hanging upside down from it, doing… well, acrobatics. It was pretty IMMENSE.
They couldn't do it at V? They did it at Wemb-er-ley. (I'm a poet; I don't know it….)
But the calm of the symphony couldn't last long; it's a rock gig after all. The cellos were soon abandoned for Stockholm Syndrome, getting the audience (and Chris) to do what they do best: HEADBANG. YEAAAH. Then some other riffs. That's why you've gotta love Muse – all the random riffs. Borrowed, stolen, made up – but all bloody genius.
Encore no.2 and the trio re-appear in… interesting gear. Matt, with his glowing suit and bright blue spectacles; Dom in his shiny lycra outfit (or was he wearing it all through the gig? I don't even know, I was sat too far!) and give us the spiralling sounds of the government-hating anthem of Take A Bow. ❤ And a Muse concert would not be a Muse concert without the one and only Plug In Baby, because it crucifies all their enemies! (okay I'll stop with the stupid puns here, I promise). Scrap the description of MK Ultra; THIS is the riff to absolutely rip out your eyes out and swallow them whole for. YEEEEE.
I have a friend who left at the end of that song, mistakenly thinking it was the end of the show. How wrong he was. He missed out on THE closer: Knights Of Cydonia! Being the band's opened for their Wembley show back in '07, I think KOC has more power when it's closed rather than opened with. It's a beast. What a beast.
So here I draw my 1500+ word review on the most immense gig I have ever attended and will probably ever attend. It's a shame that I never had the chance to attend earlier gigs – from what many fans say, their earlier gigs were much more intense; now they're focusing on being BIG rather than being AWESOME. After watching the Wembley '07 DVD (which I have my friend to thank for; I've been hunting for it for months on end!), I sort of wish that THAT was the Wembley gig I'd attended; not this one. But I guess you can't have everything.


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24 Hour Bagel Bakery – Photo Story
The featured photograph is from a photo story that I shot for a newspaper about a 24 hour bagel bakery. Despite being up throughout the night, I recall this shoot to have been much fun and informative. One thing I learnt was; 'authentic' bagels are boiled before being baked. Amazing what you learn as a photojournalist, not to mention sampling the goods!
This photograph is one of my favourite from the shoot. I like the juxtaposition of the baking tray the baker is holding with the light above, and his expression of concentration as he was putting the tray in the rack, and the angle of his hand guiding the tray into place. I shot this story in the late 1990s and still today the bagels are baked and cooled the same way.
The photo story was shot using a Nikon FM2, and 35mm lens, using Kodax Tmax 400 asa film


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Mother nature is our true teacher, always giving without discrimination. She teaches us the meaning of generosity; to give without expectation. She nurtures and sustains us. She is our first Guru.
A spiritual Guru is the connector between the conscious and the super-conscious levels. He connects these levels not through the inter-net but through the inner-net by removing darkness from one's mind and filling it with light. A Guru aligns the body, mind and spirit in a straight line by imparting true knowledge, which is above mere theoretical knowledge. As the Sun, the Guru dispels the darkness of ignorance by lighting the joyous path of eternal life, free of all bondages.
A flower, when it sheds all its petals, finds a fruit growing inside. In a similar way, the Guru's guidance helps us to shed our outer coverings - the ego, doubts, selfishness, jealousy, anger and fear which then reveals the fruit of Cosmic Consciousness. His blessings can guide us on the enlightened path towards eternal bliss.
Guru is GOD Himself manifesting in a personal form to guide the aspirant. Guru's company is elevating, inspiring and stirring. Its a great spiritual experience.


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C.L.A.S.S. Center
Through the University of Texas at El Paso mission of access and excellence, the College of Liberal Arts Student Success Center is committed to empowering students to achieve individual academic success through degree attainment, career exploration and continued lifelong learning through graduate or professional school. We provide academic guidance in assisting students with identifying and addressing areas of growth to facilitate and encourage individual development beyond a baccalaureate degree.


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Top Ways To Ensure Maximum Hotel Security
A hotel should never assume that their security measures are well able to keep their guests safe. This is because criminals are always coming up with new ways on how they can scam people and ways to rob guests in a hotel. Cases that have been rampant now include cyber-attacks, luggage theft, and break-ins, among other crimes. A hotel that is vulnerable from these crimes gets bad publicity and that affects their business. No one wants to check in a hotel that cannot assure their safety and their luggage.
A hotel should ensure that they hire services from a company with a good reputation that offers security solutions in Montreal. When crimes take place within a hotel establishment, this not only affects business but hotel management can be held liable even for criminal activities committed by third parties. This means that the safety of clients is left entirely to the hotel management and therefore this is one area that should be taken very seriously. The following are ways a Hotel can adapt to increase the security for the safety of their guests.
Update locks often
When guests check in a hotel, they usually spend very little time in their rooms. They are usually out sightseeing and use every opportunity to enjoy themselves outdoors. Guests need to be assured that their luggage is left in good hands and need not worry. There have been cases where criminals hack key cards and get in hotel rooms to steal valuables. A hotel needs to put in place routines where locks are changed once in a while to minimize the risk of key cards being hacked. They should install up to date locks to avoid the use of master keys by criminals. Change of locks does discourage criminals from trying to get into rooms.
Hold safety meetings
A hotel should schedule safety meetings as often as possible. These meetings should be used to train staff on how to detect suspicious activities and how to handle such situations. Meetings are a low-cost way of sharing information and keep tabs on new criminal activities that a hotel needs to be on the lookout for. In these meetings, they should always prioritize the safety of the guests and how they can reduce criminal acts cases.
Monitor hotel activities
A hotel should invest in top-of-the-range closed circuit televisions to monitor every move in the surroundings. Installing these monitors does not help if anyone is not looking at them. A hotel should hire the services of qualified security personnel to keep an eye on the screens. Security personnel are well trained to pick up suspicious activities and in turn they use sophisticated gadgets to communicate with other security personnel on the ground to neutralize the situation. There have been cases where criminals have been apprehended before they even get close to guests and cause harm.
A simple meet-and-greet can work wonders
The hotel should train its employees on how to engage their guests and get to know them better. They should be able to identify guests who don't fit the profile of a typical guest. Just by engaging guests, hotel staff should be able to identify when something is off about a guest. In the case that a guest portrays suspicious behavior, an alert should be made to the security officials to keep a closer eye on the individual. It is important to treat all the guests the same and if a hotel management suspects of something foul about a client, they have the right to refuse to continue accommodating the guest. This is understandable when the safety of other guests is at risk.
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Billy Dee Williams
- Category : Actor
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 2/5 - Hermit / Heretic
- Definition : Split - Small (19,20,39)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Penetration 1
- Birth Year: 1937
- Birthday: 06. April
- Birthplace: New York, USA - New York
- Category: Actor
- Profile: 2-5
- Type: Emotional Manifesting Generator
- Inc.Cross: Penetration 1
- Definition: Double Split - Small (19,20,39)
- Variables: BLL-MLR
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William December "Billy Dee" Williams, Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, artist, singer, and writer best known for his work as a leading man in 1970s African-American cinema, in movies including Mahogany and Lady Sings the Blues, and for playing the character of Lando Calrissian in the movies Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
Early life
Williams was born in New York City, New York, the son of Loretta Anne, a West Indian-born elevator operator from Montserrat, and William December Williams, Sr., an African-American caretaker from Texas. He has a twin sister, Loretta, and grew up in Harlem, where he was raised by his maternal grandmother while his parents worked at several jobs. Williams graduated from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art in Manhattan, where he was a classmate of Diahann Carroll, who coincidentally played the wife of his character Brady Lloyd on the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dynasty.
Acting career
He first appeared on Broadway in 1945 in The Firebrand of Florence. He returned to Broadway as an adult in 1960 in the play version of The Cool Word. He appeared in A Taste of Honey in 1961. A 1976 Broadway production, I Have a Dream, was directed by Robert Greenwald and starred Williams as Martin Luther King, Jr. His most recent Broadway appearance was in August Wilson's Fences, as a replacement for James Earl Jones in the role of Troy Maxson in 1988.
He made his film debut in 1959 in the Academy Award nominated The Last Angry Man, opposite Paul Muni, in which he portrayed a delinquent young man. He rose to stardom after starring in the critically lauded blockbuster biographical television movie, Brian's Song (1971), in which he played Chicago Bears star football player Gale Sayers, who stood by his friend Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan), during his struggle with terminal cancer. The film became so popular that it was given a theatrical release. Both Williams and Caan were nominated for Emmy Awards for best actor for their performances.
Having broken through, Williams became one of America's most well-known black film actors of the 1970s, after starring in a string of critically acclaimed and popular movies, many of them in the "blaxploitation" genre. In 1972, starred as Billie Holiday's husband Louis McKay in Motown Productions' Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues. The film was a box office blockbuster, becoming one of the highest grossing films of the year and received five Academy Award nominations. Diana Ross starred in Lady Sings the Blues opposite Williams; Motown paired the two of them again three years later in the successful follow-up project Mahogany.
The early 1980s brought Williams the role of Lando Calrissian, which he played in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Calrissian's charm proved to be popular with audiences and Williams now had a substantial fanbase within the science fiction genre as well. He reprised this role when he lent his voice for the character in the 2002 video game Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, as well as the audio dramatization of Dark Empire, the National Public Radio adaptation of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, and two productions for the Star Wars: Battlefront series: Star Wars: Battlefront II and Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron. (However, the appearance in Battlefront II was archive footage and it is unknown whether it was him or another actor in the role of Calrissian in Elite Squadron however he appears through Archive footage for that game's full-motion sequences). Between his appearances in the Star Wars films, he starred alongside Sylvester Stallone as a cop in the critically acclaimed film Nighthawks. He co-starred in 1989's Batman as district attorney Harvey Dent, a role that was planned to develop into Dent's alter-ego, the villain Two-Face, in sequels (including a pay or play contract that would have guaranteed Williams the chance to play Two-Face). Unfortunately for Williams, that never came to pass; he was set to reprise the role in a more villainous light in the sequel Batman Returns, but his character was deleted and replaced with original villain Max Shreck. When Joel Schumacher stepped in to direct Batman Forever, where Two-Face was to be a secondary villain, Schumacher decided to pay Williams' penalty fee to hire Tommy Lee Jones for the part.
Williams's television work included a recurring guest-starring role on the short-lived show Gideon's Crossing. He has had a brief cameo in the television series Scrubs Season 5, where he plays the godfather of Julie (Mandy Moore). Turk hugs him, calling him "Lando", even though he prefers to be called Billy D. He is also well known for his appearance in advertisements for Colt 45 (a brand of malt liquor) in the 1980s and early 1990s, for which he received much criticism. Williams responded indifferently to the criticism of his appearances in the liquor commercials. When questioned about his appearances, he allegedly replied by saying, "I drink, you drink. Hell, if marijuana was legal, I'd appear in a commercial for it."
Williams was paired with actress Marla Gibbs on three situation comedies: The Jeffersons (Gibbs's character, Florence, had a crush on Williams and challenged him on everything because she thought he was an imposter); 227 (her character, Mary, pretending to be royalty, met Williams at a banquet); and The Hughleys (Gibbs and Williams portrayed Darryl's parents).
In 1992, he portrayed Berry Gordy in The Jacksons: An American Dream.
In 1993, Williams had a guest appearance on the spin-off to The Cosby Show, A Different World as Langston Paige, a grumpy landlord.
Williams made a special guest appearance on the hit sketch comedy show, In Living Color, in 1990. He portrayed Pastor Dan in an episode of That '70s Show. In this episode entitled "Baby Don't You Do It" (2004), his character is obsessed with Star Wars, and uses this to help counsel Eric Forman (himself a major Star Wars fan) and Donna Pinciotti about their premarital relationship. Williams made a cameo appearance as himself on the television series Lost in the episode "Exposé". He also appears regularly on short clips on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a semi-parody of himself.
In February 2006, Williams appeared in Scrubs, where he guest starred as himself, in the episode "Her Story II". He played Toussaint Dubois for General Hospital: Night Shift in 2007 and 2008. Williams reprised his role as Toussaint on General Hospital itself beginning in June 2009. Also in 2009, he took on the role of the voice of Admiral Bitchface the head of the military on the planet Titan in the Adult Swim animated series Titan Maximum. In July 2010, Williams appeared in the animated series The Boondocks, where he voiced a fictionalized version of himself in the episode "The Story of Lando Freeman".
In February 2011, Williams appeared as a guest star on USA Network's White Collar as Ford, an old friend of Neal Caffrey's landlady June, played by Diahann Carroll. In February 2012, Williams was the surprise guest during a taping of Oprah spotlighting Diana Ross. Ross and Williams were reunited after having not seen each other in 35 years. In October 2012, Williams appeared as a guest star on NCIS in Season 10 Episode 5 titled Namesake, as Gibbs' namesake and his father's former best friend, Leroy Jethro Moore. On January 9, 2013, Williams appeared as himself in a cameo role on Modern Family, Season 4 / Episode 11 "New Year's Eve".
Other ventures
In 1961, Williams ventured into the music industry when he recorded a jazz LP produced by Prestige Records entitled Let's Misbehave, on which he sang several swing standards. The album, which was a commercial success at the time, made Williams eligible for an appearance in the legendary Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1983).
Video games
Williams voiced Mr. Lando Calrissian in the video game Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Star Wars Battlefront as well as the spin-off Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (however, the Battlefront appearances were archive footage and his voice-appearance in Elite Squadron is left uncredited or unknown). He also played a live-action character, GDI Director Redmond Boyle, in the game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, which was released in March 2007. This made him the second former Star Wars actor to appear in a Command & Conquer game, with the first being James Earl Jones as GDI General James Solomon in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun.
In 2008, Williams reprised his role as Lando Calrissian to appear in a video on FunnyOrDie.com in a mock political ad defending himself for leader of the Star Wars galaxy against vicious attack ads from Emperor Palpatine. Williams is currently a cast member of Diary of a Single Mom, a web based original series directed by award-winning filmmaker Robert Townsend. The series debuted on PIC.tv in 2009.
Even before he began acting, Williams attended the National Academy of Fine Arts and Design in New York. In the late 1980s, he resumed painting. Some of his work can be seen at his online gallery BDW World Art. He has had solo exhibitions in various galleries around the United States, and his work hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian Institution and the Schomburg Museum. The covers of the Thelonious Monk Competition programs since 1990 are by him. He was also on the Martin Lawrence situation comedy Martin.
Personal life
Marriages and family
Williams has been married three times:
First to Audrey Sellers in 1959, with whom he had a son Corey (b. 1960). They were divorced some years later, after which he apparently became quite depressed. ".... there was a period when I was very despondent, broke, depressed, my first marriage was on the rocks."
Williams was briefly married to actress Marlene Clark in the late 1960s, and divorced in 1971.
He married Teruko Nakagami on December 27, 1972. She brought a daughter, Miyako (b. 1962), from her previous marriage to musician Wayne Shorter. They have a daughter Hanako (b. 1973). They filed for divorce in 1993, but were reported to have reconciled in 1997.
Legal problems
Williams was arrested on January 30, 1996 after allegedly beating his live-in girlfriend, whom the police did not identify. He was freed from custody the following day after posting a $50,000 bail. Williams stated through his attorney that he expected to be fully exonerated of the charges. The Los Angeles city attorney's office filed misdemeanor charges of spousal battery and dissuading a witness against Williams. The woman, identified only as 'Patricia', later stated the incident was her fault and that she hoped the police would drop the case. In a plea bargain agreement to dismiss the charges, Williams was ordered to undergo 52 counseling sessions.


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Something big's going to happen today. Wait.
I've written this before, haven't I?
While it's possible that either my computer or watch are incorrect, it's unlikely that both would be wrong simultaneously–unlikelier, still, that they would be wrong together.
But what separates today from yesterday (or tomorrow, even) if the only indicators of progress are the hands on my wristband? I was here on the 9th. I lived the 9th. I have returned today; therefore, I am living the 10th. Right?
But if today is yesterday, then yesterday hasn't happened yet. So I need to live today as yesterday to make sure yesterday happens today. In case it hasn't already.
Therefore, I'm opening my yellow notebook after I finish my coffee. I'm flipping to a fresh page, dating it, and writing myself a note.
Trust no one, it will read.
This is not the last you'll hear of October 9th.
"Morning coffee" is a serial fiction series, served fresh daily. So far, we've covered rubberneckers, co-workers, cubicle stains, office plants, desk trophies, conspiracies, secret organizations, pocket dimensions, black holes, and impending, inevitable doom. And that's just the beginning.
Where should we go next? Let me know in the comment section below.
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My name is Brenden.
In grade 2,
I went to
In grade 11, everything got turned around.
nednednerB reversed and is ready in the show!
This is my newslog.
Give me a cue; ask me a question. I like to write on assignment. I love sharing and learning, accessing us.
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This essay explores the role of story-telling about food in culture and its importance to knowledge about sustainability and cultural tradition.
Food for Thought—Knowledge Chains around Food Cycles
by Brenden MacDonald Read More
The intro subject says it all! I am a musician and have been learning to compose and produce electronic music and hip hop instrumentals. The links are within the main text of this post. Read More
This is the first of two essays about Spinoza's philosophy and its application to other thinkers and other thoughts. The essay below this one is focused on the contemporary state of ecological imagination, and this one is devoted primarily to re-interpreting Spinoza and Romanticism together, with just passing, though hopefully insightful, reflection on the current day. Read More
I am down. I don't want to be as inactive anymore. Read More
This essay was written over the last few years, touched up several times. Enjoy and be informed! Read More
This poem I wrote over the last several years, editing it slowly.
I hope you enjoy it and learn something from it!
It is about my experience of schizophrenia and what I feel like inside myself: like a beautiful bird who could be flying but whose spirit is trapped in a cage.
I don't feel like I'm trapped now, except in the society which I mention in the poem. But I'm an activist and a writer, so I have ways to the means with which to interact with that society, hopefully changing it for the better!!
Without further ado, here is the poem: Read More
This essay is about my case of schizophrenia, some interpretation of my symptoms, and some reflections about how to be healthy as a schizophrenic. Read More
This is a paper I wrote for my First Nations Literature class.
I haven't been around on NCN for a while and thought I should show my face and contribute something. Hello all!
I hope you appreciate the thoughts! Read More
Hello there, you with eager free minds that some philosophers would tell you that you don't have. I've been busy busy with my second year of university, but I've written lots and would like to share. Here is my final essay for Phil 361 - philosophy of mind!
Enjoy Read More
Hey all. I've moved in and am attending classes, 2nd year university! Yay! English and Philosophy are fun! Here are some thoughts I wrote after thinking about a philosophy lecture. Read More
This is fare well and see you later. Read More
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Sometimes in epistemology class last semester, I had a feeling that if one earnestly and sincerely bears witness thru-out time to the philsopher's arguments, poet's conveyances, artist's renditions, mystic's visions, shaman's discussions, psychologist's advice, scientist's questions, and in abstract, the being's expressions, and if that one who witnesses these does so intelligently, articulately, and charitably, then that one will invariably develop a strong assumption that 'reality itself' was housed in form of diversely avid communicators posing that one a proposition most deeply interesting and pertinent, to describe moderately.... Read More
Can you imagine never giving up differences? Read More
(Herein is a final essay for an introductory ethics class I took this preceding spring semester; my choice for writing topic. I have edited to make the flow of ideas cleaner and clearer. ((It wasn't an A+ paper :)))
"All over the earth, faces of all living things are alike. Mother earth has turned these faces out of the earth with tenderness. Oh Great Spirit behold them, all these faces with children in their hands." Standing Bear, Lakota
May we remember and revere the primacy of life,
and lovingly care for and make free the children in our hands
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I often wonder how common my experience is to that of others. On NCN, I have found more in common with you than I would with people who attend roudy pubs, war or corporate planning rooms, sport hunts, or the shopping mall.
And I've also gone on to question how common my experience is to that of the others solely within this network. I see a common ground we share that is the intention of creating peace, truth, and life, and I appreciate you... Read More
From Tah-CO Belle's new commercial on numerous channels, exhibited is a celebration of an ability to eat more food than is necearry while it is unhealthy, unbalanced food, at that!
Thru the commercial, 1) a concept of "full" is emphasized as a desired outcome satisfied by the ecologicallly unhealthy animal business 'dealt with,' and also in the commercial this "full"ness is uncompromisingly applauded and accepted for being attainable by possession of 2) a concept of "value."
This value is expressed as "ninety-nine cents."
"Get full, on value..."
This is so explosively aggressive toward every partnership social value and ethical insight which has existed on Earth that I wonder how there could be need to tear this statement and visual correlates apart, how there would be anyone who did not question this and bark at this!
One would think you could manage selling a taco without endangering the stable ecosystem or threatening the social fabric of peace, but not Tah-CO Belle! (and this is merely quite exemplary of a common perspective many looking have clearly seen) Right away, I notice three things in this commercial which are messed up and contradicting the objectives of peace, harmony, and beauty for all beings; all this for selling a taco by certain methods and with certain contextual images:
1)Applauded be that western stomachs be infatuantly bloated feeling, while it is common knowledge that millions of humans on Earth are starving and empty stomanched. Nah, who cares, you be "FULL"! is their message in this commercial.
2)The great "value" offered (besides which I have a linguistic/philosophical incompatibility with their use of this word) is a larger amount of beef. This is unhealthy at current rates of consumption in the target demographic for these commercials AND ALSO this is ecologically, socially irresponsible, as vast amounts of south american rain forest are being clear-cutted for cow-pastures for the greater "value" of land that could feed Earth with farms instead of fueling fast food unhealthiness...
3)The final blur of audacity is the maker of the commercial's reluctance to include any notion of these things even tho the CEO's have undoubtedly been informed by eco whistle-blowers and eco-media to the current risk of proceeding as this. They forge straight ahead... Read More
.Is this the innocent face like of any cultural psychotic??
.I think so, myself :)
What is the world and its life to be for? What is it that we seek by name of freedom? What are we to make as our social objective, and what form of balance do we value as the basis for peaceful relation? A prevalently lived out response to these questions is known to be destroying diversity in our ecosystem and society.
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...from my year 2000 smatterpoem-journal, entitled within as Calculus and Thought.
As such, this was from a time punctuated by great confusion and transformation,
marking the phase of onsetting social/spiritual symbiophrenia following perceptions of my role here.
Some of this may be dark, yet progressed into me, and other things have happened in multiplicity, too.
I guess I'm trying to make a disclaimer for this stuff. It came from another me, yet the me I was once.
"kept a certain pace, with synch-steppers all surrounding
................we make a safe place...............
but a commander's fear to lose us, to be left under attack, all alone
or just left all alone.........when we question out of face
.........and don't consent dismissal from this space
........brings hate and oblivion........cut from compassion
.....renders war motionless, holding both sides...let GO,
let ME! hear both.......let me out of here, this mind
..............our economy, virtual reality, and real virtues!
won and the same....... thE Saim onE.....unknown.
...........what to do...paying for freedumb makes sense"
"This is true despite a discouraging silence part part of some of the concipients."
"look at it in too2to level" Read More
"where does one go from here?
what are our sailing orders?
by what azimuth do we set course?
what are the landmarks?
the perils? the methods? the clues?
fortunate the wayfarer who is briefed
by those rare pioneers who chart
the uncharted
who brave the depths & spaces of being
offer future generations
the topology of internal states
& further spheres"
-from his book "Toward the One," Pir Vilayat Khan, one considered a Sufi master by many: 'one who understood and continued to love,' perhaps... .) Same for quote in suject.
"Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania.
Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten.
Blinding signs flap,
Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow.
Stairway scare Dan dare who's there?
Lime and limpid green, the sounds surronds
The icy waters under
Lime and limpid green, the sounds surronds
The icy waters underground."
- from Syd Barrett for Pink Floyd's Astronomy Domine
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This year has been especially busy for the Vasalgel program — and ramping up to clinical trials over the next year will require all our focus. This is a critical time in the development pathway. We will do our best to communicate our progress to you and will keep the FAQ updated. You can always turn to it as a reference for any questions.
Thanks for your ongoing support as we push full steam ahead.


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Have you noticed that so many YouTube users are focused on gaining more subscribers and followers for their channels? Are you wondering why they do this?
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Why gaining more views on YouTube is important
Views on YouTube are a form of currency, and they can help your channel a lot. If you gain more views, then you can increase the chances of success for your YouTube channel.
For example, if you upload vlogging videos, the more views that you gain, the more that your vlog has higher chances of getting featured. So you should focus on getting more views for each video that you have.
Why should you do this? There are a lot of reasons for you to upload content that is geared towards gaining as many views as possible. Ideally, the videos that you upload are designed to capture views. And here are some of the reasons why you should focus on gaining views for your videos.
Better Search Optimization
In the search queries for videos, YouTube will often list videos with high view counts at the top of the search page. So if you want to make it easier for people to find your videos, you have got to have a lot of views.
Higher chances of getting featured
When you want to get featured on YouTube's homepage, you will also have to get a lot of views to get there. So if you want to have the recognition that comes with being a featured video, then you should try to get more views.
More views equals more views in the future
People are more inclined to click on a video and watch it if it already has got a lot of views. So to draw more views in the future, you will also have to start gaining more views in the present. Having a lot of videos right now will ensure that the future of your videos will be good.
Videos will become trending
If your video start gaining views rapidly, you will slowly get a higher chance of becoming a trending video. Trending videos will often become viral. So if you want that viral status, you will have to start gaining more views first.
These are only some of the reasons why views are so important for your channel, but as you can see, there are already quite a lot of them. Even one of these reasons could help your YouTube channel immensely. So if you want to gain more success as a YouTube user, you will have to focus on getting more views. To become a successful YouTube user and community member, you will have to gain more followers and subscribers, and the only way to do this is to have a lot of views for each of your videos. If you have gotten a lot of video views, then you can certainly start your career as a YouTube user. And to ensure the success of your career as a YouTube member, you will have to focus on gaining more views!
8 Tips to help you get more views for YouTube
One of the measures of success on YouTube is the number of followers and subscribers that you have. A vlog channel that gets a lot of views for a video that it uploads is sure to become successful.
Try and check the number of views that your videos have; the more views that your video has, the more likely it is that you will become a YouTube success. However, getting those videos views can be hard. Not everyone can be extremely lucky.
Fortunately, you do not have to be lucky to gain more views; you can just follow these tips if you want to have more success for your channel.
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- Upload a catchy or attractive video thumbnail to attract more people into clicking your videos. Using a good looking thumbnail will let people be enticed into clicking your Youtube video. More people will watch your videos if they like how your thumbnail looks.
- Social Media – Another tip you can follow to draw more views to your YouTube video page is to share your videos or channel content on social media platforms. You can post links to your videos on websites such as Reddit, or Facebook. You should try sharing your YouTube content onto those other kinds of social media.
- Try to purchase advertising slots for your YouTube channel if you do then you can make people more aware of what you are uploading onto YouTube. Purchasing advertising is an effective way to make people more aware of the kind of content that you have to offer.
- Uploading good content onto your YouTube page is another important thing that you can focus on. Focus on creating quality content for your videos. If you want to make sure that viewers will watch the videos that you upload, you must try to upload content that is worth watching too.
- Video Title – Writing a good title for your videos is also another way that you can gain more views. You should think up and use a good title for your videos. People are more likely to click and watch a Youtube video if it has got a catchy title that draws them into your video.
- Collaborate with other channels – Try to reach out, collaborate and interact with other successful Vloggers.
- Video comments exposure – Do this by replying to comments or liking other videos. These kinds of activities can increase the awareness of your video with other viewers and users, and it also increases the reputation of your channel too, you don't need to do this yourself, you can hire a VA to do this for you and get them to write a thousand comments for $10, but don't be a spammer, remember your comments represent your channel.
- Write a detailed description in your YouTube video, and make sure to include keywords. If you do this, it makes it easier for people to find your videos. And it also gives them an idea of what to expect if they do watch it.
- Learn how to market your youtube channel buy learning about viewer behaviour.
All of these tips can help all kinds of YouTube channels. From vlogging channels to music ones, as long as you keep these tips in mind, you are sure to gain more followers for your YouTube channel, and you can also gain a lot more views too.


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Hillary is in Florida, contrary to expectation that she, Obama, and Edwards would avoid that state as punishment from the democratic party for moving it's primary date earlier than many other states. Check back here to find out where she is leading up to the vote so that you can go to her and urge her to be more supportive of space exploration than she already is.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
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