In heart of Downtown Rapid City is Main Street Square, an open civic space that is for the enjoyment of area residents and tourists to the Black Hills. It is a fun-filled public space that features special events, arts and culture, live concerts, seasonal ice skating and interactive fountains. Surrounding the space is boutiques, eateries and galleries.
One of the activities they offer in the winter months is an outdoor ice skating rink! It is such a cute place to bring your kids, go on a date, or just get a little exercise. In the summer months, there is a water fountain where kids can play in when it is hot! There are events at Main Street Square throughout the year as well:
Family Easter egg hunt
Frühlingsfest and Spring Market
A spring beer tasting event with live music, a variety of market vendors and local artisans.
Art & Wine Festival
For wine lovers, this is a fun event to try different wines and to shop some local vendors.
Crusier Car Show & Street Fair
I have not been to this event but it is always very well attended. I plan to go this year and check it out!
[Love]² Bridal Fair
This is a great bridal fair to attend! I went in August with my mom and had a really good time! Keep an eye out for upcoming blog posts about wedding resources throughout the Black Hills.
Great Downtown Pumpkin Festival
This is such a fun event...no matter your age! There is a pumpkin catapult, giant pumpkin weigh-off, pumpkin chef challenge, pumpkin carving contest and great local vendors.
This is one of my favorite events of the year! It is a little pricey for a ticket but well worth it if you are a connoisseur of beer! There are TONS of microbrews to sample from breweries from all over the Midwest. In addition, there is a beer stock exchange, homebrew demonstrations, polka music, and authentic German food. Keep an eye out for my upcoming post detailing my experience at this great event last Fall!
Scare in the Square
Family friendly trick or treating.
Holiday Celebration and Winter Market
A festive celebration offering shopping from local vendors, a tree lighting ceremony, ice skating, holiday music and a visit from Santa Claus. There is also the Festival of Lights Parade that evening that goes throughout Downtown Rapid City. These two events are very well attended so plan accordingly!
One of my favorite activities at Main Street Square is the Summer Nights concerts! From June to August, every Thursday night, there are different live bands, kids' activities, food vendors, and a variety of refreshments in the beverage garden. The series is free to attend!
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The public is invited to a reading and signing to launch books by UWindsor professor emeritus Karl Jirgens and alumnus Gordon Grisenthwaite (BA 2018, MA 2020), Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Biblioasis bookstore.
Dr. Jirgens will read from his new short story collection The Razor’s Edge.
Former UWindsor author-in-residence Nino Ricci says of it: “Every piece in this collection is a tour de force, weaving together history and idea and story with a wit that thrills as much as it challenges.”
Grisenthwaite’s novel, Home Waltz, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, and longlisted for the First Nations Communities Read Award. A coming-of-age story like no other, it delves into suicide, alcohol abuse, body image, and systemic racism.
Jirgens says the book launch will be both fun and edifying.
“We are delighted to present this reading and launch at Biblioasis bookshop with warm thanks to proprietor Dan Wells (BA 1996),” he says. “I’m sure those who attend will be stimulated by this event. Bring a friend. All are welcome!”
The free event begins at 7 p.m. and promises refreshments as well as music by keyboardist Nick Jirgens (BA 2021). Biblioasis is located at 1520 Wyandotte St. East.


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Several of you have told me that you are tired of reading about the deplorable state of affairs in Ukraine produced the by idiots that comprise “our” government. In this current posting you can read instead about the deplorable state of jobs in “your” economy or, rather, the absence of jobs. “Your” same government that lies to you about foreign affairs also lies to you about the economy. Keep in mind that the reason hundreds of thousands of you come to this site each month, running up my bill for the website, is that you prefer to read the horrid truth in place of the sugar-coated bullshit that Washington and the presstitute media feed you. The day you prefer, as so many Americans do, the Matrix to the truth is the day that I stop writing.
This is the month for our quarterly appeal for your financial support. IPE receives unsolicited donations throughout the year, and a number of readers make automatic monthly donations. We greatly appreciate the confidence our readers have in the site, confidence that is reflected in their financial support. For those of you who donate when you are able and inclined to do so, March 31 is the end of our fiscal year, which means that your donations prior to that date enable us to demonstrate to the IRS that we have the necessary public support to continue as a tax-exempt public foundation.
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No Jobs, No Economy, No Prospects For Peace Or Life
Paul Craig Roberts
Over the decades various administrations, seeking to improve their economic record, monkeyed with economic statistics to the point that the statistics are no longer meaningful.
According to Friday’s (March 7) payroll jobs report, the US economy created 175,000 new jobs in February. If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn that I’ll let you have at a good price.
Even if 175,000 jobs were created in February–remember now, February was a cold month whose low temperatures are used to explain poor housing and retail sales performance, yet somehow created 40,000 more jobs than needed to keep up with population growth–that is an insufficient amount to drop the unemployment rate.
To see how screwed up US economic statistics are, consider the reported unemployment rate (U.3) of 6.7 percent in comparison with the fact that there are about 6 million Americans who have been unable to find a job and are no longer counted as unemployed. These millions of unemployed are not included in the reported rate of unemployment.
John Williams (shadowstats.com) reports that the true rate of US unemployment is around 23 percent.
Rather than examine the issue, the presstitute financial media trumpets the government’s propaganda. In America there is no more of a financial media, except for Pam Martens and Nomi Prins, than a print and TV media.
The Economic Policy Institute reports that there are 1,360,000 unemployed men and women under 25, 2,8000,000 unemployed men and women aged 25-54, and 1,640,000 unemployed men and women 55 and over who are not counted as unemployed, because they have been unable to find a job after searching a long time and have given up looking.
Just as “your” government and “your” prostitute media lie to you about Ukraine, Putin, Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, Iran, Pakistan, Yemen, Palestine, NSA, spying, torture, 9/11, Obamacare, and literally everything under the sun, “your” government lies to you about the economy and hides from you the perilous state of your economic existence. If you are not among the One Percent, you have no future in America.
Let us have a look at the 175,000 claimed jobs. Are these the promised high-paying jobs of the “New Economy” that Washington and its economists pimps guaranteed us would take the place of the offshored manufacturing and tradable professional service jobs?
Afraid not. In the many years that I have been observing the monthly payroll jobs reports and the BLS’s future jobs projections, I have never seen even one of the “New Economy” jobs. They simply do not exist. Yet, the economics profession, an extremely deluded collection of morons, still believes in these jobs.
Again–how many times have I reported this same result–here are the jobs of the “New Economy”:
Of the 175,000 jobs claimed, 13,000 are taxpayer-supported government jobs.
Of the 162,000 private sector jobs claimed, a mere 22,000 or 13.6% are goods producing jobs of which 15,000 or 68% are in construction The other 140,000 are service jobs.
Are these service jobs the promised high-pay “New Economy” jobs? No, but judge for yourself. 14,800 are jobs in wholesale trade. Food and beverage stores accounted for 12,000 new jobs. The Federal Reserve accounted for 7,800 jobs in order to continue rigging every financial market, thus replacing capitalism with Federal Reserve Central Planning. Accounting and bookkeeping services (it is tax time) gave the economy a short-lived 15,700 jobs. There were 24,400 temporary help jobs. The old standby, education and health services, delivered 33,000 jobs. Leisure and hospitality produced 25,000 jobs of which 21,200 are waitresses and bartenders who live on tips.
This has been the jobs profile of the “world’s only superpower” for the entirely of the 21st century. Washington, wallowing in its arrogance and hubris, is unconcerned with its economic base. Washington believes its own propaganda about the (non-existent) recovery and America’s economic power.
Consequently, the ignorant and stupid American government is now challenging Russia with a strategic intervention in Russia’s back yard.
Keep in mind that the “superpower” was unable to occupy Iraq after 8 years and has been defeated in Afghanistan after 12 years of blowing up women and children, weddings, funerals, health centers, aide workers, farmers and their homes and villages, kid’s soccer games. These deaths are the products of the “superpower’s” infallible high technology which only targets and kills “terrorists,” by which Washington means everyone who resists American hegemony plus all sorts of collateral damage such as kids’ soccer games and weddings and funerals.
Now this same, totally incompetent, “superpower” thinks it is going to take over Ukraine and put US missile bases on Russia’s southern border.
If the utter fools behind this “policy of insanity” actually go forward with it, life on the planet is about to cease to exist.
No greater threat to life on earth exists than the utter fools in Washington.
The American sheeple who belong in the streets more than the people in any other country are content to suck their thumbs while “their” government destroys not merely their economic future but also the prospect for life for themselves and their progeny.


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The complete Life Science homeschool curriculum for middle school from Science Shepherd. Includes everything you need to get started - Textbook, Answer Key & Parent Companion, and Test Booklet.
Maintaining the rigor and clarity we have come to expect from Science Shepherd, the 2nd edition features beautiful new graphics and updated technical terms to align with current standards. Written for self-directed learning, students learn the characteristics and chemistry of life, cells, DNA, heredity, evolution and creation, scientific classification, human anatomy and physiology, nutrition, and earth science (ecology). Components include the hardcover, colorfully-illustrated Textbook, Answer Key/Parent Companion with a 36-week schedule, answers to study questions/tests, and chapter summaries. A test booklet is also available. Suggested scheduled lab activities are found in Life Science Quest for Middle Grades and use household items.
Taught by Dr. Scott Hardin, the Life Science DVDs provide 110 video lessons for 20+ hours of teaching support. Following the 36-week schedule found in the answer key and parent companion, the video lessons provide comprehensive teaching from the 2nd Edition Life Science textbook to help your student better understand God’s creation. Also included are the online chapter review quizzes to help promote subject mastery. Quizzes are automatically scored and can be repeated as much as necessary to ensure mastery. Students (and parents!) will appreciate this additional support that equips student’s for independent learning.
Written specifically for the Christian homeschool family, this up and coming science curriculum was developed for by a physician and homeschooling dad. Textbooks are full color, easy to understand and user friendly. At all levels, students can work independently, and parents do not need a science background. In the elementary years, videos provide the teaching with workbooks to reinforce the lessons. Optional Course and/or Lab DVD available for Biology.
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In my internet endeavors to gather as much information about Denton and what it might offer for a blind individual I came across the REACH organization. My phone calls to the REACH Denton office were always answered in a professional, friendly way. My questions were either answered or references were offered. Prior to my decision to move to Denton I had spoke at length with three different employees at the Denton office. Each time gathering additional information not only about services offered to blind clients but also answers I had in regards to various other services.
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In this highly anticipated drop, 4 new colorways of the Air Jordan 1 will be released. The AJs will feature the signature black-toe detailing. Each of the 4 pairs pays homage to Michael Jordan's achievements and illustrious career. We have the "Track Red", "Blue Moon", "Clay Green" and "Yellow Ochre".
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Global Risk Mapping for Major Diseases Transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
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International Port and Air Port Mosquito Surveillance Programme Review 2019 /site/southernmonitoring/Pre-course reading - MOH POE Surveillance Review 2019 FINAL PHU managers.pdf
DNA Analysis of Ae aegypti interceptions in Australia and NZ https://theconversation.com/stowaway-mozzies-enter-australia-from-asian-holiday-spots-and-theyre-resistant-to-insecticides-113999
World Mosquito Control Programme site - good general information but also has interesting info about wolbachia http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research/wolbachia
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Article on 'Japanese encephalitis detected in Eastern Australia' /site/southernmonitoring/Giles - pre reading Japanese encephalitis.pdf
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OPPO A93 Specifications
- 6.43 inches AMOLED 1080 x 2400 pixels (20:9 aspect ratio)
- 430 nits type. brightness
- Dimensions: 160.1mm x 73.8mm x 7.5 mm
- Weight: 164g
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- 8GB RAM
- Rear Camera: Quad, 48-megapixel (f/1.7) + 8-megapixel (f/2.2) + 2-megapixel (f/2.4) + 2-megapixel (f/2.4).
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- Bluetooth 5.1
- USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go
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- Mediatek Helio P95 (12 nm)
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- Sensors: Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
- Colours: Magic White, Matte Black
Pricing and Availability
This device is not yet confirmed in Kenyan Market and currently launched in other markets like India. However, we expect OPPO A93 in Kenya in a couple of weeks and will retail at Ksh 35,000. It will be available at all official OPPO Stores countrywide and eCommerce platforms like Jumia.


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Jeanine Leclaire makes art about her world as she observes it. This can include creating highly realistic works, using candid photographs as reference material. It can also take a more expressive form, drawing on imagery directly from her imagination. Whether working in a realistic or expressive mode, Jeanine’s art focuses on moments that are part of the everyday lives of her and her subjects. She draws out the emotions of those moments, hinting at the inner lives of the people she observes, as well as what could have taken place immediately before or after that instant.
In her creative life, Jeanine has found joy in the community of artists around her, in Philadelphia. She encourages them to come together to show their work, plan their businesses, and make more art. In the home she shares with her partner, Jeanine hosts Deviant Life Drawing – a not-so-polite life-drawing session. As well, Jeanine devotes part of her time to sharing her accumulated knowledge, teaching classes to artists, novice and expert alike.
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Jeremy has been best friends with Owen Finn since their teens. Jeremy is bisexual and has always been attracted to his straight friend. Owen’s family was there for Jeremy when his parents kicked him out, his friendship with Owen is what is most important, and he has no intention of ever messing with that. The guys know most everything about each other, but their sex life, and Owen’s role at the local BDSM club, are not discussed between them. They are both aware, however, of their healthy sexual appetites and their volume of sexual partners as relationships are not on the radar for either of them. For Owen’s 35th birthday he wants a night to hang out with Jeremy–more of a private party. Recent events have Owen thinking and it’s Jeremy he can’t stop thinking about as he admits that he most certainly is curious.
Damn! I had to get that out of my system, because damn! Well, you are probably looking for a little bit more than that so let’s break this down. We have Jeremy. His parents kicked him out when he was a teen and although he lived with his aunt, the Finns are his family. He’s now a successful comic book artist, owns his own home, and is never at a loss for a sexual partner of either gender. Then we have Owen. He’s also successful as the owner of a construction company, has a large, supportive family, and has plenty of women to choose from. But, that’s not really what this story is about. Owen is curious…about Jeremy. Some eye opening incidents put Jeremy on his radar in a whole new light and it’s time he does something about it. So begins their one night, which turns into more nights, of them exploring each other. There are power shifts and struggles as everything they believed about themselves spins completely around. The guys know each other so well, and it’s those little things they know about each other that add to the story as the trust is already there to take things where neither one of them has gone before. Hot–to say their time together was just hot (oh and let’s not forget dirty) would really not even begin to define it. It’s so much more than just hot (which ties back to the aforementioned damn).
At first the story is primarily about the physical and less about the emotional. The guys are so comfortable with each other and their relationship includes them talking about previous partners at times while they are together. The story is Jeremy’s point of view and his inner thoughts really helped to then push the emotional level of the story. For Owen, this is the first man he has been with and it’s his best friend. There is no hesitation on his part as he goes all in with Jeremy. While they do talk to each other some, I could have used a little more of what was going on in Owen’s head. Also, Owen is part of the BDSM world, but his experiences are not fully described and this area was a bit hazy. As some of these elements were brought into his relationship with Jeremy, a clearer explanation of Owen’s background would have added to the story. There is also some family drama and well-placed secondary characters to round out the rest of their story. If you subscribe to the thought of a guilty pleasure, this book would most certainly fit into that category, but really, there is nothing to feel guilty about here.
Curious is the first book in a new series and the future books appear to have a mix of male and female characters. There is Jeremy’s female best friend who comes with a side of kink, Owen’s sister who may want to visit the BDSM club for the first time with possibly more than one man, and Owen has twin brothers, and…well…damn!


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I love reading and I love personality tests. Combine these two things with the Anne Bogel’s new book, Reading People, and you have a trifecta of my favorite things!
Back in June, I was chosen to be part of the Reading People launch team. Reading People is a new (soon-to-be-out on September 19 book) by Anne Bogel, the blogger behind Modern Mrs. Darcy and podcaster behind What Should I Read Next. To say I was excited to get a first look at her new book would be a complete understatement!
What Is Reading People?
Reading People isn’t a book about reading (though I would totally read that book too). Instead, it’s a book about reading (or learning how to read) yourself and the people in your life through the lens of personality. It’s about knowing yourself and others better. It’s about knowing yourself and others more deeply.
I’ve always been drawn to learning more about personality; whether it’s the Myers-Briggs (I’m an IFSJ!) or StrengthsFinder (I know my top 5 strengths!) or figuring out if I’m a highly sensitive person (I think I am!), I am fascinated by learning more about myself and how I can use my personality traits to best interact with others. I also thinking knowing more about yourself (for example, I’m an introvert) can help you feel less alone in the world.
What I loved about Reading People (and what made it unique from the typical personality typing run-downs), is that Anne infuses the facts and research with stories and examples. I loved that after telling me the “need to know” information, she shared a story about herself or a friend or family member (or favorite book character – Atticus Finch from to Kill a Mockingbird is an INFJ!) to make the facts accessible to a regular person who isn’t a pro in personality typing. I felt like I was learning about personality from a friend, rather than reading a technical rundown on a website.
Why Does Personality Matter?
I value learning about personality because it gives me the opportunity to learn more about myself and others. I truly believe that I work at my best when I know what I need to work my best. I also believe I work better with others when I know what they need from me. For example:
- Introvert/Extrovert: I am an outgoing introvert. I enjoy being around people and being social, but I need a quiet space to recharge after spending time with people.
- Highly Sensitive Person: After reading the chapter on Highly Sensitive People, I began to ponder whether I fit into this category. I’m not sure and need to research more (I already bought The Highly Sensitive Person to learn more), but Anne gave great examples, such as not being able to concentrate when there is a distracting noise in the background or how tags in shirts really impact my ability to concentrate, to consider.
- StrengthsFinder: I just completed the StrengthsFinder before reading this book (great timing!) and loved seeing the different themes that strengths fall under (I’m a mix between Relationship-Building and Strategic Thinking).
Here’s the good news – Reading People is coming out soon and you can pre-order it! Why pre-order? Well, in addition to getting the book, you also receive the Reading People audiobook read by Anne, plus access to her Reading Personality class!
If you do pre-order/order the book, follow my advice:
- Don’t feel like you have to read the book from start to finish. I found myself jumping around a bit, and that is fine. Make it work for you!
- Have a notebook, highlighter, and pen (or be ready to highlight A LOT in your Kindle). I took a ton of notes while reading Reading People and already plan to read it for a second time. This time, I want to be more deliberate about keeping tracks of the notes that I take.
- Be open to learn more about yourself! Understanding yourself can be difficult, but it’s also incredibly helpful to be your best you (cheesy, but true!). Have an open mind and use Reading People as a way to know yourself better.
For more info, be sure to check out the Reading People website.
I was sent a free copy of Reading People in exchange for this review. All opinions are my own.


David Hockney is renowned world over as one of the leading artists of the twentieth century. Considered a prominent figure in the history of British art, Hockney is also known as an important painter in the Pop Art Movement. Here are 10 interesting facts about the life and achievements of this versatile artist.
#1 He showed an early interest in art
Born on 9 July 1937, David Hockney was the fourth of five children of Laura and Kenneth Hockney. He showed an early inclination towards art and was an admirer of Picasso, Matisse and Fragonard. Hockney did his early education at Wellington Primary School and in 1948 he won a scholarship to the Bradford Grammar School. From 1953 to 1957, he attended the Bradford College of Art.
#2 David Hockney was a conscientious objector
Hockney was a conscientious objector, i.e. he claimed his right to refuse to perform military service. So to fulfill his national service requirement he worked in hospitals for two years starting in 1957. It is interesting to note that David’s father Kenneth Hockney was also a conscientious objector during the Second World War.
#3 He drew a now famous satirical sketch when the RCA refused to award him his diploma
In 1959, Hockney entered the Royal College of Art in London. He did well as a student but refused to write an essay to clear the final examination wanting to be judged only on the basis of his artwork. Instead he created a satirical sketch titled The Diploma and made 50 copies of it. Some of the copies are held today by museums such as the Tate and the V&A. Recognizing his talent and growing reputation; the RCA changed its regulations and awarded the diploma.
#4 His painting A Bigger Splash is one of the most famous works in Pop Art
Hockney stayed in Los Angeles from 1964 to 1968. Here he created his famous series of paintings of swimming pools of L.A. The most famous among them is A Bigger Splash which depicts a splash in a swimming pool besides a modern house. This large painting is among the most iconic works of Pop Art and Hockney is considered an important contributor to the Pop Art movement.
#5 Hockney was a skilled photographer and created many famous photo collages
While working on a painting of a L.A. living room, Hockney took a series of photos for his own reference and fixed them together to form an image from which he could build his painting. However he realized that grouping was a form of art in itself and hence he started creating more. These photo collages, which he referred to as ‘joiners’, became one of the reasons behind his fame. Despite his success in photography, Hockney returned to painting in the late 1980s.
#6 He is not averse to taking the help of technology in his art
Hockney began incorporating technology in his work since the 1980s. In 1986, he created his first homemade prints on a photocopier. In the 1990s he started using fax machines and laser printers. From 2009 to date, Hockney has painted hundreds of portraits, still lifes and landscapes using the Brushes app on iPhones and iPads and often sends them to his friends.
#7 David Hockney is openly gay
Hockney has made no attempts to keep his homosexuality a secret. It is well known that he has had relationships with men. He is explored the nature of gay love in his art. His 1961 painting We Two Boys Together Clinging, which shares its title with a poem written by Walt Whitman, refers to his love for men. Several other popular paintings by him including Domestic Scene, Los Angeles explore homosexuality.
#8 Along with Charles Falco, he put forward the Hockney–Falco thesis in art
David Hockney and Charles M. Falco have put forward the Hockney–Falco thesis. It claims that advances in realistic and accurate depiction in Western art since the Renaissance was primarily the result of optical aids such as the camera obscura, camera lucida, and curved mirrors arguing that accuracy in the works is impossible to achieve by “eyeballing it”. Hockney’s 2001 book Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters is based on this thesis. It has led to heated debates among artists, art historians and scholars.
#9 He is known for his versatility
Hockney is known as a versatile artist. He has made his name in portraiture, still lifes, landscapes, pop art, expressionist art and cubism. He has proved his versatility in other areas as well. Apart from being a renowned photographer, he has published an extensive number of books and screenplays, worked as a set and costume stage designer, and has made numerous television and film appearances.
#10 David Hockney was voted Britain’s most influential artist of all time
In 2009, Hockney’s painting Beverly Hills Housewife was sold for around $8 million, which remains a record for his artwork. For his photography, he was awarded the Infinity Award in 1985 and the prestigious The Royal Photographic Society’s Progress medal in 1988. In 1990, Hockney was offered a knighthood but he declined. In January 2012 he accepted the Order of Merit. In 2011, in a poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time.


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On the latest escalation, Israeli jets have been launching airstrikes on Gaza overnight from Thursday to Friday after militants in the Palestinian territory again set off ignitable balloons into southern Israel, the army reported.
Airstrike from Israel
According to the reports, the fire balloons and airstrikes are the latest violence adding along with a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. The incident took place on May 21, after ending 11 days of heavy fighting.
Basically, the balloons are devices designed to set fire to farmland and bush encircling Gaza.
“Days ago, firing balloons were launched from the Gaza Strip into the Israeli region. In response to the event, fighter jets bombed military compounds and a rocket launch site belonging to the Hamas terror group,” the military said in a statement.
— Mohammed Suhail (@Mohamd_suhail) June 18, 2021
Exchange of fire
Following heavy strikes, Hamas militants started firing with heavy machine guns towards the Jewish state. After this, Israeli warning air raid sirens were heard all over the territory.
“The special force will proceed to strike military compounds and bases belonging to the terror group. All these incidents hold the Hamas as responsible in the Gaza Strip,” the statement added.
The airstrikes on Gaza come in for the first time under Israel’s new government headed by Naftali Bennett.
In Just a Week of being Sworn in, The PM of Israel Ordered D€adly Airstrikes on Military installation in Gaza yesterday Night in response to a number of incendiary balloons launched from Gaza into Israel.
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A few drafts of entries hide, latent, outside the public’s purview. They discuss mostly my French experience in Africa, and I wanted to focus mostly on the African experience, the human experience, the life stuff beyond the school stuff.
It’s hard to separate the two realms: I spoke, read, and wrote French in Africa. We took tests and turned in papers in that language. I’d rather just forget the grades from my study abroad, because–although they’re not horrible–they don’t reflect the breadth of my experience there.
Somehow, I was able to channel the spirit of the adventure–my reason for being there–and focus that energy into some of my schoolwork. And it resulted in the opening line of an email that made my day today:
May,Comment allez-vous? Savez-vous que je vous ai donné un A pour votre projet anthropologique? C’était magnifique, ce que vous aviez écrit.
So, I’m happy I did well on the anthropology project, which was about families. I enjoyed writing it; I appreciated being able to express some of the things I learned that were important to me. I’ll push away the thought that I must have BUSTED on the exams to earn the overall grade. That thought is a little bit depressing.
Unquantifiable stuffs. You know.


A cutting-edge Centre for Technical Excellence of Tokyo Cement Group, was inaugurated recently in Trincomalee. The Centre of Excellence will house the technical operations, R & D facilities and quality control operations of the entire local manufacturing process of Tokyo Cement Group, solidifying the company’s commitment towards maintaining superior quality.
The Tokyo Cement Centre for Technical Excellence was declared open by Mr. Mitsuo Ono, Executive Officer of UBE Industries Ltd., Japan together with Dr. Harsha Cabral PC, Chairman, of Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC. Representing the decades old bridge of friendship and partnering between Sri Lanka and Japan, Mr. Kenichi Kakeya, Second Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka attended the opening ceremony as a guest of honour. Lead by Mr. S.R. Gnanam – Managing Director of Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC. all members of the Board of Directors, Senior Executives, Management
and staff of the company were present at this key milestone event. UBE Industries Ltd., Japan, the technology partner of Tokyo Cement Group, was actively involved in providing technical and engineering guidance to set up The Centre of Technical Excellence, with latest technology inputs, to make it future-ready and fully geared with hi-tech laboratory and quality assurance facilities, to support Tokyo Cement’s cutting-edge manufacturing operation.
The Technical Building was ideated to provide greater management efficiency by providing a centralized overview of the company’s fully automated production process. To enable this unified view, a modern Central Command Room is installed at the heart of the facility. The four cement production mills at Tokyo Eastern Cement Factory are monitored via the Central Command, enabling smarter management of its operations and output efficiency. In addition, the two Biomass power plants of Tokyo Cement Group, which supplies renewable green electricity to run its entire manufacturing process, are also monitored and managed through the Central Command operations.
The central command room, installed under technical supervision of Scientists and Engineers of Ube Industries, Japan, is connected to a modern management information system equipped with latest software and hardware infrastructure, for improved flexibility and agility to respond faster with informed decision making. This also minimize human dependencies to assure a higher level of precision in the manufacturing process.
The Tokyo Cement Centre for Technical Excellence also houses the company’s R&D laboratories and the quality control units of concrete and cement manufacturing process. Being Sri Lanka’s first cement and concrete testing laboratory to win the prestigious ISO17025 accreditation, the state-of-the-art facility is well equipped with modern testing apparatus and analyzers to guarantee the superior quality of all Tokyo Cement Group products being manufactured at the Trincomalee factory.
Environmental friendliness is at the heart of the Tokyo Cement Centre for Technical Excellence. Designed with a minimal environmental footprint, The Centre has multiple features built in to its structural footprint that has significantly enhanced it environmental performance. The architectural design of the building has allowed it to use its position within close proximity to the Cod Bay, to maximize its energy efficiency.
Designed to harvest day-light for its activities while insulating the indoors against heat gain, the building is entirely powered by 75KW of Solar energy.
In addition, The Building has the capability to store 20m 3 of harvested rainwater, further improving its environmental footprint. Designed to reduce and reuse its water consumption, The Centre is equipped with a waste water treatment plant with a 100,000 liters capacity, and uses a drip irrigation system to maintain its greener outlook. With these unique features built-in in its design, the Tokyo Cement Centre for Technical Excellence is currently contending to become a GREEN® Certified building, undergoing the assessment process of the Green Building Council of Sri Lanka.
The Centre for Technical Excellence will also act as an educational space for both school children and university students who visit Tokyo Eastern Cement Factory as part of their field visits. The Centre is equipped to provide educational information on Tokyo Cement’s core operations as well as on its corporate responsibility initiatives, to enrich the guided tour experience around the Tokyo Cement Factory in Trinco.
A walk through The Technical Centre is a highly engaging experience for any visitor who wishes to learn about Tokyo Cement Group. A display area dedicated to the key sustainability initiatives spearheaded by the company, including Mangrove Reforestation, Coral Conservation and Biomass Electricity initiatives, take centerstage on the Ground Floor, while presenting the tangible impact of each program. Key achievements of the Company, as Sri Lanka’s leading cement manufacturer is highlighted at the same level, while showcasing the strength of its product portfolio backed by the
company’s unique linear business integration capabilities. The first floor of the building which houses the Central Command Room also hosts executives and managers of Tokyo Eastern Cement Factory. A spacious auditorium to accommodate over 200 people, fully equipped with conference facilities is on the second floor of the Technical Centre, giving the visitors a splendid panoramic view of Cod Bay.
This floor also holds a detailed feature wall of key milestones of the company’s nearly four decades of history, paying tribute to the legacy of its Founder Chairman late Deshamanya A.Y.S. Gnanam. The Tokyo Cement Centre for Technical Excellence, in full operation is a standing testament of Tokyo Cement Group’s commitment towards achieving excellence in all aspects of its operations. Tokyo Cement has earned its reputation in Sri Lanka’s construction industry as the most trusted supplier of high-quality cement and concrete used in projects that mark Sri Lanka’s growth. The company has cemented its legacy as a partner in nation building and the undisputed market leader in Cement and
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Myanmar Economic Forum will be established to allow continuous dialogue between private businesses and relevant government departments of seven economic sectors, according to U Win Aung, chairman of Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI).
“The aim is to create opportunities for businesses to talk about their challenges and obstacles with government departments and find solutions,” he said.
“Most people will think about a one-time event when they hear the term forum but we will hold continuous dialogue,” U Win Aung added.
The seven sectors comprise agriculture, livestock farming and forestry, natural resource-based industries, banking and financing, hotels and tourism, manufacturing and investment, infrastructure and service industries with support teams set up in each sector to reach relevant government departments.
Deputy minister for finance Dr Maung Maung Thein said the government is working with UMFCCI to develop an all-inclusive economic forum.
“The government alone cannot achieve the development of the nation. We need the cooperation of the private sector,” he said.
The forum will also include establishing economic and legal infrastructure to ensure responsibility and accountability in the trade and transaction processes.
A support team to promote Myanmar’s trade and business development has also been formed recently at the request of UMFCCI by a meeting between president U Thein Sein and private businesspeople.


Democracy in America
Beginning this May, the Mt. Lebanon Public Library, the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh and the Denis Theatre Foundation will be collaborating to provide a non-partisan series of events on the theme of Democracy in America.
Periodically, often amidst crisis, Americans reconsider the status of their democratic institutions. Today is such a time, characterized by deep levels of polarization, distrust of government and most institutions, and the fraying of civil society, along with fear and uncertainty that leads to growing acceptance of the use of violence to achieve political ends. How can American citizens work together to strengthen our democratic institutions? In this series we will examine the roots of how the concept of democracy was established in United States and how it has been interpreted and challenged through the centuries, and reflect upon what core principles need to be sustained for its continuance. We hope to provide both local and national examples throughout the series, with ample opportunity for discussion and reflection.
The series will include a mix of local citizens and professional speakers, some with national name-recognition. It is designed to be accessible to people from middle school to our most senior citizens. We hope to engage people in dialogue, with questions and comments occurring at the end of each session.
The series begins with a soft opening focused on local politics, addressing the Mt. Lebanon School Board primary in May 2021. It picks back up in September, addressing the issue of voting rights, and then continues through the summer of 2022.
The Mt. Lebanon Public Library will maintain this webpage that will include information for upcoming events in the series, as well as for related local events and resources to support civic engagement. We will be sending out regular e-newsletters to promote upcoming events and new resources. Expect a good deal of communication with the lead-up to the May 18th primary elections.
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Greater Pittsburgh Workshops This Summer and Fall 2021
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Our country has become increasingly polarized over political issues. These FREE workshops will teach you strategies for both listening and speaking with people who have differing political opinions - but not to try to change anyone's mind. You will learn and practice skills for having respectful conversations that clarify differences, search for common ground, and affirm the importance of meaningful dialogue. Come to learn new skills (or reinforce existing skills) and practice in a comfortable, low-stakes environment.
AUGUST 16, 7 – 9:15 PM - Families and Politics workshops show participants how to talk about politics with their loved ones in a way that brings us closer together — not farther apart. Register by August 12 here.
Tuesday, August 31st 7-8:30 PM
American Democracy Through Painting (Virtual Event)
This is a survey of the history of American Democracy through the artwork of American artists. From the Revolutionary period through the 21st century paintings of Ester Hernandez, art has mirrored many of the significant issues that Americans have had to grapple with. Discussion of the images shown will provide insight into those issues, how they were depicted and how they have impacted development of our democracy.
This program is a part of the Democracy in America series. A series of programs sponsored by The Mt. Lebanon Public Library, The Denis Theatre Foundation and the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh.
About the presenter:
Cynthia Weisfield has a B.A., Art History from the University of Chicago. She is a writer for "The Journal of the Print World" and was a contributor to "Women of Abstract Expressionism", a major exhibition mounted by the Denver Art Museum. She is a Study Leader for local Osher Lifelong Learning Institute programs where she teaches "Women in Abstract Expressionism" and "Art as Politics: What Happened Between the Wars". Cynthia has also taught for Mt. Lebanon Adult Education.
Mt. Lebanon School Board Candidates Forum from May 4, 2021.
View recording here.
In a first-time collaboration, Mt. Lebanon Public Library is proud to announce a partnership with The Denis Theatre Foundation and the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh to host a nonpartisan forum for candidates running in the primary for Mt. Lebanon Board of School Director. Moderated by resident and political analyst Jon Delano and weaving in questions from the community, the co-sponsors see this as a unique civic service of voter education.
School districts across the country have faced numerous debates over the past generation that resonate in Mt. Lebanon. Among them:
- Funding and fiscal management
- Capital improvements
- Teacher contracts
- Student safety
- Community and parent input and transparency
- Curriculum and 21st century skills
- Student well-being and treatment of each other
- Inclusion and equity
- The use and role of technology
- Standardized testing
- Data-based decision-making
- And over the past year, decisions in response to the pandemic
Over the past two decades, Mt. Lebanon residents have witnessed moments of unity in response to these issues, but also periods of great discord and debate. This election reveals distinct approaches to school governance. Ten candidates seek one of the four open positions. Each candidate has been invited to participate.
Watch the Recording of the PA Supreme Court Candidates' Forum Here:
There are four judges running for one seat on the PA Supreme Court.
All four candidates participated, P. Kevin Brobson, Patricia A. McCullough, Maria McLaughlin, and Paula A. Patrick. This forum was co-sponsored by PMC, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, and the Free Library of Philadelphia. It was moderated by David Senoff, Founding Member of First Law Strategy Group, LLC.
- P. Kevin Brobson, PA Commonwealth Court President Judge
- Patricia A. McCullough, PA Commonwealth Court Judge
- Maria C. McLaughlin, PA Superior Court Judge
- Paula A. Patrick, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge
Learn more about the candidates here:
To use the League of Women Voters vote411.org voters guide simply enter your address then click “go to my races,” then select “Pennsylvania Judge of the Supreme Court.” You will be able to review and compare the candidates. You can also do this for all candidate races below.
Watch the Recording of the PA Superior Court Candidate Forum Here:
There are four judges running for one seat in the Superior Court (3 Democrats on the primary ballot, with the winner facing the lone Republican candidate in November)
During this forum, moderated by Marcel Pratt (Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP), all four of the candidates for Pennsylvania’s Superior Court answered questions about their experience and why they seek election to the Superior Court. The Candidates were Jill Beck, Timika Lane, Bryan Neft, and Megan Sullivan. Hosted by Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts (PMC) and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, in conjunction with the following sponsors: the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, and Committee of 70.
- Jill Beck, Attorney
- Timika Lane, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Judge
- Bryan Neft, Attorney
- Megan Sullivan, Deputy Attorney General
Watch the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Courts Candidates Forum Here:
There are two open seats in the Commonwealth Court, with six candidates running for the positions (2 Republicans and 4 Democrats—the top winners from each party will go on to the November elections). 5 of 6 candidates participated in the forum.
Join us for the PA Commonwealth Court Candidates Forum with candidates: Lori A. Dumas, Amanda Green Hawkins, David L. Spurgeon, Sierra Thomas Street, Sorokes Wallace. (This includes only the candidates who have confirmed their participation in the forum. For a full list of candidates, please visit www.pmconline.org.) It will be moderated by Karl Myers of Stradley Ronon and hosted by PMC and the Dauphin County Library, in conjunction with the following sponsors: Allegheny County Bar Association, Committee of 70, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association.
- Judge J. Andrew Crompton
- Judge Lori A. Dumas
- Amanda Green Hawkins
- Judge David L. Spurgeon
- Judge Sierra Thomas Street
- Stacy Sorokes Wallace
Watch the Magistrate Forum- District 05-02-19-Mt Lebanon, Dormont Candidate Forum Here:
Five candidates are competing for one seat to replace a retiring incumbent in this district.
- Steven Diaz
- Lisa Borrelli Dorn
- Duane Fisher
- Gina Florez
- Hilary Wheatley Taylor
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Mail in and Absentee Ballot Application:
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On 17 December 2013 the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal handed down its first Order, which will have health and safety implications for businesses involved in, or engage truck drivers.
Orders of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal have the same practical effect as legislation, and there is the potential for substantial penalties if the requirements are not complied with.
In broad terms, the Order applies to Road Transport Drivers, and imposes requirements on employers, “hirers” and “participants in the supply chain“. If you employ truck drivers, or engage/contract them to deliver things to your business or move your product, then you should consider the application of the Order.
An important health and safety requirement is the need to develop a “safe driving plan” in relation to “long distance” operations (basically where the distance travelled exceeds 500 kilometres). The plans also require that a “participant in the supply chain” witness the commencement and conclusion time of each pick up by signing the safe driving plan. Relevantly, a “participant” is:
a consignor or consignee, intermediary or operator of premises for loading and unloading.
The Order also specifies training requirements as well as the requirements for documented drug and alcohol policies covering road transport drivers. These requirements apply to both employers and hirers.
The orders take effect from 1 May 2014.
You can access a PDF version of the Order here. You can also review a copy of the Order in Lawstream:
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Brea, CA – April 20, 2017- Baker Furnace announced the shipment of a gas fired batch oven to an aluminum forging company. The industrial oven will be used to pre-heat large aluminum ingots used to manufacture parts for the Aerospace industry.
The maximum temperature rating of this industrial oven is 1000°F with work chamber dimensions of 14’ W x 11’ L X 6’ H. The batch oven pre-heats large aluminum ingots to 1000°F. The ingots are then removed from the oven and placed in a forging press that forms the aluminum into a shape. The batch oven chamber is designed to withstand the impact of aluminum ingots weighing over 3,000 pounds as a forklift operator drops the aluminum ingots into the oven chamber.
“For this project, we needed to pay special attention to the chamber and floor design to ensure that no damage would occur from the impact of the aluminum ingots being loaded. A 10” thick hard castable refractory floor was one of the design features to make sure the oven could withstand the loading process.” – Tim Bacon, VP Business Development
Unique features of this industrial oven include:
- 10” thick hard castable refractory floor
- Vertical lift door with pneumatic locking mechanisms
- Interior bumper guards to withstand impact
- UL 508A listed control panel
About Baker Furnace
Baker Furnace, Inc. has been designing, engineering, and manufacturing industrial ovens, pollution control equipment and other heating equipment since 1980. Their custom and standard equipment are used for a multitude of applications including heat treating, finishing, drying, and curing. Many of the industries they serve require specific temperature uniformity and equipment performance documentation. Their experienced engineering team can meet even the most stringent standards for their customers’ equipment.
Furnace is owned by Thermal Product Solutions (“TPS”), a leading American manufacturer of custom industrial ovens used for heat treating, finishing, drying, curing, manufacturing automation and process control. TPS is a global leader in thermal processing products and test solutions with brands including Blue M, Gruenberg, Tenney, Lindberg, Lunaire, MPH and Wisconsin Oven. For more information on equipment solutions from TPS visit the website at www.thermalproductsolutions.com.
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New original space in modern style with a picturesque view of the sea and the promenade. This is a lounge cafe for people who prefer a measured lifestyle during the day and club movement in the evening. Here you can meet with friends, spend a romantic evening or enjoy the seascapes for a cup of tea alone with your thoughts.
The premises of the cafe are decorated in the style of a loft, which is characterized by conciseness, minimalism and precise geometry in the elements of the interior. The view of the sea through the wide panoramic windows, the cozy atmosphere and the pleasant lounge in the Nautilus Lounge Cafe offer you an absolute relaxation.
In the menu: sushi, WOK, dishes on the grill, salads, wine, hookah and more. In the bar: alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, author cocktails.
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Kelsey Grammer suffered a near-fatal heart attack in 2008, and in his latest film, he plays a doctor with a heart condition.
Director Austin Stark’s “The God Committee,” which debuted at the Tribeca Festival, also co-stars Julia Stiles and Nicolas Cage.
The “Frasier” star, 66 — who was overheard saying at the screening that he’s planning to come to Broadway in a play — also said, according to an attendee, “As no hospital would allow us into an operating room to see a transplant for research, you just have to fake it, and fiddle with the heart for the camera and just get it done.”
But, “That’s what we are being paid for,” he said with a laugh.
Of the indie film, he added, “I have done some parts for a little spending money, but not this one. I was moved by the part and convinced my director, Austin Stark, to give me the lead role instead of the supporting one he had offered me.”
Grammer’s previously starred on Broadway in musicals including “Finding Neverland” and “La Cage aux Folles.”
In a much different part, Grammer plays a washed-up rocker in another current film, “The Space Between,” for which he collaborated with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo on the soundtrack.
The star, 66, also recently revealed of a long-planned “Frasier” reboot: “It’s going to be his third act, his sort of next installment of his life. We last saw him leaving for Chicago and that plays out — we’re going to deal with that in the context of the new show.”
He added that since acting great John Mahoney — who played his dad on the sitcom — has passed away, “We’re going to deal with that in the first show. And it looks like most of the other cast is going to come back. They’ve all been invited. We’re still sort of ironing out what the story is and doing some polishing.”
Grammer’s next film, “Charming the Hearts of Men,” in which he plays a Southern congressman, is out in August.


M&T Bank is one of the top 20 full-service U.S.-based commercial banks, with 17,000 employees and a long history of community-focused banking. Founded in 1856, M&T provides commercial, retail, business, investment, mortgage and professional banking services through more than 750 branches and 1,800 ATMs throughout New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. With a longstanding tradition of careful, conservative and consistent management, M&T is one of the best performing regional banks in the nation.
• Of the largest 100 banks operating in 1983, only 23 remain today. Among the remaining, M&T ranks 1st in stock price growth
• During the financial crisis, M&T was one of just two commercial banks out of 20 in the S&P 500 that did not reduce its dividend
• M&T has been profitable for 166 consecutive quarters—more than 41 straight years
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A little while back Yamaha gave one of their fresh off the factory floor Star Bolt’s to 10 custom bike builders. The brief was pretty simple, do whatever you want with it. Jeff Palhegyi from JPD Customs was one of the chosen builders. Over the years Jeff has created more than 60 individual custom Stars for Yamaha, but this was his first Star Bolt. After throwing around a few concepts, Jeff decided to turn the Bolt into a retro styled dirt tracker. “I have always been a fan of Dirt Track Racing and the Star Bolt ‘Dirt Track Concept’ was a natural fit” he says. The bike may not have won the Bolt Build Off – that was awarded to Doc’s Chops – but it did receive a lot of attention and is still one of our favourite Bolt builds.
Initially, Jeff and his team were just going to add dirt track wheels and bodywork to build this street tracker, after purchasing these items they figured out that the steering head was too high and the swing arm too long. Placing the chassis in the fixture they cut the top tube away from the chassis, along with that went the steering head down tubes and eventually the whole bottom of the chassis.
After reworking the chassis, they realized that modifying the stock tank was going to work nicely. The stock tank was chopped down 2 inches. They also shortened the swing arm almost 3 inches and put everything together only to see that the shocks stuck out in the wind with the dirt track tail section. “Back out came the sawzall and the rear of the chassis was cut away, Geeze there was nothing left!” says Jeff.”I got on the phone with Penske and a custom dirt track monoshock was on the way.With all that done the tail was still not right, I sectioned it and added 2 inches, fabbed up a subframe, hand-made aluminium side covers and number plates.”
With the build deadline looming, Jeff still didn’t like the way the stock headlight looked and he also needed an exhaust. “Burns stainless provided the cool ultra lite mufflers and a bunch of u-bends to build the exhaust. I went online and found the perfect size lights from KC and fabbed up the new aluminium front number plate. Yamaha R6 forks were used and we machined the retro TZ look carrier and front rotor, wheels are from Dave at Jupiter wheel, tires are Goodyear Dirt Track, seat was made by Howard McKee and the paint was laid on by our regular Benny Flores. When we were done, there was almost a complete Yamaha Bolt on the floor of the workshop, less the engine and electrical.”
The Bolt’s simplicity really helped Jeff and his team achieve this stripped down retro dirt tracker. “I’ll be the first to admit we got a little carried away with the fabrication work” he says. “It was great fun and that’s what a bike build is all about.”


Steve McQueens movie fudges a few information on Solomon Northups autobiography both intentionally and notto more entirely portray the horrors of slavery.
A Slave, the kidnapped freeman Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), has a painful sexual encounter with an unnamed female slave in which she uses his hand to bring herself to orgasm before turning away in tears at the beginning of 12 years. Your ex desperation, Solomon’s book, in addition to tough sadness of both, is depicted with an unflinching still digital digital camera which documents a minute of peoples contact and bitter convenience in the facial skin of slavery’s systematic dehumanization. It really is scenes such as these when you look at the movie, surely, that lead critic Susan Wloszczyna to mention that viewing 12 Years a Slave allows you to feel you have got “actually witnessed US slavery in most its appalling horror the very first time.”
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Yet, for many its verisimilitude, the encounter never took place. It seems nowhere in Northup’s autobiography, also it’s most most likely he will be horrified during the recommendation which he ended up being anything significantly less than positively faithful to their spouse. Director Steve McQueen has stated he included the encounter that is sexual show “a little bit of tenderness . Then after she actually is climaxes, she actually is straight straight back … in hell.” The series is an attempt to provide nuance and emotional level — to really make the movie’s depiction of slavery appear more real. However it creates that emotional truth by interpolating an event that’s not factually real.
This embellishment is in no way an separated situation within the movie. By way of example, into the film variation, soon after Northup is kidnapped, he’s for a ship bound south. A sailor goes into the hold and it is planning to rape among the servant ladies whenever a male slave intervenes. The sailor unhesitatingly stabs and kills him. This appears not likely on its face—slaves are valuable, plus the sailor isn’t the dog owner. And, as expected, the scene just isn’t when you look at the guide. a servant did perish in the trip south, but from smallpox, as opposed to from stabbing. Northup himself contracted the illness, forever scarring their face. It appears most most most likely, therefore, that in cases like this the initial text had been abandoned in order that Ejiofor’s gorgeous, expressive, haunting features wouldn’t normally have the whole film covered with synthetic Hollywood scar make-up. In place of faithfulness towards the text, the movie chooses faithfulness to Ejiofor’s face, unaltered by trickery.
Other modifications appear less deliberate. Probably the many striking scene in the movie involves Patsey, a servant that is over and over raped by her master, Epps, and who as a result is jealously and obsessively brutalized by Mistress Epps. Into the film variation, Patsey (Lupita Nyong’o) involves Northup in the exact middle of the evening and begs him, in vivid horrific information, to drown her into the swamp and launch her from her problems. This scene derives through the passage that is following the finish of Chapter 13 for the autobiography:
absolutely Nothing delighted the mistress so much as to see [Patsey] suffer, and much more than when, whenever Epps had refused to offer her, has she tempted me with bribes to put her secretly to death, and bury her human anatomy in certain place that is lonely the margin for the swamp. Gladly would Patsey have actually appeased this unforgiving character, she escape from Master Epps, leaving her garment in his hand if it had been in her power, but not like Joseph, dared.
As you care able to see, within the guide, it really is Mistress Epps who would like to bribe Northup to drown Patsey. Patsey really wants to escape, although not to drown by herself. The movie seemingly have misread the relative line, attributing the mistress’s wants to Patsey. Slate, after the lead of scholar David Fiske (see both this article plus the modification) does exactly the same. Simply speaking, this indicates most probably that the solitary many powerful minute in the movie had been according to a misunderstood antecedent.
Critic Isaac Butler recently composed a post attacking exactly what he calls the “realism canard”—the practice of judging fiction by how good it conforms to truth. “We’re referring to the reduced total of truth to accuracy,” Butler contends, and adds, ” exactly What truly matters finally in a work of narrative is when the whole world and figures developed seems true and complete sufficient for the task’s purposes.” (Emphasis is Butler’s.)
Their point is well-taken. But it is well worth incorporating that whether one thing “feels true” is normally closely linked to whether or not the ongoing work manages to produce an impression not merely of truth, but also of precision. Whether it is duration information in a costume romance or the brutal cruelty associated with the drug trade in Breaking Bad, fiction makes insistent claims not merely to basic overarching truth, but to particular, accurate information. The experts Butler analyzes may often decrease the very first towards the 2nd, however they achieve this in part because works of fiction by by themselves frequently count on a claim to precision so as to make themselves appear real.
This can be nowhere more the full case than in slave narratives on their own. Frequently published by abolitionist presses or in explicit help of this abolitionist cause, slave narratives represented themselves as accurate, first-person records of life under slavery. Yet, as University of new york professor William Andrews has talked about directly into inform a free of charge tale: the very first Century of Afro-American Autobiography, the representation of accuracy, and, for example, of first-person account, needed a deal that is good of. To pick out simply the many obvious point, Andrews notes that numerous servant narratives were told to editors, who had written along the dental account and ready them for book. Andrews concludes that ” It could be naive to accord dictated dental narratives the same discursive status as autobiographies composed and authored by the topics for the tales on their own.”
12 Years a Slave is this kind of dental account. Though Northup had been literate, their autobiography ended up being published by David Wilson, a white attorney and state legislator from Glens Falls, nyc. Whilst the incidents in Northup’s life have already been corroborated by appropriate documents and research that is much Andrews points down that the effect for the autobiography—its feeling of truth—is actually situated in no tiny component from the proven fact that it’s not told by Northup, but by Wilson, that has already written two publications of regional history. Because he had been experienced, Andrews claims, Wilson’s “fictionalizing … doesn’t call focus on itself a great deal” as other servant narratives, which are generally steeped in a emotional tradition “that often discomfits and annoys 20th-century critics.” Northup’s autobiography feels less like fiction, this means, because its journalist is indeed knowledgeable about fiction. Likewise, McQueen’s movie seems real since it is so excellent at manipulating our feeling of accuracy. The sex that is first, for instance, talks to the post-Freud, post-sexual-revolution belief that, separated for 12 years definately not house, Northup will be bound to possess some form of intimate encounters, whether or not (especially if?) he will not talk about them inside the autobiography.


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