Democracy Manifest

"Democracy Manifest" (also known as "Succulent Chinese Meal") is a 1990 Australian news segment video by reporter Chris Reason. It is "one of Australia's most viral videos", according to Sportsbet. "The Guardian" called it "perhaps the pre-eminent Australian meme of the past 10 years". YouTube has several postings of the video, and they "have more than one million views each".
It features a man who is being arrested at a Fortitude Valley Chinese restaurant for the purported crime of "dine and dash". Wrestled into a police car, he speaks with the commanding voice of a trained stage actor. As the police fumble, he exclaims "This is Democracy Manifest", "Get your hand off my penis!", "What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?", and "I see you know your Judo well".
The video was made in 1990, but it was not uploaded to the Internet until 2009. A mystery developed about who the man was, with theories centring on Hungarian chess player Paul Charles Dozsa known for his dine and dash exploits. In 2020, an aging Australian man, later identified as Cecil George Edwards, appeared in a music video by an Australian punk rock band, The Chats, that revealed his true identity as the man in the now-viral 1990 video. The revelation led to an interview with "Sportsbet" and a feature in the "Sydney Morning Herald". Ultimately, Edwards was wrongfully arrested in a bungled sting operation.
Synopsis.
The video shows an unnamed man being escorted by police out of a Chinese restaurant into a waiting police car. He is clearly agitated by this situation, and when told he is being placed under arrest he boisterously exclaims in a stentorian voice, "I am under what?". As police wrestle him into a headlock and try to force him into the car, the man booms in the controlled voice of a classic stage actor, apparently addressing an audience, "Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest". As the scuffle escalates, he shouts, "Get your hand off my penis!" and then incredulously asks, "What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?" As the police struggle to contain the man, he compliments them on the headlock, "Ah, yes. I see that you know your Judo well." He is then man-handled into the car, feet-first, while asking someone inside the vehicle, "And you, sir, are you waiting to receive my limp penis?", and bidding his audience "ta ta and farewell". By this point, bystanders can be heard to chuckle in the background.
History.
The video was taped by then-freshman reporter Chris Reason at "Seven News". As it turned out, the police arrested the wrong man in a case of mistaken identity; they thought he was "an international criminal." They actually arrested Cecil George Edwards, a petty criminal with a flair for acting and multiple aliases, who was released later that day to the embarrassment of the police. The clip remained obscure until a raw video version was uploaded to the Internet in January 2009 when it became an immediate viral video.
The raw footage was missing Reason's voice-over explaining who the man was, or what the incident was about, and Internet speculation attempted to resolve the mystery. Theories about the man's identity centered on Paul Charles Dozsa, a Hungarian chess player and notorious dine and dasher, but there were also serious doubts about this theory. It was questioned as to why the arrest was filmed from so many angles, why it was filmed at all and why the allegedly-Hungarian man did not sound Hungarian. Friends, family and acquaintances of Dozsa also stated that the man in the video was not Dozsa. Other theories included that the man was politician John Bartlett, the video was a skit from a television show, or that the man was a real dine and dasher named Gregory John Ziegler.
The mystery of the man's identity continued until 2020, when Australian punk band The Chats published a music video titled "Dine 'N Dash" that re-created the viral video with an older man acting the part of the arrestee. The actor then identified himself in an interview with "Sydney Morning Herald" as Cecil George Edwards the man in the viral video, now going by the name of "Jack K". Asked why he made such a show during the arrest, he said he wanted to appear crazy so he might be placed into an asylum where it would be easier to escape. It was also revealed he had an artistic career making paintings, including some of the arrest.
In 2020, "Jack K" was interviewed by Sportsbet in a video titled "Democracy Manifest Guy Speaks". The interview includes the original "Seven News" archival footage of the event that was last broadcast to the public in 1990. In the broadcast footage, Reason's voice-over confirms his identity: "When Cecil George Edwards was arrested in a town mall last Friday, the Valley police thought they'd caught Queensland's most wanted."
Influences.
Since being uploaded to YouTube in 2009, the video has become a viral hit in Australian culture. When Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2019, comparisons were made between both respective arrests and "it didn't take long for Aussies to all make the same joke".
It has been the subject of an orchestral work composed by Michael Tan (and conducted by Sam Weller) that was performed at the Sydney Opera House by Ensemble Apex.
Slipstream Brewing Company, a microbrewer in Yeerongpilly, Queensland, makes a beer named "Succulent Chinese Meal".
Mac Miller (under his production alias Larry Fisherman) sampled the video in his 2015 instrumental mixtape Run-On Sentences, Volume Two.


POSXML

POSXML (acronym for Point Of Sale eXtended Markup Language) is a programming language, based on XML, that is used to create applications for a POS terminal.
Normally the programming language used to develop such applications is C or C++. The main purpose of POSXML is to simplify the development of applications for POS terminals. It contains a set of instructions and pre-programmed commands, which allow direct interaction with the machine, resulting in a large reduction in application development time.
Language features.
The structure of POSXML.
POSXML is organized and structured in the form of tags, showing levels and subsets of a set of commands and instructions, that form the logical structure of a POSXML application.
Example:
<!-- Variables declaration -->
<stringvariable value="" variable="sTicketInfo"/>
<stringvariable value="" variable="sCityInfo"/>
<integervariable value="0" variable="iQtdTickets"/>
<integervariable value="0" variable="iInvalidInfo"/>
<!-- Function Display MAIN Menu -->
<function name="fMainMenu">
 <integervariable value="0" variable="iOption"/>
 <!-- Main Menu -->
 <menu options="MAIN MENU:\\1.SALE OF TICKETS\2.REPORT\3.EXIT" variable="$(iOption)"/>
 <!-- 1.SALE OF TICKETS -->
 <if operator="equalto" value="1" variable="$(iOption)">
 </if>
</function>
Compiled language.
Similar to the vast majority of existing programming languages, POSXML is compiled in a specific format to reduce the file size which allows the application to be run on a POS terminal using a framework (virtual machine).
When compiled, a program written in POSXML, becomes a set of bytecodes that are interpreted by the virtual machine on the POS terminal which results in the implementation on the POS terminal.
Example:
<display line="0" column="0" message="Example of Bytecode" />
Compiled bytecode:
Syntax.
The commands and instructions of POSXML, such as the compliance on the use of capital letters and lowercase letters (case sensitive), are acquired through training. Some commands that belong to the language do not require parameters, unlike other commands that need input to interact with the machine.
Examples:
Commands that do not require instructions or parameters.
<network.hostdisconect/>
<cleandisplay />
<waitkey />
Commands that require instructions and parameters to interact with the equipment.
<display line="1" column="1" message="POSXML" />
<menu variable="$(var1)" options="MENU\1. first line\2. second line\3. third line"/>
<wait miliseconds="1000" />
The names given to functions, variables, and pages should also obey the rules written in capital letters and lowercase letters, so if a developer creates a function called "calcula_digito" he will not be able to call on the variable via "Calcula_Digito". The call of a function, or variable page must meet the exact name that was assigned by the programmer.
Commands and instructions.
Because it is a structured language based on XML, POSXML is a language that is constantly evolving, new commands and instructions can be added to your library at any time. Initially, the language had only two dozen basic commands to create a functional application on a POS terminal, using few resources: only the basic display (LCD), keypad, magnetic card reader and printer.
With the evolution of language, there are now almost one hundred commands and instructions available to deal with files, pictures, mathematical operators, functions to manipulate variables of the String type, definition of variables, logical operators, classes for working with protocol ISO 8583 (Protocol standard for exchanging information in transactions with credit cards), among others.
Variables and data types.
Variables in POSXML are typed; there are only two types, integer and string. POSXML limits the number of declared variables to 512.
These variables are declared global, i.e. They are shared throughout all the scheduled pages of the POSXML program in runtime process.
Examples:
String type variable:
<!-- Declaring a string type variable containing: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/posxml" -->
<stringvariable value="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/posxml" variable="url" />
<!-- Accessing the content of the declared variable -->
<display line="0" column="0" message="$(url)" />
Integer type variable:
<!-- Declaring an integer type variable containing: "0" -->
<integervariable value="0" variable="iValue" />
<inputmoney column="0" line="0" message="Enter the amount:" variable="$(iValue)" />
A call to a variable that is declared in the memory, is made by $(name_of_the_variable), regardless of its type.
It is also possible to convert a variable of one type into the other type. In POSXML the commands inttostring and stringtoint are used for this.
Examples:
<integervariable value="1" variable="iOpcao_Tipo_Inteiro" />
<stringvariable value="" variable="sOpcao_Tipo_String" />
<inttostring integervariable="$(iOpcao_Tipo_Inteiro)" stringvariable="$(sOpcao_Tipo_String)" />
File system.
When writing an application for a POS terminal, the developer is faced with the need to write to the specific file system of the equipment. The POSXML language works with files of type WALK dbFile (A file system defined by the framework that interprets a program compiled POSXML). This file system WALK dbFile uses the format: codice_1, basically the format of text files in a Unix environment, where is used to wrap.
There are 8 basic commands in the POSXML language to work with files in the POS terminal, they are.
Examples:
<editfile filename="test.txt" key="$(sChave)" value="$(sValor)" />
<readfile filename="test.txt" key="$(sChave)" variabledestination="$(sRetorno)" />
<readfilebyindex filename="test.db" index="0" variablekey="$(var1)" variablevalue="$(var2)" variablereturn="$(var3)" />
<deletefile filename="test.txt" />
Code examples.
The traditional "Hello World".
<!-- An example application that shows the phgrase "Hello World" on the display. -->
<!-- The command "display" shows a message in a row and column specific. -->
<display line="3" column="0" message="Hello World" />
<!-- The command "waitkey" waits till the operator press someone key for continue the execution. -->
<waitkey />
Menu, functions and impressions.
<stringvariable value="" variable="stringName" />
<stringvariable value="" variable="stringValue" />
<integervariable value="0" variable="integerValue" />
<integervariable value="0" variable="integerOption" />
<!-- The command menu is used to show a menu in the terminal's display. The captured value is put in variable. -->
<menu variable="$(integerOption)" options="\Menu\ 1) Main Function\ 2) Print Function" />
<if variable="$(integerOption)" operator="equalto" value="1" >
 <!-- The command callfunction is used to call a function defined with the function instruction. -->
 <callfunction name="Main" />
</if>
<if variable="$(integerOption)" operator="equalto" value="2" >
 <!-- The command callfunction is used to call a function defined with the function instruction. -->
 <callfunction name="Print" />
</if>
<!-- The command function is used to make functions in PosXml Application. -->
<function name="Main" >
 <!-- The command inputmoney is used to enter money values in the terminal.
 The terminal shows a mask with comma and points, while pressing the digit keys.
 The captured value is multiplied by 100 and put in variable without comma and points.
 <inputmoney variable="$(integerValue)" line="0" column="0" message="Input de Value:" />
 <cleandisplay />
 <!-- The command inttostring is used to convert an integer variable in a string variable. -->
 <inttostring variableinteger="$(integerValue)" variablestring="$(stringValue)" />
 <display line="2" column="0" message="Value is:" />
 <display line="3" column="0" message="$(stringValue)" />
 <waitkey />
</function>
<function name="Print" >
 <!-- The command inputformat is used to enter a value in a specific format.
 The format is specified in the format parameter. The value captured is put in variable.
 <inputformat variable="$(stringName)" line="0" column="0" message="Enter your name:" format="AAAAAAAAAA" / >
 <print message="$(stringName)" />
 <!-- The command paperfeed is used to advance paper of the terminal's printer. -->
 <paperfeed />
</function>
Dealing with the POS file.
<stringvariable value="" variable="stringRet" />
<stringvariable value="" variable="stringWriteKey" />
<stringvariable value="" variable="stringWriteValue" />
<inputformat variable="$(stringWriteKey)" line="0" column="0" message="Input a key:" format="AAAAAAAAAA" />
<inputformat variable="$(stringWriteValue)" line="2" column="0" message="Input a value:" format="9999999999" />
<!-- The command editfile is used to write or edit a file in 'Walk Db format'.
 The format of the file in 'Walk Db format', is: ('key=value\nkey=value\n ... ').
<editfile filename="test.txt" key="$(stringWriteKey)" value="$(stringWriteValue)" />
<!-- The command readfile is used to read a file in 'Walk Db format'.
 The format of the file in 'Walk Db format', is: ('key=value\nkey=value\n ... ').
 If the file or key does exist, the value is a white space ' '.
<readfile filename="test.txt" key="$(stringWriteKey)" variabledestination="$(stringRet)" />
<!-- The command deletefile is used to remove a file from the terminal's memory. -->
<deletefile filename="test.txt" />
<!-- The command joinstring is used to join firstvalue and secondvalue in variabledestination. -->
<joinstring firstvalue="Result:" secondvalue="$(stringRet)" variabledestination="$(stringRet)" />
<cleandisplay />
<display line="4" column="0" message="$(stringRet)" />
<waitkey />
An example with while "While".
<!-- The command "stringvariable" creates in memory one variable of a type string, in this case the name is "sData". -->
<stringvariable value="" variable="stringData" />
<stringvariable value="KEY_CANCEL" variable="stringKey" />
<!-- The command "while" realizes a loop till the condition be satisfied in this case,
 when the value of "sKey" be different of "KEY_CANCEL".
<while variable="$(stringKey)" operator="equalto" value="KEY_CANCEL" >
 <!-- The command cleandisplay is used to clean the terminal's display. -->
 <cleandisplay />
 <!-- The command "getdatetime" extract the date and the hour internal in format specified,
 and save this value in "variabledestination".
 <getdatetime format="d/M/yy h:m:s" variabledestination="$(stringData)" />
 <!-- The command "display" shows a message in a row and column specific. -->
 <display line="2" column="0" message="$(stringData)" />
 <!-- The command "readkey" waits a specified time in miliseconds to save in a string on "variablereturn",
 case not be tight anybody key, will be return the value "KEY_CANCEL".
 <readkey miliseconds="800" variablereturn="$(stringKey)" />
</while>
<display line="2" column="0" message="$(stringKey)" />
<waitkey />


Bernard Gordon (writer)

Bernard Gordon (October 29, 1918 – May 11, 2007) was an American writer and producer. For much of his 27-year career he was prevented from taking screen credit by the Hollywood Blacklist. Among his best-known works are screenplays for "Flesh and Fury", "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" and "55 Days at Peking".
Biography.
Early life.
Gordon was born in New Britain, Connecticut to Kitty and William Gordon, Jewish immigrants from Russia. His father managed a hardware store and Gordon grew up in New York City, where he attended the City College.
Professional work.
Beginning as a writer for print, Gordon moved to California and got a production job as a script reader, providing written "coverage" of screenplays submitted to studios. A political activist and, briefly in the 1940s, a member of the Communist Party, Gordon helped found the Screen Readers Guild. He married fellow activist Jean Lewin in 1946, one of the organizers of the Hollywood Canteen during the war.
His first produced screenplay was "Flesh and Fury", a gritty boxing picture starring an up-and-coming actor named Tony Curtis. A western with Rock Hudson ("The Lawless Breed") followed, but Gordon was subpoenaed to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigating "Communist" influence in Hollywood. Although subpoenaed, Gordon was never called to testify, and thus remained in a legal limbo. His producer, William Alland, had named Gordon in his own testimony to HUAC. A former left-wing sympathizer himself, Alland regularly informed the government about the political leanings of writers with whom he dealt at Universal Pictures.
Pseudonymous work.
In 1954, Gordon received an under-the-table assignment from producer Charles Schneer, who worked with Columbia Pictures' low-budget maven Sam Katzman. Gordon adapted a play written by two friends, which became the film "The Law vs. Billy the Kid". Schneer employed Gordon many times during the 1950s, memorably as screenwriter of Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, a low-budget alien-invasion film with special effects by Ray Harryhausen. Gordon worked under the pen name Raymond T. Marcus, a friend who was not in the film business. These low-paying assignments were generally B-level potboilers. Notably, one of the Schneer films was the only feature film to co-star Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Davis, "Hellcats of the Navy". Reagan's political views were diametrically opposed to the then-blacklisted Gordon, though after Reagan was elected president he denied blacklisting had occurred despite evidence proving this inaccuracy. Gordon took ironic satisfaction in having written an introduction for the esteemed Admiral Chester Nimitz and having Reagan give voice to his words on film that was broadcast on television during his two terms as president. Another film for which Gordon wrote pseudonymously due to the Black List was "Zombies of Mora Tau" (1957).
Success in exile.
Through his friendship with writer/entrepreneur Philip Yordan, Gordon found regular work as a writer and producer in Madrid for the Samuel Bronston Productions. At first, however, he was still denied screen credit, with Yordan frequently listing himself as sole author of films like "Circus World", "Battle of the Bulge", "Custer of the West" and "The Day of the Triffids". Gordon did receive on-screen credit for "55 Days at Peking", and the first screen adaptation of "The Thin Red Line". As a producer, he made a number of westerns in Spain and the well-received sci-fi thriller "Horror Express", co-starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Another film he wrote, "Cry of Battle", was playing at the theater in which Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested by Dallas police on 22 November 1963.
Resurfacing and Retroactive Credits.
Returning to the US, Gordon had trouble finding work until his former production secretary in Madrid, Lisa Doty, found him a job in Canada adapting Margaret Atwood's novel "Surfacing" for producer Beryl Fox. Director Claude Jutra made it into a film in 1981.
Gordon's blacklist-era work remained relatively anonymous until journalist Ted Newsom happened upon the man behind the assumed name "Raymond T. Marcus" (a name under which Gordon wrote or co-wrote). When the Writers Guild of America took up the task of correctly crediting pseudonymous screenwriters from the 1950s and 1960s, awarding retroactive screen credits to them, Gordon received more after-the-fact credits than any other blacklisted writer. His first film to receive posthumous credit was "The Day of the Triffids".
Gordon subsequently wrote two autobiographical books detailing the 20-year surveillance of him by the FBI, and often spoke publicly about his experiences. He helped lead the unsuccessful fight against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award to Elia Kazan, who cooperated with HUAC during the blacklist era.
Gordon died on May 11, 2007 in Hollywood, California.


Amy for America


Eureka Federal Savings

Eureka Federal Savings was a San Carlos, California, based thrift, which operated primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, with 35 branches at the thrift's height. Founded in 1890, it was one of the oldest savings and loan organizations in California. Being a savings and loan, it was known primary for interest bearing accounts, certificates of deposit, and home loans, before its eventual downfall.
Collapse.
Like many other savings and loans of its time, Eureka Federal made risky investments in the 1980s, primarily in the Las Vegas, Nevada, casino market. Many of its investments soured, and the thrift was seized by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation in 1988. It was sold to private investors, and became EurekaBank, a Federal Savings Bank.
Sponsorships.
Eureka Federal Savings was the sponsor of the one-time Eureka Federal Savings Classic, a pro golf tournament on the Champions Tour, held in San Francisco in 1981.
Popular culture.
The Eureka Federal Savings name was revived, temporarily, for filming of the 2008 film Milk. During filming on Castro Street, the U.S. Bank branch, the final owner of Eureka's assets, was temporarily rebranded as Eureka Federal Savings, for a certain scene in the movie.


Marisa Olson

Marisa Olson is an artist, writer, curator, and former punk singer. In 2004 she auditioned for popular American television show American Idol as an artistic project. Over the course of three months of daily "training exercises," it is revealed that she is critiquing gender norms entrenched by the show, while also using the popularity of her site to speak to readers about using their voice to vote in elections as well as on the show.
Her work combines performance, video, painting/drawing, and installation to address the cultural history of technology, experiences of gender, and the relationship between pop culture and politics.
Olson was a founding member of the Nasty Nets' "Internet Surfing club", a web-based net art group documenting and remixing their experiences online. Olson is a writer and lecturer in the field of media theory and politics.
She has been a visiting artist at Yale, SAIC, VCU, Oberlin, Brown, and elsewhere, and she has also worked on the faculty team at Rhode Island School of Design and New York University. She has been a Master Artist in Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, an Eyebeam Resident, and an Artist in Residence at the Corwin Physics Labs at the University of Oregon.
Career.
Artist, Curator, and critic.
Marisa Olson currently works in New York and has had work exhibited in various galleries including the Tate, the New Museum, the Nam June Paik Art Center, and others.
She has organized exhibitions and programs at the Guggenheim, SFMOMA, the Getty, White Columns, Artists Space, and elsewhere. In the past, she has been former editor for Rhizome and Camerawork. She's written for Artforum, Wired, Afterimage, Flash Art, ArtReview, and others among various books.
Postinternet.
The term Postinternet, often referred to as an era discussed by many contemporary artists examining the dawn of new technology, is attributed to be coined by Marisa Olson around 2006. This era of art or creative production was defined by Olson as the creation of art following time spent utilizing and exploring the world wide web. The Postinternet for Marisa Olson refers to any works created after the use of the internet, and what is made is the product of this excessive computer use or indulgence of the internet. A key separation made by Marisa Olson in her definition, practice, and expansion of post internet art is that she “delineates Internet art from Post Internet art. Internet Art is on the Internet; Post Internet art is after the internet.”
American Idol.
A significant work of Marisa Olson is known for which is often associated with her practice was navigated by “her investigation into pop culture” that eventually led her to popular American television show American Idol.
The work titled “The One That Got Away,” began by Olson auditioning for American Idol in 2004. The artist then blogged about her experience online, documenting her process leading up to the audition. Post-audition, Marisa Olson created a “consciously artless” video combining footage that fictitiously acts out the audition. Marisa Olson’s American Idol audition segment was never shown on national television.
Selected Works.
The One That Got Away (2004).
Marisa Olson trained herself for three months in preparation for an American Idol audition which would be used as an artwork. The piece is a video which includes the artist speaking about the process and preparation as well as scenes from the real audition. The work had been removed from YouTube due to copyright issues, yet is available on Vimeo.
Space Junk (2010).
From afar, Space Junk appears to be a “black, monochrome square painting like Kazimir Malevich.” When one approaches the work closer, it is revealed that it is not just black, but a “pattern of flickering stars” which has been appropriated from imagery taken from the internet in the form of a GIF file.
Golden Oldies (2014).
Recorded on video, Marisa Olson is seen with “ephemera from music’s past,” and the objects are all painted gold. In the work, Marisa Olson handles the equipment in odd manners, continually breaking items such as vinyl records and cassette tapes.


Stamp Museum

Stamp Museum () is a museum in Ankara, Turkey.
The building.
The museum is in Ulus neighborhood of Ankara at .
The museum building was the headquarters of a former bank named Emlak ve Eytam Bank. It was planned by Clemens Holzmeister, the renown Austrian architect and was built in 1933-34 term. It is a five floor building with a total area of . After the bank was merged to another bank in 1946 the building was handed over to Turkish PTT. In 2013 after renovation the building was opened to public as a stamp museum.
Collections.
The Turkish and the Ottoman as well as some foreign postage stamps are displayed in the museum. There are also thematic collections shown below:


Polly Gillespie


Mark Bounds

Mark Bounds is a former American football punter. He played at the collegiate level for Texas Tech, where he earned unanimous All-American honors in 1991.
Career.
Bounds began his career at NCAA Division II West Texas State (now West Texas A&M University) where he earned All-American honors in 1990. He led Division II punters with a 46.3 yard average. Bounds transferred to Texas Tech University in the following year following the cessation of West Texas State's football program.
Following the 1991 season, Bounds led NCAA Division I in punting average with 48.6 yards per punt. For his performance, Bounds was selected as a Unanimous All-American by the 5 organizations recognized for the purpose by the NCAA, one of only five Red Raiders to do so. His selection also marked him as one of only two players that had ever been named an AFCA All-American at two different schools. He was also noted for his superstitions, such as wearing orange shoes with green shoelaces when punting.
Following his college career, Bounds briefly signed with the Chicago Bears before being cut following an injury.
Legal issues.
In 2005, Bounds was alleged to have participated in a so-called conspiracy to overcharge Texas Tech for dietary supplements provided to Texas Tech athletes. Bounds owned Muscle Tech, a nutritional supplement store in Lubbock, Texas. Bounds allegedly conspired with Aaron Shelley, Texas Tech's former director of sports nutrition. Bounds agreed to accept five years of probation and pay restitution, instead of presenting his unquestioned defense, to simply and efficiently move on from the unproven allegations


Geoffrey Palmer (real estate developer)

Geoffrey Harrison Palmer (born May 11, 1950) is an American real estate developer and Republican donor.
Personal life and education.
Palmer is the son of architect and developer Daniel Saxon Palmer, who was born as Dan Weissinger in Budapest, Hungary in 1920. The younger Palmer grew up in Malibu, California. Palmer attended Santa Monica College before transferring to the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he earned a degree in finance. Palmer then earned a Juris Doctor from Pepperdine School of Law.
Career.
After clerking for a California superior court judge, Palmer decided to pursue real estate development of multifamily housing instead of law as a profession, founding GH Palmer Associates in 1978. Palmer opened his first major development in Santa Clarita, California in 1985. During the 1990s, Palmer focused on building more than 2000 market-rate housing in downtown Los Angeles and its suburbs.
In 2001, Palmer completed the 632-unit Medici, the first of a series of downtown Italian-inspired apartment blocks situated beside freeways, which coincided with a
revival of downtown Los Angeles. Other buildings in the "Renaissance Collection" built by Palmer include the Orsini, Visconti, Piero, Da Vinci, and Lorenzo.
In 2006, Palmer applied for the Piero II, a mixed-use project, and requested that the City waive the affordable housing requirements. The City denied the waiver and Palmer sued the City of Los Angeles ("Palmer/Sixth Street Properties LP v. City of Los Angeles") claiming the City's affordable housing zoning requirements in the Central City West specific plan violated the Costa-Hawkins Act. In 2009, the California Court of Appeal ruled that "as applied to Palmer's proposed project, the affordable housing ordinance conflicts with and is preempted by the vacancy decontrol provisions of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act."
The City of Los Angeles later sued Palmer for negligence after another development, the Da Vinci, intentionally set fire by an arsonist currently in jail, damaged the adjacent freeway and a nearby city government building, eventually settling the case for $400,000.
Palmer's most recent building, Broadway Palace Apartments, was completed in early 2017. Broadway Palace Apartments is designed in the Beaux-Arts style with a plaster and cast concrete ground level and top story, separated from the terracotta brick middle stories by string courses, moldings and changes in materials. Notable features include arched openings along the top story, dentils, brackets, pilasters and capitals. The facade fenestration and articulation resembles the historic 1920s-era buildings located on Broadway but different enough to appear new.
Palmer has clashed with local government officials and activists, in part due to criticism of the style of his apartment buildings. Councilman Ed Reyes also criticized Palmer for the accidental destruction of an 1887 Victorian-style building. In 2015, Eddie Kim of the "Los Angeles Downtown News" described Palmer as both the "most prolific" and "most controversial" developer in downtown Los Angeles.
Palmer, a strong opponent of mandatory affordable housing requirements for real estate development, appears in the Paradise Papers in connection with a Bermuda offshore to hold the registration for his private jet, which is done for security and maintenance reasons, yet he still pays the required California assesses property taxes on aircraft, which Bermuda does not.
Palmer is worth an estimated US$3 billion.
Political activities.
In 1991, Palmer paid an administrative $30,000 fine after being accused of money-laundering campaign contributions in order to prevent the incorporation of Santa Clarita. Palmer donated $500,000 to Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, and $2 million to Rebuilding America Now PAC during Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Palmer has also donated to American Crossroads, the Republican National Committee, and the National Republican Congressional Committee. GH Palmer & Associates contributed $5,005,400 to the 2016 Trump campaign. On September 17, 2019, Palmer hosted a fundraiser with President Trump at Palmer's home.
In 2020, Palmer was selected by President Trump to participate in the Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups.
Personal life.
Palmer has a son, and in 2016 they resided in Burton E. Green's former residence in Beverly Hills, California, with a secondary property in Saint-Tropez, France. Palmer plays competitive polo.
Philanthropy.
He serves as trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). He is also an active contributor to the Pepperdine School of Law and has endowed The Geoffrey H. Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law.


LOGML

An XML 1.0 based markup language for web server log reports, that allows automated data mining and report generation. LOGML is based on XGMML for graph description.


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Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson

Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson (born January 14, 1945), known as Cathy Wilkerson, is an American far-left radical who was a member of the 1970s radical group called the Weather Underground Organization (WUO). She came to the attention of the police when she was leaving the townhouse belonging to her father after it was destroyed by an explosion on March 6, 1970. Members of WUO had been constructing a nail bomb in the basement of the building, intending to use it in an attack on a non-commissioned officers dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey that night. Wilkerson, already free on bail for her involvement in the Chicago "Days of Rage" riots, avoided capture for 10 years. She surrendered in 1980 and pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of dynamite. She was sentenced to up to three years in prison and served 11 months.
Early years.
Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson was born on January 14, 1945. Her father, James Platt Wilkerson, was an advertising executive and part-owner of a radio station in Omaha, Nebraska. and a radio station owner from the Midwest. Her mother, Audrey Olena, graduated from Smith College and later took a job as a teacher in Manhattan. Wilkerson grew up in Connecticut and Massachusetts. In Stamford, Connecticut she attended Martha Hoyt School through 3rd grade, Emma Willard Middle School (5th grade), and New Canaan Country School (6th through 9th grade). In Andover, Massachusetts Wilkerson attended Abbot Academy, an all-girls school. She graduated from Abbot Academy in June 1962.
Early activist work.
After graduating from high school, Wilkerson was accepted into Swarthmore College. During the first year of college she became interested in politics. In April, 1962 Wilkerson became involved with a civil rights group that organized anti-segregation work in Cambridge, Maryland. Her activist work continued throughout college. In June, 1963 Wilkerson attended Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) National Meeting in Pine Hill, New York, and wrote a pamphlet "Rats, Washtubs, and Block Organizations". She graduated in June 1966 and spent summer and fall working for Representative Robert Kastenmeier, a liberal Democrat from Wisconsin. In 1967, Wilkerson was employed in the national office of SDS, in Chicago, Illinois and became the editor of "New Left Notes", an SDS newspaper. In 1967, she was elected into SDS National Interim Council and moved to Washington, D.C. to set up a regional office. Wilkerson and three other SDS members went to Cambodia where they met representatives of Vietnamese National Liberation Front. After the trip she wrote several articles describing her experiences and stressing the issue of failing morale of U.S. troops. Although, as Wilkerson recalls in her memoir, she had few disagreements with the main ideas promoted by the Weathermen, including their deep desire to be involved in the most effective endeavor to end the Vietnam War. Her perception that policies both at home and abroad were unfair prompted her to become a member of Weatherman in 1969. Shortly after her graduation from college, Wilkerson traveled to Cuba to witness the results of the Cuban Revolution first hand. She was also very active in civil rights and the women's movement. However, she put anti-war and anti-racist work before the women's movement. In 1969, the New Left was present at a Counter-Inaugural to Richard Nixon's first inauguration, at which the anti-war leader Dave Dellinger, serving as master of ceremonies, incorrectly announced, "The women have asked all the men to leave the stage." After that, SDS activist Marilyn Salzman Webb attempted to speak about women's oppression, and SDS men heckled her, shouting, "Take her off the stage and fuck her!" and so forth until she was drowned out. Later Webb received a threatening phone call which she thought was from Wilkerson, but that was not confirmed, and it may have been from a government agent. In any case, the call contributed to driving apart outspoken feminists in the national SDS and people who put anti-racist and anti-war work before feminism and went toward the Weathermen.
Arrests.
In 1963, Wilkerson was arrested in Chester, Pennsylvania for distributing handbills advertising a mass meeting to discuss the planned boycott of the public schools. On August 25, 1968, she was arrested during the Democratic National Convention and charged with disorderly conduct and posting handbills on private property without the owners' permission. On May 2, 1969, Wilkerson was arrested and charged with unlawful entry and destroying property during a takeover of Maury Hall at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. On September 4, 1969, she was arrested in Chicago on charges of disorderly conduct. On September 4, 1969, Wilkerson was arrested in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with 25 other female members of SDS, who were trying to recruit students to the anti-war movement by staging a high school "jailbreak". She was charged with inciting a riot, rioting, and disorderly conduct. On October 9, 1969, Wilkerson was arrested and charged with mob action, aggravated battery, and resisting arrest.
Joining Weathermen.
Wilkerson joined the Chicago Weatherman Collective during the summer of 1969. She actively participated in riots during the Days of Rage that took place in Chicago on October 8–11, 1969 and was arrested for attacking a Chicago policeman with a club. After spending two-and-a-half weeks in jail she was released on bail. Wilkerson attended the WUO "War Council" in Flint, Michigan during December 1969. In January 1970 she was sent to Seattle, Washington to join a local collective. After a few days in Seattle Wilkerson was invited by Terry Robbins to come to New York, New York. After firebombing the home of New York State Supreme Court Justice Murtagh, who was presiding over the trial of the so-called "Panther 21" members of the Black Panther Party and few other unsuccessful fire bombings, the New York collective members decided to use dynamite in future actions. The bomb factory was set up in a townhouse owned by Wilkerson's father.
Greenwich Village townhouse explosion.
On the morning of March 6, 1970, there was an explosion in the sub-basement of a townhouse owned by Wilkerson's father, located at 18 West 11th Street in Greenwich Village. The blast killed three people, but Wilkerson and Kathy Boudin were helped from the rubble, and they immediately went underground. The townhouse was being used by the Weather Underground to make bombs, in particular a nail bomb that was to be used against soldiers and their dates at a non-commissioned officer's dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey that night. That evening, a man's body was found in the basement of the townhouse, and a short time later, a woman's torso was discovered on the first floor. Police also found several handbags with personal identification that had been stolen from college students over the previous few months. Over the next few days, police discovered at least 60 sticks of dynamite, a live military antitank shell, blasting caps, and several large metal pipes packed solid with explosives and nails as shrapnel.
Three members of the WUO were killed in the explosion: Theodore Gold, the 23-year-old leader of a student strike at Columbia University in 1968; Diana Oughton; and Terry Robbins. Wilkerson and Boudin stayed overnight at Boudin's parents' house a few blocks away on St. Luke's Place before they both went underground. Wilkerson's father, who owned both houses, was on vacation in the Caribbean. She was charged, "in absentia" with illegal possession of dynamite and criminally negligent homicide and eluded capture for 10 years.
Surrender.
On June 23, 1970, Wilkerson and twelve other members of Weather Underground Organization were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to bomb and kill. Placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, some avoided capture for as long as ten years. On March 25, 1977, Phoebe Hirsch and Robert Roth became the first two WUO members to surrender. Wilkerson stayed underground for three more years. She surrendered in 1980 and was tried and convicted of illegal possession of dynamite and sentenced to three years in prison. She was released on a sentencing technicality after serving 11 months, with the judge noting that "her conduct while in jail has been exemplary." New York State's Commissioner of Correctional Services was critical of the early release, calling the judge's action "mistaken". He maintained that many inmates with better disciplinary records remained behind bars because they didn't have good lawyers and were black or Hispanic.
Later years.
Today, Wilkerson lives in Brooklyn, New York with her partner, criminal defense attorney Susan Tipograph, and is the mother of an adult daughter, Bess, who was born in California while she was underground. Wilkerson spent the last 20 years teaching mathematics in high schools and adult education programs. In August 2003, she gave the first telephone interview after not talking to reporters in about 20 years. Although Wilkerson agreed that mistakes were made, she maintained many of the ideas that she supported in the 1960s. Wilkerson wrote a book about her experience in the Weather Underground, "Flying Close to the Sun: My Life and Times As a Weatherman", which was published in 2007.
She criticized the memoir of her former Weatherman Underground colleague, Bill Ayers in ZNet, describing his memoir as, "a cynical, superficial romp … making these struggles seem like a glorious carnival … Ayers relates his relentless sexual encounters without the slightest trace of awareness that some of these encounters might not have been so positive for the woman."


NetFreedom Task Force

The NetFreedom Task Force, previously called the Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT), is an initiative within the U.S. Department of State that acts as the State Department's policy-coordinating and outreach body for Internet freedom. The members address Internet freedom issues by drawing on the Department's multidisciplinary expertise in international communications policy, human rights, democratization, business advocacy, corporate social responsibility, and relevant countries and regions. It reports to the Secretary through Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs and Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs. The task force coordinates the State Department’s work with other agencies, U.S. Internet companies, non-governmental organizations, academic researchers, and other stakeholders.
History.
The Global Internet Freedom Task Force was established by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in February 2006 "to monitor and respond to threats to freedom of expression on the internet".
The task force considers foreign policy aspects of Internet freedom, including:
The task force was mentioned by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a speech on Internet Freedom delivered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2010, stating "We are reinvigorating the Global Internet Freedom Task Force as a forum for addressing threats to internet freedom around the world, and urging U.S. media companies to take a proactive role in challenging foreign governments' demands for censorship and surveillance." The task force was renamed the NetFreedom Task Force shortly thereafter.


M Sharp

M# (pronounced "em sharp") is a code generation tool and a domain-specific language that can be used to create websites and web applications. It can translate entities and page definitions to ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC and C# code which in turn form the user interface and business logic layer of the application. Its main goals are to reduce time of development, increase code quality, and reduce human errors.
Name.
M# generates codes that is mainly in the C# programming language. Because the "sharp" suffix has been used by a number of other .NET languages, M# followed the same convention.
Syntax.
M# uses its own IDE, which is a web-based application for creating ASP.Net WebForms and Visual Studio for Creating ASP.Net MVC projects. Inside the IDE, a user can type, select from suggestions (Intelli-sense), or use the mouse to define the entities or user interface modules. An example would be a form module that has two buttons (Cancel and Save) and displays a Key and a Text field. The Key field is read-only and the Save button adds a content block to the database:
And the same form in the Visual Studio would be like the following.
Internally, M# IDE keeps this module definition as a JSON file. At the time of a build, it will generate C#, ascx, and ascx.cs files. From that moment, XML or M# is not necessary to render the module or to be installed on the machines that will serve the page.
New versions of M# are integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio.


BBC Four idents

BBC Four, and its predecessor BBC Knowledge, are both channels operated by the BBC as cultural and knowledge based channels. Their visual identities therefore have been a result of this aim.
BBC Knowledge.
Ladders of Learning (1999–2000).
BBC Knowledge was launched on 1 June 1999 with the intent of creating a multimedia learning channel. The idea was that computers, interactive TV via the Red Button and television could come together to make a new, factual, learning channel for kids and adults alike. The launch identity consisted of cartoon characters climbing 'ladders of learning' between clouds against an orange background. All the idents featured the station logo, which followed the BBC style design of the time by having the station name follow the BBC logo in upper case. This white logo would appear at the end of ident.
The idents all featured characters, drawn by Michael Sheehy, shown with items such as a magnifying glass, telescope or rolls of paper. Several variations of the ident were made featuring different characters prominent on the ladders of learning. The ident was also used as the background to programme menus with characters seen climbing the ladders of learning in the background with programme information overlaid and centred to accommodate widescreen. These characters could also been seen as stills on launch promotional material and on the BBC Knowledge website.
The channel launched with a Digital on-screen graphic (DOG), in line with the BBC practice at the time. However, different from the other channels which used the station logo, BBC Knowledge used the URL of their website 'www.bbc.co.uk/knowledge'. The use of this promoted the website tie in with the channel. The channel also used credit promotions where additional content or information is promoted over a programmes end credits, by reducing the credits to a smaller size and filling the information in the remaining space. Another style of presentation utilised was that of viewer videos, shown either as part of the shrinking credits, or between programmes.
The presentation for the channel as a whole was in widescreen from launch, however all information was kept in a safe area, so no information was lost to viewers watching on a 'full screen' television. Information included the logo, promotions and the DOG.
Circles (2000–2002).
In December 2000, following the approval of the new BBC Four, BBC Knowledge's programming was realigned to better reflect the new channel. A single ident was utilised instead featuring a circle made out of different materials which would move forward and off the screen at the viewer. These could be made with a variety of objects. The musical accompaniment followed the choral and instrumental style. This sequence lasted until the station went off air. Promotional style remained the same with the BBC Knowledge logo seen at the bottom. The DOG also changed to the BBC Knowledge logo.
Stranded idents.
The channel had always utilised a stranded layout to make genres of programmes easy to find on the new channel. However, special idents began to appear for each strand from c.2000. These featured an object, before a fact about it related to the strand appears and ends on an image with the strand name shown clearly on screen, with a letter encircled at the centre of the screen. It is unclear whether these idents were replacements of the normal idents, or complementary to them, however it appears they complemented them, with these idents being used in the stranded sections, with the animated idents used for general interest programming.
Following the relaunch in 2000 and 2001, all different idents were dropped in favour of a single ident, featuring numerous circles made out of different structures reflecting the new strands.
BBC Four.
Improvised (2002–2005).
The BBC's "cultural" channel BBC Four was launched on 2 March 2002 as a successor to BBC Knowledge. As a result, the channel was to show a broad variety of programming. To show this, Lambie Nairn devised the idea of an improvised ident that reacted to the frequencies of continuity announcers' voices or the background music of the ident. As a result, no idents were ever the same, however variations were produced featuring different visualisations, such as semicircles, vibrating lines or shafts extending from the bottom surface.
The channel logo featured the new style of logo with the channel name 'Four' located in upper case inside a black box with the BBC logo above it. This logo was present in the bottom right corner of idents and promotions for the entire duration.
The launch slogan of the channel 'Everybody needs a place to think' was present on all launch promotions. Promotional style featured the BBC Four logo present throughout the promotion with the details appearing in white in the top right corner of the screen, aligned right. If the background image was too light, a translucent black box was placed over the top third of the screen. The channel also used a DOG, however this was not the new logo, but a one line style used by the previous channel with the BBC logo and 'FOUR' to the right of it in the same size.
Four sections (2005–present).
BBC Four's identity changed on 10 September 2005. These new idents, designed by Red Bee Media, featured an image made up of four parts but undistinguishable until something interacts within the scene. Idents included:
These are the some of the idents that were launched since 2016 which it was used to introduce special programming:
The black box logo was retained from the previous look but moved to the centre of the screen to divide the four segments. Promotional style also changed. The BBC Four logo would remain in the bottom corner of the screen throughout the promotion, but would be overlaid by the programme information in an opaque coloured box in the lower right segment of the screen, with the BBC Four logo in the centre. This was altered in 2008 to a BBC Four box appears in the middle of the screen from which the video is wiped out anticlockwise round the logo from the right revealing the programme information to the right of the logo. In July 2013, they updated trailer graphics. This includes centralizing the channel logo unifying trailer styles from BBC One and BBC Two. In February 2018, the channel updated its trailer graphics and holding animation shown during the channel's downtime hours. BBC Four is the first channel to use the new corporate font of the BBC, which is the BBC Reith.
The DOG for the channel remained the same in the screen size safe zone; this was only changed in 2011 when it was switched to widescreen .
As of 2021, these idents have had the longest lifespan of any on a BBC channel.


Robert Greenwald

Robert Greenwald (born August 28, 1945) is the founder of Brave New Films, a nonprofit film and advocacy organization whose work is distributed for free in concert with nonprofit partners and movements in order to educate and mobilize for progressive causes. With Brave New Films, Greenwald has made investigative documentaries such as ' (2004), ' (2004), ' (2005), ' (2006), "Rethink Afghanistan" (2009), "Koch Brothers Exposed" (2012), and "" (2013), "Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote" (2020), as well as many short investigative films and internet videos.
Before launching Brave Films in 2000, Greenwald produced and/or directed more than 65 TV movies, miniseries and films as well as major theatrical releases. His early body of work includes "Steal This Movie!" (2000), starring Vincent D'Onofrio as 60s radical Abbie Hoffman; "Breaking Up" (1997), starring Russell Crowe and Salma Hayek; "A Woman of Independent Means" (1995) with Sally Field; "The Burning Bed" (1984) with Farrah Fawcett; and "Xanadu" (1980), for which he won the inaugural Golden Raspberry award for Worst Director.
Greenwald has earned 25 Emmy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, the Peabody Award and the Robert Wood Johnson Award. He was awarded the 2002 Producer of the Year Award by the American Film Institute.
Early life.
Greenwald was born and raised in New York City. He is son of the prominent psychotherapist Harold Greenwald, and the nephew of choreographer Michael Kidd. He attended the city's High School of Performing Arts. Greenwald started his directing career in the theater, with "The People Vs. Ranchman" (1968), "A Long Time Coming and A Long Time Gone" (1971), "Me and Bessie" (1975) and "I Have a Dream" (1976), a play based on the life of Martin Luther King Jr., with Billy Dee Williams playing King.
Television and feature film career.
Greenwald moved to Los Angeles in 1972, where he continued working as a theater director at the Mark Taper Forum. He later launched a career as a director for television, establishing first Moonlight Productions and then Robert Greenwald Productions (RGP), and began creating theatrical films, television movies, miniseries and documentaries with a distinct social and political sensibility. Moonlight Productions was responsible for 34 films, and RGP has brought more than 45 films to audiences worldwide. In 1977, Greenwald received his first of three Emmy Award nominations for producing the television movie "21 Hours at Munich" about the massacre at the 1972 Olympics. His next Emmy nomination came in 1984 for directing "The Burning Bed", one of the most-watched television movies of all time. Based on a true story, "The Burning Bed" has been credited as "a turning point in the fight against domestic violence." Greenwald also directed theatrical films such as "Breaking Up" (1997), "Steal This Movie!" (2000) and "Xanadu" (1980).
"Xanadu" received mostly negative reviews. The film barely broke even at the box office in its initial release. A double feature of "Xanadu" and another musical released at about the same time, "Can't Stop the Music", inspired John J. B. Wilson to create the Golden Raspberry Awards (or "Razzies"), an annual event "dishonoring" what is considered the worst in cinema for a given year. "Xanadu" won the first Razzie for Worst Director and was nominated for six other "awards".
Documentary work.
Greenwald turned to documentary filmmaking in 2002, executive-producing three political documentaries known as "The Un Trilogy": ' (2002); ' (2003), which Greenwald also directed; and "".
At Brave New Films, Greenwald has produced and directed numerous feature-length documentaries, along with many short films and videos. In 2013, Greenwald released ' and a documentary about the U.S. government's drone program, '. His full-length feature documentary, "Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA" (2015), illustrates the connection between gun industry profits and gun deaths in America.
Following the release of "16 Women and Donald Trump", which featured women who publicly accused President Trump of sexual misconduct, Greenwald hosted three of the accusers at a December, 2017 press conference in New York. In 2018, Greenwald created a short film to thank three Black women targeted by Donald Trump entitled, "Thanks".
In 2019, Greenwald released "Suppressed: The Fight to Vote" about voter suppression in the 2018 Georgia election, in which Democrat Stacey Abrams narrowly lost to Republican Brian Kemp in the race for governor. "Variety" described the film as "scary and galvanizing" and said it demonstrated that "what happened in Georgia has implications that extend far beyond that race."
As coronavirus raged throughout the US in the summer of 2020, Greenwald's short film, "Maddie’s Grandparents: A Preventable COVID Tragedy", about a Florida teenager who turned her grief at losing both her grandparents to COVID-19 into activism, made national headlines, as did her response to President Trump telling Americans not to let COVID “dominate” their lives. Greenwald also joined forces with American rock musician Tom Morello for "No Justice No Peace", a short video about police violence that “spotlights the contrast between the racial injustice in the U.S. and the Trump administration's position on it” in honor of George Floyd.
Distribution and impact.
Greenwald has applied the principles of guerrilla filmmaking at Brave New Films, using small budgets and short shooting schedules to produce political documentaries and then distributing them on DVDs and the Internet in affiliation with advocacy groups such as MoveOn.org. Brave New Film's methods are "rewriting the book on how movies are made and distributed." Greenwald's innovative model is said to be "working magnificently": "Millions of viewers have seen BNF films via grassroots 'house parties' and independent online DVD sales", as well as in more traditional theater screenings and online.
As a pioneer in alternative methods for effective progressive political campaigns, Greenwald has eschewed traditional distribution models of studio and network releases. He was among the first to post political online shorts and viral videos on YouTube and elsewhere on the internet, as well as releasing full-length documentaries online in a series of “real time” chapters. Greenwald's group takes full advantage of a variety of media outlets, such as Facebook and Twitter, and harnesses new distribution channels as soon as they emerge. A 2019 profile described the approach as a "marketing alchemy of feeds, hashtags, likes, favorites, hearts, @s, memes, soundbites and video clips, all edited, spliced and calibrated to grab attention in a hyperspeed world."
This approach has "inspired hundreds of thousands of people to take action and forced pressing issues into the mainstream media." He has been called "one of the most prominent and influential voices in new media." According to a Brave New Films website, its documentaries "have been streamed across all 7 continents and have been viewed over 70 million times."
Politics.
Various sources have described Greenwald's political activism as left-wing.
Greenwald has lectured at Harvard University for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and speaks frequently across the country about his work. He addressed the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense regarding war profiteering on May 10, 2007. In 2013, Greenwald went to Capitol Hill once again, to discuss weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles with lawmakers. At a Congressional briefing, Greenwald testified with the Rafiq Rehman family, the first Pakistani drone strike survivors to appear before Congress. Since May 2005, Greenwald has been a contributing blogger to "The Huffington Post".
Awards and honors.
Greenwald's work has earned 25 Emmy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, the Peabody Award and the Robert Wood Johnson Award. He was awarded the 2002 Producer of the Year Award by the American Film Institute. He has been honored for his investigative film work by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California; the Liberty Hill Foundation; the Los Angeles chapter of the National Lawyers Guild; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Consumer Attorney's Association of Los Angeles; Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy and the Office of the Americas.
Greenwald's films have garnered the following nominations and awards:
Robert Greenwald has been the recipient of the following awards for his activism:


Brenda Martin

Brenda Kim Martin is a Canadian citizen from Trenton, Ontario, whose arrest and conviction in Mexico was subject of much publicity in Canada. Martin began living in Mexico in 1998, working in the culinary industry, allegedly without a visa. In 2006, she was arrested on fraud charges related to a former employer, Alyn Waage. She remained in custody awaiting disposition of her case for two years. The trial and subsequent decision were pushed forward by intervention of the Canadian government and public. Throughout the proceedings, she maintained that she was innocent of the charges and was not implicated by the ring leader, Alyn Waage, who is incarcerated for the fraud in the United States.
She was found guilty based on evidence suggesting she knowingly accepted illicit funds from her former boss, Alyn Waage, with whom she had a close relationship. She was sentenced to five years in jail without parole and received a fine. After being transferred to Canada, she was granted full parole.
Arrest.
While Martin was employed by Waage, he was running an internet fraud pyramid scheme, the "Tri-West Investment Club", which defrauded 15,000 victims of more than US$60 million. Following a joint investigation by US, Canadian, and Costa Rican police, he was arrested and charged with fraud in 2006. After fleeing Mexico while on bail, he was re-arrested in Costa Rica and is now serving a 10-year sentence in the United States. Co-conspirators Keith Nordick and Michael Webb were also convicted of related offences.
The PGR (Mexican Federal District Attorney office) believed Martin had participated in the fraud and arrested her in 2006. Martin claims she never realized there was something wrong going on. Waage gave sworn evidence that she was unaware of his illegal activities and stated that the Mexican authorities held her to maintain leverage over him. In his affidavit he did admit that Martin had worked for him for five months but never stated he had given her a year's severance for being fired. He explained the money sent as a return of her fiancé's investment in his scheme, since as a Mexican resident he could not invest.
Because Martin faced federal charges considered serious felonies in Mexico, and because she was a foreigner, Mexican law prevented her release on bail. As a result, she remained in custody while awaiting trial.
Trial and conviction.
Trials in Mexico are conducted in a written rather than oral format, which can make them proceed slower than trials in Martin's native Canada. In addition, all the paperwork had to be translated by a certified translator for Brenda to be conscious of her process. Largely because of her long wait in prison, Martin experienced emotional stress and was the focus of a great deal of media attention in Canada.
Martin's lawyer, Mr. Guillermo Cruz Rico, attempted a constitutional challenge against the prosecution, claiming lack of assistance by an official interpreter when Brenda Martin was charged and deficiency in the evidence against her. According to Mexican officials, this had the effect of delaying a verdict; but this allegation did not have basis either in the Amparo Law or the jurisprudence produced by the Supreme Court of Mexico.
On April 14, 2008 Martin faced her final hearing before Judge Nuñez from the 7th federal district in the Puente Grande prison complex and court house. It was a summary hearing in which more than 26,000-page Waage file was presented. Mexican law states that a judge must deliver a sentence within 10 working days of the last hearing if the file is 500 pages or less. For files 501 pages or more, each 100 pages adds one working day up to a total of 30 days. Brenda Martin asked the judge to deliver her sentence in four days (by April 18). Judge Nuñez answered that he was not obligated by law to meet her demands, but would do his best to deliver his verdict as soon as possible.
Conviction.
On April 22, 2008, Judge Nuñez announced that Martin was guilty. Martin was sentenced to a minimum of five years with no chance of parole, and was fined 35,850 Mexican pesos (approximately CAD3,441). In his decision, Judge Nuñez ruled that Martin did know that the money she received from Allan Waage came from the proceeds of an internet scam and were therefore illicit funds.
Transfer from Mexico.
Martin applied for a prisoner transfer to serve out her time in Canada. On May 1, 2008, Martin was transferred in a government-chartered jet from the Mexican prison she was held in, back to Canada. Additionally, in order to expedite the transfer, the Canadian government paid the C$3,441 fine (35,850 pesos) imposed by the judge that presided over her case. MP Jason Kenney said the fine was paid through a special fund the Foreign Affairs Department has for distressed Canadians abroad. Though initially she was remanded into custody at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ontario, she was immediately eligible for parole as she had already served more than one third of her sentence in Mexico. On May 9, 2008, Ms. Martin was released on parole from the Canadian prison into her mother's custody.
Public response.
Canadian MP Bill Casey called for a boycott of Mexico in response to her treatment.
Despite the predominantly partial media coverage of Martin's plight and sympathy from several high-ranking politicians, her story received much attention from the general Canadian public and other countries as well, including prestigious publications such as "The Economist".
Other legal troubles.
Martin was convicted of drunk driving in the 1980s. Martin was arrested again in early January 2010 for public intoxication.


Hot Music Values


Brooklyn Girls (Catey Shaw song)

Brooklyn Girls is a 2014 song by Catey Shaw that went viral and received over 300,000 views on YouTube. It is one of the tracks on her "Brooklyn EP".
Reception.
Brooklyn Girls was widely criticized for its stereotypical portrayal of Brooklyn, and Shaw received several online death threats. She said that she "was hoping it would receive attention, but [...] hoped it would have been more positively received" and that it was "intended as a compliment to Brooklyn". According to Ben Barna, the Brooklyn references were "pretty accurate", and he described the song as "bouncy and undeniably catchy". NYMag described Brooklyn Girls as "the anthem nobody wanted" and predicted that it would be "a huge hit among suburban teenage girls and people who have never been to Brooklyn". "Entertainment Weekly" described it as "the most hated song on the internet". Dan Ozzi of Noisey described Brooklyn Girls as "the Rebecca Black 'Friday' video of Brooklyn gentrification" and that "every fucking thing in this video is an ugly stereotype of the worst elements of Brooklyn".
According to Lily Rothman of "Time" magazine, Shaw "isn't actually singing about Brooklyn the "place". She's singing about Brooklyn the "adjective"". Shaw said in a teaser video that "the whole thing about a Brooklyn girl is you don't have to be from Brooklyn. It's more the whole idea of the strong female." Marc Spitz says in his book "Twee" that Brooklyn is a "faux neighborhood with a prefabricated culture", and Rothman says in relation to this that, when one sees this faux neighborhood as different from the real neighborhood, Shaw's song "doesn't seem worth the hate". Shaw said that her video represents "the real Brooklyn" but also that "the song is self-portraiture. It's my view of Brooklyn".


Thane Direct

Thane Direct is a home shopping television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky Digital.
Thane Direct mainly promotes and sells its product lines through infomercials geared around a specific product, or range of themed products. As well as compelling viewers to order products immediately over the phone, the channel heavily promotes its own website, where there is more information on the products featured, as well as other available products for purchase.
Thane Direct is owned and operated by Thane International, which is one of the largest direct response television marketing companies in the world. Thane Direct is one of seven home shopping television channels owned by Thane International worldwide.
Thane Direct was removed from Freesat channel 811 on 26 October 2010, where it had been broadcasting since 1 November 2008. Thane Direct returned to Freesat on channel 811 on 3 November 2010, after completing technical work. The channel was once again removed from Freesat on 1 February 2011. On 13 February 2012, Thane Direct returned to Freesat on channel 820. As of today, Thane Direct is broadcast only on Sky at channel 679.


Kodak Theatre


Hip Hop Saved My Life

"Hip-Hop Saved My Life" is a viral video single from Lupe Fiasco's second album, "Lupe Fiasco's The Cool". The track features vocals from Nikki Jean, the lead singer of Nouveau Riche.
Content.
The single is a heartfelt song that tells the story of an underground rap artist, his personal problems, and his struggle and desire to achieve success. The rapper composes a song with a doggerel structure and a hook, "Somethin', somethin', somethin' / Stack that Cheese", street slang for making money. Author Charlotte Pence argues that Fiasco achieves simple complexity in the song, rebelling against simplistic lyrics while simultaneously exploiting them.
It was revealed on MTV that the song was partially based on the life and career of Southern rapper Slim Thug and dedicated to Bun B.
Music video.
The music video, directed by Houston's own Dr. Teeth, was released on March 18, 2008. The video recounts the story of a young up-and-coming rapper and the obstacles he struggles to overcome. The video includes appearances by Slim Thug, Willie D, Nikki Jean, K-Rino, Paul Wall, and Bun B with Lupe Fiasco. In one scene towards the beginning of the video, a clip from the video for "Superstar" (another one of Fiasco's songs) can briefly be seen playing on a television set.
Chart performance.
It has first appeared on "Billboard" as of May 31, charting at #25 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, then peaking at #20 a week later.


Adaoha Ugo-Ngadi

Adaoha Ugo-Ngadi also known as Ada Udo-Ngadi is the Managing Director of Ontario Oil & Gas Nigeria Limited. She was a former employee of First Bank of Nigeria and Access Bank plc.
Subsidy Fraud.
Udo-Ngadi was arraigned at the Ikeja High Court on 1 August 2013 alongside Walter Wagbatsoma, Mr. Babafemi Fakuade and their company Ontario Oil and Gas Limited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Adaoha Ugo-Ngadi, Walter Wagbatsoma, Fakuade Babafemi Ebenezer and Ontario Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited were alleged to have fraudulently obtained the sum of N1,959,377,542.63 from the Petroleum Support Fund for a purported importation of 39.2 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit.
According to the prosecution, the defendants defrauded the Federal Government of Nigeria of N340 million in the third quarter of 2010 and N414 million in the fourth quarter of 2010 and did not remit an excess of N754 million.
The conviction of Mrs. Ugo-Ngadi is arguably wrong. Justice Okunnu convicted Mrs Ugo-Ngadi on the basis that she is the Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Ltd, and therefore, she is the 'operating mind' and alter ego of the company. The Judge found that "The transactions were with respect to what has been described as the Third Quarter and Fourth Quarter 'allocations' of that year, the year 2010, under the said Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) scheme". However, there was no evidence to show that Mrs. Ugo-Ngadi was the Managing Director ('operating mind' and alter ego) of Ontario and Gas Ltd at the relevant time in 2010. It was reported that one Mr. Bawo Etikeretse was the Managing Director ('the operating mind' and alter ego) of Ontario Oil and Gas Ltd in the Third Quarter [July of 2010 and Fourth Quarter [November] of 2010]. Mrs. Ugo-Ngadi became the Executive Director of Ontario and Gas Ltd in December 2010 after the transaction has been completed. The News Newspaper reported Mr Etikeretse as saying that "as at 13th of December 2010 when Ugo-Ngadi Adaoha was appointed Executive Director Finance and strategy, and Walter Wagbatsoma was Executive Vice Chairman, he [Mr. Bawo Etikeretse was the managing Director of the company [Ontario Oil and Gas Ltd]".]
Court Sentencing.
Udo-Ngadi was, on Thursday, 26 January 2017, sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Lagos-based High Court sitting in Ikeja for fuel subsidy fraud alongside the chairman of Ontario Oil & Gas Nigeria Limited, Walter Wagbatsoma. In addition to the jail sentence, Ngadi was ordered to refund N754 million to the Federal Government of Nigeria being the amount she defrauded. Justice Okunnu while reading the judgment noted that the convicts defrauded the Federal Government of Nigeria N754million in oil subsidy transactions totaling N1.9billion. Mrs Ugo-Ngadi filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal challenging her conviction and sentence.
Acquittal.
On February 8, 2018, an Appeal Court sitting in Lagos upturned the 10 year jail term passed on Udo-Ngadi.In the appeal marked CA/L/348C/17, and dated February 9, 2017, the appellant had urged the upper court to discharge her of the conviction on the ground that she cannot be sentenced in the absence of her co-accused.
Delivering lead judgment, Justice M. L. Garba ruled thus: “Upon reading the record of appeal and respective briefs of argument filed on behalf of both parties, It is ordered that for being a nullity the proceedings by High court, in the Court of Appeal trial of the appellant and others appellants in appeal CA/L/348c/17, and CA/L/389c/17, including the judgment delivered on January 13, 2017, convicting them of the offences they were tried for and the sentenced passed on them on January 26, 2017, in the absence of appellant in CA/L/348c/17, are hereby set aside. “That in consequence, the conviction and sentence of the appellant in the said judgment are quashed and the appellant  discharged and acquitted accordingly”.
Other members of the panel which included Justice J. S. Ikjegh and Justice Y. Nimper agreed with the lead judgment.


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Chet Bowers

C. A. (Chet) Bowers (June 4, 1935 July 13, 2017) was an American educator, author, lecturer and environmental activist. He wrote 27 books that focus on the cultural, linguistic, and technological roots of the current ecological crisis as well as the educational reforms necessary to promote greater ecological awareness.
Summary of ideas.
Over four decades, Chet Bowers reminded students, academics and activists that words have a history, that metaphors contain cultural perceptions that may be inadequate to address the challenges of the modern world. Bowers also contended that the digital age and computer learning, while broadly accepted as progressive and positive, have acted to homogenize cultural diversity and thought.
Fritjof Capra, physicist and founder of the Center for Ecoliteracy, said of him: "C. A. Bowers has argued eloquently [that] language is metaphoric, conveying tacit understandings shared within a culture."
In the preface of his book "Pagans in the Promised Land", author Steven T. Newcomb, co-founder and co-director of the Indigenous Law Institute, said: "I learned of the importance of metaphors and metaphorical frameworks in the social construction of reality. Bowers helped me understand that metaphors are carriers of and therefore connected to complex metaphorical systems."
In her book "The Resurgence of the Real, Body, Nature and Place in a Hypermodern World", Charlene Spretnak said: "One of the most astute critics of computer mediated learning, Chet Bowers, has focused attention on the largely unexamined ways in which computer use amplifies or reduces various cultural orientations." Spretnak discussed at some length Bowers's views on the ways in which the use of computers and digital information for education changes the educational process and culture, reinforcing "what Bowers calls 'the particular messianic ethos of modernity'".
Challenging orthodoxies.
Jerry Mander, in the book "The Case Against the Global Economy" said:
In his book "The False Promises of Constructivist Theories of Learning", Bowers referred to Gregory Bateson's idea that everything is in some form of relationship, and information exchange affects the life-forming and sustaining nature of the organism.
Cultural historian Thomas Berry, in his book "The Great Work: Our Way into The Future" wrote, "Another term coming into use is "Earth literacy", as a basic context for educational programs from the earliest years through professional levels. Earth literacy is being fostered especially by educators such as David Orr of Oberlin College and Chet Bowers of Portland State."
The cultural commons.
In their book "EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse, Democratic and Sustainable Communities", Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edumundson and John Lupinacci wrote:
In his book "The Way Forward: Educational Reforms that Focus on the Cultural Commons", Bowers provided a conceptual framework for understanding the ecological importance of the world's diversity of cultural commons and how this diversity is currently undermined by global market forces and digital technologies that overwhelm intergenerational communication. Bowers said that intergenerational knowledge and skills, which vary from culture to culture, are becoming increasingly important as population growth and changes in natural systems limit sources of food, water and other life-sustaining necessities.
Ecological intelligence.
Reviewing Bowers' book "The Culture of Denial: Why the Environmental Movement Needs a Strategy for Reforming Universities and Public Schools", Eric Shibuya wrote: Bowers argued that no one can exist independent of social and ecological relationships, and that the concept of personal autonomy has been championed at the expense of the environment for personal and corporate gain. Rolf Jucker, in his book "Do We Know What We Are Doing", said: "Bowers points out that autonomy is an ideological construct of Western thinkers who did (and still do) not understand how thinking always reproduces even as it individualizes the taken-for-granted cultural patterns of thinking."
Critical reception.
In "Toward Awakening Consciousness" (included in "Cultural Studies and Environmentalism: The Confluence of EcoJustice, Place-based (Science) Education, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems") Michael L. Bently referred to Bowers as "a pioneer in identifying 'root metaphors' that shape our thinking and behavior".
Patrick Slattery in "Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era" wrote that "Chet Bowers, like Jacques Cousteau, worries about what we are doing to the physical environment. However, Bowers advances the dialogue by asserting that modern liberalism and Enlightenment rationality have produced an emphasis on individualism and reasoning that prevents ecological sensibilities and cooperative community efforts." Slattery also discussed Bowers's concept of "modern hubris" and aspects of Bowers's work.
Writing in the "Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education" Jeff Edmundson said: "Chet Bowers was an environmentalist before it became fashionable." Edmundson discussed Bowers's theory of "root metaphors", his opposition to the "assumptions of modernity", and the importance of the "commons".


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Balasore

Balasore or Baleshwar is a city in the state of Odisha, about north of the state capital Bhubaneswar and from Kolkata, in eastern India. It is the largest city of northern Odisha and the administrative headquarters of Balasore district. It is best known for Chandipur beach. The Indian Ballistic Missile Defense Program's Integrated Test Range is located 18 km south of Balasore.
History.
Baleshwar district was part of the ancient Kalinga kingdom which later became a territory of Utkal, till the death of Mukunda Dev. It was annexed by the Mughal Empire in 1568 and remained as a part of their suzerainty up until the 1700s.
The British East India Company (EIC) established a factory at Balasore in 1633. In 1719, the Trieste Company merchants established a trading post there. As Calcutta rose in importance, Balasore became the center for river pilot services for vessels seeking to ascend the Hooghli River.
The Marathas then occupied this part of Odisha and it became a part of the dominion of the Bhonsle Maratha Rajas of Nagpur. They ceded this part through the Treaty of Deogaon in 1803 and it became a part of Bengal Presidency until 1912.
Balasore as a separate district was created in October 1828 under the Bengal Presidency. On 7 November 1845, all of Danish India was sold to the British to form a part of British India.
With the creation of Bihar Province, Odisha, along with Balasore district, was transferred from Bengal to Bihar. But with the creation of Odisha as a separate state on 1 April 1936, Balasore became an integral part of Odisha State. The national movement of independence surged ahead with the visit of Mahatma Gandhi in 1921. Similarly Praja Andolan was initiated against the ruler of Nilagiri State. The state of Nilagiri merged with state of Odisha in January 1948 and became a part of Balasore district. On 3 April 1993, Bhadrak sub-division became a separate district and from this day Balasore remains a district of Odisha with two Sub-divisions namely Balasore and Nilagiri having eight Tehsils, namely Balasore, Soro, Simulia, Nilagiri, Jaleswar, Basta, Baliapal and Remuna and 12 blocks namely Bhograi, Jaleswar, Baliapal, Basta, Balasore, Remuna, Nilagiri, Oupada, Khaira, Soro and Bahanaga. The name of the district is being derived from the name of the town.
Balasore is where the famous freedom fighter Jatindranath Mukherjee, also known as Bagha Jatin, was injured and died fighting the British.
Culture and festivals.
Balasore culture is a blend of traditional festivals, food, and music . The city offers a cosmopolitan and diverse lifestyle with a variety of food, entertainment, available in a form and abundance comparable to that in other cities.
Balasore residents celebrate both Western and Indian festivals. Diwali, Holi, Eid, Christmas, Navratri, Good Friday, Dussera, Muharram, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja, Rajaa and Maha Shivratri are some of the popular festivals in the city. The akhada Arts Festival during durga puja is a unique culture of Balasore.
Festivals
Demographics.
According to 2011 Indian Census, Balasore (municipality + overgrowth) had a total population of 144,373, of which 73,721 were males and 70,652 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 14,773. The total number of literates in Balasore was 113,418, which constituted 78.6% of the population with male literacy of 81.7% and female literacy of 75.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Balasore was 87.5%, of which male literacy rate was 91.0% and female literacy rate was 83.8%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 15,812 and 9,291 respectively. Balasore had 30460 households in 2011.
Languages.
The official language of Balasore is Odia which is also the most commonly spoken language of the city. It is followed by Urdu, Bengali, Santali and Hindi in the descending order per the number of speakers.
Economy.
Balasore is the main city in the District of Balasore. The district has four major revenue sources – industries, agriculture, fishing and tourism with its base in Chandipur. Many small and large scale industries are located both within the city limits as well as the outskirts. Balasore Alloys Limited, Emami Paper Mills, Oriplast, and Birla Tyres are some of the major industries based in Balasore. It is one of the richest cities of Odisha. The main markets of Balasore are Nua Bazar, Motiganj, FM Square, Vivekanand Marg, Station Square, ITI Chakh, Kachehri Road, Town Hall and Nua Shahi.
Industry.
In an effort to bring industry, trade and commerce to a common meaningful platform, the Confederation of Indian Industry, with local chambers like North Orissa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, serve as an interface to fight for the rights and issues concerning the industrial scenario so as to contribute to the development of the state as a whole. Members from both public and private sectors work closely with the government for the expansion of business opportunities, enhancing efficiency and competitiveness and to work on policy issues. Located in Januganj, Balasore, NOCCI is essentially a business park with a massive exhibition hall, a separate residential block with hotel and restaurant facilities and an extended building called the industry facilitation center specifically for industrial training. NOCCI comprises about 100 member units and six affiliated associations of the industrial units. NOCCI is instrumental in the promoting the initiative of the Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India (GoI) through a scheme of Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation.
The Indian Ballistic Missile Defense Program's Integrated Test Range is located 18 km south of Balasore. The Defence Research and Development Organisation developed many different missiles such as Nag, BrahMos, Agni Missile among others here.
Education.
Balasore is the main education hub of Northern Odisha with many engineering schools and colleges and the famous Fakir Mohan University, named after the renowned novelist Fakir Mohan Senapati, who hails from this town of Odisha. Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital was established in the year 2018 to boost the medical facility in Balasore and Northern Odisha.
Transport.
Air.
The nearest airport is Biju Patnaik Airport in Bhubaneswar which is 200 km from Balasore. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata is 154 km from Balasore.
Rail.
Balasore railway station is an important station on the Howrah-Chennai main line of the South Eastern Railway. The distance to Kolkata is approximately 154 km, while the distance to Bhubaneswar is about 206 km. A branch line to Baripada starts from Rupsa, near Balasore. Balasore is connected to different parts of India through trains. There are frequent trains to Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, New Delhi, Chennai, Guwahati, Bangalore, Puri, Ernakulam.
Road.
Balasore has a well developed roadways. National Highway 5 and National Highway 60 pass through the city. A part of the Golden Quadrilateral project, this highway runs from Chennai to Kolkata. Intra-city transport comprises cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws. City bus services commenced in Balasore on 15 August 2017. The bus terminus is at Sahadev Khunta and thousands of private buses ply to hundreds of destinations everyday. Many luxurious A.C buses ply to Bhubneswar, Kolkata and other nearby cities daily.
Health.
Industrial and infrastructural development has boosted the healthcare market in Balasore and attracted healthcare corporate houses to set up base in the city. Balasore government hospital was the city's first hospital.
Sports and entertainment.
Cricket is the most popular sport in the city. The city is also represented by the Balasore Baghas in the Odisha Premier League. Apart from cricket, people here love the game of football, volleyball & other sports.
Balasore has several cinemas playing films in Odia, Hindi, and English languages.
Places of interest.
Chandipur-on-sea is a seaside resort famous for its mile long beach. It is a unique beach – the tide comes to the shore only four times a day, at fixed intervals. At a distance of 30 km south-west is Panchalingeshwar, a temple and scenic spot high on a mountain. The presiding deity there, Shiva, cannot be seen. One has to touch and feel the statue as it is behind (submerged under) a waterfall. About 33 km south-west of Balasore, the town Santaragadia has the Biseswar temple situated on a hill. The town is surrounded by hills on all sides. Nearby is Khulia village, a settlement of aboriginals. Around 30 km south-east of Balasore is a port named Dhamra.
Khirachora Gopinatha Temple, situated at Remuna, approximately 7 km from the main town of Balasore, was built by King Langula Narasimha Dev, who also built the famous temple at Konark. Khirochora Gopinath Temple is notable for its mythological story about how it was built there. The prashad of Krishna – the khira – is famous. The Biranchinarayan Temple, Palia, AstaDurga, and Bhudhar Chandi are some other temples located in the region.
Jagannatha Temple, Remuna is a newly built temple in the area, the architecture of which is influenced by the famous Jagannatha Temple of Puri. It is the recent favourite tourist spot concerning the region.
There is a Jagannatha Temple in Nilagiri which is one of the prominent Jagannatha temples of Odisha. Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are worshipped here. Every year, Ratha Yatra is performed with all the deities.
Panchalingeswara Temple is a temple near a picnic spot in Baleswar which is located 30 km from Balasore. There is a state tourism Pantha Nivas in Panchalingeswara for tourists. Panchalingeswara is surrounded by hills and forests.
Bhujakhia Pir, situated at sunhat at the heart of the city is the tomb of Sufi saint Aasthana Sharif Hazrat Pir named as Bhujakhia Pir.The most interesting thing that both Muslim and Hindu jointly worship pir baba.
Baba Bhusandeswar Temple, is one of the largest Shiva Lingams in the World is in Bhograi village of Balasore district, Odisha.which is located 100 km from Balasore. The 12 feet long and 14 feet width lingam is carved out on a black granite and only half of the lingam is visible. The other half has remained buried for years. The diameter of the lingam is 12 feet and has three parts. The middle portion of the lingam is octagonal in shape, about 12 feet in diameter and nearly four feet in height. The Lingam slightly leans towards the right side.
Politics.
The current MP from Balasore Parliamentary Constituency is Pratap Chandra Sarangi of BJP, who won the seat in the Indian general elections of 2019. The MLA from Balasore Vidhan Sabha Constituency is Swarup Kumar Das of BJD, who won the seat in the 2020 bye-elections. Previous MLAs from this seat were Madan Mohan Dutta (BJP), who won the seat in 2019, Jiban Pradip Das (BJD), who won this seat in 2009, Arun Dey (CPM) in 2004, Gopa Narayan Das of INC in 1985 and Kartik Chandra Rout of JNP in 1977. Balasore is part of Balasore (Lok Sabha constituency).


Chumballs

Chumballs (French: "Les Chumballs") is a 2009 French/Belgian animated series that aired on France 5.
Premise.
An environmentally unlivable environment on Earth following a catastrophic event has driven humans to live underground. They dispatched robots called Chumballs out to the surface to restore Earth. The Chumballs are supposed to beam a signal down to the humans once their work is complete and confirm that the surface can be resided again. But the humans haven't received the signal, forgot the Chumballs, and are forced by the council to remain inside the Earth. Three kids, Solana, Stel, and Tom, and their robot Tago, leave the underground and explore the surface of Earth on a goal to search and reactivate the Chumballs.
Production.
"Chumballs" was based on the comic book series "L'odyssée du temps" by Maxime Péroz, a graduate of the École supérieure des arts décoratifs in Strasbourg, and Michèle Graveline. There was also an interactive "Chumballs" website that existed as of 2001.


Shopping TVA (TV program)

Shopping TVA is a Canadian French language television shopping program that was broadcast on the Canadian television networks Télé Achats and TVA, from 1996 to August 30, 2013.
"Shopping TVA" consisted of hosts along with product representatives demonstrating and selling products to television viewers. The program feature the sale of a variety of products including beauty and personal care, entertainment, health and fitness, and home improvement items.
"Shopping TVA" was hosted by Louise-Josée Mondoux and his team with Julie Nault (host), Mario Beaurivage (physical fitness expert), Mélanie Marchand (kitchen expert) and Marie-Johanne Martineau (beauty care expert).
Viewers could purchase items either by telephone or internet.
History.
In 1996 and 1997, TVA debuted a home shopping television program known as "Télé-Achats", hosted by Louise-Josée Mondoux and Serge Laprade.
In 1997, TVAchats Inc. was founded in partnership with the French company .
From 1997, the TV program was known as "Boutique TVA", hosted only by Louise-Josée Mondoux until 2003.
On March 18, 2003, TVAchats Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe TVA.
In 2003, the TV program was renamed "STV Shopping TV", hosted by Louise-Josée Mondoux and several alternating animators until 2013.
In 2005, the TV program was renamed "Shopping TVA". "Shopping TVA" was also known as "TVA Boutiques" in 2012 and 2013.
On June 13, 2013, Groupe TVA announced the closure of TVA Boutiques for the August 30, 2013. At the same time, TVA had confirmed that "Shopping TVA" TV program would not return the following fall at its programming.


Norman Jewell

Captain Norman "Bill" Limbury Auchinleck Jewell MBE DSC (24 October 1913 – 18 August 2004) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
As commander of the submarine HMS "Seraph", Jewell was involved in one of the most vital acts of deception of the Second World War. The story of Operation Mincemeat, as the plan was known, became the subject of several books and was made into the 1955 film "The Man Who Never Was".
Early life.
Norman Limbury Auchinleck Jewell, or Bill as he was known, was born on Mahé in the Seychelles on 24 October 1913 where his father was a doctor and a colonial officer. His father left his family in the Seychelles to join the British Army in East Africa during the First World War. At the end of the war, the family moved to Kenya and Jewell was sent to prep school in England and finally Oundle School before joining the Navy in 1936.
Naval career.
Jewell served on HMS "Osiris" and HMS "Otway", and in November 1940 joined HMS "Truant" commanded by Lt-Cdr Haggard, who was constantly seeking the enemy and was something of a mentor to Jewell. On one occasion Haggard disobeyed orders not to approach within 15 miles of Tripoli but in fact penetrated a dense minefield by following an Italian minelayer. Six months later he led battleships of the Mediterranean Fleet through the same minefield to bombard Tripoli.
On 27 May 1942, Jewell took command of "Seraph" and its 44-man crew, little realising what part it would play in naval history.
"Seraph" was chosen to take the American General Mark Clark and his staff to talks with Vichy French officers in Algeria. This was known as Operation Flagpole (World War II). On 19 October Jewell landed Clark's party in small collapsible canoes about 50 miles west of Algiers, with three members of the British Special Boat Section paddling them in. "Seraph" spent a day lying submerged in deep water but, after dark, Jewell took her in until there was less than 10 ft of water under the keel. The sea was too rough to recover the boats from the beach so Jewell took "Seraph" in until she was almost aground. Clark and his party then dashed for the boats, paddled hard through the surf, and were hauled on board; "Seraph" reached Gibraltar on 25 October.
Operation Mincemeat.
His most famous mission was Operation Mincemeat, widely regarded as one of the most successful disinformation exercises of the war. The intention was to deceive the Germans about Allied intentions to invade Italy in 1943. It became the subject of several books, and a 1956 film, "The Man Who Never Was".
As part of the ruse, a corpse, dressed as a Royal Marines officer and with a briefcase, stuffed with dummy secret papers, chained to its wrist. The body was transported in a metal container packed with dry ice by Bill Jewell in his submarine. On 30 April 1943, just off the port of Huelva in Spain, Jewell surfaced. He had never performed a burial at sea, but aptly chose Psalm 39.
Later career and retirement.
In 1948, Jewell became Captain 3rd Submarine Flotilla. He was a director of the RN Staff College at Greenwich and also worked on Mountbatten's staff. He retired in 1963, and worked for the Mitchell and Butler brewery in Birmingham, where he was also life president of the Submarine Old Comrades' Association.
Personal life.
Jewell married, at Pinner, Middlesex, in July 1944 Rosemary Patricia Galloway, a WRNS cipher officer. They had met at Algiers when she was stationed there after arriving in port after his part in Operation Mincemeat. The couple remained married, until her death 53 years later. Their two sons and a daughter survived him.
Death.
In 1998, when he was 85, Jewell suffered a serious fall and was paralysed from the neck down. He spent the remainder of his life at the Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond. He died on 18 August 2004 aged 90.


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